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“It is surprising and disappointing that in a work of this kind there
is no attempt made to discuss in an impartial and in an intelligent
manner the Jewish problem, which is neither simple nor one-sided. ...
Although authorities are not always quoted there is no reason to
question the author’s accuracy and honesty and one may accept his
statements of fact. The work is valuable so far as it goes; but the
reader cannot help wishing that the author had gone deeper and had
given something more than mere information. The translator seems to
have done his work well, and it is probably not his fault that the
book does not read more easily.”

+ — =Am Hist R= 22:626 Ap ‘17 500w

“A full account, by the best authority on the subject, of the
political conditions under which the Jews have lived. ... It is much
more detailed than Friedlaender’s ‘Jews of Russia and Poland’ and is
valuable to anyone interested in the subject.”

+ =A L A Bkl= 13:329 My ‘17

+ =Ind= 90:517 Je 16 ‘17 60w

=N Y Br Lib News= 3:167 N ‘16

=Pittsburgh= 21:516 N ‘16

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=DUBOIS, JAMES T., AND MATHEWS, GERTRUDE SINGLETON.= Galusha A. Grow, father of the homestead law. il *$1.75 Houghton 17-11003

“Galusha A. Grow, while never occupying a place in the front rank of
American statesmen, was yet a prominent man during the Civil war—he
was speaker of the national House of representatives in 1861 and
1862—and the years immediately preceding it. ... Before the passage of
Mr Grow’s ‘Homestead act,’ the public lands had been sold by the
government to speculators, who disposed of them, sometimes at
extortionate profits, to the needy settlers. ... After years of
setbacks and disappointments, Mr Grow’s measure finally passed in
1861. Before that time, however, it had become inextricably mixed up
with the Kansas-Nebraska and slavery questions. In the opinion of
President Lincoln, the ‘Homestead’ act was the most beneficent
legislation ever passed by a law-making body.”—Springf’d Republican

“As a life of Grow this book will hardly justify itself, for its basis
is too slight; but as a sketch of a portion of the history of the
public domain it will have a use.” F: L. Paxson

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=Pittsburgh= 22:525 Je ‘17 40w

“An important contribution to American biography, and a highly
readable book as well. ... Not the least interesting part of this
readable volume is that relating to the services of Mr Grow as speaker
in Congress during the troublous days of the Civil war.”

+ =Springf’d Republican= p6 My 21 ‘17 400w

=DUFF, JAMES DUFF=, ed. Russian realities and problems. *$1.50 (3c) Putnam 914.7 (Eng ed 17-13746)

“This very able and illuminating little book contains six lectures
delivered at the last Cambridge summer meeting by Paul Milyoukov, New
Russia’s foreign minister; Peter Struve, the economist; Roman Dmowski,
the Polish leader; Lappo-Danilevsky, the historian; and Dr Harold
Williams, the Daily Chronicle’s correspondent, whose knowledge of
Russian languages and manners is unsurpassed by any native. ... Mr
Struve’s parallel between Russia and America as two vast and but
partly developed countries in the colonial stage is extremely
suggestive.”—Spec

“We have never read anything half so good, on ‘The nationalities of
Russia,’ as Dr Williams’s clear and impartial statement of a
stupendous problem, of which the Finnish and Polish questions are but
fragments. ... Every one who wants to understand Russia should make a
point of reading this remarkable book.”

+ =Spec= 118:493 Ap 28 ‘17 320w

+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p171 Ap 12 ‘17 1000w

=DUFFERIN AND AVA, HARIOT GEORGINA (HAMILTON) HAMILTON-TEMPLE-BLACKWOOD, dowager marchioness of.= My Russian and Turkish journals. il *$3.75 Scribner (*10s 6d Murray, London) 17-2676

“The author’s letters to her mother, written in the years 1879-84, are
the material of which this book is composed. The late Lord Dufferin
during the period in question was at first ambassador to Russia, and
later at Constantinople; but the letters relate only to the social
life in the embassies and to the writer’s personal experiences in the
countries visited. Germany was one of these; and accounts are given of
visits to the Emperor William I and the late Prince Bismarck. Lord and
Lady Dufferin were in Petrograd at the time of the assassination of
the Emperor Alexander II, whose funeral obsequies are described.”—Ath

“Lady Dufferin would feel either amused or horrified to think that
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were to be estimated for anything other than what they really are: a
casual record of the trivial commonplaces of an ambassador’s
household. ... We are quite disposed to take this book in the spirit
in which it is offered, as a somewhat unusual memento for a war
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=Am Hist R= 22:901 Jl ‘17 330w

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in the volume: among them, Sir Richard Francis (then Mr) Burton,
George Augustus Sala, Sir Archibald Alison, Baker Pasha, and Madame
Schliemann, wife of the archæologist and explorer.”

+ =Ath= p49 Ja ‘17 220w

“The portions of the journals visualizing Turkish life give a
succession of pictures seldom presented; visits to various harems,
Turkish dinner parties, weddings, etc. which few foreigners see.” F.
B.

+ =Boston Transcript= p7 My 9 ‘17 800w

“Pleasant accounts of personal experiences and social life.”

+ =Cleveland= p116 S ‘17 40w

“It is difficult to convey an adequate idea of the delicately archaic
flavor of these letters from a period presenting such a sharp contrast
to the present one in Russia and Turkey. Their chief interest,
however, is in the brightly reflected personality of a gracious lady.”

+ =N Y Times= 22:378 O 7 ‘17 570w

“Particularly valuable for its detailed but interesting information
concerning the customs and ceremonies of ‘high life’ in these
countries.”

+ =Pittsburgh= 22:670 O ‘17 30w

=Pratt= p46 O ‘17 20w

+ =Spec= 118:241 F 24 ‘17 130w

“Lady Dufferin has deliberately confined herself to the externals of
ambassadorial life.”

=The Times [London] Lit Sup= p570 N 30 ‘16 1600w

“Her journals, though entirely without intellectual distinction, are
filled with agreeable gossip, and portraits of world-figures; her
detailed account of dining with Bismarck is well worth reading.” W: L.
Phelps

+ =Yale R= n s 7:187 O ‘17 120w

=DUGARD, HENRY.= Battle of Verdun; tr. by F. Appleby Holt. il *$1.50 (3c) Dodd 940.91 (Eng ed 17-8208)

The time covered in this account of the battle of Verdun is from
February 21 to May 7. As an introduction to the battle proper there
are two brief chapters on Verdun and its past and Verdun during the
war. These are followed by The Crown prince’s battle; The choice of
ground; The battlefield; The French positions; The assaulting army;
Before the battle; The first shock; etc. The closing chapter, The
German attitude, gives a poll of the German press. There is a folding
map as frontispiece.

=A L A Bkl= 14:53 N ‘17

“A complete and on the whole dispassionate history of the battle.”

+ =Cleveland= p86 Jl ‘17 40w

+ =N Y Times= 22:323 S 2 ‘17 140w

=Pittsburgh= 22:681 O ‘17 10w

=St Louis= 15:314 S ‘17 10w

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=DUNBAR, CHARLES FRANKLIN.=[2] Theory and history of banking *$1.50 (2c) Putnam 332 17-31428

A third edition, revised and enlarged by Oliver M. W. Sprague. It
contains three new chapters, those on Foreign exchange, Central banks
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interdependence of all the banks of a country in the regular conduct
of business of banking is the most fundamental difference between this
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=DUNCAN, FRANCES (MRS JOHN LEROY MANNING).= Joyous art of gardening. il *$1.75 (3½c) Scribner 716 17-12144

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(Preface) Parts of the book are reprinted from the Century Magazine,
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old-fashioned garden. The author is a member of the council of the
Woman’s national farm and garden association.

“It will be particularly useful to the owner of a small place whose
means and time are not unlimited.”

+ =Agricultural Digest= 2:505 Je ‘17 200w

“Besides good advice on operation and cultivation, it gives
information on pergolas, lattices, and trellises, cold frames, hotbeds
and garden seats and their arrangement.”

+ =A L A Bkl= 14:48 N ‘17

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ground, means, and time are alike limited.”

+ =Cleveland= p113 S ‘17 50w

+ =Dial= 63:68 Jl 19 ‘17 300w

“The feature of the book is its treatment of details often overlooked
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+ =Ind= 90:554 Je 23 ‘17 130w

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actual concrete directions, outlines a garden calendar, takes up the
fine points of many a specific inquiry. It is admirably inclusive. ...
It is a most excellent book.”

+ + =N Y Times= 22:187 My 13 ‘17 350w

=Pratt= p29 O ‘17 10w

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=St Louis= 15:176 Je ‘17

“A book of first-aid to the amateur. ... While it is but one of many
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+ =Springf’d Republican= p17 Je 3 ‘17 250w

=DUNCAN-JONES, ARTHUR STUART.= Ordered liberty; or, An Englishman’s belief in his church. *$1.25 (4c) Longmans 283 A17-1509

Based upon the Hulsean lectures delivered before the University of
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church and Christianity in which the writer reviews the true character
of the Anglican communion. He considers the question under various
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the people of God; as part of that great priesthood of humanity which
is the Catholic church; as emerging from the Roman government of
western Christendom and making a bold national experiment in the way
of religion; as adhering to its ideals of faith; and as developing, in
the face of difficulties, out of the origins of the past, a permanent
stronghold of truth and righteousness for the union and triumph of the
people of God. A very modern note is struck in the author’s linking
socialism in its broadly spiritual aspect with Christianity as the two
great “driving powers which can turn the ideal for which the world
longs into faith.”

“A timely little book. It is interesting, clear and thoughtful. The
temperate tone and the evident desire to understand differences and
contribute a constructive program give it a message that many will
read with profit.”

+ =Springf’d Republican= p15 S 16 ‘17 550w

=DUNHAM, MELBOURNE KEITH.= Automobile welding with the oxy-acetylene flame. il $1 (3c) Henley 682 16-22111

“A practical treatise, covering the repairing of automobiles by
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Shop equipment and initial procedure; Cast iron; Aluminum; Steel;
Malleable iron, copper, brass, bronze; Carbon burning and other uses
of oxygen and acetylene; How to figure cost of welding.

+ =N Y P L New Tech Bks= p11 Jl ‘17 50w

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automobile welding.”

+ =Pittsburgh= 22:321 Ap ‘17 30w

=DUNN, BYRON ARCHIBALD.= Boy scouts of the Shenandoah. (Young Virginians ser.) il *$1.10 McClurg 16-20109

“‘The Boy scouts of the Shenandoah’ is the first of a new series of
Civil war stories for boys. ... The volume follows the adventures of
Robert Hunter, who represents the Virginian aristocracy and Jim
Kidder, a young mountaineer. The two boys are independent scouts
with the Union army, and their adventures are many and
thrilling.”—Springf’d Republican

“This is the type of book that contains much information, and
evidently the author’s desire has been to verify his historical
statements, for there are many foot-notes throughout the book.”

+ =Lit D= 53:1561 D 9 ‘16 110w

=R of Rs= 55:108 Ja ‘17 20w

=Springf’d Republican= p15 F 11 ‘17 80w

=DUNN, WALDO HILARY.= English biography. (Channels of English literature) *$1.50 Dutton 920 17-4579

“Prof. Dunn considers his subject both chronologically and
analytically. His conclusion regarding ‘true biography’ is that its
aims ‘include a record of facts combined with some portrayal of
character.’ Biography, he says, ‘may be said to develop in proportion
to the degree of accuracy attained in the presentation of mere facts;
the measure of its detachment from panegyric, or other didactic
intention, and the extent to which it recognizes truth of character
portrayal as its first duty.’ ... Prof. Dunn wisely takes a broad view
of his subject matter, even if he is somewhat rigid in his
definitions. He notes that the diaries of Pepys and Evelyn must be
reckoned as biographical, as, of course, must the journals of Wesley,
Fox and Scott. Fiction’s debt to biography is considered.”—Springf’d
Republican

+ =A L A Bkl= 13:399 Je ‘17

“In general, Professor Dunn’s survey of the entire course of English
biography is thorough and unprejudiced.” E. F. E.

+ =Boston Transcript= p9 Mr 24 ‘17 630w

“The treatment is not only historical, but includes some valuable
definitions of the function and place of biography in letters, and its
relation to other subjects, notably fiction and also some excellent
critical material on specific biographies. The unattractive make-up
and fine print of the book will affect its popularity.”

+ — =Cleveland= p104 S ‘17 100w

“It does for English biography what another pioneer work of a few
years ago did for autobiography; we mean Mrs Burr’s treatise on that
theme. ... In its appended matter and its index the book maintains the
scholarly system with which it begins. It is a useful manual.”

+ =Dial= 62:532 Je 14 ‘17 200w

“It is no mere chronicle of names, but rather a thoughtful and
interesting analysis of the true function of biography as a literary
art. ... It is a book which has much matter for reflection both for
the critic and for the composer of biography, fiction, and history.”

+ =Nation= 104:554 My 3 ‘17 100w

“Professor Dunn is to be congratulated for his able work, done with no
previously written volumes to serve as standards. Indeed, with his
skillful scholarship, interesting writing, and careful organization of
his material, he may well be said to have established such a standard.
‘English biography’ stands the test of comparison with the best
scholarly work yet done by American or foreign writers.”

+ =N Y Times= 22:191 My 13 ‘17 550w

“Prof. Dunn’s book affords proof of the richness and large extent of
English biographical works, and should encourage the public to enlarge
its reading in an entertaining and highly profitable department of
letters.”

=Springf’d Republican= p17 Ap 1 ‘17 780w

=DUNSANY, EDWARD JOHN MORETON DRAX PLUNKETT, 18th baron.= Plays of gods and men. *$1.50 Luce, J: W. 822 17-13749

Four of Lord Dunsany’s plays are included in this volume: The tents of
the Arabs; The laughter of the gods; The queen’s enemies; and A night
at an inn. The first of these, Edward Bierstadt in his recent study of
Lord Dunsany says, is the only one of his plays that contains anything
nearly approaching a love story. It appeared in the Smart Set for
March, 1915 and was produced at the Arts and crafts theater in Detroit
in 1916. “A night at an inn” was published by The Sun-Wise Turn, inc.,
in 1916 and has been played, as has “The queen’s enemies,” by the
Neighborhood Players of New York city.

+ =A L A Bkl= 14:49 N ‘17

“‘A night at an inn’ is the only one that does not seem too poetical
to be in prose. The ideality which is the basis demands, at least in
part, a metrical form for the others. Prose belongs to realism.”

+ — =Ath= p412 Ag ‘17 250w

“‘A night at an inn’ is the climax of terror in the collection, but
for sheer beauty there is none of these plays to compare with the
poetic charm of ‘The tents of the Arabs,’ which is one of the most
beautiful things which Lord Dunsany has ever written.” D. L. M.

+ =Boston Transcript= p6 Ag 18 ‘17 1250w

“Reading these plays, one marvels at the simplicity of their action
and wonders if Lord Dunsany will be able much longer to follow the
vein that has proved so golden, with results so large and, it may be
said, so monotonous.”

+ — =NY Times= 22:286 Ag 5 ‘17 160w

“‘The laughter of the gods’ is written with the delicate satire
characteristic of the author, and the subtle horror in ‘A night at an
inn’ will, we think, make it difficult for the reader to put it aside
until the last word has been read.”

+ =Spec= 119:222 S 1 ‘17 80w

“We do not know that ‘A night at an inn’ has ever been acted in
England, and we hardly like to say that we wish it could be, because
to see it would inevitably mean a sleepless night to follow. Nothing
since ‘The ghost stories of an antiquary’ has frightened us quite so
uncannily. ‘The queen’s enemies’ is not among his best plays. The
scene might be effective on the stage: in the book all seems too
carefully arranged.”

+ — =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p343 Jl 19 ‘17 1450w

=DU PLESSIS, JOHANNES.= Thrice through the Dark continent. il *$4.50 (3c) Longmans 916 17-27663

The author is a professor in the theological seminary of the Dutch
Reformed church in Stellenbosch, South Africa. This “record of
journeyings across Africa during the years 1913-1916” is largely an
account of his travels between mission stations and of the work among
the natives carried on by the various societies and institutions. Two
journeys across Central Africa form the basis of the narrative. Among
the chapters are: Kumasi and its heroes; Along the Gold coast; Ten
days in South Kamerun; Travels in the two Nigerias; In the French
sphere of influence; From the Shari to the Ubangi; In north Congoland;
The Nile and its reservoirs; Through British East Africa; To the
Mountains of the Moon. The book is fully illustrated and there is a
folding map.

“The author says little of politics or the war, but describes the
country and the natives in a fresh and interesting way.”

+ =Spec= 119:529 N 10 ‘17 200w

“He has, indeed, gathered into one volume a mass of information about
very many missions which cannot be got elsewhere. He may be credited
with a fair degree of impartiality, quite as much as any man of strong
theological convictions can be expected to exercise. ... For the rest,
he presents many details of African travel in wild regions which, if
the type is not novel, are always full of variety and incident. In
spite of a stilted pomposity of style which he is never able to
abandon, Mr du Plessis reveals himself most engagingly in his pages as
a ‘voortrekker’ of the real old sturdy Dutch stock.”

+ — =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p449 S 20 ‘17 1500w

=DURAND, WILLIAM FREDERICK.= Practical marine engineering for marine engineers and students; with aids for applicants for marine engineers’ licenses; 4th ed., rev. and enl., by C: W. Dyson. il $6 Van Nostrand; for sale by Marine engineering, 461 8th av., N.Y. 621.12

“The first edition of this book was written by Prof. W. F. Durand. ...
A second and then a third part were subsequently added. In the present
edition Captain Dyson has combined the three independent parts into a
consecutive whole, besides adding new material. The book is devoted
mostly to marine engines and their many auxiliaries for driving ships
and making them habitable. There are also chapters on engineering
materials, fuels and computations for engineers.”—Engin News-Rec

+ =Engin News-Rec= 78:153 Ap 19 ‘17 90w

=N Y Br Lib News= 4:106 Jl ‘17

+ =Pittsburgh= 22:450 My ‘17 40w (Reprinted from International
Marine Engineering p190 Ap ‘17)

“Excellent book for the engineer or novice who may be preparing for
examination for a marine engineer’s license. The treatment is as plain
and non-mathematical as possible. The greatly increased interest in
marine engineering renders this new edition of the best American
practical book on the subject particularly timely.”

+ =Quar List New Tech Bks= Ja ‘18 70w

=DURANT, WILLIAM JAMES.= Philosophy and the social problem. *$1.50 (2½c) Macmillan 301 17-24304

The author is an instructor in philosophy connected with Columbia
university. “The purpose of this essay is to show: first, that the
social problem has been the basic concern of many of the greater
philosophers; second, that an approach to the social problem through
philosophy is the first condition of even a moderately successful
treatment of this problem; and third, that an approach to philosophy
through the social problem is indispensable to the revitalization of
philosophy. By ‘philosophy’ we shall understand a study of experience
as a whole, or of a portion of experience in relation to the whole. By
the ‘social problem’ we shall understand, simply and very broadly, the
problem of reducing human misery by modifying social institutions.”
(Introd.) In Part 1, “Historical approach,” Mr Durant considers
Socrates, Plato, Bacon, Spinoza and Nietzsche in order to see what
there is in their views on the social problem “that can help us to
understand our own situation today.” Part 2 is entitled “Suggestions,”
but the author states that he is “proposing no solutions.”

Reviewed by C. E. Ayres

=Am J Soc= 23:544 Ja ‘18 470w

=A L A Bkl= 14:112 Ja ‘18

“Accurate, concise and very disappointing book. The author writes with
a crisp, effective style; he seems to possess a gift for summary. ...
In this somewhat futile Socratic discussion the pros too accurately
balance the cons; there is little left to go on with.” Archibald
Henderson

– + =Bookm= 46:277 N ‘17 230w

“The author says things that need repeating, and he says them
eloquently and earnestly. ... I fear, however, that his plan of
campaign, if followed, would only get philosophy the reputation of
being a gadding busy-body, meddling in everybody’s business, having
none of her own.” M. C. Otto

– + =Dial= 63:449 N 8 ‘17 1800w

“Dr Durant has an earnestness of manner, a flowing vigor of expression
and a skill in summary which makes his book readable even for the man
who has never turned his attention to problems of philosophy.”

+ =Ind= 92:262 N 3 ‘17 100w

“Dr Will Durant, though an instructor in philosophy, holds philosophy
in very low esteem indeed—this being, in fact, one of the amusing
phenomena that have sprung from the Deweyesque brand of pragmatism.”

— =Nation= 105:490 N 1 ‘17 500w

“Part 1 of Dr Durant’s volume is so well done that there cannot be but
regret for its brevity. For a little space he has shown these masterly
thinkers as kin to us, and, had he pursued this part of the work
farther, he would have given us a most significant volume.”

+ =N Y Call= p14 N 11 ‘17 450w

“The chief value of the book lies in its call to rescue philosophy
from the calm death of social ineffectiveness. It is to be feared,
however, that in order to make out his case, Mr Durant has in some
instances made his philosophers a bit too modern. It is rather a
strained interpretation, for example, to read into the Socratic
‘virtue of wisdom’ an endorsement of psychoanalysis.” H: Neumann

+ — =Survey= 39:445 Ja 19 ‘18 300w

=DURELL, A. J. V.= Principles and practice of the system of control over parliamentary grants. *21s John Hogg, London 351.72

“This work, by the chief paymaster at the War office, with a foreword
by Sir Charles Harris, assistant financial secretary, War office,
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public expenditure. The main divisions of the book are concerned with
the House of commons, the parliamentary standing committees, the
comptroller and auditor-general, the treasury, and the accounting
department. ... There are copious references throughout the book to
parliamentary papers containing reports of the public accounts
committee and estimates committee, and to authorities dealing with
public finance and kindred matters.”—Ath

“The author has presented the facts in such a manner that the volume
is likely to become a standard work of reference upon the expenditure
of public money.”

+ =Ath= p464 S ‘17 120w

“The book opens with its only weak section—a sketch of the
constitutional aspect of the financial system, derived from secondary
authorities that are somewhat out of date. When Colonel Durell turns
to review the present financial system he is clearly in his own
element. With the detailed analysis in the last two chapters of the
control exercised by the treasury and the function of the accounting
department, nothing comparable has yet appeared publicly in print.”

+ — =Sat R= 124:209 S 15 ‘17 1500w

“Colonel Durell sets out in detail the steps taken during the
nineteenth century to secure effective machinery for parliamentary
control.”

* + =Spec= 119:219 S 1 ‘17 930w

=DURET, THEODORE.= Whistler. il *$3.75 Lippincott 17-12506

“Theodore Duret’s book on Whistler, which appeared a number of years
ago in the original French edition, has been translated by Frank
Rutter, and makes a welcome addition to the mass of literature that
has been forming for the last thirty years about the salient figure of
the American master. Duret knew Whistler well, and adds to his natural
carefulness in statement the lively note of personal adventure. ...
Duret brought to his task, however, more than the mere data of a
conscientious reporter or the pleasant gossip of an acquaintance; he
is initiated in the craftsmanship of which he writes, and is an
appreciative critic of the painter’s achievement.”—N Y Times

=A L A Bkl= 13:436 Jl ‘17

“The great merit of this biographical study is its terse and orderly
presentation of the essentials and the omission of all those
superfluities which so often obscure the really important features of
a biography. ... The translation is accompanied by [32] capital
reproductions of many of Whistler’s most important works.”

+ =Int Studio= 61:99 Ap ‘17 150w

+ =N Y Times= 22:95 Mr 18 ‘17 230w

“Naturally M. Duret writes somewhat in the vein of a second at a duel.
Whistler’s career was so much a progress of deliberate pugnacity that
any record of it is inevitably one of blows, given and courted. As
these encounters so often centred upon the artist’s work there is a
certain piquancy in the opportunity of refreshing our individual
judgments upon this, furnished by the many and wholly admirable
reproductions with which the volume is illustrated.”

+ =Pittsburgh= 22:366 My ‘17 170w (Reprinted from English Review
‘17)

+ =Pittsburgh= 22:512 Je ‘17 50w

“M. Duret, who was a lifelong friend, steers a mid-course between
those who, like Mr Menpes, record with gusto every incident of
mud-slinging and vanity, and the large and detailed volumes of Mr
Pennell, in which everything is recorded and the hero can do no
wrong.”

=Spec= 118:391 Mr 31 ‘17 400w

“As a sketch of Whistler’s chequered history, with its struggles,
attacks, financial hardships, and final success, this book is fairly
adequate, and certainly makes interesting reading. ... But those who
wish to follow and understand Whistler’s technique in painting and
etching, and to realize the amount of hard honest labour that underlay
those performances of his that seem so slight and easy, will do well,
when they read M. Duret, to turn back to the more precise volume of Mr
and Mrs Pennell.”

+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p77 F 15 ‘17 700w

=DURHAM, HARRY WILLIAM.= Saws: their care and treatment. il *$2.50 (4c) Van Nostrand 621.93 A17-1554

The object of this work is “to provide a reliable book of reference
for those who are learning the art of saw fitting, or who may be
interested in the proper methods of sharpening and keeping saws in
order.” (Preface) The author states that he has found no modern work
in English treating of the subject with the exception of certain trade
publications. He has attempted to select the best methods from among
the many he has observed in practice, but has been careful not to lay
down hard and fast rules. Among the topics covered are: Particulars of
reciprocating saws; Particulars of circular saws; Sharpening saws by
hand filing; Saw-sharpening machines; Setting the teeth of saws; The
saw-sharpening room.

=DWIGHT, HARRY GRISWOLD.= Persian miniatures. il *$3 (3c) Doubleday 915.5 17-26877

A travel book by the author of “Stamboul nights” which touches lightly
and whimsically the things of Persia that draw the traveler
thither,—its cities, its structures, its scenery, its peoples and its
indefinable oriental magic. “About rug books” is an interesting and
encouraging chapter for those who think despairingly that the Persian
rug is passing. The writer believes that there is no more danger of
the Persian rug becoming a thing of the past than the oil painting. He
says that under mud roofs, not available for the department store
buyer, there are being woven carpets quite as good as came from the
looms of Abbas the Great. “Social life in Hamadan, descriptions of
home apparatus, humorous appreciation of personality, of every
kindred, every tribe, sly Pepys-like analysis of high local and
imported dignitaries, merry, human, homey stories of everyday life of
foreigners in Persia, incidents of adventure and misadventure, make up
most of this volume.” (Boston Transcript)

+ =A L A Bkl= 14:91 D ‘17

“An amazingly modern book of travel. No roses and nightingales, no
bulbuls nor tropical scents and sounds, no humbug of any kind does Mr
Dwight deceive us with in his descriptions of Iran. He does impart the
beauty of the treeless land, he does make real and recognizable even
for an unimaginative reader, the joy to be found in strange
appearances of life, and in the different and admirable in
architecture. The quality of the book cries in the market place to be
imparted, to be shared, to be read aloud with a mutual enjoyer, even
its last learned chapter on Avicenna.” M. C. S.

+ =Boston Transcript= p6 N 14 ‘17 720w

“The present volume has all the atmosphere of charm and oriental
coloring that its title would lead one to expect. The intimate
description of the author’s sojourn in a Persian town will go far
toward making us familiar with an ancient and engaging people.”

+ =Lit D= 55:41 D 8 ‘17 130w

“It would be a grave belittling, however, of a book that has in it
much of valuable information, the fruit of careful research, to
emphasize only its charm of style and its vividness of
description. ... The author is blest with the ability to offer a great
deal of information, nay more, to correct mistakes in less
well-informed writings, without a trace of pedantry.”

+ =N Y Times= 23:20 Ja 20 ‘18 850w

“Mr Dwight brings to his new work the ability to be graphic,
whimsical, and always readable.”

+ =Outlook= 117:519 N 28 ‘17 40w

=DYER, WALTER ALDEN.= Creators of decorative styles. il *$3 (8½c) Doubleday 749 17-28460

A survey of the decorative periods in England from 1600 to 1800. It is
the plan of the writer to consider the lives and personalities of the
leaders of artistic thought in England, tracing, at the same time, the
contemporary development of styles in the cognate arts. These leaders
are: Inigo Jones; Daniel Marot; Sir Christopher Wren; Grinling
Gibbons; Jean Tijou; Thomas Chippendale; Sir William Chambers; Robert
Adam; Josiah Wedgwood; George Hepplewhite; and Thomas Sheraton.
Illustrations reproduce many original pieces of furniture to be found
in the Metropolitan museum of art.

“The trouble with the book before us, so far as trouble exists, is
that Mr Dyer has not succeeded altogether in a vital synthesis of his
critical and biographical material. It is only fair to say that the
data available on the personal side seems prevailingly very scant.
Especially worth while are the chapters on Tijou, the little-known
French master of ironwork, a domesticated English worker, and
Wedgwood, the famed creator of designs in pottery.” R: Burton

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“Mr Dyer, who has of late made a specialty of writing upon this
attractive subject and who has undoubtedly done much in the formation
of a revived taste for the beautiful has produced here a work of
superior excellence. A large number of well executed illustrations
adds to the value of the work.”

+ =Boston Transcript= p9 N 21 ‘17 500w

“A thoro knowledge of just such facts as this book presents will go a
long way towards giving to your house that ‘indefinable air’ of charm
and culture and a still more desirable quality—restfulness.” Ruth
Stanley-Brown

+ =Pub W= 92:1389 O 20 ‘17 330w

=DYER, WALTER ALDEN.= Five Babbitts at Bonnyacres. il *$1.30 (2c) Holt 17-25085

A very up-to-date country-life story in which Farmers’ bulletins play
an important part. It is written for young folks, but older people who
are interested in farming and in rural problems will also enjoy it.
The Babbitts are a city family who go back-to-the-land. The story
carries them thru two years of their experiment on a Massachusetts
farm, and leaves them satisfied and happy, and well started on the
road to success. There are four Babbitts to begin with; the fifth
member, who is added to the family later, is a young boy who comes to
them as a state ward. His development under a more fortunate
environment than he has before known is an interesting study.

“The Babbitts never accomplish superhuman deeds on the soil; their
crops are not abnormal. The story goes through two seasons, and there
is a steady increase in results, due to the pluck and splendid spirit
of the family.”

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“Mr Dyer evidently means his story to be a practical handbook of how
such a farm should be treated in order to make it a moderately paying
investment. ... The fictional interest with which he has invested it
by means of the Babbitt family makes it an entertaining yarn, for Mr
Dyer writes always with charm and humor and sanity.”

+ =N Y Times= 22:401 O 14 ‘17 250w

=DYSON, G.= Grenade fighting. il *50c Doran 355 17-29564

A small manual on the training and tactics of grenadiers. The author
is late brigade grenadier officer of the British expeditionary force.