Chapter II: Preface (2)

“Its beauty is not a matter of mere phrasing, it is evoked out of the material, it is diffused like an atmosphere through the whole book. The defect of the story lies in its failure entirely to explain itself and justify the tragedy of married love which it suggests with delicate and penetrating skill.”

+ − =Outlook.= 92: 771. Jl. 31, ’09. 470w.

“The style is exquisite; it is Mr. Allen at his best.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 40: 253. Ag. ’09. 120w.

“The method is pictorial, and the writer’s effort has been to make a colossal pedestal and a colossal group. The effort is almost sublime, the result ridiculous.”

− =Sat. R.= 108: 232. Ag. 21, ’09. 700w.

=Allen, Lyman Whitney.= Abraham Lincoln: a poem. **$1.25. Putnam.

9–4278.

The spirit of the bards of old possessed the author thruout the fashioning of this wreath of lyrics. First he sings of the dream of freedom and empire, then of the threatening alarums of war and of the rising of a great star upon the night of slavery. The people’s uprising, Humiliation, Emancipation, Victory, The great translation, The pledge of history and The land of promise are suggestive headings under which he groups his verse all of which is tuned to the Lincoln struggle.

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“Is a good poem or rather series of poems.”

+ =Ind.= 66: 490. Mr. 4, ’09. 40w.

“A series of lyrics, with higher flights but deeper falls [than ‘A man of destiny’].”

+ − =Nation.= 88: 166. F. 18, ’09. 20w.

=Allen, Lyman Whitney.= Parable of the rose and other poems. **$1.25.
Putnam.

8–33770.

A group of poems written by a Presbyterian pastor. Many of them sing of enduring love, the love “ever rife with deepening proofs of immortality.”

* * * * *

“Over fifty shorter poems and sonnets that are written with grace, and mostly with a personal flavor.”

+ =Ind.= 66: 102. Ja. 14, ’09. 100w.

=Allen, Mrs. Mary (Wood).=^{[12]} Making the best of our children. 2v.
ea. **$1. McClurg.

9–28173.

Brief narratives illustrating by twos the wrong then the right method of handling situations by which parents are constantly confronted in the rearing of children. These concrete cases, dealing with some childish crises and first showing the wrong method then the right, are selected from problems arising thruout the years from babyhood to adolescence. The spirit of the right method in every case is family cooperation.

* * * * *

=N. Y. Times.= 14: 690. N. 6, ’09. 110w.

=Allen, William Harvey.= Civics and health; with an introd. by William
T. Sedgwick. *$1.25. Ginn.

9–5261.

Physical perfection as a basis of effective citizenship is the keynote of this practical handbook. How to detect and remove the elements in school, home and street environment that induce physical and moral weakness and defects is the serious business with which Dr. Allen is concerned. Practical methods and suggestions are offered in chapters under the following heads: Health rights; Reading the index to health rights; Coöperation in meeting health obligation; Official machinery for enforcing health rights; Alliance of hygiene, patriotism, and religion.

* * * * *

“Though particularly addressed to teachers and school boards, it is of almost equal value to the parent and to social and civic workers.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 129. My. ’09. ✠

“This is a most readable book, of great value to any public-spirited citizen.” Carl Kelsey.

+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 34: 195. Jl. ’09. 250w.

“His book should be widely read by teachers for whom it contains many practical suggestions.”

+ =Educ. R.= 38: 315. O. ’09. 40w.

“Although nearly everything the author says is valuable and needs to be brought home to some hundreds of thousands of people throughout the country, yet we cannot but feel that his book would have gained in force and usefulness if he had condensed it materially. We do not wish to belittle the interest and value of the book, but merely to point out how both might have been increased.”

+ − =Engin. N.= 61: sup. 53. Ap. 15, ’09. 700w.

“Most interesting reading, well calculated to draw attention to the exceedingly varied efforts now making to bring about a general social betterment by beginning at the bottom.”

+ =Nation.= 88: 579. Je. 10, ’09. 270w. + =N. Y. Times.= 14: 386. Je. 19, ’09. 1300w.

“A reading of Dr. Allen’s book is likely to give every teacher a new sense of proportion in dealing with matters of hygiene and sanitation. It is full of suggestions to those communities that have not yet put themselves in the right relations to questions of community health, and it records the achievements of the most advanced among our American cities.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 39: 511. Ap. ’09. 140w.

“I commend the volume in the most unreserved manner. There is no book to-day in the English language which contains more useful, valuable and reliable information on the subjects of which it treats.” G: M. Kober.

+ + =Survey.= 22: 536. Jl. 10, ’09. 1700w.

=Altsheler, Joseph Alexander.= Forest runners: a story of the great
war trail in early Kentucky. †$1.50. Appleton.

8–27801.

The continuation of the adventures of the two boys who were the heroes of “The young trailers.” They encounter wild animals and Indians, and render their greatest service in saving a band of settlers from massacre.

* * * * *

“A stirring story. Has a fine feeling for the forest and for the courage of the men who braved its perils.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 307. D. ’08. ✠
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 542. O. 3, ’08. 100w.

=Altsheler, Joseph Alexander.=^{[10]} Free rangers: a story of early
days along the Mississippi. †$1.50. Appleton.

9–25641.

Continues the fortunes of the boys whose achievements were set down in “The forest runner,” and tells of their journey down the Mississippi to New Orleans whither they go to present to the Spanish Governor-General the true state of affairs between the American settlers in Kentucky and the emissaries of Spain. After numerous encounters with their old enemy, Braxton Wyatt, and a traitorous Spanish agent, they accomplish their object and help thru the safe voyage of a supply fleet from New Orleans to Kentucky.

=Altsheler, Joseph Alexander.=^{[10]} Last of the chiefs. †$1.50.
Appleton.

9–25637.

The story of two boys who join a caravan crossing the western plains under the guide of an Indian—the last of the chiefs. After perilous adventures they establish themselves in a Montana valley living as trappers and hunters. Upon their return to the East to dispose of their pelts they are captured by the Indians and witness the destruction of the tribe by Custer’s army.

=American= foreign policy, by a diplomatist.^{[12]} *$1.25. Houghton.

9–29540.

An anonymously written volume whose purpose is “to draw attention to the duty of diplomacy to further our foreign policy in different regions of the world, and to the conditions of national security upon which must rest its assertion.” It covers the whole field of international relations, dwelling especially upon our own inefficiency and the reasons for it with the hope of awakening public opinion to the consciousness of what it may rightly demand for diplomacy as an instrument for the nation’s welfare.

* * * * *

“The measures he advocates so ably are all in the right direction.”

+ =Ind.= 67: 1148. N. 18, ’09. 250w.

“Whoever is able to detect the occasional admixtures of wide speculation and sheer nonsense in this vivacious book may use it safely and with profit.”

− + =Nation.= 89: 541. D. 2, ’09. 900w.

“This is a meaty little book with internal evidence why the author is so discreet regarding his identity.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 740. N. 27, ’09. 1000w. + =R. of Rs.= 40: 764. D. ’09. 150w.

=American school of classical studies in Rome.= Supplementary papers
of. Macmillan.

=v. 2.= Includes a paper by G. H. Allen on “The advancement of officers in the Roman army” which analyzes and tabulates the system of promotion followed by the Romans during the first three centuries of the empire; one by A. W. Van Buren which transcribes the palimpsest of Cicero’s “De re publica”; one by J. C. Egbert on “Inscriptions of Rome and Central Italy”; and a paper by C. D. Curtis on “Roman monumental arches” which “is attractive in theme, and addressed to a wide audience, whom it takes over a considerable part of the Roman world in a description of monuments, both artistic and picturesque.” (Nation.)

* * * * *

“Mr. Van Buren’s article will interest a small circle of specialists, and for them it will be of permanent value. George H. Allen’s article also appeals to specialists, but in a wider sense, and it will be consulted by historians as well as by classicists. Prof. J. C. Egbert’s ‘Inscriptions of Rome and Central Italy’ has a broader title than the contents really warrant. C. D. Curtis’s ‘Roman monumental arches’ contains no new material and makes no contribution to knowledge.”

+ − =Nation.= 87: 554. D. 3, ’08. 1050w. (Review of v. 2.)

“All four papers include valuable matter. The whole volume shows careful work and editing, and has a serviceable index.”

+ =Sat. R.= 107: 84. Ja. 16, ’09. 320w. (Review of v. 2.)

=Ames, Mrs. Mary (Lesley)=, ed.^{[12]} Life and letters of Peter and
Susan Lesley. 2v. **$5. Putnam.

9–24273.

A life of Professor Lesley “as he knew himself and as his friends knew him.” He was a geologist of eminence and his wife did little more than share his honors quietly and sympathetically. “The long unreserved letters, covering the period from 1838 to 1893, concern not the writers alone; they tell of men and women who have graven their names deeply in science, literature and even in politics; they throw interesting sidelights upon many obscure matters in our country’s history, for the Lesleys were associated intimately with many who were leaders in great movements.” (Science.)

* * * * *

=N. Y. Times.= 14: 564. S. 25, ’09. 240w.

“Any notice of this work, brought within reasonable compass, must be only a patchwork of fragments, giving no proper conception of its importance.” J: J. Stevenson.

+ =Science=, n.s. 30: 680. N. 12, ’09. 1400w.

=Anderson, A. J.=^{[10]} Romance of a friar and a nun: being the
romance of Fra Filippo Lippi. **$2.50. Dodd.

Once more a rehabilitation of the Carmelite friar and the nun of Santa Margherita whose love story seems to lose no interest as the centuries go by. The friar’s “personality is so interesting that many people have written about him. Our author is very warm in his—or should we say her?—championship of the lovers, and makes out a good case for them in the appendices. The book is well illustrated by a number of reproductions of Filippo’s pictures.” (Spec.)

* * * * *

“An astonishing romance which may well be true even as he tells it, in essence, though certainly not in detail.”

+ =Ath.= 1909, 2: 654. N. 27. 120w.

“Sentimental and amateurish romance with no particular psychological insight and a merely superficial knowledge of the fifteenth century, the atmosphere of which he is quite incapable of suggesting. The chief merit of the book is that Mr. Anderson deals very reverently with the religious aspect of the story, and shows a sympathetic appreciation of the normal life of a Roman Catholic convent at the present day.”

− + =Sat. R.= 108: 264. Ag. 28, ’09. 300w.

“This story of the nun Lucrezia and the ‘glad friar’ is cleverly built up on a framework of facts and traditions. It is a pleasantly written book, full of merry talk and practical common-sense.”

+ =Spec.= 103: 384. S. 11, ’09. 1000w.

=Anderson, Ada Woodruff.=^{[6]} Strain of white. †$1.50. Little.

9–10650.

A story of frontier life in the Pacific northwest during the 50’s. The heroine is the daughter of a Yakima chief’s sister and an army officer. “As the story opens this girl is just starting out to find her uncle, Kam-i-ah-kan, the chief of the Yakimas, in order to ask him who her father is; for beyond knowing that he is an army man of considerable rank, she has no information about him. Before she finds her father and is acknowledged by him to be his daughter, a great many interesting and exciting things take place, in which soldiers, settlers, and Indians are concerned.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“The story is extremely well told and several of the characters are charmingly and artistically drawn.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 336. My. 20, ’09. 270w.

“There ought to be a special news interest just now in this spirited account.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 39: 762. Je. ’09. 70w.

=Anderson, Frank Maloy.= Constitutions and other select documents
illustrative of the history of France, 1789–1907. 2d ed., rev. and
enl. *$2.50. Wilson, H. W.

8–37330.

A revision and enlargement of Professor Anderson’s original collection of French documentary material. It contains additional references and new documents, most of them of recent date, concerning the separation of church and state.

* * * * *

“No work of this kind could be beyond criticism; but this perhaps approaches perfection as nearly as could be expected. All documents included are important. Some fault might be found with the proportion of the volume. A few periods of large importance are almost entirely ignored. Few students of the period, however, would be willing to have these faults, if indeed they be considered faults, corrected by omitting any considerable number of documents given.”

+ + − =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 640. Ap. ’09. 280w.

“A valuable work for the college or reference library.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 118. Ap. ’09.

“The selection of documents has been very judiciously made and no English or American teacher of recent French history can afford to dispense with this book. The volume is particularly valuable for collateral reading in college classes.”

+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 33: 449. Mr. ’09. 150w.

“Is one of the most thorough compilations of its class. This collection leaves practically nothing to be desired by the ordinary student in this most fascinating field of modern history.”

+ + =Dial.= 45: 349. N. 16, ’08. 160w.

“A similar volume in French would have been most useful to teachers here; until that has been supplied they may perforce use this book, which is well planned and carefully executed on the lines set down by the writer.” T. F. T.

+ − =Eng. Hist. R.= 24: 201. Ja. ’09. 140w.

“The new matter in this edition has been judiciously selected. It includes important documents relating to the recent separation of church and state in France.”

+ =Nation.= 88: 221. Mr. 4, ’09. 100w.

“The translation of the documents is not faultless, and the selection has been governed somewhat too closely by purely political interests to meet the needs of classes attempting to understand the real significance of recent French history. But the book is already a large one, and along the political line one has few suggestions to offer.”

+ − =Pol. Sci. Q.= 24: 176. Mr. ’09. 180w.

“In the selection, translation and editing of the documents Professor Anderson has shown admirable judgment and care, and he has provided teachers of recent political history with a most useful instrument for class work.”

+ =Yale R.= 18: 108. My. ’09. 100w.

=Anderson, Galusha.= Story of a border city during the civil war.
**$1.50. Little.

8–27164.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

* * * * *

“The two divisions of the book are of quite unequal value. This lack of a period of reconstruction of judgments adds a charm to the really important part of the book, the personal reminiscences, which at times approach contemporary evidence in tone and vividness.” Jonas Viles.

+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 858. Jl. ’09. 340w.

“As a story of life in a border state city, the book is valuable. It is easily the best and most comprehensive account we have of the peculiar conditions in such a community, and much of it would apply to conditions that existed in the other border states. The writer aims to be impartial, and is certainly not bitter; but he never sees, probably never saw, the other side of the case.”

+ − =Dial.= 46: 23. Ja. 1, ’09. 400w.

“For the most part our author relates what he heard and saw himself, and makes a good contribution to our knowledge of the time.”

+ − =Nation.= 87: 632. D. 24, ’08. 570w.

“From first to last it is distinctly readable.”

+ =Outlook.= 90: 888. D. 19, ’08. 300w.

=Anderson, Lewis Flint.=^{[5]} History of common school education: an
outline sketch. *$1.25. Holt.

9–9285.

Aims to give clearly, concisely and concretely such information regarding the history and development of the common or non-professional school as will be of most aid to teachers and general readers in understanding the nature and functions of the common school of to-day and its relations to other institutions educational and otherwise. The author begins with the Greek and Roman schools and carries his history thru the middle ages, the renaissance, the reformation, early colonial period in America, on down to the present.

* * * * *

“We are not particularly imprest with its value.”

− =Educ. R.= 38: 202. S. ’09. 70w.
=Ind.= 67: 310. Ag. 5, ’09. 40w.

“Very complete and to be recommended to the quick-paced student.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 523. S. 4, ’09. 70w.

=Anderson, William.=^{[5]} Japanese wood engravings: their history,
technique and character. *75c. Dutton.

“A pocket edition of the well-known book by the late Dr. William Anderson ... which Mr. Joly, in the preface ... characterizes as ‘an inexhaustible mine of information, not only upon schools of painting and their representatives in the collection, but also upon the subjects treated by the artists.’ Most of the illustrations of the present work are taken from examples in Dr. Anderson’s collection in the British Museum.”—Nation.

* * * * *

“It falls off decidedly in the reprint. The text on Japanese art as contained in the present book is, however, very helpful.” W. G. Bowdoin.

+ − =Ind.= 65: 1460. D. 17, ’08. 60w. + =Nation.= 88: 394. Ap. 15, ’09. 250w.

=Andràssy, Gyula.=^{[6]} Development of Hungarian constitutional
liberty; tr. from the Hungarian by C. Arthur and Ilona Ginever.
*7s.6d. Paul (Kegan), Trench, Trübner and co., London.

9–8762.

“Treats of the period from the entry of the Hungarians into what is now known as Hungary to the end of the reign of Matthias II, in other words, from 896 to 1619 A. D.”—Spec.

* * * * *

“An eloquent and statesmanlike panegyric rather than a history. It is not a systematic exposition, supported by references and allusions to sources. It is rather the work of a man who has consulted and digested every treatise on the subject and expects something like the same sort of knowledge from his reader. The translation is excellent.”

+ − =Nation.= 89: 332. O. 7, ’09. 400w. + =N. Y. Times.= 14: 762. D. 4, ’09. 330w.

“It is interesting as a comparison between English and Hungarian constitutional development, but it suffers from diffuseness and repetition. Moreover, it only considers one side of the Hungarian question.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 107: 212. F. 13, ’09. 570w.
=Spec.= 102: 97. Ja. 16, ’09. 40w.

=Andréadès, A.=^{[5]} History of the bank of England; tr. by C.
Meredith, with a preface by H. S. Foxwell. *10s. 6d. King, P. S.,
London.

9–12919.

A history written by a Greek in the French language for French readers. The translator “has not attempted any revision, so that aside from purely technical corrections the treatment is unchanged. The value of this edition has been enhanced, however, by the addition of a critical preface by Professor Foxwell in which he contrasts this work with the others in the same field and makes note of a few points where he is inclined to disagree with the author.” (J. Pol. Econ.)

* * * * *

“Andréadès is strongest, as might have been expected of a foreign writer, on the historical side. There is wanting any inquiry into certain major issues which are sharply drawn in connection with banking reorganization in several of the countries of the world today and on which the history of the bank of England should afford evidence, either negatively or positively.” H. P. Willis.

+ − =Econ. Bull.= 2: 242. S. ’09. 800w.

“The task of the translator has been well performed.”

+ =J. Pol. Econ.= 17: 310. My. ’09. 80w.

“The first complete history of the bank of England. Professor Foxwell’s appreciative, yet discriminating, introduction adds materially to the value of the volume.”

+ − =Nation.= 88: 425. Ap. 22, ’09. 640w.

“Accurate and scholarly work.”

+ =Sat. R.= 108: 114. Jl. 24, ’09. 150w.
=Spec.= 103: sup. 715. N. 6, ’09. 50w.

“It did not supplant previous studies on special periods and special aspects of the long career of the bank, but in offering a consecutive history of the bank, informed by sound scholarship and sober judgment, it furnished something for which there was and still is no substitute.”

+ =Yale R.= 18: 105. My. ’09. 180w.

=Andreieff, Leonid.=^{[5]} Seven who were hanged: a story; authorized
translation from the Russian by Herman Bernstein. $1. Ogilvie.

9–11689.

A book of political and literary value in the form of fiction which is a protest against the reign of terror in Russia and embodies a strong indictment against capital punishment. It depicts with psychological insight the tragedies of seven who were hanged, two of them being women revolutionists.

* * * * *

“A beautiful and a terrible book, the result of a passion for humanity and of simple, strong art—a swift, passionate picture of human life and character. It is full of the wonderful psychology and emotional realism of the great Russian writers.” Hutchins Hapgood.

+ =Bookm.= 29: 408. Je. ’09. 800w.

“There are paragraphs and sentences that are so real as to be a torture; but there are long passages in which the pace is forced. The sense of the inevitable is absent. It is the case of a highly gifted artist drawing up a tentative list of psychological states, and then selecting one as best suited to his purpose. With this proviso, we can not deny Andreyev an exceptional talent for seeing the truth.”

+ − =Nation.= 88: 582. Je. 10, ’09. 500w.

“Is by reason of its art even more real, more horrifying, more impressive than any other Russian fiction which has been translated in a long time.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 279. My. 1, ’09. 330w.

“It is a powerful study. The translation seems to be very well done.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 39: 762. Je. ’09. 120w.

=Andrews, Charles McLean.= British committees, commissions and
councils of trade and plantations, 1622–1675. (Johns Hopkins
university studies in historical and political science. Ser. 26,
nos. 1–3.) 75c. Johns Hopkins.

8–22803.

“From a first-hand study of material in the British archives, Professor Andrews is able to trace with some detail the history of the various bodies upon which was devolved, from time to time, the supervision of plantation trade, and to point out the steady, though irregular, development of a colonial policy.” (Nation.) “The work of the merchants, Noell and Povey, is for the first time fully brought out.... In an appendix dealing with ‘Heads of business; Councils of 1670 and 1672,’ Professor Andrews incorporates with the references from the Calendars under the respective dates the notices of the proceedings given in Evelyn’s ‘Diary.’” (Eng. Hist. R.)

* * * * *

“By far the most complete and satisfactory account of the English organs of colonial administration during the period dealt with, which has hitherto appeared.” H. E. E.

+ + =Eng. Hist. R.= 23: 618. Jl. ’08. 200w.

“A contribution of prime importance to our scanty knowledge of English colonial administration in the seventeenth century.”

+ + =Nation.= 87: 627. D. 24, ’08. 450w.

=Andrews, Charles McLean, and Davenport, Frances Gardiner.=^{[5]}
Guide to the manuscript materials for the history of the United
States to 1783. $2. Carnegie inst.

9–6049.

A guide to the manuscript material for the history of the United States to 1783 found in the British museum, in minor London archives, and in the libraries of Oxford and Cambridge.

* * * * *

“As a handbook for investigators it will be of the greatest value. With it in his possession the student can proceed with certainty from the first that he will not miss any important source of information. Thus a large amount of useless searching will be avoided. Very few errors or misprints have been noted, and in view of the care with which the volume has been edited, it is not likely that its prolonged use will bring to light any considerable number of such.” H. L. Osgood.

+ + =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 829. Jl. ’09. 700w.

“Will be of the greatest value to English no less than to American students of colonial history.” H. E. E.

+ =Eng. Hist. R.= 24: 624. Jl. ’09. 210w.

“A careful examination of titles shows remarkable freedom from errors in date or name. The volume is an invaluable aid to the investigator, and full proof of the utility of the series planned by Mr. Jameson and entrusted to such capable experts.”

+ =Nation.= 88: 360. Ap. 8, ’09. 340w.

“A useful guide.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 98. F. 20, ’09. 70w.

=Andrews, Edward Lewis.= Napoleon and America: an outline of the
relations of the United States to the career and downfall of
Napoleon Bonaparte. *$2. Kennerley.

9–6269.

Here are reflections, largely conjectural, on Napoleon’s relations with America and interest in her affairs, and on what might have been had he come here after his downfall to restore his fortunes.

* * * * *

=Ind.= 66: 985. My. 6, ’09. 60w.

“Is scarcely more than a series of reflections on what might have been, if things had been different ... agreeably and cleverly written, but remaining conjectures and reflections.”

− + =N. Y. Times.= 14: 142. Mr. 13, ’09. 250w.

“Mr. Andrews conducts us along an interesting bypath in history.”

+ =Spec.= 103: sup. 493. O. 2, ’09. 240w.

=Andrews, Mary Raymond Shipman.=^{[12]} Enchanted forest, and other
stories. †$1.50. Dutton.

9–26471.

Fairy stories told to a child with the usual appetite for wonder tales have been collected and printed for other children with like appetites. “Many a child, new to all the tricks of the trade, will revel in John and Renard, the Fox, the whipped-cream plants, the chocolate-wells, and other incongruously delightful imaginings.... While “The enchanted forest,” different in its appeal, has no claim to very long existence, we must applaud any author who is young enough at heart to like ‘high jinks’ every night with a child.” (Lit. D.)

* * * * *

“The story is a mixture of already familiar books of the same kind.”

+ − =Lit. D.= 39: 1015. D. 4, ’09. 160w.

=Andrews, William.=^{[10]} Old English towns. **$2. Pott.

“The old towns selected for treatment are twenty-seven, beginning with Winchester, Canterbury, and Bath, and ending with Carlisle, Monmouth, and Chester. They are mostly chosen from well-known historic centres, but a few are of minor note, though well worthy of inclusion, such as Ledbury and Weobley in Herefordshire, and Chepstow on the Wye.”—Ath.

* * * * *

“Its statements may be taken as trustworthy by the general reader, to whom it will be a convenience to possess a book for general reference. In writing about Derby, Mr. Andrews fell into a considerable blunder, for which, however, he was scarcely to blame.”

+ − =Ath.= 1909, 2: 265. S. 4. 470w.

“The author has ranged through legend, history, and literature, and gathered up everything the traveler need wish to know.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 596. O. 9, ’09. 150w.

“On the whole, this is a very interesting book and adequately illustrated.”

+ =Spec.= 103: 210. Ag. 7, ’09. 130w.

=Andújar, Manuel.=^{[8]} Spain of to-day from within; with an
autobiography of the author. **$1.25. Revell.

9–9442.

“Travel and religion divide the pages of this easily read volume. The author was born in Spain in the Catholic church but was later converted and joined the Methodist branch of Protestantism. About one-fourth of the book is taken up with the story of the change of belief.... The last three-fourths tell of a journey through the Spanish peninsula, in which interesting descriptions of men, events and places are presented.”—Ann. Am. Acad.

* * * * *

“Past training and temperament explain many highly prejudiced statements made throughout the book, for no opportunity to have a fling at the mother church is lost.”

+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 34: 173. Jl. ’09. 140w.

“The reader will find himself interested from the beginning to the end of the book.”

+ =Ind.= 67: 1265. D. 2, ’09. 180w.

“We see modern Spain viewed critically and almost with prejudice.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 463. Jl. 31, ’09. 240w.

=Angela Da Foligno, St.= Book of the divine consolation of Saint
Angela Da Foligno. (New mediaeval lib.) *$2. Duffield.

“The book of the blest Angela treats of the severe and often impossible ideals of sainthood as conceived in the thirteenth century. Originally written in Latin, it appeared in ‘the vulgar tongue’ in 1536, and upon this Italian version is based the present English translation. Facsimiles of the early Italian illustrations are given. The chief value of the book is, of course, historical.”—Lit. D.

* * * * *

+ =Lit. D.= 38: 307. F. 20, ’09. 360w.

“Readers may differ from Mr. Thorold in the degree of their admiration for the ‘pure and candid soul’ of the Blessed Angela, but no student of mediæval culture can afford to neglect her religious testament.”

+ =Nation.= 88: 440. Ap. 29, ’09. 350w.

“A precious book, a rapt, ecstatic chronicle of the soul. While the dogmatic side must of necessity be alien to modern thought, and the idea of self-abasement still more alien one is never left unmoved by a spiritual transport such as these pages reveal.” J. B. Rittenhouse.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 113. F. 27, ’09. 160w.

=Angier, A. Gorton.=^{[8]} Far East revisited: essays on political,
commercial, social and general conditions in Malaya, China, Korea
and Japan; with a preface by Sir Robert Hart. *$4.20. Scribner.

9–5989.

“A travel book. The first third presents a favorable report of what has been accomplished in the British Malaysian colonies and in Netherlands India. The last part contains the author’s real contributions. He finds the trade of Chinese ports growing and efficiently conducted. Praise is especially given to the German activity in Tsing-Tao. The recent edicts intended ultimately to bring the maritime customs back into Chinese control the author thinks ill advised. The opium legislation also is treated in a way which recalls the opium war and the present interest of England in poppy culture in India, but at the last the author puts himself on record in favor of helping China curb the use of the drug. There are two excellent chapters on present railway development in China.”—Ann. Am. Acad.

* * * * *

“Japan’s ambitions receive much more sympathetic treatment than is accorded by most recent writers.” C. L. Jones.

+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 34: 195. Jl. ’09. 330w.

“His well-known knowledge of Far Eastern matters makes his comments important and trustworthy.”

+ =Ath.= 1909, 1: 39. Ja. 9. 900w.

“The book was well worth writing, for Mr. Angier journeyed with a keen eye to facts and future developments.”

+ =Spec.= 103: 242. Ag. 14, ’09. 150w.

=Anthony, William Arnold.= Lecture-notes on the theory of electrical
measurements; prepared for the third-year classes of the Cooper
union night-school of science; 3d ed., rev. by Albert Ball. $1.
Wiley.

8–26863.

“In the revision of the late W. A. Anthony’s notes for this third edition Prof. Ball has added several problems in each chapter. There is also some additional matter on condenser capacity and its determination. Half the book takes up the bases of different systems and units of mass, force, energy, etc., and the relations between electrical units. The rest of the book is given over to the explanation of practical measurements of potential, current and resistance, and to the laws of the heating, chemical and magnetic effects of the electric current.”—Engin. N.

* * * * *

+ =Engin. D.= 5: 57. Ja. ’09. 140w. + =Engin. N.= 61: sup. 7. Ja. 14, ’09. 100w.

“Within this limited field it is a satisfactory little volume, fulfilling its purpose well and not attempting to exceed the requirements of the students for whom it has been prepared.”

+ =Engin. Rec.= 60: 140. Jl. 31, ’09. 80w.

=Arabian= nights, their best-known tales; ed. by Kate Douglas Wiggin
and Nora A. Smith.^{[12]} †$2.50. Scribner.

9–28132.

Includes ten of the special favorites among the two hundred and sixty-four stories of the “Arabian nights.” The edition is uniform in appearance and make-up with Stevenson’s “Child’s garden of verses” which Jessie Willcox Smith illustrated, and the “Queen’s museum and other stories,” illustrated by Frederic Richardson. The twelve full-page illustrations, title page, cover and lining paper are done in color by Maxfield Parrish.

* * * * *

“They have retained—indeed, if recollection serves, even increased—the humor of matter-of-fact phrase and understatement which makes Aladdin’s mother, for instance, so delicious.” Algernon Tassin.

+ =Bookm.= 30: 344. D. ’09. 310w.

“Maxfield Parrish’s illustrations ... have depth and height, and tho they are decorative, they lose none of the rich imaginative quality that distinguishes all his work.”

+ =Lit. D.= 89: 1025. D. 4, ’09. 150w. + =Nation.= 89: 538. D. 2, ’09. 50w.

“This book is by all odds the most beautiful child’s book of the season. We could have wished that the English had been as impeccable as the make-up and illustrations of the book.”

+ − =No. Am.= 190: 843. D. ’09. 110w.

“No one who knows anything of either the editors or the illustrator needs to be told that their product is satisfying.”

+ =Outlook.= 93: 787. D. 4, ’09. 90w.

=Archibald, Raymond Clare.=^{[11]} Carlyle’s first love: Margaret
Gordon, Lady Bannerman. **$3.50. Lane.

Following the most approved methods of scientific research, the author explains the relations of Margaret Gordon with Thomas Carlyle, and answers the question, “Was Margaret Gordon the sole original of the Blumine of ‘Sartor Resartus?’”

* * * * *

“The volume before us tells us but little about Carlyle, and that little by no means new.”

− =Ath.= 1909, 2: 524. O. 30. 550w.

“Those only who are concerned in certain Scotch genealogies will find the book valuable.”

− + =Nation.= 89: 517. N. 25, ’09. 260w.
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 657. O. 23, ’09. 40w.
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 675. N. 6, ’09. 350w.

“That the book is worth the labour it must have cost is more than we should care to vouch.”

− + =Sat. R.= 108: 355. S. 18, ’09. 1000w. + − =Spec.= 103: 559. O. 9, ’09. 1500w.

=Arctander, John W.=^{[7]} Apostle of Alaska: the story of William
Duncan of Metlakahtla. **$1.50. Revell.

9–14199.

A story, partly told from Mr. Duncan’s diary, which follows “the half century spent by this apostle among the Indians of Alaska and British Columbia, and how he acted as teacher, preacher, pastor, being at the same time instructor and overseer in the enterprises he started, including sawmilling, shipbuilding, salmon canning, and other industries.... The story of his experiences among these people reads like a romance of adventure in forty-two chapters, illustrated from drawings and photographs. There are also several maps and facsimile reproductions of interesting documents.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 67. N. ’09.
=Ind.= 66: 1246. Je. 3, ’09. 20w.
+ =Lit. D.= 39: 683. O. 23, ’09. 260w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 371. Je. 12, ’09. 220w.

“For the most part the story is practically Mr. Duncan’s autobiography, the author having depended upon his missionary friend for all the facts it contains, and having to a large extent made use of his anecdotal accounts of his interesting experiences.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 429. Jl. 10, ’09. 530w.

=Arms, Mary W.=^{[11]} Italian vignettes. *$1.25. Kennerley.

9–28478.

Eleven sketches that re-create for the reader “the atmosphere and charm of Italy, with her color, her cloisters, her people, her art treasures and relics of the past.” They are: In faery lands; To Marigliano; Into the golden age; Impressions in Rome; The Campo dei Fiori; An audience at the Vatican; Holy week and Easter in Rome; Old cloisters; Tivoli; Stones of Florence; A Venetian monastery.

* * * * *

“Is just one more of those perfervidly sentimental little books which paradoxically enough are inevitably provoked by that most sensible of people, the Italians.”

+ − =Nation.= 89: 577. D. 9, ’09. 80w.

“Sensibility to the beauties of nature, appreciation of historic significance, and much grace of diction characterize Mary W. Arms’s ‘Italian vignettes.’”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 673. O. 30, ’09. 170w.

=Armstrong, Sir Walter.=^{[11]} Art in Great Britain and Ireland.
**$1.50. Scribner.

9–24666.

A compact, fully illustrated handbook of British and Irish art beginning with Stonehenge and ending with Alfred Gilbert thru which has been traced the development of national spirit and character. It deals successively with architecture, stained glass, needlework, iron work, illuminated manuscripts, engravings, etchings, painting and sculpture.

* * * * *

=Dial.= 47: 391. N. 16, ’09. 70w.

“It is surprising how much the author contrives to say in a few words.”

+ =Int. Studio.= 39: 83. N. ’09. 200w.

“An excellent elementary text book. The text is a model of condensation and the copious extent of illustration in good small cuts is a worthy achievement in publishing.”

+ =Int. Studio.= 39: sup. 23. N. ’09. 40w.
=Lit. D.= 39: 535. O. 2, ’09. 150w.

=Arnaud, Raoul.=^{[5]} Louis-Philippe and his sister: the political
life & rôle of Adélaïde of Orleans (1777–1847); tr. by E. L.
Charlwood. *$4.20. Scribner.

9–12034.

“A lively composition from well-known sources, ranging from Madame de Genelis and Madame Junot to Madame de Boigne.... The title is misleading. There is much social and personal gossip, but very few pages are devoted to the history of the July monarchy and to the part played by Madame Adélaïde as her brother’s adviser, and after the death of the duke of Orleans the only person to whom he would listen.”—Eng. Hist. R.

* * * * *

“If not very instructive it is at least readable and amusing.” P. F. W.

+ − =Eng. Hist. R.= 24: 204. Ja. ’09. 200w.

“Curious biography and a clever translation.”

+ =Spec.= 102: sup. 637. Ap. 24, ’09. 1500w.

=Arner, George B. L.= Consanguineous marriages in the American
population. *75c. Longmans.

8–18391.

The author’s conclusions are as follows: “That consanguinity in the parents ‘has no perceptible influence’ upon the number of children or their sex ratio, and ‘little, if any, direct effect upon the physical or mental condition of the offspring.’ That ‘the most important physiological effect of consanguineous marriage is to intensify any or all inheritable family characteristics or peculiarities by double inheritance,’—wherefore, it is to the interest of society that the physically and mentally defective should not be allowed to marry and propagate their kind. But, on the other hand, the logical conclusion is reached that ‘in the absence of degenerative tendencies the higher qualities of mind and body are similarly intensified by marriage between highly endowed members of the same family.’” (Ann. Am. Acad.)

* * * * *

“An interesting statistical study of the effects of inbreeding, and the author’s conclusions are hardly in line with popular belief on the subject.”

+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 32: 616. N. ’08. 180w.

“A praiseworthy attempt to clear the ground of some errors which have crept in, and to reach certain conclusions which may be accepted.” W: B. Bailey.

+ =Econ. Bull.= 1: 326. D. ’08. 500w.

“Within the limits of its scope the book is interesting and intelligently done.”

+ =J. Pol. Econ.= 17: 103. F. ’09. 320w.

=Arnold, Felix.= Text-book of school and class management, theory and
practice. *$1.25. Macmillan.

8–33788.

“This volume in many respects may well be contrasted with the one by Bagley. In the latter book practice leads and theory explains and justifies, while in Arnold’s theory leads and is related to practice chiefly by formal classifications.... The formal, systematic character of the book will be indicated by the chapter headings of Part 1, ‘Principal and teacher: the principal’; ‘Coöperation between principal and teacher: instruction’; ‘Coöperation between principal and teacher: discipline’: ‘Coöperation between principal and teacher: supervision.’ Topics are usually introduced by a general definition, e.g., the chapter on ‘Coöperation between principal and teacher’ has a formal definition and a half page quotation from Giddings’s ‘Sociology on the nature of coöperation.’”—Psychol. Bull.

* * * * *

“We cannot after a careful perusal of the work, recommend it at all warmly to the notice of English specialists, whether theoretical or practical, and we doubt its acceptability to American readers. The reader of the later chapters of the work will find many hints which, if he be a schoolmaster, may be serviceable to him.”

− + =Ath.= 1909, 1: 68. Ja. 16. 620w.

“It is doubtful if the beginner could extract any inspiration from Dr. Felix Arnold’s elaborately wrought ‘Textbook of school management.’”

− =Ind.= 67: 310. Ag. 5, ’09. 20w.

“A subject on which much has been written is here discussed by Dr. Arnold with such insight, common sense, and thoroughness that it must command close and interested attention and convey a clearer conception of some of the important phases of a teacher’s conduct and duty.”

+ =Nation.= 88: 412. Ap. 22, ’09. 200w.

“Comprehensiveness and conciseness are happily blended.”

+ =Outlook.= 91: 381. F. 20, ’09. 210w.

“There are many good things said by the author and in quotations, but it seems to the reviewer that there are in the book many things that are obvious or inappropriate.” E. A. Kirkpatrick.

+ − =Psychol. Bull.= 6: 118. Mr. 15, ’09. 210w.

=Arnold, Gertrude Weld=, comp. Mother’s list of books for
children.^{[12]} **$1. McClurg.

9–35844.

A reliable list of children’s books for the mother, teacher and librarian. There are 515 titles classified according to the ages and not the school grade of the child, and grouped under headings that indicate the character of the book—poetry, stories, travel, etc.

* * * * *

“There is little to criticize in the selection.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 67. N. ’09.

“Some stories have crept into her list which should creep out, but, altogether, the little volume is one deserving of consultation before mothers do their Christmas shopping.”

+ − =Lit. D.= 39: 1015. D. 4, ’09. 200w.

“The selection is suggestive, provided one is content to pass over the latest novelty.”

+ =Nation.= 89: 538. D. 2, ’09. 70w.

“A most welcome aid in the problem of deciding what to give the children to read.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 690. N. 6, ’09. 110w.

=Aronson, Victor Rees.=^{[9]} Workingmen’s Compensation act, 1906.
*$6. Unwin, T. Fisher, London.

9–16857.

“An exhaustive examination of the Act. Provision has been made for serving the purpose of the lay as well as of the professional reader; there is a complete examination of the Act, a summary of cases, &c.”—Spec.

* * * * *

“A careful view of the law and cases.”

+ =Ath.= 1909, 1: 253. F. 27. 670w.

“The student or legislator laboriously striving to work out an adaptation of workmen’s accident insurance or compensation to American conditions will surely welcome this book with gratitude and admiration. It is a model of analysis and precision.” J: R. Commons.

+ =Econ. Bull.= 2: 144. Je. ’09. 470w.

“We can heartily commend the book to the notice of all lawyers or laymen who may have occasion to read, study or administer the act.”

+ =Sat. R.= 107: 438. Ap. 3, ’09. 180w. + =Spec.= 102: 270. F. 13, ’09. 50w.

=Arpee, Leon.=^{[10]} Armenian awakening: a history of the Armenian
church, 1820–1860. *$1.25. Univ. of Chicago press.

9–26331.

A compact history in 235 pages of the real vanguard of Turkish enlightenment and civil and religious liberty. The chapters are: Introduction; The revival of learning; Political history of the period; The Romanist emancipation; Paulicianism; The first reformers; The protestant excision; Why a protestant Armenian church; The struggle for democracy; Appendices—containing The Armenian confession and The Turkish constitution restored; Chronological table; Bibliography; Index.

* * * * *

“A learned and minute history of the Armenian church.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 627. O. 23, ’09. 150w.

=Arrhenius, Svante August.=^{[9]} Life of the universe, as conceived
by man from the earliest ages to the present time; tr. by Dr. H.
Borns. (Harper’s lib. of living thought.) 2v. ea. **75c. Harper.

9–35854.

Traces the historical development of cosmogonic ideas from ancient days up to the time of Newton. The divisions of the study in the first volume are: Cosmogonies of primitive races; Creation myths of ancient civilised races; The most beautiful and profound creation myths; Cosmogonies of the ancient philosophers; Dawn of modern ages: multiplicity of the inhabited worlds. For volume two the chapters are as follows: From Newton to Laplace: mechanics and cosmogony of the solar system: More recent astronomical discoveries: the stellar universe; The energy conception in cosmogony; The conception of infinity in cosmogony.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 67. N. ’09.

“There are a considerable number of mistakes, caused apparently by the translator’s want of acquaintance with the practice of English authors. These mistakes are not important, but when it is intended to give to the public science in a ‘tabloid’ form, pains should be taken to see that it is easy to assimilate.”

+ − =Ath.= 1909, 2: 100. Jl. 24. 2000w. =Dial.= 47: 238. O. 1, ’09. 330w. + =Ind.= 67: 1148. N. 18, ’09. 200w.

=Arthur, William.=^{[6]} New Building estimator: a practical guide to
estimating the cost of labor and material in building construction,
from excavation to finish. 5th ed. $2.50. Williams.

9–8823.

An enlarged and revised edition of a work of value to architects, builders, contractors, appraisers, engineers, superintendents and draftsmen. Various practical examples of work are presented in detail, and with the labor figured chiefly in hours and quantities.

* * * * *

“It is a compact compilation of cost data that should be in the possession of every person engaged in building construction.”

+ =Engin. D.= 6: 56. Jl. ’09. 100w.

“Mr. Arthur is an experienced builder, so that the data on pure buildings is much more complete and authoritative than that on bridges, pavements, steel-work, etc., which the author evidently has taken from other sources than his own information.”

+ − =Engin. N.= 61: sup. 49. Ap. 15, ’09. 110w.

“This little book will be found useful, a compendium of general information covering a wide field.”

+ =Engin. Rec.= 59: 671. My. 22, ’09. 90w.

=Arundell, John Francis, baron Arundell of Wardour.=^{[10]} Some
papers of Lord Arundell of Wardour, 12th baron, count of the Holy
Roman empire, etc., with a preface by the dowager Lady Arundell of
Wardour. *$3. Longmans.

“The discussions in this volume of ‘social inequality and natural right’ are not just ‘crambe repetita,’ but contain a number of serviceable quotations from French, English and American thinkers, and some good reflections of the writer’s own. The incompatibility of equality with liberty is pointed out, and also the circumstance that, while subordination is a fundamental law of the universe, the lines of social inequality are forever interlacing and intersecting.”—Sat. R.

* * * * *

“These papers were well worth collecting, for the late Lord Arundell of Wardour was something more than a country squire in politics or a very estimable, devout and conscientious man.”

+ =Sat. R.= 108: 292. S. 4, ’09. 770w.
=Spec.= 102: 1037. Je. 26, ’09. 300w.

=Ashcroft, Edgar A.=^{[7]} Study of electrothermal and electrolytic
industries; statistics by I. J. Moltkehansen. 3 pts. pt. 1,
Introductory. *$2. McGraw.

9–8949.

=v. 1.= “A general summary of the practical and theoretical development of the rapidly growing electrochemical field for the application of electric energy.... It is largely given up to a discussion of the commercial value of electrolytic and electrothermal processes, in which the author concludes that the future development of these industries depends largely on the use of cheap water-power. A chapter is then devoted to the location of plants with reference to such power developments, and to costs of operation. The final chapter discusses the broad features of plant design.”—Engin. Rec.

* * * * *

“The introductory volume promises well, although it lacks condensation. There is also a philosophising tendency which distracts from the main purpose of the book.” H: H. Norris.

+ − =Engin. N.= 61: sup. 72. Je. 17, ’09. 370w. (Review of v. 1.)

“The book is hardly to be taken as a technical guide to electrothermical processes, being mostly a very readable and interesting essay on the general factors entering into the progress and future of these comparatively recent arts.”

+ =Engin. Rec.= 59: 726. Je. 5, ’09. 180w. (Review of v. 1.)

=Ashdown, Charles Henry.=^{[7]} British and foreign arms and armour.
*$4. Dodge.

Valuable not only as an introduction for the student but as a trustworthy volume for the general reader this work begins with the rude weapons of the wild man of the forest primeval and hurries on thru the bronze and iron ages to dwell more at length upon the age of mail—when knighthood was in flower. The author’s purpose is “serious, antiquarian and historical.”

* * * * *

“The present magnificent volume has for the impressionable reader much of the charm which belongs to the romances of Sir Walter Scott.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 416. Jl. 3, ’09. 900w.

“With [some] small exceptions, the book is a remarkably complete, accurate, and unusually able treatise. It is pleasantly written, and compounded of wide knowledge, enlightened observation, and a notable comprehension and grasp of the facts. It is a volume for which there is decidedly a vacant place, and we recommend it to fill that vacancy on the shelves, not only of the student, but of any reading man who really cares to understand the life of the past.”

+ − =Spec.= 102: 615. Ap. 17, ’09. 1100w.

=Ashe, Samuel A’Court.=^{[3]} History of North Carolina. 2v. ea. 3/4
mor. $6. Charles L. Van Noppen, Greensboro, N. C.

8–30959.

=v. 1.= 1584–1783.

Treats the period in the following epochs: First epoch, 1584–91, Raleigh’s explorations and colonies; Second epoch, 1629–63, permanent settlement; Third epoch, 1663–1729, proprietary government; Fourth epoch, 1729–65, North Carolina as a royal province; Fifth epoch, 1765–75, controversies with the mother country; Sixth epoch 1775–83, the war for independence.

* * * * *

“It is a clear piece of narrative carefully constructed from the original sources, rather strong in its accounts of personal incidents, and weaker in discussions of social institutions. Generally speaking this is our best history of North Carolina in the period covered, and it is better than many other state histories, but it falls short of being a satisfactory work and leaves the task still to be performed by a student better trained in general history and with a better sense of historical forces.” J: S. Bassett.

+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 833. Jl. ’09. 400w. (Review of v. 1.)

“Mr. Ashe has studied the early records of his state with great care, and has written from them with admirable estimate of the importance of the various movements and episodes of which he has seen fit to take notice, and with an evident purpose to keep his narrative close to fact. He has not allowed his state pride to warp his judgment and betray him into erroneous conclusions.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 803. D. 26, ’08. 300w. (Review of v. 1.)

=Askew, Mrs. Alice J. de C. (Leake), and Askew, Claude Arthur
Cary.=^{[11]} Testimony. †$1.50. Lane.

With the scene shifting from a quiet New England farm to London this story tells of a quarrel between a mother and her daughter-in-law, of the desertion of the daughter-in-law, of her flight to the home of a millionaire uncle in England who uses her beauty and wit as a help in working his way into London society, and of her final return and reconciliation.

* * * * *

“This narrative is marked by the authors’ usual ingenuity and spirit; but the plot is rather too obviously accommodated to the exhibition or contrasts between antagonistic individualities.”

+ − =Ath.= 1909, 2: 261. S. 4. 150w.

“The first part of this book, the scene of which passes in New England, is excellently written and most interesting to the reader. When, however, the mother and the daughter-in-law quarrel and the daughter-in-law deserts her home, the novel distinctly degenerates.”

+ − =Spec.= 103: 466. S. 25, ’09. 150w.

=Association of American law schools.=^{[5]} Select essays in
Anglo-American legal history. 3v. v. 2. per set, *$12. Little.

7–26401.