Chapter XXXVI: Book 1: , The heavenly bodies; Book 2, The constellations; Book 3, Times (1)

and seasons; Book 4, Three astronomical marvels, Joshua’s long day,
The dial of Ahaz, and the star of Bethlehem. A table of scriptural
reference and an index complete the volume.

* * * * *

“In Biblical astronomy, indeed, the present work may be considered
almost an exhaustive treatise; and if some of the author’s conclusions
are not universally accepted, all are well worthy of thoughtful
discussion.”

+ + − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 216. Ag. 22. 1100w.

“The standpoint of the author is that of a believer in Holy Writ, who
is free from those notions of inspiration that modern science has
rendered untenable, and is to be classed as a devout man well
acquainted with the latest teachings of science and eager to use them
in classifying obscurities in the Scriptures.”

+ =Dial.= 45: 299. N. 1, ’08. 360w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 506. S. 19, ’08. 200w.

“There is much in the book that is interesting and valuable; when the
author gets outside the supposed necessities of his apologetic he is
well worth attention.”

+ − =Spec.= 101: sup. 480. O. 3, ’08. 180w.

=Maxwell, W. B.= Hill Rise. 75c. Cupples & L.

8–271.

“In this story there is a certain moral hidden, which we take to be
the recuperative and redemptive power of hard work. In reality the
hero of the novel is an old builder, in whom the snobbish treatment of
his neighbors on the Hill of Medford, with its 18,000 inhabitants, has
engendered a passionate hatred. He buys the estate of Hill Rise with
the intention of rooting out the snobs, and he all but fails. The
story holds us by the interest of this battle.”—Ath.

* * * * *

“His touch is pleasant, light, and humorous at times; at others
sufficiently earnest. Mr. Maxwell is one of the few writers who are
always interesting, and the main reason is that he keeps in close
touch with human nature.”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 2: 361. S. 26. 230w.

“Is quietly successful in its quality and interest as a clever satire
upon self-sufficient uselessness.”

+ =Ind.= 64: 1040. My. 7, ’08. 200w.

“Mr. Maxwell knows how to tell a story, and therefore the faults of
his somewhat limited outlook may be forgiven him.”

+ − =Spec.= 101: 594. O. 17, ’08. 300w.

=Mayer, Clarence.= Telephone construction: methods and cost. *$3.
Clark, M. C.

8–23074.

“Presents a simple and comprehensive system for collecting, analyzing
and recording the various costs involved in telephone line
construction, giving examples of the forms and blanks used for the
different divisions of the work, and explaining clearly the methods
employed in computing, proportioning and prorating the costs.”—Engin.
D.

* * * * *

+ =Engin. D.= 4: 415. O. ’08. 200w.

“The book recommends itself as being a volume of exact records of
experience and not of theories and opinions.”

+ =Engin. N.= 60: 429. O. 15, ’08. 250w.

=Maynard, Samuel Taylor.= Small country place. **$1.50. Lippincott.

8–17270.

“The book covers not only the treatment of buildings and grounds, but
offers definite suggestions regarding the planting of gardens and
orchards, poultry-keeping, dairying, and many other interests
connected with the small rural or suburban place. The author has
passed more than thirty years of his life in teaching botany and
horticulture and has endeavored to make his book thoroughly practical.
The book is fully illustrated.”—R. of Rs.

* * * * *

“The principles of the practices outlined might be more thoroughly
discussed to advantage. The arrangement and style are good, and the
facts accurate.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 239. O. ’08. ✠

“The text and illustrations combined promise to prove profitable to a
large number of the class of readers for whom the book is intended.”

+ =Engin. N.= 60: 316. S. 17, ’08. 140w.

“His book would be admirable if it were not in reality three or four
books squeezed and contracted into one.”

+ − =Ind.= 65: 950. O. 22, ’08. 260w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 390. Jl. 11, ’08. 280w.

“No one who owns a country house or has the plan of one burgeoning in
his imagination will care to ignore a book that contains so much
valuable information and so few waste words.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 461. Ag. 22, ’08. 470w.

=R. of Rs.= 38: 127. Jl. ’08. 70w.

=Mayow, John.= Medico-physical works; being a translation of
Tractatus quinque medico-physici. (Alembic club reprints, no. 17.)
*$1.25. Univ. of Chicago press.

8–3602.

“A larger volume than most of its predecessors, and contains the
‘Medico-physical works’ of John Mayow, who as early as 1668 in
chemical matters relating to combustion, respiration, and other vital
activities, anticipated opinions which were not established for
another hundred years. The text is a translation of the five essays of
the Oxford edition of 1674. The editors have noted the main facts of
Mayow’s life and a few explanations in a rather brief preface.”
(Nation.) “The basis of Mayow’s work was his recognition of the
existence in the air and in common nitre of extremely subtle particles
to which he gave the name ‘nitro-aërial spirit.’” (Nature.)

* * * * *

“Judged by a few random comparisons with the original text, the
translation is exact and good, but we are not quite in accord with the
limitations as to explanations which the translators have set
themselves. Nor is the comment as to the neglect of Mayow altogether
just.”

+ − =Nation.= 86: 450. My. 14, ’08. 300w.

+ =Nature.= 77: 339. F. 13, ’08. 600w.

=Meehan, Michael.= Mrs. Eddy and the late suit in equity. $2.25.
Michael Meehan, Concord, N. H.

8–8275.

Records with justice to Mrs. Eddy the out-of-court events and
utterances that led up to, grew out of or resulted from the late suit
brought against her.

* * * * *

“It is well that a reliable and exhaustive history of the famous suit
in equity ... should appear in substantial form for preservation.”

+ =Arena.= 39: 591. My. ’08. 600w.

* =Megargel, Percy Freeman, and Mason, Grace Sartwell.= Car and the lady. †$1.50. Baker.

8–22795.

This is a story, based upon actual happenings, of a transcontinental
motor race, which tested both the respective merits of rival cars and
the manhood and hardihood of two lovers, an Italian and an American,
who were rivals for the hand of a spirited New York girl.

* * * * *

“One of the best of the numerous motor stories.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 245. O. ’08. ✠

“There are exciting events in plenty, and the story moves with
appropriate swiftness.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 491. S. 5, ’08. 150w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 618. O. 24, ’08. 40w.

* =Meier-Graefe, Julius A.= Modern art; tr. from the German by Florence Simmonds and George W. Chrystal. 2v. *$10.50. Putnam.

“A comparative study of the formative arts, being a contribution to a
new system of aesthetics.” “In his exhaustive work he traces the
source of modern art to Rubens, following its development through the
careers of the great men and movements that have come since his day
down to the present time. He brilliantly analyzes such great
protagonists and varied characters as Delacroix, Daumier, Constable,
Ingrès, Manet, Millet, Gaughin, William Morris, Van Gogh, Renier,
Renoir, etc., and shows in an intellectual manner how they influenced
the events of their respective periods.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

“These plates call for more than casual attention, not only because
they contribute much to the attractiveness of the volumes, but because
they form an unusually representative collection covering the entire
period dealt with in the book. As reflected in what is apparently an
excellent translation, this style is sometimes lucid and at other
times a mixture of clever epigram and verbosity in which the leading
thought is not readily disentangled from a wealth of illustrative
imagery that obscures it. But always there is entertainment and mental
stimulus.” F: W. Gookin.

+ − =Dial.= 45: 400. D. 1, ’08. 900w.

“Now and then in the chaos of words one seems to catch an idea by the
tail, but one can never hold it long.”

− =Nation.= 87: 612. D. 17, ’08. 260w.

“For the first time we have presented such a full study of modern
international activities, causes, and effects.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 746. D. 5, ’08. 160w.

“A series of discursive, thoughtful, suggestive essays, which seem
quite as effective in English as in their original German. The volumes
are lavishly illustrated as to quantity and poorly as to quality. Our
critic, in truth, seems not so remarkable for his review of English or
German or any other painting as in his account of French art.”

+ − =Outlook.= 90: 796. D. 5, ’08. 670w.

“With most of Herr Meier-Graefe’s views, though he has a good deal to
say that is of interest and incites to argument, I more or less
acutely disagree.” Laurence Binyon.

− + =Sat. R.= 106: 635. N. 21, ’08. 520w.

“His passionate bias for anything and everything French colours the
whole book. Herr Meier-Graefe has great ability; he has at command a
vast amount of information and a ceaseless store of sometimes striking
and suggestive aphorisms. If he kept to generalities, and did not
illustrate by tangible examples, we should find him a great deal more
persuasive than he is.” Laurence Binyon.

− + =Sat. R.= 106: 662. N. 28, ’08. 1850w.

=Mencken, Henry L.= Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche. *$2. Luce, J.
W.

8–4452.

Nietzsche is here translated into terms familiar to all readers. He is
considered the “high priest of the actual,” divine mysteries are
lunacies to him, he believes with Schopenhauer that philosophy is
comfortless because it is the truth. The will to live is the only
thing that must concern us, moral codes are simply expedients found
helpful in successful endeavors to live. The book sets forth how his
philosophy rejects Christianity and democracy; how it points out the
evolution of the human race thru the immoralist to the superman; how
it combats ideas held holy and impeccable by mankind to-day.

* * * * *

“A very able elucidation of a distinctive field of modern thought.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 239. O. ’08.

“Though we dissent profoundly from the appreciation of Nietzsche
expressed in this volume, we have to thank the author for his keen
analysis and clear statement of the ideas and principles that
characterize the philosophy of the Superman.”

− + =Cath. World.= 87: 398. Je. ’08. 750w.

“Mr. Mencken has produced a very readable book and a better
presentation of Nietzsche to the English reader than is elsewhere
available. Critically speaking, it has one serious fault,—that the
reader is often left in doubt as to where the author is speaking his
own views and where he is merely presenting those of Nietzsche.”

+ − =Dial.= 45: 19. Jl. 1, ’08. 330w.

“One of the most interesting and instructive books that has come from
the American press in many a long day. The presentation of Nietzsche’s
philosophical teachings is both intelligent, intelligible, and highly
amusing.”

+ + − =Educ. R.= 35: 508. My. ’08. 550w.

“His exposition of Nietzsche’s philosophy is clear, simple, and
orderly, quite free from the cobwebs of metaphysics; if he shows bad
taste in the details of writing, this may be passed over as a mark of
zeal in imitating his master. We can commend the exegesis, though we
repudiate the conclusions.”

+ − =Nation.= 86: 312. Ap. 2, ’08. 600w.

“It is evident that Mr. Mencken possesses the requisite sympathy, and
withal a certain clear, forceful, even ardent style, a keen and
thorough-going intellect, knowledge of men, and a sense of humor. He
is not hampered by prejudice nor dismayed by traditions, and he is
able to leave out inessentials without destroying the harmony of what
remains. He has made a good book and gives us a pretty fair conception
of just what Nietzsche was and what he stood for.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 90. F. 15, ’08. 420w.

“Whatever may be thought of Nietzsche’s philosophy, there is here a
clear exposition of it in vigorous, straightforward language, together
with a really interesting and thoughtful biographical memoir.”

+ =Outlook.= 89: 42. My. 2, ’08. 200w.

=Meriwether, Colyer.= Our colonial curriculum, 1607–1706. $2.
Central pub. co., Washington, D. C.

8–13757.

“The author covers a wide field and gives excessive space to a
consideration of the curriculum of schools and universities in England
and other European countries during the sixteenth and seventeenth
centuries. The book has eight chapters as follows: Elementary course,
The general college course, Ancient languages, Theology and
philosophy, Geography, history and modern language, Mathematics,
Science, Disputation.”

* * * * *

“In spite of its incompleteness the book represents much study and
should be in the library of all persons interested in this field.”
Marcus W. Jernegan.

+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 13: 910. Jl. ’08. 480w.

“What the book lacks is the ability to interpret the lessons which the
facts brought together teach.”

− + =Educ. R.= 36: 103. Je. ’08. 80w.

“An excessive modernity, including a style not infrequently verging
upon the flippant, characterizes the book.”

− =Nation.= 86: 552. Je. 18, ’08. 150w.

* =Merriam, Charles Edward.= Primary elections: a study of the history and tendencies of primary election legislation. *$1.25. Univ. of Chicago press.

8–33814.

Traces the development of the legal regulation of party primaries from
1866 down to 1908, sums up the general tendencies evident in this
movement, discusses some of the disputed points in the primary
problem, and states certain conclusions concerning our nominating
machinery.

=Merrick, Leonard.= Lynch’s daughter. †$1.50. McClure.

8–29737.

A story of tainted millions. Lynch’s daughter, an American girl, weds
a poor English artist who gains her consent to refuse one cent from a
father who is known as “the devastating trust magnate, the debaucher
of politics, the infamous multi-millionaire.” Her trials under the
strain of poverty lead her to a period of estrangement from her
husband during which she returns to her father, is solaced for a time,
then suffers remorse, renounces her wealth, and, finally finds full
compensation in her husband’s love and genius.

* * * * *

“May be read without dread and with pleasure.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 580. D. 10, ’08. 270w.

“As a whole, we have found ‘Lynch’s daughter’ superior alike in charm
and verity to ‘The worldlings.’ Take it as a fantasy, if you can, make
allowances for its appeal to the commoner kind of readers if you will,
and you will find much in it to repay perusal.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 568. O. 10, ’08. 1300w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 615. O. 24, ’08. 90w.

“It is not a great work of art, but Mr. Merrick may be congratulated
on having produced a book which is thoroughly entertaining, while at
the same time depicting every-day life with homely fidelity.”

+ =Spec.= 99: 873. N. 30, ’07. 200w.

=Merrill, Lilburn.= Winning the boy; with an introd. by Judge Ben B.
Lindsey. **75c. Revell.

8–11441.

“The author has brought together, in an entertaining and instructive
manner, some stories and essays on boy life that every parent,
teacher, and other individual interested in children should read. No
man is better equipped, and in my judgment, more capable of speaking
and writing helpfully and wisely upon the subject than Dr.
Merrill.”—Introd.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 239. O. ’08.

“Is in very truth a book, as the publishers declare on the cover, ‘for every parent, teacher or person interested in children.’”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 208. Ap. 11, ’08. 240w.

=Merrill, Selah.= Ancient Jerusalem. **$6. Revell.

8–10618.

Dr. Merrill thru the years of his exploration and later consulship
devoted himself to his study of the ancient topography of Jerusalem.
“The gist of Dr. Merrill’s thesis is that ... the original city of
Jerusalem lay not on the eastern, or Temple, hill, but northward of
the present Zion, or westerly hill, in the neighborhood of the Church
of the Holy Sepulchre; and that the Acra, which play so prominent a
part in the story of the Maccabean contests, was located at this
spot.” (Nation.)

* * * * *

“His view’s on many points are striking, and his presentation is
original and interesting.”

+ =Bib. World.= 32: 79. Jl. ’08. 80w.

“Few scholars probably will accept Dr. Merrill’s general conclusions,
and in details he contributes little to our knowledge of Jerusalem not
already available in other volumes.”

− =Ind.= 65: 41. Jl. 2, ’08. 560w.

“Dr. Merrill is quite out of sympathy with modern views, and
especially with modern views of the date and composition of Old
Testament books, and on that account he fails to use the Bible
effectively in his topographical studies. Moreover, his whole
presentation is one-sided; he cites only that which tends to support
his positions.”

− =Nation.= 86: 560. Je. 18, ’08. 460w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 154. Mr. 21, ’08. 200w.

“The author has viewed the subject from all sides, and given his
conclusions in a scholarly form.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 440. Ag. 8, ’08. 240w.

“Dr. Merrill’s noble work has a value that can hardly be
overestimated.”

+ + =Outlook.= 89: 352. Je. 13, ’08. 340w.

=Merritt, Albert Newton.= Federal regulation of railway rates. **$1.
Houghton.

7–37945.

Descriptive note in Dec. 1907.

* * * * *

“It should be in large libraries or in any library whose patrons have
special interest in the subject, because of its compact summary of
arguments.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 143. My. ’08.

=Ann. Am. Acad.= 31: 716. My. ’08. 250w.

“A careful and dispassionate piece of work.” J: J. Halsey.

+ =Dial.= 44: 130. Mr. 1, ’08. 950w.

“A clear and concise presentation of the problem.”

+ − =J. Pol. Econ.= 16: 389. Je. ’08. 160w.

“A better brief than this in defense of the Inter-state commerce
commission has hardly been produced. Dr. Merritt’s book is scholarly
and useful.”

+ + − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 860. D. 28, ’07. 510w.

“A useful review of the chief decisions of the Interstate commerce
commission. Not only is the book out of date, but some of its
statements are questionable.”

+ − =Pol. Sci. Q.= 23: 186. Mr. ’08. 170w.

=Metcalfe, Richard Lee.= “Of such is the kingdom,” and other stories
from life. 3d ed. $1. Richard L. Metcalfe, Lincoln, Neb.

7–37252.

An optimistic tone pervades this book which draws the mind of man from
selfishness and brutality, hypocrisy and insincerity, double dealing
and lack of candor to the temple of childhood where there is sincerity
and truth, to the “Kingdom of never grow old” where there is relief
from the meanness and the malice of the world.

=Metchnikoff, Elie.= Prolongation of life: optimistic studies.
*$2.50. Putnam.

8–12571.

Pasteur’s successor here continues his warfare against disease, old
age and death. “Although Metchnikoff in this new book does not claim
to have made the ultimate discovery in biology that will at once
conquer the evils of disease and death, nevertheless he does reach
certain definite conclusions as to the causes for the relatively short
duration of human life, and having found what he believes to be these
causes he makes what are at least tentative suggestions looking to
their modification.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 144. My. ’08.

“The work is suggestive.” Scott Nearing.

+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 32: 456. S. ’08. 250w.

“Dr. Chalmers Mitchell has performed his task as a translator in a
most satisfactory manner, for the book reads as though it had been
written in English.”

+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 624. N. 16. 200w.

Reviewed by E. T. Brewster.

=Atlan.= 102: 124. Jl. ’08. 220w.

“Although Professor Metchnikoff’s book is important on account of its
topic, and interesting and suggestive in its treatment of it, it is
impossible to praise it very highly from a literary standpoint.” T. D.
A. Cockerell.

+ − =Dial.= 44: 270. My. 1, ’08. 1350w.

“The book deserves a wide and careful study.”

+ =Educ. R.= 35: 314. Mr. ’08. 100w.

“The book is one that will be widely read by the general public on
account of its frank and simple style, altho he makes no effort to
dodge the use of scientific terms or to palliate his conclusions to
meet popular taste.”

+ =Ind.= 64: 864. Ap. 16, ’08. 1000w.

“While an ultra-materialist, Metchnikoff is enthusiastically
optimistic as to the future of the race, and his work is a help toward
ideal living.”

+ =Lit. D.= 36: 491. Ap. 4, ’08. 450w.

+ =Lond. Times.= 6: 371. D. 6, ’07. 1030w.

“He writes with the spirit of a seeker after truth. His book, while
highly suggestive, is intended to be neither exhaustive nor
conclusive. Its purpose is rather to point out the problems of somatic
limitations, and the principles involved in attempting their ultimate
solution.”

+ − =Nation.= 86: 132. F. 6, ’08. 710w.

“A remarkable book in many ways. The whole range of literature is
ransacked by the author, and the facts and opinions collected are
discussed with an originality, a width of view, and knowledge that
give the book an especial fascination and constantly arrest the
attention.”

+ + − =Nature.= 77: 289. Ja. 30, ’08. 820w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 25. Ja. 18, ’08. 2900w.

“When he comes finally to discourse upon morality, he illustrates
afresh the unwisdom of specialists who disregard the maxim ‘Let the
shoemaker stick to his last.’”

+ − =Outlook.= 89: 769. Ag: 1, ’08. 440w.

Reviewed by Charles DeKay.

+ =Putnam’s.= 5: 233. N. ’08. 1550w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 37: 382. Mr. ’08. 160w.

+ =Sat. R.= 105: 244. F. 22, ’08. 350w.

“It is to be regretted that Professor Metchnikoff has not more clearly
defined his use of such purely relative terms as ‘pessimism’ and
‘optimism;’ but whatever meaning he attaches to the word ‘pessimism,’
whether he regards it as an attitude of the mind or as a matured
judgment arrived at only after study of life’s problems, we absolutely
dispute the assumption that the intellectual world is at present
pessimist.”

+ − =Spec.= 100: sup. 120. Ja. 25, ’08. 1250w.

=Meyer, Hugo R.= British state telegraphs. **$1.50. Macmillan.

7–33625.

Descriptive note in Dec. 1907.

* * * * *

“The work of a partizan who is unable to write disinterestedly, but
the only available book on an exceedingly interesting and important
subject. The facts are fairly accurate, but twisted out of their
natural meaning and import.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 15. Ja. ’08.

“It is highly probable that if the evidence has been given its proper
weight the dark picture here presented might prove less sombre.” S: E.
Sparling.

− =Ann. Am. Acad.= 31: 731. My. ’08. 300w.

“His conclusions are in the main directly contrary to those of the
recent commission appointed to investigate public ownership in Great
Britain.”

− =Arena.= 39: 122. Ja. ’08. 250w.

Reviewed by J. W. Garner.

=Dial.= 44: 71. F. 1, ’08. 300w.

“Is worthy of the most serious consideration by every student of
municipal affairs.” F. L. McVey.

+ =Econ. Bull.= 1: 128. Je. ’08. 360w.

=Engin. N.= 59: 208. F. 20, ’08. 450w.

− =Forum.= 39: 395. Ja. ’08. 280w.

“It is, in fact, giving more credit to Mr. Meyer than is his
due—perhaps more than he himself would claim—to describe his book as a
study of the working of state ownership of telegraphs. It is an
examination of some of the weaknesses of the system, with an
overemphasis on each of the defects exposed.”

− + =Ind.= 64: 256. Ja. 30, ’08. 1200w.

“He is a prosecuting attorney rather than a judge, and it must be
admitted that his indictment is thorough.”

− + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 849. D. 21, ’07. 360w.

− =Outlook.= 88: 321. F. 8, ’08. 200w.

“Admirable little book.”

+ =Spec.= 100: 341. F. 29, ’08. 850w.

=Meyer, Hugo R.= Public ownership and the telephone in Great
Britain. **$1.50. Macmillan.

7–31983.

Descriptive note in Dec. 1907.

* * * * *

“Brings together an important mass of material which is combined and
treated in such a way as to produce a distinctly partizan and
prejudiced piece of work. Useful for debate because the preponderance
of published matter on the subject takes the other side of the
question.”

− + =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 46. F. ’08.

“Will prove of great help to those who wish to marshall on one side
all that can be said against public management. Room is left for a
more rounded and judicial treatment of the subject.” E: W. Bemis.

+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 31: 527. Mr. ’08. 550w.

“An ably written, extremely partisan brief.”

+ − =Engin. N.= 59: 208. F. 20, ’08. 530w.

“As pictured by Mr. Meyer, there is no redeeming feature in the long
chronicle of stupidity, ignorance, incapacity, mismanagement, and
political intrigue which make up the state operation of these
industries. As may be imagined, such a black case against government
management of industry is not secured without some distortion of
facts; statistics abound and give a ‘vraisemblance’ of finality to the
discussion, but a careful selection of only those favorable to his
case absolutely vitiates the conclusion.” E. L. Bogart.

− =Forum.= 39: 395. Ja. ’08. 280w.

“Mr. Meyer pays little heed to this attitude of English people toward
expenditure, and attributes the lack of progress in telephone
development to the muddle-headedness of the government.”

− =Ind.= 64: 257. Ja. 30, ’08. 330w.

“Mr. Meyer’s book is rather a curious sample of social psychology than
a useful contribution to a solution of the telephone problem.” J. R.
Commons.

− =J. Pol. Econ.= 16: 631. N. ’08. 900w.

− + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 849. D. 21, ’07. 670w.

− =Outlook.= 88: 321. F. 8, ’08. 200w.

+ =Spec.= 100: 342. F. 29. ’08. 1300w.

=Mijatovich, Chedomille.= Servia and the Servians. *$3. Page.

“The volume consists of chapters on the history, religion, and
national characteristics of the people, including special chapters on
the peasant, the music, the literature, and the economic possibilities
of Servia. An appendix contains a specimen of the Servian national
poems and of Servian folklore, and gives some interesting statistical
information of the most recent data upon the country of King Peter.
There are sixteen full-page illustrations, chiefly from photographs
taken by the author, landscape views and peasant type.”—R. of Rs.

* * * * *

+ − =Ath.= 1908, 1: 569. My. 9. 880w.

+ =Lit. D.= 37: 905. D. 12, ’08. 150w.

“He has written of them sympathetically, of course, but at the same
time with discrimination.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 563. O. 10, ’08. 280w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 38: 638. N. ’08. 250w.

=Miles, George Henry.= Review of Hamlet. **$1. Longmans.

7–39206.

A new edition of a work which appeared in 1870. “Miles sees in Hamlet
superb intellectual strength and a strong and tender conscience which
guides the whole course of the prince’s conduct. And, he argues, the
secret of the tragedy’s hold on men is that it mirrors forth the
struggle between passion and conscience, and the sharp antithesis
between fate and Providence; and throws across the action of life the
deep shadow of the world to come.” (Cath. World.)

* * * * *

“There is more education in this book than is to be found in many
specimens of what are called, through courtesy or bland presumption,
courses of English literature.”

+ =Cath. World.= 86: 693. F. ’08. 880w.

“It throws light upon aspects of the play which the great army of
Shakespearian critics have left exceedingly dark.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 12. Ja. 4. ’08. 640w.

=Millais, John Guille.= Newfoundland and its untrodden ways. il.
*$6. Longmans.

8–3111.

“Primarily for hunters and naturalists, dealing with the fauna of the
country and the chase of its wild beasts and birds. But Mr. Millais
has also much to tell of the daily life of the islanders and the
customs of the Micmac Indians, of whom he has made a special study....
There are a dozen beautiful photogravures and colored plates and
nearly a hundred line drawings and half-tones, either by Mr. Millais
or photographed.”—Dial.

* * * * *

“Makes the reader interested in his adventures.”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 1: 759. Je. 20. 70w.

=Dial.= 43: 425. D. 16, ’07. 140w.

“To all who wish to know about Newfoundland and her attractions for
the tourist, the man of business, or the sportsman, we can strongly
recommend Millais’s book. It is the best work that has ever been
written on the natural history of the island.”

+ + =Nation.= 86: 198. F. 27, ’08. 1000w.

“In works of the present nature, Mr. Millais is at his best; and his
best, alike with pen and pencil, is, it is almost unnecessary to say,
very good indeed.” R. L.

+ + − =Nature.= 77: 223. Ja. 9, ’08. 400w.

“It is a breath-taking experience to pass with Mr. Millais into the
virgin forest, to see with his eyes, and, without the dangers and
discomforts, to enjoy with him the fascination of the big game hunt.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 319. Je. 6, ’08. 200w.

“We like the book above all else for a quality which goes very near to
mysticism.”

+ =Sat. R.= 105: 272. F. 29, ’08. 950w.

“If it is the mark of a good travel book to make the reader earnestly
desire to go to the places described, then this is a highly successful
work, Mr. Millais’s vivid narrative, and a wealth of beautiful
illustrations, convey a most attractive picture of the island and its
sport.”

+ =Spec.= 100: 673. Ap. 25, ’08. 1400w.

=Miller, Elizabeth Jane.= City of delight: a love drama of the siege
and fall of Jerusalem. †$1.50. Bobbs.

8–9528.

Against the historical background of the fall of Jerusalem, Miss
Miller has sketched a romance of compelling charm. The hero,
Philadelphus, a Judean prince, great grandson of Judas Maccabeus, was
wedded at the age of ten to a child of four. After fourteen years of
separation they are to be reunited in Jerusalem whither Laodice is
conducted by a treacherous servant who plays into the hands of Salome
bent upon usurping Laodice’s place. At the same time a jealous cousin
leaves Philadelphus for dead, hastens to Jerusalem and also becomes a
usurper. For the rest of the tale it is a battle royal, attended by
confusion, between the revived Philadelphus and Laodice and their
enemies Salome and the pretender.

* * * * *

“The story is far inferior to ‘The yoke.’ though we think it is almost
as good as ... ‘Saul of Tarsus.’”

+ =Arena.= 39: 510. Ap. ’08. 550w.

“The plan is a good one, the story interesting, the setting admirably
chosen. If the execution were only as good as the design! Even as it
is, the glint of historic interest gives the book a welcome dignity.”

+ − =Nation.= 86: 427. My. 7, ’08. 250w.

“In descriptive detail and collocation of events it holds its own with
many similar novels which are called classics. The author has observed
consistency throughout. There is a simple but dramatic plot, few
characters, and every evidence of sincerity. It is to be hoped that
the book will find the appreciation it deserves.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 255. My. 2, ’08. 150w.

“The book is the strongest and best written Miss Miller has so far
done.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 342. Je. 13, ’08. 160w.

=Miller, Elmer Isaiah.= Legislature of the province of Virginia: its
internal development. (Columbia univ. Studies in history,
economics and public law.) *$1.50. Longmans.

8–1371.

An historical account of the subject from the beginning of the
government of Virginia to the revolution of 1776.

* * * * *

“A methodical and useful study, though the author makes dull reading
of the development of our chief colonial legislature, whose history
might easily be made interesting.”

+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 13: 652. Ap. ’08. 90w.

“There is one slip in the very learned and valuable monograph.” H. E.
E.

+ + − =Eng. Hist. R.= 23: 617. Jl. ’08. 140w.

“A very interesting and readable contribution.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 666. S. 17, ’08. 170w.

=Miller, Frank Justus.= Two dramatizations from Vergil: 1, Dido—the
Phoenician queen; 2, The fall of Troy; arranged and translated
into English verse. *$1. Univ. of Chicago press.

8–29879.

Includes “Dido: an epic tragedy” which appeared in 1900, and also a
new dramatization, The fall of Troy. It is a helpful supplement to the
text for classes in Vergil, and affords a play which has been staged
with satisfactory results.

=Miller, Mrs. Harriet (Mann) (Olive Thorne Miller, pseud.).= The
bird our brother. **$1.25. Houghton.

8–14948.

Information which goes to reveal the bird’s kinship with the human
family is treated here in a popular sense for the general reader.
Chapters treat of the bird’s individuality, intelligence, language,
altruism, education, affections, courtship, home, amusements, means of
defense and attack, odd ways, equipment, and usefulness to us.

* * * * *

“A unique addition to bird literature, which will be interesting to
the adult bird-lover, but will not appeal to readers in general as do
the author’s earlier and more individual writings.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 263. N. ’08. ✠

“It will be a valuable defense for those who uphold the same theories,
though for pure delight in the reading one cannot help grudging the
pages that are thus taken from the writer’s record of her own
discoveries.” M. E. Cook.

+ − =Dial.= 44: 343. Je. 1, ’08. 370w.

“The modern psychologist will undoubtedly question the author’s point
of view in reading so much human life into bird life; but aside from
this possible quibble about interpretations, the book is certainly
interesting reading, and forms a good climax to the series of books
which this author has contributed.”

+ − =Ind.= 64: 1295. Je. 4, ’08. 180w.

“It seems invidious to criticise such an excellent book, but it must
be confessed that the author is somewhat handicapped in her efforts to
preserve a dispassionate attitude by her ardent affection for the
world of birds.”

+ − =Nation.= 87: 18. Jl. 2, ’08. 150w.

“Will surely add to her reputation.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 316. Je. 6, ’08. 250w.

* =Miller, Kelly.= Race adjustment: essays on the negro in America. *$2. Neale.

8–24845.

Nineteen essays which discuss the various phases of the negro problem,
and the questions that enter into a full solution. Some of the
chapters are as follows: Radicals and conservatives; As to the
leopard’s spots; An appeal to reason on the race problem; The negro’s
part in the negro problem; Social equality; Religion as a solvent of
the race problem; Rise of the professional class; Eminent negroes;
What Walt Whitman means to the negro; The artistic gifts of the negro;
A brief for the higher education of the negro; Roosevelt and the
negro.

=Milligan, Rev. George.= St. Paul’s epistle to the Thessalonians:
the Greek text; with introd. and notes. *$2.60. Macmillan.

A commentary and exegesis. “Two purposes are apparent in the present
commentary on Thessalonians, one to follow Swete, Mayor, and Robinson
in filling up what was lacking in the task which Lightfoot, Westcott,
and Hort had set before themselves; the other, to bring to bear upon
the language and grammar of the Thessalonian letters the results of
the author’s investigations in papyri, inscriptions, and ostraca.”
(Am. J. Theol.)

* * * * *

“Thorough acquaintance with the literature of the subject, catholicity
of outlook, caution in the expression of opinion, and a distinct
winsomeness in the personal equation are in evidence throughout the
book.” J. E. Frame.

+ =Am. J. Theol.= 12: 487. Jl. ’08. 1050w.

“Is especially welcome, since the need of it was great.” G. E. French.

+ =Hibbert J.= 6: 942. Jl. ’08. 540w.

“This is a most careful contribution to the exegesis of the New
Testament.”

+ =Spec.= 100: 268. F. 15, ’08. 360w.

=Milligan, Robert H.= Jungle folk of Africa. **$1.50. Revell.

8–25385.

Impressions gained during seven years of missionary work in West
Africa. “He dissents from the view he has found presented in recently
published books about the Dark Continent, that its people are
physically ugly, mentally stupid, morally repulsive, and everlastingly
uninteresting ... and pictures the Africans he met as a very
interesting people, constituted, like the rest of us, with brain and
soul and capacity of one sort and another not essentially different
from his own. He rates these people as human beings, and finds many of
them distinctly lovable.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“Is as readable and interesting a book of travel as one can wish for.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 1181. N. 19, ’08. 70w.

“A book that is remarkable for its vitality, picturesqueness, humor,
and literary quality.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 514. S. 19, ’08. 360w.

“The book is entertaining and far more illuminating than many of the
travelers’ accounts that have appeared in recent years.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 38: 638. N. ’08. 90w.

=Millikan, Robert Andrews, and Mills, John.= Short university course
in electricity, sound and light. *$2. Ginn.

8–31127.

A course built up around laboratory outline which represents one
semester’s work. The method is analytical rather than descriptive, and
the book contains sixteen chapters on electricity, five on sound and
seven on light.

=Mills, Lawrence Heyworth.= Avesta eschatology compared with the
books of Daniel and Revelations; being supplementary to
Zarathushtra, Philo, the Achæmenids and Israel. 50c. Open ct.

8–5564.

“In this thin octavo the aged Zend scholar gives his conclusion that
the doctrines of angels, devils, the resurrection and the eternal life
were adopted by the Jews at the time of the exile from the religion of
Media and Persia.” (Ind.) “This work ... ought to be a reliable source
of information regarding Zoroastrian conceptions of the future.” (Bib.
World.)

* * * * *

“The work is valuable as a compendious statement of the more important
teachings of Zoroastrianism.”

+ =Am. J. Theol.= 12: 524. Jl. ’08. 130w.

“The biblical side of the treatment is too largely fanciful.”

+ − =Bib. World.= 31: 400. My. ’08. 30w.

“The author often sees parallelisms that are not convincing, and his
arguments are at times inconclusive. The book is not easy reading, but
deserves critical study, for Mills was one of the best Zend scholars.”

+ − =Ind.= 64: 1045. My. 7, ’08. 170w.

“This essay ... presents a peculiarly interesting chapter in the study
of comparative religion.”

+ =Outlook.= 87: 266. My. 30, ’08. 150w.

=Mills, Weymer Jay.= Van Rensselaers of old Manhattan. **$1.50.
Stokes.

7–38597.

A novel set in “the days of New York when brocades, powder and patches
were worn.... The heroine rejoices in the name of India, and is a
hoyden, as her starched old Tory relative appropriately but impolitely
informs her. Still, she is so attractive that her path is literally
besieged by the gallants of the day.... The other characters include
the hero, a young Tory of fallen fortunes, a desperate and most
repulsive villain, and an actress; while George Washington appears
upon the scene, though very cursorily.” (Outlook.)

* * * * *

“The whole is in the style of an acute Christmas card many times
multiplied. Incidentally there is some text.”

− =Nation.= 86: 84. Ja. 23, ’08. 160w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 657. O. ’07. 50w.

“There is very little plot, too much declamation, and a constant
striving to produce atmosphere that is too apparent and therefore
fails of its effect.”

− =Outlook.= 88: 40. Ja. 4, ’08. 180w.

* =Milman, Lena. Sir Christopher Wren.= (Library of art.) *$2. Scribner.

A life of Christopher Wren, the celebrated architect of St. Paul’s
cathedral, for which the material has been carefully sifted, and which
benefits by the present day view-point and triumph of photography.

* * * * *

“Miss Milman has written a most interesting life of a fascinating
personality.”

+ =Int. Studio.= 36: 165. D. ’08. 340w.

“Upon the whole, the biography justifies itself. It was well worth
doing, and it is done well.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 421. O. 29, ’08. 900w.

=Milne, John Stewart.= Surgical instruments in Greek and Roman
times. *$4.75. Oxford.

8–9768.

A first venture into an untried region. “From all available ancient
authors who touched on medical matters Milne has collected the
references which throw light on the description or use of an
appliance. This material he supplements by illustrations from the more
important museums and collections of Europe. In the text the
instruments are grouped under suitable divisions, but no account is
taken of devices for the reduction of deformities, or of splints and
related appliances.” (Nation.) The volume is fully illustrated.

* * * * *

“A useful and interesting book.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 127. Ja. ’08. 80w.

“Dr. Milne had virtually a virgin soil, and he has worked it in a
thoroughly scientific manner until it has yielded a rich harvest.”

+ + =Ath.= 1907, 2: 243. Ag. 31. 1000w.

“Learned and interesting treatise.”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 6: 306. O. 11, ’07. 1100w.

“An attractive study of the subject. Although the book itself is well
indexed, the plates are not indexed, so that to find any figure is a
matter of some difficulty. The bibliography, which appears to have
been put together somewhat hurriedly, pays too little attention to
journalistic literature.”

+ + − =Nation.= 86: 472. My. 21, ’08. 300w.

“Dr. Milne has done his work so well and so accurately that as this
monograph is the first dealing with the subject it must remain for a
long time the standard authority until further finds prove or disprove
some of the disputable conclusions drawn by the author. The monograph
presupposes a considerable amount of knowledge on the part of the
reader. He must in the first place be skilled in the practice of his
profession, he must be interested in its antiquities, and he must be a
fair classic. These qualifications being granted, the book is most
excellent reading, and throws abundant light, not only on the subject
of which it treats, but also on many collateral points.”

+ + =Nature.= 76: 468. S. 5, ’07. 450w.

=Mincoff, Mrs. Elizabeth, and Marriage, Margaret S.= Pillow lace: a
practical handbook. *$5. Dutton.

8–5855.

Not a book for connoisseurs, but a guide to amateurs in the actual
making of lace. “The first chapters contain a short historical survey
of the art of lace-making from its earliest known period, that is to
say about the year 1520; also brief accounts of its manufacture in
different countries and towns. The rest of the book, from the third
chapter to the last, is entirely practical, describing tools and
methods of lace-making, and giving a large number of patterns with
full explanations, and working diagrams, and directions for tracing
and rubbing.” (Sat. R.)

* * * * *

“The book is the first in English treating the subject especially from
the viewpoint of the maker.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 197. Je. ’08.

“The authors have very sensibly made their explanations as short as
possible, relying much on the excellent diagrams.”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 1: 199. F. 15. 1270w.

“The book has practical interest for those who wish to teach art
industries to women who need to become self-supporting.”

+ =Ind.= 64: 810. Ap. 9, ’08. 170w.

“Those who desire to know and apply the principles underlying a large
class of laces, will find it an almost inexhaustible treasure house.
Though a little bulky, it is a practical manual.”

+ − =Nation.= 86: 224. Mr. 5, ’08. 400w.

“Mrs. Mincoff’s book is somewhat expensive in proportion to the cost
of the tools, but it is well and fully illustrated, and we hope that
it will have the effect of persuading women to be industrious in a
useful artistic way.”

+ =Sat. R.= 105: 85. J. 18, ’08. 300w.

“The lessons are carefully graduated and clearly expressed.”

+ =Spec.= 100: sup. 127. Ja. 25, ’08. 240w.

=Ming, Rev. John Joseph.= Characteristics and the religion of modern
socialism. *$1.50. Benziger.

8–16212.

A book whose aim is that of stimulating inquiry to the end of reaching
reliable conclusions concerning the moral and religious attitude of
contemporary socialists. The discussion falls under two heads, The
characteristics of modern socialism and The religion of socialism.

* * * * *

“Father Ming has drawn up a powerful arraignment, amply sustained with
testimony, against atheistic socialism; and it will serve the purpose
of warning Catholics against it.”

+ =Cath. World.= 87: 544. Jl. ’08. 1050w.

“The author’s own religious belief appears to have biased his
treatment of the subject.”

− =J. Pol. Econ.= 16: 711. D. ’08. 80w.

=Minot, Charles Sedgwick.= Problem of age, growth, and death: a
study of cytomorphosis, based on lectures at the Lowell institute,
March, 1907. (Science ser., no. 21.) **$2.50. Putnam.

8–24260.

Presents arguments and evidence to support the following laws and
corollary: “First, rejuvenation depends on the increase of the nuclei.
Second, senescence depends on the increase of the protoplasm and on
the differentiation of the cells. Third, the rate of growth depends on
the degree of senescence. Fourth, senescence is at its maximum in the
very young stages, and the rate of senescence diminishes with age. As
the corollary from these, we have this—natural death is the
consequence of cellular differentiation.”

* * * * *

“An interesting and suggestive volume.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 951. O. 22, ’08. 300w.

“Possesses a more or less general and popular interest.”

+ =Lit. D.= 37: 469. O. 3, ’08. 400w.

“With his usual skill and lucidity the author develops his views
concerning these questions which he has studied carefully for many
years.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 366. O. 15, ’08. 320w.

=Mistral, Frederic.= Memoirs of Mistral, 1830–1877; rendered into
English by Constance E. Maud, with Lyrics from the Provençal by
Alma Strettell. *$3.50. Baker.

8–8543.

“The memoirs of Mistral not only recount the steps which were taken by
him and his confrères in the Felibres movement, but they are filled
also with charming details of Provençal farm life, the legends and
primitive customs of the Provençal peasantry; there are many little
personal anecdotes that give a picturesque view of some of the poet’s
experiences at school and on the paternal farm, and his amusing
contact with some of his peasant neighbors. The whole leaves the
reader with the belief that there may still be room for the romantic
troubadour, the follower of the ‘Gay science’ in our modern
civilization.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

“A book of quite unusual charm, but not essential to the economical
library.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 105. Ap. ’08.

“Admirably translated.”

+ + =Ath.= 1907, 2: 577. N. 9. 1300w.

“The book has (to give it the highest of all praise) charm: it
captivates the reader and holds his attention to the end. Miss Maud’s
translation is smooth, but ... not always grammatical.” P. F.
Bicknell.

+ + − =Dial.= 44: 36. Ja. 16, ’08. 2440w.

“A delightful volume.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 18. Ja. 11, ’08. 1200w.

“Throughout full of interest and charm.” H. S. Krans.

+ =Putnam’s.= 3: 751. Mr. ’08. 450w.

=R. of Rs.= 37: 381. Mr. ’08. 160w.

“Miss Maud adds some footnotes. For the duplicate note on the ‘trees
of liberty’ and the somewhat vague note on ‘les Aliscamps,’ it might
have been well to substitute a note on the meaning of that puzzling
word ‘Félibrige.’ But good service has been done. To read about the
man who knows so much about his country and feels so truly about it is
a fine antidote to an English winter; refreshing too to get new
knowledge about a literary revival so spontaneous, so free from the
squalor of politics.”

+ + − =Sat. R.= 104: 700. D. 7, ’07. 1080w.

=Mitchell, Evelyn Groesbeeck.= Mosquito life: the habits and life
cycles of known mosquitoes of the United States. il. **$2. Putnam.

7–39002.

An account based on the investigations of the late James William
Dupree, surgeon-general of Louisiana and upon original observations by
the author. “The book is replete with information concerning the
mosquitoes of the United States, especially those of New York, New
Jersey, and Louisiana. The anatomy of the adults, larvæ, and pupæ is
described, and an illuminating account of their habits, flight, and
breeding-places is given in detail. The relation of mosquitoes to
malaria, yellow fever, elephantiasis, and other diseases, is treated
in a popular way, and a description of the means of control of these
pests is supplemented with an account of their principal enemies.”
(Dial.)

* * * * *

“The drawings would have been more useful if magnifications had been
given, and more acceptable from a technical point of view if more
contrast had been employed, and if the direction of lighting had been
consistently used, at least in contiguous drawings.”

+ − =Dial.= 44: 214. Ap. 1, ’08. 380w.

“An entertaining (although loosely written) book about the subject in
general.”

+ − =Nation.= 86: 338. Ap. 9, ’08. 150w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 204. Ap. 11, ’08. 100w.

“One may learn from this book a great deal about the lives of
mosquitoes.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 38: 253. Ag. ’08. 130w.

“For health inspectors, for those interested in sanitation generally
and for physicians this book will be especially useful. On the whole
this is a very useful book; with plenty of faults and an abundance of
points that might be criticised if criticism is fault-finding; but
altogether considered it is commendable.” J: B. Smith.

+ − =Science=, n.s. 28: 22. Jl. 3, ’08. 780w.

=Mitchell, Henry Bedinger.= Talks on religion: a collective enquiry,
recorded by H: Bedinger Mitchell. **$1.50. Longmans.

8–14747.

“A group of fifteen friends in council meet monthly for a comparison
of views on fundamental questions about religion. The group includes
men in scientific, literary, church, and business life, some of them
university professors and men of international reputation.” (Outlook.)
These “talks” show the manner in which they grapple with religious and
philosophical questions of the day. “They exhibit both skeptical and
constructive thinking at their best, they tend to clear the air of
religious thought.” (Outlook.)

* * * * *

“This book is of exceptional interest because of the place of its
origin, the personnel of its speakers, and the subject-matter of its
discussions.” I. W. Riley.

+ =Bookm.= 27: 488. Jl. ’08. 1700w.

“It is a highly stimulating book.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 1308. D. 3, ’08. 130w.

Reviewed by G: A. Coe.

=J. Philos.= 5: 661. N. 19, ’08. 1100w.

“It would be impossible to indicate adequately in the course of a
single review the rich variety of theme, felicity of expression, and
breadth of spirit which characterize ‘Talks on religion.’” G. C. Mars.

+ =No. Am.= 188: 614. O. ’08. 2200w.

“For those who lack the opportunities of mental sharpening in the
private discussions of cultured minds this volume is a most attractive
substitute.”

+ =Outlook.= 89: 582. Jl. 11, ’08. 200w.

=Mitchell, Silas Weir.= Red city: a novel of the second
administration of President Washington. †$1.50. Century.

8–30709.

Philadelphia is the scene of this story of Washington’s second
administration in which Hugh Wynne and Aunt Gainor reappear. The hero
is a Huguenot émigré who with his mother is grief-stricken over the
wanton murder of his father at Avignon by the revolutionists. His life
in a Quaker home and love for a Quaker maiden, his work in Hugh
Wynne’s employ, his relation to affairs of state, and his methods of
avenging his father’s death suggest the outline of the tale steeped in
the atmosphere of the times.

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 303. D. ’08. ✠

“In French matters, he slips occasionally. It is a real story of real
human interest, and its action is often exciting beyond the limits of
Quaker sobriety.” W: M. Payne.

+ − =Dial.= 45: 456. D. 16, ’08. 300w.

=Ind.= 65: 1183. N. 19, ’08. 60w.

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

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 746. D. 5, ’08. 120w.

“A book full of charm and feeling, a novel which is less a novel than
a panorama of a brick-built town.” Agnes Repplier.

+ =Outlook.= 90: 699. N. 28, ’08. 360w.

=Mitchell, Wesley Clair.= Gold, prices and wages under the greenback
standard. (Univ. of Cal. publications in economics, v. 1.) *$5.
Univ. of Cal.

8–14358.

“Contains five chapters of text covering a total of 283 pages (with
the included statistics), the remainder of the book being given over
to elaborate statistical tables showing rates of wages, relative
prices, etc.... Dr. Mitchell describes his volume as ‘the statistical
apparatus of a book still to be written,’ the chapters of the text
being intended merely to expound the nature of the figures and the
modes of getting the results.” (Econ Bull.)

* * * * *

“Such a pace as is here set for the academic monograph will be hard to
follow.”

+ =Dial.= 44: 280. My. 1, ’08. 60w.

“It is not too much to say that, taking the present volume with his
earlier contribution, he has done the most satisfactory piece of work
on the history of the greenbacks and their effects that has yet
appeared, and in the course of so doing has contributed something to
the process of putting American price statistics upon a rather better
basis.” H. Parker Willis.

+ + =Econ. Bull.= 1: 137. Je. ’08. 660w.