Chapter VI: discusses portal bracing, sway and lateral bracing and (3)

“In the rapidly increasing literature of Polar enterprise Dr.
Nordenskjöld’s volume will take a high place. The translator, who has
preferred to be anonymous, has performed his task with success.”

+ + + =Ath.= 1905, 1: 466. Ap. 15. 2250w.

“It is mainly as a narrative that the book must be judged, for it
contains little of scientific interest.” Albert White Vorse.

+ =Bookm.= 22: 171. O. ‘05. 1300w.

“Their story is told in a sufficiently attractive fashion, tho it
lacks somewhat of the personal touch that ordinarily vivifies
narratives of polar exploration.”

+ + — =Ind.= 59: 455. Ag. 24, ‘05. 920w.

“To the general reader, the book’s main interest will lie in ... its
story of romantic adventure. It is as fascinating reading as Robinson
Crusoe. Antarctic scenery and natural phenomena are vividly
portrayed.”

+ + + =Lit. D.= 31: 427. S. 23, ‘05. 720w.

“The story is vividly told, and the quaint English of the translator
rather adds to than detracts from the reader’s enjoyment and interest.
The illustration of the work is excellent; the index and maps are all
that could be asked.”

+ + + =Nation.= 81: 39. Jl. 13, ‘05. 1500w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 345. My. 27, ‘05. 330w.

“A simple but effective account.”

+ + =Outlook.= 80: 690. Jl. 15, ‘05. 50w.

+ + =R. of Rs.= 32: 124. Jl. ‘05. 310w.

+ + + =Sat. R.= 99: 708. My. 27, ‘05. 1340w.

=Norris, H. L.= Rice papers; stories and sketches of life in China. †$1.50. Longmans.

In order to while away the leisure hours of a three years’ service in
China, the author wrote these nine stories of the Chinese as he saw
them, placid and cruel, childlike and shrewd. He has created Hong, the
gate-keeper, who spins marvelous yarns to a youthful audience of two,
and other characters, which might be real, but are not.

+ =Acad.= 68: 241. Mr. 11, ‘05. 250w.

“He has turned out capital stories, witty, satirical, yet seemingly
jumping with facts, even though he says the stories are not true. They
are better than true; they are well-found. Nine stories ... all good,
all worth reading and re-reading.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 276. Ap. 29, ‘05. 410w.

“But Mr. Norris as a critic is perhaps too irresponsible to carry much
weight. His attitude is primarily that of the amused onlooker, and his
aim is plainly to entertain rather than to instruct. In this he is
almost uniformly successful.”

+ + =Spec.= 94: 556. Ap. 15, ‘05. 660w.

=Norris, William Edward.= Barham of Beltana. †$1.50. Longmans.

Barham of Beltana is a prominent Australian and the love story centers
about his son and daughter and the son and daughter of Mr. March, an
Englishman. The book is full of complications, obstacles and
surprises, into which eccentric old Lady Warden and her secret, two
huge mastiffs, and a ghost enter.

“The scenes are pleasantly varied, the situations quietly effective,
and the characters consistent though not vital. The story is readable
because it runs smoothly from start to finish, and the interest is
allowed to accumulate cleverly.”

+ =Acad.= 68: 240. Mr. 11, ‘05. 270w.

“The story is not particularly well-written.”

— + =Arena.= 34: 335. S. ‘05. 170w.

* “There seems almost as little to say against ‘Barham of Beltana’ as
in its favour.”

+ — =Ath.= 1905, 1: 524. Ap. 29. 200w.

“Is fresh, vigorous, interesting; original in its situations,
unusually clever in its dialogue. A thoroughly enjoyable book.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 204. Ap. 1, ‘05. 710w.

“This author always writes pleasantly, and entirely in unexceptionable
English, but the humor and story-interest which his early books had
are here reflected only in a faint and feeble light.”

+ =Outlook.= 79: 855. Ap. 1, ‘05. 40w.

“Mr. Norris is always readable. The present novel contrives to avoid
the sameness from which some of Mr. Norris’s recent books have
suffered.”

+ =Spec.= 94: 444. Mr. 25, ‘05. 120w.

=Norris, William Edward.= Embarrassing orphan; il. by Steeple Davis. $1. Winston.

A South American millionaire leaves his daughter to her uncle, Sir
Edward Denne, with instruction that she and every one else are to be
kept in ignorance of the fact that she is wealthy until she is happily
engaged. His object is to save her from fortune hunters, but as it
happens, this provision leads her into refusing the right man. All
ends well, however, through the efforts of her uncle.

“The story is ingeniously complicated and amusing, though after all
somewhat monotonous.”

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 378. Je. 10, ‘05. 350w.

“There are a few dry passages that detract somewhat from the
cleverness of the balance.”

+ — =Pub. Opin.= 39: 93. Jl. 15, ‘05. 90w.

=North, Sidney H.= Oil fuel; its supply, composition and application. *$1.75. Lippincott.

“A concise and valuable record of the developments in the use of
liquid fuel for the generation of power ... he deals with the
distribution and sources of supply of petroleum ... the economic
aspect of liquid fuel ... the absolute economy as a fuel ... the
chemical composition of fuel oils ... conditions of combustion in oil
furnaces.... Turning from consideration of the oil itself to the
methods of burning it, the author gives a very useful historical
summary of the early experiments down to the year 1883.... A chapter
is then devoted to modern burners and methods.... [There are chapters
upon] the use of oil fuel for marine and naval purposes, [and] oil
fuel in locomotives.”—Nature.

“The whole work compares very favorably indeed with the far more
pretentious treatise on the subject which until now has been the only
book of reference.”

+ + + =Nature.= 71: 531. Ap. 6, ‘05. 760w.

* =North, Simon Newton Dexter.= “Old Greek,” an old-time professor in an old-fashioned college; a memoir of Edward North, with selections from his lectures. **$3.50. McClure.

“‘Old Greek’ was the nickname, or, more correctly speaking, the pet
name, by which Edward North, the professor of Greek [for fifty-eight
years] was known to the students and alumni of Hamilton college. This
volume, the primary object of which is a biography of Professor North,
will certainly serve as an illuminating document to explain the
genesis of the old-fashioned college in the United States, and the
reasons for its growth and persistence.”—Nation.

* + =Nation.= 81: 427. N. 23, ‘05. 2020w.

* + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 674. O. 14, ‘05. 690w.

=Noussanne, Henri de.= The kaiser as he is; or, The real William II.; tr. from the French by Walter Littlefield. **$1.25. Putnam.

From the point of view of one “who does not like the Germans and
hardly seeks to conceal his contempt for distinctive German
qualities,” we have an intimate, graphic, much biased, and at times
sarcastic sketch of the German emperor, including domestic, social,
political, national and international relations. There are chapters
dealing with Germany at the accession of William II.; with the manner
in which “this young man” rid himself of Bismarck; the imperial
treatment of the Poles; William II. and socialism; William II. as a
family man, as guest and landlord, at home and on his travels, as head
of the army, as bandmaster, painter, patron, etc.

“It is sensational journalism in all its horror. In the less
objectionable portions of the book there is a mixture of readable
gossip, more or less well founded, with mere padding.”

— + =Ath.= 1905, 1: 398. Ap. 1. 140w.

“The translator has, in general, done his work acceptably, though
numerous misprints and mistakes in capitalization are to be noted, and
there are many minor errors of statement that might well have been
corrected in the English version. The chief objection to the book is,
however, the prejudice of the author.”

+ — =Dial.= 38: 274. Ap. 16. ‘05. 230w.

“Pity it is that M. de Noussanne did not use a finer satirical pen and
a less spiteful, even tho he has given evidence as to the healing of
the Sedan wound.”

+ — =Ind.= 58: 725. Mr. 30, ‘05. 180w.

“There is obvious malice, obvious Gallic animus, obvious indulgence of
a spirit of levity and mockery, obvious hospitality to anecdotes in
which the kaiser is a figure of comic opera. Mr. Littlefield, whose
translation is at many points very happy and who has caught the spirit
of the whole excellently, regards the more serious parts of the book
with perhaps a little too much favor.”

+ + — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 100. F. 18, ‘05. 1570w.

“As a tirade, an example of skilful satire of the boulevard type, it
is a masterpiece; as sober biography or character analysis, it is
worth nothing.”

— =Pub. Opin.= 39: 26. Jl. 1, ‘05. 150w.

“A very witty and keen arraignment of Kaiser William.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 10: 512. Ap. ‘05. 110w.

“M. de Noussanne shows us the man behind the monarch, but spares the
relation of court tattle and backstairs scandal.”

+ =Reader.= 6: 475. S. ‘05. 170w.

=Noyes, Ella.= Story of Ferrara. $2; lea. $2.50. Macmillan.

“The city that was the birthplace of Savonarola, the home of Ariosto,
and the refuge of Tasso, will never be wholly forgotten.... The author
devotes about two-thirds of her book to the history of the city....
The whole account centres about the ruling family of Este.... In the
last third of the book we are given a descriptive view of the city,
its palaces, pictures, streets, churches, and abbeys. In forming an
idea of what remains of Ferrara’s greatness, the reader is aided by a
number of interesting illustrations drawn by Miss Dora Noyes.”—Dial.

“A readable book and a faithful guide to the city’s antiquities, but
not a history, in the large sense, admitting us to the council of the
fates.” Ferdinand Schwill.

+ =Am. Hist. R.= 11: 138. O. ‘05. 710w.

“The work is written in easy, dignified English, the narrative is
interesting, and the historian displays good taste and judgment both
in her choice and her rejection of materials.”

+ + =Dial.= 38: 157. Mr. 1, ‘05. 360w.

“So comprehensive is the writer’s grasp of her subject that her little
volume might well be called a microcosm of the renaissance. It is hard
to do justice to Miss Noyes’s exquisite style and to the penetration
which comprehends the significance of the motley manifestations of the
vivid, passionate life of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.”

+ + =Ind.= 58: 899. Ap. 20, ‘05. 290w.

“The style is somewhat spiritless. At best, it will prove an
authoritative guide for the student tourist who has much time to spend
in Ferrara.” Walter Littlefield.

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 588. S. 9, ‘05. 500w.

=Noyes, Walter Chadwick.= American railroad rates. **$1.50. Little.

The author deals with the subject of freight rates rather than
passenger fares, showing how rates are made, and how they should be
made, examines the questions of classification and discrimination,
considers the effect of free competition on the one hand and
consolidation on the other, shows the movement of rates for the last
forty years, and compares American rates with those of foreign
countries.

O

=“O,” pseud.= See Yellow war.

=O., E. G.= Egomet. *$1.25. Lane.

A collection of fifty-three essays which “are simply the book-talk of
a book-lover, that and nothing more.” In them E. G. O. frankly states
his likes and dislikes, but allows his readers to agree or disagree
with him, just as they choose.

“They have the double merit of being sincere in themselves and of
being simply and naturally set down.”

+ =Ath.= 1905, 1: 79. Ja. 14. 320w.

“The author makes no attempt to be profound, but he succeeds in
interesting even where he does not carry conviction with the statement
of his opinions. He is delightfully frank, and does not hesitate to
put forth various literary heresies.”

+ =Boston Evening Transcript.= :7. F. 10, ‘05. 120w.

“His manifest sincerity in all his literary judgments, and his
abounding enthusiasm for a wide range of good books make his chapters
delightful reading.”

+ + =Dial.= 38: 156. Mr. 1, ‘05. 480w.

=Oates, William C.= War between the Union and the Confederacy, and its lost opportunities. *$3. Neale.

“This is chiefly of interest to military students of the Civil war as
a criticism of the action of President Davis of the Confederacy, the
Confederate congress, and Confederate general officers in the field,
with the object of showing that under other management the South might
have won.”—Outlook.

“Rambling and careless in style, frequently in error as to events,
sometimes grotesque in opinions and occasionally prejudiced against
individuals. In one sense is worthless and in another is of the
highest importance as a revelation of men.”

+ + — =Nation.= 81: 264. S. 28, ‘05. 2710w.

“Much matter which the future historian will be glad of. The General
himself speaks frankly as a partisan.”

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 332. My. 20, ‘05. 530w.

=Outlook.= 79: 654. Mr. 11, ‘05. 60w.

=Ober, Frederick Albion.= Hernando Cortés, conqueror of Mexico. **$1. Harper.

“Despite its title. Mr. Ober’s book comes under the category of
history rather than biography, for by far the greater portion is
devoted to the three years’ campaigning which ended in the Spanish
conquest of Mexico.... It may be commended to those desirous of
obtaining a brief, readable account of the conquest and an impartial
idea of the leading figure therein. An especially interesting feature
is the identification by its author (who has traveled widely in
Latin-American countries) of scenes and relics associated with the New
World exploits of Cortés.”—Outlook.

* “Readable it certainly is, to one who is not fastidious regarding
the historical accuracy of the book he is reading.”

+ =Dial.= 39: 313. N. 16, ‘05. 220w.

* “However the telling is well enough, and the facts seem sufficient
for the purpose in hand. Except for that purpose the book strikes one
as distinctly superfluous.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 785. N. 18, ‘05. 250w.

+ =Outlook.= 81: 382. O. 14, ‘05. 120w.

=Ober, Frederick Albion.= Our West Indian neighbors. **$2.50; ¾ lev. **$5. Pott.

The author, who has visited and studied the islands in 1879-1880, who
was commissioner to the world’s fair of 1891 from the West Indies, and
who has furthered his knowledge of them in late years, gives an
account of the islands of the Caribbean sea, “America’s
Mediterranean,” their picturesque features, fascinating history, and
attractions for the traveler, nature-lover, and pleasure-seeker.

“Many quaint and little known facts are recorded, but the total result
is very unsatisfactory. The account is rambling and superficial.”

— =Ann. Am. Acad.= 25: 134. Ja. ‘05. 80w.

“A timely and good account of the islands of the Caribbean sea.”

+ + =Critic.= 46: 191. F. ‘05. 90w.

“One of the most complete and authoritative of recent books.”

+ + =Critic.= 46: 382. Ap. ‘05. 100w.

=Oberholtzer, Ellis Paxson.= Abraham Lincoln. **$1.25. Jacobs.

A full account in compact form of the development of a great man and
the circumstances which favored this development. The chief battles
which mark the course of the Civil war are treated rather summarily.
The book deals essentially with the man, his motives, and personality,
and the nation’s struggle forms an impressionistic back-ground.

“This double sectionalism and these standards of elegance are fatal to
the usefulness of a book which does not pretend to a ‘vast amount of
research into sources not before used,’ and which presents few new
ideas. Nor is the execution faultless.” Carl Russell Fish.

+ — — =Am. Hist. R.= 10: 901. Jl. ‘05. 630w.

+ =Critic.= 46: 188. F. ‘05. 30w.

“The author has produced a well-balanced, readable, compact book, that
gives the important facts of Lincoln’s life. He has brought to his
work historical training and a practised hand.”

+ + + =Dial.= 38: 95. F. 1, ‘05. 230w.

“Dr. Oberholtzer writes clearly and forcibly for the most part, but
with an occasional verbal arrangement that makes his meaning hard to
understand. The ‘Bibliography’ of this volume is remarkable for its
inadequacy. Dr. Oberholtzer’s predilection is for such memoirs as
serve the more sordid and vulgarizing conception of Lincoln’s
character.”

— — + =Nation.= 80: 17. Ja. 5, ‘05. 1090w.

“No man, whichever his side of the fence can fail to find much
pleasure and satisfaction in contemplating Mr. Lincoln in the angle of
view in which Mr. Oberholtzer has chosen to look at him. The author
manages as a rule to be astonishingly fair to both sides and to get,
in most cases, very close to the truth. There are lapses of course.
Times, too, when in his eagerness to make bold generalizations the
author misses things he should have considered.”

+ + — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 36. Ja. 21, ‘05. 640w.

* =O’Brien, William.= Recollections. **$3.50. Macmillan.

“William O’Brien, the energetic Irish member of the British
Parliament ... reveals a most interesting and complex personality in
this work. Many of this vigorous fighter’s recollections concern the
fierce, endless warfare over Ireland’s rights and wrongs. But he was a
poet in his youth. He has strong sympathies with the Gaelic revival,
he was an ardent theatregoer in his young manhood, and is still, it
seems, in the intervals when the Irish contingent in the House of
Commons is not active, a dreamer of brave dreams.”—N. Y. Times.

* “Mr. O’Brien writes as a rule in scholarly fashion; but there are
some passages which fail conspicuously when so considered.”

+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 2: 795. D. 9 690w.

* =N. Y. Times.= 10: 898. D. 16, ‘05. 100w.

* “Although written from a standpoint differing somewhat from that of
Mr. McCarthy’s reminiscences, they recall the latter, not simply in
subject matter, but in tone and treatment. They are pervaded by the
same geniality, quiet dignity, pathos, tenderness, humor, and
unfailing optimism.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 942. D. 16, ‘05. 300w.

=O’Connor, Mary Hamilton.= Vanishing Swede. $1.25. Cooke.

“The story has to do with the discovery of a long-lost silver mine,
the ‘Vanishing Swede,’ the finding of which was preceded by many
adventures, hairbreadth escapes from death by the wild beasts of the
forests, and leads up to the happiness of the young brother and
sister, who are the principal characters in the story, and of another
couple. The mysterious character is the Leather hermit, who turns out
to be the man who had discovered the silver mine.”—N. Y. Times.

“The humor of the ‘Vanishing Swede’ is of the primitive sort that
springs only from youth and health; it is not humor, indeed, so much
as animal spirits.”

+ =Critic.= 47: 382. O. ‘05. 150w.

“Interesting story of pluck and adventure in the forests of Oregon.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 299. My 6, ‘05. 150w.

=Oertel, Philipp Friedrich Wilhelm (W. D. Von Horn, pseud.).= Maria Theresa; tr. from the German by George P. Upton. *60c. McClurg.

“Masculinity of intellect, together with a strength and wisdom, a
firmness yet kindliness of disposition which but few men have
manifested” are gifts which enabled Maria Theresa to take her place
among the famous queens of the world. How she benefited her realm by
strengthening its laws and bringing about wise reforms is sketched in
a manner to interest young readers. The volume belongs to “Life
stories for young people.”

=O’Higgins, Harvey Jerrold.= Smoke-eaters. $1.50. Century.

Thru his experience on a New York newspaper, the author learned to
know and admire the men of the fire department, and in the
“Smoke-eaters” he has written an epic of the city firemen, a story of
danger and excitement. He follows the fortunes of a certain
hook-and-ladder crew and thru the smoke and flame their actual
characters reveal themselves, real and elemental. Captain Meaghan, who
earns his pension by thirty-five years of gallant service, Lieutenant
Gallagher, who wins a reputation and his chief’s adopted daughter, and
Sergeant Pim, whose grim humor relieves many a tense moment, are as
vivid as their flaming background.

“They are told with extraordinary simplicity, with no glow of rhetoric
or splash of color, but they carry complete conviction.”

+ + =Critic.= 46: 478. My. ‘05. 90w.

“At last the American fireman has had something like justice done him
in our literature.”

+ + =Dial.= 38: 293. Je. 1, ‘05. 170w.

“This is a good book for boys, altho not designed especially for young
readers. It contains much healthful excitement, a mass of information,
and many lessons in manliness, but no false bravado.”

+ + =Lit. D.= 31: 224. Ag. 12. ‘05. 820w.

“It is not too much to say that he has written the epic of the New
York firemen, and not only are they the best sort of stories about
firemen, but some of them would stand as models of all that any short
stories should be—so compact, so restrained, and yet possessed of a
vigor and force that keep expectation keyed to the highest tension.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 178. Mr. 25, ‘05. 770w.

“The stories are full of action, fine character-drawing, and humor.”

+ =Outlook.= 79: 704. Mr. 18, ‘05. 60w.

+ =Reader.= 6: 592. O. ‘05. 210w.

=Okakura-Kakuzo.= Awakening of Japan. *$1.20. Century.

Assuming that the West has as much to unlearn about the East as the
East has to learn about the West, the author frames his evolutionary
study for general enlightenment. He answers the question “From what
sources are drawn the intellectual and moral qualities which have
enabled the present generation of statesmen, citizens, soldiers and
sailors, under an able emperor, to enter suddenly, as a first class
liberal power, into the company of nations?” The sketch touches the
conditioning factors of Japanese development from the period of
isolation during the dark Night of Asia, to the present period which
the author characterizes as the “dusk of humanity.” He shows Japan in
her chrysalis state when the shogunate exercised the powers of
government, in her rallying state when the power of the shoguns was
overthrown, and in her state of a developing national conscience which
made ready the way for Commodore Perry and the western aid in the
restoration. The author’s virility, enthusiasm and conscience are
stamped upon every page.

+ + — =Acad.= 68: 176. F. 25, ‘05. 290w.

“He is a poet, a philosopher and a historian, and he possesses in no
small degree an intimate knowledge of Occidental history and the trend
of our civilization, while his knowledge of our language enables him
to write of The awakening of Japan with the skill of a master of
English. For these reasons this work is a volume that no Occidental
student of the Orient can afford to slight.”

+ + + =Arena.= 33: 100. Ja. ‘05. 4950w.

“With Mr. Kakuzo’s views on the older civilization of Japan we
entirely disagree. Even his chronology is wrong by a thousand years.”

— + =Ath.= 1905, 1: 396. Ap. 1. 870w.

“The present work is simpler and more concrete than ‘The ideals of the
East;’ in its purely literary qualities it would do credit to an
author writing his own tongue. Now that Lafcadio Hearn is dead, Mr.
Okakura may be regarded as the foremost interpreter of his people to
the western world; an interpreter not less subtle, and obviously more
authoritative.” R. B.

+ + + =Critic.= 46: 282. Mr. ‘05. 530w.

“‘The awakening of Japan’ is marked by the same epigrammatic style and
forceful utterance that characterize ‘The ideals of the East.’”
Frederick W. Gookin.

+ + =Dial.= 38: 40. Ja. 16, ‘05. 810w.

“It is a story of the new Nippon after the brilliant and unscholarly
fashion of Carlyle.” Adachi Kinnosuké.

+ =Ind.= 59: 388. Ag. 17, ‘05. 500w.

“One of the best volumes, in brief compass, on Japanese historical
development, and answering the question, What has enabled the Japanese
people to escape the fate of the other Asiatic nations when in contact
with the West? is ‘The awakening of Japan.’ He writes in English with
a broad culture.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 31: 124. Ja. ‘05. 170w.

“No more fascinating book on Japan, or one bearing more distinctly the
character of a multum in parvo, has been produced than this.”

+ + + =Spec.= 94: 619. Ap. 29, ‘05. 280w.

=Okakura-Yoshisaburo.= Japanese spirit; with an introd. by George Meredith. **$1. Pott.

“The volume consists of reproductions of lectures delivered by Mr.
Okakura at the University of London. The essays take up and discuss
most of the peculiarly characteristic national traits of the Japanese
people.”—R. of Rs.

=Acad.= 68: 599. Je. 3, ‘05. 420w.

“They are illuminating and instructive, but lack the literary quality
of the two books by the author’s brother.”

+ =Critic.= 47: 380. O. ‘05. 60w.

“This book is not so strong or original as ‘The awakening of Japan,’
but it seems to do more justice to the work and influence of Buddhism
as the mother and nurse of Japanese civilization.” Wm. Elliot Griffis.

+ + — =Dial.= 39: 63. Ag. 1, ‘05. 600w.

“His little volume has the distinctive characteristics of breadth,
lucidity, and felicity of expression which gained for the ‘Ideals’
such a wide and appreciative audience in this country.”

+ + =Lit. D.= 31: 625. O. 28, ‘05. 150w.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 408. Je. 17, ‘05. 240w.

+ + =R. of Rs.= 32: 126. Jl. ‘05. 60w.

“To philosophic capacity he adds those of criticism and of logical
arrangement of his materials, all of which combined have enabled him
to produce a clear, succinct and well-expressed essay on his subject.”

+ + =Sat. R.= 100: 151. Jl. 29, ‘05. 1050w.

“Really valuable analysis.”

+ + =Spec.= 94: 915. Je. 24, ‘05. 2450w.

=Okey, Thomas.= Story of Venice. $2. Macmillan.

A volume in the “Mediaeval towns” series. The history of Venice as an
independent state, covering a period of more than a thousand years,
and including an account of Venetian art. The second part of the
volume describes the Venice of to-day, dividing it into twenty
sections and making the description a practical one for the use of
travellers. There are illustrations by Nelly Erickson.

“Will be acceptable both to travellers and students.”

+ + =Acad.= 68: 271. Mr. 18, ‘05. 330w.

“This little work is a model of clear and concise narrative. The
author knows how to make the most of his subject and tells his tale in
a very attractive way.”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 4: 192. Je. 16, ‘05. 850w.

“The story is told compactly, but with sufficient fullness.”

+ + =Outlook.= 79: 909. Ap. 8, ‘05. 130w.

“Such a book is a boon to many men, who will find it concise but not
perfunctory, learned but never dull.”

+ + + =Sat. R.= 100: 346. S. 9, ‘05. 320w.

“He has had no easy task in compressing into the limits of even the
larger volumes of this series so great a mass of material; and he has
performed it with skill and success.”

+ + =Spec.= 94: 333. Mr. 4, ‘05. 330w.

=Older, Mrs. Fremont.= Giants. †$1.50. Appleton.

“One giant is an oil trust magnate; the other a young man who opposes
him. Scenes are laid in ‘Oilville,’ California, and New York, where
the young man has carried a reform campaign and become district
attorney. The book falls in with a popular tone of antagonism to
trusts as throttling competition.”—Outlook.

* “The whole narration is pitched in the highest key of
sensationalism, and the figures that take part in it have but slight
resemblance to real human beings.” Wm. M. Payne.

— =Dial.= 39: 308. N. 16, ‘05. 370w.

“Some readers will consider it rabid, sensational trash; others a blow
on the right side.”

+ — =Outlook.= 81: 382. O. 14, ‘05. 60w.

=Olmsted, Frederick Law.= A journey in the seaboard slave states. 2v. *$5. Putnam.

A series of letters written for the New York Times during a three
months’ trip in 1852-3. These letters were revised and published in
1856, and are now issued again in a two-volume edition. They contain
an account of the author’s impressions of the southern people, black
and white, of their institutions, and their social, political, and
industrial economy.

“They are like faithful daguerreotypes of the worst features of
southern civilization. The author’s spirit was so fiercely prejudiced
against the South....”

+ — =Ind.= 58: 382. F. 16, ‘05. 1150w.

“Occasionally one finds evidence of partisan feeling, but in the main
the story reads well, giving a distinct impression of a fair-minded
observer anxious to see just how things are, and equally anxious to
make a record of actual conditions.” Francis W. Shepardson.

+ + — =J. Pol. Econ.= 13: 610. S. ‘05. 520w.

=Oman, Charles (William) Chadwick.= Seven Roman statesmen of the later Republic. *$1.60. Longmans.

“The seven statesmen are the two Gracchi, Sulla, Crassus, the younger
Cato, Pompey, and Caesar. Their lives ... completely cover the last
century of Rome’s ancien régime; or, more precisely, they cover the
course of the Roman revolution.... Each of Mr. Oman’s seven statesmen,
with the exception of Cato, ... represented the monarchial principle,
each more distinctly than his predecessor. Thus the true meaning of
the whole process, ... may be brought out by concentrating attention
upon the personal element.”—Am. Hist. R.

“Although the cardinal facts of the story are common property and
allow of no radically new explanation, yet they are invested with new
interest by Mr. Oman’s literary skill, his graphic and often
colloquial style, his genial and pungent wit—as of the Oxford
common-room, his thoroughly individual appreciation of each of the
leading figures, and his presentation of the whole movement in modern
and realistic terms.” Henry A. Sill.

+ + =Am. Hist. R.= 10: 622. Ap. ‘05. 1800w.

One hundred best American poems, selected by John R. Howard. 35c. Crowell.

These poems are selected from the works of sixty-four American poets.
All living authors have been excluded and the editor does not claim
that he has chosen the one hundred best poems, but one hundred from
among the best. The selections are given in chronological order,
beginning with Philip Freneau (1752-1832) and closing with Richard
Hovey, who died in 1900. An index of authors and another of first
lines gives easy access to any poem.

* — =Nation.= 81: 484. D. 14, ‘05. 70w.

* “The selection, as a whole, is very satisfactory.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 630. N. 11, ‘05. 340w.

* “One may quarrel with some of the selections ... but it can hardly
be said that they do not all deserve praise and preservation.”

+ =Pub. Opin.= 39: 732. D. 2, ‘05. 70w.

Opal. $1.25. Houghton.

An unusual story of a living opal, a woman of wondrous beauty, who
feels “everything a little, but nothing much,” and who is a clever
reflection of each personality with whom she comes in contact, “a
thousand women in one.” Then there is the “one woman in a thousand,”
strong and homely, whose “character and features are at constant
warfare.” And there is the man in whom lay the possibilities which
might make of him either “a leader of men or a follower of women.”
This is the important material. Boston and the other characters are
mere background. The real woman loves the man, but gives him the opal
because she fancies it will make him happy. It is the usual story of
the unlucky stone which brings misfortune to the donor and possessor;
and the iridescent girl, with no more evil intent than the gem itself,
wrecks the lives of all who come in intimate contact with her. In the
end, when what she has done is legally undone, the finer qualities of
the real woman’s character keep her from her heart’s desire.

* “Written with such marked individuality of style.” Frederic Taber
Cooper.

+ — =Bookm.= 21: 270. My. ‘05. 320w.

+ — =Critic.= 47: 94. Jl. ‘05. 140w.

“The argument is unusual, and it is strikingly presented. It seems,
however, to be a theme too extensive for treatment so brief, and there
are other evidences, slight but convincing, of lack of craftsmanship.”

+ — =Dial.= 38: 392. Je. 1. ‘05. 200w.

“Such a flat, foolish and unconvincing creature has, therefore, no
reason for existence, at least not in a novel.”

— =Ind.= 58: 1009. My. 4, ‘05. 200w.

“Of unusual interest and originality. The women are admirably drawn,
both of them, but the character of ‘the opal’ is a bit of portraiture
quite unique.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 140. Mr. 4. ‘05. 380w.

“Most of the story is made up of conversation, which is entertaining.
The action is rapid.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 392. Je. 17, ‘05. 140w.

“The development of the story is skilfully managed, the conversations
as a rule are very entertaining, and the whole book has the touch of a
bright, keen, thoroughly trained woman, not by nature a novelist, but
able to turn her hand to the writing of fiction with unusual
adroitness both of judgment and skill.”

+ + =Outlook.= 79: 707. Mr. 18, ‘05. 120w.

“Is unusually witty and readable.”

+ =Outlook.= 79: 772. Ap. 1, ‘05. 110w.

“The treatment meets the theme but half way. It ought to be a
masterpiece and it is not.”

+ — =Reader.= 6: 243. Jl. ‘05. 200w.

=Oppenheim, E. Phillips.= Master mummer. †$1.50. Little.

A plotting archduchess hides her orphaned niece, direct heir to the
family’s millions, away in a convent, and substitutes her own
daughter’s claim to the fortune. By merest chance a young author
living a struggling bohemian life becomes the protector of the
unfortunate girl as she emerges into the world for a brief moment. His
efforts are strongly seconded by the “master mummer” a great actor,
who had loved the girl’s mother. Together they foil every attempt of
the arch-plotters, and bring about well-merited happiness.

“It has an ingenious plot, and a steady stream of romantic and
dramatic incident; he writes well, too, without exaggeration, and with
pretty touches of sentiment. In construction, management, style, and
variety of incident, we can recommend ‘The master mummer’ as one of
the best stories of its kind that has appeared for some time.”

+ + =Acad.= 68: 420. Ap. 15, ‘05. 200w.

“The book has the exciting and the dramatic elements that will render
it popular with a large class of readers who are less critical about
the form, presentation and probability of a tale than they are about
its absorbing interest.”

+ — =Arena.= 34: 217. Ag. ‘05. 840w.

— + =Ath.= 1905, 1: 492. Ap. 15. 240w.

“Not that there is anything extraordinary or remarkable or great or
strong or wise or literary about it—it’s just a good story.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 365. Je. 3, ‘05. 470w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 392. Je. 17, ‘05. 140w.

“The story is frank melodrama, but is readable in its own particular
line.”

+ =Spec.= 94: 754. My. 20, ‘05. 180w.

=Oppenheim, Edward Phillips.= Mysterious Mr. Sabin. $1.50. Little.

Mr. Oppenheim’s former books, “A prince of sinners,” and “Anna, the
adventuress,” as well as the present story, make an incognito
personage the central figure. The mystery in each case is the sort to
be dealt with non-professionally. The mysterious Mr. Sabin is an
unscrupulous French royalist who aids the German government in a
conspiracy of war against England. His part in the plot is that of
securing valuable papers recording the coast defenses of England, for
which services he demands Germany’s conquest of France, and the
restoration of the monarchy in the person of Prince Henri and his
cousin, Helene of Bourbon. The coveted papers are the guarded
possession of an English admiral “partly crazed by the tragic
destruction of the Victoria, but still so profoundly wise on naval
matters and coast defenses that the spies of rival empires lay siege
to a study in which he works at plans to save his country.” Princess
Helene figures in a pretty romance which in spite of threatening
intrigue keeps free from politics and diplomatic complications.

“It is one of the most clever mystery tales of recent years, abounding
in highly dramatic situations, with a strong and well-sustained love
interest. In the present story there are many situations and
happenings that are highly improbable, and in some instances
practically impossible. Barring this grave fault, however, the story
is almost all that the lover of romantic fiction could desire.”

+ + — =Arena.= 33: 564. My. ‘05. 520w.

“We have the impression that the tale is, in fact, not a new one;
however, it is not bad of its kind.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 102. F. 18, ‘05. 480w.

“The book has more thrills and less probability to the square inch of
text than can be found anywhere outside the pages of a dime novel.”

+ — =Pub. Opin.= 38: 256. F. 18, ‘05. 280w.

“Skilful in plot.”

+ =Reader.= 5: 619. Ap. ‘05. 500w.

“It is all glaringly impossible, yet not without power or real
fascination.”

+ — =R. of Rs.= 31: 757. Je. ‘05. 110w.

=Oppenheim, Lassa.= International law. *$6.50. Longmans.

This, the first of a two-volume treatise, deals with international law
in time of peace. An introduction discussing the foundation and
development of the law of nations is followed by four parts: States as
subjects of the laws of nations; State territory, the open sea, and
individuals as the objects of the laws of nations; Diplomatic envoys,
and the like, as agents of states in their international relations;
and International transactions. The work aims to be an elementary
text.

“Taken all in all, Mr. Oppenheim has given us the best treatment of
the Law of Peace that we have as yet had.” Leo S. Rowe.

+ + + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 26: 610. S. ‘05. 280w.

“The merit of the volume is that it presents a fair, well-balanced
summary of accepted results, and that it puts the reader in touch with
the best modern literature of the subject.”

+ + — =Lond. Times.= 4: 158. My. 19, ‘05. 450w.

=Orcutt, William Dana.= Flower of destiny: an episode of the second empire; with il. by Charlotte Weber. †$1.25. McClurg.

A charmingly told story of the romance of Napoleon III. and Mlle.
Eugénie de Montijo which ends with the crown of violets in the forest
of Compiégne.

+ + =Dial.= 38: 293. Je. 1, ‘05. 170w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 295. My. 6, ‘05. 280w.

“Altogether makes a pretty little gift to carry with one on a summer
vacation.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 390. Je. 17, ‘05. 120w.

“A pretty romance.”

+ =Outlook.= 80: 391. Je. 10, ‘05. 30w.

“But great names of themselves do not make a story, and in ‘The flower
of destiny’ we have little else to look to.”

— =Reader.= 6: 478. S. ‘05. 110w.

=Orczy, Baroness.= Scarlet pimpernel. †$1.50. Putnam.

“The Scarlet pimpernel is the leader of a little band of titled young
Englishmen who make it their business—and pleasure—during the reign of
terror to assist condemned or suspected emigrés to escape to England.
An interesting complication arises when the young Frenchwoman married
to the lazy, careless English lord finds that in putting the French
agent on the trail of the scarlet pimpernel to save her brother’s life
she has in reality condemned her husband to death. Of course, he
doesn’t die, and of course they all, or most of all, lived happily
ever after.”—Pub. Opin.

“A thrilling story.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 671. O. 14, ‘05. 300w.

+ =Pub. Opin.= 39: 506. O. 14, ‘05. 200w.

* “A melodramatic but picturesque and well told tale.”

+ =Sat. R.= 100: 315. S. 2, ‘05. 80w.

=Osborn, Frank C.= Osborn’s tables of moments of inertia and squares of radii gyration, to which have been added tables of the working strengths of steel columns, the working strengths of timber beams and columns, standard loads and unit stresses and constants for determining stresses in swing bridges. $3. Osborn eng. co., Cleveland, O.

A thoroly modernized edition based upon the work of fifteen years ago.

“Though it does not meet all the needs of the structural designer in
its specific field, it promises to be a useful desk companion and to
regain much of its former prestige.”

+ + — =Engin. N.= 53: 638. Je. 15, ‘05. 440w.

=Osborn, Hartwell, and others.= Trials and triumphs: the record of the Fifty-fifth Ohio volunteer infantry. *$2.50. McClurg.

“The Fifty-fifth Ohio was recruited in Huron county (of which Norwalk
is the county-seat), after the reverses at Bull Run had stirred the
North to greater efforts; it had its full share of the campaigns in
Virginia, Tennessee, and Georgia, and of the terrible work at
Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. This is related with clearness and
graphic power by Captain Osborn; and, besides the narrative, the book
is unusually complete in regimental statistics, sketches of officers
and citizens, and personal notes and recollections of soldiers.
Photographs, both ‘wartime’ and modern, have been reproduced in
profusion.”—Dial.

“The work is in every way a real contribution to the literature of the
great struggle.”

+ + =Dial.= 38: 157. Mr. 1, ‘05. 210w.

“Its record presents a good picture of the most stirring events of the
war. East and West.”

+ =Nation.= 80: 112. F. 9. ‘05. 390w.

“It is a book of incomparable interest to the veterans of the old
command, of considerable value to historians, and not without interest
also for the general reader.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 467. Jl. 15, ‘05. 1200w.

* =Osbourne, Lloyd.= Baby Bullet, the bubble of destiny. †$1.50. Appleton.

“Baby Bullet is a motor car, a fifteenth hand ‘crock’ of early French
design, joyfully presented to two American ladies, a girl and a
schoolmarm, who are discovered by the roadside wearily enjoying a
tramp in England. The donor ... runs away lest his gift should be
thrust back upon him. Baby is in a state of sulks, and the two
Americans climb into her, and hire a carter to tow them behind a
furniture van. At cross-roads they meet another car, a gigantic and
glorious machine, with the power of sixty horses, unfortunately
unavailable because her mécanicien has forgotten the gasolene.... The
American owner of the big car borrows petrol from the American owners
of the little, and tows them in exchange. The result is a week of wild
romance and a thoroughly amusing book.”—Acad.

* “The light dexterous writing of the book pleases us like clever
juggling.”

+ =Acad.= 68: 1231. N. 25, ‘05. 360w.

* “The narrative is ingeniously contrived and ought to appeal to a
large public.”

+ =Critic.= 47: 579. D. ‘05. 60w.

* + =Outlook.= 81: 380. O. 14, ‘05. 80w.

* “The story abounds in slang and is neither exciting nor amusing.”

— =Sat. R.= 100: 689. N. 25, ‘05. 50w.

* “The narrative moves at a speed suitable to the subject, and the
pitch of high-spirited comedy is never lowered.”

+ =Spec.= 95: 985. D. 9, ‘05. 200w.

=Osbourne, Lloyd.= Motormaniacs. †75c. Bobbs.

This little pocket-book contains four short love stories, in each of
which an automobile is chief matchmaker. In the “Motormaniacs,” a
break down brings the right man into the story opportunely, and in
“The great bubble syndicate,” “Coal oil Johnny” and “Jones,” a
Fearless, a Despereaux, and a Porchar-Mufflin car play important
roles.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 380. Je. 10, ‘05. 210w.

“Lively, ingenious, and amusing.”

+ =Outlook.= 80: 393. Je. 10, ‘05. 4w.

=Osgood, Herbert Levi.= American colonies in the 17th century. 2v. **$5. Macmillan.

“The first [volume] is given over to the abortive experiments of
Gilbert and Raleigh in founding settlements in the New world, to the
first proprietary province, Virginia, and to the corporate colonies of
New England; the second, to the later proprietary provinces and to a
systematic survey of the colonies as a whole, at the close of the
period under discussion.”—Outlook.

“In the main, however, the difficulties of the book are of a kind
almost inevitable from the nature of the topic chosen, and the serious
reader will find it not only instructive, but full of interest. For
the student of our institutional beginnings, Professor Osgood has
provided one of the few treatises which are really indispensable.”
Evarts B. Greene.

+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 25: 149. Ja. ‘05. 1530w.

“Method of presentation and clarity of statement are other
commendatory traits.”

+ + =Outlook.= 79: 754. Mr. 25, ‘05. 2380w.

=O’Shea, Michael Vincent.= Education as adjustment: educational theory viewed in the light of contemporary thought. *$1.50. Longmans.

“This new work, which is centered around the idea of adjustment, is
divided into three parts. In Part I. the present status of education
as a science is faithfully described.... The last chapter of Part I.
treats of the data for a science of education, discussing the
respective values of the various classes of facts contributed by the
study of biographies, autobiographies, and the survival of the fittest
in education, as well as by the experimentation and research advocated
by sane leaders in the child-study movement. Especially valuable is
the section which explains the evolutionary point of view.... Part II.
examines the meaning and aim of education.... Chapters VI., VII., and
VIII. of Part II. deal respectively with the implications of
adjustment as the end in education, with adjustment as affected by
social organization, and with the general effect of adjustment upon
teaching.... The method of obtaining adjustment is treated in Part
III.... Chapters XIII. and XIV. are devoted to the doctrine of formal
discipline.”—Educ. R.

“Looked at as a whole, ‘Education as adjustment’ does not reveal
marked originality; but it is a luminous and vigorous presentation of
the best educational thought of the present day. It is, furthermore,
refreshing in that it betrays neither superficiality nor dogmatism.
His work, tho written in untechnical, popular language, is,
nevertheless, neither inane nor inaccurate. It is worthy of occupying
a valued place among the text-books used in normal schools and college
schools of education.” W. S. Sutton.

+ + + =Educ. R.= 29: 191. F. ‘05. 1610w.

=Osler, William.= Aequanimitas, and other addresses to medical students, nurses, practitioners. *$2. Blakiston.

A collection of 18 addresses and essays all pertaining to medicine.
The title gives the keynote to the volume, the successful nurse or
doctor must be imperturbable. Dr. Osler gives a review of medical
science in the nineteenth century, and his thoughts on education,
investigation, ethics, religion, and the conduct of life. He gives
advice to young physicians, suggestions as to their relations to both
patients and nurses, and tells them that the master-word of progress
is “Work.”

“Dr. Osler’s extensive sympathy, his elevation of thought, his
insistence on worthy ideals, his wide reading are all strikingly
exhibited in the volume before us.”

+ + =Cath. World.= 81: 546. Jl. ‘05. 1060w.

“The style of Dr. Osler is most felicitous; and those who think they
care but little for the professional aspect of this volume, will be
charmed by its graceful expressions, its acute suggestions, its
thorough good sense.”

+ + =Nation.= 80: 193. Mr. 9, ‘05. 1600w.

=Osler, William.= Science and immortality. **85c. Houghton.

The frankly agnostic spirit of modern “intellectuals” dealt with in
this volume is best summed up by quotations from the text itself:
“Though his philosophy find nothing to support it, ... the scientific
student should be ready to acknowledge the value of a belief in the
hereafter as an asset in human life.... He cannot be dogmatic and deny
the possibility of a future state, ... he will ask to be left,
reserving his judgment, but still inquiring.... Science is organized
knowledge, and knowledge is of things we see. Now the things that are
seen are temporal: of the things that are unseen science knows
nothing, and has at present no means of knowing anything.”

“The simple and charming style of the writer, as well as his apt
quotations from the masters, makes this book a delight to read.”

+ — =Am. J. of Theol.= 9: 400. Ap. ‘05. 200w.

Reviewed by E. T. B.

+ =Atlan.= 95: 138. Ja. ‘05. 320w.

Reviewed by H. B. Alexander.

=Bookm.= 21: 521. Jl. ‘05. 960w.

“The importance of this little book is quite out of proportion to its
size. He writes with evident honesty. It is a crystallized statement
of much that had been in solution, as it were, heretofore; it makes us
know where the majority of modern scientists stand with regard to the
only matters that they themselves consider more important than science
itself.”

+ + =Cath. World.= 80: 816. Mr. ‘05. 1450w.

“The argument is not of the strenuous sort; the words flow gently and
naturally, as they expose the mellowed thought of a mature and
reverent mind.” T. D. A. Cockerell.

+ =Dial.= 38: 87. F. 1, ‘05. 380w.

“The brief pages of this lecture are of delightful literary charm and
of great interest as indicating the trend of present thought on the
subject of the future life.”

+ + =Ind.= 58: 1072. My. 11, ‘05. 260w.

+ =Reader.= 5: 786. My. ‘05. 210w.

=Osterhout, Winthrop John Van Leuven.= Experiments with plants; with a preface by L. H. Bailey. *$1.25. Macmillan.

In this convenient handbook “Professor Osterhout of the University of
California has given us hints for the experimental study of
living-plants by means of the very simplest apparatus ... and suggests
innumerable contrivances which are to be made off-hand in any house,
and with which the plant can be severely cross-examined.... It is one
of the most helpful laboratory handbooks, and it deserves wide
employment in all classes of plant-laboratories.” (Nation.)

“On the whole we may commend it as one of the very best of its class,
and in some respects in advance of any similar book known to us. An
excellent index adds to its value.”

+ + + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 84. Jl. 15. 500w.

“The book on the whole will be most valuable for teachers of botany in
high schools.”

+ + =Ind.= 59: 270. Ag. 3, ‘05. 110w.

“The text is, for the greater part, extremely clear and interesting,
and needed only rather better illustrations to come into the very
first rank of attractive text-books.”

+ + — =Nation.= 80: 414. My. 25, ‘05. 240w.

“In spite of some faults, the book will be found of value to anyone
compelled to give a course of physiological botany under conditions
which preclude the use of ordinary laboratory fittings.”

+ + — =Nature.= 72: 364. Ag. 17, ‘05. 460w.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 538. Ag. 19, ‘05. 230w.

=Ottley, Rev. Robert Lawrence.= Religion of Israel: a historical sketch. *$1. Macmillan.

“The main strength of Canon Ottley’s contribution to the now
voluminous literature on the subject lies in his able and earnest
effort to harmonize modern theory with church tradition.... The
chapters ... likely to be read with some special eagerness are those
on ‘The primitive religion of the Semites,’ ‘The contact of Judaism
with Hellenism,’ and ‘The final stage in pre-Christian Judaism.’”—Ath.

“Those belonging to the author’s school of thought—and their number is
very considerable—will, however, maintain that the good points of the
book far outweigh its drawbacks. We are ourselves able to commend it
as an earnest and serious contribution to a perplexing and deeply
interesting problem.”

+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 2: 239. Ag. 19. 430w.

“There is no work in English which tells in such brief compass the
story of Israel’s faith from Moses to the Pharisees with such
painstaking loyalty to establish fact.”

+ + + =Ind.= 59: 876. O. 12, ‘05. 310w.

* “A compact, semi-popular account of the development of Hebrew
religion, as understood by a cautious and moderate critic.”

+ =Ind.= 59: 1160. N. 16, ‘05. 20w.

“It is well drawn and puts much into a small volume in clear as well
as concise form.”

+ + =Outlook.= 80: 886. Ag. 5, ‘05. 130w.

“The compiling is well done, and for a popular sketch of Old Testament
theology we do not know of anything better.”

+ + =Sat. R.= 100: 188. Ag. 5, ‘05. 150w.

“His exposition is in fact an admirable specimen of the higher
criticism, exercised with discretion by one who is neither fettered by
traditional beliefs, nor bent, as some of the critical school seem to
be, on breaking with them altogether. We are not always in agreement
with the conclusions reached.”

+ + — =Spec.= 94: 900. Je. 17, ‘05. 120w.

=Ottman, Rev. Ford C.= Unfolding of the ages in the Revelation of John. **$2. Baker.

Written in an expository style, conciliatory rather than
controversial, this work upon Revelation throws a new light upon the
symbolism of the book. The author accepts and advocates the theory
that “everything from the fourth chapter to the end of the book is
still future and will follow the removal of the church from the earth
at the appearing of our Lord.”

— =Outlook.= 80: 395. Je. 10, ‘05. 310w.

=Pub. Opin.= 39: 60. Jl. 8, ‘05. 130w.

* Our best society. †$1.50. Putnam.

“This story narrates the adventures among the rich, vain, and
reasonably well-cultivated of New York of a young writer and his nice
wife, and contains vivid and veracious pictures of the dinner party,
the coaching party, the theatre party, and many other ‘social
functions,’ glimpses of literary, artistic, and dramatic ‘sets,’ with
a study of the manners of a mannerless age, and a hint or two of its
morals.”—N. Y. Times.

* “This is not a great novel, nor even a good one, but it counts
because the author has caught the real levity of mannerism in that
filmy world.”

+ =Ind.= 59: 1151. N. 16, ‘05. 110w.

* “Another book in which the comedy of contemporary American society
is adroitly set forth and in a unhackneyed way.”