Chapter VI: discusses portal bracing, sway and lateral bracing and (6)

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unionism’—the militant unionism. Hostility to trade-unionism is
written large on every page from cover to cover, and the author’s very
evident bias makes one question rather than accept his conclusions.
The book is interesting and informational. The impression grows upon
one as he reads that the investigation was not a colorless seeking
after truth, but an attempt to find facts which would bear out a
theory already formed, and that the trade-unionist was really judged
without notice and without a hearing.” Edith Abbott.

+ — — =J. Pol. Econ.= 13: 129. D. ‘04. 1140w.

=Prentys, E. P. and Kametaro Sesamoto.= Japanese for daily use. 75c. Jenkins.

“A booklet which will fit the pocket and help the traveller. It is
full of real talk, brief, to the point, and wholly free from that
exaggeration of honorifics heard on the stage and overworked by
novelists and Japanophiles.... Numbers, money, postal rates, and helps
to pronunciation have not been forgotten in this capital
manual.”—Nation.

“We have failed to find a misprint in its sixty-three pages.”

+ + + =Nation.= 81: 13. Jl. 6, ‘05. 80w.

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=Prindiville, Kate Gertrude.= Two of the guests. †$1.25. Pott.

Letters to their friends by the various guests at a house party
comprise this volume. They are very masculine and very feminine and
tell the love story of Margaret Exeter, whom the men called an angel
and the women considered a “bold creature,” and Arnold Gresham, a Sir
Galahad.

“The letters are cleverly written.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 244. Ap. 15, ‘05. 300w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 394. Je. 17, ‘05. 200w.

“A pretty love story.”

+ =Outlook.= 79: 910. Ap. 8, ‘05. 60w.

=Prothero, Rowland Edmund.= Psalms in human life. *$2. Dutton.

A new edition of this book which cites numerous incidents showing the
influence of the psalms in historical crises and in critical moments
in the lives of prominent men and women.

“With skill, sympathy, and infinite patience he has traced the
influence of this great hymnary upon successive generations, from
Origin to our day.”

+ + =Nation.= 80: 375. My. 11, ‘05. 490w.

=Prouty, Charles A. and others.= President Roosevelt’s railroad policy. 50c. Ginn.

A report of a discussion before the economic club of Boston, March 9,
1905, in which President Roosevelt’s railroad policy is reviewed by
four men of varying interest in the great question.

=Pryor, Sara Agnes Rice (Mrs. Roger Atkinson Pryor).= Reminiscences of peace and war. **$2. Macmillan.

For this new edition of her popular book the author has prepared new
chapters, one of which describes the origin and first celebration of
Decoration day in this country; she has also added a number of
illustrations. The volume gives a pleasing picture of social life in
the South, beginning with the Washington of President Pierce’s
administration and ending with the conclusion of the civil war.

+ =Bookm.= 30: 482. Ja. ‘05. 490w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 631. S. 23, ‘05. 280w.

+ =Outlook.= 81: 335. O. 7, ‘05. 60w.

* “This is one of the best and most readable books of its class.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 32: 756. D. ‘05. 50w.

Publisher’s confession. **60c. Doubleday.

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the relations between author and publisher as they are and as they
ought to be.”—Ind.

“The writing is generally clear, and, apart from some repetitions,
effective. Of the ‘literary’ class the publisher has a poor opinion.”

+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 2: 134. Jl. 29. 2270w.

“It may perhaps be shop-talk, but it is so well done, there is in it
so much sense and sincerity that it will entertain and impress you, no
matter how far remote you are from books and their makers. Frankly,
the book is a brief for the publisher.” Beverly Stark.

+ + =Bookm.= 21: 384. Je. ‘05. 1200w.

=Ind.= 58: 903. Ap. 20, ‘05. 100w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 264. Ap. 22, ‘05. 720w.

“We commend the book to writers (to the experienced publisher it will
hardly contain any novelty). There are some hints, however, which may
be useful.”

+ =Spec.= 95: 396. S. 16, ‘05. 310w.

=Puffer, Ethel D.= Psychology of beauty. *$1.25. Houghton.

Eight papers upon—Criticism and aesthetics, The nature of beauty, The
æsthetic repose, The beauty of fine art, The beauty of music, The
beauty of literature, The nature of dramatic emotion, and The beauty
of ideas.

“Miss Puffer’s method of treatment is precise and logical without
being over-technical.”

+ + =Dial.= 39: 93. Ag. 16, ‘05. 260w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 251. Ap. 15, ‘05. 200w.

+ + =Outlook.= 80: 394. Je. 10, ‘05. 330w.

“A careful and closely woven study.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 32: 254. Ag. ‘05. 50w.

=Pullan, Rev. Leighton.= Church of the fathers; being an outline of the history of the church from A. D. 98 to A. D. 461. *$1.50. Macmillan.

Volume II. but the first in date of issue, of an eight volume series
which will deal with the “Church universal.” This volume contains an
outline of the history of the church from A. D. 98 to A. D. 461. It
begins with the death of St. John’s last apostle and ends with a
consideration of the work of St. Leo and St. Patrick.

“Conscientious and scholarly labor with which Mr. Pullan has brought
so much valuable information into comparatively brief compass.” A. G.

+ + — =Eng. Hist. R.= 20: 822. O. ‘05. 170w.

“This is a well-arranged and lucidly wrought introduction to the study
of the important period it covers.”

+ + + =Outlook.= 80: 245. My. 27, ‘05. 80w.

“Altogether it is a book which students, and especially those already
on Mr. Pullan’s side, will find valuable for reference and
information; but we doubt whether it will prove an introduction or a
stimulus to further study.”

+ =Sat. R.= 100: 188. Ag. 5, ‘05. 210w.

=Purchas, Samuel.= Hakluytus posthumous; or Purchas his pilgrimes. *$3.25. Macmillan.

“The work will be complete in twenty volumes. It is a continuation and
enlargement of Hakluyt’s ‘Voyages.’ It is made up of unpublished
manuscripts of voyages, left by Hakluyt after his death, which came
into the hands of Samuel Purchas. The latter added to them his own
accounts of the many travels and voyages of Dutch, Spanish, and
Portuguese explorers and English travelers, besides including numerous
translations from early books of travel which were then becoming
scarce.... The text of the present edition is a reprint of that of
1625, with the exception that errors in spelling and punctuation have
been corrected and contracted forms of letters extended. Among the
contents are the accounts of the early expeditions fitted out by the
East India company, of the adventures of Capt. John Smith in Turkey
and Virginia, the Arctic discoveries of Barents, Baffin, and Henry
Hudson, and translations from Acosta, Oviedo, Las Casas, and others.
All the maps and illustrations of the original edition have been
included in this reprint, and there is also a facsimile of the
original engraved title page.”—N. Y. Times.

“Their real claim to consideration lies in their style, their
pungency, their wit, their unexpected turns of expression, their
irresistible quaintness. There is an equal quality about the book
regarded as a whole.”

+ + =Acad.= 68: 234. Mr. 11, ‘05. 1480w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

+ + =Acad.= 68: 575. My. 27, ‘05. 240w. (Review of v. 3 and 4.)

* “The volumes with increasing force and power speak for themselves.”

+ + =Acad.= 68: 1095. O. 21, ‘05. 1250w. (Review of v. 5-8.)

=Nation.= 81: 55. Jl. 20, ‘05. 410w.

=Nation.= 81: 142. Ag. 17, ‘05. 130w. (Review of v. 3 and 4.)

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 171. Mr. 18, ‘05. 380w.

“Too much respect cannot be given to the work of Samuel Purchas. With
Hakluyt, it shows the advances made by civilization. It is one of the
foundations on which modern geographical study rests.”

+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 196. Ap. 1, ‘05. 150w. (Review of v. 1 and
2.)

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 466. Jl. 15, ‘05. 380w. (Review of v. 4 and
5.)

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 561. Ag. 26, ‘05. 440w. (Review of v. 5 and
6.)

“It is because Purchas helps Hakluyt in making us understand all this
that he is worth reprinting and rereading.”

+ + =Sat. R.= 100: 19. Jl. 1, ‘05. 2380w. (Review of v. 1-4.)

+ + =Sat. R.= 100: 284. Ag. 26, ‘05. 500w. (Review of v. 5 and 6.)

+ + =Spec.= 94: 440. Mr. 25, ‘05. 1620w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

+ + =Spec.= 95: 199. Ag. 5, ‘05. 70w. (Review of v. 5 and 6.)

=Purves, Rev. David.= Life everlasting: studies in the subject of the future. *$1.50. imp. Scribner.

“The subjects treated in this volume by a Presbyterian clergyman of
Belfast, Ireland are: The life everlasting, The resurrection (of
Jesus and believers), The future life, and Immortality in
literature.”—Outlook.

=Outlook.= 79: 760. Mr. 25, ‘05. 120w.

=Putnam, M. Louise.= Children’s life of Lincoln. $1.25. McClurg.

A new and thoroughly revised edition of a book designed not for
children’s amusement, but for pure instruction.

=Pyle, Edmund.= Memoirs of a royal chaplain. *$4. Lane.

Edmund Pyle, chaplain in ordinary to George I., Archdeacon of York,
and Prebend of Winchester, “represents the Church of England, so far
as the clergy constitute the Church sunk in coveteousness and sloth.”
(London Times.) “The letters are valuable for the display not of a
specially elevated or attractive clerical character, but of the facts
and feelings of that age from the point of view of a minor
ecclesiastical politician.” (Nation.)

+ + =Ath.= 1905, 1: 743. Je. 17. 1930w.

* “He makes an unusual revelation of the scheming and jobbery in
church preferment.”

+ =Critic.= 47: 476. N. ‘05. 70w.

“Mr. Hartshorne’s labors have at least furnished a useful source-book
for historians of the period, however lacking it may be in the
continuous absorbing interest.”

+ + — =Dial.= 39: 118. S. 1, ‘05. 330w.

“If there is nothing in this volume to excite admiration or
enthusiasm, there are some curious facts, and one or two amusing
incidents. Notes should be brief, accurate, and germane to the matter.
Mr. Hartshorne’s are none of the three.”

+ — =Lond. Times.= 4: 200. Je. 23, ‘05. 2280w.

“He writes with no waste of words, with great frankness, and with
pretty full and accurate information, as to a large range of
externals.”

+ + =Nation.= 81: 142. Ag. 17, ‘05. 320w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 399. Je. 17, ‘05. 260w.

“Whatever Pyle says is worth reading. It is only when Mr. Hartshorne
intervenes that we are sorry.”

+ — =Spec.= 94: 945. Je. 24, ‘05. 1470w.

=Pyle, Howard.= Story of champions of the round table. **$2.50. Scribner.

“A companion volume to Mr. Pyle’s ‘Story of King Arthur and his
knights,’ illustrated as that was with wood cuts admirably suited in
manner and tone to the pseudo-antique style of narrative in which the
deeds of Sir Launcelot and his fellow-knights are retold.... To boys
not too young and of the right imaginative cast of mind the book
should have the fascination which Malory’s tales still have for a like
class of elder readers.”

* + =Critic.= 47: 576. D. ‘05. 50w.

* + =Ind.= 59: 1387. D. 14, ‘05. 80w.

* “It is evident that this writer brings to his task wide knowledge
and great enthusiasm; we could wish that he did not in large measure
spoil the good effects of both by diffuseness, affectation of style,
and prosy sermonizings.”

+ + — =Nation.= 81: 449. N. 30, ‘05. 210w.

“Mr. Pyle succeeds unusually well in preserving the legendary and
chivalrous atmosphere of his subject without dulling the interest by
over-indulgence in archaic language.”

+ + =Outlook.= 81: 631. N. 11, ‘05. 90w.

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=Quarles, Francis.= Sions sonets sung by Solomon the king. *$4. Houghton.

A reprint of this poetical paraphrase of the song of Solomon which
combines the merits of the editions of 1625 and 1680.

+ + =Dial.= 38: 424. Je. 16, ‘05. 180w.

+ + =Nation.= 80: 481. Je. 15, ‘05. 60w.

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=Rabelais, Francois.= Selections; ed. by Curtis Hidden Page. *$2. Putnam.

A volume in the series of “French classics for English readers.” In
the selections the aim of the editor has been to “keep all the
essential parts of the story, and all the scenes which had most
literary value and human interest; to retain all the best of the
historical satire; and to include other parts which have some special
interest, such as the chapters on education.”

“Mr. Page has done his task as well as it could be done.”

+ + + =Critic.= 47: 286. S. ‘05. 70w.

+ =Dial.= 38: 326. My. 1, ‘05. 120w.

=Ind.= 59: 395. Ag. 17, ‘05. 60w.

+ =Outlook.= 79: 504. F. 25, ‘05. 140w.

“The edition is very well got up and generally attractive.”

+ =Spec.= 94: 521. Ap. 8, ‘05. 80w.

“Dr. Page’s introduction is an interesting and scholarly study of his
author.”

+ + =Yale R.= 14: 230. Ag. ‘05. 110w.

* =Rae, John.= Sociological theory of capital: being a complete reprint of the New principles of political economy, 1834; ed. with biographical sketch and notes by Charles Whitney Mixter. *$4. Macmillan.

“Rae’s book is a refutation of Smith’s system, and in the course of
chapter after chapter he carefully takes the author of the ‘Wealth of
nations’ to pieces. The result is that he arrives at a defense of
protection as opposed to free trade and of legislative interference as
opposed to the laissez-faire policy. Professor Mixter in his
recrudescence of Rae has split the book in the middle, giving the
first and last parts in an appendix.”—Pub. Opin.

* =N. Y. Times.= 10: 708. O. 21, ‘05. 150w.

* “A readable book where only the dismal science existed before.”

+ =Pub. Opin.= 39: 763. D. 9, ‘05. 180w.

* “He has not been content with making a mere reprint, but has
carefully scrutinized and rearranged the original work so as to make
it of distinct use for modern readers and valuable as a text-book in
advanced courses.” I. F.

+ + =Yale R.= 14: 330. N. ‘05. 1250w.

=Ragster, Olga.= Chats on violins. *$1.25. Lippincott.

In these “chats” the history of the violin, historical and
biographical sketches of Italian and German makers, and anecdotes of
great players are given, followed by chapters on the manner of
preserving and playing the violin and an appendix upon the life of
Paganini. The illustrations present a series of types of the violin
from the ninth century to the present day.

“Miss Ragster’s treatment is clear and concise, and not of such a
technical nature as to burden the ordinary reader.”

+ =Dial.= 39: 245. O. 16, ‘05. 210w.

+ =Nation.= 81: 305. O. 12, ‘05. 90w.

“Miss Ragster’s English style is frequently vivacious, but often
unfinished, and she is imperfectly informed as to the spelling of many
foreign proper names and other words.”

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 722. O. 28, ‘05. 580w.

* “While the book is not technical in any sense, it should be of
considerable value to all students of the violin.”

+ =Pub. Opin.= 39: 700. N. 25, ‘05. 100w.

=Rambaud, Alfred Nicholas; Simkovitch, Vladimir; and others.= Case of Russia: a composite view. **$1.25. Fox.

“A presentation of certain phases of Russian life and history by five
writers who have a first-hand knowledge of the subjects they discuss.
It comprises: an outline sketch of the successive steps in the
expansion of Russia; a brief psychological study of the Russian
people; an interpretation of the Russian autocratic system; an inquiry
into the progress and possibilities of the Slav; and a survey of the
religious situation in Russia.”—Outlook.

=Critic.= 47: 411. N. ‘05. 320w.

“The proof-reading is inadequate, and the translation is not always
quite what it should be.”

+ — =Nation.= 80: 462. Je. 8, ‘05. 21??w.

“Most of the matter, however, is somewhat vitiated by having been
written some time ago.”

— + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 310. My. 13, ‘05. 220w.

“As with all ‘composite views,’ the effect is in some respects
elusive, in others bewildering. But, on the whole, the symposium is
distinctly helpful, and especially in the direction of assisting to a
clearer understanding of the dominant traits and qualities of the
inhabitants of the unhappy land.”

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

“There is a good deal of psychological interest in the essays,
particularly in that of Mr. Novicow.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 32: 126. Jl. ‘05. 80w.

=Ramsay, William Mitchell.= Letters to the seven churches of Asia and their place in the plan of the Apocalypse. *$3. Armstrong.

“A prophet of Christianity, and one who for many years has devoted his
best efforts to the study of a solution of the problem that confronts
the religious world upon the meeting of the Asiatic and the European,
when the barriers of the lofty mountains and arid plains of East and
West are no more, believes that the great issue is with Christianity,
and he has written this book to set forth a number of convincing
proofs of the world-evangelizing principles that have won and are
winning triumphs for the Christian faith.”—Boston Evening Transcript.

+ + =Acad.= 68: 81. Ja. 28, ‘05. 640w.

“Ramsay’s fresh and rich book adds much to our knowledge of the Roman
province of Asia in the first century A. D., and the influence of
Christianity therein. The book combines the merits of scientific and
popular history-writing. In three special ways this volume is
valuable: (1) as a contribution to the understanding of the apostolic
age; (2) as an aid to the interpretation of the New Testament
Apocalypse; (3) as a practical study in comparative religion.” C W.
Votaw.

+ + + =Am. J. of Theol.= 9: 552. Jl. ‘05. 1180w.

“His archaeological and historical skill makes [it] of peculiar
interest.”

+ =Bib. World.= 25: 158. F. ‘05. 20w.

“The first half of the book is worth more than the last half. The
style is diffuse; repetitions are frequent; and there are
long-expanded commonplaces. The book will be welcomed chiefly because
it contains many items of interesting information and throws much
light upon the environment of the early Asia Minor Christians.” D. A.
Hayes.

+ + — =Bib. World.= 26: 71. Jl. ‘05. 980w.

“In scholarly detail, the story of the seven cities and their various
symbols is related, and the usages and customs of the early Christian
era are succinctly set forth.”

+ + =Boston Evening Transcript.= F. 8, ‘05. 400w.

“His interpretation of particular passages is open to question, but
his historical, geographical and archæological material on the
churches addressed in these letters is very full and valuable.”

+ + — =Ind.= 58: 1131. My. 18, 05. 130w.

* “Some of his interpretations may be questioned, but the wealth of
information and fact makes his book valuable for reference.”

+ + — =Ind.= 59: 1160. N. 16, ‘05. 60w.

+ + — =Nation.= 81: 81. Jl. 27, ‘05. 1690w.

“Is rather an introduction than a commentary, and it has much value as
an introduction to the whole of the New Testament.”

+ + + =Outlook.= 80: 980. Ag. 19, ‘05. 1180w.

“Requires careful study, which it will amply repay.”

+ + =Spec.= 94: 368. Mr. 11, ‘05. 470w.

* =Ranck, George Washington.= Bivouac of the dead, and its author. **$1. Grafton press.

The well-known martial elegy. The bivouac of the dead, and a lyric
called The old pioneer, penned at the grave of Daniel Boone, by the
same author, are included in this little volume with a story of the
poems and a brief biography of Theodore O’Hara prepared with the full
cooperation of his family. The whole forms a fitting tribute to the
Kentucky soldier-poet.

* + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 898. D. 16, ‘05. 240w.

=Ranke, Leopold von.= History of the reformation in Germany; tr. by Sarah Austin; ed. by Rob. A. Johnson. $2. Dutton.

This new low-priced edition of Ranke’s great work is “a reproduction
of Mrs. Austin’s translation which only included the first six of the
ten books into which Ranke divided his complete work. It includes the
history of the German reformation down to the year 1534.” (Acad.)

=Acad.= 68: 440. Ap. 22, ‘05. 1290w.

“We have only a fragmentary translation, and ‘editing’ worthy of the
publisher’s office-boy.”

— — =Nation.= 81: 12. Jl. 6, ‘05. 100w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 176. Mr. 18, ‘05. 380w.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 301. My. 6, ‘05. 280w.

=Ransom, Caroline Louise.= Studies in ancient furniture; couches and beds of the Greeks, Etruscans and Romans. *$4.50. Univ. of Chicago press.

“A rather laborious piece of archæological work in a small field has
been well performed by Miss Ransom.... Her investigation, in so far as
it is original, depends upon an examination of monumental sources;
from the literary she draws little, and that out of the usual
handbooks, “the volume, a fine quarto, is beautifully illustrated by
many full-page plates and cuts.””—Nation.

“It is a slightly expanded college thesis, and a scholarly
contribution to the archæology of furniture. No phase of the subject
is overlooked. The results are presented in a manner which, though not
entertaining to the general reader, will prove highly instructive to
the student of archæology.”

+ =Dial.= 38: 275. Ap. 16. ‘05. 180w.

“The plates and other illustrations in the text are many and well
chosen, and the references and discussions in the notes show careful
research and sound scholarship.”

+ + =Ind.= 59: 99. Jl. 13, ‘05. 130w.

=Int Studio.= 25: sup. 64. My. ‘05. 170w.

“The text shows evidence of a scholarly study of them, and, what is
almost better, the application of much common sense.”

+ + =Nation.= 80: 250. Mr. 30, ‘05. 590w.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 547. Ag. 19, ‘05. 400w.

“A work of scholarly research in a limited special field.”

+ + =Outlook.= 79: 606. Mr. 4, ‘05. 10w.

=Rashdall, Rev. Hastings.= Christus in ecclesia. *$1.50. Scribner.

“Dr. Rashdall is an efficient representative of the Broad church group
in the Anglican establishment. In this volume of discourses he
addresses himself especially to educated men and women. He is
concerned lest religion be crowded out of life, either by revolt
against narrow ecclesiasticism or by the pressure of other
concerns.... To explain some Christian institutions, ideas, and
practices to educated hearers, with a view to promote an interest in
the Church and its ordinances at once rational and reverent, is
therefore the main object of these discourses. Starting from a review
of the Oxford movement as having restored the idea of the Church to
its due prominence in Christian thought. Dr. Rashdall discusses in
considerable detail the institutional side of Christianity.”—Outlook.

“His outlook is historical. These discourses serve at any rate for a
temperate and eminently clear expression of what many educated but not
professional readers will recognize as an intelligible common-sense
view on points of current controversy.”

+ + =Acad.= 68: 84. Ja. 28, ‘05. 140w.

“Characterized by transparent lucidity and an unadorned simplicity of
diction.”

+ + =Ath.= 1905, 1: 652. My. 27. 710w.

+ + =Ind.= 59: 330. Ag. 10, ‘05. 120w.

“The breadth and thoroughness of the discussion make the volume a
helpful contribution to the reconstructive work now going on in
religious thought. The general aim is practical. There is a note of
reality, and of an intentness on reality, running through all these
discourses.”

+ + =Outlook.= 79: 758. Mr. 25, ‘05. 260w.

“In literary quality, too, as well as in the matter and tone, these
sermons commend themselves to the discerning and sympathetic reader.”
H. N. Gardiner.

+ + =Philos. R.= 16: 735. N. ‘05. 280w.

“He is able, earnest, and learned, constructive, occasionally
conservative, as well as critical.”

+ — =Sat. R.= 99: 640. My. 13, ‘05. 300w.

=Rateau, A.= Experimental researches on the flow of steam through nozzles and orifices, to which is added a note on the flow of hot water; authorized tr. by H. Boyd Brydon. *$1.50. Van Nostrand.

“This little book on the flow of steam is an expansion of” Prof
Rateau’s “report to the congress of applied mechanics in 1890.... The
object of the investigation was to determine the conditions governing
the discharge from large conoidal convergent nozzles and an orifice in
a thin plate, both above and below the ratio p equals 0.58 P.”—Engin.
N.

“His work is painstaking in the extreme. One or two obvious
typographical errors are noted. It is an interesting addition to the
literature on the flow of steam through nozzles.” Strickland L.
Kneass.

+ + — =Engin. N.= 53: 533. My. 18, ‘05. 650w.

“The translation is clear. It is, however, a defect, for English
readers, that the principal formulæ are left as given by the author in
foreign units.”

+ + — =Nature.= 72: 101. Je. 1, ‘05. 210w.

=Rathbone, Eleanor F.= William Rathbone: a memoir. $3. Macmillan.

In this memoir of her father, a Liverpool merchant, the author gives
his life, his well-known work in parliament and in various
philanthropic movements.

“Very capably written biography.”

+ + =Acad.= 68: 368. Ap. 1, ‘05. 350w.

+ + =Ath.= 1905, 1: 718. Je. 10. 730w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 218. Ap. 8, ‘05. 350w.

+ + + =Spec.= 95: 258. Ag. 19, ‘05. 1870w.

=Ray, Anna Chapin (Sidney Howard, pseud.).= By the good Sainte Anne: a story of modern Quebec. †$1.50. Little.

A new edition of this story of a typical Englishman, a Canadian of
English descent, and a young French-Canadian, all of whom pay court to
bright, vivacious Nancy Howard, who with her father, a New York
physician, drop in among the guests at the Maple Leaf. The scenes and
points of interest in and about Quebec furnish a setting for the
bright conversations in which the story abounds.

+ — =Outlook.= 80: 137. My. 13, ‘05. 80w.

=Ray, Anna Chapin (Sidney Howard, pseud.), and Fuller, Hamilton Brock.= On the firing line: a romance of South Africa. †$1.50. Little.

Africa during the Boer war furnishes the setting of Miss Ray’s story
of love and combat. The hero, a stalwart Canadian, follows an impulse
to enter the fray as a private and in his narrow field demonstrates
broad soldierly ability which operates for its full value, not only
with the girl he loves, but with his rival, the young captain of his
troop.

“There is movement and life on every page.”

+ =Ind.= 58: 1421. Je. 22, ‘05. 140w.

“In spite of its conventional plot, holds a lively interest for the
reader.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 357. Je. 3, ‘05. 250w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 391. Je. 17, ‘05. 200w.

“The collaboration in this novel is very successful. A
well-constructed, entertaining, bright story, permeated by the spirit
that recognizes and appreciates high ideals.”

+ =Outlook.= 80: 194. My. 20, ‘05. 100w.

=Ray, Anna Chapin.= Sidney: her summer on the St. Lawrence. †$1.50. Little.

In this new book for boys and girls, Sidney Stayres and her little
brother Bungay spend an eventful summer with their cousins and their
friends on the St. Lawrence. There are picnics, and general good
times, there are accidents and anxious hours, but these doings of the
true hearted little heroine and those who loved her will prove
wholesome and entertaining reading for all young folks.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 708. O. 21, ‘05. 150w.

“The characters seemed posed and artificial.”

— =Outlook.= 81: 631. N. 11, ‘05. 40w.

=Raymond, Edward Brackett.= Alternating current engineering, practically treated. *$2.50. Van Nostrand.

“This book is written by a member of the staff of the testing
department of the General electric company; it consists of two parts;
the first part contains the general theory of electricity and
magnetism and a special theory of alternating currents; the second
part treats of transformers, alternating current motors and
alternators.... There is a great need for such a book, a book in which
a young man just starting in practical electrical engineering work
after college or any other school could find a clear, concise
exposition of what he needs, what is done in practice, and why it is
done so and not otherwise.”—Phys. R.

“In summing up it seems that notwithstanding some defects the book can
be well recommended to young electrical engineers and to those who
would like to refresh their memory on the subject of alternating
currents. It is to be regretted that Mr. Raymond did not write his
book in coöperation with somebody more familiar with the theoretical
part of the subject and particularly with the approved methods of
presenting them in a simple, lucid way. Then the wide practical
experience of Mr. Raymond would find its right place in the book and
make it one of the most valuable additions to our engineering
literature.” V. K.

+ + — =Phys. R.= 20: 190. Mr. ‘05. 1380w.

=Raymont, T.= Principles of education. *$1.40. Longmans.

The author’s object in writing this book was “to present a brief but
comprehensive treatment of the problems of education as they have
shaped themselves in my mind during several years of experience in
teaching.... It is for the younger members of that profession that my
book is primarily intended.”

“Readable and suggestive.”

+ + =Acad.= 68: 51. Ja. 14, ‘05. 290w.

“An interesting and comprehensive treatise on education.”

+ + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 12. Jl. 1. 690w.

“The main quality of his book we should describe as common-sense.” J.
Welton.

+ + — =Int. J. Ethics.= 16: 113. O. ‘05. 800w.

=Rea, Hope.= Tuscan and Venetian artists, their thought and work. *$1.50. Dutton.

A new and enlarged edition of these essays which treat of the broader
aspects of Italian art, using individual artists and their work as
illustrations. In “Builders and goldsmiths,” the influence of these
arts upon painting is shown thru Botticelli, while Angelico, the
idealist, and Signorelli, the realist, are contrasted to show the
relation between imagination and reality in art, and the fusion of the
two is illustrated by Raphael and the Venetians. Giotto, Duccio,
Carpaccio, and Raphael are treated under artists story tellers. There
is also a chapter on Della Robbia ware. There are thirty-eight tinted
half-tones.

“The author writes intelligently, if with no great originality of
thought, and in a pleasing if not over-exact style.”

+ =Nation.= 80: 194. Mr. 9, ‘05. 170w.

“It is particularly valuable as a study of the causes which lead to
the transference of an emotion from the individual to the canvas or
marble.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 139. Mr. 4, ‘05. 470w.

“The book may be recommended to those whose sympathy has not yet been
aroused as it should be for the art of Tuscany and Venetia. Such a
little book of criticism as this is always needed, not only for the
unthinking tourist or student, but sometimes also for the thinking.”

+ + =Outlook.= 79: 248. Ja. 28, ‘05. 230w.

=Read, Carveth.= Metaphysics of nature. *$2.75. Macmillan.

“By metaphysics Professor Read means the ‘study of the validity and
adequacy of knowledge and belief’ ... the addition ‘of Nature’ is
intended to rule out ideals, the matter of ethics, politics, religion,
and art. Within these limits he claims that his work is conciliatory
and constructive.”—Ath.

+ + — =Acad.= 68: 803. Ag. 5, ‘05. 760w.

“Signs are not wanting that he approaches his subject as a man of
science rather than a philosopher, that is, in a spirit of vindication
rather than unbiased inquiry.”

+ — =Ath.= 1905, 2: 47. Jl. 8. 640w.

“Professor Carveth Read’s ‘Metaphysics of nature’ is a book that must
take rank at once for importance with Mr. Bradley’s ‘Appearance and
reality’ and Professor Ward’s ‘Naturalism and agnosticism.’” T.
Whittaker.

+ + =Hibbert. J.= 4: 205. O. ‘05. 1990w.

“One of the best parts of the volume is the general discussion of the
test of truth.”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 4: 287. S. 8, ‘05. 600w.

+ + — =Sat. R.= 100: 527. O. 21, ‘05. 1620w.

=Read, Opie.= American in New York, a novel of to-day. $1.25. Thompson & Thomas.

Short sketches are welded together to form this book. There is a
gallant Kentucky millionaire; “there is a very lovely widow who talks
to him in the tea room, and to whom he tells quaint tales of the West;
there is a young man, the millionaire’s adopted son, and a young
woman, the widow’s niece.... To add to the zest of it too, the
Colonel—so the millionaire is called—is very fond of playing Haroun Al
Rashid. There is a villain also.” (N. Y. Times.)

“Really, the present volume furnishes some very good reading.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 558. Ag. 26, ‘05. 220w.

“Tells some humorous stories and moralizes more or less shrewdly at
times. There is too much, however, of his political and social
dogmatism, and the personal story involved is of the weakest.”

+ — =Outlook.= 81: 43. S. 2, ‘05. 90w.

=Redgrave, Gilbert R., and Spackman, Charles.= Calcareous cements: their nature, manufacture, and uses, with some observations upon cement testing. *$4.50. Lippincott.

“In its present edition this book is noteworthy for its discussion of
cement manufacture. Over one-third of the space is devoted to this
subject. The next largest space is given to composition, chemical
analysis and constitution. In these sections and in its historical
notes on the development and early manufacture of hydraulic cements
the book is superior to any other treatise of which we have
knowledge.”—Engin N.

+ + =Engin. N.= 53: 645. Je. 15, ‘05. 360w.

=Rée, P. J.= Nuremburg and its art to the end of the 18th century; from the German by G. H. Palmer. *$1.50. Scribner.

“The librarian of the Bavarian museum at Nuremburg has written a
careful survey of the art treasures in that city. He scarcely touches
the history of the place ... but traces the development of German art,
as illustrated by the buildings and in the museums of Nuremburg, in
painstaking and elaborate fashion. His treatment of the artists and
craftsmen who succeeded Dürer will be found especially valuable by
English tourists who wish to learn something more of designers and
artist-craftsmen.... This volume of the “Art cities” series is
abundantly illustrated by one hundred and twenty-three
photographs.”—Ath.

“In spite of its merits, we fear that English readers will find it
hard to digest. The translation of the book looks as if it had been
‘made in Germany.’”

+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 2: 121. Jl. 22. 650w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 645. S. 30, ‘05. 230w.

=Reed, Helen Leah.= Amy in Acadia. †$1.50. Little.

This is the first volume of a second series of the “Brenda” books; it
is a story for girls and tells of the experiences encountered by Amy,
her mother, and her girl friends among the descendants of the exiled
Acadians. These experiences acquire a peculiar interest thru their
romantic setting and their historical background.

“The author manages, with indifferent skill, to convey much
information for the benefit of young readers—that is, if they do not
rebel at Amy.”

+ — =Outlook.= 81: 574. N. 4, ‘05. 40w.

=Reed, John Calvin.= Brothers’ war. **$2. Little.

Optimistic in tone, looking forward to a glorious and peaceful future
for a United States truly united, this book, altho written by a
Southerner, and, to a certain extent, a plea for the South, makes for
a better understanding between North and South by giving an account of
the causes which led up to the Civil war in a fair-minded manner which
admits of the statement that “the brothers on each side were true
patriots and morally right.” It is an interesting volume and it
discusses political parties, the great men upon each side, slavery,
the race question and the Ku-Klux Klan, in a spirit so generous toward
the North that it will not alienate even a reader in whom strong
partisan feeling still remains.

=Reed, Myrtle.= At the sign of the Jack-o’-Lantern. **$1.50. Putnam.

A New York newspaper man and his bride begin their honeymoon in their
heirloom house which was set on a hill and known as the
Jack-o’-Lantern, because its arrangement of doors and windows made
hideous resemblance to a human face. The eccentric donor had added
wing after wing to the main portion of the house, the reason for which
becomes apparent when relations, singly and in groups, swoop down on
the pair to make their annual visit—“to sponge on a dead man as they
did when he was alive.” In this pandemonium Howard Carr tries to write
his first book.

“The author gives us a commonplace farce, all bustle, noise and
confusion, with scenes and characters that have long ago lost all
novelty.”

— =Acad.= 68: 1009. S. 30, ‘05. 450w.

“It is a disconcerting, but not displeasing blend of folly and
shrewdness. Some readers will think the book a mere tissue of
nonsense, others may take a fleeting pleasure in its very absurdity.”

+ — =Ath.= 1905, 2: 433. S. 30. 260w.

* “Miss Reed has certainly provided us in this instance with an
original form of entertainment, and the story should prove
popular.”—Wm. M. Payne.

+ =Dial.= 39: 308. N. 16, ‘05. 360w.

+ =Ind.= 59: 576. S. 7, ‘05. 140w.

* “Myrtle Reed is possessed of a quick sense of humor, is a keen
observer of life, and an exceptionally alert and alluring judge of
human nature.”

+ =Lit. D.= 31: 966. D. 23, ‘05. 420w.

“Miss Reed is mistress of a delicacy of thought and style which lends
itself gracefully to the light and airy exaggeration of human
foibles.”

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 674. O. 14, ‘05. 710w.

“We do not find this tale altogether successful in its alternating
attempts at sprightliness and sentiment. The characters neither act
reasonably nor talk naturally.”

— =Outlook.= 81: 134. S. 16, ‘05. 50w.

=Reeves, Jesse Siddall.= Napoleonic exiles in America: a study in American diplomatic history, 1815-1819. pa. 50c. Hopkins.

This pamphlet is uniform with the “Johns Hopkins University studies in
historical and political science.” The study centers about the
unfortunate colonial enterprise called Champ d’Asile on the banks of
the Trinity river in Texas.

=Reid, G. Archdall.= Principles of heredity, with some applications. *$3.50. Dutton.

“While possessing large and varied interest for the general reader,
this work is specially addressed to medical men.... What is new in the
work is mainly drawn from evidence, hitherto largely unused,
concerning heredity, that he has found in the study of disease,
especially of the zymotic kinds, and also of narcotics. This is held
to establish conclusively that parental acquirements are never
transmitted to offspring and that the great mass of variation has
another origin than that of the action of the environment of the
germ-cells.”—Outlook.

“What he has written is evidently the result of wide reading and
serious logical thinking with regard to the many intricate questions
involved. At the same time his work is seldom technical, and will be
nearly always readily intelligible even by those who are not familiar
with the strictly biological terminology of the subject.”

+ =Ind.= 59: 1110. N. 9, ‘05. 760w.

“He covers too much ground, and appears to have put together matter
written at different times and in pursuance of different trains of
thought.”

+ — =Lond. Times.= 4: 184. Je. 9, ‘05. 1340w.

* “We have one fault to find; in a work on the principles of heredity
one would have expected a fuller discussion than is actually given of
biometric and Mendelian methods of dealing with that phenomenon.” A.
D. D.

+ + — =Nature.= 73: 121. D. 7, ‘05. 1330w.

“He writes with a warmth of conviction that is stimulating to thought,
and with a mastery of his subject which commands attention.”

+ + =Outlook.= 81: 89. S. 9, ‘05. 350w.

=Reinach, Salomon.= The story of art throughout the ages; tr. by Florence Simmonds. **$2. Scribner.

“A general outline of art from its origin to the present age. It
includes art in the polished stone and bronze ages; in Egypt, Chaldea,
and Persia; Aegean, Minoan, and Mycenæan art; Greek art before
Phidias; Phidias and the Parthenon; Praxiteles, Scopas, and Lysippus;
Greek art after Alexander the Great; the minor arts of Greece;
Etruscan and Roman art; Christian art in the East and in the West;
Romanesque and Gothic architecture; Romanesque and Gothic sculpture;
the architecture of the renaissance and modern architecture; the
renaissance of Siena and Florence; Venetian painting; Leonardo da
Vinci and Raphael—the Milanese Umbrian and Roman schools; Michelangelo
and Correggio; the renaissance in Germany; the Italian decadence and
the Spanish school; art in the Netherlands in the sixteenth century;
the art of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in France; and art
in the nineteenth century. There are nearly six hundred illustrations
in the book.”—Bookm.

“Is a clever and valuable rapid sketch written by an authority.”

+ + =Am. Hist. R.= 10: 706. Ap. ‘05. 60w.

“The translation is fluent and adequate as a whole, though it is
occasionally clumsy.”

+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 1: 343. Mr. 18. 490w.

“The translation before us, in the main, reads well, and the book, as
a whole, appears in a very acceptable form. Much may be said in praise
of the work and very little against it. The reader immediately becomes
fascinated by the style, the independence of thought and judgments by
the illuminating touches on periods and individual artists. Taken in
its ensemble, it is possibly the best short history of art, or rather
the history of the filiation of art schools ever written.” Hugo P.
Thieme.

+ + + =Baltimore Sun.= : 8. Mr. 8, ‘05. 490w.

“Excellent as is the treatment of ancient art, it is surpassed by the
clear and scholarly exposition of art in the Christian era, so that we
have no hesitation in saying that this book is an indispensable work
for every library, whether large or small, throughout the land. It is
a matter of sincere congratulation for the author to find so much
knowledge in so small a space. The setting given to the text is of the
same high order as the text itself.”

+ + + =Boston Evening Transcript.= Feb. 8, ‘05. 1140w.

“A book both critical and fascinating. The translation, by Miss
Florence Simmonds, is admirably done.”

+ + =Dial.= 38: 202. Mr. 16, ‘05. 220w.

“Well translated and copiously illustrated.”

+ + — =Int. Studio.= 25: 84. Mr. ‘05. 60w.

“The book is a little masterpiece. His taste and judgment are as sure
as his knowledge is exact. It is assuredly the best brief general
history of art, if not the best such history of any length, that has
yet appeared. It deserved a better and more faithful translation than
has been given it by Florence Simmonds. One is never certain whether
he is getting the opinions of M. Reinach or those of Miss Simmonds.”

+ + — =Nation.= 80: 58. Ja. 19, ‘05. 1590w.

“The translation is unusually careful and successful, and the reader
of it loses nothing of the practical utility of the work. The
distinguishing trait of M. Reinach is his combination of poise and
alertness. He is not a partisan.”

+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 398. Je. 17, ‘05. 910w.

“In the style there are surprising vivacity and individuality. The
individual common sense, the happy and sometimes sharply incisive
phrases, and the broadly critical spirit of the book are traits rare
in an outline of this sort.”

+ + =Outlook.= 79: 197. Ja. 21, ‘05. 260w.

“Has given us a work of exceptional educational value in his
splendidly condensed ‘Story of art throughout the ages.’ It serves the
double purpose of reference book and of introductory work to the art
of any period. Readable narrative. All that a well-equipped special
library on art should contain is given in condensed and miniature form
in this one volume.”

+ + + =Pub. Opin.= 38: 297. F. 25, ‘05. 140w.

“The rendering into English is clear and satisfactory.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 31: 251. F. ‘05. 90w.

* =Reinsch, Paul Samuel.= Colonial administration. *$1.25. Macmillan.

This volume in “The citizen’s library of economics, politics, and
sociology,” “is rather a statement of the various problems confronting
colonial governments, and an indication of the main lines of solution
that have been attempted than a complete and conclusive discussion of
the principles involved. The book gives in small compass a broad
survey of the most important activities of modern colonial
governments, and deals with the facts of colonial administration
rather than with the underlying philosophy. Such topics as education;
finance; commerce; currency, banking, and credit; agriculture; the
land policy; and the labor question, are tersely and instructively
discussed.”—R. of Rs.

* “The temper and language of Prof. Reinsch’s introductory chapter
could scarcely be improved. He has for the most part made good use of
the numerous books cited in his notes.”

+ =Ath.= 1905, 2: 684. N. 18. 580w.

* =N. Y. Times.= 10: 631. S. 23, ‘05. 240w.

* + =R. of Rs.= 32: 638. N. ‘05. 110w.

=Remensnyder, Junius Benjamin.= Atonement and modern thought; with an introd. by B: B. Warfield. $1. Lutheran pub. soc.

“Dr. Remensnyder makes a vigorous presentation of the Lutheran
conception of the Atonement in its antagonism to the characteristic
tendencies of modern thought. As thus conceived it was an objective
transaction in which Christ as the sinner’s substitute bore the
punishment due to sin. The Atonement thus viewed is presented as the
central truth of Christianity.”—Outlook.

+ — =Outlook.= 79: 757. Mr. 25, ‘05. 160w.

=Renan, Joseph Ernest.= Life of Jesus. 68c. Bell, H. W.

A reprint in popular form of the scholarly “Life” written by the great
French Liberal “from the view-point of one who saw in him a great
prophet, but a son of the Infinite only in the sense that the noblest
and purest of earth can be termed the sons of God.” (Arena.)

“Is a volume that should be found in the libraries of all broad-minded
people. This work will ever remain the loving and masterful labor of
one of the bravest, ablest and most honest thinkers and scholars of
the nineteenth century.” Amy C. Rich.

+ + + =Arena.= 33: 451. Ap. ‘05. 610w.

=Repplier, Agnes.= Compromises. **$1.10. Houghton.

A group of entertaining essays with pure literary merit. The subjects
which Miss Repplier treats are: Luxury of conversation; The gayety of
life; The point of view; Marriage in fiction; Our belief in books; The
beggar’s pouch; The pilgrim’s staff; A Quaker diary; French
love-songs; The spinster; The tourist; The headsman; Consecrated to
crime; Allegra.

“She has always a point of view; she writes in an agreeable style; and
she is well informed and has taste.”

+ + =Ath.= 1905, 1: 78. Ja. 21. 320w.

“They are not meant for the frivolous, but for those who can
appreciate good literature. She has her own ideas on the subject about
which she writes, and states them without hesitation or
qualification.”

+ =Cath. World.= 80: 689. F. ‘05. 220w.

“The subjects of her essays vary pleasantly and they are all written
in a purely literary style. Her vivacity is not nervous, but
intellectual, and the thread of her thought is so interwoven with the
golden warp of older writers like Johnson, Montaigne and others that
for once we have the tone of time upon the fresh tapestry of modern
life. Her reflections shade back into old philosophies. All are
seasoned with that pleasant gossip which a good-tempered intelligent
woman has acquired from a wide knowledge of and close friendship with
the best writers of the last four hundred years.”

+ + =Ind.= 58: 154. Ja. 19, ‘05. 450w.

* =Repplier, Agnes.= In our convent days. **$1.10. Houghton.

Charming personal reminiscences of the author’s childhood in a
French-American convent school. The stories are real, they are true to
human nature, true, so those who know declare, to the atmosphere of
the school itself, and certainly true in that many of the little girls
who lived and had adventures and murmured profound confidences inside
those convent walls are prominent women to-day.

* =Critic.= 47: 574. D. ‘05. 60w.

* “Is in Miss Agnes Repplier’s happiest style.”

+ + =Nation.= 81: 485. D. 14, ‘05. 370w.

* “She has never been more delightful than in this little volume.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 797. N. 25, ‘05. 440w.

* + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 834. D. 2, ‘05. 170w.

* “Delightful studies of girl nature told with humor and literary
grace.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 681. N. 18, ‘05. 40w.

Representative essays on the theory of style, chosen and edited by William Tenney Brewster. *$1.10. Macmillan.

These essays have been selected with the object of supplementing the
technical works on methods and forms. The volume includes Literature,
by John Henry Newman; Style, by Thomas de Quincey; The philosophy of
style, by Herbert Spencer; The principles of success in literature, by
George Henry Lewis; Style in literature—its technical elements, by
Robert Louis Stevenson; Style, by Walter Pater; and Our English prose,
by Frederic Harrison. Professor Brewster has included an introduction,
notes and questions, and an index.

“Has performed a useful service for teachers of literature.”

+ + =Dial.= 39: 279. N. 1, ‘05. 50w.

“A volume likely to be of good service to academic students of
literature and composition.”

+ =Nation.= 81: 382. N. 9, ‘05. 90w.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 648. S. 30, ‘05. 270w.

“The introduction ... makes skilful use of the material which the
editor has carefully selected for the body of the volume.”

+ + =Outlook.= 81: 430. O. 21, ‘05. 90w.

“A very welcome work.”

+ + =Pub. Opin.= 39: 575. O. 28, ‘05. 220w.

Revival; a symposium, ed. by Rev. J. H. MacDonald. *75c. Meth. bk.

Seven addresses which were first delivered before the Chicago
Preachers’ meeting. They are designed to awaken a more general
interest in revival work and include sermons by Bishop McDowell, Rev.
E. B. Crawford, Rev. Chas. Little, Rev. John Thompson, Rev. W. E.
Tilroe, and Rev. P. H. Swift.

* “They are excellent as far as they go, but the collection as a whole
lacks completeness and proportion.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 282. S. 30, ‘05. 80w.

=Reybaud, Henrietta Etiennette Fanny (Arnaud) (Mme. Charles Reybaud).= La belle paysanne; tr. from the French by Remus F. Foster. $1. Neale.

A young French student falls in love with the pastel of a beautiful
woman which he finds in his uncle’s house, and he hears her story from
an old lover of hers and a priest, and learns how, as a young girl,
she broke her troth to the marquis and married a handsome peasant,
whom she afterwards murdered. In the end he finds in his uncle’s
repulsive old housekeeper the original of his fancy.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 157. Mr. 11, ‘05. 210w.

=Reynolds, Cuyler=, comp. Classified quotations: compiled for general reference and also as aids in making up lists of toasts and in the preparation of the after dinner speech and occasional address; with suggestions concerning the menu and other details connected with the proper ordering of a banquet; being a reissue of “The banquet book.” **$2.50. Putnam.

“The book is a collection of quotations on all sorts of subjects,
intended to help persons preparing menus for dinners. It evidently
fills the place for which it was intended, for this appearance is the
fifth.”—N. Y. Times.

* “The collection is a good one; more general, besides than the needs
of the banquet. The index is rather meagre.”

+ — =Nation.= 81: 240. S. 21, ‘05. 120w.

* “Mr. Reynolds has the capacity for taking infinite pains, as all his
work shows, and this collection is remarkably complete.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 636. S. 30, ‘05. 140w.

=Reynolds, George F.= Some principles of Elizabethan staging. 50c. Univ. of Chicago press.

This study is only a part of a more comprehensive one now in
preparation, discussing not only Elizabethan plays but also the actual
construction of the stage itself and the properties which furnished
it.

=Rhoades, Cornelia Harsen (Nina Rhoades).= That Preston girl. †$1.50. Wilde.

A story which depicts the loneliness and suffering of a girl who is
ostracized because of her father’s dishonest means of attaining
wealth. She is a refined, unselfish, loyal type of girlhood, a helpful
acquaintance for any young reader.

=Rhodes, James Ford.= History of the United States from the compromise of 1850. Vol. 5. **$2.50. Macmillan.

“Confidence has grown with each succeeding volume that the great
history of the Civil war is being written.” (Ind.) This fifth volume
covers the years 1864-66. “In the beginning of this volume, Mr. Rhodes
gives a brief recapitulation of the salient events of the Civil war,
and follows this with a detailed account of Sherman’s Georgia
campaign. Grant’s Appomattox campaign, Lee’s surrender, and the
assassination of Lincoln are all treated within the limits of a single
chapter. A long chapter is devoted to an account of society at the
North during the war, and a similar chapter to society at the South.
Another chapter is assigned to the treatment of prisoners of war. The
volume closes with a fair and impartial account of reconstruction.”
(R. of Rs.)