Chapter XXV: Part 1: , deals with historic material—the beginnings and growth of (10)

7–33964.

Descriptive note and excerpts in Dec. 1907.

* * * * *

=Am. Hist. R.= 13: 695. Ap. ’08. 50w.

“This is an interesting book which does not justify its title.”

+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 32: 625. N. ’08. 40w.

“It is possible to read his book with the comfortable feeling that one
is in safe hands, and that the spirited accounts here given of these
vexed questions may be enjoyed without fear of being led into false
historical paths.” Ward Clark.

+ + =Bookm.= 26: 519. Ja. ’08. 1200w.

“The author writes with acute legal knowledge and abundant information
derived from painstaking research: and to these he adds a gift for
pictorial narrative which suggests a first-rate reporter present at
the events he describes.”

+ + =Dial.= 44: 19. Ja. 1, ’08. 320w.

“It is this romantic quality that Mr. Hill has seized, and he tells
the stories vigorously.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 102. Jl. 9, ’08. 200w.

“It cannot be said that Mr. Hill has always shown judicial
impartiality, but what partisan bias has crept in may be attributed to
the fact that he is more of an advocate than an historian.”

+ − =Nation.= 86: 103. Ja. 30, ’08. 320w.

* =Hill, Frederick Trevor.= Story of a street. **$1.60. Harper.

The story of Wall street from March, 1644, when Governor William Kieft
marked its direction by means of a clumsy cattle-guard of felled
brushwood, to its present-day development as a “canon of exchange.”
Wall street of Stuyvesant’s time, of revolutionary days; Wall street
“the haunt of fashion, the heart of business, the school of statesmen,
the firing-line of commerce, the battle ground of politics and of
money—the scene of financial masterstrokes and speculative orgies ...
the law of the money-spiders ... is no mere street or thoroughfare.”

* * * * *

“Mr. Hill has performed a real service with his book. It is in some
respects a sort of liberal education.” I: F. Marcosson.

+ =Bookm.= 28: 359. D. ’08. 1500w.

“Altogether it is a fascinating tale, cleverly told.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 38: 761. D. ’08. 80w.

=Hill, George Chatterton-.= Heredity and selection in sociology.
*$4.50. Macmillan.

7–42082.

“Chatterton-Hill’s book consists of three parts. Part 1 is an
intelligent summary of the biological doctrine of heredity and
germinal selection from the point of view of Weismann.... Part 2 is
devoted to social pathology. Suicide, insanity, and syphilis are each
in turn discussed as social factors.... Part 3 is devoted to the
actual conditions of social selection.”—Nation.

* * * * *

“Having no first-hand information, the author could justify himself in
the publication of such a work only by logical and constructive
manipulation of his materials, and he has not done this.” W: I.
Thomas.

− + =Am. J. Soc.= 14: 413. N. ’08. 180w.

“For the general idea of the author there is much to be said. His
present exposition is not satisfactory and should not be final.”

+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 31: 269. Ja. ’08. 400w.

“Mr. Chatterton-Hill’s science, good so far as it goes, belongs to the
last decade of the nineteenth century rather than to the first decade
of this.” E. T. Brewster.

− + =Atlan.= 102: 122. Jl. ’08. 750w.

“The general verdict on the volume must be adverse. Under competent
tutelage, he has given a good résumé of the dominant biological theory
of heredity. Left to himself, he has devised an inconclusive and
inadequate analysis of social pathology, and has supplemented it with
a rambling, unoriginal, and often self-contradictory disquisition on
social programmes and social needs.”

− + =Nation.= 86: 176. F. 20, ’08. 680w.

“From beginning to end this is a very interesting book. It is the
result of much thought on great subjects, and it is written in clear
and forcible style. However much we may disagree with some of Mr.
Chatterton-Hill’s conclusions the book is a book to be read.” F. W. H.

+ + − =Nature.= 76: 586. O. 10, ’07. 600w.

“We find ourselves in direct issue with Mr. Chatterton-Hill with
respect to many of the results deduced by him from the facts of
current social life.”

+ − =Spec.= 100: 580. Ap. 11, ’08. 550w.

=Hilprecht, Hermann Vollrat.= So-called Peters-Hilprecht
controversy. *75c. Holman.

A full statement of the Hilprecht case. The first part gives the
proceedings of the committee appointed by the board of trustees of the
University of Pennsylvania to act as a court of inquiry: the second
furnishes supplemental documents, evidence, and statements.

* * * * *

=Nation.= 86: 425. My. 7, ’08. 1650w.

=R. of Rs.= 38: 128. Jl. ’08. 80w.

=Hinchman, Walter Swain, and Gummere, Francis Barton.= Lives of
great English writers from Chaucer to Browning. **$1.50. Houghton.

8–11791.

“The book, which is well-indexed and provided with a select
bibliography, consists of thirty-four biographical essays on
representative writers from Chaucer to Browning. The various periods
of literary history are connected by short links suggesting the
character of the transitions.” (Nation.) “Pupils in secondary schools,
as well as their elders, will find the book agreeable reading and
useful for reference.” (Educ. R.)

* * * * *

“This work is recommended because of its usefulness in small
libraries, supplementing the brief biographical dictionary and
cyclopedia articles. The material presented is not only well chosen,
authoritative and adequate, but interestingly written.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 260. N. ’08. ✠

“It is difficult to account for some of the omissions, but the work as
we have it is well done.”

+ − =Dial.= 45: 121. S. 1, ’08. 80w.

“The treatment is judicious and satisfactory.”

+ =Educ. R.= 36: 316. O. ’08. 70w.

“Ten biographies ... are not uninteresting in themselves and are well
adapted to the kind of readers for whom they are intended. The final
chronology and bibliography too are useful in their way. But it is
doubtful, after all, whether such a book is likely to supply the
literary stimulus which its authors expect from it.”

+ − =Ind.= 65: 310. Ag. 6, ’08. 230w.

“In general, the criticism is sound, conservative, and illuminating,
and the book should do good service.”

+ − =Nation.= 87: 210. S. 3, ’08. 350w.

=Hinckley, Henry Barrett.= Notes on Chaucer: a commentary on the
Prolog and six Canterbury tales. $3. Nonotuck press, Northampton,
Mass.

8–6086.

“Consists of a commentary on the Prologue to the “Canterbury tales,”
and six of the tales, viz.; the knight’s, the nun’s priest’s, the
pardoner’s, the clerk’s, the squire’s, and the franklin’s. In fullness
and learning the only previous Chaucer commentary comparable with it
is that which accompanies Prof. W. W. Skeat’s standard edition of the
poet’s work.”—Nation.

* * * * *

“All that is of value in the book could have been condensed into a
short paper for the Modern language association.”

− + =Ath.= 1908, 2: 239. Ag. 29. 260w.

“The author often annotates passages which Skeat has passed by, and so
his work, apart from its own merits, supplements that of his
predecessor.”

+ =Nation.= 86: 533. Je. 11, ’08. 280w.

=Hind, A. M.= Short history of engraving and etching, for the use of
collectors and students; with full bibliography, classified list
and index of engravers. **$5. Houghton.

A descriptive survey of the history of engraving on metal thruout the
various centuries and schools, with a generous account of the work of
important engravers, and only enough mention of names of lesser note
to keep straight the threads of development and to insure a
well-balanced estimate of artistic values. The work closes with a
chapter on modern etchers and engravers of different countries. The
full appendices give a classified list of engravers, 47 p.; a general
bibliography, 20 p.; and an index of engravers and individual
bibliography, 60 p.

* * * * *

“Accurate scholarship and painstaking workmanship are manifest
throughout.”

+ =Dial.= 45: 408. D. 1, ’08. 300w.

+ =Ind.= 65: 1186. N. 19, ’08. 70w.

“It necessarily devotes most of its attention to European
practitioners of the art of engraving, with the exception, of course,
of etching. Yet a work designed to circulate in this country and
furnish information to English readers ought to keep its perspectives
right.”

+ − =Lit. D.= 37: 811. N. 28, ’08. 450w.

“The book certainly shows admirable condensation.”

+ =Outlook.= 90: 797. D. 5, ’08. 150w.

=R. of Rs.= 38: 640. N. ’08. 70w.

=Hind, Charles Lewis.= Diary of a looker-on. **$2. Lane.

8–30031.

“Impressions of the hour utilized as occasions arise in the columns of
journals and periodicals. This is the author’s description of these
little essays of criticism of paintings and books, sojournings in
continental cities and places, or in English country places or
London.” (Sat. R.) “The author explains that ... these contributions
[made to various journals] were papers transferred from his diaries,
and that the collections appear here divided into months, according to
the dates of the original writing.” (Spec.)

* * * * *

“It is a gentleman-like and desirable form of professional activity,
but as devoid of ‘personality’ as any other kind of journalism—for
example, the market quotations.” F. M. Colby.

− + =Bookm.= 27: 567. Ag. ’08. 340w.

Reviewed by P. F. Bicknell.

=Dial.= 44: 338. Je. 1, ’08. 380w.

“These papers contain something of the intimacy and grace which
characterize Stevenson’s essays. The book has a distinct literary
flavor, and to read it is as good as a vacation. It is to be hoped
that in succeeding editions the numerous typographical errors which
mar the present issue will be corrected.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 415. Jl. 25, ’08. 320w.

+ − =Sat. R.= 105: 732. Je. 6, ’08. 220w.

+ − =Spec.= 100: 1009. Je. 27, ’08. 280w.

=Hinds, William Alfred.= American communities and co-operative
colonies. 2d revision. $1.50. Kerr.

8–3496.

Thoroly revised and brought down to 1907. “It includes all the
well-known experiments, such as the Shaker colonies, Owen’s
communities, Brook farm, and the various Fourieristic phalanxes,
Cabet’s Icaria and the Oneida community, in addition to a multitude of
less known settlements, to say nothing of such contemporary
organizations as the Theosophist colony at Point Loma, the Single tax
society at Fairhope, Alabama, the Ruskin commonwealth, Upton
Sinclair’s Helicon home colony and the Straight Edge.” (Ann. Am.
Acad.)

* * * * *

“He has succeeded in giving us a valuable book of reference abounding
in facts but very popular in character.” H. P. J. Selinger.

+ =Am. J. Soc.= 14: 126. Jl. ’08. 80w.

“Not the least valuable feature of Mr. Hinds’ book is the bibliography
at the end of each chapter.”

+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 32: 445. S. ’08. 340w.

=Hird, Frank.= Victoria, the woman. **$2.50. Appleton.

8–12577.

The author says that his purpose has been to place before readers in
America some impressions of the influences that affected her early
environment, some suggestions of the circumstances that affected her
later years. He portrays the Queen as a daughter, a wife, a woman, a
mother, a friend and a sovereign, using the Queen’s own words as
recorded in letters and diaries. He lends to the whole a background of
current history and politics.

* * * * *

“Readable, interesting, more available for popular use than the
‘Letters.’”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 237. O. ’08.

“A serviceable and readable book has been produced, and for those who
do not and cannot own the voluminous and expensive ‘Letters’ this
volume, with its copious extracts from those letters and from the
diaries, should serve as a welcome substitute.”

+ =Dial.= 44: 315. My. 16, ’08. 300w.

“There is a distinct place for Mr. Hird’s little book.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 44. Jl. 2, ’08. 260w.

“His work is surprisingly judicial in its tone.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 247. Ap. 25, ’08. 200w.

“One of the most interesting things in Mr. Hird’s book is to be found
in the notices, always judiciously expressed, of the part which the
Queen took in politics, foreign and domestic.”

+ =Spec.= 101: 412. S. 19, ’08. 420w.

=Hirth, Friedrich.= Ancient history of China to the end of the Chóu
dynasty. *$2.50. Macmillan.

8–3434.

A work which provides a text for students and a book of reference for
general readers. It begins with a chapter on the mythological and
legendary period and comes down to the third century B. C. While not a
purely philological work it follows the linguistic and cultural
development of the Chinese people. An appendix of chronological tables
gives the dates of the princes of the various states.

* * * * *

=Am. Hist. R.= 13: 675. Ap. ’08. 50w.

“A much needed work.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 187. Je. ’08. ✠

“Owing probably to limitations of space Dr. Hirth has failed to
indicate fully the factors which were potent in the earlier
development of the Chinese empire, but he has furnished a scholarly
and convenient handbook for this period of the history, in more detail
than can elsewhere be had in English in an ordered form.”

+ − =Ind.= 64: 1450. Je. 25, ’08. 120w.

“It does not add largely to our information, but it is a convenient
manual for those who desire to gain a knowledge of the uneventful
story of China’s existence as a nation.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 138. Ag. 13, ’08. 90w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 130. Mr. 7, ’08. 150w.

+ =Outlook.= 88: 884. Ap. 18, ’08. 150w.

“A very scholarly study.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 37: 509. Ap. ’08. 70w.

=Hobart, Henry Metcalf, and Ellis, Alexander George.= High speed
dynamo electric machinery. *$6. Wiley.

8–20034.

Deals with the description of designs and construction which comprise
“not only the standard methods by which the special conditions imposed
by high speed are being met, but also various recent propositions
which have not yet withstood the test of time.” “The authors have
arranged their material in two main divisions, dealing with the two
distinct types of turbo-generator.” (Engin. N.)

* * * * *

“The work is a high-class treatise and one that should be in the hands
of every designer and engineering instructor.”

+ =Engin. D.= 4: 304. S. ’08. 430w.

“The book will appeal chiefly to those interested, directly or
indirectly, in the design of electric generators.” H: H. Norris.

+ =Engin. N.= 60: 318. S. 17, ’08. 1100w.

=Hobbs, William Herbert.= Earthquakes; an introduction to seismic
geology. **$2. Appleton.

7–39003.

A volume devoted to what field geologists have accomplished by making
use of the record of the motion of the earth’s disturbances acquired
thru perfected seismological experiments. “What has been learned by
both of these classes of students, and what are the best supported
theories, are made plain in this volume with abundant illustration
through diagram and photograph, and with admirable system and
arrangement of material.” (Outlook.)

* * * * *

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 42. F. ’08.

“Of special value at the present time, not only to students, but also
to the general reader who wishes to keep informed in regard to recent
scientific advance.” A. C. Rich.

+ =Arena.= 39: 731. Je. ’08. 280w.

“No intelligent layman can look at this book without being interested,
or can read it without substantial gain in knowledge.”

+ =Dial.= 44: 110. F. 16, ’08. 250w.

“It takes rank with the best of the general books on seismology.” R.
S. Tarr.

+ =J. Geol.= 16: 477. Jl. ’08. 1550w.

“On the whole the book is a modern and readable presentation of a
theme possessing more than ordinary interest.”

+ =Nation.= 86: 494. My. 28, ’08. 400w.

“As an introduction to seismology, or even to seismic geology, it is
the most misleading that we know, but for the reader who comes to it
with sufficient previous knowledge it contains suggestive passages,
and as we perused the book we were haunted by the consciousness that
its author was capable of better work; we searched for the word which
would describe its character until a marginal heading, in block type,
supplied the want in ‘crudeness.’”

− + =Nature.= 77: 481. Mr. 26, ’08. 700w.

“The reader may have full confidence that he is in possession of
seismology up to date.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 74. F. 8, ’08. 360w.

“Gives us in his new volume what we believe to be by far the most
thorough study of the subject, which is couched in fairly untechnical
language, and may be read with a clear understanding by any thoughtful
layman.”

+ + =Outlook.= 88: 41. Ja. 4, ’08. 230w.

=R. of Rs.= 37: 119. Ja. ’08. 130w.

=Spec.= 101: 200. Ag. 8, ’08. 60w.

=Höcker, Gustav.= Arnold of Winkelried: the hero of Sempach; tr.
from the German of Gustav Höcker. (Life stories for young people.)
**60c. McClurg.

8–23292.

A story of the famous Swiss hero which tells us about Knight Schrutan
and the Pilatus, the battle of Morgarten, the mystery play at
Engelberg, the black death, the robber knights, the tournament at
Little Basle, the storming of a Lithuanian castle, and Winkelried’s
heroic death.

=Hodges, Rev. George.= When the King came: stories from the four
gospels. *$1.25. Houghton.

Stories founded upon the record of the life of Jesus as presented in
the gospels. The well-known Bible facts are embellished with
numberless details of setting, back of which lies the author’s careful
study of the times and their customs.

=Hodgetts, Edward A. B.= Court of Russia in the 19th century. 2v.
*$6. Scribner.

8–20526.

A popular rather than a scholarly account of the Russian emperors and
court of the last century. The history begins with Alexander I, and
concludes with a sketch of Nicholas II and a summary of political
conditions in Russia, in which “he acquiesces in the arguments of
those who oppose the abolishment of bureaucracy on the ground that the
population of the country is too sparse and the rural classes too
backward to make a system of local government and elected officials
practicable.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“Almost every anecdote and every judgment is to be found elsewhere,
but the compilation is excellent, and the book one that may be warmly
recommended to the general reader. There are a good many small slips,
hardly worth mention.”

+ − =Ath.= 1908, 1: 668. My. 30. 900w.

“The disadvantage chiefly to be noted in the lack of precision
characterizing the author’s method is a tendency to repetition. The
diffuse and incidental style of the writing and the extraordinary
lapses in English in Mr. Hodgetts’s book conceal genuine virtues.” E.
L. Cary.

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 379. Jl. 4, ’08. 2000w.

“While containing a good deal of sound and interesting information, it
loses much of its value by an exuberance of trifles and an awkward
arrangement.”

+ − =Spec.= 101: 236. Ag. 15, ’08. 670w.

=Hoernle, Augustus Rudolf F.= Studies in the medicine of ancient
India. *$2.60. Oxford.

Written for the purpose of supplying to students of medicine a
knowledge of how the subject was taught and practised in ancient
India. “Prof. Hoernle begins in the present volume with osteology, or
bones of the human body as they were known to the Indians in the sixth
century before Christ.” (Ath.)

* * * * *

“Professor Hoernle has executed his task with the utmost fidelity.”

+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 772. D. 14. 550w.

“As part of a general history of the subject this book is of prime
importance.”

+ =Nation.= 86: 103. Ja. 30, ’08. 100w.

“Altogether Dr. Hoernle, although not a medical man himself, has laid
medical men under a deep obligation to him by rendering so easily
accessible the knowledge and practice of physicians who tended the
sick in northern India some centuries before Christ was born.”

+ =Nature.= 77: 533. Ap. 9, ’08. 450w.

=Hoffman, Frank Sargent.= Sphere of religion: a consideration of its
nature and of its influence upon the progress of civilization.
**$1.75. Putnam.

8–5160.

A book written for the purpose of interesting young men and women,
especially in our colleges, in the study of religion. The author
sketches the development of religion from the forms existing among
savages to the high spiritual conceptions of to-day. He discusses the
various books of religion from the sacred tablets of the Babylonians
to Madam Blavatsky’s “Isis unveiled.” Following this are chapters on
the relation of the fine arts to religion, religion the key to
history, its relations to education, the church and the right of
property, the church and the modern state, the scientific method in
theology, human immortality and religion, and the present-day
conception of God.

* * * * *

“Its merit lies in its attempt to give an inclusive, bird’s-eye view
of a large field. It has the defects of its qualities,—and also some
others, the most unfortunate of which is a careless and inexact use of
the word ‘religion.’”

+ − =Am. J. Theol.= 12: 679. O. ’08. 200w.

“It is an exceedingly well written book, which should be in the hands
of every thoughtful young man and woman.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 187. Je. ’08.

“Crystal clear is the whole of this eminently sane and practical
discussion. Even ‘the man in the street’ will want to finish the book.
A landmark in the history of religious thought.” W: E. Griffis.

+ + =Dial.= 44: 377. Je. 16, ’08. 700w.

“Professor Hoffman is an able student and a clear writer, of open mind
and fearless pen, but the question may be raised whether it is quite
fair to intending purchasers and to libraries to give to such a
miscellaneous collection of essays a title which implies a thorogoing
and scientific examination of the problems of the philosophy of
religion.”

+ − =Ind.= 65: 212. Jl. 23, ’08. 170w.

“Professor Hoffman’s spirit is tolerant and progressive, but he covers
such a variety of topics and so broad a field that issue may
frequently be taken with him, in point both of fact and of opinion.”

+ − =Nation.= 86: 445. My. 14, ’08. 170w.

“Prof. Hoffman gives the impression of having tried to cover too broad
a field, and the consequence is that his treatment is not thorough.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 736. D. 5, ’08. 250w.

“A well-wrought and desirable addition to the copious modern
literature upon its subject. It is wide in its range, imbued with the
modern spirit, and insistent on the old and tested truths.”

+ =Outlook.= 88: 564. Mr. 7, ’08. 350w.

=Hofmann, Josef.= Piano playing: a little book of simple
suggestions. **75c. McClure.

Aims to present a general view of artistic piano-playing and to offer
to young students the results of the author’s observations made during
his years of study and public activity. The chapters are the
following: The piano and its player; General rules; Correct touch and
technic; The use of the pedal; Playing “in style”; How Rubenstein
taught me to play.

* * * * *

“His book contains many hints that throw light on the psychic,
imaginative side of playing.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 531. N. 26, ’08. 480w.

“This book is both stimulating and suggestive. It is, indeed, the
utterance of a great artist who looks upon his art with the broadest
view, and there are few who will not gain profit and some new idea
from reading it.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 687. N. 21, ’08. 530w.

=Holder, Charles Frederick.= Big game at sea. il. *$2. Outing.

8–9755.

A fascinating, informing book by a sea sportsman who, while following
the legitimate lines of deep-sea fishing, now and then is rewarded by
a phenomenal haul. He discusses the game monsters of the deep, the
equipment necessary for catching them, the qualifications required of
the fisher sportsman, and lends to the whole the vigor of the sea and
the ecstacy of success.

* * * * *

“Fascinating stories.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 238. O. ’08.

+ =Ath.= 1908, 2: 124. Ag. 1. 270w.

“Not one of the chapters lacks its own peculiar interest.” Wallace
Rice.

+ =Dial.= 44: 342. Je. 1, ’08. 400w.

“The book will appeal to any one who has a spark of physical
enthusiasm.”

+ =Ind.= 64: 1298. Je. 4, ’08. 200w.

“This work is as interesting as the great romance of Victor Hugo’s
‘Travailleurs de la mer,’ and much more realistic.”

+ =Lit. D.= 36: 766. My. 23, ’08. 250w.

+ =Nation.= 86: 581. Je. 25, ’08. 840w.

“A remarkable book, and should take a high place among the literature
of this and kindred subjects.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 277. My. 16, ’08. 300w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 338. Je. 13, ’08. 180w.

“Nothing has appeared containing such detailed, vivid, and lengthy
descriptions of the sport now to be enjoyed as this latest work of Mr.
Holder. Like many books which are composed of collected magazine
articles, the volume contains much repetition, and suffers from want
of arrangement. There is, indeed, no index at all, and no order to be
discovered.”

+ − =Spec.= 101: 333. S. 5, ’08. 630w.

=Hole, Samuel Reynolds.= Letters of Samuel Reynolds Hole, dean of
Rochester; ed. with a memoir, by G: A. B. Dewar. *$3. Macmillan.

8–256.

“The collection embraces about two hundred letters, covering nearly
the whole period of the Dean’s busy life. They are addressed to all
sorts and conditions of men from Archbishop Benson to the Dean’s
life-long friend, Joe Birley, who used to be the shepherd’s lad during
the ‘old Squire’s’ day at Hole’s ancestral home of Caunton manor, and
they give the reader some dim idea of the catholicity of the Dean’s
tastes and the width of his influence.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

“Admirers of the late Dean of Rochester can hardly resist some slight
feeling of disappointment at his volume. Mr. Dewar’s introductory
chapter is, in many respects, excellent. But it is in no sense of the
word a ‘memoir’ and the reader anxious for biographical details is
referred to an unilluminating chronological list. Of the letters
themselves it is, happily, possible to speak with less reserve.”

+ =Acad.= 73: 273. D. 21, ’07. 350w.

“Mr. Dewar has shown both skill and discernment in his brief sketch of
Dean Hole. It conveys a good idea of a personality which was
singularly attractive.”

+ + =Ath.= 1907, 2: 472. O. 19. 1750w.

“In choosing the letters for publication, the editor has shown wisdom
in picking with a sparing hand and also in not including letters
merely because they were written to persons of distinction.” P. F.
Bicknell.

+ + =Dial.= 44: 11. Ja. 1, ’08. 1750w.

“So lacking any thread to knit it together, and so largely made up of
scraps—that any sustained interest in it is almost impossible.”

− + =Ind.= 65: 437. Ag. 20, ’08. 100w.

“Partly through the fault of the editor, partly through the scantiness
of his material, this book seems likely to cause more disappointment
than satisfaction.”

+ − =Lond. Times.= 6: 307. O. 11, ’07. 780w.

“Taken separately, they are delightful letters, written in the Dean’s
characteristic style and breezy manner. But in these busy times few
people are willing to sit down and read 250 pages of notes written, in
no matter how pleasant a style, to familiar (and often obscure)
friends on ordinary topics of no special interest to outsiders.” J. G.
Whiteley.

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 3. Ja. 4, ’08. 1100w.

“Witty Dean Hole as he was in life is again witty Dean Hole in the
collection of letters.”

+ + =Outlook.= 87: 875. D. 21, ’07. 290w.

“Mr. Dewar does the subject of his ‘memoir’ full justice. It is the
testimony of the one who, besides being a personal friend, is
evidently well qualified to take, not a partial and onesided view of
the subject of the memoir, but such a view as is comprehensive of the
whole man.” Francis Pigou.

+ + =Sat. R.= 104: 631. N. 23, ’07. 2100w.

“This book is, we must own, something of a disappointment. We see,
indeed, Dean Hole, as we expected to see him, one of the gayest and
kindliest of men; but the letters, while they give ample proof of
these characteristics, of which no proof was wanted, show little
literary quality.”

+ − =Spec.= 99: sup. 906. D. 7, ’07. 490w.

=Holland, Clive.= From the foreland to Penzance: the ports and
harbors of the south coast. *$3.50. Duffield.

Giving little of guide-book information the author devotes himself to
the picturesque side of the harbors and sea ports of the south coast
from the north foreland to Penzance. History, romance, and stories of
piracy make up the letter-press; while thirty colored illustrations do
artistic justice to the harbors along the course.

* * * * *

“Mr. Randall’s brush is not nearly so effective with water as with
land-locked harbours such as those of Poole, Looe, or Fowey. It is not
possible to say very much in praise of Mr. Holland’s letter-press.”

− + =Ath.= 1908, 2: 340. S. 19. 600w.

“He has exhibited not only a fine instinct for scenery, wide literary
and historical learning, but a profound sympathy with amphibious life
of the harbor, the fishing-village, and even the smuggler’s cave.”

+ =Lit. D.= 37: 672. N. 7, ’08. 480w.

“Mr. Holland says his work is not a guide book, but it certainly
contains all the information about the country it covers that the
ordinary man requires.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 639. O. 31, ’08. 240w.

+ =Spec.= 101: 338. S. 5, ’08. 270w.

=Holland, Clive.= Old and new Japan; 50 col. pictures by Montagu
Smith. *$5. Dutton.

8–9079.

Descriptive note and excerpts in Dec. 1907.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 187. Je. ’08.

“From every point of view—literary, scientific and artistic—the work
reaches an exceptionally high standard of excellence.”

+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 31: 713. My. ’08. 170w.

“The three chapters of this book which have a real value are those
dealing with the festivals still more or less observed by the common
folk of Japan, the greetings and language of the country, and the
tendencies and future of the Japanese people.”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 1: 635. My. 23. 980w.

“A fascinating subject, a writer who knows how to make the most of it,
and an illustrator whose work must surprise even the most blasé critic
into reluctant admiration,—these are the elements that contribute to
the charm.”

+ + =Dial.= 43: 426. D. 16, ’07. 190w.

“Montague Smith’s exquisite colors and truthful representations in
tint and drawing of Japanese life are far above the quality of the
text by Clive Holland, who lives on the surface of the Nipponese
scene.”

+ − =Ind.= 64: 43. Ja. 2, ’08. 270w.

“One notes inaccuracies even in the few and superficial criticisms of
the Japanese.”

+ − =Nation.= 86: 404. Ap. 30, ’08. 470w.

“This is a delightful book, and in saying this we have practically
indicated its character. The most informing, and on the whole most
useful, chapters are those which deal with the domestic and civic life
of Japan both in city and country.”

+ =Spec.= 100: sup. 125. Ja. 25, ’08. 260w.

=* Holland, Elizabeth.= Journal; ed. by the Earl of Ilchester. 2v.
*$6. Longmans.

“Readers of memoirs dealing with the last years of the Georgian period
are familiar with this dominating figure of the Whig salons, who
relegated to herself the office of social and political arbiter, and
who not only gave orders to such men as Macaulay and Sydney Smith, but
exacted their most implicit obedience. Little, however, has been
written of Lady Holland’s earlier years, and it is to fill this gap in
her career that the present journal is published. Naturally, these
earlier years were identified with Holland house quite as much as were
the later ones.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

“These volumes abound in interest, whether they are considered as
contributions to social and literary history or as revelations of
character. The latter feature, on the whole, predominates. If space
permitted, we could give many illustrations of Lady Holland’s
admirable strokes at character. The index is disappointingly meagre.”

+ − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 599. N. 14. 1500w.

=Nation.= 87: 385. O. 22, ’08. 120w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 744. D. 5, ’08. 120w.

“Lord Ilchester has the industry and the impartiality necessary to
make a great historian, but he must really be more careful about his
composition. The footnotes are rather too numerous and detailed.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 106: 579. N. 7, ’08. 1200w.

“Lord Ilchester has annotated these volumes with remarkable care.
Scarcely an allusion but is deftly tracked, and he has provided a
wealth of family history to elucidate the entries. The second volume
is less interesting than the first, for it is full of backstairs
political gossip which has by this time lost its point.”

+ =Spec.= 101: 737. N. 7, ’08. 1700w.

=Holland, Rupert Sargent.= Builders of united Italy, 1808–1898.
**$2. Holt.

8–24568.

Men who represent the forces that have fused in Italy’s progress
towards a united nation furnish subjects for these eight sketches.
They are as follows: Alfieri, the poet; Manzoni, the man of letters;
Gioberti, the philosopher; Manin, the Father of Venice; Mazzini, the
prophet; Cavour, the statesman; Garibaldi, the crusader; and Victor
Emmanuel, the king.

* * * * *

“It is well worth reading by all who admire brave deeds and heroic
self-sacrifice. Young people especially should read the book.”

+ =Dial.= 45: 348. N. 16, ’08. 300w.

“Mr. Holland has caught the enthusiasm without which no historian can
either sympathize with or describe the spirit that upheld the Italians
in their struggles for freedom and independence.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 314. O. 1, ’08. 180w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 508. S. 19, ’08. 100w.

“Excellent little volume.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 38: 637. N. ’08. 100w.

=Holley, Clifford Dyer, and Ladd, Edwin Fremont.= Analysis of mixed
paints, color pigments, and varnishes. $2.50. Wiley.

8–4594.

Brings to date the information both on the analysis of pigments and
vehicles, and on the practical testing of their properties, as well as
shows the demands made of this department of applied chemistry. It is
of value “to the paint student and analyst, while also, owing to the
authors’ connection with North Dakota paint legislation, additional
interest will be felt in the general discussion of the problem of
securing efficient paint.”

* * * * *

“Will have a wide use, both because of its detailed information
regarding the composition of the pigments now in general use, and also
because of the directions for the analysis of the paints.” Robert Job.

+ =Engin. N.= 59: 435. Ap. 16, ’08. 530w.

“The methods for the analysis of oils seem to be somewhat incomplete,
but on the whole the work is a valuable contribution to the literature
of the subject.”

+ − =Engin. Rec.= 58: 363. S. 26, ’08. 200w.

“Should prove of considerable practical value, especially in America,
and should be of assistance to analysts who have work of this kind to
do, as it brings together much information which is otherwise
scattered, and contains a good deal which is not to be found in the
well-known manual by the late Mr. Hurst.” A. P. Laurie.

+ − =Nature.= 78: 125. Je. 11, ’08. 560w.

“The work is one of the best contributions to the literature of these
subjects that have appeared. Should be in the library of every one
having to do with the subjects treated.” A. H. Gill.

+ + =Science=, n.s. 28: 277. Ag. 28, ’08. 270w.

=Holman, Frederick Van Voorhies.= Dr. John McLoughlin; the father of
Oregon. *$2.50. Clark, A. H.

7–31427.

Descriptive note and excerpts in Dec. 1907.

* * * * *

“It is only in the fact that the author did not examine the problem
involved in the virtual martyrdom of Dr. McLoughlin from the broadly
historical point of view that any exception can be taken to this
admirable book.” F. G. Young.

+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 13: 620. Ap. ’08. 850w.

=Ann. Am. Acad.= 31: 275. Ja. ’08. 180w.

“This biography is not, perhaps, a fine specimen of smooth or
systematic narration; and it makes no pretention to literary finish.
But it possesses the first quality of a biography—it places the living
man before us, just as he must have appeared to those who knew him.”

+ − =Cath. World.= 88: 102. O. ’08. 1350w.

+ =Dial.= 44: 182. Mr. 16, ’08. 200w.

“This book is authoritative, based upon abundant documents, many
printed in a full appendix; and although sometimes a bit too effusive,
it is, on the whole, a fit presentment of a figure which should not be
forgotten.”

+ − =Nation.= 86: 305. Ap. 2, ’08. 400w.

=Holmes, Mrs. Bettie F.= Log of the “Laura” in polar seas: a hunting
cruise from Tromsö, Norway to Spitsbergen, the polar ice off east
Greenland and the island of Jan Mayen in the summer of 1906. Mrs.
Bettie F. Holmes, 3598 Washington av., Cincinnati, O.

8–4600.

“A rather elaborate diary of a hunting cruise in the summer of 1906,
to Spitzbergen, East Greenland, and the island of Jan Mayen.”
(Nation.) “The paper is handmade from an Italian mill; the type is the
excellent ‘Bodoni’ face, designed and used exclusively by the
University press; and the illustrations—photogravure prints from
untouched negatives—are all of superlative merit.” (Dial.)

* * * * *

“By far the most entertaining part of the book deals with the hunts
for the great polar bears. The author fails in breathing a distinct
personality into her account—a failure, no doubt, which may be a
virtue in a log-book.” H. E. Coblentz.

+ − =Dial.= 44: 345. Je. 1, ’08. 430w.

“The style is pleasing and unaffected. The scientific value of the
cruise was small. It is as an example of fine book-making that the
volume is chiefly noteworthy. Unfortunately the book is without an
index and is provided with an inadequate map.”

+ − =Nation.= 86: 351. Ap. 16, ’08. 200w.

=Holmes, Sir Richard Rivington.= Windsor; painted by G: M. Henton.
(Color books.) *$2.50. Macmillan.

8–16928.

The history of Windsor and its famous castle is reviewed here by the
keeper of the King’s library at Windsor castle. Its towers, its
chapel, its park and the borough itself are described and painted in
the spirit of reverence and appreciation due this “heirloom of the
ages.” It is doubly important, in that the history of Windsor is a
kind of epitome of English history since the time of the Norman
conquest.

* * * * *

“It is not a deep book ... but all that is said is trustworthy.”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 1: 423. Ap. 4. 320w.

“The modest subordinate text is quite what it ought to be for
elucidation, historical, architectural and social.”

+ =Ind.= 64: 1150. My. 21, ’08. 140w.

“The illustrations ... impart a distinct charm to a book which should
be deservedly popular.”

+ =Int. Studio.= 34: 343. Je. ’08. 250w.

“It is a book that will allure the artistic traveller.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 71. Jl. 23, ’08. 180w.

“This is a good specimen of Messrs. Black’s ‘Beautiful books.’ The
subject is a great one, and it has been worthily treated.”

+ =Spec.= 100: 345. F. 29, ’08. 270w.

=Holmes, Richard Sill.= Maid of honor. †$1.50. Revell.

7–38899.

The story of the training of a shrewish young miss whose rude manners
arise from her determination not to marry the man she loves because he
is a minister. The author writes “of theological problems, making an
original old Scotchman chief speaker, and his hero, a young minister,
chief actor.” (Outlook.)

* * * * *

“The love story is negligible, but the sketch of the Presbyterian
elder ... bears internal evidence of having been drawn from life.”

+ − =Ind.= 64: 755. Ap. 2, ’08. 100w.

“The book is neither a religious nor a problem novel, although its
hero is a minister, but is full of sallies of a kindly sort that makes
it most entertaining reading.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 763. N. 30, ’07. 60w.

− =N. Y. Times.= 13: 62. F. 1, ’08. 170w.

− =Outlook.= 88: 40. Ja. 4, ’08. 160w.

* =Holmes, Richard Sill.= Victor: a novel. †$1.50. Revell.

8–30535.

A dramatic story of the Pennsylvania mountains at the time of the
discovery of oil. It concerns a man wronged in love, his rival, and
the manner in which they settle their quarrel; it portrays the effect
of sudden wealth upon the mountain folk; and it abounds in plots, good
description and pleasing humor.

* * * * *

“A very ordinary tale of love, murder, and expiation.”

− =Ind.= 65: 1311. D. 3, ’08. 200w.

“It is excellent in construction, save for a too frequently bringing
together of widely sundered lives, which gives an effect of
artificiality. There is good and humorous portrayal of several
backwoods characters.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 757. D. 5, ’08. 230w.

=Holmes, Thomas R. E.= Ancient Britain and the invasions of Julius
Caesar. *$6.75. Oxford.

8–8462.

A natural sequel to the author’s “Caesar’s conquest of Gaul.” The work
“which began as a study of Caesar’s invasions, has expanded in the
author’s hands until it has become the whole history or pre-history of
Britain down to the arrival of the Romans, and only the closing
chapters of the completed book—about one-sixth of the body of the
narrative—deal with the campaigns of Caesar.” (Am. Hist. R.)

* * * * *

“For the most part Mr. Holmes’s presentation of the subject is clear,
vigorous and extremely readable.” F. N. Robinson.

+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 13: 833. Jl. ’08. 950w.

“The volume is very readable, yet done in a scholarly fashion.” Carl
Kelsey.

+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 32: 633. N. ’08. 120w.

+ + =Ath.= 1907, 2: 818. D. 28. 1350w.

=Class. J.= 3: 208. Mr. ’08. 100w.

“Mr. Holmes has now filled the gap thus left in his former work, by
giving us a companion volume, worthy in every respect of its
predecessor.” Arthur T. Walker.

+ =Class. J.= 3: 243. Ap. ’08. 900w.

“Is characterized by thoroughness of detail and a clear presentation
and careful weighing of facts; it is moreover, written in a most
attractive and entertaining style.” Walter Dennison.

+ + =Class. Philol.= 3: 456. O. ’08. 950w.

“His conclusions, though sometimes announced with too great
positiveness and finality, generally carry weight.”

+ − =Nation.= 87: 411. O. 29, ’08. 300w.

“In spite of certain grave defects and a uniform lack of originality,
it is a great monument to the author’s industry.”

− + =Nature.= 77: 601. Ap. 30, ’08. 2550w.

“Painstaking and ... exhaustive research.”

+ =Sat. R.= 104: 764. D. 21, ’07. 2350w.

“We must indicate one or two weak points in the premises of such very
confident conclusions.”

+ − =Spec.= 99: 1096. D. 28, ’07. 1750w.

=Holt, Rosa Belle.= Rugs; oriental and occidental, antique and
modern; new and enl. ed. *$5. McClurg.

8–29873.

A new and enlarged edition which benefits by the most recent
information obtained by investigation thruout the United States, by
recent study in the centers of Europe and by personal observation in
the Orient. The aim of the book is to present in a concise form
certain facts that enable a novice to appreciate the beauty and
interest attaching to rugs, and to assist a prospective purchaser in
judging of the merits of any particular rug he may desire to own.

* * * * *

“Now assumes the proportions of an authoritative work. To the care
taken to print only what is verifiable, the new edition owes much of
its value.”

+ =Dial.= 45: 299. N. 1, ’08. 330w.

=Int. Studio.= 36: sup. 58. D. ’08. 100w.

“We must pronounce this work not only useful and beautiful, but also
learned.”

+ =Lit. D.= 37: 901. D. 12, ’08. 130w.

+ =Nation.= 87: 421. O. 29, ’08. 220w.

“The compact form, the beautiful illustrations, and the careful text
of the present work insure its continued popularity as a work of
reference.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 584. O. 17, ’08. 150w.

+ =Outlook.= 90: 843. D. 12, ’08. 100w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 38: 763. D. ’08. 70w.

=Holtz, Frederick Leopold.= Nature-study: a manual for teachers and
students. *$1.50. Scribner.

8–13354.

“A manual for teachers and for students in training schools. Part 1
discusses principles and methods. Part 2 is devoted to subject matter
of a biological nature, placing emphasis on life histories and habits
and relations to environment and practical bearing on human life. Part
3 outlines a good course for eight grades.”—Ind.

* * * * *

“It supplements but does not supersede Hodge’s ‘Nature study and
life.’”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 260. N. ’08.

“The book is a valuable contribution to the nature study movement, and
deserves to be read by every teacher interested in such work.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 316. Ag. 6, ’08. 100w.

“The book is agreeably written, with nothing superfluous included.”
Hildegarde Hawthorne.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 449. Ag. 16, ’08. 340w.

=Home, Gordon Cochrane.= Along the Rivieras of France and Italy.
(Old world travel ser.) *$2.50. Macmillan.

The initial volume in a new series whose aim is to do for countries
and districts what the “Mediaeval town series” has done for cities.
Here are described points along the coast from Marseilles to Pisa,
omitting a few towns close to Genoa which have suffered thru
manufacturing interests. Twenty-five illustrations in color, as many
in black and white, a bibliography, map and index make the volume
complete for the tourist.

* * * * *

“Altogether we congratulate the author-artist and the publishers upon
a delightful book.”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 2: 538. O. 31. 730w.

“This volume will be an indispensable necessity to all who visit the
Riviera, and probably those who have already visited it will find that
Mr. Home reveals a world of new interest and beauty of which they will
make themselves sharers on their return to the Mediterranean.”

+ =Lit. D.= 37: 811. N. 28, ’08. 500w.

+ =Nation.= 87: 577. D. 10, ’08. 120w.

“Mr. Home treats his towns and cities both historically and
descriptively, and in both respects acquits himself in a very pleasing
fashion.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 639. O. 31, ’08. 200w.

=Hooker, William Brian.= Right man. †$1.50. Bobbs.

8–29648.

A story whose action takes place on a transatlantic liner. “Two men
and a girl are the centers of a not too intricate plot, and the stage
properties include a violin whose harmonies make discord among the
group. A concert, a fist fight, and an engagement lend the spice of
variety, and there is just enough of the lived-happy-ever-after
element to relieve any anxiety as to the outcome of the adventures.”
(N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“The story is fairly well written, but the glaring poster-like
illustrations are execrable.”

+ − =Arena.= 40: 484. N. ’08. 200w.

“The trouble with ‘The right man’ is that, quite unintentionally, the
problem is unfairly presented. The book fails in its delineation of
types.” F: T. Cooper.

− =Bookm.= 28: 260. N. ’08. 700w.

“One may find a half-hour’s diversion in the reading of Brian Hooker’s
novelette.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 635. O. 31, ’08. 130w.

=Hopkins, Herbert Muller.= Priest and pagan. †$1.50. Houghton.

8–9172.

“The priest” is a young Episcopal clergyman, half Jew, who, while
rearing the walls of St. Basil’s cathedral in the Bronx loves a maiden
as charming as she is willful. “The pagan” is a returned wanderer who
after working his way into the good graces of the priest no less than
into a corner of his bachelor quarters, steals the maiden and weds
her. The dénouement is quite as incomprehensible as it is surprising.

* * * * *

“As a whole, ‘Priest and pagan’ lacks cohesion, interest, almost human
probability. It seems like an accretion rather than a growth, with a
prescribed amount of description, conversation, incident, and
classical allusion. The dialogue is heavy and sometimes in
questionable taste; the characters are uninspired.” R. W. K.

− =Bookm.= 27: 280. My. ’08. 1350w.

“It is a pity that so carefully wrought a story should not prove more
effective.” W: M. Payne.

− + =Dial.= 45: 90. Ag. 16, ’08. 150w.

“It is refreshing to read a story where the ultra-modern, the civic,
the suburb, the slum, are the themes, yet where the undignified does
not enter, and where morality and even religion are in good social
standing.”

+ =Nation.= 86: 354. Ap. 16, ’08. 300w.

“A particularly amateurish piece of fiction. The trouble with the
story is the fact that the author is not enough at home in the
environment he has elected for his people to make the reader feel at
home.”

− =N. Y. Times.= 13: 207. Ap. 11, ’08. 300w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 212. Ap. 11, ’08. 70w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 339. Je. 13, ’08. 180w.

“The defects are defects in art and in an ideal, so that we miss both
charm and stimulus.” E. L. Cary.

− =Putnam’s.= 4: 619. Ag. ’08. 100w.

=Hopkins, R. V. Nind.= Life of Alexander Severus. (Cambridge
historical essays, no. 14.) *$1. Putnam.

The short comings, the earnest hard work, the “sagacity and
right-mindedness” of this Roman ruler of the third century of the
empire are seen in relation to the corrupt and downward tendencies of
his times.

* * * * *

“Contributes little to our knowledge of a period which deserves to be
treated by a more competent hand.” H. S. J.

− =Eng. Hist. R.= 23: 820. O. ’08. 350w.

“Scholarly and well-written.”

+ + =Nation.= 86: 12. Ja. 2, ’08. 90w.

“A happy example of the good work which these foundations have for
some years past been the means of calling forth.”

+ + =Spec.= 99: 828. N. 23, ’07. 410w.

=Hopkins, William J.= Sandman: his ship stories. il. (Sandman ser.)
$1.50. Page.

7–28963.

In which young readers may learn all about the building of a ship, its
rigging, its launching, far country experiences, pirate encounters,
and castaway adventures.

* * * * *

“A book to give to adults to read aloud to children.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 159. My. ’08. ✠

=Hopper, James Marie, and Bechdolt, Fred R.= 9009. †$1.25. McClure.

8–27364.

Indignation over facts—facts concerning the treatment of convicts in
our American prisons—has spurred the authors on to a revelation of
many of the existing evils. 9009 is a convict who while intent upon
“holding his copper” revolted against the Judas system of espionage,
of stalking, of spying, of treachery, of betrayal with which a convict
must identify himself in order to become a trusty. His tacit refusal
to be dominated by the system is punished for disobedience, and he
becomes the victim of a machine, a criminal who arouses pity as does
Jean Valjean.

* * * * *

“We do not recall any recent study in criminology that surpasses the
present one in forceful vitality of narration.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 899. O. 15, ’08. 140w.

“The book is, in a sense, not to be classed either in spirit or actual
achievement with the typical work of fiction. That is not to say that
it is lacking in imagination, power, or the forceful delineation of
character. All these qualities it has to a marked degree.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 592. O. 24, ’08. 1000w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 615. O. 24, ’08. 60w.

=Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus).= Odes and epodes of Horace; tr.
into English verse corresponding with the original metres by J.
Marshall. (Temple Greek and Latin classics, v. 5.) *$1. Putnam.

It has been the business of Dr. Marshall for forty years to offer this
translation of the untranslatable Odes of Horace. “The book, like all
the volumes of the series, gives the original and the translation on
opposite pages. In this case the type is comfortably large and clear.”
(Nation.)

* * * * *

“The odes are priceless exotics, brilliant but scentless. Dr.
Marshall’s experiment is perhaps as successful as such an experiment
could be. Compared with his last predecessor, Gladstone, he has
achieved a veritable triumph.” R. Y. Tyrrell.

+ =Acad.= 73: 239. D. 14, ’07. 1470w.

“In one thing he has been particularly fortunate—in suggesting the
rhythm of the original stanzas, while using forms thoroughly English.
He is, as a rule, less successful in the graver poems than in the
‘nugæ canoræ,’ but he is seldom quite flat, and his version as a whole
may be heartily recommended to those who are shut out from the
original.”

+ =Nation.= 86: 131. F. 6, ’08. 560w.

“The author preserves the original metre and translates line by line,
but his English is therefore stilted and un-Horatian.” Christian
Gauss.

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 291. My. 23, ’08. 50w.

“Though not a complete anthology of Horace’s best, is thoroughly
creditable to its editors, and commendable to lovers of the genial
poet.”

+ =Outlook.= 89: 770. Ag. 1, ’08. 250w.

=Hord, John S.= Internal taxation in the Philippines. (Johns Hopkins
university studies in historical and political science, ser. 25,
no. 1.) pa. 30c. Johns Hopkins.

7–19437.

“Less a careful review of the new Philippine revenue system, in both
theory and practice, than it is an exposition of its content and of
the reasons for its adoption with a view to arguing for the removal of
tariff barriers between the United States and the Philippines.”—Ind.

* * * * *