Chapter XI: Preface (11)

=Chamberlin, Georgia Louise, and Kern, Mary Root.=^{[11]} Child
religion in song and story: walks with Jesus in his home country.
(Constructive Bible studies. Elementary ser.) *$1.25. Univ. of
Chicago press.

9–29793.

A second volume of songs, prayers, song texts and story to be supplemented and enforced by the manual work. The first volume, “The child in his world,” should precede this, if possible, in Sunday school work. The purpose of the lessons is to emphasize ethical truth and to give to the child a sense of the reality of Jesus and an attitude toward him.

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“Here is a wide range of well-chosen, helpful material, sympathetically selected in view of a child’s religious life and arranged helpfully for the teacher.” H: F. Cope.

+ =Bib. World.= 33: 348. My. ’09. 1000w.

=Chambers, Robert William.=^{[10]} Danger mark. **$1.50. Appleton.

9–24255.

Idle and overrich New York society folk fill the pages of this novel. The heroine, one of the orphaned Seagrave twins, who has inherited dangerous wealth and more dangerous appetites, is thrust at her début into a world of pleasure seekers where ennui is often banished at the expense of home ties, and where physical and financial gratification are the sole ambitions. The girl has ideals and bravely fights the degenerating tendencies within her to make herself worthy of the man she loves, a man who is fighting also against social weakness. But such as they are, tempted, back-sliding, struggling, but winning in the end, they are the best of their luxurious, naughty world “whose sole intellectual relaxation is in pirouetting along the danger mark without overstepping, and in concealing it when they do.”

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“Mr. Chambers is deservedly a popular writer, for never does he fail to hold the attention of his readers to the end. It is thus with his latest story, even though its first hundred pages or so are decidedly slow reading, and the interest goes in the end to minor characters rather than to the heroine, least of all to her brother.” A. S. van Westrum.

+ − =Bookm.= 30: 264. N. ’09. 930w.

“Mr. Chambers has been clever and deft as usual in many scenes, but he has spun the thing out too thin, spread on too much society marmalade for his bread and butter.”

− =N. Y. Times.= 14: 632. O. 23, ’09. 580w.

“Mr. Chambers’s books are probably read as widely as any American novels now appearing, but their faults of taste are not light.”

− =Outlook.= 93: 515. O. 30, ’09. 120w.

=Chambers, Robert William.= Special messenger. †$1.50. Appleton.
9–8578.

“A novelet of the civil war, the special messenger being a woman who rendered great service to the Union armies in the field as a gatherer and conveyor of intelligence. The book reads as if it were based upon facts, but Mr. Chambers expressly denies this in a very brief preface.”—Ind.

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“Of no literary merit and inclined to sensationalism, but there is otherwise no objection to it.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 147. My. ’09.

“It is a vivid, stirring piece of work, well put together.”

+ =Ath.= 1909, 2: 522. O. 30. 120w.

“She is not the civil war heroine we have known; she is merely the protagonist of Mr. Chambers’s society novels set to ‘The star spangled banner.’ The stories—for the book is a small sheaf of short stories, not a novel—are built in the regular style of such things, and from the usual materials.” Ward Clark.

− =Bookm.= 29: 310. My. ’09. 850w.
=Ind.= 66: 765. Ap. 8, ’09. 120w.

“With his usual skill, Mr. Chambers holds the reader’s attention from start to finish.”

+ =Lit. D.= 38: 898. My. 22, ’09. 200w.

“Mr. Chambers tells the tale of her deeds so entertainingly and makes her always so womanly that the reader does not care the least bit whether or not they are plausible, or even possible.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 216. Ap. 10, ’09. 550w. + =N. Y. Times.= 14: 371. Je. 12, ’09. 200w.

“A stirring tale maintaining the author’s high level of narrative power.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 40: 124. Jl. ’09. 70w.

=Chancellor, Edwin Beresford.=^{[5]} Private palaces of London, past
and present. *$5. Lippincott.

A rehabilitation of the characteristics of the more important of the famous London houses and an account of the annals of those that still remain.

* * * * *

“Containing much useful information respecting most of the lordly houses of London, which will interest a large number of readers. Mr. Chancellor writes in a verbose style which wastes a good deal of space and does not tend to pleasant reading.”

+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 494. Ap. 24. 400w. + =Sat. R.= 107: 280. F. 27, ’09. 220w.

“The book is worthy of its great subject.”

+ =Spec.= 102: sup. 156. Ja. 30, ’09. 370w.

=Chancellor, Edwin Beresford.=^{[5]} Wanderings in London: Piccadilly,
Mayfair and Pall Mall. **75c. Pott.

“Dr. Johnson thought that Charing Cross was the centre of the universe; Mr. Chancellor puts it somewhat more to the northwest. But the region that he suggests is too large. It reaches from Buckingham palace to Oxford street, from Bond street to Park lane.” (Spec.) “These notes on the heart of the West End are made to gyrate round Stewart’s Tea-rooms at the corner of Bond street, called ‘Stewart’s Corner.’” (Ath.)

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“In this pretty little book the illustrations are of more value than the letterpress, which is merely an epitome of other books on the same subject.”

+ =Ath.= 1909, 1: 495. Ap. 24. 200w.

“The traveller who likes to realize the dead-and-gone past of the scenes he visits will find Mr. Chancellor’s little book a help and an entertainment for his journeys about London.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 596. O. 9, ’09. 140w.

“This little volume, which is judiciously illustrated, makes good reading, the better the more the reader knows of the English literature of the last two centuries. We venture to correct one quotation of Mr. Chancellor’s.”

+ − =Spec.= 101: 507. O. 3, ’08. 170w.

=Chancellor, Louise Beecher.=^{[11]} Players of London: a tale of an
Elizabethan smart set. *$1.75. Dodge, B. W.

9–28110.

An interesting tale of the players of Elizabeth’s times in which Shakespeare, the veritable Jack-of-all-stage-trades, is intimately portrayed. His personal charm and his lovable characteristics that won him friends everywhere are apparent in the pretty romance that grows up between himself and the charming Phyllis who plays Juliet to his Romeo.

=Chancellor, William Estabrook.= Our city schools: their direction and
management. *1.25. Heath.

8–21610.

“Written with direct reference to the problems that are peculiar to cities of more than 40,000 population, and is intended to complement the author’s earlier work, which dealt with conditions prevailing in communities of from 5000 to 40,000 population.” (R. of Rs.) “The author’s point of departure is his belief that a correct system is absolutely essential to good schools; that those charged with the supervision of schools have too long contented themselves with seeking the best results possible under conditions far from perfect; and that they should have the courage to demand the best-known methods both of legislation and administration. Many ideas which he presents seem radical, and yet nearly all may be found exemplified in practice.” (Nation.)

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“This is one of a group of books now appearing which, by giving details of methods, records, forms, etc., aim to aid in unifying educational processes throughout the nation.” J. S. Hiatt.

+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 34: 200. Jl. ’09. 330w.

“Is of unusually practical value.”

+ =Educ. R.= 37: 207. F. ’09. 50w.

“Seldom is the administration of public schools treated so philosophically and courageously. However revolutionary some of his proposals appear, he compels us to think and to ask whether we are basing our procedure upon rational principles or merely upon tradition.”

+ − =Nation.= 87: 575. D. 10, ’08. 140w.
=R. of Rs.= 38: 636. N. ’08. 120w.

=Chandler, Walter Marion.= Trial of Jesus from a lawyer’s standpoint.
2v. ea. 3/4 mor. $5. Empire pub. co.

8–28970.

Two volumes, the one dealing with the Hebrew trial, and the other with the Roman trial, which set forth from a lawyer’s standpoint “the legal rights of the man Jesus at the bar of human justice under Jewish and Roman laws.”

* * * * *

“The work is on the plane of the popular lecture platform, where the speaker appeals to his audience with picturesque description, commonplace allusion, and a matter-of-fact handling of topics that are usually treated only in the solemn language of the pulpit. The subject is spun out by numerous digressions.”

− =Cath. World.= 88: 545. Ja. ’09. 380w.

“He has given us the completest study of the whole matter yet presented to English readers.”

+ =Ind.= 66: 813. Ap. 15, ’09. 650w.

“It would seem probable that nothing more exhaustive upon this topic will ever be produced, since it evidently covers all the material available. The amount of erudition disclosed in this treatment is surprising, and the capacity to reduce it all to an argument so clear that the ordinary reader can grasp it easily should give the book a very wide general reading.”

+ + =Lit. D.= 37: 983. D. 26, ’08. 250w.

“To his legal discussion Mr. Chandler has prefixed a defence of the authenticity and credibility of the gospel narratives, but the work would be improved by the omission of this part.”

+ − =Nation.= 88: 278. Mr. 18, ’09. 350w.

“A production closely and clearly reasoned, which those readers who are in sympathy with his belief will hold to be an unanswerable argument, but which those who are not will doubtless feel could be demolished by a lawyer holding a brief for the opposite side.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 740. D. 5, ’08. 680w.

“There have been several recently published monographs on ‘The trial of Jesus.’ This is the fullest and most comprehensive with which we are acquainted. The learning is ample and is well digested; the style is lucid, the temper judicial, the whole work that of a judge, not of an advocate, strong by reason of its self-restraint.”

+ =Outlook.= 90: 976. D. 26, ’08. 600w.

“Noteworthy for [its] firm, courageous, and dispassionate, but delicate and reverential handling.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 38: 756. D. ’08. 1000w.

=Channing, Edward.= History of the United States. 8v. ea. *$2.50.
Macmillan.

5–11649.

=v. 2.= A century of colonial history, 1660–1760.

“Professor Channing’s second volume opens with the English restoration of 1660, and the return of king and courtiers, ‘poorer in purse even than they were in morals,’ and carries the story to the eve of the revolution when the colonists, ‘in all that constitutes nationality,’ were quite a separate nation from ‘that empire from which they had sprung.’ It not only covers the hundred years between 1660 and 1760, but it shows as no other history from a single hand has done how the great transformation came about which split the course of imperial development and started the portentous deviation.”—Ind.

* * * * *

“Professor Channing has set so high a standard of accuracy in his work that it is surprising to find a few errors of rather an unexpected character. We may not agree with all that Professor Channing has said or be entirely satisfied with his way of treating the history of this period, but we do acknowledge that he has produced a book of first importance for the study of the neglected period and in so doing has removed a reproach hitherto cast upon historical scholarship in America.”

+ + − =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 364. Ja. ’09. 1400w. (Review of v. 2.) + =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 36. F. ’09. (Review of v. 2.)

“The manner in which source material is used in weaving the fabric of history must command the admiration of all historians. The most obvious shortcoming of the book is in the treatment of social and economic questions.” E. R. Johnson.

+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 33: 469. Mr. ’09. 550w. (Review of v. 2.)

“If any unfavorable criticism be deserved, it is to be grounded upon the absence of a complete and unified survey of colonial and imperial politics in the first half of the eighteenth century. A few errors, usually in the case of dates, have escaped the proof-reader.” St. G: L. Sioussat.

+ − =Dial.= 46: 327. My. 16, ’09. 1000w. (Review of v. 2.)

“The main impression made is one of wide reading and of studied moderation. Professor Channing is as incapable of being elevated as of being obscure. This is more than a mere fault of style.” W. L. Grant.

+ + − =Eng. Hist. R.= 24: 145. Ja. ’09. 880w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

“His style is always clear and precise. The same conscious authority which marked his first volume is here too. The hand of the master is imprest on every page. We have still what promises to be the most important history of the United States since George Bancroft’s. But no other scholar has had at once the attainment with which to carry thru a complete history, and the courage to attempt it.”

+ + =Ind.= 65: 1122. N. 12, ’08. 530w. (Review of v. 2.)

“We believe that Professor Channing has some very good theories about [history], and only regret that he has concealed the best part of them. That, however, is a small matter. We commend Professor Channing’s book to scholar and reader alike: a better one is not likely to appear soon.”

+ + − =Nation.= 87: 440. N. 5, ’08. 1400w. (Review of v. 2.)

“It is a thoroughly scholarly book, serviceable to the general reader as well as to the student, and noteworthy as containing the best account yet written of the constitutional growth of the country during the century.”

+ + − =Outlook.= 91: 753. Mr. 27, ’09. 1300w. (Review of v. 2.)

“It can no longer be said that the period has been neglected, since Professor Channing has explored it with all the zest and thoroughness that have characterized his work in other periods of our history.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 39: 251. F. ’09. 100w. (Review of v. 2.)

=Channing, Edward, and Lansing, Marion Florence.= Story of the Great
lakes. *$1.50. Macmillan.

9–7929.

A chronicle of the important events, with the customs and life of each period of the history of the Great lakes. The chapters are arranged under the following divisions: Discovery and exploration; The struggle for possession; and Occupation and development. There is a brief bibliography and an index.

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“The book is less the story of the Great lakes than chapters from the history of the regions contiguous to the lakes. Much is omitted; too much, sometimes, to make what is told an adequate presentation of the subject. In nothing is the present work more eccentric than in it’s illustrations.”

− =Am. Hist. R.= 15: 189. O. ’09. 450w.

“The varied and interesting, often romantic, history of our great inland seas is well told and admirably mapped and illustrated.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 133. My. ’09. ✠

“It is perhaps a little to be regretted that they did not see fit to round out the story by telling us something of the exploration and development of the Canadian side of the lakes. These are but trifling omissions in what is in other respects a fair-minded, well-balanced, and decidedly readable history of the Great lakes.” L. J. Burpee.

+ − =Dial.= 47: 45. Jl. 16, ’09. 320w. =Ind.= 66: 1240. Je. 3, ’09. 50w. + =Lit. D.= 38: 898. My. 22, ’09. 480w. + =Nation.= 89: 36. Jl. 8, ’09. 250w.

“They have presented very fully and satisfyingly the letter of the story, but have sometimes missed its spirit.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 290. My. 8, ’09. 850w.
=R. of Rs.= 39: 639. My. ’09. 30w.

=Chapin, Robert Coit.= Standard of living among workingmen’s families
in New York city. $2. Charities pub. com.

9–8817.

A study of the actual standards of living of several hundred workingmen’s families of normal size, who, with annual incomes varying from $600 to $1,100 and more, have been able to maintain themselves independently. A carefully planned and conducted investigation yielded material which has been used for extensive tabulations showing sources of income, objects of expenditure, and relation of income to expenditure. Appendices contain studies relating to the causes of poverty and working budgets, reports of investigations in other towns and cities of the state, and a partial bibliography and index.

* * * * *

“The reviewer desires to express his appreciation of the high grade of work done by Dr. Chapin and his colaborers who have done well, using a method that has in itself many serious difficulties and some positive limitations.” T. J. Riley.

+ =Am. J. Soc.= 15: 268. S. ’09. 2800w.

“The value of the work as a basis of comparison is large, though inaccuracies in estimates vitiate the results of the reports on nutrition.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 134. My. ’09.

“Had the four hundred schedules been collected by the same person in the same spirit, with the same point of view, there would have been more reason for the publication of a book based upon them.”

− =Ann. Am. Acad.= 34: 177. Jl. ’09. 370w.

“As a provisional general statement of conditions now prevailing in this city, the conclusions of the present volume are of very considerable value.”

+ =Cath. World.= 89: 401. Je. ’09. 570w.

“Professor Chapin has done a most thoro piece of work, and he deserves the commendation of students of the subject for the very careful workmanship he has shown in putting together in readable, compact, accessible shape the mass of data gathered by his investigators.”

+ =Ind.= 66: 983. My. 6, ’09. 440w.

Reviewed by Marion Talbot.

+ − =J. Pol. Econ.= 17: 541. O. ’09. 1600w.

“All social workers will recognize in Professor Chapin’s exhaustive treatise a very valuable presentation of the subject.”

+ =Lit. D.= 38: 851. My. 15, ’09. 180w. + =N. Y. Times.= 14: 370. Je. 12, ’09. 180w.

“The conclusions now published are worthy of full credence.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 40: 127. Jl. ’09. 80w.

“The book represents an important piece of work admirably done. It deserves the careful attention of social workers, economists and employers alike.” H: R. Mussey.

+ =Survey.= 22: 147. Ap. 24, ’09. 1150w.

“The book shows the effects of the painstaking labor which was bestowed upon it. It has increased our knowledge of living conditions among the working class, and offers a mass of information which may be used for the determination of the standard of living.” W: B. Bailey.

+ =Yale R.= 18: 325. N. ’09. 1150w.

=Chapman, Abel.= On safari: big game hunting in British East Africa,
with studies in bird life. *$4.50. Longmans.

9–53.

A book of interest to readers who wish to familiarize themselves with hunting grounds and big game which will occupy Roosevelt’s attention after the coming inauguration. The book is in the main a record of two expeditions made by Mr. Chapman into the African wilds. “He describes in entertaining fashion his experiences in killing elephants and rhinoceroses, hippopotami, leopards, giraffes, zebras, and a wide range of other animals of strange names and strange appearance: a veritable Noah’s ark of them.” (N. Y. Times.) “The nearest English equivalent to ‘safari’ as used in Africa is probably ‘camp,’ a very comprehensive expression.” (Ath.)

* * * * *

“In an appendix notes on bird-life in British East Africa should be useful to students. The illustrations deserve praise.”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 2: 817. D. 26. 1000w.

“Mr. Chapman’s book contains very much that is interesting upon the habits of African animals. In this particular he has brought to bear a degree of ornithology and natural history not possessed by the average hunter of big game.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 39. Ja. 23, ’09. 800w.

Reviewed by F. C. Selous.

+ =Sat. R.= 107: 41. Ja. 9, ’09. 1600w.

“His latest work will be read with the greatest pleasure, for though his style is without pretension, he is such a keen observer of animal life and so competent an ornithologist that every detail which he records is worth recording. A delightful book for naturalists and sportsmen.”

+ =Spec.= 102: 345. F. 27, ’09. 530w.

=Chapman, Frank Michler.= Camps and cruises of an ornithologist. **$3.
Appleton.

8–34816.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

* * * * *

“Contains a great deal of useful information, often about birds of which our knowledge is meager.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 7. Ja. ’09.

“A notable contribution to bird lore.”

+ =Dial.= 45: 461. D. 16, ’08. 200w.

“The work done in ‘Camps and cruises of an ornithologist’ is of the best in quality and in general interest, being most enticing to the general reader and most suggestive to the special student of birds.”

+ =Ind.= 66: 1033. My. 13, ’09. 500w.

“No one can read this book without feeling a closer touch of friendship with the forms of bird life about him.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 19. Ja. 9, ’09. 1200w. + =R. of Rs.= 39: 127. Ja. ’09. 170w.

“Though popular in style, it is not lacking in seriousness, for it contains many fresh or new observations on the habits of birds which will be of permanent value to ornithologists. Typographical errors and a few other slight evidences of haste while the book was in press are rather too frequent to be overlooked.” W. H. Osgood.

+ − =Science=, n.s. 29: 549. Ap. 2, ’09. 630w.

“No praise is too great for Mr. Chapman’s admirable photographs, and he writes exceedingly well.”

+ =Spec.= 103: sup. 816. N. 20, ’09. 380w.

=Chapman, John H.=^{[5]} Notes on the early history of the Vulgate
gospels. *$5.25. Oxford.

“Accepting the results of recent scholars Dom Chapman inquires what lines are to be followed for the restoration of Jerome’s text of the Gospels. The first step, he thinks, will be to recover the readings of the codex possessed by Eugipius.... Other points discussed are the relation of the Eugipian text to that of Codex Fuldensis and to the Gallican liturgy, the Capuan mass-books, the Irish text, the ‘Gospels of St. Augustine,’ and the Vulgate text of Gregory the Great.”—Nation.

* * * * *

“He shows himself acquainted with the recent literature which deals with the subjects he discusses, and his own scholarship is equal to the task he has undertaken.”

+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 123. Ja. 30. 2800w.

“Much excellent material has been gathered by Dom John Chapman. Such a contribution is particularly welcome now that Pope Pius X, as has been announced, has ordered a new edition of the Vulgate.”

+ =Nation.= 88: 253. Mr. 11, ’09. 340w.

=Chapman, John Jay.= Maid’s forgiveness: a play. **75c. Moffat.

8–33412.

A play set in mediaeval times. “It is written in blank verse and prose, and tells a somewhat fanciful, but interesting, story of a royal bigamist, his remorse, confession, and abdication, and the enthronement of his newly discovered heir in the place of the really illegitimate son, who had been accepted for twenty years as the crown prince. Both the plot and the construction are old-fashioned, but the characters of the two half-brothers—the one a gallant man of action and the other a fervent idealist, oppressed by the conviction of a wrong to be righted—are well and vigorously drawn.” (Nation.)

* * * * *

“Possesses much literary merit and some effective theatrical qualities. The dialogue is not only excellent in form—the blank verse especially showing careful study of the Elizabethans—but vigorous, picturesque, and imaginative in matter.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 585. D. 10, ’08. 200w.
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 801. D. 26, ’08. 40w.

=Chatelaine= of Vergi: a romance of the XIIIth century: tr. by Alice
Kemp-Welch; introd. by L. Brandin. (New medieval lib.) *$2.
Duffield.

This is the tragic story of the Chatelaine of Vergi which excited the tears and admiration of court lords and ladies of six centuries ago. “The absence of the conventional and the traditional, the depth and Variety of the psychological analysis, the naïveté of the moral, the unexpectedness of the philosophical ideas—these are the causes of its eternal youth.”

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“Miss Kemp-Welch has revised and altered her translation, not always to the improvement of its rhythm.”

+ − =Ath.= 1908, 1: 601. My. 16. 170w.

“It appears in a form which will appeal to bibliophiles.”

+ =Nation.= 88: 359. Ap. 8, ’09. 300w.
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 538. O. 3, ’08. 80w.

=Chatfield-Taylor, Hobart C.=^{[5]} Fame’s pathway: a romance of a
genius; il. by “JoB.” †$1.50. Duffield.

9–8576.

A story built up about the life of the French dramatist, Molière. It “is a romanticised and popularized account of the playwright’s amorous adventures as well as of his fight.... The crux of the story is Molière’s determination to be a devotee of tragedy, and his loving Madeleine’s sincere conviction that comedy is his real mistress. Many and hard are his lessons before he realizes that his actress-love is right and he wrong.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“Considering the obstacles he has had to contend with, Mr. Chatfield-Taylor has achieved a more than creditable measure of success in picturing the life and fortunes of the young Molière, and reproducing the atmosphere of the period in which he struggled.” W: M. Payne.

+ − =Dial.= 47: 47. Jl. 16, ’09. 300w.

“An interesting picture of the life of a strolling player in the France of Mazarin and Louis XIV.”

+ =Ind.= 66: 868. Ap. 22, ’09. 220w.

“The author’s chief aim was obviously to present Molière in the flesh, and it must be recorded that he has merely succeeded in exhibiting a rather awkwardly stuffed effigy of him.”

− =Nation.= 88: 539. My. 27, ’09. 300w.

“Events follow one another with considerable swiftness, but there is nothing of real character drawing; the figures are lay, and their talk is manufactured talk, while the straining after wit and attempts at repartee are only painful.”

− =N. Y. Times.= 14: 246. Ap. 17, ’09. 450w.

“There are many words to be passed before the heart of the tale is reached, and then it shows but a feeble pulse, and we are not deeply impressed by the sorrows and struggles of the genius of the seventeenth century.”

− =Outlook.= 92: 21. My. 1, ’09. 110w. + =R. of Rs.= 40: 635. N. ’09. 50w.

=Cheetham, F. H.= Louis Napoleon and the genesis of the Second Empire;
being the life of the Emperor Napoleon III to the time of his
election to the presidency of the French republic. **$5. Lane.

8–37055.

A careful account of the life of Napoleon III and his times. “Mr. Cheetham has treated events in France briefly but with intelligence, so that the resurrection of the Napoleonic legend in the person of the un-Napoleonic nephew of the great Emperor is made comprehensible.” (Sat. R.) The author agrees with Bagehot that Napoleon became Emperor because France wanted a savior of society. “So long as he retained his mental and physical vigour he was by no means a bad ruler. He had ideals, and there was considerable nobility in many of his conceptions. Mr. Cheetham shows that these ideas existed in his mind long before he became the ruler of France, and that there was much practical sense behind his dreams.” (Sat. R.)

* * * * *

“Though written in the tone of apology, this book deserves attention because it represents under an attractive literary form a detailed, if not a complete and thorough, account of the early career of a great French ruler.”

+ =Nation.= 89: 144. Ag. 12, ’09. 650w.

“Mr. Cheetham is, perhaps, too amiably biased in his attitude toward Louis Napoleon, and some of the conclusions at which he arrives cannot be considered wholly warranted. The book commends itself not only to students of Napoleonic literature, but to the general reader as well, furnishing a unique and detailed view of the rise of a little-understood personality.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 14. Ja. 9, ’09. 1050w.

“Mr. Cheetham gives the English reader what he has not possessed hitherto, a readable and accurate account of the life of Napoleon III before he became President. Mr. Cheetham has shown some capacity for historical research and criticism; this is not mere book-making.”

+ =Sat. R.= 107: 310. Mr. 6, ’09. 230w.

=Cheramy, Paul Arthur.=^{[5]} Favourite of Napoleon: memoirs of
Mademoiselle George; ed. from the original manuscript. *$2.50.
McBride, J:

A document which throws light on a little known side of Napoleon’s character. It contains the artless chatter of a “great child,” an actress whose liaison with Napoleon extended thru a period of eight years. People of the period and events of the day are commented upon with ingenuous and unsophisticated reserve.

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=Ath.= 1909, 2: 124. Jl. 31. 60w.
=Nation.= 89: 39. Jl. 8, ’09. 280w.

=Chester, George Randolph.=^{[11]} Cash intrigue. †$1.50. Bobbs.

9–27745.

A money extravaganza set in New York in which a money-mad broker who has stored away a billion and a half dollars in vaults under his house, a young American, mad with the thirst for power, a socialistic leader, mad for notoriety, a young woman mad of passion and of lust, an older woman, mad for social position—all craving success—fight a wild battle and lose. Insanity, ignominy, and death follow in the wake of their money debaucheries.

* * * * *

=N. Y. Times.= 14: 721. N. 20, ’09. 230w.

=Chester, George Randolph.=^{[7]} Making of Bobby Burnit. $1.50.
Bobbs.

9–16442.

By the author of “The letters of a self-made merchant” this story outlines the struggles of a rich man’s son which begin at the death of his father and are directed by the provisions of a curious will. The father’s aim had been that of making a real man out of his son, and the son had the grit to follow the father’s well-planned course. At intervals marked by special business crises a long gray envelop was delivered to him by his father’s old clerk in which each time was found sound, homely business philosophy of just the sort to spur him on. The love interest is of a character quite in keeping with the main idea of the story.

* * * * *

“Despite serious defects, a story that will attract many readers.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 25. S. ’09.

“May be summed up as modern, American, spirited, entertaining, and ephemeral.” Beverly Stark.

+ =Bookm.= 29: 642. Ag. ’09. 380w.

“There is a slender thread of love-story running through this entertaining yarn, but it adds practically nothing to the interest, which is wholly centered upon Bobby’s successive eyeopenings and their salutary contribution to his development.” W: M. Payne.

+ =Dial.= 47: 49. Jl. 16, ’09. 550w.

“The appositeness of his father’s letters, always ready for him at the proper moment, their keen prevision and homely practical wisdom are very amusing.”

+ =Ind.= 67: 550. S. 2, ’09. 200w.
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 372. Je. 12, ’09. 150w.

=Chesterton, Gilbert Keith.=^{[10]} George Bernard Shaw; portrait
sketches of George Bernard Shaw and Gilbert K. Chesterton by Mrs.
Barney. **$1.50. Lane.

9–23024.

A sketch of the man and criticism of his works written for the “English men of letters” series by one “who is kindly disposed toward Mr. Shaw personally but who does not take his ideas altogether seriously.” “Mr. Chesterton starts with remarking on the absurdity of writing a book about Mr. Bernard Shaw at all, and the indefensible foolishness of attempting to explain a man whose sole object through life has been to explain himself. If the reader reminds him, he says, that this is a book about Shaw, ‘I can only assure him that I will reasonably and at proper intervals remember the fact.’” (Sat. R.)

* * * * *

“Will entertain those readers familiar with Shaw’s dramas who are inured to Chesterton’s running fire of chaff and paradox.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 70. N. ’09.

“He has written a pretty sharp criticism, tempered with eulogy, of what he professes to understand. His book is a clever, ill-written, but readable performance. The book is nothing more than a piece of good journalism.”

+ − =Ath.= 1909, 2: 291. S. 11. 1200w.

“G. K. Chesterton has written a most interesting book about G. B. Shaw, and also, by the way, about many other things.”

+ =Cath. World.= 90: 244. N. ’09. 850w.

“The reviewer’s tone is in general cordial, and there is little of captious criticism. The book as it stands is well worth while.” P. F. Bicknell.

+ =Dial.= 47: 280. O. 16, ’09. 1700w. + =Nation.= 89: 375. O. 21, ’09. 1400w.

“Mr. Chesterton’s analysis of Shaw’s literary work is of unusual interest but he makes it clear that he does not consider Shaw primarily a writer, but a public figure.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 624. O. 23, ’09. 1200w.

“There is a great deal of good sense in this analysis of the elusive Irishman.”

+ =Outlook.= 93: 361. O. 16, ’09. 130w.

“A most entertaining book, full of illuminating phrases on many subjects.”

+ =Outlook.= 93: 574. N. 13, ’09. 1650w.

“A racy and sparkling volume.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 40: 637. N. ’09. 80w.

“Chaff is always intended to bring out the chaffer’s cleverness, and this is evidently Mr. Chesterton’s primary purpose, the revelation of Mr. Shaw being only secondary. It would be absurd to take the book seriously as being anything but this. In Mr. Chesterton’s book there is a considerable amount of the fun-at-a-fair sort of amusement. Mr. Chesterton alone of all possible writers of a Shaw book, biography or whatever we are to call it, could have set opinions out so cleverly, humorously, frankly, and yet so inoffensively.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 108: 290. S. 4, ’09. 1100w.

=Chesterton, Gilbert Keith.= Orthodoxy. **$1.50. Lane.

8–28073.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

* * * * *

“A curious ‘apologia,’ unconventional and original to a degree, it would be interesting to a large number of people were it not written in Chesterton’s most difficult and paradoxical style.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 36. F. ’09.

“Many a weighty philosophic or historical argument is couched in witty metaphor or whimsical illustration: and its richness of thought, if diluted with a sufficient infusion of syllogism, would furnish forth more than one respectable volume.”

+ =Cath. World.= 88: 538. Ja. ’09. 1200w.

“The volume is evidently written ‘currente calamo,’ and with little attention to the best order and the most concise form of statement; but it is, on the whole, one of the best pieces of work Mr. Chesterton has given us.”

+ − =Dial.= 46: 52. Ja. 16, ’09. 400w.

“It is interesting just because Mr. Chesterton really is clever, and knows it and delights in it. I rather fancy that ‘Orthodoxy’ is one of Mr. Chesterton’s failures. Mr. Chesterton has attempted in ‘Orthodoxy’ exactly that for which he was not born—a piece of consistent thinking.” H. W. Garrod.

+ − =Hibbert J.= 7: 448. Ja. ’09. 1750w.

“‘Orthodoxy’ is at once more serious and less irritating than its predecessors.”

+ − =Ind.= 65: 1620. D. 31, ’09. 450w.

“But in manner as in style, the book pays the penalty of its merit. In the first place, it does not cover its own ground; for it expounds the author’s theology only in part. Is the most important religious work that has appeared since Emerson.” Brian Hooker.

+ − =No. Am.= 189: 135. Ja. ’09. 2350w.

=Chesterton=, Gilbert Keith: a criticism. [Anonymous.] *$1.50. Lane.

W9–38.

“Here are 266 fair pages concerning Chesterton’s opinions, fancies, impressions, and whims as they are derived from or founded on the contemplation of art and letters, religion and public affairs, and here are also likenesses of the protagonist to illustrate the text, including one at thirteen years, a likable boy with a book, who looks as if he would rather be out in the open with a good frisky dog, and another at the age of seventeen, representing a purposeful youth with inherent capacity for making his way in the world.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

+ − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 365. S. 26. 260w.

“This book is almost as diverting as one of Mr. Chesterton’s.”

+ =Lit. D.= 38: 559. Ap. 3, ’09. 700w.

“Chesterton is worth while, and so is this anonymous book about his life and his prejudices.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 44. Ja. 23, ’09. 1250w.

“We must own that we are among those who think ‘that this book demands an apology,’ and we would say further that such an apology cannot in the nature of things be forthcoming. Still, to be candid, we have found it good reading.”

+ − =Spec.= 101: 451. S. 26, ’08. 210w.

=Cheyney, Edward Potts.= Readings in English history, drawn from the
original sources, intended to illustrate A short history of England.
*$1.80. Ginn.

8–31971.

Intended to serve as a close companion to the author’s “Short history of England.” The order of arrangement of material follows the order of subjects in the text-book, illustrating and supplementing it. “It differs from previous collections in drawing on a somewhat greater variety of historical material, and in being, it is believed, the result of a more extensive and prolonged search for suitable illustrative passages.” (Preface.)

* * * * *

“It is indeed a most interesting and valuable collection of illustrative material. The introductory paragraphs to the various selections are all that could be asked, clear, concise and instructive. Several minor criticisms may be made. The date when the sources used were written ought to be given in every instance and words not now in common use should be defined. Professor Cheyney quotes from Howell’s ‘Letters’ as if they were authentic sources, which they are not.” R. C. H. Catterall.

+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 639. Ap. ’09. 200w.

“An admirable collection. It will make a useful library tool, especially where translations of early English texts are not available.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 74. Mr. ’09.

“The work is well done and we are glad to see that the social, industrial, and the bibliographical aspects of English history are not neglected.”

+ =Educ. R.= 37: 314. Mr. ’09. 50w.
=Ind.= 67: 302. Ag. 5, ’09. 100w.

“The collection is especially noteworthy for its illustration of the life of various periods.”

+ =Nation.= 88: 412. Ap. 22, ’09. 80w.

“Mr. Cheyney has a wide and scholarly knowledge of the material from which the narrative history of England is drawn and has chosen wisely from this abundant store.” Dora Wells.

+ =School R.= 17: 578. O. ’09. 480w.

=Chittenden, Lucius Eugene.= Lincoln and the sleeping sentinel: the
true story. **50c. Harper.

9–3197.

A true version of the story of Lincoln in his quick action of suspending the execution of William Scott, a young Vermonter, who fell asleep while on sentinel duty. On the one hand are shown Lincoln’s human kindness and sense of justice, on the other, his ability to inspire patriotism, loyalty, and manhood courage in young men.

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 74. Mr. ’09. ✠
=Ind.= 66: 261. F. 4, ’09. 470w.
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 54. Ja. 30, ’09. 300w.

=Chitty, J. R.= Things seen in China. (Things seen ser.) lea. *$1.
Dutton.

9–5229.

“Mr. Chitty’s little book is packed full of interesting, intimate things about the life, customs, manners, habits of the Chinese which he learned during a residence in various parts of China.... The general reader ... will find a multitude of observations which will enable him to understand better the inner conditions, local and national, of the Chinese empire, as well as some of the puzzling characteristics of the nation in its dealings with the western world.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

“There is little excuse for the appearance of the present work, since the information which it contains appears to be eminently commonplace. We exclude from this remark the photographs with which the volume is adorned, and which are excellent.”

− + =Ath.= 1909, 1: 40. Ja. 9. 650w.

“Mr. Chitty’s knowledge is limited and sounds in places suspiciously second hand.”

− =Ind.= 66: 325. F. 11, ’09. 40w.

“It is all told very simply and directly, with no words wasted on rhetoric.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 20. Ja. 9, ’09. 210w.

=Cholmondeley, Mary.=^{[5]} Hand on the latch. †$1.25. Dodd.

9–9254.

“Four stories from the author of ‘Red pottage’ are prefaced by a rather witty rehearsal of the trials of authorship. Each story shows a woman and analyses her with skill. The lonely prairie home, where the wife waits her husband’s return, having disobeyed his last injunction to let no one in, by allowing a miserable wounded tramp to lie by the fire, is a sombre picture wonderfully done. The dramatic stir all through the story reaches the climax with such true artistic feeling that even the hardened novel-reader will feel a thrill. The amusing and witty contrast between true and false sentiment, in the tale of a fugitive convict woman, arouses alternately smiles and sober thought. ‘The understudy’ and ‘St. Luke’s summer’ are in no way inferior to the other two.”—Outlook.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 185. Je. ’09.

“Remarkably finished stories.”

+ =Nation.= 89: 56. Jl. 15, ’09. 350w.

“The preface which has been written for the book is perhaps the most delightful part of it. Its only crying fault is its brevity. One wants more.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 256. Ap. 24, ’09. 270w.

“An exceptional quartet of entertaining and well-conceived stories.”

+ =Outlook.= 92: 20*. My. 1, ’09. 140w.

=Church, A. Hamilton.= Proper distribution of expense burden. (Works
management lib.) $1. Eng. mag.

8–27359.

“The two common methods of distribution—hour rate and labor cost rate—are discussed and the weak points revealed. The author then takes up the machine and supplementary rate and gives figures and data illustrating its use and closes with a good argument for the general adoption of this combination system as the proper way.”—Engin. Rec.

* * * * *

+ =Engin. D.= 4: 417. O. ’08. 280w.

“One could hardly wish a clearer or more suggestive little dissertation on the ‘unproductive expenditures’ of a manufacturing organization. For the benefit of the less informed reader, however, the author might profitably have given some direct illustrations of the unhealthy conditions which may prevail when the cost distribution among different classes of work is known very imperfectly.”

+ − =Engin. N.= 61: sup. 44. Ap. 15, ’09. 230w.

“The book is a good one for those interested in the subject and who know enough about accounting to appreciate the arguments and the fine points made by the author.”

+ =Engin. Rec.= 58: 679. D. 12, ’08. 200w.

=Church, Irving Porter.= Mechanics of engineering; comprising statics
and kinetics of solids; the mechanics of the materials of
construction, or strength and elasticity of beams, columns, shafts,
arches, etc.; and the principles of hydraulics and pneumatics, with
applications; for use in technical schools; rev. ed., partly
rewritten. $6. Wiley.

8–19874.

A new edition “partly rewritten and improved by the addition of new sections on reinforced concrete beams, the determination of the flexure of beams by a geometrical method, modern column formulas and a great many notes in most of the chapters.”—Engin. Rec.

* * * * *

“It is primarily a text-book for students, with the rare characteristic, an adaptability to the practicing engineer.”

+ =Engin. N.= 61: sup. 30. Mr. 18, ’09. 260w.

“The author’s painstaking care and critical spirit in the revision are shown on a very large proportion of the pages, and the volume deserves a continuation of its popularity among engineers.”

+ =Engin. Rec.= 59: 35. Mr. 20, ’09. 100w.

“In any further re-issue of this work, it would be a distinct improvement if the indices were made more thorough and complete.” T. H. B.

+ − =Nature.= 80: 34. Mr. 11, ’09. 400w.

“It is needless to say that the emendations and revisions have added greatly to the value of the book by the introduction of much new matter now necessary to the engineer. As a whole the book is singular for its clear, lucid treatment, wise selection of subjects and subordination of mathematical to mechanical considerations.” H: T. Eddy.

+ =Science=, n.s. 29: 185. Ja. 29, ’09. 750w.

=Churchill, Winston Spencer.= My African journey. *$1.50. Doran.
9–8731.

The story of what Mr. Churchill saw and did in his recent visit to Africa. “It contains many shrewd and suggestive remarks, and certainly sets before us in clear and attractive form a number of facts about which most minds are hazy. He has a robust faith in the civilizing power of railways and cotton-mills, and the value of a civilization so produced.” (Ath.)

* * * * *

“Besides its interest as a recital of hunting adventures, it is a careful study of the physical, political, and racial conditions of a region that promises to be of considerable importance to Great Britain and is of immediate interest to Americans.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 101. Ap. ’09. ✠

“Mr. Churchill has a graphic touch and a practised pen; and considered as letters to a newspaper, written in the midst of the scenes they describe, his chapters could hardly be better.”

+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 99. Ja. 23. 180w.

Reviewed by H. E. Coblentz.

+ =Dial.= 46: 364. Je. 1, ’09. 800w.

“The main charm in this work lies in the freshness imparted to a somewhat hackneyed subject by the personality of its author.”

+ =Lit. D.= 38: 473. Mr. 20, ’09. 300w. + =Nation.= 88: 366. Ap. 8, ’09. 1000w. + =N. Y. Times.= 14: 151. Mr. 13, ’09. 750w.

“Mr. Churchill’s new book is a delightful literary performance, a tribute to British imperial achievement in savage lands, a statesmanlike forecast of the needs of the immediate future, and a monument to Churchillian self-sufficiency.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 106: 761. D. 19, ’08. 1050w.

“It would be just to say of Mr. Churchill’s book, that it is capital, and in places brilliant journalism. It has all the touches, and all the graces that are possible in the circumstances, of the man who knows how to keep his readers thoroughly entertained although he writes in a hurry.”

+ − =Spec.= 101: 1056. D. 19, ’08. 1600w.

=City history club of New York.=^{[11]} Historical guide to the city
of New York; compiled by Frank Bergen Kelley from original
observations and contributions made by members and friends of the
City history club of New York. **$1.50. Stokes.

9–25287.

“Contains a series of excursions to all the spots of historic interest within the limits of the greater city. It has maps and plans, and bibliographies (and these last might be a little fuller). It calls attention to all the historical tablets, and to all the commemorative statues and paintings. It seeks to record the houses where famous men were born or lived or died. It brings together an immense mass of facts not otherwise easily accessible: it presents these facts in their proper places.”—Forum.

* * * * *

“It is certain to be a valuable incentive to the continued study of the city’s history—a study likely to bear fruit in determined resolve to better present conditions.” Brander Matthews.

+ =Forum.= 42: 477. N. ’09. 340w.

“One can not too much respect the conscientious nature of the work which has gone into this compilation.”

+ =Lit. D.= 39: 781. N. 6, ’09. 340w.

“The volume will be a useful addition to the library of every citizen of New York who is interested in its development and is able to appreciate the things that are not obvious.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 790. D. 11, ’09. 230w.

=Clark, Ellery H.= Loaded dice. †$1.50. Bobbs.

9–9251.

A man who concludes that life is a gamble chooses to disregard any moral law, and murders, steals, cheats and betrays his friends to win the fortune that can lead him straight to the realization of his towering political ambitions. There is no betrayal of friend or foe too heinous for his brutality to cope with. His cleverness in covering up the tracks of his treachery stands him in stead for a time and then come the reckoning, the confession, and the bitter cry of one who had made a gamble of life and lost.

* * * * *

“A poor and unpleasant book.”

− =Ind.= 66: 764. Ap. 8, ’09. 180w.

“The incidents that develop the plot are of the tinsel-theatric order, while in characters, style, and method the story follows conventional lines.”

− =N. Y. Times.= 14: 162. Mr. 20, ’09. 170w.

=Clark, Francis Edward, and Clark, Harriet A.=^{[5]} Gospel in Latin
lands: outline studies of Protestant work in the Latin countries of
Europe and America. (United study of missions ser.) *50c. Macmillan.

9–12891.

Deals with the rise and progress of missionary work first in Latin Europe and second in Latin America. There are twenty-four distinct nations treated from the missionary point of view, “separated from each other not only by seas and continents, but by the wider gulfs of different languages, customs and traditions.” The work is historical rather than picturesque.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 37. O. ’09.

“It is worth reading. It brings a very important question to a direct issue.”

+ =Spec.= 103: 566. O. 9, ’09. 220w.

=Clark, Imogen.=^{[10]} We four and two more. †$1.25. Crowell.

9–24964.

“We four” are the Egertons, Philip and Judy, twins, and Margery and Gilbert the little brother and sister, who come to live with their grandmother while their father and mother are in the Philippines. The “two more” are Jack and Sheila who also come to stay at Granny’s house while their father is in Europe. Philip tells the story of their good times thru one happy summer.

* * * * *

=Lit. D.= 39: 1027. D. 4, ’09. 60w.

=Clarke, Helen Archibald.= Browning’s England: a study of English
influences in Browning. *$2. Baker.

8–31681.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 37. F. ’09.
+ =Dial.= 45: 415. D. 1, ’08. 180w.

“If somewhat desultory, the work will aid in making Browning more agreeable and in some way more real to the ordinary reader.”

+ − =Lit. D.= 38: 104. Ja. 16, ’09. 120w.

“Is hardly a study, but rather a cursory glance at some of the English influences to be discerned in that poet’s work. The book’s criticism and comment are all of the most obvious kind.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 769. D. 12, ’08. 150w.

=Clarke, Helen Archibald.= Child’s guide to mythology. **$1.25. Baker.

8–33422.

An introductory chapter answering the query “What is a myth?” is followed by legends grouped according to subject containing myths about plants, trees, animals, sky and air, the sun, moon, and stars, mother-myths and child-myths.

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 28. Ja. ’09. ✠

“Is well fitted for the work she has undertaken in the preparation of a volume of this kind.” K. L. M.

+ =Bookm.= 28: 502. Ja. ’09. 110w.

“A collection of folk-tales of an unusually wide range.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 1568. D. 24, ’08. 40w.

“She herself has evidently gone profoundly deep into the subject, but it is to be feared that children’s minds will confound the nationalities of these tales, which one should prefer to tell them without tracing their origin or paternity. The book is well written.”

+ − =Lit. D.= 37: 983. D. 26, ’08. 100w.

“A book of information which may be safely recommended. Miss Clarke tells the old stories in simple and good English.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 601. D. 17, ’08. 60w.

=Clarke, John Henry.=^{[12]} Vital economy; or, How to conserve your
strength. *50c. Wessels.

9–29494.

Seeking its audience mainly among people who have just enough vitality to enable them to get thru their duties by exercising due economy and no more, this little book discusses the bath—in which the author makes the paradoxical statement that one “may wash themselves dirty,” by removing too much of the protecting surface and thus allowing dirt to get into their skin—fresh air, exercise, stimulants, tea, coffee, worry, and visiting the sick.

* * * * *

“Dr. Clarke’s volume, while entertaining in its way, contains nothing new save his so-called ‘plea for an acknowledgment of a Science of vital economics.’”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 784. D. 11, ’09. 280w.

“Altogether, this is a book worthy of attention.”

+ =Spec.= 101: 888. N. 28, ’09. 120w.

=Clarke, William Newton.=^{[6]} Christian doctrine of God.
(International theological lib.) **$2.50. Scribner.

9–6858.