Chapter XLVI: Book 1: , The heavenly bodies; Book 2, The constellations; Book 3, Times (11)

=Shields, Rev. Thomas Edwards.= Education of our girls. *$1.
Benziger.

7–41558.

Higher education of women is advocated in this discussion but emphasis
is laid upon the fact that it must be education for women. The author
dwells at length upon the subject of coeducation, and concludes that
women can be most fully and most naturally educated only in schools
and colleges provided for them alone.

* * * * *

“Whosoever is interested in the subject will find a fund of suggestion
in a modest little volume by Dr. Shields. To a thorough knowledge of
theoretical pedagogics Dr. Shields unites a wide experience of the
practical conditions of Catholic education for girls, as they exist in
this country.”

+ =Cath. World.= 87: 103. Ap. ’08. 550w.

=Shoemaker, John Vietch.= Health and beauty. *$3. Davis.

8–20542.

“Dr. Shoemaker, the well-known specialist and professor in the
Medico-chirurgical college of Philadelphia, has in this volume
undertaken the serious and practical task of teaching people how to
take care of themselves, and especially of their skin. The skin is not
only the pane of glass through which we can see and read the condition
of the internal organs, but it is the drain-surface of the body. The
doctor shows us how it may be kept in a condition of efficiency, how
it may be brightened and beautified.”—Lit. D.

* * * * *

“We are acquainted with no popular work of the kind so thorough, so
learned, so voluminous, and so sane.”

+ =Lit. D.= 37: 398. S. 19, ’08. 170w.

“His book is a capital one, and should be in the possession of every
one who is interested in the acquirement or maintenance of sound
health and the beauty derived therefrom.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 428. Ag. 1, ’08. 470w.

=Shoemaker, Michael Myers.= Wanderings in Ireland. **$2.50. Putnam.

The spirit of Ireland gets into Mr. Shoemaker’s pages from the moment
he hears the Isle of Shamrock’s greeting to him. “Glory be to God, but
yer Honor’s welcome.” He travels “by donkey-cart, by jaunting-car, by
train and motor,” is a keen observer and sympathizer, and gives vivid
descriptions of the people and their land.

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 296. D. ’08.

“Can be read with entertainment even by those who have no interest in
motoring.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 93. Jl. 30, ’08. 270w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 319. Je. 6, ’08. 100w.

“A vivacious narrator.”

+ =Outlook.= 89: 628. Jl. 18, ’08. 120w.

“The description is entertaining and informing.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 38: 125. Jl. ’08. 80w.

“There is plenty of information in this volume, information
historical, geographical, and personal, but not so much entertainment
as might have been expected.”

+ =Spec.= 101: 239. Ag. 15, ’08. 200w.

=Sholl, Anna McClure.= Greater love. $1.50. Outing pub.

8–17252.

A story which portrays the suffering of a woman whose daughter was
born out of wedlock. The mother finds that no matter how extenuating
were the circumstances of her offense she must atone for a broken law,
which atonement involves the greatest conceivable sacrifice, viz.,
separation from her child.

* * * * *

“The style, if somewhat serious, is dignified, and the psychology of
the mother’s love is made clear and credible without exaggeration or
mawkish sentimentality.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 554. S. 3, ’08. 240w.

“As a statement of the omnipresent problem, the book has some novel
adjuncts and complications. As a contribution to a solution it is
worthless, since morally it is a long, indeterminate muddle.”

+ − =Nation.= 87: 141. Ag. 13, ’08. 470w.

“Mrs. Sholl has written a book worth the writing, and written it with
dignity and spirit.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 413. Jl. 25, ’08. 300w.

“Deep currents of feeling and character are indicated in an almost
masterly fashion.”

+ =Outlook.= 89: 531. Jl. 4. ’08. 170w.

=Short. Ernest H.= History of sculpture. *$3. Dutton.

8–19092.

“Mr. Short believes that true art is always the expression and
interpretation of national life.... As a background for an intelligent
understanding of the sculpture of any age one must have, then, an idea
of its temper and tendencies. Such conceptions Mr. Short endeavors to
supply in brief historical summaries and characterizations.... His
book covers the entire ground from the rise of the sculptor’s art in
Greece through the work of the French and British schools of the
nineteenth century. Few biographical data are given, and attention is
paid only to the most characteristic works of each artist.”—Dial.

* * * * *

“Many of the author’s opinions are disputable, but the facts are
mostly taken from accepted textbooks, though their expression is
sometimes inaccurate.”

+ − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 409. O. 3. 250w.

=Dial.= 44: 250. Ap. 16, ’08. 150w.

“While the author’s critical qualifications are not of the highest
order, and his style is often slipshod, he yet succeeds in taking
sculpture out of the region of the archeological catalog of technical
and dry discussion, and in describing many of its masterpieces as the
expression of national or local feeling, and even in some of his pages
in quickening the reader’s sense of plastic beauty.”

+ − =Ind.= 64: 924. Ap. 23, ’08. 300w.

“This book is readable and suggestive. It is not really a history of
sculpture. It is rather a collection of readable essays for leisure
hours.”

+ =Nation.= 86: 361. Ap. 16, ’08. 450w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 171. Mr. 28, ’08. 250w.

“At both ends, it is manifestly incomplete. Its excellencies, however,
are as patent as are its defects.”

+ − =Outlook.= 89: 529. Jl. 4, ’08. 750w.

=Shorter, Dora Sigerson.= Collected poems; with an introd. by George
Meredith. $1.50. Harper.

Mrs. Shorter with the true ballad and short-story gift scores many of
her greatest successes in the field of Irish legend. Her poetry has
been collected here with an introduction by George Meredith. “It is
hard to choose where all is good, but if choice must be made ours
shall be ‘The Dean of Santiago,’ ‘The beggar maid,’ ‘The white witch,’
‘The little black hound,’ ‘The man who trod on sleeping grass,’ ...
‘Cean Duv Deelish,’ the beautiful little poem on ‘Ireland,’ ‘The
suicide’s grave,’ and the final poem, ‘The enemies.’” (Spec.)

* * * * *

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 795. D. 21. 1000w.

“The true thing to say about them is—what is in fact very high
praise—that they are nearly all very pleasant to read.”

+ =Lond. Times.= 6: 340. N. 8, ’07. 1200w.

“Some extremely enjoyable verses.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 483. S. 5, ’08. 850w.

“There is a readable flow and interest in many of Mrs. Shorter’s
ballad and narrative poems.”

+ =Sat. R.= 104: 637. N. 23, ’07. 50w.

“Limited both in range of thought and expression, her poetry wins the
reader by a certain sincerity, freshness, and simplicity.”

+ =Spec.= 100: sup. 120. Ja. 25, ’08. 200w.

=Shufeldt, Robert Wilson.= Negro: a menace to American civilization.
$1.50. Badger, R: G.

7–36977.

“An impassioned plea against the process of hybridization or
‘mongrelization,’ which, in the author’s opinion threatens the white
race in this country so long as the negro remains with us. Admitting
that the tendency of modern civilization seems to be the amalgamation
of all races and their unification into one, he yet protests against
the amalgamation of negro with white American, (which is proceeding
steadily in his view).”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

“Careful students, administrators, educators already perplexed by the
problems of race contact, will find no help in the volume.”

− =Ann. Am. Acad.= 31: 509. Mr. ’08. 250w.

“Dr. Shufeldt is more lurid than scientific in the form of his
statements at times, for he speaks rather as a justified alarmist than
as an investigator, but his book, also, is not without its value as
evidence in the case.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 38. Ja. 26, ’08. 300w.

=Shurter, Edwin Du Bois.= Extempore speaking for school and college.
*90c. Ginn.

8–20155.

Aims to present the subject in a manner adapted to the needs of both
teachers and students, by reclassifying principles and methods, making
the methods as specific in treatment as possible, and by adding, at
the end of each chapter and in the appendix, suggestions and topics
for class exercises.

=Sichel, Edith Helen.= Later years of Catherine de Medici. *$3.
Dutton.

8–36143.

“The first of Miss Sichel’s work, published some time ago, dealt with
Catherine and the French reformation—the woman struggling for power.
The second part, now before us, brings the story down to the year of
her death, 1589 and consists principally in a study of the art of
balancing parties and social forces by which the princess of diplomats
maintained her sway.”—Ind.

* * * * *

“Our author has done well the work she has set out to do; she is
unusually free from heated partisanship.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 844. O. 8, ’08. 320w.

“She has her material well in hand and makes it serve a natural gift
for the analysis of human motives.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 262. S. 17, ’08. 140w.

“Is written with a clear and ardent appreciation of the great
personalities who made up the social and political life of the era,
and with a firm grasp of the close sequence of events.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 536. S. 26, ’08. 250w.

“Miss Sichel is both a skilled and a powerful writer.”

+ =Outlook.= 90: 456. O. 24, ’08. 300w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 38: 636. N. ’08. 90w.

“Interesting volume.”

+ =Sat. R.= 106: 240. Ag. 22, ’08. 1100w.

“This is certainly the most striking book Miss Sichel has yet written,
and for more reasons than one will probably be the most successful.”

+ + =Spec.= 101: 634. O. 24, ’08. 1150w.

=Sickert, Bernhard.= Whistler. (Library of art.) *75c. Dutton.

“Breadth of vision has enabled the author to see the painter’s art in
relation to contemporary feeling, in its relation to his opponent
Ruskin’s criticism, and to the artistic aspects of the modern world.
The real, and not the superficial, points about Whistler’s art are
understood, and the selection of etchings reproduced for illustration
is the best that could have been made.”—Int. Studio.

* * * * *

“One might seek very far amongst the small books upon art which
nowadays are issued in such numbers to find again a book so pleasantly
written as this one. The writer shows insight into his subject.”

+ =Int. Studio.= 35: 319. O. 08. 120w.

“Mr. Sickert writes of the art of Whistler with great enthusiasm, but
also with much discrimination.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 80. Jl. 23, ’08. 240w.

=Sidgwick, Cecily (Mrs. Alfred Sidgwick).= Home life in Germany.
*$1.75. Macmillan.

8–20729.

From a thoroly German point of view. Mrs. Sidgwick discusses the
“German children, their schools, the education of the poor, that
peculiar type of girl known as the ‘Backfisch,’ the students, women,
marriage and housewives, householders and servants, food, shops,
markets and sports and games, inns, restaurants, lodgings, summer
resorts, peasant life, and the poor.” (Outlook.)

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 241. O. ’08. ✠

+ =Ath.= 1908, 1: 754. Je. 20. 1400w.

“Has given her book an introduction which comes near being the best
thing in it. It does exactly what a preface ought to do, it makes the
reader eager to press on to the rest of the book whether he be
interested in the subject or not, because he feels that anything such
a sane, broad-minded, and amicably humorous woman has to say will be
worth reading.” G. I. Colbron.

+ =Forum.= 40: 63. Jl. ’08. 1300w.

“She has written no more interesting story than this book on home life
in Germany.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 1313. D. 3, ’08. 250w.

“Mrs. Sidgwick has a seemingly inexhaustible supply of entertaining
information, seasoned by lively anecdotes.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 162. Ag. 20, ’08. 380w.

“An interesting book that shows an intimate knowledge of racial
peculiarities in living and in point of view.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 319. Je. 6, ’08. 20w.

“A singularly acute and intimate appreciation of home life in
Germany.”

+ =Outlook.= 87: 624. Jl. 18, ’08. 440w.

“A really unusually interesting book this, by a woman who knows both
English and German types and treats them with a kindly sympathy, a
keen discernment, and a good-natured humor which make highly
entertaining reading.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 38: 125. Jl. ’08. 30w.

“Mrs. Sidgwick has written a book which was wanted, and written it
with exceptional verve.”

+ + =Spec.= 100: 831. My. 23, ’08. 1500w.

=Silberrad, Una Lucy.= Desire. †$1.50. Doubleday.

Desire, the heroine of this novel, is called upon to choose, at the
time of her father’s death, between a wealthy marriage and earning her
own living. She prefers the bread-winner’s course. “Peter Grimstone,
the hero, is the most attractive figure in the book, and his
struggles, aided by Desire as his secretary, with the affairs of
Grimstone and Son, and with the machinations of his wicked brother
Alexander, are not a little interesting.” (Spec.) “The real strength
of the book lies in the careful development of the two chief figures
and the reader’s interest and belief in their ultimate happiness.”
(Ath.)

* * * * *

+ =Ath.= 1908, 2: 469. O. 17. 150w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 616. O. 24, ’08. 50w.

“The book, in short, is decidedly unequal but the author’s charm of
writing and sincerity of purpose will reward all readers who have
patience and perseverance enough to proceed with the unsatisfactory
early chapters.”

+ − =Spec.= 101: 636. O. 24, ’08. 300w.

=Silver, Arthur P.= Farm-cottage, camp and canoe in maritime Canada;
or, The call of Nova Scotia to the emigrant and sportsman; with an
introd. by the Rt. Hon. Lord Strathcona. **$2. Dutton.

W8–122.

“The book, which is better printed than bound, is made up of a rather
heterogeneous collection of papers on husbandry, angling, and hunting.
The many illustrations are of varying excellence, but they serve to
give the reader a good idea of the character of the maritime provinces
and Newfoundland.”—Nation.

* * * * *

“The beautiful province of Nova Scotia has been well served here by
Mr. Silver.”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 1: 758. Je. 20. 350w.

“A number of minor mistakes might be noted.”

+ − =Nation.= 86: 577. Je. 25, ’08. 150w.

“Eminently readable.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 319. Je. 6, ’08. 100w.

“The book is pleasantly and unpretentiously written.”

+ =Sat. R.= 106: 22. Jl. 4, ’08. 170w.

“This is a most readable book, and we have enjoyed the description of
life and sport.”

+ =Spec.= 100: 943. Je. 13, ’08. 450w.

=Sinclair, Bertrand William.= Raw gold. †$1.50. Dillingham.

8–21615.

The Canadian border furnishes the scene of this tale of Wild West
life—primitive, exhilarating, spiced with dangers. Particularly is it
a delineation of the character of the Northwest mounted police, sent
by the English government to keep order “in a territory that was a
city of refuge for tough people who had played their string out south
of the line.”

* * * * *

“There is sentiment of the kind that fits with the open sky and life
in the saddle, and the whole story moves with a swing and reality that
are refreshing in the extreme.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 528. S. 26, ’08. 230w.

=Sinclair, May.= Immortal moment: the story of Kitty Tailleur. (Eng.
title Kitty Tailleur.) †$1.50. Doubleday.

“In this book the author chooses the ancient theme of the woman of the
demi-monde who, falling in love with a good man, induces him to
propose marriage to her in ignorance of her past.... The struggle
between Kitty Tailleur, Robert Lucy, and Wilfred Marston—the man whose
mistress Kitty Tailleur is—is described with extraordinary force. The
tragedy of the end is piteous from its sheer inevitability.” (Spec.)
“Her ‘immortal moment’ is ironically so called, for it is the moment
in which the higher nature asserts itself, and she makes the
confession which she knows must end her dream.” (Dial.)

* * * * *

“Miss Sinclair has up to a point made an excellent study of a type,
and then shut her eyes and jumped at the rest. Yet her failure is more
interesting than most successes.”

+ − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 122. Ag. 1. 220w.

“It is seldom that a story brings to the reviewer such a sense of
impotence to do it justice within the space of a single paragraph.” F:
T. Cooper.

+ =Bookm.= 28: 264. N. ’08. 550w.

“As a faint reflex of the Camille story this one must be set down as
essentially immoral, simply because its intention is to throw a
sentimental glamor over the ugly outlines of depravity. But we cannot
dispute its literary art or its emotional subtlety.” W: M. Payne.

− + =Dial.= 45: 296. N. 1, ’08. 280w.

“Rehabilitates the Camille motif by the sterling art of its
treatment.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 1182. N. 19, ’08. 20w.

“Sometimes the reticence lies a little obscuringly over the effect.
But the reticence is delightful; we forgive it our losses for the sake
of the gain, and we admire the author’s determination to offer no
concessions to stupidity.”

+ =Sat. R.= 106: 21. Jl. 4. ’08. 630w.

+ =Spec.= 101: 237. Ag. 15, ’08. 100w.

=Sinclair, May.= Judgment of Eve. †$1.25. Harper.

8–9176.

An analyst’s portrayal of the subjective phases of two egoists’
married life. The sea change that gave their life the shimmer of
something rich and strange as two souls struggled and fluttered after
the immaterial is followed by a transformation caused by the failure
to give fresh, wholesome, material expression to their ideals, leaving
a “decomposing discolored shell” wholly at the mercy of the peace of
dulness.

* * * * *

=Ind.= 64: 1039. My. 7, ’08. 150w.

“A sad story, interestingly told, but with a moral somewhat obscure.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 157. Mr. 21, ’08. 200w.

“The right people will probably never hear of ‘The judgment of Eve.’”

+ − =Outlook.= 88: 838. Ap. 11, ’08. 180w.

=Sinclair, Upton Beall, jr.= Metropolis. †$1.50. Moffat.

8–5582.

To expose the vice and extravagance of the New York rich has been Mr.
Sinclair’s purpose in writing this story. Two brothers, one the
antithesis of the other, are the mouthpieces which Mr. Sinclair uses
respectively to shout forth the demagogue’s selfish creed and to
denounce it.

* * * * *

“The strength of the novel is in its picturesqueness.”

+ − =Ath.= 1908, 1: 413. Ap. 4. 250w.

“We close the book with the feeling that our time has been wasted upon
a very dull tract.” W: M. Payne.

− =Dial.= 44: 246. Ap. 16, ’08. 350w.

“A large part of it reads like the prospectus of a hotel or the
advertisement of a department store, with the prices in plain figures
on every article.”

− + =Ind.= 65: 264. Jl. 30, ’08. 400w.

“It is a tract with enough of the air of fiction to draw the attention
of a generally intractable public. The story element is delightfully
ingenuous.”

+ − =Nation.= 86: 263. Mr. 19, ’08. 650w.

“A jumble of odds and ends. The yellow ‘sensations’ of two or three
years reappear in a barbarous melange. It has all been done, and much
better. The bad example, as Mr. Sinclair depicts it, only disgusts
educated people because of the falsity of the picture, and ought to
make the multitude laugh.”

− − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 139. Mr. 14, ’08. 1300w.

“Nothing is more patent than the author’s lack of personal knowledge
concerning the social life of New York. If it were not so absurd, it
would be a pitiful exhibition of misdirected energy.”

− − =Outlook.= 88: 838. Ap. 11, ’08. 170w.

“True stories must often be harrowing and heartbreaking; but there is
no excuse for writing brutal, hateful, sordid fairy stories.”

− − =Outlook.= 88: 909. Ap. 25, ’08. 1200w.

“Morally and intellectually as repellant as the descriptions of the
physical details of the Chicago stock-yards and slaughter-houses.”

− =Sat. R.= 105: 409. Mr. 28, ’08. 400w.

“Books like ‘The metropolis’ act as a lure to the weak-minded instead
of serving as danger-signals to keep them from the path of evil.”

− + =Spec.= 100: 544. Ap. 4, ’08. 530w.

=Sinclair, Upton Beall, jr.= Moneychangers. $1.50. Dodge, B. W.

8–24866.

A continuation of “The metropolis.” In this second of a trilogy aiming
at an exposé of contemporary business and social corruption of New
York, Mr. Sinclair reveals the rottenness of Wall Street’s high
finance.

* * * * *

“To say the truth, Mr. Sinclair is neither a Dickens nor a Zola,
but ... a successful sensation-monger.”

− =Nation.= 87: 389. O. 22, ’08. 130w.

“Is hardly to be classed as a novel, just as it savors of the absurd
to class his previous works as fiction. It is a tract, a preachment in
journalistic style, through the mouths of marionettes.”

− =N. Y. Times.= 13: 506. S. 19, ’08. 230w.

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

“If he is lying, this book ought to be burned; and if he is concocting
the stories he tells so circumstantially, there are at least fifty
well-founded prosecutions for criminal libel in the book.”

− =Sat. R.= 106: 581. N. 7, ’08. 770w.

* =Singleton, Esther=, comp. Great rivers of the world, as seen and described by famous writers. **$1.60. Dodd.

8–34681.

“Victor Hugo’s glowing words repeat his impressions of the Rhine and
Loire; Dickens tells of a trip down the St. Lawrence (was he so fair
to it because it is more Canadian than American?); Pierre Loti
pictures the Ganges, Thoreau the Concord and the Merrimac, and Mrs.
Richings the Irrawaddy. All the rivers of the earth which are great
either in size or in association are described by competent
writers.”—Dial.

* * * * *

“The accounts are various in character, some statistical and some
impressionistic, and they show entertaining variety of style.”

+ =Dial.= 45: 460. D. 16, ’08. 240w.

+ =Lit. D.= 37: 909. D. 12, ’08. 100w.

=Nation.= 87: 577. D. 10, ’08. 40w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 755. D. 5, ’08. 80w.

* =Singleton, Esther.= Holland. (Standard galleries.) **$1. McClurg.

8–29871.

In which visits are made to the Hague gallery; the Rijks museum; the
Stedelijk museum; the Town hall, Haarlem; and the Boijmans museum,
Rotterdam. Brief biographies of painters, helpful comment and
criticism on the most famous pictures in each gallery, and
illustrations which aid the text are presented in condensed form for
the tourist.

* * * * *

“A careful resumé of the treasures of Holland, a compact book
convenient for reference.”

+ =Int. Studio.= 36: sup. 59. D. ’08. 40w.

* =Singleton, Esther=, comp. Switzerland, described by great writers. **$1.60. Dodd.

8–34593.

“The first division of the book deals with the country and the race,
the second with their history, the third with Alpine climbing, the
fourth is descriptive purely, the fifth sets forth social life among
the Alps, and the last is devoted to statistics. The names of Ruskin,
Tyndall, Goethe, and Victor Tissot are in the list of writers.”—Dial.

* * * * *

“Shows Miss Singleton’s careful editing. Mr. Edward Whymper’s exciting
account of the first ascent of the Matterhorn alone makes the book
notable.”

+ =Dial.= 45: 460. D. 16, ’08. 100w.

=Nation.= 87: 577. D. 10, ’08. 50w.

=Slaughter, Rev. Philip.= History of Truro parish in Virginia; ed.
with notes and addenda by Rev. E. L. Goodwin. **$1.50. Jacobs.

8–14829.

The parish whose history is sketched here included among its vestrymen
George Washington, George Mason, and other noted statesmen. The sketch
is important because it shows the character of the church school
which, hand in hand with religion, taught men of genius the rudiments
of popular government, the foundations of human rights, and the
reconciliation of diverse rights.

* * * * *

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 140. Mr. 14, ’08. 100w.

=Slosson, Mrs. Annie.= Dissatisfied soul; and A prophetic romancer.
*75c. Bonnell.

8–19156.

Two stories of New England life. The first set in the White mountains
sketches a woman characterized by her sister-in-law as the “fittiest,
restlessest, changeablest” woman living, who was “never, never quite
satisfied.” Even death did not bring her rest, so she returns to earth
after three weeks. The second story whose scenes are laid in
Connecticut tells how the story which a young girl writes comes true
in dream fashion.

* * * * *

“She shows her usual skill in the handling of a grotesque theme.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 556. S. 3, ’08. 60w.

“It is a clever and very entertaining short story.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 462. Ag. 22, ’08. 350w.

=Slosson, Annie Trumbull.= Simples from the Master’s garden. *$1. S.
S. Times co.

7–42011.

A group of stories in each of which is a simple exemplar or expositor
who reveals the healing power of some phase of Christ truth.

* * * * *

“In homely phrases she sends out many a truth which might be ignored
in more costly dress.”

+ =Ind.= 64: 926. Ap. 23, ’08. 50w.

“Mrs. Slosson continues to write in her original vein of tender human
feeling and deep spirituality.”

+ =Outlook.= 88: 512. F. 29, ’08. 100w.

“All are of good quality.”

+ =Spec.= 100: 1008. Je. 27, ’08. 400w.

=Small, Sidney Alymer-.= Electrical railroading; or, Electricity as
applied to railroad transportation. $3.50. Drake, F. J.

8–10297.

“Evidently this volume was prepared mainly for men who had no
knowledge of electricity previous to securing the particular book....
The first third of the book deals with elementary electricity and
magnetism, covering, in an inferior way, about the same ground as
could be studied with any good text-book on elementary physics. The
other two-thirds of the book seem to be largely copied from
descriptive catalogs of prominent manufacturing companies, and from
employee’s instruction books, as issued by a few railroads.”—Engin. N.

* * * * *

“The book is clearly-written, and for the man who has not had a
technical training it will prove a valuable aid in enabling him to
keep up with the advances in his profession.”

+ =Engin. D.= 4: 547. N. ’08. 190w.

“There is enough in the book that is new and useful to make it a
matter for regret that so many criticisms need to be made. The book is
safe for the instruction of motormen, etc., only under the direction
of a well-educated engineer who will be able to recognize troubles
which exist for the confusion of most readers.”

− + =Engin. N.= 59: 546. My. 14, ’08. 960w.

=Smedley, Anne Constance.= Daughter: a love story. †$1.50. Moffat.

8–10433.

A daughter suffocating in her home and town surroundings breaks away
from her family, goes to London and throws herself into “socialism,
emancipation of women and various other popular movements of a radical
type.” A wealthy young Englishman falls in love with her, but
realizing the futility of wooing her, masquerades as a young mechanic,
wins her, and finally, after demonstrating his manhood and the sanity
of his ideas, secures her forgiveness for the deception. “The author
has turned out a good tale—a sane mixture of the socialistic,
purposeful, and often hectic novel, with the healthy story of an
admirable love match.” (Nation.)

* * * * *

“She has not allowed her charming gift of imagination to be stifled in
a riot of either abuse or argument.”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 1: 445. Ap. 11. 150w.

“The chief fault with Constance Smedley’s vigorous and carefully
written book, ‘The daughter,’ is not the lack of a message, but rather
an obscurity in its scope and purport.” F: T. Cooper.

− + =Bookm.= 27: 396. Je. ’08. 600w.

=Ind.= 65: 552. S. 3. ’08. 40w.

“Has interest, the interest not of a great or a literary product, but
of a faithfully planned and well told story.”

+ =Nation.= 86: 401. Ap. 30, ’08. 150w.

“It is a tract, spirited, clever, often dramatic, but still
essentially a tract on the marriage question.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 268. My. 9, ’08. 180w.

“Quite entertaining are the adventures of Delia.”

+ =Sat. R.= 105: 794. Je. 20, ’08. 240w.

=Smith, Alton Lincoln.= Frederic William Maitland: two lectures and
a bibliography. *85c. Oxford.

A presentation “of Professor Maitland’s historical method, of his
conception of history, and of the quality of his work.” “In the first
lecture the clue to Maitland’s greatness is found in his spiritual
conception of history ... and in his broad and profound human
sympathy, with which his imagination, insight and humor are closely
allied. In the second lecture, Maitland is considered as a ‘converted
lawyer,’ come back to the historical fold, whose legal training gave
him an interest in the history of ideas and a practical, as opposed to
a purely academic, point of view.” (Am. Hist. R.)

* * * * *

“Thoughtful discussions.”

+ =Am. Hist. R.= 13: 907. Jl. ’08. 270w.

“The careful bibliography appended to these lectures might be more
conveniently arranged.”

+ − =Ath.= 1908, 1: 443. Ap. 11. 620w.

“Contain a panegyric ... which is splendidly generous, yet after
making all deductions we cannot dispute its substantial justice.” C.
J.

+ =Eng. Hist. R.= 23: 621. Jl. ’08. 320w.

“This is a tribute of praise worthy of the man to whose memory it is
paid,—more it would not be possible to say.”

+ =Spec.= 100: 304. F. 22, ’08. 400w.

=Smith, Arthur.= Game of go, the national game of Japan. **$2.50.
Moffat.

8–21547.

A guide to the Japanese national game which is played on a board like
chess or checkers and is a game of skill not of chance. There are 361
positions for the men instead of 64, and it requires about thirty
years at the rate of one game a day for the player to attain
professional rank of the lowest degree.

* * * * *

=Ind.= 65: 383. Ag. 13, ’08. 200w.

“Mr. Smith’s exposition, with the abundant diagrams, details of rules
and methods, and illustrative games, is admirable.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 341. O. 8, ’08. 390w.

=Outlook.= 90: 137. S. 19, ’08. 170w.

=Smith, Charles Sprague.= Poems. *$1. Wessels.

8–24852.

A little volume of verse which sounds the dream note of a busy man’s
life. Poems of his college-days, several written during years spent in
Europe, and poems of the people, with liberty and fraternity for
themes, are included in the group.

* * * * *

“The thoughts exprest are inspiring and the feeling sympathetic.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 1124. N. 12, ’08. 130w.

* =Smith, Elmer Boyd.= Santa Claus and all about him. †$2. Stokes.

“The pictures and texts give an account of the whole Christmas history
of Santa Claus from the time of his waking up one cold morning at the
north pole, his trip down into the world of boys and girls to see what
is needed, then back to the pole, work in the toy shops, and finally
the return with a load of presents. The book comes in a box showing
Santa and his reindeer on it.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

Reviewed by K. L. M.

=Bookm.= 28: 384. D. ’08. 110w.

“It is not the text that matters, but the interpretative drawings in
color; here the detail is joyously clever and will please older people
because of a subtle humor, even as it will hold the youngsters because
of the strong appeal to imagination.” M. J. Moses.

+ =Ind.= 65: 1472. D. 17, ’08. 70w.

+ =Nation.= 87: 522. N. 26, ’08. 70w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 703. N. 28, ’08. 110w.

=Smith, Ernest Ashton.= Hildebrand: the builder. (Men of the
kingdom.) *$1. West. Meth. bk.

8–22118.

A scholarly presentation of the times of Hildebrand, the manner in
which the papacy as an institution was evolved, the condition of the
clergy, the sway of German popes, the power behind the papal See, and
the progress and results of Hildebrand’s mission to raise the morality
of the church, and to strengthen its unity.

=Smith, F. Dumont.= Blue waters and green and the Far East to-day.
$1.50. Crane & co.

8–22265.

After many experiences with people the world over, Mr. Smith believes
that the ideal race would be the composite one, with the industry,
honesty and temperance of the Chinese, the courtesy of the Japanese,
the frugality, wit and the artistic sense of the French, the stability
and balance of the Germans, the tenacity of purpose of the English,
and the energy, initiative, the driving power, and saving sense of
humor of the Americans.

* * * * *

“Adds to a lively sense of fun the qualities of serious contemplative
judgment.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 319. Je. 6, ’08. 300w.

=Smith, Francis Hopkinson.= Captain Thomas A. Scott, master diver,
one who was not afraid and who spoke the truth. (True American
types ser., v. 5.) *60c. Am, Unitar.

8–28435.

A sketch of Captain Scott, the original of Caleb West in “Caleb West;
master-diver.” Thru his submarine work on the Race Rock lighthouse off
New London harbor, which Mr. Smith built in his profession of
engineer, Captain Scott became an honored friend of the author’s,
valued for his integrity, command of resources, indomitable courage,
fearlessness and control over his men.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 621. O. 24, ’08. 40w.

“It is a good little book for a pessimist to read.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 740. D. 5, ’08. 130w.

=Smith, Francis Hopkinson.= Peter: a novel of which he is not the
hero. †$1.50. Scribner.

8–23554.

Peter, gentle and manly, shrewd and ingenuous, young and sixty, gives
unstintingly of his time, his service and his love to young Jack, the
hero, an impulsive southern lad who cares more for honor,
independence, and friendship, than for the profit to be derived from
his uncle’s Wall street office. Peter, as Jack’s Prospero, provides
him with adventures and opportunities for heroism as the confidential
clerk to a contracting engineer; nor is the magic wand laid aside
until Jack has come into his fortune and has brought to a successful
issue a diffident courtship of his employer’s daughter.

* * * * *

“A very cheerful, wholesome book.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 246. O. ’08. ✠

“It is a characteristic story, betraying all the recognisable
qualities of the author; it is well-bred, nicely written, with a
painter’s instinct for light and shade, constructed with an engineer’s
sense of form, and it glamours with the usual suspicion of personal
reminiscence and autobiographic impressions.” G: Middleton.

+ + =Bookm.= 28: 153. O. ’08. 460w.

“This new story of his has both charm and fragrance; if it does not
reach very far into the depths of life, it at least shows us the
surface in most alluring colors.” W: M. Payne.

+ =Dial.= 45: 213. O. 1, ’08. 300w.

“Its great charm lies in the author’s marvelous descriptions and his
genius for picking the good instead of the evil out of life ... a
high, fine, friendly goodness that belongs to earth and mortality here
and now.”

+ + =Ind.= 65: 718. S. 24, ’08. 870w.

“It is a very cheerful and wholesome sort of book, with lots of
people wandering in and out of its pages, not much of a plot, and
such as there is rather loose-jointed, plenty of good talk—most of
it Peter’s—on a great variety of subjects and a general
aren’t-you-glad-you’re-alive sort of air.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 506. S. 19, ’08. 380w.

“‘Peter’ is a bit of romanticism in a day of commercial engrossment,
and makes the charm of the old South, which was non-commercial,
credible.”

+ =Outlook.= 90: 272. O. 3, ’08. 400w.

=Smith George Adam.= Jerusalem: the topography, economics and
history from the earliest times to A. D. 70. **$7.50. Armstrong.

8–20144.

A work that is complementary to the author’s “Historical geography of
the Holy Land.” The first volume treats of the geology, the water
supply and of topographical problems. The second volume gives a
connected history, religious and political, of the city and its people
from the days of Tell-el-Amarna to the conquest of Titus.

* * * * *

“We feel that even in a long review it is impossible to do full
justice to the many-sided interest of this important work, in which
true scholarship is never flaunted, but is felt in every line, and in
which moderation and sound sense dominate every conclusion.”

+ + =Ath.= 1908, 1: 631. My. 23. 2100w.

“As a whole this is the most elaborate and scholarly work on Jerusalem
that has appeared in any language.”

+ + =Lit. D.= 37: 812. N. 28, ’08. 680w.

“The value of these volumes lies, not in the presentation of new
discoveries, but in the sane exposition and discussion of what we
already know with regard to the topography, the archaeology, and the
history, religious, social, and political, of Jerusalem.”

+ + =Nation.= 87: 579. D. 10, ’08. 1700w.

“An interesting and instructive work.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 482. S. 5, ’08. 130w.

“Dr. Smith has the caution of a true scholar, he will not go beyond
the place where he has sure footing.” E. S. Drown.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 606. O. 24, ’08. 670w.

+ + − =Sat. R.= 106: 82. Jl. 18, ’08. 1450w.

“We are warmly grateful for an admirable book.”

+ + =Spec.= 101: 95. Jl. 18, ’08. 1850w.

=Smith, H. Clifford.= Jewellery. (Connoisseur’s lib.) *$7.50.
Putnam.

8–20539.

“With the exception of a chapter dealing with Egyptian jewelry the
author has confined himself to Europe, dividing his work into four
main divisions. The first deals with the jewelry worn during classical
times and until the ninth century of our era; the second treats of the
jewels of the middle ages; the third is devoted to the jewels of the
renaissance, and the fourth includes those of subsequent times. In
compiling the work the best authorities have been consulted, and the
owners of famous collections have been generous in the matter of
photographs of their choicest treasures.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

“That this attractive subject has fallen into eminently capable hands
is at once apparent, as is also the restraint the author has exercised
in order to bring the work within reasonable bounds.”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 2: 308. S. 12. 1300w.

“Scholarly volume.”

+ =Int. Studio.= 36: 165. D. ’08. 330w.

“That which is most admirable in the book is the author’s strong sense
of the artistic value and significance of jewelry.”

+ + =Nation.= 87: 59. Jl. 16, ’08. 420w.

“Interesting volume.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 392. Jl. 11. ’08. 400w.

“The thoroughness of the author’s work and his excellent equipment for
his task are evident on every page. It is sure to occupy an honored
place in the libraries of collectors and to be regarded by museums and
specialists as a high authority on a fascinating subject.”

+ + =Outlook.= 89: 767. Ag. 1, ’08. 220w.

=Smith, Harry James.= Amédée’s son. †$1.50. Houghton.

8–23927.

Cape Breton folk, staunch in Catholicism and steeped in superstition,
form a background for this story of simple deeds. In the foreground
are an orphan lad, dreaming of the call of the sea and finding study
intolerable, a grandfather whose dearest wish is that the boy shall
resist religion as it is taught, and study to find God in the law and
order of the world of science, and an old servant who opens the eyes
of the grandson to the duty of love that he owes the aged man.

* * * * *

“A gentle and gracious idyll. The story is of the slightest, the
handling graceful but somewhat amateurish.”

+ − =Nation.= 37: 341. O. 8, ’08. 100w.

“He is quite a real person all the way along, and he moves among real
persons, some of whom are well worth meeting.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 549. O. 3, ’08. 180w.

=Smith, Rev. John Talbot.= Training of a priest: an essay on
clerical education, with a reply to the critics. **$1.50.
Longmans.

8–13666.

Deals with the “studies and mental culture of Catholic priests.... Dr.
Smith is himself a priest, and writes with a view to improving the
intellectual status of American seminaries.” (Ind.)

* * * * *

“We have our doubts whether Dr. Smith’s recommendations will strike to
the root of the trouble.”

− =Ind.= 65: 153. Jl. 16, ’08. 130w.

“The clear account of the training of a young man for the priesthood,
the charm and ease of style, and the eminent good sense and breadth of
the author make the book much more than a mere sectarian essay.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 381. Jl. 4. ’08. 140w.

=Smith, Joseph Russell.= Story of iron and steel. (Appleton’s lib.
of useful stories.) **75c. Appleton.

8–5612.

“Gives what larger volumes have failed to do—namely, an intelligent,
readable presentation of the broad aspects of iron and steel making,
which are of interest to the average man. It discusses not only the
purely technical development from a historical standpoint, but also
the no less important economic and commercial results accompanying
this development.”—Ann. Am. Acad.

* * * * *

“An excellent little book for the use of teachers, as well as for the
pleasure of the interested general reader.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 108. Ap. ’08. ✠

“May truthfully be described as the first satisfactory popular history
of the world’s greatest industry.” W. S. Tower.

+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 32: 462. S. ’08. 430w.

“His style is clear and simple; he has succeeded in his purpose to
‘make every paragraph intelligible to the lay reader,’ but it would
still be possible for an unregenerate man to take a nap while scanning
the pages.”

+ − =Ind.= 65: 665. S. 17, ’08. 200w.

=Smith, Logan Pearsall.= Life and letters of Sir Henry Wotton. 2v.
*$7.75. Oxford.

8–9089.

Mr. Smith has collected Sir Henry Wotton’s letters, presented them
with necessary annotations in order of data and prefixed to the
collection a life of the writer.

* * * * *

“He has come only a little short of producing himself a literary
masterpiece. For this achievement both his method and his style prove
a shade too severe. This book is one which no student of European
history during the first quarter of the seventeenth century may safely
neglect.” Barrett Wendell.

+ + =Am. Hist. R.= 13: 852. Jl. ’08. 1100w.

“Mr. Pearsall Smith is the master of a close scholarly style, relieved
now by a happy metaphor, now by a touch of dry humour. His work in
these volumes shows a rare combination of literary sense, painstaking
care in collecting, elucidating, and dating his material, balanced
judgment, and self-repression.” G. C. M. Smith.

+ + − =Eng. Hist. R.= 23: 361. Ap. ’08. 900w.

“Mr. Pearsall Smith has the essential qualifications for dealing with
a man like Wotton—he can write lightly and readably. The biography,
which fills half of the first of his two fine volumes, in no sense
competes with Walton. It is full and complete, whereas Walton’s is
simply an inimitable portrait of his friend.”

+ =Lond. Times.= 6: 345. N. 15, ’07. 3300w.

“His letters are edited with rare erudition and still rarer taste.” P.
E. M.

+ =Nation.= 86: 278. Mr. 26, ’08. 3500w.

“Mr. Pearsall Smith is scientific in the best sense of the word, and
his wide erudition, his scrupulous exactitude, his immense and
enthusiastic industry, have combined to produce a work which will
serve as a permanent object-lesson to the great host of slipshod
literary historians.”

+ + =Spec.= 99: 821. N. 23, ’07. 1900w.

=Smith, Nora Archibald.= Adventures of a doll. †75c. McClure.

8–277.

“The scenes of this little story for children by the well-known sister
of the equally well-known Mrs. Kate Douglas Wiggin, are laid in the
Scottish highlands. The three characters are Betty, a little
five-year-old girl, her dog Muff, and her rag doll.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

“A merry little story.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 24. Ja. ’08. ✠

“Miss Smith tells the stories in a breezy manner.” M. J. Moses.

+ =Ind.= 63: 1483. D. 19, ’07. 70w.

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

=Smith, Robinson.= English quotations. *$2.50. Dutton.

W8–110.

A collection of the more memorable passages and poems of English
literature, arranged according to authors, chronologically, containing
a full index of words. It is neither an anthology nor a handbook; it
is rather a scrapbook of “elegant extracts” which Mr. Smith invites
the public to share with him.

* * * * *

“We cannot call the book either a good anthology or a good reference
manual of familiar quotations. The poetry selected is good, as far as
it goes, but the selection seems to be representative of one man’s
taste, instead of illustrating the consensus of received critical
opinions.”

− + =Dial.= 44: 182. Mr. 16, ’08. 200w.

“The selections are too short for reading and not numerous enough for
reference.”

− =Ind.= 64: 926. Ap. 23, ’08. 50w.

“The poetical value of a passage has more weight with the editor than
proverbial portability. As such the pages of the volume may be turned
over with unflagging interest.”

+ =Nation.= 86: 148. F. 13, ’08. 80w.

“A preposterous book.”

− =N. Y. Times.= 13: 102. F. 22, ’08. 430w.

=Smith, Rollin Edson.= Wheat fields and markets of the world. $2.15.
Modern miller co., 3d & Pine sts., St. Louis, Mo.

8–21514.

“It is often impossible to answer the questions concerning wheat
fields and wheat markets without a long search in newspapers,
pamphlets, and encyclopaedias. In the present volume we have replies
to very many questions which would ordinarily occur in connection with
wheat fields and markets—not so much, however, in connection with the
methods of grainhandling, milling, and manipulation of prices.”
(Outlook.) “Conditions in Western Canada are especially instructive
and the countries of Europe and Argentina contribute their quota of
important data.” (R. of Rs.)

* * * * *

“Mr. Smith’s book fills a long-felt want.”

+ =Outlook.= 90: 318. O. 10, ’08. 300w.

“This is a decidedly useful book and one that makes us wonder why the
idea was not worked out long ago.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 38: 383. S. ’08. 80w.

=Smith, Rev. Samuel George.= Industrial conflict: a series of
chapters on present day conditions. **$1. Revell.

7–20333.

Descriptive note and excerpts in Dec. 1907.

* * * * *

“The attempted distinction between political and economic socialism is
not clear.” M. O. Lorenz.

− =Ann. Am. Acad.= 31: 297. Ja. ’08. 250w.

“Mr. Smith is apparently not so well acquainted with socialist writers
and advocates as with trade unionists.”

+ − =Ind.= 64: 105. Ja. 9, ’08. 240w.

=Smith, Theodate Louise=, ed. Aspects of child life and education,
by G. Stanley Hall and some of his pupils. *$1.50. Ginn.

7–21334.

A volume which makes accessible to parents and teachers, in condensed
form and at moderate price, the results of researches conducted by
President Hall’s pupils along the line of the psychology of childhood
and its applications to education. The chapters are as follows: The
contents of children’s minds, The psychology of daydreams, Curiosity
and interest, The story of a sandpile, A study of dolls, The
collecting instinct, The psychology of ownership, Fetichism in
children, Boy life in a Massachusetts country town forty years ago.

* * * * *

“The papers contain much curious and interesting matter.”

+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 91. Jl. 27. 900w.

“Aside from the particular theory underlying most of the articles, the
reports themselves are of course of peculiar interest to all parents
and teachers, and they certainly tend to bring us into closer touch
with child life.” Irving King.

+ =School R.= 16: 204. Mr. ’08. 900w.

=Smith, Vincent Arthur.= Early history of India from 600 B. C. to
the Muhammadan conquest including the invasion of Alexander the
Great. 2d ed., rev. and enl. *$4.75. Oxford.

“The enlargement consists chiefly in the expansion of the last three
chapters of the book dealing with the mediaeval kingdoms of the North,
the Kingdoms of the Deccan, and the Kingdoms of the South, which
contain forty-three of the seventy-two new pages. A new appendix, pp.
260–264, deals with the question of the hostages obtained by Kaniska
in consequence of his conquests in Chinese Turkestan.... The date of
Kaniska is the subject of a new and lengthy note.... The account of
the Caka immigration and of the Indo-Parthian princes has also been
enlarged.... Finally, recent translations of Canakya’s ‘Arthaçastra,’
have enabled Mr. Smith to give from contemporary Hindu sources
interesting information of the Greek accounts of Candragupta’s
empire.”—Am. Hist. R.

* * * * *

“The painstaking care for details and the additions that make the new
edition a distinct improvement upon the old, deserve the gratitude of
all students of the history of India.” G. M. Bolling.

+ =Am. Hist. R.= 13: 894. Jl. ’08. 450w.

“The revision has been a careful one.”

+ =Nation.= 86: 489. My. 28, ’08. 260w.

=Smyth, Newman.= Passing Protestantism and the coming Catholicism.
*$1. Scribner.

8–10863.

The author sees in the “modernist” movement in the Roman Catholic
church of which he gives a discerning and sympathetic account, and in
the failure of Protestantism to make religion a vital force in the
life of the present generation and to command the unreserved
enthusiasm and loyalty of earnest men, evidences that the superficial
divisions of western Christianity are passing away, giving us glimpses
of the underlying bed-rock of unity. The unity, he says, already
exists. It is the duty of Christian churches to manifest it. The
author speaks from the broad level ground of Christian charity.

* * * * *

“The style is pleasing and forceful and with the timeliness of the
theme will doubtless give the book a wide reading.”

+ =Bib. World.= 32: 80. Jl. ’08. 70w.

=Lit. D.= 36: 657. My. 2, ’08. 170w.

“One feels almost ashamed to remain an unbeliever, and yet, since the
truth must be told, there can be little question that the outlook is
not so bright in fact as it is on Dr. Smyth’s pages.”

+ − =Nation.= 87: 99. Jl. 30, ’08. 670w.

“It is interesting reading, and will appeal to the reader as being the
careful conclusions of a fine and balanced mind.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 227. Ap. 18. ’08. 280w.

“This is written in a charming style. It is animated by an excellent
spirit, and its ideas and ideals are presented in attractive attire.”

+ + =Outlook.= 89: 263. My. 30, ’08. 600w.

“A very suggestive and thought-provoking book.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 37: 640. My. ’08. 150w.

+ =Spec.= 101: 451. S. 26, ’08. 260w.

=Snaith, John Collis.= William Jordan, junior. †$1.50. Moffat.

8–6984.

The story of a frail, unworldly boy brought up as a recluse by an aged
father and fed on “the old authors, irrespective of day or night and
apparently of the ordinary needs of human beings.” Unfitted to buffet
hardships he is nevertheless plunged into the maelstrom of London
commercial life. Dreamy idealism is his substitute for practical
worldly wisdom, and he is scathed at every turn. The world knew him
not nor the soul flights that he expressed in his swan song and in his
epic poem on Reconciliation.

* * * * *

“The book is certainly far above the average as a piece of writing,
but it requires more careful reading, in order to comprehend the
meaning of the author or his view-point than readers of fiction
ordinarily wish to give.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 158. My. ’08.

“Easily the most important novel of the month, if not of many
months,—the novel which best deserves careful and sympathetic
consideration. An uncommon book, written in a most uncommon and often
very beautiful phraseology. There is no use in denying that the book
is marred, here and there, by its obscurity; it leaves one often
groping in the dark.” F: T. Cooper.

+ + − =Bookm.= 27: 181. Ap. ’08. 1400w.

“The book is one to love, and one that may act as a leaven upon the
spirits that are not wholly stale, but are still capable of some sort
or degree of fermentation.” W: M. Payne.

+ =Dial.= 44: 351. Je. 1, ’08. 550w.

“Its symbolism does not spoil the beauty of the simple narrative.”

+ =Ind.= 64: 1404. Je. 18, ’08. 270w.

“Whatever it is, it is so bizarre, so grotesque, so mysterious, and so
uncomfortable as to afford little pleasure. One chapter, however, is
clear enough, and a very fine thing—that in which the boy sees the
ocean for the first time. But as a whole the book fails.”

− + =Lond. Times.= 6: 349. N. 15, ’07. 550w.

“Not that the book has not solid merits—purity of English, strength of
handling, beauty of thought, dignity of construction—but these things
seem but the foundation work for a psychological loveliness, half
mystic, half human, which eludes, even while it thrills us.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 206. Ap. 11, ’08. 400w.

“A most unusual piece of fiction. The object of the work, carefully
done as it is, is inexplicable. If it aims to portray exalted genius
in an unsympathetic and cruel world, it misses its aim by
extravagance.”

+ − =Outlook.= 89: 84. My. 9, ’08. 150w.

=Snedden, David Samuel.= Administration and educational work of
American juvenile reform schools. (Columbia univ. Teachers
college. Contributions to education, no. 12.) $2. Teachers
college, Columbia univ., N. Y.

7–39061.