Chapter VII: Preface (7)

“The author has decided descriptive ability. Has also dramatic power.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 362. Je. 8, ’07. 320w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 378. Je. 15, ’07. 280w.

+ =Outlook.= 86: 339. Je. 15, ’07. 190w.

“Exhibiting a total ignorance of technique, of the rudiments of her
art, she contrives to emerge safely and successfully from all kinds of
difficult situations.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 103: 657. My. 25, ’07. 400w.

=Bowen, Marjorie.= Viper of Milan. $1.50. McClure.

6–41272.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“It is not so much the clever blending of history and fiction which
makes Miss Bowen’s book remarkable; it is the rare atmosphere of
reality which permeates it.” Frederic Taber Cooper.

+ =Bookm.= 24: 487. Ja. ’07. 390w.

“The story makes up in action for the shortcomings of its style.”

+ − =Dial.= 42: 15. Ja. 1, ’07. 140w.

“There is not a philosophical sentence in the book, not a single
appeal to religion, it is simply a gorgeous fairy tale of human life
with a diabolical hero, worked out thru every imaginable irony of
circumstance, and considered within these limitations, it is almost
beyond criticism in style, construction and fascination.”

+ =Ind.= 62: 97. Ja. 10, ’07. 640w.

+ =Lit. D.= 34: 25. Ja. 5, ’07. 220w.

=Bower, B. M. (B. M. Sinclair).= Her prairie knight, and Rowdy of the “Cross L.” il. †$1.25. Dillingham.

7–23641.

A reissue of two good western stories. In the former a New York
society girl is influenced by the sky, the air and the plains, to be
true to herself and marry for love rather than for a title. The second
tells of the devotion of a little school teacher of the plains to her
cowboy brother, whose trickery and dishonesty are run to cover by the
man she loves.

* * * * *

“He has a sense of humor, especially in the situations he contrives
and he has written an entertaining story.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 515. Ag. 24, ’07. 130w.

=Bower, B. M. (B. M. Sinclair).= Range dwellers. †$1.25. Dillingham.

7–6407.

The breezy, dare-devil, son of a San Francisco millionaire tells in
his own amusing way of how he was rusticated on his father’s Montana
cattle ranch, in the hope that it would make a man of him, how he fell
in love with the daughter of a neighboring rancher, who had enjoyed
thirty years of feud and enmity with his father, and how he carried
her off in a motor-car. Altogether he demonstrates that he is a wholly
“good sort” capable of winning the good comradeship of his fellow
cowboys altho handicapped by being “the son and heir.”

* =Boxall, George E.= Awakening of a race. *$2.75. Wessels.

7–32830.

“In this work the author has traced out briefly the tendencies of
thought in civilized countries at the present time with a view to
estimating the probable trend of events in the near future. He notes
the decay of ideals in this and in other civilised lands, and
prophesies a new development of the religious idea. Man, he says,
always has had and always must have a religion as a guide to conduct,
and the lesson we learn from the past is that a new religion grows
gradually out of an older one as man’s knowledge increases. According
to him Christianity has about reached its ultimate capacity for
division, and, as ‘a house divided against itself cannot stand,’ a new
development in religion, based on a scientific view of the world, is
absolutely necessary.”

* * * * *

“A person who dares to jeer at a faith of whose history he has not a
textbook knowledge, who sets his conclusions in matters of
ethnological research against those of the acknowledged leaders of the
science, without so much as a schoolboy’s equipment, calls rather for
contempt than criticism, laughter than logic. When he enters the
domain of sociology and religion he becomes merely ridiculous, and his
essays in the reconstruction of human origins are too silly to be
entirely dull.”

− − =Acad.= 73: 789. Ag. 17, ’07. 2350w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 668. O. 19, ’07. 20w.

=Boyles, Kate, and Boyles, Virgil D.= Langford of the Three Bars. †$1.50. McClurg.

7–15542.

This tale of South Dakota follows the trials of a young ranchman, Paul
Langford, who undertakes to put an end to cattle-rustling in his
section. The county attorney takes up the fight for Langford against
the thieves, and the terrifying happenings that result provide a wild
west thrill for every page. Langford’s energy, determination and sense
of justice win the day finally, tho not without tragedies.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 378. Je. 15, ’07. 200w.

“Their collaborative work is remarkably smooth and even and shows
little trace of its double authorship.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 502. Ag. 17, ’07. 190w.

=Brace, Benjamin.= Seventh person. †$1.50. Dodd.

6–34686.

Jerry Chambers is a young collegian who as a member of a fraternity is
obliged at the end of his course to perform whatever task might be
outlined in the envelope that he draws from a mysterious black bag.
“Obeying its imperative mandate, against which parental wishes count
for naught, he departs for South America, where in a marvelously short
time he wins great renown, a love affair with a beautiful señorita,
developing meanwhile. The scenes of his subsequent adventures are in
Mexico and the South and West of the country.” (Ind.)

* * * * *

“The conclusion is carefully manipulated.”

+ =Ind.= 62: 386. F. 14, ’07. 100w.

“Mr. Brace has the gift of imagination in a most frantic form.”

− =N. Y. Times.= 11: 831. D. 1, ’06. 390w.

=Bradby, Godfrey Fox.= Great days of Versailles; studies from court life in the later years of Louis XIV. il. $1.75. Scribner.

7–6786.

Based chiefly upon the memoirs of Saint-Simon, the letters of Mme. de
Maintenon and of Madame the Princess Palatine, Mr. Bradby’s picture
serves as “an introduction to the period for those who wish to pursue
a more extensive study of eighteenth century memoirs, and will also be
sufficiently complete and vivid to be of interest and value to those
who have not the time and opportunity for more detailed reading.” (N.
Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“Mr. Bradby presents a sombre picture of this distinguished formal
period, without any brilliance but with too much care to be at all
disappointing, though at times we wish for the lightness and gaiety of
style which were the feature of his charming story ‘Dick’ and his
flippant farce ‘The Marquis’s eye.’”

+ − =Acad.= 72: 35. Ja. 12, ’07. 770w.

“Mr. Bradby’s book gives a fair account of phases of life and thought
which are now as extinct, and seem almost as remote, as the ways and
usages of the Pharaohs, and in the study of them one can find much
interest and some profit.” James Breck Perkins.

+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 883. Jl. ’07. 760w.

“On the whole, however, Mr. Bradby’s book is a scholarly and agreeable
piece of light historical reading.”

+ =Ath.= 1906, 2: 827. D. 29. 250w.

“Mr. Bradby has overcome the vast difficulties of the subject, and
written a book that makes for learning as well as for amusement—a fine
thing to be able to say, when we consider how very amusing it is! He
has—or he has acquired—the priceless gift of proportion.”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 6: 5. Ja. 4, ’07. 850w.

“The value of his work would have been enhanced, perhaps, especially
for those who wish to carry their studies further, if he had more
frequently footnoted his authorities.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 67. F. 2, ’07. 580w.

“The last few years have seen a great outpouring of books about
history, but it is not often easy to find among them one that is
written in decent English and is evidently a well-arranged epitome of
wide reading as this is.”

+ + =Sat. R.= 104: 178. Ag. 10, ’07. 290w.

=Bradley, Ernest.= Seven steps to the cross, being seven meditations suitable for Lent, and more particularly for Good Friday. **60c. Whittaker.

7–4780.

It is the object of these meditations to “carry a deep spiritual
message on the sufferings of our Lord to those who may hear or read
them.” The seven steps are; The last supper and the new commandment,
Gethsemane, Caiaphas, Herod, Pilate, Out by the Jaffa gate, and
Golgotha.

=Bradley, Shelland.= American girl in India. $1.75. Macmillan.

The experiences of a lively American girl who goes to India
principally to attend the “great Durbar” at Delhi. “She reckons and
guesses with equal aplomb, and has certain idioms of her own
invention, such as ‘I don’t catch right on to the people straight
away,’ and ‘Say, though, I’m shying off the main point,’ not to speak
of a touch here and there of untimely cockney.” (Nation.)

* * * * *

“There is of course fiction and fiction—the kind which aspires to be a
fine art (and so seldom, alas! attains its aspirations) and that which
aspires among other small things mainly to amuse (so often failing
too). To the latter class belongs ‘An American girl in India;’ but far
from being a failure, this novel contains so much knowledge of
character, and such a light and sure touch in the sketching of passing
personalities, that we regret the trivialities which condemn it to a
place in the second category.”

− + =Acad.= 72: 345. Ap. 6, ’07. 410w.

“When one has mastered the jargon one finds her an amusing person in a
mild way.”

+ − =Nation.= 84: 501. My. 30, ’07. 240w.

“The book is written with a good deal of vivacity, much of it of a
cheap sort, and with facility in the use of the English language.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 500. Ag. 17, ’07. 130w.

=Brady, Cyrus Townsend.= Blue ocean’s daughter. †$1.50. Moffat.

7–29001.

“It is about an Amazonian sort of young woman who was born on board
her father’s ship, grew up on it in his company, was as good a sailor
as the skipper, and if need was could fight with swords and pistols as
well as if she had been a man. The time of the story is laid in the
latter part of the revolutionary war and the ship is pursued by an
English frigate. Out of the pursuit and the fight there grow all
manner of exciting incidents.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

“Has a plethora of strange and exciting incident and is written in his
most rattling style.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 584. S. 28, ’07. 170w.

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

=Brady, Cyrus Townsend.= Patriots. †$1.50. Dodd.

6–9278.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“Strong alike in incident and character-drawing.”

+ =Ath.= 1906, 2: 767. D. 15. 110w.

=Brady, Cyrus Townsend, and Peple, Edward Henry.= Richard the brazen. †$1.50. Moffat.

6–28452.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“We have a suspicion that the tale, like the Adelphi melodrama, was
written for the gallery, and an American gallery into the bargain.”

− =Acad.= 73: 778. Ag. 10, ’07. 190w.

=Brainerd, Eleanor Hoyt.= Bettina. †$1.25. Doubleday.

7–3184.

Of the following ingredients the story is composed: “a genial brother,
a doctor with the orthodox Abernathy manners, a providentially effaced
friend, whose non-appearance causes the case of mistaken identity upon
which the story hinges, and a child of revealing prattle. A railway
wreck, the wise scheme of a self-abnegating nurse, a thunderstorm, an
overdose of medicine—all serve to bring about a happy ending foreseen
from the first.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

“Not recommended for small library with limited means.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 77. Mr. ’07.

“As we read the bright little sketch of American social life, we
forget to cavil at its elaborate setting.”

+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 513. O. 26. 160w.

“Slight but cleverly handled story.”

+ =Lit. D.= 34: 385. Mr. 9, ’07. 100w.

“‘Tis foolish,’ as our friend, Mr. Hennessy, says, but it is told in a
pleasant, sprightly fashion, and it will furnish beguilement for many
readers.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 67. Mr. 2, ’07. 130w.

“The story [is] too slight to make into a book.”

− =Outlook.= 85: 479. F. 23, ’07. 40w.

=Brandes, Georg Morris Cohen.= On reading: an essay. **75c. Duffield.

6–32694.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

Reviewed by William T. Brewster.

=Forum.= 38: 384. Ja. ’07. 1160w.

=Brandes, Georg Morris Cohen.= Reminiscences of my childhood and youth. **$2.50. Duffield.

6–34030.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“Unhappily, however, the translation is not first rate, particularly
in the Englishing of original turns and phrases, nor is the volume
lacking in typographical errors.”

+ − =Ind.= 62: 389. F. 14, ’07. 500w.

“It is interesting partly though its naïve and refreshing
candour—partly through its revelation of the narrow parochialism of
Scandinavian life.”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 5: 431. D. 28, ’06. 980w.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 676. O. 13, ’06. 1040w. (Published by
arrangement with Lond. Times.)

“There is not a dull paragraph, not a single dry-as-dust element in
this highly instructive autobiography, for which I earnestly wish many
readers in this country.” Paul Harboe.

+ + =No. Am.= 183: 917. N. 2, ’06. 1300w.

“The reader of the ‘Reminiscences’ finds Brandes not dry, certainly
not unproductive, but assuredly ‘a creature with thoughts ground
keen.’”

+ + =Putnam’s.= 1: 508. Ja. ’07. 700w.

=Brastow, Lewis O.= Modern pulpit: a study of homiletic sources and characteristics. **$1.50. Macmillan.

6–35521.

An interpretation of the teaching of our day. The influences that are
at work upon the ministry, the problems that are before it, and the
demands that are urged upon it are all viewed in the light of the
present day unification of the denominations.

* * * * *

“Dr. Brastow, always calm, rational, deep-sighted and analytical, is
especially so in this volume.” Robert E. Bisbee.

+ + =Arena.= 36: 685. D. ’06. 170w.

Reviewed by George Hodges.

=Atlan.= 99: 562. Ap. ’07. 240w.

“A book about preaching of decided merit.”

+ + =Ind.= 61: 1118. N. 8, ’06. 50w.

“The notable feature of this volume, however, is not its descriptions
of personalities, but its examination of the more general agencies
that have wrought upon modern preaching, together with its
discrimination of the distinctive qualities in homiletical practice in
the various Protestant nationalities and communions.”

+ =Nation.= 83: 560. D. 27, ’06. 480w.

“Men of all churches will recognize his work as one of remarkable
attractiveness and ability.”

+ + =Outlook.= 84: 631. N. 10, ’06. 600w.

“Among new works on preaching and the modern pulpit, perhaps the most
noteworthy volume of the past few months is ‘The modern pulpit.’”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 35: 118. Ja. ’07. 110w.

=Breasted, James Henry.= Ancient records of Egypt: historical documents from the earliest times to the Persian conquest; collected, edited and translated with commentary, v. 1–4 ea. *$4; v. 5. Index number. *$2. Univ. of Chicago press.

6–5480.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“In a work of such extent and difficulty there is inevitably much to
criticize: and one cannot in reading it avoid the reflection that six
months of steady revision of the whole of it are required in order to
bring the work up to the high standard at which the author aims and
which is to be looked for from one endowed with his comprehensive
insight. The English throughout is crude, there are many mistakes in
renderings and descriptions, and many hasty judgments.”

+ + − =Acad.= 72: 116. F. 2, ’07. 1770w. (Review of v. 1–4.)

“The translation exhibits the same careful attention to matters of
detail that is everywhere apparent. In wideness of scope, thoroughness
of treatment extending to the minutest details, systematic arrangement
and conscientious scholarship Professor Breasted’s ‘Ancient records’
takes high rank, and it cannot be doubted that it will have a most
important influence upon Egyptological studies in the domains both of
history and philology.” Christopher Johnston.

+ + =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 858. Jl. ’07. 1720w.

“One half of the corrigenda which Dr. Breasted announces in his fifth
volume are caused by the uncouth and barbarous system of
transliteration which forms the trade-mark of Berlin Egyptology, and
which Dr. Breasted admits must be ignored by the general reader, it
will be seen that he has suffered in no slight degree by his devotion
to his innovating teachers. This is, however, the only fault we have
to find.”

+ + − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 599. My. 18. 1320w. (Review of v. 1–4.)

Reviewed by Christopher Johnston.

+ + + =Bib. World.= 29: 233. Mr. ’07. 230w. (Review of v. 1–4.)

“A great saver of time and energy to the student.”

+ =Bib. World.= 29: 400. My. ’07. 40w. (Review of v. 5.)

“A great work ready at hand with one of the best indexes ever
constructed, making every fact available by its comprehensive system
for quick, and easy reference.”

+ =Dial.= 42: 291. My. 1, ’07. 200w. (Review of v. 1–4.)

=Ind.= 62: 741. Mr. 28, ’07. 60w. (Review of v. 5.)

“These volumes form a monument of the author-translator, which will
give his name a permanent place in the literature of the subject.”

+ + + =Nation.= 83: 558. D. 27, ’06. 370w. (Review of v. 1–4.)

=Nation.= 84: 288. Mr. 28, ’07. 30w. (Review of v. 5.)

“It is a monumental work, of which any country might be proud, and the
University of Chicago is to be congratulated upon finding the scholar
to achieve it and providing the means to give it to the world.”

+ + + =Sat. R.= 104: 270. Ag. 31, ’07. 1270w. (Review of v. 5.)

=Breasted, James Henry.= History of Egypt from the earliest times to the Persian conquest. **$5. Scribner.

5–34978.

Descriptive note in December, 1905.

“Throughout Dr. Breasted writes clearly and lucidly. He tells his
story in a straightforward and spirited manner and, while no detail of
importance is omitted, he is never prolix. This happy combination of
judicious conciseness with ample fulness of treatment is a
distinguishing feature of the book.” Christopher Johnston.

+ + + =Bib. World.= 29: 234. Mr. ’07. 560w.

“The best and most readable English history of Egypt.”

+ + + =Nation.= 83: 558. D. 27, ’06. 260w.

=Brebner, Percy.= Knight of the silver star. *$1. Fenno.

7–34776.

An English traveler slides inadvertently down a mountain side on the
borderland of Russia and finds himself in a strange kingdom where
mediæval customs prevail. Here, welcomed as a heaven sent knight, he
wields a sword in behalf of the beautiful princess, passes safely thru
many wondrous adventures, and at last in a miraculous fashion escapes
from his enemies. He returns to our modern London carrying with him
the princess who, as his wife, remains the one proof of the time when
he tilted for her in the lists wearing the armour of the knights of
the silver star.

=Brebner, Percy James (Christian Lys, pseud.).= Princess Maritza; il. by Harrison Fisher. $1.50. McBride, T. J.

6–32119.

“It is the old story of the little kingdom and the succession and the
‘peace of Europe’ on the verge of collapse. As in all such stories,
there are tricky ministers, intriguing women, swash-buckler soldiers
and the lovers—a princess and a soldier of fortune.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

“The incidents are numerous though unconvincing. The personages do not
live, we are indifferent to their fates.”

− =Nation.= 83: 396. N. 8, ’06. 230w.

“Usually, in such stories, there are lay figures, but Mr. Brebner has
injected hot blood into them, and the result is a story, the stirring
action and situations of which may cause Anthony Hope to tremble for
his ‘Zenda’ laurels.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 719. N. 3, ’06. 200w.

=Breed, Charles Blaney, and Hosmer, George Leonard.= Principles and practice of surveying. $3. Wiley.

6–39471.

“Not a treatise, but a text-book, and an elementary rather than a
comprehensive text-book. They [the authors] deal with the simpler
branches of the surveyor’s work in a clear and simple explanatory
style. The subject is covered in four main divisions, headed,
respectively: Instruments (use, adjustment and care); Surveying
methods: Computations: Plotting: followed by a rather good collection
of tables.”—Engin. N.

* * * * *

“Good manual of the simpler branches of surveying. Especially careful
in pointing out possible sources of error.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 160. O. ’07. S.

+ + =Engin. N.= 56: 528. N. 15, ’06. 400w.

“The usual tables complete the volume, which is probably as
satisfactory a text-book under present methods of technical school
instruction in surveying as can be written.” H. N. Ogden.

+ =Science=, n. s. 26: 17. Jl. 5, ’07. 600w.

“The book as a whole is worthy of a place on any beginner’s desk, and
merits success.” Arthur D. Butterfield.

+ + − =Technical Literature.= 1: 222. My. ’07. 1490w.

=Brent, Rt. Rev. Charles Henry.= With God in prayer. **50c. Jacobs.

7–11202.

Bishop Brent’s purpose in writing this little book is to suggest
prayerful thoughts and to promote the prayerful spirit.

=Bridge, Norman.= House health, and other papers. **$1.25. Duffield.

7–29539.

The titles of the papers included in this volume are suggestive: House
health, Human talk, The blind side of the average parent, Some
commencement ideals, A domestic clearing house, The true gospel of
sleep, Some unconceded rights of parents and children, and The trained
nurse and the larger life.

* * * * *

“Contains much good advice, and some that is perhaps not so good
because the counsel of an extremist.”

+ − =Dial.= 43: 256. O. 16, ’07. 250w.

“He says so much that is sensible and practical that almost any parent
might find himself chastened and enlightened by a perusal of the
volume.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 636. O. 19, ’07. 310w.

=Brierley, J. (“J. B.,” pseud.)= Eternal religion. *$1.40. Whittaker.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“His outlook is broad, his sympathies are wide.”

+ + =Ind.= 62: 98. Ja. 10, ’07. 180w.

=Brierley, Jonathan.= Religion and experience. *$1.40. Whittaker.

7–37539.

“The brevity of his essays, rarely exceeding eight pages, commends
them to a world that prefers short sermons, and to preachers who
would learn to say in fifteen or twenty minutes much that will both
hold the attention and stick in the mind afterwards. The standpoint
is that of a devoutly Christian thinker fully responsive to the
intellectual demands of the modern world. The introduction
compresses into a short statement, clear and simple, the modern
argument for experience as the test of reality, whether in science,
philosophy, or religion.”—Outlook.

* * * * *

“The chief value of the book consists in the facts that the writer
combines a truly liberal with a deeply religious spirit: that he is
steeped in the thoughts of the world’s highest thinkers, ancient and
modern, and that he is able to place their ideas before his readers in
such telling fashion that they may be ‘understanded of the people.’”

+ + =Acad.= 72: 150. F. 9, ’07. 260w.

“The various subjects are well exploited, and the conclusions, while
marked by an optimism that is too easy-going to bear a searching
criticism, are unquestionably honest, kindly, and wholesome.”

+ − =Nation.= 85: 125. Ag. 8, ’07. 500w.

“The gifted British essayist ... evidently, as the present volume like
its predecessors shows, reaps a rich-soiled field.”

+ =Outlook.= 85: 143. Ja. 19, ’07. 160w.

=Briggs, Charles Augustus.= Critical and exegetical commentary on the book of Psalms. 2v. ea. **$3. Scribner.

=v. 2.= This volume contains the commentary on the Psalms from the
fifty-first to the one hundred and fiftieth. “The special student and
the ordinarily intelligent reader are both provided for: the former in
full measure. The latter will find some strikingly new translations
superseding the old.” (Outlook.)

* * * * *

“Is one of the most notable books of the year in the field of
Scripture study.”

+ + =Cath. World.= 85: 406. Je. ’07. 380w. (Review of v. 1.)

“This work is encyclopaedic in character. The introduction, covering
110 pages, is the fullest treatment we have seen on all the questions
that concern a critical study of the Psalter.”

+ + =Dial.= 42: 115. F. 16, ’07. 340w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

“The possibility of accidental or deliberate changes of reading must
constantly be remembered in dealing with such a book as the Psalter.
It is in this respect that Dr. Briggs is perhaps deficient, and this
deficiency, for me, throws much doubt on his metrical arrangements of
the psalms. I consider his work of great educational use, and that
even for very advanced students it will save much trouble to have the
book near at hand.” T. K. Cheyne.

+ − =Hibbert J.= 5: 453. Ja. ’07. 3040w. (Review of v. 1.)

“Dr. Briggs is hardly critical enough, nor has he sufficient
experience in the use of all the newest and best methods.” T. K.
Cheyne.

+ − =Hibbert J.= 5: 944. Jl. ’07. 1530w. (Review of v. 2.)

“Dr. Briggs’s ‘Commentary on the Psalms’ is dominated by the author’s
interest in their metrical structure. There is no harm in arranging a
Psalm in strophes and lines, if one so desire, but when enthusiasm for
metre dictates important textual emendations, as is frequently the
case with Dr. Briggs, the matter is more serious.”

− + =Ind.= 62: 330. F. 7, ’07. 290w. (Review of v. 1.)

“Quite up to the highest German standard. No other writer has paid
more attention to poetic structure, and he has used its laws in his
correction of the text.”

+ =Ind.= 62: 974. Ap. 25, ’07. 320w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

“Much in his volume demands most careful consideration; but we cannot
but think that a verdict of ‘not proven’ will have to be returned on
many of his most confident and dogmatic conclusions as regards both
the text and the development of the Psalter.”

+ + − =Lond. Times.= 6: 81. Mr. 15, ’07. 2200w. (Review of v. 1 and
2.)

“These volumes command respect as a work of immense industry. No
existing commentary on the Psalms can be compared with them for
exhaustive thoroughness.”

+ + − =Nation.= 85: 61. Jl. 18, ’07. 1150w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

+ + =Outlook.= 85: 763. Mr. 30, ’07. 150w. (Review of v. 2.)

=Briggs, Charles Augustus, and Hugel, Friedrich H. von.= Papal commission and the Pentateuch. *75c. Longmans.

In which the author and his friend Friedrich von Hugel exchange
letters on the decision of the Pontifical commission concerning the
Pentateuch. Professor Briggs expresses his “surprise and grief that
the Commission should have put such a burden on the church, and
restates the critical conclusions as to the composite authorship of
the Pentateuch, as against the Commission’s conclusion that Moses
wrote it, with the use of pre-existing documents and some later
scribal additions. Von Hugel replies, defining the liberty of Catholic
scholarship in the church, agreeing with Professor Briggs as to the
folly of the Commission’s action, even altho approved by the Pope, and
both agree that the decision should not forbid critical research and
freedom.” (Ind.)

* * * * *

=Cath. World.= 84: 707. F. ’07. 1260w.

=Ind.= 62: 974. Ap. 25, ’07. 200w.

=Lond. Times.= 5: 410. D. 7, ’06. 770w.

=Nation.= 84: 432. My. 9, ’07. 150w.

=Outlook.= 85: 143. Ja. 19, ’07. 150w.

=Brinton, Selwyn.= Correggio. Forty-eight plates with biography. (Newnes’ art lib.) *$1.25. Warne.

W 7–47.

A biographical sketch, a list of the most celebrated works with
descriptive, critical and historical matter, and forty-eight
half-tones of paintings.

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 65. Mr. ’07. S.

Reviewed by Charles de Kay.

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 11: 881. D. 22, ’06. 200w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 273. Ap. 27, ’07. 160w.

=Brode, Heinrich.= Tippoo Tib, the story of his career in Central Africa. *$3. Longmans.

Tippo Tib is an Arab trader well known to all who took an interest in
East Africa or the Congo fifteen or twenty years ago. This sketch is a
transcription made from Tippo Tib’s own story of his life. “He was a
species of African Cortez, brave as a lion, utterly unscrupulous, avid
of wealth, shrewd and masterful. Like the Spanish adventurers, he
accomplished prodigies with a handful of men.” (Lit. D.)

* * * * *

“It is a fascinating chronicle.”

+ =Lit. D.= 34: 885. Je. 1, ’07. 350w.

“A valuable addition to the scanty records of East African history.”

+ + =Nation.= 85: 58. Jl. 18, ’07. 940w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 250. Ap. 20, ’07. 170w.

=Spec.= 98: 904. Je. 8, ’07. 490w.

=Bronson, Walter C.=, comp. English poems. *$1.50. Univ. of Chicago press.

7–29839.

The last volume in a projected series of four, devoted to English
poems. The first volume will include Old English poems in translation,
Middle English poems, specimens of the pre-Elizabethan drama and old
ballads; the second will cover the Elizabethan and Caroline periods;
and the third will include poems of the restoration and the eighteenth
century. The present volume is devoted to poetry of the nineteenth
century. The series is designed for use in survey courses covering the
entire field of English literature.

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 192. N. ’07.

“Should be warmly welcomed as [an] adjunct to the work of teaching
English literature in both colleges and secondary schools.”

+ =Dial.= 43: 214. O. 1, ’07. 100w.

“The excellence of the selection of individual poems is beyond
dispute.”

+ =Outlook.= 87: 451. O. 26, ’07. 200w.

=Brooke, Emma Frances.= Sir Elyot of the woods. †$1.50. Duffield.

7–15923.

Sir Elyot Ingall of Ingalton, young, handsome, and on the eve of a
literary career, finds his estates hopelessly encumbered and is
obliged to let his manor house and strive by personal effort to keep a
mortgage off his Dower woods, the woods he loves, the trees of which
offer the only source of revenue for him. He struggles against the
woodman’s axe and finds inspiration for his writings in his forest.
When thru a legal tangle it is all but lost to him he recovers it, and
in recovering learns that the girl he loved and trusted had played the
trees false and planned to sacrifice them for the gold she craved. In
his agony his heart returns to his first love thru whom he and his
estate come once more to their own.

* * * * *

“If the whole book did but carry out the promise to be seen in the
opening pages it would be a remarkable and interesting production.”

+ − =Acad.= 73: 682. Jl. 13, ’07. 150w.

“As the faults of the novel are popular, they will not interfere with
its circulation.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907. 1: 693. Je. 8. 230w.

“It lacks but little of achieving distinction of style; it just misses
success in portraying one of those rare women characters that really
count.” Frederic Taber Cooper.

+ − =Bookm.= 25: 391. Je. ’07. 460w.

“On its merely human side, this is a singularly impressive and
well-managed story; to the lover of trees, who can share in Elyot’s
passion, it is an inexpressibly poignant tragedy.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ =Dial.= 42: 377. Je. 16, ’07. 800w.

“The book escapes being what it might have been, a notable piece of
work; as written it is nothing but a fairly readable ‘minor novel.’”

+ − =Ind.= 63: 97. Jl. 11, ’07. 180w.

“With a subtler art than that of the descriptive writer, Miss Brooke
contrives to pervade her story with the beauty and sanctity of the
woods, showing them to us through the eyes of her characters, and
keeping them always before us.”

+ =Lond. Times.= 6: 197. Je. 21, ’07. 280w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 378. Je. 15, ’07. 130w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 504. Ag. 17, ’07. 120w.

=Brooke, George H.= Story of a football season. **$1. Lippincott.

7–29718.

Steeped in the atmosphere of the athletic field, this story of a
foot-ball season, written with all the life-likeness and authority
which inside knowledge can afford, makes its appeal to every champion
of a college eleven. All the stages of team development are
interestingly set down and gridiron encounters, including the great
end-of-the-season victory are realistically described.

=Brooke, Stopford A.= Life superlative. *$1.50. Am. Unitar.

W 6–183.

A collection of Mr. Brooke’s sermons and addresses which are
characterized by their moral outlook, their grasp of things unseen and
eternal, their practical appeal to the highest and best in human
nature, and a high note of optimism. They are grouped under the
following headings: Religion and conduct, Lessons by the way, Social
problems, The outlook—here and hereafter, The foundations of life and
The city of the soul.

* * * * *

“This is a book good to have on the table for leisure moments and
their opportunities of refreshment for the higher self.”

+ + =Outlook.= 87: 748. N. 30, ’07. 160w.

+ =Spec.= 96: 545. Ap. 7, ’06. 300w.

=Brookfield, Frances (Mrs. Charles H. E. Brookfield).= Cambridge “Apostles.” *$5. Scribner.

7–13938.

“A record of the talk and a study of the character of a large group of
gifted people who enlivened their intercourse with one another with
unfailing gaiety of mood and unflagging humor. High spirits and
abounding wit are generally found in the company of men of genius; and
the madness theory of Nordau is set at naught by the sanity and love
of fun of the apostles’ who gave the University of Cambridge
distinction between 1830–1840.”—Outlook.

* * * * *

“The book, indeed, is full of blunders—some due probably to slack
reading of proofs, some to want of familiarity with the details of the
life of the time.”

− + =Ath.= 1907, 1: 39. Ja. 12. 1320w.

“An index, whose five pages, however, do not contain all the entries
one might have occasion to look for—not even all the names of persons
mentioned in the work. If the book has still another fault, it may by
the more serious be thought to be an unduly generous inclusion of
pleasant trivialities. However, they entertain—or, if not, they may be
skipped.” Percy F. Bicknell.

+ + − =Dial.= 12: 134. Mr. 1, ’07. 1500w.

“To one behind the scenes this is not a good book.”

− =Nation.= 84: 205. F. 28, ’07. 890w.

“A few typographical errors disfigure a volume unusually excellent in
its format, a joy to both eye and hand. It is of the nature of an
accolade to be admitted to this elect circle. Mrs. Brookfield’s
readers cannot but have a sense of distinction conferred upon them.”

+ + − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 25. Ja. 19, ’07. 930w.

“It is loosely put together and not always carefully written, but it
is starred with great names and full of delightful glimpses of that
rare kind and quality of society which charms, refreshes, and
liberates.” Hamilton W. Mabie.

+ + − =No. Am.= 181: 528. Mr. 1, ’07. 1470w.

“A more interesting and witty book has not come from the press for a
long time.”

+ + =Outlook.= 85: 164. Ja. 26, ’07. 1900w.

Reviewed by A. I. du P. Coleman.

+ =Putnam’s.= 2: 613. Ag. ’07. 1270w.

“We may complain that her proofs have not been read, and that her
pages bristle with inexcusable misprints. We may object that many of
her statements are inaccurate. But, when all deductions are made, we
cannot deny the merit of Mrs. Brookfield’s book, and we have read it
from beginning to end with a pleasure which its faults have done no
more than temper.”

+ + − =Spec.= 97: 988. D. 15, ’06. 1270w.

* =Brooks, Mary Wallace.= A prodigal. $1.25. Badger, R: G.

7–22410.

This story tells how the goodness of a sweet maid reformed the
prodigal son of a brokenhearted minister. It contains reproof for the
unthinking people of the world who lift their voices in popular
condemnation of every son among them who feeds on husks, people who
not only do not offer a more Christian diet but who scoff at those who
have the courage to offer it.

=Broughton, Rhoda.= Waif’s progress. $1.50. Macmillan.

Descriptive note in December, 1905.

“Is no more than a sketch, verging here and there on caricature. It is
light, unpretending, avowedly skimming over the surface of things. It
is amusing to an unusual degree.” Mary Moss.

+ =Atlan.= 99: 117. Ja. ’07. 510w.

=Brown, Alice.= County road. †$1.50. Houghton.

6–33588.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“None of the tales touch upon the darker aspects of life, all are
optimistic in tone, and delicately humorous in treatment.”

+ =Acad.= 71: 612. D. 15, ’06. 160w.

“The title of the book is well chosen, carrying with it a leisurely
pace, happy endings, unforced homely dialect, Yankee talk as it really
is.” Alice Durant Smith.

+ =Bookm.= 24: 598. F. ’07. 920w.

“The people in the book are mainly earth creatures, dimly aware of,
but in no wise intimate with their own mental processes, and they are
handled with insight and unfailing charm.”

+ =Ind.= 62: 443. F. 21, ’07. 220w.

“All lovers of New England studies are cordially advised to read this
collection.”

+ =Spec.= 98: 94. Ja. 19, ’07. 130w.

=Brown, Arthur J.= Foreign missionary: an incarnation of a world movement. **$1.50. Revell.

7–23292.

A text-book for the student contemplating going into the field.
“Beginning with a statement of the missionary motive and aim, he
describes simply and clearly the essential qualifications for the
work, then passes on to a detailed account of the missionary’s
relations to the society which sends him out, his duties to it, and
its obligations to him. The principal arguments against foreign
missions are briefly stated and answered, and the book closes with a
striking portrayal of the modern missionary, not as a saint on a
pedestal with a halo about his head, but as ‘preëminently a man of
affairs.’” (Nation.)

* * * * *

“We only regret, and it is our single criticism, that he has not given
some information as to the way in which young English, German, and
Swiss candidates are prepared for missionary work in Asia and Africa.”

+ + − =Nation.= 85: 303. O. 3, ’07. 380w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 663. O. 19, ’07. 20w.

“A thoroughly sane book is a thing of beauty and a joy. Such is Dr.
Brown’s book on missions. This book is especially adapted for two
classes of persons—those who believe in foreign missions and those who
don’t.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 746. N. 23, ’07. 110w.

=Brown, Charles Reynolds.= Main points: a study in Christian belief. *$1.25. Pilgrim press.

7–19461.

“The present work puts before thoughtful laymen the main points of
evangelical doctrine as now held by what twenty years ago began to be
known as ‘progressive orthodoxy.’ It is for these who desire a
statement of fundamental Christian truths more accordant with modern
thought and experience than what they find in the historic
creeds.”—Outlook.

* * * * *

+ =Ind.= 62: 504. F. 28. ’07. 150w.

“It is a luminous help to the clear thinking that grasps essential
reality. It is also sane in stopping at the line where it is more
reasonable to wait for more light before exploring further. This
quality, however, is not so manifest in its discussion of the divinity
of Christ.”

+ − =Outlook.= 85: 352. F. 9, ’07. 170w.

=Brown, Charles Reynolds.= Social message of the modern pulpit. **$1.25. Scribner.

6–32406.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

Reviewed by George Hodges.

=Atlan.= 99: 562. Ap. ’07. 110w.

“The main interest in the volume lies in the method by which the
Biblical story of Exodus is made to suggest moral factors in the labor
problems of our own time and land.” Charles Richmond Henderson.

+ =Dial.= 42: 12. Ja. 1, ’07. 400w.

=Brown, Francis.= Hebrew and English lexicon of the Old Testament. *$8. Houghton.

Professor Brown has brought an enormous undertaking to its completion,
aided by Professors Driver and Briggs. It is “the most important
contribution to Hebrew lexicography since the ‘Thesaurus.’ When it is
added that the gains of three-quarters of a century in Semitic
philology, in textual criticism, geographical exploration, and
archaeological research, as well as in Biblical exegesis, have been
brought to bear on the lexical problems of the Old Testament, it will
be understood that the lexicon has no need to commend itself by even
the greatest names of former generations.” (Nation.)

* * * * *

“It is, indeed, a veritable thesaurus, and will not fall far short of
meeting the most exacting requirements. It is safe to predict that it
will be a long time before it is superseded; and in the meantime it
will remain what it is now, an indispensable helper.” Charles C.
Torrey.

+ + =Am. J. Theol.= 11: 510. Jl. ’07. 2990w.

“We regret that the price of this essential dictionary will conduce to
the further neglect of the Hebrew language in our theological
seminaries.”

+ =Ind.= 62: 46. Ja. 3, ’07. 310w.

“Let the place of honor among the religious books of the year be given
to a monument of patient toil and exact and searching scholarship.
Professor Francis Brown’s ‘Hebrew and English lexicon of the old
Testament.’”

+ + + =Ind.= 63: 1235. N. 21, ’07. 130w.

“Scholars of the English tongue have now in their hands an instrument
not only unsurpassed, but unrivalled in any other language.”

+ + =Nation.= 84: 595. Je. 27, ’07. 200w.

=Brown, Sir Hanbury.= Irrigation: its principles and practice as a branch of engineering. *$5. Van Nostrand.

A work of some three hundred pages which sets forth the guiding
principles that should govern the practice of irrigation, and
furnishes illustrations of their application in existing canal
systems. Many of the illustrations have been taken from material
supplied by the irrigation experience of India and Egypt.

=Brown, Helen Dawes.= Mr. Tuckerman’s nieces. †$1.50. Houghton.

7–32838.

Mr. Tuckerman, a professor and bachelor, learns one day that three
nieces have been bequeathed to him. His sense of duty demands that he
open the doors of his colonial home, sacred to study and repose, to
these doubtful western girls. The story tells how they slip into his
home life and soften the callous spots of his nature and by their
freshness and ingenuousness teach him to love youth, and, further, how
this training turns him into the channels of neglected love making.

* * * * *

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 653. O. 19, ’07. 30w.

=Brown, Hiram Chellis.= Historical bases of religions, primitive, Babylonian and Jewish. **$1.50. Turner, H. B.

6–33632.

A chapter on the origin and development of the religious sense,
introduces a study of the Babylonian and Jewish religions. Babylonian
civilization receives friendly, almost enthusiastic treatment. The
chapters on Jewish religion, which occupy over half the volume, give a
résumé of the results of the higher criticism and recent research, and
attempt to prove that Judaism retarded rather than advanced religious
progress.

* * * * *

“Is a well-written but misleading book. It is the product of wide
reading rather than of close study or original investigation.” Kemper
Fullerton.

− + =Am. J. Theol.= 16: 666. O. ’07. 250w.

“We have no opportunity to verify at this time the author’s statement
of historic facts concerning the teachings of the monuments, but
assuming them to be correct we feel that the conclusions drawn
therefrom are not entirely warranted. In our opinion the author lacks
power of historic perspective.” Robert E. Bisbee.

+ − =Arena.= 37: 107. Ja. ’07. 870w.

“Throughout the volume the wrong is so mingled with the right, and
there is such a distortion (doubtless unintentional) of the history,
that the general reader may often get an impression not in accordance
with the facts. A proper estimate of Hebraism and Judaism calls for
wider knowledge and a calmer and more Judicial attitude than are to be
found in this volume.”

− =Nation.= 84: 87. Ja. 24, ’07. 540w.

=Outlook.= 84: 677. N. 17, ’06. 160w.

=Brown, John Mason.= Lecture on the law of contracts. $1. John M. Brown, Washington, D. C.

7–23481.

“The subject-matter of the book was prepared by Mr. Brown for delivery
before the Association of American Government Accountants, the aim and
desire of the author being to correct some of the misconceptions of
law and some of the errors of practice which have so largely
characterized the government contract and those who have had to deal
therewith.”—Engin. N.

* * * * *

“The presentation of the matter—especially those features and branches
with which contractors are so frequently harassed and annoyed—is
exceptionally clear. The language is entirely untechnical and the book
is so arranged as to give the layman a thorough grasp of the main
principles of the law.”

+ =Engin. N.= 57: 668. Je. 13, ’07. 320w.

+ =Technical Literature.= 2: 97. Ag. ’07. 230w.

=Brown, John Pinkney.= Practical arboriculture: how forests influence climate, control the winds, prevent floods, sustain national prosperity: a text book for railway engineers, manufacturers, lumbermen and farmers; how, where and what to plant for the rapid production of lumber, cross-ties, telegraph poles and other timbers, with original photographs by the author. $2.50. J. P. Brown, Connersville, Ind.

6–23171.

A thorogoing handbook sufficiently well outlined in the sub-title.

* * * * *

“The work can in no proper sense be called a text-book, since it is
utterly lacking in systematic arrangement, but it will doubtless prove
of no little educational value. It is a pity that the book has no
index, what is called such being merely a table of contents.”

+ + − =Engin. N.= 56: 525. N. 15, ’06. 310w.

=R. of Rs.= 34: 761. D. ’06. 80w.

=Brown, Katharine Holland.= Dawn. †50c. Crowell.

7–21225.

An overworked surgeon goes to the northern wilds to rest and to avert
a nervous breakdown. While there the miracle of restoration is wrought
thru a night of service to a woman whose life he fought for and won.

=Brown, Kenneth.= Sirocco: a novel. $1.50. Kennerley.

6–19771.

“This tale is described as ‘a thrilling story of the Arabian desert;’
and as dealing with the ‘most uncivilized of North African
despotisms.’ It deals with a country existing only in the author’s
rather unbridled imagination. His ‘Sirocco’ is clearly meant to be
Morocco; but, while it may resemble a tourist’s dream of that country,
it is far from resembling the real Moghreb.”—Ath.

* * * * *

“‘Thrilling’ the story may possibly prove to the unfastidious reader
who likes his fiction hot and strong; but its glaring impossibilities,
not to mention improbabilities, will militate against appreciation of
such merits as it possesses. It owes something to the ‘Naulahka,’ but
lacks the artistry of that ingenious extravaganza.”

− + =Ath.= 1907, 1: 658. Je. 1. 2860w.

“It is written in a crisp, virile style, and the contrasts between the
Americanisms of the American and the very Oriental situations in which
he finds himself are brought out in a racy and picturesque fashion.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 376. Je. 9, ’06. 300w.

=Brown, William Adams.= Christian theology in outline. **$2.50. Scribner.

6–44353.

A textbook of doctrinal theology for those who feel themselves
attached to the historic forms of faith. “He has succeeded in stating
several of the doctrines of historic Christianity, notably that of the
Trinity, in a manner to relieve dogma of some of its difficulties,
while retaining largely the classic form of expression.” (Nation.)

* * * * *

“It may be questioned, however, whether Professor Brown is altogether
justified in retaining the orthodox terminology for his modern
doctrine.”

+ − =Ind.= 63: 884. O. 10, ’07. 330w.

“Professor Brown is a careful scholar, who has trained himself to
avoid exaggeration, and whose chapters never offer rhetoric in the
place of thought.”

+ =Nation.= 84: 264. Mr. 21, ’07. 280w.

“This conception of the relation of the Bible to theology, of which
Dr. Brown observes it is not the only source, underlies his entire
work, and gives it distinctive character. It is undeniably the true
conception. In the fidelity, the fullness, and the freedom with which
he has applied it he is not surpassed by any contemporary theologian.”

+ =Outlook.= 86: 565. Je. 13, ’07. 1650w.

=R. of Rs.= 35: 637. My. ’07. 80w.

=Browne, Edward G.= Literary history of Persia from Firdawsi to Sa’di. (Lib. of literary history.) $4. Scribner.

7–2590.

The second volume of Professor Browne’s “Literary history of Persia,”
the first volume of which appeared four years ago. The period covered
is from the beginning of the eleventh century to the middle of the
thirteenth, the Golden age of Persian poetry.

* * * * *

“The virtue or the defect of his book is that it is an encyclopaedia
of the results of firsthand research. It is designed for the benefit
of the man of learning rather than for the delectation of the lover of
letters.”

+ + =Acad.= 72: 9. Ja. 5, ’07. 1530w.

“Prof. Browne’s translations in verse are generally excellent, but it
is a pity that they are now and then marred by the use of false
rhymes. Altogether this book is a monument of ripe learning and
bounteous exposition.”

+ + − =Ath.= 1906, 2: 822. D. 29. 2520w.

“More generally interesting than its predecessor, although it is not
so weighted by the enormous erudition of the author as to be anything
but light reading.”

+ + =Dial.= 41: 400. D. 1, ’06. 110w.

“Is the most important work on Persian literature that has appeared in
years.”

+ + =Lit. D.= 33: 813. D. 1, ’06. 280w.

“In point of workmanship, the book is ill-composed. To the student and
scholar it will be a fund of prolonged delight, and to such the faults
which detract from its literary workmanship will seem almost merits.
The Persian scholar will find it a stout staff to lean on in all
matters of biography, bibliography, and textual apparatus. The ‘mere
reader’ may perhaps wish for a more balanced and consecutive treatment
of the literature, and will probably be alarmed by the sternly
scholarly spelling of the names.”

+ + − =Lond. Times.= 5: 341. O. 12, ’06. 2190w.

“The author has conscientiously omitted nothing. If ever [the reader]
comes across the name of some obscure ‘littèratur’ of Persia, he will
find all that can be said about him in the Cambridge Professor’s
book.”

+ + =Sat. R.= 103: 114. Ja. 26, ’07. 1090w.

“He deserves hearty thanks for the delightful anecdotes with which his
book is garnished. He has penetrated into the soul of Oriental
story-telling, and he realises, with the East that a fact flies the
further when winged with an epigram. Admirable, too, are his short
biographical notices of his authors, compiled from materials that his
critical sense knows well how to use, and just as admirable are his
appreciations of their works from a Western point of view, and even
from an Eastern.”

+ + =Spec.= 98: 19. Ja. 5, ’07. 1570w.

=Browne, George Waldo.= Comrades under Castro; or, Young engineers in Venezuela. 75c. McKay.

A new edition of the second volume in “The round world series.” It is
an interesting account of the part which two American lads played in
the revolution in Venezuela, being comrades under Castro thruout his
fight to maintain his own against the enemies of his government.

=Browne, J. H. Balfour.= Essays, critical and political. 2v. *$5. Longmans.

The greater part of these essays appeared in the Westminster review
between the years 1876 and 1886. Among subjects discussed in the
“Political” volume are: Russia, 1877; Afghanistan, 1881; African slave
trade; English supremacy, and England in Egypt. They are principally
valuable for the historical interest of opinions expressed. The
“Critical” volume includes among its subjects Michael Angelo,
Machiavelli, Charlotte Brontë, George Eliot, Landor, Dickens and
Macready.

* * * * *

“A writer of substantial merit, though hardly of the first rank. He is
too fond of putting his subjects into the box as it were, and
submitting them to a severe cross-examination.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 380. Mr. 30. 590w.

“The ‘Political’ volume is too far outdated to have any particular
value in this twentieth century.”

+ − =Dial.= 42: 232. Ap. 1, ’07. 90w.

“The essays on Landor, Dickens, Michael Angelo, and Machiavelli all
show an insight and are written with a force quite out of the common.”

+ − =Nation.= 85: 104. Ag. 1, ’07. 330w.

“Harmless in their original form they may have served well enough to
occupy the leisure hours of an aspirant to legal fame, but it is hard
on the reader that they should be forced again upon his notice under
the cover of a name now well known in a sphere not that of
literature.”

− =Sat. R.= 103: 528. Ap. 27, ’07. 1200w.

− + =Spec.= 98: 1014. Je. 20, ’07. 210w.

=Browne, Sir Thomas.= Religio medici: Letter to a friend; and Christian morals; with introd. by C. H. Herford. 35c. Crowell.

Uniform with the “Handy volume classics.”

=Browning, Elizabeth Barrett.= Complete poetical works; with a prefatory note by Robert Browning. ea. $1.25. Crowell.

The complete poetical works of Mrs. Browning uniform with the limp
leather “Thin paper poets.”

=Browning, Oscar.= Fall of Napoleon. *$5. Lane.

7–32141.