Chapter XXVI: Part IV: gives the story of relief methods at times of disaster.” (Am (12)

+ + — =Dial.= 38: 357. My. 16, ‘05. 250w.

“His style is not exactly engaging, and we hold some of his
admirations to be misplaced; but, when all is said, ‘Iconoclasts’ is a
capital book, lively, informing, suggestive.”

+ + — =Lond. Times.= 4: 218. Jl. 7, ‘05. 1040w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 88. F. 11, ‘05. 130w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 184. Mr. 25, ‘05. 450w.

“Mr. Huneker’s style is brilliant, audacious, often paradoxical, and
full of sweeping generalizations. He knows his subject thoroughly.”

+ + — =Outlook.= 80: 140. My. 13, ‘05. 370w.

=Hunt, Agnes.= Provincial committees of safety of the American revolution. $1. Western reserve university, Cleveland, O.

“The present work comprises five chapters. In the first three the
committees or councils of safety in the New England, the middle, and
the southern colonies respectively are dealt with; the fourth presents
a general view of the character and work of these bodies; while the
fifth and last seeks their origin in preceding English and colonial
experience. The investigation rests almost wholly upon the sources;
and the result is thoroughly enlightening for many important questions
connected with the struggle for independence.” (Am. Hist. R.) “Every
special student of the American revolution will find this work very
useful for its collection of facts, its table of the powers of the
committees in the several states, and its convenient bibliography of
works relating to the subject.” (Ann. Am. Acad.)

Reviewed by George Elliott Howard.

+ + =Am. Hist.= R. 10: 689. Ap. ‘05. 390w.

“Is a real contribution to the study of the American revolution.”

+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 25: 340. Mr. ‘05. 110w.

* =Hunt, Violet.= Cat. *$2. Macmillan.

“The cat’s story of the women folk with whom she lived, and whose
sentimental attitude toward herself she inwardly despised while she
endured it for the sake of the loaves and fishes. Of course it is a
story for girls.... It deals with a cat and her family of kittens and
with Auntie May, who is still young, and a love affair of Auntie’s....
Miss Hunt ... arranges it so that the young man who loves Auntie May
shall hate cats—hate them so that the very presence of one in the room
makes him frantic. And Auntie May, when it come to the test, prefers
her man to her cats.”—N. Y. Times.

* + =Acad.= 68: 1287. D. 9, ‘05. 40w.

* + — =Lond. Times.= 4: 404. N. 24, ‘05. 490w.

* “Good reading and wholesome.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 890. D. 6, ‘05. 230w.

* =Sat. R.= 100: sup. 12. D. 9, ‘05. 90w.

* =Spec.= 95: sup. 909. D. 2, ‘05. 220w.

* =Hunt, Rev. William, and Poole, Reginald Lane.= Political history of England. 12v. ea. *$2.60. Longmans.

This twelve volume work on English political history is announced
under the following authorship: Volume I. 1066, Thomas Hodgkin; II.
1066-1216, Professor George B. Adams; III. 1216-1377, T. F. Tout; IV.
1377-1485, C. Oman; V. 1485-1547, H. A. L. Fisher; VI. 1547-1603, A.
F. Pollard; VII. 1603-1660, F. C. Montague; VIII. 1660-1702, R. Lodge;
IX. 1702-1760, I. S. Leadam; X. 1760-1801, Rev. W. Hunt; XI.
1801-1837, Hon. G. C. Broderick and J. K. Fotherham; XII. 1837-1901,
Sidney J. Low.

* “The professed student will revel in this book, in its accurate
scholarship, in its clearness of style and arrangement, in its maps
and indexes, and, above all, in the invaluable appendix which Dr.
Hunt’s unique knowledge of the original authorities of the period has
enabled him to draw up.”

+ + =Acad.= 68: 1097. O. 21, ‘05. 510w. (Review of v. 10.)

* + + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 569. O. 28. 1050w. (Review of v. 10.)

* “There is not much that is new or startling either in Mr. Hunt’s
narrative or in his opinions; it is on his sober and wholesome common
sense that the reputation of this book will depend, and this is not
the least important recommendation of such a series as the present.”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 4: 346. O. 20, ‘05. 1380w. (Review of v. 10.)

* “A very useful book, in which the sense of proportion, the volume of
information, and the continuity of narrative are good.”

+ + =Nation.= 81: 429. N. 23, ‘05. 870w. (Review of v. 10.)

* =N. Y. Times.= 10: 716. O. 21, ‘05. 210w. (Review of v. 10.)

=Hunter, (Wiles) Robert.= Poverty, **$1.50. Macmillan.

The author has been actively engaged for ten years in
university-settlement work in New York, Chicago, and London, and his
book aims to awaken the unthinking and unseeing to a realization of
the grim and terrible conditions existing among our poor. He describes
evils, points out remedies, and sets forth the pitiful struggles of
the underpaid and underfed wage-earners. The book is divided into
seven chapters: Poverty, The pauper, The vagrant, The sick, The child,
The immigrant, and Conclusions.

=Acad.= 68: 51. Ja. 14, ‘05. 100w.

“In his volume, entitled ‘Poverty,’ Robert Hunter has rendered for the
United States the same service that Frederick Engels rendered to
England sixty years ago by the publication of his volume on ‘The
condition of the working class.’ No student of philanthropy, or of
sociology, can afford to ignore this book. But when all deductions on
the ground of inclusiveness have been made, the arsenal of facts here
brought to the attention of the critic must command the respect of the
candid.” Florence Kelley.

+ + =Am. J. Soc.= 10: 555. Ja. ‘05. 370w.

“The conscience literature of social progress receives an important
contribution in ‘Poverty.’ This work, within certain limits, is
strong, fine and deserving of great praise. Mr. Hunter’s remedial
measures are for the most part sane, reasonable, just and necessary,
and they will appeal to tens of thousands who would be frightened if
one proposed more fundamental measures. Books like this are of immense
value at the present period in our conflict against the sordid
materialism that is ranging itself with reaction and subtly, when not
aggressively, opposing the ideal of democracy and social progress.”

+ + =Arena.= 33: 219. F. ‘05. 1480w.

“There is a certain literary quality to Mr. Hunter’s book which will
insure it a wide vogue. Mr. Hunter’s book is not one that commands our
confidence.” Winthrop More Daniels.

+ — =Atlan.= 95: 555. Ap. ‘05. 320w.

“While it will meet with objections and while there is room for
differing with many statements of the author, the work is a distinct
contribution to the literature of sociology.”

+ + =Baltimore Sun.= :8. Mr. ‘05. 590w.

+ + =Cath. World.= 81: 399. Je. ‘05. 580w.

“The author shows a wide and intimate knowledge of his subject, and he
has recorded his observations and conclusions in a scholarly, frank,
and sympathetic spirit. When he speaks of the cure of the difficulty,
his position is necessarily less strong and less satisfactory.”
Constant Huntington.

+ + =Critic.= 46: 90. Ja. ‘05. 660w.

Reviewed by Charles Richmond Henderson.

+ + =Dial.= 38: 155. Mr. 1, ‘05. 340w.

“Mr. Hunter has head as well as heart, and his book both convinces and
inspires. The best chapter is that on ‘The child.’ The poorest chapter
is that on ‘Immigrants.’ ‘Poverty’ is fairly well written and will
undoubtedly be a standard book on the subject for the next few years.”

+ + + =Ind.= 58: 97. Ja. 12, ‘05. 970w.

* “Impressions are quite elaborately reinforced throughout by
statistics and authorities, and, to this extent, they are calculated
to mislead the unwary.” Mary E. Richmond.

+ — =Int. J. Ethics.= 15: 506. Jl. ‘05. 490w.

“The author has faced a grave problem resolutely. He has stated it in
clear terms. He has gathered together the best and most intelligent
thought upon the subject. Mr. Hunter’s book is a landmark in the
American literature upon the subject.” S. G. Lindholm.

+ + — =J. Pol. Econ.= 13: 277. Mr. ‘05. 1160w.

“Such a book as this stands in deplorable contrast with Mr. Rowntree’s
study of poverty in York.”

— + =Nation.= 80: 70. Ja. 26, ‘05. 380w.

“The book as a whole, has one aim—namely, to show the grievous need of
certain social measures calculated to prevent the ruin and degradation
of those working people who are on the verge of poverty. Mr. Hunter’s
book on ‘Poverty’ is the most impressive and important book of the
year. Every page is crowded with vital matter. There is no high
coloring; only a plain, quiet statement of the frightful facts. The
book should attract national attention. It should have a million
readers.” E. Markham.

+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 1. Ja. 7, ‘05. 2090w.

“His volume is sympathetic rather than scientific—the work of one who
is first a philanthropist, and second a student. It is human—intensely
so. It has the defects of its qualities. Looking at the problem of
poverty from the view point of the poor, it is somewhat too somber in
its interpretation of existing conditions.”

+ + — =Outlook.= 79: 902. Ap. 8, ‘05. 540w.

“The most telling facts that he presents are facts drawn, not from
official reports, but from actual experience and observation. As a
record of such data his book is an extremely valuable contribution to
sociology.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 31: 127. Ja. ‘05. 220w. (States scope of book).

“It is to be regretted that Mr. Hunter did not make a more judicious
and careful use of his statistical material. There is much else that
is of interest and value in the books.” J. E. Cutler.

+ + — =Yale R.= 14: 86. My. ‘05. 1290w.

* =Hurll, Estelle May.= Bible beautiful: a history of Biblical art. **$2. Page.

“The book aims to trace the development of Bible illustration from the
crude pictures of the catacombs to the splendid art of the mediaeval
mosaics, cathedral façades, stained glass windows, and mural frescoes,
and finally to the modern work, mostly English, of the last two
centuries. Three special indices are provided; one of artists, for the
art student; one of places, for the tourist; and one of Bible subjects
for Bible students.” The volume is uniform with the “Art lover’s
series” and about fifty half-tones of various types of sacred art.
(Dial.)

* “An interesting and comprehensive, though distinctly popular, study
of Biblical art.”

+ =Dial.= 39: 387. D. 1, ‘05. 140w.

* + =Int. Studio.= 27: sup. 31. D. ‘05. 70w.

* “She well describes the pictures which themselves describe the
Bible.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 705. N. 25, ‘05. 50w.

* + =R. of Rs.= 32: 751. D. ‘05. 70w.

=Husband, T. F., and Husband, M. F. A.= Punctuation: its principles and practice. **75c. Dutton.

The first part of this book is historical and, beginning with the
earliest inscriptions which had no separation of words or punctuation,
it traces the development of punctuation and shows why it is needed.
How it should be used is the subject of the second part which gives a
full discussion of the uses of each stop.

“Messrs. Husband appear to be too sensitive to the look of stops, to
the suggestion of a skeleton, and their own sparing use of them is the
one fault in a good book.”

+ + — =Acad.= 68: 978. S. 23, ‘05. 1150w.

“A practical little volume, which is also strong on the theoretical
side, and may be commended as a guide to a neglected subject.”

+ + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 469. O. 7. 260w.

“The book seems to us both widely useful and entertaining.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 618. S. 23, ‘05. 520w.

“The book does good service in showing the growth of our system of
punctuation, and most of the authors’ positions are well taken and
carefully reasoned out.”

+ + =Outlook.= 81: 383. O. 14, ‘05. 100w.

=Hussey, Eyre.= Miss Badsworth, M. F. H. †$1.50. Longmans.

Hugo Badsworth, master of Cranston Hounds has an old-maid sister and a
niece, both of the same name, Lavinia. Upon his death, a will, made in
jest, is discovered stipulating that unless Miss Lavinia Badsworth
follows the hounds upon certain occasions his money is to go to a
reprobate nephew. The niece fulfills the terms of this will for her
aunt and all is well.

— =N. Y. Times.= 10: 243. Ap. 15, ‘05. 340w.

“Although somewhat diffuse it is pleasantly told.”

+ — =Sat. R.= 99: 709. My. 27, ‘05. 330w.

“The book ... can best be described by the adjective ‘breezy.’”

+ — =Spec.= 94: 681. My. 6, ‘05. 200w.

* =Hutchinson, Horace Gordon,= ed. Big game shooting. 2v. *$7.50. Scribner.

“The ‘Country life’ volumes on Big game shooting under the competent
editorship of Mr. Horace Hutchinson, contain an exhaustive account of
all the larger game animals of the world, from the Scottish red-deer
to the African elephant. The first volume deals with Europe and
America.”—Spec.

* “The style is graceful, easy, and animated, and the interest never
flags, because the author is unaffectedly interested in the subject.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 775. N. 18, ‘05. 580w.

* + =Spec.= 95: 869. N. 25, ‘05. 410w.

=Hutchinson, Horace G.= Two moods of a man. †$1.50. Putnam.

The two moods which war for the ascendancy in young Hood are one which
compels allegiance to the gypsy wife whom he had married after the
Romany rite, and another which bids him desert the gypsy and marry a
high minded Philadelphian. His philosophy which claims the divine
right of the Greek “daemon” to guide him is a cloak for his
selfishness. Intense enthusiasm and reactionary suffering show him to
be absolutely without poise.

“This is an extremely interesting, yet deceptive story, in which the
cleverness of the telling often dazzles and obscures the true
significance of incidents and motives.”

+ — =Acad.= 68: 759. Jl. 22, ‘05. 390w.

“It is with exemplary and judicial dispassionateness that Mr.
Hutchinson analyzes and depicts his man with two moods. But apart from
this non-committal tone of the narrative, the novel deserves nothing
but praise.”

+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 2: 73. Jl. 15, 330w.

* “The book is written with a simple distinction, and is filled with
suggestive and quotable passages. An unusual character study.”

+ =Critic.= 47: 477. N. ‘05. 80w.

“A book of almost startling originality and of very unusual interest.”

+ + — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 463. Jl. 15, ‘05. 790w.

* “Is hardly a successful novel, though it has merit as a succession
of scenes.”

+ — =Sat. R.= 100: 282. Ag. 26, ‘05. 320w.

“The beginning of the book, with the pictures of life in the gipsy
van, though not worked out in detail, furnishes pleasant reading; but
Hood’s philosophic utterances are not impressive.”

+ — =Spec.= 95: 293. Ag. 26, ‘05. 150w.

=Hutten, Baroness von.= He and Hecuba. †$1.50. Appleton.

A poor English rector who is atoning for the passionate past by
faithful service to his flock at the expense of himself, his invalid
wife, and his neglected children, meets a beautiful southern woman who
awakens in him his buried youth, and he takes up his pen and writes an
anonymous book of his young days and of his downfall. The book sells,
but he is obliged to denounce it from the pulpit because of his
bishop’s crusade against it. Unhappy complications follow and other
characters bring into the story all the elements of tragedy.

* “There are excellent bits of portraiture in this story,—bits which
make one regret that the book as a whole should be stamped as frankly
and crudely melodramatic.”

— + =Critic.= 47: 578. D. ‘05. 120w.

* “This novel is uneven, with some good touches, but, as whole,
painfully harrowing, cheaply melodramatic, and decidedly unwholesome
in its treatment of love. In an obvious attempt to achieve strength,
the author has only compassed a cheap and florid rankness.”

— =Lit. D.= 31: 965. D. 23, ‘05. 580w.

“She mars, too, by faults of taste, which belong to the current school
of fashionable fiction, a story which in its elements is true and
strongly human and developed with no little skill and cleverness.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 637. S. 30, ‘05. 460w.

“There is doubt, however, as to her soundness in dealing with moral
questions and the wholesomeness of her manner of making her characters
play about the edges of social sin. Those who found it difficult for
this reason to like ‘Pam,’ with all its cleverness, will feel the same
objection here.”

+ — =Outlook.= 81: 526. O. 28, ‘05. 90w.

=Hutten, Baroness von.= Pam. †$1.50. Dodd.

The story of Pamela Yeoland whose mother, Lord Yeoland’s daughter,
outrages her family by eloping with a popular tenor who deserted his
wife and family for her. They live happily, however, in Bohemia, among
disreputable and brilliant associates. Little Pam, at the age of ten,
is taken from these surroundings by an apparently respectable
grandfather, and her observations of her new and conventional life
lead her to the conclusion that marriage is both undesirable and
unhappy. This belief colors her own love affairs. The book closes when
she is still young and her future is undetermined.

“A novel of considerable psychological insight. The book, though
written with a light touch, deals subtly with some deep questions.”
Frederic Taber Cooper.

+ + =Bookm.= 22: 233. N. ‘05. 580w.

“The novel is artistic to the last degree, and absorbing as a play by
Shaw.” Carolyn Shipman.

+ + + =Critic.= 46: 474. My. ‘05. 590w.

=Ind.= 58: 615. Mr. 16, ‘05. 290w.

“Is quite as interesting from its logical working out of a problem in
social ethics as it is for its strong character sketching and literary
style.”

+ =Ind.= 58: 1008. My. 4, ‘05. 190w.

=Ind.= 59: 1153. N. 16, ‘05. 60w.

“It is interesting, even sinfully interesting. To the thoughtful
reader ‘Pam’ holds both an immoral and a moral.”

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 206. Ap. 1, ‘05. 580w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 394. Je. 17, ‘05. 180w.

“The figure of the quaint little girl and her talk are decidedly
pleasing and out of the ordinary. We care much less for her when she
is a young woman.”

+ =Outlook.= 79: 708. Mr. 18, ‘05. 90w.

“It is the most daring story that has appeared in many months. It is
an interesting book of artistic purpose, and therefore a book to be
read by the liberal-minded.”

+ + — =Reader.= 6: 119. Je. ‘05. 410w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 31: 757. Je. ‘05. 240w.

“‘Pam’ belongs in the main to the category of the ‘emancipation
novel.’ To describe it as dangerous or immoral in tendency would be
unfair and unjust, for, while it is emphatically not suitable for the
consumption of the young person, no grown man or woman could take harm
from its perusal. Yet the lesson ... of the story of Pamela Yeoland is
so sound and obvious that, beyond the reserves already made, we are
not disposed to insist on the freedom with which it is handled.”

+ =Spec.= 94: 144. Ja. 28, ‘05. 900w.

=Hutton, Edward.= Cities of Umbria. *$2. Dutton.

Mr. Hutton “tells of the cities of Umbria, Perugia, Assisi, Spoleto,
Orvieto, Urbino, and others less known; of the art of Umbria, with its
great names, Perugino, Pintoricchio, and of Umbria Mystica, the Umbria
of Assisi, St. Francis and Brother Elias, of Sta. Clara and Joachim di
Flore.... His book is illustrated in color after drawings by Mr. A.
Pisa, and a number of photographs of pictures to illustrate the
section on Umbrian art.”—Acad.

“There is so much solid backbone of historical and artistic knowledge
to support his raptures that they are not merely rapturous.”

+ =Acad.= 68: 935. S. 9, ‘05. 300w.

* + =Ind.= 59: 1376. D. 14, ‘05. 70w.

“He has ruined his natural power of description by a disastrous
attempt to combine the styles of Ruskin, Swinburne, d’Annunzio and Mr.
Berenson.”

+ — =Lond. Times.= 4: 269. Ag. 25, ‘05. 630w.

“His book is destined to prove an invaluable companion for the tourist
he so heartily scorns. We shall probably wait many a long day for a
better book on Umbrian painters and Umbrian saints.”

+ + — =Nation.= 81: 246. S. 21, ‘05. 1190w.

“The book has much that is useful and valuable as a contribution
toward the understanding of the Italian life and spirit in their
manifold manifestations, much that is suggestive much that is concrete
and firmly to be taken hold of.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 671. O. 14, ‘05. 590w.

“The text is well written, readable, trustworthy, clearly put, and
often has atmosphere, but, despite not a few clever touches, it seems
to us in the main unoriginal.”

+ + — =Outlook.= 81: 277. S. 30, ‘05. 180w.

=Hutton, Laurence.= Talks in a library with Laurence Hutton. Recorded by Isabel Moore. **$2.50. Putnam.

Informal chats in which Hutton tells of his life, his friends, and his
fads. The volume is full of interesting anecdotes for he numbered
among his friends the greatest actors, artists and men of letters in
England and America, and he had a collector’s mania for death masks,
play-bills, inscribed books and portraits.

+ + =Ath.= 1905, 1: 783. Je. 24. 220w.

“One of the most interesting books of its class that has been written
in a long time is ‘Talks in a library with Laurence Hutton.’”
Jeannette L. Gilder.

+ + =Critic.= 46: 510. Je. ‘05. 770w.

“On the whole, for its wealth of literary, dramatic, and miscellaneous
reminiscences the book is one of the best of its kind. The editor
deserves a warm word of praise for her part in the work.”

+ + + =Dial.= 39: 17. Jl. 1, ‘05. 490w.

“Are likely, no doubt, to be found entertaining by those who care for
the more gossipy, intimate sort of confidences about public
characters.”

+ =Ind.= 59: 639. S. 14, ‘05. 120w.

“It is a miscellaneous collection of literary and personal gossip, a
good deal of which is new and most of it decidedly interesting.”

+ + =Nation.= 80: 443. Je. 1, ‘05. 610w.

“As the last word, and the very characteristic word, of a cultivated,
genial observer with a genius for friendship, it will give much
pleasure.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 325. My. 20, ‘05. 970w.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 388. Je. 17, ‘05. 160w.

“This is a very informal book, and gains by its unpretentious intimacy
of style.”

+ + =Outlook.= 80: 643. Jl. 8, ‘05. 270w.

“One of the most readable books of the year.”

+ + =Pub. Opin.= 38: 942. Je. 17, ‘05. 460w.

“The book is rich in stories, and if he sometimes points a moral we
suspect he can often adorn a tale.”

+ + =Sat. R.= 100: 343. S. 9, ‘05. 900w.

“An eminently readable book. He is always interesting, always natural,
always kindly.”

+ + =Spec.= 95: 293. Ag. 26, ‘05. 300w.

=Hyde, William DeWitt.= From Epicurus to Christ: a study in the principles of personality. **$1.50. Macmillan.

“A lucid exposition of the fundamental principles of the Epicurean,
Stoic, Platonic, Aristotelean, and Christian philosophies.... The book
is made up of extracts from the founders of each system, together with
quotations from modern writers on the subject, as well as scholarly
comments on both by President Hyde.”—R. of Rs.

=Atlan.= 95: 704. My. ‘05. 410w.

“An extremely interesting presentation of old principles in a new
setting, together with keen suggestions of their modern exponents,
tend to convince the reader that Mr. Hyde himself is far from lacking
in certain principles of personality.”

+ + =Dial.= 38: 202. Mr. 16, ‘05. 220w.

“Here discourses on ethics and philosophy in a familiar and breezy
sort of way.”

+ + =Ind.= 58: 1075. My. 11, ‘05. 180w.

* =Ind.= 59: 1161. N. 16, ‘05. 30w.

“The book is hortatory and not historical. The only serious criticism
to be made on the book is the order of the chapters.”

+ — =Nation.= 80: 212. Mr. 16, ‘05. 460w.

“The book fulfills its purpose admirably. The author has a firm grasp
on the fundamental principles of the systems which he discusses and,
in addition, a remarkable insight into the practical merits of the
different theories. He writes forcibly and with an abundance of
illustration. For general reading the book is interesting, suggestive,
and helpful.” H. W. Wright.

+ + =Philos. R.= 14: 373. My. ‘05. 530w.

+ + =R. of Rs.= 31: 254. F. ‘05. 70w.

“Professor Hyde has produced a very readable book on Greek and
Christian ethics; it is clear and popular.”

+ + =Sat. R.= 99: 640. My. 13, ‘05. 290w.

“Is one of those extremely clever and almost painfully ‘up-to-date’
metaphysico-theological books which America produces in such
abundance.”

+ + =Spec.= 94: 119. Ja. 28, ‘05. 420w.

=Hyslop, James Hervey.= Ethics of Greek philosophers, Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. $2. Higgins.

An essay first given as a lecture before the Brooklyn ethical
association (1896-7). It treats of the teachings and influence of
Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle and is illustrated with their
portraits. Copious editorial notes by Mr. Higgins and extracts from
the works of the philosophers show their close relation to modern
thought. The volume concludes with a brief life of Socrates.

“It would be difficult to find a better brief presentation of the
matter.” Gerald B. Smith.

+ + + =Am. J. of Theol.= 9: 396. Ap. ‘05. 170w.

“The conspicuous absence of historic insight, of breadth and
impartiality of view, of even an approach to scholarly discrimination,
forms strange qualifications for the editing of a volume bearing the
ambitious title, ‘The evolution of ethics.’”

— — =Ind.= 58: 384. F. 16, ‘05. 290w.

=Hyslop, James Hervey.= Science and a future life. **$1.50. Turner, H. B.

“An attempt to popularize and condense the evidence buried in the
Society for psychical research’s voluminous reports on Mrs. Piper’s
trances, for one of the bulkiest and most detailed of which Dr. Hyslop
was himself responsible.”—Nation.

“Is the most important critical book relating to psychical research
that has appeared during the present year.”

+ + + =Arena.= 34: 325. S. ‘05. 3250w.

“It belongs therefore with a group of books, numerable on the fingers
of one hand, which, treating of matters occult, articulate with a body
of fact and doctrine in aspect at least scientific.” E. T. Brewster.

+ =Atlan.= 96: 689. N. ‘05. 680w.

“To those who cherish as something precious the reputation of science
and the worth and ideals of the votaries thereof, equally with those
who draw from religious faith a sensitiveness and a healthy-mindedness
that make for intellectual refinement and stability, the volume is
nothing less than offensive.”

— =Dial.= 39: 242. O. 16, ‘05. 480w.

* + =Lit. D.= 31: 179. Ag. 5, ‘05. 1580w.

“He has added to his extracts some sensible comments and a careful
comparison of the telepathic and the spiritistic explanation, the
latter of which he prefers.”

+ + =Nation.= 81: 53. Jl. 20, ‘05. 300w.

“Altogether, Prof. Hyslop’s book is the broadest and most
understandable work in accord with an intelligent ambition for what
this new science can and will do that we have read up to date.”
Pendennis.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 430. Jl. 1, ‘05. 690w.

=Outlook.= 80: 1068. Ag. 26, ‘05. 860w.

+ + =R. of Rs.= 32: 256. Ag. ‘05. 110w.

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=Ihlseng, Magnus C., and Wilson. Eugene Benjamin.= Manual of mining. *$5. Wiley.

“Based on the course of lectures delivered at the school of mines of
Colorado, Prof. Ihlseng’s book, which is regarded in America as the
best text-book on the subject, has been enlarged under the joint
authorship of Mr. Wilson to include coal mining.... The book is
divided into two parts, mining engineering and practical mining. The
former deals with prospecting, preparatory work, methods of mining,
power generation, hoisting machinery, electric generation and water
power ... underground haulage systems, ... pumping, mine gases,
ventilation, ... and accidents in mines. The second part deals with
shafts, ... tunnels and gangways, drilling and boring machines for
explorations, miner’s tools, channelers, drills and coal-cutters, and
blasting.”—Nature.

“The book has no American competitor, and it is superior to any other
book in the English language covering the same broad field.”

+ + =Engin. N.= 53: 293. Mr. 16, ‘05. 1060w.

“The book contains much useful information, but the lack of method in
the arrangement cannot fail to militate against its use as a
textbook.”

+ + — =Nature.= 72: 53. My. 18, ‘05. 360w.

Indian stories retold from St. Nicholas. 65c. Century.

The best of the stories of Indian life and legend contributed to St.
Nicholas by well-known travelers and writers have been collected here
for “out of hours” reading for young children. The book is the first
of a series of historical stories, now in preparation, which in order
will include “Colonial stories,” “Revolutionary stories,” “Civil war
stories,” and “Our national holidays.”

“Capital tales of Indian legend and adventure.”

+ + =Outlook.= 80: 884. Ag. 5, ‘05. 7w.

=Inge, William Ralph.= Faith and knowledge. *$1.50. Scribner.

“Mr. Inge’s sermons are chiefly doctrinal.... The subject most
frequently recurring is the dependence of faith upon knowledge, the
author opposing the Ritschlian view that faith is independent and
master in her own sphere.”—Ind.

“A series of well-written sermons of rather more than ordinary power.”

+ + =Am. J. of Theol.= 9: 400. Ap. ‘05. 70w.

“They disappoint the reader by an absence of intellectual virility and
‘grip,’ and a certain passionate enthusiasm which sweeps the interest
of the reader into its current.” F. E. Dewhurst.

+ — =Bib. World.= 26: 74. Jl. ‘05. 490w.

=Ind.= 58: 500. Mr. 2, ‘05. 70w.

“These sermons are thoughtful, scholarly, finely spiritual. I should
not think of calling them great or powerful. But they are good—at
times quite suggestive, though in places tolerably commonplace. The
author is not merely preacher and rhetorician but, one is pleased to
find, a capable spiritual thinker. The style is always clear and
good.” James Lindsay.

+ + — =Int. J. Ethics.= 15: 385. Ap. ‘05. 1220w.

=Ingersoll, Ernest.= Island in the air. †$1.50. Macmillan.

Fifty years ago some plucky resourceful young people were cut off from
their elders, as they all travelled westward to found a new home, by a
landslide which held them fast upon a bit of table land, an island in
a sea of air. The story tells of their adventures with Indians and
wild animals and their final escape. There is also much information
upon archaeology, geology, and the use of drugs.

“Exactly the sort of narrative to please adventurous boys and girls.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 577. N. 4, ‘05. 70w.

* + =R. of Rs.= 32: 768. D. ‘05. 60w.

* =Innes, Arthur Donald.= England under the Tudors. *$3. Putnam.

“‘England under the Tudors’ ... is the fourth (the second in order of
publication) of Professor Oman’s ‘History of England’ in six volumes,
and is, therefore, a companion volume to Mr. Trevelyan’s ‘England
under the Stuarts.’ ... Mr. Innes ... has produced a competent book on
this troubled epoch.”—Lond. Times.

* “Mr. Innes has carefully interpreted each reign in the light of
these views and they give to his narrative a consistency and unity
which will make his book especially valuable to the younger student
and to the general reader, to whom it is more particularly intended to
appeal.”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 4: 419. D. 1, ‘05. 660w.

* “Mr. Innes’s work has not the brilliance of Mr. Trevelyan’s
installment, but it is thoroughly adequate for its purpose, and shows
even greater signs of sound judgment. If it is not so readable, it is
perhaps more trustworthy. It is this sane judgment which characterizes
Mr. Innes’s treatment of difficult and disputed questions, and makes
his book so valuable an introduction to the study of the whole period.
If the other volumes of the series are executed as well as the two
already at hand, the reading public will at last have an adequate
history of England.” Joseph Jacobs.

+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 869 D. 9, ‘05. 1550w.

International catalogue of scientific literature: First annual issue. N-Zoology. pt. 1, Author catalog: pt. 2, Subject catalog, ea. *$8.40. imp. Blakiston.

“The work is planned to include the zoölogical literature for the year
1901, altho one is compelled to analyze the preface in order to
determine the period covered since no record of its extent appears on
title page of either part.... Part I. contains the general
explanations, with the scheme of classification and an index thereto
in English; and this matter is repeated in French, German and Italian.
Following these, the author catalog fills 260 pages and lists 5,918
titles. Part II., which is about three times as voluminous, contains
at the close a list of journals with abbreviated titles and the
topographical classification. More than 1100 pages are filled with the
subject references proper. The addition to each phylum of a list of
names of new genera and species will commend itself to all as a most
desirable feature.”—Science.

“With respect to promptness, completeness and accuracy the results are
distinctly inferior to those already achieved for zoölogy by several
bibliographic agencies.” Henry B. Ward.

+ — =Science=, n. s. 21: 147. Ja. 27, ‘05. 1380w.

=Ireland, Alleyne.= Far Eastern tropics: studies in the administration of tropical dependencies. **$2. Houghton.

The author spent many months in the Far East in the service of the
University of Chicago, and the present volume contains carefully
collected data and studies of the governments and commercial
conditions of the tropical dependencies of Great Britain, Holland,
France, and the United States, also a new map of southeastern Asia
prepared by Mr. Ireland, himself, and an appendix containing
statistics.

“We should like to recommend it as a very able study in comparative
colonization in the tropics.”

+ + =Acad.= 68: 719. Jl. 8, ‘05. 170w.

+ + =Am. Hist. R.= 10: 937. Jl. ‘05. 60w.

* “It is for the most part clearly written in an interesting style, it
gives just the facts which an American might wish to know, and its
conclusions are given with an impartiality, honesty and forcefulness
which must carry the greatest weight in the minds of the
unprejudiced.” James T. Young.

+ + — =Ann. Am. Acad.= 26: 755. N. ‘05. 860w.

“He is courageous in his outspoken comment upon all that he finds
wrong.”

+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 1: 718. Je. 10. 740w.

“Mr. Ireland has wit and vision, and in his style are clearness and
force. He has made a difficult subject interesting.” Wm. Elliot
Griffis.

+ + + =Critic.= 47: 265. S. ‘05. 220w.

“There is every evidence of careful and painstaking study; and the
book has the unusual merit of being on the whole, definite and precise
in its statements.” H. Parker Willis.

+ + =Dial.= 39: 36. Jl. 16, ‘05. 1660w.

+ — =Ind=, 58: 1363. Je. 15, ‘05. 770w.

“It stands out from a copious literature as a valuable contribution to
the study of comparative colonization.”

+ + + =Lond. Times.= 4: 230. Jl. 21, ‘05. 1300w.

“Mr. Ireland is an effective writer, clear, vigorous, and direct,
putting his points in a broad way. Mr. Ireland strikes us as being
rather too sweeping in his views, and rather too confidently positive
in his expression of them.”

+ + — =Nation.= 81: 145. Ag. 17, ‘05. 2950w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 221. Ap. 8, ‘05. 200w.

“Altogether, it is the most satisfactory work on tropical dependencies
that has yet been published, and is indispensable both because of its
first-hand information and its acute suggestions.” Stanhope Sams.

+ + — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 512. Ag. 5, ‘05. 2020w.

“It is safe to say that nowhere else can be found so many facts, or
facts so clearly stated, about the particular places and problems
concerned as are gathered in this book.”

+ + + =Outlook.= 79: 1013. Ap. 22, ‘05. 500w.

“On the whole it is a well-considered work.”

+ + =Pub. Opin.= 38: 755. My. 13, ‘05. 510w.

“Sound knowledge and deep care disclosed.”

+ + =Sat. R.= 100: 407. S. 23, ‘05. 890w.

+ + =Spec.= 94: 945. Je. 24, ‘05. 1650w.

=Irving, Edward.= How to know the starry heavens: an invitation to the study of suns and worlds. **$2. Stokes.

“An introduction to the study of astronomy, written, not as a
text-book, but with the intention of arousing the reader’s interest in
this great subject, and stimulating him to the study of
text-books.”—Outlook.

“On the whole, the book may be characterized as a fresh, up-to-date,
and stimulating series of short essays on the worlds that people
space.”

+ + =Dial.= 38: 274. Ap. 16, ‘05. 320w.

“The diction, moreover, is simple and direct. In all respects it is a
book admirably adapted for the average reader.”

+ + =Ind.= 38: 1421. Je. 22, ‘05. 150w.

“The wonders of the universe are described in a fascinating way.”

+ + =Outlook.= 79: 143. Ja. 14, ‘05. 50w.

=Irving, Washington.= Selected works. $2.50. Crowell.

Five tiny volumes each measuring about two inches by an inch and a
half include selections from “Tales of a traveller,” “Christmas
sketches,” “The Alhambra,” “The sketch book,” and “Bracebridge hall”
respectively. The books are perfect little models in thin paper, clear
type and limp leather binding.

* + =Dial.= 39: 389. D. 1, ‘05. 100w.

* + + =Ind.= 59: 1380. D. 14, ‘05. 80w.

* + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 730. O. 28, ‘05. 80w.

* + =R. of Rs.= 32: 752. D. ‘05. 60w.

=Irving, Washington.= Rip Van Winkle. **$5. Doubleday.

Mr. Arthur Rackman has made fifty paintings to illustrate this new
edition of Rip Van Winkle, and they are all reproduced in full color.
“Each of them is a marvel of his Dureresque detail, his grotesque
elaborateness, and of the strange bizarre life which beats on every
inch of his paper.... Half of the charm of the book lies in the
quaintness and originality of the pictures of Rip’s life among
ordinary mortals before and after his long sleep in the mountains—in
the humour of the old burghers, the beautiful delicately-figured
landscapes, the village scenes with their happy mixture of grace and
humour.... The winning and tender beauty of his women and children
would alone make this book an artistic treasure.” (Lond. Times.)

* + + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 730. N. 25. 250w.

“Among the Christmas books which will pour from the press during the
next three months it will be hard to rival this delightful volume.”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 4: 305. S. 22, ‘05. 340w.

“The humor and the poetry of Irving are all in the pictures, without a
hint of the theatrical quality.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 640. S. 30, ‘05. 240w.

* + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 832. D. 2, ‘05. 100w.

* “It is difficult to understand for whose pleasure this latest
edition of ‘Rip Van Winkle’ is designed. It cannot be taken seriously
as an ‘art book,’ the drawings are not sufficiently good, while at the
same time it is too sumptuous a production to put into the hands of an
ordinary child.”

— + =Sat. R.= 100: sup. 9. D. 9, ‘05. 170w.

=Irwin, Wallace Admah.= At the sign of the dollar. $1. Fox.

In this cleverly slangy book of verses

“Statesman, lawyer, business man
Rob-as-rob-will or catch-as-catch-can,
At the jolly old sign of the Dollar.”

The topics are strictly American and up to date, and the verses in
their own satirical way point a few morals. Niagara be damned,
Frenzied finance, To the pure all food is pure, To an Indian skull,
and Fall styles in faces, are fair samples.

* + =Critic.= 47: 584. D. ‘05. 30w.

* “It is humorous, fresh and glib.”

+ =Pub. Opin.= 39: 700. N. 25, ‘05. 50w.

* =Isham, Samuel.= History of American painting. *$5. Macmillan.

In this volume the development of art in this country is traced from
its beginning and the conditions which influence it, the social
aspects of art, and the personality of the artists are discussed. Much
space is given to the lives of some of the earlier painters, the rise
and development of the National academy of design is described, also
early institutions now dead and forgotten. There are twelve full-page
photogravures and 100 text illustrations.

* + =Ind.= 59: 1375. D. 14, ‘05. 230w.

* “The book is interesting to read now, and should prove of great
value in the future.”

+ + =Nation.= 81: 508. D. 21, ‘05. 530w.

* “The truth is that Mr. Isham has written a book about New York
painters with passive sympathy for tradition and convention and with
some reference to the development of art in the whole country.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 874. D. 9, ‘05. 760w.

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=Jabez, Brother, pseud.= See =Koons, U. S.=

=Jackson, Charles Ross.= Tucker Dan. †$1.25. Dillingham.

Tucker Dan and his chum, Mickey, indulge in a series of pranks and
practical jokes thru-out these pages. Good old Uncle Binny is the
usual victim altho the village doctor and a rival for the affections
of the pretty Martin twins also suffer.

“The style is simple, with here and there little bits of homely humor
and philosophy, though the latter is well-nigh lost and soon
forgotten.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 496. Jl. 29, ‘05. 160w,

“It is one continual laugh from beginning to end.”

+ + =Pub. Opin.= 39: 869. Je. 3, ‘05. 100w.

* =Jackson, Charles Tenney.= Loser’s luck. †$1.50. Holt.

A Central American princess, the last of the line of Montezuma, leads
what would have been a farce comedy revolution had not the brave lads
who believed in her and her dream, died fighting for her. A young
American millionaire, his yacht, and a college professor who chances
to be his guest are all stolen by this daring young woman, whose
personal charm wins these prisoners to champion her forlorn cause. The
story is pathetically humorous, but it is also most unreal.

* “On the whole, a readable and briskly moving, if far from natural
story.”

+ =Critic.= 47: 578. D. ‘05. 100w.

* “An unusually readable tale.” H. I. Brock.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 776. N. 18, ‘05. 900w.

* “A lively romance of whim and adventure.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 824. D. 2, ‘05. 200w.

* =Jackson, E. L.= St. Helena, the historic island from its discovery to the present time. *$3. Whittaker.

“We naturally expect that Napoleon’s sojourn at St. Helena would be
made much of; instead, we have an orderly description of the island
and a chronological account of the events which have happened there.”
(Outlook.) “The photographic illustrations have a curious worth. Some
of these were taken shortly after the Boer war, and show the Boers yet
interned in the island.” (Nation.)

* “For a book of reference, in spite of its lack of an index, it has
its utility.”

+ — =Nation.= 81: 445. N. 30, ‘05. 70w.

* “This volume is strangely matter-of-fact, but on that very account
has a certain restful charm.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 837. D. 2, ‘05. 90w.

* =Jackson, Edward Oscar.= Love sonnets to Ermingarde. $1. Badger, R: G.

These love sonnets “are exactly one hundred in number, and their
recipient has reason to be proud of the imagery and emotion which she
evokes in the soul of her poet. It is the Shakespearean model that Mr.
Jackson follows, both as to form and to diction.”—Dial.

Reviewed by Wm. M. Payne.

* + =Dial.= 39: 67. Ag. 1, ‘05. 200w.

* “They are refined in form, rich in feeling, and swarm with
suggestions that appeal to the bookish mind.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 133. Mr. 4, ‘05. 170w.

=Jackson, Mrs. Gabrielle Emilie Snow.= Mother and daughter. **$1.25. Harper.

Twenty short chapters for mothers upon the management and training of
their daughters.

“The style of the essay is simple and straightforward, and the matter
itself bears favorable comparison with any other book of its kind.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 214. Ap. 8, ‘05. 120w.

=Outlook.= 79: 909. Ap. 8, ‘05. 60w.

=Pub. Opin.= 38: 634. Ap. 22, ‘05. 80w.

=Jackson, Mrs. Gabrielle Emilie Snow.= Tommy Postoffice: the true story of a cat. *75c. McClurg.

The adventures of Tommy Postoffice were many and all cat-lovers will
read with interest how Tommy came to the Hartford postoffice in a mail
sack, how he aided Cupid, what he did at the cat and poultry show, and
what an important place he filled in the postoffice where all the
gray-coated men were his fast friends and defenders.

* “It is brightly told, and will interest children, and their elders
who like cats.”

+ =Nation.= 81: 450. N. 30, ‘05. 80w.

* =Jackson, Mrs. Gabrielle Emilie Snow.= Wee Winkles and Wideawake, †$1.25. Harper.

“One of the nicest stories possible about a nice little girl and her
brother, whose real names are not Winkles and Wideawake at all. They
are six and eight years at the time of the story, which tells about
the nice times they have together playing house, playing that papa is
a whale in the water and taking a swim on his back; having birthday
parties, and doing other interesting things. Mary Theresa Hart has
made the pictures.”—N. Y. Times.

* + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 744. N. 4, ‘05. 90w.

* “To the little folks of six to nine, the stories being plainly told,
will appeal more directly.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 32: 766. D. ‘05. 70w.

=Jackson, Helen Hunt.= Ramona. $2. Little.

A new edition of this picturesque story of American life, with an
introduction by Susan Coolidge and illustrations by Henry Sandham.

* “A popular but not in any sense a cheap edition.”

+ =Dial.= 39: 387. D. 1, ‘05. 130w.

+ + =N.Y. Times.= 10: 658. O. 7, ‘05. 280w.

* “A very satisfactory edition.”

+ + =Outlook.= 81: 683. N. 18, ‘05. 100w.

=Jackson, Mrs. Margaret Doyle.= When love is king. †$1.50. Dillingham.

Todhunter Payson, who as a child philosophizes over his homely face
thus:—“I was born that way.... You know nothing makes the way you’re
born. It just happens an’ then you have to stay that way all your
life,” and Luke Lyttle “gentleman to his small finger tips” are chums
in boyhood, rivals in love, friends all the way. The development of
the sturdy Tod from a homeless waif into a man who sways his world is
not overdrawn but is true to the principles of a self-made career.

“The book is well worth reading. The people are natural and
consistent, the story is well told and interesting.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 215. Ap. 8, ‘05. 200w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 394. Je. 17, ‘05. 170w.

“A well-written, excellently constructed novel.”

+ + =Outlook.= 79: 910. Ap. 8, ‘05. 110w.

“It is real, vivid, and compelling.”

+ =Pub. Opin.= 39: 60. Jl. 8, ‘05. 120w.

=Jackson, Wilfrid Scarborough.= Helen of Troy, N. Y. $1.50. Lane.

“The story concerns two young men of London, who have been engaged in
a duel with a German, arising from a quarrel caused by their mutual
love for a young American heiress. The plot turns on the efforts which
the Englishmen and the hero of the tale, a chance passerby, who has
been induced to be a second, make to flee from the consequences of a
supposedly serious wound sustained by the German. The disordered state
of affairs existing during the recovery of the wounded man furnish
amusement to the story.”—Bookm.

“It is a rollicking farce. He has style, observation and a pretty gift
of dialogue, so that his characters talk with a naturalness which
immensely heightens for the moment the plausibility of his widely
impossible plot. Mr. Jackson appears to have entrusted the reading of
his proofs to unskilled hands.”

+ + — =Acad.= 68: 150. F. 18, ‘05. 260w.

“It is a pity that Mr. Jackson, whose style is otherwise good and
virile, should help to mar the English language by certain small
mannerisms.”

+ — =Ath.= 1905, 1: 237. F. 25, ‘05. 310w.

“Mr. Jackson has deft wit and an unforced originality.”

+ =Critic.= 46: 478. My. ‘05 80w.

“This very lively and entertaining book. The thing has a sort of tang
of ‘The new Arabian nights’ of Mr. Stevenson, a prankish irresponsible
air, combined with a style decidedly precious and deliberate.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 23. Ja. 14, ‘05. 490w. (Outline of plot).

+ — =Spec.= 94: 557. Ap. 15, ‘05. 260w.

=Jacob, Violet (Mrs. Arthur Jacob).= Golden heart and other fairy stories, **$1.25. Doubleday.

All who love good old-fashioned fairy tales will enjoy these eight new
stories, and will be eager to know how, in Golden heart, the ugly
prince rescued a bewitched princess from a rock in the sea; how
Grimaçon, the dwarf, helped the Princess Moonflower, and how Ella
wished for the peacock’s tail and got it. Other stories are: The
sorcerer’s sons and the two princesses of Japan; The dovecote; The
pelican; The cherry trees; and, Jack Frost—a story for very little
children. The volume is illustrated with drawings by May Sandheim.

* “The tales by no means conform to the modern insipid and bloodless
standard for juvenile fairy stories and ought to make a direct and
lively appeal to the eager imagination of any healthy child.”

+ =Critic.= 47: 576. D. ‘05. 60w.

* + =Ind.= 59: 1386. D. 14, ‘05. 40w.

* + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 780. N. 18, ‘05. 160w.

=Jacob, Violet (Mrs. Arthur Jacob).= Interloper. $1.50. Doubleday.

Mrs. Arthur Jacob, who made a sudden reputation in her former novel,
“The sheep stealers,” now writes a story of country life in Scotland.
The interloper is a young man who returns to his mother’s old home
from a sojourn in Spain with the man who has always passed as his
father,—all unconscious of the blot on his birth, the suspicions of
the neighbors, and the presence of his real father in the vicinity.
The situation is well handled and the social tragedy skilfully
averted. There are many well-drawn characters in the book, the loyal
heroine, the grand dame, the villainous family lawyer and many
interesting villagers.

“When you lay down ‘The interloper’ you feel that you know intimately
a half-dozen interesting people whom you did not know before. Mrs.
Jacob is rich in the supreme gift of the novelist—character depiction.
A melodramatic ending, trite in conception, and ill-fitting. Mrs.
Jacob did not set out to tell an emotional story. She set out to
reflect life in a small, old-fashioned Scotch town and its environs,
and she has succeeded in masterly fashion. She has given us a
delightful comedy of manners written in a style remarkable for power,
simplicity and grasp. Out of the ruck of cheap fiction this book rises
to real, permanent value. It is not only worth reading, it is worth a
place on the book-shelf.”

+ + — =Reader.= 5: 383. F. ‘05. 370w.

=Jacobi, Charles Thomas.= Printing: a practical treatise on the art of typography as applied more particularly to the printing of books, *$2.50. Macmillan.

“A third revised and enlarged edition.... The completeness of the book
will be apparent from a brief list of its chapters, which number
thirty-five. They are in seven divisions, and deal with typefounding,
composition (thirteen chapters), proofreading, hand-press work (six
chapters), illustrated and color work, motive power, machine printing
(six chapters), and warehouse work (four chapters).”—N. Y. Times.

+ =Nation.= 81: 203. S. 7, ‘05. 260w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 316. My. 13, ‘05. 410w.

* =Jacobs, William Wymark.= Captains all. †$1.50. Scribner.

This new collection contains “half a score of the tales this author
has taught laughter-loving English readers to expect from his pen.
This brand is well-known and well-liked.” (Ath.) They include amusing
stories of sailormen, longshoremen, and the people of a little English
village.

* “The book is thoroughly enjoyable.”

+ =Ath.= 1905, 2: 608. N. 4. 170w.

* “Adds notably to the world’s stock of humorous enjoyment.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 833. D. 2, ‘05. 50w.

* “The stories are not all as good as the earlier ones, the humor
often growing out of situations that are forced, and the characters
lack their old delightful naïveté.”

+ — =Pub. Opin.= 39: 829. D. 23, ‘05. 160w.

* “The book is merely a collection of magazine stories, and their
cumulative effect is a little disappointing.”

+ — =Sat. R.= 100: 725. D. 2, ‘05. 160w.

* “Mr. Jacobs is an artist with a literary conscience as well as a
most engaging humourist, and, to borrow the familiar saying, though
his genre is not great, he is great in his genre.”

+ =Spec.= 95: 613. O. 21, ‘05. 740w.

=Jacobus, Melancthon Williams=, ed. Roman Catholic and Protestant Bibles compared; the Gould prize essays. 50c. Bible teachers’ training school, N. Y.

“In 1903 Miss Helen Gould offered three prizes for popular, brief
essays on ‘The origin and history of the Bible approved by the Roman
Catholic church’ and ‘of the American revised version.’ Two hundred
and sixty-five essays were presented. The prizes were won by Rev.
William Whitely, L.L.M., LL.D., Rev. Gerald Hamilton Beard, B.D.,
Ph.D., and Charles B. Dalton, Esq. These three essays are published in
this volume. Of course, they cover much the same ground. The limits of
space imposed were such that the authors could give only a somewhat
bare and crowded statement of facts.”—Am. J. Theol.

“The first two essays are very full, accurate, and well proportioned.
The third leaves something to be desired in accuracy, especially
regarding the exactness of the present biblical text (p. 140). The
chief value of the third essay lies in certain quotations from
contemporary Catholic sources.” Irving F. Wood.