Chapter VI: Preface (6)

A book designed for mission study classes which “tells the romantic story of Bishop Hannington, not without detail, but still within a moderate space, and so makes it more accessible. James Hannington was a veritable Moses. His name is connected, and rightly connected, with Uganda, and yet he never set foot within its borders. Nevertheless he achieved much. Things seemed hopeless enough when he met his end; yet there is no part of the world where missionary effort has achieved a more distinct success. Hannington was martyred on October 29th, 1885,—he was but thirty-seven years old; twelve years afterwards there were six hundred and fifty-nine Christian lay-agents and four thousand four hundred and forty-two baptisms, nearly half as many as those recorded in all the Church missionary society stations throughout the world. The story of the struggle by which these results were won is singularly interesting.” (Spec.)

* * * * *

“He has seized upon the essentials of the great tale and leaves us stirred with a new wonder at the Gospel which could inspire such devotion and win such triumphs.”

+ =Ind.= 66: 378. F. 18, ’09. 110w.

“This very handy volume will be welcome to many readers.”

+ =Spec.= 101: 238. Ag. 15, ’08. 200w.

=Berry, W. Grinton.= France since Waterloo. *$1.50. Scribner.

W9–66.

A record for the reader who has “only a vague, imperfect, and unsatisfying knowledge of what has happened in France since Waterloo.” “The ‘interpretation of facts’ is the author’s own, and he is an Englishman, but seemingly unprejudiced. He has acquired the art of visualization. He presents clear pictures of important epochs in comparatively few words.... He does not neglect the advance of science in France, the encouragement of art, the unsettled relations of church and state. He has chapters on Boulanger and the Dreyfus affair. Besides some acceptable portraits, there are maps and a chronological table, a list of rulers and chief magistrates, some genealogical tables, and a good index.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“It is only fair to say that the author exhibits scrupulous care to be impartial, although his ‘limitations’ must be obvious. It is not possible to commend Mr. Berry’s treatment of recent history. The kind of reader who may be expected to peruse a condensed history will be puzzled by many passing allusions, and will not find much assistance from the index.”

− + =Ath.= 1908, 2: 300. S. 12. 680w.

“There is also a lack of exact statement in tracing the beginnings of the present difficulties in the first revolution.”

+ − =Dial.= 46: 406. Je. 16, ’09. 100w.

“He may not reach the same conclusions as other competent students of contemporary French history, but the utility of his book is unquestionable. It tells a long and involved story in a few well-chosen words. It is comparable with the best kind of journalism.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 145. Mr. 13, ’09. 560w.

=Bertholet, Alfred.=^{[12]} Transmigration of souls. (Harper’s lib. of
living thought.) **75c. Harper.

9–35855.

A clear account of the doctrine of metempsychosis traced thru ancient and modern history. “The doctrine filled a considerable space in time past, and it is well to be instructed about its various forms and phases by one who has studied the subject thoroughly.” (Spec.)

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 68. N. ’09.

“This little volume is worth reading.”

+ =Spec.= 103: 210. Ag. 7, ’09. 170w.

=Beruete y Moret, Aurelino de.=^{[8]} School of Madrid. (Library of
art.) *$2. Scribner.

9–26478.

Continues and supplements the work of Señor Beruete’s father on Velasquez. The author’s task is “the exploration of that unknown country from which the figure of the great Spanish master emerges so unexpectedly. The period to be studied covers some seventy-five years from the arrival of Velasquez at the Court of Madrid in 1623 to the death of Claudio Coello at the end of the century. Of these successors of Velasquez who go to form the school of Madrid, that artist’s pupil and son-in-law Del Mazo is the protagonist and the hero of the story.” (Sat. R.)

* * * * *

“Is distinguished by scholarly caution and critical acumen.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 68. N. ’09.

“It is possible to dispute Señor de Beruete’s judgment in connexion with matters of which he treats only in passing fashion. On the whole the English is clear, and the style idiomatic if pedestrian.”

+ − =Ath.= 1909, 2: 337. S. 18. 900w.

“Valuable work.”

+ =Int. Studio.= 38: 328. O. ’09. 260w.

“Señor Beruete’s work is so scholarly and so serviceable that we regret to point out its obvious weakness—the failure to take into account Spanish pictures in America.”

+ − =Nation.= 89: 126. Ag. 5, ’09. 370w. + =N. Y. Times.= 14: 463. Jl. 31, ’09. 400w.

“To students of the Spanish school [it] should prove invaluable.”

+ =Sat. R.= 108: 53. Jl. 10, ’09. 300w.

=Betts, George Herbert.=^{[10]} Distribution and functions of mental
imagery. $1. Teachers college.

9–25433.

A study of both voluntary and spontaneous imagery whose problems divide themselves in two groups: (1) those which grow out of the power to evoke images voluntarily: and (2) those which grow out of the spontaneous use of imagery in thought.

=Beveridge, William Henry.=^{[5]} Unemployment: a problem of industry.
*$2.40. Longmans.

9–16585.

An inquiry into the conditions and causes of unemployment and suggestions for the problem’s solution. “The principles of future policy laid down are chiefly two: First, organized fluidity of labor through central labor exchanges, reducing to actual requirements the necessary labor reserve, instead of the existing reserve in each trade, and even for each employer; and second, the averaging of work and earnings by means of insurance against unemployment, principally through the labor unions.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 69. N. ’09.

“The author tells us, in excellent form and with singular completeness, exactly what the public wants to know at the present moment on ‘Unemployment.’ The volume is a storehouse of facts for the use of both sides in any controversy which may arise.”

+ =Ath.= 1909, 1: 224. F. 20. 670w.

“One of the most searching analyses of unemployment that has yet been made.” Irene Osgood.

+ + =Econ. Bull.= 2: 141. Je. ’09. 1200w.

“While his details are drawn from British sources and his conclusions apply more particularly to conditions in Great Britain than to those of any other country, yet his conclusions are largely applicable in any of the great industrial countries of the world.”

+ =Engin. N.= 62: sup. 46. N. 18, ’09. 1050w.

“No doubt the student of economics will find much to question in Mr. Beveridge’s pages. But for all that, the real value of the book is not to be questioned. It is worthy a permanent place on the bookshelf of the economist and in the hands of the reformer.” A. B. Wolfe.

+ − =J. Pol. Econ.= 17: 476. Jl. ’09. 950w.

“The chief value of the book—and it is a real one—is the very complete and fair presentation and analysis of the facts and the causes of unemployment.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 289. My. 8, ’09. 750w.

“If the Unemployed workmen act of 1905 had accomplished nothing more than the production of this book it would have been justified.” J: R. Commons.

+ =Pol. Sci. Q.= 24: 534. S. ’09. 650w.

“Not the least interesting part of Mr. Beveridge’s book is his examination of the difficulties which beset older workers in finding fresh employment. We cannot follow Mr. Beveridge in the easy view he takes of the mobility of labour.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 108: 570. N. 6, ’09. 880w.

“A correct analysis of the machinery of exchange as the organising principle of labour distribution is of the highest importance, and we recommend Mr. Beveridge’s contribution to the subject as one of much force and ability. We enter, however a ‘caveat’ that the author hardly realizes the influence of the existing labour exchange.”

+ − =Spec.= 103: sup. 485. O. 2, ’09. 210w.

=Biagi, Guido.=^{[10]} Men and manners of old Florence. **$3.50.
McClurg.

Five sketches that give realistic glimpses of the social life in Florence from the thirteenth to the beginning of the last century, during the age when Florence was a distinctive factor in the civilization of Europe, when, as the author says, “her native manners and customs had not yet been submerged and lost in the great stream of modern influence and fashions.” Contents: Florence within her ancient boundary; The mind and manners of a Florentine merchant of the fourteenth century; The private life of the renaissance Florentines; Tullia of Arragon; The twilight of the past; Index.

* * * * *

“Is not only a highly informing work but a highly entertaining one.”

+ =Dial.= 47: 388. N. 16, ’09. 460w.

“The author wrote the preface of a charming work upon ‘The women of Florence,’ by Isadoro del Lungo, reviewed in these columns last year, which should be read in connection with these essays.”

+ =Outlook.= 93: 601. N. 13, ’09. 200w.

=Bianchi, Martha Gilbert.=^{[9]} Cuckoo’s nest. †$1.50. Duffield.

9–18025.

“A novel, the action of which takes place chiefly at Monte Carlo, offers well in this hour of cosmopolitan fiction. England, America, France, Poland, and Germany share the honors in providing the principal persons of the tale.... The American abroad, the gambler of noble birth, the courtesan, the brilliant and amorous amateur of the violin, the rude but sportsmanlike Englishwoman with a title, the all-conquering dragoon—these are the not unfamiliar human materials out of which the Countess Bianchi has constructed her plot.”—Nation.

* * * * *

“Up to the last, one has no clear idea just where the author meant to place her centre of interest. But this does not alter the fact that she has here and there done some surprisingly good bits of work in portraying character.” F: T. Cooper.

+ − =Bookm.= 30: 68. S. ’09. 950w.

“There are passages of somewhat too detailed description for the taste of Anglo-Saxondom; but the moral of the story is wholesome.”

+ − =Nation.= 89: 212. S. 2, ’09. 270w.

=Bierce, Ambrose.=^{[10]} Shadow on the dial, and other essays. *$2.
Robertson.

9–28535.

A group of essays with a wide range of subjects. They are as follows: The shadow on the dial; Civilization; The game of politics; Some features of the law; Arbitration; Industrial discontent; Crime and its correctives; The death penalty; Religion; Immortality; Opportunity; Charity; Emancipated woman; The opposing sex; The American sycophant; A dissertation on dogs; The ancestral bond; The right to work; The right to take oneself off.

* * * * *

“Mr. Bierce now forces the note, talks about matters he does not perfectly understand, says habitually more than he means, counts that sentence lost which contains no paradox, and contradicts himself without a blush.”

− =Nation.= 89: 306. S. 30, ’09. 650w.

“If Mr. Bierce does not contribute vastly to the knowledge of the world, he assuredly adds delightfully to its amusement.” Hildegarde Hawthorne.

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 491. Ag. 14, ’09. 1600w.

“It is quite clear that what Mr. Bierce writes must be taken ‘cum grano.’ But there must be something genuine in it.”

+ − =Spec.= 103: 315. Ag. 28, ’09. 430w.

=Bigelow, John.=^{[12]} Retrospections of an active life. **$12.
Baker.

“To have lived to the ripe age of 92 years with full share of health and happiness, to have seen pass in review a great crisis in the history of one’s country, to have grown up with the great advances in science and the applications of science to commercial and industrial life, and finally to be able to sit down with pen in hand and describe these events accurately, fully, and entertainingly.” (N. Y. Times.)—this is what John Bigelow, ex-Ambassador to France has done in three volumes.

* * * * *

“More of his own way of looking at things, and less of his friends’ epistolary account of them, would have been welcome. The result, in the bulk and cost of the work, is not eminently satisfactory.” P. F. Bicknell.

+ − =Dial.= 47: 446. D. 1, ’09. 2500w.
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 731. N. 20, ’09. 230w.

“One ought not and one can scarcely criticise this voluminous work. But a little more careful editing would improve the quality of certain sections. For instance, one would like both sides of the correspondence more frequently in order not to lose the thread of the argument. While giving many letters written by other men, Mr. Bigelow is rather too sparing with his own letters, a sign of his never-failing modesty. The intrinsic value of the matter adduced outweighs all secondary considerations.” I. W. Voorhees.

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 737. N. 27, ’09. 2600w.

“There is no man living to-day so fitted to write the story of the last three-quarters of a century of American life as seen by one who has actively participated in it; and the vigor of his activity is paralleled by the vigor of his narrative.”

+ =Outlook.= 93: 789. D. 4, ’09. 400w. + =R. of Rs.= 40: 753. D. ’09. 600w.

=Bigelow, William Sturgis.= Buddhism and immortality. (Ingersoll
lecture for 1908). **75c. Houghton.

8–30599.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

* * * * *

=Am. J. Theol.= 13: 496. Jl. ’09. 160w.
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 99. Ap. ’09.

“An exceedingly well written presentation of the Buddhistic conception of immortality from the point of view of a sympathetic student of Buddhism.”

+ =Bib. World.= 33: 143. F. ’09. 20w.

“The result of asking us to conceive states without a subject to which these states are attributable is to render his ideas very confused and confusing.”

− =Cath. World.= 88: 693. F. ’09. 180w.

“As an attempt to interpret oriental ideas to western minds, the book deserves high praise. In particular, the exposition of ‘Karma’ is admirable; and the nobler side of Japanese Buddhist doctrine is brought before the reader very effectively.” E. H. Hollands.

+ =Philos. R.= 18: 346. My. ’09. 780w.

=Bigg, Charles.=^{[8]} Origins of Christianity; ed. by T. B. Strong.
*$4.15. Oxford.

9–25437.

“In this excellent work, the Christian history and literature of the first three centuries are treated with great learning and breadth of view, being constantly brought into relation with the wider history of the times. The book is thus an introduction both to the history and to the literature of the early church.” (Bib. World.) “The first chapter is a review of the Roman Empire as it was at the time, an institution usually tolerant, but coming into hostile contact with Christianity on the point of Caesar-worship. Dissent from this was high treason. Chapters follow on the foundation of the Roman church, on the fiery trials through which it passed under Nero and Domitian, and on its early teachers, the pseudo-Barnabas, Clement, and Hermas.” (Spec.)

* * * * *

“The style is terse, concrete, original, and often abrupt. But the story is full of interest, and exhibits a wide acquaintance with Christian and pagan literature. While the work will have no little value and interest for the student, the general reader will find it a useful introduction to the early history of the church. Professor Bigg’s views on Christian literature are not always critically based. The index is far from complete, which is the more unfortunate in view of the large range of subjects, persons, writings, and events treated.” E. J. Goodspeed.

+ − =Am. J. Theol.= 13: 617. O. ’09. 350w.

“On some matters Dr. Bigg has not adopted what seems the most critical view, and the later books of the New Testament, those, e. g., of Domitian’s time, might well have been included. But the book will be useful, as showing the subsequent literature vividly in its historical setting.”

+ − =Bib. World.= 34: 72. Jl. ’09. 100w.

“This is a disappointing book. The promise of the title is not fulfilled. Nor is the work of the quality one might expect from the Regius Professor of ecclesiastical history in Oxford, whose Bampton lectures on ‘The Christian platonists of Alexandria’ have long been well and favorably known. A more serious defect is the superficiality of treatment.”

− =Nation.= 89: 382. O. 21, ’09. 600w.

“Altogether, this is an awakening book.”

+ =Spec.= 103: 23. Jl. 3, ’09. 500w.

=Bigham, Madge A.=^{[11]} Overheard in fairyland. †$1.50. Little.

9–27956.

A book of fanciful explanations of the origin and characteristics of flowers, trees and other elements of woodland life.

* * * * *

+ =R. of Rs.= 40: 768. D. ’09. 20w.

=Biles, John Harvard.= Design and construction of ships, v. 1. *$7.50.
Lippincott.

9–11028.

=v. 1.= Calculations and strength.

It is divided into three parts: pt. 1 deals with areas, volumes, and centers of gravity; pt. 2 deals with ship calculations proper, such as calculations of displacement, center of buoyancy, metacenters, trim, etc.; pt. 3 deals with the strength of ships.

* * * * *

“The book could be somewhat condensed to advantage, and its value would be increased if the author had expressed more fully his own opinions and recommendations as regards some of the matters touched on.” D. W. Taylor.

+ − =Engin. N.= 61: sup. 1. Ja. 14, ’09. 3000w. (Review of v. 1.)

“The author’s style is clear and the method of development orderly and well arranged. The mathematical methods used in dealing with the various principles involved in the theoretical portions are not always the simplest or best. In the broad field of ship design and construction, it is a book which should prove of the highest value and it may be cordially commended to the notice both of students and of designers and practitioners in general.”

+ − =Engin. Rec.= 59: 223. F. 20, ’09. 600w. (Review of v. 1.)

“The arrangement of the book is excellent, its style concise and clear. For a long time there has been a need for such a book.” W. H. White.

+ =Nature.= 79: 454. F. 18, ’09. 950w. (Review of v. 1.)

=Bindloss, Harold.=^{[11]} Greater power. **$1.30. Stokes.

9–23728.

In its wilderness setting, and in its pioneer struggle with the forces of nature this book is similar to the many that the author has written of life in the Canadian Northwest. To the intelligence and ability of the hero are united the fore-sightedness and initiative of the heroine—a combination that is bound to transform wildernesses into places of habitation.

* * * * *

“Readers who have liked his earlier volumes will find in ‘The greater power’ substantially the same merits and the same defects.” F: T. Cooper.

+ − =Bookm.= 30: 189. O. ’09. 150w.

“It makes a varied and virile tale no less deserving of praise than the half dozen of its sort that have come before.” W: M. Payne.

+ =Dial.= 47: 385. N. 16, ’09. 140w.

“Mr. Bindloss’s muse is always rather heavy footed, and his style, intensely realistic, lacks the imaginative spirit. But his knowledge of the country is profound, his love for it evident, and his descriptions of the wilderness and of the lives of the men who toil therein have the flavor of actuality.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 456. S. 18, ’09. 480w.

“The book is a good, straightforward description of a way of living which must always have at least a vicarious attraction for readers pent in crowded towns.”

+ =Sat. R.= 107: 502. Ap. 17, ’09. 270w.

=Bindloss, Harold.= Lorimer of the Northwest. †$1.50. Stokes.

9–2261.

The Canadian northwest is the scene of this story which follows a clean, strong, young pioneer’s fight for fortune and the woman he loves. Its pages are filled with struggle, disappointment and finally the success resulting from a determined fight with the elements of opposition that face the sturdy pioneer. The ozone of the prairies gets into Mr. Bindloss’s pages.

* * * * *

“The way in which two women are always turning up at the psychological moment to add new complications to his difficulties, forms a tax upon our credulity which tends to discredit even that part of the story that is soberly and sincerely told.” F: T. Cooper.

− + =Bookm.= 29: 78. Mr. ’09. 350w.

“In his dealings with nature, as exhibited in that part of America which he has made his own, it seems to us that Mr. Bindloss is steadily growing in fineness of observation and power of description.” W: M. Payne.

+ =Dial.= 46: 264. Ap. 16, ’09. 260w.

=Bingham, Hiram.=^{[8]} Journal of an expedition across Venezuela and
Colombia, 1906–1907: an exploration of the route of Bolivar’s
celebrated march of 1819 and of the battle-fields of Boyacá and
Carabobo; with map and 133 il. from photographs taken by the author.
*$2.25. Yale pub. assn.

9–13527.

The journal of an expedition made in the interests of history along the route of the great general Bolivar who in 1819 conducted an army across Venezuela and Colombia by a road that was regarded impassable. The record of Dr. Bingham’s undertaking along this course is of definite interest “not only to historians, but to naturalists, geographers, ethnologists and lovers of travel in general.” The book is generously illustrated.

* * * * *

“The text is a useful contribution to the meager literature of this region, but is not of great interest to the average reader.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 35. O. ’09.

“Had the author used the diary to refresh his memory, and written the account of his trip in regular book form, it would have made the work more readable and more valuable. Even as it stands the volume is one of great interest, and the numerous photographs are excellent.”

+ − =Ind.= 67: 93. Jl. 8, ’09. 200w.

“While the historical element in Dr. Bingham’s diary is always dominant, yet other interests are by no means excluded from the narrative. That Dr. Bingham is not an ornithologist may be known from his speaking of toucans as if they were horn-bills; and indeed science is throughout the story a secondary interest. Yet his observations in the fields of geography and ethnology have considerable value.”

+ =Nation.= 89: 328. O. 7, ’09. 560w.

“The reader will get a very good idea of the kind of country and its inhabitants.”

+ =Nature.= 81: 453. O. 14, ’09. 470w.

“The ordinary reader will find in this volume an interesting account of travel off the beaten track and will gain from it an insight to the manner of life of the rural populations of Colombia and Venezuela.” Forbes Lindsay.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 479. Ag. 7, ’09. 550w.
=Spec.= 103: 138. Jl. 24, ’09. 300w.

=Binyon, Laurence.= Painting in the Far East. *$6. Longmans.

9–5221.

“The artistic unity of Asia is Mr. Binyon’s theme, and in a series of illuminating chapters he proceeds to demonstrate that it is in China that the central tradition of Asian painting is to be found. His thesis unfolds itself spontaneously like some lovely blossom, and his accompanying exposition of Oriental color, line and rhythm offers a helpful initiation to a style which few Occidentals rightly appreciate though many lay claim to that distinction. Not only is Mr. Binyon’s book specifically valuable; it is also collaterally so.”—Putnam’s.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 155. Je. ’09.

“His book is a notable one, comprehensive in its outlook, clear in its statements, and irrefragable in its philosophy.” F: W. Gookin.

+ − =Dial.= 46: 257. Ap. 16, ’09. 2300w.

“Although at a disadvantage by reason of the probable paucity of fine original examples to refer to, the author has succeeded in producing a valuable résumé of the history of art in China and Japan which is a welcome addition to our literature upon the subject. Some regret, however, will be felt by lovers of that art at the altogether unrepresentative character of the illustrations to the volume.”

+ − =Int. Studio.= 37: 83. Mr. ’09. 500w.

“His task has thus been comparable to that of a critic who should attempt to describe Italian art without the treasures of Italy. But within the limitations imposed upon him, he has made a useful and interesting volume.”

+ − =Nation.= 87: 637. D. 24, ’08. 700w.

“This is a work to study by heart and come back to often of works on art (and the word is said advisedly) the most important in the last decade, and the most enchanting of more than half that time.”

+ + =No. Am.= 190: 838. D. ’09. 130w.

“So simple and direct are his pictorial and poetical perceptions that you get at once at the secret sources of an immeasurably remote and tortuous fountain-head. Real knowledge of the subject is limited, and hence such a work as Mr. Binyon’s should find place on the shelves of almost every apostle of beauty.” Christian Brinton.

+ =Putnam’s.= 5: 622. F. ’09. 430w.

“Mr. Binyon’s book delights us not only by the interest of the subject, but also by the charm of its style and power of expression.”

+ =Spec.= 102: 541. Ap. 3, ’09. 1000w.

=Birdseye, Clarence Frank.= Reorganization of our colleges. **$1.75.
Baker.

9–8596.

As a result of a well conducted examination of the grave abuses practised in both administration and student life departments of our colleges and the inadequacy of means used for remedial purposes the author indicates the nature of the trouble and its location in the college body, and suggests a general method of treatment—an antitoxin—capable of effecting a cure if taken in time and in the right way. He proposes the placing of college reorganization under a separate administrative department, with the active cooperation of parents and business alumni.

* * * * *

“The exposition of the problems is a helpful service in the cause of higher education.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 131. My. ’09.

“From a literary standpoint the book is greatly marred by its redundancy. Mr. Birdseye states that the chief duty of the college is to prepare for citizenship and therefore that the intellectual is not alone to be considered. Here he goes too far.” Carl Kelsey.

+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 34: 614. N. ’09. 530w.

“Much of the emphasis of the book is timely, and some of it commendable.”

+ − =Dial.= 46: 265. Ap. 16, ’09. 570w.

“An interesting and stimulating contribution to the now widespread discussion as to the conditions of American collegiate instruction.” F: P. Keppel.

+ =Educ. R.= 37: 526. My. ’09. 1050w. + =Ind.= 66: 1296. Je. 10, ’09. 500w.

“This is the boldest and clearest plan for improving the higher education in this country which has hitherto appeared.”

+ =Lit. D.= 38: 559. Ap. 3, ’09. 330w. + =N. Y. Times.= 14: 233. Ap. 10, ’09. 950w.

“He has put his finger on the most serious defect in our American colleges; he has analyzed that defect with great skill and has shown how composite it is; and he has offered, so far as we know, the only remedy that appears to be as comprehensive as the ill it is designed to cure.”

+ =Outlook.= 92: 149. My. 22, ’09. 900w. + =R. of Rs.= 39: 511. Ap. ’09. 150w.

“In its diagnosis of the weaknesses of the college this book is clear, and even trenchant; but it is, on the whole, fair.”

+ =Yale R.= 18: 220. Ag. ’09. 200w.

=Bisland, Elizabeth, and Hoyt, Anne=.^{[10]} Seekers in Sicily: being
a quest for Persephone by Jane and Peripatetica. **$1.50. Lane.

9–23013.

“Miss Elizabeth Bisland and Miss Anne Hoyt, masquerading as ‘Jane’ and ‘Peripatetica,’ went to Sicily as seekers for the dead body of a great civilization, using their Theocritus oftener than their Baedeker, and waiting in the cold springtime for the coming of Persephone ‘laden with leaves and flowers and the waving corn.’ Every step they took stirred up wraiths of myths and history, and reminded them of Proteus rising from the sea, and of old Triton blowing his wreathèd horn. The theatrical scenery of Taormina, the bones and stones of Syracuse, the temples of ancient Girgenti, ‘the nicest place’ in Sicily, and the land of Goethe’s ‘das land, wo die citronen blüh’n,’ Palermo, were visited in turn.”—Dial.

* * * * *

“The book is full of life and color, successfully interprets the spirit of the country and supplies a need for a book of popular travel devoted entirely to Sicily.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 35. O. ’09.

“Seriousness and playfulness go together in this happy visit to the fields of old renown, and provide a very readable book of travel.” H. E. Coblentz.

+ =Dial.= 47: 234. O. 1, ’09. 300w.

“The book is worth reading, provided that one does not attempt to read too much of it at one sitting.”

+ − =Ind.= 67: 823. O. 7, ’09. 270w.

“It is the usual combination of random and inaccurate information by way of crumb, with abundant facetiousness, sentimentality, or simple talky-talk by way of plums.”

− =Nation.= 89: 462. N. 11, ’09. 220w.

“Visitors to Sicily will find this book an exceedingly interesting and valuable companion.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 492. Ag. 14, ’09. 330w.

=Bithell, Jethro.=^{[10]} Minnesingers. v. 1. *$2. Longmans.

W9–220.

A forerunner of the author’s history now in preparation which will treat of the minnesong as compared with the old lyrical poetry of Provence, Portugal and Italy. “This volume is independent of the one to come, for as the translator justly observes of its contents, ‘if they are poems, they should need no commentary; that they are poems in the original, is certain.’ We take satisfaction in saying that they are also poems in their English dress, poems to be enjoyed for themselves, with no ‘arrière-pensée’ of a philological nature.” (Dial.)

* * * * *

“He undoubtedly permits himself a good deal of freedom both in form and expression—occasionally with happy results, but not infrequently, we think, without adequate compensation for the sacrifice made.”

+ − =Ath.= 1909, 2: 236. Ag. 28. 630w.

“This volume is a real enrichment of the literature of poetic translation.”

+ =Dial.= 46: 408. Je. 16, ’09. 170w.

“Mr. Bithell’s translations are excellent, preserving in good measure the spirit of the originals, together with the form.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 404. Je. 26, ’09. 170w.

=Black, Hugh.= Gift of influence. **$1.25. Revell.

8–31998.

Sermons dealing with young men’s problems of life. “While quoting frequently from the poets, they noticeably abstain from anecdote, a resource of preachers for which Professor Black’s earnest and engaging manner is an effective substitute. All college preachers should take suggestion from their compact brevity. Dr. Black thinks that there is more of idealism among our students than of materialism. ‘No one can despair of the future who knows the splendid material the colleges of the land contain, and how eagerly men long to attempt great tasks.’” (Outlook.)

* * * * *

“These brief and vigorous sermons constitute real messages to students, not, indeed, as such, but as men and women with ideals and needs common to humanity.”

+ =Am. J. Theol.= 13: 499. Jl. ’09. 50w.
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 131. My. ’09.

“A volume abounding in eloquence, wisdom, and sound teaching.”

+ =Educ. R.= 37: 318. Mr. ’09. 40w.
=Ind.= 66: 428. F. 25, ’09. 100w.
=Nation.= 89: 439. N. 4, ’09. 150w.

“The sermons are eminently practical.”

+ =Outlook.= 91: 583. Mr. 13, ’09. 150w.

=Blackwood, Algernon.= Jimbo: a fantasy. **$1.25. Macmillan.

9–7037.

Partly allegorical, this is a study of the mind of an imaginative child whose governess introduces the first element of fear into his marvelously peopled world of thought. It further furnishes a remarkable analysis of the strange forms and weird experiences encountered during this same child’s season of delirium, in which the governess atones for the wrong done to the child by helping his astral self escape from the prison in which it was detained.

* * * * *

“A distinctly clever and even poetic fantasy of aviation. The total effect would be stronger if Mr. Blackwood had revealed or appeared to reveal a doctrine about fear which would uplift the reader.”

+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 284. Mr. 6. 120w.

“It is written in a simple and exceedingly graphic style, and people who like that sort of reading will doubtless enjoy the book.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 130. Mr. 6, ’09. 160w.

“We do not believe it is fit for children to read, nor do we imagine its lesson would be very effective among matter-of-fact grown-ups who need the warning contained in it.”

− =Outlook.= 91: 815. Ap. 10, ’09. 120w.

“The book is thus incidentally a sermon to governesses, and ought to be studied by everybody who has to do with children, except children themselves, for whom the homœopathy is quite excessive. One false touch and the aerial illusion would be shattered, but the realism is maintained.”

+ =Sat. R.= 107: 310. Mr. 6, ’09. 500w.

“‘Jimbo’ is not a book for children, and tender-hearted parents will find it almost unbearably painful, in spite of its comparatively happy end. But as a fantastic exposition of the psychology of fright, as an attempt to illustrate the workings of the mind in the spectral world of delirium, it is of engrossing interest.”

+ − =Spec.= 102: 619. Ap. 17, ’09. 1650w.

=Blackwood, Algernon.= John Silence: physician extraordinary. $1.50.
Luce, J: W.

9–12624.

Dr. John Silence is a psychic doctor-detective who in the five cases narrated by his confidential assistant tracks criminals who are not discernible by the human senses. He deals with the powers of darkness; in one case it is the discarnate soul of a woman whose evil he transforms by his spiritual alchemy; in another, personified emotions; and still another, “fire elementals” and fluidic bodies.

* * * * *

“The reader can take the prescribed amount of the supersensible for granted long enough to feel creepy with the victims of uncanny manifestations, and to pursue their adventures with interest to the climax of each ‘case.’”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 2: 400. O. 3. 150w.

“John Silence is a sort of spiritual Sherlock Holmes, a novel contribution to the gallery of autocratic specialists in various lines who tower in the pages of modern fiction.”

+ =Nation.= 88: 563. Je. 3, ’09. 220w.

“You do not lay down the book until it is finished; and when you do it is with distinct regret that it must come to an end at all.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 160. Mr. 20, ’09. 550w.
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 371. Je. 12, ’09. 130w.

“These stories are weird and thrilling, and their literary and psychological atmosphere makes that of the cleverest of ordinary detective stories appear thin. But they are too palpably impossible to produce illusion. They interest and excite, and Mr. Blackwood is ingenious, imaginative and skilful in description of persons, moods, and scenery; but they are just sensational and melodramatic.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 106: 426. O. 3, ’08. 320w.

=Blaine, Harriet Bailey (Mrs. James G. Blaine).= Letters of Mrs. James
G. Blaine; ed. by Harriet S. Blaine Beale. 2v. **$4. Duffield.

8–35845.

These letters run thru Mrs. Blaine’s Washington life from 1869 to 1889, and are mostly home letters to her absent children. They show her devotion to her husband and children, cast sidelights upon Mr. Blaine’s statesmanship, furnish brief, intimate characterizations of men and women prominent in Washington society during her day, and reveal her love of service, honesty, honor, and courage.

* * * * *

“A judicious editing would have resulted in reducing the work by half.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 72. Mr. ’09.

“Why on earth should a book be issued in two volumes to inform us, for instance, that the Blaine family had liver and bacon for breakfast in November, 1876.” R: W. Kemp.

− =Bookm.= 29: 193. Ap. ’09. 1050w.

“Mrs. Blaine at her best was a bright and witty woman, and her letters would stand on their own merits far above many which get into print; but, after all, it is the political connection which gives them their chief interest. Hence it is the inevitable impression that they have been a little too thoroughly culled, for the sake of avoiding offense, that will be felt by many as their main defect.” W. H. Johnson.

+ − =Dial.= 46: 114. F. 16, ’09. 680w. + =Ind.= 66: 1033. My. 13, ’09. 600w.

“A real and extremely interesting portrait. Occasionally she shows marks of what is almost literary genius. The letters are always excellent. The volumes have an index, but it has been badly prepared.”

+ =Lit. D.= 38: 103. Ja. 16, ’09. 1700w.

“There is a useless index, consisting of a list of proper names, with nothing but the pages on which they are referred to. The notes are school-girlish, and not without errors.”

+ − =Nation.= 88: 226. Mr. 4, ’09. 1000w.

“Mrs. Beale has rendered a very important service to the American people in making public [this] collection of letters.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 765. D. 12, ’08. 2700w.

“In making a collection of her letters public Mrs. Beale has revealed the portrait of a characteristically American woman and has thrown new light on some recent phases of American history, and she has thus done a double service to the American people.” E. F. Baldwin.

+ =Outlook.= 91: 316. F. 6, ’09. 2250w.

“They show us the simplicity of life in Washington a few decades ago.”

+ =Putnam’s.= 5: 627. F. ’09. 420w. + =R. of Rs.= 39: 507. Ap. ’09. 130w.

=Blake, Alice Elizabeth (Mrs. Warrenne Blake)=, ed.^{[5]} Memoirs of a
vanished generation, 1813–1855; with an introd. by the Lady St.
Helier. *$5. Lane.

9–8386.

While chiefly confined to the domestic affairs of General Knox, his children and many kinsmen, these memoirs reflect the inner political and social life of the times. “There is an atmosphere of old-fashioned goodness and kindness, high morality, warm affection, all kept fresh, gay, and healthy by a keen sense of the absurd, which makes the book a charming contrast indeed to some family chronicles, French and English, one could name.” (Spec.)

* * * * *

“There is a sufficiency of anecdote and family incident in these memorials.”

+ =Ath.= 1909, 2: 66. Jl. 17. 700w.

“Not, perhaps, very exciting, but giving a true picture of the times. On the whole, these memoirs are a unique and interesting addition to our knowledge of a ‘vanished generation.’”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 38. Ja. 23, ’09. 1000w.

“The singular, unaffected charm of the book ... is owing to Admiral Knox’s delightful and excellent character, the graceful ease with which he and his belongings accepted the troubles of a life not altogether smooth, and the light Irish humour which meant happiness for them all.”

+ =Spec.= 102: 618. Ap. 17, ’09. 470w.

=Blake, Sir Henry Arthur.=^{[10]} China; il. by Mortimer Menpes.
(Menpes crown ser.) *$1.50. Macmillan.

W9–270.

A work whose art value is of the first importance. Mr. Menpes’s excellent illustrations consist of sixteen full-page color drawings and numerous marginal line drawings. The accompanying text sketches the physical features, the manners and customs of the various peoples in China, their status in the educational affairs and their prospects for future commercial activity.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 69. N. ’09.

“The illustrations are excellent.”

+ =Ath.= 1909, 2: 490. O. 23. 700w.

“The book is an art work of merit, and (no negligible item to many buyers) of modest price.”

+ =Dial.= 47: 455. D. 1, ’09. 210w.
=Nation.= 89: 569. D. 9, ’09. 150w.

“Sir Henry Blake would undoubtedly be very interesting in conversation, but he cannot impart his first-hand knowledge or impose his valuable opinions, because simply he does not know the trick of writing.”

− =No. Am.= 190: 841. D. ’09. 100w.

“The text is reasonably picturesque in its description of Chinese life and customs.”

+ =Outlook.= 93: 318. O. 9, ’09. 110w.

“A very sympathetic, human quality runs through the illustrated story of an artist’s trip through the Celestial kingdom.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 40: 760. D. ’09. 60w.

“Compresses a great deal of information within his hundred and forty pages of letterpress.”

+ =Sat. R.= 108: 666. N. 27, ’09. 120w.

=Blanchard, Amy Ella.=^{[10]} Four Corners abroad. (Corner ser.)
†$1.50. Jacobs.

9–22943.

A new chapter in the lives of the four girls who, since the days of their first introduction to young readers, have enjoyed a good deal of sight seeing. The haunts of tourists take a new interest as seen thru the eyes of the enthusiastic quartette. The book furnishes plenty of amusement as well as information.

=Bland, Edith (Nesbit) (Mrs. Hubert Bland).=^{[5]} Daphne in Fitzroy
street. †$1.50. Doubleday.

9–4957.

A lovable, ingenuous girl without home and parents and for near relative a little sister to love and protect, is the heroine of this story. Opening in a private French school where Daphne is captain of her playfellow brigands, the scene shifts, after her father’s death, to a disagreeable aunt’s home and finally to an artist’s quarter in London where the chief events, closely linked with art and romance, transpire.

* * * * *

“On the whole, it is a readable and pretty book, especially for young people.”

+ =Ath.= 1909, 1: 340. Mr. 20. 120w.

“The story is genuinely amusing and interesting.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 672. O. 30, ’09. 250w.
=Outlook.= 93: 559. N. 6, ’09. 50w.

“It is a bright romance, told with the easy manner of an expert.”

+ =Sat. R.= 107: 502. Ap. 17, ’09. 300w.

“The book, though readable, cannot be called a great success.”

− + =Spec.= 102: 466. Mr. 20, ’09. 400w.

=Bland, Edith (Nesbit) (Mrs. Hubert Bland).= House with no address.
†$1.50. Doubleday.

9–6278.

A tale which ranges from the pathetic to the gruesome, from simple motives to deeds darkly mysterious. The central figures are a dancer of the Salome dance, the idol of London, and her lover who after a long absence returns to find her enmeshed in a strange matrimonial tangle. Mystery and tragedy in which the head used in her dance plays a gruesome part are followed by an unexpected squaring of accounts in which the supposed hero is not a hero at all.

* * * * *

“As a sheer study in horror, the thing is well done, but it is not the sort of book that can be commended either as good art or helpful reading.” F: T. Cooper.

− + =Bookm.= 29: 318. My. ’09. 240w.

“‘Salome’ sensationalism cannot possibly go farther.”

− =Ind.= 66: 764. Ap. 8, ’09. 120w.

“A sufficiently lively essay, it will be seen, in the latest style of the blood-and-thunder romance.”

+ − =Nation.= 88: 562. Je. 3, ’09. 240w.

“Any amount of clever handling cannot make the preposterous persons seem real. It holds the interest, but not the convictions of the reader, and it leaves him disgusted.”

− + =N. Y. Times.= 14: 160. Mr. 20, ’09. 170w.

=Blandin, Isabella M. E.= History of higher education of women in the
South prior to 1860. *$3. Neale.

9–2274.

From acts of state legislatures, catalogs of schools, data preserved in libraries of historical associations, and letters written by people connected with schools facts have been gathered to justify the South’s often misdoubted claim to an early recognition of the importance of girl’s education. The book sketches the history of the various institutions, seminaries and colleges for women that existed prior to 1860.

=Bleackley, Horace.=^{[8]} Ladies fair and frail; sketches of the
demi-monde during the eighteenth century. *$5. Lane.

Sketches of the following six adventuresses of the eighteenth century: Fanny Murray, Kitty Fisher, Nancy Parsons, Kitty Kennedy, Grace Dalrymple Eliot and Gertrude Mahon.

* * * * *

“Despite its somewhat meretricious title this careful book is a genuine contribution to serious biography. The results of Mr. Bleackley’s careful research are recorded in pleasant style, but a few slips in names and spelling need attention.”

+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 369. Mr. 27. 1600w.

“Has treated his subject in a manner at once serious and indicating a great deal of patient and painstaking investigation.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 426. Jl. 10, ’09. 170w.

=Blewett, George John.= Study of nature and the vision of God. *$1.75.
Briggs.

8–6091.

“Concerned with a two-fold opposition of fundamental philosophic tendencies: that between idealism and mysticism, and that between abstract and concrete idealism. The first two essays deal with the main antithesis itself; the one outlining the idealistic position which in its method of apprehending the true nature of reality is made to move from the world to God, without forgetting the world from which it started: the other tracing the development of mysticism, as interpreted by Spinoza, which in its method ‘leaves the world behind.’ The history of Christendom, is considered as representing the conflicts of these two tendencies. The remaining essays are studies in the history of idealism, with reference to Plato, Erigena and St. Thomas.”—Ann. Am. Acad.

* * * * *

“The philosophical and theological value of this work lies in its reconciliation of the world as it appears to the demand that it shall be seen as framed throughout for the realization of a supreme purpose. Its theme is logically, but rather verbosely, outlined.”

+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 32: 617. N. ’08. 200w.

“These essays deserve a permanent place in the English library of philosophy. His style has the defects of its merits. It is never commonplace, and at times rises to impressive eloquence. The refined but vigorous moral enthusiasm which pervades the whole book is almost appealing. But there are few passages, especially in the first essay, which are somewhat turgid and periphrastic, and some have a slight tinge of homiletic sentimentalism.” E. H. Hollands.

+ − =Philos. R.= 18: 88. Ja. ’09. 1600w.

=Bliss, Edwin Munsell.= Missionary enterprise. **$1.25. Revell.

8–20164.

A volume which supersedes the author’s “Concise history of missions.” He has “put into this moderately sized volume the whole story of Christian missions from the early times till now, enlarging especially upon their development in the nineteenth century.” (Outlook.)

* * * * *

“A good, general survey of Christian missions.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 6. Ja. ’09. ✠

“A statesmanlike presentation of the objects for which the most progressive missionaries are working and the methods by which they are seeking to accomplish them.”

+ =Ind.= 67: 42. Jl. 1, ’09. 80w.

“His skill is exhibited in this volume, in which the large facts and salient principles are brought to due prominence, notwithstanding the extent of field and fact which he covers. His volume will serve to spread intelligence as to the ambitions and purposes which underlie the efforts of the more statesmanlike propagandists of the faith, and the substantial and permanent results which missionary effort is assuredly accomplishing.”

+ =Nation.= 88: 485. My. 13, ’09. 180w. + =Outlook.= 90: 136. S. 19, ’08. 160w.

=Blomfield, Reginald Theodore.=^{[9]} Mistress art. *$1.40. Longmans.

9–5222.

“A series of critical essays varying greatly in subject, but all bearing on the author’s main contention, ‘that architecture is not mere decoration or ornamental building, but something outside and beyond the various crafts which it calls into play,’ ‘a grim intellectual art, moving amid big conceptions.’” (Ath.) Contents: The study of architecture; Design and temperament: Architecture and the craftsman; The limitations of the arts; The grand manner: Egypt and Greece; Pergamos and Hellenistic art; Rome; The grand manner: France.

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 100. Ap. ’09.

“We strongly recommend it to architectural students and others, as a vivid and sane piece of criticism.”

+ =Ath.= 1909, 2: 187. Ag. 14. 530w.

“These lectures contain plenty of matter which is worth pondering over.”

+ =Spec.= 102: 61. Ja. 9, ’09. 530w.

=Bloomfield, J. K. Oneidas.= $2.98. Alden bros.

8–5599.

“Gives a very sympathetic and appreciative account of the career of the Oneida tribe of Indians. His chief interest is in the religious work done among them. One learns very little of the social organizations or daily life either under the older régime or to-day in Wisconsin.” (Ann. Am. Acad.) “It describes their habits, customs, and beliefs during these several periods, and devotes a good deal of attention to the development of their present degree of civilization. A particularly interesting chapter is that which gives an account of the mysterious Eleazer Williams, believed by many to have been the Dauphin, son of Louis XVI.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“Much extraneous matter is introduced and there is little evidence of critical judgment in dealing with sources of evidence.”

− + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 32: 618. N. ’08. 70w.

“A historical document of value and a work of remarkable patience and care.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 160. Mr. 21, ’08. 200w.

=Boardman, Edwin Augustus.=^{[8]} Small yacht. **$2. Little.

9–16854.

“A practical treatise on the building, care and management of racing boats, to which is added instruction on the strategy of the race itself. All these points, where such a thing is possible, are illustrated with photographs, designs, and diagrams. The designs include valuable plans of 18-footers of several designs, of 30-foot cruisers and racers, showing many details of construction, with many plans of sounder boats of various shapes and rigs. A complete copy of a builder’s specifications for a sounder class yacht, extending over some ten pages, is added to the section of the work which is devoted to construction.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 36. O. ’09.

“Amateurs and even experts will find [it] of both interest and value.”

+ =Ind.= 67: 42. Jl. 1, ’09. 70w.

“A book which should be of value to owners and prospective owners of small sailing craft for racing.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 452. Jl. 24, ’09. 180w.

=Bode, Wilhelm.=^{[5]} Florentine sculptors of the renaissance. (Classics of art ser.) *$4. Scribner.

W9–67.

A collection of studies published six years ago to which have been added an essay on Leonardo da Vinci and on the Medallist Niccolo Fiorentino.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 7. S. ’09.

“The book is the most authoritative work on its subject that has hitherto appeared, and combines with much keen technical criticism a realization of the personal idiosyncrasies of the artists under review such as has been rarely achieved by the author’s fellow-countrymen who, as a general rule, lose sight of the craftsman in their vivisection of his productions.”

+ =Int. Studio.= 38: 78. Jl. ’09. 180w.

“There is a swarm of loose and occasionally false renderings by the translator. Professional students know how to use Dr. Bode’s writings. Others should be warned perhaps that many of his conclusions are of a tentative and most disputable sort.”

+ − =Nation.= 88: 369. Ap. 8, ’09. 420w.

“The critic is independent and at times aggressive, and he has undoubtedly made here an important and original contribution to the subject.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 336. My. 29, ’09. 850w.

“The illustrations are absolutely the next things to having a set of fine photographs, and the book is full of interest and personal charm and delightful sentiment. If this book is a little rambling, yet the stopping-places are all delightful.”

+ − =No. Am.= 190: 261. Ag. ’09. 400w.

“The book’s only defect is an undue vehemence in criticising other critics of sculpture.” E. F. Baldwin.

+ − =Outlook.= 93: 597. N. 13, ’09. 160w.

“There is rather too much of Dr. Bode and his opponents in the book, and too little about certain of the Florentine sculptors: especially about the greatest of them all, Michelangelo. It need hardly be said, of course that, taken simply as a series of essays on various aspects of the subject, the book contains much that is extremely valuable.” Laurence Binyon.

+ − =Sat. R.= 108: 381. S. 25, ’09. 720w.

“Dr. Bode, as we should expect, writes an interesting study of Florentine sculpture. His knowledge is great, and his views command respect. We cannot, however, go quite so far as he does when he says that but for the remains of antique statues left in Italy, the art of that country would have developed on the same lines as in the north.”

+ − =Spec.= 102: 668. Ap. 24, ’09. 450w.

=Bode, Wilhelm.=^{[5]} Great masters of Dutch and Flemish painting; tr. by Margaret L. Clarke. (Library of art ser.) *$2. Scribner.

W9–98.

A translation of the second edition of “Rembrandt und seine zeitgenossen.” The author deals with the following subjects: Landscape painting in Holland; Dutch still life; Dutch genre pictures; Rembrandt; Van Rijn; Frans Hals; Adriaen Brouwer; Rubens; and Van Dyck.

* * * * *

“With the few exceptions to which we draw attention the book is thoroughly up to date and unusually accurate.”

+ + − =Ath.= 1909, 2: 104. Jl. 24. 1650w.

“Nowhere else will one find Rembrandt’s life and work more sympathetically described.”

+ =Dial.= 47: 291. O. 16, ’09. 100w.

“The opinions of the scholarly Dr. Bode will always command respect, but some of those expressed in the work before us will challenge contradiction.”

+ − =Int. Studio.= 37: 254. My. ’09. 170w.

“There are venial blemishes in a usually excellent book.”

+ − =Nation.= 88: 424. Ap. 22, ’09. 330w.