Chapter XLIX: Book 1: , The heavenly bodies; Book 2, The constellations; Book 3, Times (14)

“‘The times’ bear, necessarily, a disproportionate relation to the
heroine. It is the fault of all these popular biographies to avoid
anything that is not superficially interesting.”

+ − =Nation.= 87: 411. O. 29, ’08. 280w.

Reviewed by Hildegarde Hawthorne.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 595. O. 24, ’08. 200w.

“We have enjoyed the book, and would only venture to recommend to the
author a little more fearless certainty of touch and confidence in her
own intuitions. The spirit and the colour of the time break out too
seldom. When they are allowed to have their way, the effect is
convincing.”

+ − =Spec.= 100: 623. Ap. 18, ’08. 540w.

=Taylor, John Metcalf.= Witchcraft delusion in colonial Connecticut.
(Grafton historical ser.) **$1.50. Grafton press.

8–17703.

The author shows from sources long hidden that Connecticut in no way
repudiated witchcraft practices but took an active part in the
persecution of its alleged demon-governed victims. In what manner the
delusion took root in the minds of the colonists, its growth and final
passing are set forth with due attention to an authentic colonial
setting.

* * * * *

“His book shows marks of haste, especially in the somewhat chaotic and
inaccurate opening chapters, and one may be permitted to suspect some
errors in his transcripts and even a possible incompleteness in his
roll of witches, but, such as it is, the little volume is most
welcome.” G: L. Burr.

+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 179. O. ’08. 320w.

“Mr. Taylor has done a service to psychology as well as to history in
searching out and publishing the original documents in the most
important of the Connecticut witchcraft cases.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 208. Jl. 23, ’08. 700w.

“Despite his apology for the first four chapters they show that the
history of witchcraft is beyond the scope of his powers and the
bibliographical note at the end displays little familiarity with the
literature of his subject.”

− + =Nation.= 87: 188. Ag. 27, ’08. 500w.

“In an authoritative and concise manner, yet with all the charm of a
narrative, the author sets forth ... the story of the rise, spread,
and passage of the delusion.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 344. Je. 13, ’08. 230w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 38: 512. O. ’08. 80w.

=Taylor, Mary Imlay.= Reaping. il. †$1.50. Little.

8–1781.

A cross section of Washington’s social and political life. No special
lens is turned upon the slide; one sees with the naked eye a woman’s
misery resulting from an unhappy marriage and the devotion of a young
congressman, formerly her lover, who sacrifices political advancement
and the girl he loves to aid the sufferer to obtain her lost
happiness.

* * * * *

“It is not a pleasant story ... and it is not particularly convincing
in its treatment of social problems; but it is undeniably readable,
and the dialogue is excellent.”

− + =Cath. World.= 87: 407. Je. ’08. 150w.

“The general atmosphere of the social life of the capital is
interestingly and almost brilliantly reproduced.” W: M. Payne.

+ =Dial.= 44: 246. Ap. 16, ’08. 250w.

“Where credit for freshness is due is in the characterization.”

− + =Nation.= 87: 36. Jl. 9, ’08. 300w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 247. Ap. 25, ’08. 200w.

=R. of Rs.= 37: 762. Je. ’08. 170w.

=Temple, Alfred George.= Modern Spanish painting. *$20. Lippincott.

8–13286.

“Pictures by modern Spanish painters being in great demand, it may be
concluded that Mr. Temple’s volume supplies a want. He offers a
copious list of the chief members of the school, the titles of their
principal works, and in some instances the owners of those
works—information which is not obtainable in any other work on the
subject, and which must have cost a good deal of trouble and
research.” (Ath.) There are 60 photogravure reproductions of the
recent Spanish paintings of note.

* * * * *

“We might allow for a certain degree of complaisance in an author
indebted for some of his store of information to the courtesy of
artists and owners, but either gratitude distorts beyond measure the
expression of his true opinion, or he takes a too lenient view of what
are only masterpieces of shallow frippery.”

− =Ath.= 1908, 2: 548. O. 31. 570w.

“Mr. Temple’s book supplies the entertaining record that we needed for
English readers.”

+ =Int. Studio.= 36: sup. 57. D. ’08. 260w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 671. N. 14, ’08. 80w.

“A very beautiful book and one of unique value to all who are
interested in contemporary European art.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 782. D. 19, ’08. 300w.

=Tennant, Pamela.= Children and the pictures. $1.50. Macmillan.

8–13746.

Descriptive note and excerpts in Dec. 1907.

* * * * *

“Lady Tennant has exploded the frowning fortress of art criticism, and
shown us the real way to see pictures—to become as little children.”

+ =Acad.= 73: 213. D. 7, ’07. 700w.

+ =Int. Studio.= 33: 253. Ja. ’08. 50w.

“One of the happiest books for children that we have seen.”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 6: 334. N. 1, ’07. 300w.

“A very pretty and readable book.”

+ =Spec.= 99: sup. 903. D. 7, ’07. 90w.

=Tenney, Alvan Alonzo.= Social democracy and population. (Columbia
univ. studies in history, economics and public law.) *75c.
Macmillan.

7–36152.

“An attempt to answer the question whether it is possible for modern
society to realize the democratic ideal—that every man shall have a
chance and know that he has it. The author assumes that this ideal,
which he terms ‘social democracy,’ can exist only where the plane of
living is relatively high; and he investigates, from the
‘sociological’ standpoint, the effect of the growth of population upon
the ‘plane of living.’”—Nation.

* * * * *

“The sample given indicates the originality, foresightedness, and
statesmanlike breadth of an essay that no scholar or public man can
afford to overlook.” E: A. Ross.

+ + =Am. J. Soc.= 13: 571. Ja. ’08. 870w.

=Ann. Am. Acad.= 31: 511. Mr. ’08. 120w.

“An able summary of the biological principles of population in their
relation to modern democratic civilization.” C: A. Ellwood.

+ =Econ. Bull.= 1: 154. Je. ’08. 330w.

“With its combination of things obvious and things past finding out
the monograph well illustrates certain tendencies in sociological
writings of the day.”

+ − =Nation.= 86: 80. Ja. 23, ’08. 200w.

=Terhune, Albert Payson.= World’s great events. **$1.20. Dodd.

8–24298.

From “Marathon, the first struggle between democracy and despotism,”
“the half hundred chapters come on down through the ages, choosing
here a decisive event, there a political movement, or again the life
of a great man, but always aiming to present the crucial time or
happening, and end with “Chinese” Gordon and Egypt.’ Each narrative is
very brief, rarely exceeding five or six pages.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“Each narrative ... is written in crisp, concise style, with the aim
of giving the reader the gist of events and presenting to him an
attractive birds-eye view of the progress of the world.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 538. O. 3, ’08. 170w.

“They give the essential facts of each event in their proper
historical setting, and they do this in a way calculated to interest
the casual reader. The book makes excellent supplementary reading for
high-school classes in history.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 38: 636. N. ’08. 100w.

* =Terry, Ellen Alice.= Story of my life: recollections and reflections. **$3.50. McClure.

A frank autobiography, entirely tuned to the personal note, which in
its history, stage gossip, and stage criticism merges into the life of
the stage in England for the past fifty years. Actors, artists and men
of letters cross and recross the stage of her book, where all are seen
in the light of her emotional fervor. The illustrations cover the
entire period of her stage life and show the actress in her great
variety of characterizations.

* * * * *

“Candid often to the point of indiscretion, they have the piquancy of
good conversation—of a woman’s conversation, apt in its very
inconsequence, intimate in its reserves, strangely shrewd even in its
too expansive moments.”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 2: 411. O. 3. 1700w.

“The pages of her book are rich not only in anecdotes of the stage,
but they deal to a large extent as well with the personages who have
taken a leading part in the last half-century of England’s art,
literature, and politics.”

+ =Lit. D.= 37: 909. D. 12, ’08. 200w.

“This is an agreeable but disappointing volume: agreeable because
characteristic in its butterfly style of one of the brightest
personalities known to the modern stage; and disappointing because,
abounding as it does in evidences of quick and shrewd observation, it
is so comparatively poor in those revelations of close personal
intimacies in which the memory of Miss Terry must be so rich. The
whole book would be the better for judicious editing.”

+ − =Nation.= 87: 584. D. 10, ’08. 1100w.

“It makes an interesting book, and in some way a remarkable one, for a
large part of it is truly autobiographical, ingenuously
self-revelatory. The book is so well written that it holds the
reader’s attention for 400 pages.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 753. D. 5, ’08. 2300w.

“Her writing is for the most part frankly the writing of an amateur.
But when an amateur happens, like Miss Terry, to be a born writer, the
result is always charming, and one may well be thankful for the lack
of professionalism.” Max Beerbohm.

+ =Sat. R.= 106: 449. O. 10, ’08. 1400w.

“Here we have some criticism of actors by an actress, and a great
actress. That alone will give this book a permanent worth which
belongs to very few works of its kind. The criticisms of Irving are,
to our mind, the most interesting and instructive part.”

+ =Spec.= 101: 447. S. 26, ’08. 1900w.

=Terry, Hubert L.= India-rubber and its manufacture; with chapters
on guttapercha and balata. (Westminster ser.) *$2. Van Nostrand.

8–26204.

Not a working guide or hand-book for the india-rubber manufacturer but
rather a book of information for the general reader. It gives the
history of the rubber industry, treats of the production of raw
rubber, and rubber plantations, outlines the steps taken in preparing
it for commercial purposes, treats of the manufacture of various
mechanical goods, and discusses the subject of contracts for
india-rubber goods.

* * * * *

“Accurate yet popular. Not too technical for general use.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 151. My. ’08.

“Mr. Terry writes on these subjects with the authority of personal
knowledge, though perhaps without the lightness of touch desirable in
a work of this character.” C. Simmons.

+ − =Nature.= 77: 296. Ja. 30, ’08. 1000w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 584. O. 17, ’08. 270w.

“Though dealing with a distinctly technical field, the author has
succeeded in making a very readable book, and this is due not a little
to his pleasing style, occasional prolixity to the contrary
notwithstanding. One experiences a slight feeling of disappointment in
reading the first two chapters, those dealing with the history of the
matter and with the botanical origin of crude rubber. It would have
been justifiable to have dealt with these topics with greater
liberality.” F. E. Loyd.

+ − =Science=, n.s. 28: 890. D. 18, ’08. 730w.

=Terry, Milton Spenser.= Biblical dogmatics: an exposition of the
principal doctrines of the Holy Scriptures. *$3.50. Meth. bk.

7–16991.

“An attempt, as the author says, to present ‘the old abiding truths’
in a manner somewhat new. In fact, he is careful not to exploit any
‘strange doctrines.’ His method of exposition is based on the
persuasion that the Bible is ‘a remarkably self-interpreting book,’
when its different portions are studied in their proper historical
connections and in the light of contemporary literature and
circumstances, so that a single system of theology may be constructed
out of it. The difference in view-point of the biblical writers is not
overlooked, but they are regarded as mutually complementary, never as
opposed.”—Am. J. Theol.

* * * * *

“The whole work exhibits an intimate acquaintance with the language of
the Scriptures and a reverent submission to their teachings, without
any of the bitterness toward opponent, which, unfortunately, so often
appears in works similarly conceived. On the contrary, there is a
frank acknowledgment of the value of critical studies. None the less
it seems to the reviewer that the harmonistic purpose interferes at
times with freedom of interpretation and a full recognition of
differences in the writers, while at times they appear to be made to
say more or less than they really do.” G: Cross.

+ + − =Am. J. Theol.= 12: 160. Ja. ’08. 470w.

“Its tone and spirit are admirable—non-controversial, open-minded,
alive with warm religious feeling. Dogmatizing is avoided, and some
deep questions are left open with candid and cautious reserve.”

+ =Outlook.= 86: 837. Ag. 17, ’07. 280w.

=Thayer, James Bradley.= Legal essays. *$3.50. Boston bk.

A collection of papers on a variety of subjects connected with legal
theory and practice. “There are a few of a distinctly general
interest, notably an essay on the origin and scope of the American
doctrine of constitutional law, a second on legal tender, a third on
Sir Frederick Pollock’s suggestion that the English House of Lords and
Privy council and the United States supreme court might reciprocally
consult for the settlement of difficult questions of common concern, a
fourth on the legal stateus of the Indian, and a fifth on ‘Our new
possessions.’” (Outlook.)

* * * * *

“Like all posthumous collections, these essays lack the freshness
given by the final touch of the author’s hand. The best of the
contributions of the book are the critical chapters on authorities and
decisions.”

+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 31: 723. My. ’08. 100w.

“While [the layman] cannot judge the learning of the author, he may at
least admire his lucidity, and will come to the conclusion that Prof.
Thayer is entitled to rank with such philosophical and literary
expositors of the principles of the law as Sir Frederick Pollock,
Prof. Maitland, and Prof. Dicey, a class of which the American
representatives are rather surprisingly few.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 102. F. 22, ’08. 250w.

“All of the essays, and particularly those dealing with constitutional
topics, bear abundant testimony to the enthusiasm, insight and
thoroughness with which Professor Thayer attacked the many problems
that came before him as a student and exponent of law.”

+ =Outlook.= 88: 378. F. 15, ’08. 350w.

=Thayer, William Roscoe.= Italica: studies in Italian life and
letters. **$1.50. Houghton.

8–13685.

With the freshness, vividness and bias which the land inspires, these
papers catch and hold passing aspects of Italian life and thought. The
following essays are included: Fogazzaro and his masterpiece, Venetian
legends and pageants, Mazzini’s centenary, Dante in America, Giordano
Bruno’s “Expulsion of the beast triumphant,” Countess Martinengo
Cesaresco, Leopardi’s home, Election of a pope, Thirty years of
Italian progress, Luigi Chiala, Dante as lyric poet, Cardinal
Hohenlohe—liberal, Italy in 1907, and Giosuè Carducci.

* * * * *

“Recommended because of the comparative scarcity of material in book
form on recent Italian literature and history. In the literary essays
there are some surprising lapses.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 266. N. ’08.

“Altogether this is not a very serious contribution to the growing
number of books on Italian subjects.”

+ − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 437. O. 10. 250w.

“The reflections and verdicts recorded in the volume are such as we
should expect from a student and critic of Mr. Thayer’s standing.”

+ =Dial.= 45: 43. Jl. 16, ’08. 420w.

“Mr. Thayer has earned a right to claim our attention on matters
literary and historical relating to modern Italy.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 434. Ag. 20, ’08. 450w.

“He writes with a zest often verging on passion, and at times,
perhaps, allows his feelings to permeate his facts, tingeing them with
strong colors of his own. Being interested himself, he interests the
reader, but his method will not gratify those historians who demand
documentary evidence at every step.”

+ − =Nation.= 87: 143. Ag. 13, ’08. 540w.

“Mr. Thayer has a pleasing style, his knowledge is broad, his
scholarship unquestioned, and his critical acumen satisfying to
foreigners.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 315. Je. 6, ’08. 250w.

“No chapter of ‘Italica’ is uninteresting or unsuggestive, but the
most impressive seem those in which the critic makes all Dante
students his debtors.”

+ =Outlook.= 90: 271. O. 3, ’08. 1050w.

“Quite apart, however, from these fulminations of a fervent believer
in the Italy of progress and taxation to the starving-point, there is
much of great interest in the book.” A. I. du P. Coleman.

+ − =Putnam’s.= 4: 747. S. ’08. 560w.

=Spec.= 101: sup. 812. N. 21, ’08. 230w.

=Thibaudeau, Antoine Claire.= Bonaparte and the consulate; tr. and
ed. by G. K. Fortescue. *$3.25. Macmillan.

8–23294.

“The present memoir covers the four years of the Consulate from 1799
to 1804, when Napoleon became emperor. Their special character
consists in their reporting the conversations and discourses of
Napoleon on important questions in the Council of state or in private
conversation and of conversations with Josephine on political events.
They are not speeches but talk as in a committee round a table.”—Sat.
R.

* * * * *

“This volume will give the general reader a good insight into the
administrative genius of Bonaparte, but the student will consult the
original edition.” G: M. Dutcher.

+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 173. O. ’08. 320w.

“Dr. Fortescue’s introduction here and there invites criticism.
Perhaps it is a desire for brevity which is accountable for
exaggerations at some points and omissions at others.”

+ − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 364. S. 26. 430w.

“The [memoirs] certainly rank with the memoirs of Miot or Mollien. and
the ‘Recollections’ of Chaptal. The volume has an unnecessary number
of misprints or slight errors.” H: E: Bourne.

+ + − =Dial.= 45: 86. Ag. 16, ’08. 1000w.

“It is a pity that the printing of [the notes] was not seen to with
more care, as there are some annoying but not serious slips. The book
is to be warmly welcomed.” L. G. W. L.

+ − =Eng. Hist. R.= 23: 832. O. ’08. 150w.

“Dr. Fortescue has done his work with the utmost care. All has been
done that could be done to make the book useful.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 54. Jl. 16, ’08. 560w.

“No one could have provided a more authoritative edition of the
valuable Thibaudeau memoirs. The translation is splendidly done, and
the introduction and notes provide admirable matter to supplement the
text as it appears in the original work.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 485. S. 5, ’08. 750w.

+ =Sat. R.= 106: 88. Jl. 18, ’08. 360w.

+ =Spec.= 101: sup. 472. O. 3, ’08. 1350w.

=Thomalen, Adolf.= Text-book of electrical engineering; translated
from the German by George W. O. Howe. *$4.20. Longmans.

8–15869.

Covers “the whole range of electromagnetic phenomena usually taught to
students of electrical engineering in high-grade colleges. Starting
with the elementary principles of electrophysics and electrochemistry,
and stating Ohm’s law in its simplest terms, the author leads the
student into the involved electromagnetic relations in dynamos by way
of the most easily traveled routes.” (Elec. World.)

* * * * *

“[An] excellent treatise ... that will be welcomed alike by the
student and the instructor in electrical engineering.”

+ =Elec. World.= 51: 310. F. 8, ’08. 380w.

Reviewed by H: H. Norris.

+ =Engin. N.= 59: 299. Mr. 12, ’08. 950w.

“The treatment of the polyphase induction motor is unnecessarily
complicated, but that of the single-phase motor is better. It is not a
‘popular’ book, but a substantial, scholarly work.”

+ − =Engin. Rec.= 57: 307. Mr. 14, ’08. 150w.

“The translator has done his work with marked success; it is
sufficient to say that the book does not read like a translation from
the German, and all who have done such work will agree that this is
high praise.”

+ =Nature.= 77: 124. D. 12, ’07. 670w.

=Thomas, Augustus.= Witching hour. †$1.50. Harper.

8–30012.

Mr. Thomas has novelized his own play, so insuring no loss of the
drama’s compelling interest that was due to telepathy, mental
suggestion and hypnotism.

* * * * *

“A story of considerable interest.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 1126. N. 12, ’08. 90w.

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

“A lively and interesting narrative of romantic events brought about
under remarkable conditions, and whether you are disposed to grant the
facts or not, it can hardly be denied that the conclusions are
entirely in accordance with the promises the author has laid down.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 645. O. 31, ’08. 500w.

=Thomas, John M.= The Christian faith and the Old Testament. **$1.
Crowell.

8–14748.

The author discusses the contributions of the Old Testament to
Christianity in its moral, religious, and theological teaching and in
affording Christians a sense of continuity with the life of the past;
but he admits that in the allegorizing of the Old Testament, and in
the acceptance of all as of equal value, the true spiritual
significance of the Old and much of the New Testament was lost sight
of. Modern criticism is rediscovering, restoring our Bible and of the
process and results of this discovery the author gives a brief but
comprehensive account.

* * * * *

“Brief, reverent, logical; for the general reader not familiar with
the achievements and benefits of higher criticism.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 298. D. ’08.

“The author’s point of view is scholarly and he is thoroughly in
sympathy with modern thinking. To those who doubt whether anything of
usefulness is left to the Old Testament as interpreted by the modern
scholar, this volume may be warmly commended.”

+ =Bib. World.= 31: 478. Je. ’08. 50w.

“A serious and scholarly treatment of present-day religious problems
and difficulties.”

+ =Educ. R.= 36: 422. N. ’08. 40w.

“It represents frank, free and devout study of current biblical
problems, by one who has the taste of study and the art of expression.
We commend it heartily to thinking people.”

+ + =Ind.= 64: 1040. My. 7, ’08. 150w.

“Dr. Thomas will succeed, in our judgment, in stirring up in his
readers the desire to study the Old Testament with intelligent
appreciation.”

+ =Nation.= 86: 554. Je. 18, ’08. 130w.

“He combines a full acceptance of the modern point of view with a deep
sense of the value of the Old Testament and shows clearly that these
two attitudes are not opposed.” E. S. Drown.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 606. O. 24, ’08. 90w.

“This little book is, for plain readers with scant leisure, an
admirable presentation of what all ought to know who care to
understand the essential facts and their significance.”

+ =Outlook.= 89: 128. My. 16, ’08. 170w.

* =Thomas, William Jenkyn.= Welsh fairy book. †$1.50. Stokes.

8–26193.

“This is the first English collection ever made of an excellent source
of folk- and fairy-lore.... The stories are varied, derived from old
writers like Giraldus Cambrensis and the stores of accomplished modern
scholars like Sir John Rhys. ‘Nothing has been inserted which is not
genuinely traditionary,’ adds the author, and the book shows the
richness of the mine which he has opened for English readers.”—Ath.

* * * * *

“‘The Welsh fairy book’ is worth reading for several reasons. The
Welsh are spiritual and musical, and they have waited for their Grimm
till to-day.”

+ =Acad.= 73: 218. D. 7, ’07. 1200w.

“Adults as well as young people will rejoice in ‘The Welsh fairy
book.’”

+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 516. O. 26. 220w.

Reviewed by M. J. Moses.

+ =Ind.= 65: 1473. D. 17, ’08. 40w.

+ =Nation.= 85: 544. D. 12, ’07. 170w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 756. D. 5, ’08. 120w.

“It will form a welcome and even necessary addition to any child’s
collection of fairy-tales.”

+ =Sat. R.= 104: sup. 10. D. 7, ’07. 50w.

“On the whole, there is much novelty about the collection.”

+ =Spec.= 99: sup. 905. D. 7, ’07. 110w.

=Thompson, Charles Miner.= Calico cat: a rural detective story minus
a detective. †$1.25. Houghton.

8–30016.

In attempting to rid his premises of a mocking calico cat, a
respectable Yankee shoots a tramp, slips away from the scene of
trouble, and allows an innocent boy to be sent to jail. He is chosen
juror on the very jury that is to try the case when his conscience
goads him to a confession. The clearing up of the tangle reveals that
the victim, entirely unhurt, was posing for money; that the boy
believed his father to have fired the shot and was shielding him; and
that a termagant wife really did have a heart.

* =Thompson, Francis.= Selected poems; with a biographical note by Wilfrid Meynell. **$1.50. Lane.

Selections contained in this volume have been made from “Sister
songs,” “Poems” and “New poems,” which with a biographical note and a
number of “appreciations” are intended to bear witness to a fine
quality of genius.

* * * * *

“I feel much in him that is great. Even in this residue from which all
the dross of his work has supposedly been drawn off, there is still so
much to harass the ear and tease the mind.” P. E. M.

+ − =Nation.= 87: 486. N. 19, ’08. 3500w.

“Francis Thompson’s work is of such excellence in its own kind that no
selection can be satisfactory except to those who have not time for
more.”

+ =Sat. R.= 106: 395. S. 26, ’08. 1250w.

=Thompson, Peter Anthony.= Lotus land; being an account of the
country and the people of southern Siam. *$3.50. Lippincott.

7–37975.

“Opening with a chapter on the history of Siam which suggests that
research might well be turned in that direction, Mr. Thompson gives an
account of the capital and then takes us right into the country.”
(Sat. R.) “The picture of country life among the people, the study of
their habits and beliefs—where the Buddhist faith is laid over
deep-seated superstitions, tree-worship, taboo, ghost-terrors, charms,
and curious rites and precautions—the descriptions of their sport,
fishing, elephant driving; these, to our mind, constitute the best
part of Mr. Thompson’s volume.” (Ath.)

* * * * *

“It is not easy to hit the mean between a globe-trotter’s transient
impressions and a resident’s cumbrous statistics, but Mr. Thompson has
achieved this. [An] admirable account of a singularly attractive
people.”

+ =Ath.= 1906, 2: 506. O. 27. 1570w.

“The historical sketch of Siam will well repay a careful study.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 90. F. 15, ’08. 130w.

“No more intimate book on southern Siam has appeared than this.”

+ =Sat. R.= 102: 682. D. 1, ’06. 300w.

“A delightful picture of a people not overanxious to march in the van
of progress and of a country the wealth of which lies at present
almost dormant.”

+ =Spec.= 97: sup. 763. N. 17, ’06. 230w.

* =Thomson, John Arthur.= Bible of nature: five lectures delivered before Lake Forest college on the foundation of the late William Bross. (Bross lib. v. 4.) **$1. Scribner.

8–25139.

Five lectures which state “some of the lessons which man—minister and
interpreter—may learn from Nature.” They are: The wonder of the world;
The history of things; Organisms and their origin; The evolution of
organism; and Man’s place in nature.

* * * * *

“The book is a joy to read and is to be heartily commended to all
religious persons who feel the difficulties caused by the present
scientific situation.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 777. D. 12, ’08. 270w.

“Not only for its clarifying of many hazy ideas, but for its
correction alike of dogmatic scientists and dogmatic theologians, this
volume should be in every Sunday-school library.”

+ =Outlook.= 90: 458. O. 24, ’08. 130w.

=Thomson, John Arthur.= Heredity. (Science ser.) **$3.50. Putnam.

A thoroly practical exposition based upon conclusions reached thru
microscopic study of the germ-cells, thru the application of
statistical methods, and thru experiment. The aim is to expand the
facts of heredity and inheritance as known at present, to give the
securely established conclusions and the more important theories. The
handling is impartial altho the author adheres to what is called
Weismannism, or—to take a particular case—the conviction that we do
not know of any instance of the transmission of an acquired character.

* * * * *

“The best book on the subject for the general reader; comprehensive,
scholarly and popular in the best sense of the word.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 298. D. ’08.

“The English student will welcome a volume which places within his
grasp an adequate summary of the work not only of leading English
authorities but also of continental writers.”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 2: 47. Jl. 11. 1000w.

“This newest work, strikingly like the older ‘Evolution of sex’ in
method, may well attain the same high repute.” E. T. Brewster.

+ =Atlan.= 102: 122. Jl. ’08. 300w.

“Is intelligible, pleasant to read, and distinguished by a broad
outlook.” T. D. A. Cockerell.

+ =Dial.= 45: 59. Ag. 1, ’08. 1250w.

“It is ‘easy’ reading; the clearness and force of the style hold the
reader’s attention so that he forgets for the moment that it is an
abstruse scientific matter which is under discussion. The chief
particular in which the book is open to criticism is in the matter of
construction.”

+ − =Ind.= 65: 376. Ag. 13. ’08. 900w.

“In spite of its condensation, this is the only book in the language
which has methodically handled heredity from its origin in physical
reproduction to its further development in social phenomena.”

+ =Lit. D.= 37: 470. O. 3, ’08. 350w.

“In addition to a clear statement of current theories, there is much
instructive criticism and comment, often requiring very attentive
perusal, which the reader will find most stimulating and suggestive.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 499. N. 19, ’08. 650w.

“The outstanding feature of the book is its great, perhaps its
excessive, kindliness and toleration.” G. A. Reid.

+ =Nature.= 78: 361. Ag. 20, ’08. 2200w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 227. Ap. 18, ’08. 250w.

“The volume, if not quite so readable and full of suggestion as
Metchnikoff’s, is yet of more immediate application to the problems
that confront them.” Charles De Kay.

+ =Putnam’s.= 5: 236. N. ’08. 660w.

=R. of Rs.= 37: 759. Je. ’08. 70w.

“It is in fact a vast encyclopaedia article, in which all the aspects
of the subject are presented in orderly fashion and from many points
of view, always with the historical development of each, and with its
varying controversies summed up with clearness.”

+ =Sat. R.= 105: 791. Je. 20, ’08. 1450w.

“The few imperfections that might be noticed do not interfere
materially with the value of the book. It fulfils its purpose as an
‘introduction to the study of heredity’ excellently well, it is rich
in illustrative facts and judicious criticism, and is written in a
style which is clear, consecutive, forcible and at times, even
picturesque.” J. P. McM.

+ + − =Science=, n.s. 28: 210. Ag. 14, ’08. 1050w.

=Thomson, William Chase.= Design of typical steel railway bridges:
an elementary course for engineering students and draftsmen. *$2.
Eng. news.

8–11716.

A sequel to “Bridge and structural design.” “The present volume is
devoted chiefly to the presentation of six examples in design of steel
superstructures. An introduction gives the necessary extracts from a
specification, with some annotations, tables and a moment diagram; and
there is a final chapter on latticing of compression members. The
examples are selected with good judgment and cover the range of
average railway bridge superstructures in a way that may be called
typical.” (Engin. N.)

* * * * *

“The thoroughly practical character of the work would seem to make it
well suited for use as a text-book in engineering schools and of
marked value to junior draftsmen in bridge shops and to those who
desire to fit themselves for such work.”

+ + =Engin. D.= 4: 53. Jl. ’08. 330w.

“Notwithstanding these shortcomings, which are mostly
non-essentials ... the book is a commendable effort to fill a
long-felt want. It should be in the possession of all the younger men
engaged in structural steel work, and many older ones will find it
useful.” A. W. Buel.

+ + − =Engin. N.= 60: 73. Jl. 16, ’08. 1350w.

“Has the character of a set of rules for designing issued by a bridge
company to its draftsmen.”

+ − =Engin. Rec.= 58: 476. O. 24, ’08. 440w.

* =Thoreau, Henry David.= Cape Cod; with introd. and il. by Clifton Johnson. **$2. Crowell.

8–22336.

A holiday edition of “Cape Cod” whose careful word pictures are aided
by a series of illustrations produced by Mr. Johnson’s camera during a
leisurely tramp over Thoreau’s own course.

* * * * *

“An unusually attractive reprint of the work.”

+ =Dial.= 45: 411. D. 1, ’08. 240w.

Reviewed by W. G. Bowdoin.

=Ind.= 65: 1462. D. 17, ’08. 60w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 563. O. 10, ’08. 200w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 748. D. 5, ’08. 160w.

=Thorndike, Ashley Horace.= Tragedy. (Types of English literature
ser.) **$1.50. Houghton.

8–15303.

The third volume so far published in a literature series which
disregards the usual chronological divisions and proceeds on the basis
of a division according to types. This book traces the course of
English tragedy from its beginning in England in 1562, the year of the
production of “Gorboduc,” thru Marlowe and his contemporaries,
Shakespeare, the later Elizabethans, the Restoration, the eighteenth
century, and the romantic movement, to the middle of the nineteenth
century. It indicates the part tragedy has played in the history of
the theatre and of literature.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 212. Je. ’08.

“The interest of the book consists in its handling of familiar matter
from this unifying point of view, rather than in its contribution of
new facts to scholarship. On the whole he is to be congratulated on
the accomplishment of a piece of sound scholarly work.” C. M.
Hathaway, jr.

+ =Dial.= 45: 116. S. 1, ’08. 640w.

“Professor Thorndike’s book, taken as a whole, is mildly
disappointing. We find ourselves in constant agreement with him, but
with no enthusiasm. The latter part of the work is somewhat
breathless, as though the writer were acutely aware of the fact that
the volume must not exceed a certain length, and that everything must
somehow be mentioned.” W: L. Phelps.

+ − =Forum.= 40: 592. D. ’08. 1600w.

“We must insist then that a good deal of the present work is
necessarily unsatisfactory. It is not complete enough in detail to
serve the scholar; it is often too meagre to preserve human interest.
But, within the limitations, Prof. Thorndike has succeeded
commendably.”

− + =Nation.= 86: 561. Je. 18, ’08. 830w.

“Comprehensive treatment of his large subject.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 314. Je. 6, ’08. 830w.

=R. of Rs.= 38: 126. Jl. ’08. 80w.

“Able review of the tragic drama in England.”

+ =Spec.= 101: 266. Ag. 22, ’08. 480w.

=Thurston, Katherine Cecil.= Fly on the wheel. †$1.50. Dodd.

8–27495.

A determined young Irish councellor married five years to a placid,
unthinking woman whose personality he completely dominates, attempts
to break up the love affair of his youngest brother and a spirited
young girl. He yields to the spell of this girl’s power, finds himself
in love with her as she is with him, and in his madness confesses his
love. The reaction comes, he knows his duty; but the girl, young,
motherless, gives up to morbid despair and ends her life as did Oswald
in Ibsen’s “Ghosts.”

* * * * *

“It is a study of sexual passion rising at times to real power. It is
a conscientious and clever piece of work.”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 1: 380. Mr. 28. 120w.

“Best work she has done thus far.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 1182. N. 19, ’08. 30w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 616. O. 24, ’08. 30w.

“As a story is less sensational than some former stories by this
author, but it far exceeds any of them in perfection of development
and in real interest.”

+ =Outlook.= 90: 503. O. 31, ’08. 160w.

“The end is startlingly tragic, in what seems to us a forced, unlikely
way. What she does well is the description of emotions, moods, and
behaviour, her sense of ordinary character is true and perceptive, and
is shown in one or two quite excellent sketches, notably that of
Father James.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 105: 664. My. 23, ’08. 220w.

“The story is well told and interesting in its way, but singularly
lacking in elevation.”

+ − =Spec.= 100: 505. Mr. 28, ’08. 780w.

=Thwaites, Reuben Gold, and Kellogg, Louise Phelps=, eds. The
revolution on the upper Ohio, 1775–1777. $1.50. Wis. hist. soc.
Madison.

8–8546.

Compiled from the Draper manuscripts in the library of the Wisconsin
historical society, the events chronicled in this volume “immediately
succeeded and in a considerable degree were the direct outgrowth of
Dunmore’s war.... The documents chosen for publication herein do not
afford a continuous history of any one campaign or group of men. They
do, however, shed light upon the principal incidents and the prominent
characters of the long frontier stretching from the Greenbrier region
in Southwestern Virginia to the post at Kittanning on the upper
Allegheny.” (Preface.)

* * * * *

“Much credit is due the editors for the excellent compilation of these
documents.” V. A. Lewis.

+ =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 183. O. ’08. 630w.

=Tiernan, Mrs. Frances C. (Christian Reid, pseud.).= Princess
Nadine. †$1.50. Putnam.

7–42008.

“A novel involving an heiress of American birth and her ambition for a
European title. Nadine is everything exquisite, aristocratic, and
fascinating. About to be betrothed by her American grandmother to a
lovely prince who hopes to be king of ‘Serabia,’ she meets a money
king from America, whose advent completely changes her future.... Of
the complications between an imprudent and revolutionary young
Russian, a daring American girl, and a diplomatic Slav, the reader
must learn for himself.”—Outlook.

* * * * *

“The character of Nadine is the artistic merit of the story.”

+ =Cath. World.= 87: 262. My. ’08. 150w.

“The game of intrigue, which brings about Nadine’s defiance of the
Czar’s government, is played light-heartedly enough, hero and heroine
holding the usual marked cards.”

+ =Nation.= 86: 379. Ap. 23, ’08. 250w.

“Upon the whole, the most fitting adjective for this novel is
‘elegant.’”

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

=Tilden, Samuel Jones.= Letters and literary memorials of Samuel J.
Tilden; ed. by John Bigelow. 2v. **$6. Harper.

8–4918.

From a vast collection of papers the executors of Mr. Tilden have
selected speeches, public documents and letters which not only offer
sidelights on the latter half of the last century’s history but give
proper proportion to public services of this man whose party standards
were “too high for the multitude.” His battles and their victories are
traced thru these documents.

* * * * *

“If we find somewhat too much of the genial editor in the volumes, he
has good examples to quote, and we should be grateful for what he has
given.” F.

+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 152. O. ’08. 1500w.

“Necessary for the historian because of details of politics,
especially in New York state, but not particularly valuable or
interesting to the general reader.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 212. Je. ’08.

“The work as a whole is an important and historically valuable supplement to Mr. Bigelow’s earlier publications in the same field.” P. F. Bicknell.

+ =Dial.= 44: 205. Ap. 1, ’08. 1650w.

=Lit. D.= 36: 657. My. 2, ’08. 600w.

“There is less material of first-rate political importance in these
volumes than one had hoped. Though these letters add but little to our
knowledge of the man, they fall in perfectly with that conception of
his character which those who have studied it most closely have slowly
formed.”

+ − =Nation.= 86: 336. Ap. 9, ’08. 600w.

“Absorbingly interesting volumes. They are of the highest class of
‘memoires pour servir.’” Montgomery Schuyler.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 109. F. 29, ’08. 2450w.

“It aids in the understanding both of Tilden’s conduct of life and of
the seemingly extravagant esteem in which he was held by his intimate
friends.”

+ =Outlook.= 89: 862. Ag. 15, ’08. 540w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 37: 507. Ap. ’08. 300w.

* =Tileston, Mary Wilder=, ed. Children’s treasure trove of pearls. †$1.50. Little.

Contains some forty stories rescued from oblivion for children from
five to nine years to enjoy. Among them are: Fiama; Bean Flower and
Pea Blossom; Tatterhood, Tom Tit Tot; Tom, nurse’s story, etc.

* * * * *

Reviewed by M. J. Moses.

=Ind.= 65: 1473. D. 17, ’08. 30w.

=Nation.= 87: 550. D. 3, ’08. 50w.

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 756. D. 5, ’08. 70w.

=R. of Rs.= 38: 765. D. ’08. 50w.

=Tipping, H. Avray=, ed. Gardens, old and new. 3d. series. *$12.
Scribner.

8–23521.

=ser. 3.= Country house and its garden environment.

“Contains accounts, amply illustrated, of thirty-four gardens, all
more or less famous. The best known among them are Hatfield house,
Holland house, Lyme hall (Cheshire, belonging to Lord Newton), South
Wraxall manor, Wilton house, and Wotton house (near Aylesbury). An
introduction, itself fully illustrated, gives particulars of other
places.”—Spec.

* * * * *

“Notable addition to garden literature.”

+ =Dial.= 45: 412. D. 1, ’08. 320w (Review of ser. 3.)

“The volume has an interest extending quite beyond that of a guide to
a house or garden building.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 404. Jl. 18, ’08. 280w. (Review of ser. 3.)

“This is a very handsome and interesting volume.”

+ =Spec.= 101: 101. Jl, 18, ’08. 80w. (Review of ser. 3.)

=Titchener, Edward Bradford.= Lectures on the elementary psychology
of feeling and attention. *$1.40. Macmillan.

8–21948.

“The book discusses analytically the ultimate mode of conceiving the
nature of the fundamental psychological processes. For current usage
as coins of the intellectual realm, the value of such terms as
feeling, sensation, attention, is sufficiently understood; but an
accurate essay is indispensable when technical definition and analysis
are to be reached. As an example of the clarification of concepts, as
a contribution to the mode of extracting the metal from the crude ore,
the work may be strongly recommended to the student analyst.”—Dial.

* * * * *

“The treatment suitable to a general audience is equally suitable to
the general reader.”

+ =Dial.= 45: 300. N. 1, ’08. 180w.

“It cannot be said, however, that the writer is without his own bias.
This bias in our author’s case is in favor of sensationalism.
Collections of classroom lectures are not often inspiring, but this
work is a welcome exception to this rule. It must add much to its
author’s reputation.”

+ + − =Nation.= 87: 444. N. 5, ’08. 630w.

“The entire treatment of attention as sensory clearness as set forth
by Professor Titchener, however, is the best which has appeared thus
far. His unbiased discussion of the leading authorities and his
interesting style render the book worth reading apart from its
psychological value, while the list of authorities which is given
makes the volume probably the best of its kind for the research
student.” Felix Arnold.

+ + − =Psychol. Bull.= 5: 367. N. 15, ’08. 730w.

=Todd, Charles Burr.= In olde New York; sketches of old times and
places in both the state and the city. (Grafton historical
series.) **$1.50. Grafton press.

7–36943.

A series of sketches brought forward from twenty years ago which
describe types and conditions, landmarks and structures, that no
longer exist.

* * * * *

“It cannot supersede or compete with definite historical treatises on
the state, but it offers interesting sketches and will prove of use
for certain phases of old New York life.” E. K. Alden.

+ =Am. Hist. R.= 13: 655. Ap. ’08. 300w.

“What with text and pictures, an amusing little book to look over.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 3. Ja. 4, ’08. 160w.

“It is well that this valuable and curious information, at first
prepared for more ephemeral publication, has been preserved and
collected in this tasteful volume.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 37: 382. Mr. ’08. 80w.

=Tomlinson, Everett Titsworth.= Camp-fire of Mad Anthony. †$1.50.
Houghton.

7–29723.

Tells of a tea party which took place in Philadelphia, and involved
the heroes of this story; also relates the adventures of the
Pennsylvania troops under Anthony Wayne, from 1774 to 1776.

* * * * *

“A story used as a vehicle becomes stereotyped and Mr. Tomlinson’s
strength does not lie in his plots.” M. J. Moses.

+ − =Ind.= 63: 1482. D. 19, ’07. 150w.

“In his customary manner, Mr. Tomlinson bases his incident upon fact.
In this respect he is a seasoned writer, but he falls short in the
development of his plot, and his style is not irreproachable.”

+ − =Nation.= 85: 520. D. 5, ’07. 80w.

=Tomlinson, Everett Titsworth.= Mad Anthony’s young scout: a story
of the winter of 1777–78. †$1.50. Houghton.

8–20024.

Philadelphia, Valley Forge and the outlying country furnish the
setting for this tale of exciting adventure based upon the happenings
of the hard winter of 1777–78. Noah Dare is the hero, and into the
story are introduced “Mad Anthony” Wayne, Washington, Lafayette and
other revolutionary generals. Also there is among the historical
sidelights a clear presentation of the division among the Quakers—one
portion swearing allegiance to the British government, the other, to
the cause of the colonists.

* * * * *

“No boy who once begins the book will want to lay it down until it is
finished.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 497. S. 12. ’08. 170w.

* =Tompkins, A. E.= Marine engineering: a text book. *$4.50. Macmillan.

“Gives a very full history of the development of the steam engine from
Savery in 1688 to the turbine and gas producer of to-day. Much
information is given to the one wishing to practise the art of
designing the different structures, but the most to those desiring to
become skilled in the construction, operation and care of the marine
engine, as the designing of such machinery demands a line of study
outside of what can be given in a treatise of this kind.”—Science.

* * * * *

“It deserves and will secure a good reception from all who are
interested in the subjects of which it treats. The author has the
courage of his opinions, and, in not a few instances, exception may be
taken to his conclusions; but in all cases the materials for judging
independently are given, and readers can claim no more.” W. H. White.

+ + − =Nature.= 78: 598. O. 15, ’08. 800w.

“This single criticism [about his view of the combustion chamber in
the cylindrical boiler] should not take from the value of the work as
it abounds in so much that is good and valuable to one seeking
information on the subject and desiring to be correctly informed as to
the marine engine practise of to-day and the lines on which it may be
extended in the future.” Horace See.

+ + − =Science=, n.s. 28: 686. N. 13, ’08. 1000w.

=Tompkins, Juliet Wilbor.= Dr. Ellen. †$1.50. Baker.

8–2613.

The story of a stout-hearted struggle to care for a consumptive sister
and to establish a reputation as a medical practitioner in a little
town among the Sierras. “It is a love story, a character study and the
history of a brave woman’s struggle against ignorant prejudice, all
welded into a single narrative.” (Bookm.)

* * * * *

“Has no particular strength nor depth but is wholesome.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 88. Mr. ’08.

“It is Dr. Ellen’s courageous and victorious struggle to retrieve her
losses that makes the real strength and interest of the book; although
the delicate and subtle love-story which is interwoven with it will
have no small share in assuring the book the popularity it deserves.”
F: T. Cooper.

+ =Bookm.= 26: 672. F. ’08. 380w.

=Nation.= 86: 195. F. 27, ’08. 250w.

“This new book is quite as sparkling as anything she has ever done.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 77. F. 8, ’08. 320w.

“It is a privilege to meet a woman so noble in character, so well
equipped in mind, and so essentially feminine in heart and soul as Dr.
Ellen.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 344. Je. 13, ’08. 250w.

=R. of Rs.= 37: 761. Je. ’08. 70w.

=Tonge, James.= Coal. *$2. Van Nostrand.

8–17746.

“This book is a popular presentation of the latest facts regarding the
origin, position and extent of coal seams throughout the world,
together with particulars as to the economical utilization and
application of this indispensable mineral fuel. It treats of the
history and occurrence of coal, the mode of formation of coal seams
and the fossils and botany of the coal measures.”—Engin. D.

* * * * *

“The book should be interesting and instructive to students of various
sciences, as well as to those who, though proud of the high commercial
position of their country, are unaware as to how greatly this is due
to an abundant supply of inexpensive fuel.”

+ =Engin. D.= 4: 415. O. ’08. 200w.

“The work appears to have been hastily compiled, and the proofs
carelessly revised.”

− + =Nature.= 77: 389. F. 27, ’08. 200w.

=Torbett, D.= Schemers. 75c. Doscher.

8–10856.

“This volume is frankly designed to provide an hour’s light
entertainment. It tells of a quite preposterous cad, of a society
widow unwilling to part with her youth, of that widow’s attractive
daughter, and of the daughter’s loyal but impoverished suitor.”
(Bookm.) “Positively harmless ... unless the author could be persuaded
to give the name of the Paris doctor who produced such marvelous
results in Mrs. Van Agan’s face.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“[The incidents] are certainly new and certainly amusing.”

+ − =Bookm.= 27: 242. My. ’08. 140w.

“It is written with a certain smartness.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 415. Jl. 25, ’08. 110w.

=Tourville, Henri de.= Growth of modern nations: a history of the
particularist form of society; tr. from the French of Henri de
Tourville, by M. G. Loch. *$3.50. Longmans.

8–5819.

“Not in any sense a history of western Europe. Rather it tells how far
different our society is from the society of antiquity; how a certain
human race became emancipated from that society of the past and how
when settled in one corner of Europe its society received a special
form. The most powerful modern nations, it is declared, have gradually
evolved, not by public action, but by the free play of private
initiative. From germanic and gothic origins to the constitution of
the present great nations, the author carefully points out the
steps.”—Ann. Am. Acad.

* * * * *

“The book is a mass of generalizations, of which many are based on
hypotheses rather than upon ascertained facts, while few, if any, are
supported by sufficient evidence. The book may be of some value in
suggesting new points of view: but the method is so superficial that
the conclusions carry slight weight.”

− =Am. Hist. R.= 13: 898. Jl. ’08. 520w.

“The volume is very suggestive and contains some especially
interesting chapters.”

+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 31: 723. My. ’08. 230w.

“To the historical student (as opposed perhaps to the student of
social science), the detail and method of these essays will have more
interest than their generalizations.”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 2: 39. Jl. 11. 900w.

“Not the least of the author’s peculiarities is the ease with which he
bends each bit of evidence to conform to his theory. The chapter on
the United States is childish in its ignorance.”

− − =Nation.= 87: 266. S. 17, ’08. 900w.

“It is fair to add that Mr. Loch has done his work as translator
fairly well, quite as well as the original deserves.”

− + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 168. Mr. 28, ’08. 130w.

“Valuable, therefore, though it is a sort of dictionary of
sociological growth, and delightful to dip into at odd moments both
for entertainment and edification, this volume is lacking in
compactness, and in that lucidity and vividness which compactness
brings with it.”

+ − =Spec.= 100: sup. 125. Ja. 25, ’08. 600w.

=Tracy, Louis.= Red year: a story of the Indian mutiny. $1.50.
Clode, E. J.

8–979.

More of a history of the mutiny than a story. “The hero, who begins as
Lieutenant and ends as Major Malcolm, distinguished himself especially
by riding across the risen country for relief, first from Lucknow to
Allahabad, and again from Allahabad to Delhi. In the latter half of
the book he has as stirring a military career as the most jaded novel
reader could wish.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

=Acad.= 73: 297. D. 28, ’07. 170w.

“Is really a very fair history of the Sepoy mutiny. But its value is
slight as a novel.”

+ − =Ind.= 64: 317. F. 6, ’08. 400w.

“The power of ‘The red year’—for ‘The red year’ is a powerful
book—lies in the stern realism of its account of the never to be
forgotten events of 1857.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 38. Ja. 25, ’08. 660w.