Chapter XLIV: Book 3: , The self, presents the nature of self as part of consciousness (4)

“Its eighty-seven pages can not be accounted a very weighty contribution to the subject. Nevertheless, the author has made a useful preliminary study which might easily be expanded into a much-needed monograph on leadership in primitive society.” Hutton Webster.

+ − =J. Philos.= 6: 416. Jl. 22, ’09. 240w.

=Mumford, James Gregory.= Surgical memoirs, and other essays. **$2.50.
Moffat.

8–28080.

“A collection of papers and addresses written during the last decade, beginning with a sketch of ‘The history of surgery,’ embracing accounts of Hippocrates, Galen, Vesalius, Pare, Haller, John Hunter, and Lister. A summary follows of ancient achievements in surgery and biographical essays on Cooper, Brodie, Warren, and Bigelow; and the rest of the volume contains addresses to nurses, brief papers on ethics and medical education, and other random papers.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

“Taken as a whole, the book ... is written with too ready a pen, but is nevertheless pleasant reading and will be useful to many to whom a more scholarly work would be unwelcome.”

+ − =Nation.= 87: 556. D. 3, ’08. 400w.

“His book is as interesting to the layman as to the members of his own profession.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 31. Ja. 16, ’09. 760w.

“His pages are distinguished by a broad toleration, eminent fair-mindedness, and when opportunity offers, a sturdy preachment of lofty professional standards.”

+ =Outlook.= 93: 318. O. 9, ’09. 220w.

=Mumm, Arnold Louis.=^{[7]} Five months in the Himalaya: a record of
mountain travel in Garhival and Kashmir. *$6. Longmans.

9–35862.

Contains an account of the author’s ascent to the top of Trisul, an elevation of 23,406 feet. “The party, after exploring the mountains and valleys of Garhwal, passed on into Kashmir and spent some time there. Mr. Mumm’s volume contains admirable reproductions of photographs taken at the time, the illustrations including four panoramas, twenty-four full-page plates, forty-seven collotypes, and two maps.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 81. N. ’09. + =Nation.= 89: 281. S. 23, ’09. 470w. + =N. Y. Times.= 14: 377. Je. 12, ’09. 180w.

“Mr. Mumm has written a circumstantial account of an arduous expedition that will hold a high rank in the annals of mountaineering.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 452. Jl. 24, ’09. 420w.

“The book affords a very full idea of the character of the peaks and valleys, the passes and people in the Himalaya; an idea which is assisted by the many admirable illustrations.”

+ =Sat. R.= 108: sup. 5. Jl. 17, ’09. 350w.

“The book is full of interesting things, besides the mountaineering narratives. One great charm of the volume is to be found in the magnificent photographs of mountain scenery.”

+ =Spec.= 102; sup. 1006. Je. 26, ’09. 200w.

=Mummery, A. F.= My climbs in the Alps and Caucasus; new ed. *$5.
Scribner.

1–18807.

“Mrs. Mummery gives the public a few pages of extracts from the last letters received from her husband when in Kashmir, which will be read with interest. They must confirm the belief that his death was caused by a sudden avalanche rather than any more avoidable accident in a rash attempt. For the rest the text of the book is identical with that of the previous edition.”—Ath.

* * * * *

“No more direct and vigorous narrative of the incidents of mountain travel or hard climbing, of a bivouac with Caucasian shepherds, or a day on the Chamonix Aiguilles, can be found on our bookshelves.”

+ =Ath.= 1909, 1: 225. F. 20. 600w. + =N. Y. Times.= 14: 119. F. 27, ’09. 340w.

“An interesting volume.”

+ =Sat. R.= 107: 49. Ja. 9, ’09. 300w.

=Munby, Alan Edward.=^{[8]} Introduction to the chemistry and physics
of building materials. *$2. Van Nostrand.

9–27410.

“An elementary description of the chemical, physical and geological phenomena that must be understood before a good knowledge of the properties of building materials can be gained. The text is extremely elementary, as a rule, but will nevertheless prove desirable reading for undergraduates in technical schools and others who wish to secure some general information on the subject without a prolonged study of the sciences named. While the book was prepared primarily for the British reader, recent advances in the technology of cements made in the United States are mentioned in it.”—Engin. Rec.

* * * * *

“As preliminary reading it has a field.”

+ =Engin. N.= 62: sup. 3. Jl. 15, ’09. 300w.

“It will be found to supply in convenient form information rather difficult to obtain readily from any other source.”

+ =Engin. Rec.= 60: 139. Jl. 31, ’09. 130w.

“The book will not be so useful to the uneducated or self-educated builder and mechanic as to the one who has had a smattering of school science but is not able to apply it to his work. The use of British names for stone and other building materials impairs the value of the book for the American public.”

+ − =Nation.= 89: 286. S. 23, ’09. 270w.

“In spite of a few minor points like these, the book as a whole is well written, and admirably adapted to the class for whom it is intended. It deserves to take a permanent place among the textbooks upon the subject, and in future editions the points referred to will no doubt receive attention.” H. B.

+ − =Nature.= 81: 62. Jl. 15, ’09. 420w.

“The volume is inclusive and explicit in its treatment of the subject, and it furnishes all who are engaged in engineering and technical trades with an excellent work of reference.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 555. S. 18, ’09. 270w.

=Munford, Beverley Bland.=^{[12]} Virginia’s attitude toward slavery
and secession. **$2. Longmans.

9–28220.

“Both before and since the civil war it has been almost universally held in the North that Virginia was strongly pro-slavery in sentiment as well as hostile to the Union. Mr. Beverley B. Munford now presents the view that the state was strongly anti-slavery in sentiment, and at the same time friendly to the Union, and that the influences which finally impelled Virginia to secede must be traced to other causes. Mr. Munford marshals an imposing array of historical documents and brings to the support of his position facts which it would be found extremely difficult if not impossible to gainsay.”—R. of Rs.

* * * * *

“A candid and temperate examination of all the events and currents of sentiment and opinion leading up to the war.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 746. N. 27, ’09. 900w.
=R. of Rs.= 40: 764. D. ’09. 100w.

=Munro, William Bennett.= Government of European cities. *$2.50.
Macmillan.

9–7553.

An introduction to the study of European city governments which explains the structure and functions of city government in three European countries—France, Germany (the Prussian system is outlined as representative of the German type) and England—and contrasts these with the functions of city government in the United States.

* * * * *

“It is a book which will prove a great benefit to the serious-minded reader interested in municipal government; but it will probably be used mostly as a reference or textbook in colleges and universities. The style is sometimes too involved for rapid reading—many sentences needing to be broken up and recast.” Howard Woodhead.

+ − =Am. J. Soc.= 15: 122. Jl. ’09. 1400w.

“One of the best studies on municipal government, more scientific than Shaw’s.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 143. My. ’09.

“Dr. Munro’s book is the most important recent addition to the literature of comparative municipal government. It should be read by everyone interested in local government and its improvement.”

+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 34: 609. N. ’09. 400w.

“We are disappointed with this volume. Dr. Munro does not seem to have kept clearly before him the difference of law and practice between Prussia and many of the states of the German empire, or between England and the rest of the United Kingdom. The other defect noticeable in the book, which has, however, features of interest, is the general avoidance of the subject of local taxation, upon which (after all) municipal government rests.”

− + =Ath.= 1909, 1: 558. My. 8. 1100w.

“While not cast in so popular form as Shaw’s earlier volumes on the same subject (with which one very naturally compares it) nevertheless it is better fitted for educational classes and for use as a work of reference.” C. R. Woodruff.

+ − =Econ. Bull.= 2: 265. S. ’09. 920w.

“Obviously, a book of this character is more suitable for reference than for general reading; but this is more on account of the mass of details which the author found it necessary to present, notwithstanding his admirable condensation, than through any fault of style or method of presentation.”

+ =Engin. N.= 61: sup. 60. My. 13, ’09. 880w.

“Dr. Munro’s work, scholarly, full and clear, should satisfy curiosity as to British, French and Prussian municipal methods.”

+ =Ind.= 66: 1345. Je. 17, ’09. 380w.

“A valuable addition to this literature.”

+ =Nation.= 89: 160. Ag. 19, ’09. 350w.

“The methods of these two excellent books [Goodnow’s Municipal government and Munro’s] upon municipal government are so different and so mutually complementary that whoever desires either will desire both.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 642. O. 23, ’09. 520w.

“The work which he has done is on the whole the most comprehensive, accurate, painstaking and thorough work which has been done in the English language on the subjects which are treated.” F. J. Goodnow.

+ =Pol. Sci. Q.= 24: 315. Je. ’09. 650w.

“Such a body of knowledge is of the greatest value to all students of comparative administration.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 40: 254. Ag. ’09. 100w.

“Mr. Munro’s examination of the duties and function of this checking and revising body [the Prussian ‘Magistrate’] is quite the best part of his book, and well worth close attention. English readers will naturally find a criticism of our own methods of local government more interesting than that of strangers. The present criticism is a little disappointing—too much ground is covered; too little space given to essential details.”

− + =Sat. R.= 108: sup. 4. S. 25, ’09. 1200w.

“His observations and criticisms are useful, though we are not prepared to allow that the American system, at least in its results, is better than ours.”

+ − =Spec.= 103: 284. Ag. 21, ’09. 130w.

=Münsterberg, Hugo.=^{[6]} Eternal values. **$2.50. Houghton.

9–14408.

A translation by the author of his German edition in which he has left out side issues that connected the work with particular German movements and has made additions that refer to recent American discussions. The purpose of the volume is to answer the relativist in his theory that everything is relative, that everything is good only for a certain purpose, for a certain time, for a certain social group, for a certain individual; to show that relativism and skepticism are wrong, that idealism is justified by true science and true philosophy, and that “one may stand with both feet on the rock of facts and may yet hold to the absolute values as eternally belonging to the structure of the world.”

* * * * *

“So speaks the book, a book sure to attract attention. So runs Professor Münsterberg’s interesting logism, always ingenious when not also brilliant, and in the freedom of it he has successfully transformed the world of values, making that world meet the demands of his selected principle of identity, so long known as the principle of the formal logic and so useful as the fundamental working hypothesis of all positive science.” A. H. Lloyd.

+ − =Am. J. Theol.= 13: 634. O. ’09. 1350w.

“The work is likely to be called for on account of the author’s reputation but only those schooled in metaphysical and philosophic thought will find it intelligible.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 81. N. ’09.

“Only those schooled in philosophic and metaphysical reasoning will find the book intelligible, and they will declare its method unphilosophical. The book is really a statement of the author’s personal convictions regarding the construction of the moral universe.”

− =Bib. World.= 34: 143. Ag. ’09. 70w.

“Will interest the same set of readers who in this country are accustomed to follow the author’s more philosophical contributions.”

+ =Dial.= 47: 338. N. 1, ’09. 270w.

“Of all the services which Professor Münsterberg has rendered the thinking public in this country this volume is the most worthy and enduring.” A. U. Pope.

+ =Ind.= 67: 879. O. 14, ’09. 1100w.

“The book is very hard reading. Altogether, the ‘Eternal values’ cannot but add to Prof. Münsterberg’s reputation as a profound if not very original thinker.” Joseph Jacobs.

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 798. D. 18, ’09. 780w.
=Outlook.= 93: 878. D. 18, ’09. 50w.
=R. of Rs.= 40: 255. Ag. ’09. 100w.

=Münsterberg, Hugo.=^{[12]} Psychology and the teacher. **$1.50.
Appleton.

9–28281.

“Professor Münsterberg says that one does not study a time-table to decide whether to travel north or south, but, after deciding where to travel, studies the table to discover how to go; so one cannot learn from psychology what the aims of teaching are; but, after deciding on the aims, one can learn from psychology the means. So he divides his book into three parts; the first, which he calls the Ethical part, is on the ‘Aims of the teacher’; the second, which he calls the Psychological part, is on the ‘Mind of the pupil’; and the third, which he calls the Educational part, is on the ‘Work of the school.’ In other words, he presents what he regards as the philosophy that underlies teaching, then the mental facts with which the teacher has to deal, and finally certain conclusions regarding practical questions.”—Outlook.

* * * * *

“It is largely advice, partly sermonizing, together with some sound exposition of wholesome texts; and the whole, if well shaken and frequently taken, should prove an efficient corrective for much weak sentiment and weaker thinking that passes for wisdom at educational meetings.”

+ =Dial.= 47: 338. N. 1, ’09. 470w.

“A volume of importance.”

+ =Outlook.= 93: 878. D. 18, ’09. 160w.

=Münsterberg, Hugo.=^{[5]} Psychotherapy. **$2. Moffat.

9–12057.

“Takes up the phenomena blindly used and as blindly misused in the various systems of ‘mental healing’ and ‘faith cure,’ frees them from mysticism, fanaticism, and fraud, and presents them as they are, with their possibilities and limitations definitely formulated and in some measure explained.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

“While not technical, neither is it popular, and it will not be directly helpful to the average reader. A book for the special student and for ministers and physicians engaged in the work.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 175. Je. ’09.

Reviewed by J. D. Stoops.

=Ann. Am. Acad.= 34: 623. N. ’09. 380w.

“No more concrete and valuable application of the larger problem appears on the vista of our present interests than that which affects the attitude toward the maintenance of human health, which means sanity; and Professor Münsterberg’s book finds its significance as a worthy and wholesome influence to this end.” Joseph Jastrow.

+ =Dial.= 46: 292. My. 1, ’09. 1600w.

“The book will, without doubt, be widely read, and will increase in marked degree the interest of the public in psychotherapy.”

+ − =Nation.= 89: 189. Ag. 26, ’09. 2200w.

“In some senses the most important of the many volumes that have come from his industrious pen.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 271. My. 1, ’09. 1050w. + =Outlook.= 93: 644. N. 20, ’09. 210w.

“It is a pity that the book is intended to serve for propaganda to so many classes. A book frankly addressed to physicians, and another frankly addressed to the layman would have been safer and more acceptable.” Adolf Meyer.

− =Science=, n.s. 30: 150. Jl. 30, ’09. 2200w.

=Murphy, Agnes C.=^{[12]} Melba. **$2.75. Doubleday.

A story of Melba’s life in which the reader is permitted to run up the great diva’s ladder to fame, and to learn the trials and hardships endured at every round. The biography is “brought down to the spring of 1908, all her tours and her appearances being related in detail, and with a number of personal anecdotes that illustrate her energy, her ambition as an artist, her kindheartedness and straightforwardness, and especially her interest and the unselfishness in aiding young artists to success.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“It is far from being a critical biography. It is a fervent and devoted eulogy.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 702. N. 13, ’09. 750w.

“Independently of its subject, however, the book throws a good deal of light on the psychology of musical hero-worship. Personally we have a distaste for these ‘lauds of the living,’ but in this case they are animated by a perfect sincerity and redeemed by a most engagingly unconscious humour.” C. L. G.

+ =Spec.= 103: 686. O. 30, ’09. 1550w.

=Murphy, Edgar Gardner.=^{[8]} Basis of ascendancy: a discussion of
certain principles of public policy involved in the development of
the Southern states. *$1.50. Longmans.

9–17972.

“In this volume Mr. Murphy endeavors to formulate the great race question, as the South must see it for her present comfort and future security. Back of all the issues of the moment, he declares, ‘as they may express themselves in this or that phase of definite legislation or of accepted custom, there lies the question of fundamental attitude. Where two social or racial groups,—a stronger and a weaker,—find themselves in inevitable contact upon the same soil, what elementary principles shall ultimately determine the policies of the state?’”—R. of Rs.

* * * * *

“His earlier volume, which was published five years ago, together with the present book, may interest those people who care for philosophic speculation on such matters and do not insist on practical proposals.”

+ − =Ath.= 1909, 2: 236. Ag. 28. 130w.

“It seems to be not so much left over material, as surplus philosophizing, which Mr. Murphy here utilizes. For the work is almost pure abstraction. With all of his philosophy, if we understand it, it would be impossible for us to agree; but we can at least recognize a brave and generous spirit in this Southerner writing primarily for Southerners.”

− =Nation.= 89: 57. Jl. 15, ’09. 630w.
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 377. Je. 12, ’09. 210w.

“It is a good book for both sides in the controversy to read.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 566. S. 25, ’09. 1400w.

“A tone of courteous, firm conviction expressed in scholarly, elegant style is characteristic of all his writings. Calmness and logic characterize in a high degree his latest book.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 40: 256. Ag. ’09. 160w.

“Its tone is sympathetic and kindly, but it is difficult reading, and its 248 pages are full of intricate phrasing and over-elaboration.” M. W. Ovington.

+ − =Survey.= 23: 169. N. 6, ’09. 950w.

=Murray, John Clark.= Hand-book of Christian ethics. *$2.25. Scribner.

9–5890.

“Tends toward an important simplification, perhaps an entire reconstruction, of Christian dogmatics. No theory can stand except by vindication in practical tests. Professor Murray carries into his discussion from its outset an ethical conception of religion. Viewing religion as attachment to God with the will, his definition of the ethical ideal of Christianity as revealed in Jesus is ‘the realization of God’s will with regard to man.’ This is then exhibited in its pre-Christian evolution, in its New Testament presentations, in its development in individual life and character, in the church, the family, the state, and, finally, in general and special methods of moral culture.”—Outlook.

* * * * *

“While the work fails to do justice to many problems growing out of a genetic study of morality, it is an unusually excellent discussion of the subject from the point of view with which most clergymen are familiar, and is especially valuable because it expounds morals in terms of defensible psychology.” G. B. Smith.

+ − =Am. J. Theol.= 13: 471. Jl. ’09. 500w.

“An excellent summary.”

+ =Bib. World.= 33: 143. F. ’09. 30w.

“Comprehensiveness, insight, discrimination, and lucidity characterize the discussion throughout. Here and there one is disposed to question.”

+ − =Outlook.= 91: 247. Ja. 30, ’09. 340w.

“The book is a sensible presentation of the subject. It is well written and well arranged, and will be of great service to the student and general reader desiring an introduction to the study of Christian ethics.” Frank Thilly.

+ =Philos. R.= 18: 549. S. ’09. 1400w.

=Musselman, Rev. Hugh Thomas, and Tralle, Rev. H. E.= The
Sunday-school teacher’s school. *40c. Am. Bapt.

The first part of this handbook written by Mr. Musselman discusses the work and organization of the Sunday school; the second part by Mr. Tralle deals with its conduct and equipment.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 176. Je. ’09.

=Musset, Paul Edme de.= Mr. Wind and Madame Rain; tr. with permission
of the author by Emily Makepeace. (Harper’s young people ser.) †60c.
Harper.

9–35180.

A nursery tale composed of material gathered from the unconnected folk-lore recitals of Breton peasants.

* * * * *

“A cheap reprint that will serve for ordinary use and has the advantage of being lighter in weight. The story is based on legends of Brittany, is full of action and narrated with great charm and simplicity.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 64. F. ’09. ✠

“An enchanting tale.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 631. O. 24, ’08. 30w.

N

=Nagel, Oskar.= Mechanical appliances of the chemical and
metallurgical industries: a complete description of the machines and
apparatus used in chemical and metallurgical process for chemists,
metallurgists, engineers, manufacturers, superintendents and
students. *$2. Oskar Nagel, P. O. box 385, N. Y.

9–567.

“In this work the author discusses in great detail all the important types of machines and appliances which are of direct interest to industrial chemists and metallurgists, giving descriptions of those used in this country which he considers to be of the highest standard.”—Engin. D.

* * * * *

“No other work in English deals with the subject matter here considered, and it is therefore a welcome addition to our technical literature.”

+ =Engin. D.= 5: 174. F. ’09. 220w.

“Its value is mainly descriptive. The book as a whole is well arranged and well written, and the explanations are reasonably clear and concise. It will be of value to anyone wishing to get an idea of the arrangement and operation of any of the numerous appliances described.”

+ =Engin. N.= 61: sup. 33. Mr. 18, ’09. 460w.

“The book is weak in two points: First, while some chapters, and especially the description of American-made machinery, are smooth and easy reading, the English in other chapters is bad. In many cases it is difficult to get at all at the sense of the text. Second, the book is essentially descriptive, written from the standpoint of the mechanical engineer who builds machines for chemical industries. The fundamental physico-chemical principles on which a thorough understanding of the operation of these machines must ultimately depend are lost sight of.”

+ − =Engin. Rec.= 59: 195. F. 13, ’09. 250w.

=Nascher, Ignatz Leo.=^{[7]} Wretches of Povertyville: a sociological
study of the Bowery. $1.25. Jos. J. Lanzit, 227 So. Green st.,
Chicago.

9–14830.

A description of the Bowery—the backbone of Povertyville—with special emphasis upon the vicious phases of life found there. The author calls it “a hell such as Dante could never conceive of, a hell without a river Lethe to bestow hell’s only blessing, forgetfulness.” The barrooms, dens, dance halls, opium joints, etc. are reviewed and their habitués presented in all their sin-sodden repulsiveness.

* * * * *

“The author has no apparent object or literary skill and the book is filled with repetition.”

− =Ind.= 67: 147. Jl. 15, ’09. 40w.

“His information is useful only to the police and social workers, all of whom already possess it ten times over. For everybody else it is either revolting or viciously attractive. The ‘Practical measures’ suggested in the closing chapter are loosely thought out. They suggest a smattering knowledge of criminology blended with a great deal of shrewd but one-sided observation.”

− =Nation.= 88: 628. Je. 24, ’09. 130w.

“The author is an excellent guide—he tells everything, all that he knows and anybody knows, and even more mayhap, both of the past and present; and pleasantly, with a rhythm in his talk, does he tell his story. But, be you no slummer,—as slummers go—you will find here meat for thought, deep and profound.”

+ =Survey.= 22: 723. Ag. 28, ’09. 570w.

=Nathan, Sir Nathaniel.=^{[12]} Economic heresies: being an unorthodox
attempt to appreciate the economic problems presented by “things as
they are.” *$3. Houghton.

9–14519.

The author’s heresy consists, he states in thinking that “the formulae deduced by orthodox economists are inadequate,” and that “efforts of society to bring about a better state of things must not be hampered by an unquestioning acquiescence in a body of doctrine deduced from imperfect observation of some of the facts attending a bygone and rudimentary stage in the economic history of the world.” “The author is against the orthodox economists—a term which is now of very vague import—and he is against the socialists in their ‘new creed of collectivism.’ He is, however, in favour of that particular form of socialism which thinks it can regulate trade, not by free exchange, but by that variety of considerations which go to prompt a scientific tariff.” (Spec.)

* * * * *

“His restatement of the controversies between free trade and protection, socialism and individualism are especially illuminating and impartial.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 122. D. ’09.

“Sir Nathaniel’s acquaintance with American economics, so far as one can judge from this book, seems largely confined to Henry George, Upton Sinclair, and W. J. Bryan. The best part of this vigorous treatise is the analysis of socialism.”

+ − =Nation.= 89: 437. N. 4, ’09. 1300w.

“We cannot ourselves reconcile what appear to us to be irreconcilable opinions, but we recommend the work as typical of the frame of mind which rejects the aid of general principles, and considers every project on what are called ‘the merits of the case,’ a euphemism for much of the unscientific thinking by which the world is now troubled.”

− =Spec.= 103: sup. 715. N. 6, ’09. 220w.

=National association for the study and prevention of tuberculosis.=
Campaign against tuberculosis in the United States; including a
directory of institutions dealing with tuberculosis in the United
States and Canada; comp, by Philip P. Jacobs. $1. Charities pub.
com.

8–27800.

“A comprehensive and useful directory of the sanatoria, hospitals, dispensaries, and associations which exist wholly or in part to combat this plague. Canada, Porto Rico, the Philippines, and Hawaii are included; there is no mention of Mexico, but Cuba stands perhaps prophetically between Connecticut and Delaware. In part the book, whose compilation is attributed to Philip P. Jacobs, is a revision of the directory which Miss Brandt prepared four or five years ago. About seventy pages are devoted to brief statements of the legislation of states and municipalities concerning notification, expectoration, and other matters.”—Nation.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 263. N. ’08. ✠

“The estimate of the extent to which these laws are enforced is not very satisfactory, and seems to be largely guess-work, as, indeed, it must be. The copious index would be even better if it contained the names of all the places.”

+ − =Nation.= 88: 147. F. 11, ’09. 200w.

=Nearing, Scott, and Watson, Frank D.= Economics. *$1.90. Macmillan.

8–27507.

“Of the 500 pages only 40 are devoted to the theory of distribution. There is no analysis of value and price; no mention of diminishing returns (except in one passage enumerating exploded dogmas); no treatment of money and credit, international trade, or foreign exchange. In place of these topics—which are indeed somewhat hackneyed, like matter and mind in metaphysics—the student is offered a rich and varied mass of economic material, derived from publications of the administrative bureaus at Washington, from President Roosevelt’s messages, from current periodical literature, and from works on ‘practical economics.’ The only economic theorist whose works receive serious consideration is Professor Patten. The evident purpose of the authors is to acquaint the student with as many facts as possible, without troubling him too much with underlying principles.”—J. Pol. Econ.

* * * * *

=Ann. Am. Acad.= 33: 199. Ja. ’09. 200w.
=Dial.= 45: 301. N. 1, ’08. 40w.

“The general conception of a work on economics is an excellent one, and there are, scattered throughout the work, a great many excellent and original contributions which give promise of good work in the future; but it must in honesty be said that there are multitudinous evidences of the ‘prentice hand’ in the actual execution of the plan.” T. N. Carver.

− + =Econ. Bull.= 2: 24. Ap. ’09. 470w.
=Educ. R.= 37: 209. F. ’09. 30w.
=Ind.= 67: 304. Ag. 5, ’09. 140w.

“This book should be welcomed by those teachers of economics who are in revolt against the ‘refinements’ of modern theory. It must be admitted that there is a need for textbooks of this character. The book would interest [students] in spite of an unfortunate literary style, characterized at times by a frisky frivolity, at times by an utterly hopeless pedantry.” A. S. Johnson.

+ − =J. Pol. Econ.= 16: 706. D. ’08. 950w.

“To those who think that economics can be taught only by giving chapters of facts about pretty much everything in general the book is commended.”

+ =Pol. Sci. Q.= 24: 559. S. ’09. 100w.

“The lively and journalistic treatment of these vital present-day problems ought to impress the student with the importance and vitality of the whole subject of economics and should add much to the interest of classroom work.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 38: 640. N. ’08. 300w.

=Neeser, Robert Wilden.=^{[7]} Statistical and chronological history
of the United States navy, 1775–1907. 2v. *$12. Macmillan.

9–6970.

These two volumes cover about one-third of Mr. Neeser’s work which when completed will appear as follows: (1) Administration of navy department, and events and dates of reference in United States naval history; (2) Engagements, expeditions, and captures of vessels of war; (3) Captures of merchantmen; (4) A complete record of every vessel’s service and fate; (5) American privateers, 1772–1862; the state navies, 1775–1783; and the confederate navy, 1861–1865. “Volume 1 is preliminary to the remaining volumes, and consists of a remarkably exhaustive bibliography of the history of the American navy.... In volume 2, which contains Parts 1, 2, and 3, of the work, is disclosed the author’s unique method of treating naval history.” (Dial.)

* * * * *

“Mr. Neeser has accurately described his book in the preface as ‘a comprehensive reference work of our naval history.’ It is also an immense guidebook to the field of history of which it treats. The execution of so extensive and erudite a work requires the rare qualities possessed by Mr. Neeser, patient and painstaking scholarship and unlimited industry and enthusiasm.” C: O. Paulin.

+ =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 831. Jl. ’09. 700w.

“A comprehensive reference book of unusual merit, particularly fitted to meet the needs of public libraries and students of naval history.”

+ =Dial.= 46: 329. My. 16, ’09. 300w.

“As a work of reference the two books now before us are indispensable to every library and newspaper office and for any student who has hereafter to deal with naval questions. In giving accurate and complete information as to the history of the navy, together with a full analysis of the sources consulted, Mr. Neeser has undoubtedly been successful in filling a great need.”

+ =Nation.= 89: 12. Jl. 1, ’09. 330w. + =Spec.= 103: 206. Ag. 7, ’09. 400w.

=Neihardt, John Gneisenau.=^{[10]} Man-song [poems]. *$1. Kennerley.

9–25225.

Here is poetry, virile, full of red blood, man’s blood, quivering with his passion, singing in his triumph quite untrammeled by convention of thought or usage. The sweep of it carries the reader with it, the elemental male is singing of life and achievement, giving glowing tribute to love and to generation. There are twenty-five poems on such subjects as: Woman-wine, love cry, nuptial song, April theology, lonesome in town and the song of the turbine wheel. Then follow two dramatic poem dialogs called The fugitive glory and The passing of the lion.

* * * * *

“In spite of blemishes to be found in ‘Man-song,’ there is an unmistakable sincerity in its pages. More than that, there is the lyric intensity of a naïve and passionate human voice.” Bliss Carman.

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 724. N. 20, ’09. 1250w.

=Nevill, Ralph Henry.= French prints of the eighteenth century. *$5.
Macmillan.

9–3354.

“In addition to a reliable account of the best surviving line engravings produced in the three decades before the fall of Louis XVI, the author calls up many a vivid picture of the society that, with all its faults, was the most cultivated and brilliant in Europe in the eighteenth century.” (Int. Studio.) “There are two main parts of the book: An account of the lives and work of the great line-engravers and makers of color-prints, with some general suggestions for amateur collectors; and a catalogue of the most important French engravings of the eighteenth century, grouped under an alphabetical arrangement of artists’ names, and accompanied by brief descriptions, and notes on the various states.” (Dial.) Illustrations and index.

* * * * *

“Half of Mr. Nevill’s work is taken up with ‘Detailed descriptions of the most important French engravings executed in the eighteenth century together with notes on their various states;’ and it is this part of it which will be most often consulted. Unfortunately, it is not so good as it might be.”

+ − =Ath.= 1909, 2: 18. Jl. 3. 880w.

“An excellent guide to a little-known division of an art of which almost nothing has been written in English.”

+ =Dial.= 46: 233. Ap. 1, ’09. 220w.

“Combining with a thorough grip of his subject a mastery of literary style rare amongst art critics, Mr. Nevill has done far more in his new volume than its title implies.”

+ =Int. Studio.= 36: 336. F. ’09. 330w.

“A good elementary handbook of the subject and something better; for it is agreeably written and contains much of anecdotal interest.”

+ =Nation.= 88: 313. Mr. 25, ’09. 440w.

=Nevill, Ralph Henry, and Jerningham, Charles E. W.=^{[5]} Piccadilly
to Pall Mall: manners, morals, and man. *$3.50. Dutton.

9–1983.

A survey of the manners and morals of fashionable London during the latter half of the Victorian era. “In a sense it is an essay on city life and its modern developments. The changes in London are the changes that are going on in all cities which are in touch with modern growth. Social life, political life, the life of the theatre, the court, the club, the tavern, the modern flat, and the old mansion are all comprehended. There is a chapter on morals not in a moralizing vein. One who knows London will find delight in ‘From Piccadilly to Pall Mall.’ A stranger to the great city will find in the book much valuable information.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“As a whole, the contents of the book are varied and entertaining, though not of uniform refinement.”

+ − =Dial.= 46: 331. My. 16, ’09. 150w. + − =Nation.= 89: 74. Jl. 22, ’09. 320w.

“The book is remarkably well written and the authors are sure of their facts, as well as sympathetic and entertaining.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 126. Mr. 6, ’09. 450w.

“Though in the nature of things [the anecdotes and stories] are not new, they are well put and brightly told, and serve to make the volume quite a readable one.”

+ =Sat. R.= 107: 435. Ap. 3, ’09. 1000w.

=New= golfer’s almanac^{[10]}, carefully compiled and computed on an
ingenious astronomical basis for the year 1910 made up by W. L.
Stoddard, with sundry pictures by A. W. Bartlett, **90c. Houghton.

9–26303.

Aims to do for the golfer what the Old farmer’s almanac does for the agriculturist. It contains a calendar and reliable weather predictions for every month, besides an entertaining miscellany of golfing literature and information.

* * * * *

“Among the humorous booklets of the season, [it is] one of the wittiest.”

+ =Dial.= 47: 520. D. 16, ’09. 80w.
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 799. D. 18, ’09. 110w.

=Newbolt, Henry John.=^{[5]} New June. **$1.35. Dutton.

A story of Richard II’s court whose characters are modern in speech and dress. “He puts into the mouths of his characters the language of to-day, and is at no pains to introduce the ordinary paraphernalia and Wardour street trappings of the writer of historical romance. He tells of joustings, of battles, of journeyings by land and by water, of warfare and intrigue, and he pictures these things as if they were happening in our midst.” (Sat. R.)

* * * * *

“Mr. Newbolt makes a spirited plea for his method, which, however, hardly convinces us. Apart from this, Mr. Newbolt’s slice from history is astonishingly virile and imaginative.”

+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 403. Ap. 3. 260w.

“A story that is not only historically true but that rings true to the reader. Such is the witchery of his pen that the illusion is preserved throughout, and the effect upon the reader is not so much that he has been looking upon a skilfully designed pageant as that he has been actually taking part in heroic happenings.”

+ =Sat. R.= 107: 436. Ap. 3, ’09. 400w.

“Speaking for ourselves, we are not greatly concerned to impugn the truth of Mr. Newbolt’s psychology in view of the charm and eloquence of his presentation. He has set before us many of the most dramatic incidents of a highly romantic reign in an engaging guise without doing violence to its main historical outlines.”

+ =Spec.= 102: 586. Ap. 10, ’09. 950w.

=Newman, Ernest.=^{[12]} Hugo Wolf. (New lib. of music.) *$2.50. Lane.

8–16557.

“Mr. Ernest Newman’s elaborate monograph on Hugo Wolf is divided into two parts,—the first dealing with his life, and the second with his works. The former makes of necessity very painful reading. Hugo Wolf, who was the son of an unsuccessful Styrian leather-merchant, was denied the qualities which make either for success or content. His school life was unhappy, he was dismissed from the Vienna Conservatoire for insubordination, and his temperament rendered it absolutely impossible for him to make a livelihood by teaching, hack-work, or musical criticism.... Mr. Newman’s elaborate analysis of the songs, operas, and other compositions of Hugo Wolf is based on an intimate acquaintance with the scores which is only possible in a thoroughly accomplished musician.”—Spec.

* * * * *

+ =London Times.= 6: 354. N. 22, ’07. 1700w.

“Mr. Newman is one of the most ardent of Wolf’s admirers and his book is by far the most comprehensive biography of the man and study of his art that has appeared in English. It is also the ablest and best, although it must be recognized that Mr. Newman’s position is to a considerable degree that of a special pleader.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 723. N. 20, ’09. 870w.

“From his estimate of Wolf as the foremost song-writer of all time it is possible to dissent energetically: but there is no gainsaying the ability and enthusiasm with which he supports his claim. He is an uncompromising but a convinced partisan.”

+ − =Spec.= 100: 339. F. 29, ’08. 650w.

=Newsholme, Arthur.= Prevention of tuberculosis. *$3. Dutton.

8–33920.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

* * * * *

“It is untechnical, scholarly and in a measure popular, though not adapted to the uneducated reader.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 19. Ja. ’09.

“A bibliography of perhaps one hundred and fifty titles, in which we note Ruchle for Ruehle, makes no pretence to completeness, but will be found useful.”

+ − =Nation.= 88: 120. F. 4, ’09. 400w.

“The book is free from technicalities, and may be commended to the notice of all those interested in the national question of the prevention of tuberculosis, and in the public health.” R. T. H.

+ =Nature.= 79: 422. F. 11, ’09. 700w.

“Dr. Newsholme has done a great service to the nation. His book should be read, and read carefully, by every man in a position of responsibility, however great or however limited that responsibility may be.”

+ =Spec.= 102: 23. Ja. 2, ’09. 560w.

=Newte, Horace W. C.=^{[12]} Sparrows: the story of an unprotected
girl. $1.50. Kennerley.

Mavis Keeves’ London experiences as a bread winner provide the author with material for “an exact and unrelieved picture of the temptations and trials of friendless youth.” (Ath.)

* * * * *

“Photographic preciseness in delineation—which makes the assertion that several of the characters have their prototypes in real life almost unnecessary—renders the story undesirable for general home reading.”

− =Ath.= 1909, 1: 341. Mr. 20. 170w.

“The author shows a thorough knowledge of the life of which he writes.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 652. O. 23, ’09. 40w.

“The first half of the book is skillful and interesting, filled with vivid descriptions and promising a realistic novel not unlike George Moore’s work. But Mr. Newte has seen fit to introduce sentimentality and to cater to the conventional prejudice which looks for a ‘happy ending,’ and, in consequence, his novel fails to achieve the significance which it might well have had. His canvas is crowded with characters, all sketched in with decisive strokes. In spite of its defects the book has many elements of interest and merit.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 768. D. 4, ’09. 360w.

=Newton, Joseph Fort.= David Swing, poet-preacher. *$2. Torch press.

8–37339.

A sketch of the “eloquent and lovable and thoroughly human teacher of the multitudes that used on Sundays to throng Central music hall in Chicago.... The comparatively humble origin of the man, his simple, almost Spartanlike upbringing, his determination to get an education in spite of insufficient means, his inward call to the ministry, a call obeyed with much diffidence and self-doubting, his growth in greatness of soul, and his final bursting of the bonds of creed and the trammels of dogma,—all this, and more, is well recounted by Mr. Newton.”—Dial.

* * * * *

“Mr. Newton has well filled a gap in our biographical literature.”

+ =Dial.= 46: 192. Mr. 16, ’09. 300w.

“Mr. Newton’s work will perhaps find less favor with the average reader than it would have found if the views of the great Chicago preacher had been more concisely stated and illustrated in the words of the preacher, and the facts of his life, his work, his associations, etc., more fully unfolded.”

+ − =Ind.= 67: 253. Jl. 29, ’09. 450w.

“The portrait has been drawn with care, with intelligent analysis of its subject’s mental and spiritual qualities, but affection and personal enthusiasm have often pushed the pencil.”

+ − =Nation.= 88: 303. Mr. 25, ’09. 230w.

“It is a pity it could not have been written and published earlier, for it is excellently done—an affectionate but just and discriminating appreciation, a friendly but distinctly honest analysis and criticism.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 193. Ap. 3, ’09. 800w.

=Nibelungenlied=;^{[11]} tr. from the Middle High German by Daniel B.
Shumway. *$2. Houghton.

9–27926.

A literal translation of the Nibelungenlied that aims at accuracy and avoids the error, often made by prose translations, of being too continuous and in condensing too much. An introduction prefaces the translation in which Professor Shumway compares the poem with the Iliad, its rediscovery and restoration to the world of literature, the Scandinavian sources of the story, the story itself, opposition to the mythological interpretation, historical elements introduced during the fifth century, variation from the Norse version, the strophic form, the language and the character of the poem and its place in German literature.

=Nichols, Starr Hoyt.= Breath of the world. **$1.50. Putnam.

8–34151.

More than three hundred and fifty sonnets are included in this volume touching upon patriotism, evolution, philosophy, the supernatural, love, men and affairs, animals, birds, flowers, and the author’s convictions and feelings concerning life and nature.

=Nicholson, Meredith.=^{[11]} Lords of high decision. †$1.50.
Doubleday.

9–28248.

The Pittsburg of to-day, with its smoke which even besmirches some of its characters, forms the background for this story of Wayne Craighill, to whom wealth and position have brought nothing but a notorious reputation for dissipation and drunkenness. A girl who is a nobody from the anthracite country scorns him so hotly that his flirtatious advances change to admiration; and for her he remakes himself, learns to work with his hands, and to lead a clean life until he feels that he can look the world in the face. Then he claims her love. There are many other characters and many dramatic scenes and complications which round out the plot.

* * * * *

“Who are ‘the lords of high decision?’ Let the questioner go to the novel for his answer, and so gain the blissful experience of losing himself in a book—a book from which he will rise with the sense of having gathered something that will abide.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 729. N. 20, ’09. 450w.

=Nicolay, Helen.=^{[12]} Boys’ life of Ulysses S. Grant. †$1.50.
Century.

9–26306.

Authentic historical facts of Grant’s life are here served up to young readers with all the sauce of a gifted story-teller’s art. A book for every young school boy’s library.

* * * * *

“Miss Nicolay adequately supplements history.” M. J. Moses.

+ =Ind.= 67: 1363. D. 16, ’09. 40w.
=Lit. D.= 39: 636. O. 16, ’09. 80w.
=Nation.= 89: 539. D. 2, ’09. 40w.
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 785. D. 11, ’09. 130w.

=Nicoll, William Robertson.= “Ian Maclaren;” the life of the Rev. John
Watson, D. D. **$2. Dodd.

8–33799.

A sketch of John Watson, the man, preacher, writer and lecturer, emphasizing his breadth of sympathy, kindliness, humaneness and broad liberality respecting theological questions.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 107. Ap. ’09.

“On the whole, Dr. Robertson Nicoll has done his work well.”

+ =Ath.= 1909, 1: 220. F. 20. 750w.

“It is all highly interesting and worth reading; but does not, for some reason, have that indescribable quality of the ‘inevitable,’ the best possible, the complete and final, which the great biographies seem to possess.”

+ − =Dial.= 46: 87. F. 1, ’09. 360w.
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 621. O. 24, ’08. 80w.

“Admirable biography.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 771. D. 12, ’08. 860w.

“An admirably written biography of a lovable and admirable man.”

+ =Outlook.= 91: 148. Ja. 23, ’09. 500w.

Reviewed by H. W. Boynton.

=Putnam’s.= 5: 492. Ja. ’09. 740w.
=Spec.= 101: 1000. D. 12, ’08. 580w.

=Nicolson, John T., and Smith, Dempster.= Lathe design for high- and
low-speed steels: a treatise on the kinematical and dynamical
principles governing the construction of metal turning lathes; with
notes to guide the purchaser in the choice of a tool and many
examples from practice. *$6. Longmans.

9–8784.

“In this extensive treatise, covering some 400 large pages, the authors have attempted to lift the design of metal-cutting lathes to a high level of scientific engineering; and every phase of the subject has apparently had its share of careful attention, even to the limitations put upon the practical designer by commercial considerations.”—Engin. N.

* * * * *

“It is characterized by thoroughness of treatment and comprehensiveness of scope, and should be in the possession of every designer of lathes and boring mills.”

+ =Engin. D.= 4: 664. D. ’08. 330w.

“The book cannot be considered in all respects an unqualified success, though it shows throughout painstaking effort; and more particularly as numerous American engineers and machine designers are aware of the exceeding simple manner in which Mr. Taylor’s still active associates handle the subject of speeds, feeds, and power for lathes and other machine tools, by means of slide-rules embodying the formulas entering into the solutions of the problems implying these elements.” C. G. Barth.

− + =Engin. N.= 60: sup. 691. D. 17, ’08. 730w.

“While the book may be of greater usefulness to the designer of large or roughing out lathes than it is for the small sizes, it is safe to say that no other book has been published that approaches this in either its scope or in its scientific treatment of the whole subject.”

+ + =Engin. Rec.= 58: 679. D. 12, ’08. 460w.

“It is an admirable example of the way in which scientific research in our engineering schools can be applied to advance and improve the great manufacturing industries of the country.” T. H. B.

+ =Nature.= 80: 33. Mr. 11, ’09. 560w.

=Niven, Frederick.= Lost cabin mine. †$1.50. Lane.

9–9250.

“This is a story of the Far West, and is full of exciting adventures and of bloodstained combats. The hero is not the man who tells the story, but his companion, known as ‘the Apache Kid,’ who has committed a mysterious crime which prevents his ever returning to his family in England. The Apache Kid is, however, possessed of indomitable courage, great generosity, and unselfishness; in fact, of all the virtues necessary to the hero of this sort of romance.”—Spec.

* * * * *

“The book should be read by lovers of good fiction.”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 2: 641. N. 21. 100w.

“It is good material of its kind, quite familiar, to be sure, but welcome none the less after a respite of several years.”

+ =Ind.= 66: 764. Ap. 8, ’09. 80w.
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 134. Mr. 6, ’09. 240w.

“The author is to be congratulated on having succeeded in making his sensational episodes really exciting, and also on the convincing nature of the catastrophe which overwhelms the ‘Lost cabin’ and the mine.”

+ =Spec.= 102: 136. Ja. 2, ’09. 110w.

=Nolloth, Charles Frederick.=^{[8]} Person of our Lord and recent
thought. *$1.25. Macmillan.

“Mr. Nolloth’s plan is to take those parts of the New Testament which in the opinion of the most liberal critics are allowed to rank as genuine, and from this irreducible minimum to show that a picture of our Lord’s personality may be formed similar in all its main features to what the church has believed and taught. Such a plan involves a review of almost all the points on which controversy exists with regard to the gospels; the reader who has digested this book will be well up in the difficulties and problems of modern criticism.”—Sat. R.

* * * * *

“In dealing with the ‘sources’ he discriminates between the evidential values to be assigned to the Synoptists and the Fourth gospel, but in such a manner as to prove plainly that he entertains no doubt as to Johannine authorship or the historical validity of the narrative. Of Philo he says ‘there is no doubt that he was acquainted with Christ and Christianity.’ There is no warrant whatever for this statement.” R. Roberts.

+ − =Hibbert J.= 7: 945. Jl. ’09. 1800w.

“A very useful handbook, so good that it deserves to rank as a companion volume to Dr. Sanday’s. If his style, straightforward and clear as it is, lacks the winning charm which marks everything that Dr. Sanday writes, he is equally well versed in the theories of German critics and fully as fair in his treatment of them; his book, too, is more of a unity; it is written on one subject and adheres methodically to it.”

+ =Sat. R.= 107: 250. F. 20, ’09. 300w.

=Norris, Frank.=^{[7]} Third circle. †$1.50. Lane.

9–15089.

Sixteen stories gathered from various magazines to which the author contributed during the ten years following 1891. “Nearly all of them have their scenes laid in the San Francisco of the last decade of the nineteenth century and give brief glimpses of life, sudden snatches of light and color, as the author saw them in his walks about the city. None is of much importance in itself, but all are of interest in the view they give of a novelist in the making.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“Not equal to the author’s more mature work, but entertaining, and interesting as showing his early versatility and realistic bent.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 56. O. ’09.

“The sketches here presented are rather journalistic than literary.”

+ − =Ath.= 1909, 2: 206. Ag. 21. 100w.

“As they stand, they display not so much growth as versatility. They are extremely clever, and, with three or four exceptions, patently ‘magazinable.’”

+ =Nation.= 88: 607. Je. 17, ’09. 620w.

“All of them show more or less of those qualities of close observation and vivid rendering which made distinctive his later novels.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 339. My. 29, ’09. 140w.

“In its sixteen tales one can trace the unfolding of his mental qualities and see them gradually increasing in force and clarity.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 377. Je. 12. ’09. 160w.

“The stories do not show Mr. Norris at his best, but they were well worth collecting. The author had the seeing eye and the gift of conveying vividly what he saw.”

+ =Sat. R.= 108: 264. Ag. 28, ’09. 70w.

“The book, altogether, is well worth reading, even though the sketches are unequal.”

+ − =Spec.= 103: 425. S. 18, 09. 180w.

=North, Lawrence.= Syrinx. †$1.50. Duffield.

9–6851.