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“In terms easily understood by a layman he conveys much interesting
information on the art and science of aviation in war. His pictures,
especially those from photographs taken at various heights, form a
welcome accompaniment to the reading matter.” P. F. Bicknell

+ =Dial= 62:307 Ap 5 ‘17 160w

=Ind= 90:298 My 12 ‘17 50w

=N Y Br Lib News= 4:46 Mr ‘17

+ =N Y Times= 22:141 Ap 15 ‘17 160w

=Pratt= p43 O ‘17 30w

“A book which anyone interested in war aviation should read. ...
Especially valuable is the account of his seven months’ training in
the various branches of military aviation, which should do much to
impress upon Americans the important fact that competent military
aviators cannot be made in a few weeks, but that it requires a
thorough course lasting from six to nine months.”

+ =R of Rs= 55:549 My ‘17 90w

+ =Springf’d Republican= p15 D 1 ‘17 180w

=The Times [London] Lit Sup= p530 N 1 ‘17 170w

“Makes thrilling reading for boys.”

+ =Wis Lib Bul= 13:124 Ap ‘17 30w

=WINSLOW, KENELM.= Prevention of disease. il *$1.75 (2c) Saunders 613 16-23537

This is a popular treatise for the layman. It opens with three
chapters on personal hygiene, devoted to habits of right living. These
are followed by discussions of special diseases and disorders, germ
diseases, cancer, sexual diseases, rheumatism, diseases of children,
nervous and mental diseases, etc. Dr Winslow was formerly assistant
professor of comparative anatomy in Harvard medical school and is now
practicing physician in Seattle, connected with the Seattle city
hospital and King county hospital. Dr Charles H. Mayo of St Mary’s
hospital, Rochester, Minn., contributes an introduction to the volume.

“Contains chapters on food poisoning, the prevention of some
deformities, and a full chapter on sexual diseases and hygiene, which
will debar it from the open shelves.”

=A L A Bkl= 13:299 Ap ‘17

“A popular book that might well find a place on the teacher’s desk and
in the school library.”

+ =Educ R= 54:208 S ‘17 60w

“The author is fortunate in the method he adopts. He does not attempt
to lay a preliminary foundation of anatomical knowledge, an effort
that is almost always futile because it seeks to furnish by diagram
and description the kind of knowledge that can only be obtained by
first-hand acquaintance with the things themselves. He uses the more
effective mode of stating fundamental results simply and clearly and
in terms comprehensible to any intelligent reader.”

+ =Nation= 105:276 S 6 ‘17 170w

“The volume is clear and interesting in its presentation of many facts
of hygiene, germ diseases, mental and nervous diseases, troubles of
digestion, etc., facts that should be part of the general knowledge.
Its danger is that of the type it belongs to—lest in some particular
case the printed page be relied upon in place of personal examination
and the verdict of a physician.” G. S.

+ =Survey= 37:586 F 17 ‘17 190w

=WISCONSIN UNIVERSITY. LIBRARY SCHOOL.= Apprentice course for small libraries. il 75c A.L.A. 020.2

These “outlines of lessons, with suggestions for practice work, study
and required reading” by the faculty of the Library school of the
University of Wisconsin—(Mary Emogene Hazeltine, Helen Turvill, Mary
F. Carpenter and Marion Humble)—first appeared in the Wisconsin
Library Bulletin, October, 1914 to July, 1915, v. 10-11. “The matter
contained in the original series has been revised and is offered
herewith in the hope that it may continue to prove useful in this more
convenient form. The subject matter is presented for the most part in
outline, but it has seemed desirable to vary the style in the
different chapters according to the nature of each subject. Methods
given are naturally those advocated by the Wisconsin library school,
and references to the Wisconsin Library Bulletin are frequent.
Amendment and change to suit local practice will be needed. In this
revision heed has been taken of the helpful criticisms which have been
made upon the series by librarians who have used it.” (Introd.)

=Pittsburgh= 22:772 N ‘17

=WISE, JENNINGS CROPPER.= Call of the Republic. *$1 (4c) Dutton 355.7 17-12273

A plea for universal military service. “It has been attempted to show
that such a system is not only highly democratic in conception and in
its practical working, but that the cherished volunteer mercenary
system is undemocratic both in origin and effect.” (Introd.) Contents:
The ancient medieval military systems; Origin and development of the
modern national army; Military service in its most democratic form;
The English ideal of voluntary service; The inherited American ideal;
The American military system; The ideal military institution; The fear
of militarism unreasonable. There is a short bibliography at the
close.

=A L A Bkl= 14:8 O ‘17

“A clear, well-argued case against the military system that has
prevailed for so many years in this country.”

+ =Cath World= 105:836 S ‘17 100w

“There is practically nothing on the Swiss and Australian systems, in
which our people are mainly interested.”

=Ind= 91:110 Jl 21 ‘17 50w

“Most Socialists are familiar with the assertion that universal
military service means the highest type of democracy. Col. Wise simply
enlarges on that and brings his work to a conclusion with a highly
poetical, metaphysical, mystical and prophetic peroration. The work,
however, is well written, and the author has undoubtedly made a good
presentation of his case. The real value of the work, in our opinion,
consists, however, in the historical matter given. And its cleverness
consists in not pushing property considerations of ancient times into
the present.”

=N Y Call= p15 My 13 ‘17 630w

=Pratt= p15 O ‘17 10w

=R of Rs= 55:668 Je ‘17 40w

“A well-thought-out, carefully stated argument for universal
compulsory military service and training in the United States. ... But
when the author exalts the social and moral advantage of ‘a powerful
army’ the reader becomes more and more dubious. To hear that we must
cast aside the fatuous doctrines of misguided, over-zealous
humanitarians sounds like an echo of Von Bissing. And finally, he
strikes the full Prussian note when he asks: ‘Shall we deny the wisdom
of God who imposes upon His people the ordeal of battle?’” W. E. K.

– + =Survey= 38:532 S 15 ‘17 530w

=WITHERS, HARTLEY.= Meaning of money. new ed *$1.25 Dutton 332 (Eng ed 17-13479)

“The first edition came from the press in 1909, and now the fourth
edition makes its appearance. ... This last edition has been made
necessary by the war. The author says in his preface to this edition:
‘It may be added that the chief thesis worked out in the book needs a
slight extension in the light of the war’s experience. ... Owing to
the great extent of the investments made by the banks, in their
patriotic readiness to finance the war by buying government
securities, we now have to recognize that investments made by banks
have the same effect on their deposits as loans advanced by
them.’”—Boston Transcript

“The book has established itself as a standard of its class, and in
this latest edition will prove more valuable than ever.”

+ =Boston Transcript= p7 My 19 ‘17 270w

“Some sections of the book—such as the account of England’s ‘invisible
exports’—are so ably written as to be of value to the student as well
as to the general reader. The work can be recommended from any
relevant point of view.”

+ =Springf’d Republican= p6 S 25 ‘16 420w

=WITHERS, HARTLEY.= Our money and the state. *$1.25 Button 336 17-31785

This book is based on lectures delivered by the author at the London
School of economics in February and March, 1917. “After discussing the
limitations of state action, and consequently of state expenditure and
taxation, and contrasting the laisser faire with the alternative
socialistic school of general interference with our individual
activities, the author arrives at a compromise between the two extreme
views. The argument is accepted that logically the state is entitled
to take all our goods and services in promoting the public good; but
Mr Withers observes that the exercise of this right is circumscribed
by the ability of the taxpayer to ‘strike.’ ... Mr Withers then
proceeds to discuss the two methods by which the government can
acquire such goods and services as are needed by it—taxation or loan.
The author’s predilection is in favour of the first alternative,
taxation pure and simple. ... The keynote of the argument is that
‘posterity never pays.’” (Sat R) “Mr Withers further pleads for direct
taxation, and criticizes the schemes of the Fabians and of the Empire
resources committee for paying off the war debt by means of state
enterprise.” (Ath)

=A L A Bkl= 14:152 F ‘18

“This work is one to make the voter and taxpayer think.”

=Ath= p466 S ‘17 220w

=Boston Transcript= p7 Ja 23 ‘18 140w

“Written with that lucidity which is characteristic of Mr Withers’
many contributions to economic literature. ... On the subject of
taxation generally, Mr Withers confounds ethics with financial
policy.”

=Sat R= 124:150 Ag 25 ‘17 950w

“Compactness and lucidity of treatment combined with a vitally
important subjectmatter.”

+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p382 Ag 9 ‘17 90w

“It will be useful to the average man. ... The first chapter on ‘The
objects of governmental spending,’ is, in view of the overwhelming
importance at the moment of the financial needs of the war, of more
general interest than the others; for it gives a lucid and terse
description of the general principles on which the collection of money
from the people by the government is justified. ... Mr Withers is
prepared to go some way in company with the enthusiasts who wish to
establish a collectivist state; but he does so with great caution and
some misgiving.”

+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p386 Ag 16 ‘17 1900w

=WODEHOUSE, PELHAM GRENVILLE.= Piccadilly Jim. il *$1.40 (2c) Dodd 17-6534

Jimmy Crocker was a young American who had worked on a New York
newspaper up to the time when his father married a wealthy widow. Then
he went to London with his family, and with too much money and too
much leisure at his command got into mischief. His escapades, written
up at length in the New York press, brought his step-mother’s sister
to London with the worthy intention of taking him back to New York and
putting him to work. It is Ann Chester, however, who succeeds in
saving him from himself. Ann is the niece of the man who is married to
his step-mother’s sister. The relationships in the story really are
complicated! So is the plot. The step-mother’s sister’s young son
plays a part in it. So does a nephew who is inventing a new explosive.
So does Jimmy’s baseball-loving father, exiled in London, far from his
native diamond.

+ =A L A Bkl= 13:317 Ap ‘17

“The complications and characters give occasion for many laughs in
particular, Ogden, the spoiled rich boy.”

+ =Boston Transcript= p7 Ja 26 ‘18 160w

“Lightly handled and full of farcical surprises, but not quite up to
the mark of ‘Something new.’”

=Cleveland= p64 My ‘17 100w

“The tale is swift-moving, highly ingenious, and very funny—not quite
so funny, nor quite so ingenious as ‘Something new,’ perhaps, but very
entertaining all the same.”

+ =N Y Times= 22:63 F 25 ‘17 520w

“A breezy farcical tale.”

+ =Springf’d Republican= p15 Mr 4 ‘17 230w

=WOLFE, ALBERT BENEDICT=, ed. Readings in social problems. (Selections and documents in economics) $2.80 Ginn 304 16-22272

“The social problems discussed in this book of readings are five-fold:
immigration, marriage and divorce, the woman problem, the negro
problem, and an interrelated group of population problems. The latter
includes such subjects as the Malthusian theory of population, the
declining birth rate, socialism and population, eugenics, infant
mortality, and the ethics of population policies. The editor’s
comments introduce the discussion of each problem.”—Ann Am Acad

“Professor Wolfe gives evidence of wide knowledge of the literature
and of careful discrimination in his choice of the selections which he
has brought together. ... He displays an admirable impartiality in his
selections, concealing very successfully any predilections he may have
in one direction or another. ... The book will be found to be a
valuable reference work for those already somewhat familiar with the
topics treated, and undoubtedly an excellent educational medium for
the student who approaches the subject for the first time.” H: P.
Fairchild

+ =Am Econ R= 7:164 Mr ‘17 450w

“This admirable volume of readings provides abundant materials for the
study of certain bio-sociological problems of the greatest importance.
It brings together for the first time in convenient form data and
balanced discussion by competent and often classic authors bearing
upon the great problems of population, sex and race.” E. B. Woods

+ =Am J Soc= 22:840 My ‘17 570w

+ =A L A Bkl= 13:335 My ‘17

=Am Pol Sci R= 11:361 My ‘17 150w

“References are given at the close of the discussion of each specific
topic. These bibliographical references are well chosen and usable.”
J. G. S.

+ =Ann Am Acad= 70:332 Mr ‘17 210w

=Ath= p38 Ja ‘17 100w

“The book is well made, like the rest of the series, and should have a
considerable utility for classes in social science.”

+ =Nation= 104:559 My 3 ‘17 200w

“What Manly, Newcomer and Gayley have done for students in English
literature, Professor Wolfe has done for his classes in economics and
sociology in the University of Texas. ... The book has an evident
value in its professed field, but its value extends beyond this
specific limit. Many a teacher of English composition, who has
grappled with the task of finding a subject which shall stimulate
clear thinking and vigorous expression, may turn with relief to some
of the important matters suggested in this book.” G. S.

+ =Survey= 38:46 Ap 14 ‘17 230w

=WOLFE, OLIVER HOWARD.= Practical banking. il $2 LaSalle extension univ. 332 17-22550

“The purpose of this book is to explain the fundamental principles
which underlie practical banking work in such a manner that they may
be helpful to both students and bankers. ... It is possible for a
person fortified with such basic knowledge to acquire worth-while
experience in the higher branches of banking much faster and to
perform his own work better than without such well-organized
knowledge. ... No attempt has been made to describe those phases of
practical banking which, as a rule, can be mastered only by actual
experience.” (Preface) The book has chapters on: Organization and
administration; Bank accounting; The receiving teller; The note
teller; The transit department; Loans and discounts; Individual
ledgers; The general ledger; Audits and examinations, etc. The author
is assistant cashier of the Philadelphia national bank.

“The author speaks from actual experience and with authority, on
matters of vital importance to those about to enter the banking
business or already engaged in it.”

+ =Ind= 92:345 N 17 ‘17 100w

“The value of the treatise lies in Mr Wolfe’s clear explanation of the
ordinary functions of banks and the routine of their work.”

+ =Springf’d Republican= p6 F 12 ‘18 120w

=WOLFF, HENRY WILLIAM.= Co-operative credit for the United States. *$1.50 (1½c) Sturgis & Walton 332.7 17-18066

This volume is by the late president of the International cooperative
alliance and the author of “People’s banks”; “Cooperative credit
banks”; “Cooperation in agriculture,” etc. The same ground has, up to
the dates of publication of the several works, been covered by Mr
Wolff in earlier books written specifically for British readers. In
this book he tries to “present the same picture in a manner suited to
the ideas and habits of an American public.” The opening chapter tells
us Why cooperative credit is wanted. The author then discusses the
principles of cooperative credit, how they are worked out in various
countries, and how they may be adapted to American conditions.

=A L A Bkl= 14:43 N ‘17

“Will be of great value to those who want to learn the practical
workings of the system abroad and the adaptability of these plans to
American conditions.”

+ =Am Pol Sci R= 11:597 Ag ‘17 140w

“A welcome volume by the well-known author of ‘People’s banks.’ ...
The conclusion is distinctly optimistic as to the future of
co-operative credit in the United States.”

+ =J Pol Econ= 25:760 Jl ‘17 80w

“Clear and concise.”

+ =Springf’d Republican= p6 O 12 ‘17 140w

“Along the lines pointed out by Mr Wolff is the hope for the new
agriculture, and for securing for small tradesmen and workers that
economic emancipation which credit alone can give.” H. F. Grady

=Survey= 38:574 S 29 ‘17 200w

Woman suffrage year book, 1917; ed. by Martha Gause Stapler; articles upon special subjects contributed by Mary Sumner Boyd. pa $1.05 National woman suffrage pub. 324.3 17-7468

“In compiling the ‘Woman suffrage year book’ the aim has been to
collect, from different sources, facts chiefly of current and
statistical nature, and to arrange them for easy reference under one
cover. The first part of the book deals with the progress, extent and
results of woman suffrage; the second part deals with the action which
various states have taken upon certain questions affecting women and
children; the third part deals with miscellaneous information for the
general use of suffrage workers and others.” (Preface) It is planned
to issue the year book in January of each year with a calendar of
events and with statistical information brought up to date.

=A L A Bkl= 13:379 Je ‘17

“Contains excellent tables and bibliographies.”

+ =Cleveland= p78 Je ‘17 50w

=WOOD, CLARENCE ASHTON.= School and college credit for outside Bible study; a survey of a nonsectarian movement to encourage Bible study. $1.50 (2c) World bk. 377 17-13268

Vernon P. Squires, of the University of North Dakota, says in his
introduction to the book, “Test after test given to the brightest
young people of our country in schools and colleges has shown a most
lamentable ignorance of the greatest of English classics, the English
Bible, and of the fundamental and historical facts lying back of
religious faith.” With a view to remedying this condition, movements
for cooperation between church and state in the matter of Bible study,
seem to have sprung up simultaneously in many parts of the country.
The purpose of the author of this work has been to trace the
development of these various movements, and to bring all the facts
about their methods and aims together. There is a bibliography at the
close and an appendix gives the syllabus adopted for high schools in
North Dakota.

=A L A Bkl= 14:152 F ‘18

=Cleveland= p9 Ja ‘18 70w

=Ind= 91:297 Ag 25 ‘17 80w

“Should be in the hands of all teachers.”

+ =Outlook= 115:669 Ap 11 ‘17 250w

“A body of material of great practical value. Since the author
discusses the plan of giving credit for outside Bible study as it is
now applied in higher, secondary, and elementary education, his book
should be of interest to a rather large audience.”

+ =School R= 25:527 S ‘17 280w

=WOOD, CLEMENT.= Glad of earth. $1 Gomme 811 17-13412

“This first book by Clement Wood contains ‘polyrhythmic poems,’
unrhymed verse of the variety commonly known as vers libre. ... There
are three groups: ‘Glad of earth,’ portraits of individuals and types;
‘Comrades,’ ardent love poems, and ‘New roads,’ socialistic poems that
protest against conditions that hamper individual development. ... Mr
Wood won the prize offered in the 250th anniversary of the city of
Newark poetry competition with ‘The smithy of God.’”—R of Rs

“Both Mr Untermeyer and Mr Wood make the mistake of dragging their
ethics about with them. Both have their moments of vividness and
beauty, but uncertainly, and in conjunction with much that is muddily
perceived, scarcely felt, and vaguely phrased.” Conrad Aiken

— =Dial= 62:476 My 31 ‘17 250w

“A distinctly valuable contribution, not only to the literature of
revolt, but to literature in itself.” D: P. Berenberg

+ =N Y Call= p13 Ap 22 ‘17 1100w

“As a whole, they are intensely human and inspiring.”

+ =R of Rs= 55:440 Ap ‘17 170w

“Mr Wood has a vigor of expression that holds the attention whatever
one may think of the polyrhythmic lines in which it is cast. His fault
is the universal shortcoming of the vers librist—a deftness with words
that frame an admirable bit of description, but are none the less void
of the emotion and fire which is the prerequisite of poetry.”

=Springf’d Republican= p13 Je 17 ‘17 150w

=WOOD, ERIC.= Thrilling deeds of British airmen. il *$1.65 (3c) Crowell 940.91 A17-1632

“This little book is not a serious study of aircraft in war, but, as
its title indicates, a compilation of thrilling deeds of British
airmen chosen from a very large number to illustrate various types and
phases of aerial operations. Sometimes the telling has been in the
nature of making bricks without straw, because of the absence of
details in so many official reports. I trust, however, that in
expanding such terse accounts of what obviously were heroic incidents
I have not done violence to truth. My aim has been to present what
were probably the facts, and I have carefully followed the suggestions
contained in the brief originals with that object in view.” (Preface)
The book has eight full-page illustrations.

+ =A L A Bkl= 14:138 Ja ‘18

+ =Boston Transcript= p11 D 5 ‘17 180w

“Valor and skill can go no further than in some of the deeds recorded
here.”

+ — =New Repub= 13:27 N 3 ‘17 390w

“The stories are straight-forwardly told, with no parade of
technicalities, and should appeal to boys.”

+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p382 Ag 9 ‘17 60w

“The writer is handicapped by the parcimony with which our war office,
for reasons which we do not presume to criticize, publishes the names
of the authors of sensational achievements; but he does his best with
such material as is at his disposition, and his best is good.”

+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p622 D 13 ‘17 100w

=WOOD, ERIC FISHER.=[2] Note-book of an intelligence officer. il *$1.75 Century 940.91 17-30602

“By the author of ‘The notebook of an attaché’ and ‘The handwriting on
the wall.’ The book is based on letters written to the author’s mother
and contains chapters on: New York to Liverpool; American publicity;
The British postal censorship; Lloyd George; Raemaekers; Northcliffe;
To France; British insignia, equipment and decorations;
Second-lieutenant John Masefield; The will to use the bayonet; The
German retreat from the Somme, etc.”

“Holds the same keen interest as ‘The notebook of an attaché.’”

+ =A L A Bkl= 14:125 Ja ‘18

=Cleveland= p1 Ja ‘18 70w

+ =Lit D= 55:45 D 29 ‘17 400w

“There is no mistaking the inspirer of the book. To Lord Northcliffe,
the author is indebted for these favors, and he offers praise ad
nauseam.”

– + =Nation= 105:672 D 13 ‘17 290w

“He does not write with any special distinction. But the actual
information that he has to give us from the war is interesting and
valuable.”

+ — =N Y Times= 23:3 Ja 6 ‘18 400w

“These notes are fragmentary and give no real picture of the war.”

– + =Pittsburgh= 22:827 D ‘17 40w

+ =R of Rs= 57:101 Ja ‘18 80w

=WOOD, HAROLD BACON.= Sanitation practically applied. il *$3 (2c) Wiley 614 17-13582

This work, by the assistant commissioner of the West Virginia state
department of health, has chapters devoted to: The need for public
health work; Statistics; The control of communicable disease; Child
welfare; School hygiene; Pure foods; Clean milk; Water supplies;
Sewage disposal; Hygiene of the home and factory; The destruction of
insects which transmit disease; The educational movement. “The book is
offered as a corollary to the numerous excellent treatises on the
theory of hygiene and the laboratory manuals, since the man in the
field desires to know how sanitation of the home, of the school, of
the factory and of the community can actually be obtained.” (Preface)

“The discussion of even the most technical subjects is made simple and
the practical side of every problem receives primary emphasis. In
point of clearness and interest the style is much superior to that
which readers encounter in most books of its kind.”

+ =Am Pol Sci R= 11:792 N ‘17 100w

“The chapter on water-supplies includes a confusing discussion on
whether a city should build water-works or sewers first. Under sewage
disposal there are a number of statements which are likely to mislead
the uninformed. A little revision here and there would clarify and
correct these questionable passages in the new edition which a book so
good in the main deserves at an early date.”

+ — =Engin News-Rec= 79:326 Ag 16 ‘17 240w

“Although intended primarily for health officers and students of
public health topics, it forms a very readable general treatise.”

+ =Pittsburgh= 22:820 D ‘17 20w

+ =Quar List New Tech Bks= Jl ‘17 50w

“His audience is primarily the man in the field. But the employer,
too, and the employe, business manager and public official will find
practical direction in the well printed pages. Here, too, is
enlightenment for the student of affairs.” G. S.

+ =Survey= 39:170 N 17 ‘17 250w

=WOOD, MICHAEL.= Mystery of Gabriel. il *$1.40 (4c) Longmans 17-29539

At twenty-nine, Honor Forranner is set free from the responsibilities
to which she has devoted her years since girlhood. But her freedom is
not of long duration, for she willingly accepts the new responsibility
that is offered her in the person of an orphan child found by the
roadside. It is this boy, Gabriel, who becomes the central point of
interest in this serious and deeply analytical novel. With the years
of adolescence, the boy grows away from his adoptive mother. He is
subject to strange moods which are the result either of hereditary
traits, or of fear of heredity. For, unknown to those interested in
his welfare, he has as a child overheard conversations in which the
possibility of evil tendencies developing in children of unknown
parentage has been discussed. Father Anthony Standish, an Anglican
priest, has a strong hold on the boy, and there is a touch of the
mystical, even the supernatural, in the scenes in which Gabriel is set
free from his obsession.

“Though the greater part of it may seem too mystical for the majority
of readers, there is much that should appeal as common sense to all.”

+ — =Ath= p681 D ‘17 40w

“Very interesting and unusual book.”

+ =Cath World= 106:841 Mr ‘18 160w

“This is a story of unusual quality. ... As a psychological study it
is both subtle and powerful, though it leaves the reader somewhat
disappointed when the heart of the mystery is plucked out. ... Readers
of Mr Wood’s former volumes know how thoroughly they are penetrated
with the beauty and mysticism of the Catholic element in the Church of
England. The same atmosphere pervades the closing chapters of ‘The
mystery of Gabriel.’”

+ — =N Y Times= 22:491 N 25 ‘17 470w

“There is for some tastes a little too much of the confessional in
this development of the story, and others may feel that such a plot
lies too far off the track of ordinary human experience to move them
much; but there is a delicacy in the handling that goes some way to
compensate these defects, if they are such.”

+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p494 O 11 ‘17 190w

=WOODBERRY, GEORGE EDWARD.= Ideal passion. $1.50 Woodberry soc., c.o. W. B. Symmes, jr., 55 Liberty st., N.Y. 811 17-11925

A sequence of forty-two sonnets “that reconcile the love of sensuous
beauty with the high consecration of spirit to the pure love of the
ideal.” (R of Rs) “By a curious paradox, these poems are revealing—and
uncommunicative. Never did a reality so distinct find embodiment in a
frame so impalpable. The reader has a double sense of intimacy and
estrangement.” (Nation)

“A few double rhymes and some elisions would relieve the impeccable
uniformity of rhythm. Though the love he sings is ideal, there is true
passion in his verse, if a passion bloodless and ethereal.”

+ — =Ath= p310 Je ‘17 200w

“It is even at its best, however, a cold and remote sort of beauty;
one soon gets tired of so chill a sanctity, and Mr Woodberry is not so
perfect an artist but that often, even in the most quiet precincts,
the reader suddenly and with a start remembers how long a journey he
has come from reality.” Conrad Aiken

– + =Dial= 63:56 Jl 19 ‘17 420w

“These are sonnets of love so sublimated that it retains little of its
warm humanity; so detached from the usual personal and racial meanings
as to be mystical and austere. Mr Woodberry’s readers will of
necessity, be kindred spirits to whom this type of idealism makes an
appeal.”

+ — =Ind= 90:553 Je 23 ‘17 100w

“They give—what American verse so rarely gives—a sense of depth and
riches in the antecedent experience. Of that report on the universe
which we call literature, they are a part. ... Mr Woodberry has his
inadvertencies. ... He should not rhyme ‘trance’ with ‘haunts,’ ...
nor should he abase himself to the dissolute syntax of the sextet in
sonnet thirteen. These are plain blemishes, and my rigor—the rigor of
homage—is not to be placated. Pardon is for the mob; to the elect
nothing is forgivable.” O. W. Firkins

+ + — =Nation= 105:400 O 11 ‘17 400w

+ =R of Rs= 55:660 Je ‘17 40w

=WOODBRIDGE, ELISABETH (MRS CHARLES GOULD MORRIS).= Days out, and other papers. *$1.25 (3c) Houghton 814 17-30261

Readers of the Contributor’s club of the Atlantic Monthly will be
pleased, altho perhaps not surprised, to learn that one of the authors
who publish delightful papers anonymously is Elisabeth Woodbridge.
Some of these contributions are included among the essays collected in
this book. One of these is fittingly entitled The wine of anonymity.
Among the other papers are: Days out; A brief for the hat; Cult of the
second-best; The embarrassment of finality; Humor and the heroine;
Manners and the Puritan.

“Slight, friendly, entertaining essays. Will not be as popular as ‘The
Jonathan papers.’”

+ — =A L A Bkl= 14:158 F ‘18

=Nation= 106:149 F 7 ‘18 400w

“We always feel that we are listening to talk which is cultured but
not pretentious, kindly but not forcedly humorous, and, in the fullest
sense, human.”

+ =Outlook= 117:575 D 5 ‘17 100w

+ =R of Rs= 57:217 F ‘18 50w

“The essays are all delightful, crisp, original. Each one stops before
the reader is ready to let go, and the reading of the next as a solace
produces the same desire to keep on.”

+ =Springf’d Republican= p13 D 16 ‘17 220w

=WOODBURY, ROBERT MORSE.= Social insurance; an economic analysis. (Cornell studies in history and political science) *$1.25 Holt 331.25 17-11011

“This book is a critical study submitted in 1915 to the faculty of the
graduate school of Cornell university. The author is now a professor
of economics in the University of Kansas.” (St Louis) “The book
presents an attempt ‘to study the question of the burden of insurance
critically.’ ... Not only does the author endeavor to solve this
complex problem as to the ‘incidence of social insurance charges,’ but
also ‘to reach a reasoned conclusion with respect to the wisdom of a
policy of social insurance.’ ... He finds that instead of destroying
thrift, social insurance will rather encourage and stimulate it; that
compulsory insurance against sickness and accident and superannuation
is a definite step towards elimination of poverty.” (Survey)

“The volume will be especially helpful to those whom it is intended to
serve; namely, persons who desire in brief form specific information
and critical discussion on the problem of social-insurance costs. It
presents facts in place of fears, hopes, and assumptions.” J: A. Ryan

+ =Am J Soc= 23:416 N ‘17 420w

=Cleveland= p9 Ja ‘18 30w

=St Louis= 15:169 Je ‘17 30w

“Professor Woodbury’s study may safely be recommended as the first
serious effort to analyze the problem of cost.” I. M. Rubinow

+ — =Survey= 38:533 S 15 ‘17 450w

=WOODHOUSE, HENRY.= Textbook of naval aeronautics; introd. by Rear Admiral Bradley A. Fiske. il *$6 Century 623.7 17-18983

The book “is chiefly descriptive and historical. Some of the many
photographs are like graphic illustrations of chapters in an early
Wells scientific romance. There is all the information necessary for
the prospective aeronaut—chapters on aerial photography, radio
telegraphy, night flying, instruments for aerial navigation, courses
of instruction and required qualifications of personnel for the air
service of the United States navy, training, navigation over water,
submarine hunting by aircraft, locating submerged mines, etc., etc. No
factual aspect of naval aeronautics is omitted.”—New Repub

=A L A Bkl= 14:47 N ‘17

“As a textbook it is cumbered with a vast mass of extremely
interesting but rather irrelevant matter. An instructor making use of
it would have to skip about from one end to the other of its 274
pages; but it is provided with an elaborate index compiled by Howard
L. Goodhart.” N. H. D.

+ — =Boston Transcript= p6 Jl 25 ‘17 550w

+ =Cleveland= p103 S ‘17 80w

“It is clear, truthful as to difficulties, expository in the best
sense.” H. S.

+ =New Repub= 11:312 Jl 14 ‘17 1050w

=WOODLEY, OSCAR ISRAEL, and WOODLEY, M. VIRGINIA.= Profession of teaching. *$1.35 (1½c) Houghton 371 17-25134

This book has been written in answer to a challenge, to the effect
that teaching is not a profession. In the carrying out of their
purpose the authors were first called upon to discover the nature of a
profession. This is done in the first chapter. The remainder of the
book is a study of the particular requirements demanded of those who
wish to be teachers in a truly professional sense. Contents:
Profession defined; School ethics; The ultimate aim of education;
Happiness as related to education; The social function of the school;
The relation of the school to the state; The learning process; Correct
concepts necessary for right thinking; The teaching process; The
recitation; Subject-matter; Vocational education; Vocational guidance;
The child’s ability known and utilized; The fundamental concept. Each
chapter is followed by a brief reading list and the book is further
made useful as a text by the inclusion of questions and exercises. The
joint authors have written other books for school use, among them
“Foundation lessons in English.”

+ =El School J= 18:238 N ‘17 110w

=WOODROW, NANCY MANN (WADDEL) (MRS WILSON WOODROW).= Hornet’s nest. il *$1.35 (1½c) Little 17-9252

William Whitefield, politician, financier, and traction magnate finds
himself confronted with a skeleton he had thought long buried. For
fifteen years before he had destroyed the career of Ashe Colvin, a
brilliant young New Yorker, who would have exposed his traction deal,
and he had quarreled and parted with his ward, the high-spirited,
rich, but, to the millionaire, undesirable Fletcher Hempstead. When
his safe is robbed of the Colvin papers and clues lead to a
professional cracksman, the “Hornet” who strangely resembles his
nephew Fletcher, and when his beautiful niece apparently knows much
about the affair that she provokingly conceals, the millionaire fears
that the old sins have come to light. It is a thrilling battle of
wits, and the love interest is not left out.

“Also a romance quickly springs into being, somewhat invigorating the
sordid atmosphere of intrigue environing the story.”

=Boston Transcript= p6 My 9 ‘17 450w

“A mystery story that seizes and holds the attention.”

+ =Dial= 62:444 My 17 ‘17 110w

+ =N Y Times= 22:110 Mr 25 ‘17 200w

“An unusually interesting tale of its type.”

+ =Springf’d Republican= p17 Ap 8 ‘17 150w

=WOODS, CLINTON EDGAR.= Unified accounting methods for industrials. $5 Ronald 657 17-5973

“During the last few years a new profession has been slowly developing
in the industrial world, sometimes called industrial engineering,
sometimes efficiency engineering, or again production engineering. ...
To trace the development of industrial engineering in detail would
mean the writing of several books. Therefore, in the present instance,
the primary purpose will be an effort to explain its scope, some of
the results obtained by its application to industrials, the necessity
that exists for such special service as the industrial engineer has to
offer, and in so far as possible to establish certain standards for
this new profession.” (Chap. 1) About one third of the book is given
up to forms of various kinds.

“Presents a well-thought-out, elaborately developed system of records
and methods of record keeping adapted to manufacturing enterprises.
Because of his practical purpose, the author does not stop to discuss
variations from the standard which may be necessary to fit particular
conditions, nor does he indicate that there may be in some cases other
equally good ways of doing things. Mr Woods writes from the standpoint
of the industrial engineer rather than of the accountant, which is
responsible for the short dismissal of some points which could
profitably be treated with greater fullness. Some of the topics ably
presented are: analyzing an industrial manager’s monthly balance
sheet; purchasing and receiving; general stores; preparation for the
handling of production; schedules; converting labor, material, and
expense into finished product; controlling accounts; taking the
inventory, etc.” R. B. Kester

+ — =Ann Am Acad= 73:230 S ‘17 360w

“The book shows care and thoroughness in preparation. It is a book to
be studied and worked with, not to be skimmed through. The fact that
one does not always agree with the author does not impair the
usefulness of the volume. It merely means that the reader must justify
to himself that certain of his own methods, differing from those set
down, are better for him than those given by the author.” E. C. Church

+ =Engin News-Rec= 78:363 My 17 ‘17 370w

=Pittsburgh= 22:422 My ‘17 40w

=St Louis= 15:332 S ‘17 30w

=WOOFTER, THOMAS JACKSON.= Teaching in rural schools. (Riverside textbooks in education) *$1.40 Houghton 379.17 17-29771

As stated by the author, the aims of this book for rural teachers are:
“(1) To bring to attention the needs of rural life, the broadening
vision of rural life, and the possible contributions of the rural
school to this life; (2) To unfold in a clear and helpful way some
introductory guiding principles of education; (3) To start any rural
teacher on the road of the best in modern methods in teaching and in
managing; (4) To direct such a teacher to the most helpful aids in
educational literature in connection with the various phases of theory
and practice.” The author is dean of the school of education in the
University of Georgia and his book is “an outgrowth of the experience
of years spent in teaching in rural schools and of other years given
to the preparation of teachers.” Part 1 discusses general problems
connected with the rural school. Part 2 is devoted to specific school
subjects. Suggestions for reading follow each chapter and at the end
there is a list of “Twenty good books for rural-school teachers.”

“A careful reading of the first part raises grave questions as to the
wisdom of trying to present in the brief space of one-half of a small
textbook the wide scope in which the author is interested. He has been
forced to drop into the practice of laying down rule-of-thumb
principles and methods of procedure rather than of developing
carefully each of the principles. In part 2 the writer again can do no
more than rather dogmatically lay out various methods of teaching the
individual subjects. The book literature of rural-school
administration and teaching is extremely limited. In its present
condition Professor Woofter’s book will probably be of distinct help
to most rural-school teachers.” H. O. Rugg

+ — =El School J= 18:310 D ‘17 720w

=WOOLF, LEONARD SIDNEY.= Future of Constantinople. *$1 Macmillan 327.4 (Eng ed 17-21780)

“This is a plea for the establishment of an International commission,
composed, say, of Americans, Danes, and Swiss, to control
Constantinople and the Straits after the war, just as the Danube
navigation was controlled by a European commission, of whose work
interesting particulars are given. It is a possible solution of a
question which cannot be left unsolved.”—Spec

=Ath= p358 Jl ‘17 100w

“The grand defect of his schemes, whether they deal with the
government of Constantinople or with the settlement of non-justiciable
disputes, is that they will work all right in normal times, but that
they provide no security against the emergence of the old Adam at a
crisis.”

– + =Ath= p582 N ‘17 950w

“Brief but remarkably cogent argument. ... We believe he offers a
valid solution to a four-and-a-half century problem.” S. A.

+ =Boston Transcript= p10 O 20 ‘17 600w

“One cannot repress the feeling that the author undervalues the
difficulty of carrying out his plan.”

+ — =Dial= 63:591 D 6 ‘17 380w

+ =Spec= 119:16 Jl 7 ‘17 70w

=The Times [London] Lit Sup= p275 Je 7 ‘17 20w

=WORK, EDGAR WHITAKER.= Bible in English literature. *$1.25 (1½c) Revell 220 17-27636

The purpose of this book is to trace the influence of the Bible on the
mode of thought and expression of English literature. The author says,
“We shall not be content with showing how the Bible has been quoted by
English writers. This is important, and will receive frequent
attention. The purpose is broader than this—to show how biblical
thought and style have entered into the very mold of English
literature.” For his starting point he goes back to the arrival in
England of Augustine and his monks, who brought with them the Bible
and its teachings. Other early chapters are devoted to Cynewulf, Bede,
Alcuin, and King Alfred; another to Religious drama; another to Men of
the threshold—Chaucer, Langland and Wyclif. Later chapters are given
to Shakespeare and the Bible; The Bible in English prose; The Bible in
English poetry, etc.

“Deeply learned, yet admirably simple in construction and expression,
Doctor Work’s revelation of the splendor of ‘that light which has
never paled from English literature throughout more than a thousand
years’ will appeal to all lovers of history, profane as well as
biblical.”

+ =Boston Transcript= p6 D 22 ‘17 370w

“Dr Ward possesses an adequate knowledge of the ramifications of the
chosen matter, enabling him to present clear and convincing
conclusions.”

+ =Springf’d Republican= p6 Ja 29 ‘18 320w

World peril;[2] America’s interest in the war, by members of the faculty of Princeton university. *$1 Princeton univ. press 940.91 17-28843

“What the Princeton professors have undertaken to do is to offer, in
the words of President Hibben’s introduction, ‘an especial
contribution to the more accurate understanding of the reasons for the
entry of the United States into the European war, and to the more
vivid appreciation of all that is involved in the outcome of this
conflict.’” (Nation) “Contents: American rights imperilled, Henry Van
Dyke; Democracy imperilled, Thomas Jefferson Wertenbaker;
International law imperilled, Edward S. Corwin; The world balance of
power imperilled, Mason W. Tyler; The world peril and the two
Americas, Clifton R. Hall; The world peril and American interests in
the Far East, Mason W. Tyler; The world peril and world peace, Philip
Marshall Brown.” N Y Br Lib News

“Unless there shall be what Bertrand Russell calls a neutral authority
empowered to adjust interests and to institute readjustments
peacefully, readjustments by force are inevitable. We should expect
that a book written primarily to educate public opinion regarding war
issues would squarely face this problem. The authors of ‘The world
peril’ have not done so. Their emphasis is upon the past, not the
future.” V. T. Thayer

– + =Dial= 64:19 Ja 3 ‘18 1900w

“What they have done, besides phrasing an uninspired arraignment of
Germany, is to make a volume whose treatment of certain important
aspects of American foreign policy affords a veritable arsenal of
weapons for those who still like to sneer at American altruism or the
good faith of American democracy, and from which the German government
might, if it chose, reprint considerable extracts with satirical
satisfaction. If American universities can offer no better support for
the cause of democracy than this volume affords, then truly is the
outlook dark.”

— =Nation= 106:40 Ja 10 ‘18 2800w

=N Y Br Lib News= 4:188 D ‘17 60w

=WORTH, PATIENCE.= Sorry tale; a story of the time of Christ; communicated through Mrs John H. Curran; ed. with a brief introd., by Casper S. Yost. *$1.90 (½c) Holt 17-19505

“‘The sorry tale,’ in the language as used by Patience Worth, is the
same as ‘The tale of sorrow.’ ... It is a tale of Bethlehem and
Jerusalem and Rome in the days of Jesus Christ, and its theme is the
interaction of the love and hate incarnated in the bodies of the
Christ and of the thief who died on the cross with Him. ... A great
crowd of characters, there must be more than a hundred, carry on the
action of the drama, and every one is individualized, full of its own
tang of humanity, human and alive. ... ‘Patience’ works her own will
with the gospels. She invents new miracles, she retells the old ones,
she fills out with incidents the lives of Christ and His disciples;
but the touching beauty and simple dignity of the figure of Christ are
treated always with reverence and there is nothing in the tale to
which the most orthodox could object.”—N Y Times

“But—and this is the main thing—the style as a whole has much of
nobility and force—a biblical style with abounding colour added. ...
I, for one, own myself converted by this story from a mood of languid
curiosity about an odd ‘psychic’ phenomenon, to a state of lively
interest in the future published work of the powerful writer who goes
by the name of ‘Patience Worth.’” H. W. Boynton

+ — =Bookm= 46:350 N ‘17 1000w

Reviewed by Wilfrid Lay

* =Bookm= 46:351 N ‘17 1050w

“If, however, on account of its psychic claims, one approaches the
story with unbelief or scoffing, one is instantly rebuffed by its
quality. Especially is one impressed with that strongly marked
individuality, that touch of a unique personality pervading the book,
which we call style.”

+ =Boston Transcript= p9 S 1 ‘17 400w

“This tale of the Christ is not in the least impressive. Its sole
interest lies in its much advertised and to our mind spurious origin.”

— =Cath World= 106:550 Ja ‘18 140w

“The plot, stripped of verbiage, is consistent and straightforward;
many of the incidents are amazingly dramatic or poetic; and the
presentation of the life then extant in Palestine is accurate and
full.”

+ — =Dial= 63:403 O 25 ‘17 300w

“Certainly this book deserves to be weighed not merely as a ‘psychic
phenomenon,’ but as a piece of creative fiction.”

+ — =Nation= 105:224 Ag 30 ‘17 870w

Reviewed by H. W. Boynton

+ =Nation= 105:601 N 29 ‘17 40w

=New Repub= 12:335 O 20 ‘17 800w

“But it is a wonderful book, a more astonishing and sustained work
than the earlier Patience Worth volume, and unquestionably the most
remarkable product of the so-called spirit world, whether it be a
sub-conscious achievement, or due to some unnamed psychic
manifestation.” Clement Wood

+ — =N Y Call= p14 Ag 26 ‘17 560w

“The long and intricate tale is constructed with the precision and the
accuracy of a master hand. It is a wonderful, a beautiful, and a noble
book, but it not easy to read. Its archaic language and its frequently
indirect modes of expression make necessary constantly the closest
attention. The meaning is often so obscure that only considerable
study will make it clear. Whoever would read it through will need to
be well supplied with time and patience. But if he appreciate the
noble and the beautiful in literature he will be well repaid. And he
will marvel more deeply than ever over the mystery of ‘Patience
Worth.’”

+ =N Y Times= 22:253 Jl 8 ‘17 1250w

“We are sorry that we cannot join in the praise which has been given
to these two books by some critics that take them seriously and find
that the literary ghost, so to speak, who communicates under the
pseudonym of ‘Patience Worth’ is ‘sensitive, witty, keenly
metaphysical.’ We will admit that ‘Patience’ has better qualifications
as a writer of fiction than most ‘controls,’ but we find her writing
feverish, high-flown, and terribly prolix.”

— =Outlook= 116:522 Ag 1 ‘17 200w

“Laying aside all questions of the actual authorship, the novel has
beauty and extraordinary power.”

+ =R of Rs= 56:557 N ‘17 130w

=WRAY, W. FITZWATER (KUKLOS, pseud.).= Across France in war time. il *50c Dutton 940.91 17-29470

“In common with many other British journalists at the beginning of the
war, W. Fitzwater Wray suddenly found himself with his means of
livelihood suspended and indefinite leisure time on his hands. ... He
decided to make a tour of France and chose a bicycle as his vehicle.
Taking the channel boat at Southampton, and landing at St Malo, ... he
journeyed eastward, through Alençon and Chartres, passing to the south
of Paris, and with Vitry-le-François as his turning point, skirted the
line of battle as far north as Clermont. The rest of his journey was
by rail through Paris to Havre, whence he sailed back to England. Once
more in London, he went immediately to the offices of the Daily News
and began to write the story of his travels for publication in its
columns. It is this story, amplified by omitted portions which were
excised from his manuscript to save newspaper space, which is made
into this recent volume of the Wayfarer’s library.” Boston Transcript

“Full of picturesque little incidents and human touches is Mr Wray’s
volume. It gives an unusual picture of the people in the midst of war,
and it portrays the difficulties and the occasional danger of travel
in the midst of friends who are on the alert to suspect every man’s
hand is against them. ... Added interest is given to Mr Wray’s volume
by a series of reproductions of pen-and-ink drawings.” E. F. E.

+ =Boston Transcript= p7 Jl 18 ‘17 1050w

+ =Dial= 63:462 N 8 ‘17 180w

“If much of what he relates has been told elsewhere, yet he adds fresh
wayside touches to complete the picture of what we already know of
France at that period.”

+ =Ind= 91:477 S 22 ‘17 90w

“His story is vivid and interesting.”

+ =Springf’d Republican= p10 O 5 ‘17 270w

=WRIGHT, MRS AGNES (FOSTER).= Interior decoration for modern needs. il *$2.25 (4½ c) Stokes 747 17-25296

A practical book for women who cannot employ decorators or who,
employing them, wish to work understandingly with them. It is the room
between the “period room and the packing-case room” that Mrs Wright
helps home makers remove from the commonplace. Simplicity,
suitability, durability, economy, comfort and good taste are the watch
words. The apartment dweller ought to be especially grateful for the
chapter on “The city apartment,” in which are discussed colors that
increase the sense of space, furniture arrangement and space economy,
and the treatment of the small city apartment. Good illustrations
accompany the text.

“She does not cater to the slim purse, but, on the other hand, her
suggestions are less elaborate than those in De Wolfe’s ‘House in good
taste,’ and Parson’s ‘Interior decoration.’ The book contains many
practical suggestions for color schemes and arrangement, and is fully
and attractively illustrated.”

+ =Cleveland= p136 D ‘17 60w

“The author strikes a cheerful medium between the ideal and the
possible, especially in her treatment of kitchens and service
quarters.”

+ =N Y Times= 22:436 O 28 ‘17 180w

+ =R of Rs= 57:216 F ‘18 50w

=WRIGHT, HELEN SAUNDERS (SMITH) (MRS CHARLES HEWITT WRIGHT).= Our United States army; with an introd. by Major-General Leonard Wood. il *$1.50 (2c) Shores 355.09 17-13202

“It is my purpose to present in the following pages a few examples of
the manifold activities of the army of the United States, the
importance and economic significance of which have been overshadowed
by historians in the tragic drama and far-reaching results of our
nation’s wars.” (Preface) Contents: Lewis and Clark expedition;
Explorations of Pike, Long and Bonneville; Fremont and his adventures;
Domestic disturbances; Indian treaties and warfare; Lieutenant
Whipple’s surveys and adventures; Gold and the early days of
California; Trouble in Kansas and the Mormon problem; Exploration of
the Colorado river; Building of the transcontinental railroads; The
reconstruction of the South; Alaska; Cuba and the Philippines;
Eradication of disease by army medical staff; The Panama canal.

“To recognize properly the service of the army other than military is
the errand of this modest volume, and it should be placed in every
library beside the history that deals with wars and the military
service of the army, to preserve the proper balance. Written in an
easy and readable style, the book impresses because so little is
claimed; nothing is presented for recognition but the results.” J. S.
B.

+ =Boston Transcript= p6 My 26 ‘17 500w

“The book should be of much interest to the public, for it is
practicably the first history, in popular form, of the United States
army. It is perhaps to be regretted that the author has not included
more extended historical accounts of the organization of the army.”

+ =Springf’d Republican= p6 Je 11 ‘17 310w

=WRIGHT, HENRY WILKES.= Faith justified by progress. *$1.25 Scribner 204 16-22424