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+ — =Spec.= 95: 192. Ag. 5, ‘05. 2700w.

=Condit, Edgar Mantelbert.= Two years in three continents: experiences, impressions and observation of two Americans abroad. **$2. Revell.

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=Condivi, Ascanio.= Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti, tr. by Herbert P. Horne. *$7.50. Updike.

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=Conrad, Joseph (Joseph Conrad Korzenlowski).= Nostromo: a tale of the seaboard. $1.50. Harper.

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government concession of a silver mine, handed down from father to
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=Conrad, Stephen, pseud. (Stephen Conrad Stuntz).= Mrs. Jim and Mrs. Jimmie. †$1.50. Page.

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=Conway, Moncure Daniel.= Autobiography, memories and experiences. 2v. **$6. Houghton.

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otherwise confirmed. Mr. Conway is surprisingly careless even in
matters closely connected with his own career.” Herbert W. Horwill.

+ + — =Forum.= 36: 564. Ap. ‘05. 1930w.

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+ + =Spec. 94=: 181. F. 4, ‘05. 230w.

=Cook, Albert S.=, ed. See Judith.

=Cook, Albert S., and Benham, A. R.= Specimen letters. *60c. Ginn.

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=Cook, Joel.= Switzerland; picturesque and descriptive. **$2.40. Coates.

A book designed for students and tourists, as well as general lovers
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* =Cook, Theodore Andrea.= Old Provence. 2v. **$4. Scribner.

“The first volume deals with Provence under the Greeks and Romans. Mr.
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design to be somewhat confused for the general reader.”

+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 2: 505. O. 14. 710w.

“Mr. Cook has not achieved a history of Provence. But he offers us a
guide, indefatigable, vigorous, vivacious, eager to discourse on every
subject, and primed with valuable information.”

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* “There is room for many books about a region so replete with
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it will not spare the traveller abroad the need of his guide-books, it
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presentation that will satisfy the reader who stays at home—the
ultimate test.”

+ — =Nation.= 81: 468. D. 7, ‘05. 1520w.

“A work containing much of interest and importance, and little that is
trivial in itself, yet all so badly arranged that the reader has to
pick and choose to find what he wants.”

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 675. O. 14, ‘05. 1060w.

* “Mr. Cook knows his Provence well, but he does not know how to tell
about it. Nevertheless the volumes are worth buying and worth reading,
for their contents cannot be obtained elsewhere.”

+ — =Outlook.= 81: 706. N. 25, ‘05. 110w.

=Cooke, Grace MacGowan.= Grapple. †$1.50. Page.

The principal figure in this labor-problem story is Mark Strong who
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* “The seriousness of the book is relieved by an element of humor
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rather cheap sort.” Wm. M. Payne.

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=Cooke, Marjorie Benton.= Dramatic episodes. $1.25. Dramatic.

Ten short plays, each in a single scene, which satirize the follies of
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=Cooper, Edward Herbert.= Twentieth century child. $1.50. Lane.

A glimpse into the new nursery, where smart children who make epigrams
dwell. Their prayers, lessons, play, social life, punishments and
health are discussed.

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+ — =Ath.= 1905, 1: 461. Ap. 15. 1020w.

“It is rich in insight, sanity, a wise and sympathetic understanding
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“We do not take Mr. Cooper seriously; and the whole performance has an
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— — =Sat. R.= 99: 710. My. 27, ‘05. 220w.

— =Spec.= 94: 398. Mr. 18, ‘05. 1640w.

=Cooper, James Fenimore.= Last of the Mohicans. 80c; lea. $1.25. Crowell.

In the thin paper and flexible cover of the “Thin paper classics” this
favorite Indian story becomes a handy pocket companion.

=Cooper, James Fenimore.= Spy. 60c; lea. $1.25. Crowell.

A volume recently added to the “Thin paper classics.”

=Cooper, Walter G.= Fate of the middle classes. *$1.25. Consolidated retail booksellers.

“The only way to make sure of the general good is to guard the
interests of every class with jealous care. This end is best attained
when each class realizes that self-protection is the best protection,
self-help the best help, and self-respect the surest guaranty of the
respect of others.” This forms a part of the watchword of the volume.

* “Force is not lacking in much of what Mr. Cooper advances.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 774. N. 18, ‘05. 540w.

“Despite these criticisms, we think this volume a real contribution to
the thought of the day, because characterized by three qualities not
too often found in combination in treatises on our industrial
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non-partisan judgment respecting them, and something of prophetic
vision regarding the tendency of industrial progress and the direction
in which it should be guided.”

+ + — =Outlook.= 81: 524. O. 28, ‘05. 360w.

* “He has no very definite plan of organization, but he has at least
sounded a note of warning.”

+ =Pub. Opin.= 39: 763. D. 9, ‘05. 210w.

=Cooper, William Colby.= Immortality: the principal philosophic arguments for and against it. $1. W: Colby Cooper, Cleves, O.

“A serious and very able discussion, from the purely philosophical
viewpoint, of the logical arguments for and against the theory of the
persistence of life after the crisis of death.” (Arena.) The author is
a physician.

“The method of presentation, however, is less open to criticism than
the typography.”

+ + — =Arena.= 33: 674. Je. ‘05. 590w.

“The argument seems conclusive for the survival of life and
consciousness, but less conclusive for the survival of the
individuality.”

+ + — =Outlook.= 80: 93. My. 6, ‘05. 90w.

=Corelli, Marie (Minnie Mackay).= Free opinions, freely expressed on certain phases of modern social life and conduct. **$1.20. Dodd.

The essays collected in this volume attack newspapers, Americans, and
certain unfortunate tendencies which the author discovers in modern
English society.

“The style of the essays ... is perhaps even more fervidly
enthusiastic than that of the author’s fiction.”

+ — =Critic.= 47: 283. S. ‘05. 80w.

“The disputatious, not to say censorious, tone of these essays moves
the reviewer to remind the writer that people are seldom to be argued
or scolded into wisdom. Have the merit of brevity and at times of
sprightliness.”

+ — =Dial.= 39: 43. Jl. 16, ‘05. 530w.

“Violence, prejudice, a painfully narrow view of life, and a lack of
proportion ... shockingly mar her present book.”

— — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 280. Ap. 29, ‘05. 850w.

+ — =Outlook.= 80: 191. My. 20, ‘05. 180w.

* =Cornes, James.= Modern housing: houses in town and country, illustrated by examples of municipal and other schemes of block dwellings, tenement houses, model cottages and villages. *$3. Scribner.

Mr. Cornes, who as a member of the Leek town council has made a study
of the question of housing the working classes, and has conducted some
interesting experiments in Leek itself, now writes of these
experiments, makes suggestions which will lessen the cost of house
construction and “furnishes some suggestive contrasts between the
opportunities for building in town and country by the inclusion of
some admirably executed plans and pictures of the cottages now on view
at the Cheap Cottages exhibition at Letchworth.” (Spec.)

* + =Int. Studio.= 27: 181. D. ‘05. 330w.

* + =Nation.= 81: 347. O. 26, ‘05. 330w.

* + =Spec.= 95: 191. Ag. 5, ‘05. 290w.

=Coryat, Thomas.= Coryat’s crudities hastily gobbled up in five moneths’ travells in France, Savoy, Italy, Rhetia commonly called the Grisons country, Helvetia alias Switzerland, some parts of High Germany and the Netherlands; newly digested in the hungry aire of Odcombe in the county of Somerset, and now dispersed to the nourishment of the travelling members of this kingdome; reprinted from the edition of 1611. 2v. *$6.50. Macmillan.

Altho the humor of the three-score panegyrics which gave the book
unusual vogue in its first appearance has somewhat faded with time,
there remains much to interest and amuse in this quaint account of
travels afoot, of dangers, and of butterflies, of manners and of
customs.

“Careful reprint.”

+ + =Acad.= 68: 488. My. 6, ‘05. 1360w.

“His latest edition is luxuriously produced, and in every way worthy
of him, given the publishers’ rule of not altering or pointing out his
mistakes.”

+ + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 394. S. 23. 920w.

“Coryat’s style, whatever its defects, has often the true Elizabethan
richness.”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 4: 213. Jl. 7, ‘05. 1600w.

+ + =Nation.= 81: 80. Jl. 27, ‘05. 1570w.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 444. Jl. 1, ‘05. 670w.

“The quaintness of the original has been preserved, and it would be
difficult, indeed, to imagine anything exceeding this work in
precisely that quality.”

+ + =Outlook.= 80: 138. My. 13, ‘05. 350w.

“Those who go through these hundred pages of the ‘Crudities’ do
penance indeed.”

— + =Sat.= R. 99: 816 Je. 17, ‘05. 130w.

=Couch, Arthur Thomas Quiller- (“Q,” pseud.=). Mayor of Troy. †$1.50. Scribner.

“A quaint tale of the Cornish coast. The setting is historical, being
that of the threatened Napoleonic invasion.... The mayor of Troy, who
is also major of the volunteer artillery ... is ... snatched by
ruthless fate from the scenes of his glory, seized by a press-gang ...
and carried off to become an ornament of the British navy. The ship
which bears him is blown up.... He is rescued by the enemy, and
languishes ten years in a remote military prison. Meanwhile ... he is
given up for dead, his wealth is distributed according to the terms of
his will, and Troy does him all sorts of posthumous honors. When he
returns—but we will not reveal what happens, remarking only that it is
the unexpected.”—Dial.

* “The book presents us with one humorous situation after another,
crowned by an invention so extraordinary that the author may fairly be
said to have surpassed his own best previous efforts.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ + =Dial.= 39: 309. N. 16, ‘05. 200w.

* “Taken all in all, we should say that Mr. Quiller-Couch has never
done much better work than in his ‘Mayor of Troy,’ and that is to
praise it highly.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 839. D. 2, ‘05. 780w.

=Couch, Arthur Thomas Quiller-.= Shakespeare’s Christmas and other stories. †$1.50. Longmans.

“A collection of ripe and forcible stories, of which the least
successful is the one which gives its name to the book.” (Lond.
Times.) They “range in date from the sixteenth to the beginning of the
nineteenth century, and range in characters from Shakespeare and
Wellington to the fishwives of Saltash and the highwaymen of
Tregarrick.” (Ind.)

+ + =Acad.= 68: 925. S. 9, ‘05. 710w.

“We note the usual flavour of distinction in the writing, the
scholarly attention to details, the little touches of observation
which show how thoroughly the writer has identified himself with the
beings of his invention.”

+ + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 368. S. 16. 250w.

“His abundant knowledge of archeology and local color is effectively
used without being made unduly conspicuous.”

+ + =Ind.= 59: 580. S. 7, ‘05. 90w.

“In most of these stories he does himself justice, and that is high
praise.”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 4: 279. S. 1, ‘05. 480w.

“Has become, for the moment and with exceptions, dull.”

— + =Nation.= 81: 259. S. 28, ‘05. 200w.

“Is as good a collection of stories as its title promises, and as this
vivacious, ingenious, and voluminous writer always can be depended
upon to furnish at wonderfully short intervals of time.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 636. S. 30, ‘05. 620w.

“The material and setting of each story are striking and original, the
manner of narration attractive and ingenious, yet the general effect
is disappointing and unsatisfactory.”

+ — =Sat.= R. 100: 441. S. 30, ‘05. 270w.

=Couch, Arthur Thomas Quiller- (“Q.” pseud.).= Shining ferry. †$1.50. Scribner.

John Rosewarne, a stern, proud old man, looking back upon a reckless
youth, his son, who follows the Bible after reading into it his own
desires, the gentle Peter Benny and his eleven children, a blind boy,
and many others enter into this story of a sleepy little sea port
town.

“In the last third or so of the book the interest, to our mind,
suddenly filters away. The fault is one of structure. The interest of
the novel dribbles out along several lines, none of which assumes a
principal position and concentrates attention. And such is the reason
why we are disappointed with what is in large measure a well-written
book, with plenty of character and written in excellent English.”

+ — =Acad.= 68: 520. My. 13, ‘05. 460w.

“In this book he seems, for the first time, to have achieved a novel
really complete in character, incident, and construction.”

+ + + =Ath.= 1905, 1: 394. Ap. 1. 720w.

“Admirable studies of character. Its charm resides in the touches of
gentle sentiment, of quaint humor, and tender feeling with which it is
enriched in every chapter. It is a wholesome and human book, to be
read with keen delight from beginning to end.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ + =Dial.= 39: 41. Jl. 16, ‘05. 170w.

“There is a savor in it—a distinction not only of style, but of
thought and temper—which will enable it to outlive much fiction that
is more strongly wrought.” Herbert W. Horwill.

+ + — =Forum.= 37: 111. Jl. ‘05. 270w.

“Is one of the best stories of the year.”

+ + + =Ind.= 58: 1071. My. 11, ‘05. 300w.

“These figures are all well drawn—not over-drawn—neither too
diabolical nor too angelic.”

+ + =Lit. D.= 21: 93. Jl. 15, ‘05. 810w.

“Quiller-Couch has a deft hand at character sketching, and in this
latest story of his, one finds many character sketches and little
story. Mr. Quiller-Couch has a goodly humor which saves his story from
a certain melancholy gloominess which it might otherwise possess too
abundantly.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 244. Ap. 15, ‘05. 430w.

+ + — =Outlook.= 81: 712. N. 25, ‘05. 120w.

“There is not a forced or a strained note anywhere. The sense of
proportion is everywhere evident in the book, so that when one closes
it one is in possession of a little corner of the tapestry of life
where not a stitch has been dropped.”

+ + =Reader.= 6: 242. Ag. ‘05. 430w.

“One of those novels made to be enjoyed rather than criticised.”

+ + =Sat. R.= 99: 636. My. 13, ‘05. 430w.

=Coudert, Frederick René.= Addresses, historical—political—sociological. **$2.50. Putnam.

The twenty-one addresses of this eminent international lawyer, which
his editor has selected for this volume include: International
arbitration; The Anglo-American arbitration treaty; The rights of
ships; Christopher Columbus; Louis Kossuth; Andrew Jackson; Charles
O’Conor, Montesquieu; Chief Justice Waite; France, Morals and manners;
Reply to Dumas’s advocacy of divorce; Lying as a fine art; The bar of
New York from 1792 to 1892; Young men in politics; and Columbia
college.

* “In selecting from among his subject’s addresses those for use in
this book ‘P. F.’ has been wholly successful, and has made a volume of
much interest.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 791. N. 18, ‘05. 860w.

* “They are valuable as specimens of a style worth studying by nascent
writers and speakers.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 523. O. 28, ‘05. 170w.

Course of Christian doctrine; a handbook for teachers. 50c. Dolphin press.

“The aim of the new Sunday-school manual is, as stated in its preface,
‘to bring the new education to bear on the old sacred and unchangeable
truths, and to lead the children not only to know, but to love and
practice them.’ ... The book suggests such new features as blackboard
work, historical tablets, the use of the sandboard, pictures, poems,
and the like.... The course mapped out is divided into eight grades,
each including instruction in prayers, catechism, Bible history—both
Old and New Testament—and Catholic devotions and practices.”—Cath.
World.

“The scholarship and originality which mark the first chapter prevail
throughout the work.”

+ + =Cath. World.= 80: 670. F. ‘05. 1540w.

=Coutts, Francis.= Musa verticordia. *$1.25. Lane.

From the first poem of this group the volume takes its name. The trial
of Dreyfus furnishes the theme of one poem; two others are
interpretations of Parsifal and Meistersinger; still others are
commemorative in nature. There are also some interesting Spanish folk
rhymes.

“Mr. Francis Coutts stands out head and shoulders from the generality
of our modern minor poets in that in addition to its technical
excellence his verse strikes a strong individual note.”

+ =Acad.= 68: 61. Ja. 21, ‘05. 280w.

“Mr. Coutts’ muse would to us be austere were he not somewhat too
vague, too nebulous, for austerity. A mastership of whatever form of
verse he essays, a lofty purpose, withal a rooted fealty to poetic
sorrow, must be conceded to Mr. Coutts.”

+ + =Critic.= 47: 192. Ag. ‘05. 170w.

“This attitude of intellectual challenge is characteristic of the
entire volume, and it is such touches of ‘sæva indignatio’ that give
the author’s work its most distinctive quality.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ =Dial.= 39: 273. N. 1, ‘05. 300w.

“It is impossible to read Mr. Coutts without admiration. But he lacks,
through nearly all this volume, the human sweetness that is the
preservative of poetry.”

+ — =Lond. Times.= 4: 168. My. 26, ‘05. 400w.

“Mr. Coutts is always thoughtful and always sensitive to the
imaginative import of his ideas.”

+ =Nation.= 80: 293. Ap. 13, ‘05. 280w.

“He has extreme simplicity and chastity of style, what Stevenson has
called ‘the piety of speech,’ a perfect taste, and an instinct for
rendering in delicate poetry, evasive moods and fancies. There is also
a gravity and austerity. The slightly forced reflectiveness seems to
us to be a blemish in much of his work.”

+ — =Spec.= 94: 114. Ja. 28, ‘05. 310w.

=Cowan, Rev. Henry.= John Knox, the hero of the Scottish reformation, 1505-1572. **$1.35. Putnam.

In this seventh volume in the “Heroes of the reformation” series, the
writer has aimed to “describe those portions of the career of Knox
which are most likely to be of general interest: to place his
life-work in its historical setting.” This he has done, giving a clear
picture of the reformer and his times. References to original
authorities are given in foot-notes and there is a complete index.

“Both popular and scholarly.”

+ + =Bib. World.= 26: 400. N. ‘05. 70w.

“While less piquant than Lang’s, is perhaps the better book for the
student. With a quick penetration into the particular subject or
episode in hand, a strong grasp of the situation, and with clear and
rapid movement of style, he makes a good story as well as a
trustworthy one.”

+ + =Critic.= 47: 381. O. ‘05. 110w.

“The author is an advocate, but he is fair, dignified, and moderate in
his advocacy of Knox’s side of these questions and of the general
course of his conduct as a Puritan leader.” Charles H. Cooper.

+ + — =Dial.= 39: 206. O. 1, ‘05. 840w.

+ + =Lond. Times.= 4: 190. Je. 16. ‘05. 210w.

“Dr. Cowan’s way of looking at Knox is, of course, not Mr. Lang’s way.
Naturally Dr. Cowan’s biography is less interesting.”

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 432. Jl. 1, ‘05. 650w.

“Dr. Cowan’s work is that of a professor unable to apprehend the
spirit of a religion outside his sphere of thought.”

— =Sat. R.= 100: 440. S. 30, ‘05. 510w.

=Cowen, Thomas.= The Russo-Japanese war: from the outbreak of hostilities to the battle of Liao Yang. *$4.20. Longmans.

“A trained observer, for many years a war correspondent, describing
for newspapers the Boer war, the Japanese-Chinese war, phases of the
Spanish-American war, both in Cuba and the Philippines, the Boxer in
China, and the siege of Peking, Mr. Cowen treats of the war in the
East with exceptional facilities for getting at the facts.” (N. Y.
Times). He analyses the reasons for Japanese success, he sums up the
cause for Russia’s failures in the statement that “Indecision in
emergency has been a characteristic weakness of Russia.” He follows
the steps taken by Japan in her preparation for war, showing the
methods adopted for meeting the peculiar difficulties to be overcome
in opposing the host of Russia’s forces. “Remarkably effective as word
pictures are his descriptions of the naval operations in the early
days before Port Arthur.... And with it all there is a constant
succession of pictures of army and navy life that is positively
fascinating in the simple old-fashioned manner in which it is told
with no attempt at ‘fine writing.’” (N. Y. Times).

+ + =Nation.= 80: 74. Ja. 26, ‘05. 3220w.

“With the simplicity of a tactical primer the reasons for success and
the causes of failure are alike made plain.”

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 2. Ja. 7, ‘05. 1430w.

“He writes with a graphic touch and an intimacy with affairs Japanese
that give a value to his volume which it otherwise would not possess.”

+ — =Pub. Opin.= 38: 57. Ja. 12, ‘05. 590w.

* =Cowley, Abraham.= Poems: Miscellanies, The mistress, Pindarique odes, Davideis; verses written on several occasions. *$1.50. Macmillan.

“A very convenient single-volume edition printed in large type, the
text edited by Mr. A. R. Waller from the first collected edition of
Cowley’s works, published in 1688, the year after his death. This
volume presents the variations noted in a collation of the 1668 text
with the folio of 1656, the volume of 1663, and the edition of ‘The
mistress,’ which appeared in 1647. Errors which have been discovered
in the poems are indicated by brackets and are explained in the
notes.”—Outlook.

* + + =Acad.= 68: 1026. O. 7, ‘05. 1370w.

* + =Lond. Times.= 4: 309. S. 29, ‘05. 2110w.

* + =Outlook.= 81: 631. N. 11, ‘05. 120w.

=Cox, Kenyon.= Old masters and new: essays in art criticism. **$1.50. Fox.

“This volume makes no pretensions to be a history of art. It is, as
Mr. Cox explains, a series of appreciations of individual masters,
and, incidentally, gives a view of the course of painting since the
sixteenth century. The artists principally discussed are Michelangelo,
Dürer, Rubens, Frans Hals, Rembrandt, William Blake, F. M. Brown,
Burne-Jones, Meissonier, Baudry, Puvis de Chavannes, Whistler,
Sargent, Saint-Gaudens, Veronese, Perugino, and the Venetian artists,
the Pre-Raphaelites, some of the lesser painters of the nineteenth
century, and the sculptors of the early Italian renaissance.”—N. Y.
Times.

“Kenyon Cox is a master of essays in art criticism, and this
collection ... shows him at his best.”

+ + + =Critic.= 46: 563. Je. ‘05. 120w.

“If his style lacks that brilliancy which marks the man of great
genius ... we have in their stead the sound technical knowledge of the
artist, coupled with a keen sense of discrimination.” Albert E.
Gallatin.

+ + — =Critic.= 47: 259. S. ‘05. 520w.

“Keen insight and a peculiar warmth of description.”

+ + =Dial.= 38: 422. Je. 16, ‘05. 240w.

* “In its new dress, therefore, and with its score of excellent
half-tones, the book should find a wider public than ever.”

+ + =Dial.= 39: 447. D. 16, ‘05. 130w.

“Taken altogether, perhaps the most notable and significant book of
art criticism pure and simple, not only of the year, but of several
years.”

+ + + =Ind.= 59: 691. S. 21, ‘05. 640w.

* “For incisive analysis and illuminative appreciation Mr. Cox’s
little book of essays, ‘Old masters and new,’ is the most significant
and the most valuable work in art criticism pure and simple issued in
many a long day.”

+ + =Ind.= 59: 1162. N. 16, ‘05. 40w.

“Mr. Cox’s ideas are sound and put with candour and balance.”

+ + + =Int. Studio.= 25: sup. 88. Je. ‘05. 190w.

“Where Mr. Cox speaks as an artist (and he nearly always does), it is
not easy to take issue with him, for he knows remarkably well what he
is talking about. Now and then one may disagree with him about other
matters.”

+ + — =Nation.= 80: 461. Je. 8, ‘05. 830w.

+ + =Nation.= 81: 299. O. 12, ‘05. 60w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 282. Ap. 29, ‘05. 300w.

“Short as they are, these ‘Essays in criticism,’ expressed in an
excellent style, may be warmly recommended to lovers of art.” Charles
de Kay.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 741. N. 4, ‘05. 600w.

* “The author knows his subject, and expresses his thoughts in simple
and concise language, so as to make himself intelligible to those of
limited observation and experience.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 834. D. 2, ‘05. 200w.

“There is in all the essays a most unusual clarity of style and
probity of judgment.”

+ + — =Outlook.= 80: 879. Ag. 5, ‘05. 760w.

* “Mr. Cox’s essays are vivid, delightful, and spirited discussions of
great events in art, and they have a vivacity and surety of judgment
which can not but delight the more matured art student.”

+ + =Pub. Opin.= 39: 666. N. 18, ‘05. 110w.

* “Is a practical book of art criticism. It ought to be helpful to
novices in art appreciation.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 32: 751. D. ‘05. 30w.

=Craddock, Charles Egbert, pseud. (Mary Noailles Murfree).= Storm center. †$1.50. Macmillan.

A Civil war story whose scene is laid in the mountains of Tennessee.
“The Federal officers who court Southern women in Charles Egbert
Craddock’s new story ... are more credible types, and it is the first
time in its history that the Civil war has been reduced to a
neighborhood affair, but the story of their wooings is the best this
author has written in years.” (Ind.)

“This sincere feeling for style, though occasionally it is overdone,
is certainly the best thing about a story which barely misses being
exceedingly dull. Suffers from a general vagueness and faulty
construction.”

+ — =Ath.= 1905, 2: 234. Ag. 19. 210w.

“The outline of the story has scarcely a single point of novelty, and
yet the narrative does maintain its interest.”

+ — =Critic.= 47: 284. S. ‘05. 140w.

“Slight in substance, and of moderate interest only.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ — =Dial.= 39: 116. S. 1, ‘05. 150w.

+ =Ind.= 59: 210. Jl. 27, ‘05. 50w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 395. Je. 17, ‘05. 160w.

“The machinery of the story seems to creak at times. But there are
elements of power in the novel; ‘it goes.’”

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 480. Jl. 22, ‘05. 440w.

“It hardly has the force and depth of the author’s earlier books. Its
plot is a little conventional, but there are novel and entertaining
incidents.”

+ — =Outlook.= 80: 695. Jl. 15. ‘05. 80w.

=Crafts, Wilbur Fisk.= Successful men of today, and what they say of success. $1. Funk.

A new edition, revised, enlarged, and made thoroughly up-to-date, of
this popular description of the road to success, based on facts and
opinions gathered by letters and personal interviews from five hundred
prominent men who tell of their experience along this royal highway,
and give helpful hints for those who would follow.

=Craigie, Pearl Mary Teresa (Richards) (John Oliver Hobbes, pseud.).= Flute of Pan. †$1.50. Appleton.

The author has converted her play, which was produced in England with
small success, into a novel, which, while entertaining, retains the
weakness of the stage comedy. The plot hinges on a slight
misunderstanding between a young English earl who has gone to Venice
to paint and lead the simple life, and the Princess of Siguria who
comes to ask him to be her prince consort; other aristocratic
characters enter into and complicate the story.

“From the beginning of the book to the end we have not met with a
stroke of genuine drollery, or of the humour that is composed of
mingled laughter and sympathy.”

+ — =Acad.= 68: 615. Je. 10, ‘05. 710w.

“It is indeed, impossible to criticise ‘The flute of Pan’ away from
the footlights. Its plot is thin, and it may be styled a comedy of
intrigue. But it is very readable and bright and pleasant.”

+ — =Ath.= 1: 746. Je. 17, ‘05. 250w.

“The story is without background; it is a collection of sketches and
notes, giving the impression that the writer has never quite made up
her mind as to what she is aiming at.”

— =Lond. Times=, 4: 193. Je. 16, ‘05. 450w.

* “In the present story we miss the clever epigrams and the brilliant
dialogue which characterized much of her previous work, and there is
nothing to take their place.”

— + =Outlook.= 81: 681. N. 18, ‘05. 50w.

“It is as a psychologist that she would make her appeal. But
psychology is not her strong point. Her methods are those of the
dilettante.”

+ — =Sat. R.= 99: 847. Je. 24, ‘05. 1070w.

=Craik, Dinah Maria (Miss Mulock, pseud.).= John Halifax, gentleman. $1.25. Crowell.

All friends of John Halifax will be pleased to see it as one of the
attractive “Thin paper classics” series.

=Cram, Ralph Adams.= Impressions of Japanese architecture and the allied arts. **$2. Baker.