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“Kathleen Norris is suffering the inevitable penalty of over-prolific
production. ... If her tricks of manner grow a bit hackneyed, the
basic idea on which she works will bear a great deal of repetition.”

– + =Ind= 93:240 F 9 ‘18 160w

“Somehow, as has happened before in Mrs Norris’s work, the story which
began so clearly and simply as a record of human experience is
gradually enfolded and finally smothered outright in a fog of sheer
sentimentalism.”

– + =Nation= 105:541 N 15 ‘17 110w

“It is encouraging to find in a story that is frankly the story of a
popular romancer so much of the actualistic and veracious. Nor is the
attack on our earlier romantic aura tradition confined wholly to the
background. Mrs Norris’ heroine struggles through her loves and early
love’s mistakes to her fulness of womanhood and achievement, and there
is not even the condescension of a mating-finish.”

+ =New Repub= 12:252 S 29 ‘17 190w

“The best-drawn figure in the book is Martie’s father, a fine and
consistent portrait. He stands out, in his bigoted egotism, as one
living personality among many vague shadows.” Clement Wood

– + =N Y Call= p15 D 29 ‘17 180w

“Mrs Norris’s portrayals of character are always graphic, even where
they are slight and superficial. Martie is perhaps the most real and
vital of all her gallery of feminine portraits.”

+ — =N Y Times= 22:286 Ag 5 ‘17 670w

“There is close depiction of a rather narrow range of character. The
story in workmanship is equal to the author’s best previous writing.”

+ =Outlook= 116:660 Ag 29 ‘17 60w

“Martie must be regarded as one of Mrs Norris’s best characters.”

+ — =Springf’d Republican= p15 S 23 ‘17 550w

=NORRIS, KATHLEEN (THOMPSON) (MRS CHARLES GILMAN NORRIS).= Undertow. il *$1.25 (3c) Doubleday 17-11464

The story of a married pair who hold together thru adversity only to
find themselves drawn apart when prosperity comes to them. Bert and
Nancy marry on twenty-five dollars a week. With careful economy they
keep well and happy in the little four room apartment. Children come
one after the other and Bert’s salary keeps pace with the growing
needs of the family. When they have attained real financial
independence they move to a fashionable suburb. Here they are drawn
into the gay, idle life of the place. They live beyond their means and
worry about appearances, but they so far retain their common sense
that they can look on the calamity that releases them as a bit of good
fortune.

“Copyright by the Curtis publishing company under the title ‘Holly
court.’”

+ =A L A Bkl= 13:405 Je ‘17

+ =Cath World= 105:554 Jl ‘17 90w

“Even the characters hardly live. They move vaguely across the screen
in the all-too well-known progress of their lives. If Mrs Norris
wishes to do any more moral tales, she must make them more vivid and
alive or her readers will fly for relief to the latest detective
story.”

— =Dial= 62:402 My 3 ‘17 130w

“This book is a lantern of warning set on a rock pile.”

+ =Ind= 90:298 My 12 ‘17 50w

=Nation= 104:736 Je 21 ‘17 280w

“One wonders, indeed, if the author is not playing her characters
false, in this [suburban] phase of their development, for the sake of
the story she is weaving and the moral she desires her readers to get
out of it.”

+ — =N Y Times= 22:113 Ap 1 ‘17 400w

Reviewed by M. A. Hopkins

+ =Pub W= 91:969 Mr 17 ‘17 350w

“The story presents a sharp lesson in the useless extravagance so
conspicuous in the American home. But the story is so well balanced
that the moral is at no time unduly prominent. It is not long, but is
well worth the reading.”

+ =Springf’d Republican= p17 My 6 ‘17 300w

“Interesting despite the heavily-accentuated moral.”

+ =Wis Lib Bul= 13:159 My ‘17 60w

=NORTHEND, MARY HARROD.=[2] Memories of old Salem. il *$4 Moffat 974.4 17-27755

“This book, while written in the form of a romantic tale, is designed
chiefly to carry the reader back to the days when Salem was in its
glory, the days when its ships sailed the seven seas and brought
riches and fame to the ancient port. Miss Northend’s story hangs upon
the discovery of a packet of love-letters hidden in the frame of an
old picture, and by means of the narrative she skilfully conveys the
spirit and the setting of the past.”—Lit D

“In both text and picture Miss Northend emphasizes those striking
qualities that make Salem one of the most interesting American towns.
The great grandmother, in telling the story, recreates the past with
all its glamour.” E. F. E.

+ =Boston Transcript= p8 D 19 ‘17 1200w

+ =Lit D= 55:46 D 8 ‘17 130w

“Mrs Northend ingeniously contrived a readable narrative in which to
embody an immense amount of information. The illustrations alone will
be a treasure for any one interested in the life and arts of early New
England.”

+ =N Y Times= 23:4 Ja 6 ‘18 260w

“This volume is eminently attractive, both in its physical and
pictorial form and in the curious information about old times and old
things in Salem.”

+ =Outlook= 118:67 Ja 9 ‘18 70w

“Whether or not this narrative is all that could be desired as an
account of colonial manners and customs is by no means certain. Some
readers, at all events, would prefer a larger amount of research, and
a smaller admixture of personal sentiment. The pictures, however, are
the real raison d’etre of the volume.”

+ — =Springf’d Republican= p15 D 23 ‘17 330w

=NORTHRUP, EDWIN FITCH.= Laws of physical science; a reference book. *$2 Lippincott 530 17-13944

The author’s aim has been to compile a handbook containing a complete
list of the general propositions or laws of science. He says, “We have
chosen for a title, ‘Laws of physical science’ but many general
propositions, theorems and mere statements of important facts have
been included which perhaps, if strictly considered, could not be
discriminated as laws. ... When such doubts existed, a policy of
inclusion has been followed in preference to one of exclusion.” In all
the book contains 480 general statements. These are classified into
six groups: Mechanics; Hydrostatics, hydrodynamics and capillarity;
Sound; Heat and physical chemistry; Electricity and magnetism; Light.
Bibliography and index follow.

“The book is a valuable epitome, and should be of special service to
students of physics, chemistry, and engineering.”

+ =Ath= p592 N ‘17 170w

“Dr Edwin P. Northrup of Princeton has done a very useful service in
adding to existing reference books his ‘Laws of physical science.’”

+ =Educ R= 54:316 O ‘17 50w

“Students of engineering and the physical sciences have long needed a
compact handbook of the established propositions of physical science.
Dr Northrup has prepared just such a handbook. ... Each law is
followed by one and in some cases by several references to easily
accessible textbooks, standard treatises, etc., where detailed and
systematic treatment is given of these propositions. This is not the
least important contribution of the book.”

+ =El School J= 17:692 My ‘17 250w

“A judicious choice has been made from a large selection of authors,
so that in each case the law might be given in its clearest and most
exact form. The book is attractively got up.”

+ =Nation= 105:274 S 6 ‘17 70w

“In a book which so obviously fills a gap in our literature it is
perhaps a little ungrateful to point out minor defects. The contrast
between the thoroughness of the section devoted to current electricity
and the incompleteness and lack of unity of some of the other sections
is very marked.”

+ — =Nature= 100:265 D 6 ‘17 330w

=N Y Br Lib News= 4:76 My ‘17 10w

“Unique work of great value for quick reference. Wider in scope than
title indicates.”

+ =Pittsburgh= 22:655 O ‘17 40w

“The demands of condensation have been met for the most part very
successfully in statements which though compact are clear and correct.
In a few instances, however, the statements should be revised. ... It
is perhaps unfortunate that the author has chosen Rankine as his
source for various thermodynamic statements, for with all his
undoubted genius Rankine is not an easy guide to follow. ... But it is
easy to be too critical; the author has successfully carried out his
proposal and has done an important service.” A. L. Kimball

+ — =Science= n s 47:120 F 1 ‘18 700w

+ =Springf’d Republican= p10 My 18 ‘17 120w

=NORTON, MRS JEANNETTE YOUNG.= Mrs Norton’s cook-book; selecting, cooking, and serving for the home table. *$2.50 (1c) Putnam 641.5 17-11938

The author says, “I have tried to make this a cook book, pure and
simple, avoiding all reference to, and rules of, chemistry, feeling
that the pupils of the schools of domestic science have all such
information. ... [and that] lay women would not ordinarily use such
information if it were given.” A half dozen chapters of general
information precede the chapters devoted to recipes. Special chapters
are given to Invalid cookery, Nursery diet, Child cookery, Children’s
parties, School luncheons, Camp cookery, etc.

“Recipes are concise but some of them are rather extravagant for the
average housekeeper of these times. Would be a great help to tea
shops, clubs, or even hotels. Good index.”

+ =A L A Bkl= 13:435 Jl ‘17

+ =Ind= 91:136 Jl 28 ‘17 40w

“Besides hundreds of recipes, there are chapters of general
information most useful to the housekeeper.”

+ =R of Rs= 56:554 N ‘17 60w

+ =Springf’d Republican= p17 Je 24 ‘17 200w

=The Times [London] Lit Sup= p418 Ag 30 ‘17 50w

=NORWAY, MARY LOUISA (GADSDEN) (MRS HAMILTON NORWAY).= Sinn Fein rebellion as I saw it. il *2s Smith, Elder & co., London 941.5 (Eng ed A16-1424)

“The author is the wife of the Secretary for the Post office in
Ireland, and in the letters here reprinted, which were written for
family perusal, gives a good idea of the sudden terrors and anxieties
of the rising. ‘H.’ at the beginning of the war, had obtained a
military guard, armed, for the G. P. O. When the outbreak occurred it
was there, but had no ammunition. It is a shocking story of folly and
mismanagement. ... Evidence is offered of German assistance of the
rebels.”—Sat R

“No literary merit is claimed for these letters, which were intended
for family perusal only, but they convey a vivid idea of the events
and the anxieties they aroused.”

+ =Ath= p485 O ‘16 60w

+ =Pittsburgh= 22:425 My ‘17 30w

=St Louis= 15:24 Ja ‘17

=Sat R= 122:232 S 2 ‘16 160w

“A perfectly plain, straightforward narrative.”

+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p375 Ag 10 ‘16 800w

=NOURSE, EDWIN GRISWOLD.= Agricultural economics. (Materials for the study of economics) *$2.75 (1c) Univ. of Chicago press 338 16-23032

For descriptive note see Annual for 1916.

“Chapter 1, The emergence of the problem of agricultural economics, is
disappointing. ... The best material on the history of American
agriculture has not been utilized. ... The editor has kept well in the
foreground the social aspect of such matters as the standard of living
of the rural population and the defects of the labor force both in
quality and quantity. In so doing he has justified his advocacy of the
teaching of agricultural economics in every institution which aims to
give a liberal education.” P. W. Bidwell

+ =Am Econ R= 7:387 Je ‘17 700w

“Should be a valuable help to teachers of undergraduate students,
specially until the whole field is more fully developed. More complete
and better edited than other books on this subject.”

+ =A L A Bkl= 13:245 Mr ‘17

“A more accurate title for this collection of valuable contributions
would be ‘Source book of agricultural economics,’ since the author
does not attempt to present what would commonly be looked upon as a
textbook in the general principles of the subject.” J. L. C.

+ =Ann Am Acad= 74:300 N ‘17 120w

“A book significant at once of the trend of thought in this direction,
and of the new technique of university instruction.”

+ =Ind= 89:421 Mr 5 ‘17 350w

“Where the problem under discussion is of a controversial nature, both
sides of the case are carefully presented. But in some instances the
author has failed to set forth important facts bearing upon his
subject. That is, too little space has been given to certain
topics. ... Professor Nourse has assembled some suggestive material.
He has produced, as it were, a ‘comparative print’ which throws the
searchlight of agricultural data on controversial points in economic
theory—theory which has too often been developed without due regard
for agricultural facts. In accomplishing his other aims he has not
succeeded so well. His collection of materials can hardly be regarded
as a first-class textbook. Nevertheless, it represents by far the best
attempt that has yet been made to satisfy this need.” G: E. Putnam

+ — =J Pol Econ= 25:308 Mr ‘17 1050w

=NOVIKOVA, OLGA ALEKSIEEVNA.= Russian memories; with an introd. by Stephen Graham. il *$3.50 Dutton (Eng ed 16-22949)

“People whose memory goes back to the eastern crisis of 1876-78 are
not likely to have forgotten Mme Olga Novikoff, or the part that she
played in the struggle between the Disraelians and the Gladstonians of
that day. A Russian lady, handsome and clever, well connected and well
backed, she captivated Mr Gladstone, and enlisted in support of her
cause men so diverse as Carlyle, Tyndall, and W. T. Stead. ... Her new
book, rather vaguely called ‘Russian memories,’ is partly a sketch of
her past political activities, and partly a survey of certain aspects
of Russia during recent years, of her politics home and foreign, and
of the immediate situation.”—The Times [London] Lit Sup

=A L A Bkl= 14:23 O ‘17

“These reminiscences of a very notable woman, who has numbered among
her friends Gladstone, Kinglake (’Eothen’), Carlyle, Froude, Tyndall,
W. T. Stead, Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Verestschagin, and ‘Mark
Twain,’ are opportune in their appearance. ... The volume is provided
with a good index.”

=Ath= p548 N ‘16 200w

“That much-abused person who is commonly referred to as the future
historian will probably consider this lady the last Mohican of Russian
monarchism.” Abraham Yarmolinsky.

– + =Bookm= 46:483 D ‘17 180w

“It is a sincere analysis of the relations between Russia and England
as she has observed them during the last fifty years. And the
personality shown in her writing is one of great intelligence and
charm.” R. M.

+ =Boston Transcript= p6 Je 23 ‘17 630w

“The author has apparently spent little time on the ordered
preparation of her book, but her manner of writing is invariably
engaging and intelligent.”

+ — =Dial= 63:116 Ag 16 ‘17 420w

“Her ‘Russian memories’ contain little or nothing that is new or
important. They suggest the garrulity and magnification of self which
often goes with old age.”

— =Nation= 105:181 Ag 16 ‘17 180w

“Rightly is her book called a book of ‘Memories’; though sprightly,
amusing, and entertaining, it is emphatically a book of the past.”

+ =N Y Times= 22:221 Je 10 ‘17 580w

“What the author says concerning such of her own countrymen as
Dostoevsky, Verestchagin, and Skobelev is of particular moment to the
student of Russian life.”

+ =Outlook= 116:451 Jl 18 ‘17 150w

“As she is an uncompromising champion of the old political regime in
Russia, some of her observations, as touching czarism and Siberia for
example, seem not a little wide of the mark.”

=Pittsburgh= 22:405 My ‘17 60w

“The ‘Holy Russia’ of Madame Novikoff seems almost as remote from the
Russia of Miliukoff and Kerensky as the England of George III and Lord
North from the Britain of Lloyd George.”

=R of Rs= 56:101 Jl ‘17 100w

“A vivacious and sufficiently self-revealing record of the activities
of the most energetic of the unofficial promoters of the Anglo-Russian
entente.”

+ =Spec= 117:509 O 28 ‘16 1450w

“Its publication in England antedated the great days of March, so that
it must not be grouped with the rapidly-augmenting library that owes
its genesis to the revolution.”

+ =Springf’d Republican= p8 Je 26 ‘17 670w

“This is not a very systematic book, nor is it easy to collect from it
any consistent series of impressions. ... The later pages, it is true,
deal with the present war, but many others go back a whole generation,
so that, as there is no clear marking of the chronology, younger
readers will be often perplexed as to the relative position of
events.”

=The Times [London] Lit Sup= p524 N 2 ‘16 670w

=NOXON, FRANK WRIGHT.= Are we capable of self-government? *$1.50 (2c) Harper 330.9 17-16073

The author considers the “national problems and policies affecting
business, 1900-1916.” He “has not tried to answer the question which
the title of the book propounds, but rather to review the nation’s
recent legislative and bureaucratic strictures upon organized
business, sometimes true to the fundamental principles of our
government, sometimes ludicrously childish and inconsistent, yet,
because the underlying purpose has been honest rather than vicious,
making for general progress.” (Introd.) There is a chapter on
“Backsliding in New England,” one on “The new era in railway
regulation,” and one on “Organized labor and the law.” The
introduction is by Harry A. Wheeler, first president of the Chamber of
commerce of the United States.

Reviewed by L. E. Robinson

=Bookm= 46:268 N ‘17 450w

=Boston Transcript= p6 S 5 ‘17 600w

=Ind= 91:294 Ag 25 ‘17 100w

“The author’s study of the various movements will be of interest to
Socialists in recalling some recent events. His conclusions will be
found curious, for he often seems to go far in boldness of thought and
utterance and to miss wholly underlying causes and actual social
forces.” Frank Macdonald

– + =N Y Call= p14 Jl 29 ‘17 520w

“This economic interpretation of current affairs is stimulating in
high degree. ... It is rather a book for men of business than
students, and wherever women have the vote or wish to be qualified to
vote or discuss men’s affairs with men, the book should have women
readers.”

+ =N Y Times= 22:278 Jl 29 ‘17 1000w

“While the title of the book might indicate a pessimistic tendency,
the author really shows that our form of government is favorable to
the growth of those factors which may by proper cooperation produce
the best results in both business and political life.”

=R of Rs= 56:441 O ‘17 100w

=NOYES, ALFRED.= Open boats. *50c (4½c) Stokes 940.91 17-13295

A book based on the narratives of those who have been sent out in open
boats after the sinking of vessels by submarines. Mr Noyes has been at
pains to gather together as many authentic records as possible.
Contents: Open boats; Sea savagery; The unforeseen; A Prussian;
Magnificoes and the dead. Two poems are printed by way of prolog and
epilog.

+ =A L A Bkl= 14:20 O ‘17

“Mr Alfred Noyes touches a chord of response in his readers by his
facility in rhythmic, picturesque utterance. This facility is often
fatal to his excellence as a poet, but it adapts itself readily to the
description of German frightfulness on the high seas, which is the
subject of this little book of sketches.”

+ =Dial= 63:409 O 25 ‘17 130w

“The horror of submarine warfare is nowhere made more real than in
these terse records, drawn from admiralty reports and from the
accounts by survivors.”

=Ind= 90:311 My 19 ‘17 25w

=Pratt= p41 O ‘17 20w

“Mr Noyes has been out with the British trawlers and has personal
knowledge of the sea perils that he describes.”

=R of Rs= 55:669 Je ‘17 50w

+ =Spec= 118:676 Je 16 ‘17 120w

=Springf’d Republican= p6 Ag 3 ‘17 260w

“We wish Mr Noyes would more often leave the nail driven in without
making assurance doubly sure by hitting it on the head a dozen times
more. He has had presumably access to documents that are not published
in the press, but we cannot think that he has succeeded in letting the
survivors tell their own desperate story in their own vivid and
unvarnished style.”

– + =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p364 Ag 2 ‘17 400w

=NYBURG, SIDNEY LAUER.= Chosen people. *$1.40 (1½c) Lippincott 17-26391

Philip Graetz, a young rabbi, fresh from his studies, is called to
minister to a wealthy Jewish congregation in Baltimore. Philip is an
idealist, believing passionately in the unity of the Jewish people and
in the power of the Hebrew religion to solve all problems. The wide
gulf that exists between the people of his congregation and the poor
Jews of the slums is brought home to him in a strike in the clothing
trade, and the failure of “Jewish ethics” to solve the labor problem
all but shatters his second ideal. Love brings a bitter experience to
Philip too, for he learns to care deeply for a girl who is not of his
own people, and is saved from sacrificing his chosen career only by
her fine character and sense of values. An interesting character in
the story is David Gordon, the self-made Russian-Jewish lawyer. He is
a good foil for Philip, and the fact that they become friends promises
well for the young dreamer’s future.

+ =A L A Bkl= 13:405 Je ‘17

“In a rough sense this may be called a Jewish ‘Inside of the cup.’” H.
W. Boynton

+ =Bookm= 45:317 My ‘17 650w

“A somewhat formal, slightly chaotic and altogether serious story. ...
Although Mr Nyburg’s style is extraordinarily verbose, although he
emphasizes trifles and is inclined to lengthy discussions of
incidents, it is undeniable that in ‘The chosen people’ he has written
a novel of exceptional quality.” E. F. E.

+ — =Boston Transcript= p6 Mr 21 ‘17 950w

“I have seen few modern American stories so earnest, direct, free from
palaver and sentimentality. ... The problems of the Jew in America are
presented but not expounded.” J: Macy

+ =Dial= 62:358 Ap 19 ‘17 350w

“A book of notable sincerity and dignity, by a Jew who is proud of his
race, and whose pride exacts much of that race; by an American also,
who desires that American life may be strengthened and ennobled by her
Jewish citizens.” H. W. Boynton

+ =Nation= 104:404 Ap 5 ‘17 130w

“In delightful and reassuring contrast [to Cahan’s ‘Rise of David
Levinsky’] is Mr Nyburg’s ‘The chosen people.’” H. W. Boynton

+ =Nation= 105:600 N 29 ‘17 80w

“Refreshing, because it contains none of the conventional
sentimentality about the Jew found in the average novel about him. ...
Any one who is in the least familiar with Jews will not fail to
recognize the prototypes of Arthur Kahn, the cultured ‘cash
register’; ... and Dr Philip Graetz, the cultured rabbi of this most
fashionable congregation in the city of Baltimore.” Harry Salpeter

+ =N Y Call= p15 Je 24 ‘17 650w

“A brilliant piece of work. ... From first to last the book is
exceptionally interesting. Detailed as it is, it never drags.”

+ =N Y Times= 22:102 Mr 25 ‘17 800w

“He writes with a simplicity and directness that give the impression
of one who speaks with authority.” M. K. Reely

+ =Pub W= 91:969 Mr 17 ‘17 550w

“Mr Nyburg has written a keenly intelligent story which often
penetrates the hypocrisies of society and shatters the platitudes and
poses of conspicuous types. He has not conquered a penchant for
theatrical climaxes, but the story ranks among the most substantial of
the season’s fiction.”

+ =Springf’d Republican= p17 Je 3 ‘17 500w

+ =Wis Lib Bul= 13:159 My ‘17 50w

=NYROP, KRISTOFFER.= Is war civilization? auth. tr. by H. G. Wright. *$1.25 (2½c) Dodd 940.91 (Eng ed 17-30069)

A collection of papers on the war by a professor of romance philosophy
at the University of Copenhagen. They appear to have been written at
different times, but have been arranged in a logical sequence to
conform with a definite plan: “The general introduction is followed by
four chapters dealing with the devastation in Belgium and northern
France, after which, by a natural succession, there come the manifesto
of the ninety-three and the replies to the same. War of necessity
leads to annexation, which in its turn involves tyranny, and some of
the questions connected with this are dealt with in the next three
chapters. The movement of the irredentists in Italy proves to what an
extent the suppression of nationality produces explosive matter and so
Italy’s attitude to the war has been made the object of special
investigation. Finally, in a few brief sections, I have endeavoured to
throw some light on the relations between war and religion, and war
and languages, whilst in the last chapter I have drawn attention to
that civitas Dei for the establishment of which all mankind ought
harmoniously to unite.” (Preface)

+ =Ath= p531 O ‘17 160w

+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p407 Ag 23 ‘17 110w

“If there were nothing more in the volume than the extracts which
Professor Nyrop gathers together from authors little known here, all
showing the persistency and boundless arrogance of the modern German,
the book would be useful.”

+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p422 S 6 ‘17 500w

=NYSTROM, PAUL HENRY.= Retail store management. il $2 LaSalle extension univ. 658 17-6655

“This book is intended primarily as a textbook for students of the
retailing process, and is general in character rather than descriptive
of technical matters. The chief merchandising problems are presented
clearly and concisely. The author realizes the need of giving to those
engaged in retail business a broad view of the field, in order to
counteract the narrowing tendencies of intensive routine work. The
necessary theoretical matter is presented by means of illustrations
taken from actual experiences of merchants. Reality without minute
detail is the spirit of the work. Particular forms of retailing—chain
stores, department stores, and so on—are not mentioned in the
treatise. Location, organization, accounting, buying, sales, and
pricing, the factors whose management means success or failure in any
retail establishment, large or small, receive thorough treatment.
House policies, especially with reference to direct dealings with
customers and employees, are commented on. Several of the
merchandising functions are illustrated by simple, well-organized
charts, and a few carefully selected forms give hints of possible
methods for controlling the work of the different functions.”—J Pol
Econ

“‘Retail store management’ is closely related to the author’s other
books, ‘Retail selling and store management’ (Appleton, 1914) and ‘The
economics of retailing’ (Ronald press, 1915). Taken together, Dr
Nystrom’s books constitute no small part of the recent useful
literature of modern retailing. The Appleton text is bipartite and
makes the three repetitive; the portions on store management should be
transferred to the LaSalle text and the three texts would then have
more or less exclusive fields.” R. B. Westerfield

+ =Am Econ R= 7:641 S ‘17 400w

“It is intensely matter-of-fact. And, in spite of its prosaic subject,
it is interestingly written.” F. H. Hankins

+ =Am J Soc= 22:849 My ‘17 150w

+ =J Pol Econ= 25:640 Je ‘17 170w

“Dr Nystrom finds call for the course of instruction he lays down in
‘Retail store management’ in his conviction that a very large
percentage of the three million and more Americans engaged in retail
trade are incapable and inefficient. ... He strongly urges that
everybody connected with retail trading should be fitted as well as
possible for the work he is expected to perform. Study of Dr Nystrom’s
book will tend to show the soundness of this view, while at the same
time it will give a practical response to the need of knowledge and
training the author so thoroughly demonstrates.”

+ =N Y Times= 22:130 Ap 8 ‘17 250w

O

=OBERHOLTZER, ELLIS PAXSON.= History of the United States since the Civil war. 5v v 1 *$3.50 (4½c) Macmillan 973.8 (17-28462)

=v 1= 1865-8.

The first of a five-volume work whose title suggests the scope. This
installment begins immediately after the assassination of Lincoln in
1865 and covers three years to the impeachment of Johnson. The social,
economic, political and commercial development of those years is
interpreted in terms corresponding to this generation’s needs. The
writer puts to the period questions that have never been asked before
because they are questions that have grown out of the conditions of
modern progress. General headings: President Johnson; The South after
the war; Congress in control; The triumphant North; Beyond the
Mississippi; The Indians; War upon the president; Mexico, Ireland and
Alaska.

“It is a storehouse of detail; every page carries the evidence of
comprehensive and discriminating research. The author holds a judicial
restraint upon his own views. He is expert in searching for the events
and the views of those sharing in the making of history. Like Mr
Rhodes’s Mr Oberholtzer’s vision of American achievement embraces more
than politics.” L. E. Robinson

+ =Bookm= 46:596 Ja ‘18 1150w

“Mr Oberholtzer writes with vigor and often with discrimination, in
easy, flowing style, and he holds the attention of the reader with
firmness.” E. J. C.

+ =Boston Transcript= p8 D 5 ‘17 450w

“The strong points of the present volume are its remarkable portrayals
of life and conditions; its weak ones are those which must become more
apparent as the succeeding instalments come out. Indirect discourse,
quotations from racy contemporary sources, pen pictures of eminent
men, must hold the reader’s interest for a while; but five volumes of
this tend to confuse and weary, and one begins to wonder what it is
all about. After all the historian must be more than a reporter.”

+ — =Nation= 105:636 D 6 ‘17 1650w

“What makes the book especially interesting is the attention given to
the more picturesque and less well known phases of our achievement.”

+ — =N Y Times= 22:531 D 2 ‘17 500w

“Some readers will not altogether like the leanings of this work as to
political questions; some will think the historian’s sense of
proportion somewhat defective; but no one can deny that the author
makes the past live again.”

+ — =Outlook= 117:514 N 28 ‘17 80w

“Mr Oberholtzer has faithfully studied the abundant sources of
information concerning this period and his copious footnotes
constitutes a valuable bibliography.”

+ =Springf’d Republican= p6 Ja 11 ‘18 700w

=O’BRIEN, CHARLES.= Food preparedness for the United States. *60c (4c) Little 940.91 17-17192

“In September, 1916, the author went to Germany to study economic
conditions, particularly those regarding food supply. ... This book is
designed to point out to the individual some of the factors involved
and the lessons to be learned from the experiences of the European
belligerents, particularly Germany ... who, in rationing her people
according to her available supplies, has done so on a basis that was
outlined by scientific nutrition experts.” (Author’s foreword)

=Am Econ R= 7:848 D ‘17 50w

“Brief but interesting and suggestive.”

+ =A L A Bkl= 14:46 N ‘17

“This little book should be sent broadcast over the land.”

+ =Boston Transcript= p6 Ag 1 ‘17 490w

=Cleveland= p119 N ‘17 50w

“Though much of the advice has been already followed in the passage of
the Food bill and the work of the Food administration, and some of the
information has already been made clear, the volume contains a great
deal that is still interesting, practical, and valuable for us all.”

+ =N Y Times= 22:395 O 14 ‘17 150w

=Pittsburgh= 22:767 N ‘17 40w

+ =R of Rs= 56:213 Ag ‘17 190w

=St Louis= 15:358 O ‘17 20w

“He is weakest in his comment on applied scientific nutrition.” Bruno
Lasker

+ — =Survey= 39:73 O 20 ‘17 570w

=O’BRIEN, EDWARD JOSEPH HARRINGTON=, ed. Best short stories of 1916, and the Yearbook of the American short story. *$1.50 (1c) Small

This is the second volume of Mr O’Brien’s short story annual. Again he
has selected twenty stories which in his judgment represent the best
short stories of the year. First place is given to Richard Matthews
Hallet’s “Making port,” a story reprinted from Every Week. In addition
to the twenty stories reprinted, the volume contains the “Roll of
honor” for 1916, a critical summary of fifty-two stories of the year,
the rating of the magazines on the basis of the number of distinctive
stories published, etc. Mr O’Brien finds the outlook for the American
short story hopeful. He says: “Our artists are beginning to think of
life wholly in terms of the individual, and to substitute the warmth
of the individual in place of the generalised and sentimentalised
types to which our American public has been so whole-heartedly
accustomed.”

=A L A Bkl= 13:343 My ‘17

=Cath World= 105:257 My ‘17 250w

“I am not sure that Mr Edward O’Brien’s ‘Best short stories of the
year’ will not contribute their own share to the progressive decline
of the short-story in America, for he is creating standards which a
real criticism should resolutely reject.” M. M. Colum

— =Dial= 62:345 Ap 19 ‘17 1300w

“In spite of the most honest intention, it is impossible to take this
sort of book seriously. The reprinting of twenty stories, the
summarizing of fifty more, and the sober printing of a roll of
honor—Baedekerized up to three stars—presupposes the existence of
fixed canons of literary judgment beyond either the will or the power
of humankind to achieve.”

— =Nation= 104:548 My 3 ‘17 200w

“Whether or not one may differ with Mr O’Brien about any particular
story in the collection, there is no room for any question about the
excellence and value and representative quality of the collection as a
whole.”

+ =N Y Times= 22:82 Mr 11 ‘17 730w

“For the first time in my life I have read twenty successive stories
and enjoyed every one.” M. A. Hopkins

+ =Pub W= 91:583 F 17 ‘17 450w

=O’BRIEN, EDWARD JOSEPH HARRINGTON.= White fountains; odes and lyrics. *$1 Small 811 17-11680

Mr O’Brien’s book of poetry is made up of two parts. The first
contains two remarkable odes, “Flesh” and “Flower.” The second is a
small collection of lyrics. In his odes, the poet has tried the
experiment of adapting the form of the Gregorian plain chant to the
demands of English verse.

“There has always been a quiet insistence about Mr O’Brien’s poetic
work, which now confined within a volume, challenges the attention of
all poetry lovers.” D. L. M.

+ =Boston Transcript= p8 F 28 ‘17 750w

+ =Cleveland= p65 My ‘17 90w

“The second ode is a mystic poem of serene beauty and deep
significance. The first is more like Whitman’s ‘Children of Adam’ than
anything else in American poetry which I have read, and it is marred
by the same lack of humor, judgment, self-criticism. ... No more
rarified and ethereal poetry is to be found than he has given us in
the small group of lyrics at the end of his book. If, to the fine
Celtic qualities already so clear in his verse, he could but add
humour, restraint, poise, clarity—why then he would cease to be an
Irish poet, and that is a thing not to be thought of.” Odell Shepard

+ — =Dial= 63:19 Je 28 ‘17 550w

“A number of very good short lyrics are included in the volume.”

+ =Ind= 91:135 Jl 28 ‘17 40w

“The two odes, ‘Flesh’ and ‘Flower’ have certain flashes of splendor
and an effortless beauty. The type arrangement, or line structure,
used by Mr O’Brien lessens the poetic value to the average reader.”

+ — =R of Rs= 56:217 Ag ‘17 130w

=O’BRIEN, PETER O’BRIEN, baron.= Reminiscences of the Right Hon. Lord O’Brien (of Kilfenora); ed. by his daughter Georgina O’Brien. *$2.50 Longmans 17-1646

“This book takes us over the long range from the Irish famine to the
opening days of the great war. It introduces us to many personages who
made history in those times. Queen Victoria, Gladstone, Earl Spencer,
Monsignor Persico, Isaac Butt, Charles Stewart Parnell, and Lord
Russell of Killowen, are some of the persons whom we meet in its
pages. Those who are interested in Irish history come upon striking
side-lights in the stirring period covered by Lord O’Brien’s life. ...
His official conduct was characterized by great devotion to duty and
courage in the midst of much unpopularity and numerous protests and
threats. ... His career as prosecuting attorney for the crown brought
him in later years the notable reward of appointment as lord chief
justice for Ireland.”—Cath World

+ =A L A Bkl= 13:312 Ap ‘17

=Boston Transcript= p6 Ja 20 ‘17 350w

“The style of the book, the more considerable part of which is in the
Judge’s own words—twenty-two chapters out of thirty-one—is marked by
simplicity and directness. ... His daughter prepared the manuscript
for publication, and added some chapters of her own which throw a new
charm over the pages. ... A complete and useful index is given at the
end of the volume.”

+ =Cath World= 104:692 F ‘17 300w

“It was a rather meagre record which Lord O’Brien left prepared at his
death (in 1914), and its piecing out in this volume by his daughter
adds little of real consequence. Politically, the most important part
of the book is that relating to the Irish Invincibles. The pages are
but rarely lighted up by Irish wit, though the reader is often told,
somewhat exasperatingly, of amusing stories or clever reports which he
is asked to take on faith.”

+ — =Nation= 104:81 Ja 18 ‘17 120w

“These reminiscences of Lord O’Brien are of the most importance for
the years 1880 to 1888.”

+ =Sat R= 123:40 Ja 13 ‘17 1000w

“His reminiscences are pleasantly readable, and show why the Judge,
with his humor and love of sport, was always popular in Ireland.”

+ =Spec= 117:sup610 N 18 ‘16 120w

“Even an enemy must be impressed by the kindliness and the honesty,
the modesty and the courage, of the personality here revealed.”

+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p511 O 26 ‘16 1050w

=ODLING, WILLIAM.= Technic of versification. *4s 6d Parker & co., Oxford 426.2

“The greater part of this book is a selection of mostly well-known
verses, classified according to the rhythmic character of the
excerpts, and preceded by thirty pages of introductory notes and
illustrations. Following the preface is a short list of some early
works on versification to be found in the Bodleian library.”—Ath

“To those without facilities for a study of the longer treatise upon
the art of versification, the present volume should be useful. The
extracts chosen range in date from 1400 to 1913. The book has neither
an index nor a table of contents.”

+ — =Ath= p585 D ‘16 90w

“One can scarcely be grateful for the writer’s seeming ignorance of
the literature of the subject, or his indifference to the conventional
use of technical terms. ... The terminology is often interesting, but
certainly as often questionable.”

— =Nation= 104:547 My 3 ‘17 400w

“Professor Odling’s scansion is not always convincing, but his
systematic analysis of our poetic forms will interest a good many
people.”

+ — =Spec= 117:660 N 25 ‘16 60w

=OEMLER, MARIE CONWAY.= Slippy McGee; sometimes known as the Butterfly man. *$1.35 (1c) Century 17-13219

Slippy McGee, the cleverest crook in America, making his getaway on a
freight train, falls and is terribly mangled. When he awakens he finds
himself in the parish house of a little South Carolina town, crippled
for life. His one piece of luggage, his burglar’s kit, has
disappeared, and he does not know till long afterwards when an
emergency calls for it, that the parish priest has hidden it inside
the statue of St Stanislaus in the church. Father De Rancé’s interest
in butterflies and moths is the instrument that saves the soul of
Slippy McGee. But it is little Mary Virginia who points the way,
suggesting that the slender, supple hands, the hands of the cleverest
cracksman in America, be employed in mounting specimens. Slippy McGee
thereafter becomes the Butterfly man. Only once does he take on his
old character, and then it is in the interest of this same Mary
Virginia. After that one occurrence the cracksman’s tools go back into
the keeping of St Stanislaus, to stay.

+ =A L A Bkl= 13:451 Jl ‘17

“However she may choose to employ these conventions of the
story-romancer’s art, it is notable that Mrs Oemler, herself a
southerner, takes a vigorous fling at more than one shibboleth,
notably that hollow convention of colonel-ism and ‘southern chivalry’
which story-tellers have been wont to handle so tenderly.” H. W.
Boynton

+ =Bookm= 45:409 Je ‘17 350w

“One of the pleasant novels of the year.”

+ =Ind= 91:188 Ag 4 ‘17 60w

“A certain freshness and gusto rescue the story from melodramatic and
sentimental fatuity, and render it acceptable in its kind.”

+ =Nation= 104:736 Je 21 ‘17 330w

“Unmarred by so much as a single touch of mawkishness or cant, the
story is related with sincerity and charm.”

+ =N Y Times= 22:166 Ap 29 ‘17 500w

“In spite of melodrama the book is pleasant from beginning to end, and
‘Slippy McGee’ is a creation the reader does not forget.”

+ =Springf’d Republican= p17 Jl 1 ‘17 420w

Official register and directory of women’s clubs in America. v 19 il pa $2 H. M. Winslow. Shirley, Mass. 374.2

The preface states: “This is our nineteenth annual ‘Club register.’
The first appeared in 1898 and covered Massachusetts only. The next
volume covered New England, and a little later we covered the whole
country. ... This is the only directory in the world that covers all
the federated clubs.” The text treats of the General federation of
women’s clubs, listing officers, etc., then takes up clubs
alphabetically by states and their cities giving the number of members
and the name of the president of each club. The editor draws attention
to the classified list of club lecturers and entertainers found at the
end of the volume.

=OGDEN, GEORGE WASHINGTON.= Rustler of Wind River. il $1.30 (1½c) McClurg 17-10160

A fight between the cattle barons who had for years had control of the
free ranges and the settlers who had come in to homestead the land is
the basis of this story. To cover up the criminality of their
proceedings, the cattle men had spread the rumor that the settlers
were a band of rustlers and had branded Alan Macdonald, their leader,
as a desperado and an outlaw. Saul Chadron had put a price on
Macdonald’s head and his hired gunman was on the man’s trail. But at
her first meeting with Macdonald, Frances Landcraft, daughter of the
commander of the military post, knows that these tales are false, and
she thereafter takes his part. Her judgment is vindicated, and the
homesteaders’ cause is won.

+ =A L A Bkl= 14:98 D ‘17

“The characters hold together well and when the most original ones are
presented together, as in the case of the leading cattle-baron and his
murder-tool, the passage between them is strong in its conception and
admirably phrased and described.”

+ — =Boston Transcript= p9 O 20 ‘17 210w

“A tale well worth the reading, not for its interest alone, but
because of its historic value as a picture of the West in the days
when might made right.”

+ =N Y Times= 22:218 Je 3 ‘17 160w

+ =Springf’d Republican= p15 Jl 15 ‘17 250w

=OGDEN, HENRY ALEXANDER=, comp. Our flag and our songs. il *60c Clode, E: J. 929.9 17-22075

A brief account of the origin and history of the United States flag,
together with eighteen patriotic and other well-known songs, ranging
from “The star-spangled banner” to “My old Kentucky home” and “When
this cruel war is over.” The songs are credited to their authors.

=OGG, FREDERIC AUSTIN.= Economic development of modern Europe. *$2.50 (1c) Macmillan 330.9 17-13473

Frederic Austin Ogg is associate professor of political science in the
University of Wisconsin and author of “Social progress in contemporary
Europe,” some chapters of which have been reproduced, with
considerable modification, in the present volume. In deciding “what
topics to include, and what space to allow to each, Professor Ogg
followed these principles: to devote most of his attention to the
nineteenth century, contenting himself with a summary sketch of
preceding conditions; to omit from consideration the more technical
aspects of economic history, such as public finance; and to confine
himself in general to the history of three leading countries, the
United Kingdom, France, and Germany. ... Part 1. ‘Antecedents of
nineteenth-century growth,’ occupies 114 pages. ... Part 2,
‘Agriculture, industry, and trade since 1815,’ pages 117-340, covers
the development of production in the leading countries, with an added
chapter on Russia; part 3, ‘Population and labour,’ pages 343-474, is
devoted mainly to the organization and regulation of labor, and part
4, pages 477-641, treats of ‘Socialism and social insurance.’” (Am
Econ R) There are bibliographies at the end of each chapter.

“He has read widely, uses his authorities with discrimination, selects
and arranges his materials skilfully, and sets forth his product in
good English. He is accurate. ... Altogether, his book offers the best
survey known to the reviewer of the recent economic history of
Europe.” Clive Day

+ — =Am Econ R= 7:608 S ‘17 580w

+ =A L A Bkl= 13:429 Jl ‘17

Reviewed by Edgar Dawson

+ =Am Pol Sci R= 12:151 F ‘18 250w

“The best single volume on the subject. ... Professor Ogg has depended
for the most part upon secondary sources and most of these are written
in English. ... In the chapter on Russia there is not a single
reference to a German authority, although that is the chief source of
information for one who does not read Russian. The bibliographies at
the end of each chapter ... have not received the same careful
attention which the author gave to the text, for there are not
infrequent errors in titles, in spelling, etc.” E. L. Bogart

+ — =Ann Am Acad= 73:237 S ‘17 450w

“Of especial interest are the chapters on socialism and on social
insurance.”

+ =Cleveland= p123 N ‘17 30w

“The book might almost serve as a complete history of Europe from the
early eighteenth century to the outbreak of the great war.”

+ =Ind= 90:437 Je 2 ‘17 160w

=Pittsburgh= 22:690 O ‘17 20w

=R of Rs= 56:215 Ag ‘17 130w

“His narrative is, on the whole, clear and accurate, and his elaborate
bibliographies will be useful to students of special topics. His
remarks on the political activity of the German Socialists, written no
doubt before the war, now require revision.”

+ =Spec= 119:sup630 D 1 ‘17 110w

“The book will be found particularly useful as a reference source on
the modern labor movement including the related politics, and the
paternalistic enterprises chiefly concerning the working class. It
gives much evidence of the author’s thorough study of the available
data and scholarly fairness of presentation.”

+ =Springf’d Republican= p6 Jl 13 ‘17 900w

“In many of the historical instances which it gives, this volume also
brings surprisingly telling lessons for our own time. The
bibliographical references accompanying each chapter are without
serious omission and most useful to the student. The judgment
exercised in selection and in the discussion of controversial subjects
throughout the book is admirable.” Bruno Lasker

+ =Survey= 39:200 N 24 ‘17 380w

=The Times [London] Lit Sup= p334 Jl 12 ‘17 80w

=OHIO COMPANY OF ASSOCIATES.= Minutes and proceedings of the Ohio company of associates; ed. by Archer Butler Hulbert. (Marietta college. Historical collections) $2.50 Marietta historical commission, Marietta college, Marietta, O. 977.1

“This is the first of a series of volumes which will contain original
records, letters, etc., illustrating the settlement and development of
southeastern Ohio. There is a long introduction by the editor treating
of the origin of the Ohio company, the part taken in its formation by
Rufus Putnam, Manasseh Cutler, and other leaders, the relation between
the Ohio and Scioto companies, and a summary of the land, financial,
and ‘paternalistic’ policies of the company. The text of the records
covers the period from 1786 to December 21, 1789, and shows, in part,
why New England influences were so important in this section. ...
These records vividly illustrate the capitalistic as contrasted with
the individualistic method of promoting the settlement and development
of a new region.” (Am Hist R) “The work, when completed, will contain
the name of probably every man of importance in the early annals of
the state of Ohio. ... The records are presented as they appear in the
writing of the various secretaries, in the large sheep-bound volumes
presented to the college by William R. Putnam, the papers having been
preserved carefully by the Putnam family.” (Boston Transcript) The
editor is professor of American history in Marietta college, Ohio.

“The introduction as a whole is exceedingly well written, and for the
first time adequately presents the story of the founding of the
company and its influence. The form, appearance, and editing of the
book are excellent. Historical students are fortunate in being assured
that the editorship of this series is in such competent hands, and we
shall look forward eagerly to the completion of a series that will
contain one of the most important collections of sources for the study
of this section of the west.” M. W. Jernegan

+ =Am Hist R= 23:188 O ‘17 600w

“Professor Hulbert devotes 137 pages to a succinct history of the Ohio
company and the ‘Scioto right.’ While these subjects have been treated
by previous writers, Professor Hulbert’s paper is such an admirable
presentation of the theme, apart from its value as an introduction to
the series, that no apology is necessary for its appearance. It gives
the reader of the original documents a solid groundwork of information
regarding the history of the company from its inception in the bounty
land offers made by the Continental congress to prospective soldiers.”
G. H. S.

* + =Boston Transcript= p6 Je 23 ‘17 700w

=OHLSON, HAROLD.= Dancing hours. *$1.25 (1c) Lane 17-2486

Jane Eastwood is the daughter of a deceased pawnbroker. A comfortable
income, an unpleasant memory of her parent and a bundle of old letters
are Jane’s inheritance. With the bundle of letters, she blackmails her
way into society. Jane has red hair and she instantly becomes a
popular success. She would have carried the affair off with perfect
ease, but alas, the past has a way of not remaining the past. It
intrudes itself into the present. But Jane has won the affection of
her blackmailed patroness, and she finds another friend, too, who
stands by her and sees her through.

“It is splendid to be able to bury oneself in a novel without the
horrible suspicion that one is being ‘improved’ or imposed upon by
some sugar-tongued propagandist. ‘The dancing hours’ pretends to be no
more than a story, but what a story! Here is all the antiquated lumber
of mysterious heroines, dashing and handsome villains, manly and
long-suffering heroes, unexpected wealth, and happy endings.”

+ =Dial= 62:107 F 8 ‘17 150w

“The story begins well but becomes too preposterous to wear the garb
of credibility. It has some clever bits, and the conversations are
well sustained.”

– + =N Y Times= 22:75 Mr 4 ‘17 200w

+ =Spec= 118:141 F 3 ‘17 80w

=OLCOTT, FRANCES JENKINS.= Red Indian fairy book for the children’s own reading and for story-tellers. il *$2 (3c) Houghton 17-25283

Sixty-four stories from Indian folk legend have been chosen for this
volume. As most of the stories are nature myths, they lend themselves
readily to the arrangement by seasons which Miss Olcott has chosen.
She says, “In choosing themes for these stories, a large body of
folklore of many tribes has been gone over. In retelling, all that is
coarse, fierce, and irrational has been eliminated as far as possible,
and the moral and fanciful elements retained. The plots have been more
closely constructed, and retold in the direct manner interesting to
children. The character and spirit of the original stories have been
carefully preserved.” The illustrations, including frontispiece in
color, are by Frederick Richardson. Many of the stories have been
printed in the Saturday Magazines of the New York Evening Post.

“Sixty-four stories delightfully told; they will interest any child of
fairy tale age.”

+ =A L A Bkl= 14:101 D ‘17

“Miss Olcott has a real love and a real inspiration for her task. Her
re-treatment of materials from the ‘Arabian nights’ more than
justified itself. In the present book she has made a more distinct and
original contribution to child-lore.” J: Walcott

+ =Bookm= 46:494 D ‘17 310w

+ =Boston Transcript= p8 N 10 ‘17 50w

+ =Boston Transcript= p6 N 14 ‘17 330w

“Miss Olcott has added two valuable volumes to this season’s output of
juvenile books. They should prove rich source-books for the
professional story-teller. She is happy in maintaining that naïve
simplicity which lies always at the basis of Indian legends.”

+ =Lit D= 55:54 D 8 ‘17 70w

=N Y Times= 22:512 D 2 ‘17 70w

=OLCOTT, FRANCES JENKINS.= Tales of the Persian genii. il *$2 (3½c) Houghton 17-29800