Chapter XXVII: Part IV: gives the story of relief methods at times of disaster.” (Am (13)

+ + — =Am. J. Theol.= 9: 743. O. ‘05. 300w.

“These three constitute what must now be regarded as the standard work
on a theme of controversy that greatly needed enlightenment.”

+ + + =Outlook.= 79: 909. Ap. 8, ‘05. 90w.

=James, Bartlett Burleigh.= History of North America, Vol. V. $6. Barrie.

The fifth volume of the series edited by Professor Guy Carleton Lee,
treats of the colonization of New England and was written by Professor
James of Western Maryland university. The chronological table begins
with the sailing of the Mayflower and is brought down to the passage
of the Stamp act. There is a careful examination of the motives of the
Puritans in coming to New England, and the founding of the settlements
of Connecticut and Rhode Island is given in detail. The closing
chapter is devoted to the causes which led to the Revolution. There
are many excellent illustrations.

“The work is of the most comprehensive character. The treatment of an
extended topic is carefully and philosophically worked out.”

+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 101. F. 18, ‘05. 970w.

* =James, George Wharton.= In and out of the old missions of California: an historical and pictorial account of the Franciscan missions. *$3. Little.

This interesting volume covers a broad field successfully. It begins
with the founding of the California missions, then gives a chapter
upon Junipero Serra and his coadjutors, followed by a discussion of
the Indians at the coming of the padres and at the present time. An
especially noteworthy chapter deals with the secularization of the
missions, and in twenty-one chapters is given an account of as many
individual missions, followed by a chapter upon nine mission chapels
or Aristencias. Perhaps the most distinctive feature of the volume is
its treatment of mission architecture and interior decoration. A
careful survey of the mural decorations of the missions is followed by
a pictorial account of the furniture, pulpits, doors, and other
woodwork, crosses, candlesticks, and other silver and brass ware, and
of the various figures of the saints found at the missions. The
illustrations are reproduced from photographs made expressly for this
book.

* “An interesting and adequate treatment of a fascinating theme.”

+ + =Dial.= 39: 444. D. 16, ‘05. 340w.

* + =Outlook.= 81: 1040. D. 23, ‘05. 130w.

* =James, Henry.= English hours. *$5. Houghton.

“This reprint of some of Mr. James’ essays descriptive of England is
happily illustrated by the drawings of Mr. Joseph Pennell. The essays
include London; Browning in Westminster abbey; Chester; Lichfield and
Warwick; North Devon; Wells and Salisbury; An English Easter; London
at midsummer; Two excursions; In Warwickshire; Abbeys and castles;
English vignettes; An English New Year; An English watering-place;
Winchelsea, Rye and ‘Denis Duval;’ Old Suffolk.”

* + =Acad.= 68: 1225. N. 25, ‘05. 800w.

* “Mr. James is like his simple original self in this charming book.”

+ + =Critic.= 47: 572. D. ‘05. 40w.

* “These interpretations of English life carry the reader with them by
their quality of tonic freshness, which takes the place of the
bewildering curiosity about everything and nothing characteristic of
the late novels.”

+ =Dial.= 39: 381. D. 1, ‘05. 260w.

* + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 836. D. 8, ‘05. 220w.

* “But these lapses though apparent are rare—more apparent, indeed, on
account of their rarity—and it is impossible to resist the engaging
enthusiasm, the fine freshness of mind which he brings to bear on the
variety of topics and places about which he chatters in the fugitive
papers bound up in this volume.”

+ + — =Sat.= R. 100: sup. 5. D. 9, ‘05. 730w.

=James, Henry.= Golden bowl. $2.50. Scribner.

“Four principals and two particularly diverting subordinates make up
the role of characters” in this story whose action centers about the
marriage of an American girl to an impoverished foreigner. “The four
are Adam Verver, widower, and his daughter, Maggie, Americans,—the
husband of Maggie, an Italian prince, and Charlotte Stant, a young
woman of exquisite intelligence, and paramount charm, American by
birth, cosmopolitan by nature.” The elements of tragedy are fostered
thru the prince’s yielding to his former love for Charlotte Stant, the
princess’ friend, and now Adam Verver’s wife. The strength of the
story is embodied in the princess’ determination to win back the love
of her husband, “which she vows must be as complete and perfect as the
original crystal of the broken bowl, that picturesque property of the
story that takes so unique a part in the development of the plot.”
(Reader).

“The intellectuality overpowers the sensuous and objective traits
proper to a novel, until one has the impression of reading an abstruse
treatise of psychology rather than a tale. Despite exasperations of
detail, the novel in the main is masterly. The three leading women are
differentiated with the nicest skill: each is living and persuasive.
But it fairly ranks as a master-work—if a master-work flawed by some
of his obscurest later mannerisms.”

+ + + =Acad.= 68: 128. F. 11, ‘05. 1020w.

“The book is clear to those who think Mr. James worth a little
trouble. The method, in spite of its inwardness, is detached, cold,
and, if the word is possible, a little cruel. But its mental agility,
its likeliness, its atmosphere, are perfect.”

+ — =Ath.= 1905, 1: 332. Mr. 18. 530w.

=Atlan.= 95: 696. My. ‘05. 190w.

“Another two volumes of abstruseness, another long discussion of a
situation that only scandal mongers are supposed to discuss; again the
same old heavy respectability where nothing is bad because it is not
named; again the heroic sweetness of two characters, that is always
his saving grace, that makes us read him.”

+ — =Ind.= 58: 153. Ja. 19, ‘05. 700w.

“In the end you have your reward—a story, a situation, which, as you
think about it, pierces the obscurities and strikes you in the eyes,
like the low red autumn sun pushing out of a mass of black clouds.”

+ + — =Nation.= 80: 74. Ja. 26, ‘05. 1380w.

“A book of mixed ugly and charming aspects. Never has the art of
description been brought nearer to that of painting.”

+ + — =Reader.= 5: 380. F. ‘05. 1290w.

“A book so pregnant with fundamental brainwork, so rich in
suggestiveness, and so accomplished in execution. The book is clearer,
and, for that very reason, more vital, than the works of what one may
call his middle period.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 31: 116. Ja. ‘05. 80w.

* =James, Henry.= Question of our speech: The lesson of Balzac; two lectures, **$1. Houghton.

“In the first essay, delivered as a commencement address at Bryn Mawr,
Mr. James has well emphasized the overlooked needs in America of ‘a
virtual consensus of educated people to impart to our speech a
coherent culture.’ ... The second essay in the volume, ‘The lesson of
Balzac,’ is a notable piece of literary criticism in its concentrated
vigor, its elucidation of the novelist’s art, and its nicety of
phrase. Recognizing in Balzac the master-artist of modern
fiction.”—Dial.

* “These essays will raise a divergence of opinion, as does all of Mr.
James’s literary work; but however widely readers may differ from his
point of view, all will recognize the stimulating intellectual
quality.”

+ =Dial.= 39: 311. N. 16, ‘05. 620w.

* + =Pub. Opin.= 39: 764. D. 9, ‘05. 200w.

=James, Montague Rhodes.= Ghost stories of an antiquary. $1.50. Longmans.

Eight old fashioned ghost stories with all the gruesome and
hair-raising qualities which a story of their kind could possess. The
eight are Canon Alberic’s scrap-book, Lost hearts, The mezzotint, The
ash tree, Number 13, Count Magnus, “Oh, whistle, and I’ll come to you,
my lad,” and The treasure of Abbot Thomas.

“Mr. James manages at times to give you a pretty well-defined creepy
feeling—but his ghost stories are not quite the real thing in spite of
the pains he takes to pile up detail in the setting and leave the
horror itself as undefined, shapeless, and elusive as may be.”

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 483. Jl. 22, ‘05. 580w.

“There can be no question about the literary merit of these eight
stories, and of the ingenuity which Dr. James has shown in their
construction.”

+ + — =Spec.= 94: 925. Je. 24, ‘05. 170w.

=Jamison, Cecilia Viets (Mrs. Samuel Jamison).= Penhallow family; a story. †$1.50. Wilde.

A little wanderer, back from India to her father’s old home, is
dropped into an uncle’s family where three self-centered, noisy
youngsters ruled by a hard task-mistress, “Aunt Gordon,” make life
miserable for the new-comer. Her brave helpfulness in bringing
happiness out of the confused and warring forces of the household
frames a lesson for every young reader to profit by.

=Jane, L. Cecil.= Coming of Parliament, 1350-1660. (Story of the nations, no. 73.) **$1.35. Putnam.

“The general scheme of this volume is indicated by its title. It deals
more especially with the development of the Constitution within the
three centuries with which it is concerned, and it is an attempt to
trace the steps by which Parliament attained to a permanently
important share in the government of England. While stress is laid
upon this theme, other sides of the national life have not been
ignored.” (N. Y. Times.) There are many illustrations, a map of
England, and a chronology.

“What Mr. Jane has really written is an English history of a period.
But, while its accuracy it notable, it has other merits which are
astonishing. The events of the period, particularly towards the close,
were many and complex and stirring; yet, although this book is almost
as compact as an encyclopaedia, it is so fluent and fascinating that
one reads it with the delight which is given by great romance. Mr.
Jane, it is true, is not without predilections. His imagination is
attracted by the navy. In all other respects, though invariably he
arrests attention, he is coldly judicial. Besides being exceptionally
well-informed, our historian brought to his task a fresh, independent
and penetrating intellect.” W. Earl Hodgson.

+ + + =Acad.= 68: 78. Ja. 28, ‘05. 840w.

“As a book professedly concerned with ‘the coming of parliament’ and
the place of parliament in national life, it cannot be said to have
any particular merit or value, or to render of less service any of the
accepted histories of English constitutional development.” Edward
Porritt.

— — + =Am. Hist. R.= 10: 917. Jl. ‘05. 230w.

“We have failed to find in the latest issue of this well-known series
any general connexion with the subject of parliamentary government or
the least pretension to originality of thought or vigour of
delineation; whilst research is wanting.”

— — =Ath.= 1905, 2: 76. Jl. 15. 200w.

Reviewed by Edward Fuller.

+ — — =Bookm.= 21: 525. Jl. ‘05. 1260w.

+ + =Critic.= 47: 95. Jl. ‘05. 60w.

“It is obvious from the text that Mr. Jane has broken no new ground in
the research for the Parliamentary side of his book.”

+ — =Ind.= 59: 212. Jl. 27, ‘05. 420w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 185. Mr. 25, ‘05. 350w.

“Mr. Jane’s book is interesting reading, even if he sometimes tangles
the thread of his story of Parliament.”

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 293. My. 6, ‘05. 1190w.

“Adds little or nothing to the history of Parliament which cannot be
found in any of the accepted works on the English constitution. There
is nothing, moreover, that is attractive about Mr. Jane’s literary
style.”

— — =Outlook.= 79: 1057. Ap. 29. ‘05. 710w.

“Mr. Jane’s book is not always ‘easy reading,’ but is reliable, a
quality which will conceal many literary sins.”

+ + — =Pub. Opin.= 39: 318. S. 2, ‘05. 200w.

“The volume will have its uses, but we should have preferred something
more to the purpose.”

+ — =Spec.= 95: 324. S. 2, ‘05. 200w.

=Janssen, Johannes.= History of the German people at the close of the middle ages; tr. from the Germ, by A. M. Christie. v. 7-8. *$6.25. Herder.

“These two volumes cover the period between the years 1550-1580....
Within those thirty years fell such events as: The religious
conference at Worms in 1557, the Diet of Augsburg in 1559, the
Grumbach-Gotha conspiracy for a Lutheran empire, the effects in
Germany of the religious wars in France and the Netherlands, the war
against the Turks, the establishment and progress of the Jesuits in
Germany, and the concluding sessions and general effect of the Council
of Trent. These great events and many others of similar moment are
treated with Janssen’s well-known fulness of detail, abundance of
scholarship, and sturdy Catholic spirit.”—Cath. World.

+ + + =Cath. World.= 81: 117. Ap. ‘05. 610w. (Review of vols. VII.
and VIII.)

=Japp, Alexander H.= Robert Louis Stevenson; a record, an estimate, and a memorial. *$1.50. Scribner.

The author who, thru a common interest in Thoreau, came to know
Stevenson well in his early Edinburgh days, gives a critical
discussion of his life and works, with some new facts and some newly
published letters.

“It contains a good deal of valuable matter presented in the most
scrappy and disjointed way; as well as some matter which is not
valuable at all.” H. W. Boynton.

+ — =Atlan.= 96: 280. Ag. ‘05. 200w.

+ + =Dial.= 38: 358. My. 16, ‘05. 480w.

“The criticism on Stevenson’s various styles in his varied work is
often acute and just. Altogether the book in parts has a strong
interest for the Stevenson enthusiast, but will hardly attract the
general reading public.”

+ =Outlook.= 79: 708. Mr. 18, ‘05. 120w.

“This is a very informing book, a contribution of distinct value to
our knowledge of R. L. Stevenson.”

+ + =Spec.= 94: 146. Ja. 28, ‘05. 330w.

=Javal, Emile.= On becoming blind: advice for the use of persons losing their sight; tr. by Carroll E. Edson. **$1.25. Macmillan.

Dr. Javal, who lost his sight at the age of 62, writes to the families
of those who are blind or in danger of becoming so. He gives advice as
to their treatment, suggestions on amusement, and there are chapters
upon memory, marriage, the psychology of the blind and the sixth
sense.

“The style of the book is simple, direct and scholarly.”

+ + =Ind.= 58: 1483. Je. 29, ‘05. 220w.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 137. Mr. 4, ‘05. 260w.

“The book is a pleasure to read even on the part of those whose
interest is not immediately claimed by the subject.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 225. My. 20, ‘05. 710w.

=Jeans, James Hopwood.= Dynamical theory of gases, *$4.50. Macmillan.

“Mr. Jeans ... in the first seven chapters, follows fairly closely on
conventional lines, and deduces the Boltzmann-Maxwell law of
distribution, the minimum theorem, the law of partition of energy, and
the isothermal equations according to the Boyle-Mariotte and van der
Waals’s laws. In chapter VIII the author throws over the principle of
conservation of energy and assumes that his gas is a dissipative
system in which loss of energy occurs by radiation.... In chapters IX
and X, Mr. Jeans considers application of the theory of a
non-conservative gas, particularly in connection with rates of
dissipation of energy and ratios of specific heats. We thus have a
definite attempt to break away from traditional methods and boldly
introduce the notion of dissipation into the kinetic theory.... In the
remaining chapters Mr. Jeans deals with ‘free path phenomena’ such as
diffusion, conduction of heat, viscosity, and the escape of gases from
planetary atmospheres. In this work he is more on the ordinary
lines.”—Nature.

“Misprints and minor errors are delightfully few. The book is a piece
of conscientious work by one who has already made valuable
contributions to this subject. It belongs rather with the classical
work of Burbury and of Boltzmann than with any of the attempts at a
simple or more popular presentation.” W. P. Boynton.

+ + + =Astrophys. J.= 22: 224. O. ‘05. 780w.

Reviewed by G. H. Bryan.

=Nature.= 71: 601. Ap. 27, ‘05. 870w.

=Jebb, Richard.= Studies in colonial nationalism. *$3.50. Longmans.

“An attempt ... to present a modern view of imperial evolution, ...
the result of three years’ travel and study among the self-governing
states of the empire ... which should be studied by all who wish to
understand the trend of colonial aspirations, whether they agree with
them or not.”—Acad.

+ + =Acad.= 68: 469. Ap. 29, ‘05. 570w.

=Am. Hist. R.= 10: 942. Jl. ‘05. 170w.

“His observations on America, though justly calling attention to many
undoubted and serious faults indicate on the whole an exaggerated and
distorted view of our public life.” Willard E. Hotchkiss.

+ — =Ann. Am. Acad.= 26: 607. S. ‘05. 640w.

=Ath.= 1905. 1: 494. Ap. 15. 730w.

“Mr. Jebb’s book has no small originality. His book contains not a few
inconsistencies. Almost every page of it is instructive.”

+ + — =Lond. Times.= 4: 166. My. 26, ‘05. 940w.

“Everything he says is stated with a confidence that dreams not of the
possibility of contradiction. This makes the book attractive.” Charles
W. Thompson.

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 432. Jl. 1, ‘05. 2880w.

“It is essentially a work that will be welcomed, not derided in Canada
and Australasia. And that is to say no small thing of its merits, and
of the success with which its author has achieved his object.”

+ + + =Spec.= 94: 897. Je. 17, ‘05. 1720w.

=Jefferies, (John) Richard.= Bevis; the story of a boy. $1.50. Button.

A new edition of a book for boys written many years ago and founded
upon Mr. Jefferies’ own boy-hood idealized. Mr. E. V. Lucas states in
his introduction that it is “a long and eloquent, and, I think,
successful argument in favor of the wisdom of leaving boys to
themselves, and allowing independence and self-reliance to oust for
the time being school books and tutors.”

“‘Bevis’ is a wholesome and delightful book.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 376. Je. 10, ‘05. 530w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 391. Je. 17, ‘05. 220w.

“Full of his intimate knowledge of nature, and full also of sympathy
with and knowledge of the interests and characteristics of boys.”

+ + =Outlook.= 80: 642. Jl. 8, ‘05. 40w.

=Jefferson, Charles Edward.= Faith and life. **30c. Crowell.

Under the text “Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, a
conviction of things not seen” (Heb. xi. 1), Dr. Jefferson discusses
the relation which faith bears to life. The booklet is attractively
bound in white, with gold lettering and a holly design in green and
belongs to the “What is worth while series.”

=Jefferson, Charles Edward.= Minister as prophet, **90c. Crowell.

Originally given as a series of lectures before the Bangor theological
seminary, these talks are “clear, luminous, pithy, cogent, full of
practical suggestions” for ministers, students and the general public.
The following chapters show the minister’s present position in general
affairs; The dimension of the work, The three men involved (the
physical man, the mental man, the spiritual man). The growing of
sermons, Form and manner, The place of dogma in preaching.

“There are many books on the Christian ministry, and few are smaller
than this and few more valuable.”

+ + + =Ind.= 59: 331. Ag. 10, ‘05. 90w.

“The general tone and spirit of these lectures is uplifting,
clarifying, and stimulating to high endeavor.”

+ + =Outlook.= 79: 1014. Ap. 22, ‘05. 300w.

=Jelliffe, Smith Ely.= Introduction to pharmacognosy. *$2.50. Saunders.

This is the first adequate English treatment of pharmacognosy, and
will be welcomed by the special student. “The work falls into three
divisions, animal drugs, vegetable drugs without organic structure,
and vegetable drugs with organic structure. The first division is
appropriately small, and the last constitutes the major portion of the
work. A goodly treatise on each drug is found, embracing references to
its origin; discussions of its gross structure, microscopic structure
and features recognizable in its powder; and mention of constituent
substances present.... Excellent original illustrations accompany a
large number of the descriptions.” (Science.)

“The discussions are in the main botanically correct and the style is
fairly clear. Imperfections aside, however, it is well within the
truth to say that this volume is the nearest approach which has yet
appeared towards filling the need of the day in this country.” Charles
H. Shaw.

+ + — =Science=, n. s. 21: 625. Ap. 21, ‘05. 290w.

=Jenks, Tudor.= Captain Myles Standish. *$1.20. Century.

A biography of Myles Standish, the Pilgrim’s captain, which tells the
story of the people of the Mayflower and of their captain’s service to
them as leader, lawgiver, trader, and physician. The account is
accurate to the sacrifice of many romantic traditions.

* + =Critic.= 47: 574. D. ‘05. 60w.

“It is intended, perhaps, more for youthful than for mature readers,
although we imagine it will interest these as well. Is practically a
history of the Plymouth settlement.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 649. O. 7, ‘05. 490w.

“Mr. Jenks’s account gives an impression of accuracy and care, but it
lacks picturesqueness and any romantic quality.”

+ — =Outlook.= 81: 524. O. 28, ‘05. 70w.

* + =R. of Rs.= 32: 756. D. ‘05. 210w.

=Jenks, Tudor.= In the days of Milton, **$1. Barnes.

Uniform with “The lives of great writers” series this volume contains
a popular description of the conditions in England during the reigns
of Elizabeth, James, and Charles, of Puritan and Cavalier, and of the
life of the blind poet himself and his relation to these surroundings.
There is a frontispiece portrait of Milton, a bibliography and a
chronological table.

* + =Critic.= 47: 574. D. ‘05. 80w.

“The author is luminous rather than critical, gives a touch of
imagination to the accuracy of facts, and inspires with fresh human
interest a national movement commonly thought of as only bitter and
austere.”

+ + =Dial.= 39: 313. N. 16, ‘05. 230w.

* + + =Ind.= 59: 1389. D. 14, ‘05. 70w.

“The book is both instructive and readable.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 715. O. 21, ‘05. 270w.

* + =Outlook.= 81: 835. D. 2, ‘05. 210w.

* “It will be found extremely helpful to an understanding of the
Puritan period in English history.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 32: 639. N. ‘05. 140w.

=Jenks, Tudor.= In the days of Shakespeare; with introd. by Hamilton W. Mabie. **$1. Barnes.

“One of the series of ‘Lives of great writers.’ ... This little volume
consists of a personal picture of the Stratford boy, and the London
actor and man of affairs. There is also a helpful explanation of some
of the principal plays, with suggestive comments.”—R. of Rs.

“For the purpose for which it is intended—that is, as a literary
substitute for the textual and verbal approach to the subject which
has hitherto prevailed—it is to be commended.”

+ + =Ind.= 58: 840. Ap. 13, ‘05. 50w.

“The book is readable and will likely give the ordinary reader a much
better idea of what the playwriting business was in Elizabeth’s reign,
what the work Shakespeare actually did was, than many much more
pretentious volumes can do.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 134. Mr. 4, ‘05. 460w.

“Proceeds, as an open-minded student, to unroll a fascinating
panorama.”

+ + =Outlook.= 79: 349. F. 4, ‘05. 260w.

“Mr. Jenks has handled his material well.”

+ + + =Pub. Opin.= 38: 58. Ja. 12, ‘05. 670w.

“A new and ‘worth while’ Shakespeare book.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 31: 381. Mr. ‘05. 70w.

=Jephson, Lady.= Letters to a debutante. *$1.25. Lippincott.

These letters are addressed to Violet, who is gently told how to be
sweet and happy in chapters upon The art of happiness, The need for
controlling the tongue, The ethics of dress, On country house
visiting, The choice of literature, Are elopements justifiable?
Concerning wit, The advisability of friendships with men, and other
subjects of interest to the young girl who longs to be a social
success.

* + =Critic.= 47: 582. D. ‘05. 20w.

“On the whole, however, the lady gives wholesome enough advice—albeit
most of it has been given to other debutantes many times before.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 620. S. 23, ‘05. 450w.

“While Lady Jephson’s form is throughout aphoristic, she lacks the
gift of saying the inwardly true thing in memorable words, and that is
the particular gift one looks for in a book of this sort.”

+ — =Spec.= 95: 502. O. 7, ‘05. 740w.

=Jepson, Edgar.= Lady Noggs, peeress. †$1.50. McClure.

“Lady Noggs, properly called Lady Felicia Grandison, is the small
niece and ward of a prime minister, whose peace of mind is continually
disturbed by pranks and escapades of the most extraordinary nature....
A background romance between the governess and the secretary is
engaging and real by way of contrast.”—Outlook.

“The object of these few remarks is to cordially commend Felicia,
within her suitable literary bounds, as a pleasant holiday companion.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 328. My. 20, ‘05. 560w.

+ =Outlook.= 80: 246. My. 27, ‘05. 130w.

=Jernigan, Thomas R.= China in law and commerce. *$2. Macmillan.

From these pages “one may glean not merely knowledge of the political
and commercial life of the country, but a better understanding of the
Oriental mind. The physical features, the resources, the people of
China; the state, provincial, district, town, and family organization,
the anomalies between legal theory and business customs, the native
banking system, the weights, measures, and currency employed, the
Empire’s transportation facilities” (Outlook) are all fully treated.

“Mr. Jernigan is not an inspiring writer. But there is a great deal
that is valuable in his book, and his statements are accurate and
apposite.”

+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 2: 398. S. 23. 820w.

“A volume which will be indispensable to every student of the
civilization of the Far East.”

+ + — =Ind.= 59: 694. S. 21, ‘05. 550w.

“The thing essential in compiling a book of this kind is sympathetic
perception, and Mr. Jernigan has evidently cultivated this faculty,
during his residence in China, with no little success.”

+ + — =Lond. Times.= 4: 262. Ag. 18, ‘05. 800w.

“Here in one handy book is choice and exact information, carefully
sifted, tested, and arranged concisely and in an orderly manner. There
is a good index to this noteworthy book.”

+ + + =Nation.= 81: 84. Jl. 27, ‘05. 780w.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 377. Je. 10, ‘05. 280w.

“The subjects ... find exhaustive discussion, and ... are treated
carefully and intelligently.”

+ + + =Outlook.= 80: 590. Jl. 1, ‘05. 190w.

+ + =Pub. Opin.= 38: 382. S. 16, ‘05. 220w.

“A scholarly volume.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 32: 510. O. ‘05. 100w.

* “An unpretentious book, containing a large amount of well-selected
and well arranged information.”

+ =Spec.= 95: sup. 795. N. 18, ‘05. 270w.

=Jernigan, Thomas R.= China’s business methods and policy, *$3.60. Wessels.

The author, ex-consul general of the United States at Shanghai,
prefaces his book with the statement that he has sought to find “some
of the elementary principles which base and influence business and
social China and to present them without unnecessary detail.” His
papers give a clear and accurate treatment of China’s administrative
system, land tenure, sources of revenue, law courts, finances, social
regulations, commercial trend, educational and consular systems, and
foreign relations.

“There is a want of cohesion about this work; it seems more a
collection of papers than a treatise. The work will be found useful
when any important event takes place in China in connection either
with its foreign or with its internal policy, as a sort of
reference-book.”

+ + — =Spec.= 94: 121. Ja. 28, ‘05. 220w.

=Jervey, Theodore D.= Elder brother. $1.50. Neale.

“A novel in which are presented the vital questions confronting the
South growing out of the Reconstruction, and in which the author
defines the true relations now existing between the races in the
South.” Specifically, it presents the political, social, and economic
history of a southern city during this period. There are many
characters of all classes but interest centers about two brothers who
become social and political leaders.

“The book, if it is not a novel to carry the reader along—it is not
that—is an exceedingly valuable, truthful, and interesting study.
There is certainly no other picture of the period which approaches it
in these vital points.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 528. Ag. 12, ‘05. 730w.

“It is a good picture of conditions—and perhaps, after all, its
solution of the problems confronting the South is the only practical
one.”

+ =Pub. Opin.= 38: 911. Je. 10, ‘05. 240w.

=Jessel, Frederick.= comp. Bibliography of works in English on playing cards and gaming. *$4.40. Longmans.

“Gaming in this sense includes dominoes, conjuring, card-tricks and so
forth. Mr. Jessel has described the title of every work he has found,
however slight, on cards or gaming; and he has included all books
which contain allusions of sufficient importance to be recorded, even
works of fiction which depend on gaming for their plots or contain
scenes which illustrate the mode of playing some particular game.
Periodicals have not been forgotten.... The bibliography is in
alphabetical order of the names of authors, but the index at the end
enables subjects to be searched for without difficulty.”—Acad.

+ + =Acad.= 68: 646. Je. 17, ‘05. 130w.

* “We can recommend it not only to libraries, but also to clubs for
card-room reference, and to all who wish for a ready means of finding
out what has been written in our language about cards and gaming.”

+ + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 683. N. 18. 630w.

=Dial.= 39: 212. O. 1, ‘05. 40w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 313. My. 13, ‘05. 240w.

* “Probably as complete as any other in English.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 786. N. 18, ‘05. 290w.

=Jevons, William Stanley.= Principles of economics: a fragment of a treatise on the industrial mechanism of society and other papers. *$3.25. Macmillan.

“The fragment in a mere outline, but it comes from a master hand and
is doubly welcome at a time when the need for restatement of
definitions is particularly evident.”—Acad.

“The volume is one that we cordially welcome, and it is bound to meet
with the high appreciation of a discriminating public.”

+ + =Acad.= 68: 609. Je. 10, ‘05. 1290w.

“Probably much that is already printed would have been greatly revised
before it appeared, and yet, imperfect as it is, the careful student
of economics will lose a great deal if he does not master this
volume.”

+ + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 362. S. 16. 1470w.

“The book may be said to be well justified, even though it be equally
clear that the form and title and bulk of it fall somewhere between
the questionable and the indefensible.” H. J. Davenport.

+ — =J. Pol. Econ.= 13: 600. S. ‘05. 1180w.

“A word of gratitude is due to the editor, who has spared no pains to
elucidate what the author left unfinished and obscure.”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 4: 243. Jl. 28, ‘05. 780w.

“It cannot be said that the fragments now published offer anything of
great value. Mr. Higgs has performed his editorial labors in an
admirable manner.”

+ + =Nation.= 81: 245. S. 21, ‘05. 1330w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 377. Je. 10, ‘05. 350w.

* =Jewett, John Howard (Hannah Warner, pseud.).= Con the wizard, †50c. Stokes.

This little volume in the Christmas stocking series, tells how the
wizard-bird, Con, changed Teddy Mann and the pets of Mistress May into
the form of the man or beast they envied most, and how they were glad,
after a time, to be changed back and become themselves again. There
are eight illustrations in color by Edward R. Little, and numerous
illustrations in black and white by Oliver Herford.

* + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 824. D. 16, ‘05. 140w.

Jewish encyclopaedia; ed. by Isidore Singer. 12v. per v. $6. Funk.

Everything which in any way concerns the ancient or modern life of the
Jewish people and which has either historical or literary value can be
found in this “Descriptive record of the history, religion, literature
and customs of the Jewish people from the earliest time to the present
day.” Prepared by more than four hundred scholars and specialists
under the direction of Cyrus Adler, I. K. Funk, F. H. Vizeletly and
others. There are twelve massive volumes and two thousand
illustrations.

“In spite of some minor defects, should prove a valuable work of
reference to all interested in Jewish history.”

+ + — =Acad.= 68: 170. F. 25, ‘05. 880w. (Outlines scope of Vol.
VIII.).

“Has much the same merits and defects as its predecessor.”

+ + — =Acad.= 68: 473. Ap. 29, ‘05. 370w. (Review of Vol. IX.)

+ + + =Acad.= 68: 791. Jl. 29, ‘05. 280w. (Review of v. 10.)

“The enterprise has now gone far enough to leave no doubt that the
high standard of excellence set up by the editors will be reached.”

+ + + =Am. J. Theol.= 9: 523. Jl. ‘05, 580w. (Review of v. 1-10.)

+ + + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 140. Jl. 29. 610w. (Review of v. 9.)

+ + + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 239. Ag. 19. 310w. (Review of v. 10.)

+ =Bib. World.= 26: 159. Ag. ‘05. 70w. (Review of v. 10.)

+ + + =Ind.= 59: 577. S. 7, ‘05. 620w. (Review of v. 9 and 10.)

+ + + =Ind.= 59: 1160. N. 16, ‘05. 30w. (Review of v. 9-11.)

* “This encyclopaedia will be essential in any well equipped library.”

+ + + =Ind.= 59: 1484. D. 21, ‘05. 100w. (Review of v. 11.)

“The standard cannot be said to be rising. Still, if only for its
wealth of biography, especially English and American, the book is
indispensable for reference.”

+ + =Nation.= 80: 290. Ap. 13, ‘05. 110w. (Review of Vol. IX.)

+ + + =Nation.= 81: 382. N. 9, ‘05. 290w. (Review of v. 10.)

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 180. Mr. 25, ‘05. 1730w. (Survey of contents
of Vol. IX.)

“The tenth volume is as valuable as any of its predecessors.”

+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 463. Jl. 15, ‘05. 480w. (Review of v. 10.)

“As a work of world-wide comprehensiveness this is one to enrich any
library.”

+ + =Outlook.= 79: 605. Mr. 4, ‘05. 190w. (Outlines scope of volume
IX).

+ + + =Outlook.= 80: 693. Jl. 15, ‘05. 290w. (Review of v. 10.)

* “This great work, the joint product of Jewish and Christian writers,
fully sustains its early promise as it nears its completion.”

+ + + =Outlook.= 81: 890. D. 9, ‘05. 230w. (Review of v. 11.)

“Nearly all subjects mentioned [in volume IX] are treated at great
length, in good spirit, with thorough scholarship.”

+ + =Pub. Opin.= 38: 389. Mr. 11, ‘05. 550w.

+ + + =Pub. Opin.= 39: 188. Ag. 5, ‘05. 260w. (Review of v. 10.)

* “Volume XI. is exceptionally rich in politico-economic material.”

+ + + =Pub. Opin.= 39: 730. D. 2, ‘05. 320w. (Review of v. 11.)

+ + =R. of Rs.= 31: 256. F. ‘05. 270w. (Outlines scope of volumes
VII and VIII).

* “It can be affirmed without hesitation that, taken as a whole, the
work is a contribution to general knowledge which, for the future,
will be nothing less than indispensable.”

+ + + =Spec.= 95: sup. 790. N. 18, ‘05. 1240w. (Review of v. 8-10.)

=Job, Herbert Keightley.= Wild wings: adventures of a camera-hunter among the larger wild birds of America on land and sea. **$3. Houghton.

A simple story of the author’s conflicts and conquests as he hunted
with his camera “the wild hardy birds of the sea, whose strong wings
make them masters of the elements.” His search took him from the
Magdalen islands to the Florida keys and he gives pictures of
pelicans, kittiwakes and gannets, of laughing gulls, cormorants and
auks, of plovers brooding their young, and of the great horned owl
mothering her owlet. There are 160 of these photographs.

+ + =Critic.= 47: 287. S. ‘05. 90w.

“No such collection of ‘portraits’ can be found anywhere else.” May
Estelle Cook.

+ + =Dial.= 38: 387. Je. 1, ‘05. 440w.

+ + =Ind.= 58: 1251. Je. 11, ‘05. 340w.

“His book should appeal to a large circle of readers, especially the
ornithologist, the sportsman, and the nature-lover, as well as the
omnipresent camera fiend.”

+ + + =Nation.= 81: 171. Ag. 24, ‘05. 620w.

* “Despite its somewhat pedantic title, this book is much above the
average of works of the same general nature.”

+ + =Nature.= 73: 123. D. 7, ‘05. 500w.

“‘Wild wings’ should not only appeal to nature and bird lovers, but
there is much in its pages to interest sportsmen as well.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 389. Je. 17, ‘05. 150w.

“Without doubt this book is a contribution to the world’s sanity,
while at the same time its science is duly respected.” Mabel Osgood
Wright.

+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 402. Je. 17, ‘05. 410w.

=Outlook.= 80: 395. Je. 10, ‘05. 60w.

“Quite as entertaining as most hunters’ stories.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 31: 768. Je. ‘05. 180w.

John Van Buren, politician, †$1.50. Harper.

“‘John Van Buren, politician,’ is a young up-state lawyer, who comes
to New York, joins Tammany hall, wins the favor of Boss ‘Coulter,’ and
is sent to the state legislature, where he is speedily made acquainted
with the darker aspects of legislative life. The story of his
adventure in politics and of his lovemaking ... is told in a volume
that is a curious combination of novel and guide to the sights of New
York.”—Outlook.

“The book has no style, and but slight interest considered as a story.
Its implied ethics, moreover, are of a highly dubious character.” Wm.
M. Payne.

— =Dial.= 39: 114. S. 1, ‘05. 120w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 166. Mr. 18, ‘05. 360w.

“Were it not for its intimate portrayal of the methods whereby Tammany
achieves political success, it would be of little value or interest.”

+ =Outlook.= 79: 653. Mr. 11. ‘05. 140w.

“The picture of the sessions of the general assembly at Albany is
graphic and possibly true to the life, although the coloring is
probably too strong and the lines too heavy.”

+ — =Pub. Opin.= 38: 549. Ap. 8, ‘05. 150w.

“The book does not preach anything, clean politics or foul; it simply
reflects conditions as a keen observer would find them.”

+ =Reader.= 6: 594. O. ‘05. 180w.

* =Johnson, Burges.= Pleasant tragedies of childhood. †$1.50. Harper.

“Experiences more or less tragical to babies and children, but
pleasantly told in Mr. Johnson’s verses and humorously depicted in
Miss Cory’s sketches. Fathers and mothers will be amused by them, and
the juvenile victims—some of them at least—will enjoy the
pictures.”—Critic.

* + =Critic.= 47: 584. D. ‘05. 70w.

* + =Dial.= 39: 384. D. 1, ‘05. 220w.

* + =Ind.= 59: 1389. D. 14, ‘05. 30w.

* + =Nation.= 81: 450. N. 30, ‘05. 50w.

* “This is an exceedingly attractive picture book.”

* + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 723. O. 28, ‘05. 90w.

* “One of the really delightful books about children of the present
season.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 837. D. 2, ‘05. 90w.

* “Some of the verses are very witty.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 32: 767. D. ‘05. 90w.

=Johnson, Burges.= Rhymes of little boys. **$1. Crowell.

A truly charming book of little boy verses, which little girls and
grown-ups will enjoy also Goin’ barefoot, Bein’ sick; Gettin’ well;
Cookin’ things; Makin’ things; Gettin’ washed; and two score others
set forth little boy philosophy in little boy language, and following
these are some verses to or about little boys, among them an exquisite
tribute to Frank R. Stockton. The volume is bound in plaid gingham,
with decorative title and end leaves by Mrs. John Carpenter.

* “The naïveté of small-boy egotisms, generosities, rivalries, has
never been, and, it would seem to us, could never be, better done than
in Mr. Johnson’s clever and sympathetic verses.”

+ + =Critic.= 47: 576. D. ‘05. 150w.

* “This volume is sure to win for its author a wider appreciation of
his really unique work.”

+ + =Dial.= 39: 389. D. 1, ‘05. 130w.

* + + =Ind.= 59: 1389. D. 14, ‘05. 50w.

“The introductory poems strike a note of tenderness and reverence of
unusual purity and beauty.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 529. O. 28, ‘05. 120w.

* “We like his verse for its insight, literal though it often is.”

+ =Pub. Opin.= 39: 699. N. 25, ‘05. 60w.

* =Johnson, Clifton=, ed. Oak-tree fairy book; il. by Willard Bonte. $1.75. Little.

Here are the old favorites reproduced in wholesome form with the
savagery, harrowing details and abnormal pathos eliminated, and with
the charm retained.

* + + =Ind.= 59: 1385. D. 14, ‘05. 60w.

* + =Nation.= 81: 450. N. 30, ‘05. 60w.

* + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 481. Jl. 22, ‘05. 160w.

* + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 860. D. 2, ‘05. 210w.

=Johnson, Owen.= In the name of liberty. $1.50. Century.

A story of the French revolution in which the personal struggles of
the actors are silhouetted against the greater struggle of the nation
in the background. Barabant, a young enthusiast, allies himself with
the Girondins and falls with them, to be saved from the guillotine
only by the sacrifice of Nicole, a flower-girl, whom he has made his
wife in prison, and who gives up her life for his. The course of the
story runs subjectively close to the people; their whims, their morbid
curiosity, their unrestrained impulse and anger, and their hatred for
the aristocrats distort their vision thru the bloody days of the
terror which is followed in grewsome detail.

“Mr. Johnson has devised a fresh and unhackneyed story, with a heroine
quite apart from the usual types.”

+ + =Critic.= 46: 381. Ap. ‘05. 80w.

“Owen Johnson has written a good story, with several unusual points
about it that entitle it to notice.” Priscilla Leonard.

+ + =Current Literature.= 38: 371. Ap. ‘05. 1440w.

“A fresh and interesting view of a subject that would seem to have
been exhausted of all novelty. One can but admire the cleverness with
which he has made reality and fiction supplement and sustain each
other while keeping the reader’s attention wholly engrossed by the
very simple and pathetic love story of Nicole and Barabant. A vivid
and vigorous handling of a subject that has been used to the point of
threadbareness.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 133. Mr. 4, ‘05. 610w.

“A rather unusually spirited tale. Mr. Johnson has created two or
three flesh-and-blood characters, has put them into trying crises, and
has made them work out their own moral salvation or ruin as they
respond or fail to respond to the test. The book has life and energy.”

+ + =Outlook.= 79: 246. Ja. 28, ‘05. 90w.

“The sure touch of the confident master is lacking. There is
over-emphasis, a too great insistence on the individual when the mass
should have been brought into the foreground. Viewed as a whole the
book is an effective piece of word painting.”

+ — =Pub. Opin.= 38: 135. Ja. 26, ‘05. 710w.

“Mr. Johnson’s story has merits of its own unborrowed from Dickens or
any one else. One of them is a saving sanity of expression.”

+ + =Reader.= 5: 618. Ap. ‘05. 370w.

“Well and swiftly told, and probably of breathless interest to the
unsophisticated mind.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 31: 762. Je. ‘05. 30w.

=Johnson, Sidona Viola.= Short history of Oregon, **$1. McClurg.

This book covers the early discoveries, the Lewis and Clark
explorations, settlement, government, Indian wars, and progress. In
concise form it gives a full account of that interesting region. It is
illustrated with numerous halftones.

“A short but comprehensive account of the state.”

+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 25: 131. Ja. ‘05. 60w.

=Johnson, William Henry.= French pathfinders in North America. $1.50. Little.

The author has made his narrative suitable in every respect to young
readers. He tells of the discoveries and adventures of such men as
Cartier, Jean Ribaut, Rene de Laudonnière, Champlain, Nicollet,
Joliet, La Salle, and Father Hennepin, in an interesting fashion,
basing his story, upon standard authorities; he has provided notes
upon Indian tribal connections and customs, and introductory chapters
which deal with the origin and distribution of the Indian race and
give a view of Indian society.

* =Critic.= 47: 580. D. ‘05. 20w.

* “Mr. Johnson’s descriptions of the great French explorers are
calculated to serve the purposes he had in view and to stimulate
curiosity.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 781. N. 18, ‘05. 450w.

+ + =Outlook.= 81: 681. N. 18, ‘05. 130w.

=Johnson, William Henry.= Sir Galahad of New France, †$1.50. Turner, H. B.

This romantic story of a young Frenchman, who, lost and alone in the
new world, is befriended by an Indian girl who leads him back to his
people and in whom he awakens such intellect and religious fervor,
that he comes to love her and takes her back to France and makes her
his wife, is based upon the attempts of the French Huguenots to settle
America in the sixteenth century. The historical element, however, is
subordinated to the forest love story.

* + =Critic.= 47: 580. D. ‘05. 10w.

* + — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 860. D. 2, ‘05. 300w.

* + =Outlook.= 81: 838. D. 2, ‘05. 130w.

=Johnson, Wolcott.= An old man’s idyl. *$1. McClurg.

A homey story, an autobiography in scattered diary form, in which a
husband and father tells of his late love, his happy marriage, his
honeymoon in Europe, and the birth of his two little girls who grow
up, are educated, and finally marry, leaving him to look back over a
long life which they and their mother rounded out into a perfect idyl,
and a prayer.

“This old man’s little ‘idyl’ has a peculiarly reminiscent,
speculative flavor which now and then recalls Ik Marvel and George
William Curtis and others of that school of amiable and dearly beloved
dreamers.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 372. Je. 10. ‘05. 220w.

“The story is not an intellectual one. It is not an intense one.
Tenderness and sanity, good will and unaffected English make the
progress of the recital agreeable and almost imperceptible. Mr.
Johnson is to be congratulated upon the sincerity and simplicity of
this unpretentious little volume.”

+ =Reader.= 6: 106. Je. ‘05. 230w.

=Johnston, Charles, and Spencer, Carita.= Ireland’s story; a short history of Ireland for schools, reading circles, and general readers. **$1.40; school ed. *$1.10. Houghton.

Beginning with the legendary past, this volume follows the history of
Ireland down to modern times. In the discussions the authors touch
upon the Irish church, home rule, land purchase, the Irish in America,
on the continent, and in the British empire. The Irish literary
revival is fully treated and there is a closing section on the
derivation of Irish names. The book is illustrated with views,
portraits and maps.

“Written in a quiet, almost gentle style, the narrative moves calmly
forward and is easily followed. The treatment is sufficiently fair and
charitable to satisfy any reader in whom the virtue of tolerance is
properly developed.” Laurence M. Larson.

+ + — =Dial.= 38: 411. Je. 16, ‘05. 590w.

“The writers of the present work have managed to condense a vast
amount of information into their sketch of some 400 pages.”

+ + =Nation.= 81: 96. Ag. 3, ‘05. 250w.

“The first five chapters ... absolutely worthless for any purpose
whatever. The rest of the volume, however, appears to be of some
value.”

+ — =N. Y.= Times. 10: 354. Je. 3, ‘05. 590w.

“A well-arranged outline history of Ireland. The authors, while
frankly revealing both their political and their religious sympathies,
write with moderation and fair-mindedness.”

+ + =Outlook.= 79: 908. Ap. 8, ‘05. 90w.

“All in all, this volume gives an excellent epitome of Irish history.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 32: 253. Ag. ‘05. 150w.

“A book which ought to have a place in the libraries of our high
schools.”

+ + =School R.= 13: 440. My. ‘05. 70w.

=Johnston, Rev. John Octavius.= Life and letters of Henry Parry Liddon, canon of St. Paul’s cathedral and sometime Ireland professor of exegesis in the University of Oxford. $5. Longmans.

A detailed and sympathetic account of the life and character of the
late Dean Liddon, strict ritualist and devoted Puseyite who was almost
constantly involved in controversy. It is a faithful record of
unfaltering devotion to duty and his steady advancement to well-earned
success; his friendly relations with Gladstone and Salisbury and his
refusal to accept a bishopric from either; his success as a pulpit
orator; his famous sermons; his pleasing personality, high scholarship
and untiring energy.

“A worthy addition to the literature of biography.” Percy F. Bicknell.

+ + =Dial.= 38: 234. Ap. 1, ‘05. 2020w.

=Spec.= 94: 180. F. 4, ‘05. 400w.

=Jones, Amanda Theodosia.= Rubáiyát of Solomon, and other poems. $1.25. Alden bros.

One-third of this new volume of poems “is given up to versification,
in the familiar rubáiyát form, of certain of the sayings of Solomon
and Koheleth.... It is elsewhere in Miss Jones’s volume that we must
look for her most meritorious verse. We find it, for example, in the
group of ‘Kansas bird songs,’ in the lyrics of childhood, the tender
personal tributes, and the pieces that touch on contemporary history.”
(Dial.)

“It can truly be said that she has looked upon the sun and has been
undismayed; for, at intervals ... the clear voice of this fearless and
fiery-hearted Deborah has been heard and heeded by those who may be
reckoned as the jealous custodians of the gates of song.” Edith M.
Thomas.

+ + =Critic.= 47: 412. N. ‘05. 1650w.

“There is in the book always a first-hand view of nature,—often a
touch of mysticism. Some of the experiments are not fortunate, but now
and again there is a narrative poem, or a lyric that clings to the
memory.”

+ + — =Critic.= 47: 414. N. ‘05. 290w.

“After a long silence, Miss Jones has put forth a new volume of poems,
which may perhaps secure for her work something of the appreciation
which has long been its due.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ =Dial.= 39: 275. N. 1, ‘05. 480w.

* “The variety of achievement in this modest volume is in pleasing
contrast to that offered in most collections of its size.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 802. N. 25, ‘05. 360w.

* =Jones, E. Griffith-.= Economics of Jesus; or, Work and wages in the kingdom of God. *35c. Meth. bk.

A study of the money parables,—“a series of problems arising out of
the deep-seated and manifold inequalities of life.” The little volume
belongs to the “Freedom of faith” series.

=Jones, Henry Arthur.= Manoeuvres of Jane: an original comedy in four acts. **75c. Macmillan.

“Mr. Nangle, a wealthy widower, places his wilful daughter in charge
of Mrs. Beechinor, retired matron of a young ladies’ boarding-school,
in the hope that she will transfer her affections from a man who is in
moderate circumstances to Lord Bapchild, a nephew of Mrs. Beechinor’s,
Jane arranges matters to suit herself and marries the man whom she
loves.”—Bookm.

“The situations are the work of an undoubted expert, and the dialog is
skilfully written. Now that Oscar Wilde is dead, Mr. Jones has only
one equal in England, the Ibsenized Pinero.”

+ =Ind.= 58: 783. Ap. 6, ‘05. 140w.

“It reads well, although the literary form emphasizes the fact that it
is really more of a farce than a comedy.”

+ =Outlook.= 79: 451. F. 18, ‘05. 30w.

=Jones, Henry Arthur.= Mrs. Dane’s defence. **75c. Macmillan.

This four-act play was given in New York in the years 1901-1902. It
concerns a woman with a past and a skilful lawyer who forces the truth
from Mrs. Dane.

“Undeniably clever.”

+ — =Outlook.= 79: 1060. Ap. 29, ‘05. 20w.

=Jones, Rev. J. D.= Elims of life, and other sermons. *$1. Revell.

“These are discourses by a prominent Congregational pastor in
England.... The spiritual and ethical element predominates, the form
is plain and lucid, the aim is practical.”—Outlook.

+ =Outlook.= 79: 960. Ap. 15, ‘05. 100w.

=Jones, Jenkin Lloyd.= Dying message of Paracelsus. pa. 50c. Unity pub.

“Appropriate as an Easter gift, and dedicated as such by the [author]
to his Browning classes, is this elegantly printed pamphlet,
illustrated by Albrecht Dürer’s picture of ‘Melancholia.’ ... A few
paragraphs of Mr. Jones’s lecture on Paracelsus accompany Browning’s
text as introduction and commentary.”—Outlook.

=Outlook.= 79: 856. Ap. 1, ‘05. 70w.

=Jones, Paul.= Commercial power of Congress. $5. priv. ptd. C. S. Nathan, N. Y.

The object of this book “is to trace the history and show the present
authoritative interpretation of that pregnant declaration of the
constitution of the United States: ‘Congress shall have power ... to
regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states,
and with the Indian tribes.’” (N. Y. Times.) Present interest centers
about the application of this provision to trusts and railway rates.

“It is carefully done, but lacks a table of cases.”

+ + — =Nation.= 81: 258. S. 28, ‘05. 80w.

“It bears evidence of a lot of painstaking work, is written in a style
excellent for its purpose, and offers very few of those slips of the
pen or the proofreader that are apt to invade in force the pages of
the amateur.”

+ + — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 312. My. 13, ‘05. 900w.

=Jones, Rufus Matthew.= Social law in the spiritual world, **$1.25. Winston.