Chapter IX: Preface (9)

“The addresses are worthy of their audiences, being considered and
cultured deliverances upon the general topic of the value of knowledge
in politics and the duty of educated men to assume their share in
cultivating a public sentiment which shall distinguish the mob from
the people.” Edward A. Bradford.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 417. Je. 29, ’07. 470w.

“The conversance with affairs which we have just noted as an
indispensable part of the equipment of the modern university president
gives particular point to these thoughtful and suggestive addresses.”
Montgomery Schuyler.

+ =Putnam’s.= 3: 227. N. ’07. 360w.

=R. of Rs.= 36: 384. S. ’07. 100w.

“This is a book full of sound sense from beginning to end.”

+ + =Spec.= 99: 204. Ag. 10, ’07. 430w.

=Butler, Pierce.= Judah P. Benjamin. (American crisis biographies.) **$1.25. Jacobs.

7–21376.

A sketch of the life of Judah B. Benjamin, the Jewish lawyer and
statesman who, “after conspicuous success at the bar in this country,
after continuous service in the leadership of the Confederacy, again
achieved the most honorable triumphs at the bar of England.” The
biographer’s main difficulty in approaching his work has been
insufficiency of material upon this great advocate’s private life. A
few letters with such details as members of Mr. Benjamin’s family
could furnish, constitute the information for the personal side of the
sketch. For his public and professional activities ample records make
possible accuracy even to the smallest details.

* * * * *

“The only great contribution of the volume is in its orderly
assembling of materials which are familiar, in detail, to the average
historian.”

+ =Ind.= 63: 1000. O. 24, ’07. 200w.

“Mr. Butler has succeeded pretty well in collecting his material, and
nothing of value known to be extant seems to have escaped him. No
attempt is made to portray Mr. Benjamin as a faultless character. But
the true greatness of the man is appreciated and will be felt by all
who read these pages.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 487. Ag. 10, ’07. 260w.

“His is not a book of any marked literary merit (suffering especially
from an undue tendency to quotation), but it is careful, conscientious
and convincing. With few exceptions, too, it is free from rancor and
partisanship.”

+ − =Outlook.= 86: 838. Ag. 17, ’07, 420w.

Reviewed by Montgomery Schuyler.

+ =Putnam’s.= 3: 103. O. ’07. 290w.

=Butler, William.= Golfer’s guide; with an introd. by Dr. Macnamara. *$1. Lippincott.

A thorogoing hand-book of golf for beginners. Uniform with “The
complete bridge player,” and “The complete fisherman.”

=Butler, William Francis.= Lombard communes. *$3.75. Scribner.

7–9819.

“In no very picturesque phrase, but at the same time in easily
understood language, Mr. Butler recounts the history of the
city-states of Lombardy, the rule of the early bishops, the rights of
the communes, the history of Milan, Lombardy’s natural capital, the
first and second Lombard leagues, and the final struggles of the
communes.”—Outlook.

* * * * *

“The book is not a work of research, based upon the original
resources; but it is scholarly and well written. There is, indeed, no
other book in English which covers the ground so satisfactorily.”

+ + =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 917. Jl. ’07. 240w.

“While heartily commending his industry, accuracy, and general level
of attainment, we may fairly warn the reader that his treatment is
such as is ordinarily characterized by the term ‘popular.’ We have
rarely seen a better book written by an Englishman about Italy.”

+ =Nation.= 84: 391. Ap. 25, ’07. 370w.

“The work would be improved by topical side notes giving dates. The
author’s style is clearly intelligible and soberly dignified; it will
win respectful attention, although it may not compel enthusiasm.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 24. Ja. 12, ’07. 520w.

“A book to be read in connection with Symond’s ‘Age of the despots’
has long been a desideratum—a clear and comprehensive account of North
Italy from the Roman times down at least to the middle of the
fourteenth century. Such a book is now at hand in Mr. Butler’s
‘Lombard communes.’”

+ + =Outlook.= 85: 858. Ap. 13, ’07. 190w.

=Butterworth, Hezekiah.= Story of the hymns and tunes, by Theron Brown and Hezekiah Butterworth. *$1.50. Am. tract.

7–6630.

In this volume have been combined Mr. Butterworth’s “The story of the
hymns” and “The story of the tunes.” There have also been added modern
hymns and tunes that “have won recognition since the books were first
published.”

* * * * *

=Dial.= 42: 260. Ap. 16, ’07. 70w.

“Mr. Butterworth himself passed over his manuscript to Mr. Brown, who
has executed his difficult task not only with sympathy for his
subject, but with no little original research. This work is more
valuable than most popular books on hymns and also more readable.”

+ =Ind.= 62: 1209. My. 23, ’07. 180w.

“Many helpful historic and biographic facts are given; nor do the
authors disdain anecdote.”

+ =Nation.= 84: 252. Mr. 14, ’07. 210w.

=Buxton, E. M. Wilmot-.= Stories of early England. (Children’s favorite classics.) 60c. Crowell.

7–22918.

Tales retold for children which reflect the English and Celtic social
life and manners up to the fifteenth century. Such old favorites are
included as the story of Beowulf, of Cynewulf and Cyneherd, of Alfred
and Guthrum, and of Caedmon; stories of “Old English charms,” of
Richard Lion-Heart, of Olger the Dane and many another. The author has
preserved the glamour of knighthood and chivalry sure to delight the
young reader.

* =Bynner, Witter.= Ode to Harvard. **$1. Small.

7–22080.

This ode limns the impression of a graduate revisiting his Alma mater
in after years. “The poem rises by thoughtful and natural stages from
the discursive and anecdotal early passages to the heightened
concentration of the close, where, with a fine idealism, he evolves
the precise nature of the debt which every man owes to his Alma
mater.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“It is a lengthy composition of jocose patter, lacking in both dignity
and restraint. The miscellaneous poems ... make a somewhat better
impression, although their artistic quality remains inconsiderable.”
Wm. M. Payne.

− + =Dial.= 43: 93. Ag. 16, ’07. 230w.

“A poem that succeeds in spite of his deficiencies, by virtue of the
genuineness of its emotional content, and, too, by a certain air of
elegance which comes fresh upon us at every turn and creates a very
distinct impression of the personality of the poet.” William Aspenwall
Bradley.

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 539. S. 7, ’07. 500w.

“Clever and sprightly reminiscence is this, yet not altogether born of
a gay insouciance, for the inscrutable light peers out of the jester’s
eyes. His lyrics show the same duality, the light note pierced through
with the poignant.” Jessie B. Rittenhouse.

+ − =Putnam’s.= 3: 367. D. ’07. 130w.

=Byrne, Austin Thomas.= Treatise on highway construction; designed as a textbook and work of reference for all who may be engaged in the location, construction, or maintenance of roads, streets, and pavements. 5th ed. $5. Wiley.

7–20713.

The author has set himself to the task of collating the varied mass of
scattered information on highway construction and working it over into
an accessible work of reference. It is the fifth edition revised and
enlarged.

* * * * *

“The book is full of anachronisms and antiquated statements, and the
reader may be unable to separate the ancient from the modern. Parts,
at least, of the book give one the impression that they have been
written hastily and with too little regard for the precision of
statement one naturally expects in engineering books; and the
qualifications necessary to make statements of fact accurate and
reliable are often wanting. It seems a great pity that a book designed
to be a vade-mecum, and otherwise so admirable, should be marred by
such faults. Nevertheless it is a book that should be in the library
of every municipal engineer.” S. Whinery.

+ − =Engin. N.= 58: 177. Ag. 15, ’07. 2390w.

C

=Cabell, James Branch.= Gallantry. $2. Harper.

7–32561.

“An eighteenth century dizain in ten comedies with an afterpiece.”
There is romance true to the times of the second George and there is
also much strange love-making in these tales of a day when gallantry
ranked with the arts, when wit was broad and the sword was ready. The
illustrations in color by Howard Pyle add much to the volume.

* * * * *

“His descriptions of the gallant is a bit of very pretty writing in
prose, pleasantly suggestive, as is the versified prologue, of Mr.
Andrew Lang.”

+ =Dial.= 43: 380. D. 1, ’07. 120w.

“We may safely say that while not for an instant comparing with such a
masterpiece as Mr. Hewlett’s ‘Stooping lady,’ it has infinitely more
merit than many such popular successes as, to take one example,
‘Monsieur Beaucaire.’”

+ =Nation.= 85: 423. N. 7, ’07. 450w.

“A vigorous romance ... with the swift spirit of love and swords.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 656. O. 19, ’07. 20w.

=Cabot, Mrs. Mary Lyman.= Everyday ethics. $1.25. Holt.

6–33635.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“Teachers will find the book a practical and valuable aid.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 118. My. ’07. S.

“Good sound principles, illustrated with a fund of illustrated matter,
mark Mrs. Cabot’s chapters on ethics.”

+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 93. Jl. 27. 110w.

“I suspect this book would not altogether win boys. But let not the
book be altogether condemned, for it is after all one of the best that
are to be met with, so full of the sense of real problems in the real
life of the young of today.” Herbert G. Lord.

+ − =Educ. R.= 34: 103. Je. ’07. 870w.

“This volume is both interesting and suited to actual moral needs.”

+ =Ind.= 63: 760. S. 26, ’07. 300w.

“Throughout, the spirit of the work is wholesome, and the discussions
helpfully suggestive. Particularly noteworthy is the avowed and
fulfilled purpose of avoiding ‘sentimentalism’ and the usual
‘sugar-coated’ moral stories.” A. R. Gifford.

+ =Int. J. Ethics.= 17: 507. Jl. ’07. 1720w.

“The success of the author in finding examples from real life is a
chief merit of the book.”

+ =Nation.= 85: 186. Ag. 29, ’07. 160w.

“This book is a distinct contribution to both the science and the art
of ethical instruction.” Anna Garlin Spencer.

+ + =School. R.= 15: 231. Mr. ’07. 1080w.

=Cadbury, Edward; Matheson, M. Cecile, and Shann, George.= Women’s work and wages: a phase of life in an industrial city. *$1.50. Univ. of Chicago press.

7–11022.

“A record of investigation and philanthropic effort, principally in
the city of Birmingham. The refrain of the whole is a complaint from
the humanitarian point of view against existing conditions. It is a
tale of honest effort to raise the standard of life.” (Spec.) “The
book deals with conditions of work, life, recreation, and ameliorative
agencies, wages, legislation, home life, recreation, clubs, trade
union, legal minimum wage, and wages boards.” (Nation.)

* * * * *

“Three of the four aims which the writers of this book set before
themselves have been successfully accomplished.”

+ + − =Acad.= 71: 157. Ag. 18, ’07. 1210w.

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 161. O. ’07.

“The plan of the present study has been well worked out.” S. P.
Breckinridge.

+ + =Am. J. Soc.= 13: 411. N. ’07. 1230w.

“Contains a goodly array of facts interesting to the economist and
social reformer. The value of these facts would have been considerably
enhanced by a more scientific method of arrangement, and a clearer
view on the part of the writers of the volume touching the kind of
book they were setting themselves to produce.”

+ − =Ath.= 1906, 2: 140. S. 1. 810w.

“The book is interesting and suggestive, and if it has not furnished
any new or valuable statistical evidence on the subject of the
employment of women, it has succeeded where some of the more detailed
studies have failed—in giving the public a thoroughly readable account
of an important social problem. The book undoubtedly loses in unity
from the fact of its having had three authors, but it must also gain
from the very special knowledge that each of the three possessed.”
Edith Abbott.

+ + − =J. Pol. Econ.= 15: 563. N. ’07. 870w.

=Nation.= 83: 75. Jl. 26, ’06. 40w.

“The volume we are considering contains a vast amount of suggestive
and instructive material.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 450. Jl. 20, ’07. 1310w.

“The concluding chapter, is for American readers probably the most
valuable portion of the book.” Florence Kelley.

+ + =Pol. Sci. Q.= 22: 175. Mr. ’07. 530w.

=Spec.= 97: 540. O. 13, ’06. 100w.

* =Caffin, Charles Henry.= Story of American painting. **$2. Stokes.

7–36959.

A fully illustrated work which “goes back to the earliest painters
working in this country and traces the various influences that have
played upon American art up to the present time. In accordance with
his plan of showing the connection between our art and our national
life and history, he concentrates his attention upon those artists who
best illustrate the effect of these influences.” (Putnam’s.)

* * * * *

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

“The text ... shows much detailed observation, an impartial temper,
and an orderly method of procedure that gives it value as a book of
reference.” Elisabeth Luther Cary.

+ + =Putnam’s.= 3: 359. D. ’07. 600w.

“He praises rather indiscriminately; but considering the difficulty of
the subject ... he has put forth a volume that has surprisingly few
mistakes in it, and in which the laymen will find a great deal of
valuable information.”

+ − =R. of Rs.= 36: 760. D. ’07. 90w.

* =Cain, Georges.= Nooks and corners of old Paris; tr. by Frederick Lawton. *$3.50. Lippincott.

7–37532.

Under the headings, The old city, The isle of Saint-Louis, The left
bank of the Seine, and The right bank of the river, M. Cain has set
forth both the historic and artistic points of the city of by-gone
days. “Though it is in no sense a guidebook, the prospective sojourner
in Paris would do well to read the work, especially if he is at all
interested in noteworthy sights outside the ken of the ordinary
tourist.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“The present translation cannot be praised, but the illustrations and
the printing of the volume are admirable, and it thus forms an
excellent gift-book.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 548. N. 2. 600w.

“There is nothing aloof or academic in M. Cain’s account of the
landmarks of the Paris of by-gone days; he takes his readers on four
delightful rambles through four divisions of the region that held the
germs of the great city of to-day.”

+ =Dial.= 43: 378. D. 1, ’07. 320w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 684. O. 26, ’07. 350w.

* =Caird, Edward.= Lay sermons and addresses: delivered in the hall of Balliol college, Oxford. *$2. Macmillan.

“Of the twelve addresses which are here published, the first deals
more especially with the opportunities and duties of college life;
three discuss in a large-hearted way the great themes of national
patriotism and civic service, while the last two, on ‘Immortality’ and
‘The faith of Job,’ touch impressively on the ultimate questions of
Divine justice and human destiny, which lie behind all the creeds. A
sermon on ‘Salvation here and hereafter’ gives the author’s general
view of the nature of the religious ideal and the place of religion in
human life; while the remaining discourses are devoted to the
perennial themes of moral and spiritual experience—‘Freedom and
truth,’ ‘Spiritual development,’ ‘The great decision,’ ‘True purity,’
and ‘Courage.’”—Lond. Times.

* * * * *

“With the sermon-form there goes in Dr. Caird’s discourse the
Christian outlook at its broadest and best.”

+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 609. N. 16. 1520w.

“These discourses ... convey with a grave simplicity the counsels of a
great teacher on the conduct of life, as well as his mature outlook on
the problems of human destiny.”

+ =Lond. Times.= 6: 300. O. 4, ’07. 2260w.

“Addresses himself, with a rare combination of philosophic thought
plainly and practically expressed, ethical keenness and vigor, and a
finished literary style, to thoughtful young men confronted with the
intellectual problems and moral temptations of university life. This
volume should find place in all college libraries.”

+ + =Outlook.= 87: 543. N. 9, ’07. 170w.

=Caird, Mrs. Mona.= Romantic cities of Provence: il. by Joseph Pennell and Edward Synge. *$3.75. Scribner.

6–45159.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“The excellence of the book lies chiefly in the illustrations.”

+ − =Ath.= 1906, 2: 441. O. 13. 1290w.

“The reader is brought face to face with the very spirit of the silent
wilderness of stones known as La Cran, and with that of its even more
melancholy neighbour, the deserted Camargue, whilst the idiosyncrasies
of the travellers who are met by the way are humorously touched off.
There is not one dull page in the book.”

+ =Int. Studio.= 32: 85. Jl. ’07. 240w.

“She is mortally afraid of being dull ... and in her panic lest she
should commit this enormity she becomes chronically playful, almost
depriving herself of the power to say anything simply. It is worse
when Miss Caird is playful about dates. She shares the feminine
tendency to include them in dulness, and only mentions them
apologetically. Let us hasten to add, she takes us to fascinating
places.”

+ − =Lond. Times.= 5: 432. D. 29, ’06. 740w.

“It is to the credit of the writer that she has managed to transfer to
her pages something of the charm which lingers about these districts
so unattractive at first sight and so enthralling when closely
studied.”

+ =Sat. R.= 102: 746. D. 15, ’06. 240w.

“She has an easy style, though rather too abundant in long words and
adjectives. Some of her pages, indeed, remind us of the plain of the
Crau scattered over with stones, which she describes so
picturesquely.”

+ − =Spec.= 98: sup. 653. Ap. 27, ’07. 220w.

=Cairns, D. S.= Christianity in the modern world. *$1.25. Armstrong.

7–15937.

Mr. Cairns discusses the mighty principle of Christianity as it has
come thru the centuries, with such settings, mainly dogmatic, as
people’s understandings have afforded, until today it stands for
greater impersonal might with “the line of its hope lying in its power
to moralize the selfishness of the individual by transforming private
interest into the ideal of a common good.” (Outlook.)

* * * * *

“There can be no doubt that Mr. Cairns’s warning is needed; but his
book is by no means free from an a-priori-coloring.” Gerald Birney
Smith.

+ − =Am. J. Theol.= 11: 706. O. ’07. 540w.

“These essays exhibit a thoroly modern spirit and both logical and
literary ability of a high order.”

+ =Ind.= 63: 456. Ag. 22, ’07. 400w.

“As a piece of Christian apologetic, the effort of Mr. Cairns is on a
higher plane than that of much recent work.”

+ =Nation.= 84: 270. Mr. 21, ’07. 720w.

“Rarely, if ever, has the subject of the book been better treated.”

+ + =Outlook.= 85: 42. Ja. 5, ’07. 410w.

=Caldecott, W. Shaw.= Solomon’s temple: its history and its structure. *$2.50. Union press.

A fresh treatment, the outgrowth of diligent research, which makes the
Biblical narrative its own interpreter, and which dwells at length
upon the architectural details of the Hebrew temple.

* * * * *

“Although we cannot accept all Mr. Caldecott’s conclusions we welcome
his volume as a solid and thoughtful contribution to the subject; he
has boldly departed from the hard, beaten track and struck out an
original line, and his reward will doubtless be an increased interest
in the investigation of the problem he has so vigorously attacked.”

+ + − =Acad.= 73: 796. Ag. 17, ’07. 850w.

“Though sometimes vivid and even dramatic, it is written in a confused
and repetitive style, and occasionally we find contradictions ... and
some uncertainty in treating of contemporary Egyptian history.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 556. N. 2. 460w.

“On his proper subject, the construction of the temple and the
adjoining palaces, our author has much that is interesting to tell
us.”

+ − =Spec.= 99: 235. Ag. 17, ’07. 250w.

=Calhoun, Mary E.= Dorothy’s rabbit stories. †$1. Crowell.

7–24584.

A group of children’s stories which a little southern girl tells to
her kitten Kim. “Neighbor rabbit” figures as a thoroly enjoyable hero,
and seems to bear kinship to Uncle Remus’s “br’er rabbit.”

* * * * *

“For the child of this decade who has not read ‘Uncle Remus,’
‘Dorothy’s rabbit stories’ will prove fascinating.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 36: 766. D. ’07. 60w.

=Calkins, Franklin Wells.= Wooing of Tokala: an intimate tale of the wild life of the American Indian drawn from camp and trail. †$1.50. Revell.

7–16943.

“With only a thread of a story in the conventional sense, this is a
thoroughly competent study of a group of Dakotah and Sioux Indians.
Their habits, traditions, and point of view are given with a detail
which though painstaking is never tiresome.” (Nation.) His Tokala is a
creature of her native environment. “He tells you here picturesquely
how this maid was loved and won in the face of at least the usual
allowance of difficulties.” (N. Y. Times.)

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 176. O. ’07. ✠

“He makes his Indians quite plain, as creatures in the toils of
tradition and beliefs which they must obey. His style is clear and
simple, attaining excellent effects by dint of completely avoiding
self-conscious and labored efforts. In fact, the whole book contains
matter of real interest, which is conveyed without parade of knowledge
and with a total absence of trick or mannerism.”

+ + =Nation.= 84: 591. Je. 27, ’07. 180w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 378. Je. 15, ’07. 160w.

“The story is well told, with not a little ingenuity and cleverness in
the construction of the plot and throughout with a simplicity that
adds to its charm.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 476. Ag. 3, ’07. 300w.

=Calkins, Mary Whiton.= Persistent problems of philosophy: an introduction to metaphysics through the study of modern systems. *$2.50. Macmillan.

7–11605.

“The professor of philosophy in Wellesley college has made a most
useful résumé and exposition of the tendencies and doctrines of modern
philosophy since Descartes. The bibliographies are especially good.
Readers who desire to become familiar with the presentation of the
movement called Pragmatism will find here succinct definitions and
helpful references to recent literature on the subject.” (Educ. R.)
“It differs from most introductions of the kind in that it is
historical, and from most histories of philosophy in that it is
critical.” (Nation.)

* * * * *

=Educ. R.= 33: 534. My. ’07. 80w.

“The historical and critical portions of the volume are written with a
facile pen. Few recent treatises on philosophy have combined so
constant reference to the sources with so readable an expository
style. The writer exhibits, moreover, a comprehensive acquaintance
with the history of modern thinking, at the same time that she
exercises independent historical judgment.” A. C. Armstrong.

+ + =J. Philos.= 4: 440. Ag. 1, ’07. 1540w.

“Professor Calkins not only criticises, but constructs, and sets forth
her own doctrine with such ability that she should have a
distinguished place among contemporary Hegelians.”

+ + − =Nation.= 84: 525. Je. 6, ’07. 910w.

“Insight, poise, and a fine blending of clarity with brevity make this
an eminently serviceable book for [serious students]. Such a work, in
addition to her well-wrought ‘Introduction to psychology,’ gives
Professor Calkins a distinction among American women as meritorious as
it is unique.”

+ + =Outlook.= 86: 437. Je. 22, ’07. 420w.

=Call, Annie Payson.= Everyday living. **$1.25. Stokes.

6–37967.

That the knowledge of God’s law of liberty is power to the person who
will gain it, nay, use it, is the theme running thru Mrs. Call’s dozen
and more essays. There is the note of impersonal freedom which
everybody can catch if he but work. She sets forth working principles,
approved by experiment, which clear away the mists of material
existence.

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 7. Ja. ’07. S.

“The statements are so bare as to read like platitudes in many
instances, and the manner is unnecessarily didactic.”

− + =Outlook.= 84: 840. D. 1, ’06. 50w.

=Putnam’s.= 2: 621. Ag. ’07. 200w.

=Call, Annie Payson.= Heart of good health. **30c. Crowell.

7–21545.

A monologue urging the training for the human body that corresponds to
the progress of the soul in its regeneration. The little volume
belongs to the “What is worth while series.”

=Calthrop, Dion Clayton.= Dance of love. †$1.50. Holt.

7–31413.

A romance of the days of the “dawn of intellect” with scenes shifting
from France to England. It is a tale of a love quest upon which Pipin,
the hero, meets a dozen women. Each one affords the author an
opportunity to draw an individual type of the dame of yesterday. The
dominant qualities of the “eternal feminine” are strikingly portrayed.

* * * * *

“Mr. Calthrop has sacrificed too much to high morality. It will
certainly be much liked by those who value originality of idea and
vivid, poetical expression, and we think that the insatiable readers
of novels, who rather resent these merits, will forgive them in a
short book full of attractive incidents related in an unusual form
with considerable dramatic effect.”

+ − =Acad.= 73: sup. 114. N. 9, ’07. 900w.

“Picturesque charm and a real feeling for romance mark the story.”

+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 580. N. 9. 950w.

“This is a romance to be enjoyed if one happens to be in the right
mood, but one that does not command the reader’s satisfaction.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 104: 642. N. 23, ’07. 180w.

=Calthrop, Dion Clayton.= English costume; painted and described by Dion Clayton Calthrop. 4v. ea. $2.75. Macmillan.

6–32380.

A history of English costume in four volumes which divide the subject
into as many periods: 1, Early English; 2, Middle ages; 3, Tudor and
Stuart; 4, Georgian. “The colored illustrations will appeal to
everybody, but the little sketches in the letterpress will be
invaluable to the costumier and the stage manager if not to many
tailors and milliners as well. Scattered throughout the four volumes
are also a series of word-pictures, of which mention must be made.”
(Acad.)

* * * * *

“We confess to a preference for his pictures, which, it seems to us,
are a valuable addition to English history, whereas his notes, for all
his system, are at times irritatingly scrappy, and at others
provokingly trivial.”

+ − =Acad.= 72: 245. Mr. 9, ’07. 530w. (Review of v. 1–4.)

“He still exhibits a flippant style which is out of place in such a
treatise, and he has obviously made careful studies of dress from old
manuscripts and missals.”

+ − =Ath.= 1906, 2: 699. D. 1. 370w. (Review of v. 3.)

“We cannot but feel that the author had somewhat tired of his task,
particularly as he devotes a good deal of his space to quotations. The
book is scrappy, and for fuller information we must still go to other
authorities.”

− + =Ath.= 1907, 1: 672. Je. 1. 340w. (Review of v. 4.)

“After the enormous amount of research, it is remarkable that he can
handle his subject as lightly as he does. Interesting and readable he
certainly is, in spite of an occasional slip in idiom or construction.
He has a happy faculty for making his costumes live, as it were, in
the times to which they belong.” May Estelle Cook.

+ + =Dial.= 43: 57. Ag. 1, ’07. 620w.

“Unfortunately, however, it is impossible entirely to endorse this
very high estimate of a book which, though brightly and humorously
written, does not contain much that is new.”

+ − =Int. Studio.= 29: 364. O. ’06. 230w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

“The full-page illustrations in colour are by no means satisfactory,
the artist’s sartorial lore being far superior to his technical skill
and knowledge of the anatomy of the human form. The best drawings in
the book are the small reproductions after the Dightons.”

+ − =Int. Studio.= 31: 251. My. ’07. 100w. (Review of v. 4.)

+ − =Liv. Age.= 252: 571. Mr. 2, ’07. 660w. (Reprinted from Lond.
Times.) (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

“If he had gone a little further and a little deeper, if he had kept
clear of a certain annoying jauntiness of style, his book, valuable
already, might have been of still greater worth.”

+ − =Lond. Times.= 6: 18. Ja. 18. ’07. 660w. (Review of v. 1 and
2.)

“As a book of reference it loses half its value from the absence of an
index; as a serious history of clothes it suffers from the author’s
attempt to be sprightly; as a book of entertainment, it is too
learned. Taken as a whole, as a work at once moderately entertaining
to read and moderately useful for study, it may serve a purpose.”

+ − =Nation.= 84. 454. My. 16, ’07. 400w.

“This book will be invaluable to costumers and playwrights and of
delight to the casual reader.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 434. Jl. 6, ’07. 300w.

“His facts are in the main accurate, and his research thorough, though
he has a tendency to antedate changes of costume, and his method of
division into reigns involves constant repetition and a too decided
ascription of certain fashions to certain years. He is irritatingly
chary of reference, but this omission is due to the popular design of
the book, which is written throughout in a would-be entertaining way.
If not a really valuable book of reference, still less is it an
amusing book to read, merely as a piece of writing.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 102: 335. S. 15, ’06. 1030w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

=Sat. R.= 103: 88. Ja. 19, ’07. 100w. (Review of v. 3.)

+ + =Spec.= 97: sup. 766. N. 17, ’06. 160w. (Review of v. 3.)

* =Calthrop, H. C. Hollway-.= Petrarch: his life, work and times. (Memoir ser.) **$2.75. Putnam.

A popular life of Petrarch which keeps close to his mission as herald
and prophet of the renaissance.

* * * * *

“The book is a work of a ripe scholar, and is evidently the fruit of
years of patient study. Its chief defect is the complete absence of
all references, even to Fracassetti’s standard edition of the letters,
to which, nevertheless, the author acknowledges his supreme
obligation. If we now mention a few points in which our author is
hardly abreast of recent research, it is in no captious spirit, but
with the hope that in the next edition, which must soon be called for,
these slight blemishes may be removed.”

+ + =Ath.= 1907, 2: 573. N. 9. 1740w.

“An interesting sketch.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 664. O. 19, ’07. 30w.

=Calvert, Albert Frederick.= Alhambra of Granada. *$15. Lane.

The history which forms the background of this volume covers the
Moslem rule from the reign of Mohammed to the expulsion of the Moors.
“The Alhambra or the Red castle, will ever, in spite of its lamentable
state of decay, take first rank, on account of the combined beauty and
variety of its ornamentation, and the thrilling memories with which it
is associated.... The author lays great stress in the preface to his
first edition on the fact that he has given pride of place to the
pictorial side of his volume, making his chief appeal to the public by
the beauty and variety of the illustrations he has collected, which
include nearly 500 reproductions in black-and-white of details of
architecture, and over 100 in colour of typical decoration.” (Int.
Studio.)

* * * * *

“Mr. Calvert has a profound knowledge of the Alhambra as it is now and
as it was at every stage of its chequered life-story, and he has the
gift of imparting that knowledge in an impressive and satisfying
manner.”

+ + =Int. Studio.= 31: 164. Ap. ’07. 310w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 666. O. 19, ’07. 30w.

=Calvert, Albert Frederick.= Escorial: a historical and descriptive account of the Spanish royal palace, monastery and mausoleum. (Spanish ser.) *$1.25. Lane.

7–32150.

In picture and text this proves the first exhaustive English treatment
of the Escorial—the Spanish royal palace, monastery and mausoleum in
one.

* * * * *

“The views of the garden of the Casita de Abajo and of the interior of
the Escorial itself are satisfactory and characteristic; the
photographs of pictures and tapestries are much less effective; while
the reproductions of Alfonso’s ‘Cantigas de Sancta Maria’ and other
literary rarities are on so reduced a scale as to be virtually
useless. Mr. Calvert’s text is compiled from Rotondo’s work, but he
has introduced a considerable number of errors which imply, we fear,
insufficient knowledge of Spanish history and literature.”

− − + =Ath.= 1907, 1: 583. My. 11. 260w.

“The text ... is the merest hack work ... though readable enough. One
may gather from the whole some notion at least of what the Escorial is
like and what it signifies in history.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 480. Ag. 3, ’07. 390w.

=Outlook.= 86: 526. Jl. 6, ’07. 80w.

+ =Spec.= 98: 1008. Je. 29, ’07. 150w.

=Calvert, Albert Frederick.= Seville: an historical and descriptive account of The pearl of Andalusia. (Spanish ser.) *$1.25. Lane.

7–32150.

One of Mr. Calvert’s series on Spain. Seville, “great because of her
past, and actual because of her vivid present,” (Outlook) is treated
historically with emphasis placed upon the preservation by the
Christians of the memorials of Moslem occupation. There is an account
of the artists of Seville, including, prominently, Murillo. The
illustrations include a view of the city from various points of view,
its buildings, and fully sixty reproductions of famous works of art.

* * * * *

+ =Nation.= 85: 443. N. 14, ’07. 80w.

“This book should appeal alike to the tourist, artist, archaeologist,
and historical student.”

+ + =Outlook.= 87: 272. O. 5, ’07. 270w.

“This is a volume of the ‘Spanish series,’ and, as might be expected,
not surpassed—perhaps, one might say equalled—in interest by any
other.”

+ + =Spec.= 99: 133. Jl. 27, ’07. 250w.

=Calvert, Albert F., and Hartley, Catherine G.= Prado: a guide and handbook to the Royal picture gallery at Madrid. (Spanish ser.) *$1.25. Lane.

One of the first volumes in a series dealing with Spain in its various
aspects, its history its cities and monuments. This one is devoted to
Madrid’s famous “congress of masterpieces”—the Prado. “The text does
no more than tell in a general way something about the painters
represented, name the more famous masterpieces, indicate the division
into schools, and show how these schools, Spanish, Italian, and Dutch,
are represented.” (N. Y. Times.) There are two hundred and twenty-one
illustrations.

* * * * *

“Equally pleasing as the style is the general construction of the
book. I must break a lance, several lances, with authors and producers
with regard to the _excellence_ of the illustrations in this
particular issue.”

+ + − =Acad.= 72: 622. Je. 29, ’07. 2240w.

“It contains much sound and sympathetic criticism of the principal
pictures in the gallery of the Prado, set forth in a pleasant, sober
style.”

+ + − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 487. O. 19. 590w.

“The chief value of this volume lies in the pictures.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 463. Jl. 27, ’07. 320w.

=Calvert, Thomas Henry.= Regulation of commerce under the federal constitution. (Studies in constitutional law, v. 3.) $3. Thompson.

7–12250.

This book is based mainly upon an examination of decisions of the
Supreme court of the United States, arranged in such order that
together they make a critical commentary upon a constitutional power.

* * * * *

“The arrangement is logical, the cases well chosen, and the
significant points in decisions clearly formulated. The book lacks
attractiveness for the general reader in the fact that it contains
little else than cases—almost no comment, explanation, or summary.
Neither does it possess sufficient originality to enable it to usurp
the places occupied by its predecessors.”

+ − =Nation.= 85: 43. Je. 11, ’07. 290w.

“The law student, the practicing lawyer, the legislator, the man of
affairs, will all find here an orderly presentation of the subject,
with ample references to original decisions.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 267. Ap. 27, ’07. 960w.

“A work of this character should be a digest having the merits which
go to make an index valuable. It should be complete, brief, logically
arranged and clearly stated. These merits the author cannot claim.” E.
Parmalee Prentice.

− =Pol. Sci. Q.= 22: 336. Je. ’07. 510w.

Cambridge modern history; planned by Lord Acton; ed. by A. W. Ward, G. W. Prothero, and Stanley Leathes. 12v. ea. **$4. Macmillan.

2–26356.

=v. 10.= The restoration.

This volume deals with the principles and problems that occupied
statesmen during “the period of reaction and ebullition which followed
the close of the Napoleonic wars.” (Outlook)

* * * * *

“Many of these essays are excellent and some of them deal with the
subject indicated by the title: others are not up to the standard, and
some have no apparent connection with the theme.”

+ − =Acad.= 71: 654. D. 29, ’06. 1330w. (Review of v. 4.)

“The chief section of the book is constituted by Professor Ward’s able
treatment of the war as a whole, in its narrower sense; thorough as is
the writer’s grasp of the field, he has little gift of narration,
leaves no vivid impressions of either men or events, and casts no new
light on problems.” Victor Coffin.

+ + − =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 627. Ap. ’07. 1800w. (Review of v. 4.)

“On the whole we may conclude that the volume is, in some respects, a
distinct contribution to the literature of the subject in English, and
in spite of the defects natural to such a work, is likely to prove
very useful for many purposes.” Wilbur C. Abbott.

+ + − =Am. Hist. R.= 13: 143. O. ’07. 1440w. (Review of v. 10.)

“There is altogether too little of the economic and social side of
history in this work.” Wm. E. Lingelbach.

+ + − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 29: 653. My. ’07. 1010w. (Review of v. 4.)

“This volume has not always triumphed over the tendency to make a
history of these periods of recovery a résumé of names and dates.”

+ + − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 173. Ag. 17. 1880w. (Review of v. 10.)

“It cannot but be acknowledged that no single author in this volume
has succeeded in conveying ideas as Lord Acton, himself has conveyed
them in his lectures.” E. D. Adams.

+ + − =Dial.= 42: 223. Ap. 1, ’07. 900w. (Review of v. 4.)

“If there appears less unity in this volume, because there is no great
central figure or theme, it nevertheless possesses sound utility.”

+ + =Dial.= 43: 288. N. 1, ’07. 370w. (Review of v. 10.)

“This is incontestably one of the most important, best-written, and
most homogeneous of the volumes of the ‘Cambridge modern history’ that
have appeared so far.” W. E. Rhodes.

+ + + =Eng. Hist. R.= 22: 807. O. ’07. 730w. (Review of v. 4.)

“A notable feature of the volume—it will remain an exceptional feature
of this particular volume, the editors inform us—are its
bibliographies, especially that of the extant original manuscripts and
contemporary narrative and controversial literature of the Thirty
years’ war, based on the collections in Lord Acton’s library, without
which, indeed, it could not have been compiled.”

+ + =Ind.= 62: 1152. My. 16, ’07. 530w. (Review of v. 4.)

“Every library should have it, and the busy scholar who wants facts,
not eloquent fiction, will secure it for reference, but no one will
read it over his evening pipe. In this regard it cannot be esteemed an
equal to the French cooperative work, the ‘Histoire generale,’ which
is always lucid and sometimes interesting.”

+ + =Ind.= 63: 1313. N. 28, ’07. 310w. (Review of v. 10.)

“The chapters are often of great merit, and there are fewer dull
parts, omissions, repetitions, and inconsistencies than in some of the
previous volumes.”

+ + + =Lond. Times.= 6: 226. Jl. 19, ’07. 2610w. (Review of v. 10.)

“Everywhere one finds care, accuracy and a businesslike spirit, which
presents the facts in a clear and coherent way.”

+ + + =Nation.= 85: 166. Ag. 22, ’07. 2590w. (Review of v. 4.)

+ + =Nation.= 85: 327. O. 10, ’07. 1200w. (Review of v. 10.)

“Altogether, it will be seen that I regard the plan of the ‘Cambridge
modern history’ as unsatisfactory. It is a compromise between the
needs of the general reader and the special student.” Joseph Jacobs.

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 13. Ja. 12, ’07. 890w. (Review of v. 4.)

“If the present volume happens to be more than usually dull, it is
because it deals with a period of the world’s history in which the
world was for the most part marking time and preparing the way for
startling developments.” Joseph Jacobs.

+ + − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 493. Ag. 10, ’07. 1830w. (Review of v. 10.)

=Outlook.= 84: 1080. D. 29, ’06. 260w. (Review of v. 4.)

+ + =Outlook.= 86: 747. Ag. 3, ’07. 360w. (Review of v. 10.)

“The development during the first half of the period has been
conscientiously if not entertainingly, described in the ponderous
volume.” G. Louis Beer.

+ − =Putnam’s.= 2: 743. S. ’07. 140w. (Review of v. 10.)

=R. of Rs.= 36: 381. S. ’07. 150w. (Review of v. 10.)

=Sat. R.= 103: 49. Ja. 12, ’07. 1610w. (Review of v. 4.)

+ + =Spec.= 99: sup. 749. N. 16, ’07. 580w. (Review of v. 10.)

Cambridge natural history, v. 1. *$4.25. Macmillan.

Ten large volumes will be included in this work which will cover the
natural history of the animal kingdom.

=v. 1.= “The present volume includes four of the lowest groups. The
protozoa are treated by Prof. M. M. Hartog of Queen’s college,
Cork.... The sponges are described by Miss Igerna Sollars, lecturer at
Newnham college.... The extensive and important group of jelly-fishes,
sea-anemones, and hydroids is dealt with by Prof. S. J. Hickson of the
Victoria university of Manchester.... The last group, including
star-fishes, sea-urchins, and their allies, is described by Prof. E.
W. McBride of McGill university, Montreal.”—Nation.

* * * * *

“As a guide to the scientific study of those animals with which it
deals, the whole book can be safely recommended.”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 6: 138. My. 3, ’07. 1660w. (Review of v. 1.)

“In attempting to bring together within short compass many scattered
facts the authors of this and of some of the other volumes have failed
both in giving a readable account of the subjects and in
distinguishing between what is important and what is trivial.”

+ + − =Nation.= 84: 294. Mr. 28, ’07. 540w. (Review of v. 1.)

“Taken in conjunction with the earlier published volumes, the work
seems to fulfil the purpose of providing an intelligible and adequate
survey of the entire animal kingdom without giving undue prominence to
particular groups.”

+ + =Nature.= 75: 31. N. 8, ’06. 1330w. (Review of v. 1.)

“The zealous student of animal morphology, or the professional
zoologist anxious to bring his knowledge up to date, will find here a
compendium upon which he can rely.”

+ + − =Sat. R.= 103: sup. 3. My. 4, ’07. 1470w. (Review of v. 1.)

“The different divisions are unevenly balanced as to both matter and
substance, and in two of the divisions at least, the impression is
gained that the author had mainly a book knowledge of the group he was
monographing.” G. N. C.

+ − =Science=, n. s. 26: 44. Jl. 12, ’07. 620w. (Review of v. 1.)

“The work in all cases is extremely well done.”

+ + =Spec.= 98: 909. Je. 8, ’07. 190w. (Review of v. 1.)

=Campbell, Harry Huse.= Manufacture and properties of iron and steel. 4th ed. $5. Hill pub. co.

7–13501.

A thoroly revised edition brought down to date by the inclusion of
valuable new matter. It is of importance to engineers and students of
metallurgy, and also to “those interested in the economics of one of
the world’s leading industries.”

* * * * *

Review by Henry H. Norris.

+ =Engin. N.= 57: 664. Je. 13, ’07. 500w.

“The treatment throughout is that of a thorough master of
metallurgical science, embodying not only sound theoretical
exposition, but including as well specific citations of the best
modern practice. The work ... will be found of exceeding value, not
only to engineers and students of metallurgy, but to those interested
in the economics of one of the world’s leading industries.”

+ =Technical Literature.= 1: 177. Ap. ’07. 550w.

=Campbell, Reginald John.= New theology. **$1.50. Macmillan.

7–11604.

A restatement of the essential truth of the Christian religion in
terms of the modern mind. The author gives an outline of his own
personal views, and some of the chapter headings are as follows: God
and the universe, Man in relation to God, The nature of evil, Jesus
the divine man, The eternal Christ, The incarnation of the Son of God,
The atonement, The authority of Scripture, and The church and the
kingdom of God.

* * * * *

“Mr. Campbell displays a vigorous hostility to traditional theological
opinions which will hardly serve to help matters. In many instances,
he cannot escape the charge of having caricatured those doctrines in
order to cast odium upon them.” Gerald Birney Smith.

− =Am. J. Theol.= 11: 705, O. ’07. 490w.

“The weak side of Mr. Campbell’s thinking is his imperfect grasp of
finite personality. He is apt to lose his way in reveries of the
infinite. Mr. Campbell will probably come to see that his new theology
is only a halfway house which cannot be his permanent home.” David
Balsillie.

+ − =Fortnightly R.= 88: 48. Jl. ’07. 7900w.

“One cannot but honour Mr. Campbell for the courage and candour with
which he has addressed himself to what he believes to be one of the
crying needs of the church of to-day. Still I cannot but think that
the root of the evil, which he, as prophet and preacher combats, lies
deeper than he realises.” G. Tyrrell.

+ =Hibbert J.= 5: 917. Jl. ’07. 2270w.

=Ind.= 62: 911. Ap. 18, ’07. 550w.

“He is an earnest preacher, but possesses a heterogeneous mind and is
a bit daft on the doctrine of immanence and on ‘psychic
investigations.’”

+ − =Ind.= 63: 1236. N. 21, ’07. 70w.

=Outlook.= 85: 879. Ap. 20, ’07. 300w.

“His volume is interesting, it is intellectually suggestive, but it is
not self-evidently consistent. In short, it confirms the judgment
which we have heretofore expressed, that he is a preacher, not a
theologian.”

+ − =Outlook.= 86: 257. Je. 1, ’07. 460w.

“A work of unusual clearness.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 637. My. ’07. 110w.

“A really beautiful and fervently Christian book.”

+ =Spec.= 98: 982. Je. 22, ’07. 130w.

=Campbell, Reginald John.= New theology sermons. **$1.50. Macmillan.

7–33946.

A group of sermons preached from the City Temple pulpit, London, which
teach that cooperation must replace competition, brotherhood must
replace individualism; that the kingdom of love must be realized on
earth.

=Campbell, W. Wilfred.= Canada; described by Wilfred Campbell; painted by T. Mower Martin. *$6. Macmillan.

W 7–130.

Here are reproduced in picture and text wonders of Canadian scenery
“from Cape Breton to Vancouver island. The same brush has caught the
peculiar charm of the old Acadian country around the Basin of Minas,
with its quaint suggestions of a transplanted Holland: the rugged
beauty of the Gut of Canso; the ancient capital on the St. Lawrence,
with its crowding memories of other days and other ways; the wild
scenery of the Muskoka lakes; the rich coloring of the autumn
prairies; the grandeur of the Canadian Rockies, and the almost
tropical luxuriance of British Columbian valleys.” (Nation.)

* * * * *

“Mr. Campbell lacks the faculty of condensation, and the subjects have
proved too large for him: while Mr. Mower Martin’s part of the book is
almost always happy and suggestive. He indeed, reveals throughout an
amazing lack of perception or discrimination.”

+ − =Acad.= 72: 554. Je. 8, ’07. 640w.

“The pictures both in the coloured plates and in letterpress, are to
be commended to those who want a Canadian view of Canada. The
doctrines of the author upon the future of Canada are a little
difficult to understand.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 603. My. 18. 570w.

“The value of this book to the ordinary reader is that it brings
together various kinds of information which without it would have to
be gathered from many sources. Mr. Campbell’s original work is mostly
in the descriptions, many of which are very good.” May Estelle Cook.

+ + =Dial.= 43: 118. S. 1, ’07. 670w.

“He has much to say, but somehow has not succeeded in saying it
effectively. The watercolour drawings of Mr. Martin show in a
noticeable degree the defects of his literary collaborator.”

+ − =Int. Studio.= 32: 335. O. ’07. 280w.

“In selecting Dr. Wilfred Campbell, the well-known Canadian poet, to
write the descriptive matter for this book, the publishers made on the
whole a commendable choice.”

+ + − =Nation.= 85: 148. Ag. 15, 510w.

“The ‘description’ let it be said at once, is rather dull reading, in
a style which suggests not so much the guide book as the promoter’s
prospectus, with a dash of that sort of sentiment which is the stock
in trade of the patriotic campaign orator. These pictures are, on the
whole, rather good than bad though, like most pictures of the sort,
they make the colors too bright.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 482. Ag. 3, ’07. 470w.

“Author and painter have combined happily and successfully in
presenting Canadian life and scenery agreeably and with abundant and
dependable information.”

+ =Outlook.= 86: 525. Jl. 6, ’07. 130w.

“On the whole his commentary makes pleasant if not often impressive
reading.”

+ =Sat. R.= 104: 372. S. 21, ’07. 150w.

“In Mr. Martin Canada has an artist who is well fitted to do her
justice. He has the true sense for both colour and space, and while he
is not afraid of rich and startling contrasts, he always contrives to
give his pictures something of the clearness and delicacy of the
Canadian atmosphere.”

+ + − =Spec.= 99: 197. Ag. 10, ’07. 690w.

=Campbell, Wilfred J.= Ian of the Orcades. †$1.50. Revell.

A tale of the North Sea coast of Scotland in the days of King Robert
Third. “It is full of dark deeds and violence, and the lusts of the
flesh, and we suppose that the author desires to put the picture
forward as a genuine study of the past.” (Ath.)

* * * * *

“Mr. Campbell’s effort cannot compare with the best of the sort. It is
more conventional, more titanic, and somewhat sentimental.”

+ − =Ath.= 1906, 2: 768. D. 15. 100w.

“The book is to be valued, not merely as a thrilling tale of bygone
times, but as a curious work of art by which an author has produced
the impression of a chant with words that are common and are musical
simply by imparting into them the meaning of old fancies.”

+ =Ind.= 63: 699. S. 19, ’07. 170w.

“It is a good story, full of adventures and excitements, although
somewhat wordy in the telling.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 517. Ag. 24, ’07. 160w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 656. O. 19, ’07. 30w.

“There seems to be something like a mist over the whole story.”

− =Spec.= 97: 181. F. 2, ’07. 120w.

=Candee, Helen Churchill.= Decorative styles and periods in the home; with 177 il. **$2. Stokes.

6–43919.

Furniture makers no less than the collector and general reader will
find instruction in this well-printed and fully illustrated study of
furniture from antiquity thru the Renaissance to the present time.

* * * * *

“A readable and careful study.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 39. F. ’07. S.

“Mrs. Candee is somewhat flamboyant and rhapsodic in her style, and
her taste is more generous than chaste. Mrs. Candee does not seem to
understand the importance and influence of the English
eighteenth-century schools of design.”

− =Ath.= 1907, 2: 450. O. 12. 240w.

“In spite of such fine writing, this book is a valuable one and full
of information.”

+ − =Ind.= 63: 698. S. 19, ’07. 220w.

“The text is oddly composed, with unusual turns of language, but it is
intelligible, and the distinction between styles has evidently been
clear to the writer. There is a little too free a treatment of the
periods.”

+ − =Nation.= 84: 43. Ja. 10, ’07. 250w.

+ + =Outlook.= 85: 238. Ja. 26, ’07. 150w.

=Canfield, Chauncey L.=, ed. Diary of a forty-niner. *$1.25. Shepard, Morgan.

6–43550.

Questionable as to its authenticity, this volume is a record of life
in a mining-camp on one of the forks of the Yuba river from May 18,
1850, to June 17, 1852.

* * * * *

=Am. Hist. R.= 12: 731. Ap. ’07. 70w.