Chapter VI: Part 2: deals with ‘Government and the citizen’ and is made up of a (3)

“The peace of Westphalia, the execution of Charles I, Washington,
Napoleon, the Vatican council, not to speak of the real protagonists,
Bismarck and the German emperor, the Boer war, Queen Victoria, and
President Wilson all contribute to Dr Barry’s picture of ‘The world’s
debate,’ which we need not say is the debate between civilization and
kultur, between the Catholic Christian ideal of France and England and
the heathenism of Prussia.” (The Times [London] Lit Sup) The author
says, “‘Autocracy in its assault on democracy was my subject; but my
hope was to prove by facts and history two things: first that absolute
power is doomed ... and, in the second place, that democracy and
Christianity ought to recognize each other as by origin and spirit of
the same nature.’” (The Times [London] Lit Sup Ag 23 ‘17)

“The whole method of handling bears the stamp of originality. When the
historian combines with scientific exactness the imagination of the
poet and the vision of the preacher he holds a powerful weapon with
which to drive home truth.” A. M.

+ =Boston Transcript= p6 N 14 ‘17 750w

=The Times [London] Lit Sup= p407 Ag 23 ‘17 50w

“Dr Barry is a pleasant guide; often rambling and discursive, with no
very deep display of learning, he gives us his interpretations of the
moral of modern history, and from time to time illustrates his story
by the personal reminiscences which make the book resemble a pleasant
conversation.”

+ — =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p411 Ag 30 ‘17 850w

=BARTLETT, FREDERICK ORIN.= Triflers. il *$1.40 (2c) Houghton 17-10201

A man and a woman, Americans, who meet by chance in Paris, decide in a
most commonsense and business-like way to marry. They have known one
another for ten years altho they have seen little of one another. The
serious responsibilities of marriage are distasteful to both of them,
but the marriage they agree upon is to have no responsibilities.
Marjory, for her part, desires freedom. The working out of the
experiment is the theme of the story. Their meeting with an old lover
of Marjory’s induces the two triflers to look at life seriously. By
this time too they have fallen deeply in love with one another.

“Brightly written and entertaining in its way.”

+ =A L A Bkl= 13:401 Je ‘17

“Having begun with an arbitrary and improbable, if not impossible,
situation, the author is at some pains to motivate fully the rest of
his tale. He has succeeded in tracing real character development, and
has subordinated circumstances to it in a large measure.” R. W.

+ — =Boston Transcript= p8 Ap 14 ‘17 440w

“Mr Bartlett has so much skill and charm, his style is so clear and
pleasing that some day he will surely write a less trifling book.”

– + =Dial= 62:528 Je 14 ‘17 100w

=Nation= 105:16 Jl 5 ‘17 130w

+ =N Y Times= 22:214 Je 3 ‘17 280w

“A somewhat improbable romance. ... The book is hardly on the level
with Mr Bartlett’s ‘Wall street girl,’ which was notably original and
true to life.”

– + =Outlook= 115:710 Ap 18 ‘17 80w

“The reader is not denied a happy ending, but the suspension of
interest coincides with the interjection of the false note.”

– + =Springf’d Republican= p17 My 6 ‘17 280w

=BARTLEY, MRS NALBRO ISADORAH.= Paradise auction. il *$1.50 (1c) Small 17-23973

The influence of one gracious and beautiful woman on the lives of four
young people is the central theme of this story. “Darly,” so called
from her son’s childish name for her, had been a famous English
actress in her youth, but she had given up the stage and had come to a
small American city in order to give her child a simple and wholesome
bringing up. His playmates from childhood, Paul and Natalie Kail and
Molly Brene look up to Darly as Jack himself does. Paul and Molly
marry early but Natalie, who loves Jack, and Darly, his mother, suffer
together the pain of seeing him marry a shallow, flippant little
parasite who is destined to make marriage a mockery. It seems for a
time that the mother’s life of sacrifice has been in vain; but it has
not, and not only Jack, but the others as well, find, even after her
death, that their destinies are shaped by her ideals.

=A L A Bkl= 14:25 O ‘17

“We follow the separate destinies with an interest which does not wane
through a long story.”

+ =Boston Transcript= p6 Ag 18 ‘17 300w

“It is a rather futile and exhausted subject, handled in a manner that
is skilful, though lamentably typical of modern magazine fiction.”

– + =Dial= 64:78 Ja 17 ‘18 60w

+ =Ind= 91:188 Ag 4 ‘17 70w

“Though the novel is much too long, it holds the reader’s interest
fairly well. The people are real with a possible exception of the
somewhat too remarkable and admirable Darly.”

+ — =N Y Times= 22:222 Je 10 ‘17 430w

“The characters move without artificial stimulus. This is particularly
true in the cases of the actress-mother and the son’s parasitic wife.
The dialog is spontaneous.”

+ — =Springf’d Republican= p15 Ag 26 ‘17 500w

=BARTON, BRUCE.= More power to you. *$1 (2½c) Century 170 17-23552

Fifty editorials from Every Week which are really sermonettes. They
are tiny doses of American idealism offered to business men who are in
danger of sacrificing home life, friends, books, even dreams on the
altar of business success. The writer shows that many a man has, as a
by-product of his building, strengthened the character and lifted the
ideals of hundreds of his associates, and helped in the regeneration
of entire communities. There is some good advice concerning how to
achieve that by-product.

=A L A Bkl= 14:38 N ‘17

“Mr Barton has the honest American respect for material ‘progress’ and
business ‘success.’ But he is not sentimental on the one hand or
materialistic on the other. ... ‘More power to you’ is a stimulating,
vigorous, wholesome little book.”

+ =N Y Times= 22:347 S 16 ‘17 400w

=St Louis= 15:386 N ‘17 20w

“It is a little book that bids us stop for a moment and examine our
rushing world. It is a book of simple aphorisms phrased so cleverly
that the advice is often concealed for the moment by the sugar
coating.”

+ =Springf’d Republican= p17 N 4 ‘17 160w

=BARTON, GEORGE AARON.= Religions of the world. (Handbooks of ethics and religion) *$1.50 Univ. of Chicago press 209 17-20653

The author is professor of biblical literature and Semitic languages
in Bryn Mawr college, Pennsylvania. The book “opens with an outline of
primitive religions, and then, having stated the main elements of
religion in Babylon and Egypt, goes on to deal with the religion of
the ancient Hebrews, Judaism, and Mahommedanism. The next section of
the book is concerned with Zoroastrianism, from which it passes to the
religions of India, China, and Japan. Chapters on the religions of
Greece and Rome follow, and the book closes with a section on
Christianity.” (The Times [London] Lit Sup) “At the close of each
chapter supplementary readings are given. These are divided into two
classes, one for extended work, and one for those who have but a
limited time to give to the subject. At the end of the volume there
are lists of books on special subjects for the teacher, topics for
study, and an ‘outline of a book to be written by the student.’ There
is a good index.” (Boston Transcript)

+ =A L A Bkl= 14:148 F ‘18

“The volume is meant to be a textbook, and as such it is admirable.”

+ =Boston Transcript= p7 Ag 15 ‘17 480w

“His work is colored throughout by the conviction of the Protestants
that man is saved by faith alone; his book is little more than a
summary of the views which various peoples have entertained in regard
to God, the soul, immortality, and so on.”

— =Dial= 64:74 Ja 17 ‘18 850w

=Ind= 91:293 Ag 25 ‘17 90w

“An admirable text-book for the study of comparative religions.
Without being controversial it is animated throughout by the
characteristic spirit which recognizes that pagan religions are the
product of the soul’s quest after God.”

+ =Outlook= 117:309 O 24 ‘17 60w

“A terse, well-written text-book packed with the facts concerning the
great religions of the world.”

+ =R of Rs= 56:329 S ‘17 80w

“Valuable to all who want a concise and accurate survey of the ideals
and growths of the religious systems of the world. ... The book fills
a real need in the popular religious literature of the day.”

+ =Springf’d Republican= p6 Ag 17 ‘17 300w

+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p408 Ag 23 ‘17 180w

=BARTON, GEORGE EDWARD.= Re-education. *$1 (7c) Houghton 362 17-31277

A fearless analysis of the institutional system of the United States
by a business man and for business men. The writer believes that there
are some fundamental weaknesses or fallacies in our present system of
dealing with education, sin, insanity and disease. He bases objections
to the existing institutional system on the failure to do more than
prevent, during the period of incarceration, the act of which the
prisoner or patient has been guilty. He would build up a system of
re-education which would make producers of inmates of institutions
with an increase of efficiency. The thought underlying the inquiry and
arraignment emanates from the best social theory of the day.

=BASHFORD, HENRY HOWARTH.= Songs out of school. (New poetry ser.) *75c Houghton 821

There is a note of quiet happiness in this small book of poems. Even
“The vision of spring, 1916,” the one piece in the book that touches
on the world tragedy, speaks with the voice of hope. Other poems are,
The high road, Little April, Litany in spring, Lullabies at Bethlehem,
Cradle songs, River songs.

“A small collection of verses, most of which appeared in the
Spectator, the Nation, the Outlook, and Country Life.”

+ =A L A Bkl= 13:389 Je ‘17

+ =Ath= p478 O ‘16 30w

+ =Boston Transcript= p6 Mr 21 ‘17 140w

“There are serious and elegant poems which comport themselves
becomingly, but the zest of the book lies in the pattering and
twittering verses which in five or six instances overleap that elusive
but difficult barrier that divides mere attractiveness from authentic
charm.” O. W. Firkins

+ =Nation= 104:710 Je 14 ‘17 180w

“The difference between a minor and a sub-minor poet is something to
be felt rather than explained, yet there is a definite line
between. ... Mr Jeffers is a conventional minor poet; Mr Arensberg is
an unconventional one; we catch, out of the corner of our eye, a glint
of wings, spite of the manifest failures of each. Mr Bashford, on the
other hand, without a failure to his credit, is distinctly a
sub-minor. ... The trouble with his verses is that they lack something
vital, a distinctiveness, a tang, the scent of personality.”

=N Y Times= 22:257 Jl 8 ‘17 180w

+ =Outlook= 115:116 Ja 17 ‘17 180w

=BASSETT, JOHN SPENCER.= Middle group of American historians. *$2 (2½c) Macmillan 928 17-2031

The “middle period” of which the author writes is not exactly defined.
Its beginning is placed at some time following the close of the War of
1812, its ending at the time when the scientific spirit gained
dominance over the patriotic school of historical writing. 1884, the
year of the founding of the American historical association, is
suggested as the closing date of the period. The author’s purpose is
to treat of the men who were writing history during this time, Jared
Sparks, George Bancroft, Prescott, Motley, and Peter Force. There is
an introductory chapter on Early progress of history in the United
States, and a concluding chapter on The historians and their
publishers.

“His chapters on Sparks and Bancroft make the largest contribution of
fresh material, for many unpublished passages are drawn from the
Sparks manuscripts in the Harvard college library, and still more from
the Bancroft manuscripts in the keeping of the Massachusetts
historical society.” M. A. DeW. Howe

+ =Am Hist R= 22:879 Jl ‘17 650w

=A L A Bkl= 13:304 Ap ‘17

+ =Boston Transcript= p6 F 24 ‘17 120w

“A distinguishing characteristic of the work is that it has to do with
historians rather than with history: the author is far more interested
in the men themselves and in their activities than he is in the books
they wrote. ... The book is itself a piece of careful research rather
than a contribution to historical criticism or the history of ideas;
and taken for what it is, it will be found, by professional historians
at least, and one would think by a rather wide reading public as well,
a very useful book and an extremely interesting one.” Carl Becker

+ =Dial= 62:301 Ap 5 ‘17 1800w

=Eng Hist R= 32:460 Jl ‘17 70w

+ =Lit D= 54:2000 Je 30 ‘17 430w

“The book is eminently readable and is valuable for its appreciation,
sympathetic and yet critical, of the men who made this middle period a
golden age of historical writing in the United States.”

+ =Nation= 104:631 My 24 ‘17 900w

+ =N Y Times= 22:143 Ap 15 ‘17 450w

=Pittsburgh= 22:209 Mr ‘17

=St Louis= 15:119 Ap ‘17 50w

+ =Spec= 118:417 Ap 7 ‘17 130w

“Offered as the understudy of a more elaborate work which the author
hopes to produce if the future favors.”

+ =Springf’d Republican= p17 Je 24 ‘17 720w

=BASSETT, LEE EMERSON.= Handbook of oral reading. *$1.60 Houghton 808.5 17-2347

“This book is the outgrowth of several years of classroom instruction
and practice based on the theory that effective oral expression is the
result of clear thinking.” (Preface) The first of the three parts into
which the book is divided is devoted to the problem of thought-getting
and to the modulations of the voice that serve to make meaning clear
to others. Part 2 is devoted to the problem of the imaginative and
emotional response to thought. The technical problems of tone
production are treated in part 3. The book is well supplied with
illustrative material. The author is associate professor of English at
Leland Stanford Junior university.

“Sensible ideas, well expressed. Everts’ ‘The speaking voice’ (A L A
Catalog 1904-1911) will be sufficient in the average library.”

+ =A L A Bkl= 13:389 Je ‘17

=Cleveland= p122 N ‘17 50w

“Good selections, a clear statement of principles, and a full outline
for teachers.”

+ =Ind= 91:234 Ag 11 ‘17 30w

=St Louis= 15:183 Je ‘17 10w

“The high-school teacher of public speaking will be interested in this
book, which sets forth very forcibly the principles of natural oral
expression. ... The book might be more attractive to the high-school
student if more of the selections were from contemporary literature.”
E. F. Geyer and R. L. Lyman

+ — =School R= 25:608 O ‘17 100w

=Springf’d Republican= p8 Ap 25 ‘17 150w

=BASSETT, SARA WARE.= Story of sugar. il *75c (2½c) Penn 17-16751

Uniform with the stories of cotton, gold and silver, lumber, wool,
iron, leather and glass. It is written for boys and girls from seven
to twelve and has a thread of plot upon which hang bits of true
information about the history and manufacture of sugar. A real
sugaring-off in the maple woods, a visit to a sugar refinery, and
another to a candy factory are narrated with emphasis on the processes
that children can readily grasp. The sport and adventure intermingled
are wholesome, the sort that live boys and girls have a big appetite
for.

+ =Outlook= 117:574 D 5 ‘17 60w

+ =Springf’d Republican= p15 D 1 ‘17 100w

=BASSETT, SARA WARE.= Wayfarers at the Angel’s. *$1.25 (3½c) Doran 17-28601

This is another Cape Cod story by the author of “The taming of Zenas
Henry.” A wooden angel, long ago a ship’s figurehead, guards the door
of the “straggling house on the bluff, half buried in vines and
flowers,” which is the home of three bachelors; John Bartlett, retired
captain of the life-saving station; Timothy Talbot, with his Civil war
relics and his seven pairs of shoes, which he wears in unvarying
rotation, and David Furber, the happy-go-lucky sailor lad whom the
life-savers have rescued from a foundering barque, and who after being
wrecked twelve times, has now elected to stay ashore. Into this
household comes Ann, who is “better’n a trained nurse, she’s a born
one,” to nurse David through a fever, and life becomes a different
thing to all three men. It also changes greatly for Ann, whom one of
the three persuades to stay with him always as “angel of the grey
house—a sight better one than that wooden image over the door.”

“The little tale is slight, but rather pleasant. There are some
amusing bits, and only one disagreeable character in the book, all the
rest being virtuous to a degree.”

+ =N Y Times= 22:442 O 28 ‘17 150w

“Sara Ware Bassett writes another buoyant ‘Cape’ story which nowise
infringes upon the rights and prerogatives of Mr Lincoln.”

+ =Springf’d Republican= p15 D 23 ‘17 290w

=BASSETT, WILBUR.=[2] Wander-ships; folk-stories of the sea, with notes upon their origin. *$1.50 Open ct. 398.2 17-27992

“The book under the above title—‘Wander-ships’—is a small collection
of some of the stories about wonderful and strange ships that have
been reported as sailing the seas, from and to no port or haven. ...
To further emphasize the stories, for the benefit of the student of
such literature, copious notes on the various tales are appended. ...
The volume is something of an encyclopædia on the subject of ghostly
craft and vessels, the origin and voyages of which are lost in the
shades of earliest tradition.”—Boston Transcript

“The several tales are interesting, whether the reader is or is not
familiar with such ‘yarns,’ and the volume is a distinct contribution
to the literature of the sea.”

+ =Boston Transcript= p6 Ja 5 ‘18 280w

“The work is a very unusual one, but will be a source of delight to
those who love to dig down into fundamentals, for even if the
superstitions of past ages are taken as the subject, the work is in
itself essentially a scientific one.” J. W.

+ =N Y Call= p14 D 29 ‘17 800w

=Outlook= 118:31 Ja 2 ‘18 70w

=BATCHELDER, ROGER.= Watching and waiting on the border. il *$1.25 (3c) Houghton 355.7 17-13927

The author writes of his experience on the Mexican border with one of
the Massachusetts regiments of the National guard. His first purpose
is to answer the many questions asked him since his return: “Was it
hot down there?” “What are the Mexicans like?” and so on. His second
is “to show, by narrating the story of the mobilization and the
subsequent service of the National guard, how pitifully incompetent
and unprepared it was and is, to form the reserve military force of
the United States.” The book has an introduction by E. Alexander
Powell.

=A L A Bkl= 14:17 O ‘17

=Cleveland= p116 S ‘17 40w

“While Private Batchelder is frankly outspoken in discussing these
questions, he writes with the good sense and judgment born of
experience. As a record of personal service in what may fairly be
termed a hard country physically, his book is well worth reading by
every recruit as a helpful guide to his duty and conduct.”

+ =Ind= 91:108 Jl 21 ‘17 300w

=N Y Br Lib News= 4:102 Jl ‘17

=Pittsburgh= 22:684 O ‘17 40w

=Pratt= p45 O ‘17 40w

“To those interested in military life with just a dash of adventure
thrown in there is an especial appeal in ‘Watching and waiting on the
border.’”

+ =Springf’d Republican= p15 Ag 26 ‘17 130w

=BAYLEY, WILLIAM SHIRLEY.=[2] Descriptive mineralogy. il *$3.50 Appleton 549 17-21365

This work, prepared as a textbook for students, is designed to give “a
comprehensive view of modern mineralogy rather than a detailed
knowledge of many minerals.” The author says, “It does not pretend to
furnish a complete discussion of the mineral kingdom, nor a means of
determining the nature of any mineral that may be met with. The
chapters devoted to the process of determinative mineralogy are brief,
and the familiar ‘key to the determination of species’ is omitted. In
place of the latter is a simple guide to the descriptions of minerals
to be found in the body of the text.” The three parts of the book are
devoted to: General chemical mineralogy; Descriptive mineralogy, and
Determinative mineralogy. Lists of minerals are given in appendixes;
also a list of references. Hintze’s “Handbuch der mineralogie” has
been drawn on for matter in the text, and “Mineral resources of the
United States” has been used as a basis for the statistics. The author
is professor of geology in the University of Illinois.

+ =Pittsburgh= 22:814 D ‘17 80w

=BAYLISS, WILLIAM MADDOCK.= Physiology of food and economy in diet. *65c Longmans 613.2 Agr17-520

“‘The physiology of food and economy in diet’ is a rather academic
manual which has arisen, Professor Bayliss tells us, from a course of
lectures given at University college, London, in November, 1916. ...
After a brief résumé of the problem as a whole, Professor Bayliss
studies the uses of food, the classes of foodstuffs, the question of
quantity, accessory factors, digestibility, alcohol, vegetarianism,
exercise, the value of cooking, characteristics of certain articles of
diet, and possibilities of economy. As a general summary of his
directions, he concludes with the aphorism, ‘Take care of the calories
and the protein will take care of itself.’”—N Y Times

“The American reader will perhaps turn with especial interest to the
study of the work of the Commission for relief in Belgium as an
example of good food ministration and control.”

+ =N Y Times= 22:395 O 14 ‘17 150w

=Pratt= p19 O ‘17

=St Louis= 15:327 S ‘17 10w

“In a hundred pages he presents in clear, concise and fascinating
language the fundamental principles of nutrition. Bayliss, though
noted for his work on the secretory glands and not recognized as an
expert on nutrition, has nevertheless written with the appreciative
touch characteristic of the master mind.” Graham Lusk

+ =Science= n s 46:18 Jl 6 ‘17 50w

+ =Spec= 118:520 My 5 ‘17 180w

Bayonet training manual used by the British forces. (Van Nostrand’s military manuals) il *30c Van Nostrand 355

This pocket manual is a reprint of material which appeared in the
Infantry Journal for May, 1917. The copyright is held by the United
States Infantry association. The preface states that the instructions
are from the latest British training manual (1916), and that they are
based on experience in accordance with which the forces are now being
trained.

=BEACH, HARLAN PAGE.= Renaissant Latin America. il $1 (2c) Missionary educ. movement 266 16-22287

“An outline and interpretation of the Congress on Christian work in
Latin America, held at Panama, February 10-19, 1916.” The author has
prepared a condensed account of the congress, quoting as largely as
was consistent with his purpose from speeches and reports. Contents:
The story of the Congress; Re-discovering Latin America;
Interpretation, message, method; Latin Americans and education; Leaves
for the healing of nations; The upbuilding of womanhood; The Latin
evangelical churches; The home fulcrum; Unity’s fraternal program;
Congressional addresses; Aftermath and estimates.

“The volume is interesting from beginning to end and for the busy
reader meets an urgent need.” J. W. M.

+ =Am J Theol= 21:480 Jl ‘17 90w

“Much suggestive and stirring material is contained in this condensed
review of Christian work.”

+ =Boston Transcript= p6 Mr 3 ‘17 300w

“The exchange of ideas was noteworthy as delegates were present from
nearly all over the world, and from these workers Dr Beach has
collected a most interesting fund of facts.”

+ =Ind= 90:257 My 5 ‘17 60w

“While the enthusiasm of the author for the South Americans carries
him perhaps a little too far, yet the book is well worth reading.”

+ =Springf’d Republican= p17 Ap 8 ‘17 140w

=BEACH, REX ELLINGWOOD.= Laughing Bill Hyde, and other stories. il *$1.35 (1c) Harper 17-30123

The title story is a tale of Alaska, so is the one following, “The
north wind’s malice.” Among the others, several are stories of
business, one is a newspaper story. Some of the titles are: His stock
in trade; With bridges burned; With interest to date; The cub
reporter; Out of the night; The real and the make-believe; Running
Elk; The moon, the maid, and the winged shoes; Flesh. The book is
printed without table of contents.

“He excels in one kind of fiction which is purely American: the
business story.”

+ =Boston Transcript= p7 D 22 ‘17 300w

“There is nothing particularly original or striking in any of these
tales, but many of them will no doubt furnish amusement for an idle
hour. They are written in Mr Beach’s well-known and rather agreeable
style.”

+ — =N Y Times= 22:516 D 2 ‘17 800w

=BEALS, MRS KATHARINE (MCMILLAN).= Flower lore and legend. *$1.25 Holt 716.2 17-23777

The author has brought together a store of miscellaneous
information—myth, legend, and fancy, with quotations from
poetry,—connected with thirty-five of our common flowers. Chapters are
given to the snowdrop, arbutus, crocus, narcissus, dandelion, violet,
pansy, mignonette, buttercup, etc.

=A L A Bkl= 14:75 D ‘17

=BEAN, C. E. W.= Letters from France. il *5s Cassell & co., London 940.91

“Mr Bean, war correspondent for the Commonwealth of Australia, has not
attempted to narrate the full story of the Australian imperial force,
but gives graphic accounts of the first impressions of some of the
Australians in France, of their life in the trenches and in billets,
of the share of the Australians in the Somme advance and in the
fighting at Pozières, and of their bravery at Mouquet Farm.”—Ath

=Ath= p420 Ag ‘17 110w

“The simple, easy style of these letters shows us clearly what the
Australians have done in France.”

+ =Sat R= 123:552 Je 16 ‘17 1050w

“It is a wonderful story, and it is told with great spirit. Mr Bean
warns his readers that the Australian troops hate to be called
‘Anzacs,’ just as they hate being called ‘Colonials.’”

+ =Spec= 118:675 Je 16 ‘17 120w

=BEARD, FREDERICA=, comp. Prayers for use in home, school and Sunday school. *60c Doran 248 17-24844

The author has assembled a number of prayers for children and young
people. In those for little people she appeals to the child’s natural
love of rhythm and repetition. Those for older boys and girls are
drawn from many sources and are characterized by a spirit of
reverence. They are arranged in four groups: Prayers for little
children; Prayers for boys and girls; Prayers for young people; For
use on special occasions.

“A beautiful collection.”

+ =A L A Bkl= 14:73 D ‘17

“Tho not many are adapted to use in public schools, in private
schools, in the home and Sunday school, they would provide splendid
suggestive training.”

+ =Ind= 91:354 S 1 ‘17 60w

=Ind= 92:449 D 1 ‘17 30w

=BEAUFORT, J. M. DE.= Behind the German veil; a record of a journalistic war pilgrimage. il *$2 (2c) Dodd 940.91 17-14977

Before going to Germany in 1914 as the representative of a London
newspaper, the author had spent three years in journalistic work in
New York, and he acknowledges a debt of gratitude to his American
training. He is a Hollander by birth and parentage and as a boy was
sent to school in Germany. His sympathies, even before starting on his
mission to Germany, were strongly pro-Ally. He says, “I started on my
mission and entered Germany with as far as possible an open mind. I
could not honestly say at that time that I hated the Germans; I merely
had no use for them.” All his experiences within the German empire
intensified his feeling. The book consists of four parts: General
impressions; My trip to the eastern front and visit to Hindenburg; An
incognito visit to the fleet and Germany’s naval harbours; Interviews.

“He relates his experiences and impressions in journalistic and
entertaining fashion.”

+ =A L A Bkl= 14:17 O ‘17

“The style in which the book is written is not attractive, but the
matter is undeniably of interest.”

+ — =Ath= p204 Ap ‘17 170w

“The material is interesting but the writer dilates rather too freely
on his own shrewdness and ‘nerve.’”

+ — =Cleveland= p101 S ‘17 60w

“If there is anything ‘Behind the German veil’ which is particularly
worth disclosing, it has not been revealed by J. M. de Beaufort.”

— =Nation= 106:70 Ja 17 ‘18 160w

“Offers some of the most interesting firsthand accounts that have come
out of Germany. ... Mr de Beaufort writes vivaciously, although
somewhat garrulously, and his book is full of interesting matter of
much importance for Americans if they would understand the German
spirit. He was in Europe as the correspondent of the London Daily
Telegraph.”

+ =N Y Times= 22:215 Je 3 ‘17 600w

=Pittsburgh= 22:680 O ‘17 20w

+ =R of Rs= 56:107 Jl ‘17 90w

=BEAVERBROOK, WILLIAM MAXWELL AITKEN, 1st baron.= Canada in Flanders. maps *1s 3d Hodder & Stoughton, London 940.91

The second volume of the official story of the Canadian expeditionary
force covers the period between September, 1915, and July, 1916. For
an account of the first volume consult the Digest annual, 1916, under
Aitken, Sir William Maxwell—the name of Lord Beaverbrook before he was
raised to the peerage.

“The descriptions of the dash and vigour of the Canadian troops are
graphic and inspiring.”

+ =Ath= p258 My ‘17 70w

=St Louis= 15:417 D ‘17 20w

“Lord Beaverbrook’s second volume concerning the Canadians, which is
written by him as the Canadian ‘Eyewitness,’ contains a most readable
and workmanlike account of the long and bitter struggles first at St
Eloi and then at Hooge, in the Ypres Salient, which ended a fortnight
before the battle of the Somme began.”

+ =Spec= 118:675 Je 16 ‘17 120w

“It is difficult to conceive of anything more likely to stimulate zeal
and efficiency than volumes of this kind. The general public cannot
master an official dispatch, so long after the event, without
considerable explanatory notes and plans. The whole scheme of the
volumes at present issued is to present a coherent account of an
action as a whole, and at the same time to signalize individual acts
of gallantry.”

+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p110 Mr 8 ‘17 600w

=BECHHOFER, C. E.=, ed. Russian anthology in English. *$1.50 Dutton 891.7 A17-1637

“Translated extracts in verse and prose from twenty-five authors (of
whom only one, Volynsky, is new to English readers), with some ballads
and folk songs.”—The Times [London] Lit Sup

=A L A Bkl= 14:119 Ja ‘18

“This collection of extracts from Russian verse, drama, and prose is
too fragmentary to be satisfying. In some of the examples, such as the
excerpt from ‘The idiot’ by Dostoevsky, the absence of context makes
for obscurity and a sense of incompleteness. Other examples are
enjoyable, such as Gogol’s idyllic ‘Old-world gentle-folk,’ ‘The death
of Ivan’ by Alexis Tolstoy, Pushkin’s poem ‘The three sisters,’ Leo
Tolstoy’s thoughtful criticism of Maupassant, and the slyly humorous
sketch by Chekhov, ‘A work of art.’ Many prominent modern Russian
authors are represented, though we miss the names of Gorky,
Grigorovitch, Artsibashev, and Sologub.”

+ — =Ath= p360 Jl ‘17 100w

+ — =Boston Transcript= p7 N 3 ‘17 230w

=The Times [London] Lit Sup= p214 My 5 ‘17 20w

=BECKLEY, ZOË, and GOLLOMB, JOSEPH=, comps. Songs for courage. *$1 Barse & Hopkins 821.08 17-15993

Courage is one of “the subjects made prominent by the war” to which
librarians are officially advised to give special attention in book
selection. In this collection of over 100 titles we find the old
favorites, such as Henley’s “Invictus,” Sill’s “Opportunity,” Matthew
Arnold’s “Self-dependence,” together with the work of more recent
writers.

=Cleveland= p121 N ‘17 50w

“Many old favorites are here. ... There are also many unworthy verses.
The inferior verse far outranks the worthy. And it is surprising to
note how many of the poems of revolutionary courage are missing.”
Clement Wood

+ — =N Y Call= p14 Je 24 ‘17 120w

=BEECROFT, WILLEY INGRAHAM=, comp. Who’s who among the wild flowers and ferns. new and combined ed il *$1.50 Moffat 582 A17-406

“The outstanding feature of the work and the one which commends it to
the ordinary student, is that a person need not be a botanist to use
Mr Beecroft’s guide.” (Springf’d Republican) “The flowers are
classified by colors, as in most volumes of the kind, and under, the
name of each flower ample description is detailed for identification.
There are blank pages for notes.” (Boston Transcript)

=A L A Bkl= 13:361 My ‘17

+ =Boston Transcript= p13 Ap 7 ‘17 150w

“The inclusiveness of ‘Who’s who among the wild flowers and ferns’
will rightly make it a popular guide.”

+ =Ind= 91:109 Jl 21 ‘17 40w

“While scientific and accurate, it is entirely untechnical.”

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

=BEER, GEORGE LOUIS.= English-speaking peoples; their future relations and joint international obligations. 2d ed *$1.50 (2c) Macmillan 327.73 17-17291

Mr Beer was formerly lecturer in European history at Columbia
university, and is the author of “The old colonial system, 1660-1754,”
etc. He recalls in his preface Admiral Mahan’s essay of 1894 entitled
“Possibilities of an Anglo-American re-union,” and goes on to say:
“What in 1894 was unripe and academic, has today become urgent and
practical.” A series of notes is appended which furnish a running
bibliography to easily accessible and non-technical literature. Some
of the material in the book appeared originally in the Political
Quarterly, New Republic, and elsewhere.

+ =Am Econ R= 7:840 D ‘17 60w

+ =A L A Bkl= 14:112 Ja ‘18

=Ath= p463 S ‘17 60w

“Valuable as the author’s opinions are, it is no discourtesy to him to
say that the facts, figures, and references appended to the book in
some forty pages of ‘Notes’ are in some respects even more valuable;
for facts on these contentious subjects are often ignored and
sometimes very difficult to get at, and Mr Beer has a genius for
relevant documentation.”

+ =Ath= p505 O ‘17 1600w

=Cleveland= p138 D ‘17 60w

“Mr Beer’s argument is logical and forceful. He has scrupulous regard
for the facts of history and economics; his views are the outcome of a
lifetime of study of British imperial and colonial affairs and of
international politics. Many, perhaps most, of his readers will shrink
from his conclusions. But no one will be justified in withholding from
this book the tribute of candid and thoughtful consideration.” F: A.
Ogg

+ =Dial= 63:520 N 22 ‘17 1100w

=Ind= 92:60 O 6 ‘17 70w

Reviewed by Sinclair Kennedy

=J Pol Econ= 26:101 Ja ‘18 470w

“The valuable references and notes are sure to be of immediate help to
every thoughtful reader interested in this absorbing and timely
question.”

+ =Lit D= 55:45 O 13 ‘17 300w

“The volume is easily one of the most weighty pieces of writing about
the war that has yet appeared in this country, and should be widely
read.”

+ =Nation= 105:322 S 20 ‘17 560w

=N Y Br Lib News= 4:133 S ‘17 30w

“A factor of the first importance in the molding of public opinion in
this country. ... In three remarkably thoughtful concluding chapters
Mr Beer discusses the predominant factors in the unity of
English-speaking peoples, the economic possibilities in co-operation,
and the community of Anglo-American policy toward China and Latin
America. The chapter on the growing economic interdependence of the
world is, in particular, closely reasoned.”

+ =N Y Times= 22:356 S 23 ‘17 1200w

“Without necessarily giving full credence to ideas that are indeed but
tentatively advanced, one may affirm that ‘The English-speaking
peoples’ is a statesmanlike book. In its grasp of the ends to be
wished for, in its perception of present realities, and in the caution
of its conclusions, Mr Beer’s book differs essentially and completely
both from those forecasts of the future which are more or less frankly
utopian and from the desperately opportunistic proposals which the
present world-crisis has called forth from certain would-be practical
idealists. Although his style is of the plainest (in both senses of
the word), the author possesses an unusual power of extracting
fundamental truths from a great mass of conflicting facts. ... The
book will prove valuable for its broad and illuminating criticisms of
such general ideas as that of nationality, and of such programmes or
proposals as pan-Americanism and the League to enforce peace.”

+ + =No Am= 206:478 S ‘17 950w

=Outlook= 117:64 S 12 ‘17 150w

“He states his arguments cogently, but without heat, and fortifies
every position he takes up with a full reference to facts and
authorities. We regret only that in the effort to be at once condensed
and accurate he has allowed his style to become, at times, so abstruse
and technical as to prevent his volume from appealing to the widest
possible public.”

+ — =Spec= 119:sup472 N 3 ‘17 800w

“We are bound to demur to his too facile assumption of the abandonment
of free trade by Great Britain.” R: Roberts

=Survey= 38:549 S 22 ‘17 650w

=The Times [London] Lit Sup= p395 Ag 16 ‘17 50w

“It is one of the best, most original, and judicious attempts to
construct out of the political anarchy of these times new
organizations. ... Mr Beer modestly describes his book as a livre de
circonstance dealing with an unpredictable future. It is in reality a
valuable addition to political science. ... This book, with its
earnest appeal for support to a permanent, loosely knit association
between Great Britain and the United States, is to be welcomed by
every one who has at heart the ideals which these two countries
represent.”

+ + =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p422 S 6 ‘17 620w

“The book is the work of a scholar, and it is, as scholars say,
thoroughly documented. But it is not primarily addressed to scholars,
and it is not a dry-as-dust performance. It is addressed to thinking
people who are ready to consider seriously and with care the duty of
the nation in this great crisis, and it abounds with fresh suggestions
and arguments which are bound to excite interest and open new channels
of thought.” G. B. Adams

+ =Yale R= n s 7:416 Ja ‘18 1200w

=BEERS, HENRY AUGUSTIN.= Two twilights. *$1 Badger, R: G. 811 17-25112

“This volume includes selections from two early books of verse, long
out of print; a few pieces from ‘The Ways of Yale’; and a handful of
poems contributed of late years to the magazines and not heretofore
collected.” (Preface) The author has been professor of English
literature in Yale university since 1880.

=BEITH, JOHN HAY (IAN HAY, pseud.).= All in it; “K (1)” carries on. *$1.50 (2½c) Houghton 940.91 17-29361

This is the continuation of “The first hundred thousand,” promised us
by Captain Beith. “‘The first hundred thousand’ closed with the battle
of Loos. The present narrative follows certain friends of ours from
the scene of that costly but valuable experience, through a winter
campaign in the neighbourhood of Ypres and Ploegsteert, to profitable
participation in the battle of the Somme.” (Author’s note) Captain
(now major) Wagstaffe and Private (now corporal) Mucklewame reappear
in this volume.

“Told with the same humorous turns and descriptions that made the
first book so readable.”

+ =A L A Bkl= 14:88 D ‘17

“Bit by bit Major Beith pieces together the tale of the fighter in the
present war. He does not minimize its horrors, but he does not
over-emphasize them. Through his entire story runs an undercurrent of
optimism.” E. F. E.

+ =Boston Transcript= p8 N 7 ‘17 1500w

=Cleveland= p130 D ‘17 60w

=Ind= 93:128 Ja 19 ‘18 50w

“Ian Hay’s own narrative is full of the brightest humor, not untouched
with an equally bright cynicism. ... And yet it would be a grave
mistake to assume that because he writes brightly, and often
humorously, Major Beith’s is a ‘light’ book. It is far from that. ...
In ‘All in it’ the heroism is present always. The terrible things are
not glossed over.”

+ =N Y Times= 22:462 N 11 ‘17 750w

+ =Outlook= 117:520 N 28 ‘17 100w

+ =Springf’d Republican= p11 Ja 27 ‘18 580w

=BEITH, JOHN HAY (IAN HAY, pseud.).= Getting together. *50c (6½c) Doubleday; Houghton 940.91 17-6208

In this little book, Captain Beith, who has been lecturing in the
United States, attempts to bring Briton and American to an
understanding of one another. He answers some of the questions that
have been put to him: How about that blockade? What are you opening
our mails for? Would you welcome American intervention? etc.

“Appeared in the Outlook, F 7 ‘17.”

+ =A L A Bkl= 13:345 My ‘17

+ =Cath World= 105:843 S ‘17 180w

+ =Cleveland= p102 S ‘17 50w

“A sincere and fine-spirited effort to explain misunderstandings
between the citizens of Britain and the United States.”

+ =N Y Times= 22:45 F 11 ‘17 800w

Reviewed by Joseph Mosher

=Pub W= 91:593 F 17 ‘17 350w

“His brief account of the voluntary help rendered by America to the
Allies before she came into the war will surprise many people. ... His
manly and sensible little book should do good.”

+ =Spec= 118:678 Je 16 ‘17 140w

“Ian Hay’s little essay in Anglo-American propagandism will not
increase his literary reputation. ... There is no need of a
presentation of the case of the Allies to intelligent Americans, and
this book is not so conceived as to win over old-fashioned Yankees who
entertain animosity toward Great Britain. The softness of the language
defeats its own purpose.”

– + =Springf’d Republican= p15 Mr 4 ‘17 400w

+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p203 Ap 26 ‘17 220w

=BEITH, JOHN HAY (IAN HAY, pseud.).= Oppressed English. *50c (6½c) Doubleday 941.5 17-18156

The author of “The first hundred thousand” and “Getting together,” a
Scotsman, has some witty and practical things to say on the world
attitude toward the “English” as distinct from the “British” people.
He writes: “In the war of to-day, for instance, whenever anything
particularly unpleasant or unpopular has to be done—such as holding up
neutral mails, or establishing a blacklist of neutral firms trading
with the enemy—upon whom does the odium fall? Upon ‘England’; never
upon France, and only occasionally upon Great Britain. ... On the
other hand, ... a victory gained by English boys from Devon or
Yorkshire appears as a British victory, pure and simple.” The fourth
and fifth chapters make clear some of the answers to: “Why can’t you
people settle the Irish question?”—the claims of the Nationalists, the
Unionists, and of the Sinn Fein being put side by side for study by
outsiders.

“Good-natured, humorous, but very lucid explanation of the Irish
question.”

+ =A L A Bkl= 14:18 O ‘17

+ =Cleveland= p131 D ‘17 70w

“As is apt to be the case with a book of this kind, Mr Hay’s desire to
make his humorous periods leads him sometimes to sacrifice the exact
truth. He exaggerates the idiosyncrasies of the Englishman to make his
satire carry over. Once you have forgiven that, however, you find the
little book pleasant reading.”

+ — =Dial= 63:461 N 8 ‘17 190w

“The Irish rebellion was not made in Germany. It was made in England,
and not a little part of it was made by just such dunderheads as
Captain Beith, with their inaccurate talk of beneficences that were
never really conferred and freedom that never existed.” F. H.

— =New Repub= 13:188 D 15 ‘17 1400w

“As a specimen of dry Scotch humor carrying with it a large volume of
matter for serious consideration, Mr Hay’s little book is unrivalled
in its way, though it is, perhaps, not exactly the ‘sense of humour’
that is likely to appeal to ardent Irish patriots. ... The book
contains much matter of considerable interest to Americans, for the
author has much more than an ordinary grasp of the psychology of the
peoples he deals with in this little volume.” J. W.

+ =N Y Call= p14 Jl 15 ‘17 650w

=Pittsburgh= 22:674 O ‘17 70w

=Pratt= p46 O ‘17 20w

=St Louis= 15:379 O ‘17 10w

“An amusing comment on British characteristics.”

+ =Springf’d Republican= p10 O 4 ‘17 300w

=BEITH, JOHN HAY (IAN HAY, pseud.).= “Pip”; a romance of youth. *$1.50 (2c) Houghton 17-9709

A happy story of irresponsible youth. Half the book is taken up with
the schoolday adventures of the young hero. Pip is a valiant cricketer
and when he leaves school he becomes something of a nation-wide
figure. The death of his father sends him into the world to earn his
living. He does so for a time as a chauffeur. There is a girl in the
story, of course. Pip met her first as a friend of his sister’s, when
she was sixteen. She is older and so is he when the book closes,
ending with a golf match that decides an important matter for Pip.

+ =A L A Bkl= 13:354 My ‘17

“Up to the outbreak of the war Ian Hay was known in this country as
the author of six books, all of them fiction. ... Prior to these,
however, he had written another book. Its title is ‘Pip.’ ... Its
understanding of childhood, youth and early manhood is keen, its
ability to make the most of the zest of delicate comedy is complete.”
E. F. E.

+ =Boston Transcript= p6 Mr 17 ‘17 1500w

+ =Lit D= 54:1089 Ap 14 ‘17 200w

“Captain Beith writes with genial humor, and his account of the making
of Pip into a man, and a man who is a thorough Englishman, is likely
to bring many a smile to the face of his reader. Having been, in the
days before the war, a schoolmaster himself he knows much about the
life of British schools and the character of the men who conduct
them.”

+ =N Y Times= 22:93 Mr 18 ‘17 500w

+ =Outlook= 115:622 Ap 4 ‘17 60w

+ =Springf’d Republican= p17 Ap 22 ‘17 250w

“As a school story it is inferior to ‘David Blaize,’ and the detailed
descriptions of cricket contests are beyond the American reader, but
it is nevertheless a story of decided interest.”

+ =Wis Lib Bul= 13:126 Ap ‘17 50w

=BELL, ARCHIE.= Trip to Lotus land. il *$2.50 (4c) Lane 915.2 17-30747

The author outlines a six-weeks’ itinerary for the tourist to Japan,
and states that his purpose is to convey to the reader something of
the joys that such a tour holds for a traveler. He says that the book
is not a guide book. “Mr Terry’s ‘Japanese empire’ and the excellent
publications of the Imperial Japanese government railways” supply that
need, and his pleasant narrative account of his own travels will serve
to supplement them. Yokohama, Kamakura, Miyanoshita, Tokyo, Nagoya,
Kyoto, Kobe, Nagasaki and Nikko are among the points visited. There
are over fifty illustrations.

Reviewed by A. M. Chase

+ =Bookm= 46:335 N ‘17 40w

“Both instructive and entertaining.”

+ =Lit D= 56:40 Ja 12 ‘18 170w

+ =N Y Times= 22:579 D 30 ‘17 100w

“[Fulfills its purpose] admirably both in text and illustrations.”

+ =Outlook= 117:615 D 12 ‘17 60w

+ =R of Rs= 57:219 F ‘18 50w

=BELL, FREDERICK MCKELVEY.= First Canadians in France; the chronicle of a military hospital in the war zone. il *$1.35 (2½c) Doran 940.91 17-28775

Colonel Bell, attached, as medical director, to the first contingent
of Canadian troops overseas, was detailed to found a Canadian hospital
near Boulogne. He chronicles the progress of that undertaking among
the heterogeneous lot of men whom “the hammer of time,” with many a
nasty knock, welded together. The quality that made Colonel Bell the
one force that held the boys together is responsible for the grip the
book gets on the reader. It is a simple recital of every day routine,
without central theme or plot, told in a realistic, colloquial,
normal, human fashion with an eye keen to every humorous incident that
livened camp monotony.

“The writer confesses to a flavor of romancing in his story, but the
reader will not feel like criticising this or seeking too closely the
line between fact and imagination.”

+ =Boston Transcript= p9 N 10 ‘17 400w

“Clever characterization, and many amusing anecdotes.”

+ =Cleveland= p130 D ‘17 30w

+ =Ind= 93:128 Ja 19 ‘18 170w

“Certainly, this excellent book should be read. It is so human.”

+ =N Y Times= 22:448 N 4 ‘17 700w

=Outlook= 117:387 N 7 ‘17 30w

=BELL, JOHN JOY.= Kiddies. *$1.50 (2½c) Stokes

A collection of seventeen stories about children by this well known
Scottish humorist, author of “Wee Macgreegor.” That young hero appears
in several of the stories. Among the titles are: Habakkuk; Little boy;
Some advantages of being an aunt; The good fairy; Mr Logie’s heart; An
early engagement; Silk stocking and suedes; The ugly uncle.

“The stories are canny and full of dry humor and quaint pathos.”

+ =Ind= 92:604 D 29 ‘17 200w

=N Y Br Lib News= 4:63 Ap ‘17 50w

“The humorous tales are, generally speaking, the best, the serious and
pathetic ones being somewhat conventional and oversentimental.”

+ — =NY Times= 22:500 N 25 ‘17 240w

+ =Outlook= 117:475 N 21 ‘17 20w

=BELL, JOHN JOY.= Till the clock stops. *$1.35 (2c) Duffield 17-5450

The clock, with its diamond-studded pendulum, stood in a secluded
house in Scotland. It was guaranteed to go for a year and a day after
the pendulum was set in motion—that being done on the death of its
owner Christopher Craig. It was in some way to watch over the green
box full of diamonds and the other fortune reserved for Christopher’s
nephew, Alan Craig, supposedly lost in the Arctic. Its enemy was
Bullard, London member of a South African mining syndicate, who knew
of the existence of the diamonds and its guardians were a dense green
liquid with which the case was partly filled, placed over the ominous
word “Dangerous,” Caw, the faithful servant of the dead man, and
Marjorie Handyside, the daughter of a doctor and neighbor. How these
and others played their respective parts, and the surprise in store
for all when the clock stopped make a thrilling tale. The writer is
the author of “Wee MacGreegor.”

=A L A Bkl= 13:401 Je ‘17

“The story is well planned, and full of excitement and suspense up to
the last chapter.”

+ =Ath= p101 F ‘17 30w

+ =N Y Times= 22:110 Mr 25 ‘17 250w

=Outlook= 115:668 Ap 11 ‘17 20w

“A melodrama full of alarms and surprises.”

=Spec= 118:241 F 24 ‘17 7w

+ =Springf’d Republican= p17 Ap 8 ‘17 210w

“Mr J. J. Bell may have had the cinematograph in mind in writing ‘Till
the clock stops.’ Hidden diamonds form the mainspring of the story,
and propel it forward mechanically through its allotted span; and one
can imagine the pistol shots, explosions, and so forth which arise out
of the search for them being reduced to a series of highly effective
pictures.”

=The Times [London] Lit Sup= p44 Ja 25 ‘17 200w

=BELL, JOHN KEBLE (KEBLE HOWARD, pseud.).= Gay life. *$1.30 (2c) Lane 17-6536

A happy and wholesome story of theatrical life. The author has written
it to counteract some of the sensational ideas that prevail concerning
the stage. Jilly Nipchin is an attractive and impudent little Cockney
who determines to put her twin gifts, mimicry and an agility in
turning handsprings, to use on the stage. Her family is in need, and
Jilly chooses this way of helping them. The story follows her progress
with a traveling company in the provinces, in the music halls, in a
repertory company, and finally takes her to America. The hero, Ed
Chauncey, the world’s greatest equilibrist, is as worthy in his way as
is Jilly.

+ =Ath= p414 Ag ‘17 90w

“The wholesome story shows a thorough knowledge of the external life
of the stage, but not very deep understanding of universal human
nature. The author is a theatrical manager and producer, and the
editor of the Sketch, a semi-theatrical publication.”

=Cleveland= p63 My ‘17 70w

“The thorough knowledge of the stage and of all things stagey which
the author obviously possesses apparently does not include the
capacity for understanding the forces that underlie the struggles and
the successes of its workers. ‘The gay life’ is superficial,
occasionally clever, and of fleeting value.”

— =Dial= 62:247 Mr 22 ‘17 110w

+ =Ind= 90:84 Ap 7 ‘17 100w

“The novel is clever, amusing and graphic in its account of stage
life, though developed in a somewhat jerky manner. The theme recalls
certain of Leonard Merrick’s delightful tales, and of course this
story suffers from the comparison, but it is an entertaining piece of
work, with an attractive, very human heroine and several interesting
and well-drawn characters.”

+ =N Y Times= 22:69 F 25 ‘17 350w

“The book on the whole is pleasant reading.”

+ =Spec= 119:169 Ag 18 ‘17 30w

“Mr Howard weaves a colorless romance into the narrative, but Jilly’s
adventures and high spirits hold the attention without outside aid.”

+ — =Springf’d Republican= p17 D 9 ‘17 220w

“It is a jolly tale, an amusing tale, a good-natured tale. There is
general truth in portions of his book, which the tale as a whole
lacks.”

+ — =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p334 Jl 12 ‘17 500w