Chapter VI: discusses portal bracing, sway and lateral bracing and (2)

This new edition contains not only an accurate re-print of the edition
of 1851, but also copious editorial notes, and introduction, personal
reminiscences of Morgan by Charles T. Porter, a brief biography of
Morgan with a bibliography of his writings, a sketch of the lives of
Ely S. Parker and Charles T. Porter, an excellent index, and many
illustrations.

“One-volume reprint of the two-volume original lacks nothing desirable
in the way of critical apparatus.”

+ + =Critic.= 46: 381. Ap. ‘05. 180w.

“Still remains the best and most authoritative work on the subject.
For his editorial notes Mr. Lloyd has drawn upon every source of
information, and they reveal his wide and discriminating reading of
literature on the Iroquois. Not only a work of prime importance to all
students of Indian life and character, but a book that one reads with
genuine enjoyment for its own sake.” L. J. Burpee.

+ + =Dial.= 38: 119. F. 16, ‘05. 2300w.

=Morris, William O’Connor.= Wellington, soldier and statesman, and the revival of the military power of England. **$1.35; hf. lea. **$1.60. Putnam.

“This is the most recent volume of the “Heroes of the nations”
series.... The book is in no sense a biography of Wellington, but
almost entirely a military history. The Peninsular war forms, as it
were, the kernel.... But Wellington’s early career is not neglected.
The promise of his youth ... is well indicated in the first chapter,
and in the second, the seven years spent in India are ... treated....
The ninth chapter deals with the campaign of 1815.... The remainder of
the book, on the duke’s political life, is not so detailed.... There
are 16 portraits of the principal personages, and 16 maps and
plans.”—Nation.

“This is a hopelessly mediocre book. The book has not even ... a
correct, agreeable, and lucid style. It cannot be recommended even for
the instruction of the general public and school-boys.” R. M.
Johnston.

— — =Am. Hist. R.= 10: 692. Ap. ‘05. 260w.

Reviewed by Edward Fuller.

=Bookm.= 21: 527. Jl. ‘05. 250w.

“This seems to us the first really satisfactory account of his career
and his influence on the military power of England that has been given
in compact and popular form.”

+ + =Critic.= 46: 380. Ap. ‘05. 70w.

“Mr. Davis remarks in the concluding sentence that ‘the judge’s
conclusions, although they have been challenged by some high
authorities, deserve the attention due to acute independent study of
the original sources of information’; a statement which will probably
be indorsed by most readers of the book.”

+ + =Dial.= 38: 93. F. 1, ‘05. 290w.

“But on the whole, those who like a résumé of a period will find in
this book more than a good example of its kind.”

+ =Nation.= 80: 76. Ja. 26, ‘05. 1050w.

=Morrison, Arthur.= Green diamond. †$1.50. Page.

The pursuit of a lost diamond, which is stolen from the Rajah of Goona
and sent to England in a magnum of Tokay wine; an American buys the
wine, and not suspecting its value, sells it. Adventures thrilling and
blood-curdling follow thick and fast until at last the breathless
author and reader give up the chase.

“Arthur Morrison is entitled to rank among the better writers of
mystery or detective-stories of the present time. ‘The green diamond’
is, we think, the best of Mr. Morrison’s mystery-stories. It is one of
the best mystery tales of the present year.” Amy C. Rich.

+ + =Arena.= 33: 342. Mr. ‘05. 450w.

+ =Reader.= 5: 501. Mr. ‘05. 180w.

* =Mortimer, Alfred Garnett.= It ringeth to evensong. *$1.25. Whittaker.

The trials and blessings of old age are discussed helpfully here for
people of advancing years. The same optimism of the book commends it
to the healthy minded no less than to the mortal who looks out
drearily upon old age.

=Mother Goose.= Only true Mother Goose; ed. by Edward Everett Hale. †60c. Lothrop.

A facsimile reprint of “The only true Mother Goose” as published in
Boston in 1833, including the odd-looking woodcuts. Dr. Hale has
furnished an introduction to the book “which setting aside the Goose
fable, is really a valuable collection of political squibs and old
songs, any where from a century and a half to three centuries old.”
(N. Y. Times.)

* =Ind.= 59: 1386. D. 14, ‘05. 40w.

=Nation.= 81: 257. S. 28, ‘05. 320w.

* =N. Y. Times.= 10: 744. N. 4, ‘05. 80w.

+ + =Outlook.= 81: 281. S. 30, ‘05. 80w.

* “A quaint little volume.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 32: 640. N. ‘05. 60w.

Mother-Light: a novel. †$1.50. Appleton.

“This book places in the suburbs of Trenton, New Jersey, the
headquarters of an extraordinary religious cult, something after the
Theosophical order. Three hundred pages are devoted to describing its
mummeries and the emotions and experiences of a young woman from Ida
Grove, Iowa, its chosen high priestess, or ‘Mother-Light’.”—Outlook.

* =Ath.= 1905, 2: 267. Ag. 26. 290w.

=Outlook.= 79: 653. Mr. 11, ‘05. 90w.

=Mott, Frederick Blount.= Before the crisis. †$1.50. Lane.

A book dealing with America before the outbreak of the Civil war, and
during the campaign of John Brown and his sons. “The book is full of
graphically told adventures; but though these are exciting reading,
the picture of slavery is even more interesting. The slaves depicted
are under good masters, yet in spite of this the author shows
conclusively how the characters of both owners and slaves were
corroded by an institution which involved the absolute dependence of
one human being on the caprice of another.” (Spec.)

“Mr. Mott’s romance is a moderately deft piece of workmanship on
familiar, melodramatic lines.”

+ =Acad.= 68: 336. Mr. 25, ‘05. 180w.

“It is a thrilling story, however, and well enough told for those
readers living too far North to detect the author’s egregious errors
in representing negro character and negro dialect.”

+ — =Ind.= 59: 156. Jl. 20, ‘05. 200w.

+ =Spec.= 94: 372. Mr. 11, ‘05. 140w.

=Mott, Lawrence.= Jules of the great heart, “free” trapper and outlaw in the Hudson bay region in the early days. †$1.50. Century.

Jules Verbaux, a gaunt French-Canadian trapper, outlawed by the Hudson
Bay company, which has put a price upon his head, lives the life of
the hunted, cleverly avoiding capture. He flits like a shadow over the
frozen north and thru the fury of its storms, trapping where he can,
but wherever he rears his lone hut some relentless enemy reduces it to
ashes. A prey to brute passions in a cruel world with all hands
against him, the great heart of the man still beats warm beneath the
“petite” cap of his “enfant” who is dead, which he carries constantly
with him, the sole reminder of the wife whom he believes has deserted
him. Again and again it prompts him to noble action while his whole
being calls for vengeance. In the end he is given a bleak sort of
happiness—but it suffices, and his great heart sighs, “Je suis
content.”

* “The book offers interesting reading for boys, and even older
readers may enjoy the vivid descriptions of the hard life of the
trapper.”

+ =Nation.= 81: 448. N. 30, ‘05. 220w.

* “It is not too much to say that this book is splendid: it might not
be too much to say that it is great.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 749. N. 4, ‘05. 450w.

* “It is a strong story, happily free from much of the brutality and
dreariness that have marked so many stories of the frozen north.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 710. N. 25, ‘05. 170w.

* “They are strong stories of strong men who lived full-blooded lives
and died in whatever way ‘le bon Dieu willed.’”

+ =Pub. Opin.= 39: 699. N. 25, ‘05. 180w.

=Moule, Rt. Rev. Handley C. G.= Second epistle to Timothy: short devotional studies on the dying letter of St. Paul. *$1. Union press.

The bishop of Durham “has taken up this heart-moving Epistle with the
single intention of expounding it after the manner of a Bible reading,
not for literary criticism or enquiry but in quest of divine messages
for heart and life.” As the verses are treated in the commentary, they
are noted in the margin of each page. A poem upon “The martyrdom of
St. Paul,” written in 1876, is appended.

=Moyer, James Ambrose.= Descriptive geometry for students of engineering. $2. Wiley.

This is the second edition of this book. “It is far more than a slight
revision.... The text has been more than doubled, and the number of
diagrams increased from 33 to 77.... The text is placed on the
left-hand pages, and the diagrams, instead of being massed at the end
of the volume, as in the former edition, are placed on the right hand
pages, the space not thus used being available for notes by the
student.” (Engin. N.)

“As a whole, the book is well adapted to the needs of engineering
colleges, and in a number of important features is the most
satisfactory one now available.” Henry S. Jacoby.

+ + + =Engin. N.= 53: 535. My. 18, ‘05. 510w.

“We believe that the interests of both theory and practice would be
better served if the instruction offered by Mr. Moyer were combined
with such a course as that afforded by Professor Emch’s book.” Cassius
J. Keyser.

+ + — =Science=, n.s. 22: 115. Jl. 28, ‘05. 160w.

=Muirhead, Rev. Lewis A.= Eschatology of Jesus; or, The kingdom come and coming: a brief study of our Lord’s apocalyptic language in the synoptic Gospels. $1.75. Armstrong.

“The volume is composed of lectures given on the Bruce foundation, and
is subject to the limitations of its origin. The first lecture
considers the pre-suppositions of the study; the second, the relation
of the Jewish apocalypses to Jesus; the third, the actual teaching of
Jesus concerning the consummation of the Kingdom; and the fourth,
inclusively, the Son of man.”—Am. J. of Theol.

“The treatment, as a whole, however, can hardly be called more than
sketchy. Taken altogether, the book, though stimulating, suffers from
the fault which besets all exegetical studies dominated by
pre-suppositions. Mr. Muirhead has said some very sensible things, but
his volume presumes an attitude of mind ... that one may go the length
of literary criticism and yet refrain from dogmatic or historical
changes.” Shailer Mathews.

+ — =Am. J. of Theol.= 9: 343. Ap. ‘05. 710w.

Reviewed by H. B. Sharman.

+ — =Bib. World.= 25: 233. Mr. ‘05. 970w.

“Mr. Muirhead submits this view to careful investigation, in excellent
spirit, cautious yet receptive, and his work is one of the most
valuable of recent contributions to the understanding of the synoptic
gospels.”

+ + =Ind.= 58: 1072. My. 11, ‘05. 130w.

=Muirhead, Lewis A.= Times of Christ. *60c. Scribner.

“The author of this handy volume is favorably known by his scholarly
and fruitful work on ‘The eschatology of Jesus.’ To meet the needs of
junior students he has here expanded and simplified a former edition
of this manual, which some older students may value as an inexpensive
and convenient substitute for Schürer’s voluminous work on ‘The Jewish
people in the time of Christ.’”—Outlook.

+ =Outlook.= 80: 196. My. 20, ‘05. 60w.

=Mulets, Lenore Elizabeth.= Stories of little fishes. †$1. Page.

This sixth volume in the series of “Phyllis’ field friends” opens with
the statement that one who goes a-fishing with Phyllis may expect to
catch strange things, and that under the general title of fishes the
reader may chance upon an eel, a turtle, or a frog. Then follows a
mixture of fact and fiction which will delight the young, altho the
combination of scientific truth and fairy story is rather daring.

* “They are entertainingly written.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 860. D. 2, ‘05. 40w.

=Mulock, Miss, pseud.= See =Craik, Dinah Maria.=

=Mumford, Ethel Watts.= Joke book note book. **75c. Elder.

This note book for jokes is a clever little conceit, cleverly carried
out. It is in pocket size with pages left blank for the instant
jotting down of the illusive joke. An illustrated thumb index makes
reference to the different divisions easy, while the head pieces,
which are real heads, the tail-pieces, which are real feet, and the
general make up, are jocose enough to fit whatever may be recorded.

* + =Dial.= 39: 384. D. 1, ‘05. 120w.

=Mumford, Ethel Watts; Herford, Oliver, and Mizner, Addison.= Complete cynic’s calendar of revised wisdom for 1906. **75c. Elder.

The same cynicisms applied to a new calendar. The book is made as
attractive as its predecessor, with marginal drawings done in red ink.

* “This 1906 edition is better as a whole than any of its
predecessors. The cream of the old ‘twister’ proverbs has been
retained, and the new ones are equal to the best of the old.”

+ + =Dial.= 39: 384. D. 1, ‘05. 70w.

* =Munk, Joseph Amasa.= Arizona sketches. **$2. Grafton press.

Dr. Munk “describes not only the Grand cañon of the Colorado, with
which we are all more or less familiar from former accounts, but also
such little-known phenomena as the Meteorite mountain and the oddities
of desert vegetation.... There are also interesting chapters on the
structures of the cliff dwellers, and entertaining accounts of the
habits and customs of the snake dancers, the modern Moquis. The book
is profusely illustrated from photographs.”—R. of Rs.

* + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 824. D. 2, ‘05. 140w.

* + =R. of Rs.= 32: 754. D. ‘05. 120w.

=Munro, Dana Carleton, and Sellery, George Clarke=, eds. and trs. Medieval civilization: selected studies from European authors. *$1.25. Century.

“The compilers of this volume designed it as an aid to instructors and
students in mediaeval history. The book includes samples of many
authorities bearing on the points on which the student of mediaeval
history will be likely to need special illumination.”—N. Y. Times.

“The volume is especially adapted to institutions where the libraries
are limited in scope.”

+ =Critic.= 46: 384. Ap. ‘05. 50w.

“Prepared with praiseworthy care and good judgment.”

+ + =Nation.= 80: 445. Je. 1, ‘05. 690w.

“Each student may use it as an auxiliary. The volume will be
practically serviceable for the purpose for which it is intended. Even
readers with fairly correct general conceptions of the period will
find much that is new to them.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 54. Ja. 28, ‘05. 410w. (Survey of contents.)

+ =Pub. Opin.= 38: 136. Ja. 26, ‘05. 280w.

+ + =R. of Rs.= 31: 509. Ap. ‘05. 60w.

* =Munro, Hugh Andrew Johnstone.= Criticism and elucidations of Catullus; also Ætna revised, amended and explained. *$4. Stechert.

A reprint of a volume which “first appeared in 1878, and has for some
time been a rare book, not easily procured. Mr. J. D. Duff contributes
a prefatory note to the effect that three short papers, printed by
Munro in ‘The journal of philology’ after the publication of his book,
have been added, a few misprints have been corrected, and a few fresh
notes by Munro himself included. Reference has also been made
occasionally to discussion of points since Munro’s day. But the book,
as at present printed, is only two pages longer than in the old form.
This masterpiece of Munro, with all its liveliness of style, knowledge
of Latin, and feeling of poetry, ought to be known to every classical
scholar.”—Ath.

* “Our best thanks are due to those who have made it available for the
present generation.”

+ + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 368. S. 16. 190w.

* + =Nation.= 81: 402. N. 16, ‘05. 200w.

=Munsterberg, Hugo.= Americans; tr. by Edwin B. Holt. **$2.50. McClure.

“A translation of Professor Munsterberg’s ‘Die Amerikäner,’ recently
published in Germany. It aims to be a general explanation of the
American people—their history, their customs and their political and
social life. He discusses the methods used by the Americans in meeting
such vital problems as the silver question, trusts, the negro
question, divorce, huge fortunes, displays of wealth, etc.”—Bookm.

“The work, in spite of its undoubted merits, lacks the keen
incisiveness that distinguished the ‘American traits.’ At times the
style is rather diffuse, and in place of brilliant generalizations one
gets somewhat barren generalities.”

+ — =Acad.= 68: 389. Ap. 8, ‘05. 3090w.

“We regard the work as one of the most subtly dangerous books, if one
is not on the alert to detect its fallacies, that has appeared in
years. Apparently liberal, it is in fact ultra-reactionary in so far
as its attitude toward true democracy is concerned. The author’s
desire to make the Americans appear to the best advantage to the
aristocratic and cultured of monarchial Germany leads him at times to
indulge in the same sophistical special-pleadings that mark his
treatment of democracy and the genius of free government which we have
dwelt upon in our editorial.” Amy C. Rich.

— — + =Arena.= 33: 333. Mr. ‘05. 1700w.

“Excellently translated. His work deserves to find an honourable place
in all libraries as a supplement to the more solid volumes of Mr.
Bryce.”

+ + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 76. Jl. 15. 490w.

+ + =Critic.= 46: 191. F. ‘05. 150w.

“By plan, selections of topics, and perspective of presentation, the
work seems measurably suited to its objective purpose. The
self-assertive American cannot refrain from expressing with regret but
with conviction, his inability to endorse the judicial pronouncements
or the philosophic standpoint of ‘The Americans.’ It is possible that
we lack the gift to see ourselves as others see us; but we cannot
candidly laud the lifelikeness of the portrait when we are introduced
into its presence.” Joseph Jastrow.

+ — =Dial.= 38: 145. Mr. 1, ‘05. 3900w.

“The translation is ... written in a fluent style and betraying little
of the awkwardness which attaches to so many translations and at once
betrays them as such, a cursory examination of passages taken at
random reveals not a few infidelities, inaccuracies and inaptitudes.”

+ + — =Nation.= 80: 12. Ja. 5, ‘05. 450w.

“The tone of the work is essentially optimistic. Of the two [’American
traits’ and ‘Americans’] the latter is by far the most pretentious. It
is comparable rather with such a work as Emile Boutmy’s ‘The English
people.’ To defect of method must be added blemishes of misstatement
and even errors of prejudice. There can be no doubt that it renders a
distinct service to the readers of both countries. Seldom have we seen
such a complete record of American achievement, individual and
national, as is embodied in the pages dealing with the concrete facts
of our development.”

+ + — =Outlook.= 79: 446. F. 18, ‘05. 970w.

“One of the most thoughtful, valuable dissections of American national
character by a foreigner is ‘The Americans.’”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 31: 382. Mr. ‘05. 210w.

“The book is a typical specimen of the best German method. The whole
book is an admirable defence of what is best in American life, but at
the same time there is a wholesome suggestion of that other side.”

+ + — =Spec.= 94: 894. Je. 17, ‘05. 1660w.

=Munsterberg, Hugo.= Eternal life. **85c. Houghton.

“Two friends are sitting at the hearth after a funeral, and one gives
the other his thoughts on immortality, as recorded here in an imagined
monologue. There is an Oversoul, whose will-attitudes are the norms of
the good, the beautiful, and the true. These are eternal. These
will-attitudes we may make ours, yet they become ours ‘only in so far
as our consciousness, is the over-individual consciousness, the
Oversoul.’”—Outlook.

“His interpretation of life in terms of will is done with
extraordinary skill and perspicuity, considering the small space
allotted to the problem in his paper. But his application of the
theory of will-values to individual immortality appears to us
unsatisfactory and weak.”

+ — =Cath. World.= 81: 537. Jl. ‘05. 690w.

“It is a spiritual structure built upon the sands of speculation.”
Edward Fuller.

+ — =Critic.= 47: 245. S. ‘05. 200w.

“It is written in a charming manner, and is really a description of
the author’s philosophy. The fault I find with Professor Munsterberg’s
philosophy is really this: that it pretends to get rid of time and
space in considering personality, and yet does not do so, and cannot,
in the nature of things.” T. D. A. Cockerell.

+ — =Dial.= 38: 415. Je. 16, ‘05. 1290w.

=Outlook.= 80: 139. My. 13, ‘05. 150w.

=Murfree, Mary Noailles.= See =Craddock, Charles Egbert, pseud.=

=Murray, A. H. Hallam; Nevinson, H. W.; and Carmichael, Montgomery.= Sketches on the old road through France to Florence. *$5. Dutton.

Mr. Murray has pictured his journey thru Normandy, central and
southern France, and Italy in a series of sketches which the equally
artistic descriptive work of Mr. Nevinson on France, and Mr.
Carmichael on Italy rounds into a volume pleasing and instructive to
both the mind and the eye.

“His book is beyond doubt the best colour-book yet issued.”

+ + =Ath.= 1905. 2: 216. Ag. 12, 370w.

“The illustrations by A. H. Hallam-Murray are full of the romance and
charm of the places he has pictured.”

+ =Critic.= 46: 480. My. ‘05. 210w.

=Murray, Grace Peckham.= Fountain of youth. **$1.60. Stokes.

The relation of personal hygiene to health and longevity, all along
the way from the commonplace in looks to genuine attractiveness is set
forth clearly and professionally in this very fully illustrated
handbook.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 659. O. 7, ‘05. 230w.

+ + =Outlook.= 80: 691. Jl. 15, ‘05. 70w.

=Mustard, Wilfred Pirt.= Classical echoes in Tennyson. **$1.25. Macmillan.

Volume III in the “Columbia university studies in English series.” A
book which sets forth the classical influence in Tennyson’s writings
by showing the kinship between many of his passages and those of the
old Greek and Latin authors. There are many explanatory and reference
notes, including the texts of the passages quoted both in English and
the original.

“This attractive little volume, it should be understood, is something
very much better than the mere digging out of such verses of Tennyson
as show resemblance to lines in Greek or Latin literature. The
erudition of the compiler is accompanied everywhere by an exact and
critical scholarship. Here and there he corrects errors of Tennysonian
editors and biographers—once a misquotation from memory by Tennyson
himself. For this and other reasons this book cannot safely be missed
by any student of Tennyson’s work in general, whether or not he
happens to be especially interested in its particular subject.”
Herbert W. Horwill.

+ + =Forum.= 36: 401. Ja. ‘05. 840w.

“The author is often prone to seek for origins in specific things
which for centuries have been generalities in thought and language.
Prof. Mustard writes without prejudice and with a wholesome perception
of the idiosyncracies of the poet’s mind, of his knowledge, and his
imagination.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 139. Mr. 4, ‘05. 670w.

=Muther, Richard.= Jean François Millet. *$1. Scribner.

Although but a brief monograph, this addition to the “Langham series,”
gives a fair and concise study of Millet’s work. The volume is
pleasing in size, shape, and illustrations.

“Is especially notable for the justice of its point of view.”

+ + — =Nation.= 81: 347. O. 26, ‘05. 860w.

“If the account somewhat lacks the picturesque phraseology which we
find in Mrs. Ady’s biography, it has a greater note of authority.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 577. N. 4, ‘05. 130w.

My garden in the city of gardens. See =Cuthell, E. H.=

=Myers, A. Wallis=, ed. Sportsman’s year book for 1905. *$1.25. imp. Scribner.

“There are chapters by different writers on the horse racing during
the year, cricket, football, rugby, motor racing, motor boating, polo,
lawn tennis, croquet, hockey, lacrosse, amateur athletics, rowing,
coursing, cycle racing, and yacht racing. These are followed by
biographies of well-known English sportsmen and sportswomen. The
illustrations, in black-and-white, include photographic reproductions
of portraits of English champions, boats, horses, dogs, etc.”—N. Y.
Times.

=Nation.= 80: 289. Ap. 13, ‘05. 170w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 168. Mr. 18, ‘05. 240w.

=Myers, Albert Cook=, ed. Hannah Logan’s courtship: a true narrative; the wooing of the daughter of James Logan, colonial governor of Pennsylvania, and divers other matters, as related in the diary of her lover, John Smith, esq., 1746-1752. $2.50; ¾ lev. $4. Ferris.

In the diary of John Smith of Philadelphia, Quaker and business man,
is recorded the story of his quiet life and of his courtship of Hannah
Logan, whom he married in 1748. The book is illustrated by facsimiles,
autographs, silhouettes, and portraits, which aid the diary in giving
an interesting view of colonial Philadelphia.

+ =Am. Hist. R.= 10: 723. Ap. ‘05. 110w.

“The extreme frankness and naïveté of the diary, which was intended
for no eyes but those of Smith himself, add to the pleasantness of the
book, for which we are grateful to Mr. Myers.”

+ + =Ath.= 1905, 1, 393. Ap. 1. 530w.

+ + =Critic.= 47: 95. Jl. ‘05. 160w.

“A volume exceedingly attractive to students of our colonial history,
and not unattractive to the general reader.”

+ + =Dial.= 38: 273. Ap. 16, ‘05. 270w.

“The diary is not only a charming and perfectly un-self-conscious
record of a courtship of those days; it is worth much as a picture of
the manners and daily life of the Quakers of ‘the Province’.”

+ =Nation.= 80: 271. Ap. 6, ‘05. 640w.

“As the medium of presenting an excellent picture of colonial home
life the book also has value.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 397. Je. 17, ‘05. 580w.

“The plan of the book is original and it will interest many readers.”

+ =Outlook.= 79: 604. Mr. 4, ‘05. 70w.

=Myers, Frederick William Henry.= Fragments of prose and poetry. *$2.50. Longmans.

A volume edited by the wife of this high minded scholar, poet and
leader in the work of “Psychical research” three years after his
death. There is an autobiographical sketch which sets forth his
struggle with doubt and faith, followed by tributes to Ruskin,
Gladstone, Watts, Stevenson and other friends who passed before him
into the unknown. The last section of the volume contains sixty of his
poems. The whole is well illustrated.

+ + =Arena.= 33: 339. Mr. ‘05. 540w.

“But here is less an argument than a ‘document,’ the inner life of a
poet and thinker. His poems which fill nearly half the book, ... are
so good they should be better; but his congenital sin, perhaps, of
rhetoric— ... too often gets the best of them.”

+ + =Ind.= 58: 438. F. 23, ‘05. 870w.

* =Myrick, Herbert.= Cache la Poudre: the romance of a tenderfoot in the days of Custer. $1.50. Judd.

On the slender thread of the story of a young New Yorker who in
unmerited disgrace disappears from his home, reappears as a western
tenderfoot, serves under Custer, and wins reputation and a bride, are
strung pictures of the crude life and thrilling scenes found in
northern Colorado, Wyoming and Montana in the early seventies. The
book altho both novel and historical, is not a typical historical
novel. The numerous illustrations from paintings by Charles
Schreyvogel, Edward W. Deming, and Henry Fangel, with many photographs
not only supplement the author’s descriptions but overshadow the text.
The fact that they represent real people about whom the appendix
provides further facts, gives the book an added value. There are
portraits of Custer, Sitting Bull, Rain-in-the-face and other
characters, and pictures of various scenes from cow-boy life.

N

=Nansen, Fridtjof.= Norway and the union with Sweden. 70c. Macmillan.

A resumé given temperately and concisely from the Norwegian point of
view of the events leading up to the present crisis. These events
cover about a hundred years; the real strife beginning when in 1895 a
change in the Swedish constitution practically took the administration
of foreign affairs out of the hand of the king and placed them under
the power of parliament.

“A sound little book on the Norwegian side of the dispute, by the
Norwegian who is most competent to write upon it.”

+ + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 13. Jl. 1. 160w.

+ + =Lond. Times.= 4: 210. Je. 30, ‘05. 320w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 468. Jl. 15, ‘05. 310w.

* “Thus the book is one to be read before attacking Otté’s larger and
more exhaustive work.”

+ + =Outlook.= 81: 882. D. 9, ‘05. 1540w.

“Nansen’s book, admirable in restraint, will certainly do nothing to
embitter feeling in either country.”

+ + =Sat. R.= 100: 284. Ag. 26, ‘05. 400w.

“Dr. Nansen states the Norwegian case in a lucid and forcible way.”

+ + =Spec.= 95: 21. Jl. 1, ‘05. 140w.

=Nares, Robert.= Glossary of words, phrases, names, and allusions in the works of English authors, particularly Shakespeare and his contemporaries; ed. by J. O. Halliwell and Thomas Wright. *$3. Dutton.

This work was originally published in 1822, and the present edition
follows the original text, but includes many new words, phrases, and
expressions which have been found since the publication of the first
edition or were overlooked by the author.

=Nation.= 80: 69. Ja. 26, ‘05. 300w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 202. Ap. 1, ‘05. 390w.

=Nason, Frank Lewis.= Vision of Elijah Berl. †$1.50. Little.

This story of California is the story of Elijah Berl, a dreamer and
fanatic, who undertook the great work of making a barren wilderness
“blossom as the rose,” and, blinded by the light of his glowing
vision, sought base methods to attain his noble end. His partner who
applies the “moral straight-edge,” the girl who helps, and the weak
wife who hinders are strongly drawn. The company’s affairs, the orange
industry, the building of the irrigation dam, and the feverish land
boom just before its collapse give the typical atmosphere of the early
West.

Reviewed by Frederic Taber Cooper.

+ + =Bookm.= 21: 367. Je. ‘05. 440w.

+ =Dial.= 38: 392. Je. 1, ‘05. 120w.

=Ind.= 59: 209. Jl. 27, ‘05. 260w.

“Mr. Nason has drawn the character of Elijah with excellent precision
and clearness.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 311. My. 13, ‘05. 290w.

“The author evidently knows conditions in California, and is wide
awake in his study of human character.”

+ =Outlook.= 80: 196. My. 20, ‘05. 130w.

+ =Pub. Opin.= 39: 27. Jl. 1, ‘05. 170w.

National documents: state papers so arranged as to illustrate the growth of our country from 1606 to the present day. *72c; lea. *92c; pa. *42c. Bell, H. W.

“A valuable little volume containing important state papers, from the
charter of Virginia, given in 1606 to the Panama ship canal treaty of
1904.”—Arena.

Reviewed by Amy C. Rich.

+ + + =Arena.= 33: 451. Ap. ‘05. 160w.

=Naylor, E. W.= Elizabethan virginal book. *$2. Dutton.

“In his ‘critical essay’ on the contents of the Virginal book in the
Fitzwilliam museum at Cambridge, ... [the author] gives a careful
study of nearly 300 pieces of the Tudor period which are almost
entirely unknown.” (N. Y. Times.) These pieces of Elizabethan music
include 130 dances, 17 organ pieces, 46 arrangements of forty
different songs, and certain madrigals, and fantasias, etc.

=Acad.= 68: 562. My. 27, ‘05. 600w.

“But the volume as a whole is interesting and instructive; moreover,
it is the first book on the subject, and therefore welcome. It
contains many musical illustrations, and there is a capital index.”

+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 2: 251. Ag. 19. 510w.

* “It is a careful and scholarly work.” W. J. Henderson.

+ =Atlan.= 96: 854. D. ‘05. 60w.

“It is a valuable work of reference, for it embodies all that can be
required by one who is desirous of gaining a clear idea of the music
of this interesting period.”

+ + =Dial.= 39: 245. O. 16, ‘05. 270w.

+ + =Ind.= 59: 695. S. 21, ‘05. 200w.

“It must be admitted that he makes out a good case for his thesis.”

+ =Nation.= 81: 305. O. 12, ‘05. 110w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 355. Je. 3, ‘05. 320w.

“It certainly is a stimulating and graphic method of studying musical
history that he has embodied in the book.” Richard Aldrich.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 604. S. 16, ‘05. 630w.

* + + =Spec.= 95: sup. 908. D. 2, ‘05. 770w.

=Needler, George Henry,= tr. See Nibelungenlied.

=Neidig, William Jonathan.= First wardens. **$1. Macmillan.

Thirty-seven poems upon such themes as Alvah and Azubah, The adoration
of the Magi, Wine of laurel, and Lex mundi. There is also a series of
sonnets called A woman’s ring.

+ =Critic.= 46: 566. Je. ‘05. 130w.

“Much of Mr. Neidig’s verse, for all its originality and
unquestionably poetic diction, makes too hard reading to fulfill the
proper function of poetry.” Wm. M. Payne.

— + =Dial.= 39: 65. Ag. 1, ‘05. 260w.

+ =Nation.= 81: 17. Jl. 6. ‘05. 250w.

* =Nesbit, Wilbur Dick.= Alphabet of history. **75c. Elder.

“A thin little book done in brown tones and with a flexible cover....
It is printed in old art style and bound in Rhinos boards.... Taking
history alphabetically, the book goes from Alexander to Zenobia, and
includes such prominent people as Lucullus, Raleigh, William Tell, and
James Watt.... The illustrations show without overmuch seriousness the
eminent individuals whose life stories are told.”—N. Y. Times.

* “Twenty-six historical personages ... are portrayed with accuracy,
completeness, and much cleverness.”

+ =Dial.= 39: 384. D. 1, ‘05. 70w.

* + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 776. N. 18, ‘05. 90w.

=Neville, James J.= Letters of a self-made president. $1. Ogilvie.

The apparent object of these letters is to ridicule Roosevelt, his
friends, and his official and unofficial acts. Altho names are
transposed and facts perverted, there is no real attempt to disguise
the identity of the executive who entertains Booker at dinner for the
sake of the negro vote, and assembles the navy at Clam bay for the
edification of a few visiting friends.

“Now and then the malice has a spice of wit, but generally speaking
the letters of a self-made president are rather heavy.”

— + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 543. Ag. 19, ‘05. 220w.

=Nevinson, Henry W.= Books and personalities. *$1.50. Lane.

“The reviews and criticisms of which this book is composed deal with a
varied company of literary personalities. The net is spread very wide.
Great and small—Mr. Belloc and Browning, Goethe and Aubrey Beardsley,
Æschylus and Mr. Yeats, Dolling and De Wet, Carlyle, Heine, and Mr. Le
Gallienne, and many others—are gathered in. And in dealing with them
all Mr. Nevinson either has his point of view, or manages to reflect,
brightly enough, the general tendency of educated opinion.”—Ath.

“Readable and stimulating these short studies undoubtedly are.”

+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 1: 557. My. 6. 730w.

Reviewed by H. W. Boynton.

* + =Atlan.= 96: 848. D. ‘05. 390w.

“Mr. Nevinson has a charming and lucid style that cannot but give
interest to his restrained thoughts.”

+ =Critic.= 47: 380. O. ‘05. 100w.

“He writes in a brisk, self-confident, effective way, with no lack of
plausible generalizations (not based on painfully exhaustive
collection of particulars) and a ready supply of apt illustrations. As
short essays in criticism of the lighter sort, these chapters, despite
a slight tendency to the dogmatic in their tone are excellent
reading.”

+ =Dial.= 39: 91. Ag. 16, ‘05. 320w.

“We have read them all with interest—seldom, indeed, have met with a
book of the kind which we were so unwilling to lay down—and many with
much pleasure.”

+ + — =Spec.= 94: 924. Je. 24, ‘05. 260w.

=New, Edmund H.= Evesham. *50c. Dutton.

“Americans rarely see Evesham and the beautiful, broad vale in which
it lies, although they are near it when they make, as all good
Americans do, their Shakespeare pilgrimage. This little book, one of
the ‘Temple topographies,’ is, with its line drawings and pleasant
narrative, an introduction and an incentive to visit a charming
countryside.”—Outlook.

“In this volume thorough justice is done to the buildings of a
charming little Worcestershire town.”

+ =Nation.= 80: 247. Mr. 30, ‘05. 140w.

+ =Outlook.= 79: 349. F. 4, ‘05. 50w.

=Newberry, Percy Edward, and Garstang, John.= Short history of ancient Egypt. **$1.20. Estes.

A small volume which gives a comprehensive sketch of the Egyptian
monarchy from its founding to its disintegration, three thousand years
later. The story is told in the light of the many important
discoveries which have been made within the last decade. It is a book
that will arouse the student’s interest in the subject and lead to the
study of larger works.

“There is a painful lack of proper proportion. The presentation in the
little book of the new results from the archaic age deserves
consideration as a serious contribution. The American edition has some
serious misprints.”

+ — =Am. Hist. R.= 10: 843. Jl. ‘05. 510w.

“They have written with exactness and clearness, and their product
should offer the reader an attractive synopsis of the latest
discoveries.”

+ + =Critic.= 46: 382. Ap. ‘05. 70w.

+ + =Dial.= 38: 240. Ap. 1, ‘05. 250w.

=R. of Rs.= 31: 248. F. ‘05. 80w.

=Newell, William Wells.= Words for music: symphonic series. *$3. Small.

A little volume of brief lyrics of nature and life.

“The most noticeable fault of the pieces is found in the frequent
omission of articles and other small words necessary to the
construction.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ — =Dial.= 39: 66. Ag. 1, ‘05. 120w.

“In ‘Words for music,’ ... a mild and rather wordy mysticism sometimes
bears poetic fruit in verse of a pleasing, gossamer-like tenuity.”

+ — =Nation.= 81: 17. Jl. 6. ‘05. 190w.

=Newman, Ernest.= Musical studies: essays. *$1.50. Lane.

Mr. Newman’s fearless attitude toward music and composers results in
an iconoclastic treatment of some of the old masters and a
proportionately exalted consideration of others of more modern
schools. In the latter class is Strauss to whom “Mr. Newman
attributes ... pretty nearly everything except the creation of the
world.... The essay on programme music is unquestionably the most
lucid, original, and convincing discussion of that question ever
printed.” (Nation.)

“Our author is a clever and thoughtful writer, and even those who
differ from him will respect his frankly expressed opinions.”

+ =Ath.= 1905, 2: 251. Ag. 19. 280w.

* “His scholarship is good and his point of view established favorably
for perspective. He writes frankly of old and new masters, and his
comments are stimulating to the mind of the reader.” W. J. Henderson.

+ + =Atlan.= 96: 854. D. ‘05. 170w.

“Mr. Newman takes his work with vast seriousness and digs very deep.
The subjects warrant such treatment, but as a result the reader must
look for matter rather than manner.”

+ + — =Critic.= 47: 380. O. ‘05. 100w.

“Mr. Newman also ventures to fly in the face of public opinion with a
few pages of very depreciative remarks on Gounod’s ‘Faust.’ Here he is
decidedly in error. In the other essays of this volume we find our
author much more sane and satisfactory, and less self-contradictory.”

+ + — =Nation.= 81: 284. O. 5, ‘05. 1500w.

=Newman, Ernest.= Wagner. (Music of the masters ser.) $1. Brentano’s.

The average lover of music will find Wagner made comprehensible in Mr.
Newman’s monograph; “not the whole Wagner,” but the “essential Wagner”
as a musician and a dramatist is the author’s province. Following a
chapter on Wagner’s development, each of his operas is studied in
turn, and the really essential motives are given. A chronological
table and bibliography are included.

“A refreshing independence of judgment.”

+ =Nation.= 80: 463. Je. 8, ‘05. 340w.

“It is stimulating and refreshing to come upon so strong and original
and drastic a piece of criticism as he has delivered in this little
book.” Richard Aldrich.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 308. My. 13, ‘05. 660w.

“Mr. Newman always has something to say that is worth saying, and he
says it without indirection, uninfluenced by partisanship.” Richard
Aldrich.

+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 448. Jl. 8, ‘05. 1190w.

=Newman, Eugene William. (Savoyard, pseud.).= Essays on men, things, and events, historical, personal, political. $2. Neale.

The sub-title includes the following list of men, who with associated
events, “historical, personal, political,” are considered in this
volume: Roscoe Conklin, Thaddeus Stevens, Matthew H. Carpenter, Andrew
Johnson, John J. Ingalls, Seargent S. Prentiss, Oliver P. Morton,
Lucius Q. C. Lamar, Samuel J. Tilden. The family of Field, Marcus A.
Hanna, Thomas B. Reed, Benjamin H. Hill, George F. Hoar, Frank
Wolford, Stephen A. Douglass and Thomas C. Platt.

“The form on the other hand is very old-fashioned, with much
embroidery of classical and Biblical allusion and a generous supply of
adjectives of heroic size. Altogether people interested in men and
politics, whatever their individual bias, can hardly fail to derive
entertainment from Mr. Newman’s essays.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 19. Ja. 14, ‘05. 750w.

Nibelungenlied; tr. into rhymed English verse in the meter of the original by G. H. Needler. *$1.75. Holt.

The first metrical translation of this great epic into the English
language will appeal to students and readers alike. The historical
background of the work has been supplied in a full two-part
introduction: the first of which treats of the Nibelungen saga, its
history, development and forms; and the second, of the Nibelungenlied,
and the various editions thru which it has passed.

“Mr. Needler does not show a very keen sense of rhythm nor a great
command of language. His translation lacks case, and indulges in
uncomfortable inversions.”

+ — =Ath.= 1905, 2: 143. Jl. 29. 380w.

“The book is an interesting work of reference, the value of which is
enhanced by a scholarly introduction.”

+ =Critic.= 47: 192. Ag. ‘05. 100w.

“What distinguishes this translation of the great German epic from all
previous attempts is, in the first place, the faithful and happy
reproduction of its metrical form. Professor Needler has added a
succinct but adequate introduction ... altogether the best summary of
the whole subject to be found in English.”

+ + + =Nation.= 80: 94. F. 2, ‘05. 500w.

“The author of this book says that his apology for presenting it is
that none of the preceding translations reproduces the metrical form
of the original. His book certainly justifies itself, and stands in no
need of any apology. The scholarly introduction deserves unqualified
praise, and is, indeed, quite a model of what such a work ought to be.
At first sight the versification is not attractive, but the liking for
it will be found to grow with increasing familiarity.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 86. F. 11, ‘05. 510w.

“A very satisfactory piece of work.”

+ =Outlook.= 79: 96. Ja. 7, ‘05. 50w.

=R. of Rs.= 31: 250. F. ‘05. 80w.

=Nicholl, Edith M. (Mrs. Bowyer).= Human touch: a tale of the great Southwest. †$1.50. Lothrop.

This strenuous story tells of cattle feuds, train robberies, and
kidnappers, and of David Kingdon unhappily married to a woman who
leaves him and spends her life in travel. While she is on the
continent David meets Sylvia and “the human touch” draws them
together. The wife is reported lost at sea, Sylvia and David marry and
live happily on the great cattle ranch until the first wife reappears.
Heartbreaking scenes follow, the wife is selfish, but Sylvia and David
are brave and at last are reunited thru the medium of the divorce
court.

* — =Ath.= 1905, 2: 467. O. 7, 320w.

“In fact, it is a story of unusual excitement, and will hold the
reader enthralled just so far as his taste may run in this kind of
shotgun literature.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 307. My. 13, ‘05. 410w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 390. Je. 17, ‘05. 180w.

=Nicholson, Joseph Shield.= History of the English corn laws. $1. Scribner.

A volume which “emphasizes particularly the connection of the corn
laws with British social legislation in general, and warns against the
danger of appealing to historical precedents without taking into
account all the circumstances of the case.... He makes it clear that,
though the corn laws did not produce constant high prices, the
fluctuations in price which they did produce were an evil both to the
farmer and to the consumer.”—Nation.

“This volume, though avowedly prepared to meet the present
discontents, is entirely free from partisanship.”

+ + =Nation.= 80: 437. Je. 1, ‘05. 410w.

“The book is a useful treatment, in popular form, of a subject always
of historical interest, and now closely connected with a topic of the
day.”

+ + =Yale R.= 14: 229. Ag. ‘05. 220w.

* =Nicholson, Meredith.= House of a thousand candles. †$1.50. Bobbs.

The story of a young man whose grandfather has willed him the house of
a thousand candles, which includes an Indiana estate, upon the
condition that he live in the house a year, otherwise the estate goes
to Marian. There is a villain, and there are secret passages, and
other mysterious things, there is shooting and slugging, until the
reader is prepared for anything, and cheerfully accepts the fact that
Olivia, whom the heir loves, is really Marian, and is quite prepared
at the end to greet the grandfather, who, it appears, is not dead
after all.

* “A story bristling with adventure.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 905. D. 16, ‘05. 380w.

* “The story is told with spirit and the people in it are alive—in one
case, even though dead.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 835. D. 2, ‘05. 50w.

* =Nicoll, Rev. William Robertson (Claudius Clear, pseud.)= Garden of nuts; mystical expositions with an essay on Christian mysticism. $1.25. Armstrong.

“A brief series of articles dealing in detail with some texts in the
Old Testament. The method of Dr. Nicoll’s interpretation is to allow
Scripture to be the commentary on Scripture. Without deprecating
modern criticism, he claims that his exposition moves in a region
which criticism does not touch: ‘The great passages in the Word of God
are timeless.’”—Ath.

* “These pages should commend themselves to many who have been struck
by the sterility of much of the historical handling of the Bible which
is now in vogue.”

+ =Ath.= 1905, 2: 722. N. 25. 90w.

* + =Outlook.= 81: 888. D. 9, ‘05. 240w.

=Niemann, August.= The conquest of England; tr. by J. H. Freese. $1.50. Putnam.

A translation of “Der weltkrieg-deutsch traume,” which is graphically
based upon the supposition of war between Germany and England. “For
the dreams of the German, in the view of this author, are of
overthrowing the English power, and of an imperial army taking
triumphant possession of London.... The story, considered as a
historical romance, is of a type familiar enough.... Throughout it is
taken for granted that England is the arch-enemy of civilization, that
its foreign policy is a complex network of rapacity and hypocrisy, and
that it is deaf to the voice of the higher idealism.” (Dial). “Is
related in a workmanlike manner. It is a fairly good story, and is
curiously interesting from the way in which it represents, upon every
possible occasion, the point of view of the German anglophobe.” W. M.
Payne.

+ — =Dial.= 38: 127. F. 16, ‘05. 470w.

=Nitobe, Inazo.= Bushido: the soul of Japan. *$1.25. Putnam.

Nine editions of this book have appeared in Japan. Bushido is the
Japanese feudal equivalent for chivalry, and signifies “the code of
moral principles which the knights were required or instructed to
observe.” “It embodies the maxims of educational training brought to
bear on the Samurai, or warrior class of Japan, the class that
throughout the feudal age, which ended only fifty years ago, set the
standard to the whole people in manners, ideals of character, and
mental and moral codes of obligation.”

“Is a misleading piece of special pleading. He makes out his case by
partial statement and wholesale suppression.”

— + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 229. Ag. 19. 1510w.

“Professor Nitobe’s work is not exhaustive. It is the only work,
however, on the subject given in a language of the West.” Adachi
Kinnosuke.

+ + =Ind.= 59: 388. Ag. 17, ‘05. 430w.

* + =Lit. D.= 31: 625. O. 28, ‘05. 170w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 573. S. 2, ‘05. 370w.

+ + =Pub. Opin.= 39: 159. Jl. 29, ‘05. 180w.

“A delightfully written exposition of Japanese philosophic and social
thought.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 32: 253. Ag. ‘05. 120w.

+ + =Spec.= 95: 248. Ag. 19, ‘05. 1790w.

=Noble, Edward.= Edge of circumstance. †$1.50. Dodd.

“A sea story in which an English captain and a Scottish engineer
contend against every ill-hap that could befall a cranky,
theoretically-built steamship, owned by men who hypocritically profess
to make her a co-operative enterprise embodying every new patent and
labor-saving device, while they really mean to save money at the
expense of the crew’s comfort and safety.”—Outlook.

“‘The edge of circumstance’ is a striking book, one to be read. Mr.
Noble attracts immediate attention yet does not shout; he gives us
exciting situations, yet leaves something to the imagination. Mr.
Noble is too much of an artist to overload his picture.”

+ + =Acad.= 68: 63. Ja. 21, ‘05. 230w.

* “In ‘The edge of circumstance’ Mr. Noble has created a book with the
qualities of a masterpiece. The portrait of the derelict alone will go
down as a wonder of sincere portrayal. The poetry of the things is
here plain, founded on a knowledge sharper than fancy.”

+ + =Lit. D.= 31: 754. N. 18, ‘05. 750w.

“It is a rarely good—even a great—book in some respects, and it seems
destined to take high rank in the sea literature of its class.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 670. O. 14. ‘05. 990w.

“The author’s method is much like that of Joseph Conrad, but we miss
Conrad’s glow of imagination.”

+ — =Outlook.= 81: 381. O. 14, ‘05. 80w.

* “A sea-story quite exceptional in vivid strength and well worth
perusing.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 32: 763. D. ‘05. 30w.

“It is impossible to render full justice to Mr. Edward Noble’s
striking story in this column.”

+ + =Spec.= 94: 57. Ja. 14, ‘05. 710w.

=Noble, Esther Gideon.= Macbeth, a warning against superstition. $1. Badger, R: G.

Dwelling upon the strong negative lesson conveyed thruout the tragedy
of Macbeth, viz., the warning against superstition, Macbeth himself is
viewed in the light of one steeped in superstition, and the Weird
sisters, whose material existence is denied, as doing no more “than
‘harp’ his fear aright.” “Shakespeare made Macbeth distinctly a man of
thought, calculation, and caution. It is the abuse, the misdirection
of this great power for thought which makes the tragedy,” so maintains
the author of this monograph.

* + — =Critic.= 47: 187. Ag. ‘05. 110w.

=Noble, Rev. Franklin.= (comp.) Thoughts for the occasion: fraternal and benevolent; reference manual of historical data and facts; helpful in suggesting themes and in outlining addresses for the observance of timely or special occasions of the various orders. $2. Treat.

The book is divided into four parts which cover—Social and benevolent
brotherhoods, Beneficiary and fraternal orders, Religious
fraternities, and various orders and societies, and includes nearly
all the fraternal organizations in America.

=Noldin, Hieronymus.= Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, intended especially for priests and candidates for priesthood; trans. from the Germ. by Rev. W. H. Kent. *$1.25. Benziger.

“A history of the cultus and observations upon its theological and
ascetical importance.”—Cath. World.

“The historical sketch is brief but valuable. We think, however, that
this curious evasion of the twelfth promise question will be the sole
objection which devout clients of the League will make to this book.”

+ + — =Cath. World.= 81: 396. Je. ‘05. 590w.

* =Nordau, Max. Simon (Südfeld).= Dwarf’s spectacles and other fairy tales, tr. from the German by Mary J. Safford. †$1.50. Macmillan.

“The stories were told to Maxa, Mr. Nordau’s little daughter, from her
fourth to her seventh birthday, and are translated for the benefit of
other little ladies by Mary J. Safford. There are twenty stories in
all, and they are about everything from beetles to fairies and from
rosebushes to white mice. For instance ... there is a tragic account
of a last year’s fly, which shows how sad it is to outlive one’s
generation; there is a story of an ungrateful mouse; and a doll that
was excessively haughty—in fact, there are stories about
everything.... Young people—and even older ones—will read with
breathless interest. The book is illustrated with a number of line
drawings.”—N. Y. Times.

* + =Ind.= 59: 1385. D. 14, ‘05. 50w.

* “Is worthy to be read and loved by many other children for its
originality, its pleasant style, and its gentle lessons with touches
of deeper meaning.”

+ + =Nation.= 81: 503. D. 21, ‘05. 40w.

* + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 860. D. 2, ‘05. 270w.

* “The grown-up reader is as pleased as the child—with everything but
the pictures.”

+ — =Outlook.= 81: 887. D. 9, ‘05. 90w.

=Nordenskjöld, Nils Otto Gustav, and Andersson, Dr. Johan Gunnar.= Antarctica; or, Two years amongst the ice of the South pole. *$5. Macmillan.

“It will be remembered that the Nordenskjöld expedition, in the vessel
Antarctic, left Europe in the summer of 1901, and spent the following
Antarctic winter in the South polar regions.... The Antarctic was
caught in the ice, ‘nipped’ and sunk, and it took two relief parties
to finally rescue Dr. Nordenskjöld and his followers. Notwithstanding
the loss of the vessel, with many of the scientific notes, much of the
geographical and other scientific results were saved.... This volume
is Dr. Nordenskjöld’s own story (prepared in collaboration with Dr.
Andersson and Captain Larsen, of the Antarctic).”—R. of Rs.