Chapter XXIX: Part IV: gives the story of relief methods at times of disaster.” (Am (15)

“After an introductory chapter on ‘The point of view,’ notable for its
liberal-minded common sense, Dr. Knox reviews briefly, but clearly and
interestingly, the history of Japan from the traditionary period down
to the present time. Chapters VI and VII are taken up with Buddhism
and Confucianism; Chapter VIII ... gives an account of the efforts
made in the eighteenth century to spread Confucianism by popular
preaching and quotes at length from one of the curious Confucian
sermons. So important in Dr. Knox’s mind is the influence of the
samurai and his philosophy upon the Japanese of to-day that he devotes
three chapters to this subject. The quotations from the autobiography
of Arai Hakuseki in Chapter X are as informing as anything that has
lately come to us about feudal Japan.”—Ind.

“In this readable volume Dr. Knox has succeeded in compressing into
small space a great deal of interesting matter about Japan.”

+ + =Ind.= 58: 211. Ja. 26, ‘05. 340w.

=R. of Rs.= 30: 758. D. ‘04. 50w.

=Kobbé, Gustav.= Famous actors and their homes. $1.50. Little.

Little chats about the home side of John Drew, William Gillette,
Richard Mansfield, E. H. Sothern, and Francis Wilson with closing
chapters on the Lamb’s club and the Players. There are many
illustrations taken from photographs of the actors at home.

* “These sketches are deservedly popular, for they combine dignity
with interest, in a field where such a combination is rarely
achieved.”

+ + =Dial.= 39: 445. D. 16, ‘05. 110w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 619. S. 23, ‘05. 250w.

=Kobbé, Gustav.= Famous actresses and their homes. $1.50. Little.

Word pictures and photographs of Maude Adams, Ethel Barrymore, Julia
Marlowe, Annie Russell, and Mrs. Fiske, when off stage, also chapters
upon, The actress’s home behind the scenes; The actress’s Christmas;
and Some actresses in summer.

=Kobbé, Gustav.= Loves of great composers. *$2.50. Crowell.

In an easy conversational manner the real romance in the lives of
Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Chopin, Liszt, and Wagner is
set forth. Several of the stories are based upon untranslated
material, and many popular errors are corrected. The volume is
illustrated from photographs, and includes portraits of the composers
themselves and of Constance, wife of Mozart; Countess Therese von
Brunswick, the “immortal beloved” of Beethoven; Mendelssohn’s wife and
sister; Clara Schumann; and a reproduction of the famous pastel of
Countess Potocka.

* + =Critic.= 47: 574. D. ‘05. 40w.

* “The accounts are entertaining, and the reader is grateful for their
complete avoidance of sentimental rhapsodizing.”

+ + =Dial.= 39: 445. D. 16, ‘05. 110w.

* + + =Nation.= 81: 467. D. 7, ‘05. 130w.

* “Mr. Kobbe’s book is curiously entertaining. It is not a rehash of
old and stale matter in a new binding, but is the result of personal
investigation and study.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 834. D. 2, ‘05. 150w.

* “Two charmingly written volumes.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 32: 751. D. ‘05. 60w.

=Kobbe, Gustav.= Opera singers; a pictorial souvenir. $1.50. Ditson.

“A profusely illustrated pictorial souvenir of the most famous living
opera singers, with their biographies.... This handsome work is
interesting as giving intimate glimpses of opera folk.... The artists
considered in this attractive book are Nordica, Calvé, Eames, Melba,
Sembrich, Ternina, and Schumann-Heink, and Caruso and Jean and Edouard
De Reszke. There is also a chapter on ‘Opera-singers off duty.’”—R. of
Rs.

“Besides being full of anecdotes, the compilation is of great value as
giving biographic sketches of the singers taken down from their own
lips, sometimes with the aid of stenography.”

+ + =Nation.= 80: 380. My. 11, ‘05. 70w.

+ + =Outlook.= 79: 707. Mr. 18, ‘05. 30w.

+ + =R. of Rs.= 10: 510. Ap. ‘05. 90w.

* =Kobbé, Gustav.= Wagner and his Isolde. **$1. Dodd.

“The correspondence and journals of Wagner and Mathilde Wesendonck,
which have lately appeared, are the basis of this volume, which gives
the whole story of that fascinating period of Wagner’s life. The
author obtained from a friend of Mme. Wesendonck some personal
impressions of her, and some photographs that are reproduced
herein.”—Critic.

* + =Critic.= 47: 574. D. ‘05. 40w.

* + =Nation.= 81: 467. D. 7, ‘05. 80w.

* “To the student of Wagner’s music these letters afford some
interesting commentary from the composer.”

+ + =Outlook.= 81: 432. O. 21, ‘05. 230w.

* + =R. of Rs.= 32: 751. D. ‘05. 50w.

* =Kolle, Frederick Strange.= Fifty and one tales of modern fairyland, †$1.50. Grafton press.

“The tales are really new, and entertaining as well. They teach good
lessons without obtruding the moral aim, and many of them are based on
modern scientific discoveries and processes. Even the balloon and the
automobile—a ‘conscientious’ one, not the ordinary unprincipled
sort—figure in the stories. The illustrations by Flora Sheffield are
in keeping.”—Critic.

* + =Critic.= 47: 576. D. ‘05. 60w.

* + =Ind.= 59: 1387. D. 14, ‘05. 15w.

* “And one finds them exactly what one might expect sterilized fairy
tales to be—made of quite tasteless and sawdusty particles.”

— =N. Y. Times.= 10: 861. D. 2. ‘05. 370w.

* =Konody, Paul G.= Filippino Lippi. $1.25. Warne.

This volume in the “Newnes art library” contains a brief life of
Filippino Lippi and sixty-four full-page reproductions of his works.

* + — =Ath.= 1905, 2: 442. S. 30. 190w.

* “Is a more serious performance than most of the contributors to this
series have offered us.”

+ =Nation.= 81: 449. N. 30, ‘05. 130w.

* + + =Outlook.= 81: 888. D. 9, ‘05. 130w.

=Koons, Ulysses Sidney (Brother Jabez, pseud.).= Tale of the kloster: a romance of the German mystics of the Cocalico. †$1.50. Am. Bapt.

A description of life in the curious celibate community of Ephrata,
where German mystics, refugees to Pennsylvania from the persecutions
which followed the Hundred years war, endured the hardships of the
pioneer. There is also a love story interwoven with danger and
suffering and the rigid life of the brotherhood.

“As a representation of the manners and feelings of the time and the
strange community the story has its own value. It is written with
simplicity and grace.”

+ =Outlook.= 79: 350. F. 4, ‘05. 140w.

“Rather violently injected a love story. Every contribution to
American history which recognizes the proportionate importance of the
different ingredients which have gone to the composition of our
national stock and so helps to a broader and fuller understanding of
our national development deserves recognition and encouragement.”

+ =Pub. Opin.= 38: 94. Ja. 19, ‘05. 340w.

=Kropotkin, Petr Alexieevich, kniaz’.= Russian literature. **$2. McClure.

A very complete account of Russian literature from its beginning in
mythology and folklore to the present day, with much personal
information about its great figures and copious extracts from its
masterpieces.

+ + =Acad.= 68: 656. Je. 24, ‘09. 610w.

“The work of Prince Kropotkin is very comprehensive in view of its
scope. The English of Prince Kropotkin’s book is fairly good, although
occasionally stiff and unidiomatic.”

+ + + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 70. Jl. 15, 2060w.

“The greater part of the book, devoted wholly to the
nineteenth-century writings, treated from the author’s novel point of
view and full of the charm of his attractive personality, make this
volume, in spite of some glaring misprints, a very desirable addition
to Russian literary history.” Henry James Forman.

+ + — =Critic.= 47: 185. Ag. ‘05. 1520w.

“Prince Kropotkin has given us a work of absorbing interest, colored,
no doubt, by his own political philosophy, but discriminating and
profound in its judgment of aesthetic values. Of the English language,
as his readers well know, he is an absolute master.”

+ + — =Dial.= 39: 19. Jl. 1, ‘05. 270w.

“But he has done us an especial service by making accessible
information concerning the younger Russian writers whom we want to
know something about.”

+ + + =Ind.= 59: 638. S. 14, ‘05. 610w.

“Prince Kropotkin’s book is admirable, and, so far, at any rate, as
the later Russian literature is concerned, should supercede all other
works of the kind in our language.”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 4: 150. My. 12, ‘05. 1550w.

+ + — =Nation.= 80: 526. Je. 29, ‘05. 1780w.

+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 449. Jl. 8, ‘05. 1890w.

+ + =Outlook.= 80: 247. My. 27, ‘05. 320w.

“In our opinion the most satisfactory treatise which has yet appeared
in English on the literature of Russia.”

+ + — =Sat. R.= 99: 774. Je. 10, ‘05. 2260w.

L

=La Colonie, Jean Martin de.= Chronicles of an old campaigner, M. De La Colonie, 1692-1717; from the French of Walter C. Horsley. *$4. Dutton.

“These memoirs of the war of the Spanish succession have been unknown
to English readers, and in this adequate translation have real
historic value. Curious sidelights on military customs and methods of
war two hundred years ago are included. The ‘old campaigner’ had a
bluff, rugged, and not uninteresting personality. There are portraits
and other illustrations.”—Outlook.

“The book is preëminently for military men, being devoted to the
details of battles and sieges, of marches and counter-marches. Other
readers will find it tiresomely prolix. Both translator and printer
appear to have done their work well. Portraits, plans of battles and a
copious index are duly provided.”

+ + =Dial.= 38: 158. Mr. 1, ‘05. 290w.

“It cannot be said that the book is a substantial addition to
historical knowledge, but it is pleasant reading and is beautifully
illustrated with portraits and plans.” I. S. Leadam.

+ =Eng. Hist. R.= 20: 808. O. ‘05. 1610w.

“This book contains little information regarding politics or society,
but certainly deserves to be known by all who care to study warfare as
an art.”

+ + =Nation.= 80: 461. Je. 8. ‘05. 410w.

“The translation of the memoirs by Mr. Horsley has its special merit,
as it gives an excellent idea of the methods of warfare at the close
of the seventeenth and the beginning of the eighteenth centuries. The
translation is remarkably well done, and the notes at the foot of the
pages of great value.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 70. P. 4, ‘05. 1300w.

+ =Outlook.= 79: 348. F. 4, ‘05. 60w.

* =La Fontaine, Rachel Adelaide.= Days and hours of Raphael, with a key to the hours. **$1. Grafton press.

“A little manual of art study, substantially bound, copiously
illustrated, and intended for the tyro in matters aesthetic. The full
page plates in half-tone, including, besides the seven ‘Days’ and the
twelve ‘Hours,’ two portraits of Raphael, are of excellent quality.
The accompanying notes of explanation are very elementary,
presupposing little knowledge of art or mythology on the part of the
reader.”—Dial.

* “It is a pity, seeing her effort for simplicity, that the author
does not couch her ideas in less obscure and tortuously constructed
sentences.”

+ — =Dial.= 39: 389. D. 1, ‘05. 110w.

* “The explanations of the illustrations the book contains are
comprehensive and interesting. The book will have a place in any
collection of Raphaeliana.”

+ =Ind.= 59: 1376. D. 14, ‘05. 60w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 874. D. 9, ‘05. 110w.

=Lahontan, Armand Louis de Delondarce, baron de.= New voyages to North America; reprinted from the English ed. of 1703, with a facsimile of original title pages, and 24 maps and il., and the addition of introd., notes, and analytical index, by Reuben Gold Thwaites; (with bibliography by Victor Hugo Paltists). 2v. *$7.50. McClurg.

Two books of adventurous travel in the heart of North America. The
author came to New France at the age of seventeen in 1683 with a
detachment of French marines, and he writes of experiences which cover
many years, giving “an account of the customs, commerce, religion and
strange opinions of the savages,” with geographical information and
personal comment. “There is also a dialogue between the author and a
general of the savages,” and “an account of the author’s retreat to
Portugal and Denmark and his remarks on their courts.” His book was
very popular when first published but the truth of the whole was later
doubted because of one chapter, which gave in detail an apparently
fictitious story of the discovery of the River Long.

“These volumes display enthusiasm as well as erudition, and render
accessible a great quantity of curious information. The labour that
has been bestowed both on the letters themselves and on the
bibliography is worthy of the highest praise.”

+ + + =Acad.= 68: 386. Ap. 8, ‘05. 1050w.

“The foot-notes are admirably done, and a long introduction describes
entertainingly the character of the writer and his narrative. Mr.
Paltsits in this, as in preceding volumes of the series, contributes a
scholarly and satisfying bibliography.”

+ + + =Am. Hist. R.= 10: 946. Jl. ‘05. 100w.

+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 25: 590. My. ‘05. 130w.

Reviewed by John J. Halsey.

+ + =Dial.= 39: 14. Jl. 1, ‘05. 1060w.

+ + =Ind.= 59: 211. Jl. 27, ‘05. 360w.

“Dr. Thwaites’s editorial notes are similar in quality to those which
have accompanied his ‘Jesuit relations’ and other works of Western
travel. The Introduction, however, contains one or two slips.”

+ + — =Nation.= 81: 13. Jl. 6, ‘05. 540w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 95. F. 11, ‘05. 190w.

“Mr. Reuben Gold Thwaites’s notes add much to the value of the text.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 180. Mr. 25. ‘05. 460w.

* =Laking, Guy Francis.= Furniture of Windsor castle, by Guy Francis Laking, Keeper of the king’s armory; published by command of His Majesty King Edward VII. *35c. Dutton.

* “A sumptuous book, appearing as an imperial quarto, bound in half
leather, with the British royal monogram in color on one side. The
collection at Windsor castle is well-known for its fine specimens of
Louis XIV., XV., and XVI. periods, as well as the best examples of the
most famous craftsmen of the past two centuries—Jacob Chippendale,
Riesener, André Bouille, Gaspar Teune, and many others. The
introduction to the book treats of the starting of the collection and
its growth, from the beginning of the seventeenth century down to the
present day.... The illustrations, presenting pictures of the finest
specimens in the collection, are in photogravure.”—N. Y. Times.

* + =Int. Studio.= 27: 185. D. ‘05. 120w.

* “It is evidently the work of one who has a good knowledge of
technical history and an eye that can discriminate between original
work and restorations.”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 4: 428. D. 8, ‘05. 360w.

* + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 834. D. 2, ‘05. 220w.

=Lamb, Charles and Mary.= Works and letters, v. 6 and 7. *$2.25. Putnam.

“Here certainly is the largest, richest edition of the ‘Letters’ which
has been published, clearly superior to some in size, to others in the
quality and scope of the notes, and to all as a book that is easy and
pleasant to read. In short, Mr. Lucas seems to come near to an
inaccessible perfection, as well as to have produced the best edition
of the ‘Letters’.”

+ + + =Acad.= 68: 605. Je. 10, ‘05. 1890w. (Review of v. 6. and 7.)

+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 1: 680. Je. 3. 4290w.

“Mr. Lucas’s copious and most interesting notes are the fruit of years
of loving study and research. To him Lamb is indeed ‘Saint Charles’;
yet his chief editorial merit lies, perhaps, in giving us Saint
Charles un-canonized.” William Archer.

+ + =Critic.= 47:50. Jl. ‘05. 1260w.

=Dial.= 38: 360. My. 16, ‘05. 150w.

“The editor has used extraordinary pains to make clear the innumerable
allusions to persons and things well known to correspondents, but
unknown to us.”

+ + + =Nation.= 80: 374. My. 11, ‘05. 300w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 108. F. 18, ‘05. 390w.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 244. Ap. 15, ‘05. 1520w.

+ + + =Spec.= 94: 640. Ap. 29, ‘05. 1780w.

* =Lamb, Charles, and Lamb, Mary Anne.= Tales from Shakespeare. *$2.50. Scribner.

“A small quarto, liberal and very clear in print, and adorned for each
play by a full-page colored design from the pencil of Norman M. Price.
These designs are, in point of merit and attractiveness in perfect
keeping with the rest of the elegant volume, and will impress and
educate the taste of any child who reads the classic by himself....
The portraits of the authors after those in the National portrait
gallery face the bordered title-page.”—Nation.

* + + =Dial.= 39: 448. D. 16, ‘05. 120w.

* + + =Ind.= 59: 1388. D. 14, ‘05. 40w.

* “We recall no edition of Charles and Mary Lamb’s ‘Tales from
Shakespeare’ comparable at all points with that just issued by Jack in
London.”

+ + =Nation.= 81: 299. O. 12, ‘05. 120w.

* + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 712. O. 21, ‘05. 360w.

* “This is a handsome book, worthy in form of its contents.”

+ + =Spec.= 95: 692. N. 4. ‘05. 110w.

* =Lamb, Osborn Rennie.= Essay on the drama. $1. Ames & R.

This essay which discusses the drama in its various phases is
developed under the divisions Criticism is not analysis; The aesthetic
essential in drama; The play of the people; Sympathy as a dramatic
force; The dramatic power of terror; Humor in drama; Reflective
thought in drama; and Scenery and music in drama as an aid to the
creation of atmosphere. The essay may prove suggestive to dramatic
critics, and it will certainly help the average reader to form his own
opinions and to challenge the “misstatement and false argument” so
often found in newspaper criticism.

=Lamb, Osborn Rennie, and Dixon, H. Claiborn.= Iberian: Anglo-Greek play. $1.50. Ames & Rollinson press.

Following the ancient dramas in unities of time, place and theme, “The
Iberian” combines in a one-act play “the beauties of the ancient Greek
drama with those of the modern romantic play, so as to adapt the same
to the stage and scenario of to-day.” Athens is the scene of the play,
435 B. C., the time.

=Lamia, pseud.= See =Austin, Alfred.=

=Lamprecht, Karl Gotthard.= What is history? Five lectures on the modern science of history; tr. from the Germ. by E. A. Andrews, **$1.25. Macmillan.

One of these lectures was first given at the Congress of arts and
sciences in St. Louis, and the other four at the sesquicentennial of
Columbia university. The subjects treated are Historical development
and present character of the science of history; The general course of
German history from a psychological point of view; The translation to
the psychic character of the German present; Universal mechanism of
psychic periods of transition; Psychology of the periods of culture in
general; and Problems of universal history.

“‘What is history?’ is throughout suggestive and provocative, though
the work of translation has not been skilfully performed; indeed, the
English version is in one or two passages unintelligible.”

+ — =Acad.= 68: 801. Ag. 5, ‘05. 1480w.

“The translation inevitably suffers from such conditions. In spite of
them it gives us a rendering which is clear, readable, and reliable
for sense, and which is a useful contribution toward an English
terminology of the subject. Many inexcusable inaccuracies in detail
occur, however.” Asa Currier Tilton.

+ + — =Am. Hist. R.= 11: 119. O. ‘05. 1360w.

“Unfortunately the book abounds in abstruse terminology borrowed from
psychology and kindred sciences.”

+ + — =Ann. Am. Acad.= 25: 590. My. ‘05. 380w.

“Mr. Andrews has done his work well, and made a good rendering.”

+ + =Ath.= 1905, 1: 529. Ap. 29. 60w.

+ =Critic.= 47: 187. Ag. ‘05. 60w.

“Throughout, indeed, the translation scarcely helps to clear up the
obscurities of the original.” A. G.

+ — =Eng. Hist. R.= 20: 604. Jl. ‘05. 390w.

“Professor Lamprecht has a clumsy method of presentation ... and he
adds to the difficulty by much elusiveness of demonstration and by an
awkward terminology. Professor Lamprecht’s method may be good
psychology, it certainly is not history.”

+ — — =Nation.= 81: 123. Ag. 10, ‘05. 2270w.

“If well translated, they would constitute a very stimulating volume.”

— + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 439. Jl. 1, ‘05. 530w.

+ + =Outlook.= 79: 1062. Ap. 29, ‘05. 150w.

+ — =Pub. Opin.= 39: 188. Ag. 5, ‘05. 190w.

“There is a meaning, we doubt not, in his words, but it is very hard
to get at.”

— =Spec.= 94: 719. My. 13, ‘05. 190w.

“Their appeal is to the student of the science of society rather than
to the historian proper.”

+ =Yale R.= 14: 107. My. ‘05. 100w.

=Lancaster, G. B.= Sons o’ men. †$1.50. Doubleday.

A collection of short stories which “deal with the men who herd and
shear the sheep in South New Zealand and save them from storm and snow
at the cost of hardships scarce endurable. At times, too, the native
plays a part.” (R. of Rs.)

“Through such books hope grows less forlorn.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 31: 761. Je. ‘05. 210w.

* “Lively reading—and informative as well.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 32: 758. D. ‘05. 170w.

“Mr. Lancaster reaches a high level of excellence in ‘The story of
Wi.’”

+ + =Spec.= 94: 23. Ja. 7, ‘05. 100w.

=Lancaster, R. V.= Creed of Christ: a study of the Gospels. 60c. Presbyterian com.

The author states in his preface, “I have caught a glimpse of Jesus
from what, to me, is a fresh viewpoint,” and this he voices in his
book, which is divided into two sections: The introduction, and The
creed. Under the latter head he discusses, The scriptures; God; Satan;
Sin; Redeemed men; The kingdom; The second coming; The final glory,
and Kindred subjects.

“His volume is careful, painstaking, conscientious, but without
insight or imagination, and so without literary quality.”

+ — =Outlook.= 81: 569. N. 4, ‘05. 360w.

=Landon, Percival.= The opening of Tibet. $3.80. Doubleday.

“Mr. Landon gives in ‘The opening of Tibet,’ an account of Lhasa, the
history of Tibet, the folk-lore and manners of the Tibetans, and the
present relations with the rest of the world, with which he became
acquainted as the representative of the London Times with the mission
sent by the British government to Lhasa. The book is profusely
illustrated with reproductions of photographs and sketches and maps.”
(N. Y. Times). An introduction is provided by Col. Younghusband, who
headed the mission to the Forbidden land.

“The book is ponderous in size, wide in its scope and interesting
reading. Including the numerous appendices, the range of information
extends from the frogs and fishes of the country to the folklore, art,
religion and amazing priest-craft of the people.”

+ + — =Ann. Am. Acad.= 26: 591. S. ‘05. 170w.

“Regrettable that some errors of fact and date should have crept into
the earlier and historical pages of the work.”

+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 1: 231. F. 25. 2440w.

“Fine descriptive writing, indeed, is characteristic of Mr. Landon’s
work throughout.”

+ + =Bookm.= 21: 305. My. ‘05. 1100w.

“His style is a model for the writer of travel books.” W. E. Griffis.

+ + =Critic.= 46: 560. Je. ‘05. 790w.

“Is a virile and picturesque narrative of great general interest. All
in all, it is a welcome addition to the annals of travel and
exploration.” H. Addington Bruce.

+ + =Current Literature.= 38: 345. Ap. ‘05. 3400w.

“Mr. Landon has the genius of the true reporter for weaving a large
amount of detail in an interesting ‘story,’ but he gives no map or
index.”

+ + — =Ind.= 58: 1186. My. 25, ‘05. 370w.

“The work is conceived on broader lines, historically and
philosophically, than the rival volume of Mr. Candler.”

+ + =Nation.= 80: 273. Ap. 6, ‘05. 1710w.

“A characteristically British presentation of a most interesting and
somewhat delicate subject. The vast amount of information which Mr.
Landon has collected ... This is not a solemn book altogether.”

+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 116. F. 25, ‘05. 2590w.

“The Tibetan expedition was fortunate to have with it a writer so
competent to do justice to its romance, so sympathetic towards Tibetan
life, so eagerly inquisitive and retentive of impressions, and above
all, the possessor of a style so dexterous and graceful.”

+ + + =Spec.= 94: 365. Mr. 11, ‘05. 1620w.

=Landor, Arnold Henry Savage.= Tibet and Nepal. *$5. Macmillan.

“In his book, Mr. Landor tells about a second journey to Tibet. He
describes the natives, their costumes, and religion, and the country
through which he passes, besides recounting adventures on the way. He
has provided numerous colored and black-and-white pictures, being
reproductions of sketches made on the spot. These illustrations are
portraits of the native men, women, and children, scenery, churches,
animals, &c. In the opening chapter the author writes of his
preparations for this visit.”—N. Y. Times.

“This odd, unsatisfactory and fascinating essay. The present writer
can only say that for his part, he believes his author to be sincere
and correct, and one of the pluckiest, truest-hearted and most
enterprising men in the world to boot.... One of the cleverest, too,
for the drawings in colour and black and white display a very acute
artistic sense and an exquisite perception of the beauty and grandeur
of mountain scenery.”

+ + =Acad.= 68: 101. F. 4, ‘05. 570w.

“It is difficult to take Mr. Landor seriously, and we find it
impossible to follow his tour geographically.”

— =Ath.= 1905, 1: 334. Mr. 18. 530w.

“The illustrations with which Mr. Landor has liberally besprinkled the
story of his achievements are even more astonishing than the text.” H.
Addington Bruce.

— =Bookm.= 21: 307. My. ‘05. 520w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 105. F. 18, ‘05. 230w.

“Apart from some apparent faults, the book is decidedly agreeable and
even exciting reading, and presents in many ways an intimate picture
of the life of the Tibetans and their innumerable curious customs. The
colored pictures are striking and effective.”

+ + — =Outlook.= 79: 606. Mr. 4, ‘05. 130w.

“It is a weird and fascinating story, told in the author’s best vein.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 31: 508. Ap. ‘05. 90w.

“He traveled only on the outskirts of the country, and he makes some
obvious mistakes; but he writes with an assumption of the highest
expert knowledge. This swashbuckling air does not reassure the reader;
but when it comes to climbing snow mountains our imagination falters
far behind him.”

+ — =Spec.= 94: 179. F. 4, ‘05. 280w.

=Lang, Andrew.= Adventures among books. *$1.60. Longmans.

Seventeen essays are collected in this volume. Adventures among books,
Recollections of Robert Louis Stevenson, Rab’s friend, Oliver Wendell
Holmes, Mr. Morris’s poems, Mrs. Radcliff’s novels, A Scottish
romanticist of 1830, The confessions of St. Augustine, Smollet,
Nathaniel Hawthorne, The paradise of poets, Paris and Helen, Enchanted
cigarettes, Stories and story telling, The supernatural in fiction, An
old Scottish psychical researcher, The boy.

+ + + =Acad.= 68: 324. Mr. 25, ‘05. 1970w.

“It holds the sound criticism which proceeds from good taste and wide
knowledge, though it is so lightly presented as to seem mere butterfly
work.”

+ + + =Ath.= 1905, 1: 368. Mr. 25. 470w.

“But one forgives Mr. Lang his little affectations for the sake of his
delightful humor, his literary touch, and his real bookishness.”
Jeannette L. Gilder.

+ + + =Critic.= 46: 409. My. ‘05. 1770w.

“Those who have a taste for books about books will hunt long before
they will find one more tickling to the palate than Mr. Lang’s
‘Adventures among books.’” Percy F. Bicknell.

+ + =Dial.= 38: 409. Je. 16, ‘05. 2240w.

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 264. Ap. 22, ‘05. 1170w.

“They are very high class work of the moment rather than work of a
permanent quality.”

+ =Outlook.= 80: 244. My. 27, ‘05. 220w.

“Mr. Lang’s account of his own ‘adventures among books’ is full of
teaching and attractiveness. So indeed are all the papers that make up
this volume.”

+ + =Spec.= 94: 924. Je. 24, ‘05. 250w.

=Lang, Andrew.= History of Scotland from the Roman occupation. V. 3, *$3.50. Dodd.

The period covered in the third volume of Mr. Lang’s history begins
with the accession of Charles I., and continues to the end of Argyll’s
rising, 1625-1688. “With always interesting details, he carefully
considers successively the Protestant disruption, the riot in St.
Giles’s church and its consequences, the bishops’ war, the Scotch
invasion of England, the relations of the commonwealth to Scotland,
finally the restoration.... It is true that the period was one of
theological, political, and physical conflict, measured by the battles
of Aberdeen, Auldearn, Alford, Kilsyth, Carbinsdale, Dunbar.... But
out of the general swaying, struggling mass of men rise certain
commanding figures who receive characteristic treatment from Mr.
Lang—Hamilton, Montrose, Charles the First, Sharp, Argyll, Cromwell.”
(Outlook).

“If the present volume maintains the standard of excellence set by its
predecessors it does not escape the shortcomings that characterized
them. The proportion is occasionally obscured and the connection of
events lost sight of, by the inclusion of details which although
interesting are unrelated. The disposition of the material and the
general structure of the volume are, on the other hand, excellent; and
some of the characterizations—notably those of the two Argylls,
Montrose and Archbishop Sharp—are altogether vital and admirable.”
Gaillard Thomas Lapsley.

+ + — =Am. Hist. R.= 11: 150. O. ‘05. 1400w.

“The impression received from this work is that the author is not
attempting to write a formal history of Scotland, but is rather using
the materials he has collected and studied to test the accuracy of
earlier works by well-known authors. The result is that while those
who are intimately familiar with the details of Scottish history will
find Mr. Lang intensely interesting as a critic and as a shrewd
investigator, uncovering new sources of information, the ordinary
reader must frequently be puzzled to understand the connection and
relation of events. But in respect to exact statement of doubtful
events at least, Mr. Lang’s work is a fine example of modern
scholarship, being based on a careful analysis of the documents and
other sources available for the study of Scottish history.”

+ + — =Dial.= 38: 19. Ja. 1, ‘05. 470w.

“He is, as usual, at his best in appreciations of character, and, as
usual, he sees important points which have generally been ignored. His
work suffers somewhat from its great accuracy in points of detail. Mr.
Lang has gone to the original sources, and ... he has thrown fresh
light on many obscure topics, and he has brought a sane and
enlightened judgment to bear on the numerous controverted issues in
his story.”

+ + =Eng. Hist. R.= 20: 799. O. ‘05. 710w.

“He takes little or no thought about style, but simply jots down the
facts in a succession of short sentences. The modern passion for
scrutinizing all the sources and presenting their results in the most
plain and summary fashion has seized and carried away this
accomplished man of letters. The chief blemish of the book is the
spirit in which it is written. We might have expected Mr. Lang, in
dealing with men and events that lie two centuries and a half behind
him, to show that calmness and detachment which befit the philosophic
historian. The best parts of his book, and certainly the most
readable, are those which describe the campaigns of that brilliant
leader [Montrose].”

+ + — =Nation.= 80: 13. Ja. 5, ‘05. 2240w.

=R. of Rs.= 30: 756. D. ‘04. 70w.

“It is less frequently relieved by what Stevenson termed its author’s
‘incommunicable humour.’ There is, further, in this volume a good deal
more than we have noticed before of Mr. Lang’s ‘perversity.’”

— + + =Spec.= 94: 716. My. 13, ‘05. 2850w.

=Lang, Andrew.= John Knox and the reformation. *$3.50. Longmans.

In his account of the life of John Knox, Mr. Lang has endeavored to
get behind enveloping traditions and reveal the real man. He
criticises Knox’s history carefully and disagrees with it. He gives
much Scottish history and an interesting account of Knox’s struggle
with Mary Stuart and his onslaught upon Mary of Guise in which is much
gentle irony.

“Even in exposing the enormities of John Knox he keeps his literary
temper, and instead of breaking the reformer’s head with a bludgeon,
gently pricks him with the pin-point of his scorn.”

+ =Acad.= 68: 585. Je. 3, ‘05. 1580w.

=Am. Hist. R.= 10: 942. Jl. ‘05. 60w.

“The book is exceedingly lively in tone and style, but is, we think,
rather spoilt throughout by the apparent desire to make points.”

+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 2: 230. Ag. 19. 2020w.

“But because the work is as true and impartial as it is, it is the
best life of Knox we have.”

+ + + =Cath. World.= 81: 693. Ag. ‘05. 470w.

“Mr. Lang writes as a man of letters, without much respect for popular
traditions or what the elders consider orthodoxy. He goes not only to
the sources, but back of tradition, even to the intensely human John
Knox. Lang makes Knox not less great, but more human.”

+ + =Critic.= 47: 381. O. ‘05. 310w.

“From the beginning to the end of his book, Mr. Lang employs all the
resources of his literary art, irony, denunciation, special pleading,
to discredit the great Reformer.” Charles H. Cooper.

— =Dial.= 39: 206. O. 1, ‘05. 310w.

“But what separates Mr. Lang from his colleagues in this literature is
a marked lack of sympathy with the public life of his subject. That he
writes a charming book is a matter of course.”

+ =Lond. Times.= 4: 190. Je. 16, ‘05. 460w.

“Mr. Lang has studied his subject as few of the more solemn of his
biographers have, and exhibits in his entertaining book a very human,
powerful, and not unlikable Knox.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 432. Jl. 1, ‘05. 990w.

“It would command universal admiration (out of Scotland general
assent) if it were not for a satirical style, which hardly befits
history.”

+ — =Sat. R.= 100: 440. S. 30, ‘05. 580w.

* =Lang, Andrew.= Oxford. *$1.50. Lippincott.

“This edition has fifty illustrations reproduced from drawings or
etchings by J. H. Lorimer, Alfred Dawson, Toussaint, Brunet-Debaines,
Ernest Stamp, Lancelot Speed, T. H. Crawford, R. K. Thomas, and Joseph
Pennell, and there are one or two rather charming drawings to which no
artist’s name is given. The book itself is too well known to need
discussion now.”—Acad.

* “The present edition makes a very pleasant gift-book.”

+ =Acad.= 68: 1111. O. 21, ‘05. 90w.

* + =Nation.= 81: 444. N. 30, ‘05. 110w.

* + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 825. D. 2, ‘05. 1380w.

* =Lang, Andrew,= ed. Red book of romance. **$1.60. Longmans.

“‘All the stories were done by Mrs. Lang out of the old romances,’
says the editor, who proffers excellent advice as to what should be
read, being the sworn foe of the youthful prig. Mr. H. J. Ford has
provided alluring illustrations, some of which are full of bright
color. The stories come largely from the North, which produces,
perhaps, the best romances in the world; but we have also ‘The tale of
the Cid,’ ‘Don Quixote’s homecoming,’ ‘Cupid and Psyche,’ ‘Guy of
Warwick,’ and others.”—Ath.

* “It is full of the kind of entertainment always provided by its
compiler.”

+ =Acad.= 68: 1287. D. 9, ‘05. 90w.

* + + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 576. O. 28. 110w.

* “No better reading for the young will be found among this year’s
Christmas books.”

+ + =Critic.= 47: 576. D. ‘05. 50w.

* “The book is rich in appearance and varied in contents.”

+ =Ind.= 59: 1387. D. 14, ‘05. 60w.

* “The stories are all told by Mrs. Lang and are in a graceful easy
style, except for a trick of generalization in a would-be humorous
fashion, and occasional unpleasant affectations.”

+ + — =Nation.= 81: 503. D. 21. ‘05. 150w.

* “A fine book for a holiday gift either for a youngster, or an old
person with a young heart.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 764. N. 11, ‘05. 190w.

* “Mrs. Lang has written the stories out of the old romances and has
done it admirably.”

+ + =Outlook.= 81: 684. N. 18, ‘05. 130w.

* =Sat. R.= 100: sup. 9. D. 9, ‘05. 220w.

* + =Spec.= 95: 692. N. 4, ‘05. 310w.

=Lankester, Edwin Ray.= Extinct animals. *$1.75. Holt.

“A peep at the strange and wonderful history of extinct animals” thru
which the author hopes to awaken in young people an interest in its
further study. The volume embodies a corrected shorthand report of a
course of lectures adapted to a juvenile audience given by the author
during the Christmas holidays, 1903-4 at the Royal institution,
London. The lantern slides used in the lectures have been converted
into process blocks to illustrate the volume, there are over two
hundred illustrations and drawings, many of which are from photographs
of specimens in the Natural history museum.

* “It may safely be said that since the days of that ‘most delightful
collector and explorer of the earth’s crust, Dr. Gideon Mantell,’
there has been published no book on this subject combining so
successfully the virtues of accuracy and attractiveness.”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 4: 357. O. 27, ‘05. 1010w.

“We give the book a hearty welcome, feeling sure that its perusal will
draw many young recruits to the army of naturalists and many readers
to its pages.”

+ + + =Nature.= 73: 6. N. 2, ‘05. 1140w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 657. O. 7, ‘05. 320w.

* =N. Y. Times.= 10: 833. D. 2, ‘05. 100w.

“It is well adapted to arouse the interest of adult as well as
youthful minds in a fascinating branch of study.”

+ + + =Outlook.= 81: 681. N. 18, ‘05. 180w.

“Appealing chiefly to young people ... the author adopts an easy,
somewhat conversational style, as free as possible from unnecessary
technicalities. But simple and elementary though the book is, it is by
no means confined to matter already well known even to scientific
readers.”

+ + + =Sat. R.= 100: 597. N. 4, ‘05. 1680w.

=Larned, Josephus Nelson.= Seventy centuries of the life of mankind. 2v. $4.50. C. A. Nichols Co., Springfield, Mass.

“These volumes are evidently intended for the general reader who
wishes an intelligent grasp of the broad outlines of general
history.... The biographical prefaces to each period are unique and
useful, the index is good, the illustrations are chosen with
discrimination.”—Ind.

“The arrangement of the work is not striking and the impressions
conveyed are not clear cut. He has made remarkably discriminating use
of excellent and recent materials available in English.”

+ + — =Ind.= 59: 576. S. 7, ‘05. 810w.

* “Makes the serious error of a chronological arrangement regardless
of the logical sequence of events, and he divides time into periods
measured by the lives of great men—a method destructive of real
historical unity.”

+ — =Ind.= 59: 1155. N. 16, ‘05. 50w.

“Unlike most abridgments, it is extremely readable, and is well
calculated to stimulate the beginner to further inquiry. When all is
said, however, the excellencies of the work outweigh its defects.”

+ + — =Outlook.= 80: 984. Ag. 19, ‘05. 470w.

=R. of Rs.= 32: 509. O. ‘05. 130w.

=Larson, Laurence Marcellus.= King’s household in England before the Norman conquest. 50c. Univ. of Wis.

A monograph submitted for the degree of doctor of philosophy at the
University of Wisconsin. First comes a discussion of the relations of
the king and his nobles, the eorls, gesiths, and thegns; then the
various officers of the royal household, the king’s reeve, seneschal,
butler, chamberlain, staller, and house-carls are considered and the
development of their offices is traced.

“Exhibits much more originality and power of research than the average
doctoral thesis, it also displays a linguistic equipment and a lucid
style. He has carefully exploited charters, laws, chronicles, sagas,
lives of saints, and poetic monuments in quest of evidence bearing on
his subject; and the result is a substantial contribution to our
knowledge of Anglo-Saxon institutions.” C: Gross.

+ + + =Am. Hist. R.= 10: 631. Ap. ‘05. 690w.

“Is an admirable study of a subject beset with great difficulties. Dr.
Larson deserves warm praise for the skill which he has shown.”

+ + + =Yale R.= 14: 229. Ag. ‘05. 140w.

=Latham, Charles.= Gardens of Italy: a series of over 300 illustrations from photographs of the most famous examples of Italian gardens, with descriptive text by E. March Phillipps. 2v. $18. Scribner.

“A pair of very sumptuous folio volumes containing the collected
series of photographs of Italian gardens by Mr. Charles Latham....
These fine photographs have more than an artistic charm; one dwells on
them all with delicious memories.” (Lond. Times.) “As a photographer
of architecture, and especially of gardens, Latham stands among the
ablest.... Some descriptive text by E. March Phillipps accompanies the
pictures. It is of a gossiping, semi-historical sort.” (Nation.)

* “He who has never seen them will find the present treatment at once
comprehensive and suggestive.”

+ =Dial.= 39: 381. D. 1, ‘05. 330w.

+ + =Lond. Times.= 4: 215. Jl. 7, ‘05. 100w.

“The value of such a splendid collection of photographs as Mr.
Latham’s is so evident, and the expense of securing them so great,
that it is much to be regretted, that they should not be accompanied
by plans.”

+ + — =Nation.= 81: 341. O. 26, ‘05. 380w.

“Miss Phillipps brings to her descriptive text those elements of
knowledge which are most conducive toward a pleasant and worthy
realization of her work.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 758. N. 11, ‘05. 760w.

* “The text leaves somewhat to be desired; there is in it much too
little of the noble art of landscape gardening.”

+ — =Outlook.= 81: 705. N. 25, ‘05. 160w.

=Laurvik, John Nilsen=, tr. See =Michaelis, Karin.=

=Laut, Agnes Christina.= Pathfinders of the West. **$2. Macmillan.

This volume “tells the story of the men who discovered and explored
the great Northwest. First among the explorers of the land west of the
Mississippi the author places Pierre Radisson, claiming precedence for
him over Marquette, Joliet, and La Salle.... The discovery of an
account of Radisson’s voyages, written by himself, the authenticity of
which has been generally admitted by scholars, has induced the author
to popularize the story of his life in the West and rescue his name
from oblivion.” (Cath. World.) There are many illustrations, an
historical appendix and an index.

“But whatever we may decide as to Miss Laut’s theory as to the
Mississippi and Lake Superior discoveries, two facts remain: first,
Radisson and Groseillers were pathfinders—in the real sense—to Hudson
Bay; and, secondly, the author has made a readable translation of much
of Radisson’s narrative.”

+ =Am. Hist. R.= 11: 199. O. ‘05. 420w.

“More absorbing than the most thrilling romance of imaginary heroes.”

+ + =Cath. World.= 81: 128. Ap. ‘05. 230w.

“Her work is not merely authentic, and founded, as history must always
be founded, on the original documents, but it is vivified by the touch
of an artist.” Lawrence J. Burpee.

+ + + =Dial.= 38: 353. My. 16, ‘05. 1260w.

=Nation.= 80: 318. Ap. 20, ‘05. 1120w.

“Asks us to readjust our notions of the early history of the western
United States. Miss Laut is doing a work which deserves well of
historians in following up to their sources the stories and traditions
of the Western history of our country and retelling the stories in her
characteristically clear style.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 31: 248. F. ‘05. 160w.

=Lawson, Publius Virgilius.= Bravest of the brave. Captain Charles de Langlade. $1.50. Log cabin inn, Menasha, Wis.

Altho the hero of this sketch fought upon the other side in the French
and Indian war and the Revolutionary war, he compels the interest of
Americans as a great French-Canadian pioneer. The account of some of
the “ninety-nine battles, skirmishes and border affrays” in which he
took part is stirring.

=Pub. Opin.= 38: 135. Ja. 26, ‘05. 410w.

“From materials in the possession of the Wisconsin historical society,
and from other sources, Mr. Lawson has constructed a most interesting
sketch of this ardent pioneer and fighter.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 31: 249. F. ‘05. 110w.

=Lawson, Publius Virgilius.= Prince or creole: the mystery of Louis Seventeenth. $1.50. G. Banta pub. co.

An attempt to prove that the late Rev. Eleazer Williams, who devoted
his life to missionary work among the Indians, was really the boy
king, son of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI, and that instead of dying
in the Temple prison, Paris, he was sent to America where he grew up
as the son of a half-breed.

“He has not marshaled his evidences; his brief is a hodge podge; his
statements, made with much éclat, are unsubstantiated by references.
He has not even the grace of style to make his book interesting.”

— — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 363. Je. 3, ‘05. 430w.

“If he does not succeed in winning his readers to his way of thinking,
Mr. Lawson may at least take to himself the credit of having
recounted, in an entertaining way, a narrative of high interest
altogether apart from that naturally attached to historical
mysteries.”

+ =Outlook.= 80: 446. Je. 17, ‘05. 240w.

=Leach, Albert Ernest.= Food inspection and analysis, for the use of public analysis, health officers, sanitary chemists, and food economists. $7.50. Wiley.

“The foregoing title very well describes this book written by one of
America’s analysts of longest experience in this field of
chemistry.... Food inspection, its principles and the precautions
necessary in its conduct are ably, though briefly discussed.... The
mass of information gathered in American laboratories together with
the more recent developments in European food inspection, ... the
author has ably systematized and condensed.... Nearly two hundred
carefully compiled tables of composition are given, and upward of
fifty tables showing the physical characters, chemical constants,
etc., of food constituents, are introduced.... The worker in the field
of food chemistry will find of great value the list of bibliographic
references with which each chapter closes.”—Science.

“Few American contributions of importance seem to have escaped his
notice. No important class of foods has failed to receive careful
consideration. As a guide to special analytical methods the work is no
less valuable. In literary style, the book is clear and concise. There
are a few striking omissions. All considered, however, this book is
the best manual on its special subject in the English language,
possibly in any language.” William Frear.

+ + + =Science=, n. s. 21: 465. Mr. 24, ‘05. 1610w.

* =Learned, Arthur G.= Eve’s daughters: epigrams about women from world-wide sources. Compiled by a mere man and portrayed by A. G. Learned. $1.75. Estes.

“These epigrams, made by men concerning women and compiled by ‘a mere
man,’ include wise and witty sayings from the works of such men as
Goethe, Hugo, Cervantes, Tolstoy, Emerson, Shakespeare, Euripides,
Thackeray, Ruskin, Byron, Bourget, Maupassant, and many others ...
about the widow, the coquette, the flirt, the debutante, the prude,
the summer girl, and the best and highest type of womanhood as well.
The work is designed as a gift-book, and is beautifully illustrated by
Mr. A. G. Learned with delicate marginal line drawings, and more
elaborate full-page designs.”—N. Y. Times.

* “The epigrams contained herein are famous; the numerous
illustrations are not.”

+ — =Critic.= 47: 572. D. ‘05. 10w.

* “The volume belongs to the large class of pretty and amusing
gift-books which are intended not for systematic reading, but for
pleasant companionship in an idle hour.”

+ =Dial.= 39: 448. D. 16, ‘05. 140w.

* “The epigrams have been chosen with considerable judgment.”

+ =Ind.= 59: 1384. D. 14, ‘05. 50w.

* + =Int. Studio.= 27: sup. 29. D. ‘05. 80w.

* “The selection of the quotations has been carefully made.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 823. D. 2, ‘05. 150w.

=Ledoux, Louis Vernon.= Songs from the silent land. **$2. Brentano’s.

An attractive little volume which contains about forty poems on such
subjects as life, love, nature, and thought.

“All may be said to be ‘sicklied o’er with the pale cast of thought,’
rather than to evince any novel or original thought on the author’s
part. Yet the verse itself is at least of average merit.”

+ =Critic.= 46: 566. Je. ‘05. 80w.

“These two examples show Mr. Ledoux to have refined sensibilities and
something of the poetic vision; and they are fairly representative of
a body of work that is finished in execution and uniformly pleasing.”
Wm. M. Payne.

+ + =Dial.= 39: 66. Ag. 1, ‘05. 330w.

“Mr. Ledoux’s poems strike a pure and high note.”

+ =Outlook.= 80: 447. Je. 17, ‘05. 270w.

=Lee, E. Markham.= Tchaikovsky. $1. Brentano’s.

The second volume in the “Music of the masters” series. Mr. Lee’s
exposition at no time loses sight of the object of the series which is
helpfulness to the “plain man,” and in so doing he analyses,
summarizes and holds up to broad day the vitalizing facts of
Tchaikovsky’s musical genius. The symphonies, chamber music,
orchestral works, piano-forte music and songs are discussed in turn
with illustrations of the principal themes.

“His criticism is searching and candid as well as sympathetic, and his
descriptions are picturesque.” Richard Aldrich.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 308. My. 13, ‘05. 170w.

=Lee, Rev. Frank T.= Bible study popularized. *$1.25. Winona pub.

“The first chapter in this book is devoted to general information
about manuscripts and translations, and closes with commendation of
the American revision. A chapter on personal Bible study follows. The
rest of the book is taken up with illustrations of different methods
of Bible study—by books, by historic periods, by characters and
incidents—and a concluding chapter on expository preaching.”—Bib.
World.

“The style is simple and clear, although the range of subjects
required too much condensation. The critical standpoint is quite
conservative. The historical sketches are compiled from ordinary
sources.” Charles Richmond Henderson.

+ + — =Am. J. of Theol.= 9: 390. Ap. ‘05. 120w.

Reviewed by Irving F. Wood.

+ — =Bib. World.= 25: 315. Ap. ‘05. 450w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 31: 253. F. ‘05. 60w.

=Lee, Robert Edward, Capt.= Recollections and letters of General Robert E. Lee, by his son. **$2.50. Doubleday.

“The author allows Gen. Lee’s letters, written to his most intimate
ones, to form the body of the book. As these letters were written
without any idea of their being made public, this book turns the light
on the man as he really was.” (Ind.) “The hero of the Confederacy,
seen through the eyes of his youngest son, stands forth a living
personage, a kindly husband and father no less than an ideal
commander, not unduly elated by victory, nor unduly cast down by
defeat.” Some of the chapters are devoted to “Services in the United
States army,” “The confederate general,” “The army of northern
Virginia,” “Fronting the army of the Potomac,” “The surrender,” “A
private citizen,” “President of Washington college,” “The idol of the
South,” “Lee’s opinion of the late war,” “An ideal father,” and “The
reconstruction period.”

“Such comments as Captain Lee has added are delightfully told and in
perfect good taste. The style is simple, but betrays a practiced
hand.” John R. Ficklen.

+ + =Am. Hist. R.= 10: 674. Ap. ‘05. 710w.

Reviewed by M. A. DeWolfe Howe.

+ + =Atlan.= 95: 133. Ja. ‘05. 630w.

“A true representation of himself. The book does not attempt to exalt
Lee.”

+ =Ind.= 58: 155. Ja. 19, ‘05. 350w.

* “A charming work, which should be read by every Northern man who
finds himself intolerant of southern heroes.”

+ =Ind.= 59: 1157. N. 16, ‘05. 30w.

“The story is gentle and soothing, and it will not disappoint those
who may wish to forget the horrors of war and the screech-owls of
peace.”

+ + =Nation.= 80: 54. Ja. 19, ‘05. 190w.

“One cannot read this book without being convinced of the man’s
disinterested motives and nobility of character, nor can we wonder
that he developed qualities of leadership.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 30: 754. D. ‘04. 160w.

“If we must look elsewhere for a proper appreciation of the soldier,
we cannot read these Recollections without gaining a clearer knowledge
of the dignity and kindliness which distinguished the private
citizen.”

+ + =Spec.= 94: 220. F. 11, ‘05. 2420w.

=Lee, Sidney Lazarus.= Great Englishmen of the sixteenth century. **$1.75. Scribner.

The contents of this volume are based on a series of eight lectures
delivered at Lowell Institute, Boston, in the spring of 1903. After an
opening chapter on the Renaissance in England, “he has vivified the
personalities of these half-dozen men,—More, Sidney, Raleigh, Spenser,
Bacon and Shakespeare,—and has made them show forth almost the entire
activity of the age.” (Dial).

“It contains no original discoveries, no profound generalizations, no
subtleties of criticism. But it gives the results of sound scholarship
and sound common sense in a dry but pleasant way. Perhaps the best
essays in the book are those on More and Bacon.”

+ + =Ath.= 1905, 1: 73. Ja. 21. 2090w.

“With commendable fairness and conscientious criticism Mr. Lee has
handled the virtues and the weaknesses of his subjects. This volume of
essays is a valuable addition to literature on the subject.”

+ + + =Cath. World=, 81: 549. Jl. ‘05. 540w.

“The versatility of the intellect and the imagination of their age was
never better shown than in this charming account of these five men.”

+ + =Critic.= 46: 187. F. ‘05. 80w.