Chapter IV: Preface (3)

+ + =Ind.= 64: 1038. My. 7, ’08. 300w.

=Bailey, Henry Christopher.= Colonel Greatheart. †$1.50. Bobbs.

8–29002.

The setting for this story of “men and arms” is taken from the
stirring days of Cavaliers and Roundheads, of Puritans and
“malignants”; but the machines of war are rather in the background,
while in the fore is a witching woman, a conqueror of hearts and a
marker of destinies. It tells of a woman’s ambition which urges
valiant men to perilous deeds.

* * * * *

“A particularly good story.” W: M. Payne.

+ =Dial.= 45: 296. N. 1, ’08. 340w.

“A story of spirit, sure to hold the reader to the last page. It is a
pity that Mr. Bailey should have seen fit to burden it with a comic
French cook and Italian groom who delay the action without a
compensating return of amusement.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 611. O. 24, ’08. 500w.

=Bailey, Henry Christopher.= Gentleman of fortune. †$1.50. Appleton.

7–33910.

About one Raoul de Tout le Monde the author groups incidents and
battlefield struggles that happened during the time that Philip of
Spain was striving to crush the Netherlands.

* * * * *

“His English is good, nervous English, but his manner is too brusque.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 722. D. 7. 240w.

“Not, you understand, a strong book, but whimsical and full of
conversations so short and keen that the sparks of spirits fly between
retorts.”

+ =Ind.= 64: 923. Ap. 23, ’08. 280w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 670. O. 19, ’07. 40w.

“Although these stories of the struggle between the Dutch and the
Spanish in the sixteenth century are written with much of Mr. Bailey’s
usual felicity of style, the reader cannot help feeling that such very
slight and rather theatrical sketches are unworthy of the pen of their
author.”

+ − =Spec.= 99: 935. D. 7, ’07. 140w.

=Bailey, Henry Christopher.= God of clay. †$1.50. Brentano’s.

8–30132.

“An episodic résumé of Napoleon’s career, as visualized by the
imagination. The thread of interest remains in the person of
Bonaparte, who connects the tales.... Out of the mass of incredible
events and incidents which Mr. Bailey does not even condescend to
explain, emerges nevertheless a vivid and powerful, and faithful
portrait of Napoleon.”—Ath.

* * * * *

“The form of this work, we imagine, was dictated by serial
necessities, which have hampered the author. But the matter proves
that he is in the forefront of our historical novelists.”

+ − =Ath.= 1908, 1: 473. Ap. 18. 250w.

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

=Bailey, Liberty Hyde=, ed. Cyclopedia of American agriculture: a
popular survey of agricultural conditions, practices and ideals in
the United States and Canada. 4v. ea. $5. Macmillan.

7–8529.

=v. 3.= Deals with the subject of animals. Part 1 treats of the
physiology and breeding habits, feeding, diseases and management. Part
2 is devoted to the manufacture of animal products. Part 3 is
concerned with the description of North American farm animals, their
breeding, history, rearing, and the “general treatment towards
accomplishing the ends for which they were intended.” Bibliography
under each heading.

* * * * *

“A valuable reference work.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 254. N. ’08. (Review of v. 3.)

“In spite of the fact that it is packed with technical information, it
is almost all of it comprehensible to any person of ordinary
education, and much of it is so well written that it could be read
aloud in the farmhouse to the whole family.”

+ + =Ind.= 63: 1569. D. 26, ’07. 870w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

“This cyclopedia is as complete and authoritative as any work can be
in the present state of science.”

+ + − =Nation.= 87: 217. S. 3, ’08. 500w. (Review of v. 3.)

“Hardly full enough to be of much value to the farmer who is already
engaged in that particular industry, and American conditions of
climate and labour render much of the information inapplicable to
British agriculture; but this volume of the ‘Cyclopedia’ would be of
the greatest service to any settler breaking ground in a new country,
and looking round for profitable crops outside the accepted routine.”

+ − =Nature.= 77: 292. Ja. 30, ’08. 310w. (Review of v. 2.)

“It is only in the parts of the book dealing with the science of
breeding and in the descriptions of individual breeds that we would
suggest amendments.” James Wilson.

+ + − =Nature.= 78: 657. O. 29, ’08. 1200w. (Review of v. 3.)

* =Bailey, Liberty Hyde.= State and the farmer. **$1.25. Macmillan.

8–22260.

The expansion of an address given before the Association of American
agricultural colleges and experiment stations in 1907. Professor
Bailey in discussing the political and economic status of the farmer,
examines for their merits and demerits present remedial services
rendered the farmer by government and society and offers suggestions
for progress toward a substantial betterment of conditions and
results.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 233. O. ’08.

“The book needs and deserves a very wide circle of readers. It must
not, however, be cursorily read and laid aside. The problems discussed
are very deep, and we close our review with an endorsement of the
statement that we must have a new sort of statesmanship as well as a
new sort of farmers.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 1068. N. 5, ’08. 300w.

=Bain, Francis William.= Incarnation of the snow; tr. from the
original manuscript by F. W. Bain. †$1.25. Putnam.

8–25743.

“The several little tales relating how the daughter of the mountain
quarreled with her husband, the Lord of Creatures, and went to sit and
grieve beside a lonely lake, and how, in various forms, he sought her
out and stayed with her until she was ready to make up the lovers’
quarrel, are very beautiful. They bring down to the plane of daily
living the Hindu attitude toward life and death, and by their very
simplicity transform it from a philosophical creed to a human,
sustaining faith.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

“This is a tale of strange terrors and beauties, told in a style
rising to a kind of intoxication.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 415. O. 29, ’08. 330w.

“The stories are warm and bright with human passion, but they are
wonderfully tender in sentiment, while the exquisite delicacy of the
style in which they are written, or translated, combined with their
rich Oriental imagery, makes the reading of them an unmixed delight.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 531. S. 26, ’08. 200w.

“Mr. Bain shows the same captivating and delightful style that
distinguished his previous works.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 616. O. 24, ’08. 40w.

=Bain, Robert Nisbet.= Slavonic Europe: a political history of
Poland and Russia from 1447 to 1796. (Cambridge historical ser.)
*$2. Putnam.

8–11486.

A political history of Poland and Russia from the middle of the
fifteenth century to the end of the eighteenth century which “concerns
itself almost entirely with the detailing of the progress of wars, the
intrigues and achievements of diplomacy, and the doings of monarchs
and statesmen.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“He has crowded his book with useless detail, probably as a result of
hasty writing which leaves too little time to discriminate between the
essential and the unessential. The use of sources does not strike a
reviewer as critical. Most of the old stories are accepted without the
least hesitation.” R. C. H. Catterall.

− + =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 110. O. ’08. 570w.

“On the institutional and social side it is not strong, while the
abundance of detail sometimes obscures the main course of the
narrative, and in any case does not make the volume entirely easy
reading. Russian and Polish names are at best stumbling-blocks to
Latins and Teutons, and Mr. Bain does not lessen the difficulty by his
preference for less usual forms of transliteration, as well as by some
inconsistency in their use.”

+ − =Nation.= 87: 520. N. 26, ’08. 150w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 158. Mr. 21, ’08. 150w.

“Mr. Bain’s performance is interesting perhaps to the ordinary reader,
but is hardly worthy of his plan.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 106: 83. Jl. 18, ’08. 1000w.

“Much of the history of eastern Europe is still unexplored; and we
cannot give Mr. Bain’s work higher praise than to say that out of the
tangle he has produced a singularly compact, clear, and
well-proportioned history that ought to be a safe and welcome guide to
thousands of readers.”

+ + =Spec.= 100: 300. F. 22, ’08. 400w.

* =Baker, Ray Stannard.= Following the color line. **$2. Doubleday.

8–31180.

“The negro as he is in the South, as he is in the North, and as he is
in the nation at large defines the scope of the inquiry which Mr.
Baker has undertaken in the present work. While confining himself
largely to racial conditions as they exist to-day, the author
considers various tendencies as they have found expression in the past
and gives critical estimates of some of the views that have been
advanced as to the ultimate solution of the negro problem.”—Lit. D.

* * * * *

=Ind.= 65: 1185. N. 19, ’08. 40w.

“The unique value of the book lies in its presentation of certain
facts regarding the life of the negro in the United States, which the
author has collected during several years spent in personal
investigation which give to his work the quality of originality.”

+ =Lit. D.= 37: 850. D. 5, ’08. 200w.

=Baker, Tarkington.= Yard and garden: a book of practical
information for the amateur gardener in city, town or suburb. il.
**$2. Bobbs.

8–11497.

Gives directions for the speediest and safest process of converting
the bit of ground allotted to a town or city house into a harmoniously
and effectively beautiful spot. It is devoted to the planting and care
of trees, shrubs, plants and vines that beautify and add luxury to the
little square of ground.

* * * * *

“Probably the best general, popular treatment of the subject.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 166. Je. ’08.

+ =Dial.= 44: 353. Je. 1, ’08. 250w.

=Baldwin, Charles Sears.= Essays out of hours. **$1. Longmans.

7–36392.

These essays, some of which have appeared in the Atlantic monthly and
Putnam’s deal with such subjects as My friend Copperfield, Master
Vergil, Stearn’s influence on French literature, John Bunyan, and The
genesis of the short story.

* * * * *

“Brief, pleasant comments on various aspects of life or letters.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 167. Je. ’08.

“Here we have the critic whose intellect delicately steers his taste.”
Florence Converse.

+ =Atlan.= 101: 712. My. ’08. 300w.

“Among this collection of papers ... are four or five that are good
examples of sound literary criticism of that old-fashioned type which,
with good taste and a knowledge of life as well as of books, exhibited
sound common sense, displaced now-a-days too frequently by crude
psychologising, or ambitious attempts at philosophic generalization.”

+ =Cath. World.= 86: 692. F. ’08. 340w.

“One is a little surprised to find the writer’s scholarship permitting
such blemishes as ‘unique’ in the superlative degree of comparison.”

+ − =Dial.= 44: 20. Ja. 1, ’08. 200w.

“In all of these shorter disquisitions reprinted from magazines, the
author shows the true essayist’s capacity to say engaging things about
matters of little moment in themselves. The three distinctly literary
essays which form the bulk of Prof. Baldwin’s book are earnest pieces
of constructive criticism which go deep into their respective
subjects, discuss them with erudition, and are much more concerned
with saying something of import and interest than with the manner in
which it is said.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 76. F. 8, ’08. 450w.

=Baldwin, Edward Chauncey, and Paul, Harry G.=, eds. English poems.
*$1. Am. bk.

8–15301.

An anthology of more than four hundred pages containing poems from
Chaucer to Tennyson. The poems have been selected with a view to
presenting material which should be representative of the successive
periods of English history, of the chief types of poetry, and which
should lend themselves easily to comparative study. Abundant notes
including thought-stimulating questions are provided for the benefit
of teacher and pupil.

* * * * *

“The volume is without any very distinguishing characteristic, but is
useful nevertheless.”

+ =Educ. R.= 36: 521. D. ’08. 50w.

“While a convenient book, is in no wise superior to others already in
existence.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 310. Ag. 6, ’08. 150w.

+ =Nation.= 87: 210. S. 3, ’08. 90w.

=Baldwin, James Mark.= Thought and things: a study of the
development and meaning of thought or genetic logic. 3v. ea.
*$2.75. Macmillan.

=v. 2.= Deals with Experimental logic, or Genetic theory of thought.

* * * * *

“If we have hardly done justice to the argument, the blame is not
wholly ours, but attaches likewise to the piecemeal method of
publication already deprecated, and, still more, to the extraordinary
obscurity of the phraseology and idiom employed. A thinker of great
vigour and ability has been content to express himself anyhow.”

+ − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 268. S. 5, 1350w. (Review of v. 2.)

“We can testify that, having gone through the whole with the utmost
care and with predilections not unfavorable to the author, we do not
think it worth our reader’s while to enter into the necessarily more
lengthy criticisms of the more difficult problems as treated in this
volume. We greatly regret our disappointment with it.”

− =Nation.= 87: 164. Ag. 20, ’08. 1600w. (Review of v. 2.)

“It presents on first reading a multitude of divisions and
distinctions in a terminology that is largely unfamiliar, but these
difficulties largely disappear on further acquaintance. It still
appears to me, indeed, that some of the author’s distinctions are not
of vital importance, and that he has an undue fondness for his own
terminology. But the comparatively new field which he is exploring,
together with the value of his results, would excuse more serious
defects than these.” J. E. Creighton.

+ − =Philos. R.= 17: 68. Ja. ’08. 3350w. (Review of v. 1.)

=Baldwin, May.= Mysie: a Highland lassie. †$1.50. Lippincott.

“This is a story of troubles in family life. Mysie and her little
brother come home from India, and there are differences between them
and the elder children. These differences become more serious than it
is easy to imagine possible. Hamish is a villain of the melodramatic
sort, and could hardly find his way into the home which Miss Baldwin
describes for us.” (Spec.).

* * * * *

“Another fat book with many interesting and exciting happenings.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 765. N. 30, ’07. 20w.

“It is a tale of an original, quite lovable small girl, with an
imagination too big for her. The style of the writing is a little
feeble except in the dialogue, which is always natural and unforced.”

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

=Spec.= 99: sup. 904. D. 7, ’07. 70w.

=Balet, Joseph W.= Analysis of elastic arches, three-hinged,
two-hinged, and hingeless, of steel, masonry, and reinforced
concrete. *$3. Eng. news.

8–4024.

“Sets forth principally a graphic method the author has developed,
largely based on the work of other investigators, into the properties
of masonry, concrete and steel arches.... Several useful tables are
given, relating to existing arches, formulas for safe stresses in
members, loads on bridges, impact coefficients and other subjects. The
appendix contains the mathematical analysis of the elastic arch which
the author believes most satisfactory.”—Engin. Rec.

* * * * *

“The work shows a keen insight into the mathematics and the theory of
the arch, and the engineer who is well-versed in mathematics and
mechanics will derive benefit from studying the book, but the beginner
will find difficulty in following the subjects as here set forth.” F.
P. McKibben.

+ =Engin. D.= 3: 415. Ap. ’08. 650w.

“The book is very hard reading. [The author] knew his subject too
well, perhaps, to exercise due care in maintaining that rigid logic of
development and clearness of expression which the case demanded; and
he was evidently handicapped by lack of practice in writing.”

− + =Engin. N.= 59: 203. F. 20, ’08. 1250w.

“The author has evidently given the subject much study and deserves
credit for his investigations, but it is something of a pity that he
has not arranged his explanations of methods and their applications so
as to obviate constant reference to subsequent pages.”

+ − =Engin. Rec.= 57: 224. F. 22, ’08. 200w.

=Ball, Eustace A. R.= Tourist’s India. *$2. Brentano’s.

8–14845.

“A sort of etherialized guide-book. It runs rapidly and lightly from
one place of interest to another—towns, caves and waterfalls—and all
the time keeps up a delightful chatter, in which anecdote and jest
sugar-coat the pill of dry information. It is just the thing needed,
to inform the traveler about hotels, snakebites, Babu English,
history, and the amount of alcohol he may imbibe without
danger.”—Nation.

* * * * *

“It is a well-systematized tour, and throws light on many different
aspects of life in the principal cities. The arrangement in chapters
devoted to particular towns is one to be commended for ready
reference, and will be of great help to a prospective tourist.”

+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 32: 450. S. ’08. 200w.

“Not even Murray gives so much out-of-the-way wisdom, and Murray is
far from being so amusing.”

+ =Nation.= 86: 282. Mr. 26, ’08. 100w.

“A business like guide.”

+ =Spec.= 98: 61. Ja. 12, ’07. 50w.

* =Balleine, G. R.= History of the Evangelical party in the Church of England. *$1.75. Longmans.

“In the moderate compass of some 300 pages the author sketches the
growth and progress of evangelical ideas within the Anglican
communion, and estimates the contribution of evangelical churchmen to
the cause of English religion. He starts with the Wesleys, Whitefield,
and the Oxford Holy club, and follows the fortunes of the party down
to Bishop Ryle and churchmen who are still living.”—Nation.

* * * * *

“Evangelicalism within the Church of England has found a sympathetic
and worthy historian in the Rev. G. R. Balleine.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 439. N. 5, ’08. 220w.

“Mr. Balleine has found a somewhat neglected place in church history,
and has filled it with a book which is clearly the outcome of a
penetrating study of almost all the contemporary evidence. He presents
his facts in very readable form and with very little of party bias.”

+ =Sat. R.= 106: 180. Ag. 8, ’08. 460w.

“A really excellent book. He tells us not a few truths that have been
forgotten; he corrects not a few misrepresentations. One important
point that he makes is the distinction between the Evangelicals and
the Low Churchmen.”

+ =Spec.= 100: 981. Je. 20, ’08. 360w.

=Bamford, Harry.= Moving loads on railway underbridges; including
diagrams of bending moments and shearing forces and tables of
equivalent uniform live loads. *$1.25. Macmillan.

“‘Moving loads’ is used in the sense of ‘wheel loads.’ The book gives
a demonstration of graphical and analytical methods for finding
maximum moments and shears under any given system of wheel loads.
Methods for girders or solid beams only are discussed, and nothing is
said of the modifications introduced by the paneling in truss
bridges.”—Engin. N.

* * * * *

“A book that will be found useful.”

+ =Engin. D.= 3: 419. Ap. ’08. 200w.

=Engin. N.= 59: 205. F. 20, ’08. 150w.

“Forms a concise and interesting discussion of the subject.”

+ =Engin. Rec.= 57: 251. F. 29, ’08. 200w.

=Bancroft, George.= Abraham Lincoln: a tribute. **60c. Wessels.

8–25391.

A review of the historical facts concerning slavery, the forces
favoring and opposing, lead up to a statement of the definite work of
Lincoln for slavery. The undertone of the brief tribute is Lincoln’s
perfect faith in the perpetuity of the union. The sketch closes with a
terse comparison of Lincoln and Palmerston, England’s prime minister
contemporary with Lincoln.

=Bangs, John Kendrick.= Genial idiot: his views and reviews. †$1.25.
Harper.

8–29647.

In which the Idiot of “Coffee and repartee” fame reappears. His wit
and shrewdness go hand in hand as he descants upon such themes as
ideal husbands, finance, a comic opera, fame, the decadence of
April-fool’s day, flat-hunting, the gentle art of boosting, the music
cure, campaign methods, short courses at college, the horse-show, etc.

* * * * *

=Ind.= 65: 1244. N. 26, ’08. 120w.

=Bangs, John Kendrick.= Potted fiction: being a series of extracts
from the world’s best sellers, put up in thin slices for hurried
consumers, by the United States literary canning company. †50c.
Doubleday.

8–34602.

Literary products put up in such convenient form “that they may be
carried in the vest pocket or vanity bags, to be consumed as
opportunity presents, between courses at quick lunch counters, between
nibbles at bridge parties,” etc. The six sellers so condensed are:
Rollo in the metrolopus, by Dopeton Hotair; Six months, by Hellinor
Gryn; The lost secret, by E. Fillips Dopenheim; A pragmatic enigma, by
A. Conan Watson, M.D.; The stepdaughter of Peterson Jay, by George
Jarr McClutchem; Somehow long, by the author of Alice in wanderland.

* * * * *

=Ind.= 65: 556. S. 3, ’08. 100w.

“Unless one is unduly grouchy and hard to suit, the book will
occasionally provide a laugh.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 454. Ag. 15, ’08. 500w.

=Banks, Rev. Louis Albert.= Sermons which have won souls. **$1.40.
Funk.

8–19116.

Sermons of a Denver preacher who believes in business-like methods for
soul-saving. The introductory chapter on The pastor as a soul-winner,
sets forth the evangelistic methods which he employs for the salvation
of souls. It is a good chapter on the demonstrable phases of church
principles. Mr. Banks believes in steady movement, in following up
people who have been awakened until their lives begin to express the
conviction in their hearts.

* * * * *

“If his sermons at times seem commonplace, they nevertheless, for the
most part, ring true. If the sermons at times seem like patchwork the
pieces are of good material.”

+ − =Arena.= 40: 390. O. ’08. 400w.

=Banks, Robert Webb.= Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864, the
bloodiest engagement of the war between the states. *$1.25. Neale.

8–30516.

An account of the battle of Franklin, Tennessee, from the Confederate
point of view.

=Barber, Edwin Atlee.= Lead glazed pottery pt. 1. (Art primer.)
**90c. Doubleday.

8–854.

The fourth art primer in a series of industrial art. Historical data,
reviews of processes, descriptions of wares made in various countries
including the slip-decorated wares of Europe, are given with numerous
illustrations.

* * * * *

“A reliable book.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 167. Je. ’08.

+ =Nation.= 86: 563. Je. 18, ’08. 200w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 684. N. 21, ’08. 280w.

=Barbour, Ralph Henry.= Harry’s Island. †$1.50. Century.

8–25995.

Another of Mr. Barbour’s lively, wholesome stories for young people
which tells of the adventures of Tom, Dick, Harriet and Roy, all well
known to the author’s readers, during a summer of camping on an island
in the Hudson river.

* * * * *

Reviewed by K. L. M.

=Bookm.= 28: 385. D. ’08. 60w.

“Save that it is much too long, shows surprising ingenuity in
invention; but it is like what he has done before.”

− + =Nation.= 87: 551. D. 3, ’08. 30w.

=R. of Rs.= 38: 767. D. ’08. 50w.

* =Barbour, Ralph Henry.= My lady of the fog. †$2. Lippincott.

8–25123.

A light-house island and the surrounding sea furnish the setting for
this romance of a New York heiress and a young Colorado engineer
loafing during a brief vacation. She has run away from Newport for a
season of quiet in which to decide the momentous question of marriage
with a foreign count. The intrepid youth finds her in a fog, rescues
her, restores her to her island, woos her, and wins her—all without
learning that she is his employer, the Judy Sypher whom from rodman to
chief he and his co-workers idealize.

* * * * *

+ =Dial.= 45: 414. D. 1, ’08. 130w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 615. O. 24, ’08. 30w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 741. D. 5, ’08. 200w.

“Is an excellent sea story with a decidedly sentimental interest.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 751. D. 5, ’08. 60w.

=Barclay, Mrs. Florence Louisa.= Wheels of time. (What is worth
while ser.) **30c. Crowell.

8–23556.

A dramatic little story of a woman’s sudden awakening to a great love
for a husband for whom she had been in the habit of doling out
grudgingly her affection in small quantities.

=Barclay, Sir Thomas.= Problems of international practice and
diplomacy, with special reference to the Hague conferences and
conventions and other general international agreements. $6.50.
Boston bk.

7–42317.

Questions of international law and order are discussed with particular
emphasis on the ethical principles and the reasons of expediency
underlying them. Each topic is taken up separately with a full
historical record of what has been done in regard to it, its present
position and the authoritative attitude towards further developments.

* * * * *

“Sir Thomas Barclay has published a most valuable volume at the right
moment. It is difficult to exaggerate the usefulness of his chapters.
On the other hand, he will disappoint many of his friends in peace and
arbitration circles by the caution and the conservative tendency
displayed in the greater portion of his work.”

+ + − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 68. Jl. 20. 1000w.

“We cannot doubt that this volume, with its full discussion of many
points and the richness of its suggestions as to details, will be
useful to representatives at The Hague. It is a book which the
international lawyer cannot dispense with.”

+ =Lond. Times.= 6: 227. Jl. 19, ’07. 300w.

“Sir Thomas’s book is unsatisfying only if the reader expects too
much.”

+ =Outlook.= 88: 608. Mr. 14, ’08. 300w.

“The book is invaluable for all international lawyers, politicians,
and the higher ranks of journalism.”

+ =Sat R.= 104: 212. Ag. 17, ’07. 300w.

=Barham, Richard Harris (Thomas Ingoldsby, pseud.).= Ingoldsby
legends; il. by Arthur Rackham. *$6. Dutton.

An “edition definitive de luxe” of the “Ingoldsby legends” in whose
illustrations by Mr. Rackham appears the same quality of
interpretation as was found in his drawings for “Peter Pan” last year.

* * * * *

“Mr. Rackham has caught the fantastic humor of the ‘Legends’ so
perfectly that one feels for the first time his full power.”

+ + =Dial.= 43: 381. D. 1, ’07. 250w.

+ =Ind.= 63: 1471. D. 10, ’07. 80w.

“Mr. Rackham enters so thoroughly into the spirit of these now classic
tales, and his drawings reveal such rare talents, that the success of
this new edition is assured. As a gift-book nothing could be better.”

+ + =Int. Studio.= 33: 252. Ja. ’08. 130w.

“Here is delicate art, excellent drawing, and a refined whimsicality
which might carry even a poor book to success. With such a setting
‘The Ingoldsby legends’ should gain many new friends, and enter on a
new era of popularity.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 740. N. 16, ’07. 420w.

“The present is certainly an advance on the edition of the ‘Ingoldsby
legends’ published some years ago with illustrations by this very
artist. In paper, print, illustration, and binding the new volume
seems well-nigh ideal.”

+ + =Outlook.= 87: 618. N. 23, ’07. 80w.

+ =Sat. R.= 104: sup. 10. D. 7, ’07. 180w.

+ =Spec.= 99: sup. 906. D. 7, ’07. 50w.

=Baring, Maurice.= Year in Russia. *$3.50. Dutton.

8–11807.

Mr. Baring tells the story of the Moscow rising and of the first duma,
as well as of other important happenings of the year of revolution
from August, 1905 to August, 1906.

* * * * *

“It is not, however, so much for the political views expressed in it
that this book will be valued, as for the light which the author
throws on the life of the Russian people.”

+ =Acad.= 72: 506. My. 25, ’07. 900w.

“The author is a sane observer and tries to do justice to the various
opinions and political parties.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 167. Je. ’08.

“Mr. Baring’s sketch of the physical conditions of Russia is
admirable, but we doubt whether he has in fact a ‘clear idea’ as
regards its future.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 603. My. 18. 650w.

“His modest purpose is achieved in an easy, graceful and interesting
manner.”

+ =Ind.= 64: 1035. My. 7, ’08. 200w.

“He has made it his aim to depict the ordinary instead of inventing
the extraordinary, and, as might perhaps have been expected, the
ordinary thus depicted proves to be vastly more entertaining as well
as more informing than the extraordinary.”

+ =Lond. Times.= 6: 154. My. 17, ’07. 1550w.

“The book pretends to be nothing more than a jotting down in diary
form of hearsay, impression, and casual observation, and as such can
possess little permanent value, especially in the presence of more
elaborate and systematic presentations of the same subject.”

− =Nation.= 86: 198. F. 27, ’08. 150w.

“The style is easy and amusing, with an undercurrent of humorous
good-natured chaff and raillery sown broadcast here and there, which
makes the book pleasant and instructive reading.”

+ =Sat. R.= 103: 786. Je. 22, ’07. 1020w.

“In no book which deals with the last few years of Russian history is
the inspiration of the interpreter so manifest, and none that we know,
whether in English or in Russian, contains such admirable material for
the study of Russian public opinion during one of the most momentous
years of Russian history.”

+ + =Spec.= 98: 943. Je. 15, ’07. 1650w.

=Barker, J. Ellis.= British socialism. *$3. Scribner.

“The author has consulted about a thousand socialistic works, and his
‘book is a summary of the whole literature of British socialism and a
key to it.’” (Spec.) “This volume enables one to obtain a conspectus
of the views of typical socialists upon the various concrete problems
to which they direct their attention, such as the family, the empire,
the land, the army, the railways, and a host of similar issues.”
(Nation.)

* * * * *

“It cannot be said, unfortunately, that the critical thread of comment
which ties the illustrative extracts together is altogether fair or
discriminating. But he has collected an instructive and compendious
anthology.”

* * * * *

+ − =Nation.= 86: 492. My. 28, ’08. 230w.

“A work of praiseworthy industry, which will be most useful to those
who wish to know the practical suggestions deduced from socialist
theories.”

+ =Spec.= 101: sup. 471. O. 3, ’08. 300w.

=Barnard, J. Lynn.= Factory legislation in Pennsylvania: its history
and administration. $1.50. Winston.

7–19757.

“The subject matter is divided almost evenly into the two fields of
history and administration. Under the former, the movement for the
legal regulation of women and child labor is carefully reviewed from
the days of 1824 until the present date. Allied movements, such as
sweatshop, fire-escape and bake-shop legislations are duly treated....
Under the subject of administration, the author shows an inside
knowledge of the conditions which make easy the violation of the
factory law.”—Ann. Am. Acad.

* * * * *

“The author has given a much needed and scholarly account of this
field of social progress in Pennsylvania. Books such as this, covering
all the large industrial states, would soon remove the criticism one
sometimes hears that college courses in social welfare would be very
good were they not ‘spread out so thin.’”

+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 31: 263. Ja. ’08. 220w.

“His monograph is a valuable contribution to the literature dealing
with factory legislation in the United States, which is gradually
approaching that degree of completeness necessary for scientific
comparative study of our state codes.”

+ =J. Pol. Econ.= 15: 375. Je. ’07. 220w.

“It is much to be desired that similar studies for other states than
Pennsylvania, New York and Massachusetts may be undertaken by students
of social legislation, and for such studies Dr. Barnard’s work may
well serve as a model.”

+ =Pol. Sci. Q.= 22: 555. S. ’07. 160w.

=Yale R.= 16: 445. F. ’08. 200w.

=Barnes, James.= Clutch of circumstance. †$1.50. Appleton.

8–12555.

A young physician coming into a fortune returns from a prolonged
absence abroad to his western New York home. He finds that the girl
who had promised to marry him in his college days has become the wife
of his old chum, now a prominent minister. With the discovery that he
still loves the girl, comes the startling revelation that her husband
is in the clutches of morphine. During the physician’s attempt to save
the friend the latter dies and a murder charge results. Great love
triumphs over all obstacles in the end.

* * * * *

“The book is marred rather than made by its sensational ending.”

+ − =Ind.= 64: 1038. My. 7, ’08. 100w.

− + =Nation.= 86: 558. Je. 18, ’08. 130w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 652. O. 19, ’07. 70w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 210. Ap. 11, ’08. 70w.

“All the threads of his narrative appear clean and fine and well-dyed,
only they do not seem to belong together, and the fabric that has
resulted from their combination has certainly a few discordant colors
in its eminently dignified design.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 262. My. 9, ’08. 300w.

“The story is readable, but unpleasant.”

+ − =Outlook.= 89: 313. Je. 6, ’08. 80w.

=Barr, Mrs. Amelia Edith.= Heart of Jessy Laurie: front, by Harrison
Fisher. †$1.50. Dodd.

7–31283.

A fisher lass is the heroine of this story of simple Scotch life.
“Jessy Laurie is an Effie Deans of a sturdier mould. She abandons a
lover of her own class in response to the call of an aristocratic
young Lothario. He gains possession of her by a form of marriage which
he intends to be a mockery, but which turns out to be legal, so that
technically she is not betrayed. The child of the union becomes the
scapegrace’s heir, and the scapegrace, taking himself off by drowning,
leaves her free to marry the faithful and magnanimous lover.”
(Nation.)

* * * * *

“In itself, this is a good story by an experienced story-teller. If
the sum of all this is not a story of remarkable power, it is
certainly a story told with more than ordinary intelligence and
control.”

+ =Nation.= 86: 15. Ja. 2, ’08. 340w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 653. O. 19, ’07. 30w.

=Barr, Mrs. Amelia Edith.= Strawberry handkerchief. †$1.50. Dodd.

8–24302.

This little drama enacted in Stamp act times deals chiefly with two
romances in which Cupid plays at cross purposes with obdurate parents,
defies, too, taut political lines. The strawberry handkerchief is a
love token that plays an important part in righting misunderstandings,
and binding hearts even across the sea.

* * * * *

“A pleasing historical romance.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 583. O. 17, ’08. 200w.

“If Mrs. Barr could alter the fixed form of her conversations, an
added charm would enliven her well-written pages.”

+ − =Outlook.= 90: 504. O. 31, ’08. 100w.

=Barr, James R.= Principles of direct-current electrical
engineering. *$3.25. Macmillan.

8–32343.

Written primarily for the use of intermediate classes in universities
and technical colleges with the intention of bridging the gap between
elementary manuals and too highly specialized works. Problems to
illustrate principles and illustrations of machinery and instruments
are taken from modern practice.

* * * * *

“Two chapters treat of storage batteries and electric lighting, but
these are rather disappointing. The author is to be congratulated upon
the work which he has produced. It is not too practical or too
theoretical, but contains just the information which a second-year
student wants.” L. C.

+ + − =Nature.= 78: 172. Je. 25, ’08. 720w.

“Should find a considerable application in colleges and technical
schools. The index of the book is complete enough to make it a ready
work of reference.” G: C. Shaad.

+ =Science=, n.s. 28: 411. S. 25, ’08. 600w.

=Barr, Robert.= Young Lord Stranleigh. †$1.50. Appleton.

8–16950.

A story which will especially interest teachers; for it presents some
of the problems of coeducation in the American public schools. It also
shows the groping of a young man for the thing in life which he can do
best.

* * * * *

“From the unfamiliarity of its circumstances—if for no other
reason—the book is most interesting, and Mr. Barr’s well-known humour
has lost none of its power. The scope is naturally limited, but the
picture is so complete in itself that its narrowness is forgotten.”

+ =Acad.= 73: 299. D. 28, ’07. 200w.

“Full of pleasant turns of thought and mirthful incident.”

+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 475. O. 19. 150w.

“As a study of the educational conditions of such an institution as is
described, the book has a puzzling interest for us.” W: M. Payne.

+ − =Dial.= 44: 246. Ap. 16, ’08. 350w.

“The reader who does not find it rather solemn reading will probably
call it exceedingly humorous.”

+ =Nation.= 86: 448. My. 14, ’08. 250w.

“The author has chosen a singularly colorless phase of social life,
colorless at least so far as fictional uses are concerned. It does not
appear to be one of Mr. Barr’s happiest achievements.”

− =N. Y. Times.= 13: 174. Mr. 28, ’08. 70w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 211. Ap. 11, ’08. 70w.

“The novel is original in its subject and treatment, has plot
interest, and while not of tremendous power, is certainly readable.”

+ =Outlook.= 88: 839. Ap. 11, ’08. 50w.

“The merit of the present story lies in the unusually vivid
portraiture of two or three teachers and students, and though the plot
is commonplace the book has a real interest.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 104: 458. O. 12, ’07. 180w.

=Barr, Robert.= The measure of the rule. †$1.50. Appleton.

The triumph of a British dandy, one Lord Stranleigh, suffering from
ennui and too many millions, over the hard bargainers of London high
finance. He becomes interested in a mine that is being taken from its
owner by stock gamblers’ tricks, and when the stock is at low water
mark he sends twenty buyers to as many sellers at the same instant,
taking all each will sell, thus overbuying the market. The mine
manager proceeds to steal the mine’s best ore but is outwitted by
Stranleigh whose yacht beats the thieves to the mine where he watches
them dig his ore. Later he buys their boat, trades captains, returns
to London with his gold in time to relieve the bank of England from
temporary stringency.

* * * * *

+ =Ath.= 1908, 1: 724. Je. 13. 140w.

“Is one of Mr. Barr’s better books—perhaps one of his best.” W: M.
Payne.

+ =Dial.= 45: 90. Ag. 16, ’08. 230w.

“The charm of this book lies in its bland childlike preposterousness.”

+ − =Nation.= 87: 163. Ag. 20, ’08. 200w.

“There may be hardened story readers who can absorb this yarn by
installments, but most readers will do better not to tackle it until
they can read it through at a sitting. They will want to, for it is
easy, pleasant, and, at times, thrilling, reading. Withal it carries a
budget of useful morals.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 303. My. 30, ’08. 550w.

=Barron, Edward.= Lost goddess. †$1.50. Holt.

8–9523.

A South American bent upon the villainy of wife-stealing draws a group
of idle New Yorkers into the adventurous undertaking of rescuing an
American girl from the captivity of the Tigrane Indians somewhere on
the headwaters of the Amazon. This story deals with their thrilling
experiences on board their yacht and in Brazilian wilds where the trap
into which they have been lured is sprung.

* * * * *

“An ingenious tale, whose greater merit lies in the deftness and
firmness with which the author handles a love interest that has depth
and strength.”

+ =Ind.= 64: 973. Ap. 30, ’08. 120w.

“The true spirit of romance, rare at best in the fiction of to-day, is
sadly lacking in Mr. Barron’s book, which in its execution is not
without merit.”

− + =Nation.= 86: 310. Ap. 2, ’08. 170w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 166. Mr. 28, ’08. 200w.

=Barrus, Clara.= Nursing the insane. **$2. Macmillan.

8–13623.

Advice chiefly for the care of women, based upon talks which the
author has given during a long experience in the hospital at
Middletown, New York. “The last chapter briefly notes the legal
requirements to be fulfilled in the admission of insane patients to
the hospitals of this state, and gives good advice concerning the
removal of such persons from their homes.” (Nation.)

* * * * *

+ =Ind.= 65: 663. S. 17, ’08. 230w.

“It may be said that the book contains too little for a nurse obliged
to work without constant direction, especially in private houses, and
often almost too much for those that have such supervision.”

− + =Nation.= 87: 217. S. 3, ’08. 260w.

=R. of Rs.= 38: 128. Jl. ’08. 20w.

=Barth, Fritz.= Gospel of St. John and the synoptic gospels.
(Foreign religious ser.) *40c. Meth. bk.

8–265.

“A vigorous apologetic for the credibility and authenticity of the
fourth Gospel, which, with the Apocalypse, is ascribed to the Apostle
John.”—Bib. World.

* * * * *

“The style is sometimes obscure, and the treatment of early Christian
literature, e. g., Papias, is arbitrary.”

+ − =Bib. World.= 31: 239. Mr. ’08. 50w.

“A vigorous brief.”

+ =Ind.= 64: 311. F. 6, ’08. 350w.

“Unfortunately, the translation is often awkward. It is a translation
from German, but not always a translation into English!”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 118. F. 29, ’08. 70w.

=Barton, George Aaron.= Critical and exegetical commentary on the
book of Ecclesiastes. (International critical commentary.)
**$2.25. Scribner.

8–15777.

A commentary in which the author looks upon the unknown writer of
Ecclesiastes “as a skeptic who has outgrown his ancestral faith, but
has not abandoned such belief in God as an agnostic may cherish,
holding to which he ‘preaches a gospel of healthy work, and the full
enjoyment of life’s round of duties and opportunities.’” (Outlook.)

* * * * *

“The only defect in the makeup of the volume is the inexcusably bad
proof-reading. In every other respect the work constitutes a worthy
companion volume to those that have preceded it in this splendid
series.” J: M. P. Smith.

+ − =Bib. World.= 32: 361. N. ’08. 600w.

“For the professional student we do not know of any commentary on
Ecclesiastes superior to this.”

+ =Outlook.= 89: 492. Je. 27, ’08. 280w.

“In this volume the results of the most recent critical studies are
canvassed succinctly and thoroughly, with regard to the needs both of
specialists and of other intelligent readers.”

+ =Outlook.= 89: 816. Ag. 8, ’08. 160w.

=Spec.= 100: 1037. Je. 27, ’08. 580w.

=Barton, James Levi.= Unfinished task of the Christian church:
introductory studies in the problem of the world’s evangelization.
50c. S. V. M.

8–20161.

An appeal to the student volunteers of American colleges. “The extent
of the task before the church, the obstacles to be overcome at home
and abroad, the partial success already achieved, and the resources
now available for it, are all so presented that the statement is
practically an argument for greater activity.” (Outlook.)

* * * * *

“The book is admirable in the selection and arrangement of very useful
material.”

+ =Am. J. Theol.= 12: 527. Jl. ’08. 100w.

“It is a plain, clear, crisp recital by a recognized authority, widely
traveled, and personally acquainted with the facts he relates
concerning existing conditions.”

+ =Outlook.= 89: 125. My. 16, ’08. 160w.

=Barzini, Luigi.= Pekin to Paris: an account of Prince Borghese’s
journey across two continents in a motor car. *$5. Kennerley.

8–11793.

A full account of the motor-car journey undertaken by Prince Borghese
across Asia and Europe. “On June 10, five cars started on their eight
thousand mile course.... In the Chinese Empire the party met the
almost irresistible rocks of Ki-mi-ni; in the Mongolian deserts the
sands were almost too much for the machine; in the Russian Empire they
availed themselves of the rails of the Trans-Siberian railway. Thus
they came to the western borders of the Russian Empire, to the good
roads of Germany and the better ones of France, and to their journey’s
end.” (Dial.)

* * * * *

“It is a straightforward, graphic piece of journalism, and provides a
full and detailed account of the adventurous journey. It may be
considered over-long by some, but the reviewer has found its interest
well sustained, and it has no ‘padding.’”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 1: 38. Ja. 11. 550w.

“The volume contains an interesting and modest introduction by the
prince, a hundred good illustrations, and an excellent detailed map
showing the route traversed. Señor Barzini’s style, as translated by
Señor De Castelvecchio, is best described by Prince Borghese as
vivacious: no other style could possibly do justice to the subject.”
H. E. Coblentz.

+ =Dial.= 44: 105. F. 16, ’08. 500w.

“The narrative, written by the practiced hand of a journalist, reads
with the rush and excitement of the motor ride.”

+ =Ind.= 64: 527. Mr. 5, ’08. 130w.

“There is much of general interest in Signor Barzini’s narrative. The
volume contains much wearisome detail of rescues from swamps and
broken bridges, and there are frequent poetic digressions which might
well have been omitted.”

+ − =Nation.= 86: 359. Ap. 16, ’08. 600w.

“He gives us the latest and the best pictures of the awakened East.”
Julius Chambers.

+ + =No. Am.= 187: 618. Ap. ’08. 1600w.

“The book has been well translated and will appeal irresistibly to the
reader who loves to undertake adventures and enjoy novel experiences
by his own fireside.”

+ =Sat. R.= 105: 242. F. 22, ’08. 650w.

“We are thrilled by the book as if it were some tale of wonderful
adventure; but we get more than that in much food for speculation and
thought.”

+ =Spec.= 100: sup. 645. Ap. 25, ’08. 370w.

=Bashore, Harvey Brown.= Sanitation of recreation camps and parks.
$1. Wiley.

8–16540.

A practical hand book suggesting how to obviate improper sanitation in
camps, by screening the food, avoiding impure water, daily burning or
burying all the waste, solid and liquid, by treating with kerosene the
brooks and pools in mosquito infested districts, and keeping weeds and
grass cut around the camp. There is also advice on the location and
construction of camps.

* * * * *

“A very suggestive handbook in the elementary principles of
sanitation.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 233. O. ’08.

“By the avoidance of technical terms and the presentation of the
subject in an interesting and pleasing style the writer has provided a
most readable and useful little work.”

+ =Nature.= 78: 366. Ag. 20, ’08. 340w.

“This little book ought to have a wide circulation during the summer
months.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 38: 253. Ag. ’08. 110w.

=Bates, Arlo.= Intoxicated ghost, and other stories. †$1.50.
Houghton.

8–12556.

Nine short stories in Mr. Bates’s best vein. “The intoxicated ghost,”
the titular story, portrays a ghost-compelling young woman who, in
love with the impecunious scion of a New England house, is called by
his sister to communicate with the ghost of an ancestor who when upon
earth had hidden the family diamonds. After three separate visits from
the specter, during which the intrepid young woman has the novel
experience of seeing her ghost grow intoxicated on wraith wine, the
hiding place of the jewels is revealed.

* * * * *

“A collection of clever short stories.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 154. My. ’08. ✠

“He is the well-bred and accomplished amateur of fiction, and the
pince-nez literature he produces is excellent in its kind.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 75. Jl. 23, ’08. 370w.

“The author’s taste is as noteworthy as his versatility.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 296. My. 23, ’08. 200w.

=Bates, David Homer.= Lincoln in the telegraph office. **$2.
Century.

7–32385.

Descriptive note and excerpts in Dec. 1907.

* * * * *

“A simple straight-forward narrative. It is a pity that errors of fact
should have crept into these entertaining pages.” Allen Johnson.

+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 13: 656. Ap. ’08. 470w.

“This work possesses a three-fold interest: as a narrative of
thrilling and momentous facts it appeals to the imagination in an
absorbing manner; as a contribution to history it is of real worth;
while its intimate pictures of Abraham Lincoln give it special value,
and the moral idealism that made the martyred president one with the
noblest patriots and statesmen of the earlier days of our republic
adds inestimably to its genuine worth.”

+ + =Arena.= 38: 676. D. ’07. 580w.

“It is rather unfortunate that Mr. Bates undertakes to deal with
matters not related to his subject. About a third of the book is
padding, interesting but not always authentic. On pages 86 and 87,
pages 28 and 29 are repeated—a slip not to be expected in a work from
the De Vinne press.”

+ − =Dial.= 44: 47. Ja. 16, ’08. 510w.

“There is much in this direct and incisive narrative, told in plain,
nervous English, that is of technical interest, but, fortunately, Mr.
Bates does not dwell on that aspect of the first great use of
telegraphy in actual warfare.”

+ =Elec. World.= 50: 1257. D. 28, ’07. 360w.

“An entertaining book of reminiscence in a comparatively unfamiliar
field.”

+ =Nation.= 86: 34. Ja. 9, ’08. 220w.

=Bates, Lindon Wallace.= Retrieval at Panama. $5. The Technical
literature co., 220 Broadway, N. Y.

8–8499.

A compilation of the Panama company’s “colossal blunders” obtained
from official reports, books, pamphlets, maps, and correspondence;
also from visits to the isthmus. “The design of the canal in its broad
aspects, its general details, its commercial aspects, and its
construction are discussed at great length.” (Engin. Rec.)

* * * * *

“Mr. Bates’s book is the most instructive work of constructive
criticism of the Panama canal that has ever been written. It is
thorough in its discussions and is written in a readable style
characteristic of the author.”

+ + =Engin. D.= 3: 303. Mr. ’08. 750w.

“The literary style of these criticisms is unique. It reminds us at
once of Tom Lawson and Poultney Bigelow. Like the work of those
eminent authors, too, it somehow fails to carry conviction to the
minds of the readers.”

− + =Engin. N.= 59: 202. F. 20, ’08. 600w.

“The book is of a controversial nature, but is one of those works
which contain a great deal of interesting information and criticism.”

+ =Engin. Rec.= 57: 357. Mr. 21, ’08. 180w.

“A large part of his criticism is undeniably justified.”

+ − =Nation.= 87: 167. Ag. 20, ’08. 270w.

=Batiffol, Louis.= Marie de Médicis and the French court in the
seventeenth century; tr. from the French by Mary King; ed. by H.
W. Carless Davis. *$2. Scribner.

8–20525.

A study of a phase of French society in which are set down the
intimate details of Marie de Médicis’ ten years of life at the French
court. “How the queen spent her days in her new residence, what she
ate, what she wore, how much she spent on her household, for her
stables, her jewels; what her relations were with her husband and his
mistresses, who her friends were, what influences ruled her, what sort
of interests she had; what she did to encourage art and artists; how
much money she received, how she used it—all that and much more is
told by a trained historian who has consulted first-hand documents and
gives us a most instructive chapter in the history of civilization.”
(Nation.)

* * * * *

“He has achieved his purpose within the somewhat narrow limits of the
subject, although the study will be read perhaps more for its lighter
interest than for its historical value. One of his judgments is
certainly open to criticism.” H: E. Bourne.

+ − =Dial.= 45: 167. S. 16, ’08. 840w.

“It offers concrete and tangible facts, and gives us the kind of
information we are all hungering for. The translation by Miss King is
faithful as well as readable.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 140. Ag. 13, ’08. 250w.

+ =Sat. R.= 106: 490. O. 17, ’08. 430w.

“The editor of the book—which needed some editing for the English
public generally—appears to have done his work well.”

+ =Spec.= 100: 1035. Je. 27, ’08. 520w.

=Battle, Kemp Plummer.= History of the University of North Carolina.
v. 1. *$3. K. P. Battle, Chapel Hill, N. C.

7–30472.

“The present volume traces the history of the university from its
first conception in 1776 (it was chartered in 1789) to the year 1868.
Its growth from modest beginnings is told, its inner life depicted,
its public occasions described, its influence in the affairs of the
state and the nation set forth.” (Am. Hist. R.)

* * * * *

“While the story centres in the campus it is by no means confined
there. There are many interesting side lights on manners and events;
much about the personalities and careers of the men who have touched
the institution’s life.”

+ =Am. Hist. R.= 13: 426. Ja. ’08. 200w. (Review of v. 1.)

“Dr. Battle’s history will prove both entertaining and instructive to any student of the country’s educational growth.”