Chapter LXXV: Part 3: “Seed time,” are made up of seventeen stories and sketches (3)

“At the extreme upper end of Manhattan island, on a plot of land
bounded by 160th and 162d streets, stands a historic building. It is
known variously as the Roger Morris house, the Jumel mansion, and
Washington’s headquarters, and it has been standing as a fine example
of Georgian architecture since 1763. ... The records of this famous
house and estate, with many biographical and personal records of its
residents and others associated in one way or another with its
history, have been gathered by Mr Shelton, its curator, and with many
illustrations and facsimile plates and documents they have been made
into a large quarto volume, stamped on the cover with a representation
of the mansion. The book is appropriately entitled ‘The Jumel
mansion,’ for that is its most popular designation and it is to the
Jumels, and especially to Mme Jumel that it owes, in spite of its
historical revolutionary significance, the greater part of its
distinction.”—Boston Transcript

“By far the most striking historical contribution is the author’s
excursus on the great fire of September, 1776, and the connection
therein of Nathan Hale. The reviewer has observed no slips of
consequence. One may question the proportion of space allotted to the
law-suits and to the unsavory chronicles of the Bowen family.

The volume is well illustrated, and is a creditable and attractive
addition to the list of works on famous American houses.” E. K. Alden

+ =Am Hist R= 22:909 Jl ‘17 480w

“Throughout the book forms a valuable contribution to American
topographical history.” E. F. E.

+ =Boston Transcript= p8 Ja 6 ‘17 1200w

“The author has examined a countless number of manuscripts, letters,
and records, and as a result has produced a thorough history of one of
the best known historical landmarks of Manhattan.”

+ =Lit D= 54:569 Mr 3 ‘17 250w

“A large and showy book on a trivial subject.”

=Nation= 104:605 My 17 ‘17 500w

“His book is charmingly written and most attractively presented.”

+ =N Y Times= 22:167 Ap 29 ‘17 1800w

=SHEPARD, ODELL.=[2] Lonely flute. *$1.25 Houghton 811 17-11821

“Only rarely does a poet succeed in catching the inner significance of
his own verse and crystallizing that impression into a title for his
book of verses. This is what in a high degree Mr Shepard has done in
his little volume of carefully selected poems. Most of Mr Shepard’s
verse is quite plainly divided into what has to do with California and
what with New England. The New England note is, however, by far the
more potent. We should not need the hint given us by the poems upon
Concord, to realize the influence upon him of Emerson.”—Boston
Transcript

“The few dates scattered through the book convince us that these poems
cover a number of years and are the chosen best of the poet’s output
during these years. It is verse of high restraint, reflecting from
first to last a lofty poetic ideal and a steadfast struggle toward the
ideal.” D. L. M.

+ =Boston Transcript= p6 Ag 22 ‘17 1150w

Reviewed by Conrad Aiken

=Dial= 62:475 My 31 ‘17 630w

“There are many beautiful things in ‘A lonely flute’—high imagination,
rich color, noble emotion. Mr Shepard is particularly successful when
he writes of nature.”

+ =Lit D= 54:1512 My 19 ‘17 850w

“A refined and tranquil volume, of wavering promise.” O. W. Firkins

+ — =Nation= 105:400 O 11 ‘17 150w

=SHEPARDSON, GEORGE DEFREES.= Telephone apparatus; an introduction to the development and theory. il *$3 Appleton 654.6 17-4036

The author says that, while numerous books on telephony have been
published, there is “a paucity of systematic, historical, and
theoretical treatment.” It is to meet this deficiency that his book
has been prepared. “The book presumes that the reader has a working
knowledge of algebra, trigonometry, calculus and physics, including
the laws governing direct and alternating currents.” Part 1 is devoted
to Speech sounds, receivers, transmitters; part 2 to Signaling
equipment; Part 3 to Sources of electromotive force and protection.