Chapter V: Front Matter (5)

With the appearance of this fourth volume of its series the “History
of the German struggle for liberty” stands complete from the battle of
Jena in 1806, to the rebirth of national spirit in 1848. This latest
volume contains a spirited account of the stirring events in Germany
during 1844-1848, culminating in the declaration of Frederick William
IV. and the meeting of the German national assembly at Frankfort. It
brings out the similarity in the character of the Vienna, Berlin, and
Munich revolutions, and discusses the growth of the influence of the
laboring classes, and of socialistic doctrines.

* “Is refreshingly unconventional, spasmodically clever, and
interesting throughout. Taken as a whole, this latest piece of work of
Poultney Bigelow’s is most stimulating, breezy, entertaining, and yet
instructive as well.” Wolf Von Schierbrand.

+ + — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 846. D. 2, ‘05. 1600w. (Review of v. 4.)

* “Comprises a succession of vivid pictures of persons and events
rather than a sober, detailed, and connected history.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 889. D. 9, ‘05. 120w. (Review of v. 4.)

* “A return to the orderly arrangement of the earlier volumes of the
history would afford a deserved relief to those who have been forced
to flounder about in the disorder, back tracks, and false leads of Mr.
Bigelow’s fourth volume.”

+ — =Pub. Opin.= 39: 796. D. 16, ‘05. 470w. (Review of v. 4.)

=Bigg, Charles.= Church’s task under the Roman empire. *$1.75. Oxford.

The four lectures brought together here are “Education under the
empire,” two on “Religion under the empire,” and “Moral and social
conditions of the empire.” The object is the directing of attention
“to the extreme importance of studying the relation between the Empire
and the Church even in those days which preceded the recognition of
Christianity by Constantine, and further, of ascertaining as clearly
as possible the conditions, intellectual, moral and material of the
people who filled the rank of the church.”

“Written with an ease of style which at times almost disguises the
author’s profound knowledge and with a charm that rarely falls to the
lot of scholarly writers.”

+ + + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 262. Ag. 26. 1010w.

“Dr. Bigg is, of course, master of his subject, and able to handle it
with lightness of touch, breadth of sympathy, and gentle humour.”
Alice Gardner.

+ + =Eng. Hist. R.= 20: 547. Jl. ‘05. 510w.

=Bilse, Oswald Fritz (Fritz von der Kryburg, pseud.).= Dear fatherland. $1.50. Lane.

“The story of a young lieutenant in the German army, from the time he
entered the service to his downfall, the result of a debt brought upon
him by the false standard of living prescribed by army life. The novel
is a pen picture of the evil social and moral effects of army life
existing in Germany.”—Bookm.

“Besides being an interesting story of the realistic school, the work
has a two-fold value. It presents a striking picture of present-day
garrison-life in Germany and illustrates how degrading and subversive
of all that is worthiest in man is such an existence.”

+ =Arena.= 33: 673. Je. ‘05. 350w.

“The chief interest and the strongest conviction are found less in the
story than in the talk.”

+ =Nation.= 80: 234. Mr. 23, ‘05. 400w.

“Its revelations are sordid and sickening to the last degree, and
there is no obvious excuse for its English publication, except as that
of giving an awful warning to the English-speaking nations to guard
their own war machines from ever sinking into such abysmal depths of
immorality and inefficiency as are here charged against the soldiery
of Germany. The book seems to be written by a man of devoted and
intelligent patriotism, who has risked what he prized most in order to
remedy the evils which he deplores. To say that the narrative is of
any value as an example of the novelist’s art would be a decided
stretching of the truth.”

— + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 50. Ja. 28, ‘05. 740w.

=Bingham, Joel Foote,= tr. See =Manzoni, Allessandro.= Sacred hymns and Napoleonic ode.

* =Birrell, Augustine.= Andrew Marvell. **75c. Macmillan.

This volume in the “English men of letters” series, contains a
biography of the man who is remembered as “a colleague and friend of
Milton, a wit, a diplomat, a traveler, and a member of Parliament from
the Stuart Restoration until his death in 1678.... But ... ‘a more
elusive non-recorded character,’ laments Mr. Birrell, ‘is hardly to be
found.’ Consequently, it is not surprising to find the biographer
dwelling mainly on his subject’s writings, quoting from them freely,
and relating much of the history of the day necessary to explain them
and assist in forming some idea of the writer’s personality.”
(Outlook.)

* “On the whole, it may be said that ‘Andrew Marvell’ holds its own
successfully against any other volume in the new series of Messrs.
Macmillan’s ‘English men of letters.’”

+ + — =Acad.= 68: 976. S. 23, ‘05. 1440w.

* “We have not space here to enter into his treatment of Marvell; it
is admirable; we should end by quoting too much from Mr. Birrell
himself, as a delightful performer in the intimate style.” H. W.
Boynton.

+ + =Atlan.= 96: 844. D. ‘05. 360w.

* “But the book is not a good one for it falls between two stools. If
it was to deal only with the permanent part of Marvell’s charming
poetry it is nearly two hundred pages too long; if it was really to
explain the politics of his day (which heaven forbid!) it is not long
enough. And we resent some of the conversational ease of Mr. Birrell’s
manner.”

+ — =Lond. Times.= 4: 303. S. 22. ‘05. 840w.

* “Whatever may be thought of the truth of this style of biographical
writing, it must be admitted that Mr. Birrell is master of its art,
and that when provided with a favorable opportunity he is at least
invariably entertaining.” Wm. A. Bradley.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 842. D. 2, ‘05. 3010w.

* “A study which is not so much a biography as a contribution to the
history of English politics and literature. As such it deserves a
cordial greeting, for it is scholarly and sound.”

+ + =Outlook.= 81: 714. N. 2, ‘05. 260w.

* “A pleasant ramble with an intelligent and illuminating guide
through a time of great interest.”

+ =Pub. Opin.= 34: 765. D. 9, ‘05. 170w.

=Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Eduard Leopold von.= Bismarck’s speeches and letters; by Herman Schoenfeld. *$1.50. Appleton.

A worthy addition to historical literature. The introduction is a
biography and a philosophic interpretation of the character of
Bismarck, and is supplemented by a chronology and a bibliography. The
book is indispensable to the study of contemporary history as affected
by Germany, but especially to the study of the unification of Germany
itself, an accomplishment due, in most part, to Bismarck’s genius.
Much has been learned about Bismarck’s personality thru the various
biographies by Lowe, Headlam, Stearns, and Jacks by M. Adler, by Herr
Busch, thru Mr. Ford’s edition of “The correspondence of William and
Bismarck.” and thru Bismarck’s own “Reflections and reminiscences,”
above all thru his “Love letters,” but no one serves to sum up
Bismarck’s life work as does Schoenfeld’s.

+ + =Outlook.= 79: 448. F. 18, ‘05. 190w.

* =Blackmar, Frank Wilson.= Elements of sociology. *$1.25. Macmillan.

This working manual for students is divided into seven parts: Nature
and import of sociology; Social evolution; Socialization and social
control; Social ideals; Social pathology, dealing with practical
subjects such as charity, poverty, crime, social degeneration; Methods
of investigation; and History of sociology, in which are brought out
the ideas found in the works of Spencer, Gumplowicz, Schaeffle,
Lilienfeld, Mackenzie, Tarde, Le Bon, Letourneau, De Greef, Giddings,
Small, Ward, Ross, Ely, Mill, Malthus, Warner, Henderson and others.

* “The chief merit of the book from the theoretical side is that it
gives an intelligent statement of the view-points of all the leading
sociological writers. The chief merit from the practical side is that
it touches upon a variety of vital and interesting problems in such a
way as to tempt the student to go forward and specialize. The style of
the book is easy, and free from any ambitious flights or phrasing, but
clear and agreeable.” Jerome Dowd.

+ + + =Am. J. Soc.= 11: 422. N. ‘05. 720w.

* “It is comprehensive in scope, is written in simple and direct
diction, and the arrangement of its parts is sequential and orderly.”

+ + =Ind.= 59: 1157. N. 16, ‘05. 40w.

* =Outlook.= 81: 888. D. 9, ‘05. 30w.

=Blackmore, Richard D.= Lorna Doone. $1.25. Crowell.

This tale of the deeds of the outlaw Doones sheltered in the depths of
the Bagworthy Forest appears in new dress almost every year. Here the
reader has it in handy volume form, bound in limp leather, with clear
type and thin paper.

=Blair, Emma Helen, and Robertson, James Alexander,= eds. Philippine islands, 1493-1898. 55 v. ea. *$4. Clark, A. H.

The purpose of these 55 volumes is to set forth as briefly as possible
from original sources the whole history of the Philippine islands and
their people, that all who are interested in their future may be able
to form their own opinions with a full understanding of the conditions
that exist to-day and that have existed since the discovery of the
islands. To this end the volumes are mainly devoted to exact
translations from rare original manuscripts, Spanish, French, Italian,
Latin, etc., illustrated with facsimiles of manuscripts, portraits,
maps, and views. There is an analytical index, and notes and an
historical introduction have been provided by Edward Gaylord Bourne,
and special contributions by well known scholars and bibliographers.
The whole covers the history of the islands from their discovery to
the present time, including explorations by early navigators,
descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history, and
records of the Catholic missions as related in contemporaneous books
and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and
religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations
with European nations to the end of the nineteenth century.

“The work of the editors has ... shown steady improvement. The
translating staff is, ... as nearly as one may judge without having
the original texts for comparison, doing more effective work than at
the beginning.” James A. Le Roy.

+ + + =Am. Hist. R.= 10: 392. Ja. ‘05. 1230w. (Review of XVI, XVII
and XVIII.)

Reviewed by James A. Le Roy.

+ + + =Am. Hist. R.= 10: 875. Jl. ‘05. 1140w. (Review of v. 19 and
20.)

“It is an indispensable addition to every large library and collection
of American or Spanish history.”

+ + + =Critic.= 46: 94. Ja. ‘05. 50w.

“Much of this matter is by no means light reading, but it is all a
valuable contribution to the early history of the islands.”

+ + + =Critic.= 47: 190. Ag. ‘05. 80w. (Review of v. 21.)

=Ind.= 58: 264. F. 2, ‘05. 650w. (Review of vols. XVIII, XIX
and XX.)

=Nation.= 80: 231. Mr. 23, ‘05. 430w. (Review of v. 19.)

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 21. Ja. 14, ‘05. 510w. (Survey of contents
of vols. XIX and XX.)

* =Blake, J. M.= Reasonable view of life. *35c. Meth. bk.

Essays towards the understanding of the methods and working of eternal
love. A late addition to the “Freedom of faith” series.

=Blake, Katherine Evans.= Heart’s haven. †$1.50. Bobbs.

The Rappite community of celibates first in Pennsylvania and later in
Indiana furnishes the setting for this story. It portrays the struggle
between the Rappite conscience which repudiates all sentiment relating
to ties of flesh, and the natural cravings of the human heart. First
in the love of a parent for her child, later in this son’s love for a
fair girl, is shown the triumph of governable sanity over religious
fanaticism.

* “There are a number of flaws easily apparent in Miss Blake’s scheme
of the Harmonists. The author has made the mistake of padding too
heavily in spots.”

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 857. D. 2, ‘05. 450w.

+ =Outlook.= 81: 576. N. 4, ‘05. 100w.

=Blanchard, Amy Ella.= Frontier knight. †$1.50. Wilde.

Miss Blanchard’s new “Pioneer series” story follows the fortunes of a
young man and his two sisters who emigrate from Kentucky to Texas
shortly before the Mexican war breaks out. There is excellent use made
of the opportunities to portray border life, in which the Mexican
peasant, the rancher, and the Texas ranger all have part.

=Blanchard, Amy E.= Little grandmother Jo. $1. Jacobs.

A story of school life fifty years ago, when a grandmother of to-day
left a happy southern home to endure the hardships of the
old-fashioned boarding-school where the methods were cruel, the
teachers unjust, and many of the little girls, the products of this
system, were spiteful.

=Blanden, Charles Granger.= Chorus of leaves. **$1.25. Elder.

In this gift-book, artistic and attractive in both print and binding,
are to be found some fifty verses very slight and very sentimental.

* “It strikes no lofty note, but it is singularly graceful in rhythm
and dainty in conceit, and makes no pretension to be more.”

+ =Dial.= 39: 385. D. 1, ‘05. 60w.

* “Has written some pleasing verse under the title of ‘A chorus of
leaves.’”

+ =Ind.= 59: 1379. D. 14, ‘05. 60w.

* + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 892. D. 16, ‘05. 100w.

=Blind, Mathilde.= George Eliot. $1.25. Little.

This new edition of Mathilde Blind’s “George Eliot” “has been greatly
enhanced in value by the introduction of able and carefully prepared
chapters by Frank Waldo, and G. A. Tarkington, in which we have a
charming description of the friends and home-life of George Eliot, and
a critical estimate of her place in literature, together with an
exhaustive bibliography.” (Arena).

“The excellent life of George Eliot, by Mathilde Blind, will remain a
standard biography. It is a volume that we take pleasure in
recommending to our readers as a book which should find a place in all
well-ordered libraries and a work that every young person should read
as a part of his general culture.”

+ + =Arena.= 33: 109. Ja. ‘05. 260w.

“The very full bibliography, filling some thirty pages, is to be
particularly noted and commended.”

+ + =Critic.= 46: 563. Je. ‘05. 60w.

=R. of Rs.= 30: 755. D. ‘04. 90w.

=Blondlot, (Prosper) Rene.= “N” rays, tr. by J. Garcin. *$1.20. Longmans.

A collection of papers communicated to the academy of sciences; with
additional notes and instructions for the construction of
phosphorescent screens.

=Nation.= 80: 374. My. 11, ‘05. 400w.

Reviewed by John G. McKendrick.

=Nature.= 72: 195. Je. 29, ‘05. 780w.

=Spec.= 94: 780. My. 27, ‘05. 100w.

=Bloomfield, Maurice.= Cerberus, the dog of hades: the history of an idea. 50c. Open ct.

“This essay ... is concerned with the origin and meaning, judged by
comparative mythology, of Cerberus.”—Acad.

“Interesting and suggestive little essay.”

+ =Acad.= 68: 337. Mr. 25, ‘05. 260w.

+ — =Lond. Times.= 4: 227. Jl. 14, ‘05. 590w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 568. Ag. 26, ‘05. 90w.

=Blundell, Mary E. (Sweetman) (Mrs. Francis Blundell; M. E. Francis, pseud.).= Dorset dear: idylls of country life. $1.50. Longmans.

“The seventeen tales reprinted here from various periodicals ...
embrace a variety of incidents and emotions, grave and gay, no one
trenching upon the borders of another; and the characters are distinct
types of Dorset-folk.... ‘Witch Ann’ gives a pretty and touching
account of the way a harmless old woman came to be considered a
witch.... ‘The spur of the moment,’ and ‘The worm that turned,’
present amusing pictures of unromantic rustic wooings. ‘A woodland
idyll’ and ‘Postman Chris’ are charming love-stories.”—Acad.

“There is something in it better than cleverness and skill: the truth,
charm, and goodness of it leave a grateful memory of pleasant hours in
delightful company.”

+ + + =Acad.= 68: 494. My. 6, ‘05. 480w.

“All the stories are well worth reading.”

+ =Ath.= 1905, 1: 716. Je. 10. 200w.

“They are fascinating from their unpretending simplicity, their pure
goodness, and their warm, human interests.”

+ + =Cath. World.= 81: 543. Jl. ‘05. 130w.

* + =Critic.= 47: 477. N. ‘05. 20w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 371. Je. 10, ‘05. 340w.

“The movement of the tale is slight, but not without its dramatic
incidents and occasional tragedies.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 395. Je. 17, ‘05. 140w.

“It has a charm and interest.”

+ + =Outlook.= 80: 391. Je. 10, ‘05. 70w.

“It is a book into which one may dip with pleasure, but the stories
are for the most part so slight that it is unwise to handle the whole
string of beads at once.”

+ =Sat. R.= 99: 813. Je. 17, ‘05. 150w.

“Seldom has it been the present writer’s fate to read so delightful a
collection of country idylls as Mrs. Francis Blundell’s new volume of
short stories, ‘Dorset dear.’ ... The characters in the little
sketches are vividly drawn.”

+ + + =Spec.= 94: 789. My. 27, ‘05. 170w.

=Bocock, John Paul.= Book treasures of Maecenas. $1. Putnam.

“It is rather startling to pick up a volume with this title and open
immediately to a poem on ‘Funston of Kansas.’ It appears, however,
that the book’s title is that of the first poem, and that the volume
includes many fugitive verses on all sorts of topics, which have been
welcome to the columns of many newspapers and magazines.”—Outlook.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 133. Mr. 4, ‘05. 280w.

=Outlook.= 79: 501. F. 25. ‘05. 60w.

* =Bölsche, Wilhelm.= Evolution of man; tr. by Ernest Untermann. 50c. Kerr.

“This is a little work of real value in which an able German scholar
gives a succinct, graphic and general outline of the evolution of man.
It contains in the briefest possible compass a summary of the
demonstrations brought out by the revolutionary school of physical
scientists.”—Arena.

* “The subject matter is presented in lucid style, easy of
comprehension, and the book is valuable as a short exposition of a
subject about which no well-informed man of the present day can afford
to be ignorant.”

+ + =Arena.= 34: 553. N. ‘05. 80w.

* + =R. of Rs.= 32: 256. Ag. ‘05. 40w.

=Bolton, Charles E.= Harris-Ingram experiment. $1.50. Burrows.

By far the greater portion of Mr. Bolton’s book is devoted to an
account of the domestic, social and financial affairs of the Harris
and Ingram families. The process of accumulating millions, descriptive
journeys thru Europe, matrimonial schemes, a strike which involves the
use of dynamite and firebrands furnish subjects for the first 395
pages. The remaining forty pages are occupied with the “Experiment,” a
Utopian scheme for establishing mills on the co-operative plan to
demonstrate that capital and labor can unite on a common basis. The
reader is introduced to a “Utopian mill in a Utopian village where
there were no politicians, no saloons, no graft, no crime, nothing but
that which was serene and restful and frightfully educational and
instructive ... in that land of Somewhere to which there are no
railroad guides.” (N. Y. Times).

— — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 112. F. 18, ‘05. 690w.

=Bolton, Henry Carrington.= The follies of science at the court of Rudolph II., 1576-1612. *$2. Pharmaceutical review pub. co., Milwaukee.

A book which “occupies itself with a medley of charlatans and
charlatanism in the sixteenth century and with the most splendid
patron of such matters, Rudolph II., King of Bohemia and Hungary, and
Emperor of Germany.” (N. Y. Times). This ruler, a contemporary of
Queen Elizabeth, neglecting his royal duties, drew around him a
strange company of men, more or less learned in the occult sciences.
These various personages, couched in the oriental luxury of the court,
work amazing tricks of alchemy, discover formulas for wonderful
elixirs, and claim a recipe for the philosopher’s stone. Incidentally,
there is given much information concerning the manners of the time,
the people, and their mental characteristics.

=Ind.= 58: 1073. My. 11, ‘05. 160w.

“Rather extraordinary volume. Altogether the book contains a deal of
queer information about queer people and things of a time (in some
ways) more credulous than ours. Readers with a taste for the
out-of-the-way, for historical junk, in short, will find much to
entertain them.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 39. Ja. 21, ‘05. 350w.

* =Bolton, Sarah Knowles (Mrs. Charles E. Bolton).= Famous American authors. $2. Crowell.

These essays were first published in 1887, and they are now re-issued
“in a handsomely bound volume with two dozen illustrations portraying
in fine half-tone reproductions the persons and the homes of six
representatives of the old New England school, ... Emerson, Hawthorne,
Longfellow, Whittier, Lowell, and Holmes.” (Dial.)

* “Aside from its literary interest, it ought to be popular as a
holiday gift-book.”

+ =Critic.= 47: 573. D. ‘05. 30w.

* “She manages to tell the familiar facts in a genial, lively way,
interlarding them with anecdotes or personal impressions, and making
her main theme in every case the essential quality of the author
discussed.”

+ =Dial.= 39: 387. D. 1, ‘05. 160w.

* =Bombaugh, Charles Carroll.= Facts and fancies for the curious from the harvest-fields of literature. **$3 Lippincott.

“Forty-five years ago Dr. Bombaugh published the first edition of his
famous book, ‘Gleanings for the curious.’ ... An entertaining
collection of curious things in letters. His book lasted for nearly
fifty years; it would have lasted longer had not its plates been
destroyed by fire. Instead of merely resetting the book, Dr. Bombaugh
has made a second volume along the same lines only with more recent
matter.... The new volume contains the results of the most recent
discoveries in many branches of literature ... and presents various
jokes that have a very recent ring.”—N. Y. Times.

* “The total amount of curious information is so vastly greater than
the amount compressible within a single volume that a book of this
type is more useful for random reading than for reference purposes.”

+ =Dial.= 39: 391. D. 1, ‘05. 140w.

* + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 845. D. 2, ‘05. 220w.

* + + =Outlook.= 81: 834. D. 2, ‘05. 150w.

=Bonner, Geraldine.= Pioneer. †$1.50. Bobbs.

A story of the early days of California and Nevada when fortunes were
made and unmade daily among the mines. There are many characters
typical of those mixed times, but the real hero is the old colonel,
who for the sake of his love for the woman who jilted him twenty years
before, devotes himself to her two daughters, and allows their weak
father to unscrupulously rob him. He finds happiness in serving the
girl who resembles her mother, and seeing her safely thru a heart
crisis.

“Though her treatment is perhaps too conventional to please the
realist the story is thoroughly unhackneyed, while the human interest
is strong throughout.”

+ =Arena.= 34: 551. N. ‘05. 420w.

“It is an unpleasant and rather sensational narrative.”

— + =Critic.= 46: 477. My. ‘05. 50w.

* =Bonner, Robert John.= Evidence in Athenian courts. *75c. Univ. of Chicago press.

“Mr. R. J. Bonner, ‘formerly of the Ontario bar,’ deals with the
subject from the point of view of a man trained in English law. The
material is classified accordingly under such heads as Irrelevant,
Hearsay, Written, Oral, Real, and Expert evidence, Evidence of slaves,
Competency of witnesses, Challenges, Oaths, etc. In a number of cases
the view presented in Meier-Schömann’s ‘Der Attische process’ is
disputed.”—Am. Hist. R.

* “The work is carefully done, and will be found interesting and
suggestive by teachers who have not had the advantage of a legal
training.” A. G. L.

+ + =Am. Hist. R.= 11: 187. O. ‘05. 180w.

* “Mr. Bonner seems to have exhausted his sources, both original and
secondary. He has shown acuteness in his deductions. The only real
doubt as to his conclusions arises from the fear that he was
overzealous in his search for a body of law on evidence in Athens.”
Clarke B. Whittier.

+ + — =Am. J. Soc.= 11: 424. N. ‘05. 880w.

=Boole, Mrs. Mary E.= Preparation of the child for science. *50c. Oxford.

The author’s purpose thruout this volume is to offer “suggestions as
to the means by which the scientific condition of mind can be induced”
in children. Five chapters deal respectively with the scientific mind,
the unconscious mind, hygienic sequence in development, mathematical
imagination, and ethical and logical preparation.

“Information and salutary wisdom are to be drawn from it everywhere.”

+ + =Nation.= 80: 18. Ja. 5, ‘05. 1570w.

“Her book may be warmly recommended to parents anxious to adopt sane
methods of educating their children and to teachers responsible for
the training of the lowest classes of schools.”

+ + =Nature.= 71: 316. F. 2, ‘05. 300w.

=Booth, William H.= Steam pipes: their design and construction. $2. Henley.

“This book ... is a compilation of various formulas and tables having
to do with steam piping, together with such individual practice or
designs as have been adopted by several large English corporations or
manufacturers.... The author does not attempt to give any but English
practice, and the book would not necessarily meet the exact demands of
American engineers.”—Engin. N.

“For the American engineer the perusal of the book, considering that
the title seems to promise well, leaves a keen sense of
disappointment, and a feeling that little of value has been added to
our scanty knowledge of steam piping.” Charles K. Stearns.

+ =Engin. N.= 53: 340. Je. 15, ‘05. 970w.

=Borrow, George.= Romano lavo-lil; word book of the Romany or English-Gypsy language. $2. Putnam.

“‘Romano lavo-lil’ contains not only Borrow’s remarks on the history
of Romany, and his vocabulary of the language, occupying fifty-odd
pages, but a batch of Gypsy proverbs, in Romany and English, some
scraps of the scriptures rendered into Gypsy, the “Book of wisdom of
the Egyptians,” a list of favored Gypsy names of countries and towns,
and many quaint odds and ends of folk-lore.” (N. Y. Times.)

+ =Acad.= 68: 751. Jl. 22, ‘05. 2260w.

“It is in fact, a book in which the admirer of Isopel Berners may find
much to entertain him for an hour or so.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 656. O. 7, ‘05. 180w.

“A very serviceable edition in size, weight, and typography.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 384. O. 14, ‘05. 170w.

=Bosanquet, Rev. Bernard Hugh, and Wenham, Reginald A.= Outlines of the synoptic record. *$1.70. Longmans.

This volume “sets forth present opinion as to the synoptic question,
and gives an outline of the life of Jesus and a summary of his
teaching according to the first three gospels.”—Ind.

* “The object of the writers of the book was to prepare a narrative
based strictly on the three gospels which would embody the results of
recent investigations in England unobtrusively and impartially, and
their efforts have been successful.”

+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 1: 460. Ap. 15. 470w.

=Ind.= 58: 1013. My. 4, ‘05. 40w.

“A reticence is observable in dealing with miraculous narratives which
contrasts with the freedom exercised in the non-miraculous. With this
limitation, the book, while not professing to be a life of Jesus, is a
good critical outline of his career as exhibited in the first three
Gospels.”

+ + — =Outlook.= 79: 196. Ja. 21, ‘05. 70w.

=Bosworth, Edward Increase.= Studies in the life of Jesus Christ. 90c; pa. 60c. Y. M. C. A.

“In two parts: the first based on the synoptic Gospels, following Mark
with supplementary references to the other two Gospels; the second
based on the fourth Gospel, well planned, neglectful neither of the
historical growth of Judaism nor of the literary character of the
different Gospels.”—Outlook.

+ + =Outlook.= 79: 654. Mr. 11, ‘05. 50w.

* =Boulton, William B.= Sir Joshua Reynolds. **$3. Dutton.

“Mr. Boulton’s work is the fullest in biographical interest of any of
those which have appeared since Leslie and Taylor in 1865. To the
students of technical processes of Reynolds’ art the book makes but
slight appeal.... Reynolds entered very fully into the social and
intellectual life of his time, and the wealth of anecdote of
contemporary diarists and letter-writers has been aptly laid under
contribution.... The illustrations ... are well selected and
excellently reproduced.”—Ath.

* + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 652. N. 11. 1180w.

* “Mr. Boulton has written a most useful handbook, entirely
trustworthy and keen on the elaboration of what others have suggested.
Of a wealth of material he has also made splendid and always
proportionate use.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 796. N. 25, ‘05. 180w.

* “In saying that the present volume is less interesting than Sir
Walter’s we do not say that it is less valuable. More people probably
will agree with Mr. Boulton’s critical estimate of the great president
of the Royal academy than with Sir Walter Armstrong’s estimate. Sir
Walter’s book is only the more interesting of the two because it is
less conventional and more original.”

+ + — =Outlook.= 81: 892. D. 9, ‘05. 170w.

=Bourget, Paul (Charles Joseph).= Divorce. $1.50. Scribner.

“The scenes of this novel are laid in France. It concerns Gabrielle, a
woman divorced from her husband, whose remarriage to another man is
one of highest ideals. Owing to religious fervor, however, Gabrielle
becomes estranged from her second husband. The other thread in the
story deals with the love affair of the heroine’s son, who has been as
thoroughly educated and cared for by his mother’s second husband as by
an own father.”—Bookm.

“M. Bourget has constructed a diagram to illustrate his view of the
sacredness of marriage, and has called it a novel.”

— =Critic.= 46: 380. Ap. ‘05. 110w.

“M. Bourget sketches his characters and states their opinions with
great fairness.”

+ + — =Ind.= 58: 1005. My. 4, ‘05. 1490w.

“Distinctly the strongest piece of fiction which M. Bourget has
written. Whether the reader agrees with its extreme position or not,
he cannot fail to be impressed by its sincerity of conviction, its
powerful analysis, and its admirable style. It is a piece of fiction
of very unusual strength and dignity.”

+ + + =Outlook.= 79: 142. Ja. 14, ‘05. 270w.

“There is a certain finesse about the plot that is commendable with
the mental reservation that only a Frenchman will commend it. There is
not enough beef and iron in Paul Bourget’s psychology to commend him
to the average American.”

+ — =Pub. Opin.= 38: 25. Ja. 5, ‘05. 410w.

“Paul Bourget’s latest work is ostensibly a novel, but to English
readers it will appear as a purely pathological presentation of the
relation between the Roman church and its adherents in the matter of
divorce. It is really the story of an intense mental and moral
struggle between religion and love.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 31: 383. Mr. ‘05. 100w.

=Bourne, Robert William (John Wright, pseud.).= Home mechanic: a manual for industrial schools and amateurs. *$2.50. Dutton.

An English book, the usefulness of which in the United States is
qualified by the necessity of making allowances for the difference in
prices, measures, and shop practice. It teaches the use of tools and
the construction of machines. There are many diagrams and cuts.

“Very comprehensive and practical work.”

+ =Ind.= 58: 270. F. 2, ‘05. 50w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 199. Ap. 1, ‘05. 310w. (Survey of scope).

“Carefully designed to teach the use of tools and the construction of
machines.”

+ + =Outlook.= 79: 245. Ja. 28, ‘05. 20w.

=Boutmy, Emile.= English people: a study of their political psychology from the French by E. English; with an introd. by J: E: Courtenay Bodley. *$2.50. Putnam.

“This work is divided into five distinct parts: (1) the national type,
(2) the human environment, (3) the Englishman—moral and social, (4)
the Englishman as a politician, (5) the individual and the state. At
the very outset the author sounds the keynote of his book in pointing
out the disdain of the English people for abstractions and their love
of fact.... While primarily a psychological analysis of the English
people, at the same time the author gives a considerable insight into
French character.”—Ann. Am. Acad.

“While there is too much of generalization, which detracts greatly
from the scientific value, the book is full of interest, and possesses
an easy flowing style which will commend it to the majority of
readers.”

+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 25: 335. Mr. ‘05. 350w.

“It is piquant, varied, plausible in spots, interesting all over,—and
fatally unconvincing. The solution is too neat to be true. The English
dress which the work bears is fair on the whole, but the translator’s
unsure foothold in the region of idiom occasionally reminds one of its
Gallic origin.” Winthrop More Daniels.

+ — =Atlan.= 95: 551. Ap. ‘05. 390w.

=Bouton, Archibald Lewis.= See Lincoln and Douglas debates.

=Boyd, James E.= Differential equations, 60c. James E. Boyd, Columbus, O.

A little book well adapted to serve as a basis for the study at home
of this branch of calculus which is often not fully covered in the
engineering courses of the technical colleges.

“It is clear in its exposition.”

+ + + =Engin.= N. 53: 641. Je. 15, ‘05. 200w.

* =Boyesen, Bayard.= Marsh: a poem. $1. Badger, R. G.

A tragedy in poem-drama form. A gaunt mother and an aged father are
left alone in the castle of Nyarva by Luxander, their only son, who,
followed by Nyassa, “a vague faint flower on a waving stem” who loves
him, goes out into the darkness accursed of God at the call of the
“blind marsh and restless surge,” led by a spirit within him “stronger
than life, or Christ, or love.”

=Boyle, Mrs. Virginia (Fraser).= Serena †$1.50. Barnes.

“A story of the South during the Civil war, thoroughly provincial. The
plot turns upon the cowardice of the twin brother of the heroine. The
latter takes her brother’s place in the Confederate army, leading his
deserted men to victory. This is the one blot upon Southern chivalry
in the tale, while the author evidently holds that both civilians and
soldiers north of Mason and Dixon’s line were knaves and coarse
mercenaries.”—Outlook.

“Is written in a spirit that few readers nowadays will find
sympathetic.”

— =Critic.= 47: 284. S. ‘05. 40w.

— =Ind.= 59: 210. Jl. 27, ‘05. 70w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 324. My. 20, ‘05. 250w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 16: 390. Je. 17, ‘05. 150w.

+ — =Outlook.= 80: 247. My. 27, ‘05. 70w.

“The plot is conventional, the love affair ordinary, and the whole
story commonplace. Its atoning feature is its easy wording.”

+ — =Pub. Opin.= 38: 869. Je. 3, ‘05. 90w.

... “The amateurish plot construction, the lack of connection between
parts, the absence of a well-defined story motive.”

— + =Reader.= 6: 596. O. ‘05. 220w.

=Brace, Benjamin.= Sunrise acres. †$1.50. Dodd.

A young athlete and football player is made heir to half a million
dollars by his uncle on condition that he seek out and thrash a man
who had once beaten this uncle in fair fight for a lady. The nephew
finds his man and also finds him to be the father of a pretty
daughter, but the fight takes place nevertheless with amusing
complications.

“The author has an excellent idea for a farce comedy. He has
unfortunately lacked some skill in execution.”

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 651. O. 7, ‘05. 190w.

+ — =Outlook.= 81: 579. N. 4, ‘05. 50w.

=Braddon, Mary Elizabeth (Mrs. John Maxwell).= Rose of life. †$1.50. Brentano’s.

“Miss Braddon must be congratulated on having described a real human
being in her new novel. Daniel Lester, the poet, to whom the reader is
introduced in the very first line, is a remarkable creation, and a
creation which would only have been possible in the present day....
Indeed, readers of the book will almost be persuaded that they are
familiar with his personal appearance, so intimately will they seem
acquainted with the huge man whose delicate tact, colossal
selfishness, unfailing amiability, and atrocious greed make him such
an amusing companion.... The book, beyond the figure of the poet, is a
little commonplace, and the beautiful but unscrupulous Lady
Beauminster is entirely conventional and melodramatic. But the novel
as a whole is a not uninteresting background to its principal figure,
and is worth reading solely for the one admirable piece of
character-drawing which it contains.”—Spec.

+ — =Ath.= 1905, 1: 651. My. 27. 210w.

“This latest of many canvases is as big as any.”

+ =Lond. Times.= 4: 161. My. 19. 490w.

“The merit of the story lies in the first part, and particularly in
the artistic perfection of the character of Daniel Lester.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 555. Ag. 26, ‘05. 350w.

+ — =Spec.= 94: 717. My. 13, ‘05. 370w.

=Bradford, Amory H.= Inward light. **$1.20. Crowell.

The author says: “The teaching of the book may be condensed as
follows: There is in every man light sufficient to disclose all the
truth that is needed for the purpose of life: that light is from God
who dwells in humanity as He is immanent in the universe; therefore
the source of authority is to be formed within the soul and not in
external authority of church, or creed or book: that light being
divine must be continuous; it will never fail; it will lead to all
truth and show things to come; and it may be implicitly trusted.”

* “The analytical critic will pass it by because it is neither
analytical nor polemical, but the devout soul will find spiritual
nutriment in it, and for the devout soul it has been written.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 835. D. 2, ‘05. 160w.

* + =R. of Rs.= 32: 752. D. ‘05. 70w.

=Bradford, Gamaliel, jr.= Pageant of life. $1.25. Badger, R: G.

Poems for book lovers grouped under the headings: A pageant of life;
The villa of Hadrian; Song of the sirens to Ulysses; A verse of
Isaiah; Leopardi; Sonnets; Songs and lyrics; Prologue and lyrics from
a mad world; Translations.

“Besides these, and other sonnets, Mr. Bradford’s volume gives us some
charming lyrics, a deeply-sympathetic poem placed upon the lips of
Leopardi, and two successful translations from that world-wearied
singer.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ + =Dial.= 39: 68. Ag. 1, ‘05. 180w.

“‘A pageant of life’ ... is the intelligent verse of a scholarly man
of fine sensibilities, who has meditated the literary history of the
world long and minutely.”

+ + =Nation.= 80: 294. Ap. 13, ‘05. 130w.

“Although he occasionally sinks into ... banality ... his muse is on
the whole sturdy and self-respecting.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 406. Je. 17, ‘05. 390w.

=Bradford, Gamaliel, jr.= Private tutor. †$1.50. Houghton.

“An artist manqué” accompanied by “the graceless son of an American
millionaire,” makes a tour thru Europe, and records his experiences in
a manner to call forth the following statement from the Dial:
“‘Glorified Baedeker or Hare’ would do fairly well as a
characterization of these pages, which are the result of a sympathetic
intimacy with the scenes described.”

“Is an amateurish production, without much to tell in the way of a
story, but having some very pretty pages descriptive of Rome, where
the action is laid. The author exhibits no power of characterization
worth mentioning, and therein is the essential failure of his novel.
This defect is hardly to be offset by style and observation, which
qualities are in fair measure his.” W. M. Payne.

— =Dial.= 38: 128. F. 16, ‘05. 230w.

“It is a very good story, told with sufficient humor to make it almost
a comedy.”

+ =Ind.= 59: 394. Ag. 17, ‘05. 130w.

=Bradley, A. C.= Shakespearian tragedy: lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth. $3.25. Macmillan.

“Besides the lectures on the tragedies themselves, Prof. Bradley, of
the University of Oxford, writes on ‘The substance of Shakespearean
tragedy,’ ‘Construction in Shakespeare’s tragedies,’ and
‘Shakespeare’s tragic period.’ His purpose in presenting these four
tragedies is, as he states, ‘to increase our understanding and
enjoyment of these works as dramas; to learn to apprehend the action
and some of the personages of each with a somewhat greater truth and
intensity, so that they may assume in our imagination a shape little
less unlike the shape they wore in the imagination of their creator.’
“To the single task of interpretation he accordingly devoted himself,
examining each of the tragedies individually, after a preliminary
inquiry into such questions germane to all four as Shakespeare’s
conception of tragedy and the form in which he expressed that
conception.”” (Outlook).

“Every question, every controversy, theory, view, or supposition which
arises, he subjects to the same test. It is another merit of the book
that every question is submitted to common-sense argumentation. The
arrangement of the book is admirable.” R. Y. Tyrrell.

+ + =Acad.= 68: 229. Mr. 11, ‘05. 2240w.

“In our opinion a book like that which is before us is not much less
essential for the complete comprehension of Shakespeare’s tragedies
than an atlas is for the fruitful study of geography.” R. Y. Tyrrell.

+ + =Acad.= 68: 266. Mr. 18, ‘05. 1350w.

“In thoroughness of workmanship the book recalls German models.”

+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 1: 602. My. 13. 2270w.

“But there can be no doubt as to the gratitude which every student who
has been puzzled by these familiar problems must feel to Professor
Bradley for the help afforded by his careful and sympathetic volume.”
R. W. Chambers.

+ + + =Hibbert J.= 4: 213. O. ‘05. 1630w.

“Is an excellent example of sedate English critical scholarship.”

+ + =Ind.= 58: 839. Ap. 13, ‘05. 440w.

* “It is the best piece of Shakespearean criticism published for some
time.”

+ + + =Ind.= 59: 1163. N. 16, ‘05. 110w.

“The book is worthy of its theme; and it will carry the reader deeper
into the mind of Shakespeare—deeper, I believe, than of any other
commentator.” Henry Jones.

+ + + =Int. J. Ethics.= 16: 99. O. ‘05. 2920w.

“A great mass of erudition, thoroughly digested, reasoned, and
ordered, is brought to bear not merely on the four tragedies
professedly dealt with, but incidentally on the other plays as well;
the ideas are expressed in a style always admirably clear and often of
a finely restrained eloquence.”

+ + =Nation.= 80: 506. Je. 22, ‘05. 1890w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 24. Ja. 14, ‘05. 340w.

“An intellectual treat. The originality, the analytical ability, the
poetic perception.... Into all phases of his task he throws himself
with enthusiasm. If he is not always convincing, he is always helpful,
the sum total of his efforts being to produce a work which is really a
welcome and distinctly useful addition to the already voluminous
literature on the subject.”

+ + =Outlook.= 79: 247. Ja. 28, ‘05. 190w.

“From the beginning to the end the level is sustained, exact criticism
never sinks, and at times there is in the interpretation an
imagination and a poetry which make the book in the truest sense a
work of creation. His explanations are so lucid, so compelling that,
novel though many of them are, we are almost invariably convinced. We
have no hesitation in putting Professor Bradley’s book far above any
modern Shakespearean criticism that we know, worthy to rank very near
the immortal work of Lamb and Coleridge.”

+ + + =Spec.= 94: 138. Ja. 28, ‘05. 2120w.

=Bradley, Henry.= Making of English. *$1. Macmillan.

The avowed object of this book is “to give educated readers unversed
in philology some notions of the excellencies and defects of modern
English as an instrument of expression.” The author discusses first
the grammar, second the vocabulary, of our language. The history of
the decay of inflection and the development of the new machinery which
took its place is given, and the principles of composition, derivation
and root creation are discussed at length. The closing chapter deals
with the contribution of individual writers.

“English-speaking people, especially Americans, whose interest in
their own language has always been conspicuous, will ask nothing
better than to study its history under Dr. Bradley’s guidance.”

+ + =Outlook.= 79: 1054. Ap. 29, ‘05. 2060w.

=Bradley, William Aspenwall.= William Cullen Bryant. **75c. Macmillan.

A volume in the “English men of letters series.” While he deals
particularly with Bryant as the “poet and man of letters, Mr. Bradley
touches upon his qualities as a man of affairs and his participation
in the politics of the time; and as the beloved citizen and foremost
figure at the civic celebrations of New York city.” (N. Y. Times.)

“Is what seems a perfectly reasonable estimate of Bryant as a poet.”
H. W. Boynton.

+ + =Atlan.= 96: 275. Ag. ‘05. 600w.

“The story of Bryant’s life is told plainly and succinctly,
accompanied by very sensible comment on his writings and a not
illiberal estimate of his position in literature.” Edward Fuller.

+ + =Critic.= 47: 246. S. ‘05. 480w.

“A convenient, clear, and thoroughly readable biography.”

+ + =Dial.= 39: 116. S. 1, ‘05. 560w.

“Is more critical than sympathetic.”

+ =Ind.= 58: 1128. My. 18. ‘05. 150w.

“While his story lacks something of the ‘detailed verisimilitude of
his predecessors,’ it does present a view of Bryant the poet that is,
perhaps, a little more integral and impressive. No one has yet written
at length of Bryant with a firmer hold on the American origins of his
poetry or a wider perspective of general literature.”

+ + — =Nation.= 80: 443. Je. 1. ‘05. 1010w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 200. Ap. 1, ‘05. 180w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 338. My. 27, ‘05. 1280w.

+ =Outlook.= 80: 144. My. 13, ‘05. 150w.

“Little that is valuable or striking is added to the sum total of
estimates of Bryant’s place in American literature. From the
biographical side the book deserves great praise.”

+ + — =Pub. Opin.= 39: 94. Jl. 15, ‘05. 90w.

=Brady, Cyrus Townsend.= Conquest of the Southwest: the story of a great spoliation. **$1.50. Appleton.

“A story of the struggle for independence in Texas, also, of the
Mexican war, beginning with the Treaty of 1819 and concluding with the
Compromise of 1850. The volume, which is well illustrated with
drawings and maps, is an addition to ‘The expansion of the republic
series.’”—Bookm.

“The author has made a careful study of the vast literature bearing
upon the subject.”

+ + + =Critic.= 47: 190. Ag. ‘05. 80w.

“It is written simply and effectively, and with less elaboration of
detail than previous works from the same hand.”

+ =Dial.= 38: 275. Ap. 16, ‘05. 220w.

=Ind.= 58: 727. Mr. 30, ‘05. 60w.

“The book is written in an easy, pleasant, and decidedly popular
style. It is, indeed, a popular account of the Mexican war and events
leading up to it, rather than what the author insists on calling it—a
monograph.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 156. Mr. 11, ‘05. 1050w.

“... An outline narrative in which shall be presented, lucidly,
impartially, and in proper proportion, the salient aspects, episodes,
and personalities. Such a presentation may fairly be said to be
embodied in Dr. Brady’s book.”

+ + =Outlook.= 79: 604. Mr. 4, ‘05. 260w.

=Brady, Cyrus Townsend.= Indian fights and fighters. **$1.30. McClure.

“The material for this book has been secured from various documents,
and from officers and men who were in the engagements. It is divided
into two parts: Protecting the Frontier, and the War with the Sioux.
An account of Custer’s defeat is given in the appendix. It is an
addition to the ‘American fights and fighters’ series.” (Bookm.) “Mr.
Brady seems a bit hampered as a story teller in many of the chapters
by the wealth of facts he has to deal with and cling to, but is at his
best in the description of the battle of the Wichita, where Custer led
his troops against the Cheyennes under the leadership of Black
Kettle.” (N. Y. Times).

=Am. Hist. R.= 10: 720. Ap. ‘05. 130w.

“The book, like its three predecessors, is fairly authentic history,
and every endeavor has been made to set down the facts without fear or
favor.”

+ + =Dial.= 38: 202. Mr. 16, ‘05. 300w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 52. Ja. 28, ‘05. 1160w.

* =Brady, Cyrus Townsend.= My lady’s slipper. **$1.50. Dodd.

“Francis Burnham, an American midshipman, finds himself in the power
of the villainous Marquis du Tremigon, and is forced to assume a
disguise and enter the apartments of the beautiful Comtesse de Villars
to steal a token for the Marquis—a slipper worn by her, if
possible, ... and because he refuses to do the Marquis’s bidding there
are dark days in prison and other dangers in store for him. But the
slipper is a talisman of good fortune, and ... the Comtesse is made
happy for life, and so is Burnham. The book is in a pretty binding of
blue and gold, the illustrations are gracefully designed by Charlotte
Weber Ditzler.”—N. Y. Times.

* =Critic.= 47: 577. D. ‘05. 30w.

* “The story of their love affairs is a pretty trifle, well adapted to
its ornate setting.”

+ =Dial.= 39: 447. D. 16, ‘05. 140w.

* =Ind.= 59: 1377. D. 14, ‘05. 80w.

* =N. Y. Times.= 10: 822. D. 3, ‘05. 180w.

* =Outlook.= 81: 683. N. 18, ‘05. 30w.

=Brady, Cyrus Townsend.= Three daughters of the Confederacy. †$1.50. Dillingham.

The history and romance of three Southern girls with the Civil war
setting which Mr. Brady is past master of. The adventures of the first
take place on the Atlantic coast during the blockade at the beginning
of the war, while the Mississippi river furnishes the background for
the experiences of the second who marries a Yankee non-combatant and
straightway rues it. The third is a girl of such great daring that she
faces the enemy with her lover on the battlefield during “Stonewall
Jackson’s greatest day.”

=Brady, Cyrus Townsend.= Two captains. †$1.50. Macmillan.

“A story of Nelson and Bonaparte in the troubled times of France’s
struggle to free herself from monarchy. The long, detailed accounts of
sea fights and naval maneuvers will doubtless interest some readers,
but the popular taste will find more gratification in the love story
of the bold young Irish sea captain and the unhappy French countess
whom he rescues from many perils and finally wins for his
wife.”—Outlook.

“A brightly contrived romance of an interesting period, which suffers
somewhat from the intrusion of the two gigantic historical figures.”

+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 1: 460. Ap. 15. 310w.

Reviewed by Wm. M. Payne.

+ + =Dial.= 38: 390. Je. 1, ‘05. 260w.

— + =Ind.= 59: 582. S. 7, ‘05. 250w.

“A very creditable and entertaining book.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 126. F. 25, ‘05. 560w.

=Outlook.= 79: 505. F. 25, ‘05. 70w.

“The story itself is not of great significance. Mr. Brady has a sure
touch in his pictures of battles, whatever one may think of his
romantic passages. Nelson, too, is impressively presented. If it does
nothing else, the book may at least inspire some of its readers with
the desire to study in sober history the progress of the events which
are here so rapidly but glowingly sketched.”

+ + =Pub. Opin.= 38: 391. Mr. 11, ‘05. 260w.

=Brain, Belle Marvel.= All about Japan; stories of the sunrise land told for little folks. **$1. Revell.

“Miss Brain is already favorably known as a writer of ‘missionary’
stories for children, and in her present volume she manages to
incorporate, in a style peculiarly adapted to the juvenile mind, a
great variety of interesting facts concerning the history, life,
customs and manners of the Japanese, as well as brief biographies of
some of the most successful of those who have given themselves to the
task of spreading the gospel of Christ throughout the islands.”—Lit.
D.

“An excellent gift-book in every sense.”

+ + =Lit. D.= 31: 626. O. 28, ‘05. 110w.

“In it we have not only a capital book for little folks but a welcome
volume for their elders.”

+ + =Outlook.= 81: 234. S. 23, ‘05. 110w.

=Brainerd, Eleanor Hoyt.= Concerning Belinda. $1.50. Doubleday.

The experiences of an attractive western girl as “Youngest teacher” in
a fashionable New York finishing school for girls are most
entertainingly narrated here. Belinda’s initiation into the mysteries
of responsibility took place the night of her arrival when she was
delegated to chaperone twelve strange maidens to the theatre, whom at
the close she utterly forgot when Jack Wendell dropped into the midst
of her homesick gloom. The chapters all furnish disconnected bits
taken from life in a fashionable school, with now and then the least
suggestion of romance.

“Is written with the same lightness and sprightly humor that
characterized the author’s previous stories.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 651. O. 7, ‘05. 150w.

* “There are a number of other stories, all equally bright and
entertaining, and a private love affair or two for the pretty Belinda
herself.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 822. D. 2, ‘05. 210w.

=Brainerd, Henry C.= Old family doctor. *$1. Clark, A. H.

It might be fancied that this family doctor is some kin to Dr.
McLaren’s much beloved old Scotch doctor. At least there are
characteristics, sacrifices and experiences in common. One chapter of
the six, “Views,” showing the superstitious beliefs of a quack
concocter of unheard-of remedies, is exceedingly clever.

=Braithwaite, William Stanley.= Lyrics of life and love. **$1. Turner, H. B.

“The poems of that rising young negro poet, William Stanley
Braithwaite have been collected under the general title ‘Lyrics of
life and love.’”—R. of Rs.