Chapter VI: discusses portal bracing, sway and lateral bracing and (12)

+ + =Int. J. Ethics.= 15: 507. Jl. ‘05. 1250w.

“The one real addition to knowledge that the volume contains is by an
outsider, Mr. Harold H. Mann.”

+ + — =Nation.= 81: 42. Jl. 13, ‘05. 960w.

Reviewed by F. W. H.

+ =Nature.= 71: 605. Ap. 27, ‘05. 540w.

+ =Outlook.= 79: 605. Mr. 4, ‘05. 280w.

Reviewed by J. H. T.

* + + =Psychol. Bull.= 2: 422. D. 15, ‘05. 280w.

=R. of Rs.= 31: 510. Ap. ‘05. 140w.

* + =Sat. R.= 100: 724. D. 2, ‘05. 1090w.

=Solberg, Thorvald.= Copyright in Congress. 65c. Supt. of doc.

“A complete bibliography of all the bills relating to copyright which
have been introduced into Congress, the resolutions and laws which
have been enacted, and those reports, petitions, memorials, messages,
and miscellaneous documents which have been printed, together with a
complete chronological record of all action taken in Congress, in any
way relating to the subject of copyright, showing how each proposal
has been dealt with.” The record begins with April 15, 1789, and
extends to 1904.

=Am. Hist. R.= 10: 949. Jl. ‘05. 100w.

“A work of great historic interest.”

+ + + =Nation.= 80: 269. Ap. 6, ‘05. 270w.

=Somers, Percival.= Pages from a country diary. $2.50. Longmans.

This diary of a country sportsman treats of English rural life in all
its phases. There is social life, scenery, and a criticism of hunting
customs and sporting laws. The whole is enlivened by clever anecdotes
and original reflections in the things about them by the author and
his wife, Belinda.

=Country Calendar.= 1: 492. S. ‘05. 130w.

“It can be confidently recommended to all who care for records of
outdoor life flavored with the philosophy of a genial observer of men
and animals.”

+ + =Nation.= 80: 249. Mr. 30, ‘05. 490w.

“A delightful raconteur is the author, and his stories are short and
to the point.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 19. Ja. 14, ‘05. 1000w.

* =Sonneck, Oscar George Theodore.= Francis Hopkinson, the first American poet-composer, and James Lyon, patriot, preacher, psalmodist: two studies in early American music. *$5. O. G: T. Sonneck, Lib. of Congress, Wash., D. C.

“A piece of research in American history based on an examination of
original sources.... Hopkinson, who was born in 1731, was a man of
unusual talent; a writer, a politician, an inventor, and an
enthusiastic musician....* Hopkinson himself laid claim to the title
of first native composer in a letter dedicating his volume of ‘Seven
songs’ to Washington.... His rival for historical precedence, James
Lyon, is a substantial, if less interesting figure.... It is an
extremely interesting monograph for those who are concerned with the
neglected past of music in this country.”—N. Y. Times.

* “It is an invaluable contribution to the history of American music,
and its production reveals the achievement of a formidable task.” W.
J. Henderson.

+ + =Atlan.= 96: 854. D. ‘05. 180w.

* “Though the graces of English style are not Mr. Sonneck’s, he knows
how to make his history not only minutely correct, but interesting.”
Richard Aldrich.

+ + — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 448. Jl. 8, ‘05. 1060w.

=Sorley, W. R.= Recent tendencies in ethics. W: Blackwood & sons, London.

“This little book consists of three lectures on ‘Some leading features
of the ethical thought of the present day,’ delivered at Cambridge
(England) to a summer meeting of clergy held there in July, 1903. The
chapters in the book are headed respectively: ‘Characteristics,’
‘Ethics and evolution,’ ‘Ethics and idealism.’ In the first chapter
Professor Sorley says that in ‘English ethical thought during the last
century ... the controversies of the time centered almost exclusively
round two questions: the question of the origin of moral ideas, and
the question of the criterion of moral value.’ ... A misapplication of
the biological doctrine of ‘natural selection’ is also responsible for
a large measure of the present confusion of ethical thought. This
brings the reader to Chapter II., in which this misapplication is
dealt with at length.... Chapter III. deals with the ethics of modern
idealism.”—Int. J. Ethics.

“Is avowedly addressed to those whose interest in life is practical
rather than theoretical; its aim is obviously to be practically
helpful to such people. It must be owned that to the present critic it
seems chiefly to warn off from the realm of philosophy all students of
the quality described. It is perhaps not too much to say that both in
method and in implied point of view Mr. Sorley’s book is too slight
and too old-fashioned to do justice either to recent philosophy or to
Professor Sorley’s position in it.” May Gilliland Husband.

+ — =Int. J. Ethics.= 15: 232. Ja. ‘05. 2340w. (Abstract of book.)

“The qualities of careful and exact thought, of methodical
arrangement, and of clear expression are found to characterize the
volume.” James Seth.

+ + =Philos. R.= 14: 212. Mr. ‘05. 1560w.

=Soto, Hernando or Fernando de.= Narratives of the career of Hernando de Soto in the conquest of Florida; ed. by E. G. Bourne. **$2. Barnes.

“A complete and authoritative ‘Narrative of the career of Hernando De
Soto,’ as found in the original documents, chiefly based on the diary
of Rodrigo Rangel, his private secretary, together with an account of
the great expedition to the Southwest of the United States, translated
from Oviedo’s ‘Historia general y natural de las Indias’ by Buckingham
Smith. There is an historical introduction by Edward Gaylord Bourne,
professor of history in Yale university. The conquest of Florida is
told by a knight who was a member of the expedition. Several
portraits, hitherto unpublished, of De Soto himself appear in the
volume, to which is appended his life and some of his letters.”—R. of
Rs.

“Prof. Bourne’s editorship is of the best, and the translation
excellent reading.”

+ + =Critic.= 46: 190. F. ‘05. 90w.

=Ind.= 58: 726. Mr. 30, ‘05. 130w.

+ + =Nation.= 80: 197. Mr. 9, ‘05. 960w.

“A boon alike to the student, to the ordinary reader, even to the
romance-loving boy.” F. S. Dellenbaugh.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 65. F. 4, ‘05. 2370w.

“The volumes will be regarded as a valuable and convenient addition to
both history and literature.”

+ =Outlook.= 79: 96. Ja. 7, ‘05. 130w.

“It would be difficult to find in any language a more direct and
forceful account of heroic adventures and careless lust for new sights
and strange experiences. Together with the narratives of Coronado’s
expedition in the Southwest, an earlier volume of the “Trail makers’
series,” it is the best possible account of the aboriginal condition
of the southern United States.”

+ + + =Pub. Opin.= 38: 57. Ja. 12, ‘05. 360w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 31: 249. F. ‘05. 120w.

+ + =Sat. R.= 99: 814. Je. 17, ‘05. 100w.

=Sousa, John Philip.= Pipetown Sandy. †$1.50. Bobbs.

A story of Pipetown, its boys, its schools, and its grown people.
Sandy, the hero, already a leader on the playground, leaves the foot
of the class and wins the prize in arithmetic and geography thru the
influence of Colonel Franklin’s weak little son whom he makes his
friend. Sandy also helps the store keeper to win the widow Foley, and
takes an active part in the tragic scenes which follow her worthless
husband’s reappearance in Pipetown.

“Here we have the annals of a typical American village told with the
simplicity and the charm of a Goldsmith and the added interest of a
writer whose intensity of feeling and vivid imagination have enabled
him to invest simple life and homely circumstances with compelling
fascination.”

+ + =Arena.= 34: 551. N. ‘05. 200w.

“Parts of the story are really human and attractive.”

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 744. N. 4, ‘05. 200w.

“It is difficult to see how it can be of any real value. It cannot
contribute to the formation of an exalted taste in literature; and a
boy with a good taste already formed would not care much for it.”

— =Outlook.= 81: 135. S. 16, ‘05. 90w.

=Spalding, Rev. Henry Stanislaus.= Race for Copper island. 85c. Benziger.

This is a boy’s story and tells of the adventures of young Paul
Guibeau of Quebec and others who ventured into the Indians’ country in
search of the copper mines in the region of the Great lakes. They
encounter Iroquois, Hurons, and Miamis, unbroken forests and unknown
waters, but after the copper ridge is located, Paul, undaunted, writes
to his people, as the volume closes, that he is setting forth with
Louis Joliet and Father Marquette to discover “the great river called
the Mitchi-sipi.”

=Spalding, Rt. Rev. John Lancaster.= Bishop Spalding year book: comp. by Minnie R. Cowan. **75c. McClurg.

Quotations from the writings of Bishop Spalding for each day of the
year.

* + =Dial.= 39: 448. D. 16, ‘05. 60w.

=Spalding, Rt. Rev. John Lancaster.= Religion and art, and other essays, **$1. McClurg.

Besides the title-essay the volume contains, The development of
educational ideas in the nineteenth century, The meaning and worth of
education, The physician’s calling and education, Social questions.

“The strongest and bravest voice that speaks for righteousness to the
people of this country is Bishop Spalding’s. Bishop Spalding’s
writings are brave and beautiful and inspiring.”

+ + + =Cath. World.= 81: 529. Jl. ‘05. 1050w.

+ + + =Dial.= 39: 93. Ag. 16, ‘05. 210w.

* =Spalding, Phebe Estelle.= Womanhood in art. **$1.50. Elder.

There are in this group of interpretations six of the best known ideal
conceptions of womanhood in art; Venus de Milo, Eve, Mona Lisa,
Beatrice Cenci, Madonna of the chair and the Sistine Madonna.

* “Any good book that celebrates good art is worth while, so Miss
Spalding’s book is welcome.”

+ =Critic.= 47: 572. D. ‘05. 15w.

* “The text is intended neither for artists nor students of painting,
but for the ordinary observer who is interested merely in the moral
significance of the picture, caring nothing for its history or
technique. Such criticism leans inevitably towards the fanciful and
the sentimental, but it doubtless appeals to a certain class of
readers.”

+ — =Dial.= 39: 389. D. 1, ‘05. 130w.

* + =Ind.= 59: 1376. D. 14, ‘05. 40w.

* =Int. Studio.= 27: sup. 31. D. ‘05. 40w.

* — =Nation.= 81: 449. N. 30, ‘05. 80w.

* “The book is of the popular sort—full of elemental, moving
impressions but marred by insufficient historical and critical
reading.”

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 796. N. 25, ‘05. 240w.

* + =R. of Rs.= 32: 751. D. ‘05. 80w.

=Sparks, Edwin Erle.= Men who made the nation. $1. Macmillan.

The history of the United States from 1760 to 1865 is given
biographically in an account of the lives and labors of Benjamin
Franklin, Samuel and John Adams, Robert Morris, Alexander Hamilton,
George Washington, Jefferson, Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, and finally
Abraham Lincoln.

“On the whole, thanks to the author’s lively style, we get, in a very
small compass, a better history than many a historian with a more
ambitious method might have produced.”

+ + =Nation.= 81: 142. Ag. 17, ‘05. 160w.

“The process of the evolution of the nation is thus given a
biographical character in a novel method of writing history.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 84. F. 11, ‘05. 630w.

=Sparks, Edwin Erle.= United States of America. **$1.35. Putnam.

This is essentially a history of our constitutional evolution, and
treats of the great movements in our federal life and “those
centralizing or decentralizing factors which have aided or hindered
the unification of the states,” of finances, internal improvements,
the tariff, slavery, and the constitutional aspects of the Civil war
and reconstruction, little space is given to war and war-time events.

“His judgments are acceptable; he shows discrimination in the
selection of materials, a fine art in presentation, a vivacious
style.” James A. Woodburn.

+ + =Am. Hist. R.= 10: 883. Jl. ‘05. 810w.

“The purpose is well carried out, and the work is therefore eminently
a timely one.”

+ + =Critic.= 46: 382. Ap. ‘05. 140w.

“One can hardly call the work a history in the truest sense; it is
rather a prose epic of American nationality.”

+ + + =Dial.= 38: 418. Je. 16, ‘05. 630w.

“Hardly any former attempt to write our history has taken into account
so many of the different forces that have influenced its progress. In
fact, the book is a good summary of the best work done on American
history. The style is clear and pleasing, except for a tendency to
sententious truisms.”

+ + =Ind.= 58: 785. Ap. 6, ‘05. 360w.

* + + =Ind.= 59: 1156. N. 16, ‘05. 40w.

“On the whole, Dr. Sparks’s interpretation of the subject commends
itself to us as sound.”

+ =Nation.= 80: 217. Mr. 16, ‘05. 830w.

“Prof. Sparks’ work is a rather agreeable reaction from the
bellicosity which has been so much in vogue with writers of popular
histories. Yet we cannot help thinking that Prof. Sparks pays too
little attention to military affairs.”

+ + — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 13. Ja. 7, ‘05. 740w.

“Rather a commentary on history. All readers will find the book
interesting, and to many it will give a wholly new point of view for
the consideration of American history. Dr. Sparks prefers to treat
American history as the story of our national expansion. A suitable
sub-title of his present work would be, ‘A study of national
development.’”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 30: 756. D. ‘04. 180w.

=Spearman, Frank Hamilton.= Strategy of great railroads. **$1.50. Scribner.

“A volume illustrating the field of railroad competition. The various
subjects treated are the Vanderbilt lines, the Pennsylvania system,
the Harriman lines, the Hill lines, the fight for Pittsburg, the Gould
lines, the Rock Island system, the Atchison, the big granger lines
(St. Paul and Northwestern), the rebuilding of an American railroad,
the first trans-continental railroad, the early day in
railroading.”—Bookm.

=Ath.= 1905, 1: 629. My. 20. 1660w.

“He writes with a familiarity with his subject that enlightens, and
with a style that entertains and fascinates.” John J. Hasley.

+ + =Dial.= 38: 196. Mr. 16, ‘05. 820w.

“But, after proper allowance has been made for shortcomings
attributable to Mr. Spearman’s optimism, it must be said that his book
is on the whole, an admirable study of the American railroads of
today.”

+ + — =Nation.= 80: 39. Ja. 12, ‘05. 620w.

=Spears, John Randolph.= David G. Farragut. **$1.25. Jacobs.

This volume is one of the “American crisis biographies” and accurately
follows the life of the first American admiral from his birth in a
frontier log cabin to his honored death and the erection of his statue
in Farragut square. It is the story of years of hard work and
ceaseless effort put forth in the service of his country. Maps and
charts illustrate the volume.

* “Some of Mr. Spears’ eulogies and comments seem a little
far-fetched.”

+ + — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 845. D. 2, ‘05. 520w.

* “May be especially commended to parents in quest of a soundly
suggestive as well as really entertaining book for their boys.”

+ + =Outlook.= 81: 834. D. 2, ‘05. 140w.

* “The well-known accuracy of Mr. Spears’ writing on historical
subjects insures in the present volume a painstaking regard to the
facts of history.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 32: 755. D. ‘05. 120w.

* =Speed, John Gilmer.= Horse in America: a practical treatise on the various types common in the United States, with something of their history and varying characteristics. **$2. McClure.

This interesting treatise “gives a great deal of information about the
various equine types common in the United States. Mr. Speed is
merciless in exposing false pedigrees. Some of his comments on origins
of famous breeds of American horses will probably be unpalatable to
partisans of this or that great name in the horse world. Yet on the
whole the book is reassuring to the breeder and admirer of horses.”—R.
of Rs.

* “Taken all in all the book should serve its purpose, to interest and
forward the breeding of good types.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 706. O. 21, ‘05. 640w.

* “It points out the characteristics of the true thoroughbred with the
unerring skill of the expert.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 32: 640. N. ‘05. 100w.

=Sperry, Charlotte Grace.= Teddy Sunbeam. **$1. Elder.

Printed in large type upon Teddy Sunbeam’s own gold these “little
fables for little housekeepers” point many homely morals. Teddy
Sunbeam is wise, and he talks about Princess Lend-a-hand, gives
dissertations upon microbes, tells how to sweep, and how to perform a
number of other daily duties, but tells it all in such an attractive
manner that little folks will be glad to listen. The book is copiously
illustrated by Albertine Randall Wheelan.

“Is a nice little book for nice little girls.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 744. N. 4, ‘05. 110w.

* “A rather original series of little fables.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 32: 767. D. ‘05. 130w.

* =Spielmann, Marion Henry, and Layard, George Somes.= Kate Greenaway. *$6.50. Putnam.

“In half a hundred colored plates and many black-and-white pictures we
find beauty and delicacy pre-eminent and child-loveliness rendered
with sincerity and sympathy. Such pictures measure a sweet, true soul,
and the story of Kate Greenaway’s life and the gentle revelations of
her letters and her friendships (the correspondence with John Ruskin
most notably) bear out the inference.” (Outlook.) “It is a visit to
Miss Greenaway at her home, a view of an active mind at work, a
conversation with authors and artists led and directed by one whom
they all acknowledged as leader.” (N. Y. Times.)

* “The authors have felt to the full the quaint charm of this art,
they do justice to the ‘sweet and fragrant perfume’ that floats about
the name of Kate Greenaway.”

+ =Acad.= 68: sup. 9. D. 9, ‘05. 1420w.

* “The peculiar competence of the present writers lies in their eager
seizure upon all possible points of interest, and their strong sense
of proportion, which assigns to each item its proper space in a volume
that has not a dull page or a bit of superfluous ‘padding.’” Edith
Kellogg Dunton.

+ + + =Dial.= 39: 437. D. 16, ‘05. 2320w.

* “With some of Messrs. Layard and Spielmann’s opinions we are not at
all in agreement.”

+ — =Lond. Times.= 4: 394. N. 17, ‘05. 1630w.

* “The book is thus more than an ordinary biography.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 820. D. 2, ‘05. 190w.

* “Really charming book.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 707. N. 25, ‘05. 120w.

* “One can read with real profit other parts of the book, notably the
introductory chapter, and, at the close, Mr. Spielmann’s judgment on
Kate Greenaway as artist, delicately worded, enthusiastic yet nicely
balanced.”

+ + — =Sat. R.= 100: sup. 3. D. 9, ‘05. 1410w.

=Spiers, R. Phene.= Architecture east and west. *$4.50. Scribner.

“This volume of essays, nine in all, and printed in full, is
illustrated by a photograph of a medallion portrait, a bas-relief, by
Lanteri, and by many architectural views and details, some of them
photographic, others made up by the author from different sources or
drawn from recognized authorities.”—Nation.

=Ath.= 1905, 1: 439. Ap. 8. 640w.

=Nation.= 80: 421. My. 25, ‘05. 670w.

* “The writer of these essays has the power of making technical
matters plain to the reader who has no special knowledge of
architecture.”

+ + =Spec.= 95: 293. Ag. 26, ‘05. 170w.

=Springer, Frank.= Cleiocrinus. Museum of comparative zoology, Harvard college, Cambridge, Mass.

“A complete paper on one of the oldest of known crinoid
genera—Cleiocrinus.... Various authors ... have had great difficulty
in placing it in the system of classification.... Mr. Springer does
not now establish the family Cleiocrinidæ, in so many words, but ...
it is finally concluded that the genus is intermediate between the
great groups of flexibilia and camerata; nearest, apparently, to the
reteocrinidæ. The memoir is illustrated by a beautiful plate of
drawings by K. M. Chapman and E. Ricker, showing not only aspects of
cleiocrinus, but also reteocrinus and glyptocrinus for
comparison.”—Science.

Reviewed by T. D. A. C.

+ + =Science,= n.s. 21: 388. Mr. 10, ‘05. 420w.

=Squire, Charles.= Mythology of the British islands: an introduction to Celtic myth, legend, poetry, and romance. *$3.50. Scribner.

Under such chapter headings as—The gods of the Gaels, Finn and the
Fenians, The war with the giants, The gods of the Britons, The Gaelic
Argonauts, The gods as king Arthur’s knights, and The treasures of
Britain, are given the legends and traditions of the early inhabitants
of the British islands, the Gaelic and the British Celts.

“Altogether, then, Mr. Squire may be congratulated on a partial
success. His research does not penetrate into German authorities; he
is not fully alive to the anthropological side of the argument; his
archaeology is not complete. But he knows and loves his subject within
the boundaries presented by these limitations, and he has the peculiar
charm of carrying his readers along with him in an attitude of love
for the subject.” Laurence Gomme.

+ + — =Acad.= 68: 58. Ja. 21. ‘05. 790w.

“A book which brings together so great a store of knowledge on an
obscure and fascinating subject in so readable a fashion is indeed a
treasure, and one cannot but praise the author for his work.” Louis H.
Gray.

+ + + =Bookm.= 22: 58. S. ‘05. 960w.

“His treatment of this subject is thorough and conscientious, and he
has realized his hope of presenting it in a lucid and agreeable form.”

+ + =Nature.= 72: 146. Je. 15, ‘05. 520w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 317. My. 13, ‘05. 240w.

“Mr. Squire has handled his refractory subject very ably, and has made
the story of British mythology both lucid and interesting.”

+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 358. Je. 3, ‘05. 1600w.

* “This book supplies a great literary vacuum. From some of the
writer’s conclusions scholars may differ.”

+ + — =Sat. R.= 100: sup. 4. D. 9, ‘05. 1340w.

=Staley, Edgcumbe.= Raphael; with a short biographical sketch of Raphael Santi or Sanzio; with a list of principal works. $1.25. Warne.

Uniform with a series of monographs on the great masters, the “mode of
presenting Raphael’s life’s work is particularly interesting, while so
much is being written of his changing place in the rank of the great
artists, as ascribed to him by current criticism. One has an
opportunity of studying the various forms in which his genius
expressed itself: Single figures of saints and angels; biblical and
historical subjects; renderings of sacred and profane legends; and
portraits. Then, again, there are the various mediums in which the
artist worked, as on canvas, and in fresco, etc. In his mural
paintings, we see how excellently his composition was fitted to the
various exigencies of architectural decoration.” (Int. Studio.)

“An excellent volume of illustrations of Raphael’s work. In the clear,
short, and eminently satisfactory account of Raphael’s life the author
neither indulges in extravagant praise, nor accepts theories of scant
foundation.”

+ + =Critic.= 46: 92. Ja. ‘05. 90w.

+ =Int. Studio.= 24: sup. 100. F. ‘05. 200w.

* =Stanwood, Edward.= James Gillespie Blaine. **$1.25. Houghton.

“The scenes and events through which Mr. Blaine moved in the most
stirring years of his life are now matters of history, and a clear-cut
biography, such as Mr. Stanwood has written makes a capital medium
through which the younger generation of American readers and students
may be made familiar with the post bellum period of our politics. Mr.
Stanwood gives especial attention to those episodes in Blaine’s career
which were most frequently represented by his enemies as more or less
discreditable ... and ... makes an able defense of Blaine against the
attacks of his political opponents.”—R. of Rs.

* =N. Y. Times.= 10: 712. O. 21, ‘05. 370w.

* “Nevertheless, the biography is in some respects highly valuable,
and should be welcome if only for the new material assembled in a
scholarly and interesting way.”

+ + — =Outlook.= 81: 835. D. 2, ‘05. 270w.

* “Mr. Stanwood has done his subject full justice without overdoing
it.”

+ + =Pub. Opin.= 39: 763. D. 9, ‘05. 370w.

* =R. of Rs.= 32: 755. D. ‘05. 190w.

Statesman’s year-book: statistical and historical annual of the states of the world for the year 1905; ed. by J. Scott Keltie and I. P. A. Renwick. *$3. Macmillan.

The 1905 edition of this annual is its forty-second issue and shows
extensive enlargement and revision.

+ + + =Ath.= 1905, 1: 527. Ap. 29. 360w.

+ + + =Eng. Hist. R.= 20: 617. Jl. ‘05. 80w.

=Nation.= 80: 396. My. 18, ‘05. 190w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 178. Mr. 25, ‘05. 110w.

“Not a page of the book is unnecessary or can be spared.”

+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 356. Je. 3, ‘05. 410w.

“One of the few reference-books which may accurately be described as
indispensable.”

+ + + =Outlook.= 80: 195. My. 20, ‘05. 40w.

“The editor has improved this annual from year to year, and the issue
for 1905 is the best yet.”

+ + + =R. of Rs.= 31: 768. Je. ‘05. 220w.

“‘The statesman’s year-book’ continues to grow in size, while its
arrangement is developed in the direction of completeness and
convenience.”

+ + + =Spec.= 94: 682. My. 6, ‘05. 180w.

=Staunton, Schuyler.= Fate of a crown. $1.50. Reilly & B.

A tale of the revolt which overthrew the monarchy of Dom Pedro in
Brazil. The central figure is young Harcliffe who is secretary to Dom
Miguel the leader of the revolutionists. His hair-breadth escapes on
his way to the home of Miguel in the interior, and the following
intrigue and adventure which culminate in the overthrow of the
government supply the historical setting of a romance in which the
hero supposes himself to be at the mercy of a rival—one who turns out
to be a spy, a woman masquerading in men’s attire.

“The character drawing of the book is splendid.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 524. My. 20, ‘05. 550w.

* =Stead, Alfred.= Great Japan; a study of national efficiency. **$2.50. Lane.

“A compilation from Japanese sources of all manner of facts calculated
to throw light on the achievements, aspirations, and problems of
Japan.... Mr. Stead’s purpose, briefly, is to exhibit the efficiency
attained by the Japanese in the various departments of life, and to
show how this efficiency springs from the ‘earnest, thinking and
eminently practical patriotism of the people.’ With this as a text
Lord Rosebery contributes a foreword.”—Lit. D.

* “Mr. Stead’s book largely repeats his work ‘Japan by the Japanese’
published last year.”

— =Ath.= 1905, 2: 792. D. 9. 680w.

* + =Lit. D.= 31: 625. O. 28, ‘05. 430w.

* “To give a full summary of the volume, which displays many of the
characteristics of the encyclopedia and many of the handbook, is quite
beyond the limits of a review.”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 4: 321. O. 6, ‘05. 3430w.

* “Mr. Stead’s book is one of the most interesting recently produced
on the inexhaustible subject of Japan. It does for that country much
what Mr. Bryce did for the United States with his ‘American
commonwealth.’”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 851. D. 2, ‘05. 1670w.

* “His work abounds with the exaggeration to be expected from a
professional panegyrist.”

— =Sat. R.= 100: 596. N. 4, ‘05. 990w.

* “A study, as we said, to begin with, the work has no claim to be,
and even as a compilation it might have been better done. A great deal
of verbiage might have been omitted, certain crudities of style might
have been corrected.”

+ — =Spec.= 95: 714. N. 4, ‘05. 2160w.

=Stead, Alfred=, comp. and ed. Japan by the Japanese. **$5. Dodd.

A collection of papers written by many of the high officials of the
Japanese government, and native men of well-known literary ability,
including Sannomiya, Ito, Inouyé, Oyami, Ariga, Saito, Shibusawa,
Naruse, Nitobe, Hozumi, and many others. Among the subjects treated
are the army, navy, finance, schools, religion, commerce, politics,
art and literature of Japan. There is a preface by the editor and a
carefully prepared index.

“It is about as useful as an almanac and not half as good as a
dictionary. A desk-book of facts and figures concerning political and
economic Japan. Quite unique as a gazetteer.” Wm. Elliot Griffis.

— + =Critic.= 46: 185. F. ‘05. 180w.

“His profound ignorance of the real significance of the work of such
men as Sir Ernest Satow, Mr. William G. Aston, Prof. Basil Hall
Chamberlain, and Capt. Frank Brinkley is manifest. The bad
proofreading and continual misspelling of Japanese names and terms are
disgraceful. In its cast and scope, the book seems intended mainly for
the British reader. The facts and figures concerning the army, navy,
revenue, taxation, and things outward and material are invaluable in
their way. In treating of art and literature, the writers correct some
errors of foreign writers, but contribute little that is fresh or
revealing.”

— — + =Nation.= 80: 118. F. 9, ‘05. 1530w.

=Stearns, Frank Preston.= Cambridge sketches. **$1.50. Lippincott.

“Brief biographical sketches of impressive personalities, in the
literary, artistic, scientific, and political life of New England....
Agassiz, Lowell, Holmes, Sumner, Andrew, Cranch, Bird, and Howe are
but a few of those of whom he writes.... His little volume also
includes Emerson’s eulogy of Major George L. Stearns, printed in the
Boston ‘Commonwealth’ April 20, 1867.... Sketches of the Harvard of
forty and fifty years ago; papers read at various literary centennial
celebrations, and notes of life in Rome in the late sixties.”—Outlook.

=Critic.= 47: 286. S. ‘05. 90w.

“Contains many true things that are not new and doubtless do not aim
at novelty, and also some new things that are not true, however
unintentional their falsity. Its chapter on George L. Stevens, the
author’s father, is its only noteworthy contribution to biography.”

— + =Dial.= 39: 69. Ag. 1, ‘05. 470w.

“The book is not without interest, but is decidedly untrustworthy.”

+ — — =Nation.= 80: 458. Je. 3, 05. 370w.

“Unfortunately, the book is overweighted with some critical literary
generalities which are out of its modest scope and do not add to its
readableness.”

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 361. Je. 3, ‘05. 340w.

“Their significance is rather that of warm tributes of respect and
admiration.”

+ =Outlook.= 80: 191. My. 20, ‘05. 140w.

+ =Pub. Opin.= 38: 957. Je. 17, ‘05. 90w.

* =R. of Rs.= 32: 639. N. ‘05. 90w.

=Steindorff, Georg.= Religion of the ancient Egyptians. **$1.50. Putnam.

“Dr. Steindorff undertakes to give—and does give—in a manner to
enlighten minds not utterly scholarly an idea of the nature of
religion of the ancient Egyptians, and especially he sets out to show
how that religion grew and changed and finally decayed.... Legends are
related and hymns quoted, and especial attention paid to deliberate
attempts of certain rulers to impose new gods upon the people.... The
third lecture deals with Egyptian temples and religious ceremonies.
Lecture IV. is concerned with the Egyptian magic, and Lecture V. with
graves and burials and the Egyptian religion outside of Egypt.”—N. Y.
Times.

“Although it is somewhat slight, no fault can be found with Prof.
Steindorff’s general arrangement of his subject or with the way he has
treated it.”

+ =Ath.= 1905, 2: 435. S. 30. 220w.

* “The best brief presentation extant in English of the religion of
Egypt.”

+ + + =Bib. World.= 26: 400. N. ‘05. 10w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 597. S. 9, ‘05. 250w.

+ =Pub. Opin.= 39: 540. O. 21, ‘05. 350w.

=Stephen, Leslie.= Freethinking and plain speaking. *$1.50. Putnam.

“This book ... contains nine chapters which ... were printed in book
form some twenty years ago, but that publication for a number of years
has been out of print.... Four of the essays deal with subjects
connected with theology and religious belief in their bearing on human
society; the others are casual or occasional papers called out by
literary or historical events of the time.”—Outlook.

“They illustrate a side of the author’s character easily
misunderstood. For here he states with the utmost freedom the views on
religion which led thoughtless persons to call him an atheist.” Edward
Fuller.

+ + =Critic.= 47: 244. S. ‘05. 770w.

“Together these papers make a capital introduction to the lamented
author commemorated.”

+ + =Nation.= 80: 331. Ap. 27, ‘05. 90w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 292. My. 6, ‘05. 600w.

+ + =Outlook.= 79: 1013. Ap. 22, ‘05. 150w.

=Stephen, Leslie.= Hobbes. **75c. Macmillan.

This life of the great moral and political English philosopher, Thomas
Hobbes, is the last of Sir Leslie Stephen’s philosophical biographies.
It is divided into four chapters, the first gives Hobbes’s relation to
the political and intellectual movements of his time, and his personal
characteristics. “The remaining three divisions of the book represent
the parts of Hobbes’s philosophy: the World viewed as a material
system, subject only to mechanical laws; Man, a body with organs,
explicable by the same principles; the State, or body politic,
voluntarily formed, and to be governed only by force, hence only by a
sovereign power possessed of absolute—i.e., underived and unlimited
authority.” (Ind.)

Reviewed by Frances Duncan.

=Critic.= 46: 280. Mr. ‘05. 1030w.

“The present work is hardly a contribution to professional
philosophical criticism. But a better introductory book for the
general reader could not be desired.”

+ =Ind.= 58: 208. Ja. 26, ‘05. 400w.

“Never have we seen better done the task of writing about philosophy;
sometimes there is the air of the blunt, intelligent outsider, but the
substance is masterly and it is a true and even great philosopher who
is speaking. Sir Leslie Stephen finds for his readers the
gratification of many sentences pointed and turned after Hobbes’ own
manner, with judgments of the same shrewd sort. There is not a dull
ten minutes in the book.” G. C. Rankin.

+ + + =Int. J. Ethics.= 15: 391. Ap. ‘05. 990w.

“To many readers, as to the present writer, it will seem that the
fairest of critics has, after full examination, pronounced judgment,
and that his judgment is likely to be final.”

+ + + =Nation.= 80: 35. Ja. 12, ‘05. 2380w.

=Stephen, Leslie.= Hours in a library. *$6. Putnam.

A new edition of thirty-two critical essays on literary subjects
including studies of Macaulay, Charlotte Brontë, Kingsley, Scott,
Hawthorne, DeQuincey, Coleridge, Eliot, Crabbe, and others, and essays
on the novels of Richardson, Balzac, and Disraeli, Dr. Johnson’s
writings, The first Edinburgh reviewers, etc.

+ =Ind.= 59: 816. O. 5, ‘05. 170w.

+ + =Nation.= 80: 10. Ja. 5, ‘05. 160w.

“Not strongly bound. Far too many slips in proof-reading. These
adventures among masterpieces are ... the adventures of a humorist.
They would often seem inadequate to the Dryasdust, they would often
baffle the literary mind. Like all strong men, Stephen had his blind
spots and his hobbies; his criticism was ... by no means unbiased.” H.
W. Boynton.

+ + — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 33. Ja. 21, ‘05. 2490w.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 388. Je. 17, ‘05. 160w.

“One of the most satisfying and pleasing collections of literary
essays.”

+ + =Outlook.= 79: 349. F. 4, ‘05. 60w.

=Stephens, Kate.= American thumb-prints; mettle of our men and women. **$1.50. Lippincott.

Eight essays entitled: Puritans of the West; The university of
Hesperus; Two neighbors of St. Louis; The New England woman; A New
England abode of the blessed; An up-to-date misogyny; “The gullet
science”; Plagiarizing humors of Benjamin Franklin.

“Miss Stephens has wide reading, genuine erudition, humour, and
pungent sarcasm all at her command, and she uses them very tellingly.”

+ + =Bookm.= 22: 85. S. ‘05. 340w.

“Instinct with the indescribable and unmistakable buoyancy and
vitality of the great West, combined with something of the rich
scholarship more often associated with the older East. Possessing as
she does a command of excellent English, she does not need to write in
polyglot.”

+ + — =Dial.= 38: 420. Je. 16, ‘05. 470w.

“A volume of essays written in so personal and characteristic a style
as to make the title quite appropriate.”

+ + =Ind.= 59: 639. S. 14, ‘05. 170w.

“They are written in a good English style, and we have found much in
them that is worth recording.”

+ — =Nation.= 81: 12. Jl. 6, ‘05. 330w.

“A small volume of fresh and courageously written essays by a
cultivated Western woman who is not afraid to say what she thinks, and
who does think.”

+ + =Outlook.= 80: 835. Jl. 29, ‘05. 250w.

“A clever book of essays.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 32: 126. Jl. ‘05. 80w.

=Stephens, Louise G. (Katharine, pseud.).= Letters from an Oregon ranch. **$1.25. McClurg.

One of a quartet of middle-aged adventurers tells the experiences of
the four in settling upon an Oregon ranch. The labors and discomforts
are humorously chronicled, and the whole genial tale breathes its
text,—that the novelty and excitement of new fields is rejuvenating to
those whose youth is past. A dozen photographic views illustrate the
volume.

* “A breezy, rather likable book.”

+ =Critic.= 47: 475. N. ‘05. 60w.

=Dial.= 39: 45. Jl. 16, ‘05. 130w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 405. Je. 17, ‘05. 400w.

=Stephens, Robert Neilson.= Flight of Georgiana. †$1.50. Page.

“There is nothing new or original about the story, but it has the
lightness and grace characterizing predecessors from Mr. Stephens’s
pen, and sword-play to spare. The scene opens at an English inn; the
Pretender has failed to win the British crown; his adherents are
fleeing for their lives, but, as they fly, pause to make
love.”—Outlook.

+ =Outlook.= 81: 278. S. 30, ‘05. 60w.

=Stephens, Thomas,= ed. Child and religion. *$1.50. Putnam.

This volume in the “Crown theological library,” contains eleven essays
by eleven prominent theologians. The titles are: The child and
heredity; The child and its environment; The child’s capacity for
religion; The child and sin; The conversion of children; The religious
training of the child in the church of England; The religious training
of children in the free churches; Baptists and the children; New
church training; The religious training of children among the Jews;
and The child and the Bible.

“Those who are grappling with practical problems will find in these
essays written from various points of view much that is suggestive and
helpful.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 134. S. 16, ‘05. 170w.

+ =Pub. Opin.= 39: 540. O. 21, ‘05. 440w.

* “The editor has wisely put his best first—that on ‘The child and
heredity’ by Professor Jones of Glasgow; it is an acute and
interesting piece of writing. Of the other essays we cannot speak so
highly.”

+ — =Sat. R.= 100: 533. O. 21, ‘05. 320w.

+ =Spec.= 95: 125. Jl. 22, ‘05. 290w.

=Stephenson, Henry Thew.= Shakespeare’s London. **$2. Holt.

A topographical description of London as Shakespeare saw it, compiled
largely from contemporary sources, and profusely illustrated from old
prints. It gives an introductory sketch of the Elizabethans, an
account of the early growth of the city, and a picturesque
presentation of St. Paul’s, the water front, the tower, the main
highway, the strand, in fact, the London of the 16th century. The book
closes with chapters upon theatres, taverns and tavern life in those
boisterous days.

“The book may be emphatically recommended to teachers and students no
less than to the general reader.”

+ + =Critic.= 47: 286. S. ‘05. 120w.

* “The volume is compact, and is intended more for the library than
for the satchel.”

+ =Ind.= 59: 1111. N. 9, ‘05. 160w.

“The book is worthy to have a much fuller index.”

+ + — =Nation.= 81: 19. Jl. 6, ‘05. 1210w.

“Interesting and apparently correct in its statements.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 356. Je. 3, ‘05. 960w.

“Deserving of high praise from two points of view—in that the study of
London in Elizabeth’s day has been carefully and accurately worked
out, and in that the description is eminently readable and
entertaining.”

+ + =Outlook.= 80: 247. My. 27, ‘05. 110w.

“He has succeeded so far beyond his original intention as to give an
exceedingly interesting record of Elizabethan life and times.”

+ =Pub. Opin.= 38: 943. Je. 17, ‘05. 80w.

“Good use is made of the descriptions left by contemporary writers.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 32: 125. Jl. ‘05. 40w.

=Stepniak, pseud. (Sergiei Mikhailovich Kravchinskii).= Russian peasantry; their agrarian condition, social life and religion. *$1.25. Dutton.

“A new edition of a book originally published ten years ago by a
Russian who knew the economic and social conditions in Russia at first
hand, and who passionately looked forward to the changes now taking
place. Owing to the death of Stepniak, the book is issued without
revision.”—Outlook.

=Acad.= 68: 369. Ap. 1, ‘05. 70w.

“He knew the Russian peasantry as no other man save Tolstoy.”

+ + =Acad.= 68: 659. Je. 24, ‘05. 620w.

=Nation.= 80: 331. Ap. 27, ‘05. 90w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 310. My. 13, ‘05. 130w.

=Outlook.= 79: 1061. Ap. 29, ‘05. 60w.

* =Sterling, Sara Hawks.= Shakespeare’s sweetheart. †$2. Jacobs.

Anne Hathaway’s own story as told by herself is a manuscript which
Master Jonson is supposed to have hid away in vault beneath the
Mermaid. It is a pretty story, and might have been true, did we but
know, for who shall say that the young wife of the gallant Will
Shakespeare did not follow him to London in boy’s disguise, and take
part in his plays undiscovered by all save the sharp-eyed queen? And
who shall deny to them the joy of a great love? Still, charming as it
is, the story is unsustained by history, and we have long been taught
to believe that the suggestions for the plots of Shakespeare’s plays
came to him from sources outside his own life experience.

* “On the whole the situation is handled skilfully, and the story is a
charming bit of imaginative writing.”

+ =Dial.= 39: 447. D. 16, ‘05. 180w.

* + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 892. D. 16, ‘05. 260w.

=Sterne, Laurence.= Complete works; including life by Percy Fitzgerald; ed. by Wilbur L. Cross. 12v. subs. ea. $3.50. Taylor.

“The aim of the publishers is to produce a complete, exact, and
definite edition. For this purpose they have obtained much of the
material direct from the British museum, while reproductions of
letters, and old portraits have been acquired from the descendants of
Sterne’s patrons and friends in England.”—Bookm.

“In point of general criticism, perhaps, it is somewhat lacking, but
in little else. It collects everything of Sterne’s. P. H. Frye.”

+ + — =Bookm.= 21: 638. Ag. ‘05. 2580w.

“Mr. Wilbur L. Cross has written an entertaining and lucid
introduction that adds to the practical worth of the book.”

+ + =Critic.= 46: 384. Ap. ‘05. 70w. (Reviews vol. I.)

“Is a genuine definitive edition. The editorial work by Prof. Cross,
whether of an introductory character or in the shape of notes, or in
the correction of numerous errors or the exclusion of spurious
material, is of a high order and speaks well for the gentleman’s
scholarship no less than for his just appreciation of the duties of
editor. The mechanical features of the edition are in keeping with the
editorship. The York edition is the most satisfactory interpretation
that we have hitherto seen of him.”

+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 117. F. 25, ‘05. 1130w.

=Sterner, Ira Ibson.= Picture gallery of souls. $1. Badger, R: G.

Sonnets and short poems dedicated “to cosmo-psychic energy,” and
arranged under the headings: Introduction to the public; Sinners and
society; Sorrow and joy; Lessons from history; Philosophical poems;
and Toil and genius.

=Sterrett, James Macbride.= Freedom of authority: essays in apologetics. **$2. Macmillan.

“The book is ... a defence of authority in religion.... The first
chapter deals with the relation between authority and freedom; the
second and third are a criticism of the positions of the late Auguste
Sabatier, of Dr. Harnack and of the Abbé Loisy; the fourth treats of
the historical method, and is a defence of the philosophical school
against the purely empirical; the remaining four chapters contain Dr.
Sterrett’s own conclusions as to the nature of authority and the
guidance of the individual Christian.”—Acad.

“The book, as he himself says, is a series of studies rather than a
sustained thesis, and, to tell the truth, it is somewhat scrappy and
inconclusive.”

+ — =Acad.= 68: 852. Ag. 19, ‘05. 1380w.

“His work as a whole is able and it is written with an intensity and
enthusiasm of conviction which make it eloquent.”

+ + — =Ind.= 59: 453. Ag. 24, ‘05. 610w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 345. My. 27, ‘05. 210w.

+ + =Outlook.= 80: 443. Je. 17, ‘05. 680w.

=Stevens, Frank.= Adventures in Pondland. $1.25. McClurg.

This book combines the charm of a fairy story with the accuracy of a
natural history. Jackie and Vi, young nature lovers, are invited by
Lemna the fairy queen of the pond, to visit her domain, and altho they
go down to the depths of it, the water does not wet them. They make
friends with the guardian of the pond, Mr. Natterjack the toad, they
learn how to care for their pets, the frogs and goldfish, and they
find out all about the life and habits of the pond-people, Master
Dragonfly, the tadpoles, newts, spiders and all the rest. At the end
of the summer they regretfully leave the pond to its long winter’s
sleep.

* + =Acad.= 68: 1287. D. 9, ‘05. 40w.

* + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 576. O. 28. 60w.

* + =Lond. Times.= 4: 432. D. 8, ‘05. 30w.

* “The book ought to give young readers new interest in humble orders
of life, and some idea of nature’s adaptation of means to end.”

+ =Nation.= 81: 450. N. 30, ‘05. 140w.

* + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 780. N. 18, ‘05. 260w.

* “This is an entertaining and instructive book, suitable for all
children who have, if not a pond, at least a rain-water tub at
command.”

+ =Spec.= 95: 694. N. 4, ‘05. 110w.

=Stevenson, Robert Louis Balfour.= Works. per v. $1. Scribner.

A biographical edition of Stevenson which is published in handy volume
form, in cloth or limp leather, with thin paper, and clear type. The
literary feature of the edition is the series of introductions written
by Mrs. Stevenson, each of which gives an intimate account of the
circumstances under which the book was written, and throws new light
on Stevenson’s life and work.

=Dial.= 38: 423. Je. 16, ‘05. 130w.

* “The text is of course complete and authoritative, and the general
form of the volumes makes them much more convenient for actual reading
purposes than either of the two expensive subscription editions.”

+ + + =Dial.= 39: 391. D. 1, ‘05. 100w.

“Good taste and a sense of what is interesting have co-operated in the
prefaces with which Mrs. Stevenson has furnished the several volumes.
There is nothing which one can reasonably wish had been omitted.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 436. Jl. 1, ‘05. 560w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 500. Jl. 29. ‘05. 140w.

=Outlook.= 80: 447. Je. 17, ‘05. 20w.

“One wishes that the biographical prefaces were fuller and more like
those furnished by Mrs. Ritchie to the Biographical edition of
Thackeray.”

+ + — =Outlook.= 80: 935. Ag. 12, ‘05. 30w.

=Outlook.= 81: 335. O. 7, ‘05. 30w.

=Stevenson, Robert Louis Balfour.= Child’s garden of verses. $2.50. Scribner.

Jessie Willcox Smith has happily illustrated this new edition of these
exquisite and well loved verses. In her black and white text drawings
and full-page colored pictures we find the same appealing charm which
makes all wanderers in Stevenson’s child’s garden feel that truly

“The world is so full of a number of things,
I’m sure we should all be as happy as kings.”

* + =Dial.= 39: 448. D. 16, ‘05. 140w.

* “The whole conception of the book is in perfect good taste.”

+ =Ind.= 59: 1389. D. 14, ‘05. 70w.

* + =Lond.= Times. 4: 408. N. 24, ‘05. 150w.

* “Happy the child who receives this book for a gift, as a source of
instruction in taste both for poetry and for art.”

+ + =Nation.= 81: 407. N. 16, ‘05. 170w.

+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 744. N. 4, ‘05. 580w.

“It would be difficult to imagine a piece of holiday book-making which
might be more complete and perfect.”

+ + + =Outlook.= 81: 574. N. 4, ‘05. 90w.

* + + =Outlook.= 81: 707. N. 25, ‘05. 40w.

* + =R. of Rs.= 32: 766. D. ‘05. 170w.

=Stewart, Charles David.= Fugitive blacksmith. $1.50. Century.

Two stories which run along side by side; one concerning Finerty, the
jovial Irishman and his family, the other the tale of the fugitive
blacksmith, as told by his one-time partner, Stumpy, the tramp, in
Finerty’s sand house in the railroad yards. The whole is in dialect,
and the characters are both witty and interesting. The blacksmith,
Bill, a fugitive from justice for the murder of a friend, Tilten, is
hounded from place to place, meeting with many exciting adventures,
and at last comes across the man he was accused of murdering. Here the
devoted Stumpy loses sight of him but later discovers him in health
and prosperity and shares his changed fortunes.

“A peculiarly fascinating story.”

+ — =Acad.= 68: 569. My. 27, ‘05. 390w.

“Stumpy’s story is well told and worth telling.” G. W. A.

+ =Bookm.= 21: 544. Jl. ‘05. 430w.

“A more diverting story has not appeared in many a long day.”

+ + =Critic.= 46: 478. My. ‘05. 290w.

“‘Fugitive blacksmith’ is no unworthy successor to ‘Tom Sawyer’ and
‘Huckleberry Finn.’”

+ + + =Ind.= 59: 393. Ag. 17, ‘05. 180w.

“Any veteran might well be glad and proud to round off even the
achievement of a lifetime with a study of human nature such as this
story of Mr. Stewart’s ‘Blacksmith’ so interesting in fresh and
unexpected ways, so rich in the fruits of keen and kindly observation,
and the true artist’s appreciation of much that escapes the untrained
eye. If it does not prove a worthily popular favorite it will be the
fault of the popular taste and appreciation.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 179. Mr. 25, ‘05. 940w.

“Let no one be deterred from reading the book by dislike of Irish
dialect. The first chapter once passed, the human and humorous
interest increases rapidly, and it may be added that the dialect
itself—to many readers a determent—is consistently and carefully
managed. The story is jolly and original.”

+ =Outlook.= 79: 705. Mr. 18, ‘05. 90w.

“The whole suffused with humor and not lacking in pathos, and wholly
original.”

+ + =Outlook.= 79: 773. Ap. 1, ‘05. 80w.

“Mr. Stewart may not be another Mark Twain, but he doesn’t need to be.
He is good enough as he is.”

+ + =Pub. Opin.= 38: 591. Ap. 15, ‘05. 210w.

“The book is vivified by clever character sketches shrewdly
illustrative of life in the grade of society described. The humor of
the story is abundant and of a particularly natural sort.”

+ + =Reader.= 5: 621. Ap. ‘05. 520w.

=Stewart, Wentworth F.= Evangelistic awakening. *75c. Meth. bk.

“The object of this volume is to give a general view of the present
evangelistic situation, to indicate some things that have led up to
this condition ... to set forth some fundamental principles which need
emphasis, and to outline what are to be, in the author’s judgment, the
conditions of the future.”

“As far as it goes it is an excellent book.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 333. O. 7, ‘05. 110w.

=Stiles, Henry Reed.= History of ancient Wethersfield, Connecticut, comprising the present towns of Wethersfield, Rocky Hill, and Newington and of Glastonbury, prior to its incorporation in 1693, from date of earliest settlement until the present time. 2v. *$25. Grafton press.

“Two ponderous volumes, edited ... from the manuscript of the late
Judge Sherman W. Davis. The second volume is entirely genealogical,
but in the first, which is really a series of brief historical
monographs, occur chapters on such interesting topics as
Wethersfield’s share in the French and Indian war, Wethersfield’s
share in the American revolution and maritime history.”—Am. Hist. R.

=Am. Hist. R.= 10: 720. Ap. ‘05. 70w.

=Stimson, Henry Albert.= Right life and how to live it. **$1.20. Barnes.

“Volume I. in the ‘Right life series.’ An introduction for the book
has been written by Dr. Maxwell, superintendent of schools, New York
city. The volume is intended for growing boys and girls, as well as to
help teachers and parents. It does not, the author says in his
preface, propose any new theory of light or advocate any new teaching
which might be set aside. ‘It furnishes a harmonious and satisfactory
interpretation of life.’”—N. Y. Times.

* “It is sufficiently philosophical in its nature and scientific in
its method to meet the intellectual demands of its readers, and to
provide a basis for character-building that will stand the strain and
criticism of after-life.”

+ + =Am. J. Theol.= 9: 779. O. ‘05. 230w.

Reviewed by John Angus MacVannel.

+ + =Educ. R.= 30: 423. N. ‘05. 970w.

“It is clear ... its tone is distinctly hopeful, wholesome and manly.”

+ + =Ind.= 58: 616. Mr. 16. ‘05. 190w.

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