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“To anyone that loves New England and is familiar with its widespread
excellence of old architecture such a book as ‘The wood-carver of
Salem’ affords pleasant entertainment. ... It is a book to read beside
a fireplace such as those fireplaces that it pictures and describes.”
W. A. M.

+ =Boston Transcript= p8 D 27 ‘16 400w

+ =Cleveland= p80 Je ‘17 30w

“A plentiful index and 127 plates give added importance to a work that
is replete with vital interest.”

+ =Int Studio= 60:95 Ja ‘17 200w

“It appears as a limited edition, carefully and elaborately prepared.”

+ =Lit D= 54:567 Mr 3 ‘17 200w

=R of Rs= 55:105 Ja ‘17 150w

=COX, KENYON.= Concerning painting; considerations theoretical and historical. il *$1.75 (4c) Scribner 750 17-24869

“This book is the result of such thinking as I have been able to do on
my own art of painting. It divides itself into three parts: the first
is an inquiry into what painting essentially is and into the nature of
its appeal to humanity; the second is an attempted account of what
painting was in the golden age, from the beginning of the sixteenth
century to nearly the end of the seventeenth; the third deals with
some aspects of the painting of the more immediate past. Part first
was originally given in the form of lectures at Union college. Parts
second and third were delivered at Yale, in the Trowbridge course on
the history of art, and at the Metropolitan museum and other
institutions. The three chapters on ‘The golden age of painting’ have
appeared in Scribner’s Magazine, and the other five in the Art World.”
(Preface) There are thirty-two reproductions of typical works from the
older and from contemporary artists.

“The suggestions are clear and not too technical in form so that they
will interest the intelligent layman as well as the student.”

+ =A L A Bkl= 14:83 D ‘17

“I find the first division of the book, devoted to a general
consideration of what painting is according to Cox, the most arresting
part of the discussion: probably because it is most Cox, whereas the
historical survey puts him in a vast field where the competitors are
numerous.” R: Burton

+ =Bookm= 46:478 D ‘17 550w

“Dr Cox elsewhere has not kept to himself his opinions regarding the
vagaries of futurism, cubism and the other extreme manifestations of
erratic individualism but he refrains from even recognizing in this
book the existence of such a school or even mentioning the name of its
votaries. He waxes quite enthusiastic over John La Farge, having
evidently fallen under the sway of the personality of that brilliant
genius.” N. H D.

+ — =Boston Transcript= p8 O 27 ‘17 750w

+ =Cleveland= p136 D ‘17 10w

“The eight essays are of unequal interest. Mr Cox has done nothing
better than the two studies ‘Painting as an art of imitation’ and
‘Painting as an art of relation.’ ... There is a cleanness and
trenchancy about this work which is beyond the range of any other
American critic of art. Where Mr Cox’s admiration is fully aroused
there is also a great sensitiveness. This quality Mr Cox keeps for his
favorites. The rest get a rather schoolmasterly report.”

+ — =Nation= 105:545 N 15 ‘17 290w

“If he wrote only of the technical side of his art he would be an
absorbingly interesting author; but he is too much of an artist to
stop with this. Not only the form but the meaning interests him, and
he connects his comments on the detail of the workshop with
observations on persons and schools and countries as catholic and
sound and sincere as they are learned. ... His arguments have lost the
bitterness that once diminished the force of their effect on his
readers.”

+ =N Y Times= 22:417 O 21 ‘17 530w

+ =Outlook= 117:514 N 28 ‘17 50w

“In his chapters on the Italian renaissance and the Venetian school,
Mr Cox is at his best. His brief, crisp summing up of the four great
masters, Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael and Correggio, is luminous
with clear, incisive judgments. ... It is in the third division of
this work, devoted to certain aspects of 19th century painting, that
we find Mr Cox somewhat disappointing. He has tried to crowd too much
into inadequate space. ... Perhaps the most disappointing of all the
essays is that relating to the mural painters.” F: T. Cooper

+ — =Pub W= 92:817 S 15 ‘17 1000w

“The book is valuable to teachers and students for several excellent
reasons: It is accurately informative, intelligently analytical, and
stimulating to the cultivation of æsthetic conceptions that are in
harmony with our ideals concerning the newer civilization that we hope
to see emerge out of the present chaos of thought.”

+ =School Arts Magazine= 17:226 Ja ‘18 300w

=COXON, MURIEL (HINE) (MRS SIDNEY COXON).= Autumn. *$1.40 (lc) Lane 17-9809

After ten years of an unhappy marriage, Deirdre Caradoc thought that
the best of life was over for her. She was midway in her thirties, she
had no child, and her love for her husband was dead. She decides to
separate from him, and takes a house in the country where she hopes
for uninterrupted quiet. Here she makes two friends, a father and his
young daughter, who become of momentous importance in her life.
Between the man and herself a deep and sincere love comes to life, but
the course of their future is influenced by the daughter, who, in
falling in love with a married man older than herself, seems to be
giving them a replica of their own situation.

“This work carries the evidence of some originality. But the action
does not progress with the desired celerity.”

=Boston Transcript= p8 Ap 14 ‘17 220w

“It has to do with several charming people who seem unable, either by
sin or by virtue, to solve their problems practically, ethically or
sentimentally. Puppets of circumstance are they, whose perfervid loves
play havoc with them. One wishes that they were all set to earning
their living.”

— =Ind= 90:594 Je 30 ‘17 60w

“If the closing chapters of ‘Autumn’ do not quite fulfill the promise
of its earlier portion, the novel is, nevertheless, one of unusual
merit. ... It has that nameless distinction which, for want of a
better word, we term quality.”

+ =N Y Times= 22:136 Ap 15 ‘17 600w

=Spec= 119:93 Jl 28 ‘17 20w

“What one complains of chiefly is, first, that the main events of the
story do not happen inevitably, but only because the author makes them
happen, and that they are, therefore, unconvincing. One’s second
ground of complaint is the author’s constant evasion.”

— =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p281 Je 14 ‘17 820w

=COXWELL, CHARLES FILLINGHAM.= Through Russia in war-time. il *$3.50 Scribner 914.7 (Eng ed 17-18477)

“It was on May 22, 1915 that the author, an Englishman, sailed from
New York for North Cape and Archangel.” (N Y Times) “He describes with
full appreciation for the wonders of Russia his journey and the
various cities and sections he visited. He entered at Archangel, and
travelled from north to south and from east to west of Russia. Much
space is given to Petrograd and Moscow. He describes Holy Kiev, Odessa
with its busy life, the beauty of the Crimea, the antiquities of
Kertch, the Cossack country, the wonderful Georgian military road over
the Caucasus, as well as the less-known parts of Russia. At the end he
passes through Finland and through the country of the Lapps.”—Boston
Transcript

=A L A Bkl= 14:66 N ‘17

“In spite of his limited Russian vocabulary and in spite of war-time
restrictions, he nearly always manages to get into actual touch with
the natives, and ultimately to persuade them to pose for him. The
result is a collection of unconventional photographs which help to
impress on the mind a vivid picture of all those who came within Mr
Coxwell’s view.”

+ =Ath= p342 Jl ‘17 700w

“An amusing account is given of the author’s difficulties at the
outset with the Russian language.”

+ =Ath= p364 Jl ‘17 80w

+ =Boston Transcript= p6 Ag 22 ‘17 250w

“Political Russia is of more vital interest than physical Russia; but
at the moment when the fate of that nation seems to center in one
city, it is not amiss to remember that Petrograd is one of the least
representative cities of the new republic and that behind all its
changes and its transitory emotions there lies the great mass of the
Russian people, sturdy, industrious, and immovable. To consider them
steadies one’s sense of proportion. Mr Coxwell’s book enables one so
to consider them.”

+ =Dial= 63:276 S 27 ‘17 230w

“The main impression it conveys is that the war in 1915 had hardly
ruffled daily existence in the smaller Russian towns, and was little
regarded in such important centres as Petrograd and Moscow.”

+ =N Y Times= 22:294 Ag 12 ‘17 480w

“Mr Coxwell is almost a Pickwickian tourist—so simple-minded, so
easily pleased, so little subjective in his observations, that he
might seem to have just set out from Goswell street. But there the
resemblance ends. Adventures crowded on Mr Pickwick at every turn, but
not one befell Mr Coxwell. Mr Coxwell is happier, however, with his
camera than with his pen.”

– + =Sat R= 124:250 S 29 ‘17 350w

“In the main, of course, the narrative is personal, but personal
narratives may be of absorbing interest when the writer is an
experienced traveler. Added value is given in the liberal space
devoted to details of Russian life and customs and to historic
incidents.”

+ =Springf’d Republican= p6 S 6 ‘17 230w

“No doubt students of Russian life will find nothing interesting in
these pages and the book is not for those who wish to estimate
political, economic, or military forces, or for those who look to
Russia for spiritual guidance or inspiration. But it is for the
not-too-serious tourist and those who are like the author in
spirit. ... There is a slight misconception, perhaps, in the title of
the book. It has little or nothing to do with the war, and does not
describe special war conditions.”

+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p268 Je 7 ‘17 1050w

=CRABB, GEORGE.= English synonymes. rev and enl ed *$1.25 Harper 424 17-10873

The first edition of Crabb’s “English synonymes explained” was
published one hundred years ago. The preface to this centennial
edition says, “It is an exceptional tribute to Crabb’s scholarship
that during an entire century his masterful work has continued to hold
the regard of the English-speaking world, and that to-day it is
consulted with probably more appreciation than ever before.” Of the
changes and additions made for the new edition the preface says
further, “Nothing has been eliminated from the master’s explanations
of his chosen words, and his style of presentation has been followed
as closely as intervening conditions would permit. The entire body of
the original words and explanations has been supplemented by a large
number of words with their applications that have grown into the
language within recent years, besides many that came to have a deeper
significance than before because of the great European war.” Another
important feature of the new edition is a complete system of cross
references. The work has an introduction by John H. Finley.

“Revised and brought up to date by unnamed editors whose work, one
cannot help feeling, is considerably inferior to that of the original
author in natural feeling for words, in comprehension of philological
niceties, and in insight into derived meanings.”

=Springf’d Republican= p8 My 31 ‘17 430w

=CRAGIN, LAURA ELLA.= Sunday story hour. il *$1.25 (3c) Doran 372.6 17-13402

The author has written these stories for Sunday telling, either at
home or in the Sunday school. They are planned for the younger
children and are grouped under the headings: Our Heavenly Father’s
care; Our Heavenly Father’s protection; The loving care of Jesus;
Prayer; The sabbath; Helpfulness; Kindness; Obedience; Easter;
Thanksgiving; Christmas. Many of the stories were written for the
Beginner’s leaflets issued by the Presbyterian Boards. Other books by
the author are “Kindergarten stories for the Sunday school” and
“Kindergarten Bible stories.”

“The way in which the child is led to see how God is in his world
makes the book especially fitting for Sunday reading, as it is
designed to be.”

+ =Springf’d Republican= p15 Ag 26 ‘17 100w

=CRAIG, AUSTIN=, ed. Former Philippines thru foreign eyes. *$3 (3c) Appleton 919.14 A17-1007

This volume, edited by Professor Craig of the University of the
Philippines, consists of a series of reprints of original documents
and other out-of-print material bearing on the early history of the
Philippines. Contents: Feodor Jagor’s travels in the Philippines; The
state of the Philippines in 1810, by Thomas de Comyn; Manila and Sulu
in 1842, by Charles Wilkes, U.S.N.; Manila in 1819, by John White,
U.S.N.; The peopling of the Philippines, by Rudolf Virchow; People and
prospects of the Philippines, by an English merchant, 1778, and a
consul, 1878; Filipino merchants of the early 1890s, by F. Karuth. The
volume was first published by the Philippine education company of
Manila.

“Taken together, these descriptions form an exceedingly valuable lot
of material regarding the Philippines. Of them all, the first is the
most valuable, because of the intimate touch it gives of conditions
and its excellent descriptions. The translation, which was made
especially for this work by a young German, one of the victims of the
Japanese onslaught on Tsing Tau, is immensely improved over the
defective English translation published in London in 1875. By choosing
descriptions on the whole favorable to the Filipinos, Professor Craig
has presented but one side of his thesis, although it must be
confessed material on the other side is easily available to whoever
wishes to study the question from other points of view.” J. A.
Robertson

+ =Am Hist R= 23:197 O ‘17 900w

“Only where there is special interest.”

=A L A Bkl= 13:442 Jl ‘17

“A republication of valuable and rare documents which is intended to
correct the wrong impressions in the minds of students, concerning the
Filipino and his islands.” M. C. T.

+ =St Louis= 15:185 Je ‘17 20w

=CRAIG, AUSTIN, and BENITEZ, CONRADO.= Philippine progress prior to 1898. $1.25 Philippine education co., Manila 991.4 17-31047

The purpose of this source book of Philippine history, prepared by two
members of the faculty of the University of the Philippines, is “to
supply a fairer view of Filipino participation and supplement the
defective Spanish accounts.” The book consists of two parts. Part 1,
The old Philippines’ industrial development, by Conrado Benitez, has
chapters on: Agriculture and land-holding at the time of the discovery
and conquest; Industries at the time of discovery and conquest; Trade
and commerce at the time of discovery and conquest; Trade and
commerce: the period of restriction; The 19th century and economic
development. Part 2, The Filipinos’ part in the Philippines’ past,
consists of documents and reprints, edited with introduction and notes
by Austin Craig.

=CRAM, MILDRED.= Old seaport towns of the South. il *$2.50 (3½c) Dodd 917.5 17-28900

The rain that falls in the first few chapters of this leisurely
narrative dampens not at all the ardor of writer, illustrator and
reader as they fare forth together on a journey southward from New
York to Baltimore, Norfolk, Wilmington, Charleston, Savannah, St
Augustine and Galveston. The writer is visiting the South of her
parents for the first time—the South that had come to mean “the place
of sun, chivalry, romance and Uncle Remus.” With freshness of outlook,
therefore, the prominent points of interest are viewed. There is a
good deal of history thrown in, some illuminating generalizations
about social problems, the whole being interspersed with crisp dialog,
clear description and entertaining comment. Good illustrations, the
work of the author’s brother, accompany the text.

+ =A L A Bkl= 14:91 D ‘17

“She catches the spirit of the cities, Baltimore, Charleston, Norfolk,
and others, with remarkable accuracy. ... ‘Old seaport towns of the
South’ is a thoroughly delightful book. The publishers have issued it
in most attractive form, making a feature of the unusual and striking
illustrations.” A. M. Chase

+ =Bookm= 46:335 N ‘17 190w

+ =Boston Transcript= p8 N 3 ‘17 600w

“America is being discovered by its own people. The experiences and
discoveries of one pair of explorers—brother and sister—are here
related in sprightly detail, and the account is dressed by the
publishers in the best product of the printing press. The historical
facts woven into the narrative are at times somewhat mixed.”

+ — =Dial= 63:592 D 6 ‘17 280w

+ =Lit D= 55:39 D 8 ‘17 120w

“She has brought together a great variety of bits of history,
tradition, reminiscence, and description which make of each place that
she visits a very interesting, attractive, and colorful picture.”

+ =N Y Times= 22:482 N 18 ‘17 100w

=CRAM, RALPH ADAMS.= Substance of Gothic. il *$1.50 (4½c) Jones, Marshall 723.5 17-25630

“I have called these lectures, given during the winter of 1916-17 in
the Lowell institute course in Boston, ‘The substance of Gothic,’
because in them an effort is made, though briefly and superficially,
to deal with the development of Christian architecture from
Charlemagne to Henry VIII, rather in relation to its substance than
its accidents; to consider it as a definite and growing organism and
as the exact and unescapable exponent of a system of life and thought
antipodal to that of the modernism that began its final dissolution at
the beginning of August A.D. 1914, rather than in the light of its
accidents of form and ornament and details of structural design.”
(Preface) The author devotes five pages of his preface to listing and
characterizing non-technical, easily available books, written in
English, for those who wish to follow the subject further.

=A L A Bkl= 14:83 D ‘17

“It is a truly eloquent book, and regarded as a piece of writing will
give pleasure to the layman as a literary performance, quite aside
from his interest in the theme or his agreement with the view
presented.” R: Burton

+ =Bookm= 46:477 D ‘17 640w

“In Mr Cram’s presentation of structural details we are given at last
to realize how incomplete, how downright misleading has been the
method which presented the material progress, and left altogether out
of account the spiritual forces which made that progress possible. ...
The importance of such critical method in this day and age is
tremendous. ... He is pointing the way to a new understanding of the
middle ages upon much more solid foundations. Beneath him is the
support of such exhaustively scholarly works as Henry Osborn Taylor’s
‘The mediaeval mind,’ and of such penetrating analysis as has been
made by Mr Henry Adams. ... Mr Cram is, on the other hand much
inclined to treat the faults and the blemishes of the modern age as
though they were the only things visible in all the recent centuries.
In this view is much error.” J. E. K.

+ + — =Boston Transcript= p6 S 26 ‘17 1350w

“The volume, though evidently the work of an accomplished and
enthusiastic student of architecture, is by no means a dry text-book
abounding in technicalities. Its chief appeal may be to the
specialist, nevertheless it will be perused with profit and pleasure
by every intelligent reader.”

+ =Cath World= 106:389 D ‘17 230w

“Mr Cram writes not alone from the point of view of an ardent
Gothicist, but from that of an ardent churchman as well, and this
contributes both to the strength and to the weakness of his book—to
its strength because he has so keen and constant a realization of the
nobility and vitality of the essential spirit of Catholicism; to its
weakness because all those who fail or have failed of that realization
are to him either heretics, heathen, or pagans, bent on establishing
the kingdom of Satan on earth.” Claude Bragdon

+ — =Dial= 63:517 N 22 ‘17 900w

=R of Rs= 57:216 F ‘18 170w

=CRAM, RALPH ADAMS, and others.= Six lectures on architecture. il *$2 (6c) Univ. of Chicago press 720.4 17-4209

This volume contains the Scammon lectures for 1915, the lectures
delivered at the Art institute of Chicago as the eleventh series under
the Scammon foundation. Contents: The beginnings of Gothic art, and
The culmination of Gothic architecture, by Ralph Adams Cram;
Principles of architectural composition and Modern architecture, by
Thomas Hastings; Organic architecture and The language of form, by
Claude Bragdon. There are forty-five illustrations.

=A L A Bkl= 13:387 Je ‘17

“Mr Bragdon’s first lecture, entitled ‘Organic architecture,’ is an
unusually clear statement of the condition of modern architecture. ...
His second lecture, on ‘The language of form,’ is a valuable and
suggestive exposition of his views as to possible sources of new forms
in art and ornament.” P. B. Wight

+ =Architectural Record= 41:370 Ap ‘17 1400w

“Mr Cram’s two lectures, which it is rather hard to judge fairly, as
he covers an immense field in a few pages, are admirably written. Mr
Hastings’s two have some carelessnesses in style. ... There is a good
deal of practical advice and of suggestive information in all six. The
volume would have been improved had an index been added.” N. H. D.

+ =Boston Transcript= p8 Mr 14 ‘17 1050w

“Stimulating discussion of conflicting ideals in American
architecture.”

+ =Cleveland= p114 S ‘17 70w

“Mr Cram summarizes the evolution of the characteristic features of
Gothic construction in paragraphs bristling with names, dates, and
technical terms. The effect is sufficiently cryptic even on the
printed page. Yet the treatment, on the whole, is stimulating and
suggestive. No one in the world to-day—certainly not in this
country—is, perhaps, better qualified than Mr Cram to interpret the
Gothic spirit. It can hardly be said that Mr Hastings presents a very
strong brief for his cause.” W: A. Bradley

+ — =Dial= 63:110 Ag 16 ‘17 1050w

“Well worth reading as examples of three wholly different attitudes
and methods of approach to the subject. ... The minds of auditors who
heard all six lectures must have been left at the end in a somewhat
bewildered state, for the book is full of contentious and provocative
suggestions. It is hardly milk for babes in architecture, but it is
good reading for those who are already somewhat instructed in the
subject, and may well set the mature architect to thinking.”

+ =Nation= 104:437 Ap 12 ‘17 420w

=N Y Br Lib News= 4:75 My ‘17 30w

“The doctors disagree, but it is the disagreement of living thought,
and from the series of lectures the public receives a lively thrust
toward the act of original thinking which is the desired result in all
educational work.”

+ =N Y Times= 22:415 O 21 ‘17 400w

=Pittsburgh= 22:316 Ap ‘17

=Pratt= p29 O ‘17 50w

+ =Spec= 118:732 Je 30 ‘17 140w

=Springf’d Republican= p6 N 9 ‘17 290w

=CRANCH, CHRISTOPHER PEARSE.= Life and letters, [ed.] by his daughter, Leonora Cranch Scott. il *$3.50 (3c) Houghton 17-8755

Altho Christopher Pearse Cranch was born in Virginia, he was closely
associated with the literary life of New England. As a young man he
entered the Unitarian ministry, but left it after a time to follow an
artist’s career. He devoted himself to landscape painting and wrote
poetry for the Atlantic Monthly, the Dial and other papers of the
time. He was the friend of Emerson, James Freeman Clarke, George
William Curtis and other distinguished Americans and in his travels
abroad he formed friendships with men of letters in Europe, among them
Thackeray, and the Brownings. In this book his daughter presents a
selection from his letters, joined together by extracts from an
unpublished autobiography.

+ =A L A Bkl= 13:399 Je ‘17

“Christopher Pearse Cranch finds a place in many anthologies, and his
books are on the shelves of numerous libraries, public and private,
that preserve the relics of bygone literary accomplishment. ... It is
regrettable that his daughter, despite the abundant material in her
possession and her liberal use of it in this volume of ‘Life and
letters,’ has thrown it together so carelessly, and has made no
attempt, either in her own words or in the words of others, to tell a
well-ordered and coherent story of his life. ... As a miscellany of
incidents in the inconspicuous life of an American man of letters and
leisure, Mrs Scott’s record of her father is valuable despite its
incompleteness. ... As material for a biography, Mrs Scott’s volume
will serve. It is also an excellent memorial tribute to a worthy
life.” E. F. E.

+ — =Boston Transcript= p8 Mr 24 ‘17 1450w

“By far the most valuable part of the book is made up of the letters
he received from others. Besides early notes from James Freeman Clarke
and Emerson, there are several letters in Lowell’s happiest manner,
several from the Brownings ... and many from W. W. Story and George
William Curtis. A few, like those of Curtis from Berlin, are valuable
for themselves; but most are of the sort that reveal the recipient as
well as the author.”

+ =Dial= 63:69 Jl 19 ‘17 430w

“His personality was well worth studying, but the greatest charm of
the book lies in the intimate view we get of such friends as Curtis,
James Russell Lowell, Mr and Mrs Browning, Ralph Waldo Emerson, W. W.
Story, Margaret Fuller, and others famous in art, music, and
literature. ... It is a very readable biography.”

+ =Lit D= 54:2007 Je 30 ‘17 180w

“The reader who wishes to find a picture of the pale, reflected,
undisturbed, and comfortable condition of American arts and letters of
the period will do no better than to turn lightly the pages of this
volume. But if he is looking for the impact upon a man of varied
culture of the forces that were to shake artists, composers, and
writers out of their traditional ease, he will turn away as from a
sago pudding.”

+ — =Nation= 105:697 D 20 ‘17 440w

“Mr Cranch was one of the most interesting Americans of the last
generation.”

=Outlook= 115:668 Ap 11 ‘17 30w

=Pittsburgh= 22:525 Je ‘17 90w

=Pratt= p47 O ‘17 30w

“His relations with New England transcendentalism and with Emerson
form an entertaining chapter of the book.”

+ =R of Rs= 55:667 Je ‘17 50w

“If the material gathered in this volume had been thoroughly sifted
and digested into a book of half the size, two objects would have been
probably attained: We should have had a sufficiently detailed life of
the poet, and his life would be likely to interest more readers. As it
is, the volume is formidable because of its size and because of the
method of presentation of its subject matter.”

+ — =Springf’d Republican= p8 Je 15 ‘17 1600w

=CRANDALL, LEE SAUNDERS.= Pets; their history and care. il *$2 (2½c) Holt 636 17-13515

This book on pets and their care is divided into four sections:
Mammals; Birds; Reptiles and batrachians; The aquarium. As this
division will indicate, the term pet has been given a rather wide
interpretation. The author says, “To give, in a single volume, full
and efficient directions for the treatment of so many diverse
creatures, means that the space devoted to each must be no greater
than necessary. For this reason rare or particularly delicate members
of the various groups have been excluded. ... On the other hand, many
of the birds, such as the pheasants, cranes and waterfowl, cannot be
considered as pets in the sense that they may be fondled, but they are
widely kept for ornamental purposes, and their proper treatment is a
matter often not well known.” (Preface) Theories of breeding are
discussed in an appendix. There are many illustrations from
photographs, a bibliography and index.

“It covers about the same number of animals as Comstock and is,
therefore, fuller in treatment than Verrill. Has fifteen more
illustrations than Comstock and a general bibliography at the end of
the book instead of the references for each animal discussed in
Comstock.”

+ =A L A Bkl= 14:44 N ‘17

=Cleveland= p111 S ‘17 30w

=N Y Times= 22:461 N 11 ‘17 70w

“As an introduction to the practical knowledge of pets, Mr Crandall’s
book will well serve. As assistant curator of birds in the New York
zoological park he speaks with the weight of an authority behind
him. ... There are nearly 100 excellent illustrations.”

+ =Springf’d Republican= p19 My 27 ‘17 230w

=CRANE, FRANK.=[2] Christmas and the year round. *$1 (2c) Lane 170.4 17-29490

“Christmas means the supreme fact about life, namely: that it is
joyful,” writes Dr Frank Crane in the first of these essays. Others in
an equally optimistic vein follow. The art of quietness, Life an
adventure, The man who keeps his word, Democracy, The postponement of
life, The delusion of safety, are some of the titles.

+ =Boston Transcript= p6 Ja 9 ‘18 100w

“Dr Crane puts a great deal of common sense philosophy into his essays
in a spirited, readable form and this newest product is packed with
optimistic humanism and wisdom.”

+ =Ind= 92:604 D 29 ‘17 130w

“He is always brisk, and the ideal of life to which he calls his
readers is always democratic, independent, contented, and sturdy.”

+ =N Y Times= 22:564 D 16 ‘17 370w

=CRANE, FRANK.= Looking glass. *$1 (2c) Lane 170.4 17-13215

A book of short essays on such subjects as: The secrecy of goodness;
The art of being cheerful; The higher probabilities; Keeping young;
Amusements; The fear of deciding; The new teacher; The theatre and
morals; The immorality of fear; A consumer’s views on salesmanship;
Democracy and organization, etc.

+ =A L A Bkl= 13:423 Jl ‘17

“Dr Crane’s devoted admirers will receive with joy a new contribution
to his list of books. Like his other offerings, this volume is crammed
with spicy essays in tabloid form.”

+ =Boston Transcript= p7 Je 2 ‘17 190w

“Brisk, wholesome, direct, this spicily served advice is all the
better for not taking itself too seriously.”

+ =Ind= 90:517 Je 16 ‘17 40w

“His short essays express, in terse phrase, the brisk American
optimism. It is not mawkish or spineless; on the contrary, it is
vigorously upstanding. But it is determined to see ‘good in
everything.’ But we cannot all agree in finding cause for happiness in
the ‘number of things’ of which the world is full today. And there is
something more than irritation—there is something ghastly—in Dr
Crane’s exuberant cry of all-inclusive gladness: ‘Thank God for now!’”

+ — =N Y Times= 22:278 Jl 29 ‘17 360w

=CRANE, UTLEY EDWIN.= Business law for business men. *$3.50 Winston 347 17-1500

A work on business law, “covering all the states and territories in
the Union, with abstracts of commercial law in every state and
territory and legal forms for many transactions.” (Title-page) The
author, a judge of the municipal court of Philadelphia, says,
“Recognizing that the average business man has neither the opportunity
nor inclination to pursue a systematic study of business law, this
work has been specially prepared to meet the requirements of the busy
man of affairs. Omission of any citation of authority and all legal
technicalities has been for the purpose of rendering the work
interesting as well as instructive.” Contents: Contracts;
Partnerships; Corporations; Negotiable instruments; Real estate and
conveyancing; Bankruptcy; Insurance; Common carriers; Patents;
Trade-marks; Copyrights; Sales; Business crimes; Domestic relations;
Building and loan associations; Architects and builders; Money;
Executors and administrators; Constitutional law; Banks and banking.

“It is a practical book for practical business. It will also be of
‘handy reference’ value to lawyers. It is easy to read and well
arranged, so that the layman will have no difficulty in finding the
information which he desires.”

+ =Boston Transcript= p7 Ag 18 ‘17 380w

“One of the commendable features of the work is its national
application. ... As an exposition of the legal principles involved in
ordinary mercantile transactions, the work can be commended as
sufficiently simple and untechnical to meet the requirements of the
busy man of affairs.”

+ =Springf’d Republican= p17 Ap 29 ‘17 130w

=CRANMER-BYNG, LAUNCELOT ALFRED=, tr. Feast of lanterns; rendered with an introd. *80c Dutton 895 (Eng ed 17-6225)

“In ‘The wisdom of the East series,’ edited by L. Cranmer-Byng, and Dr
S. A. Kapadia, there is now published a treasure for students of
poetry, ‘A feast of lanterns,’ translations from the work of twenty
Chinese poets. The introduction explains the tenets of Chinese poetic
art, their reverence and love for flowers, symbolism in poetry, and
the lore of the dragon, one of the four spiritually endowed creatures
of China. There are also interesting comments on the epochs of Chinese
poetry, and on the great storehouse of verse that remains untranslated
into western tongues.”—R of Rs

=A L A Bkl= 14:14 O ‘17

+ =Ind= 91:78 Jl 14 ‘17 60w

“The reader of these graceful relics of the thought of an alien race
in by-gone centuries echoes the sentiment of Sir John Davis, quoted on
the title-page of this volume, ‘As our gardens have already been
indebted to China for a few choice flowers, who knows but our poetry
may some day be under a similar obligation?’”

+ =Lit D= 54:1862 Je 16 ‘17 500w

+ =N Y Times= 22:290 Ag 5 ‘17 430w

+ =R of Rs= 56:105 Jl ‘17 90w

=CRAVATH, PAUL DRENNAN.= Great Britain’s part. *$1 (8c) Appleton 940.91 17-7951

These “observations of an American visitor to the British army in
France at the beginning of the third year of the war,” were written
first for the New York Times. They are republished in the hope that
they may “aid a few Americans to a better appreciation of the
greatness of England’s achievements in the European war.” The author
says, “The British people and press have so liberally exercised the
Englishman’s inalienable right to abuse the government that we in
America often hear more of England’s mistakes than of her
achievements. As a result, there is, I find, real misapprehension
among Americans as to England’s part in the war.”

+ =Cleveland= p82 Je ‘17 50w

+ =Dial= 63:212 S 13 ‘17 170w

“Hardly more than a magazine article, Paul D. Cravath’s little book
makes clear methods of organization and the way work is done behind
the British lines.”

+ =Ind= 90:297 My 12 ‘17 30w

“A thin book of not two hours’ reading, which is far too sketchy and
meagre to justify a defiance of the high cost of paper by adding
another pebble to the mountain of war-books. But one conviction
strongly and instinctively held by Mr Cravath catches our interest.
The conviction is that England will win, that nothing can stop the new
army. Since we have ourselves entered the war, we have been glad of
any reassurance, however uncritical or dogmatic. Mr Cravath’s
conviction is both, yet he has the power to convey his conviction to
his readers.”

=New Repub= 10:330 Ap 14 ‘17 230w

=Pittsburgh= 22:528 Je ‘17 40w

“His account of the businesslike methods by which a modern battle is
fought makes good reading.”

+ =R of Rs= 55:445 Ap ‘17 100w

“Largely a reiteration of what we already know. But it makes an
interesting reiteration because it is the result of personal, inexpert
observation.”

+ =Springf’d Republican= p10 Ap 27 ‘17 170w

=CREAGER, WILLIAM PITCHER.= Engineering for masonry dams. il $2.50 Wiley 627 17-17759

“A concise handbook treating first of dams in general, choice of
location, preliminary and final investigations, choice of type, and
forces acting on dams with tables and equations for computing them;
second, of particular types with examples of each and the calculations
for their construction. The three final chapters are concerned with
the preparation and protection of the foundation, flood flows, details
and accessories.”—N Y P L New Tech Bks

“The 229 pages of the volume are full of valuable information, made
easy of access by the methodical arrangement of the material. The
assumptions and recommendations are consistent with good conservative
practice. ... If the reader feels any regret it is because he does not
find treated one of the difficult problems of engineering of masonry
dams—outlet control.” F. Teichman

+ — =Engin News-Rec= 79:562 S 20 ‘17 580w

=N Y P L New Tech Bks= p6 Jl ‘17 60w

=CREELMAN, HARLAN.= Introduction to the Old Testament; with a foreword by Frank K. Sanders. *$2.75 Macmillan 221 17-12733

“After about thirty pages of discussion of questions of general
introduction the outline of biblical material is given
chronologically, and divided into ten periods. The materials of four
of these periods are found in the Hexateuch; and they are the
primitive, the patriarchal, the exodus and the conquest of western
Palestine periods. Then follow successively the periods of the judges,
of the united kingdom, of the divided kingdom, of the exile, of
Persian rule and of Grecian rule. All of this mass of material is
analyzed, dated and described. Each section, paragraph, verse and part
of a verse is carefully marked, so that the student of the English
Bible may test for himself the data upon which the modern view of the
Old Testament rests.”—Boston Transcript

“Its general point of view, of course, is that of the historical
school, and the author’s conclusions, in so far as they are indicated,
are of the cautious type represented by such scholars as Driver and
the contributors to Hastings’ ‘Dictionary of the Bible.’ But the
critical literature so abundantly cited, if used by the inquiring
reader, will bring him into touch with every shade of opinion.” J. M.
P. Smith

+ =Am J Theol= 21:608 O ‘17 430w

“There are three indexes which will prove very helpful to the student.
For those who wish to study the Old Testament as an original source
this is the best volume that has been published in English.”

+ =Boston Transcript= p6 Je 16 ‘17 470w

=CREEVEY, CAROLINE ALATHEA (STICKNEY) (MRS JOHN KENNEDY CREEVEY).= Daughter of the Puritans. il *$1.50 (2c) Putnam 17-6643

The author of “Recreations in botany,” “Harper’s guide to wild
flowers,” and other books, writes here of her girlhood. The years
covered are those from her childhood up to her marriage in 1866 at the
age of twenty-three. Of particular interest is her account of the
religious training of New England children in her day and of its
effect on the child mind. She herself, she says, lived two lives “one
natural and childlike, the other terrified and unnatural.”

+ =A L A Bkl= 13:351 My ‘17

“The childish attitude towards religion and God as it existed more
than a half century ago could not be better epitomized.” E. F. E.

+ =Boston Transcript= p6 Ja 20 ‘17 1600w

“Mrs Creevey is not only a botanist and a writer on botany, with
several handy and useful books to her credit on our native flora and
the pleasures of its study, but also an agreeable chronicler of events
in the animate world of human beings. ... Her account of her education
and her school-teaching is good reading—truthful and richly human,
with a spice of humor.”

+ =Dial= 62:316 Ap 5 ‘17 230w

+ =Ind= 90:473 Je 9 ‘17 40w

“All except the very young will find in this autobiography their own
experiences mirrored.”

+ =Lit D= 54:1088 Ap 14 ‘17 180w

“There are three chapters on Wheaton seminary (now college) at Norton,
Mass.”

=R of Rs= 55:667 Je ‘17 30w

=CREHORE, ALBERT GUSHING.= Mystery of matter and energy. il *$1 (6c) Van Nostrand 530.1 17-28773

In the first chapter of this little book the author says, “One of the
purposes of the following lines will be fully accomplished if we
succeed in presenting to those who have given little thought to this
subject some conception of what is implied by the words ‘the problem
of the structure of matter.’ Among scientists this problem has
gradually increased in importance to such an extent that it may now be
said to be the problem of problems.” Discoveries of recent years have
advanced the problem to a point where its solution becomes a
possibility. “The improbability of its solution in the eyes of a
former generation has, it may be said, been changed into a probability
in the eyes of the present generation.” The problem is stated, recent
steps in its development traced, and the field for future effort
outlined.

“A fascinating little volume. ... The book is written without algebra,
but it contains some beautiful geometrical drawings and atomic-model
pictures. The volume is to be recommended to all educated persons
possessing some general knowledge of physics who are interested in the
most recent investigations within the microcosmic world.”

+ =Elec World= 71:50 Ja 5 ‘18 340w

=CREIGHTON, LOUISE (VON GLEHN) (MRS MANDELL CREIGHTON).=[2] Life and letters of Thomas Hodgkin. il *$4.50 Longmans

Thomas Hodgkin, an English banker, historian and antiquary who died in
1913, is allowed to tell his life story largely in his own words, Mrs
Creighton having drawn on his extensive correspondence and his private
journals and diaries. She says, “My object has been to give a portrait
of a man, not an account of the various causes in which he was
interested, nor even, in the first place, of the work which he
actually achieved.” Thomas Hodgkin was a Quaker and the record of his
association with the Society of Friends is given in the words of
fellow members of that faith. A bibliography, giving a list of all Dr
Hodgkin’s writings is included in the appendix. Mrs Creighton is also
author of the “Life and letters of Mandell Creighton.”

“The record of a life such as Dr Hodgkin’s belongs among the notable
biographies of men of thought and action.” E. F. E.

+ =Boston Transcript= p6 Ja 9 ‘18 1350w

“The portrait she presents is serene but a trifle monotonous. There
are too many birthday letters, written in a tone of affectionate
retrospect, and a superabundance of religious discussions with Sir
Edward Fry and other intimates.”

+ — =Sat R= 124:485 D 15 ‘17 350w

+ =Spec= 119:679 D 8 ‘17 1800w

=The Times [London] Lit Sup= p557 N 15 ‘17 50w

“It is natural that to Mrs Creighton, who so admirably revealed the
many-sided powers of the bishop [Bishop Creighton] who ‘tried to write
true history,’ should be given the opportunity of preserving for
posterity the lovable character of his friend. In this she has
succeeded. ... There is no criticism, no endeavour to analyse his
purpose, or assign him rank among the great historians.”

+ — =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p565 N 22 ‘17 1400w

Crime, The, by a German: tr. by Alexander Gray.[2] 2v v 1 *$2.50 (1½c) Doran 940.91 17-26980

A book called forth by the criticisms of the author’s earlier book
“J’accuse,” with answers to the objections of German critics, among
them Dr Karl Helfferich, Dr Theodor Schiemann, Paul Rohrbach, and
Houston Stewart Chamberlain. The author’s chief aim has been to bring
new evidence to bear on the thesis of the first book.

“A far better appreciation of the present work is possible to those
who have studied ‘J’accuse’ than to readers imperfectly acquainted
with its subject-matter. ‘The crime’ will be widely read, and will
deepen the impression made by the author’s previous book.”

+ =Ath= p684 D ‘17 210w

“Had his first chapter been written without epithets, declamation, and
self-laudation, the whole work would have gained in dignity and force.
It is unnecessary explicitly to damn opponents whom your sober
arguments render so ridiculous as this author renders the Teutonic
apologists. Apart from this blemish the book is unanswerable.”

+ — =Lit D= 56:32 Ja 26 ‘18 580w

“The author lays no claim to be in possession of any material which is
not universally accessible, but in very patient and thoroughly German
fashion he has made the most of what is available. It must be admitted
that his method becomes at times wearisome. Those chapters which are
freshest and will be most read deal with the relations between Lord
Grey of Fallodon and Count Lichnowsky, the German ambassador in
London, before the actual outbreak of war, and discuss the German
claim that Russia, by being in so great a hurry to mobilize, was
really the European ‘incendiary.’”

+ — =Spec= 119:sup550 N 17 ‘17 220w

=CROFT, TERRELL WILLIAMS.=[2] Electrical machinery; principles, operation and management. il *$2 McGraw 621.31 17-19176

“Avoiding the use of difficult mathematics, this well known author
aims to explain to the ‘average’ man the theoretical principles and
the essential operating facts relating to alternating-current and
direct-current generators as well as to motors and similar machinery,
with consideration of control apparatus. Design is not discussed.
There are chapters on troubles, testing, and the determination of
motor drive requirements. [There are] clear cut illustrations and
practical examples with solutions.”—N Y P L New Tech Bks

=A L A Bkl= 14:45 N ‘17

=N Y P L New Tech Bks= p7 Jl ‘17 70w

=Pittsburgh= 22:658 O ‘17 10w

+ =Power= 46:238 Ag 14 ‘17 500w

+ =Quar List New Tech Bks= O ‘17 70w

=CROFT, TERRELL WILLIAMS.= Wiring for light and power. il *$2 McGraw 621.31 17-11353

“The ‘National electric code’ which this book explains and illustrates
is a set of rules prepared by the National board of fire underwriters
for the purpose of insuring safe electrical installation. The aim of
the author of the present book is to make plain just how the work
should be performed to meet the requirements of the ‘Code.’ The ‘Code’
itself may be had gratis from the National board of fire underwriters,
76 William st., New York city.”—Quar List New Tech Bks

“Valuable reference manual. Covers outside and theater lighting which
Cook does not, is better illustrated and a little less technical.”

+ =A L A Bkl= 14:115 Ja ‘18

“Exceptionally well illustrated and indexed.”

+ =Bul N Y Public Library= 21:482 Jl ‘17 120w

“Valuable reference manual.”

+ =Cleveland= p109 S ‘17 10w

=N Y Br Lib News= 4:105 Jl ‘17

“Mr Croft, who has several other excellent handbooks to his credit,
has in this practical and clearly written work supplied the desirable
explanations and elaborations.”

+ =N Y P L New Tech Bks= p8 Ap ‘17 120w

=Pittsburgh= 22:517 Je ‘17

=Pratt= p21 O ‘17 30w

+ =Quar List New Tech Bks= Jl ‘17 90w

=CRONAU, RUDOLF.= German achievements in America. il $1 R. Cronau, 340 E. 198th st., N.Y. 325.7 16-16931

“Written as an answer to what the author terms ‘unwarranted
insinuations questioning the loyalty of the German-Americans toward
the land of their adoption,’ this book brings together brief records
of German achievements in America, from the days of the Palatines to
the present, and covers achievements in pioneer life, war, politics,
industry and commerce, science and engineering, literature and the
press, music and drama, philanthropy and women’s work, including also
a chapter on the National German-American alliance and its purposes,
and The future mission of the German element in America.”—Cleveland

=Cleveland= p159 D ‘16 90w

=Pittsburgh= 22:213 Mr ‘17

=St Louis= 14:386 N ‘16

=CROSS, HÉLÈNE (FODOR) (MRS C: E: CROSS).= Soldiers’ spoken French. *60c Dutton 448 17-22899

This book is a “short-cut to the amount of French which it is
necessary that our men who go to France should be able to speak.” It
has been “compiled from a real course of spoken lessons as given to
New Zealand’s soldiers.” The author states: “The approximate
pronunciation of each word will be found, as the sound would be spelt
in English, in brackets beside it.” The binding is said to be
waterproof and the book will fit the pocket of a uniform.

+ =A L A Bkl= 14:9 O ‘17

“It was an oversight, however, on the part of the American publishers
not to give the equivalent of the French money in American, as well as
in English currency.”

+ — =Cath World= 105:847 S ‘17 120w

+ =N Y Call= p15 Ag 19 ‘17 60w

=R of Rs= 56:325 S ‘17 30w

=St Louis= 15:361 O ‘17 20w

=The Times [London] Lit Sup= p347 Jl 19 ‘17 30w

=CROSWELL, JAMES GREENLEAF.= Letters and writings. il *$2 (3c) Houghton 17-13972

James Greenleaf Croswell became in 1887 head-master of the Brearley
school for girls in New York city. His letters fill a little more than
half of the present volume. “Many are written to relatives; some to
literary and other friends; the majority, perhaps, to present and
former pupils.” (Nation) These are followed by about one hundred pages
of the author’s writings in prose and verse. Then come some seventy
pages of “Recollections and appreciations” of Mr Croswell. The book is
illustrated with three portraits of the author, a picture of his
summer home and a facsimile of a letter to a child.

“Evidently we have to do rather with a somewhat miscellaneous
collection than with a book. Yet it contains enough interesting matter
to give the reader no little insight into Mr Croswell’s character.
Most interesting, naturally, to teachers are the letters exhibiting
Croswell’s views on his own profession, as shown by allusions here and
there in them—rarely by more elaborate or formal statement.” E. D.
Perry

+ =Educ R= 54:419 N ‘17 1450w

“Even to one who had never before heard of Mr Croswell or of the
Brearley school, the book would be sure to be interesting, because
there is a man in it. ... The more formal ‘Writings’—a couple of
addresses, a fable or two, and a few translations and poems—add little
to the picture, but do nothing to injure it. In the letters
especially, which fill rather more than half the volume, one meets a
personality of genuine and most winning humility, of entire
unselfishness and a kind of appealing wistfulness, yet not without
subtlety; and this conjoined with a mind of extraordinary keenness,
flexibility, and refinement. ... It would be impossible to imagine
better letters to young girls than many of these.”

+ =Nation= 105:228 Ag 30 ‘17 550w

=Pittsburgh= 22:743 N ‘17 70w

=CROW, MRS MARTHA (FOOTE)=, comp. Christ in the poetry of today: an anthology from American poets. $1 Woman’s press 811.08 17-21868

The compiler of this volume, aroused by Dr Josiah Strong’s allusion to
“the return to Christ that is now taking place,” decided to try out
the truth of his statement in modern poetry. In fifty volumes of
poetry of about 1890, she found few or no poems about Jesus; in 1895,
a few; in 1900, many more; while in 1910, times had distinctly
changed. In her introduction the compiler says: “Selecting, then, from
the super-abundant wealth of poetical material on this theme, written
by the poets of the United States of America, since about 1900, and
arranging them in the order of the events of his life, we have here a
sort of new biography of Jesus, each chapter of which consists of a
poem written by a different author, and the whole forming the poetic
reaction of our time to the thought of Jesus. ... Jew and Gentile,
Protestant, Roman Catholic, Neo-Pagan, Socialist, Emersonian—all sorts
and conditions of lovers and admirers of Jesus are represented in this
collection.”

“A most useful book for all having to do with programs for church,
schools and societies.”

+ =Ind= 91:477 S 22 ‘17 70w

=CROWELL, BERTHA.= Wings of the cardinal. *$1.35 (1½c) Doran 17-25289

Ferol Rankin, a beautiful red-haired, seventeen year old Texas country
girl, to get money for her mother, became the mistress of Berry Ward,
a rich New Yorker, with tuberculosis, who was seeking a divorce from a
cheap actress whom he had married when he was drunk. Ward promised to
marry Ferol when he got his divorce, and kept his word. After spending
some time in Kansas City, in California and in New York, the Wards
settled in San Vincente, New Mexico. Here Ward had an affair with
Julia Brace, a married woman, though he was still in love with his
wife. Meanwhile James Sanger, a sculptor, fell in love with Ferol and
tried to make her go away with him, but although she loved Sanger, she
decided that she couldn’t “be a quitter” and elected to stay with her
husband. Ward, however, divined the state of the case, told Sanger
that he would “play to lose” and that Ferol would be free in six
months. He stayed alone in a hunting camp and died of hemorrhage. The
“Texas Cardinal” then cabled Sanger, who was in Algiers, that he might
return in a few months.

“The novel reads very like a first book, but though it is deficient in
artistry and in interest, it has some clever bits, usually
descriptions of places and environments. Especially good is the sketch
of San Vincente and its health colony, outwardly so light-hearted and
careless, really engaged in a plucky fight against the one real enemy,
tuberculosis.”

=N Y Times= 22:326 S 2 ‘17 300w

=CROY, MAE SAVELL.= 1000 hints on flowers and birds. *$1.50 Putnam 716 17-17297

Uniform with “1000 hints on vegetable gardening.” Treats of The art of
growing flowers, Essentials in gardening, Special features of the
garden, The lawn, Shrubbery and trees, Insects and sprays, Color
scheme, List of common and botanical names of flowers mentioned in the
text, List of flowers arranged according to the blossoming period,
List of perennials, also annuals, arranged according to colors,
Flowers for cutting, Flowers requiring little sunlight, Flowers that
thrive in damp places, Flowers for the old-fashioned garden, and a
List of evergreen shrubs and trees. The last thirty pages are
concerned with “A plea for the birds.”