Chapter XXX: Part IV: gives the story of relief methods at times of disaster.” (Am (16)

“The book is no mere rehashing of the commonplace. Mr. Lee endeavors
to place these men before us in the light of their personal
environment as well as in the greater light of their relation to their
time.” J. W. Tupper.

+ + =Dial.= 38: 123. F. 16, ‘05. 930w.

“Delightfully written biographies ... prefaced by the best sketch of
the intellectual spirit peculiar to the sixteenth century which we
remember anywhere to have read.”

+ + + =Ind.= 58: 1074. My. 11, ‘05. 170w.

“One great merit of the book is the catholic sympathy it displays with
minds of very different types.... The admirable marshalling of the
facts.”

+ + =Spec.= 94: 116. Ja. 28, ‘05. 1220w.

=Lee, Vernon, pseud. (Violet Paget).= Enchanted woods, and other essays on the genius of places. *$1.50. Lane.

A “rag-bag of impressions” the author calls her “pilgrimage through
the open and hidden ways where, without any noisy calling, the Genius
loci meets her. In Italy ... at every time of year; at Pisa, Ravenna,
Venice; among Tuscan churches in summer ... in the last fir-woods of
the Apennines ... she sees what Keats might have seen.” (Spec.)

“There is also in the book, besides its charm, a sympathetic insight
into the past, born of wide and intimate knowledge, a sanity, a
clearness of vision and perspective, all of which make the author a
delightful companion.”

+ + =Critic.= 47: 478. N. ‘05. 240w.

“The habitual grace of Vernon Lee’s style is present in these pages,
and her unfailing vivacity makes her the most delightful of couriers
and engaging of companions.”

+ + =Dial.= 39: 120. S. 1, ‘05. 190w.

“This is made up of just what the guide book leaves out, the personal
equation, the temperamental interpretation.”

+ + =Ind.= 58: 1070. My. 11, ‘05. 170w.

“What gives the book a permanent value is her thorough knowledge of
the literature, the art, and the architecture of these countries in
whose remote corners she has from time to time made her home.”

+ + =Nation.= 81: 33. Jl. 13, ‘05. 310w.

“They are not very deep, many of them are quite superficial, but they
are charming, and if not full of thought themselves, may easily cause
thought in those who read them.”

+ + — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 310. My. 13, ‘05. 780w.

+ =Reader.= 6: 358. Ag. ‘05. 280w.

“The many little essays are very like ‘Vernon Lee’s’ other work, which
is always pretty and delicate, and shows a capacity for arriving at
the genius of places.”

+ =Sat. R.= 99: 637. My. 13, ‘05. 170w.

“Her remarks contain much more than empty fancy and personal
enjoyment; she sees, but she also thinks, and so the book is worth
reading for its wisdom as well as its beauty.”

+ + =Spec.= 94: 330. Mr. 4, ‘05. 1550w.

=Leech, John.= Pictures of life and character. $1.50. Putnam.

A collection of the cartoons of John Leech, taken mainly from Punch.

* =Ind.= 59: 1390. D. 14, ‘05. 60w.

“They have historic value, no doubt, for manners and customs, for
dress, etc. In some the humor of the drawing suffices; in many the
legend is necessary for the smile.”

+ =Nation.= 81: 278. O. 5, ‘05. 180w.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 723. O. 28, ‘05. 200w.

* =N. Y. Times.= 10: 836. D. 2, ‘05. 180w.

“It is pleasant to have in this book so full and satisfactory a
collection of John Leech’s pictures.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 835. O. 7, ‘05. 50w.

=Lefevre, Edwin.= Golden flood. †$1. McClure.

The story of a young chemist who outwitted both the president of New
York’s largest bank and the richest man in the world by depositing
assay office checks to the amount of several millions a week until the
great financiers believed that he manufactured his gold in his
laboratory is cleverly told. Wall street and the reader are excited
until the young man has made his fortune and explained his methods.

“Mr. Lefevre’s delightful sense of humor would sufficiently commend
his book, were it not also remarkable for its technical adroitness and
its excellent character touches.”

+ + =Critic.= 47: 283. S. ‘05. 90w.

“This is an exceedingly interesting story.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 359. Je. 3, ‘05. 300w.

“Mr. Edwin Lefevre has constructed an interesting story with a most
ingeniously worked out dénouement. It is a dénouement in the very
simplicity of which lies its strength.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 390. Je. 17, ‘05. 220w.

+ =Pub. Opin.= 39: 26. Jl. 1, ‘05. 190w.

“That story, however, has more than its element of uniqueness to
recommend it. The studies in the characters of great financiers,
Gentile and Jew, are of unusual vividness and verisimilitude.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 31: 759. Je. ‘05. 120w.

=Le Gallienne, Richard.= Painted shadows. †$1.50. Little.

These are not stories, nor essays, nor a part of prosaic today; they
are verily painted shadows, as clear, as fanciful, and as elusive.
There is much charming verse and much poetic prose, and many truthful
things which strike home to a troubled soul. “The youth of lady
Contantia,” “The shadow of a rose,” “What of love? What of fame?”—they
were real only so long as they ran before us, shining shapes of
promise. They were real only so long as they were shadows. “Old
silver,” with its exquisite song, “The woman of dreams,” “Household
gods,” “Dear dead woman,” “The two ghosts”; they and the others form a
book which will be dear to all who love what is good and beautiful in
literature.

“Devotees of the realistic school in literature will never enjoy Mr.
Le Gallienne’s work, but for those who value a story more for its fine
literary quality than for its fidelity to the real conditions of life,
his beauty of phrasing and delicacy of imagination hold a charm which
never grows old.” Amy C. Rich.

+ + =Arena.= 33: 221. F. ‘05. 160w.

“... In ‘Painted shadows,’ where pretty phrasing usurps the place of
beautiful thought, where the mental amiability of the author’s
attitude is unsupported by any vigor or nobility of utterance.”

— + =Reader.= 5: 784. My. ‘05. 570w.

“Le Gallienne’s style, when at its best, is one of the finest things
in contemporary literature. It is distinctly at its best in ‘Painted
shadows.’ Should add materially to Mr. Le Gallienne’s reputation.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 31: 116. Ja. ‘05. 110w.

“He touches life with a delicate brush. His plots are not strong, or
very purposeful; but they have the true aroma of my lady’s boudoir. He
does not hesitate to use the impossible fancies of mediaeval romance
to bring his stories to a desired consummation.” J. R. Ormond.

+ =The South Atlantic Quarterly.= 4: 98. Ja. ‘05. 180w.

=Le Gallienne, Richard.= Romances of old France. **$1.50. Baker.

Daintily bound, with marginal drawings the floral designs of which, in
pale green ink, wander across its pages, this small volume contains
the old stories of King Florus and the fair Jehane; Amis and Amile;
The tale of King Coustans the emperor; Blonde of Oxford and Jehan of
Dammartin; Aucassin and Nicolete; and The history of over sea, all
retold in the author’s own delicate fashion with little digressions
and comments.

* + =Critic.= 47: 581. D. ‘05. 50w.

* “Mr. Le Gallienne’s style is graceful, piquant, and spirited,
without being archaic; and he tells as much of the stories as most
readers will care to hear.”

+ + =Dial.= 39: 446. D. 16, ‘05. 180w.

* =Nation.= 81: 484. D. 14, ‘05. 120w.

* “He is near enough to his readers in lack of deep learning and near
enough to his subjects in romantic feeling to give his work an
undoubted interpretative value.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 830. D. 2, ‘05. 500w.

+ + =Outlook.= 81: 684. N. 18, ‘05. 100w.

* =R. of Rs.= 32: 753. D. ‘05. 20w.

=Le Gallienne, Richard,= tr. See =Hafiz.= Odes from the Divan of.

=Legg, Leopold George Wickham=, ed. Select documents illustrative of the history of the French revolution and the constituent assembly. 2v. *$4. Oxford.

The editor’s aim is “to tell the story of the Revolution ‘almost in
the words of the Frenchmen of the time.’ For this purpose he has made
his selections chiefly from ... such journals as the political part of
the Mercure de France, edited by Mallet du Pan, Mirabeau’s Courrier de
Provence, and Brissot’s Patriote français.... Occasionally the texts
of laws vital to the comprehension of the period are inserted in the
body of the work, while others fill about one hundred pages of the
appendix.” (Dial.)

“Along with numerous capital features there are some grave defects.
The finding apparatus is not what it should be. The dogmatic manner
and the partisan spirit which mark these comments are particularly out
of place in a work which will probably find its chief use among
university students.” Frank Maloy Anderson.

+ + — =Am. Hist. R.= 11: 196. O. ‘05. 500w.

“Mr. Legg’s selections are made with excellent judgment, and are all
interesting.”

+ + + =Dial.= 39: 117. S. 1, ‘05. 380w.

“Two volumes of extracts that are well worth the editorial care he has
lavished upon them.”

+ + + =Nation.= 81: 14. Jl. 6, ‘05. 580w.

“Mr. Legg’s book is admirably edited, it supplies not only a charming
refreshment but a valuable and even an indispensable assistance to the
serious student of the French revolution.”

+ + + =Sat. R.= 100: 279. Ag. 26, ‘05. 850w.

=Legge, Arthur E. J.= Ford, The. †$1.50. Lane.

“The ford in question connects the lands of an old-fashioned peer with
those of a new soap-boiler, and its use gives cause for a feud between
the houses. On this basis it is clear that a love affair between the
millionaire’s son and the peer’s daughter is, as the doctors say,
indicated. But the peer’s middle-aged cousin and heir, Paul Gleddayne,
unwittingly introduces complication. He had loved the soap-boiler’s
wife, and Mr. Legge very frankly tells us that Ralph Harrold, the
jeune premier, might have been Paul Gleddayne’s son, though he happens
not to be. Paul at any rate is very fond of him for his dead mother’s
sake, and is distressed to find himself in the young man’s way alike
in politics and love.”—Sat. R.

“The cynical indifference with which he depicts the lax morality of
his men and women detracts much from an otherwise admirable piece of
work.”

+ — =Acad.= 68: 947. S. 16, ‘05. 370w.

“It displays close observation and an unusual knowledge of life, and
tells its story in excellent style, terse and graceful. The characters
are drawn with vigor, and altogether the book is quite out of the
ordinary in both its plot and its workmanship. While it is
interesting, however, it fails to compel interest.”

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 707. O. 21, ‘05. 300w.

“There is a pervasive air of marital infidelity about the book which
should make it popular. Mr. Legge labours his points unnecessarily,
and might with advantage refrain from working up to very obvious
epigrams.”

— + =Sat. R.= 100: 345. S. 9, ‘05. 300w.

“His novel is only incidentally melodramatic, and primarily appeals to
the reader as a study in character, not as a sensational romance. A
book which is characterized more by charm than by strength.”

+ =Spec.= 95: 323. S. 2, ‘05. 730w.

=Lent, Edward Burcham.= Being done good. *$1.25. Brooklyn Daily Eagle.

A sufferer from rheumatism gives his experience with physicians of
various schools in their attempts to cure him. “Blisters and red-hot
cautery” is followed by disquisitions upon Turkish and electric baths,
patent medicines, liver cures, hot-water treatment, and osteopathy.
The humor is so genial it will not offend even those who are
ridiculed.

“Here we have a satire, a humorous, but none the less biting satire,
upon the medical science of today and those who apply its principles.”

+ =Baltimore Sun.= :8. Mr. 8, ‘05. 120w.

“In genuine humorous style.”

=R. of Rs.= 31: 384. Mr. ‘05. 60w.

=Leonard, Mary Finley.= Story of the big front door. 75c. Crowell.

This volume of the “Twentieth century juveniles” tells of the doings
of the Hazeltine children who lived behind the big front door, of Ikey
Ford, and other boys and girls, of their aunts, uncles, and neighbors,
their plays and their clubs. The children are good children who openly
repent of their pranks, and the gentle strain of moralizing which runs
thru the book fits it for Sunday school use.

* =Leonard, William Samuel.= Machine-shop tools and methods. $4. Wiley.

A third revised and enlarged edition of a book which represents Mr.
Leonard’s “lectures on shop practice and machine design, given to the
students in the Michigan agricultural college. The text is concise,
comprehensive, and clear.... The description of the machines and tools
is good and covers the principal details without useless words. The
names of the machine parts, tools and fixtures are those used in
general shop practice.”—Engin. N.

* “The book as a whole is undoubtedly the best one on machine shop
practice that has yet appeared.” William W. Bird.

+ + + =Engin. N.= 54: 529. N. 16, ‘05. 220w.

=Le Poer, John Patrick.= Modern legionary. $1.50. Dutton.

A story uniform with Roger Patrick’s “Frontiersman.” “The tale is told
by the hero, an Irish boy of sixteen, who joins the French foreign
legion and is sent to Algeria. He describes the life of the
‘legionary’ among Chinese, Berbers, and other semi-savage tribes; and
recounts several adventures.” (N. Y. Times).

“The chief characters are drawn boldly and effectively, and the scenes
are described with a certain raciness which makes the story worth
reading.”

+ + =Ath.= 1905, 1: 782. Je. 24. 430w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 502. Jl. 29, ‘05. 450w.

“It is not easy to dismiss the idea that a vast deal of fancy is
intermingled with the fact, so extraordinary are the adventures
accredited to the narrator. Book leaves an unpleasant taste. But with
all its cynicism and unquestionable offenses against the canons of
good taste, it is not without value as a protest against the evils of
militarism and war, a forcefully worded indictment reciting the evils
attendant upon armed strife.”

+ — =Outlook.= 79: 451. F. 18, ‘05. 180w.

* =Le Queux, William.= Czar’s spy; the mystery of a silent love. 50c. Smart set.

A young Englishman, the hero of this story, becomes involved in a
series of strange happenings which occur in Italy, England, Scotland,
Finland, and Russia, and include ghastly murders, robberies and plots.
The maneuvers of a mysterious yacht owned by a band of international
criminals, the dark deeds of the strangler, governor of Finland, and
the sufferings of the beautiful young heroine whose enemies have
rendered her deaf and dumb because she knows their guilty secret, form
but a part of the thrilling and complicated plot.

* “It is a story that sets out to harrow your feelings and keep them
harrowed till the end, which is as happy as possible.”

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 860. D. 2, ‘05. 220w.

* =Le Roy, James A.= Philippine life in town and country. **$1.20. Putnam.

“Mr. Le Roy’s aim has been rather to set forth the social constituents
of the population than to describe in minute detail the customs and
manners of the people. He regards all Filipinos ... as the crude
recipients of the blessings or curses of the American system. In this
light he studies their religion, their tribal life, their family
organization, and their social status. On questions which are still
undetermined and uncertain he refrains from pronouncing
judgment.”—Pub. Opin.

* “Mr. Le Roy’s writing is always fair-minded and non-partisan in
attitude. Is both instructive and readable.”

+ + =Outlook.= 81: 836. D. 2, ‘05. 350w.

* “Everything considered, it is one of the best studies of the
essential character of the Filipinos which has yet appeared.”

+ + + =Pub. Opin.= 39: 725. D. 2, ‘05. 370w.

=Le Strange, Guy.= Lands of the Eastern Caliphate, Mesopotamia, Persia and Central Asia, from the Moslem conquest to the time of Timur. *$4. Macmillan.

“Mr. Le Strange’s book is nominally a geography, but it is more than
that—it is a fairly close description of Western Central Asia during
the time of its greatest prosperity, with especial reference, of
course to the geography of the country.”—N. Y. Times.

“We cannot express our gratitude to him better than by hoping that he
will resume his laborious task and publish another volume as well
indexed and as admirably provided with maps as that which he has
already given us.”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 4: 268. Ag. 25, ‘05. 2140w.

“Of course such a book cannot be very readable, but its value for the
students of mediaeval Hither Asia cannot be exaggerated, and even for
the student of civilization in the broad it will be full of
suggestion.”

+ + =Nation.= 81: 360. N. 2, ‘05. 380w.

“The book is extremely suggestive and provocative of thought; it tells
such tales as it has to tell in an interesting way, and throws a
strong side light on the civilization of the Arab ‘misbelievers’ at
the time when Christian Europe was groveling in outer darkness.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 664. O. 7, ‘05. 860w.

+ + =Outlook.= 81: 280. S. 30, ‘05. 120w.

=R. of Rs.= 32: 510. O. ‘05. 60w.

“Mr. Le Strange has earned the gratitude of students for the valuable
work which he has done in the field, comparatively unexplored, of
Arabian geography.”

+ + =Spec.= 95: 505. O. 7, ‘05. 350w.

=Lethaby, William Richard.= Mediaeval art from the peace of the church to the eve of the Renaissance, 312-1250. *$2. imp. Scribner.

“The book is divided into twelve chapters, of which the first deals
with the age of Constantine.... Four chapters following this treat of
the Romanesque and Byzantine.... Then comes chapter VI., which deals
with the peculiar characteristics of the later Middle ages.... This
chapter introduces the treatment of Gothic art, which fills the second
half of the volume. The discussion of it stops with the fourteenth
century. There are 66 full-page, half-tone prints and 125 text
cuts.”—Nation.

“But while Mr. Lethaby has assimilated the important results of
foreign research, he is thoroughly independent in his judgments.”

+ + =Ath.= 1905, 1: 758. Je. 17. 1260w.

+ + =Critic.= 46: 186. F. ‘05. 130w.

“The treatment is so cursory that the reader often finds little more
than a list of monuments. Mr. Lethaby’s book as a whole shows no new
grasp of the subject, no general principle or underlying philosophy
whereby to coördinate many artistic movements.” George Breed Zug.

— =Dial.= 38: 320. My. 1, ‘05. 430w.

“In Mr. Lethaby’s book we have an admirable summary of the two chief
styles of medieval art—the eastward culmination, or Byzantine school,
and the western, or Gothic.”

+ =Ind.= 58: 1364. Je. 15, ‘05. 260w.

=Int. Studio.= 25: sup. 16. Mr. ‘05. 50w.

“Two apparent characteristics of Mr. Lethaby are a laudable
willingness to take pains, and a marked readiness to adopt positive
opinions—to reach final conclusions and avow them.”

+ + =Nation.= 80: 339. Ap. 27, ‘05. 1230w.

“His book is crowded with illustrations, yet there is not one too
many.”

+ =Outlook.= 79: 95. Ja. 7, ‘05. 110w.

“It has one rather serious defect in the lack of clear bibliographical
definitions of at least of all the more important books and sources
referred to.”

+ + — =Sat. R.= 100: 119. Jl. 22, ‘05. 1700w.

“In this book, besides the lucid descriptions of the technical parts
of the Gothic architect’s work, there are passages of rare insight
into the spirit of mediaeval builders.”

+ + =Spec.= 95: 293. Ag. 26, ‘05. 270w.

=Levasseur, Pierre Emile.= Elements of political economy; tr. by Theodore Marburg. *$1.75. Macmillan.

Following practically the four-fold division of this subject, viz.,
production, distribution, exchange and consumption, M. Levasseur’s
work is “characterized by clearness and originality of presentation,
forcefulness of treatment, and conservatism of viewpoint.” (Outlook.)
The work is inadequate on the subjects of the great industrial and
economic questions of the day, monopolistic production, unionism and
strikes, etc. There are no indexes and no lists of references.

“It is short, succinct, interesting. It may well be used to supplement
other books. The translators’ work is well done.”

+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 26: 592. S. ‘05. 110w.

“Lack of logical treatment renders M. Levasseur’s book almost
incomprehensible to the beginner, for whom it is evidently intended.”

+ — =Dial.= 39: 212. O. 1, ‘05. 180w.

“Levasseur’s ‘Elements’ is fluent, commonplace, eclectic.”

+ =Ind.= 59: 931. O. 19, ‘05. 190w.

“On the whole the work is disappointing. It is decidedly inferior to
several good textbooks which already exist in English.”

— =N. Y. Times.= 10: 503. Jl. 29, ‘05. 910w.

“The merits of the original are somewhat dimmed in the present
version, wherein the phraseology is at times so awkward as to leave
the author’s meaning seriously in doubt.”

+ — =Outlook.= 80: 591. Jl. 1, ‘05. 360w.

“This work is regarded as valuable chiefly for its sound and
well-balanced statements of economic truths, and for its clear
discrimination in dealing with new theories.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 32: 510. O. ‘05. 70w.

=Levetus, A. S.= Imperial Vienna. *$5. Lane.

An account of the history, tradition and arts of Vienna, according to
the sub-title. “The volume ... is both more and less than its subtitle
implies. There is a good deal of ‘history’ (141 pages out of the 416),
an indefinite amount of ‘tradition,’ and a very little (ten pages)
about ‘art, including sculpture and painting under Franz Josef’; but
there is, in addition, something about literature, the theatre,
dancing, court festivities, society, education, and the life of the
common people. And, of course, the guide-book element is all
there—description of streets, squares, buildings, monuments, churches,
palaces, &c. The whole is enlivened by more than 150 well-selected,
and for the most part, very clever illustrations from sketches in
charcoal, pencil, and pen and ink.” (Nation).

“An admirable literary and artistic memorial of one of the most
interesting of European capitals.”

+ + =Critic.= 46: 382. Ap. ‘05. 90w.

“Unfortunately the numerous illustrations by Erwin Puchinger are
scarcely equal to the text they supplement; they lack character and
atmosphere, and are devoid of the feeling for their subject which is
so distinctive a charm of the work of Miss Levetus.”

+ + — =Int. Studio.= 24: 369. F. ‘05. 220w.

“Has consulted good, though not many, sources, and is not sensational
in the treatment of her topics. At its best utterly devoid of literary
grace, it contains many sentences of almost incredible crudity, and
some which make one wonder how they could have escaped the eye of the
most careless proof-reader.”

+ — =Nation.= 80: 140. F. 16, ‘05. 710w.

=Lewis, Alfred Henry (Dan Quin, pseud.).= Sunset trail. †$1.50. Barnes.

Cattle days, and Dodge City, the crown of the Texas cattle region,
furnish the time and place for this breezy story. Bat Masterson, who
is a real person, is the hero, and as sheriff has many adventures and
shows much courage, finally winning the love of a Boston girl by
killing seven Indians before her eyes.

* “The book is not compelling in interest.”

+ — =Critic.= 47: 477. N. ‘05. 130w.

“Mr. Lewis’s keen wit and almost hypertrophied sense of the ridiculous
makes the volume intensely interesting to those who have any well
developed humor of their own.”

+ =Dial.= 38: 392. Je. 1, ‘05. 190w.

“Except for Mr. Lewis’s ‘manner,’ they are much like other Western
tales.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 368. Je. 3, ‘05. 330w.

“These stories have less fun and more gore than Mr. Lewis’s well-known
‘Wolfville days.’”

— =Outlook.= 80: 195. My. 20, ‘05. 110w.

“Interesting adventures they are—full of roughness and readiness and
gun play.”

+ =Pub. Opin.= 38: 974. Je. 24, ‘05. 210w.

“The story is packed with adventure, and there is so steady a flow of
quiet, often grim humor in it that the reader forgets that for once he
is not getting his customary scenes of sentiment.”

+ =Reader.= 6: 361. Ag. ‘05. 270w.

=Libbey, William, and Hoskins, Franklin E.= Jordan valley and Petra. **$6. Putnam.

Two volumes containing more than 150 halftones of photographs, record
the interesting and instructive features of a journey from Baerut to
Jerusalem, covering forty-one days. The first volume gives minute
descriptions of the make-up of a caravan, methods of dealing with the
natives, the itinerary of the journey, statements as to the history of
the places visited, etc. The second volume is devoted to a description
of Petra, where for five days the party camped in the heart of the
city.

* “Many interesting, unique, and valuable features.” H. E. Coblentz.

+ + =Dial.= 39: 380. D. 1, ‘05. 750w.

+ + =Nation.= 81: 128. Ag. 10, ‘05. 790w.

“Apart from this unimportant drawback of mixing pulpit and physical
geography, however, the book is excellent, and gives a good
description of the present condition of the country through which the
Israelites passed before they entered the Promised land.”

+ + — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 605. S. 16, ‘05. 1290w.

“Apart from its scientific and antiquarian interest, their narrative
is enlivened with incident, adventure, and humor.”

+ + + =Outlook.= 80: 884. Ag. 5, ‘05. 450w.

=Pub. Opin.= 39: 283. Ag. 26, ‘05. 210w.

=Lillibridge, William Otis.= Ben Blair: the story of a plainsman. †$1.50. McClurg.

The author takes Ben Blair, of worse than unknown parentage, starts
him along that well trodden road in fiction—Western ranch life, then
makes of him a real hero, true to his ideals, a supporter of law and
order, a staunch friend, a dauntless lover, and he places this Dakota
plowman in triumphant contrast to a New York clubman. While the
situations are not new in type, they are certainly new in treatment
and strongly handled, and one regrets that the book did not appear
sooner, before the constant march of Western writers had won its
ground away.

=Lilly, William Samuel.= Studies in religion and literature. *$3.25. Herder.

“A collection of nine essays.... Some of the subjects treated are:
‘What was Shakespeare’s religion?’; ‘A French Shakespeare (Balzac)’;
‘A nineteenth century Savonarola (Lamennais)’; ‘Cardinal Wiseman’s
life and work’; and ‘Concerning ghost stories.’”—Cath. World.

“The ground covered is extensive, and the skill and versatility
displayed are of the unusual order that we expect from Mr. Lilly. But
whatever the topic, or whatever the attitude toward it, Mr. Lilly’s
work is always interesting and instructive reading.”

+ + =Cath. World.= 80: 830. Mr. ‘05. 160w.

=Lincoln, Joseph Crosby (Joe Lincoln, pseud.).= Partners of the tide. †$1.50. Barnes.

A Cape Cod story in which “a small boy is adopted on the death of his
parents by two maiden kinswomen, goes to school, and falls under the
influence of the captain of a vessel in the coasting trade. After some
years on board his ship ... they become the joint owners of a wrecking
schooner. The interest of the story is pretty well divided between the
young fellow’s love for a neighbor and schoolmate and his business
success.” (Dial.)

“Without being remarkable, the book inspires a hearty liking.”

+ =Critic.= 47: 285. S. ‘05. 70w.

“It is in the sketches of New England character threaded upon the
narrative that its chief attractiveness lies.”

+ =Dial.= 38: 394. Je. 1, ‘05. 90w.

“The book is rural drama of the sort that appeals to the rather old
and the rather young.”

+ =Nation.= 81: 123. Ag. 10, ‘05. 290w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 390. Je. 17, ‘05. 140w.

“It is all written in the best sort of sea talk, and is altogether
about as good an example of a sea yarn as often gets into print.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 433. Jl. 1, ‘05. 630w.

“Honest fun and oddity of character make the tale lively reading.”

+ =Outlook.= 80: 195. My. 20, ‘05. 70w.

“A salty story, full of quaint characters with quaint turns of
speech.”

+ =Pub. Opin.= 38: 974. Je. 24, ‘05. 270w.

Lincoln and Douglas debates; ed. by Archibald Lewis Bouton. *60c. Holt.

Professor Bouton, as a teacher of argumentation has felt the lack of
available material illustrative of the thrust-and-parry of actual
debate and has prepared these selections to supply the deficiency,
choosing them because of their value both as masterpieces of the art
of debate and as historical documents. Of the seven Lincoln-Douglas
debates in the senatorial campaign of 1858 in Illinois, those at
Freeport, Galesburgh and Alton are printed here entire, prefaced by
Lincoln’s speech of June 16 at Springfield, with which he opened the
campaign, and supplemented by the famous Cooper institute address of
Feb. 15, 1860. The volume is well annotated for class use.

=Lindsay, Charles Harcourt. (Charles Harcourt, pseud.).= Good form for men. **$1. Winston.

The prescribed code is made the authority for this “guide to conduct
and dress on all occasions,” yet the suggestions are flexible enough
to include frequent conditions that are outside the scope of
established rules. The book is convenient in form and concise in
treatment.

“This is probably the most valuable book of the character that has
appeared in America.”

+ + + =Arena.= 34: 553. N. ‘05. 180w.

“What he says as a rule is to the point and unexaggerated.”

+ =Critic.= 47: 479. N. ‘05. 70w.

“It is written in good faith, if not in good form, and contains hints
that should be helpful.”

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 555. Ag. 26, ‘05. 940w.

* Liquor problem, **$1. Houghton.

“The somewhat celebrated Committee of fifty for the investigation of
the liquor problem was organized in 1893, and has since that time
through its sub-committees published no less than five volumes
embodying the results of its labors. Of these volumes two of
considerable size considered the physiological aspects, one was
occupied with legislative aspects, one with economic aspects, and one
with ‘substitutes for the saloon.’”—N. Y. Times.

* “For the general reader this little book is the most important
treatise upon the subject. It should receive wide attention.”

+ + + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 26: 749. N. ‘05. 150w.

* “It is unfortunate that this final volume does not make any
reference to the experience of the last five years, nor to the sharp
criticism made upon the work of the committee.”

+ — =Ind.= 59: 871. O. 12, ‘05. 880w.

* “Constitutes, as might be expected from the character of the
investigating parties, about as sane a statement of the real
conditions of the liquor problem as can be obtained within small
compass. The value of the book seems to be chiefly in the papers
contributed by Dr. Billings and President Eliot.”

+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 785. N. 18, ‘05. 310w.

* =R. of Rs.= 32: 637. N. ‘05. 160w.

=Litsey, Edwin Carlile.= Race of the swift. †$1.25. Little.

Seven stories of wild animals and the tragedy which follows their
trail in their quest of food. The title story tells of the plucky run
of a mother fox foraging for her little ones; The robber baron is the
story of a feudal hawk; The ghost-coon tells of a coon which was white
but not a ghost; The spoiler of the folds, follows the hunt of a
gray-wolf; The fight on the tree-bridge is waged between an old
raccoon and a little coon-dog; The guardian of the flock is the tragic
tale of a sheep dog turned traitor; and The King of the Northern slope
depicts the last fight of a great wild cat. The volume is illustrated
by Charles L. Bull.

* “The stories have marked individuality, though the subjects of
them ... have been treated very often before. Each tale moves rapidly
and firmly, with perfect adherence to the facts of animal life, and
without sentimentality.” May Estelle Cook.

+ =Dial.= 39: 373. D. 1, ‘05. 130w.

“These seven tales ... are unusually interesting reading.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 771. N. 11, ‘05. 300w.

=Little, Archibald John.= Far East. *$2. Oxford.

“A volume of that excellent geographical series, ‘The regions of the
world.’ ... The book is no mere compilation, but written out of a full
experience. Most of the chapters are occupied with China historically
and geographically.... The description of the Yangtse valley is
especially good and complete, for on this Mr. Little writes with
unique knowledge. There are also interesting chapters on Mongolia and
Turkestan, and a very good and full account of Tibet and the various
approaches to that land.”—Spec.

“The style of the book is everywhere lucid, its thought is everywhere
original and stimulating, and even dry geographical details are
vivified by their connexion with human history.”

+ + + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 361. S. 16, ‘05. 2400w.

“It is the kind of book of which there has been genuine need for some
time.”

+ + + =Dial.= 39: 276. N. 1, ‘05. 380w.

“Is a capital illustration of what may be accomplished by judicious
condensation. Every sentence counts, and the ultimate result is not a
confusing jumble of facts and figures—as it might easily have been—but
a clear-cut picture, the details of which are unmistakable.”

+ + =Lit. D.= 31: 626. O. 28, ‘05. 140w.

+ + =Lond. Times.= 4: 283. S. 8, ‘05. 1900w.

“We congratulate Mr. Little on having given us a most readable volume,
full of information, and yet with that local colouring which is an
essential for a book to command the attention of the general reading
public.”

+ + =Nature.= 72: 626. O. 26, ‘05. 780w.

“It is an admirable summary of the geography and peoples of the Far
East, interesting to read, valuable for reference, and with an
abundance of excellent maps that will well repay study.” Cyrus C.
Adams.

+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 705. O. 21, ‘05. 2510w.

“If not technically a geographical expert, Mr. Little possesses quite
enough scientific knowledge to enable him to deal intelligently with
the problems at issue; while his personal knowledge of the region and
people enables him to infuse into his descriptions the special
interest at which the ‘Regions of the World’ series aims.”

+ + =Sat. R.= 100: 409. S. 23, ‘05. 1720w.

“Is a most comprehensive and scholarly work, written by one who has a
lifelong knowledge of the Far East, and is, in addition, an
accomplished geographer.”

+ + =Spec.= 95: 528. O. 7, ‘05. 320w.

=Littlefield, Walter=, tr. See =Noussanne, H. de.= Kaiser as he is.

=Livingston, Luther Samuel.= Auction prices of books. 4v. *$40. Dodd.

“The editor of ‘American book-prices current,’ ... not satisfied with
that meritorious labor, has undertaken to combine selectively his own
series with the English of corresponding title, and with earlier
sources antedating both. Of the four quarto volumes to result we have
the first—A to Dick, ‘Auction prices of books.’ ... This is one of
those enterprises concerning which the bare statement as just made is
all-sufficient for the connoisseur.”—Nation.

+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 1: 775. Je. 24. 1590w. (Review of v. 1.)

+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 2: 264. Ag. 26, ‘05. 1710w. (Review of v. 2.)

* “Mr. Livingston has evidently not spared himself trouble to make
this section complete.”

+ + + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 604. N. 4. 880w. (Review of v. 3.)

+ + + =Nation.= 80: 352. My. 4, ‘05. 220w.

+ + + =Nation.= 81: 53. Jl. 20, ‘05. 140w. (Review of v. 2.)

+ + =Nation.= 81: 240. S. 21, ‘05. 240w. (Review of v. 3.)

+ + + =Nation.= 81: 424. N. 23, ‘05. 360w. (Review of v. 4.)

+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 324. My. 20, ‘05. 420w. (Review of v. 1.)

+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 497. Jl. 29, ‘05. 550w. (Review of v. 2.)

“More and more, as it nears completion, does Mr. Livingston’s work
commend itself to those who have to do with books.”

+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 622. S. 23, ‘05. 240w. (Review of v. 3.)

* “The value of the work will increase.”

+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 843. D. 2, ‘05. 220w. (Review of v. 4.)

+ + + =Spec.= 94: 947. Je. 24, ‘05. 470w. (Review of v. 1.)

“There is nothing very remarkable in this portion.”

+ — =Spec.= 95: 615. O. 21, ‘05. 140w. (Review of v. 3.)

=Lloyd, Nelson (McAllister).= Mrs. Radigan: her biography, with that of Miss Pearl Veal and the memoirs of J. Madison, †$1. Scribner.

A satire upon New York social climbers in which Mrs. Radigan climbs,
her beautiful sister Pearl climbs with her, and young Jones, the real
estate agent, is pulled up hanging to their skirts. The titled
Englishman, the complacent bishop and the cotillion leader appear in
the story, which overflows with good humor.

“The book is sprightly and clever without being over-clever, and it is
written by one who knows his ground.”

+ =Critic.= 47: 477. N. ‘05. 260w.

“The story, being satire, but satire of a kindly nature, is very
bright reading.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 619. S. 23, ‘05. 430w.

“A rather clever satire, varying from the obvious to some delightfully
subtle thrusts at modern American society.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 281. S. 30, ‘05. 150w.

* + =R. of Rs.= 32: 761. D. ‘05. 100w.

=Locke, William John.= Morals of Marcus Ordeyne. †$1.50. Lane.

A London bachelor, contentedly engaged upon a “History of renaissance
morals” whose life is filled by his valet, his cat and Judith, his
clever neighbor, comes upon a beautiful oriental child strayed from a
Syrian harem and takes her to his home. This girl wakens his
slumbering passions, she elopes with a daredevil fellow, but in the
end, chastened and developed, returns to Ordeyne.

“His style is delightful, pointed, witty and finished. But for all his
admirable craftsmanship there is something wanted, and that an
essential—vitality.”

+ — =Acad.= 68: 664. Je. 24, ‘05. 420w.

“The chief distinguishing quality of the story, however, is found in
the literary and artistic merit rather than in its ethical worth.
Clearly it is a tale written to amuse. The author possesses a
peculiarly brilliant and finished style.”

+ =Arena.= 34: 107. Jl. ‘05. 430w.

“It is clever throughout, despite the sentimentalism.”

+ — =Ath.= 1905, 1: 587. My. 13. 280w.

“It is a refreshingly whimsical book.” Frederic Taber Cooper.

+ — =Bookm.= 21: 364. Je. ‘05. 670w.

“The story is intensely interesting from first to last, besides being
rich in the sort of literary and scholarly allusiveness that appeals
most strongly to the cultivated mind.” William Morton Payne.

+ + =Dial.= 38: 389. Je. 1, ‘05. 820w.

=Ind.= 59: 335. Ag. 10, ‘05. 60w.

“It is entirely original in conception, and the plot is carried out
with great skill. The conversations are particularly clever.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 307. My. 13, ‘05. 710w.

“Unusual, striking, and brilliant to a degree is this story.”

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

=Pub. Opin.= 39: 27. Jl. 1, ‘05. 220w.

“The changes of scene are frequent, the note of passion is dominant,
and the conclusion, if not unexpected, is gratifying.”

+ — =Reader.= 6: 472. S. ‘05. 190w.

“The story is unconventional, it is interesting, and it is well
written.”

+ — =Sat. R.= 99: 812. Je. 17, ‘05. 510w.

=Lockhart, John Gibson.= Life of Robert Burns. *60c. McClurg.

Uniform with the “Library of standard biographies,” this volume
contains in handy compact form the text of the edition of 1820. It has
been annotated, and an index added for the use of students and
readers.

+ =Outlook.= 81: 629. N. 11, ‘05. 30w.

=Lockhart, John Gibson.= Life of Sir Walter Scott. *60c. McClurg.

The Lockhart life of Scott has appeared in an abridged form, newly
edited with notes for the student’s use. It is uniform with the
“Library of standard biographies.”

=Lodge, George Cabot.= Cain: a drama. **$1. Houghton.

A drama dedicated to Jesus of Nazareth. It presents Cain as an heroic
defender of free thought, to whom is revealed:

“The power of life, the glory of rebellion.
The fire and love of liberty, the pride
Of freedom, poverty, solitude, and pain.”

He kills his brother that he may not live to pollute humanity by
spiritual bondage, and for the sake of the light he carries, willingly
becomes “an outcast from the laws of men.”

“The diction of the poem is almost as severe as its outline, and is
sustained throughout at a lofty pitch.” Wm. Morton Payne.

+ + =Dial.= 38: 46. Ja. 16, ‘05. 740w.

“Is a veritable volcano of poetry, pouring out real fire, mingled with
smoke and ashes. What Mr. Lodge lacks is the saving sense of humor. He
has undoubted force and passion. The whole play gives the impression
of reversed dynamics.”

+ — =Ind.= 58: 783. Ap. 6, ‘05. 80w.

“His mastery of poetic structure is still imperfect. Yet, when all due
abatement has been made, ‘Cain’ is a book of interesting promise.
There is here, moreover, in both substance and form, much to reward
attention.”

+ — =Nation.= 80: 73. Ja. 26, ‘05. 420w.

“Mr. Lodge’s drama is a personal and passionate reading of the story
of Cain and Abel, in which Cain is presented as a Biblical Prometheus
daring the wrath of heaven to bring light to the souls of men. He is
the archetype of the modern free-thinker, while Abel is the cowardly
formalist.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 18. Ja. 14, ‘05. 340w.

=London, Jack.= The game. †$1.50. Macmillan.

A story of the prize ring showing two types of fighters,—one a fine
specimen of manhood, the other fashioned after the brute order. There
is an idyllic romance too, which of course concerns the higher minded
boxer and a very human young maiden who grows jealous of her rival
“the game.” The author has drawn the savage side with deft realism,
both from the participant’s and the spectator’s viewpoint.

“Mr. London has in this book made a very decided advance in the matter
of style.”

+ + — =Acad.= 68: 809. Ag. 5, ‘05. 300w.

“This book is simply a good and spirited little report, rather too
loud for quiet tastes. There is nothing elemental here; this is sheer
street-bred sensuality, if it is anything.”

+ — =Ath.= 1905, 2: 138. Jl. 29. 300w.

“He has produced at least one story which of its kind seems to the
present writer very nearly flawless—‘The game.’”

+ + + =Bookm.= 22:35. S. ‘05. 620w.

“It is of the most banal and ordinary stamp, utterly lacking in the
dramatic power with which its author has been credited hitherto.”

— — =Critic.= 47: 285. S. ‘05. 110w.

+ + =Ind.= 58: 1480. Je. 29, ‘05. 280w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 394. Je. 17, ‘05. 160w.

“Mr. London seems for the first time unaccountably out of his element
and outside of the verities.”

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

“Mr. London’s stories are never lacking in power, dramatic quality,
and picturesqueness, but his love for the strenuous and the tragic has
led him to end his story in a way that is fairly brutal.”

+ — =Outlook.= 80: 837. Jl. 29, ‘05. 80w.

+ — =Pub. Opin.= 39: 252. Ag. 19, ‘05. 140w.

“The description of the fight itself which forms the greater portion
of the book is skilfully done. But it is only good journalism.”

+ =Sat. R.= 100: 252. Ag. 19, ‘05. 160w.

=London, Jack.= The sea wolf. $1.50. Macmillan.

“A ferryboat sinks in the San Francisco harbor, the passengers perish,
but Humphrey Van Weyden, critic, æsthete, typical specimen of
hyper-civilization, is picked up by the ‘Ghost,’ and compelled by the
captain of that ‘hellship’ to become cook’s scullion. Van Weyden is a
creature of overdeveloped brain-power, physically a plaything in the
hands of Wolf Larsen, the ship’s captain, and thus arises a struggle
between the primitive brutalities of the natural man and this last
product of the twentieth century.... The plot has further and rather
more conventional ramifications, but it is primarily the fight between
the beast in man and the man who has worked out the beast that holds
our attention, and, secondarily, the overshadowing personality of Wolf
Larsen.”—R. of Rs.

“We do not wish to deny the cleverness of much in ‘The sea-wolf,’ but
we must protest against this picture of rampant inhumanity and
brutality.”

+ — =Acad.= 68: 14. Ja. 7, ‘05. 310w.

“This romance is one of the strongest and most original stories by an
American novelist that has appeared in recent years. The story though
powerful and quite out of the ordinary lines of romance, is not a
novel that we can heartily recommend to the general reader.” Amy C.
Rich.

+ + =Arena.= 33: 452. Ap. ‘05. 610w.

“Thus the story becomes essentially an account of the development of
character under extraordinary conditions, and its aspect as a
narrative of adventure is obscured by its aspect as a psychological
study. It is not a pleasant tale to read—it is too strongly seasoned
to be that,—but it acquires a certain fascination in the course of its
telling, and fairly grips the attention in its culminating passages.”
W. M. Payne.

+ + — =Dial.= 38: 16. Ja. 1, ‘05. 440w. (Outline of plot).

“Altho thousands read in ‘The sea-wolf’ nothing but an exciting tale,
yet the ethical theorem is developed by argument and illustration with
a symmetry and completeness rare even in a serious treatise.”

+ + + =Ind.= 58: 39. Ja. 5, ‘05. 820w.

“This latest book is the high-water mark of the author’s power.
Virile, forceful, dashing though he has been from the first entry into
literature, he can do nothing more memorable than this story of a
hellship, manned by brute beasts, under a sea-wolf. It is in the
cruelty, the peace, the awfulness, the beauty of the sea, that Mr.
London has outdone himself as well as others. The book is not food for
babes, but for lovers of the sea. He must own strong nerves who would
ship with Wolf Larsen, but the Iliad of the ocean is opened before
him.”

+ + + =Reader.= 5: 378. F. ‘05. 600w.

“In depicting that fatal struggle between him and Van Weyden, Mr.
London remains entirely impartial. The book is neither a glorification
of the ‘overman’ nor of his opposite. We are told of the two, and of
their fight for life, with swift directness, with sincerity and
strength.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 31: 115. Ja. ‘05. 500w.

=London, Jack.= Tales of the fish patrol. †$1.50. Macmillan.

“The broad bays about San Francisco, and the rivers that run into
them, are sources of revenue of fishermen of several diverse
nationalities—Chinese, Italians, and Greeks. The life of the fish
patrol, whose duty it is to enforce the fishing laws, furnishes plenty
of opportunities for adventures, exciting and often dangerous. The
stories in this volume describe some of these adventures simply but
dramatically.”—Outlook.

“It is ostensibly a book for boys, but it is good reading for others
as well.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 579. N. 4, ‘05. 80w.

* “Have the freshness and vigor of the sea and not a little of its
heroism.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 712. N. 25, ‘05. 110w.

* “The stories have a fresh realism and a curt vigor which show
first-hand work.”

+ =Pub. Opin.= 39: 763. D. 9, ‘05. 140w.

=London, Jack.= War of the classes. **$1.50. Macmillan.

The book is made up of six socialistic studies entitled: “The class
struggle,” “The tramp,” “The scab,” “The question of the maximum,” “A
review,” “Wanted: a new law of development.” and “How I became a
socialist.” It is Mr. London’s purpose, he declares in his preface, to
“enlighten, to some slight degree,” the minds of a few capitalists.

“It is an interesting thought-provoking volume, to be read and
pondered, but truths and half truths are so interwoven that it is
scarcely a safe guide.”

+ — =Ann. Am. Acad.= 26: 592. S. ‘05. 100w.

“It is marred somewhat by repetition and lacks the coherence and
cogency of a logical whole. With all these defects, however, the ‘War
of the classes’ is no whit inferior in the vigour of its style and the
sweep and rapid movement of its thought to any of Jack London’s work.”
Robert C. Brooks.

+ + — =Bookm.= 22: 61. S. ‘05. 1990w.

“Some of Mr. London’s best and most lasting work is to be found in
these pages. It is regrettable, however, that certain discrepancies in
the text have not been more carefully edited.”

+ + — =Ind.= 58: 1190. My. 25, ‘05. 140w.

* “Develops the socialist attitude on modern social antagonisms in his
characteristically forcible and striking style.”

+ =Ind.= 59: 1158. N. 16, ‘05. 20w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 249. Ap. 15, ‘05. 290w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 291. My. 6, ‘05. 550w.

“The essays are full of half-truths, and half-truths that need
statement. We advise the student of modern industrial problems to read
this book; but to be slow about accepting either its picture of
conditions or its proposals for remedies.”

— + =Outlook.= 80: 144. My. 13, ‘05. 520w.

+ =Pub. Opin.= 38: 795. My. 20, ‘05. 290w.

+ — =Reader.= 6: 595. O. ‘05. 390w.

+ — =R. of Rs.= 32: 510. O. ‘05. 130w.

=Loney, S. L.= Elements of trigonometry; with answers. *90c. Macmillan.

This volume “is mainly taken from pt. 1. of the author’s ‘Plane
trigonometry,’ and is designed as an easier text-book.”—Nature.

“Altogether an admirable piece of work, and we can pay it no higher
compliment than to say it is well on the level of those other
text-books for which Professor Loney is so well known.”

+ + + =Acad.= 68: 51. Ja. 14, ‘05. 130w.

“The subject is treated in the usual way, and there is nothing to call
for special mention.”

+ =Nature.= 71: 507. Mr. 30, ‘05. 110w.

* =Long, John Luther.= Heimweh and other stories, †$1.50. Macmillan.

“Eight stories, or rather novelettes.... In the first of these, which
gives its title to the book, we are told the story of a day labourer
and his wife, from the day of their marriage to their death.... ‘The
siren’ ... describes a courtship carried on by two bold swimmers, who,
at last, swim out too far from land, and are drowned.” (Ath.) The
remaining stories are: The loaded gun; Liebereich; “Jupiter Tonans;”
“Sis;” Thor’s emerald; and Guile.

* “His aims are right, and so, for the most part, are his methods.”

+ =Ath.= 1905, 2: 686. N. 18. 280w.

* “Too much sentimentality, not enough humor, and an unfortunate lack
of compression. Mr. Long’s ingenuity and facile expression prevent
them from being wholly bad.”

+ — =Critic.= 47: 578. D. ‘05. 50w.

* “These stories do not lack imagination, but at times the gayety
seems forced, and the conversations are jerkily vivacious.”

+ — =Outlook.= 81: 382. O. 14, ‘05. 90w.

* “He has a sense of atmosphere, his point of view is individual, and
he is not without that kindly humour which laughs while it
sympathises. But he is terribly sentimental.”

+ — =Sat. R.= 100: sup. 6. D. 9, ‘05. 170w.

* =Long, John Luther.= Miss Cherry Blossom of Tokyo. †$2.50. Lippincott.

A reincarnation of this Japanese romance, in which wide margins,
Japanese flowers and fancies which wander across the text, and various
full page illustrations, some of which are in color, lend to the
interesting story of Sakura-San and the “excellent barbarians” from
England and America who play at cross purposes thruout its pages a new
and subtle charm.

* “In this and ‘Madame Butterfly’ he is seen at his best.”

+ + =Critic.= 47: 583. D. ‘05. 20w.

* + =Dial.= 39: 449. D. 16, ‘05. 110w.

* “The author has contrasted Oriental and Occidental traits in his
well-known style.”

+ =Ind.= 59: 1378. D. 14, ‘05. 30w.

* =Nation.= 81: 381. N. 9, ‘05. 80w.

* + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 822. D. 2, ‘05. 160w.

* “Told with charm and well-rendered Oriental atmosphere.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 683. N. 18, ‘05. 50w.

* =Long, John Luther.= Seffy; a little comedy of country manners. †$1.50. Bobbs.

Old Baumgarten, a Pennsylvania-German and Maryland farmer, has set his
heart upon marrying his great slow going son, Seffy, to a red-headed,
tempestuous girl, named Sally, who owns the lands lying between his
farm and the railroad. He almost brings this about, but Seffy’s
reticence allows another lover to come between him and his sweetheart.
Sally marries out of spite and comes to bitterly repent of it, while
old Baumgarten curses his son, knocks him down and sends him out into
the world where he learns to fight for things and to get them. In the
end he comes back to claim all that he lost in his youth.

* + =Dial.= 39: 447. D. 16, ‘05. 140w.

=Long, William Joseph.= Northern trails: stories of animal life in the far north. *$1.50. Ginn.