Chapter XLVIII: Book 3: , The self, presents the nature of self as part of consciousness (8)

“Mr. Pickett would have us think that the grand scheme he presents for ridding the country of its radical troubles is fully in accord with the views Lincoln entertained and frequently expressed in his addresses and conversation, but with all possible consideration for Mr. Pickett, we are quite unable to come to his way of thinking.”

− =N. Y. Times.= 14: 365. Je. 12, ’09. 770w.
=Spec.= 103: 611. O. 16, ’09. 310w.

=Picton, James Allanson.=^{[10]} Man and the Bible: a review of the
place of the Bible in human history. **$2. Holt.

“Concerned not with the questions of the various versions and manuscripts about which so many books have been written, but with the far more interesting question of the attitude toward the Scriptures that has characterized the successive ages of the church’s history.”—Bib. World.

* * * * *

“The author, while indulging in a considerable amount of desultory talk, is very determined in his attack on the Bible as ‘the revealed word of God.’ It is impossible to follow Mr. Picton in all his arguments or assertions, but that he is not free from prejudice may be seen from his treatment of St. Francis.”

− =Ath.= 1909, 2: 293. S. 11. 680w.

“An admirable book.”

+ =Bib. World.= 34: 142. Ag. ’09. 50w.

“His point of view is frankly and severely critical. In his discussion he has in mind the bearing of all modern science upon the subject. Before the age of printing the influence of the Bible was so indirect and so slight that ‘a superficial observer might have regarded it as negligible.’ In this part of his work the author is sketchy, considers his real subject indirectly, discusses some irrelevant material, and is unsatisfactory. The book in this respect is disappointing. It is impossible to get from it any clear understanding of the conception of the Bible which prevailed through the centuries.” J. W. Bailey.

+ − =Bib. World.= 34: 357. N. ’09. 800w.

=Pier, Arthur Stanwood.= New boy. †$1.50. Houghton.

8–23550.

Another story of St. Timothy’s school in which the author “adheres with almost mathematical precision to all the ethical requirements, to the athletic demands, to the conventional bully and self-sacrificing hero, of a hundred stories of like character.” (Ind.)

* * * * *

“Not quite equal to ‘Harding of St. Timothy’s.’”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 311. D. ’08. ✠

Reviewed by K. L. M.

=Bookm.= 28: 386. D. ’08. 60w.

“The tale is told sincerely, but with ever recurrent monotony.” M. J. Moses.

+ − =Ind.= 65: 1476. D. 17, ’08. 100w.

=Piercy, Rev. William Coleman=, ed. Murray’s illustrated Bible
dictionary. *$5. Dutton.

9–13277.

Many eminent scholars have contributed the text for the volume which “is not only a dictionary of persons, names, things, and customs mentioned in the Bible each with copious references to the Bible and cross-references to other articles, but it contains also many articles on spiritual things, on ideas and on doctrines.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“The dictionary is profusely illustrated, a circumstance which is sure to add materially to the interest with which the volume will be received by many. One could wish that the bibliographies at the end of the articles were uniformly satisfactory.”

+ − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 565. N. 7. 1900w.

“The chief purpose is to supply a volume confessedly conservative in its theology, not simply more conservative than Cheyne’s, but also than Hastings’s. In this the editor has succeeded.”

+ =Ind.= 66: 264. F. 4, ’09. 300w.

“The space allotted to important subjects is altogether too meagre. The point of view is decidedly conservative, and scant courtesy is allowed to critical opinions now generally received.”

− =Nation.= 88: 223. Mr. 4, ’09. 70w.

“Is so much wider in scope than its title signifies that it is a veritable treasure house of knowledge, not only of Biblical matters in themselves, but of the manners, customs, and history of all the eastern nations that in any wise influenced or were connected with the Hebrews.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 3. Ja. 2, ’09. 240w.

“In matters of Biblical criticism a strong aversion is often shown to the present consensus of the majority of critical scholars. On the other hand, there is a perceptible shifting to modern views. Of sectarian bias no evidence appears.”

+ − =Outlook.= 91: 149. Ja. 23, ’09. 200w.

“The critical articles ... are of very unequal merit.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 107: 374. Mr. 20, ’09. 730w.

“This volume may be described as a manifesto of the conservative party in the church. When we have put the controverted matters aside, there remains a vast mass of information which has been carefully brought together and lucidly expressed.”

+ − =Spec.= 101: 842. N. 21, ’08. 400w.

=Pigou, Arthur Cecil.= Problem of theism, and other essays. *$1.
Macmillan.

9–6580.

Seven essays as follows: The general nature of reality; The problem of theism; Free will; The problem of good; The ethics of the gospels; The ethics of Nietzsche; The optimism of Browning and Meredith.

* * * * *

“We fear ‘the general reader’ will not carry much away in the form of positive conclusions, even when he has derived full advantage from the careful and always interesting style in which the book is written.”

+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 251. F. 27. 680w.

“At present not a few votaries of philosophy are wending their way towards realism. Professor Pigou’s first essay is an interesting illustration of this tendency. And to the present writer it is gratifying to meet Professor Pigou on the road to critical realism.” A. Wolf.

+ − =Hibbert J.= 7: 454. Ja. ’09. 2150w.

“Disciples of the late Professor Henry Sidgwick will be pleased with this little volume. Professor Pigou is one of them, and the same careful analysis and critical judgment that distinguished Sidgwick is noticeable in his disciple’s work.” D. Phillips.

+ =Int. J. Ethics.= 19: 510. Jl. ’09. 800w.

“Mr. Pigou’s essays are deeply interesting, yet there is about them an element of disappointment. He asks questions of vital moment; he begins to argue about them as though he were working up to an optimistic conclusion; he raises his reader’s hopes. At last, however, he comes to no conclusion at all, and the reader perceives that, after a long, delightful, and at times strenuous excursion among the intricacies of the subject, he and his author have come back to where they began.”

+ − =Spec.= 102: 382. Mr. 6, ’09. 380w.

=Pike, Oliver G.=^{[7]} Behind the veil in birdland. *10s. 6d.
Religious tract society, London.

A book for the nature lover that “consists of some exceedingly good photographs and rather slender letterpress.” (Spec.) “The illustrations are mounted on brown paper and show us many of the denizens of wood and field in their haunts, some familiar enough by name at all events if not by sight, such as the fox and the badger, the squirrel, the thrush and the kite, while others as the Fulmar petrel, Richardson’s skua, the puffin, the white-tailed eagle, and the chough, are year by year becoming fewer in number and more shy of man.” (Int. Studio.)

* * * * *

“The letterpress is rather trivial, though a few interesting items may be here and there gleaned.”

+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 649. My. 29. 250w.

“Entertaining book.”

+ =Int. Studio.= 37: 337. Je. ’09. 150w.

“Mr. Pike in this rather pretentious volume has given some very excellent photographs, but the ‘Nature secrets revealed by pen and camera’ which he promises in his title-page are conspicuous by their absence.” W. P. P.

− + =Nature.= 81: 67. Jl. 15, ’09. 200w.

“It is a handsome but unwieldy volume.”

+ − =Spec.= 102: 861. My. 29, ’09. 100w.

=Pirie, P.= Kashmir: the land of streams and solitudes. **$5. Lane.

9–8389.

A volume in which descriptions and pictures combine to reveal the life and scenery of Kashmir.

* * * * *

“As might be expected, both the writing and the drawing vary in excellence.”

+ − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 768. D. 12. 250w. + =Int. Studio.= 36: 338. F. ’09. 400w.

“Miss P. Pirie has contributed some gracefully written descriptions of the country and some instructive observations upon the manners and customs of the people.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 563. O. 10, ’08. 100w.

“The book is neither very good nor very bad.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 107: 49. Ja. 9, ’09. 80w.

“A most fascinating book.”

+ =Spec.= 102: sup. 157. Ja. 30, ’09. 180w.

=Pirsson, Louis Valentine.= Rocks and rock minerals. *$2.50. Wiley.

8–19075.

A compact treatise on elementary petrology in which the subject is dealt with entirely from a megascopic standpoint. Part 1, Introduction and general considerations; Part 2, Rock minerals; Part 3, The rocks.

* * * * *

“Concise, practical treatise.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 294. D. ’08.

“The book is, of course, not adapted to the needs of the geologist and petrographer, but to those of engineering and general students whose knowledge of the subject need not be profound. His discussions of the difficult subjects of metamorphism, differentiation, etc., are remarkably well adapted in their simplicity and clearness to the place they occupy. As is to be expected, they reflect chiefly the views of the German school of petrographers.” A. N. W.

+ − =J. Geol.= 17: 93. Ja. ’09. 700w.

“Is the most advanced of the manuals of petrology without the microscope, but it may be recommended even to students who can use that instrument, owing to its clear statement of the principles of petrogenesis and of the mode of occurrence of the sedimentary and igneous rocks.”

+ =Nature.= 81: 242. Ag. 26, ’09. 310w.

“The arrangement of the material in the various chapters is admirable throughout, while discussions, descriptions and statements in general are accurate, clear, concise, yet sufficiently complete, and are written in a style which is attractive and easy to read.” C. H. Warren.

+ =Science=, n.s. 28: 374. S. 18, ’08. 960w.

=Pisan, Christine de.= Book of the Duke of true lovers; introd. by
Alice Kemp-Welch. (New medieval lib.) *$2. Duffield.

9–14149.

Supposedly the love story of Jean, Duc de Bourbon, and Marie, Duchess de Berry, which tells us that the ducal lover, harassed by mischief-makers, and unable to bear the pain of separation in his own country which her position and his own gallantry alike demanded, departs with the army for an expedition in Spain.

* * * * *

+ =Ath.= 1908, 1: 601. My. 16. 220w. + =Lit. D.= 37: 902. D. 12, ’08. 60w. + =Nation.= 88: 359. Ap. 8, ’09. 370w.

“A very useful introduction is contributed by the translator.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 538. O. 3, ’08. 70w.

=Plehn, Carl Copping.=^{[11]} Introduction to public finance. 3d ed.
*$1.75. Macmillan.

9–26310.

A third edition, completely revised and enlarged, in which the statistics and other illustrative data have been brought down to date, and discussions have been introduced of some of the more important of the fiscal questions which have come into prominence since the first edition was published.

=Plunket, Emmeline M.=^{[8]} Judgment of Paris and some other legends
astronomically considered. *7s. 6d. Murray, John, London.

A work in which Miss Plunket offers a scientific origin for a large number of ancient Greek myths. “It is in effect an attempt to explain the chief divinities and heroes associated with the Trojan war as personifications not so much of the sun and its more obvious phenomena but of more recondite astronomical events, and in particular to connect them with certain peculiarities of the system of time measurement employed in the early civilisations of Western Asia.” (Sat. R.)

* * * * *

“No classical or astronomical scholar can fail to find the volume interesting.”

+ =Ath.= 1909, 1: 589. My. 15. 700w.

“The author makes suggestions which will compel the most sceptical critic to read her work with attention and respect, even though he may differ ‘toto caelo’ from its main contentions.” H. R. Hall.

+ − =Nature.= 79: 335. Ja. 21, ’09. 630w.

“Even if we grant the fundamental theory we still find the subsequent speculations wholly unconvincing.”

− =Sat. R.= 108: 112. Jl. 24, ’09. 900w.
=Spec.= 101: 1003. D. 12, ’08. 180w.

=Podmore, Frank.=^{[9]} Mesmerism and Christian science. **$1.50.
Jacobs.

W9–289.

A work for the psychologist, student of psychical research and student of religious phenomena, that traces the various phases of healing from Mesmer, who looked upon the art as wholly material, to Mrs. Eddy who teaches its spiritual basis and connects it with religion.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 124. D. ’09.

“Displaying a wide knowledge of his subject, the author has stated his conclusions impartially and convincingly, and any one who desires a clear bird’s-eye view of this disputed question can not do better than consult the book under review.”

+ =Lit. D.= 39: 967. N. 27, ’09. 280w.
=Outlook.= 93: 645. N. 20, ’09. 70w.

“It is not the least merit of Mr. Podmore’s excellent book that he has pruned his material into perfectly manageable proportions. The power of the mind over the body and the reality of what is called ‘suggestion’ are very important matters. We cannot name any work which is more likely to set the public right than this book by Mr. Podmore. He accepts the minimum of what is likely to be true, and in the circumstances that is an advantage.”

+ =Spec.= 103: 421. S. 18, ’09. 1450w.

=Poe, Edgar Allan.= Complete poems; with a critical study by Charles
F. Richardson. lea. $3. Putnam.

A complete edition of Poe conspicuous for its critical editorial material, illustrations, and typographical excellencies.

* * * * *

“The simple, sensuous, mystical, yet picturesque, quality of Poe’s verse, its elegant aloofness, contrasted with its human thrill, are all suggested in the photogravures.”

+ =Dial.= 45: 411. D. 1, ’08. 100w.

“We cannot agree with Professor Richardson when he maintains that ‘Poe is the American world author.’”

+ − =Spec.= 101: 745. N. 7, ’08. 100w.

=Poe, Edgar Allan.= Last letters of Edgar Allan Poe to Sarah Helen
Whitman; ed. by James A. Harrison. In Commemoration of the hundredth
anniversary of Poe’s birth, January 19, 1909; pub. under the
auspices of the University of Virginia. **$2.50. Putnam.

9–4554.

“It is to be regretted that these letters are so fragmentary, but enough remains to show that a very real attachment certainly existed between Poe and Mrs. Whitman, altho it never culminated in marriage.... As to the literary character of this correspondence, it represents the outpourings of a poet. Wildly extravagant expressions of endearment are mingled with gloomy forebodings and morbid self-distrust.” (Lit. D.) The volume also contains reprints of the request for the banns of marriage between Poe and Mrs. Whitman and a contract made in view of the marriage transferring certain bank stocks.

* * * * *

“It is difficult to share Professor Harrison’s enthusiasm for these letters.” W. B. Blake.

+ − =Dial.= 47: 119. S. 1, ’09. 370w.

“It is a characteristic memorial and as such forms an appropriate contribution to the literature of the Poe centenary.”

+ =Lit. D.= 38: 562. Ap. 3, ’09. 300w.
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 132. Mr. 6, ’09. 100w.

=Poe, Edgar Allan.= Tales; centenary ed. *$2.50. Duffield.

8–31689.

Includes the following seven of Poe’s most weird tales: The fall of the house of Usher; The masque of the red death; The pit and the pendulum; The black cat; The facts in the case of M. Valdemar; The gold-bug; and The murders in the Rue Morgue. A particularly suggestive illustration in color has been prepared for each story by E. L. Blumenschein.

* * * * *

+ =Dial.= 45: 465. D. 16, ’08. 130w.

“The spirit of the tales as written by Poe has been caught by the artist, who accents the grewsome and the weird.” W. G. Bowdoin.

+ =Ind.= 65: 1463. D. 17, ’08. 40w. + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 747. D. 5, ’08. 230w. + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 750. D. 5, ’08. 100w.

“The volume is extremely attractive.”

+ =Outlook.= 91: 108. Ja. 16, ’09. 130w.

=Poincaré, Lucien.=^{[9]} Electricity, present and future; tr. by
Jasper Kemmis. *7s. 6d. Sisley’s, London.

9–31014.

“The first part of the book is occupied with theoretical matters, the main outlines of the theory of magnetism and of induction being clearly expounded. Then follow two chapters on generating machines and motors, a fairly long chapter on the transmission of energy, and finally two short chapters on electro-chemistry and electric lighting.”—Nature.

* * * * *

“On the theoretical side of all these matters M. Poincaré, of course speaks with authority, and his explanation of the subjects of which he treats is both clear and good. Yet it seems to us that the book fails somewhat in not being sufficiently detailed for the technician, while for the general reader, who merely wishes to pick up an acquaintance with such matters at an easy cost, it is too technical.”

+ − =Ath.= 1909, 2: 158. Ag. 7. 190w.

“We think the whole book, excellent though it is in many respects, would be greatly improved by simplification and a frank abandonment of the philosophic aims which have helped to inspire it and which have given rise, we think, to such defects as it possesses. Never was an index more curiously compiled since someone wrote, ‘Mill, on liberty: do., on the Floss’ in a book catalogue.” Maurice Solomon.

+ − =Nature.= 79: 482. F. 25, ’09. 800w.

“M. Poincairé’s omniscience, however, breaks down sadly in several scientific points, where there are bad mistakes as to facts. But these blunders are as nothing to the wild freaks of the translator who has muddled and mangled M. Poincairé’s text.”

− =Sat. R.= 106: 796. D. 26, ’08. 920w.

=Pollard, A. F.=, ed.^{[8]} British empire, past, present and future.
*5s. League of the empire, London.

In the interests of imperial unity Mr. Pollard offers this informing exposition of the facts about the past, present and future of Great Britain. “Mr. Pollard’s book is mainly history, though he devotes a good many pages to the needs of the future.” (Sat. R.)

* * * * *

“This volume, which claims to have a primarily educational purpose, seems to be very thoroughly done, and the spirit maintained throughout is calm and fair.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 40: 125. Jl. ’09. 140w.

“An admirable guide for schools and popular purposes.”

+ =Sat. R.= 108: 22. Jl. 3, ’09. 100w.

=Poole, Cecil Percy.=^{[6]} Gas engine. *$1. Hill pub. co.

9–8824.

Not a complete treatise on the gas engine, but a text that presents “the principles governing the salient features of gas-engine construction and operation in as simple a manner as possible.” “The subjects dealt with are the methods of operation of four-cycle and two-cycle engines, empirical calculations of pressures and temperatures, water jacketing, valves and valve gears, ignition, carburetters and vaporizers, governing, care and management of engines, and finally some power and efficiency calculations.” (Engin. N.)

* * * * *

“Jones’ ‘Gas engine’ is preferable for the student, being more complete, but this text may be sufficient in libraries where the demand is for rudimentary information.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 21. S. ’09.

“Apart from this table mania the book is practical, useful and concise. In many places it is too concise, and in no place is it in any way comprehensive. On the whole the book can be recommended to those who, having some knowledge of the steam engine, desire to know how the ordinary gas engine works.” L. S. Marks.

+ − =Engin. N.= 61: sup. 9. My. 13, ’09. 460w.

“The impression of the book as a whole is that the author has tried to cover too much ground in 100 pages. The book seems rather unbalanced.”

− + =Engin. Rec.= 59: 588. My. 1, ’09. 320w.

=Porritt, Edward.=^{[7]} Sixty years of protection in Canada.
1846–1907. *$1.50. Macmillan.

8–10472.

A polemical presentation of the thesis that “protection to home industries is today more firmly entrenched in Canada than in any other country in the Anglo-Saxon world.”

* * * * *

“Not merely a full and vigorous statement of his position, but it contains a great mass of well arranged and well digested statements of fact. Mr. Porritt’s sketch of the rise of the national policy is extremely interesting and valuable. He has followed it through the available sources with great industry.” James Mavor.

+ =Pol. Sci. Q.= 24: 333. Je. ’09. 1500w.

“We cannot doubt Mr. Porritt’s sincerity. We can only extend to him our sympathy in his strange hallucination.”

− =Sat. R.= 105: 668. My. 23, ’08. 200w.

“Mr. Porritt tells the most instructive, if scarcely edifying, story. We cannot follow its course, but we commend it to the attention of our readers.”

+ =Spec.= 100: 192. F. 1, ’08. 220w.

=Porter, Gene Stratton (Mrs. Charles Darwin Porter).=^{[12]} Birds of
the Bible. *$2. West Meth. bk.

9–29323.

An unusual bird book in which the author in two chapters on “The time” and “The place,” respectively, furnishes a historical and geographical setting for her study of what “Moses recorded in history, what Solomon said in his wisdom, what David sang in ecstasy and what Job cried out in his agony.” Her chapters are, beginning with the third: The birds of the poets; The birds of “Abomination”; The dove; The eagle; The sparrow; The ostrich; The cock and hen; The hawk; The quail and partridge; The bittern; The swallow; The peacock; The stork; The raven; The pelican; The pigeon; The crane; The owls. Heavy plate paper, numerous fine illustrations and an imitation of wood binding contribute to the attractiveness of the volume.

=Porter, Gene Stratton (Mrs. Charles Darwin Porter).=^{[8]} Girl of
the Limberlost. †$1.50. Doubleday.

9–35787.

A successor to “Freckles” that cannot be recommended too highly. It traces the struggle of a young girl for an education against the odds put up by a grim, sour mother. The Limberlost swamp in which the girl fearlessly hunts rare moths, thru the sale of which to earn her way thru high school, enters into the woof and fiber of the story. It seems symbolic of the mire and loneliness, of the cocoon state from which by heroic endeavor she emerges a wonderful creature of spiritual lights and colors. The regeneration and rejuvenation of the mother and a charming romance leave nothing of story unity to be desired.

* * * * *

“Recommended for older girls.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 57. O. ’09. ✠

“It is a good story for young girls.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 501. Ag. 21, ’09. 130w.

=Porter, Sarah Harvey.= Life and times of Anne Royall. *$1.50. Torch
press.

8–37342.

A review of the life and times of a pioneer woman journalist. Widowed at forty-three she found herself deprived of her husband’s property and, thrown upon her own resources, turned to writing as a means of livelihood. “Mrs. Royall was known throughout the country for about forty years, during which she figured as traveler, author, editor, and agitator, and if we were to accept what we regard as the unjust estimate put upon her by some of her contemporaries we should add that she also figured as a beggar, blackmailer, and common scold. She lived from 1769 to 1854, and was a worker almost to the end of her life; it was only four months prior to her death that she issued in Washington the final number of her paper known as ‘The huntress.’” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“Miss Porter has followed Mrs. Royall’s erratic course with commendable thoroughness. She has taken a fair view of Mrs. Royall’s characteristics, but she has exaggerated her importance.” G. H.

+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 622. Ap. ’09. 450w.

“A sympathetic and, from the nature of the subject, often amusing biography of an exceedingly quaint, racy and vigorous personality.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 82. N. ’09. + =Ind.= 66: 869. Ap. 22, ’09. 170w.

“The thorough and scholarly way in which the author has handled the mass of material at her command is distinctly worthy of notice.”

+ =Lit. D.= 38: 766. My. 1, ’09. 470w.

“Excellent story of her life.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 179. Mr. 27, ’09. 960w.

“Miss Porter has proved herself an able and sympathetic biographer of this delightfully human and interesting woman.”

+ =No. Am.= 190: 561. O. ’09. 300w.

“Miss Porter’s work is valuable as a contribution to historical detail, and it is written with a vivacity and conviction that would have won the approval of Mrs. Royall herself.”

+ =Outlook.= 91: 863. Ap. 17, ’09. 340w.
=Spec.= 102: 620. Ap. 17, ’09. 170w.

=Post, Emily (Mrs. Edwyn Main Post).=^{[11]} Title market. †$1.50.
Dodd.

9–25632.

A story that “shows, in a way that holds the interest, certain aspects of international marriages which, if not actually new, afford, at least, some unfamiliar variation of a familiar theme; it takes us to Italy, and gives us numerous pleasant pictures of the sunshine and laughter and the glamour of Rome; and it has, besides, an ingenious plot in which an unscrupulous nobleman intrigues to gain the hand of an American heiress, and incidentally breaks the laws of Italy by smuggling out of the country a priceless Madonna of Raphael to the end that an enemy who stands between him and the girl he wants may be charged with the crime and imprisoned.”—Bookm.

* * * * *

“Like Mrs. Burnett’s ‘The shuttle,’ the story is somewhat melodramatic, but as an exposition of the philosophy of international marriages shows both sides of the shield much more fairly.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 92. N. ’09.

“The author seems desirous of saving time, economising space; she eliminates description and detail over and over at times when detail and description would add substantially to the story’s strength and interest. Nevertheless, ‘The title market’ is one of the books of the current month that can be recommended with the pleasant assurance that people will come back to you afterward and tell you how much they liked it.” F: T. Cooper.

+ − =Bookm.= 30: 67. S. ’09. 400w.

Reviewed by A. Schade van Westrum.

+ =Bookm.= 30: 341. D. ’09. 240w.

“In spite of its happy moments, we close the book with a general sense of one superfluous volume the more.”

− + =Nation.= 89: 461. N. 11, ’09. 220w.

“The book is by no means of sustained excellence, and there is a curious flavor of the amateur to it, considering Mrs. Post’s more than slight apprenticeship to the trade of writing, but it has good stuff in it. The book is an advance on Mrs. Post’s previous work, and also a promise of better things to come.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 723. N. 20, ’09. 360w.

“Emily Post treats an old theme flattering to our national pride with some freshness. The story flows smoothly until the American heiress returns to her American lover, but the closing scenes are rather too well arranged to be convincing.”

+ − =Outlook.= 93: 559. N. 6, ’09. 50w.

=Potter, Mary Knight.= How Richard won out. †75c. Wilde.

8–32394.

The story of how a lame boy, fatherless and motherless, makes good in the eyes of two aunts who discountenanced the father’s marriage.

=Potter, Mary Knight.=^{[11]} Richard in camp. †75c. Wilde.

9–25971.

Richard and his cousin Rosamond spend part of a summer vacation in the Adirondacks. The opening of school brings their happy out-door life to an end. Later, at the Christmas holiday time, Richard returns to the woods for a week in a winter camp.

* * * * *

“A wholesome boys’ book.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 805. D. 18, ’09. 20w.

=Potter, Thomas.= Concrete: its uses in building, from foundations to
finish. 3d ed. rev. and enl. *$3. Van Nostrand.

9–9634.

“To those concrete engineers, and there are many in this country, who think that concrete as a building material was not used extensively until the last decade, this book should be commended. Its first edition was published in 1877 and many of the processes and systems described in the latest edition are retained from that time. In addition the history of the use of the material in ancient times and more particularly in England the middle of the last century is very complete.”—Engin. N.

* * * * *

“It should have considerable value for the small builder of straight concrete work. There is an attempt to enter somewhat into the matter of the theory of concrete mixing and designing and a slight reference to reinforced concrete, but this portion is quite evidently out of the author’s scope and of very little value.”

+ − =Engin. N.= 61: sup. 4. Ja. 14, ’09. 200w.

“Could all recent designers have been acquainted with the history recorded in this book, it is certain that fewer mistakes would have marred our records of the last few years. Deserves a place beside Sabine’s ‘Cement and concrete.’”

+ =Engin. Rec.= 59: 111. Ja. 23, ’09. 550w.

“Mr. Potter’s pages promise to be invaluable not only to builders and architects, but to landowners, on whose estates so much work, from cattle-troughs to cottages, can often be carried out to advantage in concrete.”

+ =Spec.= 102: sup. 154. Ja. 30, ’09. 620w.

=Poulton, Edward Bagnall.= Essays on evolution, 1889–1907. *$4.
Oxford.

8–35865.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 83. Mr. ’09.

“The present collection of essays will be of interest alike to the general reader and to the special student of evolutionary problems.” F. B. Sumner.

+ − =J. Philos.= 6: 185. Ap. 1, ’09. 2540w.

“The essays form a powerful reinforcement of what is properly and distinctively called the Darwinian theory of evolution, and should tend to reassure those weaker brethren who have allowed themselves to be persuaded or terrified into losing confidence in the work of the two great founders of rational evolutionary doctrine.” F. A. D.

+ =Nature.= 79: 302. Ja. 14, ’09. 980w.

“Professor Poulton’s book is one that may be commended to the general reader as well as to his colleagues. His exposition is lucid, and his method truly philosophical, for everywhere he tries to see the part in the light of the whole.” E. H. Hollands.

+ =Philos. R.= 18: 449. Jl. ’09. 1500w.

“If any points may be selected for special mention from a treatise whose general excellence is so high, they are the evidence advanced tending to place the Mullerian theory of common warning coloration on a firmer basis, and the extension of its applicability to a greater number of cases at the expense of the Batesian theory of mimicry.” J. P. McM.

+ =Science=, n.s. 29: 109. Ja. 15, ’09. 1300w.

=Powell, Addison M.=^{[8]} Echoes from the frontier. **$1. Wessels.

9–19058.

A slight volume of frontier verse dedicated to “those who hearken to the ‘wild’s calling.’” Such themes inspire the verse as an Alaska river, Alaska mountains, the sheep hunter, the white silence, the California hills, the mule train packer, etc.

=Powell, Addison Monroe.=^{[12]} Trailing and camping in Alaska. **$2.
Wessels.

9–30411.

A narrative that has grown out of a scout and trail-maker’s ten years spent in exploring, hunting and prospecting in Alaska. The author “sees everything and sees well” in this northern wonderland where latent possibilities are nursed into being by strong men with large hopes, initiative and courage. It is an informing description of the country and of the life of its pioneers.

=Powell, Lyman Pierson.=^{[5]} Emmanuel movement in a New England
town: a systematic account of experiments and reflections designed
to determine the proper relationship between the minister and the
doctor in the light of modern needs. **$1.25. Putnam.

9–35440.

A brief, popular statement of the scope, principles and clinical experiments of the Emmanuel movement as conducted by Mr. Powell in Northampton, Mass.

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Reviewed by J. L. Gillin.

=Am. J. Soc.= 15: 267. S. ’09. 220w.

“More easily understood by the average reader than Worcester’s ‘Religion and medicine’ and useful as a supplement, but in no way supersedes it.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 108. Ap. ’09.
=Outlook.= 93: 645. N. 20, ’09. 90w.

“Throughout the book there is a notable absence of the exaggeration and straining for effect which so often accompany the propaganda of any new cult. Mr. Powell’s conservatism makes his conclusions the more convincing.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 39: 582. My. ’09. 1050w.
=Spec.= 103: sup. 493. O. 2, ’09. 140w.

=Powell, Lyman Pierson.=^{[12]} Heavenly heretics. **$1.25. Putnam.

9–29856.

Jonathan Edwards, John Wesley, William Ellery Channing, Horace Bushnell and Phillips Brooks are the “heavenly heretics” treated here. The author calls in the testimony of contemporary listeners, analyzes specific sermons, and thru the gateway of analysis leads on to each man’s general philosophy of life and states the salient facts and illustrative incidents that have helped each to influence the religious life of his contemporaries.

=Pownall, Charles A. W.= Thomas Pownall, M. P., F. R. S., governor of
Massachusetts Bay, author of The letters of Junius: with a
supplement comparing the colonies of Kings George III and Edward
VII. *$5. Henry Stevens, Son & Stiles, London; for sale by W:
Abbott.

9–9266.

A sketch of the life and times of a man who “played an important, but almost forgotten, part in America during the seven years’ war and in the Parliamentary battles against Bute and Grafton and North.... To most readers the heart of the work will be in the two chapters which elaborate an old argument to prove that Pownall wrote the ‘Letters of Junius.’”—Nation.

* * * * *

“There was room for a brief biography of Governor Pownall. But it is to be feared that Mr. Charles Pownall has to a large extent defeated his own end by developing the career of his kinsman to the prodigious length of some 460 pages. Mr. Charles Pownall boldly describes his kinsman as ‘author of “The letters of Junius,”’ his theory being that Francis wrote them at Pownall’s dictation. The theory seems to us to break down absolutely in the important matter of style.”

− + =Ath.= 1909, 1: 283. Mr. 6. 1000w.

“It is unfortunate that the author shows little skill in the art of narration, and allows himself to wander off into long disquisitions on colonial history and allied topics, which detract seriously from the value of his book.”

+ − =Dial.= 46: 331. My. 16, ’09. 250w.

“Mr. Pownall has written the life of an interesting and important figure, and has given a new impetus to an old controversy.” W. L. Grant.

+ =Eng. Hist. R.= 24: 375. Ap. ’09. 1300w.

“It must be added that Mr. Pownall shows no special skill in the art of narration, and that he swells his book to an uncomfortable size by entirely unnecessary excursions into American history.”

− + =Nation.= 88: 306. Mr. 25, ’09. 2450w.

=Pratt, Edwin A.=^{[5]} Railways and nationalization. 2s. 6d. King, P.
S., & son, London.

“Mr. Pratt writes in support of the thesis that nationalization of railways, under any of its forms, ‘is unnecessary, undesirable and impracticable as regards any applications thereof to the United Kingdom,’ whatever defense of the principle may be urged in other countries with other economic and political conditions. This said, enough said. The topics treated are inevitable: state railway finance; state vs. private management; effects upon politics and upon labor; probable terms of acquisition; comparison of English and continental rates, services, and conditions of traffic; what English railways have done; their present situation; how other countries have been led to adopt state ownership—all treated from the point of view that out of the nationalization Nazareth nothing good can come; at least not for England.”—J. Pol. Econ.

* * * * *

“The main interest of the book for Americans lies in its lucid exposition of British traffic conditions and grievances, and the proposed remedies for the latter.” V: S. Clark.

+ =Econ. Bull.= 2: 40. Ap. ’09. 240w.

“As a piece of economic journalism, dealing with a current problem and intended to influence the popular mind, the book has merit. It is timely; it furnishes recent data.”

+ =J. Pol. Econ.= 17: 237. Ap. ’09. 180w.

“He has done for this subject what Prof. Meyer did for the subject of municipal ownership of public utilities. It is not a treatise, nor a consideration of principles, but frankly is a brief held for the opposition. This is both its strength and weakness.” E: A. Bradford.

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 572. O. 17, ’08. 1300w.

=Pratt, James Bissett.= What is pragmatism? *$1.25. Macmillan.

9–5136.

Six lectures somewhat recast by the author since delivering them at the Glenmore summer school. They form a popular and informal presentation of pragmatism (not presupposing any prior knowledge on the subject) for those who find themselves unable to accept the pragmatic view. The chapters are: Meaning and method in pragmatism, The ambiguity of truth, The pragmatic view of the truth relation, Pragmatism and knowledge, Pragmatism and religion, The “practical” point of view, Index.

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“Among the anti-pragmatists Professor Pratt is known as one of the clearest and cleverest writers. On the whole the present volume supports and enhances this reputation. Professor Pratt’s style is delightfully free and easy, and some readers, especially the pragmatic ones, may find that this applies also to some of his criticisms.” A. W. Moore.

+ − =Am. J. Theol.= 13: 477. Jl. ’09. 770w.

“Clear; forcible and mainly to the point. Not as interesting as James’ ‘Pragmatism,’ but should be read by those wishing to ‘hear the other side.’”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 108. Ap. ’09.
=Ann. Am. Acad.= 34: 610. N. ’09. 170w.

“The book contains a number of shrewd critical observations and its style is enjoyable.”

+ =Educ. R.= 38: 202. S. ’09. 60w.

“Mr. Pratt ably refutes all the arguments of the pragmatists which he examines. What he does not do, but which he might have done, is to make us realize that they are practically the same argument all the time.” A. Schinz.

+ − =Int. J. Ethics.= 20: 117. O. ’09. 1500w.

“Professor Pratt’s book is a most welcome and timely contribution to the discussion of pragmatism. It is an excellent summary of the current arguments against pragmatism, written in a very attractive style. On a few fundamental questions, Professor Pratt’s discussion seems to me to fail in being convincing.” H. T. Woolley.

+ − =J. Philos.= 6: 300. My. 27, ’09. 1650w.

Reviewed by P. E. M.

=Nation.= 88: 456. My. 6, ’09. 280w.

“This critique, lucid, keen, kindly, and ingratiating itself by its bright and genial style, deserves to be read as widely as the three or four volumes by distinguished but discordant pragmatists which thus far have exclusively occupied whatever of public attention has been attracted to their showy philosophy.”

+ =Outlook.= 91: 818. Ap. 10, ’09. 250w.
=R. of Rs.= 39: 512. Ap. ’09. 80w.

=Pratt, Lucy.=^{[6]} Ezekiel. †$1. Doubleday.

9–14825.

A wondrous wise little negro boy is the chief figure among the group of Hampton institute children who work and play thru these pages. His progress and setbacks on the road to wisdom are representative and intensely human. His stories, wonderful to the ears of his companions, reveal the negro’s spirit of make-believe, his superstition and love of rhythm.

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 28. S. ’09. ✠

“A reserve and control, a withholding of comment, letting the child in word and deed betray his own imaginative, sensitive personality, show great artistic skill, while the human sympathy underlying the artistic appreciation gives a large quality to the work.”

+ =Atlan.= 104: 683. N. ’09. 80w.

“Feminine sentiment can do no more for the pickaninny than it has done in Lucy Pratt’s ‘Ezekiel.’”

+ =Nation.= 89: 206. S. 2, ’09. 210w.

“One may feel at times that she rather overemphasizes a didactic note in her effort to gain sympathy for the negro race at large. The book is thoroughly delightful and fresh, and the reader who does not welcome Ezekiel into the gallery of children in literature must be hard hearted, indeed.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 420. Jl. 3, ’09. 200w.

=Prelini, Charles.= Graphical determination of earth slopes, retaining
walls and dams. *$2. Van Nostrand.

8–28615.

Consists mainly of graphical methods of solving problems concerning the slopes of earth embankments, the lateral pressure of earth against a wall, and the thickness of retaining walls and dams. Graphical methods of Culmann, Rebhann, Weyrauch, Blanc and others have been used; the course of the discussion is similar to that followed by Professor Senesi of Italy.

* * * * *

“The text should commend itself to the attention of instructors.”

+ =Engin. D.= 4: 665. D. ’08. 200w.

“The proof reading has been hastily done, as is evident by the discrepancies between cuts and text and by the corrections required in following the derivation of the formulas.” C: L. Crandall.

+ − =Engin. N.= 60: sup. 693. D. 17, ’08. 640w.

“The short chapter on dams is probably likely to be of least use outside the classroom, while that on earth slopes is well above the average in general interest.”

+ − =Engin. Rec.= 58: 594. N. 21, ’08. 130w.

“The book should prove especially useful to civil engineering students during their final college year.” T. H. B.

+ =Nature.= 81: 393. S. 30, ’09. 500w.

=Preuss, Arthur=, ed. Study in American freemasonry. *$1.50. Herder.

8–29606.

A study based upon Pike’s “Morals and dogma of the ancient and accepted Scottish rite,” Mackey’s “Masonic ritualist,” “The encyclopaedia of freemasonry,” and other American masonic and standard works. The author “seeks to show that freemasonry is by no means the harmless social and benevolent organization it appears to be, but rather an insidious and dangerous enemy of true faith and upright morals.” (Nation.)

* * * * *

“A more liberal exercise of compression, pruning, and elimination would have made the book more compact and, therefore, more readable. Dr. Preuss seems to weaken his case now and again by unduly pressing some inference based upon some passing remark from a masonic source.”

− =Cath. World.= 88: 108. O. ’08. 1050w.

“Mr. Preuss takes his antagonist somewhat too seriously.”

− =Nation.= 88: 63. Ja. 21, ’09. 140w.

=Preyer, David C.= Art of the Netherland galleries. (Art galleries of
Europe ser.) *$2. Page.

8–30912.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

* * * * *

“Is more than a mere guide to the collections of paintings in Holland.”

+ =Int. Studio.= 37: 254. My. ’09. 80w.
=Int. Studio.= 39: sup. 23. N. ’09. 50w.

“A mildly entertaining book by an author with no charm of well-formed literary style, with apparently no profound convictions, no original philosophy of art and life, but with an equipment of generally sound ideas as to the relative standing of the Dutch painters, and with an indubitable fund of information on various aspects of his subject.”

+ − =Nation.= 87: 638. D. 24, ’08. 370w.

“A part of the liveliness of tone is due to the author’s marked predilections and readiness to indulge his enthusiasms, thereby communicating to the reader something of his own feeling.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 577. O. 17, ’08. 1100w.

=Prichard, Harold Arthur.=^{[11]} Kant’s theory of knowledge. *$2.15.
Oxford.

9–24195.

“This book is an attempt to think out the nature and tenability of Kant’s Transcendental Idealism, an attempt animated by the conviction that even the elucidation of Kant’s meaning, apart from any criticism, is impossible without a discussion on their own merits of the main issues which he raises.”

* * * * *

“Mr. Prichard’s volume is more of a rarity as a vigorous manifesto in favor of this new realism than as an addition to that multitude, which no librarian can number, of books about Kant’s philosophy. Yet, though Mr. Prichard is evidently more interested in realism than in Kant, his book, within the limits chosen, has some singular merits, even as a commentary on the ‘Kritik’; and in certain ways it should be more serviceable to students of that obscure classic than any existing English writing.”

+ =Nation.= 89: 213. S. 2, ’09. 750w.

“Throughout the book the author’s analysis and his criticism seem to me almost always correct, excellent, and helpful, yet, though some of the chapters certainly should have been published as articles. I cannot help asking, why they all were published as a book? It is hardly a book for a student beginning Kant. Finally, as an attack on idealism and as a defense of realism, the book loses much of its force by keeping so closely to the letter of Kant’s critique instead of dealing with his main problems apart from their artificial setting.” W. T. Marvin.

+ − =Philos. R.= 18: 653. N. ’09. 2550w.

=Priest, George Madison.=^{[12]} Brief history of German
literature; based on Gotthold Klee’s “Grundzüge der deutschen
literaturgeschichte.” **$1.50. Scribner.

9–28542.

A study of German literature from the earliest times down to the present day which is essentially the embodiment of “an attempt to reproduce Professor Klee’s manual for the benefit of English readers.” At the same time the author has aimed to prepare a book suited to the needs of the English reader rather than to offer a faithful translation of the German work.

* * * * *

“A model of comprehensiveness for its size.”

+ =Ind.= 67: 1137. N. 18, ’09. 100w.

=Prince, Morton=, ed.^{[5]} My life as a dissociated personality, by
B. C. A.; with an introd. by Morton Prince. *50c. Badger, R. G.

9–5248.

Contains (1) an account of the different phases of multiple personality as they appeared to the subject after restoration to health, and (2) an account of co-conscious life written by the same subject in one of her states of dissociated personality.

* * * * *

=Dial.= 46: 333. My. 16, ’09. 80w.

=Prindle, Edwin Jay.= Patents as a factor in manufacturing. (Works
management lib.) $2. Eng. mag.

8–31843.

“The author of this volume disclaims any intention of making the inventor or the manufacturer his own patent attorney. His book, therefore, omits any consideration of the fine legal technicalities of patent law, but instead takes up the broader subjects with which every manufacturer or engineer having to do with patents ought to be reasonably familiar.... Of the seven chapters of the book, Chap. 4, relative to infringements, and Chap. 6, on the patent relations of employer and employee, are particularly worthy of commendation for their usefulness to engineers.”—Engin. N.

* * * * *

“Every chapter is of interest, and the book as a whole can be most highly commended.”

+ =Engin. D.= 5: 174. F. ’09. 250w.

“We do not recall anywhere so systematic and complete a presentation of patent law for the layman in small compass as is here given. The book as a whole is a meritorious and useful one.” C. G. Barth.

+ =Engin. N.= 60: sup. 691. D. 17, ’08. 120w.

“For the general reader the book is instructive and entertaining as well as authoritative. For the young engineer it is much in a nutshell and he should read it many times until its contents are absorbed.”

+ =Engin. Rec.= 58: 707. D. 19, ’08. 320w.

“Should be of value to the public which it addresses.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 492. Ag. 14, ’09. 100w.

=Prout, Ebenezer.= Instrumentation. (Music students’ lib.) 75c.
Ditson.

Prepared for students who wish to gain a knowledge of the proper blending of orchestral instruments, their compass and capabilities, and everything connected with this branch of musical art. “Instead of commencing with a catalogue of all the instruments used in the modern orchestra ... it has been thought better to begin with an orchestra of strings alone, and to teach first how they are to be used. The various wind instruments are then added by degrees to the strings, until at length the full orchestra is reached. The subjects of balance of tone and contrast are then treated; next the instrumentation of vocal music, and of concertos, and other instrumental solos; and a few general principles conclude the volume.” (Preface.) Numerous examples are given from the works of the masters.

* * * * *

“Is particularly timely now.”

+ =Nation.= 88: 72. Ja. 21, ’09. 400w.

“The book is an excellent one to set on the music-shelf for reference beside Krehbiel’s ‘How to listen to music.’”

+ =No. Am.= 190: 266. Ag. ’09. 160w.

=Pryor, Sara Agnes Rice (Mrs. Roger Atkinson Pryor).=^{[11]} My day:
reminiscences of a long life. *$2.25. Macmillan.

9–28141.

Over seventy years are traversed in this sketch that leans more to the personal aspects of history than to autobiography. From her early days in Virginia to the exciting days before and during the war, and on to a rebel’s struggle in starting life anew in the North after the war had ended and had left him with nothing but a ragged uniform, a sword, a wife and seven children. The sketch fixes some of the emotions and some of the vital experiences that entered woof and fiber into the structure of a past generation.

* * * * *

“One welcomes with enthusiasm so delightful, graphic and interesting a record of days that are past, and whose memory is well worth preserving, as Mrs. Roger A. Pryor’s ‘My day: reminiscences of a long life’ proves to be.”

+ =Ind.= 67: 1139. N. 18, ’09. 210w.

“The only deficiency in a work which must be widely read and much referred to is the absence of an index.”

+ − =Lit. D.= 39: 1080. D. 11, ’09. 200w. =N. Y. Times.= 14: 657. O. 23, ’09. 40w. + =R. of Rs.= 40: 754. D. ’09. 130w.

=Pumpelly, Raphael=, ed. Explorations in Turkestan, expedition of
1904; prehistoric civilizations of Anau, origins, growth, and
influence of environment. (Carnegie institution of Washington,
Publication no. 73.) $10. Carnegie inst.

9–2519.

The results of a study of prehistoric man based upon the remains that can be found in the central plateau of Asia. The volumes deal chiefly with the exploration of two mounds near the city of Anau, about half way between the Caspian and the City of Merv.

* * * * *

“These volumes with their wealth of illustrations are a worthy counterpart to the magnificent series of volumes on Susiana edited by DeMorgan.”

+ + =Ind.= 66: 424. F. 25, ’09. 670w.

“These volumes are very interesting in many ways. They are monumental contributions to a subject of great importance in the history of a section of mankind, and quite worthy of the institution whose imprint they bear.” C: R. Gillett.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 14: 194. Ap. 3, ’09. 900w.

=Punch, London.= Poems from Punch; ed. by Francis C. Burnand. 40c.
Caldwell.

8–26006.

“This collection of Poems from ‘Punch’ has been drawn almost entirely from verses published in that periodical during the first twenty-five years of its existence (1841–65), years which bridge the gulf between the latest work of Hood and the earliest contributions of Sir Francis Burnand himself.”—Spec.

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“As a whole the volume is scarcely exhilarating, and Sir Francis Burnand’s introduction might well have comprised matter more definite and of wider interest.”

− =Ath.= 1908, 2: 816. D. 26. 200w. + =Dial.= 45: 464. D. 16, ’08. 70w.

Reviewed by W. G. Bowdoin.

=Ind.= 65: 1466. D. 17, ’08. 30w.

“For the serious poems in ‘Punch’ little can be said when they are twenty or sixty years old.”

− =Sat. R.= 107: 144. Ja. 30, ’09. 120w.

“The poems vary greatly both in quality and in subject-matter.”

+ − =Spec.= 102: 304. F. 20, ’09. 780w.

=Purvis, J. B.=^{[9]} Through Uganda to Mount Elgon. $1.50. Am. Tract.

Conducts readers thru nearly the whole of the East African Empire, and gives glimpses of countries and peoples. It includes an informing presentation of problems of race and color, civil and military questions, and commercial and missionary enterprises.

* * * * *

“We have no hesitation in saying that his book has permanent value. The later chapters (xii-xvi) will be found most interesting by the anthropologist.”

+ =Ath.= 1909, 2: 93. Jl. 24. 440w.

“Mr. Purvis went beyond the now almost beaten track, and his book should be read by all interested in mission work.”

+ =Sat. R.= 108: 203. Ag. 14, ’09. 160w.

“Mr. Purvis has much to say about various matters in Uganda, principles and details of administration, &c. We prefer to give no opinion on these matters, but we certainly think that what he says is worth considering.”

+ =Spec.= 103: 316. Ag. 28, ’09. 500w.

=Putnam, Bertha Haven.=^{[5]} Enforcement of the statutes of
labourers, during the first decade after the black death, 1349–1359.
(Columbia univ. studies in history, economics and public law. v.
32.) *$4.50. Longmans.

8–32654.

“Miss Putnam has endeavored to answer two questions much disputed among students of English economic and social history: first, were the provisions of the statute of laborers legitimate, and secondly, were they effective?... The essay rests upon a remarkably fine basis of documentary material obtained after long search in the Public record office, London, and here printed in part in an appendix of documents occupying 463 pages, or twice the number of the thesis itself.”—Nation.

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“The interest of the book is sustained by a persuasive literary style and by a workmanship which is admirable in several respects.” J. F. Baldwin.