Chapter IV: Front Matter (4)

The story of a young Harvard man whose uncle refused to supply him
with funds for a trip to Europe. As the girl he loves is already
there, nothing can stop him, so he takes his chum with him, steals his
uncle’s yacht, cruises from Maine to the Mediterranean, wins the girl
and comes home to be forgiven. There are many amusing and stirring
adventures, such as a race with an English yacht, smuggling art
treasures out of Italy, and a storm at sea.

Reviewed by Wm. M. Payne.

+ =Dial.= 39: 115. S. 1, ‘05. 170w.

“Lively narrative and clearcut description, written for the most part
in excellent English. A thoroughly wholesome and readable book.”

+ + =Nation.= 80: 378. My. 11, ‘05. 200w.

“It is light, but simple and pretty.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 244. Ap. 15, ‘05. 460w.

“The story is cleverly told, remarkably so for the author’s first
attempt, and is entertaining in spite of the superabundance of slang.”

+ =Outlook.= 79: 961. Ap. 15, ‘05. 80w.

“The author’s style is buoyant, and he rides blithely over choppy seas
that have brought to grief many an older writer.”

+ =Reader.= 6: 360. Ag. ‘05. 310w.

=Batten, Rev. Loring W.= Hebrew prophet. $1.50. Macmillan.

“Dr. Batten seeks to realise the actual conditions under which the
Jewish prophets lived and worked. He inquires how they gained a
subsistence, what they did for their countrymen, what was thought and
expected of them, and whether they wrote down their utterances in
advance.... These and other questions are discussed with an
open-mindedness and sobriety which are not always in evidence on
either side of the ‘Higher criticism controversy.’”—Spec.

“An excellent handbook for the use of intelligent Bible students. The
method of presentation is clear and simple, and the underlying
principles are scholarly and safe.”

+ + =Bib. World.= 26: 239. S. ‘05. 30w.

“The book is popular yet critical, neglecting neither the problems of
scholars nor the practical applications of the history.”

+ + =Outlook.= 81: 279. S. 30, ‘05. 140w.

“A very sensible and seasonable book.”

+ + =Spec.= 95: 229. Ag. 12, ‘05. 110w.

=Battine, Cecil.= Crisis of the confederacy: a history of Gettysburg and the Wilderness. $5. Longmans.

“This volume is substantially a history of the American civil war,
though special attention is given to the Gettysburg campaign (June
27th-July 14th, 1863), and to Grant’s operations in the Wilderness in
May and June, 1864.... The story of years of serious fighting is
compressed into something less than four hundred pages. Then comes a
chapter in which the lessons of the war are drawn in a very
instructive way.” (Spec.) There are six maps in the book, and a
colored frontispiece showing the battle flags of the confederacy.

“Captain Battine has done faithful and able work in his book, and it
must remain a permanent contribution to the history of the crisis of
the Confederacy.” J. P. S.

+ + + =Am. Hist. R.= 11: 178. O. ‘05. 1330w.

“If he has nothing very new to say on the subject, he has the gift of
writing a clear narrative. Would be improved by a better index and by
more references to authorities.”

+ + — =Lond. Times.= 4: 195. Je. 16, ‘05. 590w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 201. Ap. 1, ‘05. 350w.

“Capt. Battine tries to be fair, and is on the whole.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 258. Ap. 22, ‘05. 1270w.

“Excellently lucid narrative. Our readers can hardly find a more
satisfactory narrative, with so much matter in so moderate a space.”

+ + =Spec.= 94: 411. Mr. 18, ‘05. 100w.

Battle of Maldon, and short poems from the Saxon chronicle, ed. by Walter John Sedgefield. 40c. Heath.

A volume in section I. of the “Belles-lettres” series. The text of The
battle of Maldon has been collated with Hearne’s transcript of the
lost Cotton MS. and the variants noted. Notes, bibliography and
glossary are provided.

=Bauer, G.= Marine engines and boilers; their design and construction: a handbook for the use of students, engineers and naval constructors, based on the work, “Berechnung und konstruktion der schiffsmachinen und kessel.” *$9. Henley.

“The work as a whole is divided into eight parts.... Part 1. deals
with the main engine.... Part 2. deals with pumps.... Part 3 takes up
shafting, resistance of ships and propulsion.... Part 4. treats of
piping and connections.... Part 5. deals with steam boilers.... Part
6. is occupied with measuring instruments.... Part 7. deals with
various details.... Part 8. comprises a large collection of tables and
tabular matter.... Illustrative material has also been most generously
furnished.”—Engin. N.

+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 2: 115. Jl. 22, ‘05. 1040w.

“This work constitutes an addition of the highest value to the
available literature on the subject.” W. F. Durand.

+ + + =Engin. N.= 53: 636. Je. 15, ‘05. 1270w.

“The book has been excellently and competently translated. The general
arrangement of the book is convenient.”

+ + + =Nature.= 72: 453. S. 7, ‘05. 1100w.

=Baum, Lyman Frank.= Queen Zixi of Ix. †$1.50. Century.

Printed in large type, which will attract child readers, and profusely
illustrated in color by Frederick Richardson, this story of the magic
cloak which gave to each of its wearers the fulfilment of one wish
will delight all who read about the fairy-folk, the witch queen, Bud,
the little boy who became king of Noland, his charming sister, the
invading Roly-rogues, Aunt Rivette, who wished for wings and got them,
and all the rest.

* “Is more of real fairy-tale than the ‘Wizard’ but just as
delightful.”

+ =Critic.= 47: 575. D. ‘05. 40w.

* =Ind.= 59: 1387. D. 14, ‘05. 40w.

* + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 744. N. 4, ‘05. 50w.

“It bids fair to be a popular holiday book for children.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 383. O. 14, ‘05. 60w.

* + — =R. of Rs.= 32: 768. D. ‘05. 100w.

* =Bayliss, Sir Wyke.= Seven angels of the renascence. **$3.50. Pott.

“The ‘Angels,’ or messengers, are: Cimabue, Leonardo da Vinci, Michael
Angelo, Titian, Raphael, Correggio and Claude. The author opens his
book where his earlier volume, ‘Likeness of Christ Rex Regum,’
closed.... Each chapter has prefixed to it a portrait of the artist
discussed, with a facsimile of his signature. The other illustrations
(all are, by the way, in half-tone) are reproductions of some of the
works of the masters.”—N. Y. Times.

* + =Critic.= 47: 572. D. ‘05. 150w.

* “It is also a pity that he clings to convention and regards Cimabue
as ‘the first painter of the renaissance,’ when that honor rightly
belongs to Giotto.”

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 796. N. 25, ‘05. 470w.

=Bayly, Elizabeth Boyd.= Under the she-oaks. †$1.25. Union press.

Opening with a bushman’s hut and ending with a heaven sent rain which
delivers the parched country from the great drought, this love story
of Australia tells of the hardships which the gently-bred English
gallantly encounter in that new country, where the wind wails drearily
thru the long spines of the she-oaks.

=Beach, Rex Ellingwood.= Pardners. †$1.50. McClure.

Ten stories of life in Alaska and the West, including besides the
title story, The test, North of forty-three, The scourge, The shyness
of Shorty, The thaw at Silsco’s and others.

“There is no faint-hearted mincing of words in them, the pictures they
present are sometimes repulsive, but always virile.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 380. Je. 10, ‘05. 560w.

“Strenuous tales of the wild West and the frozen North, ranging from
the grimly tragic to the grimly humorous.”

+ =Outlook.= 80: 394. Je. 10, ‘05. 20w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 31: 761. Je. ‘05. 60w.

* =Beach, Seth Curtis.= Daughters of the Puritans. *$1.10. Am. Unitar.

The group of women whose biographies are sketched here includes
Catherine Maria Sedgwick, Mary Lovell Ware, Lydia Maria Child,
Dorothea Lynde Dix, Sarah Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Harriet Beecher
Stowe and Louisa May Alcott.

* “In writing about them, therefore, the author assumes a frankly New
England point of view, judges men, women, and things by New England
standards, and takes all his saints seriously.”

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 895. D. 16, ‘05. 420w.

* + =Outlook.= 81: 887. D. 9, ‘05. 140w.

=Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli, earl of.= Endymion; with a critical introd. on his writings by Edmund Gosse. $1.50. Cambridge soc., 135 5th av., N. Y.

“In ‘Endymion’ ... the hand of the author has dealt with matters with
which he was more than familiar, the political complications and
developments of the thirties and forties of the last century. It is in
reality an autobiography, and the figures which move through the
varied scenes of the story are thinly disguised personages of high
rank and great importance.”—Pub. Opin.

“Despite its priggish tone and frequent sneers, the book has a human
quality which is likely to give it a life that even the great fame of
its author could not have assured it had those qualities been
wanting.”

+ + — =Pub. Opin.= 38: 549. Ap. 8, ‘05. 290w.

=Beale, Joseph Henry, jr.= Law of foreign corporations and taxation of corporations both foreign and domestic. sh. *$6. W: J. Nagel, 6 Ashburton place, Boston.

“In this country alone of great modern commonwealths, every state
jurisdiction is a ‘foreign’ jurisdiction in every other state; and
every corporation chartered by one state is a foreign corporation in
every other.... It is made more complicated still by the concurrent
existence of still a third (federal) jurisdiction.... The subject of
taxation is naturally involved.... The author has devoted considerable
space to the statutory provisions of states and territories, as well
as of Great Britain and Canada.”—Nation.

“There is, we believe, no other which covers the field explored by Mr.
Beale, to the exclusion of other topics, and this fact alone would
make the work professionally important.”

+ + + =Nation.= 80: 339. Ap. 27, ‘05. 590w.

=Beard, Lina, and Beard, Adelia.= Indoor and outdoor handicraft and recreation for girls. **$1.60. Scribner.

“When the eye and hand can be trained, the mind informed, and the
child at the same time entertained, a needed work is indeed being
accomplished; and in ‘Handicraft and recreation for girls,’ the
parents will find a valuable aid in accomplishing this triple task.
The first half of the volume ... is devoted to the handicrafts. Here
the most explicit directions are given for spinning, weaving, ... as
well as for making complete miniature copies of a Japanese village, a
Russian village, an Indian village and an old colonial kitchen....
Besides these there are numerous suggestions for the very tiny
folk.... The second half ... contains many delightful suggestions for
Easter and Hallowe’en games as well as for simple amusements for very
small children.”—Arena.

“All the directions in the book are so detailed and simple, and the
illustrations are so copious that the work is far more valuable than
many similar volumes. One would search far to find a book of this kind
so varied in its interests and so clear and explicit in its practical
directions.” Amy C. Rich.

+ + =Arena.= 33: 221. F. ‘05. 440w.

=Beardsley, Aubrey.= Last letters of Aubrey Beardsley: with an introductory note by the Rev. John Gray. *$1.50. Longmans.

“A series of notes and letters written by Aubrey Beardsley during the
last three years of his life.”—N. Y. Times.

+ =Cath. World.= 81: 250. My. ‘05. 240w.

“In a sketchy way, these indicate something of the writer’s mind and
tastes.”

+ =Critic.= 46: 379. Ap. ‘05. 130w.

“Altogether the book seems to throw some light on the artistic
temperament in general, as well as upon the character and ways of
thought of the young artist. For all that, it is quite impossible to
see how the inclusion of many of the utterly trivial notes of thanks
or regret adds to the light the book affords, and the trouble is that
such idle conclusions are apt to make the reader scoff at the rest,
much of which is not matter for scoffing.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 68. F. 4, ‘05. 660w.

“These letters are interesting as throwing side-lights upon that
remarkably sensitive, artistic soul.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 31: 381. Mr. ‘05. 60w.

=Becke, (George) Louis.= Tom Gerrard. †$1.50. Lippincott.

A series of episodes in the life of an Australian stockman who, after
many and varied misfortunes, finds happiness thru a lovely girl whom
he has rescued from an alligator. The setting is Queensland, and there
is much local color.

“His new manner, because of its inequality, is inferior to the old:
here and there he climbs almost to the heights; a moment later he has
fallen into the mud of the ridiculous.”

— =Acad.= 68: 857. Ag. 19, ‘05. 320w.

“If his people are stereotyped, the incidents of Mr. Becke’s tale are
numerous, and mostly picturesque.”

+ — =Ath.= 1905, 2: 74. Jl. 15. 300w.

“The story contains the usual Australian elements of interest.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 404. Je. 17, ‘05. 330w.

“But for the local colour, in fact, the novel would be entirely
commonplace.”

+ — =Sat. R.= 100: 251. Ag. 19, ‘05. 230w.

=Becke, Louis.= Under tropic skies. †$1.50. Lippincott.

“Mr. Becke, like Mr. Kipling, Mr. Lafcadio Hearn, Mr. Norman Duncan,
and some few other fortunate ones in this generation, discovered a new
corner of the earth with which he had a special talent for making the
rest of mankind acquainted.... His element is, without doubt, the
throwing of just such flashlights upon the far Paumotos, the
Carolines, Fiji, and other fascinating dots in the Pacific solitudes
as fill the pages of the volume which is called ‘Under tropic
skies.’”—N. Y. Times.

“Has returned to the writing of those delightful sketches of life in
the remote islands of the South Pacific that first brought him into
favorable notice. But one cannot read through to the end of this
volume without coming to the conclusion that Mr. Becke still writes
very good stories, that his store of incidents is simply enormous, and
that he knows the South Sea Islands—natives, traders, and all their
ways, past and present. He makes us know them too.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 27. Ja. 14, ‘05. 500w.

=Beebe, C. William.= Two bird-lovers in Mexico. **$3. Houghton.

These two bird-lovers, the writer and his wife, spent a winter camping
in the Mexican interior and here they found not only birds, but
mammals, insects, flowers, and scenery worth observing. This record of
the things they saw includes ornithological information, new material
upon the food-habits of the Mexican species, and also incidents of
travel and camp life and glimpses of the natives whom they met while
“roughing it.”

* “His observations and his pictures will be of great value to the
scientist as well as a pleasure to the untrained reader.” May Estelle
Cook.

+ + =Dial.= 39: 373. D. 1, ‘05. 230w.

“He has aimed at an interesting running narrative and commentary,
rather than an exhaustive study. He may justly be proud of the
information gathered on the habits of birds.”

+ + =Nation.= 81: 341. O. 26, ‘05. 270w.

“The whole story is told with much good humor and with evident
enthusiasm.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 726. O. 28, ‘05. 940w.

* + =Outlook.= 81: 943. D. 16, ‘05. 50w.

* + =R. of Rs.= 32: 636. N. 1, ‘05. 130w.

=Beecher, Willis Judson.= Prophets and the promise. **$2. Crowell.

The substance of this theological text-book is that of the lectures
delivered by the author 1902-03 on the L. P. Stone foundation in the
Princeton theological seminary. It presents a scholarly study of the
prophets of the Old Testament and their messages relating to the
coming of the Messiah. The author has searched for the truth
unhampered by considerations of the orthodoxy of the results; but he
feels that the truth as he found it while it contains some new
elements is “simply the old orthodoxy, to some extent transposed into
the forms of modern thought.”

“The point of view is essentially conservative.”

+ =Bib. World.= 26: 398. N. ‘05. 40w.

“Among recent books adverse to the modern critical view of the Old
Testament, Dr. Beecher’s work has the rare and distinctive merit of
commanding the respect of the critics whom he opposes.”

+ + — =Outlook.= 81: 630. N. 11, ‘05. 230w.

* + =R. of Rs.= 32: 752. D. ‘05. 80w.

* =Beeson, Rebecca Katharine,= comp. Child’s calendar beautiful. $1. Burt-Terry-Wilson co., La Fayette, Ind.

A collection of poems and prose selections to be memorized by
children. The selections are arranged to cover the eight years of the
grammar school course and each of these years is divided into months
beginning with the first school month, September. This arrangement
makes the book ideal for a teacher’s use. The selections are not only
appropriate to the time of year but they include the thoughts of our
best English writers upon subjects which appeal to the child’s
patriotism, love of nature, human sympathy, and ideals.

=Beldam, George W., and Fry, Charles B.= Great batsmen: their methods at a glance. *$6.50. Macmillan.

A series of six hundred instantaneous photographs illustrating the
stages by which the best cricket batsmen make their most
characteristic strokes.

“It is the most scientific work and the most practical work on batting
that has yet appeared, a combination of example and precept which
could not be bettered.”

+ + + =Acad.= 68: 1036. O. 7, ‘05. 260w.

* “An intensely interesting book, and it will be found invaluable by
all who are concerned with the higher philosophy of cricket.”

+ + + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 683. N. 18, 680w.

“The cricketers of the future, when the present giants of the game are
but memories, may find in Mr. Beldam’s marvellous photographs and Mr.
Fry’s concise and lucid descriptions much fascination.”

+ — =Lond. Times.= 4: 275. S. 1, ‘05. 440w.

* “The book is full of a great variety of most interesting and
instructive points.” C. G. K.

+ + =Nature.= 73: 82. N. 23, ‘05. 1680w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 625. S. 23, ‘05. 310w.

=Beldam, George W., and Vaile, P. A.= Great lawn-tennis players. *$4. Macmillan.

A book of action photographs illustrating the positions taken by
players for particular strokes, with comments by Mr. Vaile, who calls
attention to their good or bad points. There is a chapter on “advanced
tactics of the single game,” by Mr. E. G. Meers, and one upon “The
half-volley,” by Mr. C. A. Caridia.

“Mr. Vaile can play lawn-tennis and can talk about it, but he
certainly cannot write. However, Mr. Beldam’s photographs make an
excellent album.”

+ — =Acad.= 68: 148. F. 18, ‘05. 790w.

* “The book is in fact spoilt by the text.”

+ — =Ath.= 1905, 2: 683. N. 18, 420w.

“Valuable contribution to the literature of lawn tennis. The lawn
tennis reader will find, therefore, much to think over in these pages,
and particular attention is drawn to the first chapter, in which the
racket, per se, and the methods of holding it are discussed.”

+ + =Nature.= 71: 436. Mr. 9, ‘05. 160w.

+ =Spec.= 94: 186. F. 4, ‘05. 160w.

=Bell, Archie.= Scarlet repentance. 50c. Broadway pub.

A beautiful Italian woman plays upon the weakness of a young American
whom she meets in a sleeping car in the Rockies, “where the mountains
cover their sins.” They spend one day at Banff together, a day in
which the young man learns much, and, having eaten of this tree of
good and evil, he returns to the East where, at the written command of
the woman he has left, he confesses all to his innocent young fiancee,
and receives her forgiveness and, incidentally, an Italian estate.

=Bell, John Joy.= Mr. Pennycook’s boy, and other stories, †$1.25. Harper.

A dozen short stories of Scottish child life. Wee Macgreegor himself
reappears in this volume, and there are others as wee and canny as he.

* + =Critic.= 47: 575. D. ‘05. 80w.

“They are very good stories of their kind—informed by the appropriate
sentiment and not too much obscured by dialect—humorous also in the
sad Scottish fashion of humor.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 291. My. 6, ‘05. 220w.

“The undercurrent of tenderness serves to bring out in higher relief
the sometimes unconscious humor of the sketches.”

+ =Outlook.= 80: 141. My. 13, ‘05. 60w.

“It would be difficult to find a volume more refreshing than ‘Mr.
Pennycook’s boy.’”

+ =R. of Rs.= 31: 758. Je. ‘05. 130w.

=Bell, Lilian Lida.= At home with the Jardines. †$1.50. Page.

“In this volume the heroine of ... ‘Abroad with the Jimmies’ appears
in the role of a young matron seeking to establish a home in New York
city. The efforts of herself and her husband to secure ... peace and
quiet amid the vicissitudes of flat-life in the great metropolis prove
so futile that at last they conceive the idea of withdrawing to a
beautiful little town on the Hudson, where they find a delightful
old-fashioned house which they transform into an ideal country
home.”—Arena.

“The book is written in a bright, breezy style and abounds in humorous
situations. It is just the volume for an idle summer afternoon.” Amy
C. Rich.

+ =Arena.= 33: 455. Ap. ‘05. 180w.

=Bell, Malcolm.= Sir Edward Burne-Jones. $1.25. Warne.

A volume in the “Newnes’ art library.” The book contains a tinted
half-tone frontispiece and fifty-seven plates in black and white
illustrating Burne-Jones’ work. There is an introductory essay by
Malcolm Bell, who describes the pictures and tells of the artist’s
struggles for public recognition.

=Critic.= 46: 379. Ap. ‘05. 50w.

“In his undoubtedly triumphant accomplishment of the difficult task of
writing with freshness on a subject he has already treated
exhaustively, the author ... assumes, perhaps, rather too much
knowledge on the part of his readers. But for this small drawback, ...
the brief account of the prolific artist must satisfy his most ardent
admirers.”

+ + =Int. Studio.= 25: 181. Ap. ‘05. 110w.

“... Ten page preface, lightly but clearly, sketching his life and
work.”

+ =Int. Studio.= 25: sup. 39. Ap. ‘05. 190w.

“As the text is the work of Mr. Malcolm Bell, however, it bears the
marks of the same authority and illumination which we find in his
other and larger volumes. The execution of the illustrations is of
rather unequal merit, but they are well chosen and are deeply
interesting.”

+ =Outlook.= 79: 398. F. 11, ‘05. 80w.

=Bell, Nancy R. E. Meugens (Mrs Arthur Bell) (D’Anvers, pseud.).= Paolo Veronese. $1.25. Warne.

An addition to the “Newnes’ art library.” The volume contains a sketch
of Paolo Caliari, called Veronese, and his works, a list of his
paintings and their present locations, and sixty-four illustrations in
half-tone, reproduced from photographs.

“Here the introduction by Mrs. Bell is clear and direct. The
half-tones do not average as well as in other volumes.”

+ + — =Critic.= 46: 379. Ap. ‘05. 110w.

“Is typical of that writer’s clear insight into the salient
characteristics of the painter.”

+ =Int. Studio.= 24: sup. 100. F. ‘05. 130w.

“This text is much above the average of these publications, and gives
some real idea of the range and force of Paolo’s genius, though Mrs.
Bell seems entirely to have missed the humor of the artist’s defence
of himself before the Inquisition, and to sympathize altogether with
the inquisitors.”

+ =Nation.= 80: 194. Mr. 9, ‘05. 60w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 150. Mr. 11, ‘05. 260w.

“Interesting text. We could wish that the many illustrations in the
present volume were more adequate in quality.”

+ =Outlook.= 79: 401. F. 11, ‘05. 230w.

=Bell, Nancy R. E. Meugens (Mrs. Arthur Bell) (N. D’Anvers, pseud.)= Tintoretto, bds. $1.25. Warne.

About sixty illustrations well reproduced, with an introductory essay
on the painter and his work.

“In the introductory essay Mrs. Arthur Bell, from her extensive
knowledge of Italian painting, throws much light on the surroundings
of the painter, giving, by her interesting way of writing, a chapter
which adds greatly to the value of the book.”

+ =Int. Studio.= 25: 180. Ap. ‘05. 120w.

“The text is of no value.”

— =Nation.= 80: 523. Je. 29, ‘05. 470w.

+ =Outlook.= 80: 696. Jl. 15, ‘05. 50w.

=Belloc, Hilaire.= Emmanuel Burden, †$1.50. Scribner.

The days of Butler and his memorial “Hudibras” are suggested thruout
Mr. Belloc’s brilliant satire with its exaggerated gravity. It
satirizes the speculative methods developed by the modern
imperialistic movement in England. “No small part of the humor of his
satire lies in its travesty of many contemporary biographies, in which
the values of small incidents is greatly exaggerated, uninteresting
details of family are furnished, and insignificant pedigrees traced
back as if they led to royal sources.” (Outlook).

“Mr. Belloc has drawn his characters with a delicate irony.”

+ + + =Cath. World.= 81: 407. Je. ‘05. 310w.

“No piece of social and political satire was ever more elaborately
worked out in each incident, reference and detail, even to the titles
of the amusing pencil sketches.”

+ + + =Ind.= 58: 1191. My. 25, ‘05. 100w.

“A brilliantly written satire. An Englishman would appreciate the
satire much more than an American, because of more intimate knowledge
of the conditions with which it deals; but the story is sufficiently
distinct in its satirical outlines to make the purpose of the author
clear to an American reader and to give the story, for an American,
interest.”

+ =Outlook.= 79: 94. Ja. 7, ‘05. 120w.

=Bennet, Robert Ames.= For the white Christ; a story of the days of Charlemagne. $1.50. McClurg.

Oliver the northman, and his foster brother, Roland, are the heroes of
this dramatic story, which is filled with stirring scenes and wartime
adventures. The Danes, joining with the Franks in their cry of “Christ
and the king,” repulse the Saracens; and Oliver, by his chivalrous
daring, wins King Karl’s daughter, in spite of the beautiful and
wicked Fastrada, who, by means of spells and poisons, succeeds in
making herself a queen. It is a story true to those rough times in all
details, and is an old time romance rather than an historical novel.

“The author has taken pains over his work, and should content readers
who enjoy that kind of fare. The delineation of character is
conventional. A defect ... is the tendency to force the heroic note
too insistently.”

+ =Ath.= 1905, 2: 75. Jl. 15. 280w.

“All this portentous historical material, blended with much intrigue
and passion, together with some of the gentler elements of romance, is
skilfully brought into a tale of much action and dramatic vigor,
couched in language that makes a fair pretense of archaism (of the
conventional type, naturally), and brought to a satisfactory issue.”
Wm. Morton Payne.

+ =Dial.= 38: 390. Je. 1, ‘05. 250w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 237. Ap. 8, ‘05. 260w.

“This story is somewhat high-flown and super-romantic in style, but
its intensity is not without dramatic force.”

+ — =Outlook.= 79: 856. Ap. 1, ‘05. 50w.

“He has covered dry bones with rosy flesh.”

+ =Reader.= 5: 788. My. ‘05. 610w.

=Benson, Allan L.= Socialism made plain. Social Democratic publishing company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

“A simple explanation of the principles of socialism as advocated by
American socialists—a work suited for the busy man on the farm, in the
shop, the factory and the store, who has little time to give to
abstract treatises.... This work contains fifteen chapters” in which
“the various phases of socialism are so elucidated as to be easily
grasped by the individual.”—Arena.

“The treatment of the subject is so admirable that we take pleasure in
recommending it to our readers.” Amy C. Rich.

+ + =Arena.= 33: 454. Ap. ‘05. 350w.

=Benson, Arthur Christopher (Christopher Carr, pseud.).= Life of Edward FitzGerald. **75c. Macmillan.

A volume recently added to the “English men of letters” series. The
life of the man known to the world mainly thru his “Omar Khayyám” is a
“fair subject of public discussion, not only because he was a poet of
special charm and fineness, but also because he was a peculiarly
interesting specimen of human nature.” (Outlook.)

“Mr. Benson has analyzed the mind of FitzGerald with rare
penetration.”

+ =Acad.= 68: 677. Jl. 1, ‘05. 1390w.

“Mr. Benson has perhaps made of the brief biography required by the
scheme of this series all that could be made of it.”

+ + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 198. Ag. 12. 1610w.

“Mr. A. C. Benson was a capital choice for the writing of this book.
Not only is he sympathetic with FitzGerald, but he is a delightful
writer.” Jeanette L. Gilder.

+ + =Critic.= 47: 158. Ag. ‘05. 1090w.

“This new life of FitzGerald ... meets no crying need. The literary
strictures, however just, seem not exactly called for in ‘Old Fitz’s’
case; and all else is a twice-told tale.”

+ — =Dial.= 39: 69. Ag. 1, ‘05. 480w.

“The biographical sketch and general characterization are excellent,
the specific criticisms of FitzGerald’s writings sound and fair.”

+ + =Ind.= 59: 697. S. 21, ‘05. 200w.

“If he is not quite a satisfying biographer, he is certainly a
satisfying editor, and often a very clever commentator upon
FitzGerald’s literary achievements.”

+ + — =Lond. Times.= 4: 197. Je. 23, ‘05. 2760w.

“Mr. Benson’s book will be found to contain all that any reader needs
to know about FitzGerald, and it is an excellent cheap substitute for
those who cannot afford Mr. Wright’s massive illustrated volumes.”

+ =Nation.= 81: 126. Ag. 10, ‘05. 1340w.

“His treatment on the whole, scarcely touches us with quite that
personal and affectionate feeling for FitzGerald that doubtless most
of us have involuntarily formed.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 560. Ag. 26, ‘05. 840w.

“A literary portrait simple and direct in its method of treatment, but
full of expression and character.”

+ + =Outlook.= 80: 837. Jl. 29, ‘05. 450w.

“Mr. Benson sets forth very clearly and succinctly the noteworthy
facts in a career that was decidedly lacking in the spectacular,
whatever may be said of its deeper notes.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 32: 509. O. ‘05. 120w.

“We do not of course deny to Mr. Benson’s work such merits as may
always be found in his biographical efforts—care in the weighing of
facts, an educated taste, and a practised hand in the manipulation of
phrases.”

+ =Sat. R.= 100: 500. O. 14, ‘05. 1410w.

“He has marshalled the facts which are already known with considerable
skill; he has criticised FitzGerald’s few works with sound judgment
and surprising moderation.”

+ + =Spec.= 95: 48. Ag. 8, ‘05. 1540w.

=Benson, Arthur Christopher (Christopher Carr, pseud.).= Peace and other poems. *$1.50. Lane.

“Mr. Benson’s verse resembles Matthew Arnold’s not only in its
culture, but in its gentle brooding over the dark and mysterious facts
of life, and in the strong resolution which confronts the mischances
of human experience.... Most of the poems in this volume [about forty
in number] record Mr. Benson’s own reflections upon nature and
life.”—Forum.

“The longer poems as a rule are the most successful, elegy and not
epigram being Mr. Benson’s forte.”

+ =Ath.= 1905: 2: 107. Jl. 22. 300w.

“Tender, sincere, and refined, Mr. Benson’s verse appeals to our
highest spiritual nature, and delivers its message with persuasive
grace.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ =Dial.= 39: 272. N. 1, ‘05. 460w.

“Mr. Benson’s verse resembles Matthew Arnold’s: there is in it a
warmth of sympathy redeeming it from austerity and even imparting to
it a tone of friendliness and geniality.” Herbert W. Horwill.

+ =Forum.= 37: 247. O. ‘05. 560w.

“Mr. Benson maintains a deliberately chosen level of good verse. He is
always correct, always perfectly plain.”

+ =Lond. Times.= 4: 267. Ag. 25, ‘05. 320w.

“Maintains the even comfortable level of his earlier books.”

+ =Nation.= 81: 303. O. 12, ‘05. 380w.

=Benson, Edward Frederic.= Act in a backwater. $1.50. Appleton.

“Mr. Benson has given us a slight but pleasing study of life in a
small cathedral town. The brother and sister of a poor nobleman settle
there, and introduce a novel element into the placid life of the place
which gives many opportunities for comedy. The son of a canon, an
artist, and therefore a rebel against the tyranny of the close, falls
in love with the sister, and the progress of their romance is the main
interest of the book.”—Spec.

“All this has the makings of a capital light comedy, which no one
could have done better than Mr. Benson. But for some obscure reason he
has seen fit to introduce episodes entirely out of all harmony that
ruin his effect. They give the impression of heartlessness and, what
is worse, are bad art.”

+ — =Acad.= 68: 106. F. 4, ‘05. 300w.

+ =Ath.= 1905, 1: 203. F. 18. 590w.

“A flat little story without construction or sustained interest.”

— =Critic.= 46: 477. My. ‘05. 80w.

“As an example, not of Mr. Benson’s power, but of his wit, cleverness,
and knowledge of human nature, ‘An act in a backwater’ is a delightful
bit of work.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 149. Mr. 11, ‘05. 1030w.

“It has some pleasant bits of human nature and one or two lovable
characters, but, considered as a novel, it is wretchedly constructed.”

+ — =Outlook.= 79: 604. Mr. 4, ‘05. 60w.

“A novel which starts out admirably and ends in sheer vacuity.”

+ — =R. of Rs.= 31: 757. Je. ‘05. 100w.

“It is a pleasant, wholesome story.”

+ =Spec.= 94: 184. F. 4, ‘05. 260w.

=Benson, Edward Frederic.= Image in the sand. †$1.50. Lippincott.

A love story dealing with the occult. “It is in fact the old story of
the struggle between the powers of light and darkness, the black magic
and the white for the possession of a girl’s soul—a Faust legend in
effect, or its parallel expressed in terms of ancient and modern
occultism.” (Acad.)

“The climax, itself, however, the struggle of Ida’s friends and
household with the demoniac, has a vivid force, and, if the tale is to
stand by its power to conjure up horror, Mr. Benson must be credited
with a considerable success in a difficult ‘genre.’ His detail is
effective, his society sketches are admirable.”

+ — =Acad.= 68: 710. Jl. 8, ‘05. 520w.

“The story is carefully conceived and well written, and with excellent
restraint. Mr. Benson wanted to ‘make our flesh creep,’ and he has
not.”

+ — =Ath.= 1905, 2: 73. Jl. 15. 200w.

“That he has failed ludicrously, pathetically, merely marks his
limitations by proclaiming his total innocence of the one quality that
would make success possible. The machinery of the story is clumsy, its
progress slow, and its conclusion an absurd evasion of whatever
problem might conceivably be raised. Whether from carelessness or
sheer ignorance, the book is a storehouse of weak, awkward, slovenly
writing.” Edward Clark Marsh.

— — =Bookm.= 22: 69. S. ‘05. 1560w.

“The reason why Mr. Benson has not succeeded better is that he lets us
too much behind the scenes.”

— =Ind.= 59: 575. S. 7, ‘05. 190w.

“In the would-be serious parts the author carries no conviction, and
in lighter passages he is far below his own best level.”

— =Lond. Times.= 4: 209. Je. 30, ‘05. 540w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 392. Je. 17, ‘05. 120w.

“The quiet, intense conviction of Mr. Benson’s pages cannot fail
entirely of a certain impressiveness.”

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 479. Jl. 22, ‘05. 1100w.

“This tale is cleverly written, but disappointing.”

+ — =Outlook.= 80: 884. Ag. 5, ‘05. 150w.

“His quick, vivacious talent is not well adapted for a tale of
intangible mystery, which wants an atmosphere beyond Mr. Benson’s
powers. The second part of the story would be convincing and powerful
were the reader properly impressed by the first.”

+ — =Spec.= 95: 261. Ag. 19, ‘05. 400w.

=Benson, Rev. Robert Hugh.= By what authority? *$1.60. imp. Benziger.

“Mr. Benson, after making an effort at religious impartiality,
abandons the attempt, and frankly turns his novel into a Roman
Catholic historical pamphlet.... [He] takes for his subject the
religious persecutions of the Roman Catholics in the reign of
Elizabeth.... The greater part of the novel is occupied by theological
discussions.... Mr. Benson has a gift of word-painting which enables
him to give vividly lifelike pictures of the court of Elizabeth, and
particularly of the queen herself.”—Spec.

“Is an unusually fine piece of work. In fact we regard it as one of
the most excellent Catholic stories that we possess in English, and by
far the best that has appeared for a long time.”

+ + + =Cath. World.= 81: 403. Je. ‘05. 970w.

“On the whole, the book is well worth reading, though spoilt, if
judged from the standpoint of a work of fiction, by the intrusion of
too much theology.”

+ — =Spec.= 94: 221. F. 11, ‘05. 340w.

=Benton, Josiah H.= Notable libel case: the criminal prosecution of Theodore Lyman, jr., by Daniel Webster, in the Supreme judicial court of Massachusetts, November term, 1828. **$3.50. Goodspeed.

“The trial here described was on an indictment alleging that Lyman had
charged Webster with having conspired with other leading Federalists
in 1807-‘08 to break up the union on account of the Embargo acts, and
to re-annex the New England states to the mother country.” (Dial). The
case was submitted to the grand jury in the supreme judicial court,
and an indictment returned. It was then tried with the result that the
jury disagreed, and when the solicitor-general proclaimed that every
resource had been exhausted, the case was dropped. The trial, based as
it was upon political rather than personal motives, did not disturb
the relation of friendship between the two men.

=Am. Hist. R.= 10: 718. Ap. ‘05. 100w.

“The history of the episode is well worked out by Mr. Benton, and the
letters and other documentary materials are so skillfully employed in
the text that the story almost tells itself from the records.”

+ =Dial.= 38: 128. F. 16, ‘05. 590w.

=Berenson, Bernard.= Lorenzo Lotto: an essay on constructive art criticism. *$2.50. Macmillan.

A reprint of a book which was first published ten years ago. It
catalogs and describes Lotto’s paintings and attempts to present the
man, Lotto, altho there is little material available for his
re-construction. There are a large number of full-page reproductions
of Lotto’s works.

+ =Acad.= 68: 368. Ap. 1, ‘05. 190w.

“A model of systematic investigation.”

+ + — =Nation.= 80: 398. My. 18, ‘05. 270w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 450. Jl. 8, ‘05. 600w.

+ + =Outlook.= 80: 141. My. 13, ‘05. 100w.

=Bernheimer, Charles Seligman,= ed. Russian Jew in the United States: studies of social conditions in New York, Philadelphia and Chicago, with a description of rural settlements. **$2. Winston.

A series of papers contributed by well-known Jewish writers who
“present the rise and development of the Russian Jews who have come to
the United States during the past twenty-odd years, to show the
qualities they brought with them, to present the facts as to their
adjustment to the conditions here, and to look a little into the
future.”

“The manner of presentation of the papers is not uniformly happy, and
for the whole we wish for a specific statement of dates. In spite of
this, however, Dr. Bernheimer has undoubtedly done a service in
bringing out this book. Considering its structure, he is to be
congratulated on having it so free of injudicious statements and as
complete as it is in the important matter on this serious subject of
the assimilation of so alien a people.” Walter E. Kruesi.

+ + — =Ann. Am. Acad.= 26: 598. S. ‘05. 560w.

=Critic.= 47: 380. O. 90w.

“It is a splendid argument for the Jew.”

+ =Ind.= 59: 579. S. 7, ‘05. 240w.

* “Naturally, the authors speak from the inside, and as each deals
with conditions which have come within his own observation and
experience, there is a variety of intimate information not easily
obtainable by alien investigators.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 785. N. 18, ‘05. 300w.

=Outlook.= 80: 839. Jl. 29, ‘05. 70w.

* =Bernstein, Hermann.= Contrite hearts. †$1.25. Wessels.

The life of a group of Russian Jews is here pictured in a fashion
simple to the point of crudeness. The two daughters of the orthodox
cantor, Isroel Lambert, follow their own hearts and become outcasts
from both the faith and the home of their father. Later, contrite in
heart and chastened in spirit, they are reunited with him in America.
Thruout the book strict observance of Jewish rites seems to bring a
happiness denied to those who merely love.

=Berry, Charles William.= Temperature-entropy diagram. $1.25. Wiley.

“Mr. Berry’s book ... presupposes a knowledge of thermodynamics, also
of the working and behavior of the various kinds of heat engines, ...
it ... is divided into twelve chapters. The first chapter treats of
reversible processes and cycles, and in the following eleven chapters
the T Phi diagram is applied to the following processes and engines:
perfect gases, saturated steam, superheated vapors, the flow of
fluids, hot-air engines, the liquefaction of gases, compressors and
refrigeration, the actual steam-engine cycle as recorded by the
indicator.”—Engin. N.

“The book is very clearly written. The author has covered quite an
extensive field, and on the whole he has done it very well.” Storm
Bull.

+ + =Engin. N.= 53: 527. My. 18, ‘05. 420w.

=Berton, Guy.= Art thou the man? †$1.50. Dodd.

A Denver murderer who daintily strangles a trio of women and in each
case leaves behind thirteen carnations as a clue is sought thruout
this detective story. The adventures of a “cub reporter” who becomes
involved in the search, the clearing of an innocent man by a skilful
lawyer who holds a mob at bay to protect his client, and the influence
of Elise, the wicked and beautiful woman of the French quarter, are
vividly drawn.

“The gloom is not lightened by any gleam of humor, but the style has
the force which comes from a lurid intensity of feeling.”

+ — =Ind.= 58: 844. Ap. 13, ‘05. 140w.

“Local color has been laid on here in great crimson splashes.”

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 237. Ap. 8, ‘05. 380w.

“A rather clever detective story couched in somewhat overwrought
language.”

+ — =Outlook.= 79: 906. Ap. 8, ‘05. 30w.

“The tale is lacking in action, compactness, and sequence.”

— =Pub. Opin.= 38: 714. My. 6, ‘05. 110w.

“Lacks neither freshness nor power.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 31: 763. Je. ‘05. 110w.

=Bertouch, Beatrice, Baroness de.= Life of Father Ignatius, O. S. B. *$3. Dutton.

The life of this “devout but pugnacious Anglican monk” is interwoven
with questions of church doctrine and church union so as to represent
an episode in church history. His biographer reveals him as “a son of
thunder,” “magnificently human,” and with an “oceanic personality.”

“Will be received with grains by those not of the fold.”

+ — =Nation.= 80: 154. F. 23, ‘05. 750w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 172. Mr. 18, ‘05. 630w.

“The story of his life is a curious episode in the history of the
modern church, an interesting study for the psychologist, and an
instructive commentary on the worth of a formal sort of church union
that is too much thought of.”

+ =Outlook.= 79: 450. F. 18, ‘05. 150w.

“A book which, so far as it is a narrative of facts and an exposition
of opinions, has an unquestionable interest. It, too, answers in its
way the question about the Anglican ideal. The author has a copious
vocabulary of slang, but cannot write English.”

+ — =Spec.= 94: 180. F. 4, ‘05. 170w.

=Besant, Walter.= London in the time of the Tudors. *$7.50. Macmillan.

“The gravitating point in this great historical period lay principally
in London.... As London was England to so large an extent, we are
naturally curious to learn all that we can about the city at that
interesting period. The late Sir Walter Besant’s quarto volume on
‘London in the time of the Tudors’ goes far towards gratifying our
curiosity. It is in the same sumptuous form as the same author’s
‘London in the eighteenth century’.... The illustrations are for the
most part reproductions of contemporary prints; chief among them is a
panorama of the city, extending over three double pages of the book,
originally drawn by Anthony Van den Wyngaerde, in 1543, well
illustrating the map folded into the cover, embracing 12 pages, and
being a reduced reproduction of Ralph Agas’s map of about 1560.”—Dial.

“Work is rightly called a survey. It is not a history; it is not a
story. It is especially happy in its accounts of how people lived and
dressed, what they ate and drank, what customs they pursued at their
weddings and at the burial of their dead,—from the king and queen down
to ‘prentice. The author has drawn largely upon contemporary authors.”
Arthur Howard Noll.

+ + =Dial.= 88: 121. F. 16, ‘05. 1230w.

+ + =Spec.= 94: 143. Ja. 28, ‘05. 1450w.

=Best, Kenelm Digby.= Rosa mystica: the fifteen mysteries of the most holy rosary, and other joys, sorrows and glories of Mary. *$6. Herder.

A book written in honor of the Immaculate conception jubilee. It is
illustrated with 46 full-page illustrations, copies of the rosary
frescoes of Giovanni di San Giovanni and other artists.

“It contains nothing fresh, original, or thoughtful that we have
discovered. Its occasional references to history are grotesquely
false: its theology is often repulsively extravagant; and its general
method and spirit make it impossible for intelligent people to read it
with either profit or patience.”

— — — =Cath. World.= 80: 830. Mr. ‘05. 220w.

=Bevan, Edwyn Robert.= Jerusalem under the high priests. $2.50. Longmans.

Five lectures on the period between Nehemiah and the New Testament.
“Into his attractive narrative of political events Mr. Bevan weaves a
sketch of the development of Jewish thought, including therein notices
of the Book of Daniel and of all the great Apocryphal works of the
time except the Wisdom of Solomon.... One of the most noteworthy works
of the period is Ben-Sira or Ecclesiasticus.... Mr. Bevan’s account of
the book is full and interesting. He properly devotes much space to
the invasion of Jewish society by Hellenism, including the attempt of
Antiochus Epiphanes to Hellenize his realm.... Other important points
forcibly brought out are: the character of Judas Maccabæus, the
results of the Hasmonean rule, the conflicts between the Pharisees and
the Sadducees, and the policy and character of Herod. The volume is
provided with an index and tables of the Hasmoneans and the
Seleucids.”—Am. Hist. R.

“Mr. Bevan’s picture of the period, while popular in style, is
thorough and accurate in matter.” C. H. Toy.

+ =Am. Hist. R.= 10: 681. Ap. ‘05. 320w.

“The style is clear and sympathetic, and occasionally even brilliant.
The topics dealt with by Mr. Bevan are so successfully worked out that
we should have liked to see the book enlarged so as to embrace other
pertinent points as well.”

+ + =Ath.= 1905, 1: 522. Ap. 29. 610w.

“It is not a comprehensive work; but a scholar who knows a period of
history deeply and scientifically, can put a great deal of information
into a small book. And beyond doubt, Mr. Bevan’s acquaintance with his
subject is thorough and methodical. We only regret that he did not add
a little bibliographical detail to his interesting pages.”

+ + =Cath. World.= 80: 829. Mr. ‘05. 230w.

“The author has certainly succeeded in his purpose of giving ‘in a few
strokes the general outline and colour’ of the period.” G. B. G.

+ + =Eng. Hist. R.= 20: 604. Jl. ‘05. 180w.

=Beveridge, Albert J.= Young man and the world. **$1.50. Appleton.

“The young Indiana senator writes of young men from the point of view
of a young man who has found success coming his way. These papers are
collected from the periodical in which they first appeared.... Learn
your limitations, and start out in the direction for which you are
fitted, is his first suggestion. Also keep working, and working hard,
and don’t worry. Read, and mingle with people, and cultivate nature.
Take vacations. Courage, nerve, faith in one’s self are necessary. Mr.
Beveridge has given a great deal of good advice that ... will
stimulate and help to strengthen.”—N. Y. Times.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 669. O. 14, ‘05. 530w.

* “It is all on good, safe, and sound commonplace ground.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 777. N. 18, ‘05. 370w.

* “His book covers a great deal of ground, and covers it well; it
contains sayings to think over, sayings to remember, sayings to
follow; it is a book decidedly worth having.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 833. D. 2, ‘05. 140w.

“The writer’s terse, vigorous style is well suited to his text.”

+ + =Outlook.= 81: 530. O. 28, ‘05. 40w.

* “Will occupy a permanent place with books of their general
character.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 32: 639. N. ‘05. 100w.

=Beveridge, W.= History of the Westminster assembly. *$1. imp. Scribner.

“In a very clear and orderly manner, within a brief compass, this
volume sets forth the events leading up to the calling of the
assembly, its character, deliberations, and findings.”—Bib. World.

“The calling, the personnel, and proceedings of the assembly are
concisely related.”

+ + =Am. J. of Theol.= 9: 376. Ap. ‘05. 170w.

“Of the many histories of the assembly this seems to us best suited to
the needs of the general reader.”

+ + =Bib. World.= 25: 316. Ap. ‘05. 80w.

=Bharati, Baba Premanand.= Sree Krishna, the Lord of love. *$2. Lane.

This work prepared by the distinguished Brahman of Calcutta, who was
recently elected vice-president of the Peace congress, is intended to
interpret the Hindu belief as to the origin and meaning of life and
the evolution of the universe. It purports to be “the history of the
universe from its birth to its dissolution. Baba Bharati has aimed to
impress his readers with the substance of Hindu thought on religion
and philosophy, in purely Eastern dress. The volume is really a clear
history of the origin, nature, and evolution of the universe as the
Oriental mind perceives it; it is a clear statement of the doctrine of
Karma; an exposition of the caste system; a beautiful story of the
Oriental Christ, and perhaps the clearest statement ever published of
the Hindu cosmogony.” (R. of Rs.)

“Style is direct, simple, and clear, and his thinking high and sane.
It is an extraordinary book,—the fascinating exposition of an exalted
philosophy.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 31: 255. F. ‘05. 250w.

Bible. Book of Ecclesiastes: a new metrical translation, with an introduction and explanatory notes by Paul Haupt. 50c. Hopkins.

“A rhythmical rendering and rearrangement of the contents of
Ecclesiastes, involving many transpositions of verses and many
excisions of glosses. The notes are numerous and suggestive. The book
belongs to the ‘Polychrome’ series.”—Bib. World.

+ =Bib. World.= 26: 398. N. ‘05. 30w.

“A highly valuable companion to the popular versions.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 574. N. 4, ‘05. 170w.

Bible, Twentieth century New Testament *$1. Revell.

“‘The twentieth century Testament’ is a translation into modern
English made from the original Greek by a company of about twenty
scholars representing the various sections of the Christian church.”
(N. Y. Times). In spite of the radical efforts of religious and
literary formalists the world over to oppose modernizing the form of
the Scriptures, “the demand of the people for a Gospel in their own
tongue is too strong to be checked.” (Ind.)

“There can be no question that this work is equaled by few, if any, in
its earnestness, scholarship, and success. It deserves to be studied
and publicly read, not in the place of, but along side of, the
American standard revision.” C. W. V.

+ + =Bib. World.= 26: 76. Jl. ‘05. 350w.

“The most popular [modernized translations], and in our opinion
deservedly so, is the Twentieth century New Testament. It is not an
old version patched up so as to last a little longer, but a new
rendering expressed in words and style such as might be used if it
were written for us of to-day, as, indeed, we believe it was. The
translators write idiomatically, not pedantically.”

+ + + =Ind.= 58: 435. F. 23, ‘05. 360w.

“There need, we suppose, be no real fear that this book will make any
progress in displacing that of which it is in effect a part burlesque,
or that it will be otherwise valued than as a literary curiosity.”

— — — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 88. F. 11, ‘05. 143w.

=Bicknell, Edward.= Territorial acquisitions of the United States, 1787-1904: an historical review. 3d ed. rev. and enl. **50c. Small.

“A clear and concise statement of the superficial facts concerning our
accessions of territory.”—Am. Hist. R.

“It contains a few errors. The style is too colloquial, but as a whole
the book is better than many more pretentious ones.”

+ + — =Am. Hist. R.= 10: 445. Ja. ‘05. 160w.

* =Bigelow, Poultney.= History of the German struggle for liberty. v. 4. **$2.25. Harper.