Chapter XLVIII: Part II: is devoted to ‘The mountain ranges of the earth’—the (1)

‘Northern foreland of the Alpine system,’ ‘The trend-lines of the
Alpine system,’ ‘The basin of the Adriatic,’ ‘The Mediterranean,’ the
Great desert plateau, the Indian mountains, the mountains of South
America, the Antilles, North America, and the mountains separating the
continents.” (N. Y. Times.)

“The English version faithfully follows the original, and supplies
adequate renderings of the German technical terms.”

+ + + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 82. Jl. 15. 400w.

“No work on geology since the day of Lyell’s ‘Principles’ has exerted
so profound an influence upon geological thought as has Suess’s
‘Antlitz der erde,’ and no one has mastered the broad geographical
facts that are associated with the science of the earth, the
world-concept, in a manner at all comparable with his presentation.”

+ + =Nation.= 80: 134. F. 16. ‘05. 430w.

“Excellent translation of the first volume of the work.” J. W. G.

+ + + =Nature.= 72: 193. Je. 29, ‘05. 240w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 121. F. 25, ‘05. 90w.

Super flumina: angling observation of a coarse fisherman, **$1.25. Lane.

“A volume on the art of Isaak Walton.... Among the topics discussed by
the ‘fisherman’ are ‘Dashing dace,’ ‘Perches and plants,’ ‘A charge of
pike,’ and ‘The club of melancholy.’”—N. Y. Times.

“The book might be summarized briefly as a modern and more erudite
revival of Izaak Walton, so gentle and so humane is its attitude
towards the finny tribe, so liberal and comprehensive its learning.”

+ =Dial.= 38: 422. Je. 16, ‘05. 250w.

“Is a book to irritate the curious rather than to please the
well-informed or to instruct the ignorant. There is a great deal in
this book that the learned angler (the appeal is to no other) may
enjoy in spite of its overload of learning.”

+ — =Nation.= 80: 269. Ap. 6, ‘05. 860w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 172. Mr. 18, ‘05. 130w.

=Sutro, Emil.= Duality of thought and language: an outline of original research. $1.50. Physio-psychic society.

“The author professes to have made the discovery that there are two
voices in man, the one of the larynx and the other of the œsophagus;
and that these two possess unique relation to the ‘soul’ element of
speech. Tortuous and commonplace repetitions and variations of this
theme make up the volume.”—Dial

“Has no claim to consideration except as an example of the confusion
which may be the fruit of interest and enthusiasm unfortified by
appreciation of what scientific investigation is or what it has
accomplished.”

— =Dial.= 38: 22. Ja. 1, ‘05. 100w.

=Nature.= 71: 317. F. 2. ‘05. 95w.

=Sutro, Theodore.= Thirteen chapters of American history, represented by the Edward Moran series of thirteen historical marine paintings. **$1.50. Baker.

Full-page reproductions of Edward Moran’s thirteen famous paintings
with a descriptive essay upon each picture, an introduction and a
brief biography. Portraits of the artist and his wife, as painted by
their nephew, Thomas Sidney Moran, are also given.

“Thirteen excellent half-tone reproductions of scenes connected with
the history of the United States by the late well-known marine
painter, Edward Moran, coupled with an interesting descriptive essay
and prefaced by a careful biography of the artist.”

+ + =Critic.= 47: 286. S. ‘05. 70w.

“One of the most important books of the late Edward Moran was the
series of thirteen marine paintings descriptive of important events in
American history. They constitute a collection of impressive beauty,
aside from their function of illustrating some of the most striking
phases of American history.”

+ + =Dial.= 39: 94. Ag. 16, ‘05. 130w.

“The text ... is rather injudicious in tone.”

+ — =Nation.= 81: 118. Ag. 10, ‘05. 220w.

“This series of historical pictures is thus of graphic interest to
young and old. It has been a happy idea to reproduce them in a book
and to accompany them with descriptive essays.”

+ + =Outlook.= 80: 839. Jl. 29, ‘05. 110w.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 515. Ag. 5, ‘05. 330w.

=R. of Rs.= 32: 511. O. ‘05. 60w.

* =Suyematsu, K., baron.= Risen sun. **$3. Dutton.

In this collection of addresses, articles, and letters Baron Suyematsu
gives to the western world “an impression of Japan both new and
authoritative ... he ... has cleverly entitled the book, not ‘The land
of the rising sun,’ but ‘The risen sun.’”(Outlook.)

* “‘The risen sun’ would gain in historical accuracy if a perhaps
natural bias—or, should we say predisposition?—were eliminated.”

+ — =Acad.= 68: 1183. N. 11, ‘05. 210w.

* “Altogether Baron Suyematsu’s book is a valuable contribution to
history.”

+ =Ath.= 1905, 2: 792. D. 9. 450w.

* “The book is a superb piece of polemic, with a refreshingly cool and
judicial temper like Franklin’s and with eloquence that reminds us of
Beecher.”

+ =Ind.= 59: 1479. D. 21, ‘05. 200w.

* =Lit. D.= 31: 625. O. 28, ‘05. 40w.

* “The book is somewhat disjointed, patently showing that it is not a
unified production. But its text is alike interesting and valuable.”

+ — =Outlook.= 81: 891. D. 9, ‘05. 180w.

* “The Japanese sun is certainly risen, but when in future,
distinguished authorities, such as Baron Suyematsu, relate the story
of her progress they will better attain historical truth, if they give
some credit where credit is so justly due.”

+ — =Sat. R.= 100: 596. N. 4, ‘05. 550w.

=Swan, Helena.= Girls’ Christian names their history, meaning, and association. $1.50. Dutton.

The author “has undertaken to give the origin of the baptismal names
of women common in English-speaking countries, and to each name to add
references as to its associations and history.” Her “method of
treating a name is to give what she declares are its derivatives, then
its derivation in the form of a statement; then to tell of the
distinguished women who have borne it, and to give the titles of books
wherein the name appears.”—N. Y. Times.

=Nation.= 81: 340. O. 26, ‘05. 310w.

“A book of considerable interest, though of no importance. She has
evidently brought more enthusiasm than judgment to her task.”

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 587. S. 9, ‘05. 610w.

+ =Outlook.= 80: 884. Ag. 5, ‘05. 15w.

=Swedenborg, Emanuel.= Four doctrines with the nine questions; tr. by John Faulkner Potts. Am. Swedenborg.

The first volume in a new translation of Swedenborg’s theological
writings. “The four doctrines,” first published at Amsterdam in 1763,
include the following: I., The doctrine of the New Jerusalem
concerning the Lord, followed by the nine questions, relating to the
Lord, the Trinity, and the Holy Spirit; II., The doctrine of the New
Jerusalem concerning the Holy Scripture; III., The doctrine of life
for the New Jerusalem from the ten commandments; IV., The doctrine of
the New Jerusalem concerning faith. The volume is supplied with full
tables of contents, and an index to Biblical texts.

=Ind.= 58: 845. Ap. 13, ‘05. 120w. (Review of vol. I.)

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 89. F. 11, ‘05. 170w.

“A new translation by a competent scholar. In paper, typography, and
binding the volume is all that a library edition should be.”

+ + =Outlook.= 79: 002. F. 25, ‘05. 100w. (Review of vol. 1.)

=R. of Rs.= 31: 512. Ap. ‘05. 70w. (Review of vol. 1.)

=Sweet, Frank Herbert.= Hobby camp. $1. Pilgrim press.

Kitty, a stenographer with an artistic temperament, is given a
vacation by her employers and spends it in Hobby camp with Mrs.
Rounds, whose hobby is doughnuts; Zeke, her son, the hobby boy; two
college fellows who collect bugs and things; and Mr. Bailey who is
writing a woodsy book. They all have adventures, especially Zeke, but
the most wonderful things happen to Kitty, for she finds recognition
for her drawings and wins the love of a great bear and—someone who is
not a bear.

* + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 838. D. 2, ‘05. 220w.

=Swift, John N., and Birge, William S.= No surrender. $1.50. Broadway pub.

The story of a “strange voyage in a strange country,” which narrates
the stirring adventures of the purloined “Dona Inez,” under her
piratical crew. These unlawfully minded seamen undergo almost every
experience in the gamut of marine catastrophe while one of its former
officers is speeding overland to head off disagreeable contingencies
with the Chilean naval department.

=Swift, Jonathan.= Journal to Stella, together with other writings relating to Stella and Vanessa; with the notes of Sir Walter Scott. *$1.25. Scribner.

Swift’s well-known classic is the latest issue in the “Caxton series.”
“The compact size, limp lambskin binding, light paper, large clear
type, and photogravure frontispiece give an excellent example of
modern progress in bookmaking.” (Critic.)

+ =Critic.= 46: 284. Mr. ‘05. 60w.

=Swinburne, Algernon Charles.= Love’s crosscurrents. $1.50. Harper.

A revived and rechristened work which some years ago appeared in the
“Tatler.” “The situation which Mr. Swinburne presents to us is that of
four cousins, brought up more or less together, two of whom are women
and are married. With each is in love the brother of the other, and
behind them all is the old Lady Midhurst, aunt of one pair and
grandmother of the other, who plays the part of a shrewd and
ill-natured Greek chorus.... The book is a study in calf-love, yet
with something noble behind it; and the background is one of dreary
country life, worldliness, and cynical old age.” (Spec.)

“A book so studded with quips and witticisms will always repay
reading. There is no cleverness shown in bringing the dramatic
episodes to a clear and sharp point, and the discrimination between
one character and another is so slight as to be almost imperceptible.”

— + — =Acad.= 68: 726. Jl. 15, ‘05. 1490w.

“The prose is among the best that the poet has achieved. It would be
hard to exaggerate the concision, the polish, and the perfect
prose-rhythm of these letters. The letters as a whole are pungent
satire on British morality, its sensual sentiment, and its capacity
for whitewashing the moral sepulchre.”

+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 2: 165. Ag. 5. 2420w.

“It is pure comedy, both high-spirited and restrained, both caustic
and tender.” Olivia Howard Dunbar.

+ + =Critic.= 47: 452. N. ‘05. 230w.

“We are not going to hail Mr. Swinburne as a great novelist on the
strength of this performance, but may fairly call it a clever, almost
brilliant piece of work in a difficult form.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ + — =Dial.= 39: 112. S. 1, ‘05. 580w.

“They will add nothing to Mr. Swinburne’s fame.”

+ — =Ind.= 59: 582. S. 7, ‘05. 100w.

“For our part, better than the story, better even than the incisive
prologue, we love the dedication with its rioting periods and its
kingly courtesies.”

+ — =Lond. Times.= 4: 225. Jl. 14, ‘05. 950w.

“As a love-story, the book is entirely ineffective. The style is not
peculiarly Swinburnean, but it is naturally more vigorous, more
telling than is common with writers of modern fiction.”

+ =Nation.= 81: 147. Ag. 17, ‘05. 510w.

“An agreeable kind of old-fashioned love story is involved in ‘Love’s
cross-currents.’”

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 465. Jl. 15, ‘05. 1050w.

+ — =Outlook.= 80: 838. Jl. 29, ‘05. 120w.

* =R. of Rs.= 32: 759. D. ‘05. 60w.

“While there is hardly a sentence which we cannot read with pleasure
for its literary savour, its prim ironic elegance, there is not a page
which we turn with the faintest thrill of curiosity.”

— =Sat. R.= 100: 184. Ag. 5, ‘05. 1090w.

“As a novel, indeed, the book has many faults. There are too many
characters, and their relationships are too complex, for the brief
introduction to give the reader any clear grasp of the situation.”

+ — =Spec.= 95: 157. Jl. 29, ‘05. 1130w.

=Swinburne, Algernon Charles.= Selected poems, ed. by William Morton Payne. Heath.

A volume in section VI. of the “Belles-lettres” series. The eighty
poems selected are printed complete and classified under the headings:
odes, poems of paganism and pantheism, selections from Songs before
sunrise, lyrics, sonnets, personal poems, and metrical experiments,
imitations, and parodies. An introduction, a chronological list of
writings, an index of first lines and full notes are included.

“In form and method Mr. Payne’s introduction must be pronounced a
model. The selection of poems could hardly be improved upon.”

+ + + =Nation.= 81: 96. Ag. 3, ‘05. 200w.

“It is as good an anthology of Swinburne as we can expect during the
poet’s lifetime. The notes are exactly what the reader desires and
needs.”

+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 525. Ag. 12, ‘05. 3980w.

* =Swing, David.= Truths leaf by leaf, with a characterization by Newell Dwight Hillis, and introd. by Frank Wakeley Gunsaulus; also a poem by Dr. Gunsaulus; ed. by Sophie Burt Kimball. $1.50. S. B. Kimball, Chicago.

“When proceedings against David Swing for heresy resulted in his
quitting the Presbyterian church, thirty years ago, and forming the
Central Congregational church in Chicago, it was a clear gain both for
preacher and people. His sermons, attractive in their breadth of view
and depth of feeling, and distinguished by their literary quality,
drew congregations with an unusually large proportion of men, and were
regularly printed in his weekly paper, the ‘Alliance.’ The present
volume draws its contents from ‘his most mature and last unpublished
writings.’ Characterizations of the beloved preacher by his
like-minded successors, Drs. Hillis and Gunsaulus, supply the personal
element required for an adequate memorial.”—Outlook.

* “Beauty, spirituality, the value of high ideals in life and thought,
fill these inspiring pages.”

+ =Dial.= 39: 314. N. 16, ‘05. 130w.

* + =Outlook.= 80: 887. Ag. 5, ‘05. 100w.

* =Swingle, Calvin F.= Modern locomotive engineering, with questions and answers. $3. Drake, F: J.

A plain practical treatise on the construction, care and management of
modern locomotives. “The book is presented in an attractive form in
flexible covers. The print is large; the illustrations, of which there
are many, are clear, simple, and yet comprehensive.” (Engin. N.)

* “Mr. Swingle has combined between the covers of one book not only
much that has been treated of in the many smaller books, but he has
also presented considerable other valuable matter in an original and
interesting manner.” Arthur M. Waitt.

+ + =Engin. N.= 54: 645. D. 14, ‘05. 1430w.

=Sylvestre, Joshua, ed.= See =Christmas= carols, ancient and modern.

=Symonds, E. M. (George Paston, pseud.).= * B. R. Haydon and his friends. **$3. Dutton.

“Haydon was a man much talked of in his day but little mentioned in
our own. As a critic, despite his own sharply cut individuality, his
egotism and vanity stood in the way of a proper perspective of men and
things. As a painter he had undeniable power, and he used it with
knowledge; he was a painter who thought.... The present well-printed
volume ... helps more clearly to realize Haydon’s excellencies and
limitations.”—Outlook.

* “Miss Symonds is rather too cold a biographer.”

+ — =Acad.= 68: 1099. O. 21, ‘05. 1550w.

* + =Lond. Times.= 4: 347. O. 20, ‘05. 1590w.

* =Nation.= 81: 509. D. 21, ‘05. 120w.

* “As a book about art, even about the art of a singularly arid time
in an arid country George Paston’s Haydon has little value or interest
to-day. For its ‘collections and recollections,’ George Paston’s
volume is pleasant reading.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 850. D. 2, ‘05. 1470w.

* + + =Outlook.= 81: 887. D. 9, ‘05. 160w.

* “With such a subject, then, Mr. Paston could not write a dull book,
and his ‘Life’ of Haydon does not contain a page that is not alive
with a grim comedy or poignant with a yet grimmer tragedy.”

+ + =Spec.= 95: 715. N. 4, ‘05. 1290w.

T

=Taber, Harry Persons.= Rubaiyat of the commuter: being quatrains concerning the affairs of every day. 25c. John Bridges, Briarcliff Manor, N. Y.

“The woes of the commuter, with the 30-second breakfast, the 8:16
train which occasionally goes at 8:32, the futile struggle with two
bushels of Peter Henderson’s seeds and the neighbors’ chickens are too
feelingly set forth to have been only imagined. The author explains
his use of the particular form of verse that he has selected on the
ground of its being an obsessive measure.”—Baltimore Sun.

+ =Baltimore Sun.= :8. Mr. 8, ‘05. 240w.

=Taggart, Marion Ames.= Nut brown Joan. †$1.50. Holt.

A story for girls. The heroine, a brown, lanky child of fourteen,
dissatisfied with her world, develops into a most attractive young
woman, the joy of her father, the relief of her invalid mother, and
the confidante and help of her numerous brothers and sisters. There is
much wholesome fun, there is trouble, incident, and, above all, real
human nature.

“‘Nut-brown Joan’ is to be commended both for its literary merit ...
and also for its thoroughly wholesome atmosphere. The volume holds a
very practical lesson for young girls, and the lesson is excellently
presented.”

+ + =Cath. World.= 81: 411. Je. ‘05. 170w.

“Points a moral at the same time that it tells a very entertaining
story.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 463. Jl. 15, ‘05. 130w.

“A wholesome and pretty story.”

+ =Outlook.= 80: 94. My. 6, ‘05. 40w.

=Tannenforst, Ursula, pseud.= See =Tilghman, Emily.=

=Tanner, Amy Eliza.= Child: his thinking, feeling and doing. $1.25. Rand.

“A résumé of the child-study literature.... Such topics as these are
treated: the problems of physical growth and abnormality; the feelings
and ideas of sex; the mental processes; religious and moral ideas;
emotions; interests; movements; imitation; language; rhythm; music;
drawing and play. At the beginning of each chapter are definite
suggestions for collecting data along the line of the chapter. The
bibliographies at the close of each chapter are most ample.”—Psychol.
Bull.

“For normal or college students who should have some groundwork in
general psychology before studying child psychology, Miss Tanner’s
book is inferior to that of Dr. Kirkpatrick; for general readers it
will prove most serviceable.” Henry Davidson Sheldon.

+ + =Dial.= 38: 272. Ap. 16, ‘05. 150w.

“It is profuse in facts, though sparing in generalizations and
conclusions, and can hardly fail to promote a more judicious study of
the individual children with whom its readers may have to do.”

+ + =Outlook.= 79: 142. Ja. 14, ‘05. 80w.

“Without doubt, it is the most complete, systematic and painstaking
work of its kind extant. It is certainly unique in its sphere,
presenting in convenient and readable form a vast amount of
information regarding child life. It should meet with great favor at
the hands of those for whom it was written.” Irving King.

+ + + =Psychol. Bull.= 2: 32. Ja. 15, ‘05. 600w.

“There are special chapters that deserve special mention, some because
of their merit, such as those treating of ‘Memory,’ ‘Imagination,’
‘Conception,’ and ‘Reasoning,’ and the chapter on the various forms of
‘Movements’; and others, especially those chapters that deal with the
so-called physical nature of the child, that might, with advantage, be
replaced in the text or even rewritten.” D. P. MacMillan.

+ — =School R.= 13: 578. S. ‘05. 460w.

+ + =School R.= 13: 648. O. ‘05. 70w.

=Tapp, Sidney C.= Story of Anglo-Saxon institutions; or, The development of constitutional government. **$1.50. Putnam.

“While Mr. Tapp’s book runs along special lines, it is intended for
the general reader as well as for the specialist. The writer’s purpose
has been to demonstrate from historical facts that the Anglo-Saxon
race is the only race that has ever had a true conception of
republican institutions, or solved correctly the problem of
self-government. It is only fair to say that Mr. Tapp has accomplished
his purpose in this book.”—Critic.

=Ann. Am. Acad.= 25: 136. Ja. ‘05. 130w.

+ + =Critic.= 46: 384. Ap. ‘05. 70w.

* =Tappan, Eva March=, tr. Golden goose, and other fairy tales; tr. from the Swedish. †$1. Houghton.

Six fairy tales from Scandinavian sources told in simple language.
“‘The golden goose,’ which gives the name to the book, is little Rose,
the beautiful daughter of a king, whose stepmother, after much cruel
treatment, has turned her into a goose.... There is the story of a
giant, the roof of whose house was made of sausages; of the good
little girl, and the bad in ‘The red and the black box.’ ... There is
the simple-minded giant who killed himself, not to be outdone by a
small boy, and other stories, all with excellent pictures in black and
white, full pages and text, with interesting head pieces.” (N. Y.
Times.)

* “Told in an interesting manner.”

+ =Ind.= 59: 1386. D. 14, ‘05. 40w.

* “Is a good addition to the useful work she has done for children in
other fields.”

+ =Nation.= 81: 489. D. 14, ‘05. 140w.

* + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 870. D. 9, ‘05. 210w.

=Tappan, Eva March.= Short history of England’s literature. *85c. Houghton.

“An elementary text-book for high schools, by the head of the English
department in the English high school at Worcester, covering English
literature from its beginnings in the earliest periods down to the
novel of the nineteenth century, with numerous illustrations in the
form of portraits, facsimiles of manuscripts, pictures of objects of
interest, and with an excellent map in colors.”—Outlook.

=Outlook.= 79: 909. Ap. 8, ‘05. 60w.

=Tarbell, Ida Minerva.= History of the Standard oil company. **$5. McClure.

An account of the origin, growth, and influence of this first and
greatest of American trusts. The methods by which the corporation
gained control of the petroleum output are disclosed, railroad and
other interests bearing upon the trust’s development are carefully
investigated. The oil regions themselves and the chief characters in
this industrial drama are put vividly before us.

“‘The history of the Standard oil company’ is one of the most
important contributions that has been made to the vital historical and
conscience literature of our opening century. The absorbing interest
of the work, the masterly marshaling of facts and the careful handling
of details are only surpassed by the judicial spirit that is
preëminent throughout the work.”

+ + + =Arena.= 34: 436. O. ‘05. 6230w.

“It is calm and dispassionate, and calculated to do quite as much if
not more good than if it were pitched in a high and noisy key. Is to
the present time the most remarkable book of its kind ever written in
this country.”

+ + + =Critic.= 46: 287. Mr. ‘05. 120w.

“The book is a genuine contribution to that knowledge of the real
inwardness of things industrial which Americans as a people so lack.”
Frank L. McVey.

+ + + =Dial.= 38: 313. My. 1, ‘05. 2190w.

“Miss Tarbell’s success, for she has achieved a very distinct success,
is in having made her story in its logical simplicity and directness
as fascinatingly interesting as it is disagreeable. She has preserved
her position as historian and has not abandoned it even temporarily
for that of the prosecuting advocate.”

+ + + =Ind.= 58: 840. Ap. 13, ‘05. 600w.

“This book seems to have been written for the purpose of intensifying
the popular hatred. The writer has either a vague conception of the
nature of proof, or she is willing to blacken the character of Mr.
John D. Rockefeller by insinuation and detraction.”

— — + =Nation.= 80: 15. Ja. 5, ‘05. 1970w.

“The value ... lies largely in the fact that the author has no thesis
to sustain and is willing to let her readers draw their own
conclusions. It is a model of condensed, graphic statement. The
dramatic aspects of the story are not lost in the telling, while the
arrangement of the materials is convenient for the purposes of the
student and the legislator as well as for general reading.”

+ + + =Outlook.= 79: 394. F. 11, ‘05. 2190w.

“The author never gets excited, however exciting her story may become;
she sets forth the facts, and to a considerable extent leaves
inference and conclusions to her readers. It is, in effect, a liberal
education in the fundamentals of the trust problem; it is the
Blackstone of the literature that is growing up around this problem,
in its entirety the most important of all in commercialized America.”

+ + + =Pub. Opin.= 38: 25. Ja. 5, ‘05. 1140w.

“Is an exhaustive and yet succinct presentation of the rise and
development of a great American industry. Her book is in every sense a
history—not an economic dissertation.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 31: 248. F. ‘05. 210w.

=Tarkington, (Newton) Booth.= Beautiful lady. †$1.25. McClure.

This is the story of a young Italian of high family and low purse, who
was forced into shaving his head and using the bald poll as an
advertisement for a Parisian ballet. It is also the story of “the
beautiful lady” who saw him sitting ignominiously in a café and was
sorry for him. Later the young Italian, by reason of his shaved head,
secures a position as tutor to a young millionaire, and is able to
save the girl who was sorry from an unfortunate marriage and at the
same time to make his dashing benefactor happy.

“A mere trifle, but a delightful trifle, which, lacking the dramatic
action of ‘Monsieur Beaucaire,’ equals it in the originality of its
conception, in its pathos, and surpasses it in its whimsical humour.”
Firmin Dredd.

+ =Bookm.= 21: 615. Ag. ‘05. 300w.

“Mr. Tarkington has made us see what might have been done; but he has
failed to do it.”

— =Critic.= 47: 286. S. ‘05. 100w.

+ =Ind.= 59: 580. S. 7, ‘05. 100w.

+ + =Lit. D.= 21: 93. Jl. 15, ‘05. 440w.

“The sentiment in it is very pretty, and Mr. Booth Tarkington never
writes other than gracefully.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 358. Je. 3, ‘05. 410w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 390. Je. 17, ‘05. 200w.

* “He tells it, too, with the fine artistic flavor distinguishing his
‘Monsieur Beaucaire.’”

+ =R. of Rs.= 32: 760, D. ‘05. 70w.

* =Tarkington, (Newton) Booth.= Conquest of Canaan. †$1.50. Harper.

Canaan is a small Indiana town, a hot bed of personal grudge and
prejudice and this story tells of how Joe Louden, returning to Canaan
to practice law after years of hard study in New York, finds that his
reckless youth and his departure from his home town under a cloud have
neither been forgotten nor forgiven. But championed by Ariel Taylor,
the one true friend of his boyhood, who has just returned from the
study of art in Paris, he succeeds after a hard and upright struggle
in conquering circumstances and the prejudices of his townspeople. The
love story of these two strongly individual characters is unusual and
well handled.

* “It contains some admirable chapters of life in a small, gossipy,
spiteful town, and the characters, all of them, including the dog, are
alive and interesting, but it is clumsily put together and weakly
conventional in the concluding portion.”

+ — =Ind.= 59: 1153. N. 16, ‘05. 150w.

* “For pure humor in an author, we commend the conversations of the
old window owls in the National house.”

+ + =Ind.= 59: 1480. D. 21, ‘05. 900w.

* “There is no doubt that the book is the best that Mr. Tarkington has
yet written.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 827. D. 2, ‘05. 160w.

* “‘The conquest of Canaan’ has not lost the note of refinement, but
it has gained in solidity and distinctness of outline, it is an
original story in point of plot; it is witty, spirited, romantic, and
beautifully human in its spirit.”

+ + =Outlook.= 81: 708. N. 25, ‘05. 220w.

=Tarkington, (Newton) Booth.= In the arena. $1.50. McClure.

Six short stories of western politics, which deal with reformers and
machine politicians, lobbyists, law-makers, office seekers, bosses and
voters. The characters are real and vigorous types created by an
author who has had practical experience in the game of politics.

“They have no special excellence of any kind, but they are very
interesting and clever, and are written with a sound knowledge of the
subject with which they deal.”

+ =Acad.= 68: 472. Ap. 29, ‘05. 460w.

“The material is ugly in every case except one; but the telling in
each case is good. Mr. Tarkington writes with force and feeling, and
has respect for the literary virtue of restraint.”

+ + =Ath.= 1905, 1: 589. My. 13. 210w.

“There is some very good workmanship in ‘In the arena.’ One lays the
book aside with the conviction that the author’s estimate of the
situation is a pretty true one, and that he made singularly good use
of his experience in Indiana politics.” Perry Enders.

+ + =Bookm.= 21: 188. Ap. ‘05. 720w.

“Doubtless, unpretentious as they are, they are among Mr. Tarkington’s
best work.”

+ + =Critic.= 46: 479. My. ‘05. 80w.

“There is the ring of truth and reality in these stories. The
characters are human and interesting.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 101. F. 18, ‘05. 790w.

“Decidedly clever and human tales.”

+ =Outlook.= 79: 450. F. 18, ‘05. 40w.

“There is no doubt that it will afford much entertainment to those who
do not resent a touch of pessimism in comedy.”

+ =Sat. R.= 99: 709. My. 27, ‘05. 230w.

=Taylor, Alfred Edward.= Elements of metaphysics. *$2.60. Macmillan.

“In the volume under review, Mr. Taylor has given us an exposition of
the principles of metaphysics from a point of view which is in the
main that of Mr. Bradley.... Mr. Taylor divides his work into four
books, the first of which is devoted to a preliminary discussion of
the problem, method and subdivision of metaphysics. This is followed
by a discussion in Book II. of the general structure of reality....
The remaining books deal with the more special questions involved in
the interpretation of nature and the interpretation of life.”—Int. J.
Ethics.

“... A full recognition of the many merits of Mr. Taylor’s work, and
of the value and suggestiveness of his treatment of various
metaphysical topics. His book is certainly one which all who are
interested in the present position of metaphysics ought to read.”
James Gibson.

+ + =Int. J. Ethics.= 15: 251. Ja. ‘05. 1950w. (Statement of
fundamental position of book.)

“Compact and well written book. It is the only English book in recent
times treating metaphysical problems with some completeness that is
arranged in such a concise and orderly fashion as to permit its being
used as a text-book on this subject. It gives evidence not only of the
author’s industry and earnestness, but of unusual vigor and acuteness
of thought, as well as of a pleasing clearness and definiteness in
mode of expression.” J. E. Creighton.

+ + + =Philos. R.= 14: 57. Ja. ‘05. 3090w.

“The strength of Professor Taylor’s book lies not in his constructive
ontology but in his clear and masterly analysis of general
metaphysical concepts ... and in the fact that the whole treatment is
both modern and systematic.” G. T. W. Patrick.

+ + + =Psychol. Bull.= 2: 11. Ja. 15, ‘05. 1840w.

=Taylor, Charles M., jr.= Only a grain of sand; il. by Clare Victor Dwiggins. **$1. Winston.

Into the simple story of the life of one of the sands of the sea is
deftly woven both satire and philosophy. It is an autobiography of a
little grain that was carried from sea-depths to sea-shore and from
there was taken to a dingy building where it passed through a fiery
furnace and became a part of a graceful iridescent vase.

* =Taylor, Henry Charles.= Introduction to the study of agricultural economics. *$1.25. Macmillan.

“This is a discussion of economics as applied exclusively to
agriculture.... It belongs to the series entitled ‘The citizen’s
library of economics, politics, and sociology.’”—Outlook.

* “It discusses principles in a judicial spirit, and presents in
concise form, facts that are of significance.”

+ + =Outlook.= 81: 629. N. 11, ‘05. 40w.

* “One of the excellent and useful volumes lately contributed to the
‘Citizen’s library.’”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 32: 637. N. ‘05. 130w.

=Taylor, Marie Hansen (Mrs. Bayard Taylor).= On two continents. **$2.75. Doubleday.

Mrs. Taylor was the daughter of the noted German mathematician and
astronomer Hansen, and in this book of memoirs she speaks of her
girlhood in Gotha, her meeting with her husband, their marriage, their
travels, and of her husband’s literary and diplomatic career. Her book
is chatty and entertaining in style, and her anecdotes of the
Brownings, the Stoddards, Horace Greeley, the Cary sisters, Thackeray,
and other famous men and women of letters with whom she and her
husband came in contact are of particular interest.

* “Though she is rather apt to devote four or five pages to an
incident for which half a page would be ample, she always rambles
pleasantly.”

+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 2: 684. N. 18. 330w.

“Mrs. Taylor writes pleasantly and she has many interesting things to
say.” Jeannette L. Gilder.

+ + =Critic.= 47: 344. O. ‘05. 1860w.

“Altogether, a more agreeable book of its kind could not well be
imagined.” Percy F. Bicknell.

+ + — =Dial.= 39: 200. O. 1, ‘05. 2150w.

“In this book and in no other is to be found the most attractive and
sympathetic record of one of the most interesting of all Americans.”
L. L.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 514. Ag. 5, ‘05. 1680w.

* “By temperament and association Mrs. Taylor is peculiarly qualified
to depict the inner and outer forces that co-operated in the
development of her gifted husband’s genius, and his reaction upon his
environment.”

+ + =Outlook.= 81: 713. N. 25, ‘05. 350w.

* “It is of value, not, as one would at first suppose, primarily for
its biographical material, but because of the exquisite simplicity of
its diction and the charm of the author’s personality.”

+ + =Pub. Opin.= 39: 828. D. 23, ‘05. 240w.

* + =R. of Rs.= 32: 639. N. ‘05. 150w.

=Taylor, Mary Imlay.= My lady Clancarty. †$1.50. Little.

A child-wife’s loyalty to her Jacobite husband during his years of
absence, and in spite of strong family opposition, furnishes the theme
for a spirited romance. Then when he does return incognito he devotes
himself to the re-wooing of Lady Betty, fights duels for her, is at
the mercy of her whims and fancies, and a father’s Whig prejudices,
but finally thru her courage in daring to beg clemency of the king is
released from the tower.

“A trifle, but a rather pleasant one.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 163. Mr. 18, ‘05. 300w.

“A pretty romance.”

+ =Outlook.= 79: 909. Ap. 8, ‘05. 70w.

“The characterization is consistent and the relations of character are
drawn ‘on scale,’ so that the effect of human display is harmonious.
Considered critically, the story is not reasonable or natural any more
than other romances of the exaggerated class to which it belongs.”

+ =Reader.= 5: 787. My. ‘05. 460w.

=Taylor, Rev. S. M.= Ministers of the Word and sacraments; lectures on pastoral theology, delivered in King’s college, London, Lent term, 1904. *$1.50. Longmans.

“Archdeacon Taylor prints here some lectures delivered to a class of
students preparing for ordination.... His tone is that of a High
churchman, but he condemns some of the most objectionable of extremist
practices.”—Spec.

“They are full of good sense throughout.”

+ — =Spec.= 94: 410. Mr. 18, ‘05. 330w.

=Taylor, Samuel Coleridge-.= Twenty-four negro melodies, transcribed for the piano. $2.50. Ditson.

“There are twenty-four transcriptions of folk-melodies, both African
and American, used as themes for compositions in the style of
fantasias.”—R. of Rs.

“This is an extremely interesting work.”

+ + =Dial.= 38: 422. Je. 16, ‘05. 120w.

+ + =Ind.= 59: 393. Ag. 17, ‘05. 220w.

“He is well grounded in technique, and he expresses himself with
freedom. Although in inventiveness his range seems so far rather
limited, he is spontaneous and genuine in what he writes.”

+ + — =Outlook.= 80: 248. My. 27, ‘05. 280w.

“Mr. Coleridge-Taylor has preserved the distinctive traits of these
melodies, but has given them form and structure.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 31: 768. Je. ‘05. 80w.

* =Tchaikovsky, Modeste.= Life of Peter Il’ich Tchaikovsky; ed. and abridged from the Russian and German eds. by Rosa Newmarch. *$5. Lane.

This “volume contains many portraits and excellent views of scenes
connected with Tchaikovsky’s life, with a striking portrait, and
facsimiles of letters written by the musician. The editor has tried to
preserve, in spite of the cutting of three volumes to one, the
autobiographical character of the work, and has included the series of
intimate letters which relates the romantic episode of Tchaikovsky’s
life—his friendship of thirteen years for a woman with whom he never
exchanged a personal greeting. An account of the composer’s visit to
America ... is also included in the form of a diary, kept for the
benefit of his relations.”—N. Y. Times.

* “Yet in its kind it possesses great value, not only as a
contribution to the psychology of art, but as a most illuminating
commentary on Tchaikovsky’s music. We may add that the translation is
easy and fluent, and that the volume is well arranged and well
illustrated.”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 4: 397. N. 17, ‘05. 590w.

* “The book is one of great interest to musical people.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 824. D. 2, ‘05. 150w.

* “But the present life, containing, as it does, an enormous amount of
interesting material, still fails to hold one’s attention for the
simple reason that it is too long and is padded out with stuff that
ought not to be in any biography. On the whole, the book was more
stimulating in its original condition; but in its present form it will
serve a future biographer.”

+ — =Sat. R.= 100: sup. 5. N. 18, ‘05. 130w.

* “Must content ourselves with congratulating Mrs. Newmarch on the
zeal and intelligence with which she has accomplished her task. Of the
delicacy, the candour, and the affection shown by M. Modeste
Tchaikovsky it is impossible to speak too highly.” C. L. G.

+ + + =Spec.= 95: 864. N. 25, ‘05. 1400w.

=Tennyson, Hallam, 2d baron.= Alfred, Lord Tennyson: a memoir by his son. **$4. Macmillan.

A new edition which includes in a single volume “all the material in
the original issue. There are extracts from a number of unpublished
letters and poems; some FitzGerald letters, others to Aubrey de Vere,
Rawnsley, and other persons.... The book contains for the most part
the account of Lord Tennyson’s life, gleaned either from his letters
and poems or from the writings of his friends.... The impressions and
general recollections of T. Watts-Dunton, F. W. H. Myers, F. T.
Palgrave, the Duke of Argyll, and others, have been put in an
appendix, which also contains some notes ... and a very full index
besides these, the volume also has a chronology of the books and poems
by the poet-laureate.” (N. Y. Times.)

=Dial.= 39: 246. O. 16, ‘05. 60w.

“The entire get-up is free from any suggestion of cheapening.”

+ + =Nation.= 81: 278. O. 5, ‘05. 70w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 625. S. 23, ‘05. 250w.

=Outlook.= 81: 428. O. 21, ‘05. 20w.

=Thackeray, William Makepeace.= Works. Cornhill ed.; ed. with biography, bibliography, and special introd. by W. P. Trent, and J. Bell Henneman. $37.50. Crowell.

The “Cornhill” Thackeray has achieved a well merited distinction above
all recent issues of the great novelist’s works in that it includes
material heretofore unclaimed for the author, but conclusively
identified as his during recent months of research. There are two
thousand pages thruout the various volumes which have never appeared
in any set before. The editorial work in charge of Prof. Trent of
Columbia college, and Dr. Henneman of the University of the South,
includes special introductions to every volume, notes and critical
comments of exceptionally high character, a complete bibliography
based on the chronology of Thackeray’s life, and a full topical index
to the entire set. Aside from the better known novels, are the essays,
burlesques, Christmas stories, criticisms of letters and art, quips in
Punch, drawings, poems and a new collection of typical personal
letters. Among the three hundred and more illustrations are a series
of photogravure portraits of the author, and many of Thackeray’s own
quaint and whimsical drawings. The books with their substantial
bindings, heavy paper and good type, deserve a prominent place among
the great book achievements of the day.

“The edition is highly satisfactory, both for completeness and
inexpensiveness.”

+ + =Dial.= 38: 22. Ja. 1, ‘05. 70w.

“By far the most satisfactory edition of Thackeray we have seen in
recent years.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 31: 121. Ja. ‘05. 160w.

=Thackeray, William Makepeace.= Henry Esmond. $1.25. Crowell.

Uniform with the “Thin paper classics” series this volume contains the
history of Henry Esmond, Esq., with an introduction by J. B. Henneman,
and a portrait of Thackeray as a frontispiece.

=Thackeray, William Makepeace.= History of Henry Esmond: ed. by Hamilton Byron Moore. 60c. Ginn.

An annotated edition of Henry Esmond planned to meet the needs of
advanced high schools and elementary college classes. The text is that
of the new “Dent edition.”

=Thackeray, William Makepeace.= Letters to an American family; with an introd. by Lucy D. Baxter and original drawings by Thackeray, **$1.50. Century.

Thackeray the man, with his habits, opinions, prejudices, genial
friendship, love for home and his own, lending an active personal
charm, fascinates the reader no less than Thackeray the better known
objective master of the novel. These letters, all of them heretofore
unpublished, were written to various members of a New York family in
whose home the novelist was a frequent visitor during his two lecture
tours in America. They include mainly, letters written from his
lecture points, full of bright, frank comments upon American people
and their ways. There are facsimiles of portions of letters, and of
Thackeray’s own characteristic drawings.

“Not a line inconsistent with his published writings is to be found.
‘The style’ is emphatically ‘of the man’ himself. The so-called
cynicism that sought to mask a tender heart and too expressive face,
the great fondness for children and old friends, the gentleness and
the whimsical humor,—all these traits and qualities are here revealed
in letters as charmingly colloquial as were ever written. The
introduction by Miss Lucy W. Baxter strikes just the right note as to
revelation and reserve, and enables us to realize the charm of the
‘brown house’ in Second avenue which Thackeray found so potent.”

+ + + =Critic.= 46: 284. Mr. ‘05. 240w.

“The charm of these letters, written in grateful affection to his
friends ...”

+ + + =Dial.= 38: 187. Mr. 16, ‘05. 890w.

“The half-humorous, half-tender familiarity and freedom of these
communications ...”

+ + =Reader.= 5: 502. Mr. ‘05. 390w.

+ + =R. of Rs.= 30: 755. D. ‘04. 120w.

“A number of easy conversational and very characteristic missives.”

+ + =Spec.= 94: 257. F. 18. ‘05. 970w.

=Thackeray, William Makepeace.= Vanity fair. $1.25. Crowell.

“Vanity fair” has been compressed into one small volume of the “Thin
paper classics” series, and appears in this handy form without
sacrifice of clear type. It contains a frontispiece from a drawing by
Frank T. Merrill.

=Thanet, Octave, pseud. (Alice French).= Man of the hour. †$1.50. Bobbs.

Johnny-Ivan Winslow, the man of the hour, is the son of an Iowa plow
manufacturer and a Russian princess whose altruistic dreams took shape
in championing the Nihilists’ cause. Believing in the redemption of
the toiler, this mother’s son throws himself and his money at the feet
of struggling strikers, working in the midst of rioters with the best
against the worst. The intensity of his subjective relation to his
cause records only failure in the end, not because of his inability to
stand at the helm, but because of the operation of a wrong principle.
There is a steadfast Peggy in the tale whose magnificent faith in the
triumph of Johnny over his Ivan theories is fully rewarded.

“This novel considered as fiction merits special notice. It is one of
the best romances of the year. As a sociological study, it is
impossible to speak in such favorable terms, for though there is much
that is fine and true in its spirit, and though we believe that the
author desires to be fair and just, she has signally failed at many
points.”

+ — =Arena.= 34: 445. O. ‘05. 800w.

“While the story is not lacking in strength, nor in that finer
character-drawing that the writer’s previous work has associated with
her name, one feels more than once that the plot has been moulded to
fit a preconceived thesis.” Frederic Taber Cooper.

+ — =Bookm.= 22: 133. O. ‘05. 390w.

* “Miss French has given us a book of very genial and human sort, and
brought to it a gift of shrewd and sometimes humorous observation,
such as comes only after long practice in the art of fiction.” Wm. M.
Payne.

+ + =Dial.= 39: 307. N. 16, ‘05. 660w.

“The latter half of the book is stuffed with not very enlightening
discussions of labor problems, and it ends in an absurdly conventional
way.”

+ — =Ind.= 59: 581. S. 7, ‘05. 140w.

* “Octave Thanet is at her best in depicting children. She loves them
in any rank of life, and gets them on paper in all their whimsicality,
their straight-to-the-mark directness, their consistent
inconsistency.”

+ =Lit. D.= 31: 837. D. 2, ‘05. 450w.

“It is interesting and well developed. Its pages are full of evidences
of the author’s keen and kindly study of men and things and of her
aptitude for the lively narration of the results of her observations.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 590. S. 9, ‘05. 860w.

“Fine in spirit and thoroughly readable also as a story of character
and incident. It is not a novel of purpose in the sense that argument
is substituted for entertainment.”

+ + =Outlook.= 81: 135. S. 16, ‘05. 200w.

* “Miss French seems to us to have done as good work in this truly
American novel as in her many admirable short stories.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 110. N. 25, ‘05. 150w.

That reminds me: a collection of tales worth telling. **75c. Jacobs.

A collection of jests, anecdotes, and repartee culled from the “Tales
worth telling” column of the Philadelphia public ledger.

=Thatcher, Oliver Joseph, and McNeal, Edgar H.= Source book for mediaeval history: selected documents: illustrating the history of Europe in the middle ages. *$1.85. Scribner.

“The documents include ... the charter of the Ministerials of the
Archbishop of Cologne, 1154, ... the charter granted by the bishop of
Hamburg to the colonists, ‘the Hollanders,’ in 1106; the privilege of
Frederick I, ... for the Jews of the Worms, in 1157; the charter given
to the Jews of Speyer by the bishop of that city, 1084; a few market
charters issued at the time of the freedom of the cities of Germany,
several documents illustrating the rebellion of these cities against
the lords who governed them, and their acquisition of municipal
rights, &c. There are also the important charter of Magdeburg, and
some documents concerning the origin of the Rhine league and the early
history of the Hanseatic league. An explanatory note, and the names of
authorities consulted, precede each document. Following is the charter
given to the Jews by the bishop of Speyer.”—N. Y. Times.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 221. Ap. 8, ‘05. 430w. (Survey of contents.)

=Thaw, Alexander Blair.= Inaugural ode. *50c. Brentano’s.

“[This] ode written for the inaugural of President Roosevelt ...
breathes the same spirit of desire that the American republic should
fulfill its destiny as that destiny has been conceived by the best and
finest of its citizens.”—N. Y. Times.

+ =Nation.= 80: 294. Ap. 13, ‘05. 30w.

“It is agreeable to find in a poem for such an occasion an abstract
idea conveyed with dignity and free from silly optimism.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 264. Ap. 22, ‘05. 190w.

=Thayer, William Roscoe.= Short history of Venice. **$1.50. Macmillan.

In this one volume the history of Venice is given from the origin of
the city in 452 to its fall in 1797. It sets forth the growth of the
republic, the greatness of the Venetians and compares Venice and her
contemporaries.

“The first chapters of this history leave much to be desired but the
final portion of the book is, on the whole, just, admirable and
inspiring.”

+ + — =Am. Hist. R.= 11: 132. O. ‘05. 1930w.

“It is readable and interesting.”

+ + =Ind.= 58: 1071. My. 11, ‘05. 290w.

“Mr. Thayer’s outline of Venetian history is a vivid sketch of a
considerable historical and literary merit. Mr. Thayer is, however, a
little too one-sided in his undisguised hostility to the Church.”

+ + — =Lond. Times.= 4: 192. Je. 16, ‘05. 420w.

“We must relegate small cavils to the background, and speak with warm
recognition of the skill, discernment, and idealism which mark this
book.”

+ + — =Nation.= 81: 221. S. 14, ‘05. 2220w.

“We are acquainted with no other writing in the English language,
which is a better introduction to a prolonged, serious study of the
subject.” Walter Littlefield.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 588. S. 9, ‘05. 640w.

“It is open to criticism in almost every essential respect.”

— =Outlook.= 80: 247. My. 27, ‘05. 250w.

“A model ‘Short history of Venice’ has been written by Mr. William
Roscoe Thayer.”

+ + + =R. of Rs.= 31: 765. Je. ‘05. 110w.

“This is a book of considerable value, telling the story of Venice
succinctly and lucidly.”

+ + — =Spec.= 95: 126. Jl. 22, ‘05. 160w.

=Thiers, (Marie Joseph) Louis Adolphe.= Moscow expedition; ed. by Hereford B. George. *$1.25. Oxford.

This is a reprint of an extract of Thiers’s “Histoire du consulat et
de l’empire,” which was published between 1845-1862. It follows
Thiers’s text in the French but is supplemented by explanatory notes
in English, and a personal and geographical index.

“On the whole, however, this volume deserves a cordial welcome. It is
the first time that a competent authority has produced a careful and
critical commentary on this portion of Thiers’s work.”

+ + =Ath.= 1905, 1: 82. Ja. 14, 370w.

+ + =Nation.= 80: 112. F. 9, ‘05. 140w.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 100. Ja. 18, ‘05. 670w.

* =Thirlmere, Rowland.= Letters from Catalonia. 2v. *$6. Brentano’s.

“In addition to attractive descriptions of Ribas, Alcoy, Jativa, and
many other places visited by English travellers, the book contains a
large amount of information on Spanish politics and most other aspects
of Spanish life.”—Ath.

* “The tone and temper of the book are excellent.”

+ =Ath.= 1905, 1: 560. My. 6. 630w.

* “Though they make no special appeal to travellers, can be read with
pleasure by any one who has a taste for light reading of a
miscellaneous nature.”

+ =Lond. Times.= 4: 167. My. 26, ‘05. 680w.

* “But the whole book undoubtedly has character and reality, a record
of such sensations, impressions and ideas as lead to essential truth.”

+ =Nation.= 81: 424. N. 23, ‘05. 310w.

* “He is a good observer and a good narrator.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 837. D. 2, ‘05. 110w.

* “Mr. Thirlmere pays more attention to life than locality, but he
never forgets his backgrounds. His thumb-nail portraits, his
meditative and fanciful humor, his apt quotation, and his continual
cheerfulness leave a very pleasant sensation in the mind.”

+ + =Spec.= 94: 921. Je. 24. 210w.

=Thomas, David Yancey.= History of military government in newly acquired territory of the United States. *$2. Macmillan.

“Prof. Thomas discusses, not only the legal status of the new
territory and the legal basis for military government, but also
presents an account of the actual management of new acquisitions from
the time of occupation until the organization of territorial or state
governments. Dr. Thomas contents himself with a statement of the facts
connected with our military occupation of Porto Rico and the
Philippines, and attempts to give no verdict as to the character and
accomplishments of the military governments.”—R. of Rs.

“There is failure also to give the general constitutional and legal
basis of military government. The manner in which the foot-notes are
handled is open to serious criticism. The existence of a monograph of
this kind is of doubtful utility, if references are not plentiful and
exact. Frequently the details of military government are overlooked or
cast aside. The best part of the author’s work is that relating to
Florida, New Mexico, and California. These acquisitions have been
remarkably well treated and in general the judgment passed upon events
is very fair and to the point. Turning to California, we reach the
most satisfactory portion of the book. Mr. Thomas has given a
comprehensive outline of the government of territory acquired by the
United States before the Civil war. His work in that field will
undoubtedly stand the test of time, and it is questionable if other
writers can add much to the results obtained.” A. H. Carpenter.

+ + — =Am. Hist. R.= 10: 678. Ap. ‘05. 1200w.