Chapter XVII: Part IV: gives the story of relief methods at times of disaster.” (Am (3)

+ — =Ann. Am. Acad.= 25: 601. My. ‘05. 370w.

Reviewed by Winthrop More Daniels.

=Atlan.= 95: 553. Ap. ‘05. 360w.

“Mr. Edgington preserves a calm and historical spirit in all his
comments on the interesting subjects of which he treats, and the
argumentation in which he not infrequently indulges is that of a
candid jurisconsult rather than that of a partisan.” James Oscar
Pierce.

+ + + =Dial.= 38: 122. F. 16, ‘05. 1190w.

=Edmunds, Albert Joseph.= Buddhist and Christian gospels: being Gospel parallels from Pali texts. *$1.50. Open ct.

The third edition, complete, and edited with notes by Prof. Anesaki of
the imperial University of Tokio. The editor “holds to the
independence of the fundamental documents of the Buddhist and the
Christian scriptures. He only raises the question whether the Gospel
of Luke, ‘in certain traits extraneous to the synoptical narrative,’
is indebted to a Buddhist source. This question he submits to the
reader who compares the parallel texts here presented. Much more than
merely such parallels are presented; pretty nearly every book of the
New Testament supplies matter for a comparison with the Buddhist
scriptures, which even the amateur in such studies will find
interesting. The New Testament suffers nothing in the comparison.”
(Outlook.)

“As a contribution to the study of comparative religion from a
Japanese scholar, this volume has a peculiar interest as well as a
positive value for the student.”

+ + =Outlook.= 81: 331. O. 7, ‘05. 160w.

=R. of Rs.= 32: 512. O. ‘05. 90w.

=Edwards, Amelia Blandford.= Untrodden peaks and unfrequented valleys: a midsummer ramble in the Dolomites. $2.50. Dutton.

In this third edition the text is the same as that of the first
edition of 1873, but the footnotes and other explanatory matter that
appeared in the second edition of the book have been included in the
present volume. The district here described is in that part of the
Southeastern Tyrol lying between Botzen, Brunecken, Innichen and
Belluno; within this space are the limestone Dolomite mountains. There
are numerous illustrations in half-tone.

“Now as twenty-five years ago, the indispensable work is Miss Edwards’
‘Untrodden peaks.’”

+ + =Nation.= 80: 529. Je. 29, ‘05. 480w.

“A pleasant volume of travel and guidebook information.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 478. Jl. 22, ‘05. 340w.

“A new and welcome edition of a thoroughly readable book of travels.”

+ + =Outlook.= 80: 143. My. 13, ‘05. 80w.

=Edwards, Matilda Barbara Betham-.= Home life in France. *$2.50. McClurg.

Miss Betham-Edwards’ first hand knowledge of French family and school
life has been the outgrowth of years of service as an officer of
public instruction. This insight tempers her treatment with sympathy
and enthusiasm. She describes every phase of life from the
home-keeping which is “the glorification of simplicity,” to the city
keeping which is presided over by “indefatigable workers to whom
fireside joys and intellectual pleasure are especially dear, and to
whom self-abnegation ... becomes a second nature.”

“It is brightly written, and full of entertaining little personal
reminiscences of the kind which do more to explain France to the
average English mind than pages of psychological studies appealing
only to the cultivated few.”

+ + =Acad.= 68: 561. My. 27, ‘05. 1360w.

* “Writes with knowledge on a subject she may be said to have made her
own, and what is more, she writes sympathetically.”

+ + =Ath.= 1905, 1: 656. My. 27. 310w.

* “The point of view is impartial, but friendly, and both knowledge of
the subject and charm of style characterize the book.”

+ =Critic.= 47: 581. D. ‘05. 180w.

* “Miss Betham-Edwards discourses with intelligent vivacity and good
humor, lightening our darkness, gently removing the prejudice born of
ignorance, and steadily building up the respect that rests on
knowledge.” Josiah Renick Smith.

+ + — =Dial.= 39: 300. N. 16, ‘05. 1180w.

“The value of a book which is in the main not less valuable than
interesting is somewhat impaired by this persistent ignoring of the
seamy side of life.”

+ + — =Lond. Times.= 4: 175. Je. 9, ‘05. 570w.

* “She has succeeded on the whole, in writing a very entertaining book
full of detailed information, with statistics that here and there need
slight correction.”

+ + — =Nation.= 81: 491. D. 14, ‘05. 1010w.

“An extremely interesting, and in many ways valuable, book.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 727. O. 28, ‘05. 1000w.

“The book is an excellent one for the intending sojourner in France,
and it will, of course, interest those who have sojourned in that
country.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 526. O. 28, ‘05. 120w.

* “A description of French domestic life and conditions which is
written with sympathy and enthusiasm.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 32: 636. N. ‘05. 50w.

“Miss Betham-Edwards selects matter which on the whole may be intended
more for women than for men, but the latter will not enjoy it the less
on that account.”

+ =Sat. R.= 99: 676. My. 20, ‘05. 230w.

* “There are also here and there signs of hurry and awkwardness in the
style. All this could easily be put right in another edition, which
the book, if only for the valuable amount of detail it contains,
certainly ought to reach.”

+ + — =Spec.= 95: 259. Ag. 19, ‘05. 1570w.

=Edwards, William Seymour.= Into the Yukon. **$1.50. Clarke, R.

In a series of papers which were originally home letters, the author
tells of the travels of himself and wife thru the Canadian northwest,
the gulfs and fjords of the North Pacific, the valley of the upper
Yukon, the golden Klondike, and some parts of California and the
Middle west. The book gives an apparently unbiased view of conditions
on the Canadian Yukon in the summer of 1903. It is profusely
illustrated with snap shot photographs.

“If it says nothing new, at least says it brightly and interestingly.”
Wallace Rice.

+ =Dial.= 38: 91. F. 1, ‘05. 100w.

“Mr. Edwards seems to be a clear-sighted observer, and his narration
is straightforward and unpretentious. He appears to possess the knack
of gathering and summarizing popular opinion without the exaggeration
or superficiality usually characteristic of hasty news-gatherers. The
most interesting portion of the book is naturally that relating to the
Klondike region.”

+ + =Nation.= 80: 141. F. 16, ‘05. 920w.

“A readable narrative.”

+ =Outlook.= 79: 759. Mr. 25, ‘05. 50w.

=R. of Rs.= 31: 255. F. ‘05. 70w.

=Eggleston, George Gary.= Daughter of the South. †$1.50. Lothrop.

A war’s-end romance which follows the adventurous career of the
Commodore of a cotton-buying fleet. While braving great danger for the
sake of great profit he encounters the heroine in distress and carries
her northward on one of his boats to love and to safety.

“His art must be described as crude. Nevertheless, he tells a story of
some interest, and keeps fairly in touch with reality.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ — =Dial.= 39: 208. O. 1, ‘05. 160w.

“‘Decent under difficulties’ should be the title of this last story.”

— =Ind.= 59: 987. O. 26, ‘05. 60w.

“Exactly like all the rest of his novels.”

— =N. Y. Times.= 10: 557. Ag. 26, ‘05. 290w.

“Altogether, while not by any means a great book, this story is
agreeable reading.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 44. S. 2, ‘05. 130w.

=Eggleston, George Gary.= Our first century. **$1.20. Barnes.

“The design of this book ... is ... to present in a connected and
picturesque narrative those facts of American history during the
seventeenth century which were characteristic as to life and manners
and customs. The book has the story element in a marked degree. It is
liberally illustrated.”—Outlook.

+ + =Dial.= 39: 91. Ag. 16, ‘05. 390w.

* + + =Ind.= 59: 1390. D. 14, ‘05. 40w.

“After reading this lively little narrative one can without hesitation
commend it to those who find the ordinary one-volume histories dry and
meagre, and who have not the time or inclination to consult the larger
works.” Robert Livingston Schuyler.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 480. Jl. 22, ‘05. 280w.

+ + =Outlook.= 80: 446. Je. 17, ‘05. 60w.

* + =Pub. Opin.= 39: 797. D. 16, ‘05. 90w.

+ + =R. of Rs.= 32: 123. Jl. ‘05. 140w.

=Eggleston, George Gary.= Rebel’s recollections. *$1. Putnam.

A fourth edition of a book first published in 1874, with an additional
article upon “The old regime in the Old Dominion.” It contains much
that is interesting, and gives a good idea of the Confederate soldier,
and the Confederate commissary, also civil administration.

+ =Ind.= 58: 1312. Je. 8, ‘05. 100w.

“The book contains in a very readable form a deal of information about
the Confederacy, which Mr. Eggleston had first hand. Mr. Eggleston
overemphasizes certain features, but there is a certain advantage in
that, for they are just the features which other writers have been apt
to ignore.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 275. Ap. 29, ‘05. 390w.

“The book still outranks in interest almost all other reminiscences of
the Civil war.”

+ + =Outlook.= 79: 1061. Ap. 29, ‘05. 60w.

=Eldridge, George Dyre.= Milibank case. †$1.50. Holt.

A detective story whose scene is laid in Maine near the Canadian
border. The plot centers about the murder of a young lawyer,
supposedly without enemies, and involves prominent state politicians.
The tangle undertaken by two detectives contains at its close a
surprise for detective and reader alike.

“The story is fluently told, and is not ungenial as murders go.”

+ — =Nation.= 81: 123. Ag. 10, ‘05. 200w.

“Is only a fair example of the art.”

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 432. Jl. 1, ‘05. 260w.

=Eliot, Sir Charles Norton Edgecumbe.= East African protectorate. $5. Longmans.

“Up to the time of his recent resignation, the author had been
commissioner for the British government in the protectorate. He
describes the country, its peoples, gives its history, and discusses
its prospects as a field for European colonization; he also describes
the present system of administration in the protectorate, and writes
about the Uganda railway, trade, slavery, missions, a trip down the
Nile, animals, etc. The volume is illustrated, and contains several
maps.”—N. Y. Times.

“The book gives a great deal of minute and not always interesting
geographic information, but it was written by neither a geographer nor
an economist, and often produces a sense of vagueness by omitting
factors essential to an understanding of the country in its relation
to human welfare. Other parts of the book are interesting, and the
sociologist might find some useful information in the accounts of the
native races.”

+ — =Ann. Am. Acad.= 26: 589. S. ‘05. 170w.

“Sir Charles Eliot has here provided a much more compact and, within
its limits, comprehensive handbook on the subject than was previously
available.”

+ + =Ath.= 1905, 1: 363. Mr. 25. 1260w.

“... Throughout makes the book a most readable one, even to those who
have no intention of being lured to it by the glowing pictures he
paints.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 278. Ap. 29, ‘05. 1790w.

“Nothing could exceed the interest, the deep research and the
knowledge shown in the present work.”

+ + + =Sat.= R. 99: 808. Je. 17, ‘05. 1600w.

“One of the best of recent travel books on a subject which is growing
daily in interest and importance. The book is an encyclopedia of
information, but the reader is never bewildered among the details, and
the main problems of the future are lucidly and undogmatically
discussed. The style is simple and colloquial, but it is never
slipshod.”

+ + + =Spec.= 94: 552. Ap. 15, ‘05. 2030w.

=Eliot, Charles William.= Happy life. 75c. Crowell.

A new edition of this forceful, kindly book by the President of
Harvard university. Under the headings: The moral purpose of the
universe; Lower and higher pleasures; Family love; Pleasure in bodily
exertion; The pleasure of reading; Mutual service and co-operation;
The selection of beliefs; and The conflict with evil, he shows how to
“cultivate the physical mental, and moral faculties through which the
natural joys are won.”

* “The material is abundantly worth preserving in its new form.”

+ =Critic.= 47: 572. D. ‘05. 30w.

* “The points are concrete and practical, and the style is very
simple, with a ring of nobility and sincerity about it that is worth
more than many epigrams.”

+ =Dial.= 39: 386. D. 1, ‘05. 150w.

* + =Outlook.= 81: 629. N. 11, ‘05. 20w.

* + =Pub. Opin.= 37: 732. D. 2, ‘05. 80w.

=Eliot, George.= Adam Bede. $1.25. Crowell.

This volume of “Adam Bede” is uniform with the “Thin paper classics.”
It takes up little space on the library shelf, and its flexible cover
and thin paper make it specially desirable for a pocket edition.

=Eliot, George.= Romola. $1.25. Crowell.

“Romola” in this edition is uniform with the “Thin paper classics.”

=Eliot, John.= Logick primer. *$6. Burrows.

“A reprint of John Eliot’s ‘Logic primer’ of 1672. The ‘Primer’ is an
interlinear translation of the Indian text and the reprint is made
from a photographic reproduction of the entire book (40 leaves) made
in 1889 at the expense of the late James C. Pilling.”—Am. Hist. R.

=Am. Hist. R.= 10: 716. Ap. ‘05. 50w.

=Elkin, William Baird.= Hume: the relation of the Treatise of human nature, bk. I, to the Inquiry concerning human understanding. *$1.50. Macmillan.

“As a stepping-stone in philosophy from the old to the new, Hume still
furnishes staple material to the student. Dr. Elkin here undertakes to
make clear the exact ground held by him in his principal philosophical
works, the ‘Treatise on human nature’ and the ‘Inquiry concerning the
principles of morals.’”—Outlook.

+ + — =Nation.= 81: 53. Jl. 20, ‘05. 410w.

=Outlook.= 79: 1059. Ap. 29, ‘05. 120w.

“Taken all together, the book is a scholarly, clear-headed, thorough
piece of work, straightforward in expression and substantially
convincing in the large.” A. K. Rogers.

+ + + =Philos. R.= 14: 615. S. ‘05. 1260w.

=Elliott, Mrs. Maude Howe (Mrs. John Elliott.)= Two in Italy. *$2. Little.

Italian studies and sketches, so chatty in form as to be largely in
dialog, which give glimpses of Italian life and character under the
chapter headings: Anacrap; The inn of Paradise; Buona Fortuna; The
Castello; Savonarola Finnerty; In old Poland; and, The hermit of
Pietro Anzieri. There are six full page illustrations from drawings by
John Elliott.

* “Mrs. Elliott knows Italy better than most Americans, and she knows
how to write.”

+ =Critic.= 47: 580. D. ‘05. 40w.

* “Readers of ‘Roma beata’ will enjoy this second volume, which,
though of slightly different type, is equally permeated by Mrs.
Elliott’s individual and entertaining point of view.”

+ =Dial.= 39: 386. D. 1, ‘05. 140w.

* + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 832. D. 2, ‘05. 130w.

* + =Pub. Opin.= 39: 826. D. 23, ‘05. 100w.

=Ellis, Edward Sylvester.= Deerfoot in the forest. †$1. Winston.

This is the first of a new series of Indian stories which continues
the adventures of the author’s famous character Deerfoot, the
Shewanoe. The time and incidents depicted are those of the Lewis and
Clark expeditions. The plot of “Deerfoot in the forest” centers about
the rescue of two boys by Deerfoot, and the thrilling adventures
attending their return to safe territory.

“All Mr. Ellis’ tales, like those of Castlemon, Oliver Optic and other
writers of this class, are replete with interest, action and
excitement, and the present volume ... is fully up to the standard set
by Mr. Ellis in his popular series of tales that have preceded the
present books.”

+ =Arena.= 34: 557. N. ‘05. 570w.

* =Ellis, Edward Sylvester.= Deerfoot in the mountains. †$1. Winston.

This third and last volume of the “New Deerfoot series,” takes the
Indian guide and his two boy companions in a whirl of adventure from
the Pacific ocean to their home in Ohio. The recapture of Deerfoot’s
wonderful stallion, Whirlwind, a single handed encounter with five
ferocious braves, and a hair breadth escape in a raging mountain
torrent, are among the incidents which will recommend this story to
all boy readers.

* =Ellis, Edward Sylvester.= Deerfoot on the prairies †$1. Winston.

In this second volume of the “New Deerfoot series,” the popular Indian
hunter accompanied by his two boy friends and his Blackfoot guide
makes the dangerous journey from the Ohio to the mouth of the Columbia
river successfully, altho the hostile Indians, wild horses, grizzly
bears, and other dangers of one hundred years ago beset their path and
create many strange adventures for them.

=Elton, Charles Isaac.= William Shakespeare, his family and friends; ed. by A. H. Thompson. *$4. Dutton.

A series of papers, disconnected and sometimes unfinished, which would
doubtless have been expanded into an exhaustive work had the author
lived, have been collected by and published by Mr. Thompson, with a
memoir written of the author by Mr. Andrew Lang. There are chapters on
Shakespeare’s early life, on Stratford and London in Shakespeare’s
time; on his family and descendants; on the history of Blackfriars’
theatre, and many other subjects of both interest and value. There is
a complete and accurate index, which renders this work, with its
wealth of facts, of great value to the student.

“Indeed, so much material is furnished, and the learned antiquary
ranges so very far afield, that the drift of his argument is not
seldom obscured. The book abounds in the best kind of biographical
material. It is a work of the very greatest value to the student of
Shakespeare.” Charles H. A. Wager.

+ + — =Dial.= 38: 194. Mr. 16, ‘05. 1600w.

“This work is a large and scholarly one, with perhaps more of detail
about the great poet’s life and surroundings than would be essential
to such an idea of the man himself as is given by Mr. Mabie in his
picture. Mr. Elton’s volume, however, will be welcomed by scholars.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 30: 758. D. ‘04. 80w.

=Ely, Helena Rutherford.= Another hardy garden book. $1.75. Macmillan.

A book which is not intended to be a treatise upon any of the subjects
referred to, or to take the place of other books upon gardening. It
is, the author states in the preface, “a brief statement of simple
methods of conducting gardening operations, particularly in the small
home garden,” and it contains the result of the author’s own
experiences in raising vegetables, fruits and flowers. There are
chapters on the vegetable garden, fruits, trees—deciduous and
evergreen, perennials and other flowers, a garden of lilies and iris,
autumn work in the flower garden, and the flower garden in spring.
There are many half-tone illustrations from photographs of flowers,
trees and gardens, taken at various seasons of the year.

“The new book is wider in its scope than its predecessor.”

+ =Country Calendar.= 1: 9g. My. ‘05. 100w.

+ + =Critic.= 46: 565. Je. ‘05. 120w.

“Her books are far from being sentimental, but are infused with a very
vigorous personality, and with occasional touches of humor that prove
she is not taking herself too seriously.” Edith Granger.

+ =Dial.= 38: 381. Je. 1, ‘05. 370w.

“The charm of the book rests in the reader’s companionship with an
intelligent, agreeable woman, who loves her garden.”

+ =Ind.= 58: 1254. Je. 1, ‘05. 150w.

“The author of this work places before us her quiet statements in an
unobtrusive and instructive manner, and, here and there, gives touches
to her sketch which makes the book more than usually readable.”

+ + =Nation.= 80: 338. Ap. 27, ‘05. 620w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 137. Mr. 4, ‘05. 160w.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 388. Je. 17, ‘05. 200w.

“It seems a quite practical book for the amateur gardener.”

+ =Outlook.= 79: 704. Mr. 18, ‘05. 50w.

=Pub. Opin.= 38: 867. Je. 3, ‘05. 90w.

=Ely, Richard T.,= ed. See =Adams. T. S.= and =Sumner, Helen L.= Labor problems.

=Ely, Richard Theodore.= Labor movement in America. *$1.25. Macmillan.

A new and enlarged edition of a standard authority first issued nearly
twenty years ago.

* “At present we have no book that could be a satisfactory substitute
for Professor Ely’s volume.” A. W. S.

+ + =Am. J. Soc.= 11: 431. N. ‘05. 50w.

=Ann. Am. Acad.= 26: 589. S. ‘05. 50w.

=Dial.= 39: 20. Jl. 1, ‘05. 30w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 386. Je. 17, ‘05. 520w.

=Outlook.= 80: 542. Je. 24, ‘05. 50w.

=Yale R.= 14: 230. Ag. ‘05. 120w.

=Emch, Arnold.= Introduction to projective geometry and its applications: an analytic and synthetic treatment. $2.50. Wiley.

“The first chapter derives the usual theorems of projective ranges and
pencils, perspective and involution by means of the anharmonic
ratio.... The second chapter deals with collineation.” There is “a
chapter on the theory of conics.... The next chapter discusses the
conics which pass through four fixed points; ... the cubic curve,
defined by a pencil of conics and a projective pencil of lines, is
treated at some length.... The fifth chapter, of over forty pages, is
devoted to applications to mechanics.”—Engin. N.

“A knowledge of trigonometry and plane analytical geometry is all that
is required to understand the book, which is clearly and carefully
written.” Virgil Snyder.

=Engin. N.= 53: 183. F. 16, ‘05. 370w.

“The author is a very clever draughtsman, and his skill as a writer is
equally pronounced.”

+ + + =Nature.= 72: 77. My. 25, ‘05. 210w.

“The exposition of the interesting connection between collineations
and the surprisingly beautiful doctrine of linkages deserves special
mention, as do also the clearness, directness and swiftness of style
in which the book is written.” Cassius J. Keyser.

+ + + =Science.= n.s. 22: 114. Jl. 26, ‘05. 290w.

=Emerson, Ralph Waldo.= Works. 12 vol. ea. $1.75. Houghton.

Edward Waldo Emerson has carefully edited this twelve volume centenary
edition of his father’s works, culling some valuable new material from
the author’s note books, “his savings-bank,” he called them. The three
volumes recently added to complete the twelve are, “Lectures and
biographical sketches,” “Miscellanies,” and “Natural history of
intellect and other papers.” “The last of them is provided with an
elaborate general index to the entire edition. No less than five
papers in this closing volume are now printed for the first time. The
editing of these volumes, done by the pious hands of Mr. Edward Waldo
Emerson, offers a shining example of what such editorial work should
be, and makes the present form of the writings far more desirable than
any of the earlier ones.” (Dial).

“The present edition, in its Notes by Dr. Emerson, contains the first
complete commentary on the author’s writings.”

+ + + =Critic.= 46: 283. Mr. ‘05. 220w.

=Dial.= 38: 22. Ja. 1, ‘05. 120w.

“Is manifestly the definitive edition, since it is the most
comprehensive and perfect in matter and form.”

+ + + =Ind.= 58: 40. Ja. 5, ‘05. 780w.

=Emerson, Ralph Waldo.= Emerson calendar; ed. by Huntington Smith. **50c. Crowell.

Suggestions for each day of the year taken from Emerson’s works. By
giving cullings which show clear perception of life and its
obligations, the editor hopes to render an aid along the line of
simpler living.

* + =Dial.= 39: 387. D. 1, ‘05. 100w.

English essays, selected and edited by Walter Cochrane Bronson. *$1.25. Holt.

The chief purpose of this book is to cultivate a liking for good
English prose in the college student who is taking introductory work
in literature. The material chosen is therefore interesting in thought
and style and the selections are complete in themselves even when
entire chapters or essays are not given. Essays by Bacon, Milton,
Swift, Addison, Johnson, Goldsmith, Lamb, De Quincey, Carlyle,
Macaulay, Ruskin, Newman, Stevenson and others are included, and the
volume is fully annotated for class use.

+ =N. Y. Times= 10: 730. O. 28, ‘05. 100w.
* + =Outlook.= 81: 681. N. 18, ‘05. 60w.

=Erasmus, Desiderius (surnamed Roterdamus).= Epistles of Erasmus, arranged in order of time: English translations from the early correspondence, with a commentary confirming the chronological arrangement and supplying further biographical matter, by Francis Morgan Nichols. 2v. ea. *$6. Longmans.

“The first volume published in 1901, contained a selection of the
letters of Erasmus up to the date of his receipt in Rome of the news
of the death of King Henry VII of England (April 21, 1509).... The
second volume carries the extant correspondence of Erasmus to the year
1517, when he took up his residence at Louvain. Many of the later
letters are not those of Erasmus himself but were written by his
correspondents.”—N. Y. Times.

“On the whole this volume fairly maintains the interest roused by the
first and must be regarded as a highly important contribution to the
whole subject of the new learning.” E. E.

+ + =Am. Hist. R.= 10: 686. Ap. ‘05. 240w. (Survey of contents of
vol. II.)

“These minor writings of the great humanist are chiefly valuable for
the light which they shed upon his intensely interesting career. They
are strongly marked with the well-known Erasmian characteristics, an
easy elegance, a classical spirit, a strong tendency to flattery, a
decided turn for quiet irony, and an impulse to break out once in a
while into sarcastic flings at religious orders and the Roman Curia.”

+ + =Cath. World.= 80: 684. P. ‘05. 290w.

“The same qualities of careful rendering and intelligent conjecture
mark the work of this as of the first volume, and the same little
formalities and tricks of usage occur here as there. It offers an
indispensable starting-point for every future study of the great
humanist.”

+ + =Nation.= 80: 39. Ja. 12, ‘05. 570w. (Review of Vol. II.)

“The appendices contain many hitherto inaccessible documents of value
to the student of the Reformation epoch.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 40. Ja. 21, ‘05. 160w.

=Erskine, Mrs. Steuart.= London as an art city. *$1. Scribner.

In her little monograph Mrs. Erskine “shows why London is a field for
her artistic study on account of its wonderful architecture and
wonderful art collections; a literary center with a past as the home
of such writers as Dickens, Thackeray ... Goldsmith ... and others,
and the home of present workers in art—George Frampton, T. Brock, A.
Gilbert, and other sculptors; while among the painters are Sir Edward
Poynter, Luke Fildes, John S. Sargent, and a number of others. The
volume is fully illustrated with half-tone pictures of buildings,
reproductions of well-known paintings, &c.” (N. Y. Times).

=Int. Studio.= 24: sup. 76. Ja. ‘05. 90w.

=Nation.= 80: 33. Ja. 12, ‘05. 310w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 14. Ja. 7, ‘05. 340w.

=Esty, William.= Alternating current machinery. $6. American school of correspondence at Armour institute of technology, Chicago.

“The author of the present volume declares that it has been prepared
with the special object of giving the beginner, and the so-called
practical electrician, a working knowledge of alternating current
apparatus, so that he may know how to install and operate it
intelligently.... The book is divided into nine different headings,
and treats of the alternator, commercial types of alternators,
synchronous motor, switchboard and station appliances, special
switchboard apparatus, and lightning arresters.”—Engin. N.

Reviewed by David B. Rushmore.

+ + =Engin. N.= 53: 637. Je. 15, ‘05. 590w.

=Evans, Henry Ridgely.= Napoleon myth. bds. *75c. Open ct.

The Napoleonic myths in both literature and art the author measures
according to historical fact. The book also contains an introduction
by Dr. Paul Carus and a reprint of “The grand erratum” by Jean
Baptiste Peres. “The whole is a summary of the results of ‘higher
criticism’ as applied to the Napoleon of the popular imagination.” (R.
of Rs.)

* “The author does little or nothing to emphasize the difference
between fact and legend, or point out the means of distinguishing
between the two spheres.”

+ — =Ath.= 1905, 1: 526. Ap. 29, 200w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 160. Mr. 11, ‘05. 360w.

=R. of Rs.= 31: 512. Ap. ‘05. 60w.

=Everett, William.= Italian poets since Dante. $1.50. Scribner.

The author has converted his lectures, delivered in the famous Lowell
course in Boston, into book form with slight revision. His aim is “to
show that Italy from the ‘trecento’ down to the end of the eighteenth
century gave forth a literature which is great without the
contributions of Dante, but which is often neglected and thought of
lightly owing to the transcendent genius of that one man. Petrarca,
Pulci, Boiardo, Berni, Ariosto, Vittoria Colonna, Michelangelo, Tasso,
Marino, and the dramatists Goldoni and Alfieri are among the writers
concerning whom Dr. Everett discourses with fine academic appreciation
and a charming disregard of modern criticism.” (N. Y. Times).

“His attitude towards his subjects is sympathetic, his appreciation is
sincere, his criticisms are just and moderate. It is therefore all the
more regrettable that he should have allowed his work to stand
disfigured by so many slip-shod, loosely constructed and even
absolutely ungrammatical sentences.”

+ + + =Acad.= 68: 646. Je. 17, ‘05. 300w.

+ + — =Am. J. of Theol.= 9: 379. Ap. ‘05. 260w.

“Dr. Everett’s survey, indeed, embraces only about a dozen names, and
treats those for the most part rather sketchily.”

+ — =Ath.= 1905, 1: 719. Je. 10. 660w.

+ + =Critic.= 46: 380. Ap. ‘05. 60w.

“The work is luminous and vivid in style, and a delight to the
instinct of every lover of literature. Eloquent panegyric upon Milton,
and many another purple patch revealed in these pages. From the point
of view of the scholar, little exception is to be taken to this work.
To say that the book is readable is to do it much less than justice.”

+ + =Dial.= 38: 49. Ja. 16, ‘05. 700w.

“A carelessness in the use of language which is often slovenly and
sometimes ungrammatical. The most vexatious quality of the book,
however, is due to Dr. Everett’s scorn of all methods and opinions
save his own. We admit that his views are sometimes refreshingly
independent. But his egoism, which is piquant when it wanders away
from his subject, is disastrous when he attempts a serious comparison
of the Italian poets. Dr. Everett’s short biographies of the poets are
generally interesting and clever. His criticisms are erratic, but the
copious extracts from Italian poetry with which he illustrates them
are very valuable to the general reader.”

+ — — =Ind.= 58: 210. Ja. 26, ‘05. 450w.

“His textual illustrations show him to be not only a translator in the
finest sense, but also a poet of broad and subtle imagination and of a
most delicate harmonic sensibility. The torch of classical effulgence
dropped from the hand of Ticknor, of Longfellow, and of Lowell, he has
caught up and illuminates anew what once passed for history. On one
point, however, we think the doctor might have made a concession to
the moderns as a gentle hint for his own permanency. He might have
furnished an index. He is also cruel to kill off the poet Carducci,
who at this writing is very much alive.”

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 38. Ja. 21, ‘05. 430w.

“Mr. Everett’s sketches of their lives and works seem adequate and the
translations, some of which are original, are vigorous. The author
would have improved his work if he had pruned the rhetoric, more
suitable for lectures than essays.”

+ + — =Sat. R.= 99: 746. Je. 3, ‘05. 310w.

“He is generally just. We do not much like the fun that he makes of
the romances. It is somewhat cheap.”

+ — =Spec.= 94: 718. My. 13, ‘05. 240w.

* =Eytinge, Rose.= Memories of Rose Eytinge. **80c; **$1.20. Stokes.

Into her own autobiography Rose Eytinge has introduced a wealth of
sidelight information on the American drama of the past fifty years.
She was an associate and personal friend of Edwin Booth, J. W. and
Lester Wallack, E. L. Davenport and Augustin Daly, and her
observations are all from the vantage point of first hand knowledge.

F

=Fairless, Michael, pseud.= Grey Brethren, and other fragments in prose and verse. $1.25. Dutton.

Four fairy tales, five papers and five poems make up this posthumous
volume. “‘The grey brethren,’ which gives its title to the volume, is
a tenderly and reticently touched reminiscence of two maidenly
ladies.... A German Christmas eve is a descriptive sketch of
characteristic domestic charm. A Christmas idyll is an imaginative
fantasy full of fine feeling and thoughtful religion.... Luvly
Miss ... is the simple record of a poor child, dying from an accident,
and her devout worship of an altogether ridiculous doll.” (Acad.)

“Though slender and unambitious, they are written in a refined style.
The poems, as a whole, are the least successful work in the volume.”

+ =Acad.= 62: 520. My. 13, ‘05. 600w.

“This little volume will be welcome to all lovers of ‘The road
mender.’ It has, not, indeed, the finished perfection of that book,
but some of the stories and poems display the same fine artistic
sense, and the same sacramental reverence for natural glory, the same
deep tenderness and sympathy.”

+ =Ath.= 1905, 1: 560. My. 6. 300w.

“Is marked by an exquisite simplicity of diction and a delicacy of
spiritual insight that are far out of the common.”

+ + =Dial.= 39: 71. Ag. 1, ‘05. 110w.

=Fairlie, John Archibald.= National administration of the United States of America. **$2.50. Macmillan.

Written chiefly from official records such as the Constitution of the
United States, statutes of Congress, administrative reports and
judicial decisions, this volume gives an account of the administrative
system, treating the legislative and judicial branches only in their
direct relations to the executive administration. There are chapters
on the powers of the president, the senate, congress, the cabinet, and
the various departments and bureaus. A complete bibliography is
provided.

+ + =Am. Hist. R.= 10: 948. Jl. ‘05. 30w.

“Dr. Fairlie’s treatise on this subject is marked by all the scholarly
treatment, painstaking accuracy and thoroughness which characterized
his work on municipal administration.”

+ + + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 26: 589. S. ‘05. 160w.

“The book is written in a readable style. For the most part it is
easily understood.” David Y. Thomas.

+ + =Dial.= 39: 12. Jl. 1, ‘05. 1380w.

“A book that is at the same time full, readable and authoritative.”

+ + + =Ind.= 59: 332. Ag. 10, ‘05. 330w.

“The author has done his work carefully, and his book may be accepted
as a generally trustworthy guide.”

+ + — =Nation.= 80: 466. Je. 8, ‘05. 1040w.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 374. Je. 10, ‘05. 570w.

“In style the work is direct and incisive, in treatment accurate and
objective, in presentation logical.”

+ + + =Outlook.= 80: 194. My. 20, ‘05. 240w.

“Is perhaps the first comprehensive work on this subject that has ever
been published.”

+ + + =R. of Rs.= 32: 126. Jl. ‘05. 110w.

* =Fairweather, Rev. William.= Pre-exilic prophets. *35c. Lippincott.

In this volume in the “Temple series of Bible handbooks” “Mr.
Fairweather treats of the prophets from Amos down to Jeremiah—Amos,
Hosea, Isaiah, Micah, Zephaniah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Jeremiah. The
general character of the eighth century before Christ is discussed in
the opening chapter, which is followed by a consideration of the value
of written prophecy in relation to the Israelitish history of the
period, the significance of prophecy for Divine revelation, ‘The older
and the new prophecy,’ ‘The golden age of Hebrew prophecy,’ ‘The
religious ideal of the prophets,’ ‘The century before the exile.’”—N.
Y. Times.

* =N. Y. Times.= 10: 568. Ag. 26, ‘05. 140w.

* “In the brevity prescribed for it could not be easily improved
upon.”

+ + =Outlook.= 80: 345. Je. 3, ‘05. 40w.

=Falkiner, C. Litton.= Illustrations of Irish history and topography. $7. Longmans.

The period covered by this book is mainly that of the 17th century.
The author treats of the history and development of Dublin, and
“follows the history of the counties of Ireland giving their origin,
constitution, and gradual elimination. What to us is of the greater
interest are the accounts of the Irish people by contemporaneous
authors. Fynes Moryson describes Ireland as he saw it at the close of
the reign of Elizabeth.... The convivial habits of the Elizabethan
Irish are dwelt on.... Luke Vernon’s “Discourse of Ireland” it is
believed was written about 1619.... The last two chapters give the
impressions of Sir William Brereton and a rather dandy Frenchman, M.
Jorevin de Rocheford. The latter giving this account of his impression
of Ireland, 1666.” (N. Y. Times).

“The notes to these papers are numerous and characterized by scholarly
care. In general Mr. Falkiner must be credited with a volume which
will be permanently serviceable to students of Irish history.” Edward
Porritt.

+ + =Am. Hist.= R. 10: 920. Jl. ‘05. 520w.

+ + =Dial.= 38: 273. Ap. 16, ‘05. 390w.

“For the rest Mr. Falkiner writes with such exceeding care that he has
left little for a critic to find fault with. Here and there, we think,
he might with advantage have developed his subject more fully.” R.
Dunlop.

+ + — =Eng. Hist. R.= 20: 796. O. ‘05. 1750w.

“Mr. Falkiner has been successful in his choice of descriptions
determined by their rarity, representative character, and difficulty
of procurement by the ordinary reader.”

+ =Nation.= 80: 254. Mr. 30, ‘05. 1230w. (Survey of contents.)

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 115. F. 25, ‘05. 1480w.

Famous battles of the nineteenth century, 1875-1900, ed. by Chas. Welsh. **$1. Wessels.

This fourth and last volume of “Famous battles of the nineteenth
century,” contains an account of the famous battles fought from 1875
to 1900. It includes descriptions of The storming of Kars by Major
Arthur Griffiths, The Boer war of 1881, by Archibald Forbes; The
bombardment of Alexandria, by Max Pemberton; Port Arthur, 1894; The
battle of Manila; and With Roosevelt on San Juan hill, by A. Hilliard
Atteridge and other descriptions by these and other authors.

* “The book is designed for boys, who will undoubtedly find it quite
to their taste.”

+ =Critic.= 47: 581. D. ‘05. 40w.

* “It is not possible to name the collection one of absorbing interest
or to praise always either the fairness or the dramatic quality of the
battle-pieces, but the book has considerable interest and some value.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 785. N. 18, ‘05. 810w.

=Fandel, Peter.= Judgment of Paris. $1. Badger, R. G.

The story of the judgment of Paris cast in dramatic form. The awarding
of the apple, the chariot race which brings Paris to the notice of his
father, Priam, the indignation of princes and people, and the flight
of Paris are dealt with in four short acts.

=Fanshawe, Anne Harrison (Lady Richard Fanshawe).= Memoirs of Lady Fanshawe, wife of Sir Richard Fanshawe, bt., embassador from Charles II to the courts of Portugal and Madrid, written by herself; containing extracts from the correspondence of Sir Richard Fanshawe; ed. with introd. by Beatrice Marshall, and a note on the illustrations by Allan Fea. *$1.50. Lane.

“The memoirs were first published in 1830, and were well worth a place
in ‘The crown library’ series.... Both Sir Richard and his wife were
representative of the highest type of Royalist—cultured, refined and
humane. Sir Richard, who died in 1666, devoted his leisure years under
the Commonwealth to literary labours of love.... The memoirs yield
much information as to the events and social practices of a most
interesting period in history.”—Ath.

“Attractive memoirs, which we have read with very great pleasure in
the delightful form in which they now appear.”

+ + =Acad.= 68: 730. Jl. 15, ‘05. 990w.

“Certainly the memoirs have a charm which is by no means dependent on
the time of which they treat.”

+ + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 142. Jl. 29. 320w.

* “Holds a high place in the biographical literature of the Stuart
era.”

+ + =Nation.= 81: 447. N. 30, ‘05. 470w.

“Her memoirs are bright and full of good stories of the doings of two
and a half centuries ago.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 745. N. 4, ‘05. 760w.

“The editing might have been done with greater skill and energy than
Miss Marshall has brought to her task.”

+ — =Spec.= 95: 189. Ag. 5, ‘05. 1380w.

=Farmer, James Eugene.= Versailles and the court under Louis XIV. *$3.50. Century.

A beautiful book profusely illustrated. The sketch is a four-fold one
including The palace, The park, The king and The court, each of which
divisions presents the subject inductively and so prepares the way for
the next. Beginning with the plans for the palace and the laying out
of the grounds the author leads up to the finished work. With this for
a back-ground, the king is presented and viewed from the standpoint of
his daily life, methods of work, personal appearance and character,
and the intricacies of court etiquette. Then the stage throngs with
the gay and the wicked courtiers who were as perfect in manners as
corrupt in morals.

* “Our author has given us a volume of real value as an admirable
pen-picture of the court.”

+ =Arena.= 34: 659. D. ‘05. 600w.

* “An interesting subject is interestingly handled.”

+ =Critic.= 47: 580. D. ‘05. 130w.

* + + =Int. Studio.= 27: sup. 34. D. ‘05. 180w.

* “He does, indeed, depend upon the memoir writers very largely, but
he uses them with intelligence, and makes his book a study in the
physiology of court life.”

+ =Nation.= 81: 426. N. 23, ‘05. 420w.

* “Mr. Farmer has joined his threads skillfully; there is no
suggestion of patchwork about his book, which is entertaining to its
last page.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 811. N. 25, ‘05. 770w.

* “The reader feels that he has been in excellent company when he lays
the volume down with a regret that it is not longer, or one of a
series.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 833. D. 2, ‘05. 210w.

* =Outlook.= 81: 706. N. 25, ‘05. 100w.

=Farmer, John S., and Henley, William Ernest.= Dictionary of slang and colloquial English. *$2.50. Dutton.

This is an abridgment of the seven-volume work by the same authors
entitled “Slang and its analogues.” It contains slang expressions and
their analogues in English and American usage. A list of more than
fifty books to which reference and acknowledgment is made in this
volume, is given. The first of these is dated 1440.

* + =Nation.= 81:75. Jl. 27, ‘05. 110w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10:276. Ap. 29, ‘05. 220w.

“For ordinary use the present book is ample.”

+ + =Outlook.= 79:1013. Ap. 22, ‘05. 130w.

=Farquhar, Edward.= Poems. $1.50. Badger, R: G.

Under three divisions, History, Man and nature, and Devotion, are
included poems as varied in length and verse as in subject. They range
from long poems such as “King Herod,” and “Christianity in the
apostles,” which are cast in poem-drama form, to little verses such as
“Microcosm,” and “Clouds and dawn.”

“In his volume of collected poems Mr. Farquhar takes a deeper plunge
into the psychological mysteries of youthful hearts, and now and then
succeeds in striking a truly poetic note.”

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10:585. S. 9, ‘05. 90w.

=Fenn, Frederick, and Wyllie, B.= Old English furniture. *$2.50. Scribner.

Mr. Fenn has written the chapters on oak furniture, the walnut period,
and the introduction of the making of furniture, while those upon
chairs, sofas, painted furniture, and inlaid mahogany and satinwood,
are by B. Wyllie. There are ninety-four illustrations of articles
either owned by the authors or in collections to which they have
access. The volume belongs to the “Newnes library of applied arts.”

“Is ... trustworthy, but it leaves us with a somewhat unpleasant
feeling of having been ‘taken in hand.’” Edith A. Browne.

+ — =Acad.= 68:79. Ja. 28, ‘05. 320w.

“The accompanying text is full of valuable information and pregnant
hints to the inexperienced amateur.”

+ =Int. Studio.= 25:82. Mr. ‘05. 120w.

“What we like especially about the text is its reserve, and quiet
tone, and plain statement of the impossibility of fixing dates very
closely.”

+ + =Nation.= 80:319. Ap. 20, ‘05. 790w.

“Its style is intimate rather than didactic, impressionistic rather
than scientific.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10:179. Mr. 25, ‘05. 260w.

+ — =Sat. R.= 99:846. Je. 24, ‘05. 660w.

=Fernández Guardia, Ricardo.= Cuentos ticos. $2. Burrows bros. co.

These ten short stories of Costa Rica, have been translated into
English by Gray Casement. The author, who is a writer of reputation
among Central Americans has strikingly set forth the social, political
and religious ideas of Costa Rica in these brief narratives, which
combine both pathos and humor. There is a good introduction by the
translator; there are also many illustrations of street and country
scenes.

“Although here and there reminiscent of Castillian story tellers, the
tales and the style in which they are related make one wish to know
more of Señor Ricardo and his works.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10:3. Ja. 7, ‘05. 400w.

=Ferree, Barr.= American estates and gardens. $10. Munn.

The title of this book misleads one, as the author writes of the
country houses, or rather palaces, of our American millionaires. These
houses are monuments, not of the taste and personality of the owners,
but of the skill and training of the architects and decorators, and
there is much grandeur and little domesticity. What is lacking in
“Estates,” however, the author amply makes up to us in “Gardens,” and
gives most delightful illustrations, many of which are drawn from the
well-known Falkner and Bellefontaine farms.

“Whether we regard his book as a record of contemporary and domestic
architecture of a certain sort, or as a contribution to sociology, it
will be of scarcely less interest a hundred years hence than it is
to-day.”

+ + =Nation.= 80: 160. F. 23. ‘05. 470w.

=Fetter, Frank Albert.= Principles of economics; with applications to practical problems. *$2. Century.

A book which will be particularly valuable to students and teachers,
as it represents the course of instruction which Dr. Fetter has given
in his classes. “The theory is illuminated by constant references to
practical life, and to such sides of life as college students are
likely to come into contact with, and it is also used to shed light on
the larger problems of our current social life.” (J. Pol. Econ.)

“In the wealth of material treated, in the judicious employment of all
methods of economic study, in the sanity and lucidity of discussion,
the book has hardly an equal. Moreover, it is the most readable book
on economics that the reviewer has had the good fortune to peruse.” A.
S. Johnson.

+ + — =Ann. Am. Acad.= 25: 144. Ja. ‘05. 1840w.

“Professor Fetter’s book may challenge comparison, on the ground of
its intrinsic excellence, with any systematic treatise on economics
that has appeared since the days of John Stuart Mill.” Winthrop More
Daniels.

+ + =Atlan.= 95: 563. Ap. ‘05. 850w.

“Tho having acquaintance with the new, his philosophy is essentially
of the old and reveals but few modifications due to an understanding
of modern thought and modern conditions.”

+ — =Ind.= 59: 333. Ag. 10. ‘05. 240w.

“Among the numerous text-books of economics which have appeared in
England and America in the last year or two, Professor Fetter’s book
is likely to take high rank. For those who share his views on
fundamental economic doctrines, his work may well serve as a
first-class text-book. The present writer, while admiring the
structure of Dr. Fetter’s course, and appreciating the fact that
students following such a course are likely to have a keen interest in
economics developed, finds himself in the position of a critic
compelled to assail the very foundations of Dr. Fetter’s economic
system.” A. W. Flux.

— + =J. Pol. Econ.= 13: 109. D. ‘04. 2020w.

* “As an economic synthesis bottomed on the accepted modern theory of
value and extended to all phases of economic analysis, it stands
unsurpassed.”

+ + + =Nation.= 81 :367. N. 2, ‘05. 1000w.

=Fiebeger, Gustave Joseph.= Civil engineering. *$5. Wiley.

A book intended to give military cadets who have to master many
sciences and languages as well as military science and tactics an
elementary knowledge of civil engineering.

Reviewed by H. N. Ogden.

+ + — =Science,= n.s. 22: 397. S. 29, ‘05. 690w.

=Field, Edward Salisbury. (Childe Harold, pseud.).= Child’s book of abridged wisdom. **75c. Elder.

A little book of rhymed advice amply illustrated with humorously
grotesque drawings. The binding is artistic and the wisdom will amuse
the parent rather than edify the child. It is upon this order,

“At dinner use your fork and spoon;
It may prolong your life,
My grandfather once cut himself
While eating with his knife.”

* “A series of irresistibly comic verses containing good advice for
the young.”

+ + =Dial.= 39: 385. D. 1, ‘05. 150w.

* “The decorations are clever, and so is the verse it contains.”

+ =Ind.= 59: 1384. D. 14, ‘05. 25w.

=Fielding, Henry.= Selected essays, ed. by Gordon Hall Gerould. *60c. Ginn.

A book designed to introduce Fielding as an essay writer to both
college students and general readers. It contains selected essays from
his novels, and some of the best work from the “Miscellanies” of 1743
and the periodicals. The text is in most cases based on the first and
second editions. A biographical sketch, an introduction, full notes,
and an index are provided.

“To the present volume there is prefixed an introduction ... by which
we can see that the praise is lavish rather than discriminating.”

+ — =Acad.= 68: 870. Ag. 26, ‘05. 1230w.

=Finerty, John Frederick.= Ireland: the people’s history of Ireland. *$2.50. Dodd.

The first history of the Irish people “pro-Irish rather than
pro-English in spirit and view” since McGee’s “History of Ireland,”
three-quarters of a century ago. Mr. Finerty, the president of the
United Irish league of America, aims to throw “more light in a simple
and comprehensive manner on the history of that beautiful island, the
blood of whose exiled children flows in the veins of not less than
twenty millions of the American people.” The history, two volumes, is
a very rapid survey of Ireland from the earliest period down to the
career and ascendency of the fearless avenger of Irish liberty,
Parnell.

* “Writes from that patriotic point of view, but with no obvious bias
that would prevent him from being fair and trustworthy in regard to
opposing views.”

+ + =Critic.= 47: 190. Ag. ‘05. 80w.

* “It will not do to say that his style is everywhere excellent. If
Mr. Finerty had studied the history of his native land in the light of
European events, the policies of England would have become
intelligible to him, and the ‘People’s history of Ireland’ would have
been a far more trustworthy work.” Laurence M. Larson.

— — + =Dial.= 38: 412. Je. 16, ‘05. 1230w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 162. Mr. 18, ‘05. 630w.

“The work before us, despite its prefatory promise of breadth and
fair-mindedness, is itself a striking example of the way in which
Irish history should not be written. In so far as the ‘political
misfortunes’ of Ireland are concerned, bias prevails—the bias of a
narrative constructed along pronounced pro-Catholic lines by an
uncompromising sympathizer with the Irish cause. Strictly speaking,
moreover, the work is not a history, but merely a chronicle in which
the familiar superlatives, epithets, and errors of overstatement and
understatement are painfully in evidence. There is also room for
criticism from the standpoint of proportion.”

— — =Outlook.= 79: 705. Mr. 18, ‘05. 340w.

=Firth, Charles Harding.= Plea for the historical teaching of history: an inaugural lecture delivered on November 9, 1904. *35c. Oxford.

In this lecture Prof. Firth finds fault with the present school of
history. He also declares history to be neither a science nor an art,
“but it partakes of the nature of both. A twofold task lies before the
historian. One-half of his business is the discovery of the truth, and
the other half its representation.”

“A very plain-spoken expression of opinion, and, as it is always well
to have ideals set before us, likely to be useful.”

+ =Spec.= 94: 23. Ja. 7, ‘05. 370w.

=Firth, John Benjamin.= Constantine, the first Christian emperor. **$1.35; **$1.60. Putnam.

“There is ample room for a brief biography of the Emperor Constantine
along the lines on which Mr. Firth has constructed his present book.
Going directly to contemporary sources, and examining them with an eye
keen to the detection of bias, Mr. Firth gives in small compass a
careful exposition not only of the career and personality of the first
imperial champion of Christianity, but of the period to which he
belonged and of the nature and extent of the influence exerted by him
on his generation and on posterity. In other words, an analysis is
made of the elements essential to a correct evaluation of the validity
of Constantine’s claim to greatness.”—Outlook.

“We may, however, fairly criticize the author for having taken no
account of some recent investigations which ought not to be ignored.”

— + + =Ath.= 1905, 1: 649. My. 27. 1470w.

“Of this period and of its central figure the author has written
sensibly and satisfyingly.”

+ + =Dial.= 38: 324. My. 1, ‘05. 570w.

“Mr. Firth makes a slip at the beginning of the book in speaking of
the conquerors of Valerion as the Parthians.”

+ + — =Lond. Times.= 4: 170. My. 26, ‘05. 710w.

“Though written as a volume for a popular series, this book should not
escape the attention of scholars, since it is based on a first-hand
study of the authorities, and is the fruit of independent reflection.”

+ + =Nation.= 81: 128. Ag. 10, ‘05. 1250w.