Chapter XII: Part 2: the author discusses method in teaching, applied specifically (4)

“Author is connected with the engineering department of Cornell
university.”

+ =Quar List New Tech Bks Ap= ‘17 160w

=St Louis= 15:174 Je ‘17 10w

=BROWN, IVOR.= Security. *$1.25 (1½c) Doran

The way of dons, the way of men, the way of women, and the way of the
world are the four divisions of this novel. John Grant, an Oxford don
at the opening of the story, is just beginning to find the peace and
security of the life intolerable. His father’s death, which brings him
a comfortable fortune, provides a way of escape. He goes to London to
plunge into the world of men with a friend who is a champion of labor.
But he is not built for the hazards and excitements of such an
existence. He leaves it and marries, expecting to find in marriage the
peace and security for which he again longs. But his wife also has
married for security, and like himself she finds that it palls after a
time. She tries a way of escape which, strangely enough, results in
drawing the two, husband and wife, together in a mutual understanding.

“So far as the hero himself is concerned, we hope recognition of the
fact will grow among readers that, like many well-intentioned
capitalists, he is attempting to improve at one end the situation he
is helping to create at the other. ... Security is certainly never
attained, though if the hero had any real aim in life, perhaps it was
that. A better title would have been ‘The slacker’s progress.’”

— =Ath= p126 Mr ‘16 550w

“‘A thoughtful and sincere piece of work.’”

+ =Cleveland= p33 Mr ‘17 60w

+ =N Y Times= 22:136 Ap 15 ‘17 360w

“The talk of the labour men is as good as the talk of the dons. ...
Our conviction of the author’s knowledge begins to wane in ‘The way of
women,’ and it evaporates rapidly in ‘The way of the world.’”

+ — =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p70 F 10 ‘16 600w

=BROWN, KATHARINE HOLLAND.= Wages of honor, and other stories. il *$1.35 (2c) Scribner 17-24278

The stories in this book are divided into three groups, representing
three geographical divisions of our continent. The four stories of the
first group: The wages of honor; The master strategist; “Crabbed age
and youth”; and Brewster blood have scenes laid in the east. Following
these are three stories of the Mississippi country: The ragged edge of
forty; Raw prose; Briarley’s real woman. The third group consists of
three stories of Mexico: Billy Foster and the snow queen; Millicent,
maker of history; On a brief text from Isaiah. With two exceptions the
stories are reprinted from Scribner’s Magazine.

“Ten readable short stories. They all have a high moral tone.”

+ =A L A Bkl= 14:94 D ‘17

“Magazine readers are already well acquainted with the clean and
dignified style characteristic of the author. There is nothing to
offend and much to interest and provide pleasant reading in these
three hundred pages.”

+ =Cath World= 106:413 D ‘17 80w

“Rather subtle and a little too slow for the average novel reader. The
three stories of Mexico are interesting, especially the first, in
letter form, and they present a new view of the Mexican peon.”

+ — =Cleveland= p128 N ‘17 50w

“They are all stories with happy endings, irrespective of the logic of
the situation.”

+ — =N Y Times= 22:388 O 7 ‘17 160w

“A man cannot write a story of a sewing society that will convince
women and a woman cannot write of violent masculine physical labor, in
a way convincing to men. Thus, in ‘The ragged edge of forty,’ Miss
Brown, though she has her technical details and a correct background,
writes a story that leaves the masculine reader with the unsatisfied
sense that she didn’t know what she was writing about. ‘Billy Foster
and the snow queen’ has, in many ways, the greatest appeal in the
book.”

+ — =Springf’d Republican= p15 Ja 13 ‘18 380w

=BROWN, PHILIP MARSHALL.= International realities. *$1.40 (3c) Scribner 341 17-3489

The author says, “Since the great war began I have been conscious,
with many others, of the urgent necessity of a thorough reconstruction
of the law of nations in accordance with the big facts of
international life. I have set myself the task of endeavoring to
ascertain the fundamental values in international relations. The
method followed has been to select certain of the large problems of
international relations and treat them as separate topics illustrating
and elucidating some of the basic principles of international law.”
Some of the papers are reprinted from the North American Review.
Contents: International realities; Nationalism; The rights of states;
The limitations of arbitration; International administration;
Ignominious neutrality; The dangers of pacifism; Pan-Americanism;
Democracy and diplomacy; The substitution of law for war.

=A L A Bkl= 14:5 O ‘17

“Though unduly obsessed by ‘realities,’—which is to say, existing
phenomena—and unnecessarily patronising in tone toward the ‘emotion
and sentiment’ of those who seek a more idealistic and visionary
solution, it is nevertheless a valuable analysis of the bases of
international law.” Nathaniel Pfeffer

+ — =Bookm= 45:198 Ap ‘17 230w

“His book will serve to clear up some misunderstood points, but his
personal predilections are apparent and his ‘common sense’ reduces
all considerations to a somewhat materialistic basis. Much of this
was written for magazines, and a part of it has a slight
political-campaign flavor.”

+ — =Cleveland= p53 Ap ‘17 70w

“It is no dispassionate study as proved by such headings as
Ignominious neutrality and Dangers of pacificism, but in pointing out
the tasks immediately practical, especially in relation to South
America, it is suggestive and inspiring.”

+ =Ind= 90:556 Je 23 ‘17 50w

“Professor Brown of Princeton, in writing of international relations
and the ‘law’ that more or less guides and governs them, has the
advantage of adding considerable experience in diplomacy to his
professional study. He served as secretary of legation and as chargé
in the Near East, especially at Constantinople, and as minister to
Honduras.”

=N Y Times= 22:87 Mr 11 ‘17 700w

=St Louis= 15:133 My ‘17 10w

=BROWN, WILLIAM ADAMS.= Is Christianity practicable? lectures delivered in Japan. *$1.25 (4c) Scribner 261 16-23974

Dr Brown is Union seminary lecturer on Christianity in the Far East
and the lectures that make up this book were delivered in Japan. The
question that serves as title is considered with reference to the
present war. The author’s answer is that Christianity has never been
tried. It has been tried as an individual religion, but has never been
applied to national or international problems. The responsibility for
the war is laid to the fact that the leaders of all the so-called
Christian nations have assumed the impracticability of Christianity.
In this they have been sustained by public sentiment. The five
chapters of the book are: The world crisis as challenge and as
opportunity; The Christian interpretation of history; The Christian
programme for humanity; The duty for to-morrow; What the church can
do.

“A courageous, candid, and constructive book—courageous, because it
consists of lectures in the Orient upon the most embarrassing question
of Christian apologetics; candid and constructive, because without
artificial or question-begging theological premises, and working only
with real facts and ideals, the author has produced a clear and simple
apologetic adapted to build up genuine Christian conviction.” E. W.
Lyman

+ =Am J Theol= 21:467 Jl ‘17 860w

“These lectures were delivered in Japan, and ought to have a wholesome
influence in counteracting the baleful effects of jingoism both in
Japan and in America.”

+ =Bib World= 49:186 Mr ‘17 450w

=N Y Times= 22:436 O 28 ‘17 60w

+ =Outlook= 115:668 Ap 11 ‘17 200w

“The volume is a distinct contribution to the literature of social
Christianity.” Graham Taylor

+ =Survey= 38:574 S 29 ‘17 360w

=BROWN, WILLIAM ALDEN.= Portland cement industry; with notes on physical testing. il *$3 Van Nostrand 666 (Eng ed 17-17970)

“A practical treatise on the building, equipping, and economical
running of a Portland cement plant.” (Sub-title) A short introductory
chapter and a historical sketch of the industry are followed by
discussions of: Manufacture—raw materials; Design and construction of
a modern Portland cement plant; The rotary kiln; Power plants; Costs
and statistics, etc. The author is a member of the South Wales
institute of engineers, and the book has been written to encourage the
development of the Portland cement industry in Great Britain to meet
the competition of Germany and the United States after the war.

“The book itself is a very good categorical description of the
manufacture of portland cement, with special detailed reference to the
individual parts making up the cement mill. More attention is paid to
the factory itself and to raw materials than to chemical
investigations, although there are six chapters on the technique of
testing.”

+ =Engin News-Rec= 79:325 Ag 16 ‘17 130w

“The book before us is eminently practical, and deserves serious
consideration because the author has had important American
experience, and is now managing a large modern cement works in South
Wales. Some notes on physical testing constitute a valuable feature.”
J. A. A.

+ =Nature= 98:368 Ja 11 ‘17 260w

=BROWNE, BELMORE.= White blanket. il *$1.25 (2c) Putnam 17-31026

A sequel to “The quest of the golden valley.” George Draper and Fred
Morgan, the two boys of that story, spend a winter in Alaska with
George’s uncle, who is prospecting for gold. In addition to helping
establish a valuable mining claim, the two boys have many adventures
and brave great dangers. The author, who is an arctic explorer, is
utilizing his experiences in the north in this series of books for
boys. His familiarity with the country is further shown in the
drawings he has made to illustrate the story.

“A first-class book with a background of reality.”

+ =N Y Times= 22:565 D 16 ‘17 110w

=BROWNE, JOHN HUTTON BALFOUR.= Recollections; literary and political. *10s 6d Constable & co., London

Mr Browne, a Scottish lawyer, author of “Forty years at the bar” and
of many other volumes, is a brother of Sir James Crichton-Browne. He
shows a strong bent towards philosophy and was for several years a
reviewer of philosophical books for the magazines. His “Recollections”
abound in anecdotes, many of them not new.

“His thumb-nail appreciations of politicians and others are sometimes
acute, occasionally amusing, and in certain instances likely to be
dissented from by many readers. ... Does not appear to have much
sympathy with efforts at social reforms. ... On pp. 113-14 there are
some references to the United States which it would have been better,
we think, to delete. On p. 203 ‘Aubernon,’ in a copy of a letter from
Lord Bramwell, should be Auberon.”

– + =Ath= p417 Ag ‘17 390w

“He has no doubt about his likes and dislikes, and expresses them with
a frankness that leaves little to be desired, and deals some shrewd
knocks at the idols of the present generation. ... These recollections
give us a vivid picture of a shrewd, able, alert, and highly critical
mind, keenly interested in many subjects outside the law.”

+ =Spec= 118:88 Jl 28 ‘17 1600w

“These recollections are such as might have been published by that
busy, canny old gentleman Polonius, but for the hasty action of
Hamlet. ... They are not legal, but political and literary—a record of
unimportant elections lost; of writings that have been forgotten by
the writer himself; and of sentiments that have nothing novel or
striking to commend them.”

— =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p353 Jl 26 ‘17 900w

=BROWNE, PORTER EMERSON.= Someone and somebody. il *$1.35 (2½c) Bobbs 17-14136

“The collision of a Long Island railroad train with an automobile in
which his two tight-fisted uncles are riding raises the hero from the
status of book agent to millionaire. Notwithstanding that he is a
college man, he is singularly ignorant of the usages of good society.
But he is physically attractive and soon learns the ways of the world
into which fortune pitches him. Coincidentally with his leap from
poverty to affluence, the heroine’s position is reversed. ... One day,
however, she discovers that the hero’s uncles had mulcted her father
of his fortune. She marches directly to the young man and demands her
money back. ... He consents. But before he is able to carry out his
good intention, the news is brought to him that his confidential agent
has ... absconded [with his fortune].” (Springf’d Republican) Both
young people, however, contrive to outwit ill fortune, and the book
ends happily.

“There is a keenness even under the froth in a story of the type of
this present one, and we have the impression that under it all he is
rather laughing at those who read it. ... He deliberately puts aside
the serious mood, unless it be true that his very burlesquing is
serious. He gives us every kind of a fictional misfortune and then
ends his story by arbitrarily bringing all right again.”

+ =Boston Transcript= p6 Je 20 ‘17 350w

“Perhaps Mr Browne’s experience as a playwright is responsible for the
manner in which the situation develops. ... His pointed humor is very
diverting, and although the romance does not always move voluntarily,
there is no lack of lively interest throughout.”

+ =Springf’d Republican= p17 Jl 8 ‘17 320w

=BROWNELL, WILLIAM CRARY.= Standards. *$1 (4½c) Scribner 801 17-13754

The author discusses standards in art and literature. The tendency of
the present day is to discard standards of all kinds, and to point out
the dangers of such a course is part of Mr Brownell’s aim in this
little book. There are seven chapters, dealing with: Measures of
value; The public; Taste; The individual; The inner life; “Modern
art”; The cause of art and letters.

=A L A Bkl= 14:14 O ‘17

“A brief monograph, admirable in its technique and apparently intended
to supplement his concentrated little essay on criticism.”

+ =Cleveland= p89 Jl ‘17 80w

“A thin volume of masterly essays with a rich and widely varied
vocabulary that well serves to project intellectual and art
pyrotechnics.”

+ =Ind= 92:604 D 29 ‘17 70w

“There can never be too much of the refined and much-experienced
criticism such as Mr W. C. Brownell’s essay on ‘Standards,’ which we
all read in Scribner’s Magazine and are glad to have now as a book.”

+ =Nation= 105:152 Ag 9 ‘17 100w

“His pages sparkle with wit and wisdom in happy combination. The
reader feels the sway of a loyal, candid, deeply self-respecting
nature and of a mind disciplined by the study not only of what
literature discloses of life, but of that still richer revelation
which actual living brings to the soul that can receive it.”

+ =N Y Times= 22:200 My 20 ‘17 800w

=Pratt= p33 O ‘17 20w

=BRUBAKER, HOWARD.= Ranny, otherwise Randolph Harrington Dukes. il *$1.40 (2c) Harper 17-20177

“A tale of those activities which made him an important figure in his
town, in his family—and in other families.” (Sub-title) The sixteen
chapters about the doings of this representative American small boy,
during the year when he was “eight-going-on-nine” are written from the
adult point of view. They appeared originally in Harper’s Magazine.

+ =A L A Bkl= 14:25 O ‘17

=Cleveland= p128 N ‘17 30w

“Howard Brubaker has been a real boy, but more to the point, he has
the faculty of making his readers boys again. ‘Ranny’ is excellent
reading.”

+ =Dial= 63:354 O 11 ‘17 40w

+ — =N Y Times= 22:282 Jl 29 ‘17 370w

=BRUCE, EDWIN MORRIS.= Detection of the common food adulterants. 3d ed rev and enl *$1.25 Van Nostrand 614.3 17-31161

This third edition of a little volume published in 1907 “has been
revised so that it contains the latest and best tests for the common
food adulterants.” (Preface) Contents: Dairy products; Meat and eggs;
Cereal products; Leavening materials; Canned and bottled vegetables;
Fruits and fruit products; Flavoring extracts; Saccharine products;
Spices; Vinegar; Fats and oils; Beverages. In addition to the general
index, there is an index to authors and tests.

=BRUCE, HENRY ADDINGTON BAYLEY.= Handicaps of childhood. *$1.50 (3c) Dodd 136.7 17-29498

The author states that he has written this book “to amplify and
supplement his ‘Psychology and parenthood.’” “Its general aim,
accordingly, is to present additional evidence in support of the
doctrine, that, in view of the discoveries of modern psychology with
regard to individual development, the mental and moral training of
children by their parents ought to be begun earlier, and be carried on
more intensively, than is the rule at present. But whereas in
‘Psychology and parenthood’ the emphasis was chiefly on the importance
of early mental training, the chief concern of the present book is to
demonstrate the importance of early training in the moral sphere.”
(Preface) Much of the material here presented has already appeared in
the Century, Good Housekeeping, McClure’s, Harper’s Bazar, Every Week,
and the Mother’s Magazine. The book includes chapters on Stammering,
The only child, and Fairy tales that handicap. This latter points out
the danger to many children of fairy tales that reek of brutality and
gore.

“A work of manufacture rather than of literature, but none the less
rather interesting reading for an hour or two and, if liberally
seasoned with the salt of skepticism, perhaps not unprofitable reading
for parents. The salt is needed for the author’s naïve acceptance of
Freudian ‘discoveries’; apart from this prepossession, his suggestions
are not lacking in sanity.”

+ — =Nation= 106:120 Ja 31 ‘18 100w

“Simple in expression and eminently readable, this discussion of child
psychology is based on full knowledge and sound thinking.”

+ =Outlook= 117:654 D 19 ‘17 60w

=BRUCE, WILLIAM CABELL.= Benjamin Franklin, self-revealed. 2v *$6 (3c) Putnam 17-29818

A biographical and critical study of Franklin based largely on his own
writings. All of the aids of modern scholarship have been employed to
make the work accurate and exhaustive. It is the many-sided Franklin
who stands revealed in these pages. The first volume inquires into
Franklin’s moral standing and system, his religious beliefs, family
relations, American, British and French friends, and estimates
Franklin, the philanthropist and citizen; the second volume portrays
his personal characteristics, looks at Franklin, the man of business,
statesman, man of science and writer.

“The volumes throughout are distinguished by keen critical insight and
by a deep understanding of human nature, added to which are a fine
sense of proportion and a literary manner which renders the work
eminently readable.” E. J. C.

+ =Boston Transcript= p8 N 21 ‘17 730w

“Here are two volumes which, with literary finish, careful accuracy,
and critical insight, consider every side of this remarkable man. They
abound in citations from Franklin’s writings, especially his private
letters, and thus reveal his personality as no mere biographical pages
could.”

+ =Lit D= 55:36 D 15 ‘17 340w

“It is detached, impersonal, detailed, and it discusses Franklin’s
foibles and flaws on every side, in all their manifestations and in
all their relations to his family, friends, and period.”

+ =N Y Times= 23:5 Ja 6 ‘18 650w

“An admirable piece of work—every page sparkling with the interest
that attaches to a unique character.”

+ =Outlook= 117:574 D 5 ‘17 100w

+ =R of Rs= 57:100 Ja ‘18 110w

+ — =Spec= 120:61 Ja 19 ‘18 2050w

“The author belongs to that school of American writers on biography
and history who have never taken to heart the maxim that the half is
greater than the whole.”

– + =The Times= [London] Lit Sup p16 Ja 10 ‘18 1000w

=BRUNNER, EDMUND DE SCHWEINITZ.= New country church building. (Library of Christian progress) il 75c Missionary education movement 17-17093

“Edmund de S. Brunner, who has been successful in community leadership
and who knows churches from every angle, including that of the
pulpit, ... has packed into these 140 pages a comprehensive survey of
architectural and spiritual needs. Eleven plans are submitted for
country churches, incorporating in varying degree, from simple to
elaborate, suggestive arrangements for Sunday-school rooms, boys’ and
girls’ club rooms, gymnasium, etc.; and several other plans deal with
parish houses or community buildings.” (Springf’d Republican) The
Federal council’s commission on church and country life has indorsed
Dr Brunner’s volume.

+ =Ind= 91:345 S 1 ‘17 40w

“While the volume is meant for country churches, it has much of value
for town and city parishes.”

+ =Springf’d Republican= p6 O 8 ‘17 350w

“It is not a technical book, but it should be valuable to the
architect, though it is written for the country minister, the country
layman and the rural social worker. The sketches and plans by James
Grunert are most suggestive. Particularly interesting is the section
by Mrs Brunner upon the kitchen.” S.

+ =Survey= 38:574 S 29 ‘17 200w

=BRYAN, WILLIAM JENNINGS.= Heart to heart appeals. il *$1 Revell 308 17-12620

“These selections from the Bryan speeches and writings are varied and
all-embracing. The topics include Government, Imperialism, Equal
suffrage, The liquor question, Peace, Ideals, Labor, Trusts, and many
more.”—Boston Transcript

“As one glances through the pages of this book it is bound to embody
merely the fond and lingering memories of a man whose talents and
political efforts have largely spelled failure.”

— =Boston Transcript= p6 My 23 ‘17 450w

Reviewed by H. M. Kallen

=Dial= 63:445 N 3 ‘17 580w

“They afford many glimpses of history, with side-lights revealing a
personality widely recognized as dominant and picturesque.”

+ =Lit D= 55:33 S 1 ‘17 60w

=N Y Br Lib News= 4:88 Je ‘17 6w

=Springf’d Republican= p15 S 30 ‘17 100w

=BRYANT, MRS LORINDA (MUNSON).= American pictures and their painters. il *$3 (4c) Lane 759.1 17-16076

This work “is designed to provide a working basis for the appreciation
of American art. To accomplish this I have attempted especially to
trace the careers of the leaders in their respective eras—artists who
even now are modern old masters. ... Naturally it is too early as yet
to judge the younger artists correctly, consequently only a limited
number are here represented; those are included who indicate the trend
of thought in art to-day.” (Introd.) Beginning with a chapter on West,
Copley, Peale and Trumbull, the author traces American painting down
to the present day, closing with a chapter on Ultra-modern art. The
book is illustrated with over 200 reproductions of paintings.

=A L A Bkl= 14:12 O ‘17

“The author has been responsible for a series of quite a half-dozen
books embodying various phases of this subject, all of which have
found readers. ... The work is broad and comprehensive, and the many
illustrations are equally so, and add greatly to the interest of the
work.”

+ =Boston Transcript= p6 Je 23 ‘17 420w

“The author’s appreciations are characterized by both fairness and
interest. The 230 illustrations are chosen with discrimination.”

+ =Ind= 91:514 S 29 ‘17 60w

“The illustrations afford only a fair idea of the pictures, for it
must be confest that they are somewhat flat and leave much to the
imagination.”

+ — =Lit D= 55:43 D 1 ‘17 300w

+ =Outlook= 116:488 Jl 25 ‘17 40w

“The text is delightfully written, with just enough chattiness to lift
it out of the ruts of guide-books. One welcomes the chapter on
ultra-modern art, inasmuch as upon the spirit of unrest manifest in it
largely depends our artistic progress.”

+ =R of Rs= 56:219 Ag ‘17 100w

“One studies the volume rather hopelessly in the search of the key to
the sequence of names. The pictures are so good that they might stand
as the raison d’etre of the volume with the letterpress added as
commentary.”

+ — =Springf’d Republican= p6 D 13 ‘17 350w

=BRYCE, MRS CHARLES.= Long spoon. *$1.40 (2c) Lane 17-23341

The title of this book is taken from the old proverb, “He must have a
long spoon that must eat with the devil.” The scene is laid in Wales.
The heroine, Thirza, has married Sir Hugo Averill as a means of
support, only to discover that he is a brute with a partially
unbalanced brain. Two men fall in love with Lady Averill: George
Blount, who has rented Sir Hugo’s fishing, and Oswald Gerrard, Sir
Hugo’s land agent. The story goes on to tell how Lady Averill resorts
to necromancy to solve her difficulties, and what comes of it all in
the end.

“Terse and full of action and sustained interest. ... To introduce
necromancy in a novel is daring and difficult, for if the subject is
not treated with great tact it so easily distorts and cheapens. Mrs
Bryce has done her work cleverly.”

+ =N Y Times= 22:343 S 16 ‘17 160w

=BRYCE, JAMES BRYCE, viscount.= Some historical reflections on war, past and present. *1s Oxford 172.4

These essays are portions of two presidential addresses delivered to
the British academy, June, 1915 and July, 1916. “Among the topics
considered are the vast range and extent of the war, its immense
influence upon neutral nations, the changes in the methods of war, the
cost, the moral issues raised, the effect in each nation upon the
whole body of the people, ... the shock given to the rules of
international law, the chief causes of war in the past, the question
whether international machinery can be contrived ‘calculated to reduce
the strength of the forces that make for war and to strengthen those
that make for peace.’ He indicates some of the difficulties to be
surmounted, but believes that there is much to be hoped from the
creation of ... an international mind, and of an international public
opinion.” (Ath)

=Ath= p33 Ja ‘17 280w

“Lord Bryce’s two presidential addresses are deliberately written in a
spirit of detachment. ... The second address contains some acute
criticisms upon plans for a federation, or league of nations.” M. J.

+ =Int J Ethics= 27:538 Jl ‘17 110w

=BRYCE, JAMES BRYCE, viscount.= Treatment of Armenians in the Ottoman empire, 1915-1916; documents presented to Viscount Grey. *$1 Putnam 956 17-2893

“The collection is made from a great variety of reliable sources
including American consuls and missionaries, German travelers and
missionaries, Danish Red cross workers, Swiss visitors, native
teachers, pastors and other religious leaders. It is a terrible mass
of conclusive evidence pointing to the perpetration of the foulest
crime ever committed against a defenseless people.”—Ind

=A L A Bkl= 13:393 Je ‘17

=Ind= 90:437 Je 2 ‘17 200w

“If the reader is sickened by the dreadful reiteration of horrors, of
torture and murder and mutilation, of outrage and burning, of the
sufferings of starving women forced to march on under a blazing sun
when the pains of labour were on them, let him not fail to read Mr
Toynbee’s admirable historical retrospect of Armenia and his review of
the antecedents and procedure of the deportation policy.”

=Spec= 118:105 Ja 27 ‘17 2100w

=BRYCE, JAMES BRYCE, viscount, and others.= Proposals for the prevention of future wars. *1s Allen & Unwin, London 341.1 (Eng ed 17-22062)

“This is a draft scheme for an international alliance to keep the
peace. It differs from the League of nations society’s programme in
not asking the Allies to enforce an arbitrator’s award, and from the
programme of the American League to enforce peace in requiring the
Allies to deal with aggression by a non-Ally as well as by one of
their number.”—Spec

=Ath= p303 Je ‘17 90w

=Int J Ethics= 28:288 Ja ‘18 110w

=Spec= 118:705 Je 23 ‘17 60w

“The proposals are reasonably modest and admittedly deal only with a
part of the problem. They are concerned only with international
disputes and with the means of preventing international wars. ... They
are sound enough so far as they go, but the motor will not move
without its petrol; and it is the spirit which is difficult to
obtain.”

+ — =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p313 Jl 5 ‘17 2300w

=BRYCE, JAMES BRYCE, viscount, and others.= War of democracy. *$2 (2c) Doubleday 940.91 17-8205

A collection of papers on the war from the standpoint of the Allies.
Lord Bryce in his introduction says: “The present war differs from all
that have gone before it not only in its vast scale and in the volume
of misery it has brought upon the world, but also in the fact that it
is a war of principles, and a war in which the permanent interests,
not merely of the belligerent powers but of all nations, are involved
as such interests were never involved before. ... This war of
principles is a war not only for the vindication of international
right, for the faith of treaties, for the protection of the innocent,
but also for liberty.” Among those who contribute to the book are:
Lord Haldane, Gilbert Murray, Arthur J. Balfour, G. M. Trevelyan,
Viscount Grey of Falloden (Sir Edward Grey), and M. Maurice Barrès.

“Mr Balfour’s discussion of naval questions comes no nearer to our
time than the summer of 1915, and this fact suggests the most obvious
comment upon this whole volume. It is not keyed to the present moment.
It meets no present vital need. The volume entitled ‘The war and
democracy,’ which Messrs Seton-Watson, Wilson, Zimmern, and Greenwood
published in 1915, is incomparably superior to this one.” C. H.
Levermore

– + =Am Hist R= 23:170 O ‘17 470w

“A notable collection of articles, addresses, interviews, and
documents.”

+ =A L A Bkl= 13:348 My ‘17

“Mr Fisher’s discussion of the value of small states is an historical
analysis of permanent importance. ... The temper of the book is
admirable in its moderation and its calm common sense. It is greatly
to be hoped that this collection is only the first of a series which
will winnow from the immense mass of pamphlets some, at any rate, of
those which have more than a momentary importance.” H. J. Laski

+ =Dial= 62:473 My 31 ‘17 170w

+ =Ind= 90:556 Je 23 ‘17 70w

“‘The war of democracy’ was written for American consumption and was
put together with the avowed purpose of influencing American opinion.
As America made up its mind definitively at the very hour of the
book’s publication, many of the articles, addresses, and interviews so
carefully selected by the editor are rather belated. A few of the
articles, however, are of permanent value.”

+ — =Nation= 105:227 Ag 30 ‘17 300w

=N Y Br Lib News= 4:58 Ap ‘17

“Perhaps the article which most needs to be read by Americans is the
one on ‘Economic Germany,’ in which Henri Hauser discusses German
industry as a factor making for war. For he lays bare developments,
conditions, purposes that are as much a menace to the harmony and
well-being of the world as is Prussian militarism.”

+ =N Y Times= 22:45 F 11 ‘17 650w

“Includes some of the great speeches of the war period.”

+ =Ontario Library Review= 1:114 My ‘17 30w

+ =Pittsburgh= 22:427 My ‘17 60w

+ =Pratt= p43 O ‘17 40w

=R of Rs= 55:445 Ap ‘17 70w

=St Louis= 15:106 Ap ‘17

=BUBNOFF, I. V.= Co-operative movement in Russia; its history, significance, and character. il $1.25 M. Fainberg, 309 Broadway, N.Y. (Co-operative printing society, Manchester, England) 334 17-30589

The author shows that cooperation has gained a firm footing among the
Russian peasantry, and that the European war has given a prodigious
stimulus to the movement. He begins with a sketch of agriculture from
the abolition of serfdom in 1861, and tells of the help furnished the
peasants by the zemstvos and by agricultural societies, whose work is
mainly instructional while economic functions are discharged by the
artels for production, consumers’ societies for distribution, and
credit banks for finance. Consumers’ societies, we are told, between
1905 and 1917 have multiplied from 1,000 to 20,000 and credit and loan
associations from 1,434 to 16,057.

“The book evidently contains authentic matter prepared by one
thoroughly familiar with the subject at first hand.” Herman Kobbe

+ =N Y Call= p14 S 2 ‘17 180w

=Spec= 118:64 Jl 21 ‘17 70w

“Mr Bubnoff says nothing about the political or industrial side, but
his account of the cooperative movement reveals so much capacity for
organization, self-help, and practical action among the peasantry and
industrial classes of Russia that current events become much more
intelligible in the light of it. ... His book is a compact statement
of facts with sufficient explanatory comment to make clear the
character of cooperation in Russia and its various ramifications. It
is a valuable addition to the library of cooperative literature.”

* + =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p291 Je 21 ‘17 950w

=BUCHAN, JOHN.= Battle of the Somme. il *$1.50 (2c) Doran (1s Nelson, London) 940.91 17-14221

The main purpose of the allied forces at the Somme, says the author,
was “to exercise a steady and continued pressure on a certain section
of the enemy’s front.” Subsidiary aims were to ease the pressure on
Verdun and to prevent the transference of large bodies of German
troops from the western to the eastern front. He gives a somewhat
detailed account of the entire campaign, dividing it into four stages.
The book is illustrated and well supplied with maps.

“Contains two appendixes: 1, Sir Douglas Haig’s second dispatch; 2,
General Sixt von Armin’s report.”

+ =A L A Bkl= 13:442 Jl ‘17

“A most lucid and instructive account with not a few fine touches; it
is also marked by the admirable balance that places Mr Buchan above
most war historians and chroniclers of these days.”

+ =Ath= p600 D ‘16 33w

“Mr Buchan’s book is a recital of the field moves of an army all told
in a calm, clear way and without passion. Then at intervals it gathers
up its momentum of dispassion, its inertia of facts, and in some
supreme and succinct statement of fact carries the reader to a
conclusion that creates emotion. It is his reticence that gives one
additional confidence in the sequence of his facts.”

+ =Boston Transcript= p6 Jl 25 ‘17 550w

“His style is simple narrative with the accent of true English
restraint.”

+ =New Repub= 13:224 D 22 ‘17 270w

+ =N Y Times= 22:323 S 2 ‘17 220w

=Pratt= p39 O ‘17 10w

+ =R of Rs= 56:213 Ag ‘17 90w

“Written with the fervour and simple straight patriotism we expect
from Mr Buchan. ... Here is the right blend of emotion and of sturdy
common sense.”

+ + =Sat R= 122:556 D 9 ‘16 100w

“Its main concern is to give a semitechnical account, which he
succeeds admirably in doing, thanks in great measure to the ample
number of maps with which the book is supplied, and which appear at
sufficiently frequent intervals to make the text entirely
comprehensible. ... Mr Buchan’s qualifications for his task are
attested by his recent appointment as director of publicity in Great
Britain.”

+ =Springf’d Republican= p19 My 13 ‘17 450w

“This is a timely narrative, very well illustrated.”

+ + =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p562 N 23 ‘16 20w

=BUCHAN, JOHN.= Greenmantle. *$1.35 (1c) Doran 17-20424

Richard Hannay, hero of the author’s first novel, “The thirty-nine
steps,” is made the central figure in this war story. Hannay, who has
been made a major in England’s new army, is summoned to the foreign
office and entrusted with an important mission. He is to investigate
the sources of a “jehad” (holy war) said to be organizing in the East.
With three companions he gets into Germany, and out again. He then
goes to Constantinople, and there finds what he is seeking, the woman
who is the chief agent in fomenting rebellion in India.

“An absorbing adventure story, not a series of ‘movie’ thrills but
clean cut, sustained excitement.”

+ =A L A Bkl= 13:314 Ap ‘17

“Mr Buchan has given us another novel, not only of vivid interest, but
one which visualizes certain phases of the world war as only a book of
its kind can.” F. B.

+ =Boston Transcript= p7 F 24 ‘17 300w

“Although (or perhaps because) it is not a realistic war story, the
book is a great favorite with convalescent readers at the base
hospitals, and the fact that the author wrote it while in active
service accounts for the vividness of some of its details.”

+ =Cleveland= p63 My ‘17 90w

“There is no instruction in the book. ... You will just be thrilled—as
Cooper thrilled you with his Mohicans and Dumas with his Musketeers.
You will arise refreshed from the contemplation of great exploits
greatly performed. And next day’s business will seem the brighter
because for one short evening you have held commune with the
impossible.” H. J. L.

+ =New Repub= 11:60 My 12 ‘17 950w

“A story full of spirit and swing and high heroism. It is very much
better than either of its author’s two previous novels, successful and
interesting as were both those books.”

+ =N Y Times= 22:75 Mr 4 ‘17 450w

“This is the longest of the sensational romances that Mr Buchan has
given us since the outbreak of the war. It is also the most exciting
and in our opinion the best.”

+ =Spec= 117:555 N 4 ‘16 850w

+ =Springf’d Republican= p15 F 18 ‘17 250w

+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p512 O 26 ‘16 500w

=BUCHAN, JOHN.=[2] Nelson’s history of the war; with preface by the Earl of Rosebery. v 14-17 maps ea *60c Nelson 940.91 (War15-86)

Volumes 1 to 13 were published in 1916. In volume 14 Mr Buchan “begins
with General Townshend’s surrender, writes of the war in the Levant,
of the Russian front, of the battle of Jutland, of Italy’s part, and
ends on the second battle of Verdun.” (N Y Times) Volume 15 deals with
Brussilov’s offensive and the intervention of Rumania. “The sixteenth
volume is devoted entirely to the battle of the Somme. That great
achievement is described in five chapters, the first of which is
concerned with preliminaries. The appendixes contain Sir Douglas
Haig’s second dispatch, and General Sixt von Armin’s report describing
experiences of the 4th German corps during July, 1916.” (Ath) “The two
main episodes of the seventeenth instalment are the brilliant opening
and the disastrous sequel of Roumania’s campaign, and the heroic
advance of the French at Verdun.” (Ath)

“Mr Buchan’s account of the great sea-fight is a masterpiece of clear
and sober narrative.”

+ =Ath= p551 N ‘16 200w (Review of v 14)

+ =Ath= p316 Je ‘17 70w (Review of v 16)

“Lieut.-Col. Buchan continues, with the same mastery of detail and
incisive style, to convert yesterday’s news into intelligible history.
It would facilitate reference if the year, as well as the month and
day, of the event recorded were printed oftener in the margin.”

+ — =Ath= p531 O ‘17 180w (Review of v 17)

“He handles the intricacies of the Balkans with the same quiet
clearness that marks his treatment of the attacks on Verdun.”

+ =N Y Times= 22:18 Ja 21 ‘17 90w (Review of v 14)

“The most striking portion of the work is the lucid account of the
battle of Jutland, which is described with an exemplary grasp of
essentials. There are several diagrams.”

+ =Springf’d Republican= p6 Ja 23 ‘17 (Review of v 14)

=The Times [London] Lit Sup= p419 Ag 30 ‘17 100w (Review of v
17)

=BUCHAN, JOHN.= Salute to adventurers. *$1.35 (1½c) Doran 17-26974

Altho the story opens in Scotland, its scene changes shortly to
Virginia. Young Andrew Garvald goes out to the colonies to engage in
trade. His business takes him far away from Jamestown and the
tidewater, back into the interior of the country, where he learns more
of true conditions than the governor or the young gallants of his
train will believe. The sudden outbreak of the Indians does not come
to him without warning, and because of this he is able to rescue
Elspeth Blair and win the reward of which he had dreamed ever since
his first meeting with the girl in Scotland years before.

“Good of its type, but not as good as ‘Greenmantle.’”

+ — =A L A Bkl= 14:130 Ja ‘18

“It is a colorful tale, this, with plenty of action and ingenuity and
interest, but it does not rank for a moment with ‘Greenmantle,’ either
in its characters, its setting, or its plot.”

+ — =N Y Times= 22:468 N 11 ‘17 550w

“With its strong Scotch flavor and its tang of hazardous events, the
book smacks strongly of Stevenson. ... Unfortunately, Mr Buchan is
open to the criticism of which most prolific writers are deserving.
His historical facts and background are not accurate. ... But, after
all, the story’s the thing, and inaccuracies of this sort are
unimportant in so gripping and adventurous a yarn.”

+ — =Springf’d Republican= p15 Ja 13 ‘18 600w

=BUCHANAN, FLORENCE.= Home crafts of today and yesterday. (Harper’s home economics) il *$1 (2½c) Harper 640 17-16903

The author is instructor in handwork in the School of household
science and arts, Pratt institute, Brooklyn. “The woman who longs to
try something new but feels a bit vague about beginning will find
[here] the what, the where, and the how for a variety of crafts.
Emphasis is placed on the start rather than on detailing the technical
processes, but enough of the latter is always given along with
explanatory diagrams to guide a beginner through the piece of work.”
(Preface) Linen, chair-caning, basket-planning, dyeing materials for
and making rugs, weaving, painting and batik dyeing are among the
subjects considered.

=A L A Bkl= 14:80 D ‘17

“Practical book for the home keeper who wishes suggestions for many
kinds of handiwork.”

+ =Cleveland= p114 S ‘17 30w

=N Y Times= 22:521 D 2 ‘17 50w

=Quar List New Tech Bks= O ‘17 50w

=St Louis= 15:365 O ‘17 10w

=BUCHANAN, JOHN YOUNG.= Comptes rendus of observation and reasoning. il *$2.25 Putnam 504 (Eng ed 17-18064)

A collection of scientific papers. The author says, “As the title of
this volume indicates, the book consists of ‘accounts rendered’ of
work done at different times, in different places and on different
subjects.” Among the subjects with dates of first publication are:
Recent Antarctic exploration (1906); On ice and brines (1887); On
steam and brines (1899); The size of the ice-grains in glaciers
(1901); Ice and its natural history (1909); On the use of the globe in
the study of crystallography (1895); Solar radiation (1901). Some of
these are republished from the Proceedings of the Royal society,
others from magazines and newspapers.

“Mr Buchanan is a believer in original research in the full
significance of the words, including originality in methods and point
of view, as well as in the subject dealt with. Unlike his former
volume of collected oceanographical papers, this collection consists
of a selection on many subjects, scientific and popular, several
reproduced from the pages of Nature. ... The memoirs themselves form
solid and informing reading for students; but they are rendered
entertaining by the extraordinarily copious analytical table of
contents, which occupies thirty pages.” H. R. M.

+ =Nature= 99:142 Ap 19 ‘17 800w

“A prospective reader who opens this book at the beginning will find a
rather dull account of Antarctic exploration as it stood in 1905, with
a reprint of chemical and physical notes for the use of explorers,
which, however important for their particular purpose, are likely to
bore the layman. If he then turns impatiently to the end, he will find
some elementary remarks on such fundamental topics as the ‘power of
Great Britain’ or the ‘House of commons,’ and he may then lay the book
aside. But if he has the good luck to open it in the middle, he will
probably turn over a good many pages with pleasure and profit; for Mr
Buchanan has some interesting and important things to say on a
fascinating topic, which makes it the more aggravating that they are
presented in so unnecessarily unattractive a guise.”

+ — =The Times= [London] Lit Sup p173 Ap 12 ‘17 900w

=BUCK, ALBERT HENRY.= Growth of medicine from the earliest times to about 1800. il *$5 Yale univ. press 610.9 17-5568

“As Dr Buck has chronicled them, there are nine periods in the history
of medicine. They are: Primitive medicine to be reckoned by thousands
of years; the medicine of the East by which we possess only a
fragmentary knowledge; the medicine of the classical period of
antiquity; that of the Hippocratic writings which in Greece was the
most flourishing period; the period during which the greatest
intellectual activity was at Alexandria, Egypt; the medicine of Galen
whose searching profoundly influenced the thought and practice of one
whole civilized world of medicine up to our seventeenth century; the
medicine of the middle ages; the medicine of the renaissance which
brought adoption of dissection, the only effective method of studying
anatomy; and modern medicine, in two periods, the first to about 1775.
The second Dr Buck does not attempt to cover.” (Boston Transcript)
“The author is consulting aural surgeon of the New York eye and ear
infirmary.” (St Louis)

“Especially interesting are the chapters on Oriental medicine, The
Arab renaissance, and The advance of surgery during medieval times.”

+ =A L A Bkl= 13:432 Jl ‘17 (Reprinted from the Journal of the
American Medical Association 68:1650 Je ‘17)

+ =Boston Transcript= p6 My 9 ‘17 1500w

“The book is not intended for the student of medical history, but for
the physician who wishes to become acquainted with the essential
phases of that earlier medicine upon which his own theory and practice
had been built.”

+ =Nation= 105:155 Ag 9 ‘17 220w

=N Y Br Lib News= 4:72 My ‘17

“Not overburdened with detail, but presents the important facts in an
attractive manner.”

+ =Pittsburgh= 22:817 D ‘17 10w

=St Louis= 15:142 My ‘17 10w

“Throughout the volume the reader is impressed by the clearness of
Prof. Buck’s expression and by the overwhelming mass of facts that
have been interestingly assembled.”

+ =Springf’d Republican= p17 Ap 15 ‘17 1550w

“An interesting and thought-provoking volume is this, when the
material might easily have been treated as technical and specialized.
The history has a social message and this not for the doctor only, but
for every one who watches with interest all progress of matters
medical.” G. S.

+ =Survey= 39:327 D 15 ‘17 450w

“Dr Buck claims nothing which is not his own, and credit to
authorities is honestly and fairly rendered, wherever due, without the
encumbrance of footnotes. The book is printed in beautiful style.” F.
H. Garrison

+ =Yale R= n s 7:205 O ‘17 1050w

=BUCKROSE, J. E., pseud. (MRS ANNIE EDITH [FOSTER] JAMESON=). Matchmakers. *$1.35 (1½c) Doran 16-21706

Peggy, daughter of the rector of Little Pendleton, is the heroine of
this story of English village life. Little Pendleton doesn’t always
approve of Peggy, but it has her best interests at heart and wants
above all to see her make a good match. All the village stands back of
the squire in his wooing, but Peggy takes the matter into her own
hands, and altho the village is flouted in its aims it isn’t
crestfallen. It turns squarely about and takes credit to itself for
the success of Peggy’s marriage with young Charley Tremaine. Peggy’s
father, the impractical rector, is made a very lovable figure, and the
whole story is told with quiet humor.

=A L A Bkl= 13:266 Mr ‘17

+ =Ath= p479 O ‘16 60w

“Our greatest quarrel with the story lies in the arbitrary way in
which the author has surmounted her difficulties in the end. It quite
offends our sense of good story telling that with a good situation,
instead of finding a way out of it, she should so arbitrarily go
around it.”

+ — =Boston Transcript= p8 F 21 ‘17 450w

+ =N Y Times= 22:47 F 11 ‘17 300w

+ =Spec= 118:241 F 24 ‘17 30w

+ =Springf’d Republican= p17 Ap 8 ‘17 250w

“A genial, placid portrayal of village life which never excites, but
equally never bores and never offends.”

=The Times [London] Lit Sup= p466 S 28 ‘16 70w

=BULLARD, ARTHUR.= Mobilising America. *50c (2½c) Macmillan 355.7 17-10363

The author, having spent much time in France and England during the
war, had begun to collect data for a book on “How democracies
mobilise.” Some of the main points on the subject are summarised in
this small book. He says, “I am not considering the ethics of war, nor
the advisability of our participation in the present struggle. I
accept the fact that we have decided to fight and I try to show how
the experiences of other democracies can teach us the way to do it
efficiently.” (Preface) Contents: America goes to war; Democracies as
fighting machines; The mobilisation of public opinion; The
mobilisation of industry; The mobilisation of men; A programme.

“His book has the endorsement of a long list of prominent editors and
authors, and of the conference committee of national preparedness.”

=A L A Bkl= 13:427 Jl ‘17

“This is a tiny volume, but it is worth the intelligent perusal of
every American citizen. It is sane, thoughtful and constructive. It
would be of particular value in any course in government given at our
American colleges.” D. F. G.

+ =Boston Transcript= p6 Ag 8 ‘17 370w

+ =Cleveland= p77 Je ‘17 50w

+ =Ind= 90:185 Ap 21 ‘17 30w

“One can only hope that the sanity and helpfulness of Mr Bullard’s
fertile suggestions will not be lost in the maze of Washington
officialdom.” H. S.

+ =New Repub= 11:166 Je 9 ‘17 950w

=N Y Br Lib News= 4:90 Je ‘17

+ =N Y Times= 22:130 Ap 8 ‘17 830w

+ =Springf’d Republican= p6 Ap 10 ‘17 500w

“Offers many of the practical suggestions which have since come from
the visiting French and English commissions as how best to mobilize
and conduct the war.”

+ =Wis Lib Bul= 13:182 Je ‘17 50w

=BULLITT, MRS ERNESTA DRINKER.= Uncensored diary; from the central empires. *$1.25 (3c) Doubleday 940.91 17-10878

A diary written, the author says, for her great grandchildren, not for
publication. She was in Germany with her husband, a newspaper
correspondent, in the summer of 1916. A short trip to Belgium and one
into Austria-Hungary are recorded in the diary, but it is concerned
for the most part with her experiences in Germany. It forms one of the
very small number of books which tell us anything of what is going on
within the German empire. Informal interviews and conversations with
important officials, among them Von Bissing and Zimmermann, are
reported, but of no less interest are the accounts of what German
women are doing. The book also throws some light on the methods by
which Germany is attempting to conserve her child life during war.

+ =A L A Bkl= 13:394 Je ‘17

=Boston Transcript= p14 Ap 7 ‘17 680w

+ =Dial= 63:29 Je 28 ‘17 70w

“The book is markedly good on two counts: It is written with
freshness, with cleverness and wholesomeness and real personal charm;
and it has things of actual interest and importance to say.”

+ =N Y Times= 22:159 Ap 22 ‘17 350w

=Outlook= 116:75 My 9 ‘17 190w

=Pittsburgh= 22:528 Je ‘17 40w

=R of Rs= 55:551 My ‘17 80w

=BULLOCK, EDNA DEAN=, comp. Selected articles on single tax; 2d ed., rev. and enl. by Julia E. Johnsen. (Debaters’ handbook ser.) *$1.25 (1c) Wilson, H. W. 336.2 18-397

“Since the first publication of the Single tax handbook a fairly large
bibliography on the subject has become available, references to which
are included in this revised edition. The handbook is brought down to
date by the inclusion of late reprints in the concluding pages, and by
a revision and enlargement of the bibliography and brief.”
(Explanatory note) The first edition, compiled by Edna D. Bullock, was
published in 1914. The second edition has been prepared by Julia E.
Johnsen.

=BÜLOW, BERNHARD HEINRICH MARTIN KARL, fürst von.= Imperial Germany; tr. by Marie A. Lewenz. new and rev ed il *$2 (2c) Dodd 943 (17-5549)

This book was first published in Germany as a section in an important
general work compiled to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of
the accession of the Emperor William II. A revised edition was
separately published in Germany in 1916. The first edition in English
was reviewed in the Digest for 1914. “More than one-half of the
letterpress of the original volume has been re-written, ... and the
new passages are indicated by brackets. The introduction by Prince
Bülow is entirely new, and so are the two chapters on Militarism and
the chapter on the Social Democrats, and the latter part of the
Conclusion.” (Publishers’ note) An illuminating foreword of
twenty-eight pages is by J. W. Headlam, who speaks of the book as
“largely a defence and apology of von Bülow’s own action during the
years he had held office (1897-1909), and an exposition of the
principles by which he had been guided.”

“One dollar cheaper than the first edition (Booklist 10:384 Je ‘14).”

=A L A Bkl= 13:456 Jl ‘17

=Boston Transcript= p6 Ag 22 ‘17 700w