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A book which while timely for the Hudson tercentenary chooses a wider field than the perils of discovery for its theme. The events center chiefly about Edward Coleman who to escape the death that a woman’s wrath had prescribed flees from the English town of Rye to Holland and sets sail for the new world with Hendrick Hudson in the Half Moon. “The plot has been used by Mr. Hueffer as the framework for a careful and very vivid picture of seventeenth century bigotry, ignorance, and superstition; of the final struggle between mediævalism and modernity; and of the desperate lengths to which a proud, powerful, and undisciplined woman will go in her attempt to avenge the wrongs of her slighted beauty.” (Bookm.)

* * * * *

“The story is heavy and unwieldly, the characterization indistinct, the superstitious schemes of the witch who dominates the plot distasteful and unconvincing.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 27. S. ’09.

“Perhaps the most attractive portion of this book is its strong archæological element. The characters, for all the author’s straining after a certain archaic forcefulness, are shadowy and unconvincing.”

+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 525. My. 1. 140w.

“Belongs to that better sort of historical novel that refuses to purchase popularity at the cost of honest narrative and careful style.” F: T. Cooper.

+ =Bookm.= 29: 648. Ag. ’09. 250w.

“The introductory dedication to this story is better than the story itself: a very accomplished little essay, rather in the Stevensonian manner.”

+ − =Nation.= 89: 278. S. 23, ’09. 420w.

“A book which would be welcome at any time for its careful and skillful art, and for the human interest of the story which he has to tell. The connection of the book with the tercentenary is incidental and inferior to the story itself. No one need be afraid of finding anything of a Baedeker sort, and whoever ventures will find entertainment as well as an edifying historical study.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 451. Jl. 24, ’09. 530w.

“A timely story, full of incident, entertainingly written, and full of historic allusion.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 40: 253. Ag. ’09. 50w.

“In spite of certain mannerisms which are apt to be a little trying at times, Mr. Hueffer is an excellent story-teller.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 107: 633. My. 15, ’09. 150w.

“The end is also weak.”

+ − =Spec.= 102: 864. My. 29, ’09. 220w.

=Hueffer, Oliver Madox.=^{[5]} Book of witches. *$2.50. McBride, J:

W9–147.

Traces the descent of the witch from earliest times to the present day, including reasons upon which her influence has been based, the great persecutions of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in Europe and New England, and the reconstruction of the life of the mediaeval witch as pictured by her contemporaries.

* * * * *

“A light and pleasing narrative.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 169. Je. ’09. + =Dial.= 46: 330. My. 16, ’09. 280w.

“Lovers of the curious will find something to their liking in ‘A book of witches.’”

+ =Ind.= 66: 1086. My. 20, ’09. 160w.

“Altogether, the book cannot be commended for any thoroughness of treatment, but is fairly readable and amusing.”

+ − =Nation.= 88: 603. Je. 17, ’09. 130w.

“The ingenious author of a volume combining some erudition with much whimsical entertainment attacks with infinite zest what is perhaps the most fascinating combination of subjects in the wide world.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 317. My. 22, ’09. 1300w.

“In the light, bantering, often brilliant style in which he has written Mr. Hueffer has digested and worked up an immense amount of information. Persecutions ancient and modern, general principles, and particular trials are abundantly given, the least satisfactory portion being an account of some modern witches who do not appear very wonderful specimens.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 107: 243. F. 20, ’09. 1000w.

“Generally we may say that we should like the book better if the tone and temper were more scientific.”

− =Spec.= 102: 588. Ap. 10, ’09. 110w.

=Huelsen, Christian K. F.=^{[7]} Roman forum: its history and its
monuments; tr. by Jesse Benedict Carter. 2d ed. rev. *$1.75.
Stechert.

A volume that “gives a history of the Forum Romanum from the earliest times through the middle ages and of its exploration since the renaissance. Then follow descriptions of its monuments and of the present condition of its ruins. It is copiously illustrated with maps, plans and cuts.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 194. Je. ’09.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 132. Mr. 6, ’09. 120w.

“It will awaken interest especially with that class of readers who stand half-way between the mere tourists, satisfied with ordinary guidebook information, and the students in history and archaeology. A modest book of reference, rigorously excluding detailed discussions, and condensing his descriptions to well-nigh telegraphic brevity.”

+ =Outlook.= 92: 584. Jl. 10, ’09. 350w.

=Hügel, Friedrich, freiherr von.= Mystical element of religion; as
studied in Saint Catherine of Genoa and her friends. 2v. *$6.
Dutton.

9–22578.

A book “whose proper place in the library will be the department of philosophy or apologetics.... The biographical narrative is only a framework on which is woven a wide inquiry into the psychological roots of religion itself, as they have manifested their character in the history of mankind.... The two volumes swarm with minute questions of historical criticism, sweeping surveys of philosophic thought and human action, appreciations of rival epistemological theories, analyses of the psychological factors which have shaped the various sects in Christian times, and even those of Pagan and Jewish history.”—Cath. World.

* * * * *

Reviewed by George Hodges.

=Atlan.= 103: 560. Ap. ’09. 950w.

“A biography, which, from the critical historian’s point of view, is a fine piece of work bearing the evidence of great study directed by rigorous method.”

+ =Cath. World.= 89: 103. Ap. ’09. 1400w.

“If there is a certain amount of inevitable confusion in these 887 pages, it is from the fact that they are all too few for the wealth of research and learning that is crowded into them. If these volumes are not the last word, they are certainly the fullest word that has been spoken on the subject of mysticism. They include and add to all that has yet been said, and no future addition will be solid that does not include and take account of them. They are difficult reading as well as difficult writing, and make no pretence of closing eternal questions.” G. Tyrrell.

+ − =Hibbert J.= 7: 687. Ap. ’09. 1400w.

“A style that is both intricate and cumbrous, a plan that entails much repetition and yet that does not present itself to the mind of the reader with clearness and illumination, and a subject that is abstruse and encumbered with much that is repulsive to modern ideas, combine to make the two lengthy volumes on ‘The mystical element of religion,’ an impossibility for the general public.”

− =Ind.= 67: 251. Jl. 29, ’09. 340w.

“Such a biography is a contribution to religious psychology. It maintains throughout a spirit that is serious, candid, and hospitable to science.”

+ =Nation.= 88: 539. My. 27, ’09. 1000w.

“In spite of an awkward style, which rather suggests that English is not the writer’s mother tongue, we have a book of great value and importance. It should occupy a permanent place in the history and the psychology of religion. A thorough and a scholarly piece of work.” E: S. Drown.

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 96. F. 20, ’09. 1250w.

“The author’s subject is a difficult one, and his style is more than necessarily obscure. The book loses by being over-weighted, but it is a valuable addition to the scholarship and research of mystic literature. No one who attempts to know the strain of mysticism that runs through philosophy or religion can afford to pass the book by.”

+ − =No. Am.= 189: 916. Je. ’09. 570w.

“It is a good book in the highest sense of the term, and its place is beside the works of Philo Judæus.”

+ =Sat. R.= 107: 630. My. 15, ’09. 1200w.

“The serious faults of the author’s style are mainly due to the influence of German idiom and syntax. It is a lofty ideal, and excuses some faults in construction, and the book is a deeply interesting, learned, and original contribution to the religious thought of our time.”

+ − =Spec.= 102: 820. My. 22, ’09. 1550w.

=Hughes, Edwin Holt.=^{[11]} Teaching of citizenship. $1.25. Wilde.

9–26152.

For the purpose of guiding an instinct and training a sentiment, Bishop Hughes suggests certain natural and human starting points for the teaching of patriotism and citizenship. Following a discussion “The need and the method” are nine chapters on the lessons of instinct, of breadth, of cost, of protection, of benefit, of democracy, of liberty, of character and of duty.

* * * * *

“Very sensible little book.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 690. N. 6, ’09. 140w.

=Hughes, Henry Clay.= Philosophy of the federal constitution. *$1.50.
Neale.

8–25158.

An analysis of the provisions of the federal constitution prepared for the boys of our land to familiarize them, for citizenship reasons, with “the most complete written document of human rights ever penned” and “a theory of government unique in itself and found nowhere in the world.”

* * * * *

“In analyzing the various provisions the author occasionally gives his opinion, rather than a philosophical treatment, which the title calls for. The style of the book as a whole is perhaps somewhat too stilted for its purpose. Moreover there is neither table of contents nor index to the volume, nor are references given in the text or in footnotes to aid the reader in getting at additional sources of information.”

− =Ann. Am. Acad.= 33: 196. Ja. ’09. 100w.
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 336. My. 29, ’09. 200w.

=Hughes, James Laughlin.=^{[9]} Teaching to read. *50c. Barnes.

9–16808.

In accordance with the view that speed is the main consideration in reading, “Mr. Hughes, who is inspector of schools for Toronto, points out that reading consists, not merely in repeating printed words aloud, but in gaining information from them. Hence, learning to read aloud in the ordinary fashion may not in reality be learning to read at all—much less to read effectively. In connection with this idea Mr. Hughes properly calls attention to the fact which has been too frequently overlooked, that in learning to speak and to read there are involved two distinct sets of processes, which should be distinguished accordingly.”—Nation.

* * * * *

“Intended for teachers but helpful also for parents.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 42. O. ’09.

“Such books as this, dealing in a philosophical, psychological, and yet practical way with the dominant formal studies of the curriculum are needed by many teachers.” S. C. Parker.

+ =El. School T.= 10: 44. S. ’09. 630w.

“His little book deserves consideration.”

+ =Ind.= 67: 297. Ag. 5, ’09. 130w.
=Nation.= 89: 208. S. 2, ’09. 170w.

=Huish, Marcus.= American pilgrims’ way in England. $6. Max Williams,
New York.

8–2558.

“The work, which has evidently been a labour of love to both author and artist, includes histories of the families of William Penn, George Washington, General Wolfe, Benjamin Franklin, Washington Irving, the Pilgrim Fathers (the founders of Yale and Harvard universities), the Quaker settlers, and many others, no pains having been spared to identify the sites connected with them.”—Int. Studio.

* * * * *

“His narrative is generally sound, and it is clear that he has taken pains to secure details on the spot in many cases. The pity of it is that he writes a journalistic style disfigured by clumsy and needless verbiage, and strays repeatedly beyond his subject, which ought to be interesting enough in itself.”

+ − =Ath.= 1908, 1: 20. Ja. 4. 380w.

“The charming water-colour drawings give sympathetic renderings of many of the surviving homesteads that are so dear to the hearts of the descendants of these heroes of the sixteenth century, and, with the reproductions of details of architecture, facsimiles of letters, inscriptions, etc., form a vivid and pictorial epitome of the text.”

+ =Int. Studio.= 33: 335. F. ’08. 110w.

“The feature of the work is the illustrations.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 578. D. 10, ’08. 160w.

“Although the text is rather wordy and could have been freely bluepenciled with advantage, the author writes an interesting narrative, and one which will be found both entertaining and instructive.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 798. D. 26, ’08. 250w.

=Hull, William Isaac.= Two Hague conferences. *$1.50. Ginn.

8–28855.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 43. F. ’09.

“The book is replete with facts which are fairly well organized, and, as a rule, correctly stated, but Professor Hull rigidly abstains from any criticism or interpretation of these facts. Some of the details furnished are alike uninteresting and unimportant. The style is extremely colorless and formal, and lacks warmth and animation of personality. It has a good index, but contains no references to the literature of the subject with the exception of Holls’s ‘Peace conference’ with which this volume will hardly bear comparison.” A. S. Hershey.

+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 384. Ja. ’09. 540w.

“Professor Hull’s work is concise and adequate. It is the best popular history of the conferences available for the student’s use.”

+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 33: 459. Mr. ’09. 160w. + =Dial.= 47: 51. Jl. 16, ’09. 280w.

“The book seems to be planned so that it will admirably meet the requirements of teachers and students.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 38. Ja. 23, ’09. 220w. + =Pol. Sci. Q.= 24: 168. Mr. ’09. 150w. =R. of Rs.= 39: 251. F. ’09. 100w.

“A short and clear narrative. It is written for the general reader, and in a spirit of sympathetic optimism.” S. E. Baldwin.

+ =Yale R.= 17: 447. F. ’09. 950w.

=Hume, Fergus W.=^{[9]} Disappearing eye. †$1.25. Dillingham.

9–18023.

The story deals with a weird murder of a woman with a glass eye on the back of which is recorded the hiding place of a fifty thousand pound legacy left to a beautiful girl. Circumstantial evidence points to the girl and also to either of two others who were with the woman the night of her death. Altho the main evidence urged against these suspects was that the glass eye had been seen in the room of each and had immediately vanished, the reader finally learns at the end of the tangle that the real murderer is a fourth person wholly unsuspected of the crime.

* * * * *

“The tale is as lively as the eye and contains no end of ingeniously contrived and unexpected incident. It is written with all of Fergus Hume’s usual skill in mechanical construction, and with no more literary art than his readers, are accustomed to find in his books—which apparently is as much as they want.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 517. Ag. 28, ’09. 180w.

=Hume, Fergus W.=^{[7]} Solitary farm. †$1.25. Dillingham.

9–7827.

A mystery story built up about the murder of an old sea captain who had quarreled with his daughter and who had offered her hand and his farm to the man he had selected for her if the man in question would kill the girl’s lover. The tangle is an intricate one to straighten whose threads the author makes large demands upon his ingenuity.

* * * * *

“It cannot be said conscientiously that this is literature, but it is thrilling in spots, and mysterious until the last pages—an excellent vacation book.”

− + =N. Y. Times.= 14: 452. Jl. 24, ’09. 400w.

=Hume-Griffith, Mrs. M. E., and Hume-Griffith, A.=^{[6]} Behind the
veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia: an account of an Englishwoman’s
eight years’ residence amongst the women of the East by M. E.
Hume-Griffith; with narratives of experiences in both countries by
A. Hume-Griffith. *$3.50. Lippincott.

W9–100.

“As the wife of a medical missionary, Mrs. Hume-Griffith saw much of life ‘behind the veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia’ but her book deals with other things than the position of woman there—with religion, material conditions of life, its comforts and discomforts, the beauties of the land of the Sun much more than of the Lion, with manners, customs and superstitions, and the work of the medical missionary.”—Ind.

* * * * *

“Gives a remarkable insight into the lives and natures of Persian and Arabian women.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 167. Je. ’09.

“A most informing book, readable withal.”

+ =Ind.= 66: 1138. My. 27, ’09. 150w.

“Enthusiastically wrapped up in the work of her husband, Dr. Hume-Griffith, his wife has done well to chronicle in so effective a manner the various phases of work and travel which she shared with him, and she has accomplished this in the plainest and most unaffected manner.”

+ =Lit. D.= 38: 764. My. 1, ’09. 330w.

“The illustrations are more than usually striking, being evidently drawn from other sources than the common stock from which the traveller ordinarily obtains his supply.”

+ =Nation.= 88: 517. My. 20, ’09. 350w.

“Her story is not altogether a new one, but it is not unimportant, for it is the result of a very close association with the people with whom it is concerned, and presents life-pictures which are strong and convincing.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 184. Mr. 27, ’09. 1000w.

“Any reporter could have made a better job for them. All the reality has dropped out between the sentences here; all that must have been alive and human and pitiful and kindly or simply comic they have left unsaid.”

− =No. Am.= 190: 414. S. ’09. 330w.

“Too little credit is given to whatever of good there is—and it is beyond question that there is much—in the Mohammedan creed. The suggestion is inevitable that in other matters also the book may not be entirely impartial.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 108: sup. 4. Jl. 17, ’09. 480w.

“It is written in a light colloquial style, and is inspired throughout with a genuine sympathy and affection for the people among whom the author worked.”

+ =Spec.= 103: 166. Jl. 31, ’09. 100w.

=Huneker, James Gibbons.=^{[5]} Egoist: a book of supermen. **$1.50.
Scribner.

9–8579.

A keenly critical and analytical study of the following modern poets, philosophers and prose writers whose works embody the individualistic idea as opposed to altruistic and socialistic sentiments: Stendahl, Baudelaire, Flaubert, Anatole France, Huysmans, Barres, Nietzsche, Blake, Ibsen, Stirner and Ernest Hello.

* * * * *

“Vivid, sympathetic sketches.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 139. My. ’09.

“It is information which he generally conveys, and not knowledge, or even learning. Mr. Huneker has a fair amount of common sense, and towards the end of each essay he often makes use of it. It would have been very much better if he had used it at the beginning, and written entirely from his own point of view.”

+ − =Ath.= 1909, 2: 95. Jl. 24. 580w.

“It is perhaps inevitable that he has not entirely escaped the contagion of his theme, and so exhibits traits both of style and thought which are not admirable. On the side of the thought, this verbal smartness sometimes leads Mr. Huneker to prefer cynical epigram or the clever half-truth to genuine seriousness of statement. Nevertheless, Mr. Huneker has made a book that is not only entertaining but helpful.” R: Burton.

+ − =Dial.= 46: 327. My. 16, ’09. 520w.

“He is always stimulating, provocative of thought, and by virtue of this quality, not invariably possessed by critics, he is entitled to a distinctive place in American letters.” E: C. Marsh.

+ =Forum.= 41: 600. Je. ’09. 2600w.

“This new volume of literary biographical studies has all the characteristics of Mr. Huneker’s earlier ones; the sympathetic yet not uncritical exposition, the ingenious interweaving of dates, references, and book titles so that they do not interrupt or impede the flow of the theme, the quick-witted sentences, the hints of wide reading in unconventional fields and the abundant quotations.”

+ =Ind.= 66: 920. Ap. 29, ’09. 210w.

“His criticism is a kind of fine spray; he atomizes, rather than anatomizes, his author. His subject diffuses in the warmth of his hand into an impalpable vapor, instead of condensing into its more stable elements.”

+ − =Nation.= 88: 492. My. 13, ’09. 600w.

“It is a full book, with an irresistible charm for those who know about certain kinds of literature that seem odd to Anglo-Saxon minds, and packed with sound information, somewhat flamboyantly, but very coherently conveyed, for those who still need to know something of the subjects and have neither the time nor the patience to go to the fountain head.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 196. Ap. 3, ’09. 1050w.

“It is the work of a man who knows his subject thoroughly and who writes frankly and unconventionally, as he ought. It must be added, however, that at times the lawless spirit of some of the men he celebrates gets into Mr. Huneker’s style; it confuses the vocabulary of all the arts; it sins in excess and extravagance; it is needlessly elliptical and paradoxical.”

+ − =Outlook.= 92: 418. Je. 19, ’09. 800w. + =R. of Rs.= 39: 764. Je. ’09. 90w.

“Mr. Huneker is induced to take an attitude to literature which is frightfully complicated—indeed grotesque—by the modern journalist’s passion to be the first to ‘discover’ or rediscover a genius.”

− =Sat. R.= 108; 16. Jl. 3, ’09. 1200w.

=Hunt, Caroline Louisa.= Home problems from a new standpoint. *$1.
Whitcomb & B.

8–24278.

A discussion of the responsibilities, opportunities and privileges which for every home are increasing as it becomes a recognized factor in the present-day social problem. Urging upon men and women simplicity in home life, the author discusses more life for woman, for man and for the household employee; more physical vigor; joy in mere living and beauty for all; more pleasure for the producer of household stuff; more conscience for the consumer; and new work for the home.

* * * * *

“A book of high ideals yet practical and suggestive along definite lines.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 290. D. ’08. ✠ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 33: 459. Mr. ’09. 130w.

“The book has the virtue of brevity, and has more thought-provoking suggestions than many much larger volumes. Nowhere have we seen the power for good or ill of the home in relation to the social problems of the day better revealed than in this little book.” F. W. Collier.

+ =Arena.= 41: 601. Ag. ’09. 340w.

=Hunt, Enid Leigh.= Advent of Arthur. †$2. Lippincott.

“That Joyce, aged sixteen, with a brother aged twelve or thereabouts to look after, should have fared so well when she determines to earn her own living may surprise us a little. But there are some fortunate people, and for Joyce friends grew, so to speak, on every bush. Employment comes to her with marvellous rapidity, and when she is tired of it, then a friendly shelter which enables her to do without it. And when the proper time comes the very perfect knight is not wanting. If this is not like life, so much the worse for life; anyhow, it is pleasant to read about in this prettily told story.”—Spec.

* * * * *

“The youthful maturity of the heroine has a certain charm; the feeling in the text is somewhat personal and the whole is only a shade removed from a regular novel.” M. J. Moses.

+ =Ind.= 65: 1477. D. 17, ’08. 40w.

“Another English story—a long and interesting one.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 757. D. 5, ’08. 50w.

“Though this is a story of common life, no one can complain that it is wanting in the romance which the title seems to suggest.”

+ − =Spec.= 101: 26. Jl. 4, ’08. 100w.

=Hunt, Gaillard.= John C. Calhoun. (American crisis biographies.)
**$1.25. Jacobs.

8–23726.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

* * * * *

“What was most needed, Mr. Hunt has supplied—a description of Calhoun so clear and a judgment of him so sane that there is no room for disagreement as to the main features. And excepting a few slips, no positive errors have been noticed.” F: Bancroft.

+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 368. Ja. ’09. 650w.

“The best biography for the public library, scholarly yet popular.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 290. D. ’08.

“Mr. Hunt has given an interesting interpretation of the man and the situation.”

+ =Ind.= 66: 489. Mr. 4, ’09. 100w.

“Von Holst is vastly superior in his philosophical grasp, but Hunt is unrivalled in description and literary flavor.”

+ =Nation.= 88: 18. Ja. 7, ’09. 660w.

“He honors the man without advocating his doctrine, and depicts the issues of his time without prejudice but not without intelligible interpretation.”

+ =Outlook.= 91: 22. Ja. 2, ’09. 660w.

=Hunt, Rev. William, and Poole, Reginald Lane=, eds. Political history
of England. 12v. ea. *$2.60. Longmans.

Descriptive note for set in Annual, 1905.

* * * * *

“[If] it is not the function of a critic to set up his own standard but to ascertain the purpose of an author and to judge the performance accordingly, [the reviewer] must, on the whole, estimate the present work favorably.” A. L. Cross.

+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 15: 141. O. ’09. 1250w. (Review of 9.)

“The whole book affords a singularly compact, clear, and well-proportioned account of a complicated period.”

+ =Ath.= 1909, 1: 668. Je. 5. 1350w. (Review of v. 9.)

“As might have been expected from Mr. Leadam, the book is noteworthy for its general exactness in point of detail; but there are one or two small matters which require correction or elucidation in future editions.” L. G. W. Legg.

+ − =Eng. Hist. R.= 24: 804. O. ’09. 1200w. (Review of v. 9.)

“Mr. Leadam is at his best unfolding the conflicts of Whigs and Tories in Parliament and drawing on the historical mss. for material. He is quite insufficient when it comes to the atmosphere of his period and its personalities.”

+ − =Nation.= 89: 75. Jl. 22, ’09. 160w. (Review of v. 9.)
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 462. Jl. 31, ’09. 200w. (Review of v. 9.)

“A scholarly and entrancing volume.”

+ =Sat. R.= 107: 819. Je. 26, ’09. 1300w. (Review of v. 9.)

“Mr. Leadam has found the common difficulty of keeping the proper proportion between unlimited material and limited space. On the whole, however, Mr. Leadam has given us an effective picture of the period which he describes.”

+ − =Spec.= 102: 1036. Je. 25, ’09. 400w. (Review of v. 9.)

=Hunting, Henry Gardner.=^{[11]} Cave of the bottomless pool. †$1.50.
Holt.

9–27035.

This is a sequel to “Wittier Whitehead’s own story” but even those boys who have not made Wittier’s acquaintance before will enjoy this detective story in which he plays a leading role. The scene is a summer camp school, and how Wittier escapes the clutches of counterfeiters, the revenge of an ex-convict and death in the cave of the bottomless pool forms a story filled with adventure and mystery.

* * * * *

“The incidents and plot will hold any boy’s interest.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 662. O. 23, ’09. 20w.

“Here is a boy detective story told in such a genuine fashion by the boy himself that it seems ‘really true.’”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 709. N. 13, ’09. 80w.

=Hunting, Henry Gardner.=^{[9]} Silver canoe: the story of the secret
that had to be kept. †$1.25. McClurg.

9–22945.

A story of an errand boy in a big metropolitan department store. His honesty is pitted against the dishonesty of one of his co-workers in the winning of a thousand-dollar rebus-prize. Truth triumphs and dishonesty is punished.

* * * * *

“Though the tale is a highly moral one, there is plenty of adventure and even ‘thrill’ enough to charm any normal boy.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 583. O. 2, ’09. 160w.

=Hunting, Henry Gardner.= Witter Whitehead’s own story about a lucky
splash of whitewash, some stolen silver, and a house that wasn’t
vacant. †$1.25. Holt.

9–6843.

A story for young readers whose youthful hero, a delivery boy in a large department store, rounds up a band of robbers. He is a sturdy, stout-hearted boy, coping with various trying situations, championing unjustly accused fellow employees, and ferreting out the real scoundrels.

* * * * *

“Is told with sufficient skill to make it seem quite possible.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 178. Mr. 27, ’09. 140w.

=Hurd, Marian Kent, and Wilson, Jean Bingham.=^{[11]} When she came
home from college. **$1.15. Houghton.

9–28147.

Here are set down the trials of a Vassar girl during the summer following her graduation when, in the absence of her mother, the burden of household management falls upon her shoulders, with the accompanying problem of keeping four young brothers and sisters satisfied and happy. Her dearly prized theories, and her authorship ambition, suffer serious defeats while she struggles with knotty domestic problems that in the end teach her humanity.

* * * * *

“Over-done in its naturalness and in the enormity of the heroine’s ignorance, but nevertheless a bright, humorous story, that can be recommended for girls of high school age and older.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 132. D. ’09. ✠

“The librarians complain that it is difficult to supply fiction to girls of the ‘betwixt and between age.’ Here is one book we recommend, as it happens, there is no romance to be followed, but in spite of this there is no lack of interest from beginning to end.”

+ =Lit. D.= 39: 1018. D. 4, ’09. 120w.

“The book contains humor and distinctive character sketching.”

+ =Nation.= 89: 598. D. 16, ’09. 50w.

=Hurlbut, Jesse Lyman=, ed. Handy Bible encyclopaedia: prepared in
simple language. $1.50. Winston.

8–23274.

“There is provided under one alphabetical arrangement: A concordance to the Scriptures, a subject dictionary, a Biblical biography dictionary, a Biblical geographical dictionary, a dictionary of archaic and obsolete words that are used in the English Bible, a dictionary of Biblical antiquities, customs, musical terms, plants, animals, and precious stones, and several other instructive features of importance to Bible students. The book is printed from bold face type, and is profusely illustrated.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

“The work is designed for popular use, but will be found convenient by almost any Biblical student.”

+ =Nation.= 88: 222. Mr. 4, ’09. 150w.

“Sunday school teachers and others who are accustomed to the study of the Bible will find [this] a useful volume.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 523. S. 26, ’08. 80w.

“The difficulty is that the brevity required and perhaps the demands of extreme conservatives combine to make the information inadequate and sometimes misleading.”

− + =Outlook.= 91: 24. Ja. 2, ’09. 230w.

=Hurtado de Mendoza, Diego.= Life of Lazarillo de Tormes: his fortunes
and adversities; tr. from the ed. of 1554 by Sir Clements Markham.
*$1.25. Macmillan.

9–5519.

Besides the translation from the 1554 edition, the volume includes a notice of the Mendoza family, a short life of the author, a notice of the work and some remarks on the character of Lazarillo de Tormes.

* * * * *

“But though this translation leaves so much to be desired, the introductory matter of which we have spoken is useful, and the footnotes that Sir Clements has appended to the text here and there are helpful in elucidating historical and other references. The same may be said of the indexes, and the sketch-map of the route taken by Lazarillo from Salamanca to Toledo.”

− + =Ath.= 1909, 1: 6. Ja. 2. 2400w.

“Obviously this new version is published irrespective of easily accessible ‘apparatus criticus.’ In its rendition of the Burgos edition of 1554, the present edition is relatively faithful.”

− + =Nation.= 87: 361. O. 15, ’08. 300w. =Sat. R.= 106: 582. N. 7, ’08. 100w. + =Spec.= 102: sup. 1007. Je. 26, ’09. 200w.

=Hussey, Eyre.=^{[6]} Polly Winford. †$1.50. Longmans.

A young Australian girl left with a fortune looks formidably upon a visit to two maiden aunts in England. She goes to the little town incognita, and there under the name of Polly Winford finds favor with her relatives. “Incidentally there are some capital spirited accounts of hunting and other open-air doings and some clever bits of character-sketching, from the mentally deficient squire to the more or less colourless rector, his small boy Tommy, and his domineering wife.” (Sat. R.)

* * * * *

“One follows the chapters with a steady if quiet interest. The book will harm nobody, and there is no reason why it should not pleasantly entertain a great many.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 322. My. 22, ’09. 160w.

“The story is fresh and bright, so readers will perhaps be less inclined to resent the many coincidences on which the author depends for the working out of his romance.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 107: 502. Ap. 17, ’09. 310w.

=Hutchinson, Frances Kinsley (Mrs. Charles L. Hutchinson).=^{[10]}
Motoring in the Balkans along the highways of Dalmatia, Montenegro,
The Herzegovina, and Bosnia. **$2.75. McClurg.

9–27939.

A volume of over three hundred pages which combines geographical instruction and historical information with descriptions of people and scenes along the route from Trieste to the western Balkans. The chapters parallel the pictures snapped along the route over which the reader is hurried from one point to another enjoying the vivacious guide’s description and comment.

* * * * *

“The whole journey is sufficiently idealized and dramatized and disencumbered of the commonplace to make it into a very inviting book.”

+ =Dial.= 47: 514. D. 16, ’09. 220w.

“The book furnishes good reading, there is so cheerful a holiday atmosphere in its pages.”

+ =Ind.= 67: 1043. N. 4, ’09. 120w.

“The value of the book would have been much increased if some account had been given of the methods employed by the Austrian rulers in the development of the recently annexed provinces. The book’s chief value is to be found in the information given as to journeys, whether by motor or by rail and diligence, through a country whose wonderful scenery and picturesque people make it a ‘continuous delight.’”

+ − =Nation.= 89: 545. D. 2, ’09. 480w.

“The journey seems to have been very enjoyable from beginning to end, and the account we get of it is graceful, vivacious, and illuminating.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 705. N. 13, ’09. 180w.

=Hutchinson, Woods.= Instinct and health. **$1.20. Dodd.

8–30538.

A book that seeks its audience not among invalids but ordinary normal individuals. The author’s statement that “it isn’t so very dangerous to be alive” suggests a healthy, fearless cheerful attitude. He discusses the physical necessities of the body and describes methods of securing the greatest efficiency from it. “His knife is out for fads and superstitions, prejudices, and the over-zealous regimen. Diets are as apt to make dyspeptics as to help them. Pleasant things are not inherently noxious, as our Puritanic or proverbial misconceptions lay down, but are in the main pleasant because they are in accord with nature; pleasure is the stamp of approval that nature gives them as their reward.” (Dial.)

* * * * *

“Invigorating, entertaining talks on the work and needs of the body.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 14. Ja. ’09. ✠

“Dr. Hutchinson’s prescriptions may be freely taken, though the prudent will add their own dose of salt.”

+ − =Dial.= 46: 24. Ja. 1, ’09. 260w.

“Vegetarians and patent-breakfast-food cranks should read this work.”

+ =Lit. D.= 38: 220. F. 6, ’09. 250w.

“Dr. Hutchinson gives considerable advice, often rather indefinite and vague, but on the whole sound. Unfortunately, there is a tendency to overlook what care has done for the [human] machine and to disparage serious investigation of the conditions under which the machine works best.”

+ − =Nation.= 87: 609. D. 17, ’08. 220w.

“Dr. Hutchinson is not always quite fair in his statement of other people’s theories, but that foible, of course, has no effect upon the value of his own. And he is always stimulating in his ideas and vigorous and entertaining in their expression.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 664. N. 7, ’08. 1300w.

“One of the most readable and entertaining, if not always convincing, books on the philosophy of health we have ever had the pleasure of reading.”

+ − =R. of Rs.= 39: 127. Ja. ’09. 90w.

=Hutchinson, Woods.=^{[12]} Preventable diseases. **$1.50. Houghton.

9–30130.

Nineteen chapters dealing with such subjects as: The body-republic and its defense; Our legacy of health: the power of heredity in the prevention of disease; Colds and how to catch them; Adenoids, or mouth-breathing; Tuberculosis, a scotched snake; The natural history of typhoid fever; Diphtheria: the modern Moloch; The Herods of our day: scarlet fever, measles, whooping-cough; Appendicitis, or Nature’s remnant sale; Germ-foes that follow the knife, or Death under the finger-nail; Cancer, or Treason in the body-state; Headache: the most useful pain in the world; Nerves and nervousness: Mental influence in disease, or How the mind affects the body.

=Hutten zum Stolzenberg, Betsey (Riddle) freifrau von.=^{[12]} Beechy;
or, The lordship of love. †$1.50. Stokes.

9–25818.

“The setting of much of the story is Rome, the atmosphere typically and delightfully Italian, and Beechy herself is in reality Bice, the familiar short form for Beatrice. If Bettina von Hutten had any purpose, beyond that of telling the story of an interesting human life, it must have been much the same purpose as that of Frank Danby in writing ‘The heart of a child’—namely, to answer the question whether a woman-child, alone in the world and brought up in the slums, can choose a stage career and, in the face of all its trials and temptations, keep herself unsullied.”—Bookm.

* * * * *

“Aside from the insincerity of the ending, this is one of the most pleasing books that the author of ‘Pam’ has produced.” F: T. Cooper.

+ − =Bookm.= 30: 386. D. ’09. 230w.

“Mme. von Hutten avoids the absurdities of most of those who write novels of stage life, and makes her Beechy’s success seem at least possible. The girl herself, with her naturalness, her lack of ability to pose is a fascinating study.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 687. N. 6, ’09. 380w.
=Outlook.= 93: 559. N. 6, ’09. 40w.

“The histrionic temperament is not merely so uncommon as some people—particularly those who have it—imagine, but its development in the character of the half-Italian girl who is the heroine of the story is sketched in with unusual understanding, sometimes entirely sympathetic, sometimes playfully ironical.”

+ =Sat. R.= 108: 538. O. 30, ’09. 620w.

=Hutten zum Stolzenberg, Betsey (Riddle) freifrau von.=^{[5]}
Kingsmead. †$1.50. Dodd.

9–5216.

The fourth “Pam” book which “introduces Tommy as a grown-up hero, while his sister, Brigid, who fell in love, most reprehensibly, with the picaresque violinist, is a respectable married person with a blighted heart. As for Pam herself, she has white hair.” (N. Y. Times.) “As a friendly, bighearted, and modest aristocrat, Earl Tommy is a favorite, and he is well contrasted with two equally warm-hearted ‘nouveaux riches,’ who drop their h’s, but are sweetly unselfish.” (Outlook.)

* * * * *

+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 526. My. 1. 200w.

“It is a pity that this volume, which up to a particular point contains the best work that the author has done in several years, should all of a sudden weaken palpably.” F: T. Cooper.

+ − =Bookm.= 29: 190. Ap. ’09. 450w.

“Without especial nimbleness, one may find incongruities and contradictions in abundance within the bounds of the present story.”

+ − =Nation.= 89: 186. Ag. 26, ’09. 350w.

“Mme. von Hutten writes well; she has the gifts of humor and charm, and her stories are always interesting and clever.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 246. Ap. 17, ’09. 340w.

“The ‘dénouement’ does not strike one as probable or pleasant, and almost spoils an amusing story.”

+ − =Outlook.= 92: 19*. My. 1, ’09. 110w.

Reviewed by H. W. Boynton.

=Putnam’s.= 6: 492. Jl. ’09. 330w.

=Hutton, Edward.=^{[9]} In unknown Tuscany: with notes by William
Heywood. **$2.50. Dutton.

9–23855.

“The record of a summer passed on Monte Amiata, apparently in the very abbey where Pius II lodged, from which the various castelli, even in the August heat, can readily be reached, and where even ‘a German company mining for quicksilver’ has not been able entirely to destroy the primitive life of rural Tuscany. Incidentally it supplies some new and vivid details concerning the part played by feudalism in the history of the republic of Siena, based upon the researches of Zdekauer, Lisini, Fumi, Calisse, and other distinguished local scholars whose work is still comparatively little known in this country.”—Sat. R.

* * * * *

“Limited in its appeal to those who know the byways of Italy and seek a renewal of impressions.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 118. D. ’09.

“Of the ways of the people of the mountains, Mr. Hutton writes in a manner that makes the reader for the time a traveller in unknown realms.” H. E. Coblentz.

+ =Dial.= 47: 234. O. 1, ’09. 300w.
=Ind.= 67: 824. O. 7, ’09. 80w.

“Naturally Mr. Hutton’s business is with his own impressions of the people and scenery—on which topics he is characteristically lyrical—and with the historical narrative, which enlists his more sober manner. The blend if not quite harmonious, is agreeable enough.”

+ =Nation.= 89: 160. Ag. 19, ’09. 500w. + =N. Y. Times.= 14: 584. O. 2, ’09. 240w. + − =No. Am.= 190: 564. O. ’09. 500w.

“There are but slight blemishes in a very charming and welcome book.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 108: 140. Jl. 31, ’09. 1400w.

=Hutton, Edward.=^{[11]} Rome. *$2. Macmillan.

Mr. Hutton fills a marvelously large self-given order by interpreting to the reader Rome, “eternal and persistent as life, as strangely various, as mysteriously secret.” Her hills, her structures, her art treasures and her Campagna with mountains round about, bear messages into which the author breaths the spirit of hero worship and of poetry.

* * * * *

“A handy and attractive pocket companion for the traveller, and also offers pleasant reading to the armchair tourist at his own fireside.”

+ =Dial.= 47: 515. D. 16, ’09. 120w.

“Numerous omissions and inaccuracies bring the work below the author’s standard. The book is far from up to date. In short, this book should have begun with its second edition. However, it is enthusiastically written, and will doubtless warm the hearts of those whose Roman days are behind them.”

+ − =Nation.= 89: 577. D. 9, ’09. 400w.

“It will not be a disappointment to his readers.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 657. O. 23, ’09. 30w.

=Hutton, Frederic Remsen.= Mechanical engineering of steam power
plants. 3d ed. $5. Wiley.

8–27795.

The work has been entirely rewritten for this edition. “Some of the additions which call for special notice are the treatments accorded to the analysis of the power plant and its diagram, and the separation between the simple and complex phases of this problem; the treatment of the steam pipe as an element of co-ordinate importance with the boiler and engine; the chapters on auxiliaries, the steam turbine and engine mechanism, and the establishment of the philosophy of the expansion of the elastic medium as the basis for the valve gear, the governor, the condensing and the compound engine.” (Engin. D.)

* * * * *

“While avowedly a text for the enlightenment of technical students, it contains such a wealth of up-to-date engineering detail, admirably expressed, that there are few who have occasion to consider the subjects it treats of, who will not find it of real service in facilitating their work.”

+ =Engin. D.= 5: 53. Ja. ’09. 470w.

“Is an exceptionally complete work on steam boilers and engines.”

+ =Engin. Rec.= 58: 707. D. 19, ’08. 250w.

“On the whole the book will prove useful to anyone engaged in the study of the problem of supplying machinery for the production of power.” R. C. Carpenter.

+ =Science=, n.s. 29: 544. Ap. 2, ’09. 850w.

=Hyatt, Stanley Portal.=^{[9]} End of the road; (English title:
Marriage of Hilary Carden.): a novel. †$1.50. Appleton.

9–21867.

“A story of the South Africa that was before the Boer war, of the retreat of the transport rider before the mining engineer, of the invasion of the veldt by the railway—of the lure of the open and the tyranny of the town—and of the coming of the white woman to the frontier which is the province of men, whom she tempts from freedom and lures back to the bonds they had left behind them.”—Ind.

* * * * *

“A rather ordinary love story, redeemed by its dramatic and picturesque portrayal of South African mining and transportation in pioneer days before the war and by its sympathy with the fascination of the ‘open road.’”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 55. O. ’09. ✠ + =Ath.= 1909, 2: 297. S. 11. 120w.

“A story that is distinctly worth while.” F: T. Cooper.

+ =Bookm.= 30: 187. O. ’09. 570w.

“The story is well worth reading; its simple plot is effective, and its figures and scenes have reality.” W: M. Payne.

+ =Dial.= 47: 237. O. 1, ’09. 270w.
=Ind.= 67: 549. S. 2, ’09. 180w.

“As vivid a picture of life in a distant land as one often finds in a novel.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 510. Ag. 28, ’09. 200w.

“This story, though rather higgledy-piggledy as a novel, gives a really interesting picture of South African conditions before and since the Boer war.”

+ − =Nation.= 89: 306. S. 30, ’09. 180w.

“The book is obviously a direct description of actuality, and the story is really a firsthand ‘human document’ having positive value as information and some dramatic quality also.”

+ =Outlook.= 93: 8. S. 4, ’09. 70w.

“This novel is interesting as long as it deals with life in South Africa and with the making of the country as a white man’s dominion.”

+ − =Spec.= 103: 386. S. 11, ’09. 160w.

=Hyde, William De Witt.= Self-measurement: a scale of human values,
with directions for personal application. (Art of life ser.) *50c.
Huebsch.

9–9245.

The ten fundamental relations in which man stands form a scale of self-measurement applicable to every life. These fundamental relations are physique, work, property, pleasure, science, art, family, society, country and religion. Dr. Hyde shows on the one hand receptive, productive and creative benefits resulting from fulfilment, and on the other the defective, perversive and destructive effects of violation.

* * * * *

“Presents concisely and concretely the qualities that underlie right living and good citizenship, largely in the form of direct personal questions.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 169. Je. ’09. ✠
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 14. Ja. 9, ’09. 170w.

=Hyrst, H. W. G., pseud. (Sidney Harry Wright).= Adventures among wild
beasts. (Adventure ser.) *$1.50. Lippincott.

9–5101.

“A bulky collection of anecdotes ranging the whole world over, from the grizzly bears of our own west to the kangaroos of Australia, and from the walrus of the northern ice-fields to the lions of Africa.... Nearly all the tales in this book date back to some time during the first half of the last century or a very little later.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

=N. Y. Times.= 13: 800. D. 26, ’08. 160w.

“A book that any boy would be lucky to possess. The ‘adventures’ recorded not only make fascinating reading, but they teach invaluable lessons of courage and resource.”

+ =Spec.= 101: sup. 808. N. 21, ’08. 80w.

=Hyrst, H. W. G., pseud. (Sidney Harry Wright).=^{[12]} Adventures in
the Arctic regions. *$1.50. Lippincott.

“Deals with the less famous names of Arctic travel and exploration, ‘the men who, like the obscure craftsmen that laboured on Westminster abbey, left behind them, not a name, but a monument.’ Among these are Samuel Hearne, in the employ of the Hudson bay company, who for four years prosecuted the search for a northwest passage under the most difficult conditions; Alexander Mackenzie, the first white man to cross the Rocky mountains; Ferdinand Baron von Wrangel, who made his way across Siberia; Benjamin Morrell, one of the earliest of Antarctic explorers; and Captain Robert Macguire, who had some exciting adventures among the Eskimos about the middle of the last century. The volume winds up with the discovery of the Franklin relics by McClintock and Hobson.”—Spec.

* * * * *

=N. Y. Times.= 14: 750. N. 27, ’09. 130w.

“Altogether, this is a most readable volume, and it leaves a pleasant flavour, which all Arctic stories certainly do not.”

+ =Spec.= 103: sup. 719. N. 6, ’09. 150w.

I

=Ibañez, Vincent Blasco.=^{[11]} Shadow of the cathedral: a novel; tr.
from the Spnish by Mrs. W. A. Gillespie. **$1.35. Dutton.

“The present mental and social decadence of Spain is set forth with startling force and vividness in the pages of this book. The hero, an idealist educated for the priesthood, abjures his faith and becomes a revolutionary. After a life of flight, imprisonment, and torture he comes back to the cathedral in the old, proud decadent city of Toledo and spends his last days under the shadow of this institution, which, with its splendor, its pride, its love of tradition, and its narrowness, so aptly typifies the condition of modern Spain.”—R. of Rs.

* * * * *

“A serious book this, with a most serious patriotic purpose. A book notable also, for its descriptions of the cathedrals, its splendid past, its obscure present, for its frank review of Spanish history as the world sees it. A picture and a sermon, but not a clarion call.”

+ =Ind.= 67: 548. S. 2, ’09. 350w.

“Mrs. Gillespie’s work is deserving of praise.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 550. S. 18, ’09. 380w.

“Judging by the pages we have compared, Mrs. Gillespie’s translation is reasonably adequate, though neither inspired nor free from blunders. Considered as a story, it must all be voted tedious. Yet one sees a marked and significant ‘tendenz’ running through the rather poor imitation of a story.”

− + =Nation.= 89: 380. O. 21, ’09. 450w.

“It is not often that the English-speaking world is permitted a glimpse into the soul life of another people which is so vivid and impressive as that given by the Spanish novelist Ibañez.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 40: 635. N. ’09. 140w.

=In= American fields and forests, by H: D. Thoreau and others.
**$1.50. Houghton.

9–13942.

A collection of representative sketches by six eminent writers on nature: Henry D. Thoreau; John Burroughs; John Muir; Bradford Torrey; Dallas Lore Sharp; and Olive Thorne Miller. The subjects included are birds, beasts, frogs, and fishes; ponds, wild apples, the cow; forests and wild flowers; strawberries and trout-fishing; and the territory covered extends from Massachusetts to California, from the coast of Maine to North Carolina. “The book represents both the literary outcome and the literary inspiration of an important movement in American life.”

* * * * *

“Useful for supplementary school work and also attractive for general circulation.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 170. Je. ’09.

“A good representative selection. It would have been difficult to choose more wisely.” M. E. Cook.

+ =Dial.= 46: 362. Je. 1, ’09. 800w. + =N. Y. Times.= 14: 278. My. 1, ’09. 220w.

=Ingram, Eleanor Barie.=^{[10]} Game and the candle. †$1.50. Bobbs.

9–28032.

Although the plot of this novel centers about the court of a nameless mid-European empire it is not of the swash-buckling order. The villain is kept in the background and his works merely serve to bring out more strongly the characters of the three who share heroic honors; the regent who is building a strong state only that he may turn it loyally over to his cousin, the heir, when he comes of age; the young emperor who keeps his heart true to the regent although enemies beset him with false tales of treachery; and a young Californian who serves them both at the risk of his own life. There is a double love story delicately handled, and there is much political intrigue cleverly worked out. The whole is pleasing reading for an idle hour.

* * * * *

“To be interesting is all that can be demanded of a story frankly impossible, and this demand is met by Eleanor M. Ingram’s novel.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 724. N. 20, ’09. 250w.

=Innes, Norman.=^{[10]} Lonely guard. **$1.20. Jacobs.

Austria in 1743 under Maria Theresa is the scene of this tale of pretty sword play, wrongs righted, and love won. A young Scotch officer in the Austrian army is sent to Rohn on the lonely frontier to protect her majesty’s interests. Here he finds two beautiful young countesses in possession. The way he wins them to himself and his cause, the price paid and the risks run, form the plot of the story which involves numerous characters, much villainy, and many brave and gallant deeds.

* * * * *

=N. Y. Times.= 14: 598. O. 9, ’09. 180w.

=International bureau of American republics, Washington, D. C.=^{[8]}
Chile: a handbook. $1. International bureau of American republics.