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Dr Mackintosh, professor of theology in New college, Edinburgh,
restates the Christian doctrine of life after death “on a new
foundation, after careful examination of many arguments and much
evidence for and against it.” (Springf’d Republican) “In the first
part of the volume he takes up the historical development of ideas
concerning death and a future life among primitive races and the
earlier civilizations. Then, in four chapters, he studies the doctrine
of death and life set forth in the Old Testament and Judaism, in the
teachings of Jesus, in the apostolic age, and during the long history
of the church. The second part, which fills more than half the book,
is devoted to ‘a reconstructive statement’ of the hopes of the
Christian world, the reasons therefor, and the conclusions of modern
belief, deduced from historical and theological research, as to
immortality.” (N Y Times) “Some part of the best literature for those
who wish to pursue the study of this field is mentioned in the text or
footnotes.” (Preface) The first edition of this book was published in
England in 1915.

+ =N Y Times= 22:290 Ag 5 ‘17 400w

“One of the best of recent books on the subject of life after death,
written from the religious point of view.”

+ =Springf’d Republican= p6 Jl 30 ‘17 370w

=MCKNIGHT, GEORGE HARLEY.=[2] St Nicholas: his legend and his rôle in the Christmas celebration and other popular customs. il *$2 (5½c) Putnam 922

How a dignified bishop of the medieval church came to take on the
character of our popular Santa Claus is one of the matters touched on
in this book. The author has brought together a store of scattered
material relating to the real life of this saint and the legends that
have grown up about him. He says, “In St Nicholas the reader will come
in contact with a personality of unique amiability, whose influence
has permeated popular customs for many centuries and has contributed
much of sweetness to human life.” The illustrations show how the saint
has been pictured in popular German prints, early Italian painting and
other works of art. One interesting chapter is devoted to St Nicholas
plays.

“It is indeed to be regretted that we have known so little of the good
Saint Nicholas himself. That want is readably and pleasantly filled in
this new book.”

+ =N Y Times= 22:566 D 16 ‘17 350w

=MCLAGLEN, LEOPOLD.= Bayonet fighting. il *75c National military pub. co. 355 A18-120

The system of bayonet fighting described in this little manual was
invented by Captain McLaglen about the year 1910. In it there is a
certain amount of jiu-jitsu. Twenty thousand men of the 1st and 2d
Expeditionary force of Australia were instructed by Captain McLaglen
in the new method and it is in wide use with the British troops. The
fifty-five illustrations have captions printed in French as well as
English.

=N Y Times= 22:379 O 7 ‘17 120w

=MCLAREN, A. D.= Germanism from within. *$3 Dutton 914.3 17-26319

“‘Germanism from within’ by A. D. McLaren is, as the title implies, a
series of studies about the German people, but they have not all been
called forth by the war, as many of them were written before it. Their
central theme is an analysis of Germanism. The author has lived for
seven years in Germany. He was in Berlin at the time of the
declaration of war, was later arrested and spent eight months in a
concentration camp. Mr McLaren treats all phases of German life,
political, religious and military. ... An interesting chapter is
devoted to the study of the Kaiser.”—Springf’d Republican

+ =A L A Bkl= 13:350 My ‘17

=Boston Transcript= p8 Mr 14 ‘17 720w

“Thus the book is no mere by-product of the war. It is the careful
work of a patient observer who has for thirty years been studying the
politics, industry, education, character, and ideals of the German
people.”

+ =Dial= 63:401 O 25 ‘17 270w

“Far indeed from any shade of pro-Germanism, he yet believes some
elements in the German nature are misconstrued. For example, even the
severe Prussian is not a pure materialist. Of this the universal
German devotion to the Christmas festival is evidence.”

=Ind= 90:556 Je 23 ‘17 70w

“A journalist by profession—he was a reporter in Germany for the
Sydney (Australia) Daily Telegraph from 1908 to 1915—Mr McLaren has
observed German life and character from many points of view. ... There
is often a certain hardness in Mr McLaren’s treatment and in his
conclusion, but the reader is always aware of the great force of his
logic. Mr McLaren’s chief weakness is his limited knowledge of German
history.”

+ — =Nation= 104:687 Je 7 ‘17 220w

“His frame of mind is notably judicial and his constant aim seems to
be utterly fair to the German people.”

+ =N Y Times= 22:306 Ag 19 ‘17 330w

=Pittsburgh= 22:675 O ‘17 20w

=R of Rs= 55:551 My ‘17 100w

“The book is painstaking and often interesting, but the author, in his
conscientious efforts to be strictly fair (which he is), becomes at
times a trifle labored and confused in his style.”

+ — =Springf’d Republican= p8 Mr 23 ‘17 350w

=MACLEAN, STUART.= Alexis; a study of love and music. *$1.50 (2c) Appleton 17-22300

“Cosmopolis, a bustling provincial city somewhere in the United
States, possessed a first-class musical critic. Van Alstyne
Bradshaw ... was a talented composer as well as a lover of all good
music, and did his sincere best to improve the taste of Cosmopolis’s
very self-satisfied inhabitants. But he had had a great sorrow in his
life; he was an embittered man, inclined to be pessimistic, and very
lonely, until he met the boy Alexis. The son of a washerwoman and a
day laborer, both Hungarians, Alexis Vaczy was a born violinist. It
did not take Bradshaw long to discover this fact, and what he did to
Alexis and what Alexis did to him the book tells. ... Two love-stories
help to complicate the plot.”—N Y Times

=A L A Bkl= 14:61 N ‘17

+ =Cleveland= p132 D ‘17 50w

“It is not often that a reviewer finds himself in a glow over an
American novel, but such is the present writer’s experience with
‘Alexis.’ ... It does not suffice to say that this story has
attractive subject-matter, ... nor is it enough to say the story is
exceptionally well written, or that the characters are deftly drawn,
or that there is a lot of splendid talk about music and musicians. ...
There is between the lines an indefinable quality of ardor, of the
eagerness and intensity of youth and youthful ambitions. One knows
from the start that the story will be a happy one.”

+ =Dial= 63:281 S 27 ‘17 200w

“While it is evidently intended to be a study of the musical
temperament, and as such is not badly done, the most interesting thing
in the novel is the picture of the musical and would-be musical
society of Cosmopolis.”

+ =N Y Times= 22:349 S 16 ‘17 340w

“The work is distinctly above the average novel in intelligence.”

+ =Springf’d Republican= p13 F 10 ‘18 440w

=MCMAHON, JOHN ROBERT.= Success in the suburbs. il *$2 (3c) Putnam 630 17-14063

A book that offers to tell “how to locate, buy, and build; garden and
grow fruit; keep fowls and animals.” This promise is repeated in the
chapter headings: The hike to the suburbs; Scouting for a suburban
home; Financing the suburban home; Legal fixings and fences; The
suburbanite his own architect; The fireproof house; Remodeling old
houses; The garden; Fruit trees and small fruits; Animals on the
suburban place, etc. There are over forty excellent illustrations.
Useful tables are given in an appendix.

=A L A Bkl= 14:81 D ‘17

+ =Boston Transcript= p7 Je 30 ‘17 430w

“An interestingly written and practically suggestive book.”

+ =Cleveland= p111 S ‘17 30w

“His optimism is merry, not patronizing, and the more convincing that
he sets up a moderate standard, planting it in good practical advice.
Of course, covering much ground, the book is suggestive, not a
complete building and garden guide.”

+ =Ind= 90:516 Je 16 ‘17 50w

“It is a very interesting and instructive book, and combines
practical, scientific, and legal instruction. With this book and
personal enthusiasm it would seem possible to make a success of any
suburb.”

+ =Lit D= 56:38 Ja 26 ‘18 200w

+ =Nation= 105:127 Ag 2 ‘17 430w

“To all suburbanites and would-be suburbanites I introduce this book
as the most complete work on the ‘suburban game’ yet published.” G: H.
Hamilton

+ =N Y Call= p14 Ag 12 ‘17 400w

“A practical book.”

+ =N Y Times= 22:165 Ap 29 ‘17 50w

“A rather slangy account of life in the suburbs, but at the same time
a valuable account, for it contains many practical hints to the
suburban dweller as to house and garden, orchard and poultry yard.”

+ =Outlook= 116:412 Jl 11 ‘17 36w

“Many personal experiences are related which are of practical service
to the novice in country life.”

+ =R of Rs= 56:220 Ag ‘17 120w

+ =Springf’d Republican= p19 Je 10 ‘17 400w

=MACMILLAN, MARY LOUISE.= More short plays. *$1.50 Stewart & Kidd 812 17-21729

This is the author’s second book of plays suitable for amateur
production. “Short plays” was published in 1915. Among the seven plays
in the new book are two that are rather more ambitious than the title
would suggest, “Honey,” with scenes laid in a southern mill town, and
“The pioneers,” an historical play of the Middle West. The remaining
plays, His second girl, At the church door, The dress rehearsal of
Hamlet, In Mendelesia, parts 1 and 2, and The dryad, are shorter
pieces.

“All the plays are pleasing, however, viewed from different angles.
‘His second girl’ is a delightful bit of comedy. ... ‘The dryad’ is a
poetic fantasy in verse that will appeal to the heart of every
tree-lover.”

+ =R of Rs= 57:109 Ja ‘18 160w

=MACMURCHY, MARJORY.= Woman—bless her; not as amiable a book as it sounds. *$1 Doran 396 (Eng ed 16-21046)

“An appeal to women for proper recognition of their work in war and
reconstruction. It is addressed primarily to the women of Canada, but
can be read with benefit by women in the other dominions and in
Britain. ‘The most useful economic and social war and reconstruction
work that each woman can do,’ says Miss MacMurchy, ‘will be found more
readily if she can define the economic and social duty of the class to
which she belongs.’ To this end she divides women into categories. ...
The writer proceeds to study the particular work in each category, to
estimate its value to the nation, and to show where it can be
developed and extended.”—Spec

“Useful for the facts and statistics presented.”

+ =A L A Bkl= 13:149 Ja ‘17

“Librarians should purchase this book and make special efforts to
circulate it.”

+ =Ontario Library Review= 1:30 S ‘16 250w

=Spec= 117:837 D 30 ‘16 140w

=MCNALLY, GEORGIA MAUD.= Babyhood of wild beasts; with foreword by W. T. Hornaday. il *$2 Doran 17-29790

“Miss McNally was born and lived for a part of her early life on the
frontier where she came to know something of the wild animals, to care
for them and to feel that she understood them. The wild babies of whom
she tells were some of them her own personal home friends, like
Pompey, the baby lion, and others she became acquainted with in the
big Bronx zoological and other gardens. All the wild babies she has
known in one way or another, and the many interesting pictures are of
the animals themselves.”—N Y Times

“A fascinating account.”

+ =Lit D= 55:59 D 8 ‘17 80w

“Through it all you get accurate scientific facts, with now and then a
good scientific word smuggled in where its meaning is quite evident
from the context. There is no sugar-coating of facts with silly
stories. This is a book to be most heartily recommended to boys and
girls of all ages.” R. F. Zametkin

+ =N Y Call= p18 D 15 ‘17 140w

=N Y Times= 22:499 N 25 ‘17 160w

=MACNUTT, JOSEPH SCOTT.= Modern milk problem in sanitation, economics, and agriculture. il *$2 (5½c) Macmillan 614.3 17-17296

The author is lecturer on public health service in the Massachusetts
institute of technology. His book stresses “the practical and economic
as well as the sanitary factors involved,” and should interest not
only health officials, milk inspectors, dairymen, city dealers,
legislators and physicians, but also inquiring consumers.

“The book covers practically the same ground as is covered by ‘The
city milk supply’ by H. N. Parker. The chapters on the analysis of the
sanitary aspects of the milk problem are well done. The chapter on the
economic factors is superficial and does not even cover the secondary
material available to the author. There is some valuable material in
the appendix on milk statistics, grading systems, the North system,
costs and prices, and milk products.” C. L. K.

+ — =Ann Am Acad= 74:300 N ‘17 80w

=Cleveland= p111 S ‘17 30w

+ =Ind= 92:109 O 13 ‘17 150w

=N Y P L New Tech Bks= p8 Jl ‘17 70w

“Probably the only work combining in concise form the economic,
agricultural and sanitary features.”

+ =Pittsburgh= 22:818 D ‘17 50w

+ =R of Rs= 56:554 N ‘17 120w

“A distinct acquisition to the literature on the subject. Its most
distinctive feature is its illuminating treatment of the economic
factors which enter into the present-day milk problem.” L. F. Rettger

+ =Science= n s 46:292 S 21 ‘17 600w

“Shows in a clear and intelligent manner why there is a milk problem.”

+ =Springf’d Republican= p6 Ja 29 ‘18 360w

“This book can be recommended as a reliable, up-to-date and readable
exposition of the milk situation. Enough material in the way of facts
and figures is inserted to support the argument fully.” Franz
Schneider, jr.

+ =Survey= 39:72 O 20 ‘17 410w

“A timely book, explaining why there is a milk problem, but more
useful for the student than for the housewife or the baby’s nurse.
Rosenau’s ‘Milk problem’ (1912) is more complete though now a little
out of date. The bibliography (6p.) and the appendix material are
excellent.”

+ =Wis Lib Bul= 14:29 Ja ‘18 40w

=MACQUARRIE, HECTOR.= How to live at the front. il *$1.25 (3c) Lippincott 355 17-24528

This is a book of “tips for American soldiers” by a second lieutenant
of the British royal field artillery, who has been in the United
States addressing young officers and men preparing for active service.
Lieutenant MacQuarrie has tried to tell the American boys going to the
front about the little things in warfare, not found in the official
military textbooks or presented by staff reporters. He has much to say
on discipline, on the details of life behind the firing-line and in
the trenches, on the English and French people with whom the soldiers
will come in contact and the British Tommy in particular, on the folks
at home, the censoring of letters, the effect of war on character, and
the desirability of studying the life of Jesus “to prevent war from
killing your soul.” In the rather unusual chapter entitled “A curse of
war,” he warns the young soldier against the fearful number of women
now going about “quite unmoral and very kindhearted,” and begs him to
remember that he is the father of future Americans and to give his
children a fair chance.

“Told with engaging straightforwardness and humor.”

+ =A L A Bkl= 14:54 N ‘17

“From every aspect, light, serious, deeply human and sincerely
religious, every American soldier will be helped by reading Lieutenant
MacQuarrie’s book.”

+ =Boston Transcript= p6 S 26 ‘17 210w

“The author writes sensibly and clearly and enlivens his advice with
anecdote, making the book enjoyable as well as informative.”

+ =Cleveland= p130 D ‘17 100w

“Written without pretension, it is reminiscent of the matter-of-fact
advice of an elder brother who has seen the world to a younger brother
who has not. It is not a book that goes to the roots of things, or
tries to.”

+ =Dial= 63:589 D 6 ‘17 200w

+ =Ind= 92:342 N 17 ‘17 80w

“The author is the more to be commended for the interesting, lively,
readable humanness of this volume in the light of the fact that, where
he finds it needed, he does not hesitate to run the risk of seeming to
‘preach’—though never was any approach to ‘preaching’ less sentimental
and less dry. The chapter on ‘A curse of war’ is frank, sane, fine.”

+ =N Y Times= 23:2 Ja 6 ‘18 870w

=Pittsburgh= 22:835 D ‘17 60w

Reviewed by Ruth Stanley-Brown

+ =Pub W= 92:814 S 15 ‘17 550w

“The advice is informally expressed and given in excellent spirit.”

+ =R of Rs= 57:215 F ‘18 100w

+ =St Louis= 15:417 D ‘17 30w

“It is very much to the point; thoroughly practical, shrewd,
vivacious, and clear.”

+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p33 Ja 10 ‘18 30w

=MCSPADDEN, JOSEPH WALKER.= Book of holidays. il *$1.25 (4c) Crowell 394 17-31084

Believing that our holidays are degenerating into mere play days, the
author has taken upon himself the task of reminding us of their
meaning. The book is adapted for young people. All our special days,
are included: New Year’s day; Lincoln’s birthday, St Valentine’s day,
Washington’s birthday, St Patrick’s day, Good Friday and Easter, May
day, Arbor day, Bird day, Mothers’ day, Memorial day, Flag day,
Independence day, Labor day, Columbus day, Hallowe’en, All Saints’
day, Election day, Thanksgiving day, and Christmas.

=Outlook= 117:615 D 12 ‘17 30w

“The book will prove profitable reading for older persons as well as
the young.”

+ =Springf’d Republican= p8 D 21 ‘17 40w

=MADDOX, HARRY A.= Paper; its history, sources, and manufacture. (Pitman’s common commodities of commerce) il 85c Pitman 676 17-15681

“‘A book written with a view to acquainting the general reader with a
full understanding of how raw material is converted into paper. ...
Gives an excellent history of the introduction of the early forms of
crude paper from the East, together with matter relating to the making
of paper in England and the Continent in early times.’ Inland
Printer”—Pittsburgh

“Covers much the same ground as Dawe but gives more space to the
history of paper making, is more detailed as to manufacture, does not
contain so many descriptions of the different kinds of paper, and is
sixty-five cents cheaper.”

+ =A L A Bkl= 14:46 N ‘17

+ =Cleveland= p112 S ‘17 10w

=N Y Br Lib News= 4:59 Ap ‘17

“Valuable for the school library—especially the historical sections.”

+ =N Y P L New Tech Bks= p19 Ap ‘17 50w

“Mr Maddox is an authority on this subject. Descriptions of the
various machines and details as to their operation, full explanations
of the methods employed in making handmade papers, and other
interesting facts, make the book a most valuable one for the printer,
the stationer, the advertising man, the engraver, the artist, the
lithographer, and others, not to mention the people directly concerned
with the manufacture and sale of papers.”

+ =Pittsburgh= 22:341 Ap ‘17 70w (Reprinted from Printing Art p65
Mr ‘17)

+ =Pittsburgh= 22:458 My ‘17 50w (Reprinted from Inland Printer
p103 Ap ‘17)

“Primarily for those concerned in making, handling or using paper, yet
written in language intelligible to the general reader.”

+ =Pittsburgh= 22:660 O ‘17 40w

“Brief semi-technical treatise which would be instructive to the
general reader interested in knowing how paper is made.”

+ =Quar List New Tech Bks= Jl ‘17 18w

=MADSEN, ARTHUR WILHELM.= State as manufacturer and trader; an examination based on the commercial, industrial and fiscal results obtained from government tobacco monopolies. *7s 6d T. Fisher Unwin, London 336.19 (Eng ed 16-23037)

“The purpose of this monograph is apparently to show the defects of
government-managed industries, and so far as tobacco manufacture is
concerned, the effort is entirely successful. The author presents
brief sketches of the state tobacco monopoly in France, Italy,
Austria, Japan, Spain and Sweden. He shows the financial results, the
popular verdict on the quality of goods produced, and the
unbusinesslike management of the public authorities. Outside of France
his sources of information seem to have been meager, but there is
undoubtedly an unanimous verdict against government control in all the
countries treated.”—Ann Am Acad

“An appendix of over sixty pages to which the author continually
refers in the text contains many valuable statistical tables. These
tables derived from official reports, indicate by countries the
financial results of tobacco monopolies, the wages paid to factory
operatives, etc. ... Whether one agrees or disagrees with the attitude
of the author towards state socialism, one is unfavorably impressed by
the absence in his work of an impartial analysis of the testimonials
presented, by the lack of a judicious weighing of arguments pro and
con.” Simon Litman

– + =Am Econ R= 7:434 Je ‘17 480w

“It is unnecessary to emphasize the point that the author’s
conclusions, founded on a single industry, are not to be applied
without reserve to all government undertakings.” J. T. Y.

=Ann Am Acad= 70:328 Mr ‘17 100w

=Ath= p475 O ‘16 40w

=Nation= 104:557 My 3 ‘17 140w

“A competent résumé of the world’s experience with the principal
commercial industry carried on by the government in any considerable
number of countries.”

+ =New Repub= 10:173 Mr 10 ‘17 400w

=Spec= 117:sup534 N 4 ‘16 80w

=MAETERLINCK, MAURICE.= Light beyond; tr. by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos. *$2 (4c) Dodd 236

The mystery of death has always held the imagination of Maurice
Maeterlinck, and of late years he has tended to give it more and more
of his thought, a tendency intensified by the war. In this volume the
translator has collected “a selection of essays illustrating the later
stages of Maeterlinck’s quest.” They are chosen from the three volumes
entitled, “Our eternity,” “The unknown guest,” and “The wrack of the
storm.”

“Too frank and sincere a philosopher to assume that he can answer with
finality a question which has defied the ages, he contents himself
with reviewing the evidence pro and con as he sees it, leaving
deductions to those who read.”

+ =N Y Times= 22:498 N 25 ‘17 980w

=The Times [London] Lit Sup= p531 N 1 ‘17 40w

=MAETERLINCK, MAURICE.=[2] News of spring, and other nature studies; tr. by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos. il *$3 (9c) Dodd 580.4

A collection of nature studies. Only one of them, Our city gardens,
reprinted from the Daily Mail [London], is new to American readers.
The other papers have been selected from “The measure of the hours”
and “The double garden.” The translator says, “I have taken the
opportunity not only of revising my translation with some
thoroughness, but also of introducing all the additions and
corrections which the author has made in the French edition of these
two books.” Contents: Our city gardens; The intelligence of the
flowers; Perfumes; News of spring; Field flowers; Chrysanthemums;
Old-fashioned flowers; The wrath of the bee. There are twenty
illustrations in color by Edward J. Detmold.

“An exquisite book indeed. We may point out to those who have not read
‘The double garden’ and ‘The measure of the hours’ that the lover of
beauty, as of nature, can ill-afford to miss such essays as these.”

+ =N Y Times= 22:558 D 16 ‘17 670w

=MAGNUS, LEONARD ARTHUR.= Pros and cons in the great war, a record of foreign opinion, with a register of fact. *$2 Dutton 940.91 17-2674

“An alphabetized compilation of opinions, the material for which has
been drawn mainly from German and other foreign sources, with
occasional reference to official documents.” (Ath) “There are many of
the things which a student would look for: as atrocities, balance of
power, Belgium, commercial rivalry, the Entente, envelopment of
Germany, false news, the Hague conventions, hatred, Italy, Kaiser,
kultur, Middle Europe, militarism, navalism, Pan-Germanism, Poland,
prisoners, right of search, the United States, and the causes of the
war. The book very largely contains hostile opinions, with some
arguments in opposition, and some comments by the editor himself.”
(Nation)

“Very useful for reference.”

+ =Ath= p106 F ‘17 60w

Reviewed by C. H. P. Thurston

+ — =Bookm= 46:390 N ‘17 30w

“An excellent bibliography contains a long list of contemporary
writings upon the war, which the ordinary reader would never know of.
It must be said that the numerous pieces out of which the book is made
have not always been well put together.”

+ — =Nation= 105:567 N 22 ‘17 370w

=MAGNUSSON, CARL EDWARD.= Alternating currents. il *$4 McGraw 621.31 16-24124

A work by the professor of electrical engineering in the University of
Washington. “The treatment is of theory, not heavily loaded with field
and shop practicalities, and aims to help students to gain an idea of
internal reactions and to handle certain physical facts in
mathematical shorthand. Transformers are taken up after voltage
generation and circuit properties. This is followed by motors,
generators, converters, insulation, polyphase power, long-distance
transmission.” (Engin N)

“A good text for college classes, suitable for more advanced reference
work. ... Contains problems, a few footnote references, and many
diagrams, some of which are not very satisfactory.”

+ =A L A Bkl= 13:383 Je ‘17

“Another addition has been made to the already long list of electrical
teaching texts that are primarily lecture notes arranged to satisfy
the specific needs of specific institutions. By stating that the book,
even though having 500 odd pages, covers only fundamentals, the scope
is indicated. ... The chief feature of originality lies in pushing the
study of transmission lines farther than common with undergraduates.”

+ =Engin N= 77:110 Ja 18 ‘17 120w

=MAHER, RICHARD AUMERLE.= Gold must be tried by fire. il *$1.50 (1½c) Macmillan 17-10983

As in two earlier novels, Father Maher has told a story of industrial
conditions in northern New York. The scene is a mill town, dependent
wholly on the paper manufacturing industry for its existence. Daidie
Grattan, who three years before had thrown a wrench into her machine
and walked out of a cotton factory, comes to Barton to work in the
mill. In the years following her act of rebellion the girl had gone
thru a bitter experience, but she had found healing at the hands of a
Catholic sisterhood and with new courage had come out into the world
with the hope of helping other girls. Not until she is employed in his
mill does she discover that Hugh Barton is the man who had once saved
her life in a crisis. The situation between these two is worked out
against a background of industrial unrest, labor warring with capital,
the independent manufacturer fighting for his life against the trust.

=A L A Bkl= 14:27 O ‘17

“Mr Richard Aumerle Maher marries his attractive working girl to the
son of the millowner. As the publishers say, this does ‘bring the
volume to a pleasing close,’ but I have a feeling that things do not
happen so. The real strength of the novel is the dramatic picture of
the industrial wars.” J: Macy

+ — =Dial= 63:112 Ag 16 ‘17 190w

“Like ‘The Shepherd of the North,’ by the same author, this is a tale
of sentiment without being a tale of folly.”

+ =Nation= 104:737 Je 21 ‘17 280w

“If you start reading ‘Gold must be tried by fire’ you are compelled
to finish it, although you are apt to wonder why you ever began it.”

=N Y Times= 22:195 My 20 ‘17 370w

“There are tenseness and power in situation and treatment.”

+ =Outlook= 116:32 My 2 ‘17 30w

=MAHER, RICHARD AUMERLE.= While shepherds watched. il *$1.25 (4½c) Macmillan 244 17-28077

Father Maher has retold the story of the birth of Christ. Beginning in
the early chapters with the annunciation and the visit to Elizabeth,
he continues the story thru the journey to Bethlehem, the birth of the
child and the visit of the wise men and shepherds, and closes with an
interpretation of the meaning of this child’s birth to the world.

“A vivid interpretation of the Christ story suitable for the older and
more thoughtful children and for adults.”

+ =Ind= 92:446 D 1 ‘17 30w

“Written with feeling and simplicity.”

+ =N Y Times= 22:564 D 16 ‘17 110w

=MAHIN, JOHN LEE.= Advertising; selling the consumer. 2d ed il *$2 (3c) Pub. by Doubleday for the Associated advertising clubs of the world 659 16-22121

“The author reviews the economic and social factors related to
selling. He emphasizes the mediums and English of advertising rather
than purely psychological principles. The power of personal
salesmanship and the need of individual initiative are shown in
relation to middleman and consumer. The present business organization
from producer to distributor is seen to be that of profit yielding
according as the group spirit is understood by the advertiser in
telling his message.” (Ann Am Acad) “The work is based on lectures
delivered before the School of commerce of Northwestern university,
and for this new edition has been revised, with some new chapters
substituted for old.” (N Y Times) The book was first published in
1914.

“This book is one of the few dynamic advertising books in the field at
the present time.” H. W. H.

+ =Ann Am Acad= 73:231 S ‘17 90w

“An interesting feature of the book is the descriptive list of books
for supplementary reading which follows each chapter.”

=N Y Times= 22:173 Ap 29 ‘17 200w

=MAHONEY, HENRY CHARLES.= Sixteen months in four German prisons: Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben; chronicled by F: A. A. Talbot. il *$1.50 McBride 940.91 (Eng ed 17-7955)

“Mr Mahoney is, by profession, an expert in photography. At the
outbreak of the war he was in Germany, with his camera, on his way to
take up an interesting appointment in Warsaw. Unable to get into
Russia, he tried to get back into Holland, but was denounced as a spy,
arrested, taken to Wesel, and subjected to the formidable ordeal of a
midnight secret trial. ... Mr Mahoney was able to establish his
innocence. He was not formally acquitted, but the charge was not
pressed, and he was interned in Sennelager. After a time he was
released, but only to be re-arrested and sent to Ruhleben, whence he
was eventually returned to England as an invalid, unfit for military
service. And now he tells, with Mr Talbot’s collaboration, his long
and exciting story.”—The Times [London] Lit Sup

“Altogether, the picture of ‘Prussian militarism’ exhibited by Mr
Mahoney is a hideously repellent one, and his recital gives no
evidence of exaggeration, either.” Joshua Wanhope

+ =N Y Call= p14 O 28 ‘17 1100w

“The book is more than a recital of a prisoner’s sufferings in
Germany; it is a splendidly thrilling tale of heroism and adventure.”

+ =N Y Times= 22:478 N 18 ‘17 500w

=St Louis= 15:166 Je ‘17

“If anything more were needed to pillory Germany in the world’s
opinion, this book would supply the deficiency. Mr Mahoney tells of
the attempts of the American ambassador to mitigate the hardships of
the English prisoners, and of the deceit practiced on him by the
authorities. This chapter harmonizes with Mr Gerard’s own narrative.”

+ =Springf’d Republican= p6 F 5 ‘18 450w

“The chief interest, if not the chief merit, of Mr Mahoney’s book lies
in the fact that he has told the truth about Sennelager, where things
were done which have dug a formidable gulf between the British and
German peoples, and about Major Bach, the infamous commandant of that
camp. ... The evil fame of the unspeakable major has penetrated into
every prison camp in Germany.”

+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p51 F 1 ‘17 1100w

=MAHONEY, JOHN JOSEPH.= Standards in English. (School efficiency monographs) *90c World bk. 808 17-20535

A course of study in oral and written composition for elementary
schools. The course was worked out in practice while the author, now
principal of the State normal school at Lowell, Mass., was assistant
superintendent of schools in Cambridge. Part 1 of the book consists of
a discussion of the course; part 2 of an outline of work by grades.

“The movement for economy of time has nowhere been as well carried out
in actual school practice as in Mr Mahoney’s ‘Standards in English.’
The style of the book is direct and non-technical and it should be put
in the hands of elementary school teachers for the distinct
improvement of oral and written work in English.”

+ =El School J= 18:231 N ‘17 470w

=MAINS, GEORGE PRESTON.= James Monroe Buckley. $1.50 Meth. bk. 17-22865

“By common consent, Dr J. M. Buckley, for more than thirty years
editor of the New York Christian Advocate, has been and still is the
accepted spokesman and leader of American Methodism. This fact alone
might entitle him to the somewhat unusual honor of a biography
published during his lifetime. ... The author treats his subject in
separate chapters as editor, debater and parliamentarian, traveler,
and author. Not the least interesting part of the record is the story
of Dr Buckley’s triumph over physical handicaps that would have
discouraged an ordinary man.”—R of Rs

“We consider the book of great value. Dr Buckley is a very remarkable
man. ... This book was written for a purpose, but its purpose was not
simply to interest and please. It will do both, but primarily it was
meant to help. ... It not only reveals the greatness of this man, but
the possible greatness of every normal man.”

+ =Boston Transcript= p6 Ag 29 ‘17 1250w

+ =Outlook= 117:26 S 5 ‘17 80w

“Dr Buckley’s personality is so compelling, his versatility in thought
and expression so remarkable, and his proved ability in diverse fields
of activity so well known, that thousands within and without the great
Methodist fold will welcome the book that his colleague, Dr Mains, has
felt impelled to write. The work is naturally eulogistic, but the
author does not permit himself to abandon the judicial attitude.”

+ =R of Rs= 56:439 O ‘17 150w

=MAJOR, CLARE TREE.= How to develop your personality; with a foreword by Sir Herbert Tree. il *$1 (4c) Crowell 174 16-18755

The author is a graduate of the Academy of dramatic art of London,
founded by Sir Herbert Tree, and many of the principles of that school
are embodied in her book. The book is divided into four parts:
Physical personality; Vocal personality; Self-expression; and Mental
power.

“Very practical little text book. It is primarily intended for the
actor, but there is very little in it which does not apply and cannot
be used with profit by any man or woman.”

+ =Boston Transcript= p7 Jl 11 ‘17 250w

+ =N Y Times= 22:297 Ag 12 ‘17 80w

“The author presents her teachings in a straightforward, sensible
manner.”

+ =R of Rs= 56:106 Jl ‘17 110w

=MALORY, SIR THOMAS.=[2] Romance of King Arthur and his knights of the Round table; abridged by Alfred W: Pollard. il *$2.50 (1½c) Macmillan 398.2 17-28655

This abridgment of Malory’s “Morte d’Arthur” has been made by Mr
Pollard of the British museum, who had previously edited a complete
edition of the work. With a scholar’s respect for a master work, the
editor has refrained from revision, confining himself to the
elimination of repetition. He says, “I have tried to clear away some
of the underwoods that the great trees may be better seen, and though
I know that I have cleared away some small timber that is fine stuff
in itself, if the great trees stand out the better, the experiment may
be forgiven.” A glossary is provided. Sixteen pictures in color and
others in black and white are Arthur Rackham’s contribution to the
book.

+ =A L A Bkl= 14:142 Ja ‘18

“The abridged edition, excellently illustrated by Arthur Rackham, is
of distinctive literary worth and the book itself is most attractively
bound.”

+ =Ind= 92:448 D 1 ‘17 40w

“As the omitted matter is largely of a redundant character, the
present edition will answer fully the requirements of readers in
general.”

+ =Int Studio= 63:127 Ja ‘18 110w

“Young readers should welcome this judicious abridgment of Malory by a
scholar who has feeling for the original, and who has weighed
carefully what is best suited to boys and girls. The edition is
beautifully printed, with illustrations in color—some of the best done
by Rackham.”

+ =Lit D= 55:56 D 8 ‘17 100w

“Sir Thomas Malory himself would be hard to please were he
dissatisfied with the fashion in which Arthur Rackham has chosen to
limn his lords and ladies. The illustrator’s occasionally troublesome
wealth of detail is here artistically consistent with the text.”

+ =Sat R= 124:sup6 D 8 ‘17 230w

“Mr Pollard has done his work well, and the old stories of Lancelot
and Galahad, of Gawain and Tristram, and their fellow-knights will in
this simpler form gain many new readers.”

+ =Spec= 119:sup473 N 3 ‘17 130w

“The artist has given much thought and study to the costuming of the
remote period, but in physiognomy Mr Rackham is not to be absolved
from the charge of a tendency toward caricature. This defect in Mr
Rackham’s art is rather serious. The book, however, makes an
ornamental and valuable addition to one’s library. The scholar’s
contribution gives it more than the usual importance of works of this
type.”

+ — =Springf’d Republican= p15 D 1 ‘17 630w

“Mr Pollard in abridging Malory has only done for young readers what
most older readers have learned to do for themselves. And Mr Rackham
seems to have been fortified by the greatness of the matter. His
design has never before been so bold, his colour so rich and clear.
His touches of comedy are adroit, his tragic sense more powerful than
in any of his previous works.”

+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p613 D 13 ‘17 220w

=MANGOLD, GEORGE BENJAMIN.= Challenge of Saint Louis. il 60c Missionary education movement 309.1 17-25094

“Starting out with a religious survey, Dr Mangold finds there are some
400 Christian churches, valued at some $15,000,000. He then wants to
know what these churches do in connection with the 21,000 illiterates
of the city; with that half of the children who do not finish the
eighth grade; with the 10,000 children at work. ... Dr Mangold wants
to know what the churches are doing to help remedy these and many
other evils. He insists all through the book that the church has a
duty to perform and that it cannot remain satisfied with mere lip
service.” (Survey) Dr Mangold is director of the Saint Louis school of
social economy and the book is intended for mission study classes.

“Mr Mangold, whose word in social economy is authoritative, discusses
[these problems] with rare dispassionateness.”

+ =Boston Transcript= p8 O 27 ‘17 150w

=Pittsburgh= 22:690 O ‘17 30w

=St Louis= 15:320 S ‘17 10w

“Those who study it will not only learn that ‘something must be done,’
but why it must be done and what can and should be done. Dr Mangold
has performed a good service, both as a sociologist and as a
Christian.” Oscar Leonard

+ =Survey= 39:148 N 10 ‘17 430w

=MANIATES, BELLE KANARIS.= Amarilly in love. il *$1.25 (2½c) Little 17-26657

This book is a sequel to “Amarilly of Clothes-Line alley.” “In Miss
Maniates’s former story Amarilly helped to clean in a theatre, and was
regularly engaged to keep in order the studio of Derry Phillips,
artist, who took an interest in her and decided that she ought to be
helped into better surroundings. But it was her energy and foresight
and resource that ‘syndicated’ the family, so that every one earned
something, and when they had pooled their earnings they were presently
able to buy a little farm not too far from a town, and live in health
and comfort and country plenty. There the reader finds them at the
opening of this story. Amarilly, by the bounty of Derry Phillips, has
been four years in college and is soon due to return home. A somewhat
mysterious man has just bought the adjoining property, and the reader
is for a time kept in doubt as to whether Amarilly is to be ‘in love’
with this man or with her benefactor, who is at work at his art in
Paris.” (N Y Times)

=A L A Bkl= 14:27 O ‘17

Reviewed by H. W. Boynton

=Bookm= 46:340 N ‘17 100w

“Those who enjoyed reading of the adventures of ‘Amarilly of
Clothes-Line alley’ will doubtless find pleasure in this ‘joyous
record’ of her later experiences.”

=Boston Transcript= p6 Ag 22 ‘17 220w

“The story is a slight little thing, but it is gay and breezy.”

+ =N Y Times= 22:318 Ag 26 ‘17 450w

=MANIATES, BELLE KANARIS.= Our next-door neighbors. il *$1.35 (3½c) Little 17-7455

A family of amazingly ill-behaved children are the center of interest
in this story. A childless couple who know very little of the habits
of the children of the species, watch with apprehension the arrival of
the Polydores. Their apprehensions are more than justified. Father and
mother Polydore, one literary, the other scientific, have little time
to devote to their offspring, and when the two go off suddenly on an
expedition to Chile, the five boys are left in the care of the Wades,
who very reluctantly find themselves won over by the naughty but
engaging youngsters.

+ =A L A Bkl= 13:355 My ‘17

“An engaging little tale, having many of those qualities which made
its predecessor, ‘Amarilly of Clothesline alley,’ so popular. It
lacks, however, the former’s spontaneity.”

+ =Boston Transcript= p6 Je 16 ‘17 260w

“A ghost story, a love story, and the story of an eccentric and
moneyed uncle are all worked into the texture of the lightly woven
material, which forms altogether an amusing fabrication.”

+ =Dial= 62:247 Mr 22 ‘17 110w

+ =Ind= 90:87 Ap 7 ‘17 40w

“The tale would be amusing if it had some tinge of possibility, but it
is exaggerated out of all relation to real life. ... The vivacious
style of the book makes it pleasant reading, however, if one does not
try to fancy its young barbarians in the world of actuality.”

– + =N Y Times= 22:90 Mr 11 ‘17 150w

“The children are not particularly attractive and the character
portraiture generally is rather dim.”

— =Springf’d Republican= p19 Je 10 ‘17 170w

=MANTZ, HAROLD ELMER.= French criticism of American literature before 1850. (Columbia univ. studies in romance philology and literature) *$1.50 Columbia univ. press 810.4 17-12600

“In the following study an attempt is made to discover French opinion
on the subject of American literature, from about the beginning of the
nineteenth century to about the year 1850.” (Preface) In such early
French criticism as exists the author finds a reflection of
disappointment. The French had looked to the literature of the new
republic for an expression of the ideals of liberty, and they found in
it only an imitation of the traditions of English literature. French
criticism thereafter ceased to notice American writers until
Tocqueville wrote his “Démocratie en Amérique.” The quotations in the
volume are in French, without translation.

“A graver defect in Mr Mantz’s study is that his ‘selection’ does not
select some of the most important periodicals of the epoch. He has not
included the famous Globe, that herald of cosmopolitan criticism, nor
any authoritative newspaper of the class of the Journal des Débats.
Some salient articles such as that of Balzac on Cooper (Revue
Parisienne, 1840) receive no mention whatever.”

+ — =Nation= 105:608 N 29 ‘17 590w

“One or two first-rate minds hardly redeem the mediocrity and
pretentiousness of much of the criticism which Mr Mantz reproduces
here.”

+ =Springf’d Republican= p6 Ap 30 ‘17 450w

=MARBURG, THEODORE.= League of nations. *50c (3c) Macmillan 341.1 17-29206

“This little book is a history of the movement in the United States to
secure action by the United States and other nations, after this great
world war, looking to the establishment of a League to enforce peace.”
(Foreword) Mr Marburg was one of the originators of the movement and
his purpose here is to describe the developments with which he has
been connected. He calls his book “A chapter in the history of the
movement,” and hopes to follow it later with a second volume. William
H. Taft has written a foreword.

“A concise exposition of a movement toward the establishment of a
durable world-at-peace. Its chief merit is its freedom from wordy
explanations and extravagant forecasts, so common in many works on the
subject.”

+ =Boston Transcript= p7 D 29 ‘17 160w

=Cleveland= p8 Ja ‘18 30w

“Little need be said about this work, as it is practically nothing
more than a restatement of the familiar aims of the league and its
progress since war was declared. It may be taken as authoritative by
those who consider the matter as one of particular importance.” Joshua
Wanhope

– + =N Y Call= p14 D 29 ‘17 340w

=MARCOSSON, ISAAC FREDERICK.= Leonard Wood, prophet of preparedness. il *75c (8c) Lane 17-10224

The foreword says, “The most effective way of presenting any cause is
in human terms, and, if possible, through the medium of a personality
that exemplifies the larger principles involved. There was no need of
extended search for a subject. General Wood literally incarnated both
the letter and the spirit of preparedness. ... The story of his life,
therefore, is offered as a human document in evidence of the great
cause to which he has dedicated his courage and his character.” The
material of the book appeared in a magazine article in Everybody’s,
March, 1917.

+ =A L A Bkl= 13:400 Je ‘17

+ =Boston Transcript= p6 My 16 ‘17 270w

“Can easily be read in an hour and is worth several.”

+ + =Ind= 90:215 Ap 28 ‘17 140w

“Although his book is written from the viewpoint of ardent admiration,
Mr Marcosson has sufficiently restrained his enthusiasm to make his
rapid survey of General Wood’s career a just and true appreciation of
his service to the nation.”

+ =N Y Times= 22:121 Ap 1 ‘17 300w

+ =Outlook= 116:32 My 2 ‘17 200w

=Pratt= p49 O ‘17 10w

=MARCOSSON, ISAAC FREDERICK.= Rebirth of Russia. il *$1.25 (3½c) Lane 947 17-21674

The accomplished American journalist left London for Russia upon the
news of the abdication of the Czar. He was greeted upon arrival as a
representative of the new republic’s newest ally in the fight for
freedom. The United States had gone to war with Germany between March
16 and April 7, while he travelled. In his first chapter, The long
night, he tells of the pro-German forces in the Russian government
which precipitated the revolution. The succeeding five chapters
describe in vivid detail the scenes which were enacted while he was in
England. These include the abdication of the Czar. Later he writes of
what he himself saw and heard from such men as Kerensky, Prince Lvoff,
etc., and tells of the labor unrest which followed the proclamation of
the republic. The chapter on The revolution makers and the
illustrations from photographs will be found of interest.

“Those who have followed these absorbing events in the press from day
to day will be especially grateful for a more rationalized and
consecutive account in book form than the daily press could possibly
afford.” J. E. Conner

+ =Am Hist R= 23:435 Ja ‘18 460w

+ =A L A Bkl= 14:54 N ‘17

+ =Ath= p419 Ag ‘17 80w

Reviewed by Abraham Yarmolinsky

+ — =Bookm= 46:483 D ‘17 100w

+ =Boston Transcript= p7 Ag 18 ‘17 550w

“‘The revolution in Petrograd’ might have been a more descriptive
title, for Mr Marcosson gives the impression that the most of the
action went on in the capital, whereas we know that it had an
empire-wide effect. As it stands ‘The rebirth of Russia’ neither
measures up to the demands of that momentous event nor completely
records it.”

– + =Cath World= 106:394 D ‘17 380w

“There will be more complete and adequate accounts of the revolution
when time has permitted the sifting of facts and documents, but this
pioneer work is like the Russian revolution itself, vivid, tumultuous,
rapid, impressionistic.”

+ =Ind= 93:72 Ja 12 ‘18 280w

“But it is a pity that Mr Marcosson deals so slightly, and
slightingly, with two outstanding items of universal interest: the
Council of workmen’s and soldiers’ delegates gets rather shabby
treatment from him; one can only gather that he does not approve of
it. And Rasputin—that strange, mysterious man is passed over with a
few adjectives. Of tremendous interest are the sketches of Lvoff,
Milyukoff, and of Guchkoff, and the other members of the provisional
government.”

+ — =New Repub= 13:56 N 10 ‘17 200w

“A first class piece of descriptive writing. The reader is taken
through all the successive phases of the great overturn, down almost
to the present time, and the narrative is, we think, one of the best
pieces of work that Mr Marcosson has ever done.” J. W.

+ =N Y Call= p14 S 23 ‘17 380w

“His book is disappointing, for it shows little of the touch of the
first hand observer. ... But it has the virtue of giving a succinct,
comprehensive account of the great event, with its preludes and its
consequences for a short time afterward.”

+ =N Y Times= 22:289 Ag 5 ‘17 1250w

“An account somewhat summary in treatment, somewhat rhetorical in
style, but informing and filled with significant or striking
incidents.”

+ — =No Am= 206:798 N ‘17 590w

+ =Outlook= 117:65 S 12 ‘17 40w

“He does not dawdle over the sentimental aspects of the era, but loses
none of its dramatic values.” E. P. Wyckoff

+ =Pub W= 92:812 S 15 ‘17 370w

=R of Rs= 56:325 S ‘17 70w

+ =Springf’d Republican= p6 S 6 ‘17 210w

“Until it is replaced by a more weighty and judicious history of the
revolution—and that cannot be for many years—this little volume is a
decidedly useful source of information on contemporary Russia.” B. L.

+ =Survey= 38:549 S 22 ‘17 170w

“Perhaps the most useful of Mr Marcosson’s chapters is that in which
he gives us a sort of ‘Who’s who’ of the revolution. The names of many
of the leaders are puzzlingly long, and the records of the greater
number are familiar to few but their own countrymen.”

+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p350 Jl 26 ‘17 600w

=MARCOSSON, ISAAC FREDERICK.= War after the war. il *$1.25 (1½c) Lane 382 17-6755

Trade rivalry after the war is the theme of this book. “Peace will be
as great a shock as war,” writes the author. “Hence the need of
preparedness to meet the inevitable conflict for universal trade.
We—as a nation—are as unready for this emergency as we are to meet the
clash of actual physical combat. Commercial preparedness is as vital
to the national well being as the training for arms.” Contents: The
coming war; England awake; American business in France; The new
France; Saving for victory; The price of glory; The man Lloyd George;
From pedlar to premier.

“He has gained his facts at first hand in Europe, and gives two keen
character sketches, one of William Morris Hughes, prime minister of
Australia and his contribution to England’s awakening, and one of
Lloyd-George in action.”

+ =A L A Bkl= 13:377 Je ‘17

“Mr Marcosson wrote before the United States entered the war, and on
the assumption that she would not be drawn in. But his major thesis is
not notably affected by the change of circumstances. His argument is,
on the whole, plausible. The danger of commercial isolation and
decadence of the United States seems, however, exaggerated.”

+ — =Dial= 63:213 S 13 ‘17 450w

=Ind= 90:380 My 26 ‘17 180w

“It is a fair enough warning for America to organize and nationalize
her export trade. Mr Marcosson does good service in dramatizing that
warning. But he does a better service in his popular Sunday newspaper
supplement style of exposition of the intricate financial machinery
underlying the war.”

=New Repub= 10:302 Ap 7 ‘17 400w

“Those who may dissent from Mr Marcosson’s views in this particular
will assent to praise of the piquancy with which he puts his position
before the reader.”

=N Y Times= 22:217 Je 3 ‘17 1000w

+ =R of Rs= 55:551 My ‘17 50w

=St Louis= 15:137 My ‘17 20w

“Marcosson sounds a timely warning to the United States as to the
commercial self-reliance.”

+ =Springf’d Republican= p15 Ja 13 ‘18 110w

“Mr Marcosson is most interesting when he deals with matters of
finance, and it is significant that he renounces the theory of
economic exhaustion which he previously held and is now convinced that
‘the extents to which financial credit can be expended in the
countries at war seems to be almost without limit.’ that ‘man
power—beef, not gold—will win.’” Nannie Young

=Survey= 38:360 Jl 21 ‘17 200w

“The most notable portion of the book is his frank criticism of
American business organization and methods.”

=The Times [London] Lit Sup= p179 Ap 12 ‘17 500w

=MARGOLIS, MAX LEOPOLD.= Story of Bible translations. il 75c Jewish pub. 221 17-16188

“The author confines his work to the translations of the Hebrew
scriptures. ... Additional chapters reveal the inherent difficulties
of Bible translation and enumerate the various agencies for the
circulation of the Scriptures.”—R of Rs