Chapter LXX: Part 1: of this volume is a reprint of the open letter by M. Émile (4)

Nayland Smith and Dr Petrie again take the field against the terrible
Dr Fu-Manchu. They are enforced by the Scotland Yard police; he by the
mysterious and far-reaching organization known as the Si-Fan. The
field is London, from its foreign embassies to its lowest underworld.
The weapons employed by the Asiatics in their machinations range from
animal magnetism to the crudest of missiles. The peril that threatens
is the wholesale slaughter of the white race and the domination of the
world by the yellow. The book is the fourth of a series of which the
first “The insidious Dr Fu-Manchu” was followed by “The yellow claw,”
and “The return of Dr Fu-Manchu.”

“Of the experience they go through in these and other places, it would
be unfair to give the reader even the faintest hint. Suffice it to
say, that if he be a reader with a liking for thrills and able to put
an extinguisher on his sense of probabilities, he will do well to
choose a comfortable chair, make sure that there is plenty of oil in
his lamp, and plunge forthwith into the mysterious occurrences and
deadly perils brought about by ‘The hand of Fu-Manchu.’”

=N Y Times= 22:230 Je 17 ‘17 320w

“The story comprises a succession of episodes which could be easily
adapted to a thrilling movie serial. ... The author is skilful in
creating a state of suspense, even though neglectful of the rule that
the miraculous should be fortified by plausibility.”

=Springf’d Republican= p13 Je 17 ‘17 250w

“The reader gallops through a number of rather inconsequent scenes in
which poisonous flowers, kidnapped surgeons, hypnotic mandarins,
marmosets, disguised assassins, treacherous Greeks, and secret
passages play slightly unconvincing parts, aided largely by an easy
incapacity on the part of the hero which is unrivalled by the most
fatuous efforts of Dr Watson.”

=The Times [London] Lit Sup= p238 My 17 ‘17 120w

=ROLAND, pseud.= Future of militarism. *2s 6d T. Fisher Unwin, London 940.91

(Eng ed 16-23382)

“In this volume ‘Roland’ counters Oliver’s ‘Ordeal by battle,’ a
denunciation of British unpreparedness, by arguing that preparedness
could have had but one of two immediate goals—either war against
Germany or an alliance with her. From this he contends that
preparedness for war must inevitably lead to war sooner or later ...
and that the sole means to secure an enduring peace is a league of the
allied nations to found among themselves an absolute pacifist policy,
and until such time as Germany becomes sane enough to accept it
whole-heartily, to enforce this policy upon her.”—Ind

=Ind= 91:109 Jl 21 ‘17 170w

“It does not clearly state its case or present its arguments. Instead,
it heaps scorn and irony upon Mr Frederick Scott Oliver and turns what
might be a reasonable and readable counter-argument into a silly and
vituperative personal attack. ... Aside from the irrelevant question
of one’s sympathy with them or with what he calls ‘the Oliverians,’
this book is good where the author states impersonally and coherently
what he believes, and bad where he does not. Which is to say that a
small part of ‘The failure of militarism’ is definite and readable.”

– + =N Y Times= 22:35 F 4 ‘17 550w

“We should have gladly parted with scores of controversial pages, not
wanting in acrimony, for the fulfillment of that which the chapters
‘The way out of militarism’ and ‘The psychology of militarism’ promise
but do not carry out. ... The whole book, or over-grown pamphlet,
written with no small ability, leaves an impression of wasted or
misapplied labour. ... ‘Roland’ can give us something better.”

— =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p458 S 28 ‘16 730w

=ROLFE, AMY LUCILE.= Interior decoration for the small home. il *$1.25 (5c) Macmillan 747 17-9832

A book on house decoration and furnishing for people of moderate
means. The house planned by the professional decorator does not meet
with the author’s approval, for it cannot have individuality, but she
realizes that the amateur who is to do his own decorating must be
guided by general principles and it is for him that this book has been
prepared. There are chapters on: Walls and ceilings; Windows and their
decorative treatment; The finishing of floors; Domestic rugs and
carpets; A brief history of furniture; Modern period furniture and its
use; Furniture of modern design, etc. The author is instructor in home
economics in the University of Montana.

+ =A L A Bkl= 14:47 N ‘17

“A simply schemed and simply expressed book like this, that is also
sound, comprehensive and sufficiently detailed, should fall in fertile
ground.”

+ =Boston Transcript= p6 Je 13 ‘17 250w

=Cleveland= p114 S ‘17 20w

“A neat summary of such parts of several works on interior decoration
as apply to the small house is the substance of Miss Rolfe’s
unpretentious but useful little book. Her expositions read like
college lectures revised for a larger audience. They will help to
bring many middle-class Americans to the next plane of appreciation.”

+ =Nation= 105:607 N 29 ‘17 210w

=N Y Br Lib News= 4:75 My ‘17

=Pittsburgh= 22:652 O ‘17 10w

+ =R of Rs= 57:216 F ‘18 70w

=St Louis= 15:333 S ‘17 30w

“A good supplement to Quinn’s ‘Planning and furnishing the home’ and
Daniels’ ‘Furnishing of a modest home.’ Good illustrations taken from
Good Furniture.”

+ =Wis Lib Bul= 13:155 My ‘17 60w

=ROLLAND, ROMAIN.= Beethoven, tr. by B. Constance Hull. il *$1.50 (3½c) Holt 17-12724

“I do not give the name hero to those who have triumphed by infinite
thought or by sheer physical strength—but only to those made great by
goodness of heart,” says Romain Rolland, and it is in this spirit that
he writes of Beethoven, “the most heroic soul in modern art.” The book
includes in addition to M. Rolland’s account of Beethoven’s life, a
selection from his letters, a copy of his will, and an analysis of his
symphonies and sonatas made by A. Eaglefield Hull. There is also an
introduction by Edward Carpenter.

“Contains a bibliography (10p.), a classification of pianoforte
sonatas, and a complete list of Beethoven’s works (12p.).”

+ =A L A= Bkl 13:388 Je ‘17

+ =Ath= p104 F ‘17 40w

“Altogether one of the most valuable works in music of the present
year.”

+ =Boston Transcript= p8 Mr 7 ‘17 350w

“The present volume is rather a disappointment; of its 244 pages only
54 are given to M. Rolland’s sketch of the composer’s life. As a
character study it is far from satisfying, containing nothing new in
fact or interpretation. ... The chief value of the book is as an
introduction to the study of Beethoven, and in this respect the copy
of his will, a selection of his letters, a bibliography, and the
complete list of his compositions are useful.”

– + =Dial= 63:30 Je 28 ‘17 150w

+ =Lit D= 54:1710 Je 2 ‘17 250w

Reviewed by H: T. Finck

+ — =Nation= 105:546 N 15 ‘17 90w

Reviewed by Paul Rosenfeld

=New Repub= 11:57 My 12 ‘17 2600w

=Outlook= 115:622 Ap 4 ‘17 30w

“The intimate quality of the work is unusual. Rolland brings us the
living Beethoven. The philosophic basis of the musician’s life is
brought out in order to explain his profound and spiritualized music.”

+ =R of Rs= 56:445 O ‘17 100w

“The title-page reveals its composite character, and an examination of
its contents shows that M. Romain Rolland’s contribution only occupies
about a quarter of the whole. This is his charmingly enthusiastic but
somewhat uncritical essay on Beethoven, which has been competently
translated by Miss B. Constance Hull. ... The new matter is thus
confined to Dr. Eaglefield Hull’s analyses, which have the merit of
brevity and sum up the outstanding qualities of some works pleasantly
enough. Unfortunately the editor’s style is undistinguished, and at
times not even grammatical.”

+ =Spec= 118:138 F 3 ‘17 1400w

“M. Rolland writes as a worshiper, but his worship is discreet. He
paints a true picture, even though he leaves out details of
Beethoven’s eccentricity, and the reader receives an inspiration from
the glowing pages, and this in spite of infelicities in the
translation, which, nevertheless, is not without spirit.”

+ =Springf’d Republican= p15 F 25 ‘17 400w

“We become absorbed in this book mainly because of the author’s
driving power, the way he arrays his facts and uses them to impel his
argument. ... The second half of the book consists of a Baedeker to
the symphonies, sonatas, violin sonatas, and quartets. A good many
points of interest are touched upon, and the writer has looked well
round his subject. But as a plan it falls between two stools.”

=The Times [London] Lit Sup= p16 Ja 11 ‘17 750w

=ROLLINS, MONTGOMERY.= Village pest. il *$1.35 (2c) Lothrop 17-23754

This story of a lively boy of thirty years ago has many of the marks
of autobiography, and the author tells us that the incidents are drawn
from life. David is the young son of a United States senator and his
time is divided between Washington and a New England village, either
place affording him a fruitful field for mischief. David has two
intimate friends, one a village boy, one a Washington chum who spends
a joyous summer with him in New England. David has another friend,
also, a yellow mongrel dog named Alfred.

“Founded on fact the escapades will amuse this generation of elders as
much as they must have exasperated and entertained David’s elders.”

+ =A L A Bkl= 14:98 D ‘17

+ =Boston Transcript= p9 D 1 ‘17 350w

“The pictures in ‘The village pest’ are almost as funny as the story
itself. Young people will enjoy Montgomery Rollins’ account of David’s
pranks.”

+ =Ind= 92:449 D 1 ‘17 24w

“Although one rather wonders how his longsuffering parents managed to
keep out of the insane asylum, David’s pranks are very amusing—to read
about.”

+ =N Y Times= 22:349 S 16 ‘17 250w

=ROLT-WHEELER, FRANCIS WILLIAM.= Boy with the U.S. weather men. (U.S. service ser.) il *$1.35 (2c) Lothrop 551 17-24855

This story, dealing with blizzard, tornado and flood, is not the least
exciting of this series for boys. As the author truly says, “There is
no battle greater than the battle with the weather, which is both our
enemy and our ally.” The story opens with a Mississippi flood. Ross
and Anton, two boy chums who barely escape from the dangers of the
flood, become interested in the work of the weather bureau in
forecasting storms and enlist as volunteer observers. Like some of the
other books of the series this one is a call to service: “High, high
in the atmosphere, is a world all unexplored, where no man can dwell;
where, as yet, no human-made instrument has reached. This unknown
world calls for explorers, it calls for adventure, it calls for daring
and patient work.” It is the author’s hope that some of the boys who
read the book will answer the call.

+ =Ind= 92:448 D 1 ‘17 50w

“The illustrations are authoritative photographs.”

+ =Lit D= 55:57 D 8 ‘17 90w

“A story full of thrills and appealing interest told in a way to be of
great educational value.”

+ =Springf’d Republican= p15 D 1 ‘17 120w

=ROLT-WHEELER, FRANCIS WILLIAM.= Polar hunters. il *$1.35 (2c) Lothrop 17-13187

This is the second volume in the Museum series. The author describes
life within the Arctic circle and gives an account of Peary’s
discovery of the pole. The boy hero, who is called Kood-shoo, appears
at first to be an Eskimo. He has grown up as a member of the Smith
Sound tribe, and his ways are their ways, but when the Peary
expedition comes to the region, the white men recognize in the boy
traits that are not characteristic of the Eskimo. Eventually the two
“magics” in Kood-shoo’s possession lead to his identification.

=Outlook= 116:232 Je 6 ‘17 20w

=St Louis= 15:401 N ‘17 20w

“No boy can read the story without having his imagination fired.”

+ =Springf’d Republican= p19 My 20 ‘17 130w

=ROLT-WHEELER, FRANCIS WILLIAM.=[2] Wonder of war in the air. il *$1.35 (2c) Lothrop 623.7 17-30275

“To give the boys of the United States a fair idea of what an aviator
must learn, how an aviator must live, in what appalling perils an
aviator must risk his life, to build up in our boys a still greater
admiration for the men who hold the honor of the nation in their
hands, and to urge the heroic and high-spirited young Americans to a
higher love for their country and eagerness to serve it, is the aim
and purpose of the author.” (Preface) As usual in his books, he has
devised a story of more or less definite plot as a means for conveying
his information.

“Packed with information, mostly accurate and brought down to within a
very few months.”

+ — =Lit D= 56:40 Ja 12 ‘18 250w

“The author is doing a useful work by making his books accurately
instructive as well as entertaining.”

+ =Springf’d Republican= p15 D 1 ‘17 160w

=ROOF, KATHARINE METCALF.=[2] Life and art of William Merritt Chase. il *$4 Scribner 17-30892

“For many years before his death last year, William Merritt Chase was
regarded as perhaps the most characteristic of American painters; and
Miss Roof was appointed by him to write the story of his life. This
she has done in cordial cooperation and with the assistance of the
artist’s family. With the inclusion of many letters and personal
reminiscences and much illustrative material she tells the romantic
story of Chase’s discontented boyhood in the West, his escape to
Paris, and apprenticeship to art, and his subsequent crowded and
picturesque career in New York. The work contains an introduction by
Alice Gerson Chase and many reproductions of the artist’s works.”—Lit
D

+ =A L A Bkl= 14:167 F ‘18

“Her book abounds in piquant anecdotes. Somewhere she speaks with
scorn of the inadequacy of the literary man to understand art; this is
perhaps a sort of boomerang; for her style is far from literary. The
volume will be prized by all art-students and especially by those who
remember the genial artist.” N. H. D.

+ — =Boston Transcript= p6 Ja 16 ‘18 1700W

“This authorized biography, therefore, is much more than the life of a
man; it is in many ways a history of the American spirit in art during
the last generation.”

+ =Lit D= 55:51 D 8 ‘17 170w

“Very entertaining and well balanced book. Its pleasant,
straightforward style is not at all inconsistent with the fact that Mr
Chase chose Miss Roof because she had a painter’s and not a writer’s
attitude toward art.”

+ =N Y Times= 23:31 Ja 27 ‘18 1050w

“Though clogged with unimportant and unnecessary detail, the text will
be read with interest for the sake of the pictures of the painter’s
early struggles and later achievements. Some of the anecdotes relative
to Chase’s experiences with Whistler are delicious.”

+ — =Outlook= 118:194 Ja 30 ‘18 110w

“A sympathetic but hardly adequate biography. Though a considerably
larger volume than the Inness, it fails to give as clear a picture of
the man or as definite an idea of his art. The author was at one time
a pupil, and she gives an interesting account of his methods of
teaching.”

+ — =Wis Lib Bul= 14:31 Ja ‘18 880w

Rookie rhymes. il *75c Harper 811.08 17-25361

“A collection of rhymes, parodies, jingles and songs written by
members of the 1st and 2d Provisional training regiments for officers,
at Plattsburg, N. Y., during their encampment from May 15th to August
15th, 1917, accompanied by line drawings. ... About one-third of the
verse is written to be sung to familiar tunes.”—R of Rs

“More pep than poetry is contained in this volume of songs and
parodies. As the expression of the mental attitude of men torn away
from the ordinary vocations of peace and in training for sanguinary
conflict, it has a certain psychological interest. Two or three are
real poems.” N. H. D.

– + =Boston Transcript= p8 N 17 ‘17 390w

“Interesting chiefly for their high spirits and fun.”

+ — =Cleveland= p5 Ja ‘18 60w

“The Plattsburg rhymes are, in the main, mediocre. ... A few of the
verses, such as ‘The Plattsburg code’ rise distinctly out of the
mediocre rut; but too often the motif is nothing more important than
the relative superiority of company A over company B.” Clement Wood

— =NY Call= p15 O 21 ‘17 100w

“Well worth the attention of our army and navy students and their
friends.”

+ =N Y Times= 22:371 S 30 ‘17 420w

=Pittsburgh= 22:647 O ‘17

“As a bit of fun to drive away homesickness, it will undoubtedly find
its way into many soldiers’ kits.”

+ =R of Rs= 56:442 O ‘17 90w

=ROOSEVELT, THEODORE.= Foes of our own household. *$1.50 (2½c) Doran 304 17-25965

Mr Roosevelt thinks that “in the long run we have less to fear from
foes without than from foes within. The men who oppose preparedness in
our military and our industrial life; the business or political
corruptionist or reactionary and the reckless demagogue who is his
nominal opponent; the man of wealth and greed who cares for nothing
but profits, and the sinister creature who plays upon and inflames the
passions of envy and violence: the hard materialist, the
self-indulgent lover of ease and pleasure, and the silly
sentimentalist—all these are the permanent foes of our own household.”
(Foreword) Contents: The instant need; and the ultimate need; Must we
be brayed in a mortar before our folly depart from us?; The children
of the crucible; Washington and Lincoln; A square deal in law
enforcement; Industrial justice; Social justice; Socialism versus
social reform; The farmer; The word of Micah; The parasite woman;
Birth reform. “Chapters 2, 7, 10 and 11 are based on articles that
have appeared in the Metropolitan; chapter 8 on an article that has
appeared in the Outlook; chapter 3 on a speech delivered on the Fourth
of July last.” (Appendix A.) There are seven appendices. Appendix B is
a letter urging that loyal Americans be not discriminated against
because of their parentage; C deals with Mr Roosevelt’s speech
concerning the East St Louis riots; D with the conscientious objector;
while G gives the correspondence with the President and Secretary of
war concerning Mr Roosevelt’s offer to raise a division for foreign
service.

=A L A Bkl= 14:77 D ‘17

+ =Boston Transcript= p6 N 24 ‘17 550w

+ =Cath World= 106:543 Ja ‘18 350w

“Even when Mr Roosevelt’s mind is in a state of general conflagration,
as it has been much of the time since 1908, it seems to continue more
or less automatically its two-handed motions of balance and
compensation. And so his new miscellany, ‘The foes of our own
household’ falls easily into two parts. Just as one of them was
written by a judicious, progressive, and patriotic Aristotelian,
exactly in the same way the other was written by a wilful, angry, and
furiously inequitable extremist.” S. P. Sherman

– + =Nation= 105:532 N 15 ‘17 5850w

“The foes of our own household are those who dare to differ from
Colonel Roosevelt. And he verbally flays those foes with all the
vocabulary—and it is by no means a small one—at his command. There are
stripes here for everybody. For the pro-German, the pacifist, the
conscientious objector, the ‘parasite woman’—meaning or, rather,
including the one that won’t bear children—the radical, the socialist
and the trusts.” Joshua Wanhope

— =NY Call= p14 O 28 ‘17 650w

“The diligence with which he berates the President and his advisers
and the frequency with which he airs his own personal grievance bring
vividly to mind the incessant fault-finding and the determined
attempts to rouse anti-administration feeling of some of the men in
public life during the Civil war. ... It is very much to be regretted
that Colonel Roosevelt was not better advised than to give permanence
to some of his criticisms. For they deal with crises left behind
us, ... and their tendency is to foster and increase distrust and
disapproval of the government’s conduct of the war. ... These blots
are the greater pity because they mar a book that in its far greater
part is intensely patriotic, devoted to the betterment of American
life, helpful and important.”

=N Y Times= 22:379 O 7 ‘17 950w

=Outlook= 117:350 O 31 ‘17 200w

“The book is vital with the unimpaired vigor and moral force of its
distinguished author.”

+ =R of Rs= 56:549 N ‘17 270w

+ =Spec= 119:680 D 8 ‘17 1700w

“Mr Roosevelt’s opening chapters express a desire which can only be
the interpreted as having for its object the militarization of mind
and heart of the United States. ... His book is about as philosophic
as a volcano—and only a little less picturesque.”

– + =Springf’d Republican= p6 N 26 ‘17 600w

“When Mr Roosevelt writes on a topic of actuality one always gets the
exhilarating impression of a determined pugilist who has his
opponent’s head in chancery and does not mean to stop pounding it
until he has made the world a better place to live in. It is a prose
style which suits the writer exactly.”

+ =The Times= [London] Lit Sup p536 N 8 ‘17 800w

=ROOT, ELIHU.= Latin America and the United States; col. and ed. by Robert Bacon and James Brown Scott. *$2.50 (2c) Harvard univ. press 308 17-16739

“The collected addresses and state papers of Elihu Root, of which this
is one of several volumes, cover the period of his service as
Secretary of war, as Secretary of state, and as senator of the United
States. ... These addresses are not arranged chronologically, but are
classified in such a way that each volume contains addresses and
speeches relating to a general subject and a common purpose.”
(Introductory note) This volume contains the addresses delivered
during Mr Root’s trip to South America and Mexico in 1906, and in the
United States after his return. The addresses of welcome and
congratulation accompanying Mr Root’s addresses have been translated
from the language of the country in which they were delivered. The
first 200 pages are devoted mainly to “after-dinner speeches and
toasts or answers to toasts delivered at diplomatic meetings.” The
more valuable part of the book is the last eighty pages given to
“Addresses in the United States on Latin American relations,”
delivered from 1893-1915, the last of these being the address of
welcome before the Second Pan-American scientific congress. Mr Root’s
South American speeches have been published by the government of the
United States in an official volume.

=A L A Bkl= 14:43 N ‘17

“Will be invaluable to the future historian who seeks to trace the
origins of that fraternal spirit which has brought to our side in the
war with Germany the great majority of our southern neighbors.”

+ =Ind= 92:256 N 3 ‘17 480w

=Nation= 106:94 Ja 24 ‘18 700w

+ =N Y Times= 22:582 D 30 ‘17 650w

“We must not forget that the invaluable spadework of Mr Root more than
ten years ago was, to no small extent, the cause of the present
harvest of goodwill and friendship between the two Americas. This book
is one to be read and to be kept for reference. It contains in the
speeches of Mr Root and in those of his South American hosts the
distilled essence of that Pan-American sentiment which will be one of
the greatest of peace-compelling forces in the future.”

=Spec= 119:328 S 29 ‘17 1000w

“The more substantial part of the volume is to be found in the last
eighty pages or so, and in the form of addresses delivered in the
United States. They do to some extent afford real help to the reader
who may wish to learn what is meant by ‘Pan-Americanism.’ The term is
not free from ambiguity. ... On the whole, an examination of Mr Root’s
addresses confirms old doubts whether the only practical
Pan-Americanism is not Pan-North Americanism.”

=The Times [London] Lit Sup= p459 S 27 ‘17 650w

=ROOT, ELIHU.= Military and colonial policy of the United States. *$2 Harvard univ. press 355 17-414

“Mr Root was Secretary of war from Aug. 1, 1899, to Feb. 1, 1904;
Secretary of state from July 1, 1905, to Jan. 27, 1909; United States
Senator from New York from 1909 to 1915. The latest volume of his
addresses and reports, edited by Mr Bacon and Mr Scott, covers his
services in the cabinet of Mr McKinley and in that of Mr Roosevelt,
the larger part being allotted to his work in connection with the
Philippines and the reorganization of the army command.”—N Y Times

=A L A Bkl= 13:292 Ap ‘17

“The editors have increased the value of the book by prefacing each
article with a note giving its historical setting, and inserting
relevant documents such as the protocols and treaties concluding the
war with Spain, the instructions for the military government of the
Philippines, the militia act of 1903, etc. There is also an index of
some value.”

+ =Am Pol Sci R= 11:359 My ‘17 300w

“They record the activity, the originality and the constructive
service of the most accomplished and devoted public servant that the
American people have had since the death of Alexander Hamilton.”

+ =Educ R= 54:97 Je ‘17 100w

“A volume which is of direct pertinence to the problems of to-day.”

+ =Nation= 104:686 Je 7 ‘17 230w

“No student of the history of the United States on the morrow of the
Spanish war can ignore the contents of this most interesting volume.”

+ =N Y Times= 22:143 Ap 15 ‘17 700w

“Addresses and papers which should, and will serve as a reservoir of
material for editorial writers and federal legislators.”

+ =Outlook= 115:208 Ja 31 ‘17 80w

“It deserves, and we hope it may get, a wide reading throughout the
British empire. Rarely have such official utterances had a higher
political and even romantic interest. ... Perhaps the most thrilling
and absorbing part of the tale modestly and quietly set forth in these
official pages is that which deals with the disposal of Cuba. ... Mr
Root’s admirably sensible and unanswerable defence of his Philippine
administration may be commended to British rulers of India, from the
secretary of state downwards.”

+ =Spec= 118:592 My 26 ‘17 1550w

=Springf’d Republican= p17 Ap 22 ‘17 130w

“The whole collection, when completed, will form a lasting monument to
a statesman whose great qualities have long since gained him
recognition, as far beyond the borders of his own country, as perhaps
the most eminent of living American men of affairs. The present volume
covers but part of his immense and varied activities, but it is the
part which in the circumstances of the present time, is perhaps of the
most vital interest to the American people and to the world at large.”

+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p183 Ap 19 ‘17 2350w

=ROPER, DANIEL CALHOUN.= United States post office. il *$1.50 (2c) Funk 353 17-24056

Authoritatively sums up the history and present condition of the
postal service of the United States and points out its potentiality
for still greater service to our country and to mankind. Contents:
Postal service and civilization; Colonial post offices in America;
British control of the American post office; Early development of the
Federal postal system; Rise of the modern postal system; United States
postal history since 1847; The post offices; The network of post
roads; The post office lobby; The workings of a post office; Railway
mail service; How the farmer gets his mail; Collection and delivery in
cities; Addresses; Postage and mail classification; Parcel post;
Special services; Postal banking; Postal inspection and control;
Policing the mails; World mail service; Economic utility of the post
office; Foreign trade by post; Postal engineering; The human element;
The post office department; Relation of the department to Congress and
the people; Postal perspective; Comparative postal service; Philately.

=A L A Bkl= 14:77 D ‘17

“Mr Roper has succeeded in giving a readable history of the beginnings
and expansion of postal facilities with a very clear explanation of
the workings of the post office and interesting information as to the
difficulties to be solved, such as would hardly be possible for an
author without actual experience in postal administration. The
bibliography is incomplete and faulty.” Lindsay Rogers

+ — =Am Pol Sci R= 12:150 F ‘18 400w

“Mr Roper writes with the authority of four years’ experience as first
assistant postmaster general (1913-16). His enthusiasm for his subject
promises a good book, and the promise is fulfilled. Especially
interesting are the chapters on the workings of the various
departments of our postal service, as also the account of certain
significant differences between our own system and those of Europe. A
chapter entitled ‘Postal perspective’ presents a suggestive vista of
possible future developments in our post-office department.”

+ =Dial= 63:596 D 6 ‘17 210w

“The information afforded should be at the command of every citizen.”

+ =Lit D= 55:48 D 1 ‘17 240w

=ROSENAU, MILTON JOSEPH.= Preventive medicine and hygiene; with chapters upon sewage and garbage, by G: C. Whipple; vital statistics, by J: W. Trask; mental hygiene, by T: W. Salmon. il *$6.50 Appleton 614 17-21957

“The third edition of Rosenau’s ‘Preventive medicine and hygiene’ may
well be called a special or military edition, for it is obvious that
it has been prepared to meet the needs of the present emergency. To
the consideration of the fundamentals of hygiene have been added
sections on military hygiene as follows: Examinations of recruits,
Diseases of the soldier, Duties and organization of the sanitary
corps, Sanitation of troops in camp and on the march, etc. In the
discussion of the new diseases which have arisen in the present world
war, the latest information is given concerning trench fever, trench
foot, war nephritis, shell shock, and gas poisoning, while other
diseases, as tuberculosis, meningitis, and the venereal diseases, are
presented in the light of war conditions. The discussion of the newer
diseases peculiar to war is accompanied by a comprehensive
bibliography of the recent literature.”—Nation

=A L A Bkl= 14:143 Ja ‘18

“With this new section superimposed on the one thousand pages of the
former editions ... the work becomes the most comprehensive, as it has
always been the most authoritative, treatise on hygiene in the English
language.”

+ =Nation= 105:434 O 18 ‘17 320w

+ =Survey= 39:171 N 17 ‘17 170w

=ROSENBAUM, SAMUEL.= Rule-making authority in the English supreme court; with an introd. preface by T. Willes Chitty. (Univ. of Penn. law school ser.) $3.50 Boston bk. 17-9474

“Delegation of the power to make the rules governing the trial of the
cases brought before them to the judges of the supreme court working
with members of the legal profession, has been a feature of British
jurisprudence since 1875 and has been less thoroughly adopted in most
of the British colonies. Mr Rosenbaum undertakes a description of the
development of the rules now in force and of their content. ... There
are frequent comparisons between English and American methods of rule
making to the disadvantage of the latter though no analysis of these
is presented.” (Am Pol Sci R) “Mr Rosenbaum’s conclusion is that the
regulation of civil procedure should be entrusted to a professional
body rather than to a well-intentioned but overworked legislature.”
(Ann Am Acad) The contents of this book first appeared as articles in
the University of Pennsylvania Law Review, the Law Quarterly Review,
the Law Magazine and Review, and the Journal of the Society of
Comparative Legislation.

“The material first appeared as articles in law magazines and the
subsequent editing has not eliminated references to local conditions
and practice justified only in the original publication.” C. L. Jones

=Am Pol Sci R= 11:590 Ag ‘17 420w

“Mr T. Willes Chitty of the Royal courts of justice, London, who
writes the introduction, speaks in highest praise of the painstaking
research and labor which the author has devoted to his task, and of
‘the practical, detailed, and accurate knowledge of our procedure
which he has acquired’ and lays before his readers. This estimate by
an English jurist is an estimate that can be taken at its face value,
as it comes from one who is thoroughly familiar with the rules which
Mr Rosenbaum describes and discusses.” C. L. King

+ =Ann Am Acad= 73:239 S ‘17 140w

=ROSENBLATT, FRANK FERDINAND.= Chartist movement in its social and economic aspects. (Columbia univ. studies in history, economics and public law) pa *$2 Longmans 342.4 16-25226

“The volume, which is introductory, summarizes the English radical
movement previous to Chartism from the beginning of the last quarter
of the eighteenth century, describes in detail the economic and
political situation in England at the time of the origin of Chartism,
sketches the careers, personalities, and beliefs of the leaders of the
movement, traces its emergence from the existing political and
economic conditions and its development until the end of the Newport
riot in November, 1839. The war has delayed the completion of this
study for the subsequent period.”—J Pol Econ

“There seems no particular reason for the qualifying phrase in its
title since the political side of the movement is as much to the front
as the social and economic. The preliminary chapters are inadequate
and disappointing. In the opinion of the reviewer they should either
have been made much more exhaustive or cut down to a few introductory
paragraphs. The narrative chapters bring out clearly the conflicting
attitudes of the ‘moral force’ and the ‘physical force’ factions. The
work is thoroughly and impartially done; but one has a feeling that
the material had not been well enough digested and assimilated to
enable the author to write with breadth of view and sense of
proportion.” H. E. Mills

+ — =Am Econ R= 7:605 S ‘17 330w

“It is a little over sixty years since a book wholly devoted to the
history of the Chartist movement was issued from the English press;
for not a single book on the subject has appeared in England since
Gammage published his history in 1854. As far as it goes his study is,
on the whole, a satisfactory piece of work. It is particularly so as
regards the sketches of the leaders of the movement, and of the spirit
in which they preached the gospel of revolt. He is less successful
when he describes the political, industrial, and social conditions
that gave birth to the Chartist movement.” E: Porritt

+ — =Am Hist R= 22:649 Ap ‘17 580w

“His exposition of the causes behind the Chartist movement is marred
in places by inexactness of statement, and a tendency to exaggeration
in language out of harmony with a scholarly presentation of historical
facts.” E: Porritt

+ — =Am Pol Sci R= 11:340 My ‘17 650w

+ =Ind= 89:232 F 5 ‘17 120w

=J Pol Econ= 25:635 Je ‘17 190w

“Three ‘Ph. D.’ monographs on Chartism, together constituting volume
73 of Studies in history, economics and law present from different
points of view a survey of a movement too much neglected by
historians, especially by those of England and the United States. ...
Dr Rosenblatt gives more attention than his fellow-authors to the
narrative of events; so his essay serves well as an introduction.”

+ =Springf’d Republican= p6 Jl 18 ‘17 330w

“An immense amount of information in a very readable form is packed
into 244 pages.” I. C. Hannah

+ =Survey= 38:288 Je 30 ‘17 260w

=ROTHSCHILD, ALONZO.= “Honest Abe”; a study in integrity based on the early life of Abraham Lincoln. il *$2 (2½c) Houghton 17-25451

“The unique and comprehensive library of Lincolniana” which Mr
Rothschild had collected, recently donated in his memory to the
Widener library of Harvard university, evidences the thorough research
and study which he gave to his chosen subject. Mr Robert Lincoln has
been quoted as calling “Lincoln, master of men,” Mr Rothschild’s first
book on Lincoln, the best book about his father he had read. “‘Honest
Abe’ traces the development of Lincoln’s honesty as exhibited by his
active life from childhood through his election to the Senate. An
additional chapter, unfortunately cut off by the author’s sudden
death, was to have been added. The work, however, is an entity as it
stands. ... Two of the chapters are concerned with Lincoln as a
lawyer; one, with Lincoln as a politician. ... Following the text is a
short biography of the author written by his son.” (Boston Transcript)
“A list of books cited” occupies eleven pages and is followed by
thirty-eight pages of “Notes” in which there are frequent references
to secondary authorities. The frontispiece is a portrait of Abraham
Lincoln taken from a woodcut by T. Johnson after a daguerreotype owned
by Mr Robert T. Lincoln.

=A L A Bkl= 14:128 Ja ‘18

Reviewed by L. E. Robinson

+ =Bookm= 46:595 Ja ‘18 300w

+ =Boston Transcript= p6 O 10 ‘17 800w

+ =Cath World= 106:693 F ‘18 230w

“An inspiring and absorbing book.”

+ =Cleveland= p12 Ja ‘18 50w

“That any new thing could be said about Lincoln seemed impossible
until Mr Rothschild’s new volume appeared. Of Mr Lincoln’s honesty
other biographies have told us, but in rather a passing way: here we
have the fact set forth in clear detail, with an amazing array of
proofs, from widely scattered sources, exciting wonder how they could
all be obtained.”

+ =Lit D= 55:44 D 1 ‘17 140w

+ =Nation= 105:723 D 27 ‘17 100w

“A unique method of treatment of Lincoln’s life and character.”

+ =N Y Times= 22:445 N 4 ‘17 380w

=Pittsburgh= 22:803 D ‘17 40w

“The steadily running stream of anecdote finally becomes somewhat
tiresome, yet the cumulative effect is undeniably impressive.”

+ — =Springf’d Republican= p8 D 14 ‘17 390w

=ROWLES, WILLIAM F.= Garden under glass. il *$2 Lippincott 716.3 17-29979

“Mr Rowles gives the data of greenhouse construction, from cold frames
and pits to the finished structure, illustrating his descriptions with
many diagrams and drawings. ... He divides his subject into six
sections: The construction of glass houses and frames; popular
greenhouse plants; fruit under glass; vegetables under glass and
greenhouse work. The concluding section holds miscellaneous data: the
construction and use of amateur frames; the character of greenhouse
pests and the best methods for their extermination; a ‘greenhouse
calendar’; a glossary, etc.”—Boston Transcript

+ =Boston Transcript= p6 Ag 18 ‘17 320w

“An excellent exposition of English greenhouse methods.”

+ =N Y Times= 22:449 N 4 ‘17 40w

=ROXBURGH, RONALD FRANCIS.= International conventions and third states. *$2.50 Longmans 341.2 17-22005

This monograph is published as one of the Contributions to
international law and diplomacy, edited by L. Oppenheim, who says that
it deals with a problem that has never before been made the subject of
thorough research. Authors of different nationalities have approached
the subject with a biased viewpoint. “They take it for granted that
the principles and rules of international law are to be construed and
interpreted according to views upheld by their municipal law and their
national jurisprudence.” Mr Roxburgh covers the subject in seven
chapters: Introduction; Third parties and contracts in municipal law;
The opinions of publicists; Treaties unfavorable to third states;
Treaties beneficial to third states; The influence of custom:
Exceptional cases. The work was prepared in the years 1913 and 1914,
“in accordance with the rules governing the Whewell international law
scholarships in the University of Cambridge,” but has since been
revised and largely rewritten. A list of authorities referred to is
included.

“It must be confessed that the author’s treatment of his subject is
somewhat sketchy and not at all points conclusive. ... It might
perhaps have been a better arrangement to have made the study of
municipal law follow rather than precede the precedents of diplomatic
practice. ... But these are minor points and they do not prevent us
from agreeing with the learned editor that the author has ‘brought
together a considerable amount of material, and that he has come to
very valuable conclusions which require thorough examination and
consideration.’” C. G. Fenwick

+ — =Am Pol Sci R= 11:777 N ‘17 700w

“Excellent index.” F.

+ =Eng Hist R= 32:626 O ‘17 150w

=RUGG, HAROLD ORDWAY.= Statistical methods applied to education. (Riverside textbooks in education) il *$2 Houghton 370 17-29584

A textbook for students of education in the quantitative study of
school problems, prepared by an assistant professor of education in
the University of Chicago. It has been written for the average school
administrator limited in mathematical equipment. The writer believes
that it is necessary to equip school men with a thorough-going
knowledge of statistical methods as a background for discriminating
use in improvement of their school practice. A preliminary chapter
explains The use of statistical methods in education. Other chapters
deal with collection and classification of educational facts and data,
the method of averages, the measurement of variability, the frequency
curve, the use of tabular and graphic methods in reporting school
facts.

=El School J= 18:239 N ‘17 90w

“The bibliography is remarkably well chosen and annotated and covers a
wide range of studies on school administration. Mr Rugg’s book is a
real contribution to the science of education, and one ventures to
prophesy that it will be found on the desk of every progressive school
man in the country.” P. C. Stetson

+ =El School J= 18:314 D ‘17 1300w

=School R= 25:693 N ‘17 90w (Same as =El School J N= ‘17)

Reviewed by P. C. Stetson

+ =School R= 25:765 D ‘17 1300w (Same as =El School J D= ‘17)

=RUHL, ARTHUR BROWN.= White nights and other Russian impressions. il *$2 (4c) Scribner 914.7 17-13589

The first chapter, The road to Russia, gives Scandinavian impressions.
The author tells how the people of Norway and Sweden look on the war,
describes Stockholm on a sunny morning, and gives an account of a
visit with Ellen Key. The Russian chapters that follow are: White
nights; At the front; The Moscow art theatre; A look at the Duma;
Russia’s war prisoners; A Russian cotton king; Down the Volga to
Astrakhan; Volga refugees; Rumania learns what war is. There are over
twenty photographic illustrations.

“Very well written and readable.”

+ =A L A Bkl= 13:446 Jl ‘17

“Mr Ruhl is perhaps the best equipped, in sympathetic understanding,
charm of style, and intellectual preparation, of the American
journalists now in Russia. ... Throughout the trip Mr Ruhl keeps
America in mind, and his contrasts and comparisons with life in our
own land help to throw into relief the manners and customs of a
foreign people.” L: S. Friedland

+ =Dial= 63:266 S 27 ‘17 650w

+ =Ind= 91:77 Jl 14 ‘17 50w

“His description of the strong pro-German feeling in Sweden as
compared with the almost as strong pro-Ally sentiment in Norway and
his glance at the causes for the difference will illuminate the
situation in Scandinavia for many American readers.”

+ =N Y Times= 22:209 My 27 ‘17 670w

+ =Outlook= 116:233 Je 6 ‘17 70w

“Mr Ruhl is a skilled reporter, and here he has a worthy subject. His
book makes no bid for permanency, but as a presentation of varied
aspects of Russia it has not been bettered since the war
started—praise which does not consist wholly in the fact that Russia
has not been ‘written up’ so extensively as have most of her allies
and enemies.”

+ =Springf’d Republican= p8 Je 7 ‘17 370w

=RUMSEY, FRANCES.= Mr Cushing and Mlle du Chastel. *$1.40 (1c) Lane 17-11701

While one’s American instincts lead one to side with the American
husband, it is a tribute to the author’s power that she more than once
forces the reader to see the situation from the point of view of the
French wife. After their marriage Paul Cushing brings Anne-Marie to
his New York home. Clashes of temperament are inevitable. The
husband’s ideals are more than once shocked by his wife’s insistence
on exact materialistic interpretations. Her French bringing up has
taught her to overlook what she considers the normal delinquencies of
men; but she sees delinquencies where none have existed, and it is on
this rock that their marriage breaks. The meeting of the two in Paris,
after Anne-Marie, true to her code of conduct, has left her husband to
live with another man, brings out definitely the absolute divergence
of the two points of view.

“Well written with a limited appeal for sophisticated readers.”

=A L A Bkl= 13:452 Jl ‘17

“Seldom have American and Parisian conflicting standards been more
cleverly analyzed and contrasted than in this distinctively
‘international’ novel. Seldom have human emotions and values been more
convincingly interpreted. ... The story is not for all. But to those
who appreciate originality of ideas and perfection of artistry, its
daring plot, the Gallic precision of its premises, its gracious
diction and its pitiless logic will bring a unique pleasure.” F. B.

+ =Boston Transcript= p6 Ap 25 ‘17 800w

“Worthy of respect and thoughtful perusal.”

+ =Dial= 64:77 Ja 17 ‘18 600w

“The people are carefully dissected and nonliving intelligences, not
human beings.”

– + =N Y Times= 22:163 Ap 22 ‘17 300w

=RUSSELL, BERTRAND ARTHUR WILLIAM.= Political ideals. *$1 (5c) Century 320.4 17-24663

Mr Russell examines our present political ideals, our economic system,
the dangers of state socialism, and the proper limits of individual
and of national freedom, and concludes that our institutions should
lay stress on the creative rather than the possessive impulse in man,
that there should be a diminution, if not a total abolition, of rent
and interest, that “the state should be the sole recipient of economic
rent, while private capitalistic enterprises should be replaced by
selfgoverning combinations of those who actually do the work,” that
there should be “autonomy within each politically important group, and
a neutral authority for deciding questions involving relations between
groups,” that “the whole realm of thought and opinion” should be free,
but that “in all that concerns possession and the use of force,
unrestrained liberty involves anarchy and injustice”; that “the
boundaries of states should coincide as nearly as possible with the
boundaries of nations,” but that the external relations of states
should be decided by “some international instruments of government.”
Contents: Political ideals; Capitalism and the wage system; Pitfalls
in socialism; Individual liberty and public control; National
independence and internationalism.

“A sane and succinct statement of the philosopher’s well known views
for individual and community ideals. This is not a book of pacifism
and will be stimulating to thoughtful readers in any community.”

+ =A L A Bkl= 14:78 D ‘17

Reviewed by F. W. Coker

+ =Am Pol Sci R= 12:137 F ‘18 750w

+ =Boston Transcript= p7 Ja 2 ‘18 750w

“We feel that it is around the ideas expressed in this book that the
younger generation will rally for a clear faith and a well-grounded
hope. Mr Russell has expressed these ideas in his other books. But
here they are organized into what is virtually a primer of
revolutionary idealism, written with a passionate soberness that stirs
the mind as deeply as it moves the heart.” Randolph Bourne

+ =Dial= 64:69 Ja 17 ‘18 550w

“Many will not accept the war convictions of this noted English
philosopher; but they demand respect.”

+ =Ind= 92:536 D 15 ‘17 460w

“Mr Russell’s keen dissection of the evils of modern industrialism and
the obstacles to free thought is at least wholesomely disturbing, but
we cannot discover in his vague constructive suggestions any
well-thought-out plan that can be adjudged practically workable.”

– + =Nation= 105:459 O 25 ‘17 400w

“Mr Russell is almost a Socialist; but he eludes all attempts to
pigeonhole him. The danger he sees in the socialist program is the
loss of that very freedom for the individual which is the summum bonum
for all thinkers. Mr Russell predicts that the result of the
realization of the present socialist program would be the domination
of officialdom and bureaucracy. The answer to the problem is:
‘Autonomy within each politically important group, and a neutral
authority for deciding questions involving relations between groups.’
This, of course, is guild socialism, deprived of the anarchistic
freedom of the different trades. Mr Russell’s position in the present
world crisis must command attention from every Socialist who is open
to intelligent and constructive criticism of the socialist movement.”
Bertram Benedict

+ =N Y Call= p14 O 7 ‘17 700w

“In ‘Political ideals’ we have Mr Russell at his best. He is still
impractical, and he admits the fact. But he is seldom capricious to
the point of irresponsibility. In his criticisms of the life of to-day
a keen and almost unnaturally disinterested intellect achieves a happy
union with ethical courage and the two qualities are fused in a style
of the utmost poise and clarity. ... While not entirely friendly to
the state, Mr Russell does not abolish the state. On the contrary, he
holds that in economic matters the state should exercise wider control
than at present; while granting to the individual greater freedom in
thought, freedom, religion and ethical questions governed by
individual conscience. ... He is a critic of socialism and
syndicalism, but his own ideas of ownership and control do not take
definite form in this book.”

+ — =Springf’d Republican= p15 S 30 ‘17 1400w

“In simple language, the five essays contained in this slim volume
give the author’s political credo, more fully developed in ‘Why men
fight.’ The reconciliation of liberty with government to him is the
chief problem in economic and political relationships which must be
solved before the world can be made safe and at the same time open to
every form of human advancement. ‘Political ideals’ will help the
reader who sees all the ruin wrought by capitalism and the possessive
motive in world politics, and yet is prevented by fear of the ‘servile
state’ from embracing the doctrines of socialism. It gives no new
political system, no visionary scheme of revolutionary change, but
formulates the philosophic basis for a program of immediate and
consecutive reform.” B. L.

+ =Survey= 39:202 N 24 ‘17 300w

=RUSSELL, BERTRAND ARTHUR WILLIAM.= Why men fight; a method of abolishing the international duel (Eng title, Principles of social reconstruction). *$1.50 (2½c) Century 172.4 17-1513

In this new book Bertrand Russell makes a study of the springs of
human conduct. Responsibility for the war is placed by one group of
people on the wickedness of the Germans, by another on the tangles of
diplomacy and the ambitions of governments. Both groups, Mr Russell
thinks, fail to realize the extent to which war grows out of ordinary
human nature. “War is accepted by men who are neither Germans nor
diplomatists with a readiness, an acquiescence in untrue and
inadequate reasons, which would not be possible if any deep repugnance
to war were widespread in other nations or classes.” The springs of
human activity are impulse and desire, and of these, thinks Mr
Russell, impulse is the stronger force. The pacifists are defined by
him as “men in whom some impulse to which war is hostile is strong
enough to overcome the impulses that lead to war.” What is needed then
is a social reconstruction that will set free those impulses that lead
to life rather than death. There are chapters on The state; Property;
Education; Marriage and the population question; Religion and the
churches, etc. In the preface to the London edition the statement is
made that the lectures were written in 1915, and delivered in the
beginning of 1916.

=A L A Bkl= 13:292 Ap ‘17

“A book which it is very difficult to review with fairness: it is a
book by a big man, who cares intensely for intellectual freedom and
has achieved a European reputation by his work in his own very
abstract field, but it is at the same time a book by a man out of
heart and out of temper with the world, written hastily, left (as the
preface tells us) unrevised, and dealing with a subject on many
aspects of which he is ignorant, and on which his training and
temperament debar him from writing with real insight. Perhaps the best
and most charitable thing to say about it is that it is unworthy of
its author.”

— =Ath= p577 D ‘16 1600w

Reviewed by Nathaniel Pfeffer

=Bookm= 45:197 Ap ‘17 300w

=Cleveland= p54 Ap ‘17 150w

“Particularly for Americans, it contains a warning and a programme,
because America is in greatest danger from the evils it denounces, and
nearest to attainment of the excellences it urges. It is a handbook
for patriots whose concern is the soul of our country.” H. M. Kallen

+ =Dial= 62:233 Mr 22 ‘17 4000w

“The Honorable Bertrand Russell affords perhaps the most striking
example in this generation of powerful intellect working in vacuo. ...
In his volume entitled ‘Why men fight’ there is very much that is fine
and splendid, but this is almost invariably accompanied by a lack of
appreciation of the realities of human nature and of life.”

– + =Educ R= 54:98 Je ‘17 90w

“Like all that Mr Russell writes, these pages are full of stimulating
suggestion, of vigorous criticism, and of fresh and original thinking.
Yet I venture to predict—as it is, no doubt, safe to do in regard to
any writer upon social questions just now—that if, in future years,
when the passions of these stormy days are stilled, Mr Russell returns
to the topics here discussed, he will handle many of them differently
and from a wider point of view.” G. D. Hicks

* + =Hibbert J= 15:692 Jl ‘17 3050w