Chapter XXI: Part 2: , Three Boston object lessons in taxation; Part 3, Private (1)

property in land, and other essays and addresses; Part 4, Appendix, which includes articles on “Ethics of the single tax,” “Its breadth and catholicity,” “Tolstoy and Henry George,” “A protest against unjust taxation,” “Agreement in political economy,” etc.

* * * * *

“A fair and clear exposition of the single tax, seemingly well grounded on statistical data.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 164. Je. ’09.

“The book seems to the reviewer to serve three distinctly important purposes, and will be equally welcome for each. In the first place it gives us an authoritative statement, in condensed and interesting form, by a loving disciple, and brilliant writer, of what the Georgian single tax theory ultimately meant to its own creator. It makes a permanent and easily available record of Mr. Fillebrown’s intensive statistical studies of real estate values and rentals in Boston. These are valuable in many connections other than in problems relating to taxation. The third purpose served is to furnish a record of Mr. Fillebrown’s efforts at ‘agreements in political economy.’” C. C. Plehn.

+ =Econ. Bull.= 2: 248. S. ’09. 750w.

“A lucid proposition of George’s teaching about land values. It is cogent in parts as a geometric proposition, tho detailed with some unnecessary repetition. Enthusiasm and cocksureness, qualities which distinguish the genus, Single taxer, appear all thru.”

+ − =Ind.= 67: 1093. N. 11, ’09. 340w.

“His harp has but one string, and to him the single tax is the tone dominant in the entire chord of taxation. His book discusses nothing else, but discusses that very well, as though it were the X Y Z of taxation, as well as the A B C.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 243. Ap. 17, ’09. 420w.

“His book is brief, easy to understand, and full of interesting illustrations of the working of taxation in the city of Boston. He states his theory definitely, and maintains it with able arguments, reinforced by evidence in the form of concrete exhibits.”

+ =Outlook.= 92: 109. My. 15, ’09. 120w.
=Pol. Sci. Q.= 24: 568. S. ’09. 140w.

“A clever and interesting exposition of the single tax.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 40: 126. Jl. ’09. 80w.

=Finch, Francis Miles.= Blue and the gray, and other verses; with
preliminary word by Andrew D. White. **$1.30. Holt.

9–3883.

A group of verses by a New York man, numbered among the “big-hearted, wise, and witty” sons of Yale. Mr. Andrew D. White says in his “Preliminary word,” “His main pleasure he found in the hills, the woods, the streams of the Cayuga region, and love for these inspired his verse.”

* * * * *

“With their subdued colouring, their declamatory style, formal even in its informality, and their rigid simplicity of verse-form, they belong to a period in American letters already old-fashioned—the period of the great New Englanders.” Brian Hooker.

+ =Bookm.= 29: 369. Je. ’09. 240w.
=Nation.= 88: 439. Ap. 29, ’09. 270w.

“This little volume contains nearly fifty short poems of good quality, none of them, to be sure, revealing the magical touch of inspiration, but all indicative of a good mind, a sound heart, a sense of melody.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 132. Mr. 6, ’09. 230w.

=Finck, Henry Theophilus.=^{[7]} Grieg and his music. **$2.50. Lane.

9–15889.

An amplification of the biography included in the “Living masters of music.” It is practically “a new work, and may be briefly described as an enthusiastic appreciation of the Norwegian master, as composer, executant, conductor, and man. To musicians it will be welcome and valuable on account of its comprehensive analytical studies of different phases of Grieg’s genius, while the general reader will find much to interest him in the biographical and descriptive passages, which are uncommonly rich in personal anecdote, in the observation possible only to intimate friendship, and to the revelations of private correspondence.” (Nation.)

* * * * *

“Will no doubt remain the standard authority.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 12. S. ’09. + =Ath.= 1909, 2: 52. Jl. 10. 250w.

“We may not agree with Mr. Finck in all the claims he makes for his hero, but his arguments are calculated to convince. He has given the earnest and devoted life of Grieg with true regard and understanding; he furnishes a review of the works which is authoritative; and has made an illuminating and enjoyable book.” L: J. Block.

+ − =Dial.= 47: 379. N. 16, ’09. 2000w.

“May the book in its new form continue the good work begun in the old.”

+ =Ind.= 67: 1141. N. 18, ’09. 360w.

“This is a fascinating biography—sympathetic and calling up the reader’s sympathy.”

+ =Lit. D.= 39: 350. S. 4, ’09. 330w.

“The book is a full and satisfying one, whether considered in its critical or biographical aspect, and certainly does full justice to its subject.”

+ =Nation.= 88: 611. Je. 17, ’09. 1100w.

“Mr. Finck had the advantage of a long personal friendship with him, which has given him command of material contributing notably to the picturesqueness and accuracy of his account, and giving information about the genesis of some of his works.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 356. Je. 5, ’09. 600w.

“We have in Mr. Finck’s book an excellent and authoritative biography.”

+ =No. Am.= 190: 264. Ag. ’09. 500w.

“We cannot admit that Mr. Finck has succeeded in revealing to the public what he calls ‘the greater Grieg.’ But none the less we welcome the book for the fresh and pleasant light that it sheds on the personality of a delightful little master.” C. L. G.

+ − =Spec.= 103: 460. S. 25, ’09. 1200w.

=Finck, Henry Theophilus.=^{[12]} Success in music and how it is won;
with a chapter on tempo rubato by Ignace Jan Paderewski. **$2.
Scribner.

9–28946.

A sort of symposium in which many of the world’s greatest singers, pianists, violinists, and teachers tell the secrets of their success. The author’s personal conversation with many of them, letters and various other sources have furnished material from which he has constructed the “Gradus ad Parnassum,” and has shown the labored process of ascent. The divisions of the work are: Music, money, and happiness; Successful singers; Great pianists; Four types of violinists; Teachers, parents and pupils.

* * * * *

=Ind.= 67: 1142. N. 18, ’09. 50w.

“The volume has the merit of presenting a steady ‘crescendo’ of interest.”

+ =Nation.= 89: 551. D. 2, ’09. 950w.

“Such details of the public and private lives of musicians have always had attraction for many people, and this book will be found no exception. But Mr. Finck gives much more in his own comments and observations, in his criticisms, interpretations, and deductions that come on every page.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 768. D. 4, ’09. 470w.

=Finley, John H., and Sanderson, John F.= American executive and
executive methods. (Am. state ser.) **$1.25. Century.

8–33813.

The last of eight volumes which together furnish complete information concerning the manner in which the governmental agencies are organized and administered. This volume sketches the organization and mode of constituting the American state and federal executive power, contrasting the federal or unified type with the state or distributed type of organization. The legal powers of each of the three departments of the executive are defined and some illustrative judicial decisions are included.

* * * * *

“The distinctive feature of the work is the marked emphasis laid upon the administrative as opposed to the political functions of the executive departments of government. The book reflects somewhat the defects inherent in a work of dual authorship. A number of minor errors have been noticed but the work has, on the whole, been performed with commendable accuracy. The personal views of the authors are sound and discriminating.” M. S. Brown.

+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 619. Ap. ’09. 420w.

“Written from a too strictly legal attitude to have as large general value as the earlier volumes in this series.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 76. Mr. ’09.

“There is less unity in this book than could be desired, though the limitations of space explain many of the omissions which could easily have been avoided in a larger work. The treatment of the power of appointment and removal is disappointing. Legal decisions one after another leave the reader confused as to what is the actual condition. A similar criticism applies to the discussion of state boards and commissions. After going through the chapter the reader knows what agencies there are, but not what they do. The treatment of the various branches of the subject is too brief to satisfy the advanced student.”

+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 34: 426. S. ’09. 250w.

“Nothing new or startling is developed in the volume. It is instructive though rather dry reading.” R. E. Bisbee.

+ − =Arena.= 41: 396. Mr. ’09. 100w.

“An important addition to our literature of politics. The treatment is inductive and historical, and eminently practical.”

+ =Educ. R.= 37: 315. M. ’09. 50w.
=Engin. Rec.= 59: 166. F. 6, ’09. 150w.

“The broad distinction is noted that exists between the state governor and the president in actual power and influence, owing to the disintegration of executive power in the state, but the vast importance of the consequences does not receive due appreciation. In the sections relating to the national executive one could desire that there should be a fuller consideration of what might be called the prerogative powers of the office.”

+ − =Nation.= 87: 627. D. 24, ’08. 560w.

“The authors begin their book like an orthodox history and end it like a political pamphlet. Apparently the subject ran away with the writers. It is a sort of citizen’s manual of government which would do good if ‘read, learned, and inwardly digested’ by men in public life in any capacity.” E: A. Bradford.

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 37. Ja. 23, ’09. 1400w.

“A full and accurate book on this subject has been long needed, and has at length appeared.”

+ =Outlook.= 91: 583. Mr. 13, ’09. 320w.
=R. of Rs.= 39: 381. Mr. ’09. 100w.

=Finn, Frank.=^{[5]} World’s birds: a simple and popular
classification of the birds of the world. 5s. Hutchinson, London.

“After an excellent, but very short, introduction, he begins with the American vultures (Catharditæ), goes through all the families in order, and ends with the woodpeckers (Picidæ). A great quantity of accurate and compressed information is given under headings such as size, form, plumage, young, nest, eggs, incubation, courtship, food, gait, flight, note, disposition, and habits, economic qualities, captivity, distribution, and important species. Mr. Finn is already well known as a writer on popular ornithology who is also a trustworthy authority.”—Spec.

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“Whatever merits this scheme of decentralization may possess, they are considerably discounted by the inevitable lack of cohesion between the separate units. Apart from these considerations, we have nothing but praise for this excellent handbook. The practical form in which the information relating to each family is given is admirable, and it is wonderful how much is contained in such a small compass:”

+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 201. F. 13. 500w.

“It is distinctly unfortunate that Mr. Finn did not follow the methods of the alphabetical system in its entirety on the lines of Montagu and Newton. If we set aside these incongruities, the book gives a fairly good popular idea of the numerous families of birds.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 107: 374. Mr. 20, ’09. 280w.

“We cannot help thinking that Mr. Finn would have produced an equally handy and a more satisfactory little book of reference if he had dealt with the birds of the world in systematic instead of alphabetic order. The mass of facts collected, digested, and arranged in these two hundred pages is amazing.”

+ − =Spec.= 102: sup. 158. Ja. 30, ’09. 200w.

=Finot, Jean.=^{[9]} Philosophy of long life; tr. from the French by
Harry Roberts. **$2.50. Lane.

9–17309.

“The first portion of the essay is a disquisition on longevity.... The mysteries of longevity are dwelt upon in a spirit in which mysticism is blended with science, and while the author furnishes us with ‘means for prolonging life,’ he tells us that one of the main means is the exercise of the will, for in the exercise of the will is to be found the cure of old age and the power of prolonging bodily existence to an almost indefinite period.... The second part of the book deals with the body when it has passed beyond the farthest limit of longevity.... Mr. Finot’s religion of the grave casts a phosphorescent light over the tomb which is bright and beautiful if not satisfying.”—Lit. D.

* * * * *

“This is a delightful book if it be read as one reads ‘The anatomy of melancholy,’ the ‘Pseudodoxia epidemica,’ or Wanley’s ‘Wonders of the little world.’ Indeed, M. Finot’s scientific equipment is of the slenderest in spite of all his parade of knowledge. The translation is good as a whole but Mr. Harry Roberts does not seem to have much more scientific knowledge than his author.”

− + =Ath.= 1909, 2: 129. Jl. 31. 350w.

“Mr. Finot is a scientific man and a subtle philosopher and he seems to enjoy playing around his subject with quick and clever dialectic skill without attempting to prove anything except the obvious.”

− + =Lit. D.= 39: 350. S. 4, ’09. 430w.

“Turning to the mystery of death, M. Finot puts a guess in the place of every wanting fact.”

− =Nation.= 88: 634. Je. 24, ’09. 450w.

“It may be that Mr. Finot spreads over a little too wide scientific field to give anything more substantial than an imaginative and optimistic gleaning of many more or less closely correlated facts, apprehended with more or less accuracy. At all events, his book is interesting.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 449. Jl. 24, ’09. 1300w.

“On the scientific side, M. Finot’s book has not the merits of Professor Metchnikoff’s. It has few technicalities; it is popular; and the treatment is essentially literary. M. Metchnikoff is a great expert. M. Finot is not; we doubt if he is more than a clever Frenchman exercising a literary gift on a promising topic.”

− =Sat. R.= 108: 140. Jl. 31, ’09. 900w.

“Probably the most practically interesting part of the volume will be found in what the author has to say about results actually accomplished in the direction of longevity.”

− + =Spec.= 102: 941. Je. 12, ’09. 450w.

=Fisher, Mary.=^{[11]} Journal of a recluse; tr. from the original
French. **$1.25. Crowell.

9–25177.

An unsigned autobiography that divulges the suffering of a hungry, wounded heart in its search for a cure in solitude and work. It is the story of a man who had lived broadly, traveled extensively and suffered deeply; a man of high ideals, fine perception, and unquenchable courage, whose bitter experiences but sweetened his nature and cleared his vision. He comments on education, marriage, woman’s place and religion—all with a broad spirit of fairness and tolerance. The cold facts of a human document are softened and glorified by an atmosphere full of sunlight and the “odor of pines and wild flowers.”

* * * * *

“The recital of the earlier years of the recluse is uninteresting—we would almost say stupid. Dramatic, forceful moments are not wanting, but a tone of self-sufficiency disagreeably obtrudes itself at times.”

− + =Lit. D.= 39: 683. O. 23, ’09. 280w.

“You quickly make up your mind that it is not to be accepted at its face value as a veritable bit of autobiography, but it is really a piece of sentimental fiction.” H. W. Boynton.

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 633. O. 23, ’09. 100w.

“The book has the charm of the unhackneyed.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 705. N. 13, ’09. 470w.

“In its simplicity and directness it suggests Rousseau or Amiel.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 40: 639. N. ’09. 60w.

=Fitch (William) Clyde.=^{[12]} Wave of life: a novel. $1.50.
Kennerley.

The only novel of Mr. Fitch, written in 1890. It is a drawing-room story, mainly of the tangled loves of two young women and two men, and of the tragic outcome. To one studying the evolution of Mr. Fitch’s literary success the book has value; for it affords the opportunity of marking the progress in logical arrangement of material and in artistic form achieved by the playwright along the course from this early story to his latest play. A tribute to Mr. Fitch’s genius of friendship prefaces the story.

=Fitzhugh, Percy Keese.= King Time; or, The mystical land of the
hours. $1.25. Caldwell.

9–7338.

The dream visit of a little boy to the kingdom of Father Time where his curiosity to find out what becomes of the ticked-off hours and minutes is abundantly satisfied. He meets the imps who represent hours, minutes and jiffies, visits their homes, and witnesses a war between the Duke of Procrastination and Father Time.

* * * * *

“A fairy book of original conception.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 601. D. 17, ’08. 100w.

“[This] little story in verse and prose will be an attractive gift for the juvenile reader.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 742. D. 5, ’08. 100w.

=Fitzmaurice-Kelly, James=.^{[5]} Chapters on Spanish literature. *7s.
6d. Constable, London.

9–18715.

A review in ten chapters of nearly eight centuries of Spanish literature from the Cid to the novelists of to-day.

* * * * *

“We have no hesitation in saying that this volume forms the most valuable English contribution to Spanish letters since the same author gave us his ‘History of Spanish literature.’”

+ =Ath.= 1909, 1: 338. Mr. 20. 1200w.

“The verified translations are smooth and elegant, and the work is rendered complete by a good index.”

+ =Lit. D.= 38: 899. My. 22, ’09. 200w.

“Mr. Fitzmaurice-Kelly’s lectures on Cervantes and on the Spanish dramatists are worthy of their subject, and are remarkable for a sanity of criticism and appreciation which his predecessors have not always possessed; and the chapter on modern novelists gives a satisfactory outline of the revival of Spanish fiction from Fernán Caballero to Pérez Galdós and Pardo Bazan.”

+ =Sat. R.= 107: 499. Ap. 17, ’09. 800w.

“A deep learning perpetually enlivened by lightning-flashes of humour, a critical analysing spirit united with a breadth of insight due to wide sympathy and knowledge of the literatures of many other countries, combine to form a very striking work,—a work that will delight Spanish scholars, and appeal also to the more general reader.”

+ =Spec.= 102: sup. 636. Ap. 24, ’09. 1100w.

=Fitzmaurice-Kelly, James=, tr.^{[5]} Nun ensign; a translation of “La
monja alférez.” 7s. 6d. Unwin, T. Fisher, London.

The extraordinary adventures of Catalina de Erauso, the Basque novice, who at fifteen ran away from a convent, converted her nun’s robe into a man’s attire and “sallied forth to seek her fortune.... The astounding history of this extraordinary woman with the soul of a swashbuckler and the manners of a bravo, how she took service with a merchant, how she killed three men, to say nothing of her own brother whom she unwittingly slew in fair fight, and how, after many other adventures, she sailed for the New World and there fought against the Indians, all is told us in Mr. Fitzmaurice-Kelly’s translation of this old tale.” (Int. Studio.)

* * * * *

“A volume which will prove welcome alike to students of Spanish literature and English readers who can appreciate a stirring record of adventure, unadorned by art and uninterrupted by sentiment.”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 2: 816. D. 26. 400w.

“The many reproductions are unfortunately far too small.”

+ − =Int. Studio.= 36: 251. Ja. ’09. 250w.

“A translation with a learned introduction and copious notes.”

+ =Nation.= 88: 64. Ja. 21, ’09. 150w.

=Flack, Horace Edgar.= Adoption of the fourteenth amendment. (Johns
Hopkins university studies in historical and political science.
Extra v. 26.) $2. Johns Hopkins.

8–35972.

“This is an excellent study of the purpose of the fourteenth amendment. The conclusion is not new—that the Supreme court in its later interpretations of the amendment nullified what was the almost unanimous belief of national and state legislatures as well as of the people at large as to what change had been made in our constitution. Mr. Flack has presented in detail the historical evidence justifying this conclusion. The discussion begins with the Freedmen’s bureau and Civil rights bills, then the amendment itself, prompted by the same motives as these bills, is attacked.... The last chapter discusses the Congressional interpretations placed upon the amendment just after its adoption.”—Ann. Am. Acad.

* * * * *

“The book will be very useful to every serious student of reconstruction. There is a wholesome spirit of restraint and caution about the book and its statements of fact are to be relied on. A single slip has been noted: on page 251 Senator Thurman is said to have been ‘later Vice-President of the United States.’” W. A. D.

+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 625. Ap. ’09. 370w.

“Mr. Flack is to be congratulated on the way he has handled his subject. He has confined himself strictly to the subject in hand and has given us the best compilation of the historical evidence as to the purpose of the fourteenth amendment which is now available.” C. L. Jones.

+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 33: 471. Mr. ’09. 380w.

“There is plenty of evidence of a patient and devoted industry in the preparation of the work; but the standpoint is biased and the treatment often unfair.”

− =Ind.= 66: 485. Mr. 4, ’09. 80w.

“Is constructed altogether too much according to the rules of the scientific school of history writing to enjoy any wide circulation; and, moreover, its subject is one in which the average man of the present generation is not vitally interested. But there can be no question of its helpfulness to the student of American history.”

+ =Outlook.= 91: 774. Ap. 3, ’09. 300w.

=Fleming, John Ambrose.= Elementary manual of radio-telegraphy and
radio-telephony for students and operators. *$2. Longmans.

W8–192.

“The author has endeavored to present such information as will enable readers who have a knowledge of the elementary facts of electricity and magnetism to follow intelligently the practical development of the subject, and fit them for the study of more advanced works. Purely historical matter has been omitted as far as possible, and the mathematical reasoning introduced is limited to the use of simple operations and expressions.”—Engin. D.

* * * * *

=Engin. D.= 5: 58. Ja. ’09. 200w.
=Engin. N.= 61: sup. 27. Mr. 18, ’09. 500w.

“The majority of those who are engaged or who seek engagement in this work are hardly to be expected to have any desire to pursue its study into its more difficult theoretical parts; to such the present volume will prove an adequate guide. To others it will serve as a useful introduction to its more comprehensive predecessor.” Maurice Solomon.

+ =Nature.= 80: 65. Mr. 18, ’09. 380w.

“Besides its uses as a hand-book for operators and an introduction to the more advanced treatises for students, the manual will serve as a valuable supplement to the author’s ‘Principles of electric wave telegraphy’ until a new edition of the larger work shall become necessary.” G. W. Nasmyth.

+ =Phys. R.= 29: 88. Jl. ’09. 350w.

=Fletcher, Charles R. L.=^{[5]} Historical portraits: Richard II to
Henry Wriothesley, 1400–1600; The lives by C. R. L. Fletcher; The
portraits chosen by Emery Walker; with an introd. on the history of
portraiture in England. *$2.90. Oxford.

9–24668.

A collection of one hundred and three biographies. “This volume, like all previous works of the kind, begins with Richard II, for the sufficient reason that portrait-painting was practically unknown in England before the opening of the fifteenth century. It is interesting here to trace the development of the art, from faces that to our eyes seem conventional and without much individuality, down to Holbein, who is the dominant artist of the collection.” (Nation.)

* * * * *

“Of the arrangement of the portraits, however, some criticism can fairly be made. The written accompaniment to the illustrations falls much below the selection of portraits in scholarly characteristics.”

+ + =Am. Hist. R.= 15: 121. O. ’09. 600w.

“The lives are brief but sufficient.”

+ =Nation.= 88: 394. Ap. 15, ’09. 200w.

“It is in every way a most interesting book. We venture, however, to differ from the statement which makes Queen Mary wholly responsible for the persecutions of her reign.”

+ − =Spec.= 102: 467. Mr. 20, ’09. 170w.

=Fletcher, Joseph Smith.= Harvest moon. $1.50. McBride, J:

A story set in Yorkshire which deals with illicit love, the penalty, and the development of the wronged woman amid tribulation.

* * * * *

“This is a well-written novel pitched in a minor key.”

+ =Arena.= 41: 90. Ja. ’09. 170w.

“The story is told with delicacy, but a false note is struck at the reunion of the parents.”

+ − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 177. Ag. 15. 220w.

=Flete, John.=^{[11]} History of Westminster abbey; ed. by J. A.
Robinson. (Notes and documents relating to Westminster abbey, v. 2.)
*$2. Putnam.

9–22201.

“Flete, who was the only mediæval writer to attempt a history of the Abbey, was a monk of the house from 1420 to 1465.... A trustworthy text of the old monk’s history has now for the first time been put forth by Dean Robinson. He makes no profession of annotating the text, but he supplies some useful introductory remarks on the growth of the legend of the consecration of the church by St. Peter (in the spirit); the authenticity of certain of the royal charters and papal bulls; the relics and indulgences; the effigies of the Norman abbots; and the ancient tapestries of the choir. An attempt has also been made to correct Flete’s obvious inaccuracies in the chronology of the abbots.”—Ath.

* * * * *

“From an historical point of view the most valuable of the present manuscripts of the Dean and Chapter.”

+ =Ath.= 1909, 2: 432. O. 9. 250w.

“The task by which he has laid under obligation every student of the history of the abbey is the edition of Flete’s history, which forms the volume before us.”

+ =Sat. R.= 108: 112. Jl. 24, ’09. 280w.

=Flexner, Abraham.= American college: a criticism. **$1. Century.

8–30713.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 287. D. ’08.

“Mr. Flexner has done well to call attention to these problems in college life, although there may be some justifiable doubt as to the value of suggestions given by a man who has not been a college teacher himself. These problems need discussion and this volume has the merit of stating the issue in a manner both clear and interesting.”

+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 33: 456. Mr. ’09. 230w.

“We hope every one actively interested in American educational institutions will read this book.” F. W. Collier.

+ =Arena.= 41: 86. Ja. ’09. 540w.

“If Mr. Flexner was aware of this [an error], then his reasoning is decidedly disingenuous. If, on the other hand, he was not aware of it, then why on earth had he the presumption to write a book on the subject of the American college?” H. T. Peck.

− =Bookm.= 28: 592. F. ’09. 220w.

“The whole forms an admirable and timely criticism of an important factor in the American problem, and one upon which a good deal more remains to be said and to be thought and done.”

+ =Dial.= 46: 23. Ja. 1, ’09. 400w.

“The book before us is, so far as we recall, the most keen and searching analysis of the actual present status of our educational system that has anywhere appeared.”

+ =Engin. N.= 61: sup. 5. Ja. 14, ’09. 760w.

“This book is a real contribution to the subject. Mr. Flexner is iconoclastic, and yet at the same time constructive and his book will find a response in the minds of many who have given careful thought to the situation.”

+ =Lit. D.= 38: 385. Mr. 6, ’09. 360w.

“Mr. Flexner’s over-coloring of the picture may be well excused if it shall rouse college authorities out of a lazy satisfaction with inadequate results.”

+ − =Nation.= 87: 629. D. 24. ’08. 1100w.
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 233. Ap. 10, ’09. 900w.

“This is a book whose significance is not grasped at a cursory reading; it invites close analysis, and though the first impression is distinctly pessimistic, there is disclosed in its pages an abundant idealism despite the unsparing criticism of college shortcomings.” Julius Sachs.

+ =School R.= 17: 274. Ap. ’09. 840w.

=Floy, Henry.=^{[6]} High-tension underground electric cables; a
practical treatise for engineers. $2. Electrical pub. co.

9–9542.

“Mr. Floy has built up this book from a series of papers contributed to the ‘Electric world’ in the fall of 1908. The book summarizes experience and gives data based on the practice of many engineers who have been responsible for the installation and maintenance of high-tension underground, power-transmission lines. The argument of the book is that service by cable is more reliable than by aerial conductors and that the cost is often so low as to make the installation of cables economical in many locations where they are not demanded.”—Engin. N.

* * * * *

=Engin. D.= 5: 543. My. ’09. 200w.

“The book is clearly written and well arranged.”

+ =Engin. N.= 61: sup. 53. Ap. 15, ’09. 440w.

=Fluegel, Maurice.=^{[7]} Humanity, benevolence and charity
legislation of the Pentateuch and the Talmud. *$2. H. Fluegel & co.,
Baltimore, Md.

8–21636.

Aims to prove the originality of the Mosaic laws and their superiority, social and economic, over those of the Hammurabi code.

* * * * *

“The book would be more convincing if it were less declamatory, and if the author had not attempted to strengthen his position by blaming and accusing those who think differently. The book suffers, also, from prolixity. In spite of these and other defects, those portions of the book which treat of the purely economic teachings of the Hebrews are of value and will be found useful to the student of economics. The reader gets an impression of a book written in haste, to order and piece-meal, and there are errors which cannot be explained by carelessness alone.” F. F. Rosenblatt.

− + =Pol. Sci. Q.= 24: 145. Mr. ’09. 800w.

“We have taken a few points in which our author’s statements seem doubtful, but we wish to give the heartiest welcome to his book.”

+ − =Spec.= 102: 784. My. 15, ’09. 380w.

=Flynt, Joseph.= My life; with an introd. by Arthur Symons. *$2.
Outing pub.

8–30135.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 299. D. ’08. + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 33: 457. Mr. ’09. 130w.

“Looked at as an extraordinarily interesting story of an extraordinary man,—a born tramp and wanderer, the book is well worth while.” L. E. Palmer.

+ =Char.= 21: 992. F. 20, ’09. 550w.

“The book answers many of the questions that his other works inevitably raise, and it rounds out a unique character and a unique accomplishment.”

+ =Lit. D.= 38: 219. F. 6, ’09. 450w.

“The value of his work is in the clear, unrefracted light which it sheds, not over civilization on a romantic truancy, but over civilization going quietly, furtively to the dogs.” S. P. Sherman.

+ =Nation.= 88: 188. F. 25, ’09. 3300w.

“Nothing, seemingly, is exaggerated, and naught set down in malice—even against himself.”

+ =Putnam’s.= 5: 496. Ja. ’09. 530w.

=Foltz, El Bie Kean.= Federal civil service as a career: a manual for
applicants for positions and those in the civil service of the
nation. **$1.50. Putnam.

9–7065.

A manual on the workings of the governmental machinery for the use of young men aspiring to Federal civil service appointments, for the holder of such positions, for the educator and for the citizen. It deals with government organization, government business methods, the merit system, preparation, examination, appointment, salaries, opportunities, the nation’s problems, government service as a career and as a stepping stone, faults and ethics, women in government service, and the college graduate in public life.

* * * * *

“A useful manual presenting the general subject in a practical, concise manner.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 103. Ap. ’09. + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 34: 181. Jl. ’09. 170w.

“All through the volume on its ‘higher side,’ Mr. Foltz falls short. He gives no adequate account of the newer fields of public service and how to reach them as e.g., the consular service; and his conception of the real meaning and duty of public life is vague. Yet the book is useful and need not be despised.” H. P. Willis.

+ − =Econ. Bull.= 2: 276. S. ’09. 650w. + =Educ. R.= 38: 315. O. ’09. 50w.

“It contains a multitude of pertinent facts, concisely stated and arranged with a view to practical use.”

+ =Engin. D.= 4: 542. My. ’09. 140w. + =Ind.= 67: 91. Jl. 8, ’09. 260w. =J. Pol. Econ.= 17: 653. N. ’09. 70w.

“The style is marred by journalistic fustian.”

+ − =Nation.= 89: 99. Jl. 29, ’09. 110w. + =N. Y. Times.= 14: 274. My. 1, ’09. 240w.

“To all who are seeking admission to the federal service this book will prove a useful manual. It states in a readable way the essential facts an applicant for any kind of Washington clerkship most needs to know, and even after the appointment is secured the appointee will find many of the chapters helpful in beginning his work.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 39: 510. Ap. ’09. 200w.

=Folwell, William Watts.= Minnesota the North star state. (American
commonwealths.) *$1.25. Houghton.

8–29356.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

* * * * *

“The frequent use of slang phrases is not commendable, though they lend a sort of raciness to the style that will doubtless be pleasing to many. The conspicuous use of uncommon words and phrases is suggestive of a certain staginess that is not a usual accompaniment of serious scholarship. There is no bibliography. Anyone who reads this little book with care will have a fairly good understanding of the history of Minnesota. Although without confirmation elsewhere one cannot be quite sure just how much is fact and how much fiction, yet, in the main, it seems to be trustworthy.”

+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 631. Ap. ’09. 430w.

“Not only the most concise, but the most complete history of Minnesota that has yet been written.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 11. Ja. ’09.

“The history and development of Minnesota may be taken as typical of the Northwest, and the volume has for this reason a general interest that is added to the intrinsic interest of the story. The book has been carefully and skilfully written.”

+ =Dial.= 46: 115. F. 16, ’09. 350w.

“It is at best but a disconnected chronicle, made somewhat less interesting than might have been the case by the author’s failure to discover any organic unity in the state’s progress and by his inability to clothe his facts in attractive and graceful style.”

− + =Nation.= 89: 214. S. 2, ’09. 430w.

“It is the best written book on the subject, and is the most trustworthy. Through it all runs a stern and healthy morality, characteristic of the man. His comments on public men and measures are open and fearless. The book, within the limitations set by the series, is satisfactory and entirely commendable.”

+ =Pol. Sci. Q.= 24: 557. S. ’09. 210w.
=R. of Rs.= 39: 124. Ja. ’09. 80w.

=Folwell, William Watts.=^{[12]} University addresses. *$1. Wilson, H.
W.

A volume containing four important addresses delivered by Dr. Folwell, the first president of Minnesota’s university. The first, “Inaugural address,” was delivered in 1869 to commemorate the foundation of the University in Minnesota; the second, “The Minnesota plan,” was the principal address made before the National educational association held in Minneapolis in 1875; the third, “The secularization of education,” addressed to the National educational association in Saratoga in 1882, is a counter argument to check the sentiment of those days that institutions were “Godless” and “infidel”; the fourth, “The civic education,” was delivered as a baccalaureate address in 1884.

=Forbes, George.=^{[12]} History of astronomy. (History of the
sciences.) **75c. Putnam.

9–29873.

A new volume in a series that aims to present for the information of the general public a historic record of the great divisions of science. This pocket history is not a treatise on practical or theoretical astronomy, neither a complete descriptive astronomy nor a book on speculative astronomy. It is “an attempt to trace the evolution of intellectual thought in the progress of astronomical discovery, and, by recognising the different points of view of the different ages, to give due credit even to the ancients.”

=Ford, Julia Ellsworth.=^{[12]} Simeon Solomon; an appreciation. F: F.
Sherman, 42 W. 39th st., N. Y.

9–29393.

An appreciation of Simeon Solomon, a contemporary of Rossetti, Swinburne and Burne-Jones with twenty-three reproductions of his drawings and a partial list of his works. “The wonderful promise of his early work was never fulfilled; the same vivid imagination that marks his drawings became, in his daily life, a restless fancy that led him into all sorts of dissipation, wrecked his friendships, and brought his career to a tragic close.... Except possibly in a dominant note of sadness, the artist’s marred life does not in any way affect his work, which suggests that of Burne-Jones, at the same time that it is strongly original.” (Dial.)

* * * * *

“Both the drawings and the poem will well repay the attention which Mrs. Ford asks for them, and which her competent criticism and well-proportioned exposition do much to focus.”

+ =Dial.= 47: 464. D. 1, ’09. 300w.
=Ind.= 67: 984. O. 28, ’09. 210w.

=Ford, Sewell.=^{[5]} Cherub Devine. $1.50. Kennerley.

9–10791.

There is a strain of Shorty McCabe in Mr. Ford’s new hero. He has been toned down to prove fit, questionably so at times, to mingle with aristocrats. He finally wins a countess after various adventures that reveal the sturdy qualities that had stood him in good stead thru the many vicissitudes from errand boy to Wall Street magnate.

* * * * *

“A cheerful and extravagant tale.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 55. O. ’09.

“Mr. Ford has made this unique situation quite plausible, and out of it has woven a string of amusing developments. In the humor of caricature, of both character and situation, he has a genuine gift, to which he gives free play in this entertaining story.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 275. My. 1, ’09. 170w.

“The story as a whole is clean, clever, and bubbling with humor.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 373. Je. 12, ’09. 200w.

=Ford, Sewell.=^{[12]} Honk, Honk!! Shorty McCabe at the wheel. 50c.
Kennerley.

In which Shorty McCabe is heard to say to his wife after her remark that it is a pity that he can’t run a car: “Yes, or play the zither, or walk a slack wire. And think how handy I’d be around the house if I’d added practical plumbin’ and shoe cobblin’ to my other accomplishments.” Then unexpectedly he is persuaded to try his hand at being his own “shuffer”; with what success, these brief chapters relate.

* * * * *

=N. Y. Times.= 14: 760. D. 4, ’09. 160w.

=Forder, Archibald.=^{[11]} Ventures among the Arabs, in desert, tent,
and town. *$1. Gospel pub. house.

The narrative of the experiences of a missionary among the Ishmaelites of Moab, Edom, and Arabia. “The purpose of his book, he says, is to arouse interest in the Arabians that shall result in more vigorous efforts to make them a Christian people. He holds that their greatest need is to be freed from the bonds of Mohammedism, which, in his view, contains nothing that is ennobling or helpful to social or domestic life.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“Is a stirring narrative yet told with becoming modesty.”

+ =Ind.= 67: 604. S. 9, ’09. 250w.

“A readable story of his experiences in desert, town, and tent.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 634. O. 23, ’09. 230w.

=Forman, Justus Miles.=^{[8]} Jason: a romance. †$1.50. Harper.

9–13923.

A Paris setting is chosen for this tale of modern chivalry. The Jason in question is a marquis descended from noted French ancestors, a man admired of women and respected of men. For the love of a beautiful woman he starts out upon the quest of finding her brother who had suddenly dropped from the face of his Paris world and concerning whose welfare grave fears possessed his family. Treachery and foul play attend his quest—a medley of happenings in which the boy is rescued and at the end of which Jason finds that the “one woman” is fickle and that one superior to her makes the discovery less poignant.

* * * * *

“Without distinction either in plot or workmanship, but will interest the average novel reader.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 26. S. ’09.

“This pleasant novel, which, though it once or twice touches the fringe of the demi-monde, is a clean and clever story.”

+ =Cath. World.= 90: 101. O. ’09. 350w.

“It is an intensely Parisian story, written by one who knows intimately and loves deeply the cheerful City of Light.” W: M. Payne.

+ =Dial.= 47: 387. N. 16, ’09. 200w.

“Very readable, an admirable bit for a hammock and a lazy day.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 492. Ag. 14, ’09. 280w.

=Forman, Samuel Eagle.= Essentials in civil government: a text-book
for use in schools. *60c. Am. bk.

9–14831.

A book valuable in starting pupils “at the top of the grammar school and at the bottom of the high school” on the road to good citizenship. Its aim is less to teach facts than “to establish political ideals and to indoctrinate in notions of civic morality.”

* * * * *

“A very simple, straightforward introduction to the study of civil government.”

+ =Educ. R.= 38: 99. Je. ’09. 20w.
=Ind.= 67: 304. Ag. 5, ’09. 40w.

=Forrest, George William.=^{[8]} Life of Field-Marshal Sir Neville
Chamberlain. *18s. Blackwood, London.

9–29613.

Aims not “to lay before the public a series of private correspondence connected by a thin thread of narrative, but to write a biography in the strictest sense of the word.” It seeks to present justly a man at the fore in English frontier expeditions and Indian mutiny “in whom was united to a remarkable degree the burning desire to fight individually any number of our foes, coupled with such sincere pity and compassion for the vanquished, as we find in all records and opinions of Neville Chamberlain’s character.” (Sat. R.) In addition Mr. Forrest has “given us an admirable history of the First Afghan war, of the Second Sikh war, and has told the story which never palls, the story of Delhi and its siege.” (Spec.)

* * * * *

“Mr. Forrest has written a model biography of a soldier whose services to his country have hitherto received a good deal less than their due recognition.”

+ =Ath.= 1909, 2: 5. Jl. 3. 160w.

“It contains the most readable account of the British disasters in Afghanistan.” Sir Evelyn Wood.

+ − =Sat. R.= 108: 74. Jl. 17, ’09. 2000w.

“The book should be read both by those who in these latter days wish to learn the secret of British rule in India, and by those, all the world over, who love to hear of ‘mighty men and dreadful derring dooers.’”

+ =Spec.= 102: 977. Je. 19, ’09. 2000w.

=Forsslund, Louise.= Old lady number 31. †$1. Century.

9–7140.

A story full of pathos and gentle humor is this of two old people who mortgage their small property for mining stock, lose everything, sell their few possessions at auction, and realize enough to send the wife to the “old ladies’” home while the husband faces the poor house. How Abe is adopted by the “old ladies,” how he becomes “old lady number 31,” how he deports himself to miss the sting of humiliation, and ushers in a reign of harmony and good will in the home, how eventually the mining stock brings modest wealth, and how they stay on at the home—is all delightfully set down.

* * * * *

“Short story, humorous and pathetic.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 149. My. ’09. ✠

“Miss Forsslund has sacrificed much in the narrative, but always the right things. With all this there is imported an exquisite honesty finer than mere realism.”

+ =Nation.= 88: 419. Ap. 22, ’09. 220w.

“A quaint and curious sentimental invention. Because the pathos of the situation is redeemed with gentle humor, and in spite of the fact that the dialogue is couched in the dialect appropriated in fiction to the Long Island ’longshore folk, it is not nearly so maudlin an affair as the circumstances seem to call for.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 199. Ap. 3, ’09. 380w. + =N. Y. Times.= 14: 374. Je. 12, ’09. 150w.

“The book might be expected to have some features of social interest. It hasn’t.” B. L. Israels.

− =Survey.= 22: 622. Ag. 7, ’09. 30w.

=Forster, Hugh Oakeley Arnold-.=^{[8]} Military needs and military
policy; with an introd. by Field-Marshal Earl Roberts. *3s. 6d.
Smith, Elder, London.

9–14812.

Deals with the army, “but contains some references to naval matters, and many to the need for treating the two services in a common policy. An appendix on volunteer crews for local torpedo-boat stations is of high value, and its proposals are applicable to certain special cases (such as that of Jersey) which have not received sufficient consideration. A passage in which the writer contrasts ‘British methods—naval and military,’ might be used as a text for statesmen.”—Ath.

* * * * *

“There is a tendency in the volume which we should not notice but for the fact that it may militate against the eventual success of those reforming views with regard to the army to which Arnold-Forster gave the last years of his life. The main lines of reform, as well as the details which were his own, are, all through the book, ‘my plan.’”

+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 337. Mr. 20. 1700w.

“Generally we consider this book of great value. It places before the public the naked truth; and we trust that in the interest of the nation it will be widely read.”

+ =Sat. R.= 107: 818. Je. 26, ’09. 900w.

=Forsyth, David.=^{[10]} Children in health and disease. *$3.
Blakiston.

E9–1189.

“Dr. David Forsyth writes for the physiologist, the psychologist, the schoolmaster, the medical officer of health, the school inspector, the health missioner, and the medical man.... He recognizes that if the teachers of boys have still much to learn, the teachers of girls are in still greater need of instruction; for to a woman housekeeping and child-rearing are of far greater importance than book learning.... The later chapters, dealing with the illnesses of children, their diagnosis and treatment are the direct outcome of Dr. Forsyth’s own experience.”—Ath.

* * * * *

“The more it is studied and its teachings laid to heart, the better it will be for the nation. Dr. Forsyth puts forward no extreme views, because his wealth of knowledge about childlife enables him to survey the whole subject from the broad standpoint of common sense.”

+ =Ath.= 1909, 2: 269. S. 4. 180w.

“This volume should appeal to a large number of readers, medical and lay, and its publication at the present time is opportune, for it brings a sane and experienced judgment to the assistance of those who in a public or private capacity are striving to solve the problems with which it deals.”

+ =Nature.= 81: 454. O. 14, ’09. 520w.

“Dr. Forsyth has collected a quantity of facts which will certainly be useful to students of school hygiene in general. But it is too long, and many pages are devoted to matter so obvious that it is hard to pardon the author for burdening his text with it; while elsewhere one encounters subjects which, in the detail accorded to them, can only appeal to physicians. Nevertheless, we may welcome the book, for it is an earnest of newly awakened public interest in what can claim to be one of the most urgent problems of the time.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 108: 354. S. 18, ’09. 1100w.

=Foster, Eugene Clifford.=^{[8]} Boy and the church. *75c. S. S. times
co.

9–18013.

Deals with the questions concerning the boy who is under some form of religious training rather than with the reclamation of boys. The aim is to determine the relationship between the boy and his adult advisers and to learn how the church touches him at certain points in his experience.

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 40. O. ’09. ✠

“A capital little book of practical advice for grown-ups in their well-meant efforts to be of help to boys.”

+ =Bib. World.= 34: 216. S. ’09. 20w.

=Foster, George Burman.=^{[5]} Function of religion in man’s struggle
for existence. *$1. Univ. of Chicago press.

9–12412.

Cleaving to the “sunnier side of doubt” the author addresses principally people who have outgrown the traditional church faith, and who for various reasons have given up church going. He shows that in the history of the doctrine of the soul there have been three epochs, in each of which the psychology of the period has assimilated itself to the method and controlling concept of the natural science of the era, and that in turn the thought of God has been determined by the psychologist. He discusses the place of religion in experience, the stages in the pilgrimage from the lower to the higher development, and the place or function of the Great Man in religion.

* * * * *

“I cannot help feeling that Professor Foster’s book would have been more successful, even than it has been, in its splendidly practical and helpful purpose, had he faced more squarely the one really fundamental question of religion.” J. B. Pratt.

+ − =Am. J. Theol.= 13: 473. Jl. ’09. 1000w. + =Bib. World.= 33: 432. Je. ’09. 90w.

“The title of Professor Foster’s apologia for theological liberalism cannot be justified either by the contents of the book or by its method. As a matter of fact, its discussion of religion is more rhetorical than scientific.”

− + =Nation.= 89: 123. Ag. 5, ’09. 650w.
=Outlook.= 92: 530. Jl. 3, ’09. 550w.

“His work bears the mark of the hasty preparation, he admits. So good a purpose needed more careful execution.”

+ − =R. of Rs.= 40: 761. D. ’09. 90w.

=Foster, Horatio A.= Electrical engineer’s pocket-book: a handbook of
useful data for electricians and electrical engineers; with the
collaboration of eminent specialists. 5th ed. $5. Van Nostrand.

8–19614.

This fifth edition, completely revised and enlarged, contains 600 pages more than previous editions. New sections are included on electrolysis, wireless telegraphy, resonance, electric automobiles, Röntgen rays and power requirements of machinery.

* * * * *

“The book is one that cannot be omitted from the consideration of those whose duties lie along electrical lines.”

+ =Engin. D.= 5: 54. Ja. ’09. 370w.

“Apart from a few minor defects, which it is very difficult to avoid in a compilation of this kind, the tables appear to be trustworthy, and are readily referred to by the aid of an excellent and complete index.” E. W. M.

+ − =Nature.= 80: 365. My. 27, ’09. 140w.

“The amount of information given in condensed form is simply enormous, and certainly the compiler deserves the thanks of all who use the book for making the information so readily available.” F. B.

+ − =Phys. R.= 28: 231. Mr. ’09. 200w.

=Foster, John.= Shakespeare word-book: being a glossary of archaic
forms and varied usages of words employed by Shakespeare. *$3.
Dutton.

9–8400.

Aims to help the student to “fix upon the precise meaning of the dramatist’s diverse and often puzzling use” of words as Shakespeare employed them. “It is a laborious and comprehensive work, compiled from various annotated editions of the poet, and the notes of such authorities as Nares, Halliwell, Dyce, and Skeat.” (Nation.)

* * * * *

“Many [words] are included which bear the same meaning they have nowadays, and consequently there can be no valid reason for their inclusion. By the judicious excision of words of this description the 735 pages in this volume would have been reduced to more reasonable proportions. It is only fair to add that much of the work would have been impossible without the help of the many who have gone before.”

+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 387. Mr. 27. 750w.

“It appears to have let some doubtful words slip thru altogether.”

+ − =Ind.= 67: 91. Jl. 8, ’09. 150w.

“Upon a cursory comparison with earlier publications, it seems to be both full and accurate. Like many other commentaries of a similar kind, it is likely to reject the obvious and simple meaning in favor of one that is more abstruse or far-fetched, while some of its distinctions of meaning are so slight as to be unimportant or altogether fanciful: but its explanations of obsolete words and phrases, its parallel quotations, and copious references will make it very useful to all younger students of the text and to many of more advanced experience.”