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

“In fact, the book is beyond praise.” J. L. Laughlin.

+ + + =J. Pol. Econ.= 16: 629. N. ’08. 950w.

=Miyakawa, Masuji.= Life of Japan. **$3. Baker. 7–28500.

Descriptive note and excerpts in Dec. 1907.

* * * * *

“Dr. Miyakawa’s object in writing the book is clearly one of which all
progressive men of both nationalities must approve, that of bringing
the two peoples to a clear understanding of each other, and the work
is well calculated to fulfil this object.”

+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 31: 281. Ja, ’08. 150w.

“In structure, style and dress, shows just what a book ought not to
be.”

− + =Ind.= 64: 44. Ja. 2, ’08. 100w.

“Though the text does not impress one as having as great originality
and influence as some other books on Japan, there is in it a certain
forcefulness and even fascination, for in it we learn the better to
appreciate the peculiar Japanese way of looking at men and things.”

+ − =Outlook.= 88: 44. Ja. 4, ’08. 280w.

=Miyakawa, Masuji.= Powers of the American people; Congress,
President, and courts (according to the evolution of
constitutional construction). 2d ed., rev. **$2.50. Baker.

8–24433.

Constitutional government of the United States as viewed by a Japanese
attorney. The edition has been carefully revised thruout. All
criticisms, objections and controverted points have been thoroly
considered; all sections and some chapters have been abridged and
additions made; and changes from technical to popular form have been
made to suit the better a wide range of readers.

=Moffett, Cleveland.= King in rags. †$1.50. Appleton.

7–36249.

A sociological story whose three leading characters maintain
respectively the following attitudes toward the question of poverty:
Poverty is an ugly beast ... created by the greedy and luxurious rich
for their own undoing; poverty is the lot of the weak and unworthy,
the survival of the unfittest; poverty would disappear if there were a
fair division of the products of toil.

* * * * *

“The main defect of the book is its sentimentalism—a pit into which
reformers are apt to fall. But, despite its inconsistencies and
improbabilities, it is well worth reading.”

+ − =Ath.= 1908, 1: 253. F. 29. 150w.

“It is assuredly not a commanding exposition of its theme or in any
large way sensational. But while obviously, even naïvely, a vehicle
for a moral, the story slips along so easily that it affords no chance
to escape the appalling facts it marshals relating to the conditions
of labor and living in our city.”

+ =Nation.= 86: 84. Ja. 23, ’08. 400w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 652. O. 19, ’07. 50w.

“One derives the impression that the author grew a bit tired of ‘A
king in rags’ before he put the cap to his climax. Nevertheless, a
novel the interest of which does not flag through nine-tenths of its
unfolding is worthy of serious consideration. Let it be said that Mr.
Moffett’s first novel, though not, perhaps a great achievement, is, at
the very least, a most brilliant promise.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 74. F. 8, ’08. 700w.

=Molmenti, Pompeo Gherardo.= Venice, its individual growth from the
earliest beginnings to the fall of the republic; translated from
the Italian by Horatio F. Brown. pt. 3, 2v. *$5. McClurg.

Two volumes constituting the third and last instalment of Molmenti’s
history. It treats fully of Venice and its decadence.

* * * * *

=Ind.= 65: 1178. N. 19, ’08. 70w.

“They are probably the most elaborate and instructive volumes on
Venetian manners and customs yet attempted.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 622. O. 24, ’08. 60w.

=Molmenti, Pompeo Gherardo, and Ludwig, Gustav.= Life and works of
Vittorio Carpaccio: tr. by Robert H. H. Cust. *$15. Dutton.

8–14763.

A volume “of archaeological and artistic interest” which has appeared
with the revival of Carpaccio. Its keynote is the faithful manner in
which the painter mirrored in his pictures the Venetian life of the
fifteenth century.

* * * * *

“The one quality lacking in this otherwise admirable book [is] that of
a convincing system of critical argument in support of the authors’
often plausible views.”

+ + − =Ath.= 1908, 1: 134. F. 1. 1270w.

“Pictorially as well as from the point of view of scholarship the work
is exhaustive.”

+ + =Dial.= 43: 423. D. 16, ’07. 100w.

“English readers are fortunate in having put before them Mr. Cust’s
skilful and admirable translation of this excellent work.”

+ + =Ind.= 64: 313. F. 6, ’08. 620w.

“It is sure to take rank as the standard work on the long-neglected
master of whom it treats.”

+ + =Int. Studio.= 33: 335. F. ’08. 400w.

“The book is a notable addition to the body of historical art
criticism, and the translator, Robert H. Hobart Cust is to be highly
commended for having placed this volume within the reach of the
English reading public in a version that is at once readable and
authoritative.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 834. D. 14, ’07. 800w.

“It is just as important to unearth an old friendship as it is to
unearth an old picture. Professor Molmenti’s sumptuous volume does
both. The most important-looking of the season’s books on art.”

+ + =Outlook.= 87: 873. D. 21, ’07. 540w.

“It is exhaustive, laborious, and learned. But though we leave the
book satiated with facts relating to the externals of the work of
Carpaccio, we feel that we are unsatisfied.”

+ − =Spec.= 100: sup. 643. Ap. 25, ’08. 350w.

=Molnár, Ferencz.= Devil; adapted by Oliver Herford. *$1. Kennerley.

8–26860.

A three act play adapted from the Hungarian by Oliver Herford. The
devil in the guise of a modern society man takes a hand in overcoming
whatever of resolution and honorable purpose remain in the minds of a
man and woman who are wrestling with the temptation of forbidden love.

* * * * *

“Oliver Herford’s adaption of Ferencz Molnar’s play ... is on the
whole rather a clumsy effort. Points which probably gave value to the
original have been considerably blunted in translation.”

− =N. Y. Times.= 13: 514. S. 19, ’08. 320w.

“It bears the same marks of haste as the stage production. Grammatical
and typographical errors abound, speeches are assigned to the wrong
persons, and even the leading characters are misnamed.”

− =Outlook.= 65: 790. O. 1, ’08. 130w.

* =Monckton, C. C. F.= Radio-telegraphy. *$2. Van Nostrand.

“Contains a general exposition of the principles underlying the
subject, together with a description of a large amount of the
apparatus and methods used by the various companies.” (Nature.)
“Although not so complete as Prof. J. A. Fleming’s work, it gives the
general reader a good account of the rapid progress in the new art of
wireless telegraphy and wireless telephony.” (Nation.)

* * * * *

“Mr. Monckton is successful in making his exposition of the various
systems of transmission and reception, now in use, intelligible to the
non-scientific reader.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 583. D. 10, ’08. 150w.

“Mr. Monckton is to be congratulated on having written a very
interesting and valuable book.” C. C. G.

+ =Nature.= 78: 505. S. 24, ’08. 1050w.

=Montgomery, Harry Earl.= Vital American problems. **$1.50. Putnam.

8–24847.

The trust problem, freight-rate problem, government ownership, labor
problem, and the negro problem are five vital problems discussed with
calm, sane and deliberate judgment.

* * * * *

“The reader will find the proposed remedies set forth with more
reasonableness than the rather assertive confidence of the author’s
language might suggest; while the array of statistical and other data
gives the book a value for popular reference.”

+ − =Nation.= 87: 338. O. 8, ’08. 200w.

=Montgomery, Rev. Henry Hutchinson=, ed. Mankind and the church;
being an attempt to estimate the contribution of great races to
the fulness of the church of God, by seven bishops. *$2.25.
Longmans.

“Two Indian bishops, the archbishop of the West Indies, a bishop in
Japan, another who was for some years in China, and the bishop of New
Guinea speak of the Anglican communion as they have seen it in their
dioceses, its strength, its weakness, its successes, and its failures.
They speak for the Mohammedans and the Hindus of India, for the
Japanese and the Chinese, for the negroes, and for the population,
other than Malay, of the largest island of the Pacific.”—Spec.

* * * * *

“It is written in a manner which will give enjoyment to every
cultivated reader.”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 2: 435. O. 10. 300w.

+ =Cath. World.= 87: 260. My. ’08. 700w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 763. N. 30, ’07. 150w.

“Highly interesting and valuable introduction furnished by Bishop
Montgomery.”

+ =Spec.= 89: 994. D. 14, ’07. 310w.

=Montgomery, Lucy Maud.= Anne of Green Gables. $1.50. Page.

8–18572.

“A farmer in Prince Edward’s island ordered a boy from a Nova Scotia
asylum, but the order got twisted and the result was that a girl was
sent the farmer instead of a boy. That girl is the heroine of this
story.” (N. Y. Times.) “Anne is a sort of Canadian ‘Rebecca of
Sunnybrook farm’ in her imaginativeness, love of high-flown language,
and propensity to get into scrapes. But the book is by no means an
imitation; it has plenty of originality and character.” (Outlook.)

* * * * *

“A story that all girls from 12 to 15, and many grown-ups, will
enjoy.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 274. N. ’08. ✠

“The author’s probable intention was to exhibit a unique development
in this little asylum waif, but there is no real difference between
the girl at the end of the story and the one at the beginning of it.
All the other characters in the book are human enough.”

− + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 404. Jl. 18, ’08. 280w.

“It will please grown-up people quite or nearly as well as the
school-girls for whom it is primarily designed. It ought to have a
wide reading.”

+ =Outlook.= 89: 956. Ag. 22, ’08. 100w.

=Moody, Walter.= Men who sell things; observations and experiences
of over twenty years as travelling salesman, European buyer, sales
manager, employer. **$1. McClurg.

7–41593.

A book of sound advice which is the outcome of knowing every round of
the ladder. Alertness and poise are the salesman’s essentials acquired
“thru the natural law of infinite patience, constant study of new
conditions, clear adaptation of means to ends, infinite devotion to
instant duty, and absolute fidelity to his house as it is and yet may
be.”

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 144. My. ’08.

“While the book is not of a technical nature, nevertheless the fact
that so many engineers are connected with the selling departments of
their firms ... will make it one of value to many technical men.”

+ =Engin. D.= 3: 306. Mr. ’08. 100w.

=Ind.= 64: 321. F. 6, ’08. 50w.

=Moore, Frank Frankfort.= Trial marriage. 75c. Empire book co.

8–19570.

“The author’s aim in this novel seems to be to demonstrate how
inevitable are the fetters of law and custom which, forged at the dawn
of civilization, have now linked themselves into the life and thought
of the twentieth century; we are, he maintains, so strongly bound in
many ways that a return to more primitive usage would be
impossible.... With regard to the scientific care and education of the
young, Mr. Moore puts forth theories not yet advocated by the most
advanced socialist, only to demonstrate their futility.”—Ath.

* * * * *

“We think that he has thus fallen between two stools, and has written
neither interesting fiction nor a useful political tract.”

− =Ath.= 1907, 2: 263. S. 7. 170w.

“We are told that in England Mr. Moore is considered witty but this
does not appear in [this book], although [it] is full of dialogue into
which much glitter has been introduced. It is not the glitter of a
naturally brilliant man, however.” Hildegarde Hawthorne.

− + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 54. F. 1, ’08. 1170w.

=Spec.= 99: 267. Ag. 24, ’07. 150w.

=Moore, Frederick.= Passing of Morocco. **$1.50. Houghton.

8–21029.

An account of the recent outbreak in Morocco and the resulting French
expeditions, interspersed with descriptions of Moroccan life.

* * * * *

+ =Ind.= 64: 1289. Je. 4, ’08. 250w.

“One point only is made which we have not seen sharply brought out
elsewhere, and that is the ruthlessness with which the French have
been carrying on the campaign against the Shawia tribesmen.”

− + =Nation.= 87: 53. Jl. 16, ’08. 330w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 319. Je. 6, ’08. 150w.

=R. of Rs.= 38: 255. Ag. ’08. 40w.

“Here is an eyewitness worth hearing. Mr. Moore, we think, has a more
pliant and engaging style than before.”

+ + − =Spec.= 100: 748. My. 9, ’08. 1400w.

=Moore, James Hall.= Defence of the Mecklenburg declaration of
independence. *$1.50. Stone & Barringer co.

8–17535.

An attempt to prove the authenticity of the documents which
Carolinians hold to have been drawn up by the citizens of the county
of Mecklenburg, May 20, 1775, in which they declared their
independence of England. The author storms the Hoyt strongholds of
opposition and incidentally throws light on some of the obscure phases
of the revolution.

* * * * *

“Mr. Moore adds almost no new facts to the controversy, and his
literary skill is not large.”

− =Ind.= 65: 98. Jl. 9, ’08. 320w.

“He possesses neither the historical sense nor the critical acumen of
Mr. Hoyt. As a complete expression of what can be said in favor of the
declaration his book has value.”

− + =Nation.= 87: 116. Ag. 6, ’08. 250w.

“It is difficult to see where he has made any impression on Mr. Hoyt’s
position, which is practically that taken by Adams and Jefferson.”

− =N. Y. Times.= 13: 411. Jl. 25, ’08. 1550w.

“There can be no doubt that Mr. Moore’s book is to the pro-Mecklenburg
literature what Mr. Hoyt’s is to the anti-Mecklenburg—the best that
has yet been published.”

− + =Outlook.= 89: 623. Jl. 18, ’08. 360w.

* =Moore, Mrs. N. Hudson.= Delftware, Dutch and English. **$1. Stokes.

8–26011.

The initial volume in “The collector’s handbooks” series. It is a
guide to many styles of Delftware, explains its nature and tells the
story of its production from 1672 to the present time, including
Oriental influence and the origin of designs for decoration.

* * * * *

“Mrs. Moore’s book has been judiciously and interestingly compiled.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 586. D. 10, ’08. 200w.

“Follows the plan of her earlier books in its chief features and is
quite up to her standard.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 684. N. 21, ’08. 170w.

=Moore, Norman.= History of the study of medicine in the British
Isles. *$3.40. Oxford.

The Fitz-Patrick lectures before the Royal college of physicians of
London, for 1905–6. “The inner title, ‘History of the study of
medicine in the British Isles,’ is somewhat misleading, since Dr.
Moore does not attempt to show precisely how practitioners were
trained. What he has done is to pick out various medical men of
different periods, and to sketch partly their training and partly
their methods as indicative of the general state of medical study in
Great Britain at the time.” (Nation.) “The whole is a curious
combination of science, tradition, and what we may, perhaps, call
white magic.” (Spec.)

* * * * *

“Dr. Moore’s volume is rather episodic and biographical than
historical in any broad sense; but what he writes is of extreme
interest, and may well form a basis for further work since he has gone
to original sources for the facts.”

+ + =Ath.= 1908, 1: 421. Ap. 4. 650w.

“It is very creditable to Dr. Norman Moore that he has made time to
consult original authorities, and that he has cast his results into
four such interesting chapters.” D’Arcy Power.

+ =Eng. Hist. R.= 23: 550. Jl. 08. 1150w.

“An exceedingly entertaining and instructive book, despite the
somewhat rambling and unsystematic treatment.”

+ + − =Nation.= 86: 495. My. 28, ’08. 300w.

“Dr. Moore’s book is a most interesting and scholarly contribution to
the history of medicine.”

+ + =Nature.= 78: 25. My. 14, ’08. 1900w.

“All this deserves, and, so excellent is Dr. Moore’s method, will
easily secure, careful attention.”

+ + =Spec.= 100: 544. Ap. 4, ’08. 400w.

=Moral= training in the public schools. $1.50. Ginn.

7–28175.

Two essays that received respectively first and second prizes offered
by an anonymous California citizen for the best essays written on the
subject.

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 144. My. ’08.

“This collection of views is well deserving of study for much valuable
pedagogical instruction that it contains. It is, too, a pregnant,
ready-made text for a powerful article in defense of our parochial
schools.”

+ + =Cath. World.= 86: 824. Mr. ’08. 400w.

“No teacher can afford to neglect a careful reading of the book.” E:
O. Sisson.

+ =Dial.= 44: 276. My. 1, ’08. 600w.

“Is distinctly worth reading and reading again.”

+ =Educ. R.= 35: 103. Ja. ’08. 80w.

“On the whole, sound, sane, suggestive, instructive, inspiring, seem
to the reviewer the adjectives that most fitly describe this little
book. It is worthy the attention of teachers.” C. T. Lane.

+ =El. School T.= 8: 463. Ap. ’08. 650w.

“The volume is a notable contribution to the discussion of moral
education and allied problems, and the simplicity of treatment makes
it easy reading. The absence of an index is to be regretted.” W. S.
Monroe.

+ + − =J. Philos.= 5: 51. Ja. 16, ’08. 380w.

“The book deserves attention from parents as well as teachers.”

+ =Nation.= 86: 399. Ap. 30, ’08. 70w.

=More, Paul Elmer.= Shelburne essays, 5th. ser. **$1.25. Putnam.

8–14376.

=ser. 5=. A fifth volume of “Shelburne essays.” There are eleven in
number, and they deal with such subjects as The Greek anthology, The
centenary of Longfellow, Dickens, Chesterfield, Gissing, and Donald G.
Mitchell.

* * * * *

“Their literary merit warrants their purchase in book form by larger
libraries.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 292. D. ’08. (Review of v. 5.)

“In the pages of so accomplished a literary artist as Mr. More one
looks for, and finds, many an apt phrase that lingers in the mind.”

+ =Dial.= 45: 93. Ag. 15, ’08. 140w. (Review of v. 5.)

“The book is a valuable outcome of much knowledge and wise
deliberation.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 352. Je. 20, ’08. 180w. (Review of v. 5.)

“Whatever Mr. More writes, however, has the value of thorough and
competent workmanship; but a little salt of wit, an occasional
lightness of touch, would cheer his readers without weakening the
fiber of his very scholarly work.”

+ − =Outlook.= 89: 811. Ag. 8, ’08. 260w. (Review of v. 5.)

=Morgan, George.= True Patrick Henry. **$2. Lippincott.

7–27032.

Descriptive note and excerpts in Dec. 1907.

* * * * *

“One omission it seems to the reviewer has been made: the sectional
conflict in Virginia which paralleled and followed the Stamp act
controversy.” W: E. Dodd.

+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 13: 652. Ap. ’08. 500w.

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 81. Mr. ’08.

“The writer’s imagination occasionally runs riot when he attempts to
reconstruct the scenes through which the orator of Virginia moved.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 823. D. 28. 190w.

“The author also brings in many details of persons and events that
distract attention from the main current of the narrative.”

+ − =Dial.= 44: 80. F. 1, ’08. 240w.

“It is the chief defect of Mr. Morgan’s book that he claims too much,
in too many directions.”

+ − =Nation.= 85: 591. D. 26, ’07. 1920w.

“This is a biography which, if somewhat colored by the zeal of
hero-worship, is profitable as well as pleasurable reading.”

+ − =Outlook.= 87: 877. D. 21, ’07. 320w.

=Morgan, George Campbell.= Analysed Bible. 3v. ea. **$1. Revell.

7–33562.

A commentary to be complete in about thirty volumes which attempts to
preserve a unity by analysing the books of the Bible into large
logical sections. Volumes one to three are as follows: Genesis to
Esther; Job to Malachi; Matthew to Revelation.

* * * * *

“These analyses are always clever, but sometimes at least not
sufficiently supported by the text.”

+ − =Bib. World.= 31: 478. Je. ’08. 90w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

“The analyses and titles are generally striking and rhetorical rather
than simply faithful to the works discussed.”

− =Bib. World.= 31: 480, Je. ’08. 70w. (Review of v. 3.)

“While these three volumes, containing brief introductions to all the
books of scripture, might be useful for a Sunday school Bible class,
yet they are vitiated by an utter lack of criticism, and by a failure
to put the reader at all in touch with the way of regarding the Bible
that should be inevitable to every modern man.” E. S. Drown.

− + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 606. O. 21, ’08. 100w. (Review of v. 1–3.)

=Morgan, James.= Abraham Lincoln. †$1.50. Macmillan.

8–28434.

Mr. Morgan aims not to form a history of the civil war, nor to give an
analysis of Lincoln’s character but to write a simple straightforward
story of his life in its true sequence. This plain story of essentials
is a “series of dramatic pictures of the struggles and achievements of
a common man in whom a race of common men is exalted. In the
preparation of his book Mr. Morgan has made use of the various
accessible authorities, presenting those incidents in his hero’s life
which are most significant and essential.” (R. of Rs.)

* * * * *

“He tells a story, simple and straightforward—one that will interest
and inspire the young American reader.” K. L. M.

+ =Bookm.= 28: 387. D. ’08. 60w.

“Mr. Morgan is much more than a faithful compiler. He has points of
view of his own, and seizes with individual judgment upon the facts
worth while.”

+ =Lit. D.= 37: 905. D. 12, ’08. 90w.

“Mr. Morgan tells his story pleasingly, and presents in it a very good
sketch of Lincoln’s remarkable career.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 593. O. 24, ’08. 140w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 38: 633. N. ’08. 170w.

“We do not see that he tells us anything new about Lincoln. A book
about Lincoln is, we might say, always welcome; when carefully and
sympathetically written it is a thing to be highly appreciated.”

+ =Spec.= 101: 887. N. 28, ’08. 150w.

=Morley, John.= Critical miscellanies, v. 4. *$1.50. Macmillan.

A group of “fugitive pieces, yet perhaps not altogether without a
clue.” (Preface.) The subjects are as follows: Machiavelli;
Guicciardini; A new calendar of great men; John Stuart Mill, an
anniversary; Lecky on democracy; A historical romance; and Democracy
and reaction. The appendix furnishes explanatory and bibliographical
notes.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 293. D. ’08.

“The volume is commended to those who enjoy a literary style of the
highest excellence, allusive yet never obscure, deep reflection
enriched by wide literary knowledge and rendered precise by personal
experience in governmental affairs, fair-minded treatment of opposing
views, and a vindication of political idealism.”

+ =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 176. O. ’08. 330w.

“A work of real value to serious persons and merits a place in all
well-ordered libraries.”

+ =Arena.= 40: 473. N. ’08. 330w.

“Lord Morley reflects in every page he writes the influence of the
best culture of the day.”

+ + =Ath.= 1908, 2: 61. Jl. 18. 2000w.

“With his clear style, wide reading and ever present note-book, he is
one of the most delightful of transmitters that we have.” C. M.
Francis.

+ =Bookm=, 28: 146. O. ’08. 2000w.

“The book is good reading and wholesome for us Americans. It will help
us to think straight about some of our own immediate problems,
although it does not deal with any one of them directly.” Brander
Matthews.

+ =Forum.= 40: 213. S. ’08. 1000w.

+ + =Ind.= 65: 615. S. 10, ’08. 130w.

=Lit. D.= 37: 564. O. 17, ’08. 220w.

“The charm and value of these essays depend largely on the fact that
they are the product of a rich mind, which has thoroughly digested its
knowledge, and has tested books by experience.”

+ + =Nation.= 87: 234. S. 10, ’08. 1650w.

Reviewed by H. W. Boynton.

=Putnam’s.= 5: 111. O. ’08. 360w.

“The great merit of these ‘Miscellanies’—the fine flower of
essay-writing—is that they ‘set men on thinking’ about politics.”

+ + =Sat. R.= 106: 48. Jl. 11, ’08. 2150w.

“We have no other writer with quite the same outlook,—the sane and
broad-minded liberalism, the candour, the earnest desire for the
truth, the tolerance for human imperfections.”

+ + =Spec.= 101: 18. Jl. 4, ’08. 1650w.

=Morris, Gouverneur.= Footprint, and other stories. †$1.50.
Scribner.

8–6985.

Eleven stories, creepy and gruesome for the most part, which smack
more of the fatalist’s fancy than of the imagination which
characterizes wholesome adventure. The stories are The footprint,
Paradise ranch, Captain England, The execution, Simon L’Ouvrier, A
Carolina night’s dream, The stowing away of Mr. Bill Ballad, The
explorers, The little heiress, The best man, and The crocodile.

* * * * *

“Gruesome short stories varying in merit. Some of them are decidedly
clever, some grotesque or horrible, and all are more or less
disagreeable, and incline to the morbid.”

− + =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 157. My. ’08.

“Mr. Morris ought to change his course. Nevertheless, I am glad that
before mending his ways he has given us this volume. If these stories
are not great, they are at least different, and their rather highly
spiced originality is welcome to a jaded appetite.” Ward Clark.

+ =Bookm.= 27: 283. My. ’08. 500w.

“One might discuss at some length Mr. Morris’s methods of fiction, for
they are good methods, and might be studied with profit by many better
known and far more prolific writers of to-day.” F: T. Cooper.

+ =Bookm.= 27: 307. My. ’08. 350w.

=Ind.= 64: 974. Ap. 30, ’08. 170w.

“They show Mr. Morris to excel most of the short-story writers of the
day in his use of the Stevenson manner, which he combines with Edgar
Allan Poe matter. The knack of descriptive narration he has in an
uncommon degree, whether his pictures be first hand or not. The sense
of futility is the chief defect of what are otherwise capital tales.”

+ − =Nation.= 86: 219. Mr. 5, ’08. 300w.

“Nine stories of a very depressing aspect. It seems as though the
choicest bits of horror had been suggested by Poe, and the cynicism by
Maupassant.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 269. My. 9, ’08. 130w.

“Very clever but sometimes intensely disagreeable studies of the
horrible and grotesque.”

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

=R. of Rs.= 37: 761. Je. ’08. 300w.

=Morris, Harrison Smith.= Lyrics and landscapes. **$1. Century.

8–12818.

A collection of poems by the author of “Madonna and other poems” and
“Tales from ten poets.” “Mr. Morris strikes his deepest note in
Destiny, a Phi beta kappa poem, although we regret to find in these
dignified verses a veiled apology for our latter-day American
imperialism.” (Dial.)

* * * * *

“Neat and decorous compositions, not exactly inspired, but mildly
pleasing.” W: M. Payne.

+ =Dial.= 45: 64. Ag. 1, ’08. 130w.

“His poems have no great philosophical content, perhaps; but in his
ode to ‘Night’ he succeeds unusually well in a kind of eye and ear
impressionism quite legitimate after its own fashion.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 34. Jl. 9, ’08. 250w.

=Morrow, William C.= Lentala of the South seas: the romantic tale of
a lost colony. †$1.50. Stokes.

8–24468.

A tale of the hardships of a band of colonists cast away on an island
in the South seas. “The book is nothing more than an account of the
savages’ attempts to hoodwink and destroy the white invaders, and the
white men’s final conquest, thanks to the timely aid of a volcano, an
earthquake and a thunder-storm. There is also an adopted daughter of a
cannibal king, who figures somewhat largely in the book.” (Bookm.)

* * * * *

“Somewhat uninspired, and much too long.” F: T. Cooper.

− =Bookm.= 28: 146. O. ’08. 340w.

“Is more or less exciting, but is written in a style whose affectation
of simplicity results in being decidedly irritating.”

− =N. Y. Times.= 13: 512. S. 19, ’08. 140w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 746. D. 5, ’08. 170w.

=Morse, Hosea Ballou.= Trade and administration of the Chinese
empire. *$2.50. Longmans.

8–18747.

“Portrays the present state of the Chinese empire, with such record of
the past as will enable the reader better to comprehend the present.”
(Sat. R.) “The two opening chapters, written by the Rev. F. L. Hawks
Potts, President of St. John’s College, at Shanghai, present a
condensed but readable sketch of the history of China from the
earliest times to the present. Mr. Ballou then in a dozen chapters
elucidates the system of government.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“A much needed book.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 197. Je. ’08.

“A useful compendium.”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 2: 365. S. 26. 850w.

“Is the first to put into succinct form a fairly complete account of
those practical matters concerning which the man of affairs, whether
of business or of state, most wishes information. The book lacks an
analytical table of contents, which would have greatly enhanced its
value for just those readers for whom it is particularly designed.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 294. My 23, ’08. 320w.

“Mr. Morse is impartial—as impartial, at any rate, as a man who knows
his subject can be. An eminently informative book.”

+ =Sat. R.= 105: 758. Je. 13, ’08. 1650w.

=Mosby, John Singleton.= Stuart’s cavalry in the Gettysburg
campaign. **$2. Moffat.

8–8120.

Col. Mosby’s aim is that of clearing the name of Gen. Stuart from
aspersions cast upon it in records made by Gen. Lee’s staff-officers.
It gives a sketch of the battle of Chancellorsville and the cavalry
combat which opened the Gettysburg campaign and justifies Gen.
Stuart’s movements.

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 197. Je. ’08.

“It cannot be said that Col. Mosby proves all his points; but he does
prove some of them, and throws new light on others.”

− + =Dial.= 45: 43. Jl. 16, ’08. 420w.

“Col. Mosby goes against all the accepted authorities; he takes to
task all of Lee’s biographers and staff officers; he makes raids in
all directions upon historical positions, and he fires volleys here
and there, some of which are effective and some of which go off
harmless into the air.”

− =Nation.= 87: 37. Jl. 9, ’08. 760w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 215. Ap. 11, ’08. 80w.

“Col. Mosby is, of course, a partisan. But his account is interesting,
it brings out neglected aspects of the famous battle.”

− + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 305. My. 30, ’08. 1100w.

=Mosenthal, Salomon Hermann, ritter von.= Stories of Jewish home
life. $1.25. Jewish pub.

7–40796.

Five stories as follows: Aunt Guttraud, Schlemihlchen, Rav’s Mine,
Jephthah’s daughter, and Rascholchen. In them the great heart of
humanity throbs and goodness triumphs. The settings and colorings are
distinctively Jewish.

* * * * *

“Should be as fascinating to the Gentile reader as many stories of
Gentile hearth and fireside experience have been to the Jews.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 206. Ap. 11, ’08. 350w.

=Moses, Bernard.= South America on the eve of emancipation: the
southern Spanish colonies in the last half-century of their
dependence. *$1.50. Putnam.

8–15885.

“A sketch of social conditions in South America during the period
immediately preceding the severance of relations with the mother
country. The most interesting chapters are those dealing with the
characteristics of the colonial city and the developments of social
classes under Spanish rule.”—Nation.

* * * * *

“Without making any attempt to exhaust the subject, Professor Moses
has succeeded in giving excellent pictures of life and institutions in
the pre-revolutionary era.”

+ =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 164. O. ’08. 660w.

“This work errs in details, sometimes in essential details. For the
purpose in view, this must be pronounced a very useful and
entertaining little work.”

+ − =Ind.= 65: 787. O. 1, ’08. 420w.

“Should be carefully read as an introduction to the study of
Latin-American institutions.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 262. S. 17, ’08. 260w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 334. Je. 13, ’08. 150w.

=R. of Rs.= 38: 383. S. ’08. 50w.

=Moses, Edith.= Unofficial letters of an official’s wife. **$1.50.
Appleton.

8–29360.

A group of chatty informing letters which the wife of Professor Moses
wrote while residing in Manila during the governorship of Mr. Taft.
One finds all the bits of Philippine “hearsay” most entertainingly set
down, including the appearance and characteristics of the natives,
housekeeping problems, incompetency of servants, discomforts of
climate, social life in Manila, amusements, holiday revelry and
excursions out from Manila.

=Moses, Montrose Jonas.= Children’s books and reading. *$1.50.
Kennerley.

7–38221.

Descriptive note and excerpts in Dec. 1907.

* * * * *

“It would be too much to expect that all should agree with the
selection of recommended books, but the choices are sane, on the
whole, and if not carefully balanced, and satisfactory in all
particulars, are suggestive. Bibliographical information concerning
title is frequently inaccurate, incomplete, and faulty in form.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 106. Ap. ’08.

“While there is much in it that is sound, practical, and useful, we
cannot give it unqualified praise; it is, as the author himself
admits, an incomplete and unfinished sketch. There are many slips,
errors, and omissions, sadly needing correction.”

+ − =Dial.= 44: 180. Mr. 16, ’08. 500w.

“It is especially valuable to librarians, with whose needs the author
is familiar.”

+ =Ind.= 64: 751. Ap. 2, ’08. 350w.

“May be trusted as a safe guide in a problem that becomes yearly more
difficult.”

+ =Nation.= 86: 79. Ja. 23, ’08. 260w.

=Mosso, Angelo.= Palaces of Crete and their builders. *$5.25.
Putnam. 8–12966.

“An account of certain excavations and investigations in the famed
land of the Minotaur, which carry the history of the Cretans back
authentically to the neolithic period and furnish much interesting
material for archaeologists, historians, anthropologists and
antiquaries generally.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

“The translation is excellent.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 833. D. 28. 1550w.

+ =Class. J.= 4: 47. N. ’08. 40w.

“The personal element often becomes obtrusive. Moreover, there are
many mistakes in the text. With all its faults, however, the volume
has a pleasing freshness and spontaneity.”

+ − =Nation.= 86: 357. Ap. 16, ’08. 500w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 86. F. 15, ’08. 400w.

“Dr. Mosso’s is no dry-as-dust narrative. He knows how to be
entertaining, and he is entertaining.”

+ =Outlook.= 88: 655. Mr. 21, ’08. 550w.

“The book is a rambling and often rather absurd work, written about
things archæological by one who is no archæologist, but knows a good
deal about skulls and something about divers natural sciences. The
author ... has a strong bent towards rhapsodical and even dithyrambic
meditation, and indulges it to the full. The book is worth
examination, however, and even purchase, for its illustrations.”

− − + =Sat. R.= 105: 207. F. 15, ’08. 1050w.

“Whatever we may think of Signor Mosso’s ethnology, his book will be
found full of interesting detail, which we may or may not connect with
his anthropology.”

+ =Spec.= 100: sup. 648. Ap. 25, ’08. 400w.

=Motley, James Marvin.= Apprenticeship in American trade unions.
(Johns Hopkins univ. studies in historical and political science.
Series 25, nos. 11–12.) 50c. Johns Hopkins.

8–7186.

A monograph whose chief emphasis is placed upon the historical
development of apprenticeship and upon the critical analysis of union
regulations. There are chapters on apprenticeship as regulated by
government, custom, trade-unions and trade agreement.

* * * * *

+ =Am. Hist. R.= 13: 696. Ap. ’08. 50w.

“This is an admirable scholarly piece of research, of the highest
credit to its author and the economic seminary of Johns Hopkins
university. There is but one place where I would raise a question, and
that is in the difficult attempt to classify the unions according to
the extent to which they enforce apprenticeship as a prerequisite to
membership.” J: R. Commons.

+ + − =Econ. Bull.= 1: 49. Ap. ’08. 530w.

=Motley, John Lothrop.= Motley’s Dutch nation; being the Rise of the
Dutch republic (1555–1584); condensed, with introd., notes, and a
brief history of the Dutch people to 1908, by W: Elliot Griffis.
$1.75. Harper.

8–12133.

An abridgement of Motley’s “Rise of the Dutch republic” and an
independent sketch of Dutch history, from A. D. 1584 to 1907
constitute respectively the two broad divisions of this volume. The
latter brings the history down to date, showing the social, political,
and economic situation and problems of the Dutch nation.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 229. Je. ’08.

“A more useful single-volume treatment of Dutch history is hardly to
be found.”

+ =Dial.= 44: 316. My. 16, ’08. 50w.

“We confess to a feeling of sorrow and affront on seeing Motley
abridged. But the work has been as well done as was possible.”

+ =Lit. D.= 36: 765. My. 23, ’08. 170w.

“Contains only a single map, and that is inadequate. Such an omission
is unpardonable.”

+ − =Nation.= 87: 93. Je. 30, ’08. 60w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 378. Jl. 4, ’08. 300w.

=Moulton, Richard Green.= Shakespeare as a dramatic thinker: a
popular illustration of fiction as the experimental side of
philosophy. *$1.50. Macmillan.

7–29024.

Descriptive note and excerpts in Dec. 1907.

* * * * *

“The difficulty of the attempt [to collect the moral lessons in
Shakespeare into a system] is increased with the rigidness of the
system and the formality of the treatment, and Prof. Moulton’s
treatment is formal even to pedantry.”

− =N. Y. Times.= 13: 91. F. 15, ’08. 290w.

=Muir, M. M. Pattison.= History of chemical theories and laws. *$4.
Wiley.

6–45162.

“Mr. Pattison Muir does not claim to write a history of chemistry; he
traces the growth of knowledge and opinion on such matters as the
nature of the elements from the crude conceptions of the alchemists
through the strict atomic theory down to the current ideas about ions
and electrons. Similarly he deals with the nature of chemical change,
which with the conception of element and compound form the two special
ideas marking off chemistry from the other sciences.”—Sat. R.

* * * * *

“Certainly the author has given the information in a most readable and
fascinating manner, which will render his book useful and attractive
to a wider circle than merely chemists and physicists.”

+ =Ath.= 1907, 1: 543. My. 4. 600w.

“Mr. Muir has displayed great learning and much literary ability.” W.
R.

+ =Nature.= 75: 601. Ap. 25, ’07. 900w.

“We can recommend Mr. Pattison Muir’s treatise to any serious student
of chemistry; it is just the book for a clever boy who has learnt all
the routine, and now should begin to think more abstractly and
generally.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 104: 85. Jl. 20, ’07. 300w.

“The feeling of growth and organic interrelation is kept admirably
before the reader. The style is attractive and the mode of
presentation lucid and interesting. The book is not only suggestive,
but highly readable—there is not a dry page in it.” Alexander Smith.

+ + =Science=, n.s. 27: 304. F. 21, ’08. 800w.

=Mulford, Clarence E.= Orphan. $1.50. Outing pub.

8–6662.

With the plains as a habitat, clumps of chaparral to hide in, cowboys
to hunt him down, and Apache bands to match his deadly aim, the
Orphan, outlaw and terror of Ford’s Station is the fascinating hero of
this tale. In the development of the story, it is revealed that his
vengeance is directed only towards cowardly, irritating, petty
specimens of cowboy humanity; that underneath his rough exterior are
splendid manhood and courage; and that he is as chivalrous as a knight
of old when called upon to defend women. There is plenty of wild west
adventure with which mingle the dust and heat of the plains.

* * * * *

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 213. Ap. 11, ’08. 30w.

“The book is as virile as the life it describes.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 304. My. 30, ’08. 150w.

=Müller, Margarethe.= Carla Wenckebach, pioneer. *$1.25. Ginn.

8–29596.

An intimate sketch of “a very unusual, very vital human being” who,
born and educated in Germany, became a wanderer, living in six
countries and having a variety of bread-winning experiences, and
finally finding her place as professor at Wellesley where she remained
until her death. The invincible spirit of hard work characterized her
life which is portrayed by her friend and successor.

* * * * *

“The account of this remarkable woman’s life is very interesting. One
would scarcely suspect, but for Professor Müller’s prefatory
confession, that English was not the author’s mother tongue.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 582. D. 10, ’08. 600w.

=Mullins, Rev. Edgar Y.= Axioms of religion. **$1. Am. Bapt.

8–14676.

Beginning with the new test of denominationalism and other themes
leading to the truth of the soul’s competency in religion, Doctor
Mullins proceeds to show that religion has its axioms no less than
other realms of knowledge and experience. He gives the theological,
the religious, the ecclesiastical, the moral, the religio-civic and
the social axiom.

* * * * *

“His conclusions are those of a sincere and cultivated man, and merit
a respectful attention from the reader, be he or not a Baptist.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 381. Jl. 4, ’08. 120w.

=Munro, Neil.= The Clyde; river and firth. *$6. Macmillan.

8–18705.

“The river ‘from a mossy cup in a nook of barren hill,’ and the
estuary down to Ailsa Craig, are shown under many phases of wind and
weather, with castles, mountains, hillsides, waterfalls, villages,
orchards, and fishing pools; the harbour and shipping: and the
yacht-flecked lower waters and mountain-girt lochs, with endless glens
and islands and landmarks of history since the Norsemen’s time.”—Ath.

* * * * *

“The fidelity of the sketches is as marked a characteristic as their
winsomeness. Some press errors ... are venial blemishes in a beautiful
book, which is an excellent memorial of the Clyde, viewed through
three happy temperaments.”

+ + − =Ath.= 1908, 1: 95. Ja. 25. 1120w.

“A beautiful and a readable volume.”

+ =Dial.= 44: 216. Ap. 1, ’08. 300w.

“The colored illustrations ... are of the character to which we have
become so well accustomed in these picture books—at times clear and
almost beautiful, at times a mere daub of crude colors.”

+ − =Nation.= 86: 147. F. 13, ’08. 100w.

“Mr. Munro writes with his enthusiasm well in hand, and the
illustrations are more pleasing than is always the case in this class
of book.”

+ =Sat. R.= 105: 211. F. 15, ’08. 230w.

=Munroe, Kirk.= Under the Great Bear. †$1.25. Harper.

A book for boys which narrates the adventures of a young mechanical
engineer who goes to Newfoundland and Labrador in the interests of a
copper company. There are encounters with icebergs, blizzards, wrecks,
smuggling enterprises, to whet a healthy imagination, and underneath
all there is a mind single to duty and definite accomplishment.

=Münsterberg, Hugo.= On the witness stand: essays on psychology and
crime. **$1.50. McClure.

8–13667.

A book for judges and lawyers which presents a deeply psychological
study of crime and its various methods of detection and prevention.
The author discusses at length the many illusions which often affect
the minds of witnesses, the errors which are due to the defective
memory of witnesses, and the influence often exerted upon testimony by
suggestion in court and by hypnotic influence. The book leaves no
point untouched which has to do with modern ideas and methods in
dealing with crime.

* * * * *

“The last chapter, concerning the prevention of crime and use of
modern psychological knowledge in this connection is the most valuable
and suggestive.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 198. Je. ’08.

“An extremely important little volume, which should be read by
everyone who has to do with criminal courts or who is interested in
problems of crime.”

+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 32: 627. N. ’08. 130w.

“The unsatisfactory initial chapters are, however, largely redeemed by
the remaining portion of the book.” F: T. Hill.

− + =Bookm.= 27: 406. Je. ’08. 600w.

“How little or how much one may sympathise with Professor
Munsterberg’s methods and conclusions, one may unhesitatingly approve
his emphasis of attention to the problem as a psychological one.”
Joseph Jastrow.

+ =Dial.= 45: 38. Jl. 16, ’08. 1750w.

=Ind.= 65: 664. S. 17, ’08. 330w.

“The main contention of the book is open to serious question.”

− =Nation.= 86: 472. My. 21, ’08. 700w.

“Prof. Münsterberg talks fact and common sense; he defines what can,
and especially what can not, be done with hypnotism. Thus he performs
a great and much-needed service—a service that ought to put many a
pseudo-mystic out of business and rescue numberless dupes from the
swindlers who are robbing and killing them.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 237. Ap. 25, ’08. 700w.

“His book is most suggestive, interesting and valuable, although
marred here and thereby a tendency to dogmatism.”

+ − =Outlook.= 89: 127. My. 16, ’08. 350w.

“There is a good deal of interesting and perhaps profitable
information in what the professor tells in his chapters.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 38: 255. Ag. ’08. 160w.

* =Murdoch, W. G. Burn-.= From Edinburgh to India and Burmah. *$3.50. Dutton.

A pictorial journey with text to amplify it. The author’s impressions
“were gathered at the time of the visit of the Prince and Princess of
Wales, and are mingled with many digressions and reflections. The
author saw southern India first, and was charmed with it, but found it
eclipsed in every respect by Burmah. Thence he returned to Calcutta,
and made his way back to Bombay viâ Benares, Agra, and Delhi.” (Ath.)

* * * * *

“The book itself is pleasantly written, and even on the wellworn
themes of P. and O. voyages and Indian travel fresh impressions from a
capable observer are welcome. There are too many misprints.”

+ − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 303. S. 12. 380w.

“His notes on his journey are in the nature of a diary, and run
smoothly and fluently, carrying the reader easily along through scenes
which a heavier literary cicerone would render tiresome.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 754. D. 5, ’08. 120w.

=Murdock, Harold.= Earl Percy’s dinner table. Special ed. *$5.
Houghton.

7–39216.

“The author does not attempt to set forth in fictional form the Boston
of 1774–5, but pictures it in vivid, dramatic narrative, in which
figure constantly the chief actors of the time, both British and
colonial. Earl Percy’s hospitable board is the scene of the greater
part of the narrative, and the reader gets from the conversation of
his guests picturesque accounts of the state of public feeling in the
town, but toward the end there are stirring descriptions of the
fighting at Lexington and at Bunker Hill. The final pages recount the
later histories of Earl Percy’s guests. Copious notes in the back of
the book explain historical references and quote authorities.”—N. Y.
Times.

* * * * *

“The notes are, perhaps, more interesting than the text.”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 1: 416. Ap. 4. 400w.

“The atmosphere of the period has been remarkably suggested throughout
the story, which holds the interest of the reader to the end.”
Laurence Burnam.

+ =Bookm.= 27: 310. My. ’08. 220w.

“An unusual book—an historical monograph possessing both
unquestionable authenticity and rare distinction of style.” E. K.
Dunton.

+ + =Dial.= 44: 71. F. 1, ’08. 1230w.

“A unique bit of historical recreation.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 38. Ja. 25, ’08. 160w.

=Putnam’s.= 3: 754. Mr. ’08. 350w.

=Murphy, Thomas Dowler.= British highways and byways, from a motor
car: being a record of a five thousand mile tour in England, Wales
and Scotland; with 16 il. in color, and 32 duogravures from
photographs. 2 maps. $3. Page.

8–5245.

Good maps, and excellent illustrations increase the value of Mr.
Murphy’s well arranged information concerning British cities, and
rural Britain.

* * * * *

“An excellent guide. The incidental information about hotels and
garages will save many moments of worry.” H. E. Coblentz.

+ =Dial.= 44: 347. Je. 1, ’08. 240w.

“He has succeeded in giving us something more readable and more
literary in character than the ordinary compendiums. The author’s love
of historic places and of beautiful scenery makes the book of
considerable value as a vade mecum.”

+ =Ind.= 64: 1294. Je. 4, ’08. 260w.

“An agreeably written and attractively illustrated book.”

+ =Lit. D.= 37: 60. Jl. 11, ’08. 70w.

=Murray, John, and Miller, Marion Mills.= Round up: a romance of
Arizona; novelized from Edmund Day’s melodrama, il. †$1.50.
Dillingham.

8–11703.

Prospectors, ranchmen, outlaws, and Apaches, with a western heroine or
two furnish the characters for this novelized melodrama set in Arizona
and Mexico. “It is decidedly a stirring tale, abounding in
thrills—fights and famine, torture and deceit, love and vengeance.”
(N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“The ‘novelizers’ have done their work well, but those portions which
form the cement holding the dialogue together seem sometimes a bit
labored.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 302. My. 30, ’08. 150w.

N

=Nash, Henry Sylvester.= Atoning life. **$1. Macmillan.

8–12601.

A book instinct with the spirit that reforms, with the atoning life
that lies at the root of good society, at the foundation of human
fellowship. Dr. Nash says: “One of the pressing needs of ministers and
laymen alike is a vital theology that springs from life and, returning
quickly to the life out of which it sprang, gives form and clarity to
experience.” It is with this vital theology that the book deals.

* * * * *

“Those who know Dr. Nash’s previous works will expect to find here
deep scholarship and spiritual power and striking forms of speech.
They may not expect to find such complete simplicity of style as will
add clearness to depth. But just such a combination is to be found
here.” E. S. Drown.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 607. O. 24, ’08. 140w.

“Here is a small book but a great one, in which deep and patient study
issues in such terse expression that one should willingly give it two
or three readings to absorb its fullness.”

+ =Outlook.= 89: 352. Je. 13. ’08. 400w.

=National civic federation.= Municipal and private operation of
public utilities; report. 3v. $10. National civic federation.

8–2952.

A report representing two years of exhaustive investigation which
comprises three volumes—one containing the conclusions arrived at and
the other two the statistics of plants examined, upon which these
conclusions are based.

* * * * *

“These three volumes as a whole present the most valuable compilation
of statistics concerning municipal affairs yet published in the United
States. Whatever limitations are present are in large degree
unavoidable, for the complexity of the subjects to be treated makes it
unusually difficult, if not impossible, to draw from the facts a
conclusion that will be convincing to all.” C. L. Jones.

+ + − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 31: 731. My. ’08. 600w.

“Far superior to anything of the kind heretofore published. It is to
be regretted that the general review of the whole investigation
contains so little in the way of judicial weighing and balancing.”

+ − =Engin. N.= 59: 291. Mr. 12, ’08. 6000w.

“This is probably the first time that such a complete discussion of
the subject has been presented under conditions so favorable for
clearing away the unessential assumptions and disputed facts that make
the usual article on the subject hardly worth reading.”

+ =Engin. Rec.= 56: 693. D. 21, ’07. 350w.

“The volumes are supplied with very minute indexes, which will enable
a student to secure information on almost any point involved in the
discussion of municipal operation.” D. R. Dewey.

+ − =Pol. Sci. Q.= 23: 337. Je. ’08. 850w.

=Neff, Elizabeth.= Altars to Mammon. il. †$1.50. Stokes.

8–5884.

The story of a young Methodist minister’s struggle against the
over-powering money-methods by which a millionaire would gain entrance
to the kingdom of heaven. “The pastor is fresh from a theological
seminary, and the scene of the story is a sordid little town where the
pull is toward the open saloons away from the churches.” (Ind.)

* * * * *

“The wealthy capitalist who grinds the faces of the poor and salves
his conscience by building churches has been worked to death of late,
and ought to be allowed a season of decent retirement.” W: M. Payne.

− + =Dial.= 44: 245. Ap. 16, ’08. 300w.

“The story is written after the manner of E. P. Roe, and should have a
wide circulation among those who admire the commonplace, even in
heresies. It is realistic in situations, literal in details, and
indicates that the author has good principles, excellent convictions,
shrewd insight, everything except genius.”

− + =Ind.= 64: 810. Ap. 9, ’08. 200w.