Chapter VI: discusses portal bracing, sway and lateral bracing and (11)

Six short love stories in each of which unromantic Tobiah, the
dissenter, acts as matchmaker. They are wholesome tales of crude
times, and each has its own unique adventure in which there is the
superstition and witchcraft found among the marsh-men; but the will of
the Lord as manifested in the sturdy Tobiah, always triumphs, and the
little blind god triumphs also.

“Miss Silberrad has quality; she has the power to create atmosphere.
The stories in this book have all the hallmark of real ability, though
their artificial nature makes them difficult to handle.”

+ + =Acad.= 68: 336. Mr. 25, ‘05. 260w.

“As regards actual writing and imaginative quality, this sheaf of
short stories is above the usual, if not her usual, level.”

+ =Ath.= 1: 494. Ap. 15, ‘05. 160w.

=Critic.= 47: 94. Jl. ‘05. 60w.

“A thoroughly enjoyable book. Stories more interesting or more
wholesome it would be hard to find; still harder to find any of equal
originality and excellence of workmanship.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 140. Mr. 4, ‘05. 460w.

+ =Outlook.= 79: 654. Mr. 11, ‘05. 60w.

“Something of the dream-spirit of the Norse saga and folklore dwells
in the stories, so full are they of atmosphere, of poetry, of true
romance. Full of genuine humanity, too.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 31: 761. Je. ‘05. 210w.

=Simpkinson, C. H.= Thomas Harrison, regicide and major-general. *$1.50. Dutton.

“In this life of Thomas Harrison there is to be found the history of
the leader of the Fifth-Monarchy men and one of the ablest soldiers of
the seventeenth century.... Mr. Simpkinson’s book shows how noble a
character this regicide had. Harrison was as brave on the scaffold as
he was at Marston Moor or at Appleby Bridge, where his personal
bravery saved the army.”—Acad.

“Had the story been written with a clearer style and with fewer
digressions it would have been more valuable.”

+ + — =Acad.= 68: 273. Mr. 18, ‘05. 540w.

“A good half of this book consists of quotations, and long quotations.
His quotations are inexact; he is not discriminating in his use of
authorities; his evidence occasionally fails to bear out the
assertions based upon it; and his judgment is not sound.”

— — — =Am. Hist. R.= 11: 153. O. ‘05. 550w.

“Mr. Simpkinson’s ‘Life of Harrison’ is scholarly and sympathetic
without being marred by the parade of extenuation.”

+ + =Nation.= 81: 145. Ag. 17, ‘05. 660w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 243. Ap. 15, ‘05. 820w. (Abstract of
contents.)

“[The story] is entertainingly, if somewhat unskillfully, told.”

+ — =Outlook.= 79: 1016. Ap. 22, ‘05. 260w.

=Simpson, George.= Naval constructor: a vade mecum of ship design for students, naval architects, ship-builders and owners, marine superintendents, engineers and draughtsmen. $5. Van Nostrand.

“This handbook is a compilation of rules, formulas and tables
pertaining to shipbuilding, with just sufficient descriptive matter to
make the application of the rules clear.”—Engin. N.

“The author has endeavored to arrange the book in a logical manner,
but he has not succeeded in attaining his object as completely as
might be desired. He also repeats somewhat. The index is not as
complete as it should be, and the table of contents is simply a list
of headings for which no pages are given. The book is certainly
up-to-date and should receive a warm welcome from all who are
interested in ship design.” Amasa Trowbridge.

+ + — =Engin. N.= 53: 181. F. 16, ‘05. 920w.

“There is compactly stowed nearly, if not quite, all the material data
needed by those engaged in the design, construction, equipment, and
maintenance of ships.”

+ + + =Nation.= 80: 32. Ja. 12, ‘05. 80w.

=Simpson, W. J.= Treatise on plague. *$5. Macmillan.

The obvious need of scientific study along the lines of the history
and therapeutic aspect of plague in India is partially met by Prof. W.
J. Simpson’s work of four hundred and fifty pages “elaborately
illustrated with maps, charts, and diagrams, in which are presented
the results of the latest studies of the disease made by competent
specialists throughout the world. Dr. Simpson speaks appreciatively of
the Clayton gas process of disinfection in India.” (R. of Rs.)

* “It abounds in points of practical importance, and should,
therefore, prove a most serviceable text-book to all whose duty brings
them into contact with plague either directly or indirectly.”

+ + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 183. Ag. 5. 450w.

“It marks a distinct and important addition to what has hitherto been
written about the subject. We have no doubt that it is destined to
become a valuable and important aid to the student, the medical
officer of health, to the epidemiologist, the sanitarian, and last,
but not least, to the administrator.” E. Klein.

+ =Nature.= 72: 529. S. 28, ‘05. 2940w.

+ + =R. of Rs.= 32: 256. Ag. ‘05. 150w.

=Sinclair, May.= Divine fire. $1.50. Holt.

Savage Keith Rickman, son of a cockney book dealer, has in him the
divine fire of genius which burns within him until, with the passing
years, all the grosser parts of his personality are consumed. When the
book opens he has written a tragedy, a classical thing, which makes
friends for him among the critics even though they do not ask him home
to dine because he is “not quite a gentleman.” In fact “his notion of
pleasure was getting drunk and making love to Miss Poppy Grare,” of
the Variety theatre. His meeting with Lucia Harden, typical of
refinement and tradition, on whom he inflicts almost physical
suffering when he “drops his aitches,” gives him an ideal to work
toward, and he is never really untrue to it, even when he is engaged
to marry Flossy, the little clerk. With a sense of honor almost too
keen for the world in which he lives, he struggles on as journalist
and poet until he reaches success, fame and his ideals. The book is
unusual in its strength of plot and character, and it is most real
when it forsakes the ideal and tells us that even the divine fire
cannot shut out the coarser cravings of a man’s nature when he is
young, a genius half-awake.

“Has an acceptable style, in all ways suited to the matter it
embodies, a style with flexibility and humor employing a large
vocabulary, cultivated and agreeable. As yet, she lacks that final
touch of mastery by which a line condenses the whole result of
ingenious mental processes.”

+ + — =Atlan.= 95: 699. My. ‘05. 630w.

“Author has accomplished the difficult feat of taking a genius for its
hero and making him seem plausible. A sound plot. Its faults are
mainly those of excess. But no page bears evidence of careless work.
It shows throughout unusual knowledge and an unusual degree of skill
in applying it, and it ranks unmistakably among the best of recent
novels.” F. M. Colby.

+ + + =Bookm.= 21: 66. Mr. ‘05. 1070w.

“One does not hesitate to pronounce this book literature. A keen
understanding, an ethical interpretation, and a lyric style have
combined to produce one of the noblest, most inspiring, and absorbing
books we have read in years.”

+ + + =Cath. World.= 81: 129. Ap. ‘05. 110w.

“It is scarcely a spontaneous work of genius; but it is at least a
brilliant piece of workmanship, of unusual range and power. The
comfortably ample canvas abounds in masculine characters, and it is
not too much to say that there is not a failure, not even a
commonplace achievement, among them. In dealing with her small group
of women the author’s penetration becomes blunter, her power weakens.
Supremely interesting. Admirably constructed. A positive hardness,
almost a lack of fineness, somewhat disqualify her as a ‘mouthpiece of
humanity.’” Olivia Howard Dunbar.

+ + — =Critic.= 46: 183. F. ‘05. 630w.

“Drawn with a firmness of hand that excites one’s admiration. It
rises, moreover, to real distinction of style, besides being of
absorbing interest from cover to cover. It is the sort of book that
one begins by skimming, and ends by giving the closest attention to
paragraph and phrase.” W. M. Payne.

+ + =Dial.= 38: 18. Ja. 1, ‘05. 260w.

+ + =Ind.= 58: 437. F. 23, ‘05. 1160w.

* “Aside from the literary shop talk in this novel the author has
touched the heights and depths of inspiration. This is why parts of
the book seem to sag so woefully.”

+ — =Ind.= 59: 1153. N. 16, ‘05. 130w.

“The aim is high, the treatment is eminently appropriate, the interest
absorbing.”

+ + =Lit. D.= 31: 317. S. 2, ‘05. 1010w.

Reviewed by H. I. Brock.

+ + — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 150. Mr. 11, ‘05. 1150w.

“Pervaded by ... seriousness of invention and stamped with the
distinction of high-class workmanship. This story has great nobility
of spirit; although somewhat too elaborate, it is a novel to be
reckoned as one of the real things of the time.”

+ + =Outlook.= 79: 772. Ap. 1, ‘05. 140w.

“It is to be regretted that the story, as a whole, does not reach the
height achieved by the characterization. The impression one receives
from the whole production is that of a tremendous and generous power;
a power that includes humor, wit, analytical and philosophical power,
scholarship, vivid and trenchant strength in characterization.
Something that critics call ‘fusion’ ... is absent from the book, or
is not there in full.”

+ + — =Reader.= 5: 622. Ap. ‘05. 1760w.

* “Though a mediocre piece of construction, marred by diffuseness and
irrelevancies, this novel should be read for its splendidly successful
character studies.”

+ — =R. of Rs.= 32: 759. D. ‘05. 170w.

“She writes remarkably well, though with a tendency to exaggeration
and exuberance, and she has the usual feminine weakness for
adjectives.”

+ + — =Sat. R.= 100: 412. S. 23, ‘05. 420w.

=Sinclair, Upton Beall, jr.= Manassas. $1.50. Macmillan.

This novel without a heroine is really a romantic history of the years
preceding the Civil war. The story ends with the first battle of
Manassas. The southern hero attends college in Boston, and there
becomes an abolitionist; on returning home his eyes are more fully
opened to the horrors of slavery and he eventually joins the Union
army. “Manassas” is the first of an epic trilogy, the volumes to come
being “Gettysburg,” and “Appomattox.”

“It is one of the most thrillingly interesting books of its kind that
we have ever read. The real drama of the book is the historical clash
of the two civilizations, and individuals seem to be made use of only
by way of incidental illustration. It is history written with warmth
and an eye for dramatic effect, ... but it is nevertheless essentially
history. It is a work deserving of very high praise.” W. M. Payne.

+ + + =Dial.= 38: 15. Ja. 1, ‘05. 630w.

“His power is well sustained through the long narrative.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 31: 117. Ja. ‘05. 50w.

=Sinclair, William A.= Aftermath of slavery: a study of the condition and environment of the American negro; with an introd. by T: Wentworth Higginson. **$1.50. Small.

“This book gives the educated negro’s own view regarding the fitness
of his race for full citizenship. It contains a complete record of the
civil history of the American negro, showing what the race has done
for the country in peace and in war, and what the negro has
accomplished for his own uplifting.”—R. of Rs.

* “The style is clean and forceful. Of its kind it is the best any
negro has written. It is the thesis of a special pleader making strong
his case by ignoring the other side.”

+ — =Ann. Am. Acad.= 26: 752. N. ‘05. 240w.

+ — =Ind.= 58: 1422. Je. 22, ‘05. 190w.

“He is an able advocate if not altogether a wise one, and his book is
very readable. He bases his case upon evidence which the other side
refuses to admit and makes assumptions which they deny.”

+ — — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 354. Je. 3, ‘05. 1350w.

“He is not intelligent in interpreting Southern conditions or southern
sentiment.”

— — =Outlook.= 80: 390. Je. 10, ‘05. 160w.

=Pub. Opin.= 38: 911. Je. 10, ‘05 430w.

“His partiality is not envenomed, his plea is glowing, and his
historical facts have more than common value.”

+ + — =Reader.= 6: 594. O. ‘05. 230w.

=R. of Rs.= 31: 765. Je. ‘05. 100w.

=Singer, Hans.= Albrecht Dürer. *$2.50. imp. Scribner.

A critical essay upon Dürer’s work forms a preface to 48 exquisite
plates printed in tints and mounted on paper to harmonize.

=Critic.= 46: 475. My. 05. 70w.

“In spite of the closeness with which Professor Hans Singer has
studied the drawings of Albrecht Dürer, it can scarcely be claimed
that he has succeeded in fully grasping the characteristics that
render them unique. Moreover, in his efforts to be strictly faithful
to his own convictions he commits himself to several assertions that
will hardly pass unchallenged.”

+ — =Int. Studio.= 25: 180. Ap. ‘05. 140w.

“Compact for the use of students, and almost a necessity for any art
library.”

+ + =Int. Studio.= 25: sup. 63. My. ‘05. 240w.

* =Singleton, Esther.= Great portraits as seen and described by great writers. **$1.60. Dodd.

This volume “contains fifty-two ‘process’ reproductions of famous
portraits ... with words written about them (or inspired by them) by
writers who are not all great.... The selections are well chosen and
will be useful to the discriminating student. These is also a list of
the abiding places of these pictures. Knackfuss, Moreau, Vauthier,
Julia Cartwright, J. A. Crowe, J. B. Cavalcaselle, Humphry Ward, ...
Larroumet and Lefroy are among the most authoritative critics of the
fine arts quoted.”—N. Y. Times.

* + =Critic.= 47: 572. D. ‘05. 60w.

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

* “Is likely to prove of great value to persons not very well-grounded
in the knowledge of art, and of use, in its way, to many others, who
are.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 764. N. 11, ‘05. 180w.

* “On the whole, the compilation has little to recommend it, and some
of its faults are inexcusable.”

— + =Nation.= 81: 449. N. 30, ‘05. 110w.

* + =Outlook.= 81: 705. N. 25, ‘05. 60w.

=Singleton, Esther=, ed. and tr. Venice as seen and described by famous writers. **$1.60. Dodd.

Fifteen chapters which include extracts from Gautier on “The gondola”
and “The grand canal”; from Yriarte on “The Rialto”; from J. R. Green
on “Venice and Rome”; from Ruskin on “St. Marks”; from Taine on “The
tombs of the Doges”; and from Symonds on “A night in Venice.” The
volume is profusely illustrated with half-tone plates.

“A skillful collecting of the best things that have been written by
the best authorities.”

+ + =Critic.= 47: 95. Jl. ‘05. 80w.

=Dial.= 38: 326. My. 1, ‘05. 60w.

“A book that is charming to read anywhere, and will be useful for
travellers in Venice to consult.”

+ =Nation.= 80: 396. My. 18, ‘05. 260w.

“The book will be especially useful to those who have never seen and
do not expect to see Venice.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 175. Mr. 18, ‘05. 120w.

“If an anthology of Venice was wanted, Esther Singleton has supplied
it.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 195. Ap. 1, ‘05. 830w.

“Its editing has been done with judgment.”

+ =Outlook.= 79: 910. Ap. 8, ‘05. 140w.

=Skene, Norman Locke.= Elements of yacht design. $2. Rudder pub.

The author aims to give “‘a concise and practical presentation of the
processes involved in designing a modern yacht’ ... so that the
operations may be readily grasped by men without technical
education.... There are chapters on displacement, the lateral plane,
design, stability, ballast, the sail plan, and construction. A
thirty-foot cruiser is made the basis of the calculations, and a
number of tables is appended to abridge the figuring of important
details. The book is illustrated with numerous outline drawings and
plates.” (N. Y. Times.)

“The book will undoubtedly be serviceable to every one interested in
the subject and possessed of enough technical knowledge to understand
it.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 181. Mr. 25, ‘05. 290w.

=Skinner, Harriet Pearl.= Boys who became famous men. †$1.25. Little.

These “Stories of the childhood of poets, artists, and musicians” are
founded upon fact but are colored to suit the taste of boy and girl
readers, who cannot but feel a kinship for the young heroes of Beni’s
keeper: Giotto; The victor: Bach; The little boy at Aberdeen: Byron;
Tom Pear-tree’s portrait: Gainsborough; Georg’s champion: Handel; Six
hundred plus one: Coleridge; The lion that helped: Canova; and
Frederic of Warsaw: Chopin.

* “The stories are told simply, are readable, and the pictures are
pleasing.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 722. O. 28, ‘05. 60w.

* + =Outlook.= 81: 524. O. 28, ‘05. 20w.

=Slater, John Herbert.= How to collect books. $2. Macmillan.

“Mr. J. H. Slater has been writing on the subject for twenty-five
years, and is regarded as one of the leading authorities in
England.... The book ... might better be called a ‘Primer of
book-collecting.’ Much information interspersed with illustrations, is
crowded into less than two hundred pages.”—Outlook.

“The text is generally accurate.”

+ =Ath.= 1905, 2: 468. O. 7, 990w.

“For a beginner the knowledge contained in the volume may be of great
assistance.”

+ =Critic.= 47: 480. N. ‘05. 80w.

* “No one but a real collector could have set forth what Mr. Slater
has put into his volume.”

+ + =Ind.= 59: 1374. D. 14, ‘05. 250w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 625. S. 23, ‘05. 1020w.

“With these slight exceptions, which will prove almost immaterial to
the beginner in book collecting, the manual may be taken as a most
reliable, though somewhat dull, guide in this fascinating pursuit.”

+ + — =Outlook.= 81: 279. S. 30, ‘05. 160w.

* + =R. of Rs.= 32: 640. N. ‘05. 80w.

+ =Spec.= 95: 615. O. 21, ‘05. 390w.

=Sloan, Anna L.= Carolinians, an old-fashioned love story of stirring times in the early colony of Carolina. $1.50. Neale.

Mistress Damaris Johnson, the governor’s daughter, whose heart is as
true to her lover as her father’s is to his king, in coquetry with her
true feelings offends the man she cares for. He starts for England, is
captured by pirates, a message from her miscarries, they become
estranged on his return, and she is piqued into promising her hand to
an unloved suitor, who in the end nobly releases her.

“It is a picturesque tale, prettily told.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 278. Ap. 29, ‘05. 470w.

=Small, Albion Woodbury.= General sociology. *$4. Univ. of Chicago press.

An exposition of the main development in sociological theory from
Spencer to Ratzenhofer. The purpose of the work is to furnish a
working syllabus for a year’s course of lectures and a three years’
program of seminar work given in Chicago university. “The main objects
of this syllabus are, first, to make visible different elements that
must necessarily find their place in ultimate sociological theory; and
second, to serve as an index to relations between the parts and the
whole of sociological science.”

=Smart, George Thomas.= Studies in conduct. *75c. Pilgrim press.

“In this survey of wisely conducted life the subjective interest of
disciplined and rationalized feeling comes to its full rights, and
carries the authority of experience.”—Outlook.

“A book that cannot be exhausted in one reading, or in two.”

+ + =Outlook.= 80: 395. Je. 10, ‘05. 130w.

“Altogether these studies in conduct offer a rational and agreeable
program for making the most of ourselves and our brief span of life.”

+ + =Pub. Opin.= 39: 507. O. 14, ‘05. 280w.

=Smeaton, William Henry Oliphant.= Story of Edinburgh. $2. Macmillan.

“This volume, which belongs to the ‘Mediæval towns series,’ is to a
considerable extent a reproduction of a book which the author
published last year. Additions, however, have been made, and ‘it has
been almost entirely re-written.’” (Spec.) “The scheme of the volume
is sensible. The first portion, dealing with the history of Edinburgh,
traces the general fortunes of the city without special regard to
topography; it is briskly enough written, and suitably seasoned with
classical anecdotes. The second, and in this instance more important,
division presents a detailed description of the city itself, and
discusses the places and objects of historic interest.” (Ath.) There
are many illustrations.

“The instructions are clear and practical, the comments are generally
to the point, and the illustrations are decidedly good.”

+ + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 468. O. 7. 200w.

* “The book is compact, comprehensive, and portable, and conveniently
arranged in walks to points of historic, literary and ecclesiastical
interest in the city and its environs.”

+ + =Ind.= 59: 1111. N. 9, ‘05. 180w.

“Has put together a charming volume, full of matter but with little in
it either of the guidebook or the town history.”

+ + =Nation.= 81: 360. N. 2, ‘05. 90w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 640. S. 30. ‘05. 120w.

“This volume packs an amazing amount of information in small compass,
and serves it up, moreover, with commendable freedom from dryness and
encyclopaedic method.”

+ + =Outlook.= 81: 282. S. 30, ‘05. 170w.

“A book about Edinburgh can scarcely fail to be interesting, and as
written by Mr. Smeaton, who knows his subject thoroughly and writes
about it con amore, this may be ranked with any volume in the series.”

+ + =Spec.= 95: 533. O. 7, ‘05. 340w.

=Smedley, A. C., and Talbot, L. A.= Wizards of Ryetown. †$1.50. Holt.

A clever fairy tale interspersed with nonsense rhymes in which a fairy
princess goes out into the world with her hero prince to help him
conquer his kingdom. After wars waged against castles, witches and
wizards they share their realm in proverbial fairy-tale peace and
prosperity.

* + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 870. D. 9, ‘05. 270w.

=Smet, Pierre-Jean de.= Life, letters and travels of Father Pierre-Jean de Smet, S. J.; ed. by Hiram Martin Chittenden and Alfred Talbot Richardson. $15. Harper, F. P.

An account of the life and work of the missionary priest in the
unopened West, recorded chiefly in his own simple words, as found in
manuscript journals, and his printed works. There are copious notes
and a life of De Smet by the editor.

“We strongly recommend this valuable work to all who are interested in
the history of the North American West and in its aborigines. Also,
and particularly, to those interested in missions.”

+ + + =Nation.= 80: 274. Ap. 6, ‘05. 2060w.

“The most valuable part of this book is that which deals entirely with
Indian life, and the editors are to be congratulated upon their
success in keeping this essential and vital part continually the most
prominent. As no other man has so fully and so deeply understood the
Indian, so no other has contributed so much information about his life
and customs or served the cause of justice so well in uprooting the
prejudice against the aborigines of this country. [The Indian] has
received his meed of praise, and the final judgment upon his
character.” Stanhope Sams.

+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 66. F. 4, ‘05. 2310w.

=Smith, Adam.= Wealth of nations; ed. by Professor Edwin Cannan. *$6. Putnam.

This new edition of the famous work of the father of political economy
follows the text of the fifth edition in all details. The editor has
added elaborate notes and a comprehensive introduction.

“Will henceforth be the standard. It is hard to see how the editor’s
work could be improved save by the discovery of new sources of
knowledge.”

+ + + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 25: 135. Ja. ‘05. 130w.

“What promises to be its definitive form for many years to come. Along
with his demonstrated insight into the heart of this classic, Mr.
Cannan brought other gifts of a rare order to his task,—tireless
scholarship in ferreting out the ipsissima verba of the text, and
withal an invigorating freshness of vision into the realities of
industrial life, a doughty logic, and a dash of cynical humor.”

+ + + =Atlan.= 95: 562. Ap. ‘05. 510w.

“Marks of extreme care as well as of full and critical knowledge are
visible on every page. The editor’s notes are of great value even to
students who are not greatly interested in the niceties of textual
criticism. In a great measure they serve as cross-references, and
serve also to keep in mind and define Adam Smith’s characteristic
inconsistencies and limitations.”

+ =J. Pol. Econ.= 13: 136. D. ‘04. 310w.

* =Smith, Albert William, and Marx, Guido H.= Machine design. $3. Wiley.

A volume which “treats in logical sequence the elements of mechanism
and machine design, followed by construction in detail of machinery,
and an excellent chapter on ‘Riveted joints.’ It is well written and
illustrated, and the effort to lead elementary conception into actual
construction is consistently followed out, giving the reader, or the
student, the satisfaction of learning the means and the reason for the
result obtained.”—Engin. N.

* “Briefly characterized this is a college treatise, broad and
elementary in its introduction, thorough in detail, elaborate in
formulas, limited in references to modern devices and inaccurate in
some of its practical data.”

+ + — =Engin. N.= 54: 650. D. 14, ‘05. 890w.

=Smith, Bertha H.= Yosemite legends. **$2. Elder.

Six short legends each representing some folk song of the tribe of
Ah-wah-nee-chee or Yosemite dwellers. The charm of the text is
enhanced by the artistic work of Florence Lundborg, who has conceived
a barbaric pattern, an Indian design for the margin, and has
contributed thirteen wash drawings reproduced in half-tone. The whole
make-up of the book suggests the “eerie and the unseen in air, crag,
and water.”

“The stories are told with an attractive simplicity that retains a
flavor of the primitive Indian poetry.”

+ =Critic.= 46: 94. Ja. ‘05. 100w.

* =Smith, Rev. David.= Days of His flesh: the earthly life of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. **$2.50. Armstrong.

A new life of Christ, simple in style. “It throws some light on
incidents in the life of Christ from portrayal of Jewish habits of
life and thought. It accompanies the words of Jesus with some
interpretation, but not with exhortation. It is free from
scholasticism on the one hand and from ecclesiastical pietism on the
other.”—Outlook.

* + =Lond. Times.= 4: 336. O. 13, ‘05. 1500w.

* “Theoretically, the spirit of the writer might be defined as that of
a broad-minded and free-minded evangelical.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 428. O. 21, ‘05. 120w.

* =Smith, Elmer Boyd.= Story of Noah’s ark; told and pictured by E. Boyd Smith. **$2. Houghton.

“The building of the ark, the assembling of the animals, and the
adventures of the voyage, are all made to yield their full measure of
entertainment. The dinosaurs that had to be left behind because they
were too big for the door, the host of other strange beasts ... that
refused to go in and were therefore ‘doomed to be lost and become
fossils,’ the other host that went in and, being tossed by the waves,
regretted it ... all these episodes are pictured with remarkable
expressiveness and a clever but never too extravagant caricature....
The plates are artistically reproduced in color.”—Dial.

* “An amusing book with illustrations gay enough and text simple
enough to attract any well-regulated child.”

+ =Critic.= 47: 577. D. ‘05. 15w.

* “The pictures are the feature of the book, but they would not be
half so amusing without the sly and subtle humor of the brief
descriptions which accompany them.”

+ =Dial.= 39: 383. D. 1, ‘05. 200w.

* + =Ind.= 59: 1392. D. 14, ‘05. 30w.

* “Mr. Smith is too good a draughtsman to be side-splittingly comical,
but he has a humorous imagination. His text is far less droll, and he
should procure a literary running-mate for his next venture.”

+ — =Nation.= 81: 381. N. 9, ‘05. 150w.

* =N. Y. Times.= 10: 744. N. 4, ‘05. 150w.

* “A capital piece of story-telling by colored pictures—humorous but
perfectly respectful to Noah and all his family.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 684. N. 18, ‘05. 40w.

=Smith, F. Berkeley.= Parisians out of doors. *$1.50. Funk.

Parisians of all classes at play, sipping coffee in their pet cafés,
pelting each other in the fete des fleurs, or enjoying the more
serious joys of baccarat, fill these pages. But whether at home or
jaunting by rail or motor car to Trouville, Normandy, St. Cloud or
Monte Carlo, they are kept innately Parisian and carry with them their
own distinctive atmosphere.

“It is never better than picturesque journalism, but, light and frothy
as his writing is, it conveys a good and vivid idea of certain aspects
of life in Paris, at Trouville, and other watering-places, at Nice and
Monte Carlo, and so forth.”

+ =Acad.= 68: 935. S. 9, ‘05. 110w.

“He shows an absence of dictatorialness, a humor, and a modesty that
make his volume most entertaining reading.”

+ =Critic.= 47: 479. N. ‘05. 60w.

+ + =Ind.= 59: 639. S. 14, ‘05. 100w.

“The style of the author matches its subject. Mr. Smith is not only an
enthusiastic lover of Paris but he can express this taste for the
perfection of worldly joys in a voice of exquisite timbre.”

+ + =Lit. D.= 31: 317. S. 2, ‘05. 490w.

“Is as bright and entertaining as either of its predecessors, ‘The
real Latin quarter’ and ‘How Paris amuses itself.’”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 457. Jl. 8, ‘05. 1350w.

“Sprightly, not always very dignified, cheerfully observant of the gay
and the picturesque.”

+ =Outlook.= 80: 790. Jl. 22, ‘05. 80w.

“‘Paris out of doors’ has gathered in the spirit of the French
festivity, has caught much of the nature worship that infects that
festivity, and in every respect is a delightful and refreshing book.”

+ + + =Pub. Opin.= 39: 350. S. 9, ‘05. 140w.

“Mr. Smith knows perfectly well how to write good, interesting
description, and what more interesting people can you find than the
modern Parisian?”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 32: 254. Ag. ‘05. 80w.

“This is a very pleasant and readable book. Some of the illustrations
are good, but the photographs are not invariably successes.”

+ + — =Spec.= 95: 263. Ag. 19, ‘05. 160w.

=Smith, Francis Hopkinson.= At close range. †$1.50. Scribner.

“This is a collection of nine short stories.... The object of the
volume seems to be to bring together some little tales of plain things
in life in which Mr. F. Hopkinson Smith discovers a grain of gold ‘at
the bottom of every heart-crucible choked with cinders.’ ... He does
not confine his stories to any particular stage setting, but wanders,
as the digger should do, wherever the gold of life is to be found.”—N.
Y. Times.

“Mr. Hopkinson Smith has the right knack, although exception must be
taken to his literary style.”

+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 2: 44. Jl. 8. 220w.

“The chief characteristic of these nine short stories, tales of ‘the
road,’ is a realism described with a poetic touch.”

+ + + =Critic.= 47: 94. Jl. ‘05. 240w.

“He has set down with humor, compassion and wit the real life that we
live every day on the outside of story-books and made it refreshing
with faith and virtue.”

+ + =Ind.= 58: 957. Ap. 27. ‘05. 410w.

“He has the snag-less style of long literary training, yet he shuns
prolixity.”

+ + =Nation.= 80: 378. My. 11, ‘05. 280w.

“The stories deserve reading, and the circulation of such a volume
will not bring benefit to the author alone.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 235. Ap. 8, ‘05. 190w.

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

“This latest collection of short stories renews the impression which
the earlier volumes from the same hand made of great clearness of
sight, fresh and vital interest in all forms of life which express
either beauty or character, a keen sense of humor, and admirable power
of characterization.”

+ + + =Outlook.= 79: 906. Ap. 8, ‘05. 190w.

“Always Mr. Smith is the artist—not a photographer.”

+ + =Pub. Opin.= 38: 633. Ap. 22, ‘05. 280w.

+ + =Reader.= 6: 120. Je. ‘05. 320w.

“The author, who writes tersely and well, shows that he has keen
powers of observation, he is also endowed with a sense of humour and a
capacity for sympathy, and he can in a measure touch, as it has been
said, both the springs of laughter and the source of tears.”

+ + + =Sat. R.= 100: 186. Ag. 5, ‘05. 250w.

“The problems contained in the book are not very subtle, but almost
all the stories are pleasant reading.”

+ + =Spec.= 95: 228. Ag. 12, ‘05. 140w.

=Smith, Francis Hopkinson.= Wood fire in no. 3. †$1.50. Scribner.

F. Hopkinson Smith invites his readers to join a circle in Bohemia
about a log fire “that can sparkle with merriment, or glow with humor,
or roar with laughter, dependent on your mood.” The “High priest of
the Temple of jollity” is Sandy MacWhirter whose “wide personal
experience, his many adventures by land and sea make him the most
delightful of conversationalists ... talking as a painter talks, one
who sees, and therefore can make you see.” He and his group of friends
draw up around the fire and swap stories, impressions and terse
convictions. “Mac” on studio teas is especially convincing; “Art is a
religion not a Punch and Judy show. Whole thing is vulgar. Imagine
Rembrandt showing his ‘Night watch’ for the first time to the rag-tag
and bob-tail of Amsterdam.... Sacrilege, I tell you, this mixing up of
ice-cream and paint; makes a farce of a high calling and a mountebank
of the artist.”

* + =Critic.= 47: 579. D. ‘05. 80w.

* “MacWhirter and his friends are thoroughly individual. They all know
stories well worth the telling, and they tell them extremely well.”

+ + =Dial.= 39: 388. D. 1, ‘05. 170w.

* “Has the charm with which Mr. Smith invests all that he writes, a
charm which is one of projected personality, and must therefore miss
some uncongenial readers, though these will usually be few.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 823. D. 2, ‘05. 160w.

* “Mr. Smith never fails to infuse a certain invigorating good
fellowship into his stories. The book as a whole does not reach the
high level of Mr. Smith’s more serious fiction.”

+ + — =Outlook.= 81: 712. N. 25, ‘05. 140w.

* =Smith, Frederick Edwin, and Sibley, N. W.= International law as interpreted during the Russo-Japanese war. *$5. Boston bk.

“We welcome this attempt to estimate the present state of the science
[of war] in the light of the new precedents created.... [The authors]
have reviewed the whole history of the operations, and dealt with
every point raised, from the volunteer cruisers to the use of wireless
telegraphy, in a lucid and scholarly manner.... A large number of
useful documents are reprinted in the appendices, and the authors have
written a short but admirably clear introduction on the meaning of
international law.”—Spec.

* “By far the most interesting part of the volume consists of the
chapters, full of detail, and well considered, relating to neutrality;
chapters so full and complete that they might with small change form
parts of a treatise on international law. It is a piece of well-knit,
solid work. It embodies research and care. A spirit of moderation, a
sense of responsibility, is present.”

+ + + =Lond. Times.= 4: 299. S. 22, ‘05. 1480w.

* =N. Y. Times.= 10: 791. N. 18, ‘05. 650w.

+ + + =Sat. R.= 100: 690. N. 25, ‘05. 470w.

* “The work may be warmly recommended to all lawyers and students of
public policy.”

+ + + =Spec.= 95: sup. 794. N. 18, ‘05. 370w.

=Smith, Rev. George Adam.= Forgiveness of sins, and other sermons, **$1.25. Armstrong.

“Sermons preached by Dr. George Adam Smith, in the pulpit of Queen’s
Cross Free church, Aberdeen.... They are spiritual expositions of
theology.... Biblical in substance but not textual.”—Outlook.

“His new volume of sermons offers an example of the art of expository
preaching, the more persuasive in that it is not professedly
expository.” A. K. P.

+ + =Bib. World.= 26: 155. Ag. ‘05. 750w.

“His discourses are direct, practical and earnest, excellent examples
of the expository preaching for which Scotch ministers are famous.”

+ + =Ind.= 58: 500. Mr. 2, ‘05. 90w.

“They constitute good models for the minister and good reading for the
thoughtful and the devout layman.”

+ + =Outlook.= 79: 958. Ap. 15, ‘05. 340w.

“The volume of his sermons just published may do something to dispel
false notions of Professor Smith’s theological system.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 31: 254. F. ‘05. 70w.

+ =Spec.= 94: 368. Mr. 11, ‘05. 490w.

=Smith, Goldwin.= My memory of Gladstone. *75c. Wessels.

This volume is written by one who knew Gladstone, both socially and in
a business way and who knew even better the men who were his
associates in public life. He says that it is thru their eyes that he
saw Gladstone and he gives his memory of the man and his colossal work
in a concise and sympathetic manner. The little book will give a
glimpse of Gladstone and his career to those who have not the leisure
to read Morley’s Life, to which Prof. Smith pays handsome tribute.

* + =Critic.= 47: 284. S. ‘05. 60w.

+ + =Dial.= 39: 212. O. 1, ‘05. 200w.

=R. of Rs.= 31: 765. Je. ‘05. 80w.

=Smith, J. Russell.= Organization of ocean commerce. $1.75. Ginn.

This is one of the Univ. of Penn. publications and belongs to the
series in political economy and public law. “The author confines
himself exclusively to the presentation of facts and the description
of processes.... The result is a careful, accurate and minute analysis
of over sea commerce, which cannot fail to be of the greatest
interest, not merely to the student of commerce, but to those who are
actually engaged in the business of ocean transportation. The book is
divided into three parts, viz.; Traffic, Routes and shipping and
Harbors and port facilities.” (Ann. Am. Acad.)

“Dr Smith has produced one of the most satisfactory pieces of economic
investigation which has appeared in recent years.” E. S. Meade.

+ + + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 25: 610. My. ‘05. 970w.

=Smith, Rev. John.= Magnetism of Christ: a study of our Lord’s missionary methods. $1.75. Armstrong.

“This book is composed of the Duff lectures on evangelistic theology,
which were delivered in 1903-4 by the author, who is a minister of the
United Free Church of Scotland.... He discourses on such subjects as
‘The distinctive method of Jesus,’ ‘Christ dealing with individual
inquirers,’ and ‘Prayer as bringing in the kingdom of God.’”—Spec.

“Although Dr. Smith wrote his lectures for students, his style is
almost as simple as that of a Welsh evangelist.”

+ =Spec.= 94: 119. Ja. 28, ‘05. 320w.

=Smith, Mary Prudence Wells.= Boy captive in Canada. †$1.25. Little.

This is the second story in the “Old Deerfield series,” and the sequel
to, “The boy captive of old Deerfield.” It tells of the experiences of
little Stephen Williams, son of the minister of Deerfield, as he lived
a captive and a burden bearer among the Indians. It describes his
wanderings with them in northern Vermont, the cold hard winter they
spent in Canada, and it finally chronicles his liberation and return
to Deerfield. At the end the varied and thrilling experiences of other
Deerfield captives is given as revealed by the researches of Miss C.
Alice Baker.

=Smith, Nicholas.= Masters of old age. *$1.25. Young ch.

The value of longevity is here illustrated by practical examples. The
lives of Mommsen, Holmes, Geo. Bancroft, Victor Hugo, S. Weir
Mitchell, Whittier, and numerous other masters of old age serve to
show how much of the world’s work is done by its old people. There are
some good ideas upon the value of keeping in the harness, and on the
care of both mind and body.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 588. S. 9, ‘05. 310w.

“As a record of the victories over old age and bodily infirmity won by
men and women of many sorts this book has a tonic quality both of
physical and moral efficacy.”

+ + =Outlook.= 81: 135. S. 16, ‘05. 100w.

=Smith, Orlando Jay.= Balance the fundamental verity, **$1.25. Houghton.

“‘A key to the fundamental scientific interpretations of the system of
nature, a definition of natural religion, and a consequent agreement
between science and religion.’ What Mr. Smith has really tried to do
is to show that religion and science stand on the same rock, and that
the law of compensation will explain away many philosophical
difficulties. There is an appendix containing critical reviews by a
number of eminent scientific and religious writers, most of which
commend Mr. Smith’s thesis and the way he has worked it out.”—R. of
Rs.

“Mr Smith in his book endeavors to deduce human immortality, and other
things, from Newton’s postulate that ‘to every action there is an
equal and opposite reaction.’ The result is unsatisfactory to the
materialists, who do not accept his demonstration as valid, and
equally so to those who like the other side of the wall, because it is
the other side.” T. D. A. Cockerell.

+ — =Dial.= 38: 88. F. 1, ‘05. 150w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 31: 128. Ja. ‘05. 110w.

=Smith, Reginald Bosworth.= Bird life and bird lore. *$3. Dutton.

A lover of books and of birds writes of his friends the owl, the
raven, the wild duck, the magpie, the rook and others, giving his own
observations of them and showing the place they hold in history,
literature, poetry, and folklore.

“A well-written and attractive book, of which the only material
demerit is the rather patchy and uneven effect almost inseparable from
volumes made up of papers originally published at divers times and in
divers manners.”

+ + — =Acad.= 68: 360. Ap. 1. ‘05. 850w.

“It is pleasantly and allusively classical, for Mr. Bosworth Smith is
a ripe scholar, and it is written in a style which is always accurate
and often picturesque.”

+ + =Ath.= 1905, 1: 495. Ap. 15. 710w.

“A series of capital essays on British birds.”

+ =Country Calendar.= 1: 221. Jl. ‘05. 60w.

“The book is one to be on permanently good terms with, for its genuine
love of all feathered folk, its hatred of cruelty ... its delicate
humor, and its poetical perspective.” May Estelle Cook.

+ + =Dial.= 38: 386. Je. 1, ‘05. 310w.

=Ind.= 58: 1152. Je. 1, ‘05. 120w.

“The particular claim of the book is that it has a local nexus and
that the tale of the birds is not separated from the life of the
place.”

+ =Lond. Times.= 4: 161. My. 19, ‘05. 1140w.

“Has the happy faculty of combining his personal observations with
those of his predecessors and confreres into a series of pleasing and
instructive sketches.”

+ + =Nation.= 81: 264. S. 28, ‘05. 250w.

“Besides giving excellent information tells some interesting
anecdotes.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 389. Je. 17, ‘05. 120w.

Reviewed by Mabel Osgood Wright.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 402. Je. 17, ‘05. 230w.

“Perhaps the best parts of his book are those in which he has brought
together the references to his favorite birds from ancient and modern
literature.”

+ + =Outlook.= 80: 244. My. 27, ‘05. 100w.

“These essays have a certain charm of style which should appeal to
nature-lovers the world over.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 32: 127. Jl. ‘05. 80w.

“He is a real observer of the birds he delights in and he has written
a very delightful account of the old Rectory and the old Manor house.”

+ =Sat. R.= 99: 601. My. 6, ‘05. 240w.

“Very pleasant book. The charm of the book ... lies chiefly in the
writer’s great love of his subject.”

+ + — =Spec.= 94: 751. My. 20, ‘05. 1050w.

=Smith, Sara Trainer=, trans. See =Denk, Victor Martin Otto.=

=Smith, Sydney Armitage-.= John of Gaunt, king of Castile and Leon, duke of Aquitaine and Lancaster, earl of Derby, Lincoln and Leicester, seneschal of England. *$6. imp. Scribner.

“So far as we are aware, this is the first detailed study of the
personality and career of ‘Old John of Gaunt, time-honored
Lancaster.’ ... Mr. Armitage-Smith has faithfully explored all manner
of sources of information bearing on the exploits and character of
this favorite son of Edward III. and favorite brother of the Black
Prince, this titular king of Castile and Leon and uncrowned king of
England. The search yields to us a fascinating story of chivalry,
pageantry, and war, a story of many personages and many
scenes.”—Outlook.

“A scholarly but also a highly interesting work.” Laurence M. Larson.

+ + =Dial.= 39: 86. Ag. 16, ‘05. 1240w.

“He must be congratulated on a width of research and a clearness of
judgment which more practised hands might envy. He has done much to
reconcile apparent inconsistencies in the career of the father of the
first Lancastrian king and to unravel the tangled skein of English
politics in the last quarter of the fourteenth century.” James Tait.

+ + + =Eng. Hist. R.= 20: 563. Jl. ‘05. 900w.

“Is an ample and scholarly work.”

+ — =Nation.= 81: 342. O. 26, ‘05. 520w.

“He has turned out a book that is at once scholarly and eminently
readable. Moreover, his work scarcely runs the risk of being
superseded.”

+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 300. My. 6, ‘05. 1180w.

“Told with feeling and intelligence by one who breathes the spirit of
the times.”

+ + =Outlook.= 79: 1059. Ap. 29, ‘05. 180w.

=Smith, Vincent A.= Early history of India. *$4.75. Oxford.

From 600 B. C. to the Mohammadan conquest, including the invasion of
Alexander the Great. A great deal of space is devoted to the invasion
of Alexander, while the chapters dealing with the mediaeval kingdoms
of the north, the Deccan and matters of purely local interest are
brief. The closing chapter outlines the history of the South.

“Will be welcomed for its very able research into Alexander’s India
campaign. McCrindle, whom we had thought to have said the last word on
the subject, is corrected in so important a matter as the place where
Alexander’s army crossed the Hydaspes.”

+ =Acad.= 68: 47. Ja. 14, ‘05. 290w.

“Mr. Smith is unusually well qualified for the work he has undertaken.
This knowledge, combined with a high ideal of the office of the
historian, ability in the sifting and criticism of evidence, and
finally the power of presenting in remarkably clear and attractive
form the fruits of his investigations has led to the production of a
work of exceptional merit.” George Melville Bolling.

+ + + =Am. Hist. R.= 11: 121. O. ‘05. 1010w.

“Nearly a third of the volume is occupied with Hellenic activity and
influence in India, and there is nowhere so complete and vivid an
account of the great campaign as is to be found in these pages. Even
those not interested in India for itself cannot fail to be attracted
by this chapter in the life of Alexander, which in some regards at
least may be accepted by historians as a definite statement.”

+ =Nation.= 80: 117. F. 9, ‘05. 630w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 121. F. 25, ‘05. 300w.

=Smith, William Benjamin.= Color line. **$1.50. McClure.

The author is a southerner and a professor in Tulane university, but
he tries to give an unbiased scientific treatment of the race problem,
taking up the question of miscegenation, the danger of the
“mongrelization” of the white race in the South, and social and
political future of the negro.

“The argument is largely rhetorical and contributes nothing to our
knowledge of what is going on. The book abounds in extreme statements.
As a plea of an intelligent partisan the book has value, but otherwise
is not to be compared with the recent volume of Mr. T. N. Page, who
holds very similar views.”

— — + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 25: 594. My. ‘05. 230w.

“There is much that is new in the conception and in the detail of the
present study. Whether the reader agree or disagree with Professor
Smith’s conclusions, we can promise him that this is by far the most
elaborate and important study of the American negro that has yet
appeared, that it deals with fundamentals and not with the superficial
manifestations of the conflict between black and white, and that its
tone is such as to command respectful attention from the reader,
whatever his prejudices. A style full of terse, vigorous phrases, at
times enlivened by humor, and again and again shot through with
illuminating allusions revealing the breadth of culture, the fund of
reading upon which the scholar can draw at will.” Pierce Butler.

+ + + =Baltimore Sun.= : 8. Mr. 8, ‘05. 1140w.

“Professor Smith of Tulane University writes as an ‘irreconcilable,’
but his arguments are strong and well buttressed, and he views the
subject on several sides.”

+ + =Critic.= 47: 287. S. ‘05. 50w.

“Mr. Smith’s book is a naked, unashamed shriek for the survival of the
white race by means of the annihilation of all other races.” W. A.
Burghardt DuBois.

— — =Dial.= 38: 315. My. 1, ‘05. 430w.

“It is only valuable as an effort to substantiate the South’s
treatment of the negro. It contains neither scientific accuracy nor
literary excellence.”

+ — =Ind.= 58: 843. Ap. 13, ‘05. 290w.

— + =Nation.= 81: 280. O. 5, ‘05. 1130w.

“It may be Professor Smith has allowed his predispositions to color
his conclusions somewhat.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 82. F. 11, ‘05. 1820w.

“In six passionately written chapters brimming with science and
statistics, Professor Smith makes a strong presentation of the
position of the South on the negro question.”

+ + =Pub. Opin.= 38: 297. F. 25, ‘05. 500w.

=R. of Rs.= 31: 382. Mr. ‘05. 100w.

* =Smythe, William Eilsworth.= Constructive democracy: the economics of a square deal. **$1.50. Macmillan.

“This volume presents the evils of the present industrial system and
proposes three remedies. The first is Senator Newland’s plan for
dealing with the transportation problem.... The second remedy is Mr.
Garfield’s plan.... The first remedy would put the railroads, the
second the trusts, under the supervision of the National government.
The third remedy is National irrigation for the development of our
unused lands, and adequate protection of them from the land-grabber,
that they may furnish an opportunity for the ‘surplus man.’”—Outlook.

* =N. Y. Times.= 10: 708. O. 21, ‘05. 280w.

* “We see no evidence that he is familiar with the economic history of
the past. His book is journalistic rather than academic in its spirit.
We should like to see his book read and pondered by all journalists
and congressmen.”

+ + — =Outlook.= 81: 332. O. 7, ‘05. 290w.

* =Pub. Opin.= 39: 572. O. 28, ‘05. 320w.

* “His book impresses one as the work of a keen observer of modern
industrial life and a thoughtful student of its problems.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 32: 638. N. ‘05. 130w.

=Snell, F. C.= Camera in the fields. $1.25. Wessels.

“The first part of Mr. Snell’s manual is entitled ‘The camera and the
dark room’; in this the processes are explained.... Parts 2-5 are
devoted to the several subjects of Ornithology, Zoölogy, Entomology,
and Botany; in each the special subject—how bird, beast, insect, or
plant is to be best ‘taken off’ by the camera—is dealt with. The
volume is amply illustrated.”—Spec.

“His sensible remarks on the matters of which he is clearly a master
himself should be of great value to students of ornithology, zoölogy,
entomology, and botany.”

+ + =Acad.= 68: 369. Ap. 1, ‘05. 170w.

* “An excellent handbook for those who are interested in the finer
problems of photography.”

+ + =Dial.= 39: 313. N. 16, ‘05. 290w.

“It is of its kind excellent.” W. P. P.

+ + =Nature.= 72: 153. Je. 15, ‘05. 370w.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 515. Ag. 5, ‘05. 250w.

+ + =Spec.= 94: 599. Ap. 22, ‘05. 110w.

Society in the new reign; by a foreign resident. $4. Wessels.

This book supplements “Society in London,” published by the same
author in 1886. It gives a present day view of “persons and things, as
well as of a social state generally” both in and out of London, under
such chapter headings as—The new court and some state pillars, Society
at school and at play, Where wit, wealth and empire meet, Hencoops and
heroes, Counter and coronet, Society’s tradesmen and their social
claims.

Sociological papers, by Francis Galton and others. *$3.60. Macmillan.

“The volume comprises the papers and discussions at the first meeting
of the (British) Sociological society, 1904.... Among the subjects
discussed, ‘Eugenics,’ or what in this country is called
stirpiculture, takes the leading place.”—Outlook.

“Marks the opening of a new stadium in the progress of sociology.”

+ + + =Acad.= 68: 103. F. 4, ‘05. 1130w.

“The book is welcome not merely because of the excellent papers, but
also because of the light it throws upon the headway sociology is
making in England.”

+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 25: 594. My. ‘05. 150w.

+ =Ath.= 1905, 1: 239. F. 25. 630w.

+ =Dial.= 38: 326. My. 1. 05. 120w.

“The sociological society is to be congratulated on the appearance of
its first volume.” W. D. Morrison.