Chapter XLI: Book 1: , The heavenly bodies; Book 2, The constellations; Book 3, Times (6)

“A more welcome companion-book for the visitor to ‘Egypt’s land of
memory’ than this finely illustrated volume could hardly be produced.”

+ + =Outlook.= 89: 866. Ag. 15. ’08. 120w.

=Pierce, Franklin.= Federal usurpation. **$1.50. Appleton.

8–4348.

“A plea for the sacredness of the constitution of the United States,”
called forth by President Roosevelt’s suggestion for an increase of
Federal power “thru executive action—and thru judicial interpretation
and construction of law.” “The author arraigns Mr. Roosevelt for
attempting to destroy the State government, imperialize the national
government and convert the presidency into a dictatorship.” (Ind.)

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 240. O. ’08.

“This is a vigorous and well-written, tho somewhat polemic,
constitutional study.”

+ − =Ind.= 65: 155. Jl. 16, ’08. 450w.

“Whatever one may think of Mr. Pierce’s methods or conclusions, it
cannot be denied that his vigorous plea for state rights ... is worthy
of thoughtful consideration. Neither the facts nor the tendencies
which they show are, of course, new, although no recent writer has so
carefully collected them.”

+ − =Nation.= 86: 580. Je. 25, ’08. 1000w.

“Cannot be taken by the student very seriously. It is a view of the
constitution much more ably presented by Professor Stimson. It is
accurate neither in its facts nor in its law.”

− =Outlook.= 90: 314. O. 10, ’08. 500w.

=Pierce, Ulysses G. B.=, comp. Soul of the Bible: being selections
from the Old and the New Testaments and the Apocrypha, arranged as
synthetic readings; introd. by Edward Everett Hale. *$1.25. Am.
Unitar.

7–32351.

Here are brought together passages which explain and supplement each
other and which are of permanent worth. “The readings are synthetic.
In each selection the whole Bible has been drawn upon, as needed to
develop the subject or to supplement the thought. Isolated passages
have been brought into relation with the larger thought of which they
are generic parts, thus utilizing many short passages which would
otherwise be overlooked because of their fragmentary character.”

=Pillsbury, Walter Bowers.= Attention. (Lib. of philosophy.) *$2.75.
Macmillan.

8–19132.

The English edition of a work which in 1906 appeared in French as a
volume of the Library of experimental psychology. “The English volume
is an expansion of the former work and increases notably the value of
this contribution to psychology. There is an additional chapter on
measurements of the attention, a very important topic; a similar
addition treating of the relation of attention to the feelings and to
the self, and a useful practical chapter upon the educational aspects
of attention. What appeared as a single chapter in the earlier
publication on memory, will and reason, is now amplified into three
separate chapters.” (Science.)

* * * * *

“The work is marked throughout by accuracy of statement, wide
familiarity with the literature of the subject, and fairness and
discrimination in criticism.”

+ + =Nation.= 86: 406. Ap. 30, ’08. 1500w.

“It may be true that the functional view is not adequately worked out,
but it has been expressed a sufficient number of times to deserve,
some of us believe, a respectful hearing. As an example of structural
psychology, Professor Pillsbury’s work will command instant
recognition. He will probably be satisfied to answer that this was all
he intended.” C: H. Judd.

+ − =Philos. R.= 17: 651. N. ’08. 2300w.

“The volume may be emphatically commended.” J. J.

+ + =Science=, n.s. 27: 819. My. 22, ’08. 200w.

=Pinkham, Edwin George.= Fate’s a fiddler. †$1.50. Small.

8–18409.

One Bermondsey Bibbus, the keeper of a second-hand book shop in
Boston, his wife, addicted to lachrymose poetry, and his son, the hero
and narrator of this story, constitute the chief group of characters.
The father camps on the trail of the rainbow until he really finds a
reasonable pot of gold in a newspaper office in Missouri. The son goes
to school and enjoys the wealth of the cousin who inherited an uncle’s
fortune instead of himself.

* * * * *

“A confused story, with a somewhat foolish plot, but two characters
who might almost have stepped out of Dickens redeem it from
commonplaceness.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 304. D. ’08.

“The story is not told in a way to appeal to mature minds, and however
much it may please young people accustomed to the stories of Oliver
Optic and writers of that class, it is not a book that will, we think,
be prized by most novel readers.”

− =Arena.= 40: 486. N. ’08. 200w.

“A very readable novel with a distinct flavor of Dickens in it.”

+ =Cath. World.= 88: 407. D. ’08. 240w.

“The book is rather well done, but one doubts if it is particularly
worth doing.”

+ − =Ind.= 65: 550. S. 3, ’08. 50w.

“To revive a wholesome type of story even on a reduced scale is a
thankworthy deed. Mr. Pinkham has done so, and has suitably,
humorously, and cleverly added of his own.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 265. S. 17, ’08. 430w.

“Had the excellence of the first chapters been sustained throughout,
the book would be a noteworthy one instead of merely above the
average.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 426. Ag. 1, ’08. 220w.

=Platt, Dan Fellows.= Through Italy with car and camera. il. **$5.
Putnam.

7–42023.

Mr. Platt’s itinerary “covers not only the well-beaten roads, but many
byways—from Castelfranco and San Daniele in the north to San Galgano,
Montefalco, and Jesi in the centre. Most remarkable are his
illustrations, which have three merits—they are very numerous, more
than 200 in all; they are uncommonly well done; and they include many
out-of-the-way scenes and bits of native life and costume.” (Nation.)

* * * * *

“With that touch-and-go spirit which the motor-car encourages, and the
Italian scenery in the latter part of the year intensifies, [the
author] devotes his energies to the criticism of art. As a critic of
art Mr. Platt is by no means commonplace and conventional. He does,
indeed, cast down some of the ancient idols, but he is not a destroyer
of all the cherished images.” H. E. Coblentz.

+ + =Dial.= 44: 107. F. 16, ’08. 400w.

“The bars should never be lowered to admit the perpetrators of such
banalities in text and ‘illustration.’”

− + =Ind.= 64: 523. Mr. 5, ’08. 140w.

“After one has read the letter-press, these half-tones will serve as a
sort of album of Italian subjects, to be returned to again and again.”

+ =Nation.= 86: 103. Ja 30, ’08. 130w.

“A most readable record of the journey to the centres, great and
small, of Italy’s past artistic activity. His style is simple, there
is no attempt at fine writing.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 47. Ja. 25, ’08. 420w.

“The lover of Italy, if he does not expect an elaborate work, will
find here much worth having and preserving.”

+ =Outlook.= 88: 326. F. 8, ’08. 140w.

“Is in effect a glorified guide-book to the wonders of nature and
beauties of art, which were the objective of each day’s outing.”

+ =Putnam’s.= 3: 624. F. ’08. 360w.

=Player, Preston.= Notes on hydro-electric developments. *$1.
McGraw.

8–21048.

A discussion whose object is to furnish information to the water power
promoter which shall enable him to determine accurately the merits of
a proposed undertaking.

* * * * *

“The information given is valuable and worth the consideration of
anyone at all interested in the subject.”

+ =Engin. D.= 4: 306. S. ’08. 160w.

“This book should be particularly interesting to younger men in
electrical and hydraulic work.”

+ =Engin. N.= 60: 191. Ag. 13, ’08. 400w.

“This side of hydro-electric work has never been taken up so
authoritatively before, and the manual is to be commended as answering
a real need.”

+ =Engin. Rec.= 58: 335. S. 19, ’08. 260w.

=Plechanoff, George.= Anarchism and socialism; tr. with the
permission of the author by Eleanor Marx Aveling; with an introd.
by Robert Rives La Monte. 50c. Kerr.

W8–79.

“One of a series of reprints of socialistic literature published for
the purposes of propaganda. The treatment is a well reasoned defense
of Marxian socialism as over against utopian socialism on the one hand
and nihilism and anarchism on the other hand.”—Am. J. Soc.

* * * * *

“The treatment is conventional, and the chapters on Proudhon and
Bakounine are especially readable.” C. R. H.

+ =Am. J. Soc.= 14: 128. Jl. ’08. 60w.

“Taken as a whole this volume is a masterpiece that surpasses every
other work on these subjects. It contains the quintessence of the
progressive thought of the past two centuries. It is an invaluable
contribution to art and literature.” Saul Beaumont.

+ + =Arena.= 40: 386. O. ’08. 800w.

=Plummer, Mary Wright.= Roy and Ray in Canada. **$1.75. Holt.

8–26881.

Roy and Ray whose journey thru Mexico taught many things historical
and geographical to young readers, are equally alert in the present
volume devoted to Canadian history, scenery, manners and customs. The
book offers valuable supplementary reading for schools.

* * * * *

“Clear, well-written and accurate, the book will prove especially
useful in connection with school work.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 211. D. ’08. ✠

Reviewed by K. L. M.

=Bookm.= 28: 386. D. ’08. 60w.

Reviewed by M. J. Moses.

+ − =Ind.= 65: 1477. D. 17, ’08. 50w.

“However excellent the material, we cannot overcome our dislike of the
cross-question. Miss Plummer, who has done her work carefully is a
trained observer.”

+ − =Nation.= 87: 550. D. 3, ’08. 60w.

“An excellent travel book for children.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 639. O. 31, ’08. 140w.

“A book sure of a welcome from bright boys and girls.”

+ =Outlook.= 90: 504. O. 31, ’08. 80w.

=Podmore, Frank.= Naturalisation of the supernatural. **$2. Putnam.

8–22271.

Traces the history of spiritualistic movements, and from the published
and unpublished investigations of the Society for psychical research
produces material that on the one hand exposes fraud and on the other
scientifically substantiates certain marvellous occurrences of psychic
phenomena. “The author is convinced of the reality of telepathy,
including the production of hallucinations by spontaneous thought
transference, but is skeptical of the physical manifestations of
spiritism which are now returning to popularity.” (Ind.)

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 294. D. ’08.

“Altho it follows the lines of his earlier works and contains little
that is essentially new or different, and altho he is disappointingly
inclusive in summing up the argument and stating his own opinion of
it, yet his care in collecting his evidence and fairness in discussing
it make the volume useful to those who wish to form their own
opinions.”

− + =Ind.= 65: 488. Ag. 27, ’08. 730w.

=Nation.= 87: 239. S. 10, ’08. 500w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 639. O. 31, ’08. 300w.

“A really helpful addition to the rapidly growing literature dealing
with the work that is being done in the debatable field of spiritistic
phenomena, apparitions, hauntings, and kindred manifestations of a
supposedly supernatural character.”

+ =Outlook.= 90: 317. O. 10, ’08. 400w.

=Sat. R.= 106: 334. S. 12, ’08. 1050w.

“Though there is nothing very new or sensational in the volume, there
is plenty of evidence of careful work, and of a refusal to rush into a
spiritualistic explanation of unknown phenomena while any other
explanation remains possible.”

+ =Spec.= 101: 744. N. 7, ’08. 300w.

* =Poincaré, Lucien.= New physics and its evolution; being the authorized translation of “La physique moderne, son evolution.” (International scientific ser.) *$1.75. Appleton.

“The keynote of the book is the remark that physical science
progresses by evolution rather than by revolution; and that science in
general is in some sort a living organism which gives birth to an
indefinite series of new beings which take the place of the old. The
author shows how the science of mechanics and the mechanical
hypotheses of Newton, Descartes, and La Place have been modified by
recent discoveries, and he explains the limits of metaphysics and
philosophy in dealing with the laws of nature.”—Nation.

* * * * *

“Although it is short and clear, it will not be found easy reading,
and some of it will not be followed without consultation of other
works, save by those to whom the methods of research as well as the
broad principles of physics are already familiar.” S. S. Sprigge.

+ − =Acad.= 73: 885. S. 14, ’07. 1900w.

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 295. D. ’08.

“The compression of so many subjects into a space of little more than
300 pages is in itself a feat of which few living men would be
capable; but our wonder at this deepens when we observe the means by
which it is effected. The editor of the series has done his work with
discretion, and his comparatively few notes are useful in supplying
needed definitions and in bringing the book up to date.”

+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 275. S. 7. 940w.

+ =Nation.= 87: 583. D. 10, ’08. 200w.

“It is a scholarly production which can be confidently recommended to
all who are interested in the development of physics.”

+ =Nature.= 79: 121. D. 3, ’08. 800w.

=Pollak, Gustave.= Franz Grillparzer and the Austrian drama.
**$2.50. Dodd.

7–38906.

In which Franz Grillparzer, the typical Austrian of the Metternich
period, is introduced to American readers. The sketch gives an
intimate insight into the life and times of the playwright and also
translates “freely the best of the plays, thus affording, besides the
synopsis of each drama, a taste of the atmosphere of the work that
nothing short of the actual text can provide.” (Bookm.)

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 147. My. ’08.

“Mr. Pollak, who writes with a sound knowledge of the facts and a
genuine enthusiasm for his subject, is hardly, we think, a
sufficiently acute psychologist to make an ideal biographer of
Grillparzer. But the narrative is clearly and pleasantly told, and
English readers will gain from it a good general idea of Grillparzer’s
life and work.”

+ − =Ath.= 1908, 1: 170. F. 8. 1450w.

“He has given a sympathetic account of Grillparzer’s rather meagre and
unhappy life.” P. G. Hubert, jr.

+ + =Bookm.= 26: 521. Ja. ’08. 1150w.

“He has written a sympathetic study of a character very difficult of
comprehension if viewed apart from the circumstances of time and
place. The metrical translations are an important feature of the book.
With few exceptions they render with uncommon success the meaning and
melody of the original.”

+ =Nation.= 86: 18. Ja. 2, ’08. 1000w.

“In the main, in its triple character of biography, criticism, and
translation, it is an admirable piece of interpretation, and in view
of the place which Grillparzer has come to hold in German literature,
it can scarcely be doubted that M. Pollak, in introducing him more
fully to the American public, has given us one of the most important
books of the season.” J. B. Rittenhouse.

+ + − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 88. F. 15, ’08. 1300w.

“It is a piece of biographical criticism of exceptional value by
reason of its sound scholarship, competent literary judgment, and
thorough workmanship.”

+ + =Outlook.= 88: 885. Ap. 18, ’08. 550w.

=R. of Rs.= 37: 114. Ja. ’08. 110w.

* =Pollen, Mrs. John Hungerford.= Seven centuries of lace. $9. Macmillan.

“Mrs. Pollen [owner of the La Primandaye lace collection and wife of
the official editor of the South Kensington museum catalog of books in
art] is an enthusiast on the subject of ancient needle and bobbin-made
lace, and has added value to the fine series of plates in her book by
an able introduction, in which she traces the evolution of the sister
crafts, and defines the distinctive peculiarity of each variety,
adding a complete glossary of technical terms, for some of which no
adequate English equivalent had previously been given.”—Int. Studio.

* * * * *

“The earlier part of Mrs. Pollen’s book is naturally the more
interesting.”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 2: 373. S. 26. 620w.

“All who delight in fine needlework have every reason to be grateful,
so faithful are the interpretations given and so clearly do they bring
out not only the exquisite symmetry and appropriateness of the
designs, but also every minute detail of stitchery that contributes to
the general effect.”

+ =Int. Studio.= 35: 318. O. ’08. 300w.

“If supplemented by a good history, tracing the development of design
and technique, its excellent plates would have genuine educational
value, but in its present form its usefulness is practically limited
to the collector or to those already somewhat familiar with the
history of lace.”

− + =Nation.= 87: 586. D. 10, ’08. 740w.

=Polley, Joseph Benjamin.= Soldier’s letters to charming Nellie. il.
$2. Neale.

8–4889.

Letters written by a member of Hood’s Texas brigade to a loyal
Southern girl. They tell of experiences which have since become a part
of history; of personal observations and feelings on the march and in
battle.

* * * * *

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 99. F. 22, ’08. 500w.

=Poor, Charles Lane.= Solar system: a study of recent observations.
**$2. Putnam.

8–5270.

A supplement to standard text-books and encyclopedia articles, whose
aim is to show by means of untechnical language and without the use of
mathematics by what steps the precise knowledge of to-day has been
reached, and to explain the marvellous results of modern methods and
modern observations. Here is set down what modern science has revealed
concerning the sun, the moon, the earth and other bodies in our
planetary system, concerning satellite systems, comets and meteors,
tides and tidal evolution, and the evolution of the solar system.

* * * * *

“A book of average merit but with no distinguishing features that call
for special commendation.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 203. Je. ’08.

“Can be most highly commended both as a text book and as a general
exposition of the most important of astronomical phenomena.” W. S.
Tower.

+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 32: 458. S. ’08. 240w.

“Cannot fail to be read with avidity by the ever-increasing number of
astronomical students.”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 2: 406. O. 3. 820w.

+ =Dial.= 44: 250. Ap. 16, ’08. 250w.

“Attractive and thoroly readable. He is rather severe, but not unduly
so, upon the extraordinary views of Lowell in regard to Mars and its
so-called ‘canals.’”

+ =Educ. R.= 35: 422. Ap. ’08. 70w.

“It is descriptive and authoritative, recording salient facts in a
simple and direct manner.”

+ =Ind.= 64: 1402. Je. 18, ’08. 520w.

“It is not too abstruse, is thoroughly entertaining, and is timely.”

+ =Nation.= 86: 495. My. 28, ’08. 70w.

“Its freedom from slips shows that the author has exercised the same
minute care over the proofs that he has in the selection and
exposition of the matter.” W: E. Rolston.

+ =Nature.= 78: 629. O. 22, ’08. 670w.

“The work is compact, readable and instructive in just the points
where one’s schoolboy ideas need readjustment.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 182. Ap. 4, ’08. 1000w.

“A very interesting and suggestive volume.” C. L. Doolittle.

+ − =Science=, n.s. 28: 56. Jl. 10, ’08. 600w.

=Pope, Amy Elizabeth, and Carpenter, Mary L.= Essentials of
dietetics in health and disease: a text-book for nurses, and a
practical dietary guide for the household. *$1. Putnam.

8–22245.

A text book designed to be of use in the teaching of dietetics in
schools of nursing, and also of use as a dietary guide for the home.
The first part deals with the principles of dietetics, and the second,
with recipes.

* * * * *

+ =Ind.= 65: 439. Ag. 20, ’08. 70w.

“Much is exceedingly good, despite a confusing inconsistent use of
calculations and chemical terms.”

+ − =Nation.= 87: 217. S. 3, ’08. 200w.

=Popplewell, William Charles.= Strength of materials; a manual for
students of engineering. *$2. Van Nostrand.

8–13630.

A book intended for students of engineering who are desirous of
obtaining a working knowledge of the fundamental principles involved
in problems of machine and structural design. Special attention has
been paid to the unequal distribution of stress and to the limits of
elasticity in iron and steel.

* * * * *

“We already have a number of much better works, and there seems to be
no place in the American field for this newcomer.”

− =Engin. N.= 59: 205. F. 20, ’08. 280w.

“Though prepared for English students, [this book] will prove of equal
value to Americans who wish a short, correct, and vigorous treatment
of the subject.”

+ =Nation.= 86: 407. Ap. 30, ’08. 100w.

=Nature.= 77: 412. Mr. 5, ’08. 150w.

=Porter, Charles Talbot.= Engineering reminiscences contributed to
“Power” and “American machinist”; rev. and enl. il. *$3. Wiley.

8–9539.

The articles contributed to “Power” and “American machinist” have been
revised and expanded and have been collected here for an addition to
the history of American engineering. “It must be borne in mind, of
course, that the book makes no pretence to be an impartial and
complete history of the field of engineering to which it refers. Mr.
Porter has merely set down his personal experiences and those of his
associates and contemporaries from his own personal viewpoint.”
(Engin. N.)

* * * * *

+ =Engin. D.= 3: 528. My. ’08. 250w.

“The book is written in conversational style and with a frank recital
of successes and failures which make it highly entertaining. The young
engineer can learn many lessons in practical business.”

+ =Engin. N.= 59: 433. Ap. 16, ’08. 300w.

“The book is a model of its kind, written with very many humorous
comments and full of the charm of scholarship tempered by the broad
views that come only with intimate acquaintance with men of all
degrees in many countries.”

+ + =Engin. Rec.= 57: 386. Mr. 28, ’08. 600w.

* =Porter, Eleanor H.= Turn of the tide. †$1.25. Wilde.

The sequel to “Cross currents” which follows the development of
Margaret Kendall, lost in the slums for four years, from the time when
she is restored to her home.

=Porter, Gene Stratton.= At the foot of the rainbow. $1.50. Outing
pub.

8–978.

Central Indiana furnishes the rural scene of a story whose
characters—two men, and a woman—constitute the modern-drama triangle.
It is a tale of a heroic Scotchman’s friendship for a dissipated
Irishman who had played the former false when entrusted with a message
to the girl both loved.

* * * * *

“A light, cheerful and, at the same time, pathetic, little story. A
breezy, fresh, out-of-doors atmosphere is its chief characteristic.
Similar in this respect to the author’s ‘Freckles,’ but better done in
every way.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 87. Mr. ’08. ✠

“The story has the same outdoor quality that ‘Freckles’ has, by the
same author, but it makes less of an appeal to the sympathies.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 95. F. 15, ’08. 150w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 344. Je. 13, ’08. 160w.

“If it is worth reading at all (and let us give the author the benefit
of the doubt), is so because of the background of outdoor life,
nature, and the changing pageant of the seasons.”

+ − =Outlook.= 89: 313. Je. 6, ’08. 100w.

=Porter, Mary Winearls.= What Rome was built with: a description of
the stones employed in ancient times for its building and
decoration. *$1.25. Oxford.

8–13631.

The knowledge of antiquary and geologist has been drawn upon to
furnish to inquirers this description of the stones used in building
ancient Rome. The kinds of stone are identified and traced to their
home quarries, and historical and mythological details are included.

* * * * *

=Class. J.= 3: 208. Mr. ’08. 17w.

“A little more care might also have been well spent in the arrangement
of the matter. Only trifling blemishes, detract from the value of an
interesting compilation. It is difficult to point to any other work on
the subject equally convenient and trustworthy.”

+ − =Nature.= 77: 196. Ja. 2, ’08. 400w.

“A highly interesting book.”

+ =Spec.= 99: 874. N. 30, ’07. 170w.

=Post, Emily (Mrs. Edwyn Main Post).= Woven in the tapestry. **$1.
Moffat.

8–9525.

“These are the tales of Ateria, a country which long ago lay on the
distant borderlands; of the pagan king, Thyaterion, and his daughter,
the princess Alacia; of the Hermit in the forest, and of the stranger
who came to live for a while as the Hermit’s disciple.” “The nosegay
of chapters from the life of a fairylike princess holds allegories
that trace the growth of her mind, soul, and heart. Side by side with
these are cameo portraits of her lowlier neighbors, of her courtiers
and counsellors, and of the true and only prince.” (Nation.)

* * * * *

=Bookm.= 27: 240. My. ’08. 150w.

“The soul not dead to the whisperings of poetry, may pleasurably walk
in this pretty garden of fantasies.”

+ =Nation.= 86: 469. My. 21, ’08. 80w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 211. Ap. 11, ’08. 50w.

“It is a gracious little book; and perhaps there may be a truth in its
flowery pages which the plainer story of real life overlooks.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 363. Je. 27, ’08. 220w.

* =Post, Melville Davisson.= Corrector of destinies: being tales of Randolph Mason as related by his private secretary Courtlandt Parks. $1.50. Clode, E. J.

8–25120.

A group of mystery stories containing legal tangles which Randolph
Mason, wizard of the law, straightens thru a maze of technicalities.
“Randolph Mason may not be humanly possible—an embodied characteristic
is rarely so; but there is a certain stern charm in so austere a
conception as the incarnate essence of justice untinctured with
sympathy.” (Nation.)

* * * * *

“Most of the stories hang upon points of law more interesting to the
technician than to the outsider.”

+ − =Nation.= 87: 498. N. 19, ’08. 230w.

“The book is well written, and is sure to be of interest both to old
friends of Randolph Mason and to those who meet him now for the first
time.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 610. O. 24, ’08. 160w.

=Post, Van Zo.= Retz. †$1.50. McClure.

8–16717.

A young nobleman of Flanders goes forth to adventure and achievement
uncertain whether the power that moves the world is money, knowledge
or love. The gift of Venus—as old as time—is accepted after daring
deeds prove the worthiness of the hero.

* * * * *

“Structurally, it is incoherent, but its episodes are exciting enough
to make us condone the fault of amorphous plan.” W: M. Payne.

+ − =Dial.= 45: 89. Ag. 16, ’08. 150w.

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

=Potter, Cora Brown.= The secrets of beauty and mysteries of health.
**$1.75. Elder.

8–10640.

A practical guide to beauty which gives suggestions for the right care
of the skin, hair, nails, eyes, nose, ears, face, mouth, teeth, hands
and feet. Valuable formulas are interspersed for the compounding of
aids to beauty and health.

* * * * *

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 218. Ap. 11, ’08. 30w.

“She has given to the world of woman a very sensible and thorough
study of the methods in vogue all over the world for the promotion of
good looks and good health.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 296. My. 23, ’08. 250w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 628. O. 24, ’08. 40w.

“The volume contains all sorts of good advice, based on the author’s
stage experiences and travel.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 38: 128. Jl. ’08. 30w.

=Potter, Margaret.= Golden ladder. †$1.50. Harper.

8–12224.

The story of a wanton young woman who treads the broad way just
because she wants all of the tinsel of life and none of its serious
joy. On the rounds of the “golden ladder” the hero—who in truth does
not deserve the name—sacrifices his manhood, but still climbs, by the
Wall street way, to his millions.

* * * * *

“The story is made both unattractive and ineffective by the
ostentatious desire of the author to point its moral.”

− =Ath.= 1908, 2: 204. Ag. 22. 180w.

“The volume undoubtedly has good material in it; Margaret Potter sees
life on a rather big scale, and she uses verbal colour in a way that
forces the reader to see what she wants him to see.” F: T. Cooper.

− + =Bookm.= 27: 399. Je. ’08. 400w.

“Some of her bits of description and dialogue are calculated to bring
a blush not to maiden cheeks alone. We are inclined to think that ‘The
golden ladder’ has done a thing well worth doing after a fashion in
which it distinctly ought not to be done.” W: M. Payne.

− + =Dial.= 45: 91. Ag. 16, ’08. 330w.

=Ind.= 65: 156. Jl. 16, ’08. 270w.

“Except for the Briand family, and an occasional lapse from egotism on
the part of the hero, the novel is unjustifiably repulsive.”

− =Nation.= 86: 469. My. 21, ’08. 200w.

“Most of the characters are crude in conception and are not made
credible in development.”

− + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 304. My. 30, ’08. 180w.

“The book is, of course, designed to show up the terrible hunger for
riches that possesses the land; but we fail to see that it will turn
any young man from attempting the ascent of the perilous ladder.”
Charlotte Harwood.

− =Putnam’s.= 4: 620. Ag. ’08. 400w.

− =R. of Rs.= 37: 763. Je. ’08. 70w.

“The novel, if a little long, is decidedly clever, but it is by no
means pleasant reading.”

+ − =Spec.= 100: 980. Je. 20, ’08. 270w.

=Pottle, Emery Bemsley.= Handicapped. †$1.50. Lane.

8–17789.

“Donovan O’Hara, who came of a well-bred mother, was handicapped by
having a horse-trainer for a father. He had the bringing-up, the
associates, and, on the whole, the tastes and morals of a
horse-trainer.” (Nation.) How his heritage operates against him in
matters of love forms the main theme of the book. “The group of people
who appear in these pages is united by a common love of horse flesh.”
(Nation.)

* * * * *

“Does not at any point gain much hold upon the reader’s attention.” W:
M. Payne.

− + =Dial.= 45: 90. Ag. 16, ’08. 140w.

“When the book is not horsy it is ‘sexy.’ It it also rather dull.”

− =Nation.= 87: 13. Jl. 2, ’08. 200w.

“An eloquent little romance, vibrant with plenty of wholesome
activity, and with a pathetic love story.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 297. My. 23, ’08. 140w.

=Poulton, Edward Bagnall.= Essays on evolution, 1889–1907. *$4.
Oxford.

Contains a series of ten essays on various aspects of the Darwinian
theory and is introduced by a chapter entitled Mutation, Mendelism,
and natural selection.

* * * * *

“Our first thought on reading these essays is one of regret that their
author did not rewrite them entirely and give his matter in a new
form. By the present arrangement the book appeals much more to the
entomologist than to the general reader. Perhaps their main fault is a
certain pedagogic flavour, and hence an impatience of views not
entirely in consonance with those of the author.”

+ − =Ath.= 1908. 2: 157. Ag. 8. 900w.

“This introduction, together, with the last three or four chapters,
should have formed an independent volume on natural selection and
mimicry.”

+ − =Nation.= 87: 167. Ag. 20, ’08. 400w.

“We dare not find fault with it, save indeed to wish its treatment had
been even more encyclopaedic.”

+ =Sat. R.= 106: 336. S. 12, ’08. 1600w.

=Powell, Frances, pseud. (Frances Powell Case).= Old Mr. Davenant’s
money. †$1.50. Scribner.

8–10860.

A story with a subtly handled mystery concealed by an avaricious
mother and a faithful servant. A mother had managed with skilful
manœuvring to secure old Mr. Davenant’s money for her son. The boy
dies and the mother rather than lose the fortune slips a twin sister
into his shoes and brings the child up as the son and heir. The east
end of Long Island furnishes the setting for the story which sketches
a fascinating group of characters and is rich in local color.

* * * * *

“The sugaring of the pill is so well done that the story may well
enough be read for its interest.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 400. Jl. 18, ’08. 400w.

* =Powell, Lyman Pierson.= Art of natural sleep, with definite directions for the wholesome cure of sleeplessness, illustrated by cases treated in Northampton and elsewhere. **90c. Putnam.

8–32345.

A little book prompted by the author’s experience in overcoming
insomnia which is designed to help physicians, Emmanuel workers, and
others who believe in the art of natural sleep to aid those committed
to their care. The method is auto-suggestion reinforced by faith.

* * * * *

“The tiny book is written in the simplest and most practical style,
and its definite directions for the cure of sleeplessness are such as
any person can follow with very little trouble.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 723. D. 5, ’08. 180w.

=Powell, Lyman Pierson.= Christian science: the faith and its
founder. *$1.25. Putnam.

7–40519.

An interpretation of the facts of Christian science, its tenets and
its founder written by one who is neither a defender nor an assailant.

* * * * *

“A careful, painstaking exposition, manifesting a thorough knowledge
of the subject.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 147. My. ’08. ✠

“The volume should have careful consideration from all who are
interested in the phenomenon.”

+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 31: 719. My. ’08. 130w.

“A very careful and painstaking examination.”

+ =Educ. R.= 35: 206. F. ’08. 40w.

=Ind.= 65: 432. Ag. 20, ’08. 220w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 264. Ap. 20, ’07. 80w.

“The author is frank and impartial with Eddyites and their opponents.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 668. O. 19, ’07. 30w.

“A scathing indictment, all the more scathing because of the
dispassionate form in which it is presented.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 206. Ap. 11, ’08. 250w.

“It ought to be satisfactory to those who wish a fair-minded and
judicial interpretation of Christian science.”

+ =Outlook.= 88: 565. Mr. 7, ’08. 180w.

=Poyser, Arthur.= Tower of London; painted by John Fulleylove,
described by Arthur Poyser. *$2.50. Macmillan.

“The text, beautifully printed on thick paper with wide margins,
consists of an historical sketch, and then descriptions of walks
through the Tower, round the Tower, about Tower hill, and Allhallows
Barking by the Tower. This part of the work is competently done, but
without special distinction of style. The pictures are pretty,
fortunately in rather subdued colors, but without notable
excellence.”—Nation.

* * * * *

+ =Int. Studio.= 35: 318. O. ’08. 300w.

+ =Nation.= 87: 286. S. 24, ’08. 120w.

“There is sufficient in the way of historical sketch, of description
of the several towers, chapels, and chambers, and of anecdote about
famous prisoners to make the work valuable without overloading it with
detail.”

+ =Outlook.= 90: 229. S. 26, ’08. 150w.

“If Mr. Poyser sees more imaginative possibilities in the Tower than
the great writers themselves appear to have seen, we must say that he
himself has cast little of charm over his descriptions.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 106: 119. Jl. 25, ’08. 300w.

“Mr. Fulleylove’s pictures have all the charm which we are accustomed
to find in his work. Mr. Poyser’s description is satisfactory on the
whole.”

+ =Spec.= 101: sup. 712. N. 7, ’08. 240w.

=Praed, Rosa Caroline (Mrs. Campbell M. Praed).= By their fruits.
$1.50. Cassell.

“A story with twin sisters as the central figures. Dual personalities,
so alike that they easily pass for each other when apart, equally
beautiful in physical appearance, they are yet opposites in
temperament and character; Aglaia-Pascaline, frivolous, a victim to
the drug habit; Pascaline-Aglaia, pure, spiritual, would-be savior of
her sister. Around these two characters the story is woven.”—N. Y.
Times.

* * * * *

“Though it can scarcely be called probable, is highly ingenious, and
through four hundred odd pages the interest never flags.”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 1: 474. Ap. 18. 140w.

“According to my thinking, it is, on the whole, the most remarkable
and the most original novel Mrs. Praed has yet brought out, and its
heroine is certainly one of the most charming, noble-minded woman
figures in our recent literature, at once poetically ideal and yet
thoroly lifelike and real.” Justin McCarthy.

+ =Ind.= 64: 1339. Je. 11, ’08. 350w.

“The interest never flags for one moment.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 616. O. 24, ’08. 70w.

=Pratt, Waldo Selden.= History of music. *$3. Schirmer.

7–38011.

Descriptive note in Dec. 1907.

* * * * *

“The book becomes unbalanced towards the end.” O. G. Sonneck.

+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 13: 828. Jl. ’08. 800w.

“Particularly useful for small libraries with few reference books. The
illustrations are interesting, but not finely executed.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 47. F. ’08. ✠

“He has increased the literature of music by a contribution of
permanent value.” J. R. Smith.

+ + =Dial.= 44: 99. F. 16, ’08. 850w.

“By the painstaking care with which he has selected his material, and
the clear, succinct, straightforward method of its presentation,
without waste of words, his book is an important contribution to the
literature of music, and it makes interesting reading for layman and
musical student alike.”

+ + =Ind.= 64: 752. Ap. 2, ’08. 300w.

“It may be said that too many minor names are included among the
numerous sketches of composers. By omitting such trivial information,
room might have been provided for references to the more important
books in which the subject of each chapter can be studied in detail.
Apart from this, it would be difficult to suggest a way in which this
book might have been improved. Is a marvel of industrious research and
exceptional usefulness.”

+ + − =Nation.= 86: 87. Ja. 23, ’08. 250w.

“The book is far from being a mere compilation. It is not lacking the
personal point of view, and the flavor of the personal criticism. The
arrangement is admirable, with its division into large and small type;
and the index is very full.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 865. D. 28, ’07. 320w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 37: 254. F. ’08. 50w.

=Pratt, Walter Merriam.= Burning of Chelsea. $1.50. Sampson pub.

8–19884.

A contribution to local history based on personal knowledge and
observation. It gives a volunteer fireman’s story of the great
conflagration of last April with additional chapters on the history of
Chelsea. Fully illustrated from photographs.

=Presbrey, Frank.= Motoring abroad. *$2. Outing pub.

8–16437.

The account of a two months’ automobile trip thru Normandy, Brittany,
the chateau country of Touraine, England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales
made by an enthusiastic automobilist and his wife. The volume is
instructively written and profusely illustrated. It closes with a
chapter on “Practical suggestions” in which the author gives other
automobilists the benefit of all the means adopted to reduce
discomfort and annoyance to a minimum.

* * * * *

“Is notable apart from the descriptions he gives of the countries.”

+ =Lit. D.= 37: 60. Jl. 11, ’08. 1350w.

“We can confidently recommend [it] to the stay-at-home who is
afflicted with the somewhat prevalent desire to see Europe from an
automobile.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 93. Jl. 30, ’08. 300w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 376. Jl. 4. ’08. 270w.

+ =Outlook.= 89: 866. Ag. 15, ’08. 170w.

“The author knows how to enjoy himself thoroughly and he understands
how to tell in crisp, entertaining fashion, what he has seen.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 38: 125. Jl. ’08. 100w.

=Prescott, Samuel Cate, and Winslow, Charles E. A.= Elements of
water bacteriology, with special reference to sanitary water
analysis. 2d ed. $1.50. Wiley.

8–9036.

A new edition rewritten to cover the progress during the past four
years. “Particular mention is made of addition to the chapters on
Self-purification, on the Isolation of the typhoid bacillus, on Colon
tests, and a new chapter has been provided on the Bacteriology of
sewage and sewage effluents. A quite extended bibliography is
provided.” (Engin. N.)

* * * * *

=Engin. N.= 60: 80. Jl. 16, ’08. 90w.

“In its practical applications the book is an excellent compendium of
data bearing on the bacteriological conditions of normal waters, the
self-purification of streams, the efficiency of sand and mechanical
filters and the relation of bacteriology to sewage purification.”

+ =Engin. Rec.= 58: 475. O. 24, ’08. 420w.

“The book can be recommended as a very useful one and a great
improvement on the first edition.” R. T. Hewlett.

+ =Nature.= 79: 6. N. 5, ’08. 300w.

=Preuss, Arthur.= Fundamental fallacies of socialism: an exposition
of the question of landownership; comprising an authentic account
of the famous McGlynn case. *$1. Herder.

“Written by a Catholic who seeks to prove that the public ownership of
land is contrary to the teaching of the Catholic church, especially
that embodied in the encyclicals of Leo XIII. These encyclicals and
Henry George’s open letter to the pope are discussed in detail. The
author then seeks to prove that the removal of the ban of
excommunication which had been pronounced against McGlynn because of
his advocacy of Henry George’s theories did not mean, as it was
commonly supposed, that the single tax was not contrary to Catholic
doctrine.... The final conclusion is that public ownership of land
being wrong, similar arguments will prove the error of public
ownership of other agents of production—hence the fallacy of
socialism.”—J. Pol. Econ.

* * * * *

“When Mr. Preuss will have dealt intelligently with the crux of the
situation hinted at in his observations, he may, with more propriety
than at present, claim to have produced ‘the first and only adequate
presentation, in English, of the important question of
landownership.’”

− =Cath. World.= 87: 100. Ap. ’08. 1400w.

=Ind.= 86: 637. Mr. 19, ’08. 350w.

=J. Pol. Econ.= 16: 246. Ap. ’08. 180w.

=Nation.= 86: 492. My. 28, ’08. 100w.

* =Preyer, David C.= Art of the Netherland galleries. (Art galleries of Europe ser.) *$2. Page.

8–30912.

“Written not for the professional, whether painter or critic or
student, but rather for the reader who is interested in art for the
beauty of it and for the tourist who is looking for information. While
the greater part of the volume is given over to Rubens, Rembrandt, Van
Dyck, Hals, Memling, the Van Eycks, Teniers, Jan Steen, Van Ostrade,
and the other great painters, much space is devoted to the modern
Dutch artists, Israels, the Maris brothers, Neuhuys, &c.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

“Such a history has not before appeared in English, nor in Dutch in
the same completeness. Mr. Preyer’s account of the lesser men, as well
as of their more noted fellows, is written with intelligence and
discrimination.”

+ =Dial.= 45: 407. D. 1, ’08. 280w.

“Is sufficiently enthusiastic about his subject to impart some of his
appreciation to the reader.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 747. D. 5, ’08. 180w.

=Price, Eleanor C.= Princess of the old world [Anne Marie Louise
d’Orleans]. (Memoir ser.) *$3. Putnam.

8–10260.

The biography of Louis XIV’s wayward and eccentric cousin who “next to
Queen Elizabeth is perhaps the most interesting spinster in history.”
(Spec.) “The life of Mademoiselle covers a great part of the
seventeenth century, a very interesting period in the history of
France, seeing that it includes the wars of the Fronde and such
personalities as Conde—perhaps the most brilliant of all French
soldiers before Napoleon—and Mazarin. Anne Marie Louise d’Orleans
mixed, of course, with these men and engaged in the politics of their
time.” (Sat. R.)

* * * * *

“The author has used contemporary sources with taste and discretion,
and has supplemented them with the best modern authorities.”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 1: 508. Ap. 25. 1400w.

“An exceedingly finished and accurate presentation.”

+ − =Nation.= 86: 238. Mr. 12, ’08. 250w.

“The author has the knack of making her people seem very real and very
much alive.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 377. Jl. 4, ’08. 270w.

“A very readable book.”

+ =Sat. R.= 104: sup. 10. N. 16, ’07. 100w.

“A picturesque and highly readable study.”

+ =Spec.= 99: 779. N. 16, ’07. 600w.

=Price, William Thompson.= Analysis of play construction and
dramatic principle. $5. W: T. Price, 1440 Broadway, N. Y.

8–23870.

“Mr. Price’s theory is that dramatic genius, unsupported by mastery of
technical laws, is comparatively powerless to make a good play—which
has a certain measure of truth in it—and that the requisite technical
knowledge must be obtained by minute analysis of standard pieces in
order to discover their constructive principles. As models for
dissection he selects five plays, ‘Ingomar,’ ‘Lady of Lyons,’
‘Camille,’ ‘Still waters run deep,’ and ‘A new way to pay old
debts’—of which only one, ‘Camille,’ is really notable for artistic
composition.”—Nation.

* * * * *

“His unworthiness as a teacher is manifested, not so much in his
exaggeration of the importance of mere mechanism as compared with that
of matter—much of what he says about technique is sound enough, though
tediously trite—but in his utter failure to offer any suggestions of
practical value to the budding dramatist. All the real instruction in
his ponderous volume could be put with better effect into a thin
pamphlet for use as a primer.”

− + =Nation.= 87: 269. S. 17, ’08. 450w.

“There are no better books on this subject than Mr. Price’s.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 482. S. 5, ’08. 970w.

* =Priestman, Mabel Tuke.= Art and economy in home decoration. **$1.50. Lane.

8–27401.

The author, a practical interior decorator, presents a study of house
decoration in which color is the keynote. “Suggestions are given how
to treat our walls, what curtain material is best, what to choose as
floor-covering, and how much ornament is admissible on our furniture,
besides many other points of vital importance to the young
housekeeper, or the older one whose eyes are being opened to possible
beauty. The illustrations in the book are excellent as aids to the
text.” (Outlook.)

* * * * *

“More inclusive than Daniel’s ‘Furnishing a modest home,’ but is on
different lines and will appeal to a different class of readers.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 264. N. ’06. ✠

“The subjects are treated with the knowledge that comes of long study
of interior decoration, and in a simple, untechnical way that will
appeal to the average home-maker.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 522. S. 26, ’08. 250w.

“The clear classification of subjects in this manual will be
appreciated by those who use it.”

+ =Outlook.= 90: 752. N. 28, ’08. 160w.

=Prior, James.= Walking gentleman. †$1.50. Dutton.

8–23524.

On the day preceding his marriage, Lord Beiley, immensely bored with
life, wanders away and yields to the temptation of vagabondage. His
itinerary takes him among people with whom rank counts for nothing,
where he learns to value essential manhood. And “the Lady Sarah comes
to feel that his desertion of her was a blessing to them both, because
it taught each of them that life was not quite worth while without the
other.... It gives a series of vivid pictures of rural England, a
succession of carefully studied types of middleclass lower-class men
and women, of the scum and riff-raff of society, all admirable in
their own special way.” (Bookm.)

* * * * *

“In the general scheme of his work—its inconsequence, its
whole-hearted love of the open road, and, above all, its wide sympathy
with all sorts and conditions of men—Mr. Prior reminds us irresistibly
of George Borrow.”

+ + =Acad.= 73: 951. S. 28, ’07. 350w.

“For a novel with no plot it is astonishing how interesting this
itinerary is; the book will dwell in the memory when most novels have
faded from it.”

+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 297. S. 14. 200w.

“The story not only has a clever theme, well handled, but better yet,
it is delightfully written.” F: T. Cooper.

+ =Bookm.= 27: 184. Ap. ’08. 600w.

“With the exception of ... a precocious but lovable child, it is in
the minor characters that Mr. Prior shows his finest art. The story in
itself is not strikingly original; its value lies in its flashes of
human insight.”

+ =Nation.= 86: 287. Mr. 26, ’08. 450w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 276. My. 16, ’08. 150w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 343. Je. 13, ’08. 200w.

“Mr. James Prior possesses an exceptional wealth of juicy humor; he
pours forth the wine of mirth that gladdens the heart in liberal
measure.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 37: 767. Je. ’08. 80w.

=Programme= of modernism: a reply to the Encyclical of Pius X.,
Pascendi dominici gregis; with the text of the Encyclical in an
English version, tr. by Rev. Father George Tyrrell, with an
introd. by A. Leslie Lilley. (Crown theological lib., no. 25.)
*$1.50. Putnam.

8–15499.

The fault of “Modernism” for which the authors of this volume have
suffered excommunication is that of regarding Christianity as
transcending the outward doctrinal and ecclesiastical expression of it
and daring to submit these externals to historical criticism. The
reply includes a most lucid and concise presentation of the results of
the “Higher criticism,” states wherein the Encyclical has
misrepresented the “modernists.” and explains and justifies their
position, maintaining that it is in accord with the best Catholic
traditions.

* * * * *

+ − =Ath.= 1908, 1: 346. Mr. 21. 1200w.

Reviewed by H. C. Corrance.

=Hibbert J.= 6: 930. Jl. ’08. 300w.

“It is a very remarkable book.”

+ + =Ind.= 64: 1349. Je. 11, ’08. 300w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 221. Ap. 11, ’08. 150w.

+ =Outlook.= 89: 364. Je. 20, ’08. 700w.

=Prothero, Rowland Edmund.= Pleasant land of France. *$3.50. Dutton.

W8–121.

“Seven sketches and studies, ranging over agriculture, folklore,
history, and literature, with the one common attribute of an all but
exclusive bearing on provincial conditions of life and thought in
France.” (Nation.) “For American readers the essay on Fontainebleau
will probably hold the greatest share of interest.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“It is a pity he did not expand the two essays [on French agrarian
subjects] into a small volume, bringing the facts under consideration
down to the present day, and elucidating his pages with foot-notes.”

+ − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 37. Jl. 11. 630w.

“Most important are two practical discussions of French farming and
tenant-right, together with an elaborate contribution to the
appreciation of Rabelais.”

+ =Nation.= 86: 515. Je. 4, ’08. 450w.

“For the thousands of Americans who annually make their holiday in
France one would not do better than recommend this essay.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 307. My. 30, ’08. 650w.

“Whether courting the muse of history ... or drawing a humorous
philosophy from the gudgeon-fishing which is the national pastime of
provincial France, Mr. Prothero is wholly delightful here.” A. I. du
P. Coleman.

+ =Putnam’s.= 4: 745. S. ’08. 400w.

“Mr. Prothero’s delightful book on France covers a variety of
subjects, on each and all of which he speaks with authority.”

+ =Spec.= 101: 408. S. 19, ’08. 1500w.

=Putnam, George Palmer.= Tabular views of universal history;
originally compiled by G. P. Putnam, and continued to the year
1907 by Lynds E. Jones and Simeon Strunsky. **$2.50. Putnam.

7–39021.

A series of chronological tables presenting in parallel columns, a
record of more noteworthy events in the history of the world from the
earliest times down to 1907.

* * * * *

“A laborious undertaking which we are bound to say hardly seems to us
to have paid for the doing.”

+ − =Educ. R.= 35: 102. Ja. ’08. 30w.

“For the layman studying universal history some such arrangement is a
godsend wellnigh indispensable.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 320. Ag. 6. ’08. 150w.

“So far as we have tested the dates for various periods we find no
reason to doubt the general accuracy of the book.”

+ =Nation.= 86: 125. F. 6, ’08. 120w.

“The new edition contains a number of important features.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 37: 255. F. ’08. 50w.

“On the whole, the book seems to be carefully compiled.”

+ − =Spec.= 100: 836. My. 23, ’08. 160w.

=Putnam, Ruth.= Charles the Bold; last duke of Burgundy, 1433–1477.
(Heroes of the nations.) **$1.35. Putnam.

8–6627.

A biography whose importance grows out of the last duke of Burgundy’s
relation to events rather than out of any patriotic or heroic
qualities. The author has condensed a vast amount of reliable material
in her sketch, making use of the later results of historical
investigation. She says, “The veracity attained is only that of a
mosaic of bits; each with its morsel of truth.” She emphasizes the
insufficiency of the duke’s mental equipment to cope with the forces
of his age, and further believes that his chiefest happiness lay in
his unconsciousness of his shortcomings.

* * * * *

“Accurate as to facts, and good in style.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 203. Je. ’08. ✠

“An interesting account of a most interesting career.”

+ =Dial.= 45: 170. S. 16, ’08. 300w.

“Particular attention should be called to the well-selected
illustrations. Miss Putnam tells in an attractive and authentic
fashion the life of the last Duke of Burgundy.”

+ =Educ. R.= 35: 423. Ap. ’08. 50w.

“Will surely take first rank in the series to which it belongs.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 265. Jl. 30, ’08. 350w.

“A brilliant miniature.”

+ =Lit. D.= 36: 656. My. 2, ’08. 200w.