Chapter LVI: Part 3: treats of the present utility of the beliefs in personal (7)

“While written in an admirable style and well arranged, the book fails
fully to convince the analytical reader.” W. J. Donald

+ — =J Pol Econ= 25:954 N ‘17 490w

“Much has been written concerning the experiment of Manitoba in the
public ownership of telephones, but Prof. James Mavor’s Government
telephones’ is the most searching and complete analysis of the
results. The confidence of the reader in the findings would be greater
if it were not evident from several passages that the author on
general principles is completely opposed to government conduct of
industries.”

+ — =Nation= 105:268 S 6 ‘17 120w

=R of Rs= 55:220 F ‘17 80w

=Springf’d Republican= p15 Ja 28 ‘17 420w

=MAXWELL, CHARLES ROBERT.=[2] Observation of teaching. (Riverside educational monographs) *70c (3c) Houghton 371 17-25130

This manual, an outgrowth of the author’s work as supervisor of the
training school of the Whitewater (Wis.) normal school, is designed
“for the use of students in training, for the use of teachers who are
desirous of analyzing the various elements in the teaching process,
and for the use of other persons who are interested in the observation
of teachers at work.” (Preface) Contents: The nature of the problem;
The purpose of observation; The value of observation; The teacher; The
pupils; The lesson procedure; The development lesson; The drill
lesson; The review lesson; The lesson for appreciation; Questioning;
Class management; The physical features of the schoolroom.

“This book will be of most service to the prospective teachers in our
normal schools and schools of education. It will be helpful to the
supervisor in that it analyzes the qualities of teaching and the
important aspects of school procedure that ought to be uppermost in
the mind of the supervisor in his observation work.” H. O. Rugg

+ =El School J= 18:317 D ‘17 220w

=MAXWELL, CONSTANTIA.= Short history of Ireland. *80c (2c) Stokes 941.5

A short history of Ireland dealing mainly with political events. The
author’s purpose has been “to present a clear and impartial account of
the chief features of Irish history,” and she has purposely left
social and economic questions, and matters of mythology and literature
out of her scheme. Contents: Early Ireland; The Norman invasion and
settlement; The decline of English power and advance of the Celts; The
Tudor conquest and the plantation of Ulster; The rebellion of 1641 and
the Cromwellian settlement; The war of the revolution; Ireland under
the old colonial system—the period of Protestant ascendancy; Ireland
since the Union. The volume is provided with maps and plans. The
author is lecturer in history in Trinity college, Dublin.

“A convenient, not very sympathetic, introductory manual.”

+ — =Ind= 91:188 Ag 4 ‘17 60w

“The author doubtless has marked opinions on the many problems which
have faced Ireland since it became a homogeneous nation, but she keeps
them religiously to herself. One of the great merits of this history
of Ireland is its absolute fairmindedness.”

+ =N Y Times= 22:282 Jl 29 ‘17 500w

“Miss Maxwell’s book is, however, little more than a syllabus, and in
such a work it is difficult to indicate the full meaning of every
event. Again, too, her matter-of-factness becomes slightly arid.”

+ — =Springf’d Republican= p11 Ja 27 ‘18 90w

=MAXWELL, WILLIAM MOREY.= If I were twenty-one; tips from a business veteran. il *$1.25 (3½c) Lippincott 658 17-29211

If you were twenty-one again and had life before you what would you
do? This question is answered for the youth of the land, out of the
experience, long and successful, of a man who sees the human and
humorous side of things as well as the serious and problematic. There
is moderation in his counsel. He avoids extremes. He advises a young
man not to become a specialist. He believes that the future will
demand all-around business men. If he were twenty-one again he would
do a great deal of reading, would take counsel of men who have made a
failure of life and would approach a career gradually, not taking a
salaried position under twenty-five. Contents: If I started again;
Finding your place in life; Self-esteem and self-confidence; Getting a
job; Handling men; Employing men; The dishonesty of honest men; The
amateur ad. writer; Writing a business letter; Do figures lie?

“Because Mr Maxwell’s volume is amusing, that fact does not prevent it
from containing many neat little truths.”

+ — =Boston Transcript= p8 D 8 ‘17 420w

“Almost every page gives amusing and instructive anecdotes from the
author’s experience, and the style is quite remarkable for a man who
does not profess an overfondness for the literature the professors say
we must read if we would write well. One can quite honestly tell any
young beginner in business to study this book, even if he has to pawn
his coat to get it.” Frank Fitt

+ =Pub W= 92:1385 O 20 ‘17 400w

“His book is full of suggestions, not in the shape of formal advice,
of which a superabundance has already found its way into books
designed for young and inexperienced business men, but in crisp,
humorous paragraphs, the nub of which is likely to stick in the mind.”

+ =R of Rs= 57:221 F ‘18 160w

=MAY, MAX BENJAMIN.= Isaac Mayer Wise. il *$2 (2½c) Putnam 17-6906

The subject of this biography is called the founder of American
Judaism. When he came to America in 1846 he found the Jews scattered
and unorganized. Their religious life was “an intolerable imitation of
that which existed in the old ghettos of Europe.” It seemed to him
that if Judaism was to survive in America “it would be necessary not
only to Americanize the Jew, but also his Judaism.” He made this his
life work. His biography has been written by his grandson, Max B. May,
judge of the Court of common pleas, Hamilton county, Ohio. The author
has allowed Dr Wise to speak for himself as much as possible, quoting
from his writings in The Occident, The Israelite, and other papers.

=A L A Bkl= 13:312 Ap ‘17

“What is significant, what really stands out in the whole biography,
is how definitively the reform movement in Judaism is a social and
political movement and how little it is a genuinely religious
movement.”

+ =Dial= 62:251 Mr 22 ‘17 250w

“For American Hebrews, especially those who belong to the ‘Reformed’
school, the biography of this distinguished leader by his grandson
will have intense interest. ... For the Gentile, on the other hand,
there is less to attract him, so absorbed is the interest in things
Jewish. Moreover, the din of arms and clash of conflict, the
reiteration of the word attack, are so incessant that he might rise
from its perusal with prejudice either created or intensified”

=Lit D= 54:917 Mr 31 ‘17 130w

“Judge May has refrained, purposely, from discussing Dr Wise as
theologian and writer. Yet, there was need for such a work as Judge
May has written. It portrays chiefly the personal side of Dr Wise, his
descent and ascent; it depicts the heroic struggle of his career. It
is not written in a cold, critical tone, but with warmth, con amore;
and in the case of a man who was above all a great personality, this,
no doubt, is the best means of approach and appreciation. ... The
attractive form of the book, with four portraits of Dr Wise, will add
to the pleasure of reading it.” H. G. Enelow

+ =N Y Times= 21:565 D 24 ‘16 1950w

=Pratt= p49 O ‘17 40w

=MAYO, KATHERINE.= Justice to all. il *$2.50 (2½ c) Putnam 353.9 17-6231

The author has written an account of the Pennsylvania State police.
This force is organized to promote state-wide order, to give sparsely
settled country districts the same police protection as that provided
in large cities. The author cites many instances of services of this
kind, but by far the larger portion of her book is given to the
activities of the State police in mining communities in time of labor
disturbances. Her many quotations show that from its beginning the
organization has had the support of the press and the opposition of
organized labor. Theodore Roosevelt writes an introduction to the
book.

+ =A L A Bkl= 13:291 Ap ‘17

=Ath= p465 S ‘17 800w

+ =Boston Transcript= p8 Ja 27 ‘17 950w

+ =Ind= 90:555 Je 23 ‘17 120w

“At present Pennsylvania alone has a State police (in her case the
word constabulary is a misnomer); the story of its work, which has
carried admiration wherever known, is here told with accuracy, detail,
and color.”

+ =Nation= 104:187 F 15 ‘17 1350w

“Not once in the book is the workers’ side of the case brought to
light. Not once is the legal right of self-defence upheld. Not once is
the inalienable right to protect one’s home recognized.” F: P. Burdick

=N Y Call= p1 F 4 ‘17 2500w

“Her account is so humanly interesting because she has written—and
written well and eloquently—out of full knowledge.”

+ =N Y Times= 22:30 Ja 28 ‘17 700w

“A narrative recording the exploits of disciplined efficiency is
always fascinating. This one is particularly so; some of the chapters
of the book are hero-stories and some are first-rate detective
stories. The book is aimed at the general reader: it is interesting
enough to be read purely for pleasure; and it should exert a
considerable influence.”

+ =No Am= 205:472 Mr ‘17 400w

=Pittsburgh= 22:215 Mr ‘17 70w

“Numerous vivid accounts of engagements between the police and
criminals are given. ... Other descriptions pertain to the chasing and
capture of murderers, the breaking up of the vicious black-hand gangs
which terrorized the mining sections, the ridding of the countryside
from Sunday ‘keg parties’ that generally wound up in crime, the
disruption of the anarchistic ‘I. W. W.s’ when that sect attempted to
put out of existence the United mine workers’ union.”

+ =Springf’d Republican= p6 Ap 9 ‘17 600w

=The Times= [=London=] =Lit Sup= p400 Ag 23 ‘17 1000w

=MEAD, DANIEL WEBSTER.= Contracts, specifications and engineering relations. il *$3 McGraw 620.03 16-20301

“A complete outline of professional conduct in engineering relations
from hunting a ‘job’ to drawing a contract is set forth in this work
for the benefit of the college student. The book, however, has a much
wider application than educating the engineering student, since it
would seem that others besides undergraduates could pursue further the
study of engineering contract preparation with benefit to themselves
and their clients. ... The work is a good summary of technical
literature on this subject to date, and contains an extensive
bibliography, including many references to articles in current
engineering journals.”—Engin News-Rec

“Comprehensive text-book.”

+ =Cleveland= p110 S ‘17 20w

“So far as the subject of contract writing is concerned, the book is
to be preferred to any work published in recent years.”

+ =Engin News-Rec= 78:364 My 17 ‘17 330w

=Pittsburgh= 22:459 My ‘17 30w (Reprinted from Electric Railway
Journal p674 Ap 7 ‘17)

+ =Pittsburgh= 22:521 Je ‘17 40w

=MEADE, ALWYNE.= Modern gasworks practice; with an introductory note by Stanley H. Jones. il *$7.50 Van Nostrand 665.7 17-21116

The author states that since no general work of reference covering
modern gasworks practice exists, he has attempted to remedy the
deficiency. He says, “It must be realized at the outset that so far as
the principles and practice of modern gas-making are concerned no
single individual can lay claim to omniscience. ... No pains have,
however, been spared to develop the book essentially on the ideas of
the practical man, whilst every precaution has been taken to avoid
inaccuracies. ... Nearly every chapter has been submitted for
suggestions to an expert in the particular branch with which it
deals.” Among the subjects covered are: The planning and laying out of
gasworks; Foundations, gasworks’ buildings, etc.; The horizontal
retort bench; The control of horizontal retort settings; Vertical
retorts and chamber ovens; Refractory materials; The mechanical
handling of materials; Electrical plant in gas works; Gas-making and
other coals. The author is lecturer in gas engineering and allied
subjects to the London county council.

=MEANY, EDMOND STEPHEN=, ed. Mount Rainier, a record of exploration. il *$2.50 (2½c) Macmillan 917.97 16-23519

A collection of historical and scientific papers bearing on Mount
Rainier, or, as some of the authors prefer, Mount Tacoma. Edmond S.
Meany, the editor, is professor of history in the University of
Washington and president of the Mountaineers. The first paper is a
reprint of Captain George Vancouver’s account of his discovery of the
mountain in 1792. Other papers of historical interest are: First
approach to the mountain, 1833, by William Fraser Tolmie; First
recorded trip through Naches pass, 1841, by Lieut. Robert E. Johnson;
Tacoma and the Indian legend of Hamitchou, by Theodore Winthrop; First
attempted ascent, 1857, by Lieut. A. V. Kautz; First successful
ascent, 1870, by General Hazard Stevens. Later papers deal with the
rocks, glaciers, flora, etc.

=A L A Bkl= 14:22 O ‘17

“With admirable judgment all these reports and records of exploration
and scientific study have been arranged chronologically. ... These
collected papers, though written strictly from a scientific point of
view, include much of popular interest. Especially attractive are the
stories of the various successful ascents of the mountains.”

+ =Boston Transcript= p6 My 12 ‘17 230w

+ =Dial= 62:447 My 17 ‘17 170w

+ =Lit D= 54:1710 Je 2 ‘17 200w

=Nation= 105:18 Jl 5 ‘17 300w

“When it is remembered that Mount Rainier national park is visited
annually by increasing thousands of tourists, the far-reaching
interest in such a book as this will be readily appreciated.”

+ =N Y Times= 22:196 My 20 ‘17 400w

“Especially replete with information concerning the origin of place
names in the Mount Rainier region.”

+ =R of Rs= 56:108 Jl ‘17 80w

“A volume of great interest and value to every lover of adventure, or
student of history. At the end of the book is a complete and very
valuable list of the flora of Mt Rainier.”

+ =Springf’d Republican= p8 My 29 ‘17 280w

=MEARS, MADGE.= Candid courtship. *$1.40 (1½c) Lane 17-23340

“Joan Allison and Colin, her brother, who is a doctor, live in a
boarding house. Another occupant, Stewart Austen, falls in love with
Joan, and is refused when he proposes to marry her, on the ground of a
bit of philandering he has committed in his youth, about which he
tells her frankly. Colin, meanwhile, has succumbed to the friendliness
of Val Carruthers, a tawdry, kindly light of love, married to a
veterinary, who has been one of his patients. They decide to leave
England together and, just as they are off, Colin leaves a note to
this effect for his sister. Joan turns to Austen for help, they
discover the couple’s destination, pursue them in a hired motor car,
get lost in a fog and, after having been obliged to spend the night
together in the car, they arrive early in the morning at a hotel—a
most compromised pair. ... Austen offers to take all the blame for the
episode, but Joan, whose viewpoint on the question has been reversed,
refuses to do this and ends by proposing to him and being accepted.”—N
Y Times

=Ath= p415 Ag ‘17 80w

“This is a very amusing little story and Miss Mears handles it for all
the fun there is to be had. Her conversation is decidedly clever, her
situations are funny, and her sense of comedy so good that she can
make the most of her opportunities. Apparently she is well up on the
thoughts and ideas of modern England—feminine England in
particular—and the satire is as bright as it is good-natured.”

+ =N Y Times= 22:333 S 9 ‘17 500w

“The characters of both Colin and Austen, in different ways, lack the
vigour and the knowledge which would have given balance to this
careful study of young womanhood; they are figures not in a world of
men but in a world of women.”

=The Times [London] Lit Sup= p334 Jl 12 ‘17 770w

“Mechanical World” pocket diary and year book for 1917. il 40c Norman, Remington co. 621.08

“In this, the thirtieth annual issue, several new features have been
introduced. In particular, attention is directed to the section on
Steam and the steam engine, which has been very largely
re-written. ... New tables have been introduced giving dimensions of
piston rings, governors, etc. ... A new section on The heat treatment
of steel has been introduced. ... Many new illustrations have been
introduced, while the book generally has been subjected to a thorough
revision.” (Preface)

=Pittsburgh= 22:342 Ap ‘17 50w

=Power= 45:333 Mr 6 ‘17 80w

=MEEK, ALEXANDER.= Migrations of fish. il *$4.50 Longmans 597 F17-152

“Mr Meek has written a scholarly and exhaustive work on the migration
of fish. As the director of the well-known Dove marine laboratory at
Cullercoats, he has a first-hand acquaintance with the subject.” (The
Times [London] Lit Sup) “An introduction treats of tides, tidal and
ocean currents, geological changes, nomenclature, and the literature
of the general subject. Then follow thirty-two chapters dealing with
various groups of fishes, from lampreys and sharks to toad-fish and
anglers. Finally, we have twenty pages of general considerations and
conclusions.” (Nation)

+ =A L A Bkl= 13:298 Ap ‘17

“Handling in masterly fashion a subject of intense scientific interest
and of vital commercial importance, Alexander Meek has spared no
effort to elucidate every phase of the matter and to make the most of
our present knowledge. His arrangement is clear and concise.”

+ =Nation= 104:246 Mr 1 ‘17 410w

“Notwithstanding what we have criticised as faults of commission or
omission in this substantial work, it is one which no one interested
in fishery science or desirous of an up-to-date grasp of some of the
phenomena underlying practical fishery questions can afford to
overlook.”

+ =Nature= 99:81 Mr 29 ‘17 900w

“The director of the Cullercoats marine laboratory has put together in
this solid and valuable book all that is known as to the migrations
and distribution of fish, taken class by class.”

+ =Spec= 118:276 Mr 3 ‘17 100w

“A mine of information and will be of the greatest use to all who are
engaged in researches into the marine food supply of the nation. It is
well illustrated, well written, and, whilst doing justice to other
workers, shows a competent degree of criticism. It also has what all
good books should have—a thoroughly good index.”

+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p570 N 30 ‘16 540w

=MEEKER, JAMES EDWARD.= Life and poetry of James Thomson (B. V.). il *$1.75 Yale univ. press 17-7035

“This little book will bring nothing new to students of Thomson’s
work, but it may well prove a useful introduction for those not
fortunate enough to have secured Salt’s biography of the poet. Mr
Meeker disclaims any ambitious purpose; he has made a compendium,
largely from the studies of Salt and Dobell, now become rare. He
adopts a rigid chronological order in the discussion of the poems,
which he uses as an interpretative commentary of the biography. He
quotes generously from the poems, and has chosen characteristic
extracts from the letters and the journal cited by Salt.”—Dial

“Mr Meeker’s book is clearly and entertainingly written; and he did
well in his account of such a life as Thomson’s to adopt the method,
as he tells us, of ‘using his poems and his prose chronologically as a
key to his inner development.’”

+ =Cath World= 106:253 N ‘17 750w

=Cleveland= p120 N ‘17 110w

=Dial= 62:446 My 17 ‘17 250w

“Has the considerable merit of brevity and is written in a style
perfectly clear though quite lacking in distinction. It brings out no
new facts of the poet’s life, and, so far as mere biography goes, will
not replace the works already published. Nor can it be said that the
critical parts of Mr Meeker’s commentary rise much above the
common-place.”

+ — =Nation= 104:373 Mr 29 ‘17 200w

“Despite the crudities of the book, the central figure stands out
strongly, a figure strangely kin to our own Poe, and England’s dead
youth, Chatterton; and as such it is worth while.”

+ — =N Y Call= p14 Ap 29 ‘17 140w

=Pratt= p49 O ‘17

“Of value for its appeal to general interest.”

+ =Springf’d Republican= p10 Ap 5 ‘17 200w

=MEIGS, WILLIAM MONTGOMERY.= Life of John Caldwell Calhoun. 2v il *$10 (3½c) Neale 17-24427

John C. Calhoun was born in 1782. He entered public life at an early
age, coming into prominence in 1807 at the time of the “Leopard” and
“Chesapeake” affair. He was a member of Congress during the War of
1812, and a strong advocate of relentless prosecution of the war. He
became a dominant figure in the storm and stress period that followed,
standing out staunchly against abolition and for states rights. His
life all but spans the period between the Revolution and the Civil
war, and any account of it must be a contribution to national history
as well as to biography. The author has based his work on original
sources, having access to many new letters and papers. Volume 2
contains the index.

“May be accepted as the long-desired complete and impartial life of
the great nullifier.”

+ =Am Pol Sci R= 12:139 F ‘18 650w

+ =Boston Transcript= p8 N 10 ‘17 800w

“The powerful yet pathetic personality of Calhoun has never been so
adequately portrayed as in the present biography. It is not only a
history of the man, but one of his times.”

+ =Outlook= 117:476 N 21 ‘17 60w

“Mr Meigs is a Pennsylvanian, born since Calhoun’s death and free from
the prejudices of the long period during which controversies in which
the South Carolinian was identified divided public opinion in this
country. His work as a biographer has been scholarly and thorough to a
degree, and as a record of the public career of the South’s greatest
statesman, this volume leaves little to be desired.”

+ =R of Rs= 57:100 Ja ‘18 120w

=MEIKLE, WILMA.= Towards a sane feminism. *$1.25 (4c) McBride 396 (Eng ed 17-21128)

Miss Meikle’s argument is “that a dependent class must become
economically influential before it can hope for political power”
(Dial), therefore women should enter commerce and business on a large
scale. Feminist leaders, and militant suffragists in particular, come
in for much criticism, yet the author believes that “without the
nomadic life of the suffragists a mentally healthy womanhood could
hardly have been evolved from the mentally anæmic ‘lady’ of the last
generation.” Political enfranchisement, however, is far less important
than “the reformation of the domestic relations of women, of their
relation to their husbands, and their relation to their children and
their work.” Political freedom will follow upon economic freedom.
“Economic independence is vitally necessary for women in order that
the full beauty of home life may be secured.” Other factors that will
help to secure this are early marriages, less rigid marriage laws, and
state aid in bringing up children. The fundamental, ultimate problem
is the problem of sex. It must be solved “by attempting to balance the
fiercest claims of the body with the mind’s ultimately stronger hunger
for romance.”

“Written for England but applicable in many of its ideas to women
anywhere. Thought provoking and to many, irritation-provoking.”

=A L A Bkl= 14:7 O ‘17

“There is a frankness throughout the book which leaves no unpleasant
taste in the mouth even after the chapter in which sex is discussed.”

+ =Ath= p37 Ja ‘17 70w

“The author does not preach suffrage especially. Her attitude seems to
be rather that of Lincoln toward abolition. If she can save women
without getting a single vote she will do it. But she thinks that the
vote will help her to gain her objects.” I. W. L.

=Boston Transcript= p7 Jl 18 ‘17 530w

“Miss Meikle’s sharp and witty criticism is directed neither against
men nor against the unawakened woman, but against feminist leaders and
types and trends themselves. ... The family’s sacredness is undermined
by her idea that ‘motherhood is one of the most casual of all
relations.’ ... Her book is immensely capable and provocative. It is
so novel in its scathing wit and its high good humor of irreverence
that I can imagine it taken with some resentment by the more studious
American feminists. Fortunately the discussion is of England, and
there is admiring comment on women’s social and public achievements in
the United States.” Randolph Bourne

+ =Dial= 63:103 Ag 16 ‘17 450w

“The criticisms of the Pankhurst psychology, and the snobbish,
pretentious fraud of the higher education for women at the older
universities, are admirable and much to the point. The style is clear
and terse, with a graphic pictorial quality, but Wilma Meikle should
beware of facile antitheses and off-hand dogmatism. She often
sacrifices accuracy to effect.” F. W. S. Browne

+ — =Int J Ethics= 27:406 Ap ‘17 150w

“One wonders much where Miss Meikle obtained all of her remarkable
assortment of misinformation about affairs in the United States.”

+ — =N Y Times= 22:348 S 16 ‘17 180w

=Pratt= p17 O ‘17 20w

“Her plea for restricting the size of the family is distinctly
unpatriotic in such times as these, and her sneers at religion and
good breeding in a chapter on ‘The Break-up of the lady’ are in the
worst possible taste.”

— =Spec= 117:sup686 D 2 ‘16 80w

=MELISH, JOHN HOWARD.= Franklin Spencer Spalding, man and bishop. il *$2.25 (2c) Macmillan 17-14393

Franklin Spencer Spalding, Bishop of Utah, died in 1914. This story of
his life is written by the rector of Holy Trinity church, Brooklyn.
The biography begins with an account of Frank Spalding’s boyhood. He
was eight years old when his father was appointed missionary bishop of
Colorado, and his early years were thus spent in surroundings similar
to those which were to be the scenes of his manhood labors. Subsequent
chapters are: Frank Spalding, Princeton ‘87; The choice of a
profession; Theological student; Jarvis Hall days; The parish house;
Spiritual growth; His approach to the social problem; Called to be a
bishop; The church in Utah; Salt Lake City; Mormonism; Begging east
and west; The church in the mining camp; The church and socialism; Man
among men; Manoach.

+ =Cleveland= p115 S ‘17 60w

“In Mr Melish’s well told story of this earnest life we get no
sectarianism and much discussion of the practical problems now before
the church and before society, and much shrewd advice to the
missionary.”

+ =Ind= 91:77 Jl 14 ‘17 70w

“A helpful book for college men considering the question of a life
calling, for ministers affected with excessive prudence and laymen who
do not appreciate the work of a true minister. Socialists will find
the chapter on the church and socialism almost as illuminating,
perhaps, as the average churchman.” L: A. Walker

+ =N Y Call= p14 Ag 12 ‘17 400w

+ =Pittsburgh= 22:744 N ‘17 40w

=R of Rs= 56:439 O ‘17 40w

“The story of his life and work which Mr Melish has put together will
help to preserve his memory and will prove inspiring to all who labor
in hard places. It is also worthy of consideration as an answer to the
overworked argument that the Episcopal church, cares little for social
righteousness and those who labor with their hands.”

+ =Springf’d Republican= p6 Jl 27 ‘17 950w

Reviewed by Graham Taylor

+ =Survey= 39:254 D 1 ‘17 380w

=MELVILLE, NORBERT JOHN.= Standard method of testing juvenile mentality by the Binet-Simon scale; with the original questions, pictures and drawings; a uniform procedure and analysis. il *$2 Lippincott 371.9 17-13701

This standard method of testing juvenile mentality by the Binet-Simon
scale is prepared by the director of the psychological laboratory,
Philadelphia school of pedagogy, and is based on experiments conducted
by the author in public schools in Philadelphia, and other cities.
These investigations, which have involved the training of several
hundred co-workers, have demonstrated the necessity and practicability
of standardizing each detail of procedure. Some of the questions that
are given attention for the first time are: “With what tests should
the examiner begin? Which of two alternative questions should be first
employed in a given case? Under what conditions may a test be
repeated? By what precise standards shall we decide whether responses
in such tests as the definitions should be credited at age six or age
nine?” Part 1 is devoted to General procedure in gathering and
analyzing the data; Part 2 to Uniform method of applying the
Binet-Simon scale (Final revision by Binet and Simon, 1911). William
Healy, of the Juvenile psychopathic institute of Chicago, writes an
introduction for the work.

=Ath= p518 O ‘17 150w

“The standard method developed by the writer of this manual is well
characterized as provisional.’ We should note, however, that at the
same time it is the outcome of more detailed research and gives more
adequate attention to details of mental testing than does any such
manual which we have yet seen.”

+ =El School J= 17:689 My ‘17 300w

“Part 2 provides, in form convenient for use, all the printed
materials necessary for the tests. This is in itself a distinct
service to Binet test-users.” M. R. Trabue

+ =J Philos= 14:530 S 13 ‘17 500w

“It is essentially a guide to practice, and as such may be warmly
recommended.”

+ =Nature= 100:103 O 11 ‘17 280w

=N Y Br Lib News= 4:93 Je ‘17

=Pittsburgh= 22:540 Je ‘17

“A very useful and practical work.” Alexander Johnson

+ =Survey= 39:260 D 1 ‘17 50w

=MENCKEN, HENRY LOUIS.= Book of prefaces. *$1.50 (3c) Knopf 810.4 17-28839

The first two-thirds of this volume by the editor of the Smart Set
discusses the work of Joseph Conrad, Theodore Dreiser, and James
Huneker. The last third deals with Puritanism as a literary force.
Here Mr Mencken discusses both the “Puritan impulse from within,”
which “has been a dominating force in American life since the very
beginning” and the “genesis and development” of the “Puritan authority
from without”—the “organization of Puritanism upon a business and
sporting basis.” Mr Mencken is out of sympathy with “this moral
obsession,” as he calls it, which sets American literature “off
sharply from all other literatures.”

“They abound in clever phrases and quick turns of thought.”

+ =A L A Bkl= 14:87 D ‘17

“Few have dared to suggest so clearly the exact ways in which the
present-day Puritans have laid a numbing hand on art and the manner in
which their work has been done.” D. L. M.

+ =Boston Transcript= p8 D 19 ‘17 1100w

— =Nation= 105:593 N 29 ‘17 2350w

“He has all the raw material of the good critic—moral freedom, a
passion for ideas and for literary beauty, vigor and pungency of
phrase, considerable reference and knowledge. Why have these
intellectual qualities and possessions been worked up only so
partially into the finished attitude of criticism?” Randolph Bourne

– + =New Repub= 13:102 N 24 ‘17 1200w

“Here are vital appreciations, here are pungent bits of writing that
interpret in terms of the classic realism, romanticism, naturalism,
and what not, without the heavy professorial pedanticism.” F. J. K.

+ =N Y Call= p14 N 25 ‘17 1750w

“Mr Mencken is an intelligent man with a certain gift of phrase, and
if he were content to be a critic, and not so often an apologist for
the nasty, and if he only wrote in earnest, instead of being
provocatively flippant and cynical, his mind might count in the
critical councils of the hour. He writes entertainingly, but without
special penetration, about Conrad. ... Mr Mencken does not merely rant
against the Puritans. ... He does see that there was a moral elevation
in Puritanism, though he apparently does not sympathize with a
morality that subordinates the personality to a spiritual ideal—that,
in other words, has the same aim as art. ... Pithy and nettling
persiflage is the final judgment that one must pass on Mr Mencken’s
book.”

– + =Springf’d Republican= p17 O 21 ‘17 850w

=MENZIES, AMY CHARLOTTE (BEWICKE) (MRS STUART MENZIES).= Memories discreet and indiscreet. il *$5 Dutton 17-30307

“This is a book of reminiscences of the interesting people whom the
author met in the course of a wandering outdoor career as the wife of
an army officer in India, Egypt, and England. She tells many new
stories about celebrities as widely separated as Cardinal Manning and
Lord Cardigan, Parnell, Father Stanton, Melton Prior, and Fred
Burnaby; and she draws an unconventional sketch of a side of Lord
Kitchener’s character not generally presented to the public. She
gives, also, some fresh details of the famous ride to Kandahar and the
Majuba Hill disaster, but serious information is not her forte.”—Spec

“An easy, intimate account of the life and achievements of those
well-known to fame, told with a style and ease of manner that gratify
our interest and curiosity.”

+ =Lit D= 55:46 D 1 ‘17 190w

+ =R of Rs= 56:551 N ‘17 30w

“In her lighter moods she is always entertaining; she avoids malicious
scandal, and leaves on the reader’s mind the impression of a very
attractive personality, sweet-tempered, broad-minded, and unselfish,
more devoted to living than to literature.”

+ =Spec= 119:40 Jl 14 ‘17 170w

“The writer is a plucky, versatile, travelled woman; an entertaining
conversationalist who writes as she talks.”

+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p258 My 31 ‘17 980w

=MEREDITH, CHRISTABEL M.= Educational bearings of modern psychology. (Riverside educational monographs) *60c (2c) Houghton 370.1 17-715

This work by an Englishwoman, is an application of some of the
principles of modern psychology to elementary education. The aim of
the book is “to give a brief account of some portions of recent
psychological work which have had and are likely to have a special
influence on education. Part 1 is concerned mainly with genetic
psychology: instincts, the growth of habit, and the effect of
environment and suggestion. ... Part 2 is concerned with some special
studies in educational psychology and in particular with experimental
work.” (Preface) Dr Henry Suzzallo, in his introduction says, “The
compass of the work is small, but a fine discrimination in choice and
organization has made brevity a virtue unaccompanied by its usual
shortcomings.”

=A L A Bkl= 13:242 Mr ‘17

+ =Cleveland= p108 S ‘17 20w

“Within her limits Mrs Meredith has done distinctly useful work,
choosing her topics with discretion and treating them in a competent
and serviceable way. ... The final chapter on adolescence contains
wisdom for parents as well as for teachers.”

+ =Nature= 98:27 S 14 ‘16 200w

=Pratt= p16 O ‘17 20w

=MERINGTON, MARGUERITE.= More fairy tale plays. il *$1.50 Duffield 812 17-22672

A companion volume to “Fairy tale plays,” planned on the same lines.
The author has chosen familiar fairy tales and made them into plays,
introducing new characters as her plots demand. Contents: Puss in
boots; The three bears; Hearts of gold, or, Lovely Mytlie; Hansel and
Gretel. A fee is charged for the stage use of any of the plays.

“They contain very little action and hardly a line of sincere
dialogue; its lines being farfetched and facetious talk,—most of it
(thank Heaven) well over the heads or under the feet of children.” J:
Walcott

— =Bookm= 46:494 D ‘17 120w

=Ind= 92:444 D 1 ‘17 20w

“Teachers and parents eager for plays to give to children will find
this volume, by a seasoned playwright, of great help.”

+ =Lit D= 55:59 D 8 ‘17 60w

“The book has nothing in common with its name. It is devoid of either
imagination or play.” LaVergne Miller

— =N Y Call= p14 Ja 12 ‘18 200w

“The conversation, too, is in keeping and often witty, and the stage
directions are definite enough to result in a satisfactory
representation.”

+ =Springf’d Republican= p6 D 20 ‘17 70w

=MERTON, HOLMES WHITTIER (YARMO VEDRA, pseud.).= How to choose the right vocation. *$1.50 Funk 174 17-14247

A book which “aims to meet—so far as it is possible to do so without
expert personal counseling—the urgent need of individual guidance in
choice of vocation.” The author discusses in turn the dominant
abilities—construction, intuition, reason, form, color, number,
attention, etc. With the analysis of these dominant characteristics is
included discussion of what he calls “essential” and “supporting,” as
well as consideration of “deterrent” abilities. Following the
discussion in each case are a group of “self measuring questions” and
a list of the professions and trades which demand the characteristics
under discussion. Several hundred professions, arts, commercial
enterprises and trades are included in these lists. In conclusion
there is a chapter on “The great vocation”—agriculture. Mr Merton is a
vocational counselor in New York city and author of “Descriptive
mentality.”

+ =Boston Transcript= p6 Ag 29 ‘17 230w

“Its value is lessened by the lack of an index.”

+ — =Cleveland= p124 N ‘17 50w

“A curious, entertaining and doubtless useful compilation.”

+ =Ind= 92:193 O 27 ‘17 40w

“It is an educational volume of the self-educational kind, sure to
profit one if studied in a receptive mood.”

+ =Lit D= 55:43 N 3 ‘17 290w

+ =Lit D= 56:36 Ja 26 ‘18 200w

=N Y Br Lib News= 4:125 Ag ‘17

“This overambitious attempt defeats its end by being so cumbersome
that it is not convincing. It is doubtful whether any but those so
intelligent as to need little guidance could guide themselves by this
elaborate system. The book is worthy of study by vocational counselors
for the suggestiveness of the questions and the descriptions of
characteristics.” F. M. Leavitt and Margaret Taylor

– + =School R= 26:61 Ja ‘18 150w

=MERWIN, HENRY CHILDS.= Horse; his breeding, care, and treatment in health and disease. il *$1.50 (2c) McClurg 636.1 17-14155

A book on the breeding and care of horses. Earlier books by the author
include “Dogs and men,” published in 1910, and “Road, track and
stable,” published in 1912. Part 1 of this book treats of The
breeding, training, and care of horses, part 2 of Diseases and
injuries. A bibliography gives references to other books on the
subject. The volume is well illustrated and is indexed.

=MERWIN, SAMUEL.= Temperamental Henry. il *$1.50 Bobbs 17-24396

“‘Temperamental Henry,’ also sometimes known among his mates as ‘Henry
the Ninth,’ is an eighteen-year-old youth who lives in a small
Illinois town not far from Chicago. He holds the centre of the stage,
but around him are grouped his ‘crowd’ of boys and girls, all of about
his own age, while more or less importantly across the scene now and
then crosses one of their elders. The author has turned his attention
especially to Henry, and him has dissected and discussed and pictured,
up and down, in and out, through all his waverings, irresponsible,
sudden moods and absurdities, comedies and tragedies. It is a
remarkable—and amusing—portrayal of the age of adolescence, comparable
with, or, rather, a sort of chronological sequel to Booth Tarkington’s
‘Seventeen,’ with which it will, inevitably, be compared.”—N Y Times

+ =A L A Bkl= 14:61 N ‘17

Reviewed by H. W. Boynton

+ =Bookm= 46:341 N ‘17 60w

“Henry strikes the reader as remarkably true. It is because he is so
undoubtedly true to that temperamentality of youth, that the book
possesses a meaning far in excess of the light story which it tells.
The ability to bestow so complete a sense of reality upon a character
must be acknowledged as fine art.” D. L. M.

+ =Boston Transcript= p7 N 3 ‘17 920w

“Mr Merwin takes his eighteen-year-old hero rather seriously, and
makes one feel the near-tragedy as well as the humor, the romance as
well as the banality, of that distressing period of emotional chaos
termed adolescence.”

+ =Cleveland= p132 D ‘17 60w

“Both funny and pathetic.”

+ =Dial= 63:464 N 8 ‘17 80w

“Frankly, while we acknowledge that ‘boys will be boys’ and we love
their foolish boyishness, we find ‘Henry the ninth’ a terrible strain
on our credulity and are glad that our nineteen-year-old friends are
not such gullible idiots.”

— =Lit D= 55:38 O 27 ‘17 230w

“The readers of the story, and they are sure to be many, will be glad
to know that Mr Merwin purposes letting them follow Henry’s career as
he grows older and becomes something more than an unlicked cub.”

+ =N Y Times= 22:366 S 30 ‘17 550w

“We would hardly say that Merwin and Barrie were in the same class as
writers, much as we like the American’s humor and realism. But they
both, surely, have created and given the breath of life to one
adolescent, temperamental boy. Booth Tarkington’s ‘Seventeen’ was
funny. And it had its moments of extremely clear insight into a boy’s
mind. But ‘Temperamental Henry’ goes much deeper, as did ‘Sentimental
Tommy.’ ... Probably the most human bit about the whole book is the
dedication. ‘To Sam and John,’ it reads, ‘with sympathy.’ That is the
whole point. ... The author understands.” E. P. Wyckoff

+ =Pub W= 92:801 S 15 ‘17 450w

“A most entertaining tale.”

+ =Springf’d Republican= p17 N 4 ‘17 500w

=MERWIN, SAMUEL, and others.= Sturdy oak; theme by Mary Austin; the chapters collected and (very cautiously) ed. by Elizabeth Jordan. il *$1.40 (2½c) Holt 17-31033

A composite volume from the pen of fourteen prominent writers who,
good suffragists that they are, donated their services to the cause.
It is a lively story of one George Remington who, as the action
begins, has just brought his bride to the old Remington place, and is
launching upon a political campaign for the post of district attorney.
One of the big issues upon which he must express an opinion is that of
woman suffrage. He writes a flowery article for his town’s leading
paper, containing the usual anti home-is-the-sanctuary,
man-the-protector, woman-the-ministering-angel line of objection to
enfranchising women. The suffragists fully aroused, organize and swing
into one of those efficient campaigns for which they are noted. Their
aim is not to defeat Remington so much as to teach him a necessary
lesson. When two unprotected female relatives of the clinging-vine
type swoop down upon him, when his adorable wife becomes a suffragist,
when he is shown the wretched housing conditions of the factory
district owned by comfortable, flabby-brained women who won’t shoulder
responsibilities—the scales fall from his eyes. His victory is
complete.

“A good story and a boost for woman suffrage.”

+ =A L A Bkl= 14:132 Ja ‘18

“Though it is obviously a tour de force, it turns out to be no worse,
if no better, than dozens of novels set adrift by the publishers each
season. As a presentation of the ‘woman question,’ of which suffrage
of course is only a phase, ‘The sturdy oak’ is absurd, even though it
advances all the stock pros and demolishes all the stock cons. It is
made to seem the more absurd by comparison with the new edition of ‘A
woman of genius,’ by Mary Austin, the writer of chapter 13 of ‘The
sturdy oak’ and the builder of its plot. Sound advice to the reading
public would be: Buy ‘The sturdy oak’ for the sake of the cause and
read ‘A woman of genius’ to find out what it is all about.”

– + =Dial= 64:117 Ja 31 ‘18 550w

“It isn’t as good, we believe, as any one of them could have done
alone. A good suffrage tract, a not bad story, and an interesting
study in comparative literary workmanship.”

+ — =Ind= 92:385 N 24 ‘17 160w

“In the present instance all seriousness is there, all determination
and intent to place the suffrage question on its broadly human instead
of the usual limited sex basis. And it is done with deftness, with a
few fine, old thrills, with delightful irony and some well-directed
straight arm jolts.” F. W.

+ =N Y Call= p15 N 18 ‘17 500w

“An exceedingly interesting story, and very amusing to boot. It is
very far from being dogmatic. It is very clever indeed. And from
beginning to end it is irresistibly readable. There are weaknesses and
extravagances in the book. But the novel as a whole is excellent.”

+ — =N Y Times= 22:458 N 11 ‘17 1050w

“Each chapter is the contribution of one author, but the theme is
carried along so smoothly that the chapters link together without a
hitch or suggestion of friction. The authors, too, subordinate to the
central idea—propagandism, if you choose,—the mannerisms peculiar to
their own individual styles.”

+ =Springf’d Republican= p13 Ja 20 ‘18 540w

=METCALFE, AGNES EDITH.= Woman’s effort: a chronicle of British women’s fifty years’ struggle for citizenship (1865-1914); with an introd. by Laurence Housman. il *$1.25 Longmans 324.3 (Eng ed 17-24667)

Miss Metcalfe has written a detailed account of the militant movement
for the political emancipation of women in Great Britain and Ireland
from 1906 to 1914, with a brief summary of preceding events, to which
she devotes only twenty-six pages of her book. “For much of the
history of the first thirty-five years or so of the Women’s suffrage
movement the author acknowledges indebtedness to Miss Helen
Blackburn’s book, ‘Women’s suffrage’ (1902). ... Interesting details
are given of the later and most advanced manifestations of
‘militancy’; and the four trials for conspiracy which occurred between
1912 and 1914 are briefly described. The frontispiece and six other
illustrations are reproductions of cartoons from Punch.” (Ath) There
is a three-page Suffrage directory confined to British societies.

“The statement is fair and dispassionate, though the writer’s sympathy
with the agitation is not concealed.”

=Ath= p357 Jl ‘17 200w

“Miss Metcalfe, as has been said, gives most of her space and emphasis
to the ‘militant’ suffragists; she passes over, with very inadequate
comment, the more statesmanlike work of the non-militant societies;
there are many serious omissions, amounting almost to
misrepresentation, on this side of the question. These omissions
considerably detract from the value of what is otherwise a sound
historical record of one of the least creditable phases by which
‘Freedom slowly broadens down’ in the good old Victorian fashion.”

+ — =Ath= p36 Ja ‘18 660w

“The author maintains a detached and judicial point of view and
nowhere betrays her own convictions or sympathies.”

+ =N Y Times= 22:348 S 16 ‘17 120w

“Miss Metcalfe can hardly be called a dispassionate chronicler, but
she may fairly claim to have compiled a narrative of what actually
occurred.”

=Spec= 119:64 Jl 21 ‘17 90w

“The whole book is a typical illustration of suffragette
psychology. ... Partisanship deprives the work of most of its value.”

* – =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p389 Ag 16 ‘17 2150w

=MICKIEWICZ, ADAM.= Pan Tadeusz; or, The last foray in Lithuania; tr. from the Polish by G: Rapall Noyes. *$2.25 Dutton 891.85

“This is the second translation of Mickiewicz’s best-known poem that
has appeared in English, Miss Briggs having published a rendering in
1885. The poet wrote ‘Pan Tadeusz’ while he was exiled from his native
country and living in Paris, where it was published in 1834.” (Ath)
“‘Pan Tadeusz,’ the national poem of Poland, describes life in
Lithuania at the beginning of the nineteenth century. It seems to have
budded in the poet’s mind as a rustic idyll—the love of Thaddeus
Soplica for Zosia Horeszko, daughter of an ancient house wronged by
his own. ... As the poem took shape, however, the young lover and his
private fortunes became dwarfed by the larger interests represented by
his father, Jacek Soplica. Jacek is one of those full-blooded romantic
figures whom writers of the period loved to create. In a fit of
jealousy he had murdered the chief of the Horeszkos ... taking sides
for this purpose with the Muscovites, the national enemy; and this
misdoing of his, together with his remorse, supplies the framework of
the poem. With the object of atoning for his crime, Jacek strives both
to unite the Polish Montagues and Capulets in the persons of the young
lovers and to free Poland from Muscovite oppression.” (The Times
[London] Lit Sup)

“The lyrical movement in these passages is what chiefly reminds us
that we are reading the translation of a poem, and not a regular prose
romance. There is also an epical breadth about the narrative, and the
fighting is described with Homeric realism.”

+ =Ath= p526 O ‘17 280w

“The two predominant characteristics of the poem are an intensity of
feeling which sometimes lapses to sentimentality and again rises to
lyric fervor, and a wonderful truth not only to the general impression
but also to concrete facts of his experience.” D. L. M.

+ =Boston Transcript= p8 D 8 ‘17 500w

“Mr Noyes has translated the poem into English prose, perhaps gaining
for it thereby something in story interest while, except in form, he
has lost little of its poetic values. His work has been done with
admirable care and spirit and with signal success. The pictures of
life reproduce with appealing fidelity the simple, tenderly portrayed
details of the original, and also its intense feeling and quiet
humor.”

+ =N Y Times= 23:11 Ja 13 ‘18 510w

“The various elements are skilfully combined, but it is less as a
story that the poem impresses the reader than as a series of richly
coloured pictures of a vanished past.”

+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p460 S 27 ‘17 950w

=MIDDLETON, EDGAR C.=[2] Way of the air. *$1 (2½c) Stokes 623.7 17-22331

“The idea of this little book is to give as clear and graphic a
description of modern aviation as circumstances will permit. ... The
writer’s chief endeavor in the opening chapters has been to help the
young man who wishes to adopt ‘flying’ as a profession. Part 2 of the
book is composed of a collection of incidents taken from the diary of
an air pilot on active service somewhere in the north of France. They
are given in their original form.” (Author’s note) Part of the
material of the book is reprinted from the Daily Mail, Daily Express,
and other English periodicals.

+ =Boston Transcript= p6 Ja 16 ‘18 270w

+ =Ind= 92:342 N 17 ‘17 90w

=MIESSNER, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.= Radiodynamics. il *$2 Van Nostrand 621.3 16-20751

“This is intended to provide a historical and technical description of
the development of wirelessly controlled mechanisms, but is directed
toward the military and non-technical scientific reader as well as
toward the engineer. The book opens with a discussion of ‘wireless’
telegraphy. ... The central portion of the book gives some descriptive
matter relating to various early attempts at wireless control of
boats, airships and torpedoes, and the author then takes up in some
detail the work of J. H. Hammond, jr. (whose assistant he was) in
improving the military value of such devices. Various problems of
interference prevention, relay operation, etc., are discussed and the
author’s suggested solutions described.”—Elec World

=A L A Bkl= 14:117 Ja ‘18

“Non-technical work describing much suggestive research. Not entirely
reliable on the historical side.”

+ — =Cleveland= p109 S ‘17 13w

=Electrical News= N 1 ‘16

“Some ingenious proposals are brought forward, though the treatment is
largely amateurish from the radio-engineering standpoint. ... In spite
of its evident weaknesses, however, the reader is likely to find some
information of interest in the descriptive chapters.”

=Elec World= 69:281 F 10 ‘17 200w

“B. F. Miessner, expert radio aide of the United States navy, has
presented the subject clearly and concisely, assuming a considerable
knowledge of electricity on the part of his reader.”

+ =Ind= 89:558 Mr 26 ‘17 40w

“The author has unnecessarily increased the bulk of his book by the
introduction of a good deal of irrelevant matter, and by space given
to elementary facts connected with wireless telegraphy which might
quite well have been taken as familiar to any reader likely to be
interested in it. Moreover, he has rather overestimated the importance
of the early work of some American investigators, and done
insufficient justice to that of European workers. He is not a safe
guide on points of history or priority in relation to
radio-telegraphic invention.” J. A. F.

+ — =Nature= 99:442 Ag 2 ‘17 800w

=N Y Br Lib News= 3:190 D ‘16

“The book contains more information on this subject than can probably
be found elsewhere by the general reader, and will give him, as well
as the trained engineer, a brief history and exposition of the methods
and some of the apparatus used in radio-dynamics to within
comparatively few years. ... The subject matter is well planned and
the diagrams clear and well rendered.”

+ =N Y P L New Tech Bks= p12 Ja ‘17 150w (Reprinted from the
Journal of the United States Artillery Nov-Dec ‘16)

=Scientific American= 115:537 D 9 ‘16 200w

=MIGEOD, FREDERICK WILLIAM HUGH.= Earliest man. *$1.50 Dutton 571 (Eng ed 17-7052)

“Mr Migeod’s essay, written in West Africa, is a thoughtful attempt to
reconstruct the earliest stages in man’s evolution from the beast,
with illustrations from the life of animals and natives in the
tropical bush.” (Spec) “The advancement of proto-man to the dignity of
homo primigenius is also considered, as are the first stages in the
use of shelter, clothing, weapons, fire and cooking. The transition
from eoliths to palæoliths, the origin of speech, and social
organization, are dealt with in the later chapters.” (Ath)

“The tables of cranial capacities, localities, and chronology are
useful for reference.”

+ =Ath= p429 S ‘16 170w

Reviewed by Archibald Henderson

+ =Bookm= 46:274 N ‘17 300w