Chapter XVIII: Part 1: , deals with historic material—the beginnings and growth of (3)

“Poor as his book is on the whole, and even mischievous in parts, it
yet has a redeeming feature in the liberal tribute which the author
pays to the greatness of England’s greatest novelist, Samuel
Richardson.” Rowland Strong.

− + =Acad.= 73: 142. N. 16, ’07. 1200w.

“Scholarly, enthusiastic, independent in judgment, suggestive, and
readable. A defect in the book is the lack of English rendering of
many of the extracts.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 180. Je. ’08.

“The facts are right; and the inferences from them often right; but
where are the ideas, the personal views of things, which give value to
a living book?”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 435. O. 12. 1350w.

“Is not only the newest, but one of the best. What is professedly
translation, the history itself, is very well done by the anonymous
translator, and either for reference as to literary and biographical
facts, or for critical disquisitions on the work of particular
authors, the English reader may go with complete satisfaction to the
history of M. Faguet.”

+ =Sat. R.= 104: 733. D. 14, ’07. 280w.

“After the publication of such a volume as this, ignorance or neglect
is indeed without excuse. It is literally crammed with information;
every page is interesting and valuable. We must, however, express our
regret that the translation is hardly on so high a level.”

+ + − =Spec.= 99: sup. 645. N. 2, ’07. 270w.

=Fairbanks, Arthur.= Athenian lekythoi, with outline drawing in
glaze varnish on a white ground. (Univ. of Michigan studies.
Humanistic ser., v. 6.) *$4. Macmillan.

8–852.

“The white Athenian lekythoi, or oil-jugs form a distinct class in the
history of Greek vase-painting. The two large classes into which the
author divides his material are lekythoi in which the lines of the
drawing are in glaze, and lekythoi in which the lines are in dull
color. The present volume deals with the glaze-outline lekythoi; the
second class is reserved for another occasion.”—Nation.

* * * * *

“The present monograph supplies a much-felt need.”

+ =Nation.= 86: 408. Ap. 30, ’08. 800w.

=Spec.= 100: 943. Je. 13, ’08. 60w.

=Fairlie, John Archibald.= Essays in municipal administration.
**$2.50. Macmillan.

8–2954.

“The author has here gathered together various of his public addresses
and a number of valuable articles, now in many cases revised, which
had previously appeared in different periodicals, besides adding a few
new ones. Of two of the groups of essays one centers around ‘the
problems of organization and the legal relations of the cities to the
state’ and the other deals with ‘municipal functions and activities.’
A third group contains the portion of the volume which is new (about
one-sixth), and gives brief sketches of various municipal activities
in Europe, among which may be mentioned rather neglected Vienna.”—J.
Pol. Econ.

* * * * *

“It is well up to Professor Fairlie’s former standard. Only two errors
of any consequence have been noted.” A. R. Hatton.

+ − =Am. J. Soc.= 14: 409. N. ’08. 1100w.

“The essays are helpful and instructive, the facts are reliable, and
the book plainly written.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 181. Je. ’08.

“The make-up of the book is good, it is provided with a usable index
and its contents are such as to make it well worthy of ownership by
any and all serious-minded students of one of our greatest problems,
the government and the proper functions of municipalities.”

+ =Engin. N.= 59: 433. Ap. 16, ’08. 300w.

“Some of the chapters are worth preservation in a book, but others are
already out of date.”

+ − =Ind.= 65: 438. Ag. 20, ’08. 220w.

“The essays of the third group are hardly more than ‘observations,’ as
the writer calls them, and are inferior to the rest of the volume in
value.”

+ − =J. Pol. Econ.= 16: 246. Ap. ’08. 130w.

“In general it is a serviceable and informing compend, touching
various phases of city history, organization, and administration.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 286. S. 24, ’08. 400w.

“It is a pity that Prof. Fairlie is unlikely to have a numerous circle
of readers, owing to the nature of his topics, but the judicious will
recognize the thoroughness of his work, and the industrious will find
in the book a storehouse of facts, and ample references to original
authorities.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 270. My. 9, ’08. 400w.

“In outline form, Professor Fairlie’s work covers a wide range, and
students of municipal government will find it helpful in many ways.”

+ =Outlook.= 88: 797. Ap. 4, ’08. 300w.

“All the papers are worth reprinting in their present form.”

+ =Pol. Sci. Q.= 23: 571. S. ’08. 200w.

=R. of Rs.= 37: 383. Mr. ’08. 50w.

=Farman, Elbert Eli.= Egypt and its betrayal: an account of country
during the periods of Ismâil and Tewfik pashas, and of how England
acquired a new empire. **$2.50. Grafton press.

8–10621.

A discussion based upon personal experiences of the author while
United States consul-general at Cairo, and Judge of the International
court of appeals at Alexandria. The author attacks England’s policy
and points out the possibilities and short-comings of the Cromer
administration.

* * * * *

“The book is decidedly well worth reading, especially for those
already somewhat familiar with the subject, to hear ‘the other side,’
if for no other reason.”

+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 32: 623. N. ’08. 240w.

“We should have liked the book better if Cromer and his administration
had been left out and treated of in a separate work.”

− =Lit. D.= 37: 257. Ag. 22, ’08. 280w.

=Outlook.= 89: 864. Ag. 15, ’08. 250w.

=Farrar, James M.= Junior congregation. 1884–1908. **$1.20. Funk.

8–29743.

Outlines in a practical way Dr. Farrar’s methods used in perfecting
his young people’s organization known as the “Junior congregation.”

=Farrington, Herbert M.= Gates that shall not prevail. †$1.50. Lane.

“In this volume the limelight is always in evidence. It plays round
the head of the modern St. Anthony, who is a famous preacher in the
East End, and poses for the picture which is to set all London
talking; it dances round Violetta, frail and fair; and lights her path
to a public confession; and it envelopes both the prologue, where the
story of his mother’s dishonour is related to the schoolboy whom we
next meet as Brother Paul of Hoxton, and the equally dramatic close,
where he discovers a father in the peerage.”—Ath.

* * * * *

“A strong, inspiring and uplifting romance.” A. C. Rich.

+ =Arena.= 40: 125. Jl. ’08. 260w.

“The picture is too highly coloured to afford sustained pleasure, but
should appeal—and that not unsuccessfully—to the popular taste.”

− + =Ath.= 1908, 1: 476. Ap. 18. 120w.

“The author of this book is not devoid of humour.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 106: 119. Jl. 25, ’08. 130w.

=Farrington, Margaret Vere.= Fra Lippo Lippi: a romance. **$1.75.
Putnam.

Set in the atmosphere of Fra Lippo Lippi’s art and its inspiration,
this is the pathetic story of his love for the beautiful nun of Santa
Margherita, Lucrezia Buti, and of the shadow cast upon it by the
venomous interference of the jealous princess Beatrice. The book
contains four photogravure illustrations.

=Faulkner, John Alfred.= Erasmus, the scholar. (Men of the kingdom.)
*$1. West. Meth. bk.

8–5815.

Erasmus the scholar, the impartial friend and critic of Catholic and
Lutheran alike, is portrayed thruout the course of his great labor of
love to bring both bodies to a mutual concession. The study is an
important one because in the light of modernism freed from theological
difference one may best interpret this great Erasmian spirit which is
coming to its own.

* * * * *

“The frequency of acknowledged quotation gives an air of frankness to
the work which is hardly borne out by an examination of the many
unacknowledged quotations, especially in the translations, which are
not only freely borrowed, but are mangled at discretion in a way to
make their defenseless authors wince. The best parts of Professor
Faulkner’s work are his little summaries of Erasmus’s supposed views
on doctrinal points.”

+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 170. O. ’08. 320w.

“Professor Faulkner’s memoir is not only adequately appreciative of
his subject, but also duly critical, not wanting in humor, and
illuminated by ample extracts from Erasmus’s famous works.”

+ + =Outlook.= 87: 266. My. 30, ’08. 200w.

=Faunce, Rev. Daniel W.= Mature man’s difficulties with his Bible.
*75c. Am. Bapt.

8–9798.

Addressed not so much to theologians, nor yet to men of leisure who
may read extended treatises, but to busy men who still find time to
read the newer books and magazines which raise questions concerning
biblical facts. The chapters treat the Bible in relation to
mathematical certainty; scientific spirit; historical spirit; the
morality and method of the Bible; and the biblical Christ and human
thinking.

* * * * *

“A book containing many good things. But on the whole it must be
pronounced inadequate to its purpose. The author does not fully grasp
the difficulties occasioned to the Bible student by the modern
scientific world-view.”

− + =Bib. World.= 32: 80. Jl. ’08. 100w.

“Contains much sensible counsel concerning Scripture.”

+ =Ind.= 64: 1405. Je. 18, ’08. 80w.

* =Fay, Charles Ryle.= Co-operation at home and abroad; a description and analysis. *$3. Macmillan.

8–33820.

“An English university scholar, a research student in the London
School of economics, gives in this volume a vast amount of valuable
information covering the entire field of co-operative activity in
European countries—(1) in banking, (2) in agricultural societies for
production, sale, and land tenure, (3) in workers’ societies for
production and sale, (4) in co-operative stores, social and
industrial, concluding with an account of co-operative law, and a
large bibliography.... It is ‘not the herald of socialism, nor is it a
means to combat it,’ but simply a natural outworking of the
associative instinct in a line of self-help not cultivated by
socialism.”—Outlook.

* * * * *

=Ath.= 1908, 2: 267. S. 5. 170w.

“A work of wide and varied practical interest for social workers is
this.”

+ =Outlook.= 90: 596. N. 14, ’08. 220w.

“It does not detract at all, but in our judgment rather enhances, the
value of Mr. Fay’s work, if we see reason to demur to some of the
distinctions which he draws.”

+ =Spec.= 101: sup. 806. N. 21, ’08. 1350w.

=Fea, Allan.= Nooks and corners of old England. *$2.50. Scribner.

W7–227.

Away from beaten tracks “the author covers with pencil and camera
counties as widely apart as Norfolk, Suffolk, Worcestershire,
Gloucestershire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, and Yorkshire, and he has
reproduced over fifty excellent photographs of both known and unknown
manor-houses, churches, hamlets, and interiors. One can only be
grateful to him for his notes on Beckington castle, Croscombe church,
with its wonderful canopied pulpit, Melplash court, said to have been
a residence of Nell Gwyn, Postlip hall, with its Elizabethan gables,
and Hautboys hall, a beautiful old Tudor house, a few miles to the
south-east of Oxford. In no sense a guide-book proper.” (Acad.)

* * * * *

“A sensible, chatty record of devious wanderings in the byways of old
England, and as such may be honestly recommended to those who are not
in a hurry and who love old England.”

+ =Acad.= 73: 651. Jl. 6, ’07. 250w.

“The most we can say of the book is that it may prove attractive to
those who are content with cursory descriptions of attractive places,
and may lead the ordinary tourist to things of particular interest in
his own country.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 237. Ag. 31. 280w.

“Mr. Fea has a large store of curious information.”

+ =Nation.= 85: 543. D. 12, ’07. 530w.

=Fenn, George Manville.= Trapped by the Malays. †$1.50. Lippincott.

A book which recommends itself to girls as well as boys. It is the
story “of a young English officer, not much more than a boy, and his
exciting experiences in the English dominions on the other side of the
world. Captured by treachery by a native prince, he and one of his
soldiers escape on the rajah’s elephant, with which they have made
friends.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“Mr. Manville Fenn continues to deserve well of the youth of England.”

+ =Ath.= 1907. 2: 652. N. 23. 130w.

“An exciting story.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 749. N. 23, ’07. 60w.

“In this tale of bayonet and kris Mr. Manville Fenn shows all the
spirit, the humor and the knowledge of character and place which have
made his stories so popular with both young readers and those whose
business it is to select books for them.”

+ =Sat. R.= 104: sup. 5. D. 7, ’07. 170w.

=Ferris, George Hooper.= Formation of the New Testament. **90c. Am.
Bapt.

7–28619.

A “study of the rise of the books of the New Testament to pre-eminence
among early Christian works, and the causes contributing to it.”—Bib.
World.

* * * * *

“Mr. Ferris sketches the rise of the New Testament canon with bold and
telling strokes.” E. J. Goodspeed.

+ =Am. J. Theol.= 12: 274. Ap. ’08. 350w.

“An able and intelligent study. The presentation is popular and at the
same time scholarly.”

+ =Bib. World.= 30: 480. D. ’07. 50w.

“He has given the results of his study in clear flexible English, that
never declines and never wearies the reader. This is a piece of
excellent theological writing.” E: A. Wicher.

+ =Bib. World.= 32: 138. Ag. ’08. 980w.

“A forceful and enlightening study. It should establish the author’s
reputation as a writer on religious history who can at the same time
master facts and exhibit their vital bearing.”

+ + =Ind.= 64: 925. Ap. 23, ’08. 300w.

“There can be no question, however, but that Mr. Ferris has put his
finger upon the source of endless confusion of mind and barrenness of
doctrine.... Awakening to the facts which Mr. Ferris has brought into
the clear must serve as an emancipation to not a few.”

+ =Nation.= 86: 241. Mr. 12, ’08. 700w.

“A careful, scholarly, courageous work.”

+ =Outlook.= 88: 795. Ap. 4, ’08. 800w.

=Fessenden, Francis.= Life and public services of William Pitt
Fessenden. 2v. **$5. Houghton.

7–37243.

A biography of a man “best entitled to rank as Maine’s prime
contribution to American statesmanship.” It is the “story of a public
man who never ‘put his ear to the ground’ to listen for the voice of
duty, never ‘climbed into the band-wagon’ in search of office, never
chose to go against his conscientious judgment a hair’s breadth rather
than ‘get left.’” (Dial.)

* * * * *

“To such a hero, this book is a fitting tribute.” D: M. DeWitt.

+ =Am. Hist. R.= 13: 622. Ap. ’08. 1000w.

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 136. My. ’08.

“William Pitt Fessenden was a great senator and deserved a proper
biography, but it cannot be said that the volumes by his son fulfil
the need. The author shows slight acquaintance with the historical
literature of his period.” W. L. Fleming.

− =Ann. Am. Acad.= 31: 521. Mr. ’08. 400w.

“A piece of biography so morally invigorating as to deserve, in its
own very different way, a place alongside the reminiscences of Carl
Schurz.” W. H. Johnson.

+ + =Dial.= 44: 73. F. 1, ’08. 500w.

“A good life.”

+ =Ind.= 64: 753. Ap. 2, ’08. 450w.

“The literary form and method of this work mark it as a real addition
to the historic literature of the country.”

+ =Lit. D.= 36: 417. Mr. 21, ’08. 450w.

“The arrangement of the matter is defective, but the matter itself is
of the first class.”

+ + − =Nation.= 86: 127. F. 6, ’08. 2650w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 77. F. 8, ’08. 630w.

“A work which, if in parts rather dry reading, is a distinct
contribution to American political biography. Some of the numerous
letters and autobiographical statements which it contains throw fresh
and really helpful light on civil war men and measures.”

+ − =Outlook.= 88: 379. F. 15, ’08. 430w.

“Few biographies written by relatives show less bias—less of what
Macaulay was fond of calling the ‘lues Boswelliana’. The narrative
sometimes backs and fills in a manner that is confusing, and exception
could easily be taken to some of the statements; yet, as a whole, the
work has been well done.” P. L. Haworth.

+ − =Pol. Sci. Q.= 23: 132. Mr. ’08. 850w.

“Full and very satisfactory account.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 37: 113. Ja. ’08. 180w.

=Field, Louise Maunsell.= Katharine Trevalyan. †$1.50. McClure.

8–10431.

Against the unhealthy background furnished by craven types selected
from fashionable New York, the author places his unworldly-minded
heroine. She is drawn into a net of matrimony by a contemptible
fortune hunter, frees herself from its meshes, and slips away
disillusioned, having discovered that reciprocity—a thing she had
never experienced—is at the foundation of the human bond. Her supreme
moment comes when real love proves the truth of her theory and she is
no longer outside of life.

* * * * *

=Nation.= 87: 36. Jl. 9, ’08. 370w.

“It has plenty of flesh-and-blood characters, and an easy style, but
it falls short of absorbing the attention.”

− + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 242. Ap. 25, ’08. 50w.

=Field, Michael, pseud. (Catherine Bradley and Edith Cooper).= Wild
honey from various thyme. *$1.65. Wessels.

“A collection of sonnets and lyrics of which, the inspiration is
mainly classical, but which show an unclassical luxuriance of
imagery.” (Spec.)

* * * * *

“The undoubted poetical taste and feeling displayed ... are largely
discounted by a serious lack of discriminating power.”

− + =Ath.= 1908, 1: 414. Ap. 4. 330w.

“Here are nearly two hundred lyrics and sonnets, packed with thought,
and arresting in their originality of expression.” W: M. Payne.

+ + =Dial.= 45: 63. Ag. 1, ’08. 450w.

=Nation.= 87: 35. Jl. 9, ’08. 150w.

“Each of the poems in the present collection conveys to the mind a
picture with color and design and atmosphere.” E. L. Cary.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 424. Ag. 1, ’08. 200w.

“The work is always musical and accomplished, and now and then, as in
‘Chariclo,’ it attains real distinction.”

+ =Spec.= 100: 463. Mr. 21, ’08. 40w.

=Figgis, John Neville.= Studies of political thought from Gerson to
Grotius, 1414–1625; the Birkbeck lectures delivered in Trinity
college, 1900. *$1.10. Putnam.

7–32802.

A literary revision of the Birkbeck lectures, delivered nearly ten
years ago. The author discusses the transition of political thought
from the province of the church to that of the state. “The nature and
source of all authority is the final object of political research.
From this everything else flows easily: communication is established
on this basis with all the controversies that distracted medieval
society and that form the subject of this book. The relationship of
church and state—involving of necessity interminable arguments about
the nature of a state, its rights, its moral code—the position of the
individual in society: such are some of the catchwords of dispute
throughout this fruitful period of political theorising.” (Sat. R.)

* * * * *

+ + =Ath.= 1907, 2: 145. Ag. 10. 2200w.

“In detail, unfortunately, the volume leaves a good deal to be
desired.” P. V. M. Benecke.

+ − =Eng. Hist. R.= 23: 352. Ap. ’08. 800w.

“This is an extremely valuable contribution to historical and
political science. It embodies broad suggestion rather than detailed
information; it is philosophical, not descriptive. A deep and accurate
scholarship is revealed on every page, and the insight that gives life
and usefulness to mere learning is not less conspicuous. There are
very few points on which a critic familiar with the subject would
venture to question the accuracy of Mr. Figgis in either his facts or
his interpretations.” W: A. Dunning.

+ + =Pol. Sci. Q.= 22: 708. D. ’07. 1320w.

“We congratulate Mr. Figgis on the publication of these lectures, and we hope that the wider audience will appreciate their value.”

+ + =Sat. R.= 104: 455. O. 12, ’07. 1300w.

* =Filippi, Filippo de.= Ruwenzori: being an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amedeo of Savoy, Duke of the Abruzzi, to the snow ranges situated between the equatorial lakes of Central Africa; tr. by Caroline de Filippi. *$8. Dutton.

“The volume is introduced with a preface written by the Duke himself.
As compiled and written Signor de Filippi’s book is a narrative
describing the adventures as well as the scientific researches of the
Duke’s party from Mombasa to those snow-capped peaks in the interior,
which were called by the ancients ‘Mountains of the moon.’”—N. Y.
Times.

* * * * *

“The translation is satisfactory, and the illustrations fully deserve
this second mention in so brief and general a notice as the present
one.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 1181. N. 19, ’08. 560w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 665. N. 14, ’08. 980w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 742. D. 5, ’08. 140w.

=Fillmore, Millard.= Millard Fillmore papers; ed. by Frank H.
Severance. (Buffalo historical soc. Publications, v. 10–11.) 2v.
*$7. Buffalo hist. soc.

A memorial prepared to perpetuate the name of the organizer and first
president of the Buffalo historical society. “Besides the ‘Fillmore
papers’ there are biographical introductions, an historical address by
General J. G. Wilson, some interesting reminiscences and a dozen or
more portraits. The papers themselves are arranged by Mr. Severance
chronologically under appropriate headings and consist chiefly of
legislative speeches, political addresses and private correspondence.”
(Am. Hist. R.)

* * * * *

“The editor has shown excellent judgment, excluding the trivial or
local matter which is too often allowed to cumber the pages of
historical society publications. In both volumes few errata have been
noticed and only a few slight errors. On the whole, one derives from
these papers an increased respect for the honest conservatism of the
man’s character and a deepened sense of his limitations as a
statesman.” T. C. Smith.

+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 13: 876. Jl. ’08. 600w.

“While Mr. Severance has evidently spared no pains, and has collected
in his introduction and notes a mass of data for which some future
biographer will be grateful, his editorial work cannot be
unqualifiedly praised.”

+ − =Nation.= 87: 122. Ag. 6, ’08. 700w.

=Finley, William Lovell.= American birds, studied and photographed
from life. il. **$1.50. Scribner.

7–36870.

“The text is divided into twenty-one chapters, each treating some one
species or group of species, from the hummingbird to the golden eagle.
Most of the studies were made in the extreme west ... but with few
exceptions all have closely related eastern representatives, with
habits differing but slightly. The facts relate chiefly to the conduct
of parents at the breeding season and to the appearance, growth, and
general characteristics of the young.” (Nation.) The illustrations,
chiefly from Herman T. Bohlman’s photographs, are numerous and
excellent.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 78. Mr. ’08.

“One is tempted to dare a superlative and call this the most
delightful bird book that has been written.” M. E. Cook.

+ + =Dial.= 43: 419. D. 16, 07. 300w.

+ =Educ. R.= 36: 208. S. ’08. 50w.

“Fortunately, whatever errors the text might contain, the pictures can
be trusted.”

+ =Ind.= 64: 51. Ja. 2, ’08. 240w.

“The text is uneven. Some chapters are excellent and thoroughly
enjoyable; others are spoiled by a padding of unimportant details of
uninteresting actions. The work is accurate as to observation and
forms a real addition to our knowledge of Western bird life. It is,
however, as a splendid record of the photographer’s skill in
portraying the more intimate home life of wild birds that the volume
deserves especial mention.”

+ − =Nation.= 86: 17. Ja. 2, ’08. 440w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 669. O. 19, ’07. 40w.

“The text is delightful.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 40. Ja. 25, ’08. 110w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 37: 112. Ja. ’08. 160w.

“The chapters on the ‘Hummingbirds’ and the ‘Barn owls’ are especially
interesting and instructive.” R. W. Hegner.

+ =School R.= 16: 272. Ap. ’08. 250w.

“In spite of the criticisms of such matters as are here suggested, the
volume is a fresh contribution to popular ornithology, and is both
interesting and informing in an unusual degree.” F. H. Herrick.

+ + − =Science=, n.s. 27: 182. Ja. 31, ’08. 2450w.

=Fisher, Herbert Albert L.= Bonapartism: six lectures delivered in
the University of London. *$1.15. Oxford.

8–19594.

Six lectures which show that the Bonapartist governments of both First
and Second empires “were to a large extent inspired by the same
principles, rested upon the support of the same intellectual and
social forces, ... and shared in the same kind of ruin.” The lectures
are as follows: The bequest of the revolution, The growth of a legend,
The Napoleonic state, Napoleon and Europe, The rise of the Second
empire, and The downfall.

* * * * *

=Am. Hist. R.= 13: 686. Ap. ’08. 70w.

“That the author has telling gifts of historical presentation is clear
on every page; his lucidity and power of summary are aided by a
constant attention to literary form, and by a skilful use of some
striking bits of literary material.” Victor Coffin.

+ + − =Am. Hist. R.= 13: 870. Jl. ’08. 960w.

“Deftness of touch and a happy choice of illustrative details are
among the attractions of this volume. Among the chief defects of his
method of treatment is that it tends to undue emphasis; and at several
points we think that Mr. Fisher’s statements are strained, just as his
style is occasionally tense and overloaded with adjectives.”

+ − =Ath.= 1908, 1: 279. Mr. 7. 1400w.

“Vigorous and suggestive in grasp of matter and style of treatment.”

+ =Dial.= 44: 247. Ap. 16, ’08. 400w.

“He ranges from the campaign of Italy to that of Sedan with a strong
grasp of fact and a power of generalization that never flags. The book
has the true historic ring, and should be useful for students of the
period.”

+ =Nation.= 86: 260. Mr. 19, ’08. 150w.

“He writes about ‘Bonapartism,’ a word which he does not define, the
existence of which he does not prove, and he has consequently produced
by a tour de force a work of coruscating phrases, of high lights and
deep shadows, but one which will not command the assent of the
historian, the politician, or the man of common sense.”

− =Sat. R.= 105: 303. Mr. 7, ’08. 1200w.

=Fisher, Irving.= Rate of interest: its nature, determination and
relation to economic phenomena. *$3. Macmillan.

7–36195.

Professor Fisher of Yale bases his thesis largely upon the theories of
Rae, Boehm-Bawerk and Landry. He expands these former versions of the
theory by the introduction of an “income concept.” The solution he
offers is that the rate of interest be made to depend upon the
character of the income stream.

* * * * *

“This is a notable work. Professor Fisher has made an enduring
contribution to the progress of economic thought in emphasizing the
peculiar psychical relation which the value of income sustains,
through the principle of discount, to the value of capital.”

+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 31: 501. Mr. ’08. 400w.

“The treatise throughout is ‘Fisheresque’ ... that is to say, it is
worked out with the author’s well known and unflinching thoroughness
and his merciless (from the reader’s point of view) marshalling of
details. It is also characterized throughout by a certain scientific
hard-headedness which is not always found nowadays in writings upon
capital and allied topics.” T. N. Carver.

+ =Econ. Bull.= 1: 25. Ap. ’08. 700w.

Reviewed by H. J. Davenport.

=J. Pol. Econ.= 15: 635. D. ’07. 3050w.

Reviewed by E. A. Bradford.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 16. Ja. 11, ’08. 820w.

=Spec.= 100: 1007. Je. 27, ’08. 280w.

=Fisher, Sydney George.= Struggle for American independence. 2v.
**$4. Lippincott.

8–14831.

A continuation and enlargement of “The true history of the American
revolution” with which, a few years since, the author startled out of
their complacency people who were willing to avoid “their own
country’s birth pangs.” Rejecting tradition and substituting facts
ascertained from original sources, the volumes become “an excellent
corrective, worthy of careful study by all who would know of the
revolution as it was.” (Ind.)

* * * * *

“He has gone to the original sources for information; his citations
and references are numerous and valuable; the arrangement of his
material is good, and his style is readable and attractive. Yet
however creditable his work, it must be confessed that the author
seems excessively ‘otherwise-minded,’ and his spirit of criticism and
correction seem, in a measure, to outrun his spirit of historical
impartiality and fairness.” J. A. Woodburn.

+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 143. O. ’08. 1150w.

“Gives a full, detailed, interesting account but is written in a bad
spirit and sometimes places wrong interpretations and emphasis upon
accepted facts.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 181. Je. ’08.

“His ‘true’ history of the American revolution does not differ in
large degree from those heretofore written.” E. E. Sparks.

+ =Dial.= 45: 110. S. 1, ’08. 970w.

“The story here told is interesting and convincing. Mr. Fisher has
good literary ability and the faculty of knowing a point when he sees
it.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 96. Jl. 9, ’08. 680w.

“Whether Mr. Fisher’s position be admitted or rejected, his volumes
cannot be overlooked by any who wish to be well informed upon the
origins and fundamentals of our nation or the future of England’s
colonial relations.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 314. Je. 6, ’08. 1150w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 362. Je. 27, ’08. 160w.

“However he may have erred in detail, he has taken a large view of a
large subject, has explored it with painstaking, honest effort, and,
despite his unfortunate preface, has written a book that will be
enjoyed even by those most inclined to dissent from its conclusions.”

+ − =Outlook.= 90: 39. S. 5, ’08. 1700w.

“He has made a commendable attempt to deal frankly with this
evidence.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 38: 123. Jl. ’08. 110w.

“There is no end to the histories of the war of independence, but Mr.
Sydney Fisher can give a good reason for writing his.”

+ =Sat. R.= 106: sup. 7. O. 24, ’08. 870w.

=Fisk, George Mygatt.= International commercial policies, with
special reference to the United States: a text book. (Citizen’s
lib.) *$1.25. Macmillan.

7–39069.

Descriptive note in Dec. 1907.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 102. Ap. ’08. ✠

“The work is valuable for its clear English, its direct statements and
its rounded treatment of a broad subject within the compass of a
text-book of less than three hundred pages, including the excellent
bibliographies appended to each chapter.” F. D. Watson.

+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 31: 522. Mr. ’08. 230w.

“On the whole the book is a worthy addition to the ‘Citizens’
library,’ and will prove stimulating to college students taking
courses in commerce or economics.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 495. Ag. 27, ’08. 170w.

“Throughout the book the treatment is concise—possibly, at times, too
concise—and is descriptive and expository rather than controversial.
The book is especially strong on its pedagogical side.” H. S. Smalley.

+ =J. Pol. Econ.= 16: 168. Mr. ’08. 750w.

“A very useful handbook.”

+ =Pol. Sci. Q.= 23: 564. S. ’08. 80w.

=R. of Rs.= 37: 254. F. ’08. 60w.

=Fitzpatrick, Samuel A. O.= Dublin: a historical and topographical
account of the city; il. by W. Curtis Green. (Ancient cities.)
*$1.75. Dutton.

8–3118.

“Six of Mr. Fitzpatrick’s eleven chapters are given to the different
periods of the city’s life; another deals with Trinity college. The
social life of the city from the time when records of the subject
begin to be available, the municipal history, the theatre, which has
achieved no small distinction, are successively treated, and there is
a separate account of ‘Historic houses and distinguished Dubliners.’
The cathedrals of Christ church and St. Patrick are duly
described.”—Spec.

* * * * *

“Is not only the best book that has so far been written on Dublin—it
is the best volume which has yet appeared in the series.”

+ + − =Acad.= 72: 627. Je. 29, ’07. 420w.

“The author is a careful man, and has learnt a great deal about his
subject.... In recording so many facts an author cannot be infallible,
and we add some suggestions, which may be of use when a new edition is
in sight.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 754. Je. 22. 1080w.

“The volume is not so attractive in style or dress as Mr. Chart’s, but
as a guide to Dublin, old and new, it is equally exact and useful.
There is no modern map.”

+ − =Nation.= 87: 71. Jl. 23. ’08. 100w.

“To many the most interesting part of the text will be its account of
early history. That of Dublin is specially interesting.”

+ =Outlook.= 89: 534. Jl. 4, ’08. 120w.

“A carefully written and interesting book.”

+ =Spec.= 99: 169. Ag. 3, ’07. 180w.

=Flammarion, Camille.= Mysterious psychic forces. **$2.50. Small.

7–30610.

The author “describes his first experiences at seances, his own
experiments, with Eusapia Paiadino, the experiments of the Dialectical
society of London and of Sir William Crookes and others, drawing from
them his own theories and conclusions.” (Lit. D.)

* * * * *

=Dial.= 45: 119. S. 1, ’08. 320w.

=Lit. D.= 35: 920. D. 14. ’07. 60w.

“An honest record of long and careful scientific study.”

+ =Lit. D.= 36: 417. Mr. 21, ’08. 400w.

“A complete account of the like investigations on the continent of
Europe has as yet been wanting. This book comes nearer than any other
to filling the gap.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 846. D. 21, ’07. 580w.

=R. of Rs.= 37: 255. F. ’08. 40w.

=Flandrau, Charles Macomb.= Viva, Mexico! **$1.25. Appleton.

8–28075.

A description of Mexico and the Mexicans which gives an intimate
insight into the social, political, religious, and commercial life. It
is the traveler’s Mexico that is projected in panorama upon the
author’s canvas with the certain details that catch the tourist’s eye
but which are too often omitted from guide books.

* * * * *

“An entertaining book in which the author with unrestrained frankness
quaintly discusses Mexican things that interest him. It touches upon
social, religious, political, and business topics, and handles them
all in bold, independent fashion and with as much carefulness as a
writer with a whimsical and somewhat humorous disposition could be
expected to exhibit.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 638. O. 31, ’08. 440w.

=Fleming, John Dick.= Israel’s golden age: a story of the United
kingdom. (Handbooks for Bible classes.) *45c. imp. Scribner.

8–32325.

“The standpoint of the author is historical, his spirit is profoundly
religious.... The difficulties of the narratives of this early period
are frankly recognized and the religious limitations of the time are
fully allowed for, but the emphasis of the book is on the positive and
progressive elements in the history, rather than upon its defects and
weaknesses.”—Bib. World.

* * * * *

“A student who works through the period of Saul and David under
Professor Fleming’s guidance will have a new conception of Old
Testament history and religion.”

+ =Am. J. Theol.= 12: 341. Ap. ’08. 50w.

“The author possesses interpretative insight in a marked degree, and
is master of a pleasing style. The historical judgment of the author
is well balanced and his book may be highly commended to all teachers
of Bible classes.”

+ + =Bib. World.= 31: 79. Ja. ’08. 100w.

“Professor Fleming has treated it in a scholarly manner.”

+ =Ind.= 64: 472. F. 27, ’08. 60w.

“Professor Fleming has found his way through the conflicting sources
with no small skill, and his manual affords sufficient help for the
serious student to form his own opinions intelligently.”

+ =Nation.= 86: 171. F. 20, ’08. 110w.

=Fleshman, Arthur Cary.= Educational process. (Lippincott’s
educational ser.) $1.25. Lippincott.

An attempt, the author says, to organize a new doctrine of education
out of an old theory of thought. The author yields to the latter-day
conclusions that life is a spiritual process; that activity is
spiritual. He takes the problems of education out of the domain of the
mechanical, experimental, physiological, physical and psycho-physical
and explains them as spiritual processes.

* * * * *

“Is neither original in method nor brilliant in style.”

− =Ind.= 65: 319. Ag. 6, ’08. 40w.

=Fletcher, Beaumont.= Richard Wilson. (Makers of British art ser.)
*$1.25. Scribner.

8–33825.

A sketch which aims to give proper prominence to a famous landscape
painter whose merit during the century and more since his death has
been overlooked. The sketch takes into account the conditioning
factors of his life, his education, and his place in art. The volume
is made complete by reproductions of his pictures, a list of
authorities consulted, and an index.

* * * * *

“It is quite time something of the sort should have appeared.” E: E.
Hale, jr.

+ =Dial.= 45: 208. O. 1, ’08. 1850w.

“That the facts are so few may well be no fault of the author, but as
much cannot be said for the paucity of ideas.”

− =Nation.= 86: 542. Je. 11, ’08. 160w.

“To those interested either in his work or in the larger question of
the development of landscape art the book can be recommended. Whether
agreeing with the author’s estimate of the artist’s importance or not,
the facts presented and the opinions of other writers freely drawn
upon give value and interest to the biography.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 312. My. 30, ’08. 480w.

+ =Outlook.= 89: 533. Jl. 4, ’08. 450w.

=Fletcher, Ella Adelia.= Law of the rhythmic breath: teaching the
generation, conservation, and control of vital force. *$1. Fenno.

Explains the bare truths of the rhythmic breath as taught in ancient
Hindu philosophy and developed by the author.

* * * * *

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 668. N. 14, ’08. 170w.

=Fletcher, Horace.= Optimism, a real remedy; with a foreword by
William Dana Orcutt. **75c. McClurg.

8–1690.

Horace Fletcher, identified with furthering the Gladstonian doctrine
of excessive chewing, shows the life-prolonging influence of
physiologic optimism. He discusses the passing of medicine, optimism
as opportunism, and happiness after fifty.

=Fletcher, J. S.= Book about Yorkshire. *$2. McClure.

“A book about Yorkshire, with thirty-two illustrations, half of which
are attractive sketches in colour, covers the wide field of things
worth seeing and saying as well as a single volume could. Much more
might, of course, be said about scenery, and charms of wood and water;
but these things are in the guide-books, and we think the author was
well advised in laying stress rather on Yorkshire dialect, customs,
folk-lore, and oddities as well as the churches, castles, and
great-houses which always figure in these county records.”—Ath.

* * * * *

=Ath.= 1908, 1: 759. Je. 20. 130w.

“All in all, his book is an important contribution to the literature
of his country.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 639. O. 31, ’08. 540w.

“He has selected and arranged his material admirably.”

+ =Sat. R.= 106: 338. S. 12, ’08. 250w.

“He has used his eyes and the historical records with judgment, and
has done his best to give us a real notion of the wealth of interest
and association that lies in the great shire.”

+ =Spec.= 101: 65. Jl. 11, ’08. 220w.

=Fletcher, Joseph Smith.= Harringtons of Highcroft farm. il. $1.50.
Dodge, B. W.

8–8308.

The story of a Yorkshire homestead which introduces an over worked,
much abused young hero. “There is something pleasant about the air of
the sixties, which is the period of this tale. Uncle Benjamin stands
for what villain there is, and Uncle Dick is that misunderstood and
self-sacrificing artist whom we may remember even further back than
the sixties. And is not the wilful daughter of an earl who weds in due
time with the yeoman’s son a creature of that bygone generation?”
(Ath.)

* * * * *

“The very headings of the chapters acquaint us that we are committed
to an old-fashioned and somewhat dull story.”

− =Ath.= 1906, 2: 613. N. 17. 150w.

“Chronicle is a better name than novel for this book. Its interest is
not so much in how it all turns out as in the personality of every
separate member of the Harrington family.” F: T. Cooper.

+ =Bookm.= 27: 102. Mr. ’08. 300w.

“The manner of the book is charming, quiet, placid, but with much
depth and richness of feeling.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 233. Ap. 18, ’08. 150w.

=Fletcher, Joseph Smith.= Mothers in Israel: a study in rustic
amenities. †$1.25. Moffat.

8–19023.

The two “mothers in Israel” are two Yorkshire farmers’ wives with
marriageable daughters. They begin their backbiting when they learn
that the young minister has become engaged to the schoolmistress. The
rustic amenities referred to in the sub-title are lying, slander,
evil-speaking, and malice. “There are not wanting graphic touches of
village landscape and figures, and if some readers feel cheated out of
tragedy, others will take comfort in comedy, for the curtain falls on
backbiters thoroughly frustrated, if not in the least reformed.”
(Nation.)

* * * * *

“He handles [Yorkshire village life] tenderly and with a sense of
humour.”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 1: 349. Mr. 21. 130w.

“The study is made with the utmost seriousness of intention, and the
utmost solemnity of belief.”

+ =Nation.= 86: 310. Ap. 2, ’08. 200w.

“The book is redolent of fresh Yorkshire butter, sun-baked fields, and
blooming chestnuts, and it makes amusing and restful reading.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 198. Ap. 11, ’08. 150w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 212. Ap. 11, ’08. 30w.

“The author has managed to invest his characters with reality.”

+ =Sat. R.= 105: 342. Mr. 14, ’08. 250w.

“Apart from the special purpose of the book, ‘Mothers in Israel’ is a
well-constructed picture of life in a Yorkshire village, and the
portraits of the two principal characters and of the clergyman’s
housekeeper, Elizabeth, are drawn in a very clear and lifelike
manner.”

+ − =Spec.= 100: 383. Mr. 7, ’08. 300w.

=Flexner, Abraham.= American college: a criticism. **$1. Century.

8–30713.

An analysis of the educational procedure of the American college from
the moment when it tells the secondary school how the boy is to be
made ready for college to the day when he receives his bachelor’s
degree. The chapters are as follows: The problem defined, The
development of the college, The college and the secondary school, The
elective system, Graduate and undergraduate and The way out.

* * * * *

“The author’s tone is very dogmatic, far more so than either his
experience or his knowledge of the subject would seem to justify. What
he has chiefly done is to record his impressions of the impressions of
other people. Mr. Flexner’s aims are of the best but his diagnosis is
faulty and his information is neither sufficient nor exact.”

− + =Educ. R.= 36: 513. D. ’08. 720w.

=Fling, Fred Morrow.= Mirabeau and the French revolution. 3v. v. 1.
**$3.50. Putnam.

8–25730.

=v. 1.= The youth of Mirabeau.

The first instalment of a three part biography. The divisions as
outlined for the three volumes accord with the well marked phases of
Mirabeau’s life, and are as follows: (1) His youth; (2) His public
career to the beginning of the revolutionary crisis; (3) His
activities in the assembly. The aim is to study Mirabeau as a product
of his times, to follow his emergence from a background of historical
conditioning forces. In this first volume the sketch of his first
twenty-five years is preceded by a presentation of the struggle
against arbitrary government in France, and of the origin and rise of
the Riqueti, also by four chapters on the direct antecedents of
Mirabeau.

* * * * *

“It is careful, learned, and rich in bibliographical references.”

+ =Lit. D.= 37: 809. N. 28, ’08. 740w. (Review of v. 1.)

“Is characterized by a large and coherent plan, a mastery of
voluminous material, a power of presenting characters in just relief
against the background of the age, by moderation of judgment and
detachment of view. The style is marred by an occasional awkwardness
of phrase and a translation at times too literal. The note at the
bottom of page 153 contains some errors of dates.”

+ + − =Nation.= 87: 553. D. 3, ’08. 1000w. (Review of v. 1.)

“Prof. Fling has achieved something very like a masterpiece in [its]
kind. If the forthcoming volumes are as interesting and valuable as
the first they will be welcome to all students and to the general
reader as well.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 575. O. 17, ’08. 500w. (Review of v. 1.)

=Floy, Henry.= Compilation of the records of the Colorado Springs
lighting controversy; with an introd. and epitome. *$4.
Illuminating engineering pub. co., N. Y.

8–3931.

“In an introductory section, the author gives a historical résumé of
the case, together with comments on its main features and
conclusions.... The report of the testimony comprises the great part
of the contents of the book.”—Elec. World.

* * * * *

“The book will be of particular value to central stations having
municipal contracts for street lighting.”

+ =Elec. World.= 51: 730. Ap. 4, ’08. 450w.

“It is a work that will be of permanent value to electrical engineers
and lawyers throughout the country.”

+ =Engin. D.= 3: 528. My. ’08. 300w.

“The immediate interest of the book to engineers lies in the
statements under oath of several men generally recognized as experts
in arc-lamp illumination.”

+ =Engin. N.= 59: 210. F. 20, ’08. 350w.

=R. of Rs.= 37: 383. Mr. ’08. 170w.

=Flynt, Josiah.= My life; with an introd. by Arthur Symons. *$2.
Outing. pub.

8–30135.

The self-written “life” of the man, who, instinct with human
curiosity, sounded the depths of the under-world and brought back
experiences which he casts in the human document form. Early life, his
rebellion against order, his days in a reform school, his escape and
early tramping experiences, his voyage to Germany as a coal-passer,
his life and wanderings in Europe, the friendship with Arthur Symons
whom he called his literary god-father, his meeting with Tolstoy are
all full of human interest.

* * * * *

“His narrative is all the more characteristic from its lack of polish.
Like all that he has written, it is extremely interesting, even though
far less interesting than his talk is said to have been.” P. F.
Bicknell.

+ − =Dial.= 45: 338. N. 16, ’08. 1850w.

+ =Ind.= 65: 1176. N. 19, ’08. 80w.

“The book will perhaps sufficiently appeal to those who care for
autobiography for its own sake. There is much of the joy of
vagabondage in it, little of achievement. The telling of the story is
easy, in spite of its disjointed quality. In the latter part of the
book coherence is lacking, and its anecdotal quality is but mildly
interesting.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 607. O. 24, ’08. 630w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 742. D. 5, ’08. 140w.

=Fogazzaro, Antonio.= Politician; being the English tr. of his
“Daniele Cortis,” done by G. Mantellini. $1.50. Luce, J. W.

8–4034.

A strongly emotional story of a young Italian politician’s love for
the wife of a thoroly bad senator. Duty prevails to the point of
renunciation, grief is quelled by the call to work, and one must be
satisfied with the triumph of moral justice.

* * * * *

+ =Ind.= 65: 556. S. 3, ’08. 250w.

“The American reader who happens to possess no special knowledge of
the affairs of church and state in modern Italy may find it more
readable than the novels of the trilogy. Not only is the English
thoroughly shiftless and awkward, nowhere rising to the plane of
Fogazzaro’s Italian, but the pages are sown thick with the most
astonishing errors in translation.”

+ =Nation.= 86: 333. Ap. 9, ’08. 270w.

“Translated into excellent and sympathetic English.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 96. F. 15, ’08. 60w.

“A keen, fond eye for natural scenery, and the passionate Italian
temperament of the interlocutors, pervade the narrator. This, as well
as ‘The sinner,’ while not lacking in dramatic situations and tragic
interest, has little of that significance for the neo-Catholic
movement which gave such popularity to ‘The saint.’”

+ =Outlook.= 88: 652. Mr. 21, ’08. 170w.

=Folwell, William Watts.= Minnesota, the North star state. (American
commonwealths.) **$1.25. Houghton.

8–29356.

A concise narrative, based upon original sources, in which events are
unfolded in their relation to the political and economic development
of the state without diminution of their dramatic interest. The author
has been identified with the public interests of the state for the
past forty years, holding for many years the chair of Political
Science at the state university.

* * * * *

“Mr. Folwell offers a readable compend of the state’s history, and by
reason of having had access to several sources of original information
not previously available he has made considerable additions to those
already before the public. The final chapter would have been of more
interest and value had it treated more fully recent political
developments.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 653. N. 7, ’08. 200w.

“Mr. Folwell writes with considerable dash and vigor, and with a
frankness that will scarcely be relished by the survivors among the
land and timber manipulators and other corruptionists who were so much
in evidence in Minnesota during its formative period. This frankness,
however, and an uncompromising insistence on viewing the facts of
history from the standpoint of a sturdy morality, far more than
compensate for certain minor defects in treatment and construction.”

+ − =Outlook.= 90: 789. D. 5, ’08. 300w.

=Fontaine, Lamar.= My life and my lectures. *$3. Neale.

8–16524.

The experiences of an invincible hero who as school boy, Indian,
hunter, or civil engineer, escaped the arrows aimed at the vulnerable
heel. During sixteen years he wandered in China, Egypt, India,
Palestine and South America after which he enlisted with the Fourth
Mississippi infantry of the Confederate army.

* * * * *

“In spite of the savage delight he had in killing and fighting and in
writing about it ad nauseam, the author has a graphic way in relating
details of adventure that is often admirable. The book with all its
brutality, bad grammar, and conceit, was well worth while as
presenting a character the like of which may never be seen again. One
ought to be sufficient.”

− + =Lit. D.= 37: 228. Ag. 15, ’08. 730w.

“He tells of [his adventures] interestingly and with happy, pleasant,
humorous touches that serve to lighten the narrative of peril and of
suffering.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 375. Jl. 4, ’08. 140w.

=Forbes, Henry Prentiss.= Johannine literature and the Acts of the
apostles. (International handbooks to the New Testament, no. 4.)
**$2. Putnam.

7–15616.

“The general view taken of the Acts is that ‘it is history in the
ancient, Oriental, religious, not in the modern, Occidental, critical
sense.’ The Fourth gospel is regarded as an idealization of material
more or less historical by ‘an Asian Christian’ of the second century,
and is presented as such with the remark, ‘The truth of fiction may be
most lifegiving; it is the ideal which endures.’”—Outlook.

* * * * *

“One will find much suggestive treatment of important passages without
the confusion of encyclopedic detail. A bibliography might have been
added without defeating the object of the series and one finds the
index to the four volumes too compact.” R. H. Ferris.

+ − =Am. J. Theol.= 12: 479. Jl. ’08. 670w.

“Concise and useful introductions and commentaries prepared from the
critical point of view.”

+ =Bib. World.= 29: 480. Je. ’07. 30w.

“The author contrives to inspire faith in his guidance as a
well-equipped interpreter, with stores of learning of which he makes
no parade, and sufficient warmth of religious sympathy to prevent
anyone from being wounded by his clearcut decision.” J. E. Carpenter.

+ =Hibbert J.= 6: 460. Ja. ’08. 220w.

“Mastery of critical material, however it be interpreted, and
spiritual appreciation of Jesus are alike conspicuous in this volume.”

+ =Outlook.= 87: 132. S. 21, ’07. 190w.

=Ford, Sewell.= Side-stepping with Shorty. il. $1.50. Kennerley.

8–12803.

Sprightliness, sympathy with human nature and an abounding sense of
humor are the requisites for “side-stepping with Shorty.” When once
the reader has acquired the necessary momentum, there is no stopping
until he reaches the last page. For Shorty makes no pauses for
observation; he sees in transit, thinks while on the move, and
delivers himself of his wit at every breath. The twenty skits present
people with their foibles lying close to their saner ideals.

* * * * *

“The substance has that essential vulgarity of which a sound realism,
however unflinching, is never really in danger.”

− =Nation.= 87: 97. Jl. 30, ’08. 180w.

“Shorty sees a good deal of life and tells about it with a zest and an
unconventionality of expression that make his stories as breezy as the
sidewalks round about the Times building on a windy day.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 304. My. 30, ’08. 90w.

“A very humorous story, containing some of the mirthful qualities of
‘Mr. Dooley,’ Dickens’s Sam Weller, and the dry wit and shrewdness of
Mark Twain.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 338. Je. 13, ’08. 80w.