Chapter VIII: Preface (8)

A timely book presenting an untechnical survey of the economic and moral merits of the tariff question. The author’s aim is to show the political, industrial and economic forces operating to destroy the tariff system, to encourage those who are fighting for the removal of artificial obstructions to trade and prosperity, to inform readers concerning the signs of the times, to arouse the indifferent, to challenge opponents and to make friends of all. World unity, world trade, and world peace are the watchwords.

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=A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 156. Je. ’09.

“The general reader, for whom it is intended, will find it well worth while; though unfortunately it is badly organized, and would greatly gain in force by condensation.” C. W. W.

+ − =J. Pol. Econ.= 17: 382. Je. ’09. 450w.

“The chief point in Mr. Bridgman’s book, however, is the summing-up of the forces which, in the United States at present, are undoubtedly making for a letting-down of the tariff bars. But, like all enthusiasts, the author grossly exaggerates the strength of that movement.”

+ − =Pol. Sci. Q.= 24: 562. S. ’09. 200w.
=R. of Rs.= 39: 382. Mr. ’09. 100w.

“A powerful exposition of the working of protection in the United States.”

+ =Spec.= 102: 786. My. 15, ’09. 160w.

=Brierley, Jonathan (“J. B.,” pseud.).= Sidelights on religion.
*$1.40. Whittaker.

9–11697.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

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“The writer is evidently an Englishman of a somewhat violently Protestant type, and is not always fair to Christianity in its organic forms. Nevertheless he writes forcibly and presents a great deal that is true. The reader may be occasionally provoked, but he will always be interested, and will be forced to do some thinking for himself.” E: S. Drown.

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 127. Mr. 6, ’09. 100w.

“The book as a whole is full of suggestion. Perhaps we may say that it is a book for those whose business it is to teach, and who have a fairly well assured standing ground of belief. These it cannot fail to strengthen, while it broadens their outlook.”

+ =Spec.= 102: sup. 642. Ap. 24, ’09. 320w.

=Briggs, Charles Augustus.=^{[10]} Church unity: studies of its most
important problems. **$2.50. Scribner.

9–25299.

The author is lecturer on Christian irenics in the Union theological seminary and is the foremost apostle of church unity in America. The book is the result of exhaustive study of church polity, worship, and doctrine in all their phases with a view of finding what is essential to Christianity, what is Catholic, and what is the consensus of Christianity. A warm human sympathy pervades the book which gives it the appeal of the true irenic.

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=R. of Rs.= 40: 762. D. ’09. 80w.

=Briggs, Ernest Edward.= Angling and art in Scotland: some fishing
experiences related and illustrated. *$4. Longmans.

9–14707.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

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“The illustrations are of more than usual value.”

+ =Int. Studio.= 36: 251. Ja. ’09. 100w.

“Charming and amusing to read.”

+ =Spec.= 101: 885. N. 28, ’08. 400w.

=Brigham, Louise.=^{[8]} Box furniture: how to make a hundred useful
articles for the home. **$1.60. Century.

9–14202.

Describes and gives instruction for making useful and artistic pieces of furniture out of dry goods boxes. The author shows how with simple tools one may fashion bedsteads, washstands, desks, music racks, flower stands, footstools, pipe racks, etc. The author says “Besides the educational and artistic values found in such work there is also a wide economic significance in the use of the box.... To all who care for simplicity and thrift, utility and beauty, I send my message.”

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+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 156. Je. ’09. ✠

“Her directions are to the point, her illustrations helpful, and the required material is easily obtained.”

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“Deserves a good word.”

+ =Nation.= 89: 312. S. 30, ’09. 170w. =N. Y. Times.= 14: 356. Je. 5, ’09. 200w. + =School R.= 17: 725. D. ’09. 70w.

=Brightmore, A. W.= Structural engineering. *$3.75. Cassell.

“Suitable for students of engineering, intermediate between what is generally called ‘Strength of materials,’ and such specialized works as, for instance, Merriman and Jacoby’s ‘Roofs and bridges.’” “An endeavor is therefore made to set forth as a basis the fundamental principles of statics, and especial attention is given the methods of the equilibrium polygon and of the ellipse of stress.” (Engin. D.)

* * * * *

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+ − =Engin. D.= 5: 55. Ja. ’09. 210w.

“This material is in such shape that it is rather hard reading. It may be commended as being sound, though for the most part distinctly English, both in terminology and in methods of treatment. A clearer didactic style and sufficient dilution to make the book palatable would have commended the book to the reader’s attention far more forcibly.”

− + =Engin. N.= 60: sup. 429. O. 15, ’08. 300w.

=Bristol, Frank Milton.= Life of Chaplain McCabe, bishop of the
Methodist Episcopal church. **$1.50. Revell.

8–23284.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

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“Sympathetic biography.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 100. Ap. ’09.
=Ind.= 66: 704. Ap. 1, ’09. 340w.

“The biography is full of anecdotes and interesting incidents.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 626. D. 24, ’08. 170w.

=Bronson, Walter Cochrane=, ed.^{[12]} English poems; selected and
ed., with illustrative and explanatory notes and bibliographies. 4v.
v. 2. *$1.50. Univ. of Chicago press.

7–29843.

=v. 2.= The Elizabethan age and the Caroline period.

Numerically, the second volume in a series of four, altho the third to be published, this volume devotes two-fifths of its space to Spenser, Shakespeare and Milton and the remainder to some sixty of the minor poets. In method, completeness of notes, bibliographies and index, this volume follows the plan adopted for the series.

* * * * *

“A good collection for larger libraries.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 36. O. ’09.

=Brookfield, Frances Mary.=^{[5]} Friar observant. $1.50. Herder.

A story of the reformation in England narrated by a friar of the period.

* * * * *

“From its historical side, indeed, the book is throughout somewhat open to criticism; but with all its faults there is a certain amiability in it which will redeem it in the eyes of many readers.”

+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 341. Mr. 20. 200w.

“It presents only an episode; but the episode is well-conceived and well-related, and the characters of Luther, Philip, and Margaret are boldly drawn, while the friar himself and the Lady Anne are mere marionettes. It is a stirring and picturesque tale of the times.”

+ =Cath. World.= 89: 256. My. ’09. 470w.

=Brooks, John Graham.= As others see us: a study of progress in the
United States. **$1.75. Macmillan.

8–31147.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

* * * * *

“An excellent volume for general reading, informing and entertaining.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 6. Ja. ’09. ✠

“It is a volume that merits a place in every well-ordered library and should be found on the shelves of all public libraries.”

+ =Arena.= 41: 253. F. ’09. 1050w.

“It is Mr. Brook’s commentary that makes the book worth while, that makes it, indeed, a book about America by an American.” J: Macy.

+ =Bookm.= 28: 607. F. ’09. 3700w.

“A book worthy of being read, and wholesome in its lessons.”

+ =Dial.= 46: 54. Ja. 16, ’09. 140w.

“The point of view of the book is a novel one, and the treatment of the subject by Mr. Brooks makes both interesting and suggestive reading. He handles some critics a little too gently and some others perhaps not quite roughly enough.”

+ − =Educ. R.= 37: 531. My. ’09. 90w.

“I wish that every faint-hearted American, whose faith in democracy is wavering, could be induced to read and re-read and then read again Mr. Brooks’s book. Nothing more splendidly sanely, and convincingly optimistic has appeared in a long time.” H. A. Bruce.

+ =Forum.= 41: 386. Ap. ’09. 1000w. + =Ind.= 66: 637. Mr. 25, ’09. 550w.

“The volume is one that should be widely read if for no other reason than that it is delightful reading.”

+ =Nation.= 88: 490. My. 13, ’09. 700w.

“A work which is not only very readable, with its variety of pertinent comment, but is also informing. There are few evidences in Mr. Brooks’s work of false perspective.” E: Cary.

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 1. Ja. 2, ’09. 1300w.

“No book that has recently appeared is more interesting or suggestive.”

+ =Outlook.= 90: 862. D. 19, ’08. 1900w.

“His own connected comment on these criticisms is sane and enlightening as well as kindly.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 39: 125. Ja. ’09. 110w.

“We must be content with saying generally that not only is the book one of the most entertaining and illuminating that we have ever come across, but that it is from beginning to end a happy proof of the good understanding that is growing more and more complete between the two countries.”

+ − =Spec.= 102: sup. 642. Ap. 24, ’09. 380w.

“We cannot refrain from urging that the volume should be at the earliest moment in the hands of two classes of people: first, those who contemplate a journey to another country, either for the purpose of pleasure, or study; second, those who intend to stay at home, either from choice or from necessity. The first class will find the volume a delightful traveling companion and a guide to intelligent observation. The second will find it a most entertaining text book in a study of American life and institutions.” O. R. Lovejoy.

+ =Survey.= 22: 304. My. 29, ’09. 1600w.

=Broomhall, Marshall.= Present-day conditions in China. **50c. Revell.

9–964.

The author, editorial secretary of the China inland mission, gives in this volume a summary of happenings in China during a year. Quotations from Chinese newspapers, maps, tables and text all bear witness to the fact that there is a great movement in China and with it are opportunities for Christianizing its people.

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“His little book is as up to date as anything can be upon a subject that changes with kaleidoscopic rapidity.”

+ =Ind.= 66: 324. F. 11, ’09. 220w.
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 673. N. 14, ’08. 200w.

“Mr. Broomhall has some very striking facts to lay before his readers.”

+ =Spec.= 100: 835. My. 23, ’08. 300w.

=Broughton, Lord.=^{[9]} Recollections of a long life; with additional
extracts from his private diaries; ed. by his daughter, Lady
Dorchester. 2v. *$6. Scribner.

9–25987.

“Fifty years ago Lord Broughton privately printed his ‘Recollections of a long life’ in five volumes. With this work as a basis, his daughter, Lady Dorchester, has compiled a record of his early manhood, when he was the intimate friend of Byron and a notable figure among the stalwarts of reform. The record is elucidated by many extracts from his private diaries—like all his contemporaries, he was a voluminous diarist—and from his published works. And we can only hope that these volumes, which come down to 1822, will be followed by others dealing with Lord Broughton’s later life.”—Spec.

* * * * *

“A fascinating and valuable book.”

+ =Ath.= 1909, 2: 117; 2: 147. Jl. 31; Ag. 7. 600w.

“The chief interest, of course, attaches to the personal reminiscences of Byron, which are so plentiful in these volumes.” P. F. Bicknell.

+ =Dial.= 47: 175. S. 16, ’09. 1750w.
=Lit. D.= 39: 775. N. 6, ’09. 430w.

“It must be confessed that as a whole these pages are pretty thin reading.”

+ − =Nation.= 89: 431. N. 4, ’09. 1550w. + =N. Y. Times.= 14: 589. O. 9, ’09. 1900w.

“Apart from what we consider the Byron blunder, Lady Dorchester has done her work in editing and arranging these papers very well.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 108: 84. Jl. 17, ’09. 830w.

“It is one of the most delightful books of reminiscences which we have read for long.”

+ =Spec.= 103: 131. Jl. 24, ’09. 2000w.

=Brown, Abbie Farwell.= Fresh posies; rhymes to read and pieces to
speak. †$1.50. Houghton.

8–27776.

A book of natural, spontaneous child-wisdom set to rime.

* * * * *

“Charming rhymes, happy in thought and expression, for children of seven and eight.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 307. D. ’08. ✠

“Many of the verses hold to the child spirit, while others neglect it. I hope that the book will have an encouraging reception, for there is in the lines a naïve appreciation of youth that is rare.” M. J. Moses.

+ =Ind.= 65: 1470. D. 17, ’08. 60w.

“Deserves a warm welcome.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 522. N. 26, ’08. 70w. + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 580. O. 17, ’08. 80w.

=Brown, Abbie Farwell.=^{[12]} John of the woods. †$1.25 Houghton.

9–28265.

A book with a message for children which tells the story of a little boy who lives in the forest with a good hermit, learns from him a secret power over the wild creatures of the woods and comes to trust them as protectors and brothers. The influence of the kingdom of the forest reaches out to the troubled realm of which it is a part and teaches the ruler lessons of harmony and happiness.

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“Miss Abbie Farwell Brown has succeeded commendably in disguising an overworked moral beneath a sufficiently entertaining story. Miss Brown is a good companion for children, both in her prose and verse.”

+ =Lit. D.= 39: 1016. D. 4, ’09. 170w.

“This is one of the best of the new books for children.”

+ =No. Am.= 190: 844. D. ’09. 100w.

=Brown, Alice.= Story of Thyrza. **$1.35. Houghton.

9–5521.

Miss Brown has woven into the structure of her story the conditioning forces that made for happiness and tragedy in a single woman’s life. A studious, imaginative little girl, a hero worshiper, grows to womanhood, mistakes for the prince of her dreams a wooer who fools and betrays her, then with grim resolution and stout-hearted purpose faces alone the future of her child. She trains and educates him the while refusing the love of a good man whose name she was not willing to sacrifice. It is a strong handling of a difficult situation.

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“Though unconvincing in its main motive, it is a strong dramatic novel, wholesome in its teaching and remarkably unobjectionable for its kind. Not advised for the small library or a traveling collection.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 147. My. ’09.

“This is an attractive and, in a measure, original story.”

+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 581. My. 15. 80w.

“Lacking consistency and continuity, this study of a woman’s development fails to satisfy.”

− =Atlan.= 103: 710. My. ’09. 300w.

“With all its art, the story still leaves you incredulous.” F: T. Cooper.

+ − =Bookm.= 29: 191. Ap. ’09. 270w.

“A more significant work than has hitherto come from the pen of Miss Alice Brown.” W: M. Payne.

+ =Dial.= 46: 372. Je. 1, ’09. 480w.

“A story which, although sombre and somewhat painful, cannot be denied a place among recent volumes of some importance.” Philip Tillinghast.

+ − =Forum.= 41: 393. Ap. ’09. 500w.

“Such an ending is fortunate, but somehow it thins the tragedy to an obvious fiction.”

+ − =Ind.= 66: 812. Ap. 15, ’09. 750w.

“As with other novels from the same pen, the book rings true. Delineations of New-England character are well done and show acute observation.”

+ =Lit. D.= 38: 559. Ap. 3, ’09. 230w.

“An almost austere restraint of style gives the work a peculiar charm. The interest of plot is subordinated to that of the characters and their reaction upon one another. The situations are rich in suggestion beyond what is actually developed.”

+ =Nation.= 88: 307. Mr. 25, ’09. 230w.

“It has taken all of Miss Brown’s art and skill, and that is saying a good deal, to make plausible the situation which is the crux of the story. She has made it plausible, but not quite convincing.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 136. Mr. 6, ’09. 430w.

“The earlier chapters are amusing and charming in their pictures of Thyrza’s girlhood, and there is a deal of tenderness in the final chapters.”

+ − =Outlook.= 92: 19*. My. 1, ’09. 120w.

“She has done nothing so good on the larger scale.” H. W. Boynton.

+ =Putnam’s.= 6: 495. Jl. ’09. 320w. + =R. of Rs.= 39: 760. Je. ’09. 100w. =Sat. R.= 107: 822. Je. 26, ’09. 30w.

“It is a thoroughly engrossing, poetical, and distinguished study of a finely conceived character, and the narrative is rich in odd surprises and contrasted emotions.”

+ =Spec.= 102: 785. My. 15, ’09. 730w.

=Brown, Charles Reynolds.=^{[9]} Young man’s affairs. **$1. Crowell.

9–35794.

A book of common sense for every young man who hopes some day to “arrive.” The chapters are: His main purpose; His intimates; His books; His money; His recreations; His wife; and His church.

* * * * *

“Distinguished by a grasp of essentials, sound common sense and a picturesque and humorous style.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 37. O. ’09. ✠

“A strong religious flavor manifests itself in these talks, but their really distinguishing characteristics are the clear understanding they exhibit of young-man life, and the quaint, picturesque forcefulness, with which the advice they contain is presented. A strong vein of humor runs through them which cannot fail to make an appeal to young men.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 511. Ag. 28, ’09. 140w.

=Brown, Daniel Rollins.= The baby: a book for mothers and nurses. *$1.
Whitcomb & B.

8–36406.

Includes the results of recent investigation of all matters pertaining to the health of a baby.

* * * * *

“A good general treatment limited to the principles and practical knowledge that every mother and nurse should possess. The subject of food receives special attention.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 73. Mr. ’09. ✠
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 48. Ja. 23, ’09. 200w.

=Brown, Demetra (Vaka) (Mrs. Kenneth Brown).=^{[6]} Haremlik: some
pages from the life of Turkish women. **$1.25. Houghton.

9–13429.

Out of the experience of six years in America a Turkish girl, back once more in Constantinople, studies the Turkish women who had been her friends in girlhood. The chapters record her impressions gained during a round of visits among them and afford an authentic view of life as it is lived by Turkish women of today.

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=A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 8. S. ’09.

“Whatever may be the book’s value as documentary evidence for the sociologist,—and it is probably not impersonal enough or general enough to give it a great deal of value in that direction,—it is stirringly written, and two or three little incidents of childhood companionships, in particular, are told almost as prettily as anything of the kind in literature.”

+ =Dial.= 47: 75. Ag. 1, ’09. 230w. + − =Nation.= 89: 166. Ag. 19, ’09. 450w.

“It is a strange book this—strange in that it is something quite fresh and, if not quite new, the subject is treated with a newness of unbiased viewpoint that compels attention and willing conviction.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 304. My. 15, ’09. 880w. + =N. Y. Times.= 14: 380. Je. 12, ’09. 200w. =Outlook.= 92: 428. Je. 26, ’09. 430w. + =R. of Rs.= 40: 126. Jl. ’09. 140w.

“Whatever the precise value may be which the reader allows to the present book, he will scarcely after reading these conversations dismiss it as altogether insignificant.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 108: 505. O. 23, ’09. 780w.

“Mrs. Kenneth Brown’s book is well worth reading because, although it says nothing about the revolution, it reveals the standpoint and temperament of Turkish women, and proves that they are likely to remain for a long time just what they are.”

+ =Spec.= 103: 514. O. 2, ’09. 2400w.

=Brown, Goodwin.= Scientific nutrition simplified: a condensed
statement and explanation for everybody of the discoveries of
Chittenden, Fletcher, and others. **75c. Stokes.

8–19025.

The self application of principles of nutrition discovered thru recent physiological study has resulted in this “condensation” for general use. “The author shows that science strongly antagonizes the deep-rooted idea in the mind of man that everything he can get down will do him good, and he shows that science declares, on the contrary, that food taken in excess of physiological requirements does not yield increased energy for work, but actually takes energy that might be given to work. He makes it plain that the average man overloads his system with waste products difficult to dispose of because of eating too much and improperly selected food.” (Educ. R.)

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“It would be of great advantage if every teacher, and, what is more important, every mother, would read this little volume. The book may be unreservedly recommended, and will be found of markt practical value.”

+ + =Educ. R.= 36: 422. N. ’08. 200w.

“Whoever is interested in the modern theories of nutrition will find here a plain, accurate statement of the ideas of the most advanced scientific thinkers upon how best to make food conserve the body’s needs.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 282. My. 16, ’08. 180w.

=Brown, John Franklin.=^{[11]} American high school. *$1.40.
Macmillan.

9–14954.

Discusses the distinctive features of the American high school, its function, organization and management, its curriculum and its social life.

* * * * *

“An important contribution to the history of education.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 662. O. 23, ’09. 30w. + =Spec.= 103: sup. 490. O. 2, ’09. 270w.

=Brown, John Mason.= Lectures on the statutory provisions relating to
government contracts, delivered before the Engineer school, U. S.
army, Washington barracks, D. C., March, 1908. (Occasional papers,
Engineer school, U. S. army, no. 31.) Press of the Engineer school,
Washington barracks, D. C.

8–26844.

This volume is intended to supplement its predecessor and to call attention to the more important of the many statutory provisions which have direct bearing upon government contracts, and the observance of which, by both the contractor and the agents of the government, is so important.

+ =Engin. D.= 5: 294. Mr. ’09. 200w.

“Should be of value to any and all contractors doing business with the government. The material is wisely condensed.”

+ =Engin. N.= 60: sup. 316. S. 17, ’09. 160w.
=Engin. N.= 61: sup. 48. Ap. 15, ’09. 50w.

=Browne, Patrick William.=^{[9]} Where the fishers go: the story of
Labrador. *$1.75. Cochrane pub.

9–17326.

“Gives topographical, historical, industrial and social [information] concerning the people and their surroundings, their mode of life, the products of the soil and the sea. Every step that a tourist can take, and every detail that might contribute to secure his comfort or satisfy his curiosity, is recorded with the fidelity of a Baedeker.”—Cath. World.

* * * * *

“A convenient volume for larger libraries because of its supplemental information to the several narrative and travel accounts published within the past few years.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 37. O. ’09.

“The book is not remarkable for descriptive power nor, in fact any conspicuous grace of style. But it is packed full of detailed information.”

+ =Cath. World.= 89: 839. S. ’09. 120w.

“It would be difficult to discover a single volume in which so much information is contained, and for this reason the book may be heartily recommended to travellers in the northlands.”

+ − =Nation.= 89: 234. S. 9, ’09. 170w.

“His information is as miscellaneous as it is unarranged in spite of all the mechanics of topics which adorn his pages.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 455. Jl. 24, ’09. 270w. + =R. of Rs.= 40: 639. N. ’09. 50w.

“Mr. Browne writes about his theme with knowledge and with enthusiasm.”

+ =Spec.= 103: 693. O. 30, ’09. 230w.

=Brownell, William Crary.=^{[12]} American prose masters. **$1.50.
Scribner.

9–28257.

Studies of Cooper, Hawthorne, Emerson, Poe, Lowell and Henry James. The author’s criticism “is seriously concerned in discovering what is significant, what has contributed to the great success and what is ephemeral, what is vital and upholds the tenets of the faith—in fine, in clarifying the discussion of his subjects from the traditions both of ill-judged enthusiasm and prejudice.”

* * * * *

“An important addition to our small but distinguished company of books of criticism that count and will endure.”

+ =Ind.= 67: 1136. N. 18, ’09. 220w.

“He has rendered real and novel service to American letters, to letters in America, to the vital function of the intellect in the national life.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 708. N. 13, ’09. 1050w.

“One would not hesitate to file Mr. Brownell’s book with the best books of its class abroad as convincing evidence that we have, so to speak, arrived.”

+ =Outlook.= 93: 649. N. 27, ’09. 220w.

=Brownscombe, Fred J.= State control of courses of study. $1. Silver.

8–28066.

A book whose “merit consists in the presentation it makes of information about the educational systems of the world heretofore to be had only after laborious searchings through many books and pamphlets, some printed in foreign languages.... Among the topics treated are: the relation of the state to the subjects of instruction, the grading of school systems, the status of schoolmasters in various parts of the world, educational systems prescribed by home governments for their dependencies, the relation of kindergarten, elementary, secondary, normal, and high schools to themselves and the state, amount of religious instruction permitted and required, recent American legislation relating to education.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

“Students of education will do well to keep it at their elbow. We regret that the bibliography, beginning on p. 123, does not contain an indication of the date and place of publication of each of the books quoted.”

+ − =Educ. R.= 37: 315. Mr. ’09. 120w.

“A little book which educators will value highly. His classification is extremely well conceived, inasmuch as it facilitates comparisons and makes it easy to turn up the particular bits of information one desires to obtain.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 86. F. 13, ’09. 200w.

=Bruce, Henry A. B.=^{[5]} Romance of American expansion. **$1.75.
Moffat.

9–8392.

A story which elicits “the romance [of American expansion] by exhibiting the picturesqueness of the personalities engaged in the various stages and steps of it.” (Bookm.) Contents: Daniel Boone and the opening up of the west; Thomas Jefferson and the Louisiana purchase; Andrew Jackson and the acquisition of Florida; Sam Houston and the annexation of Texas; Thomas Hart Benton and the occupation of Oregon; John Charles Fremont and the conquest of California; William Henry Seward and the Alaska cession; William McKinley and the transmarine possessions; Hints for further reading.

* * * * *

“It is not claimed that the specialist will find in the sketches anything that is new. At the same time they are not unworthy of perpetuation in book form, because they are sane, well written, and, so far as they go, generally superior to the works of their class with which our shelves have grown crowded in recent years.” F: A. Ogg.

+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 15: 187. O. ’09. 430w.

“Taken individually, they are somewhat unsatisfactory, but as a compact survey the book has considerable usefulness.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 132. My. ’09.

“The author’s enthusiasm in his description of these men leaves him in little less than hero worship. The man who finds history dull will not have to discard this volume. The personal element is given such emphasis that events serve only as a setting.”

+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 34: 175. Jl. ’09. 150w.

“It does include a concise and popular and well-informed account of its subject, though that fact is obscured by the fine writing which some friendly blue pencil ought remorselessly to have deleted.” Montgomery Schuyler.

+ − =Bookm.= 29: 307. My. ’09. 940w.

“The book will not be ranked among important contributions to the historical library. It is excellently fitted for that large class of readers who, while disinclined to serious study, seek not merely entertainment, but profit, from their book.”

+ =Cath. World.= 89: 385. Je. ’09. 300w.

“A useful book for supplementary reading on the part of students of American history.”

+ =Educ. R.= 38: 315. O. ’09. 20w. + =Ind.= 67: 146. Jl. 15, ’09. 280w. + =Lit. D.= 39: 776. N. 6, ’09. 180w.

“This book is, as might be expected, buoyant, vigorous, and optimistic. But his work shows lacks and lapses which disappoint, and we can not altogether trust his guidance.”

− + =Nation.= 88: 605. Je. 17, ’09. 1500w.

“Somewhat inexcusably it seems in a volume published in the year 1909, the author quite omits the contribution of Theodore Roosevelt to this series—the acquisition of the Canal Zone and the bringing into the world of the convenient Republic of Panama.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 290. My. 8, ’09. 700w.

“In clarity of narrative, smoothness of style, and sense of proportion as to subject matter, Mr. Bruce has told this story admirably. An excellent feature of the book is a supplementary chapter giving hints for further reading—not a mere list of books, but a carefully prepared sketch of the literature of the entire subject.”

+ =Outlook.= 92: 21. My. 1, ’09. 300w.

“Reasonably good history, and is certainly good reading.”

+ =Yale R.= 18: 333. N. ’09. 130w.

=Brückner, Alexander.= Literary history of Russia. (Lib. of literary
history.) *$4. Scribner.

9–3063.

“It is the history of Russian culture, of the gradual freeing of the Russian mind from its bonds, that the author undertakes to write. He points out causes and influences, giving to each its due weight; he follows the main current of the national mental life, with occasional excursions into the affluents.” (Spec.) Professor Brückner shows what elements have entered into the early literary history of Russia, to the seventeenth century, reviews the tendencies and growth of the literature of the eighteenth century, and for the nineteenth century presents “Pushkin, Nekrasov, Turgenev, Tolstoi, and many another not as artists, living for their art alone, but utterers of their country’s longing for freedom, of its discouragement and its shame.” (Spec.)

* * * * *

“The most exhaustive and scholarly work yet published, containing a wealth of information and giving acute analyses and discriminations. The prejudice of the Polish author is noticeable, especially in the earlier portions, and the style is difficult in places. The index is incomplete.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 73. Mr. ’09.

“Professor Brückner’s original work in German has been and still is the authoritative book of Western Europe on Russian literature as a whole.” S: N. Harper.

+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 34: 199. Jl. ’09. 430w.

“Prof. Brückner is a Pole, but does not allow his sympathies to be warped.”

+ =Ath.= 1909, 1: 66. Ja. 16. 1100w.

“Unfortunately, this valuable work is clothed in a style that will frighten away any but determined students of literature. The book as a whole may be recommended almost without reserve as the one thorough, comprehensive, and scholarly account of Russian literature in any of the languages of western Europe.”

+ − =Nation.= 88: 630. Je. 24, ’09. 2000w.

“Prof. Brückner’s fine work on the literary history of Russia suffers under the slight disadvantages which necessarily attend any book of the class when written from a viewpoint foreign to the people to whom it is addressed. Its acute analyses and discriminations and its wealth of information place it beside the greatest essays in interpretive criticism. The work of the translator is without distinction.” Anne Peacock.

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 2. Ja. 2, ’09. 2000w.

“Professor Brückner’s book is not only remarkable as a history of Russian literature, but as a history of Russia. It should be said that the translation of the book by Mr. H. Havelock is excellent, with the exception of the passages quoted as translations from the Russian. These are sometimes, as on page 258, unintelligible.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 107: 242. F. 20, ’09. 1500w.

“So far no English student of Russian literature has treated the subject with the authority and searching penetration that distinguish every page of Professor Brückner’s book. The translation which we are reviewing is on the whole close, following the original with almost canine fidelity. It bears, however, numerous marks of haste.”

+ − =Spec.= 101: 1057. D. 19, ’08. 1800w.

=Bryan, William Jennings.=^{[12]} Speeches; with a biographical
introd. by Mary Baird Bryan, his wife. 2v. ea. **$1. Funk.

9–30038.

A two-volume edition of Bryan’s speeches. The first volume contains Speeches on taxation and bimetalism; the second, those included under the divisions, Political speeches, Speeches in foreign lands, Educational and religious speeches and Miscellaneous speeches. Mrs. Bryan has written a biographical introduction, free from estimates of character or of mental endowments, that narrates simply the principal facts “necessary to an understanding of the forty-nine years spanned by his life.”

=Bryant, Marguerite.= Christopher Hibbault: roadmaker. †$1.50.
Duffield.

9–35333.

Two cousins are rivals for the hand of Elizabeth Hibbault. She rejects the Apollo and marries the egotist. The rejected suitor maims himself thru attempted suicide, while the marriage that drove him to it turns out a failure. The young woman dies in a workhouse leaving a son. The story is concerned with the fortunes of this boy who is adopted by the crippled man. When the father meets the boy in his cousin’s charge “he takes a fancy to him and offers him an opening in his business ... in ignorance of their relationship. Christopher enters his father’s office, works there for years, develops great ability as an engineer and inventor, and does not discover the secret of his parentage until after the death of his father, who leaves him the whole of his colossal fortune.” (Spec.)

* * * * *

“A story of peculiar charm and decided originality.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 90. Mr. ’09. ✠

Reviewed by F: T. Cooper.

=Bookm.= 29: 404. Je. ’09. 300w.

“It is doubly a document, no doubt, but no doubt, also, an interesting story written in a fine spirit. A hundred pages less and the weaving would draw together into greater firmness.”

+ − =Nation.= 88: 418. Ap. 22, ’09. 300w.

“A good story just for its plot and its incident alone. The characters are interesting people, too, not just like others, especially the others that are to be found between the covers of books of fiction.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 94. F. 20, ’09. 300w.

“The book throughout is well written, but the serious social purpose disclosed as the story nears its end, fine and sincere as it is, gives the whole a didactic tinge and weakens the story as such.”

+ − =Outlook.= 91: 534. Mr. 6, ’09. 60w.

“She is to be congratulated on a piece of work which, though far from perfect, is marked by many engaging qualities,—charm of style, elevation of thought, and a vivid sense of beauty. The cumulative effect of a sequence of improbabilities seriously impairs the persuasiveness of Miss Bryant’s story.”

+ − =Spec.= 102: 64. Ja. 9, ’09. 560w.

=Buckley, Elsie Finnimore.=^{[5]} Children of the dawn: old tales of
Greece; with introd. by Arthur Sidgwick. †$1.50. Stokes.

W9–90.

Stories of Greece retold for children. Contents: The riddle of the sphinx; Eros and Psyche; Hero and Leander; The sacrifice of Alcestis; Hunting the Calydonian boar; The curse of Echo; The sculptor and the image; The divine musician; The flight of Arethusa; The winning of Atalanta; and Paris and Œnone.

* * * * *

“Admirable versions of these old tales for older children, well adapted for reading aloud. An attractive and very well made book in every respect.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 115. Ap. ’09.

“She embroiders her authorities with taste, supplying full details, adding descriptive passages, and using dialogue and soliloquy to add dramatic point to the story.”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 2: 642. N. 21. 100w.

“Unusually well-written versions of the stories.”

+ =Sat. R.= 106: sup. 9. D. 12, ’08. 70w.

“She tells these stories once more with much grace and skill. We cannot wholly approve of her choice.”

+ − =Spec.= 101: sup. 809. N. 21, ’08. 120w.

=Bullen, Frank Thomas.=^{[5]} Young nemesis. †$1.50. Dutton.

W9–225.

“A realistic picture of the sea some two hundred years ago, of a sort calculated to stir the imagination and hold the interest of any healthy-minded boy, to whom the ordinary happenings of a seaman’s life with its numerous perils in the early part of the eighteenth century are unknown. For the glamour of romance which has been thrown around piracy and for the abominations of the press-gang, Mr. Bullen has nothing but the strongest condemnation.”—Sat. R.

* * * * *

“Shows the author’s gift for sea-pictures.”

+ =Ath.= 1908, 2: 643. N. 21. 90w.

“A really ludicrous performance.”

− =Nation.= 89: 37. Jl. 8, ’09. 270w.

“Is as moral as amusing.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 246. Ap. 17, ’09. 420w.

“To say that it is an admirable sea story and just the thing for boys seems almost superfluous. In this story he paints piracy in its true colours, shorn of the false glory with which so many writers have decorated it.”

+ =Sat. R.= 106: sup. 7. D. 12, ’08. 180w.

“It is a book for boys, and he knows how to entertain them if anyone does.”

+ =Spec.= 101: sup. 707. N. 7, ’08. 300w.

=Bullock, Charles Jesse.= Introduction to the study of economics. 3d
ed., rev. and enl. *$1.28. Silver.

8–18386.

“The issue of the third edition of this excellent text has given the chance of adding to it a chapter on railroad transportation, which is mainly devoted to the movement toward combination, the rate problem, and the question of public control of railroads. A section on the localization of industry has also been added, but aside from bringing the statistical data up to date there are no other changes of importance.”—J. Pol. Econ.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 60. F. ’09.

“As a whole the work is well fitted for its purpose.”

+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 33: 451. Mr. ’09. 120w.
=Ind.= 65: 322. Ag. 6, ’08. 60w.
=Ind.= 67: 304. Ag. 5, ’09. 70w.
=J. Pol. Econ.= 16: 712. D. ’08. 70w.
=Nation.= 87: 261. S. 17, ’08. 30w.

=Burge, C. O.=^{[10]} Adventures of a civil engineer: an
autobiography. $3. Rivers, A. London.

“A record of fifty years of engineering work and of impressions of five continents, gathered during a busy career in the development of India, South Africa and Australia, as well as Europe. It contains very little about civil engineering work, except a popular description of the difficulties encountered in the foundations of the Hawkesbury bridge of which the author was resident engineer and American companies were the contractors.”—Engin. Rec.

* * * * *

“The present book has hardly any indication that the author is an engineer. In this we are disappointed, for instead of an account which might have been of peculiar interest to the profession, we find the typical chat of the traveled Englishman who has gone far and seen much, and who is constrained to set it all down in detail. It is clever writing and good reading, but it is the work of Burge the traveler and not of Burge the engineer.”

+ − =Engin. N.= 62: sup. 11. Ag. 12, ’09. 1000w.

“A delightful autobiography. It is this ‘stereoscopic view’ of life on five continents, as it appears to a cultured civil engineer, which makes the book so interesting.”

+ =Engin. Rec.= 60: 195. Ag. 14, ’09. 450w.

“Being evidently a man of observation and humour, the writer has a good deal to tell that is amusing. If some of his stories are rather venerable they may, from their very age, have an element of novelty for a new generation.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 108: 418. O. 2, ’09. 150w.

=Burnett, Frances Hodgson.= Good wolf. **$1. Moffat.

8–28997.

“A little boy by the name of Barry goes into the woods, where he meets a big wolf, which at first frightens him. However, after the animal tells him that he is a good wolf and a good friend to a boy who is happy and never grumbles, Barry trusts him and many good times are in store for the boy through the kind offices of the big wolf. It is illustrated throughout with pictures of all the animals Barry meets in the woods.”—Bookm.

* * * * *

Reviewed by K. L. M.

=Bookm.= 28: 499. Ja. ’09. 100w.

Reviewed by M. J. Moses.

+ =Ind.= 65: 1472. D. 17, ’08. 20w.

“The instinctive humor and the unerring repetitions of effective phrasing are wholly commendable.”

+ =Nation.= 87: 550. D. 3, ’08. 30w.

“A most attractive volume.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 702. N. 28, ’08. 200w.

=Burns, Rev. James Aloysius.= Catholic school system in the United
States; its principles, origin and establishment. *$1.25. Benziger.

8–18343.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

* * * * *

“It is fair and unbiased in its treatment of mooted questions, though overemphasizing the part that the schools of the Catholic church have played in the educational development of the country.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 35. F. ’09.

“As a summary of the facts in the history of the educational policies of the church, the volume deserves notice.”

+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 34: 176. Jl. ’09. 120w.

“The book is characterized by a high degree of fairness and candor.” S: T. Dutton.

+ =Educ. R.= 37: 420. Ap. ’09. 1450w.

=Burr, Mrs. Anna Robeson (Brown).=^{[11]} The autobiography. **$2.
Houghton.

9–28082.

A far reaching comparative and scientific study of the origin, motives, ideals and psychological importance of the autobiography. Eight hundred biographies in Latin, French, German, English and Italian have furnished the groundwork for the author’s investigation of the “obscure and important questions of the subjective tendency in private history, of the standards of sincerity, and of the relative value of the deliberate self-study and the unconscious self-revelation.”

* * * * *

“This is one of those books that no working library should be without, an aid where the card index of the general library generally fails one.”

+ =Ind.= 67: 1137. N. 18, ’09. 220w.

“The absolute ignoring of Montaigne is quite incomprehensible. A reckless audacity of statement is the prime defect of the book.”

+ − =Nation.= 89: 513. N. 25, ’09. 800w.

“The book must take its place at once as an exceedingly valuable and unhackneyed contribution to the history of literature.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 676. O. 30. ’09. 820w.

“A book of unique purpose and value.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 727. N. 20, ’09. 1150w.

=Burr, Jane.=^{[12]} Letters of a Dakota divorcee. $1. Roxburgh pub.

9–29507.

Letters that remind the reader of Elinor Glyn’s “Three weeks.” The manner in which the divorcee deports herself is not conventional, to say the least; and there are a good many thoughtless flings at decorum and various religious bodies that cheapen the “high soul” experiences of the letter-writer.

=Burstall, Sara A.=^{[5]} Impressions of American education in 1908.
*$1.25. Longmans.

E9–825.

“Miss Burstall ... has written what we have no hesitation in calling much the best of recent books on the present educational situation in America. She visited and inspected schools widely, both west and east. A trained observer and a skilful teacher herself she was keen to note the difference between educational programs and educational performances. In consequence, she has brought together a series of really valuable observations and critical interpretations of American educational activity of every sort and kind.”—Educ. R.

* * * * *

“A work for college, reference and large public libraries only.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 132. My. ’09.

“Appreciative but discriminating study of our educational system.”

+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 34: 176. Jl. ’09. 300w.

“In short, Miss Burstall’s book can be unreservedly commended not only to the intelligent foreigner who would read accurate and painstaking criticism of American education, but also to the reflective American who would like to know how what is being done here impresses the well trained professional observer from another land.”

+ =Educ. R.= 37: 419. Ap. ’09. 320w.
=Ind.= 67: 309. Ag. 5, ’09. 70w.

“Is remarkable for its breadth of view, its keen diving after the causes of things and its illuminating comparison between educational aims and progress in England and America.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 278. My. 1, ’09. 930w.

“It would be hard to equal it for careful research and relevant, well-balanced statement.”

+ =Spec.= 102: 379. Mr. 6, ’09. 1800w.

=Burt, William.=^{[12]} Europe and Methodism. (Little books on
missions.) *35c. West Meth. bk.

9–28781.

A little dictionary of European Methodism in which is sketched briefly the rise of that church in eleven countries of Europe.

=Burton, Charles Pierce.= Bob’s cave boys: a sequel to “The boys of
Bob’s hill.” †$1.50. Holt.

9–7040.

Continues the rollicking good times of a group of boys whose abounding spirits and energy escape thru the safety valves of wholesome, innocent pranks and sports.

* * * * *

“Mr. Butler, in the person of one of the boys, [writes] with excellent understanding and interpretation of boy nature. The book is thoroughly wholesome.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 178. Mr. 27, ’09. 220w.

=Burton, Ernest Dewitt; Smith, John Merlin Powis; and Smith, Gerald
Birney.=^{[12]} Biblical ideas of atonement; their history and
significance. *$1. Univ. of Chicago press.

9–28224.

A “historical interpretation rather than a theological systematization” whose aim is “to set forth the content of the biblical teachings upon the subject of atonement, and to suggest the point of view from which these conceptions may be profitably studied at the present day.” The divisions of the subject are: The idea of atonement in the Old Testament; The idea of atonement in non-canonical Jewish literature; The idea of atonement in the New Testament; Summary of the biblical teachings concerning atonement; The significance of the biblical teachings concerning atonement.

=Burton, Frederick Russell.=^{[8]} Redcloud of the lakes: a novel.
†$1.50. Dillingham.

9–14513.

An epic story dealing with the history of a group of Ojibway Indians thru three generations—from the time that the grandfather of the tribe goes forth as a young man to fast, and in the wilderness sees a vision, until the vision is fulfilled in the life time of the grandson. The vision—that of a young buffalo despoiled of horns and mane and heart by a great beast whose body trailed away to invisible distance—foretells the coming of the white man, the end of the wild tribal life, and the civilization of the Indian.

* * * * *

“One feels that the book suffers from looseness of construction: and that it would have greatly gained had the traditional form of epic narration been followed. Nevertheless, ‘Redcloud of the lakes’ will take its place among the very few sincere attempts to put the Real Indian into fiction.” F: T. Cooper.

+ − =Bookm.= 29: 525. Jl. ’09. 450w.

“In the present volume he has had a freer hand, and the book is far better in both conception and execution than [‘Strongheart’].”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 486. Ag. 14, ’09. 600w.

=Burton, Marion Le Roy.=^{[11]} Problem of evil. $1.25. Open ct.

9–26820.

A detailed and technical criticism of the philosophical basis of the Augustinian treatment of the problem of evil. It aims to set forth in a true light the historic theory which for centuries has dominated Christian thought, and has shown the absolute necessity of a reconstruction of the doctrine of sin.

* * * * *

=R. of Rs.= 40: 763. D. ’09. 80w.

=Burton, Richard.=^{[10]} From the book of life [poems], **$1.25.
Little.

9–24977.

Such poems as a minstrel and a harp could interpret to gentle listeners. There is no din of war, nor the glory of conquerors; but there are brief, clear-cut impressions, some born of human struggle, others of human conquest. The dumb animal at man’s mercy, the Discard of the pack, the steamship stoker, the miner of the nether pit, the sweat-shop worker and the factory child furnish themes for the grim chants; while music, mother love, Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s love, beauty, and kindred themes are touched upon with poetic tenderness.

* * * * *

“As we turned the leaves we were reminded of nothing so much as an orchestra whose music is marred by some discordant instrument. Occasionally the offending instrument is silenced and then the music rises sweet and clear and unvexed.”

+ − =Lit. D.= 39: 731. O. 30, ’09. 200w.

=Burton, Richard.= Three of a kind. †$1.50. Little.

8–26676.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

* * * * *

“It will not appeal to the average novel reader.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 24. Ja. ’09.

“This book is wholesome in its atmosphere and the lessons it subtly and unobtrusively impresses are of the very best.”

+ =Arena.= 40: 610. D. ’08. 350w.

“Happily, a certain amount of sugar is wholesome, and there is here, besides, a good deal of good human nature in the old German musician; while the boy and the dog are very commendably real, the boy satisfactorily canine, the dog more than half boy, as nice boys and good dogs should be and are.”

+ − =Nation.= 87: 581. D. 10, ’08. 260w.

=Bury, John Bagnell.= Ancient Greek historians. (Harvard lectures.)
*$2.25. Macmillan.

9–2594.

A survey of Greek history and its writers down to the first century B. C. Contains: The rise of Greek history in Ionia; Herodotus; Thucydides; The development of Greek historiography after Thucydides; Polybius; The influence of Greek on Roman historiography; Views of the ancients concerning the use of history; Appendix: The re-handling of his history by Thucydides; Bibliography; Index.

* * * * *

“Professor Bury’s book is extremely readable and very much up-to-date in the citation of the latest finds and discussion of the newest hypotheses.” Paul Shorey.

+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 15: 113. O. ’09. 770w.

“An important work for classical students, and interesting to the educated reader. Herodotus and Thucydides are treated very fully and with critical acumen.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 100. Ap. ’09.

“In thoroughness the book of necessity contrasts strikingly and unfavourably with H. Peter’s elaborate work on the cognate subject of Roman historiography in Imperial times, and it cannot serve any purpose as a work of reference. The author’s great learning, however, is manifest notwithstanding the popular character of the lectures and this combined as it is with a felicity of expression which is all his own, makes the book very welcome.”

+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 430. Ap. 10. 1100w. + =Dial.= 47: 75. Ag. 1, ’09. 210w.

“We welcome it with unmixt praise.”

+ =Educ. R.= 38: 98. Je. ’09. 120w.

“The first criticism that is likely to suggest itself to most readers of these lectures is that too much is attempted. The result of attempting to cover so much ground is apparent in the want of proportion which is observable in the treatment of the subject-matter. There are one or two particular points, as to which I find it hard to accept Mr. Bury’s views.” E. M. Walker.

− + =Eng. Hist. R.= 24: 542. Jl. ’09. 2050w. + =Ind.= 67: 145. Jl. 15, ’09. 300w.

“A volume whose value for all students of the Greek historians is in no wise affected by these minor criticisms which we have thought more profitable than the indiscriminate praise usually awarded to writers of Professor Bury’s eminence.”

+ − =Nation.= 88: 516. My. 20, ’09. 700w.

“Prof. Bury treats Herodotus and Thucydides and the others as litterateurs, and invests them with a very human interest. Moreover, he succeeds in attaching them to the present day by discerning and disclosing a relation to the art and science of writing history.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 211. Ap. 10, ’09. 860w.

“Professor Bury is well within his métier when in this highly interesting book he discusses so lucidly the ancient historians of Greece.”

+ =Sat. R.= 107: 216. F. 13, ’09. 480w.

=Busch, Wilhelm.=^{[8]} Edward’s dream: the philosophy of a humorist;
tr. and ed. by Dr. Paul Carus from the German of Wilhelm Busch. *$1.
Open ct.

9–16925.

A little volume made up of those passages in Busch’s “Eduards traum” that the translator looks upon as especially trustworthy. “The plot of the little narrative is simple enough. It is a dream, and in this dream the author presents to the reader a number of philosophical problems which he either solves in an aphoristic way, or, only touching upon them, passes on to other problems.”

* * * * *

“Admirers of Busch’s light-hearted genius should be warned to avoid Mr. Carus’s depressing analysis of humor with unconvincing examples.”

+ − =Nation.= 89: 206. S. 2, ’09. 100w.