Chapter XXVII: Part 1: , deals with historic material—the beginnings and growth of (12)

“Though distinctly clever as a study of character, is squalidly
dreary, and makes very depressing reading.”

− + =Spec.= 101: 135. Jl. 25, ’08. 100w.

=Hunt, Rev. William, and Poole, Reginald Lane=, eds. Political
history of England. 12v. ea. *$2.60. Longmans.

Descriptive note for set in Annual, 1905.

* * * * *

“As a colorless record of events and a clear elucidation of the
history of parties and of political developments in England during the
last half of the nineteenth century, the work of Messrs. Low and
Sanders is completely successful, and, as a book of reference of this
character, it has no rival in the field.” A. G. Porritt.

+ + =Am. Hist. R.= 13: 583. Ap. ’08. 1000w. (Review of v. 12.)

“Altogether it may be said that in this volume we have an adequate,
impartial, and highly readable account of the period it covers. Our
chief criticism of the work is rather negative than positive.” E: P.
Cheyney.

+ + − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 31: 523. Mr. ’08. 800w. (Review of v. 1.)

“Dr. Hodgkin marshals the known facts with great skill, and brings out
a number of valuable points more clearly than any of his predecessors.
It is possible, however, that he exaggerates the influence of the
Norman conquest.” E: Fuller.

+ + − =Bookm.= 27: 311. My. ’08. 380w. (Review of v. 1.)

“Within the limits he was constrained to observe, it is well-nigh a
model of its kind.” E: Fuller.

+ + =Bookm.= 27: 311. My. ’08. 450w. (Review of v. 2.)

“Unfortunately, he chooses to devote the greater part of the volume to
the minute narration of battles and sieges.” E: Fuller.

+ − =Bookm.= 27: 312. My. ’08. 330w. (Review of v. 3.)

Reviewed by E: Fuller.

+ =Bookm.= 27: 313. My. ’08. 150. (Review of v. 11.)

“One of the best contributions so far to an excellent work.” E:
Fuller.

+ + =Bookm.= 27: 314. My. ’08. 250w. (Review of v. 11.)

+ + =Ind.= 64: 1041. My. 7, ’08. 600w. (Review of v. 7 and 12.)

“They fully maintain the reputation of the series for solidity and
conservatism. As indicative of the machine-made quality which inheres
in all the volumes of this series, the fact should be noted that the
index [of v. 7] is defective in many particulars.”

+ + − =Pol. Sci. Q.= 23: 173. Mr. 08. 300w. (Review of v. 5 and 7.)

“The young man in a hurry will find this volume very useful.”

+ + =Sat. R.= 104: 768. D. 21, ’07. 670w. (Review of v. 12.)

“Generally the authors show a power of seeing all around the subjects
which they handle.”

+ + =Spec.= 100: 266. F. 15, ’08. 570w. (Review of v. 12.)

“A work of real value.”

+ + =Spec.= 101: 134. Jl. 25, ’08. 600w. (Review of v. 7.)

=Hunter, Alexander.= Huntsman in the South. *$1.50. Neale.

8–4450.

How the South goes a-hunting and bags its game is told in a sprightly
narrative full of the atmosphere of field and stream. Among the most
interesting chapters are “A coon-hunt” and “An old Virginia fox-hunt.”

* * * * *

“Mr. Hunter’s ... hunting stories certainly have the virtue of a
lively narrative form.” G: Gladden.

+ =Bookm.= 27: 609. Ag. ’08. 100w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 99. F. 22, ’08. 50w.

=Hunter, Robert.= Socialists at work. **$1.50. Macmillan.

8–11815.

The wide-spread espousal of the cause of socialism, the unquenchable
fervor and invincible vitality of its adherents are the themes with
which this book deals. It treats of the movement in Germany, Italy,
France, Great Britain, Belgium, of the progress of socialism,
socialism and social reform, socialism in parliaments, socialism in
art and literature, and a supplementary chapter on the movement in
other countries.

* * * * *

“The book is one of the best, if not the best, for reading by anyone
who wishes to secure an answer to the questions, ‘Who are the
socialists? What do they believe? What are they doing? How are they
organized?’ and these are the important points to know about this
movement.” A. M. Simons.

+ =Am. J. Soc.= 14: 263. S. ’08. 740w.

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 188. Je. ’08.

“The material would serve well for a series of popular magazine
articles entitled, ‘Notes on socialism abroad and at home,’ but as a
book it is hardly worthy of the perusal of a student.” Scott Nearing.

− =Ann. Am. Acad.= 32: 634. N. ’08. 300w.

“Despite these defects the book has some claim to a passing interest.
While outlining the social reforms now in progress in Europe, it
serves also to bring the reader into intimate contact with the men of
the socialistic movement.” J. A. Lapp.

− + =Econ. Bull.= 1: 146. Je. ’08. 600w.

“He reports with enthusiasm and some exaggeration the triumphs of the
European parties that bear the same label as himself.”

− =Ind.= 65: 664. S. 17, ’08. 400w.

Reviewed by H. A. Bruce.

+ − =Outlook.= 89: 387. Je. 20, ’08. 680w.

“Based as the book is largely upon personal observation and first-hand
material, it presents many facts not elsewhere accessible; and it is
admirably written. Its charm is largely due to the personal note.”

+ − =Pol. Sci. Q.= 23: 557. S. ’08. 340w.

“The world-sweep of the movement has never before been so clearly
brought before the American reading public.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 37: 755. Je. ’08. 130w.

=Huntington, Annie Oakes.= Poison ivy and swamp sumach. *75c. Annie
O. Huntington, 31 Glen road, Jamaica Plain, Mass.

8–11102.

Presents “a series of photographs of poison ivy and swamp sumach which
make it possible for even the casual reader to recognize leaves,
flowers, fruit, and buds, and thereby to be protected against injury.
A study of the accompanying text will enable the man who goes fishing
early in the spring to distinguish the poisonous sumach without its
leaves. There is also a chapter on the treatment of the poisonous
eruption.”—R. of Rs.

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 188. Je. ’08. ✠

+ =Nation.= 87: 191. Ag. 27, ’08. 380w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 264. My. 9, ’08. 70w.

“Miss Huntington has performed a useful service.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 38: 253. Ag. ’08. 80w.

=Huntington, Ellsworth.= Pulse of Asia. il. **$3.50. Houghton.

7–36725.

Descriptive note in Dec. 1907.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 43. F. ’08.

“Although we are not impressed by the striking originality of Mr.
Huntington’s method of treating his subject, he is a close and careful
observer of what came under his notice, a skilful delineator of
character, and a writer of considerable merit.”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 2: 178. Ag. 15. 1850w.

“Whatever our conclusions may be in regard to Mr. Huntington’s
theories, we must allow him the credit of remarkably lucid
presentation of a complex scientific question.” H. E. Coblentz.

+ − =Dial.= 44: 104. F. 16, ’08. 550w.

=Lit. D.= 35: 918. D. 14, ’07. 90w.

“The incidents of his journey are narrated simply, and are often
entertaining.”

+ =Nation.= 86: 64. Ja. 16, ’08. 500w.

“With its simple record of perilous adventures, its excellent
illustrations, and its clear devotion to science first of all, it
forms a noteworthy and inspiring work of travel.” G. A. J. Cole.

+ + =Nature.= 77: 314. F. 6, ’08. 800w.

“It is a record of careful investigation, with intelligent deduction
based on scientific observation, but it is likewise a graphic and
charmingly written description of journeyings in unfamiliar places.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 413. Jl. 25, ’08. 100w.

“It describes Central Asia in particular. It shows the immense
influence exerted by changes of climate upon the history of that
region.”

+ =Outlook.= 88: 798. Ap. 4, ’08. 250w.

=R. of Rs.= 37: 116. Ja. ’08. 90w.

=Huntington, Helen Manchester.= Sovereign good. †$1.50. Putnam.

8–28983.

An absorbing story of the love of a young dramatist for a woman of the
New York smart set twelve years his senior. Her great love, her
renunciation, and at last reconciliation with the thoughts of the love
that passeth understanding, of essential and sovereign good, are the
motifs to which all else in the story is harmonious, artistic
embellishment.

* * * * *

“The lightness of the book’s impact upon the reader’s mind is the more
regrettable in view of the writer’s manifestly sincere effort to
express the inner eventfulness of commonplace life.”

+ − =Nation.= 87: 498. N. 19, ’08. 150w.

“The author is evidently a novice in story writing, and her book is
nine parts of talk to one of movement. But the many, many pages of
conversation, description and analysis are written with intelligence
and taste, and the character of Fidelia King, the lady who loves
without response, is made lifelike and attractive.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 529. S. 26, ’08. 160w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 615. O. 24, ’08. 40w.

=Hurst, Edward H.= Mystery island. $1.50. Page.

7–32318.

Adventure lovers will fairly gallop thru these pages of crime and
mystery. An embezzler attempting to escape the law hides on an island
of the Everglades. His secret and the crime committed to cover it are
discovered by the knight of the tale who, fever stricken, wanders thru
the cypress swamps, happens to hit a trail, and comes upon the refugee
and his unsuspecting party in camp upon the island’s oasis.

* * * * *

“The author falls into the ruts of conventional fiction when he gets
his characters back to civilization; but the island episodes are
good.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 105: 666. My. 23, ’08. 180w.

=Hurt, Walter.= Scarlet shadow: a story of the great Colorado
conspiracy. $1.50. Appeal to reason, Girard, Kan.

7–40797.

“Treats of the war of extermination waged by the Mine owners’
association against the Western federation of miners. Mr. Hurt has
given the side of the miners and has shown in an admirable manner many
of the facts in the great conspiracy case. He also rightly holds up
for the scorn of honorable citizens the Mine owners’ association and
its ill-famed servant, Governor Peabody, and the malodorous Pinkerton
thugs.”—Arena.

* * * * *

“This book is written in the bright, crisp style of the modern alert
newspaper man. It contains many strong and some very brilliant
passages. It is highly dramatic and often grimly tragic. Much of the
work is a vivid historic presentation, and so effective is this
portion of the book that we specially regret that the author should
have mixed romance with the history. Mr. Hurt’s book will appeal to
socialists.”

+ − =Arena.= 39: 252. F. ’08. 1100w.

“Any man credulous enough to believe the hundreth part of this
book—could one so sublimely guileless be found—would certainly have a
pleasant idea of life in the great west to-day. Wholesale murder,
abduction, and torture are but incidents in this extraordinary tale.
As for the journalistic life, which plays so large a part in the
story, it is as saffron-tinted as one would expect from Mr. Hurt’s
literary style.”

− =N. Y. Times.= 13: 115. F. 29, ’08. 400w.

=Hussey, Eyre.= That little——: a sporting novel. †$1.50. Longmans.

An irascible father drives his son away from home because the latter
will neither go into the English army nor accept a position in a
certain London office. Richard goes abroad to seek his fortune,
leaving the girl he loves to ride her horses, drive her car and look
after his wise little terrier. The country setting makes the story,
for the author has the trick of taking “a village in the shires and
showing how much diversion and variety, not to mention useful
activities, are to be found within and without its borders.”

* * * * *

“The characters are as familiar as their surroundings. They have all
been shown before, sometimes better, sometimes worse.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 77. F. 8, ’08. 150w.

“A genial and pleasant story.”

+ =Sat. R.= 104: 732. D. 14, ’07. 240w.

* =Hutton, Edward.= Country walks about Florence. *$1.50. Scribner.

Mr. Hutton is a guide to the Florence “of old renown” and bids his
reader linger in the vineyards, hear songs, see the olives silver in
the wind, stoop to the flowers, make haste slowly because of the
beauty of the day, and not think of hurry because of the beauty of the
night.

* * * * *

“The Florence of Mr. Hutton’s present book is worth a fireside journey
through it.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 755. D. 5, ’08. 220w.

“A useful addition to the literature of the subject.”

+ =Spec.= 101: sup. 814. N. 21, ’08. 70w.

=Hutton, Edward.= Florence and the cities of northern Tuscany, with
Genoa, il. *$2. Macmillan.

“Impressions, experiences, reflections.” “You feel that while each
palace and church and soaring tower of Florence has its own special
message for [the author] and while ‘amid the hurry and bustle of her
narrow splendid ways’ he thinks only ‘of old things for a time,’ the
appeal of the country life outside of Florence, with its ‘beautiful
gay roads,’ its ‘numberless villas whispering with summer, laughing
with flowers,’ is even stronger to him, ‘for there abide the old ways
and the ancient songs, which you will not find in the city.’” (Bookm.)

* * * * *

“His present volume, though it contains little that is new in the way
of thought or description, has a few chapters agreeable to read, and,
scattered up and down pages somewhat overloaded with ornament and
disfigured by repetitions, a good many passages of graceful writing.”

+ − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 266. S. 5. 540w.

“Although small, compact and yet comprehensive enough to do valuable
service as a supplementary guidebook among the Tuscan cities, the book
is written with a sympathetic understanding, an individual touch, a
genuine charm of style which make it equally adapted to the needs of
those who are preparing for first impressions and of those who are
seeking to revive old memories.” F: T. Cooper.

+ + =Bookm.= 26: 510. Ja. ’08. 150w.

“He has a happy quality of seizing an impression and transferring it
to words, and his slight historical sketches, though necessarily
incomplete, are quite adequate for the purpose he has in hand. His
judgments are sometimes biased by feeling, and he does not always
understand the Italian temperament.” K. H. V.

+ − =Eng. Hist. R.= 23: 623. Jl. ’08. 200w.

“Worth reading and deserving of shelf room beside Mr. Symons.”

+ =Ind.= 64: 523. Mr. 5, ’08. 60w.

“Mr. Hutton indulges rather too freely in sentimentality. He seems to
be an amateur in history, art, in emotion, addressing amateurs.
Nevertheless, he succeeds sometimes in speaking about art and life
less affectedly than we fear he will.”

− + =Nation.= 85: 567. D. 19, ’07. 260w.

+ =Outlook.= 87: 617. N. 23, ’07. 20w.

“We are very grateful to Mr. Hutton for the sheaves of golden fact
which abound in this closely packed volume. The fifty-three pages on
Pisa are the best thing we know in English on the treasures of the
city and the fortunes of the Republic.”

+ + − =Sat. R.= 105: 237. F. 22, ’08. 650w.

=Hutton, Frederick Remsen.= Gas-engine: a treatise on the
internal-combustion engine using gas, gasoline, kerosene, alcohol,
or other hydrocarbon as source of energy. 3d ed. $5. Wiley.

8–345.

“In the first two editions the author had prominently before his mind
the idea of examining what the machine does and how this is
accomplished. In this edition, on the other hand, he considers the
gas-engine from the quantitative view-point more fully, that is, with
the idea of examining the size it must have to do a certain amount of
work in accordance with the limits set by natural laws.” (Engin. D.)
“There is a more complete treatment of gaseous and liquid fuels and
differs from the earlier edition in an expansion of the discussion of
producers and of carbureters.” (Engin. N.)

* * * * *

+ =Engin. D.= 3: 419. Ap. ’08. 200w.

“The subject matter generally is brought up to date in a satisfactory
manner, with, however, some notable exceptions. It reads like the
first draft of a book, written without verifying the quantities
recorded, without digesting the information given, and without any
attempt at accurate statement. The reviewer has gone into what may
seem to be minor and trivial points, but in this particular case he
feels it is necessary to call attention to these inaccuracies and
carelessnesses of statement because they occur in practically every
paragraph of the first half of the book. It is a pity that they have
not been rectified, for the general plan of the book is good; but
until they are corrected the book is too unreliable to be recommended
for the use of students.” L. S. Marks.

− + =Engin. N.= 59: 438. Ap. 16, ’08. 1100w.

* =Hutton, Rev. William Holden.= Age of revolution: being an outline of the history of the church from 1648 to 1815. (Church universal ser., no. 7.) *$1.50. Macmillan.

8–20491.

A sketch in which “the author restricts himself to the history of the
churches which claim an episcopate transmitted continuously from the
first century. He imparts to it an interest, which might have been
missed in brief treatment of a long period, by giving prominence to
important episodes and representative individuals—e. g., Jansenism and
Port Royal, the French revolution, Bossuet and Fénelon, Wesley, Joseph
II of Germany. A salient feature of this ‘age of revolution’ impresses
the reader who contrasts the present servility of the clergy to the
Vatican with the free spirit often manifested then.”—Outlook.

* * * * *

“His account of the intrigues which led to the suppression of the
Jesuits is masterly, and the whole book is singularly readable. On one
or two points, however, we are disposed to quarrel with him. On the
whole, however, we have nothing but praise for this excellent book.”

+ − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 572. N. 7. 350w.

=Ind.= 65: 102. Jl. 9, ’08. 60w.

“This valuable little book corrects some current impressions of the
eighteenth century.”

+ =Outlook.= 89: 581. Jl. 11, ’08. 160w.

=Huxley, Thomas Henry.= Aphorisms and reflections from the works of
T. H. Huxley: selected by Henrietta A. Huxley. (Golden treasury
ser.) $1. Macmillan.

W8–95.

A little volume of quotations from Huxley’s writings. “An elaborate
index makes this little book a veritable boon to the literary worker
In need of apt illustrative quotations.” (Dial.)

* * * * *

“Huxley was one of the meatiest of writers, and bears well this
somewhat searching test of the quality of his thought.”

+ =Dial.= 45: 46. Jl. 16, ’08. 80w.

+ =Nature.= 77: 341. F. 13, ’08. 110w.

=Hyatt, Stanley Portal.= Little brown brother. †$1.50. Holt.

8–24469.

A story whose scene is laid in the Philippines after the capture of
Aguinaldo. “The hero is a familiar character in fiction—a noble-minded
Englishman who, as the result of scrupulous unselfishness, is under a
cloud.... The action mostly concerns the attempt of an inadequate
force to quell a rising of pulajanes, or murderous Christian
fanatics.” (Ath.) “The heroine is a high-spirited English girl who
likes men who ‘do things,’ and who shares with her father, a wealthy
hemp buyer of Calbayog, a belief that it is the white man’s business
to keep the little brown brother in his place with a strong hand.”
(Nation.)

* * * * *

“A story of unusual interest.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 269. N. ’08. ✠

“The author is at his best in realizing the sympathy which draws brave
men together; he touches love with nobility and restraint, but his
irony is too fantastic to be convincing.”

+ − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 122. Ag. 1. 130w.

“This book is much bigger and deeper than its central thread of
romance.” F: T. Cooper.

+ =Bookm.= 28: 263. N. ’08. 600w.

“For sheer graphic force and the rare ability to make one see, it has
a kinship with Mr. Dawson’s ‘African nights’ entertainment,’ and with
the earlier Kipling, the Kipling of ‘Plain tales’ and ‘Soldiers
three.’ The great fault of the book in point of technique is the
manner in which it intrudes the writer’s personal views.” Philip
Tillinghast.

+ − =Forum.= 40: 409. O. ’08. 1450w.

“Considered merely as a novel, this book is of unusual interest. But
the book is more than a novel; it is also a sensational political
pamphlet. The interest of the narrative is overshadowed by the
sweeping indictment of the American administration of the
Philippines.”

+ − =Nation.= 87: 141. Ag. 13, ’08. 560w.

“The book must rely for its popularity upon its merits as literature.
And they are not scanty.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 459. Ag. 22, ’08. 740w.

“The great advantage that the story has over bluebooks and reports is
that it will be read,—no one who takes up Mr. Hyatt’s story will lay
it down unfinished.”

+ =Spec.= 101: 100. Jl. 18, ’08. 200w.

=Hyslop, James Hervey.= Psychical research and the resurrection.
**$1.50. Small.

8–18413.

Contains essays relating to the subjects discussed in the author’s
three previous volumes. “The present volume covers more or less of the
whole field and may be regarded as a supplement to ‘Science and a
future life,’ with conclusions quite the same.” A concluding chapter
gives in detail the reasons for not accepting the proverbial story of
the resurrection from the point of view of science, and offers the new
interpretation of the facts as viewed in the light of psychic
research.

* * * * *

=Ind.= 65: 489. Ag. 27, ’08. 550w.

“The reader, who in opening this book hopes to discover some positive
deductions relating to the nature of a future life, will surely close
it with disappointment. Nor do we find this discussion of cases in
itself very satisfactory, for we are asked to trust not only the
writer, but every word of every person whom he trusts.”

− =Nation.= 87: 77. Jl. 23, ’08. 1000w.

“It is impossible for any fair-minded person to read [this book],
without admitting, however reluctantly, that he, at least, has
preserved something of the scientific instinct and method in his ghost
hunting, and that his work and his theories deserve that serious
consideration the general absence of which he, now humorously, now
bitterly, resents.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 363. Je. 27, ’08. 800w.

“It is a great pity that he has seen fit to burden his pages with much
controversial material. Still, the book is undoubtedly useful to those
who wish to keep abreast of the progress of psychical research in the
United States.”

+ − =Outlook.= 89: 627. Jl. 19, ’08. 330w.

I

=Iles, George=, ed. Little masterpieces of autobiography. 6v. ea. **75c. Doubleday.

This series comprises six handy pocket volumes of biography as
follows: Greatest Americans—Washington, Jefferson, Hamilton, Marshall
and Lincoln; Soldiers and explorers—Grant, Lee, Sherman, Roosevelt,
Stanley, Peary, and King; Men of science—Darwin, Huxley, Newcomb,
Geikie, Nasmyth, Bessemer, Edison, Acheson, Curie and Carnegie;
Writers—Longfellow, Poe, Tennyson, Burns, Scott, Hawthorne, Dickens,
Brontë, Eliot, Stevenson, and George; Artists and composers—Millet,
Breton, Story, Nasmyth, Stillman, Mendelssohn, Wagner, Liszt, Gounod,
Grieg and Haydn; and Actors—Jefferson, Booth, Cushman, Morris, Irving,
H. B. Irving, Terry, Mansfield, Salvini, and Ristori; Letters,
passages from famous biographies, and pages from diaries enter largely
into the sketches.

=Inchbold, A. Cunnick (Mrs. Stanley Inchbold).= Lisbon and Cintra;
with some account of other cities and historical sites in
Portugal. *$3.50. Duffield.

8–21792.

An interesting, beautifully illustrated presentation of present day
Lisbon, Cintra and other Portuguese cities. The buildings, monuments
and ruins are seen in their historic settings, and linked with names
famous from medieval times; while the questions of modern development
and relative power of the cities are given due attention.

* * * * *

“As she avoids the temptation to gush, the tone of her book is
excellent.”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 1: 287. Mr. 7. 170w.

+ =Ind.= 65: 1180. N. 19, ’08. 50w.

+ =Nation.= 87: 337. O. 8, ’08. 150w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 515. S. 19, ’08. 120w.

“Mrs. Inchbold’s descriptive style is easy and pleasant, and the
colored illustrations, by Stanley Inchbold, add to the artistic
attraction of the volume.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 38: 509. O. ’08. 130w.

“The travellers by proxy will find this an interesting book, with
charming coloured illustrations, giving them a vivid picture of a
country full of historical buildings of great beauty; and the
travellers in practice will learn of a hunting-ground full of promised
delights, or will be able to compare notes and impressions.”

+ =Spec.= 100: 645. Ap. 25, ’08. 200w.

=Ingalls, Walter Renton.= Lead and zinc in the United States. *$4.
Hill pub. co.

8–18051.

Comprises an economic history of the mining and smelting of lead and
zinc and the conditions which have affected the development of the
industries. “It attempts not so much to stimulate an antiquarian
interest in the early discoveries and feeble attempts at exploitation
of the lead and zinc deposits of this country, as to direct attention
to the natural features, technical improvements and commercial issues
which have contributed to the development of the industry.” (Engin.
N.)

* * * * *

“The book, while seemingly compiled with some haste, is for the major
part clear, and contains so much pertinent cost data that it will
prove valuable for reference as well as for study.”

+ − =Engin. N.= 60: 83. Jl. 16, ’08. 440w.

=Inman, Herbert Escott-.= Wulnoth the wanderer: a story of King
Alfred of England. †$1.50. McClurg.

The song of Gyso, the gleeman which saved from the oblivion of the
past the heroic deeds of Wulnoth the wanderer, has made possible this
drama of the Viking days. Here are immortalized the friendship of
Wulnoth for Gruthred; the wanderings, perils, and warrings and his
slaying of Hungwar, the Dane; the friendship with Alfred and Bretwalda
and his love for Edgiva; and his last fight with Jarl Edric.

* * * * *

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 560. O. 10, ’08. 180w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 630. O. 24, ’08. 50w.

=Ireland, Alleyne.= Province of Burma: a report prepared on behalf
of the University of Chicago. (Colonial administration in the Far
East.) 2v. ea. *$12.50. Houghton.

7–31201.

These two volumes form the first instalment of Mr. Ireland’s report
which was undertaken for the University of Chicago, and which will
extend thru twelve volumes. A year of preliminary study in London, two
years of travel in the Orient, and three years given to the
examination of six thousand volumes, mostly official documents, have
been spent in preparation for the task. “The volumes contain masses of
information concerning every branch of the administration, even down
to the rules for the conduct of the business of the Legislative
council” (Lond. Times) furnishing a basis of fair comparisons with
other governments.

* * * * *

“In reference libraries it must become a useful and indispensable
handbook in its field.”

+ + =Dial.= 45: 93. Ag. 16, ’08. 220w.

“A most comprehensive and invaluable compendium.”

+ =Ind.= 64: 584. Mr. 12, ’08. 750w.

“Truly encyclopædic. Of much value to the student of colonial
administration.”

+ =Lond. Times.= 6: 378. D. 13, ’07. 300w.

“The reader a little above the average will discover much to attract
him in the skilful collation of document and statistical abstract,
which, even in the absence of interpretative comment, tell more or
less of a story by themselves.”

+ =Nation.= 86: 537. Je. 11, ’08. 1000w.

“The author has been highly successful in these two volumes in
amassing material on which he can base comments of permanent value.”
G: R. Bishop.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 132. Mr. 7, ’08. 1000w.

“The volumes on Burma promise thorough and painstaking editing for the
series.” J. A. LeRoy.

+ =Pol. Sci. Q.= 23: 523. S. ’08. 1350w.

+ − =Sat. R.= 105: 438. Ap. 4, ’08. 1100w.

“No one who has a serious interest in the great administrative
problems of empire can afford to be without access to such an imperial
encyclopaedia. We congratulate Mr. Ireland on an enterprise which bids
fair to rival the greatest feats of German research.”

+ =Spec.= 100: 302. F. 22, ’08. 1200w.

* =Irving, John.= Stories from the history of Oxfordshire. Oxford.

“Mr. Irving who is head master of a boys’ school at Oxford has made
thirty little stories out of the historical and legendary material of
a country rich in traditions. It is his purpose to stimulate the
child’s interest and imagination, and to lead him imperceptibly on to
desire a more substantial acquaintance with history.”—Nation.

* * * * *

“Mr. Irving has achieved simplicity and lucidity to a laudable extent,
and his ‘Stories’ are interesting throughout.”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 2: 94. Jl. 25. 160w.

“Desirable book for children’s reading.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 185. Ag. 27, ’08. 90w.

=Isham, Frederic Stewart.= Lady of the Mount. †$1.50. Bobbs.

8–5226.

Set in the northwestern part of France, this story is an illustration
of that struggle between métayers and inexorable nobles which entered
so largely into bringing on the French revolution. The Mount is a
stronghold of the government ruled by an unyielding lord who conceded
nothing to the people and pursued only the “set tenure of his way.”
The leader of the opposition is the son of a seigneur whom the
governor of the Mount had wronged and whose lands he had confiscated.
Thru all the strife of uprisings runs the thread of romance—the love
of the high-born lady of the Mount for her half-peasant hero.

* * * * *

“This is one of the best novels of its class that has appeared during
the present year.”

+ =Arena.= 39: 506. Ap. ’08. 150w.

+ =Outlook.= 88: 653. Mr. 21, ’08. 80w.

=Ives, Howard Chapin.= Switches and turnouts. 50c. H. C. Ives,
Worcester, Mass.

“This study consists of three articles which originally appeared in
the ‘Journal of the Worcester polytechnic institute.’ The author calls
attention to the following points: First, the descriptions of the
different forms of switches and their effect on the lead; second, the
statements of practical conclusions to be found at various places in
the text; and third, the design of the slip switch, the mathematics of
which are believed to be original, not having been found elsewhere by
the author.”—Technical Literature.

* * * * *

“While not developing any new theory, the arrangement of the material
is good and the mathematical treatment concise, so that it forms a
handy reference book to add to the railway engineer’s handbook.”

+ =Engin. N.= 58: 659. D. 12, ’07. 100w.

=Technical Literature.= 2: 333. O. ’07. 80w.

J

=Jacob, Violet.= History of Aythan Waring. **$1.25. Dutton.

8–3675.

Two cousins love “a delightful young Diana of the uplands,” thereby
incurring for one of them the jealousy of a vindictive woman. “The
hero is found guilty of attempted murder, and sentenced to death. His
lady-love is a winsome creature, and his rival, the villain, is
remarkably human for a character of his type. Hester is a striking
figure; her delineation is a sombre study of the madness which may
arise from a woman’s jealousy.” (Ath.)

* * * * *

“The tale is leisurely melodrama, presented with more fidelity to
detail, and rather more logical sequence and characterization, than is
usual in this class of story.”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 1: 155. F. 8. 130w.

“The characters are vaguely drawn; the dialogue is perfunctory and
bookish; the melodramatic plot is dawdling, lifeless, and absurd.”

− =Nation.= 86: 287. Mr. 26, ’08. 200w.

“The book is somewhat above the average novel in style,
characterization, and vigor of treatment. Mrs. Jacob, however, falls
short in the most essential quality in fiction—the dramatic touch.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 104. F. 22, ’08. 100w.

“The story is very well told.”

+ =Outlook.= 89: 40. My. 2, ’08. 70w.

=R. of Rs.= 37: 767. Je. ’08. 70 w.

“Nevertheless, though its execution is not so good as its conception,
it is a fine story, thoughtful and imaginative. It is because Mrs.
Jacob writes so well that we expect her to write better.”

+ =Sat. R.= 105: 306. Mr. 7, ’08. 200w.

“It is characteristic of Mrs. Jacob’s method that she is able to
dispense with all the trappings and actualities and decorative
apparatus of modern society without in the least impairing the
intrinsic interest of her story.”

+ =Spec.= 100: 191. F. 1, ’08. 720w.

=Jacobi, Mary Putnam.= Stories and sketches (1860–1871). $1.50.
Putnam.

8–11830.

A collection of the writings of Mary Putnam Jacobi which are “partly a
memorial to the life of a talented woman, whose notable success as a
physician and whose personal influence are worthy to be remembered,
and partly a tribute to the intrinsic value of her few literary
productions. All of these stories, sketches, and essays, eight in
number, date previous to her graduation in 1871 from l’Ecole de
Médecine, for after that event she decided to concentrate her energies
upon her chosen scientific and professional work.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“They make interesting studies from the historical point of view.
Undoubted talent is exhibited in them, but they belong to another day;
and probably the author was wise in giving up literary work for the
scientific life to which she adhered subsequently.”

+ − =Ath.= 1908, 1: 40. Ja. 11. 210w.

“Intent as she was on the scientific pursuits that were to be her life
work, she could yet write papers of such delicate wit, such incisive
expression, such clearness of thought and appreciation of the
picturesque as raises them quite above the level of the magazine
article for which purpose they served, and makes them as vividly
interesting now as at their first printing, thirty or forty years
ago.”

+ =Ind.= 64: 319. F. 6, ’08. 310w.

“In the stories and sketches the appeal is usually to the intellect
rather than to the emotions, and a striking feature of both these and
of the essays is the firm touch with which the author goes to the
heart of a character or a situation, and puts its essential feature
into terse, telling, and concrete form.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 57. F. 1, ’08. 180w.

“A feeling for the supernatural, an appreciation of good style in
writing, and a pleasant play of imagination characterize the stories.
The book will be of especial value to the many friends of Dr. Jacobi.”

+ =Outlook.= 87: 829. D. 14, ’07. 100w.

=Jacobs, Philip P.=, comp. Campaign against tuberculosis in the
United States, including a directory of institutions dealing with
tuberculosis in the United States and Canada. $1. Charities pub.
com.

8–27800.

This work, compiled by Mr. Philip P. Jacobs under the direction of the
national association for the study and prevention of tuberculosis, is
a survey of the Anti-tuberculosis activity during the past ten years.
The book has been made possible thru the coöperation of the Russell
Sage foundation.

* =Jacobs, William Wymark.= Salthaven. †$1.50. Scribner.

8–30011.

“A little seaport, a simple-minded captain, a pretty girl, a young man
full of assurance and ingenuity, a pert maidservant with her sailor
lover—we have met their like many a time in his pages, yet his story
is so good humored that it is impossible not to enjoy it.” (Sat. R.)
“The novel shows a keen appreciation of the conversational cruelties
of women of the lower middle class; and an officious captain who
contrives to be bedridden in the house of a couple returning from
their honeymoon is prodigiously amusing.” (Ath.)

* * * * *

“Mr. Jacobs is one of those happy men who can be as funny as they
please without detracting from the love-interest of their stories.”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 2: 603. N. 14. 110w.

“The author is here at his most characteristic. The growth of his
familiar episode into a book has not impaired its quality.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 467. N. 12, ’08. 120w.

“There are no thrills and no breathless passages, but it is thoroughly
restful and charming.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 698. N. 28, ’08. 240w.

“The sly turns, the badinage and chaff, the oddly conceived
situations, are all Jacobs at his best.”

+ =Outlook.= 90: 748. N. 28, ’08. 60w.

“Mr. Jacobs has found no fresh ingredients for his latest dish, but
his skill in varying the old recipe is so great that we hardly notice
this until we have come to the end.”

+ =Sat. R.= 106: 490. O. 17, ’08. 130w.

“Another of Mr. Jacobs’s delightful stories.”

+ =Spec.= 101: 785. N. 14, ’08. 200w.

=Jacobstein, Meyer.= Tobacco industry in the United States. *$1.50.
Longmans.

7–36149.

“Deals in a dispassionate way, yet clearly, with the facts of the
development of the tobacco trust which has of late been the subject of
such heated presentation and litigation. The book covers the whole
field from the first plantations in the colonies to the foreign trade
and the tobacco tax.” (Ann. Am. Acad.)

* * * * *

“Dr. Jacobstein knows his subject and the monograph gives evidence of
much careful work.”

+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 32: 446. S. ’08. 130w.

“The author has covered a large field in a relatively small compass
but has done it in an eminently satisfactory manner, and has shown
both good judgment in his selection of facts and wise discrimination
in the emphasis he has given to the different parts of the subject.
Few readers of the work will be inclined to feel dissatisfied with the
completeness of the author’s statements or the reliability of his
conclusions. The monograph is written in an excellent style and proves
easy and interesting reading. Perhaps the only serious criticism of
the work from scientific standpoint is the lack of a bibliography.
Even the references in the footnotes are not abundant and apparently
do not include all the sources of information used by the author.” M.
B. Hammond.

+ + − =Econ. Bull.= 1: 124. Je. ’08. 1200w.

=Jacobus, Melancthon Williams=, ed. Roman Catholic and Protestant
Bibles compared. (Gould prize essays.) 2d ed. **$1.25. Scribner.

8–5163.

The scriptural controversy embodied in the Gould prize essays has
resulted in the demand for a justification of the positions assumed by
the authors. Such a justification is found in this second edition,
which, in addition to the original essays, also includes the sources
from which material has been drawn.

* * * * *

“The bibliography is a valuable piece of work.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 228. Je. ’08.

“Extended notes and bibliographies add much to the value of the
papers.”

+ =Bib. World.= 31: 320. Ap. ’08. 70w.

“The authors of the essays were somewhat overwhelmed by the mass of
facts which they were supposed to include in a brief popular
presentation of the subject, and their accounts are bewildering to the
reader who is not at home in the history of Biblical translation.”

+ − =Nation.= 86: 377. Ap. 23, ’08. 150w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 78. F. 8, ’08. 300w.

“The work thus completed far outranks all others on the same subject.”

+ =Outlook.= 88: 564. Mr. 7, ’08. 220w.

=James, George Wharton.= What the white race may learn from the
Indian. *$1.50. Forbes.

8–17541.

Out of the fulness of a varied experience with red men, Dr. James sets
down essentials of health and happiness which the Indian observes, and
by a study of which the white man may profit. The author rejects the
Indian’s shortcomings of slovenliness and dwells upon racial
characteristics that are manifested in the lives of the best men and
women and which seem to represent their habitual aims, ambitions and
desires regarding physical, mental and religious development.

* * * * *

“His account of the life, labor, customs and mental attributes is
excellent. The book is valuable and could be read to advantage by all
whites.”

+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 32: 625. N. ’08. 140w.

“Many writers have treated of the Indian in a more or less interesting
manner, yet we know of no modern essayist who approaches Mr. James in
appealing at once to the artist, the utilitarian and the
humanitarian.”

+ =Arena.= 40: 473. N. ’08. 300w.

“The book is no mere apologetic essay in behalf of a wonderful people;
it is a characterization of qualities which have been largely
overlooked.”

+ =Lit. D.= 37: 257. Ag. 22, ’08. 400w.

“Both hygienically and ethically this book is profitable in the easy
chair, and those who would travel to meet ‘the call of the wild’ will
find direction in it.”

+ =Outlook.= 89: 582. Jl. 11, ’08. 140w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 38: 125. Jl. ’08. 70w.

=James, Henry.= Novels and tales of Henry James. 23v. $46. Scribner.

7–41582.

A collective and definitive edition of Henry James’s novels. “To each
volume the author contributes a preface, telling the circumstances
under which he composed the story, the purpose he had in view, the
difficulties under which he labored, and the final result as he now
views it after the lapse of many years.” (Nation.)

* * * * *

“The prefaces will be a delight to all Jamesians, even to many who
modestly disclaim such a title. To such a one these prefaces may be
interesting chiefly as helping on toward one’s conception of the novel
as a literary form.” E: E. Hale, jr.

+ =Dial.= 44: 174. Mr. 16, ’08. 2050w. (Review of v. 1–6.)

“The same principles which Mr. James has discust in his other critical
writing now take on [in the prefaces] an unwonted intensity and
intimacy. They furnish the key to the whole admirable work he has
accomplished; and show it as a goodly structure, reared upon a
coherent plan.”

+ + =Lit. D.= 36: 418. Mr. 21, ’08. 800w. (Review of v. 1–6.)

“These prefaces ... are written, we regret to say, in Mr. James’s most
exasperating style. The sentences are clogged with qualifying clauses,
as if Mr. James’s readers had not sufficient intelligence and
imagination to perceive qualifications in the very frame of the phrase
and connotation of the words, but insisted that it all be put down to
the last syllable.”

+ − =Nation.= 86: 11. Ja. 2, ’08. 450w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

“The prefaces, in spite of the exasperating style, continue as
interesting as in the first volumes of the set.”

+ − =Nation.= 86: 215. Mr. 5, ’08. 600w. (Review of v. 3–6.)

“The preface, in which Mr. James criticises his own work, is somewhat
less interesting than earlier prefaces in this edition.”

+ =Nation.= 86: 376. Ap. 23, ’08. 150w. (Review of v. 7 and 8.)

=Nation.= 86: 511. Je. 4, ’08. 400w. (Review of v. 9 and 10.)

=Nation.= 87: 115. Ag. 6, ’08. 570w. (Review of v. 11 and 12.)

“If a new quarto of ‘Hamlet’ should appear done over like the text of
‘The Americans’ the judicious scholiast would promptly declare that
stage directions had, as inextricably as inexplicably, got tangled up
with the text and helplessly corrupted it. Apparently the judicious
reader will consult his interest and his pleasure if he reads the new
preface very carefully, looks over the revised version for passages of
exposition and comment, and then recurs to the original text.”
Montgomery Schuyler.

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 13. Ja. 11, ’08. 3800w. (Review of v. 1 and
2.)

“The most proportioned of his productions after ‘The ambassadors.’”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 111. F. 29, ’08. 1120w. (Review of v. 3 and
4.)

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 128. Mr. 7, ’08. 880w. (Review of v. 5 and
6.)

“One is glad to have the preface with the new edition, and to any
reader who does not yet know Mr. James’s works thoroughly we heartily
commend both.” E: A. Dithmar.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 198. Ap. 11, ’08. 1050w. (Review of v. 7
and 8.)

“To these books he has prefaced essays of very considerable length and
of characteristic thoroughness, which are really chapters in
autobiography.”

+ =Outlook.= 88: 145. Ja. 18, ’08. 360w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

=James, Henry.= Views and reviews; now first collected; with introd.
by Le Roy Phillips. $1.50. Ball pub.

8–16451.

There are included here a dozen of Mr. James’s essays which were
contributed to magazines during the sixties and seventies. They are as
follows: The novels of George Eliot, On the drama of Robert Browning,
Swinburne’s essays, The poetry of William Morris, Matthew Arnold’s
essays, Mr. Walt Whitman, The poetry of George Eliot, The limitations
of Dickens, Tennyson’s drama, Contemporary notes on Whistler vs.
Ruskin, A note on John Burroughs and Mr. Kipling’s early stories. Mr.
Phillips says: “A true lover of Mr. James’s work feels the same
delightful sense of intimate discovery in touching these early papers
that an artist does in finding a portfolio of early sketches by a
beloved master.”

* * * * *

+ =Dial.= 45: 171. S. 16, ’08. 120w.

“These miscellaneous articles by Mr. James have a real interest, often
from the topics, still alive after two decades; always for the sake of
their accurate thought and penetrating judgments.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 1312. D. 3, ’08. 350w.

“Mr. Le Roy Phillips has done something which will give every reader
of Henry James a distinct pleasure in collecting these early papers.
The clarity of the views, the justice of the criticisms evident in
these pages on writers long since become classical, are surprising.”
Hildegarde Hawthorne.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 385. Jl. 11, ’08. 670w.

+ − =Outlook.= 89: 810. Ag. 18, ’08. 270w.

=James, R. A. Scott-.= Modernism and romance. *$2.50. Lane.

8–17229.

“Intended to form a continuous argument; and various authors and books
are selected ‘as examples of certain intellectual or emotional forces
which are working in our midst and are moulding the psychical organism
of society.’ There are sixteen chapters with such captions as ‘Science
and vandalism,’ ‘The decadents,’ ‘The apostles of protest,’ and ‘The
new romance.’ In each chapter he discusses representative authors;
thus under ‘The fugitives’ he writes of Lafcadio Hearn, Miss Edith
Durham, Pierre Loti, and Jack London; under ‘The self-conscious poet,’
of Mr. W. B. Yeats, Mr. Stephen Phillips, and Mr. John
Davidson.”—Dial.

* * * * *

“The individual essays in the book are bright as well as thoughtful,
although one must often differ from the writer’s opinions, literary or
other. Judging the volume as a whole, we must feel, despite the many
meritorious parts and frequency of suggestive or even stimulating
passages, that the author has not achieved the unity and
comprehensiveness for which the title and introduction led us to
hope.”

+ − =Dial.= 45: 255. O. 16, ’08. 320w.

“Is made up of rambling essays, light in their quality in spite of the
formal introduction, and all readable enough.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 166. Mr. 28, ’08. 840w.

=Jameson, E. M.= Pendleton twins. il. $1.25. West. Meth. bk.

In this Pendleton book the twins occupy the center of the stage. Their
frolics and thrilling adventure furnish for the young reader wholesome
excitement.

* * * * *

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 210. Ap. 11, ’08. 30w.

“The author understands child nature, and in the midst of fun and
mischief keeps a steady view of the inherent honor to be found in
well-brought-up children.”

+ =Outlook.= 88: 654. Mr. 21, ’08. 80w.

=Sat. R.= 104: sup. 8. D. 7, ’07. 80w.

=Jameson, John Franklin=, ed. Original narratives of early American
history, ea. **$3. Scribner.

7–6643.

=v. 6. Davies, William T.=, ed. Bradford’s history of Plymouth
plantation. 1606–1646.

After an eventful career the manuscript of which this volume is a
reprint was deposited in the Massachusetts state library where it is
protected by a fire-proof safe but daily exhibited under glass to
visitors. It is the only extant history of the Plymouth colony’s early
years. It tells of reformation and persecution in England, plans for
removal, the voyage of the Mayflower, the growth of the colony,
troubles with England, the policies of governors, the growth of the
Salem church, beside numerous details of struggle and progress.

* * * * *

“Accepting ‘Narratives of early Virginia’ as it stands, too high
praise cannot be given the splendid editorial work which has been
done.”

+ + =Am. Hist. R.= 13: 909. Jl. ’08. 500w. (Review of v. 5.)

=Ann. Am. Acad.= 31: 724. My. ’08. 150w. (Review of v. 5.)

“The volume contains an admirable index.”

+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 32: 621. N. ’08. 130w. (Review of v. 6.)

=Ind.= 64: 924. Ap. 23, ’08. 350w. (Review of v. 3–6.)

“Mr. Davis has performed his editorial functions with good judgment
and without prejudice, and has kept his comments refreshingly free
from the incense of ancestor worship.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 116. Ag. 6, ’08. 450w. (Review of v. 6.)

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 207. Ap. 11, ’08. 170w. (Review of v. 6.)

“The editor has given the text a rather more liberal annotation than
has been customary in this series of reprints, and has prefaced it
with an excellent biographical and historical introduction.”

+ + =Outlook.= 89: 125. My. 16, ’08. 200w. (Review of v. 6.)

“An excellent reprint.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 37: 754. Je. ’08. 100w. (Review of v. 6.)

=Jeanrenaud, Henriette.= Duke of Brittany; tr. from the German by G:
P. Upton. (Life stories for young people.) **60c. McClurg.

8–23710.

The story of the brief career of Arthur, son of Geoffrey Plantagenet
and Constance of Brittany. It records the events of Arthur’s youth,
the death of the father, the relations of his mother to Philip of
France, the boy’s love for his uncle Richard, his service in the field
with Philip, his betrothal to Marie of France, the war with John, and
his capture and assassination.

=Jeans, James Hopwood.= Mathematical theory of electricity and
magnetism. *$4.50. Putnam.

8–14346.

An elementary text book for the student and physicist, aiming to cover
the mathematical theory of a range of electro-magnetism, the
understanding of which is necessary before proceeding to the study of
special branches or developments of the subject. The work is more
elementary than Maxwell’s treatise.

* * * * *

“We feel that in a treatise which is designed to guide students so far
it would have been advantageous to insert more references to the
authorities on parts of the subject for which space could not be
found.”

+ − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 18. Jl. 4. 640w.

“The most important book in the field of physics of the year—or of
many a year.”

+ + =Ind.= 65: 315. Ag. 6, ’08. 150w.

“In a few places there are slips which can hardly be assigned to the
printer. The type of reader for whom the book is best adapted is the
student preparing for a mathematical examination, such as the
Cambridge tripos, in which theory plays the principal part. It should
also, however, prove a good book of reference to the physicist of
superior mathematical attainments. For either of these types of
readers it seems likely to be a really useful book, so far as its
scope extends.” C. Chree.

+ − =Nature.= 78: 537. O. 1, ’08. 1000w.

=Jebb, Camilla.= Star of the salons: Julie de Lespinasse. (Memoir
ser.) *$3.50. Putnam.

8–16930.

While the author scarcely lays bare the secrets of Mlle. Julie de
Lespinasse’s success as a salonist, she does reveal the fascination of
her personality, the intellectual charm which cast its spell over men
of ambition and genius, and the piquant sorrow of her love first for
the dying Marquis de Mora, and then the Comte de Guibert. “The four
great scenes in French society are first depicted in a vivid,
entertaining manner, and then Julie de Lespinasse is portrayed among
them—an incarnation of the gloom, passion, and heroism hidden beneath
the gay, untroubled surface of life in her age.” (Ath.)

* * * * *

+ =Ath.= 1908, 1: 503. Ap. 25. 970w.

“The chief feature of interest in this new biography ... is the minute
study it contains of the times in which she lived.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 1004. O. 29, ’08. 200w.

“Is in substance an informal ‘doing into English’ of the biography,
already officially translated, of M. de Segur. It makes, however, with
its twenty illustrations, a fresh and delightful contribution to the
subject.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 15. Jl. 2, ’08. 580w.

“The writer is less engaged in the hunt for scandal than is usual in
works of this kind.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 333. Je. 13, ’08. 100w.

“Miss Jebb uses the material discovered by M. de Ségur, but refashions
it, with feminine wit and love, into a different effect.”

+ =Outlook.= 90: 552. N. 7, ’08. 400w.

“It is a sincere, sympathetic, cultivated and even learned biography.”

+ =Sat. R.= 105: 506. Ap. 18, ’08. 270w.

=Jebb, Caroline Lane.= Life and letters of Sir Richard Claverhouse
Jebb, by his wife Caroline Jebb; with a chapter on Sir Richard
Jebb as scholar and critic, by Dr. A. W. Verrall. $3. Putnam.

8–3928.

So far as the biographical portion is concerned it is an informing
revelation of the influences brought to bear upon rare birthright
ability to produce a profound scholar, teacher, and man of the world
in the best sense of the trite expression. His letters “are long and
numerous, and are gracefully written, vivid, self-revelatory to a
sufficient degree to give them a strong personal flavor, and full of
brilliant comment upon people and literature.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 189. Je. ’08.

+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 645. N. 23. 2150w.