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“Whoever will read this book should read it through from cover to cover. Otherwise he will do injustice to its conclusion, as well as to the deeply religious spirit of its author.” E. S. D.

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 591. O. 9, ’09. 430w.

“The book is one which may be commended to thoughtful people generally, but especially to students who have been instructed in the general principles of philosophical idealism, and are wrestling with the problem of reconstructing their religious creed. While it is strong food, it is precisely what is needed for the health of many men.” E. L. Hinman.

+ =Philos. R.= 18: 667. N. ’09. 450w.

“The best, and the longest, division of the book deals with the religious consequences of historical criticism. One could wish that Professor Wenley would be persuaded to chasten his style. At its best it is admirably vigorous and effective; but there are moments in which it seems a cross between the style of the Delphian oracle and that of Mr. George Ade.”

+ − =Science=, n.s. 29: 818. My. 21, ’09. 800w.

=Westermarck, Edward Alexander.= Origin and development of the moral
ideas. 2v. v. 2. *$3.50. Macmillan.

6–18579.

=v. 2.= “Treats of the right of property, regard for truth and good faith, altruistic sentiments, suicide, industry, ascetic practices, the relations between the sexes, regard for the lower animals and for the dead, cannibalism, and the relation of gods to morality.”—Nation.

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“As a great encyclopedia of facts, it will be a valuable reference work for large libraries.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 87. Mr. ’09. (Review of v. 2.)

“So far as the reviewer knows this is the most exhaustive comparative study of human morals ever made.” Carl Kelsey.

+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 34: 219. Jl. ’09. 460w. (Review of v. 2.)

“By dint of a singular combination of virile qualities—pluck, resolution, and common sense—Prof. Westermarck has accomplished a monumental work that places him in the first rank of living anthropologists.”

+ + − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 399. Ap. 3. 1500w. (Review of v. 2.)

“I trust that even this very inadequate abstract of the contents of Dr. Westermarck’s work may be sufficient to make evident the value of this great contribution to learning.” J. E. McTaggart.

+ =Int. J. Ethics.= 20: 94. O. ’09. 2300w. (Review of v. 2.)

“The characteristics of the first volume appear also in the second: astounding profusion of examples (always with precise references to authorities), clearness and ease of presentation, broad sympathy, accuracy of discrimination, and soundness of judgment.”

+ =Nation.= 88: 196. F. 25, ’09. 420w. (Review of v. 2.)

“The present work has, of course, its thesis, but it is one which is, for the greater part of the time, obscured by the very masses of detailed fact which are marshalled in support of it.” A. E. Taylor.

+ − =Nature.= 79: 481. F. 25, ’09. 1100w. (Review of v. 2.)

“There has never been any attempt to establish a moral theory on facts gathered from such a wide range of time and space as Westermarck’s attempt; and the result is that the work deserves to rank among the world’s greatest scientific books; in its own branch of science it has no peer, and is not likely to find one for a long time to come. Rarely does one find a writer on ethical subjects so free from pre-possessions as Westermarck is; but at least in one instance it seems to me that he evinces a strong prejudice which warps his judgment. I may close by saying that not its least claim to greatness is that the layman can read it with as much interest and profit as the expert finds in it. It should have a wide and enduring circulation. No one after this will have a right to discuss questions of ethical theory who has not made himself acquainted with its contents.” E. B. McGilvary.

+ + − =Philos. R.= 18: 429. Jl. ’09. 4000w. (Review of v. 2.)

“The work takes its place at once as the standard book on inductive ethics—a monument of patient and unprejudiced toil that in its particular line will not easily be superseded.”

+ + =Sat. R.= 107: 465. Ap. 10, ’09. 1400w. (Review of v. 2.)

=Weyman, Stanley John.= Wild geese. †$1.50. Doubleday.

9–4487.

“A pitiful but convincing picture of Ireland in her worst days of English oppression, hopeless conspiracy, and primitive manners. There is character interest also, especially in the Colonel who returns from military service in Sweden—a gentleman of honor and courage, a wonderful swordsman who will not fight a duel, a resourceful strategist who checkmates the schemes of the wild plotters who would involve in ruin his ward, a patriotic Irish girl, ignorant of affairs.”—Outlook.

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“Equal to Mr. Weyman’s best work.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 114. Ap. ’09. ✠

“The heroine, like many of Mr. Weyman’s female characters, seems to us rather unconvincing, and the hero is far from attractive; but the book abounds in exciting adventures, and the action is swift. Those who enjoy romantic novels of this kind will seek far before they find a better romance than ‘The wild geese.’” A. C. Rich.

+ − =Arena.= 41: 608. Ag. ’09. 220w.

“There is no falling-off in vigour and vividness of narration; the local colour only is perhaps a little doubtful.”

+ − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 177. Ag. 15. 170w.

“Is one of the best stories he has ever given us.” W: M. Payne.

+ =Dial.= 47: 47. Jl. 16, ’09. 200w.

“That the tale is full of adventure admirably depicted goes without saying.”

+ =Ind.= 66: 1082. My. 20, ’09. 200w.

“‘The wild geese’ is—the usual thing, only not quite so much so—a diminished echo of ‘Under the red robe’ and ‘A gentleman of France.’”

− =Nation.= 88: 443. Ap. 29, ’09. 220w.

“Of all his romances of adventure, there is none that excels this in quality and in interest. He has never created a more interesting and lovable character than Col. John Sullivan.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 142. Mr. 13, ’09. 160w.

“Throughout, the story has lively action and dramatic suspense.”

+ =Outlook.= 91: 813. Ap. 10, ’09. 160w.

“Constructively the story is very well done: the action is not too breathless, and the alternation in the hero’s fortunes is adequately managed; but there is little attempt to render the speech or thought of the Kerry people.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 106: 207. Ag. 15, ’08. 730w.

“We are told of the heroine’s charms, but we only realise her shrewishness. This is, perhaps, the most serious blemish in a spirited and wholesome story.”

+ − =Spec.= 101: 269. Ag. 22, ’08. 800w.

=Wharton, Edith Newbold.=^{[5]} Artemis to Actæon and other verse.
**$1.25. Scribner.

9–10298.

A slight three part volume of poems, the first in blank verse seeks themes out of legendary Greece, the second is a group of sonnets, while the third is composed of lyric poems.

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“Too intangible and involved to attract the ordinary reader.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 23. S. ’09.

“Miss Wharton writes excellent blank verse, rhythmical, well balanced, and melodious. In rhyme the author is less successful.”

+ − =Ath.= 1909, 2: 178. Ag. 14. 300w.

“She was not born a poet; but this volume shows well how high in poetry a thoroughly cultured prose artist may attain. It is a noble and worthy piece of work, of which at least no living poet need be ashamed.” Brian Hooker.

+ =Bookm.= 29: 367. Je. ’09. 500w.

“In her poems, perhaps more than in her stories, we find great refinement of feeling, subtlety of thought, and a diction that will bear close critical scrutiny.” W: M. Payne.

+ − =Dial.= 47: 101. Ag. 16, ’09. 320w.

“Not that Mrs. Wharton has not written some rich and interesting verse; but it is too precious and curious—it is at times too downright unnatural to touch the heart very seriously.”

− + =Ind.= 67: 934. O. 21, ’09. 90w.

“It is full of unrest and strain; it itches to allegorize in strange effective fashions.”

+ − =Nation.= 89: 55. Jl. 15, ’09. 150w.

“The academic flavor of these poems is, as it were, of the spirit. They have beauty, but lack vitality. The outside rather than the inside of life is what Mrs. Wharton tells of, and therefore it is that she is particularly happy in painting an impression. The book is a witness of careful work and polish; it is no outburst of passionate feeling or desperate need of singing.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 300. My. 8, ’09. 720w.

“Edith Wharton is a prose-writer ‘par excellence,’ and while she reaches the lyric pitch in thought and substance there are moments when, fine craftsman that she is, diction and cadence halt and move in the measure of prose.”

+ − =No. Am.= 190: 702. N. ’09. 300w.
=R. of Rs.= 40: 123. Jl. ’09. 50w.

“Her poetry, very beautiful and perfect in its way, makes its chief appeal to the intellect.”

+ =Spec.= 103: 20. Jl. 3, ’09. 330w.

=Wheat, Mrs. Lu.= Ah Moy: the story of a Chinese girl. **$1.50.
Grafton press.

8–20018.

In the sad experiences of Ah Moy, a Chinese girl, are reflected the habits of thought, customs, and feelings of the Chinese people. Altho the third daughter, she is not unwelcome; is betrothed at birth; loses her promised husband in the Boxer rebellion; during a time of reverses is sold into slavery, taken to San Francisco, where, rather than suffer the Chinatown shame into which she is forced uses the knife which was her father’s parting gift to be employed only in so dire an extremity.

* * * * *

“The author of the story has lent herself with a great deal of very wise sympathy to the Chinese way of thinking.”

+ =Ind.= 66: 324. F. 11, ’09. 230w.
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 749. D. 5, ’08. 320w.

“It is told with such knowledge, understanding, and sympathy as make it well worth reading by such as like to see beneath the surface of other civilizations than our own and to look therein for good.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 5. Ja. 2, ’09. 300w.

=Wheatley, Henry Benjamin.=^{[12]} Hogarth’s London. $4.80. Dutton.

“A series of pen pictures of eighteenth century life in London—the life, the manners, and customs of the city as Hogarth saw it. As the author says in his preface, ‘Hogarth was a devoted Londoner, and while illustrating the manners of Englishmen of his time he drew his subjects from the inhabitants of London, with whom he was in daily intercourse. Representations of streets and buildings in all parts of London are to be found in the collection of his works, and most of these are discussed in this book.’”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

“The pictures given in the very excellent reproductions are wisely selected.”

+ =Dial.= 47: 519. D. 16, ’09. 250w.

Reviewed by W. G. Bowdoin.

+ =Ind.= 67: 1350. D. 16, ’09. 80w.

“This book will be a useful companion to the standard life by Austin Dobson. We have here pretty much all the relevant material, a considerable amount of which has been added by Mr. Wheatley’s industry.”

+ − =Nation.= 89: 609. D. 16, ’09. 310w.

“Interesting and valuable work.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 803. D. 18, ’09. 260w.

=Whistler, James A. McNeill.= Ten o’clock. Authorized ed. $1. Ernest
Dressel North, 4 E. 39th st., N. Y.

This reprint limited to 1,000 copies “has the rare distinction of having been authorized by the author’s literary executor, and is the only separate edition of the lecture now in print. The Pennell biography and the reminiscences of Mr. Bacher—which unfortunately Miss Philip did not authorize,—have revived interest in Whistler’s personality.”—Dial.

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“That personality never, surely, had more final expression than in the crisp, audacious phrases of this heretical gospel of art, which set London agog and forever severed the friendship between Whistler and Oscar Wilde.”

+ =Dial.= 46: 118. F. 16, ’09. 130w.

“Is bound to be popular in the growing school of Whistlerites.”

+ =Ind.= 65: 1187. N. 19, ’08. 70w.

=Whitaker, Herman.= Planter. †$1.50. Harper.

9–7039.

A vivid picture of life on a Mexican rubber plantation in which are introduced Yaqui slaves, the brutal planter, a beautiful Mexican girl, and a young American deluded into managing the interests of a corporation of swindlers. His hardships and peril involve fighting against unjust labor conditions, tricksters and a Mexican Legree with the result that he wins his battle and the heart of the maiden too.

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“As a vivid presentation of scenes and characters comparatively unexploited, this novel makes a strong appeal to the jaded sense, and may be recommended as a picturesque and intelligent piece of work.” W: M. Payne.

+ =Dial.= 47: 48. Jl. 16, ’09. 220w.

“It is unquestionably a book of great power, stamping in its sharp-bitten impressions with mighty blows.”

+ =Nation.= 88: 631. Je. 24, ’09. 370w.

“The book is decidedly alive, and has a double interest—as a picture of a country and people of which we know little, but which abound in romantic phases, and as a story of action. But it must be added that the author would do well to restrain the exuberance of his style, and that there are in his story some errors of taste and sometimes a perfervid sensationalism in plot.”

+ − =Outlook.= 91: 814. Ap. 10, ’09. 210w.

=Whitcomb, Ida Prentice.= Young people’s story of music. $2. Dodd.

8–34154.

“Opening with a chapter on ‘The beginnings of music’ and closing with one on ‘modern music of other countries’ the author presents to her readers the growth and development of the art through the centuries. The book is illustrated with portraits of many noted composers and with reproductions of some primitive musical instruments.”—Bookm.

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“More valuable for reference than for general reading.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 96. Mr. ’09.

Reviewed by K. L. M.

+ =Bookm.= 28: 502. Ja. ’09. 100w.

“An unwieldy book of very uneven interest—more or less of a hodge-podge of information, some of which is none too accurate.”

− + =Ind.= 67: 308. Ag. 5, ’09. 100w.

“It is to a considerable degree what such a book should not be, rhapsodical, uncritical, gossipy.”

− =Outlook.= 91: 292. F. 6, ’09. 60w.

“A slipshod piece of work, crude in conception, slovenly in style and positively bristling with errors.” D. G. Mason.

− =Putnam’s.= 6: 111. Ap. ’09. 200w.

=White, Albert Beebe.= Making of the English constitution, 1449–1485.
*$2. Putnam.

8–29201.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

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“In view of the marked lack of critical and bibliographical foot-notes in connection with many controverted questions it would seemingly have been better to have omitted some of these long quotations and given the space to critical and bibliographical notes.” N. M. Trenholme.

+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 395. Ja. ’09. 600w.

“There is no more clear and scholarly treatise on English constitutional history during the middle ages in existence.” E: P. Cheyney.

+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 33: 479. Mr. ’09. 900w.

“The early history of the English constitution is traced in the light of the best authorities on admirably clear and large lines.”

+ =Educ. R.= 37: 207. F. ’09. 50w.

“The difficulties of selection and compression have been skilfully overcome, and Mr. White usually shows a knowledge of the latest literature. We cannot in every case commend his hints for further study; his bibliography refers to three books which are not yet in existence, and in his notes he treats with undue respect some works which are either too speculative, or too much the result of compilation at second hand, to be of value for the beginner.” H. W. C. D.

+ − =Eng. Hist. R.= 24: 607. Jl. ’09. 140w.

“The result of Prof. White’s labors can hardly be regarded as a successful textbook, and it adds nothing to our knowledge.”

− + =Nation.= 88: 68. Ja. 21, ’09. 640w.

“His volume is well adapted to its purpose, and is accompanied with a bibliography and suggestions for collateral reading which will be of special value to the student.”

+ =Outlook.= 91: 110. Ja. 16, ’09. 230w.

“Sets forth the results of the latest and best scholarship pertaining to the period. It is especially full and satisfactory on the development of the judicial system.”

+ =Pol. Sci. Q.= 24: 175. Mr. ’09. 100w.

=White, Edward Lucas.= Narrative lyrics. **$1.25. Putnam.

8–26401.

Nineteen poems whose themes are borrowed chiefly from ancient Egypt, Palestine, and the Greece of mythology. “In reality they are most of them old stories, unravelled and deftly rewoven in metrical patterns. Among others there is a ‘Benaiah,’ a ‘Rhampsinitos,’ a ‘Shamgar.’ Their likeness to the lyric consists mainly in the air of personal concern with which they are related.” (Nation.)

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“When blank verse is employed, in which he is happiest, the poet’s powers are at the best. In rime verse he is less successful.”

+ − =Ind.= 66: 199. Ja. 28, ’09. 350w. + − =Nation.= 88: 41. Ja. 14, ’09. 430w. + =N. Y. Times.= 14: 102. F. 20, ’09. 150w.

=White, Eliza Orne.=^{[10]} Wares of Edgefield. **$1.25. Houghton.

9–25973.

The little town of Edgefield furnishes the setting for this story with Boston some miles away to heighten the contrast. The Wares are an old and respected family and the happenings which go to make up the lives of two generations of Wares and their friends form the incidents of the chapters which move quietly along in small town fashion but teach the lesson that “we live to love, and after a time we seem to others to grow old, but there is no growing old for ourselves while there are the younger ones to help and to love.”

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“Of very moderate interest on account of the thinness of the plot, which is stretched to cover three generations.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 94. N. ’09.

“This story leaves one with the impression of real power somehow missed. Though the writer plainly states her keynote—Sympathy—at the story’s end we are left disappointed.”

− + =Nation.= 89: 434. N. 4, ’09. 100w.

“It is a clean, wholesome, and interesting little tale, and should please those who have taken delight in the author’s previous work.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 687. N. 6, ’09. 200w.

=White, Fred Merrick.= Crime on canvas. $1.50. Fenno.

9–6574.

“The arch villain is an artist who sets out to revenge himself, for slights to his vanity, upon a rich English nobleman, whose inordinate pride of family makes it easy to goad him to desperation by working upon a family secret. This the young artist does by painting pictures of a young woman whose relationship the nobleman does not wish to acknowledge, sending them to him by mail and finally exhibiting in public a portrait that is so remarkable as a work of art as to attract wide attention. The plot is quite complicated, has many exciting situations, and calls for constant alertness and detective cunning on the part of the several friends who are helping the persecuted old man to get the better of his enemy.”—N. Y. Times.

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“Barring the verbosity in conversation and the stilted manner of speech of nearly all the characters, the book is a creditable enough specimen of its class of fiction.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 210. Ap. 10, ’09. 200w.

=White, Fred Merrick.= Sundial. $1.50. Dodge, B. W.

8–31687.

“An old Italian sundial with a fountain playing around it in the garden of a famous artist is the centre of interest. A man who is a mixture of scientist, man of the world, and criminal sets up an electrical plant not far away, and by means of wireless transmission *charges the fountain. A theft of jewels, which are afterward hidden in the top of the sundial, the deaths of two persons by contact with the charged water, and the elopement of the artist’s wife and the criminal are among the incidents of the story. The mystery is finally unraveled by the combined efforts of a criminologist and an electrician.”—N. Y. Times.

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“This is the best mystery story we have read in months. Though there is here as in most mystery tales the element of improbability, it is not so obtrusive as in most similar romances.”

+ − =Arena.= 41: 89. Ja. ’09. 340w.

“In conception and portrayal of character, development of plot, and manner of telling the story is crude and commonplace.”

− =N. Y. Times.= 13: 805. D. 26, ’08. 200w.

=White, Frederick.= Bill, a cheerful dog. **$1. Moffat.

9–2762.

Cheer is the predominant note in this book of children’s verse humorously illustrated.

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Reviewed by K. L. M.

=Bookm.= 28: 468. Ja. ’09. 40w.
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 702. N. 28, ’08. 140w.

=White, Henry Alexander.= Stonewall Jackson. (American crisis
biographies.) **$1.25. Jacobs.

9–3196.

Material for this concise biography has been drawn from every available original source. It gives accounts of early life, traces character development, and follows accurately Jackson’s military operations. Bibliography and index.

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“Will answer the average library need better than the ‘Life and letters’ by Mrs. Jackson, and is much more valuable on the military side.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 87. Mr. ’09.

“Dr. White has given a succinct and well-selected account of the chief events in General Jackson’s life, and has written a book that will serve as a good résumé of his military career. We should have liked a fuller criticism of his generalship.” J. M. Garnett.

+ − =Dial.= 46: 255. Ap. 16, ’09. 1650w.

=White, Horace.= Money and banking, illustrated by American history;
rev. and continued to the year 1908. 3d ed. *$1.80. Ginn.

8–24281.

“The third revision without an increase in size. In chap. 5, of Book 3, the refutation of Kemmerer’s quantity theory by W. M. Persons is introduced. The old chap. 6 on the ‘Latin union,’ and the old chap. 7 on ‘International monetary conferences,’ are omitted, and appear briefly in new chap. 6. Book 2 on ‘Government paper money,’ is left unchanged. In