Chapter L: Part II: is devoted to ‘The mountain ranges of the earth’—the (3)

The other side of the lantern, as seen by the king’s physician, is not
bright. His story is tinged by the sadness of the scenes he saw by
sick beds and in hospitals, but what he saw, he saw clearly and
describes with color, charm and reality. He tells of Gibraltar, Crete,
Port Said, India, Burma, China and Japan, and gives a few words to
America, which he visited on his way home.

“Written throughout with an animation obviously unforced.” J. B. G.

+ + =Critic.= 47: 91. Jl. ‘05. 460w.

“The point of view is that of a cultivated man of the world who is
able to set his impressions down in excellent English, and the result
is thoroughly readable.” Wallace Rice.

+ + =Dial.= 38: 382. Je. 1, 05. 840w.

“The book is both trivial and ordinary, pictures and all. Those who
like the commonplace may enjoy this book.”

— — + =Nation.= 80: 459. Je. 8, ‘05. 280w.

“A book written in terse and epigrammatic style, as full of cleverness
as anything written by Kipling, and intensely interesting. But there
is nothing deeper in the book than first impressions. It is the best
book of travel that has been written for years.” T. H. H.

+ + + =Nature.= 71: 553. Ap. 13, ‘05. 1470w.

“He has at times a very pretty knack of description.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 277. Ap. 29, ‘05. 990w.

“... So vivid are the pictures which the traveller draws for us, so
penetrating his criticism of life and manners. It is the chapters on
Japan that we find the most interesting part of a highly interesting
book. We have to thank Sir Frederick Treves for a quite admirable
volume of travel.”

+ + =Spec.= 94: 442. Mr. 25. ‘05. 1970w.

Trident and the net: a novel, by the author of The martyrdom of an empress. *$1.50. Harper.

“The book is simply the life-story of a Breton nobleman, of violent
passions and astounding inability to avoid the paths of obvious folly.
It begins by depicting his unregulated childhood in Brittany,
describes his later career as a deserter from the French navy, a
wanderer over many seas and lands, and a victim of a vulgar ‘liaison,’
and ends in a squalid lodging-house in New York, where he lies
desperately ill of pneumonia.”—Dial.

“We close it with a sense of exasperation at the recklessness of its
composition and its wasteful use of what might have been the material
of an admirable work.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ — =Dial.= 39: 207. O. 1, ‘05. 380w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 643. S. 30, ‘05. 590w.

=Outlook.= 81: 283. S. 30, ‘05. 110w.

=Trollope, Anthony.= Autobiography. $1.25. Dodd.

“A new edition of a very interesting book by one of the most
industrious and in many ways one of the most successful novelists of
the past generation, printed and bound in a style uniform with the
excellent edition of Trollope’s novels issued by the same
publishers.”—Outlook.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 682. O. 14, ‘05. 450w.

=Outlook.= 81: 523. O. 28, ‘05. 50w.

=Trollope, Henry M.= Life of Molière. Dutton.

Mr. Trollope “has collected his information from unimpeachable
sources, he has translated this material into English, combining with
it lengthy criticisms upon the plays; and the result is a very bulky
volume.... As the book possesses a moderately good index, it forms a
useful compendium, a summary of the information at present existing
concerning Molière and his immediate entourage.”—Acad.

* “It is not a biography to which a reader will turn again and again
for the mere pleasure of reading it; it is almost impossible to read
it for long because of its weight, the dull, uninteresting appearance
of the page, and more fatal objection still, the heavy, horizontal
style in which it is written. The volume would have gained vastly had
it been ruthlessly cut down to half its present size.”

+ — =Acad.= 68: 1193. N. 18, ‘05. 630w.

* “It is with honest regret that a reviewer is forced to record his
opinion that this biography of Mr. Trollope’s is not worthy of its
theme, and that the biographer has been unable to rise to the height
of his subject. So far as the mere compilation of the facts is
concerned, it is possible to praise the book, although not without
many reservations in matters of detail. But he has not succeeded in
casting any new light on the facts, and he has failed totally to evoke
the noble figure of Molière himself and to make us realize the real
achievements of the greatest of comic dramatists.” Brander Matthews.

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 816. D. 2, ‘05. 2310w.

=Troubetzkoy, Amelie (Rives) Chanler, princess.= Selene. **$1.20. Harper.

A dramatic poem in blank verse which gives a version of the story of
Endymion and the moon goddess.

“There seems, to us, in the choice of theme and in its treatment, a
true revival of essential poesy, opulent, free, unclouded by
psychological problem or symbol-compelling obscurity.” Edith M.
Thomas.

+ + =Critic.= 46: 561. Je. ‘05. 850w.

“Through the major part of the long piece the princess has written
admirable blank verse.”

+ =Nation.= 81: 18. Jl. 6, ‘05. 480w.

“There is no demand upon intense sympathies, the story is well and
swiftly told, and the poetry fulfills at least two-thirds of Milton’s
requirement.”

+ + — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 510. Ag. 5, ‘05. 390w.

“The story is told with the real poet’s rapture in rhythm and in
delicately tinted phrase. Its cadences are true and songful, its
imagery fresh in conception and vista-opening.”

+ + =Reader.= 6: 474. S. ‘05. 200w.

=Trow, Charles Edward.= Old shipmasters of Salem, **$2.50. Putnam.

“A plain story, well told, of the old merchant-captains who used to
sail square-rigged vessels out of the Massachusetts port to the East
Indies, a hundred years or so ago; and of later voyages, down to the
decline and extinction of that once-flourishing industry.... The text
is freely illustrated. The portraits of some of these marine worthies
are of more than passing interest. That of Capt. Joseph Peabody
(1757-1844), for instance.... There are several pictures of
ships.”—Nation.

“Seems to know little of its connexion with English or American
history.”

+ — =Ath.= 1905, 1: 750. Je. 17. 240w.

“A book containing much curious and interesting matter ... served up
with a generous pictorial accompaniment.”

+ =Dial.= 38: 241. Ap. 1, ‘05. 190w.

“As a whole this rambling volume has little to attract and nothing to
hold the general reader.”

— =Ind.= 58: 1251. Je. 1, ‘05. 110w.

“The field of narration is not extensive, and the subject is treated
with all the fulness it deserves. The writer commands an excellent
style.”

+ + =Nation.= 80: 191. Mr. 9, ‘05. 160w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 114. F. 25, ‘05. 1560w. (Abstract of
contents.)

“The author seems to have made a faithful study of the documentary
materials, and the result is a book of no little historical and
biographical value.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 31: 372. Mr. ‘05. 70w.

+ =Spec.= 94: 790. My. 27, ‘05. 250w.

=Trumbull, Charles Gallaudet.= Pilgrimage to Jerusalem; Pilgrim’s ed. $2.50. S. S. Times co.

An account is here given of the “cruise of the delegates to the
World’s Sunday-school convention held in Jerusalem and of the travels
of the members of the party elsewhere.” (Outlook.)

+ =Ind.= 58: 1423. Je. 22, ‘05. 100w.

“Long and over-detailed.”

— + =Outlook.= 79: 504. F. 25, ‘05. 70w.

=Tschudi, Clara.= Maria Sophia, queen of Naples; tr. from the Norwegian by Ethel Harriet Hearn. $2.50. Dutton.

Miss Tschudi now adds a new name to her galaxy of queens. In the
present biography, the author misses the fine perspective possible in
the case of her “Marie Antoinette,” and “Queen Elizabeth.” Yet she has
given a dramatic and sympathetic account with sufficient accuracy to
make it acceptable of the woman whom Daudet immortalized after a
distinctive fashion in his “Kings in exile.” While on the one hand it
seems an indignity to one living to have a panorama of the details of
private life thrust before her, the book is of atoning interest as a
study of the events leading to the downfall of the Italian Bourbons.

— + =Acad.= 68: 732. Jl. 15, ‘05. 1300w.

“Is rather too slight in substance to make a book of.”

— + =Nation.= 81: 183. Ag. 31, ‘05. 160w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 437. Jl. 1, ‘05. 280w.

“The book is entertaining and has less of cloying sweetness than most
women’s books of its brand.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 495. Jl. 29, ‘05. 560w.

“Told about it in not too picturesque phrase, and in sometimes
slovenly style—but this may be due to the translator rather than to
the author.”

+ — =Outlook.= 80: 884. Ag. 5, ‘05. 140w.

=Tuckwell, Rev. William.= Reminiscences of a radical parson. $2. Cassell.

“All unconsciously the Radical parson reveals to us in this book a
very charming and thoroughly human personality. A college don, a
schoolmaster, and then, in later years, the incumbent of a college
living, Mr. Tuckwell first attracted public attention by his
unconventional methods of working his parish.... He was getting on in
years before he delivered his first political speech, though ... he
had delivered nearly a thousand orations before he decided to
retire.... There are many political reminiscences of Gladstone, and
indeed of many other famous men.”—Acad.

“Mr. Tuckwell’s latest volume is full of entertainment.”

+ + — =Acad.= 68: 360. Ap. 1, ‘05. 830w.

+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 1: 455. Ap. 15. 1780w.

“The combination of scholarly polish, graceful wit, and hard common
sense in the author of this veracious and on the whole convincing
narrative, is very pleasing.” Percy F. Bicknell.

+ + =Dial.= 39: 80. Ag. 16, ‘05. 2040w.

“Mr. Tuckwell writes with a vigor and a directness, and a positive
candor, and an intensity of conviction that make interesting reading.”

+ + — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 403. Je. 17, ‘05. 1140w.

“With himself the preacher is exceedingly well contented.”

— =Sat. R.= 99: 705. My. 27, ‘05. 1140w.

* + — =Spec.= 95: 688. N. 4, ‘05. 790w.

=Tuker, M. A. R., and Malleson, Hope.= Rome: painted by Alberta Pisa. *$6. Macmillan.

Seventy fine pieces of color-work by Alberta Pisa serve to illustrate
the twelve chapters upon Rome, her buildings, catacombs, people,
religion and the Roman question before 1870 and since that year.

“It is good to meet with an artist who will see Rome for himself and
paint her as he sees her, even though there be some little discrepancy
between text and illustrations. Even so, this book is one of the best
in all this fine series.”

+ + — =Acad.= 68: 633. Je. 17, ‘05. 770w.

* “Altogether, it is a book to be read, for breadth of view and depth
of sympathy. There is but little complaint to make on the score of
inaccuracies.”

+ + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 730. N. 25. 620w.

“The text is almost as fascinating as the illustrations.”

+ + + =Ind.= 59: 331. Ag. 10, ‘05. 420w.

+ + =Nation.= 81: 40. Jl. 13, ‘05. 740w.

* =N. Y. Times.= 10: 336. My. 2, ‘05. 290w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 336. My. 20, ‘05. 290w.

“The illustrations are offered as the chief reason for the book’s
existence; and they are certainly fascinating. But the text is no less
valuable, and is its own excuse for being.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 373. Je. 10, ‘05. 1730w.

“In the main they have the readable quality, and offer a good many
acceptable views of the customs, traditions, and daily life of the
people of Rome.”

+ + =Outlook.= 80: 345. Je. 3, ‘05. 270w.

=Turbayne, A. A.= Alphabets and numerals designed and drawn by A. A. Turbayne. *$2. Van Nostrand.

Twenty-seven full-page plates which give “severe readable types” of
letters and numbers. They have been designed “for the designer or
craftsman to copy, alter, and arrange in their handicraft after their
own fancy,” and they are based upon old Roman, Gothic, and Italic
forms.

“One of the best books for practical purposes that we have had before
us for a long time.”

+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 1: 760. Je. 17. 310w.

“A splendid and inspiring vade mecum for the artistic ‘letterer,’
whether engaged in designing posters, advertisements, or elaborate
lettered signs.”

+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 515. Ag. 5, ‘05. 220w.

=Turner, Harry Winthrop, and Hobart, Henry Metcalf.= Insulation of electric machines. $4.50. Macmillan.

This book is “the result of twenty years of practical work.... Among
the topics discussed are some properties of insulating materials, the
insulation on ‘magnet wires’ employed in armature and field windings,
mica and mica compounds, drying insulations, taping machines and tapes
and bands, transformer insulation, impregnated cloths and fabrics, oil
for insulating, &c. There are a bibliography and an index, a large
number of diagrams, plans ... tables and footnotes. The book appears
in the ‘Specialists’ series.”—N. Y. Times.

“It will be welcomed by the electrical engineer as a most valuable
addition to his library.” Ernest Wilson.

+ + =Nature.= 72: 149. Je. 15, ‘05. 490w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 377. Je. 10, ‘05. 150w.

=Turner, Henry Gyles.= History of the colony of Victoria from its discovery to its absorption into the commonwealth of Australia. $7. Longmans.

“The history begins with an unsuccessful attempt to found a convict
settlement at Fort Philip, and carries the story of Victoria down to
the end of the nineteenth century.... The municipal history and the
astonishing growth of Melbourne ... are particularly well told. The
same may be said of the chapters dealing with the discoveries of gold
and with the political and social turmoil which the discovery of gold
entailed; also of those describing the methods of parceling out
government lands, ... the causes of the panic and the financial
disasters of 1890-1893, and ... the long-drawn-out agitation which
finally led to the establishment of the Australian commonwealth. There
is an admirable index.”—Am. Hist. R.

“Mr. Turner’s work is obviously that of an old settler—a labor of love
on which many years have been spent. Regarded as such, his history of
Victoria is well done, and far above the average of colonial histories
written from this standpoint. It is written in a good clear style, and
generally carries the marks of much industry and care. While few but
specialists will be likely to read Mr. Turner’s two volumes from
beginning to end, they contain much that is of value and usefulness to
more general students, and especially to students who are interested
in the various new phases of democratic government as it has been
developed in Victoria.” Edward Porritt.

+ + =Am. Hist. R.= 10: 676. Ap. ‘05. 600w.

“Mr. Turner is more at home in dealing with politicians than with the
natural features of the country, so that, while the early history can
be perhaps read with more profit elsewhere, the political story from
1850 downwards is told with great trenchancy and knowledge.” H. E. E.

+ =Eng. Hist. R.= 20: 829. O. ‘05. 270w.

“Their sustained interest depends on the fact that he is in truth no
mere chronicler of passing events, but a reflective historian. It is
plainly and frankly critical.”

+ + + =Lond. Times.= 4: 249. Ag. 4, ‘05. 2000w.

=Turner, Herbert Hall.= Astronomical discovery. *$3. Longmans.

Six papers comprising the matter originally given in a series of
lectures at the University of Chicago. Their object is “to illustrate
by the study of a few examples, chosen almost at random, the variety
in character of astronomical discoveries.” The subjects treated are:
“Uranus and Eros,” “The discovery of Neptune,” “Bradley’s discoveries
of the aberration of light and of the mutation of the earth’s axis,”
“Accidental discoveries,” “Schwabe and the sun spot period,” and “The
variation of latitude.”

“The book is readable and interesting; and also accurate and
trustworthy, as much ‘readable’ popular science is not. Judged
according to its scope and purpose, there is little fault to be found
with the book.” C. A. Y.

+ + =Astrophys. J.= 21: 383. My. ‘05. 560w.

“There is ample internal evidence, not only that the lectures were
carefully prepared, but also of judicious selection. The second
chapter or lecture is probably the least satisfactory in the book.” W.
E. P.

+ + =Nature.= 71: 410. Mr. 2, ‘05. 910w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 9. Ja. 7, ‘05. 340w.

“Even to a non-scientific reader, and to the amateur of astronomy the
book should prove absorbing.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 126. F. 25, ‘05. 640w.

“Apart from such bearing as it may have on the philosophy of discovery
Professor Turner’s book gives excellent accounts of several
interesting chapters of astronomic history.”

+ =Sat. R.= 99: 633. My. 13, ‘05. 1030w.

“Lucid and interesting.”

+ =Spec.= 94: 788. My. 27, ‘05. 30w.

=Tweedie, Ethel B. (Harley) (Mrs. Alec. Tweedie).= Sunny Sicily. *$5. Macmillan.

An Englishwoman’s observations of Sicily, “its rustics and its ruins,”
as they now are. Descriptions of real Sicilian eating-houses, market
places, lotteries, the Mafia, the superstitions of the evil eye,
Sicilian theatres, etc. There is also a brief Sicilian history and an
account of various visits to places of interest. The volume is
illustrated with photographs and a map.

“Mrs. Tweedie is certainly flippant, with a recklessly slipshod style,
many inaccurate statements, and spelling that is peculiar either to
her or to her printer. Is valuable as a sort of ‘chatty’ Baedeker,
being not only readable, but full of practical hints for the
travellers who may be attracted by it to this wonderful island.”

+ — =Nation.= 80: 122. F. 9, ‘05. 330w.

“Provides in a very informal and personal way both information and
entertainment.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 130. Mr. 4, ‘05. 690w.

“Though by no means so erudite, the present volume, in actual
information as to present conditions, is worthy of a place alongside
that standard work, Mr. Paton’s ‘Picturesque Sicily.’”

+ + =Outlook.= 79: 197. Ja. 21, ‘05. 210w.

“She has the delightful, but uncommon, quality of an entertaining
style wedded to a real knowledge of how to tell a story.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 31: 381. Mr. ‘05. 70w.

“A brighter and more lively book of travel we have seldom read.”

+ + =Spec.= 94: 618. Ap. 29, ‘05. 560w.

=Twigg, Lizzie.= Songs and poems. 60c. Longmans.

“Miss Twigg’s ... muse belongs frankly to Ireland. The hills, the sea,
the bogs, the sunset and the dawn, she celebrates in verse that is
sincere and frequently moving. She ... sings only the earthly charms
of the green island. The sky and the soil breathe beatitudes for her,
and she beholds the flowers and cliffs and fields through an
atmosphere of golden sentiment.”—N. Y. Times.

+ =Acad.= 68: 678. Jl. 1, ‘05. 90w.

“It takes a well-nigh perfect ear for music to write such verse as
this. We may well be glad that it is so spontaneous and unaffected, so
free from bookishness and imitative endeavors.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ + =Dial.= 30: 350 N. 1, ‘05. 290w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 406. Je. 17, ‘05. 500w.

Tybout, Ella Middleton. Wife of the secretary of state. †$1.50. Lippincott.

A story of cosmopolitan Washington of no particular time or
administration which weaves mystery into a strange mixture of love,
intrigue and credulity. The wife of the secretary of state plays with
fire thru her traitorous delivery of valuable state papers into the
hands of a Russian diplomat. How she manages to come thru apparently
unharmed, and how the count relinquishes his villainy in a very
un-Russian like manner are strangely at variance with the expected
outcome that might require retributive punishment. The khedive’s opals
owned by the secretary’s wife flash a sympathetic accompaniment to her
heart moods all thru.

* “It is a story replete with adventure and excitement.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 887. D. 9, ‘05. 280w.

* “The conversation is lifelike and the characters are distinctly
individualized. An entertaining novel burdened by no especial
problem.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 838. D. 2, ‘05. 70w.

=Tynan, Katharine.= See =Hinkson, Mrs. Katharine Tynan.=

U

=Ular, Alexander.= Russia from within. **$1.75. Holt.

After announcing in his preface that his book will come as a shock to
some very sincere friends of Russia and that the facts he reveals are
authentic altho they “do not make pretty reading” the author proceeds
to give “a series of brilliant pictures, written manifestly from the
standpoint of the revolutionist and lashing furiously the heads of the
Russian state.” (Pub. Opin.)

“Though not without its faults, it has the conspicuous merits of being
clearly and forcefully written and of leaving a series of definite
impressions on the mind of the reader.”

+ + — =Critic.= 47: 409. N. ‘05. 920w.

“The book is not without value for him who can sift the facts from the
fiction and the denunciation; but it is altogether untrustworthy, and
cannot but mislead the untrained reader.” Charles H. Cooper.

— =Dial.= 39: 269. N. 1, ‘05. 350w.

“The historical portion is full of inaccuracies. Having warned our
readers that Dr. Ular’s statements require confirmation, we must admit
that his book is interesting and suggestive, that his knowledge is
considerable, that his view of M. Witte’s regime appears to us to be
very just, and that the remarkable story of the elaborate ‘oligarchic’
intrigue which eventually led to the war in the Far East certainly
contains an element of truth.”

+ — =Lond. Times.= 4: 222. Jl. 14, ‘05. 710w.

“People who like to read strong statements couched in language which
is plain to the verge of violence at times, and never courteous, will
thoroughly enjoy Mr. Ular’s arraignment of everybody and everything in
Russia—save, possibly, the revolutionists.”

— — =Nation.= 81: 363. N. 2, ‘05. 2060w.

“The rashness of language which makes the book particularly readable
serves, of course, to discredit it as a serious study—but it is
infinitely suggestive.”

— + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 635. S. 30, ‘05. 1360w.

— — =Pub. Opin.= 39: 447. S. 30, ‘05. 270w.

=R. of Rs.= 32: 510. O. ‘05. 150w.

“It is certain Mr. Ular’s readers—if he has any—will not take him
sufficiently seriously to experience any shocks but those of
contempt.”

— — =Sat. R.= 100: 121. Jl. 22, ‘04. 420w.

“Much of his work is of value, but we confess that his account of the
characters of the Emperor and his Court does not convince us. It is so
full of a lurid sensationalism that it fails of its purpose.”

+ — =Spec.= 95: 152. Jl. 29, ‘05. 340w.

=Underhill, Evelyn.= Gray world. $1.50. Century.

An imaginative story which dwells experimentally upon the transition
from life to death, and upon reincarnation. A little slum-child dies
in a hospital, carrying a vague consciousness of his earthly existence
to the Gray world of spirits. The awful terrors of the new realm crowd
in around him until his soul cries for release. So he goes back to the
world as the son of a London tradesman—bewildered, as once more a new
consciousness dawns, in the process of unifying his former existence,
his world of spirits, and the present life. The book follows the
development of this being thru the struggle to conquer the Gray world
and its depression. The book is unusual, with language and scheme
wholly in keeping with the vague, and the unreal which envelop it.

“Her book, then, is not only readable, but gives rise to that
intelligent form of gratitude which has been defined as a lively sense
of favors to come.”

+ =Atlan.= 95: 698. My. ‘05. 240w.

“A book of unusual imaginative quality, but too morbid to win a
general popularity. The volume is a very curious and unique
psychological study, along the borderline of madness.”

+ =Bookm.= 21: 183. Ap. ‘05. 660w.

“It is intensely serious, no doubt, but it is also animated and even
enlivened by touches of a highly effective humor.” W. M. Payne.

+ =Dial.= 38: 124. F. 16, ‘05. 1220w.

Reviewed by H. I. Brock.

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 150. Mr. 11, ‘05. 540w.

“A weird and fantastic story. The best thing in the book is the pathos
of the description of the unrestful ghosts.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 31: 120. Ja. ‘05. 60w.

“The earthly side of the book is as original as the spiritual, though
far less attractive.”

+ — =Spec.= 94: 519. Ap. 8, ‘05. 390w.

=Underwood, Earl.= Representing John Marshall & co. †$1. Dillingham.

A genial, slangy, and withal good-hearted drummer “spills” his inmost
thoughts into the white pages of this book. He jauntily tells of many
happenings so peculiar that as the news of each of them reaches Mame,
his queen, she promptly breaks off her engagement. Each chapter
chronicles a spicy adventure, a break, a reconciliation, but in the
end Mame seems thoroughly convinced that her drummer is a hero.

“It is amusing in its way if taken in small doses.”

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 602. S. 16, ‘05. 230w.

=United States. Library of Congress.= Catalog of the Gardiner Greene Hubbard collection of engravings; presented to the Library of Congress by Mrs. Gardiner Greene Hubbard. Lib. of Congress.

“The plan of the compilation was very generous, and included the
catalogue proper of engravers, and index of engravers under a
chronological scheme, by centuries, an index of artists, a portrait
index, and a list of authorities.... The collection was presented to
the nation in 1898 by Mrs. Hubbard, and in default of a national art
gallery the Library of Congress was the most fitting place of
deposit.... The editor of the volume is Arthur Jeffrey Parsons, who is
in charge of the collection.”—Nation.

“The catalogue is clearly arranged and carefully written.”

+ + — =Acad.= 68: 718. Jl. 8, ‘05. 300w.

“No similar catalogue exists of an American collection of engravings;
it will, therefore, prove a convenient book of reference for
collectors.”

+ + =Nation.= 80: 353. My. 4, ‘05. 360w.

=United States. Library of Congress.= Some papers laid before the Continental Congress, 1775. 15c. Supt. of doc.

The papers here published are: The declaration on taking arms, July 6,
1775; Franklin’s Articles of Confederation, July 21, 1775; Reports on
the Trade of America, July 21, October 2, and October 13, 1775; Report
on Lord North’s motion, and reports on the committees on Recess and
Unfinished business.

“The value of the pamphlet lies principally in the care which has been
taken to show the evolution of the final document in each case from
the first draft through the intermediate forms.”

+ + + =Nation.= 80: 374. My. 11, ‘05. 140w.

=Upson, Arthur.= City, and other poems. *$1. Macmillan.

In this new edition of “The city,” a poem-drama in which Abgar, King
of Edessa, in the sixteenth year of the reign of Tiberius is cured of
his infirmity thru a message from the great Healer crucified at
Jerusalem, the author has made a few changes which, while they add to
the poetic effect of his work, do not detract from the dramatic
strength. The volume also includes Octaves in an Oxford garden,
written under the spell of the things of which he sings, and some
two-score sonnets, upon such widely different topics as Sultan’s
bread, Mona Lisa, The Rezzonico palace and our own Wheat elevators and
The statue of liberty.

* “Has something of the cool charm that springs from the imitation of
Greek models together with appeal that inheres in a Christian theme.
It never, however, attains any considerable tragic power.”

+ =Nation.= 81: 508. D. 21, ‘05. 40w.

=Upward, Allen.= International spy: secret history of the Russo-Japanese war. †$1.50. Dillingham.

The latest doings of that marvelous man, Monsieur H. V., are
chronicled in this volume, in which he himself tells of his adventures
when sent to Russia by England in the hope of averting war. He carried
a peace message from the Czar to the Mikado, was adopted into the
Japanese royal family, returned to Russia and after barely escaping
death at the hands of various enemies he succeeded in stealing a
torpedo boat from the Kaiser for which he was forgiven when his
mission became known. The beautiful and desperate Princess Y— has an
important role in this intimate story of courts and rulers.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 707. O. 21, ‘05. 320w.

V

=Vachell, Horace Annesley.= Brothers. †$1.50. Dodd.

These two brothers are each half of a complete whole, they succeed
together, each fails alone. Archibald, strong and magnetic, delivers
the sermons written by his weak and stammering brother, and by their
spiritual and intellectual force he wins Betty Kirtling, who discovers
after she has married him, that it is his brother whom she loves.

“It is an exceedingly well-told tale.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 272. Ap. 22, ‘05. 310w.

“The book is free from annoying defects, has a well-sustained
interest, and may be accounted a worthy addition to the season’s
output.”

+ =Reader.= 6: 477. S. ‘05. 220w.

=Vacher, Francis.= Food inspector’s handbook. $1.50. Van Nostrand.

The fourth edition of this handbook has been brought down to date and
an additional chapter on “Statutory powers” included.

“The author gives sensible advice, and his little volume should be
found very useful to those for whom it is written.” C. S.

+ + =Nature.= 72: 243. Jl. 13, ‘05. 320w.

=Valentine, Edward Abram Uffington.= Hecla Sandwith. †$1.50. Bobbs.

This story of a woman of moods, the daughter of a Pennsylvania iron
master, who married a young mining engineer, regretted it, left him,
and later awoke to the realization that she loved him, is also the
story of the mines, the iron workers, and the blast furnace.

“A leisurely and very charming picture of a Quaker settlement in
Pennsylvania in 1856.”

+ =Acad.= 68: 785. Jl. 29, ‘05. 330w.

“It is a pleasure to notice a romance of American life so instinct
with artistic, literary and scientific excellence as ‘Hecla Sandwith.’
Here speaks the poet, the historian and the psychologist.”

+ + + =Arena.= 34: 106. Jl. ‘05. 800w.

“The chief fault of the book is lack of concentration.” Frederic Taber
Cooper.

+ — =Bookm.= 21: 517. Jl. ‘05. 380w.

“There is too much narrative here. The descriptions of nature are
poetic, the minor characters are particularly well drawn, and many of
the pictures linger in the memory.”

+ — =Critic.= 46: 479. My. ‘05. 150w.

“The story is a long one, and not firmly knit together. A book that
preserves with almost photographic fidelity the manners and customs of
a time fully departed.”

+ — =Dial.= 38: 393. Je. 1, ‘05. 140w.

“The book has the merit of careful husbandry in an unworked field, and
it is well written; a novel of unusual power and interest.”

+ =Ind.= 58: 1482. Je. 29, ‘05. 130w.

“It is unevenly written. But, on the whole, the sense of the art of
literature is so high and fine and the adhesion to this sense so
accurate and faithful, that the entire result should be greeted as a
reawakening among us. There are pages that any novelist, living or
dead, might have been glad to claim.” James Lane Allen.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 241. Ap. 15, ‘05. 1620w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 393. Je. 17, ‘05. 130w.

“Charming style, keen powers of analysis, and skill in snapshot
portraiture as well, characterize this study.”

+ + =Outlook.= 80: 139. My. 13, ‘05. 30w.

+ =Pub. Opin.= 38: 591. Ap. 15, ‘05. 260w.

“His book is full of nature and of human nature: it rings true.”

+ + =Sat. R.= 100: 186. Ag. 5, ‘05. 220w.

=Vance, Louis Joseph.= Terence O’Rourke, gentleman adventurer. †$1.50. Wessels.

Terence O’Rourke, an Irish gentleman and soldier, in the capacity of
commissioned defender—tho backed by the courage and chivalry which
make an undertaking his own affair—arrays himself in a series of
adventures against unscrupulous, even villainous royalty. Thru his
quick wit and marked swordsmanship he rights the wrongs of good women,
at last winning for himself the love of the princess for whom most of
his battles are fought.

+ =Ind.= 59: 697. S. 21, ‘05. 170w.

“Readers of many and varied tastes will delight in the author’s
fertile imagination and the ever-ready humor which produces and
disposes of Terence’s trials and tribulations.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 395. Je. 17, ‘05. 180w.

“A bit of simple and entertaining romance of the old-fashioned style.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 487. Jl. 22, ‘05. 410w.

“There is plenty of action, humor, and romance.”

+ =Outlook.= 80: 695. Jl. 15, ‘05. 30w.

=Vandam, Albert Dresden.= Men and manners of the third republic. **$3. Pott.

“In part a posthumous work; a charming review of the principal events
of the third republic as seen in the men and events of the times....
We have a glimpse behind the scenes, and ... we are brought into such
intimate relations with the actors that we are able to form for
ourselves a clear and accurate conception of the motives that caused
the movement that led to the establishment of the third republic. We
are introduced to Thiers and Gambetta.... But it is idle to mention by
names the great Frenchmen who appear in the pages of the work; suffice
it to say that none of those who were prominent in the days following
the downfall of Louis Napoleon are neglected, much less
omitted.”—Baltimore Sun.

“Delightful collection of facts and thoughts.”

+ + =Baltimore Sun.= :8. Mr. 8, ‘05. 500w.

“Much that is here said about the iniquities of French political life
may be quite true, and the book, taken in small quantities at a time,
is not devoid of a certain interest. But a rigorous criticism would
show that the historian must quote it, if at all, with care.”

+ — =Nation.= 80: 154. F. 23, ‘05. 440w.

=Van de Put, A.= Hispano-Moresque ware of the 15th century. *$4. Lane.

“A contribution to its history and chronology, based upon armorial
specimens.” This is a small quarto containing 34 plates illustrating
pieces taken from many public and private collections. There is a
brief general treatise which, while stating frankly that material for
a history is lacking, gives much historical information. There is a
full description of some of the plates.

“This is the first orderly and intelligent treatise devoted to it.
Goes far to supply the obvious need of a manual.”

+ — =Nation.= 80: 121. F. 9, ‘05. 490w.

=Van Dyke, Henry.= Essays in application. **$1.50. Scribner.

“A group of twelve essays and addresses, which may be generally
characterized as the creed or confession of an idealist, and an
application of his principles to life.”—Outlook.

* + =Lit. D.= 31: 957. D. 23, ‘05. 750w.

“These essays bear his stamp. They are not written solely for
scholars. They are easily understandable, readable, while his ‘sane
idealism’ shines through them all.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 749. N. 4, ‘05. 520w.

=Outlook.= 81: 628. N. 11, ‘05. 40w.

=Van Dyke, Henry.= Fisherman’s luck, and some other uncertain things. †$1.50. Scribner.

“The thirteenth edition of a well-known series of essays arranged in
the form of a holiday book illustrated with most agreeable drawings by
F. Walter Taylor.” (Critic.) The volume contains beside the title
essay: The thrilling moment; Talkability; A wild strawberry; Lovers
and landscape; A fatal success; Fishing in books; A Norwegian
honeymoon; Who owns the mountains? A lazy, idle book; The open fire; A
slumber song.

* + =Critic.= 47: 583. D. ‘05. 30w.

* + =Dial.= 39: 449. D. 16, ‘05. 80w.

* + =Nation.= 81: 299. O. 12, ‘05. 40w.

* =Outlook.= 81: 381. O. 14, ‘05. 30w.

=Van Dyke, Henry=, ed. Little masterpieces of English poetry, by British and American authors; ed. by Henry van Dyke, assisted by Hardin Craig. 6v. ea. **75c; set, **$4.50. Doubleday.

“A companion to the ‘Science,’ ‘Fiction’ and ‘Humor’ series.... For
the many ... such a collection as this, wisely selected, and adapted
to the limits of both time and purse of the average reader, is of real
and not inconsiderable value.” (Outlook.) “In the first of the six
little volumes we find ballads old and new, in the second, idyls and
stories in verse, and in the four remaining volumes lyrics, odes,
sonnets and epigrams; descriptive and reflective verse; and elegies
and hymns. Each of these major divisions is subdivided according to
subjects. Living poets are excluded.” (Critic.)

* “The principle of arrangement followed in this new one is as
excellent as it is novel. As a rule, admirable judgment has been shown
in combining these handy volumes, the most remarkable defect being the
omission of Shelley’s ‘Adonais.’”

+ + — =Critic.= 47: 584. D. ‘05. 120w.

* “Dr. van Dyke’s name is a sufficient guarantee of the excellence of
the selection.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 682. N. 18, ‘05. 80w.

=Van Dyke, Henry.= Music and other poems. **$1. Scribner.

A collection of poems which take many forms and follow many themes.
The opening “Ode to music” is followed by sonnets, lyrics, and other
verses treating of the open, the silent hills, and the hearth and
home.

“Dr. Van Dyke’s work is that of a scholar in poetry endowed with a
graceful gift of lyric speech.” Ferris Greenslet.

+ + =Atlan.= 96: 420. S. ‘05. 570w.

“They are delicate and graceful in workmanship, the expression of a
refined and sensitive poetic instinct rather than the outpourings of a
creative mood.”

+ + =Dial.= 38: 197. Mr. 16, ‘05. 390w.

“Dr. Van Dyke has nearly every good poetic gift except creative
genius.”

+ =Ind.= 58: 384. F. 16, ‘05. 140w.

* “In spite of his popularity even Dr. van Dyke, who attempts to
supply our want of a reflective poet, leaves much to be desired in
depth and significance.”

+ — =Ind.= 59: 1162. N. 16, ‘05. 30w.

“There is much that is charming and appealing in these verses. From
first to last there is evidence of an unusual gift for verbal music.
If they are a little too honeyed, too academic, they are also the
production of a skillful artificer in words and of a mind of high
culture and high ideals.”

+ + =Reader.= 5: 498. Mr. ‘05. 430w.

=Van Dyke, Henry.= School of life, **50c. Scribner.

In this thin little volume is “eloquently expressed an optimism based,
not on temperament, but on faith in character, discernment of the
spiritual possibilities of life, and sound judgment of ethical
values.” (Outlook.)

“The characteristic charm of Dr. van Dyke’s former works is extended
to the present volume.”

+ =Bookm.= 21: 328. My. ‘05. 30w.

+ =Outlook.= 79: 909. Ap. 8, ‘05. 50w.

=Van Dyke, Henry.= Spirit of Christmas. **75c. Scribner.

Four essays for the Christmas tide. The first, “A dream story,” shows
how power and knowledge are both insufficient to reclaim the world
from sin, but that the secret of success lies in greater love; the
second, “Christmas giving and Christmas living,” offers helpful
suggestions on the spirit of giving; the third, “Christmas keeping,”
shows the possible purification in the Christmas thought; and the two
Christmas prayers make a plea for the home and the lonely ones.

* + =Dial.= 39: 449. D. 16, ‘05. 60w.

* “Full of Dr. van Dyke’s spirit of helpfulness, and pervaded by the
very human charm of his style.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 838. D. 2, ‘05. 50w.

=Van Dyke, Paul.= Renascence portraits. **$2. Scribner.

Professor van Dyke’s survey embraces “the England, Germany, and Italy
of the sixteenth century. His concern is primarily with three
individuals—Pietro Aretino, the Venetian satirist; Thomas Cromwell,
the unscrupulous minister of the still less scrupulous Henry VIII.,
and the Emperor Maximilian I.—but the standpoint from which they are
regarded is such as to necessitate a close examination of their
times.”—Outlook.

* “His book appears to have been printed without the proofs being
read, though this appearance may be due to the author’s own style,
which is vicious.”

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 852. D. 2, ‘05. 1240w.

* “The results, not the details, of research are here exhibited, and
in a setting of idea which gives color and meaning and movement.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 715. N. 25, ‘05. 310w.

=Van Vorst, Marie.= Amanda of the mill: a novel. †$1.50. Dodd.

“A novel with a ‘poor white trash’ mill-girl heroine, and a dissipated
labor agitator for hero, does not sound promising.” (Outlook.) It “is
clearly meant as a tract on industrial conditions in the new South....
[It] pictures the life of the factory hands in the cotton mills—a
life ... which is mainly sickness, suffering and death. There is much
in the book to arouse sober thought, and certain passages are rich in
description and characterization.” (Pub. Opin.)

“Apart from errors in style, and, here and there, in feeling, there is
a capacity to portray life which shows real power.”

+ — =Acad.= 68: 240. Mr. 11, ‘05. 230w.

“Is not a strong story, though it shows in places, the wish, if not
the power, to say something vital about love and life and death.”

+ =Ath.= 1905, 1: 395. Ap. 1. 420w.

Reviewed by Herbert W. Horwill.

+ — =Forum.= 37: 113. Jl. ‘05. 220w.

“Mrs. Van Vorst paints with a strong hand the terrible life in the
mills.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 260. Ap. 22, ‘05. 610w.

“Interesting and good work, although its story is improbable and over
weighted with propagandist theories and statistics.”

+ — =Outlook.= 80: 137. My. 13, ‘05. 40w.

“In ‘Amanda of the mill’ she does not control her material; it
controls her. Over-seriousness forces her into melodrama, with
improbabilities that were never intended.”

— + =Pub. Opin.= 38: 633. Ap. 22, ‘05. 130w.

“An interesting but rather improbable story.”

+ — =R. of Rs.= 31: 760. Je. ‘05. 30w.

=Vardon, Harry.= Complete golfer. **$3.50. McClure.

“Mr. Vardon has four times won the open championship of Great Britain
and once the American championship. There is no doubt, therefore, that
he knows how to play golf; and this book proves that he knows how to
tell others how to do it.” (Outlook.) The book is amply illustrated.

“Will be read with unusual interest as being the work of one who is
not only original in his methods and fascinating in his style, but
also perhaps the most finished and graceful player that has ever
lived.”

+ + + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 295. S. 2. 1300w.

“It is a very good book. He never leaves one in doubt as to his
meaning, and he brings to the succour of his pen a pleasant geniality
and optimism.”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 4: 202. Je. 23, ‘05. 530w.

“Vardon’s manner of writing is as straightforward and interesting as
his manner of playing golf.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 608. S. 16, ‘05. 250w.

“He has accomplished what has often been called the impossible, the
writing of a helpful book in an entertaining manner by one who is an
acknowledged expert of the game.” F. W. C.

+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 652. O. 7, ‘05. 1720w.

* + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 837. D. 2, ‘05. 150w.

“His descriptions of his style are simple, clear, and interesting, and
his stories of experiences on the links in this country, England, and
Scotland are rarely entertaining. His book is full of valuable hints,
not only for the novice, but for the experienced golfer as well.”

+ + =Outlook.= 81: 88. S. 9, ‘05. 90w.

+ + =Sat. R.= 100: 179. Ag. 5, ‘05. 1270w.

+ + =Spec.= 95: 56. Ag. 5, ‘05. 280w.

=Veblen, Thorstein B.= Theory of business enterprise. **$1.50. Scribner.

“The work deals rather with the methods of modern financiering and the
quest of profit rather than with the other less prominent commercial
data. If we have to choose between the ten chapters of which the
volume consists, we should particularly recommend the last five as
appealing more generally to the unbiased reader.... The first five
seem rather to lead up to the others, and to be an attempt at more
technical and erudite writing. Much is new of what the author says
about crises.... The ‘Theory of modern welfare,’ ... the significance
for the business world at large of the advance in workingmen’s
wages, ... and the theory of wasteful expenditure” are fully treated.
“The excellent remarks (pp. 319, 320) about business thinking, and the
equally keen observation about the absence of thrift among the modern
industrial workmen and its causes (pp. 325-27) are among the most
timely in the book.... The points of interest are many, and it is to
be regretted that we cannot here call attention to all of them.”—J.
Pol. Econ.

“The book lacks the desirable quality of terseness and the writer at
times wanders from the main line of his subject. A commendable feature
is the formulation of many of his statements in symbols of
mathematics, which are not incorporated into the text, but in
foot-notes.” John C. Duncan.

+ — =Ann. Am. Acad.= 25: 612. My. ‘05. 250w.

“Professor Veblen has a preternaturally vivid insight into the
pathological side of business and society: and he follows
remorselessly the poisoned tract which his critical scalpel has
discovered. And yet, despite the fact that the author’s attitude
renders the highest approval of either the scientific or the ethical
standpoint impossible, the book is an uncommonly suggestive one. The
penetrating glance into certain broad and seamy aspects of our
industrial life prompts to a reflective testing of one’s social
beliefs and ideals.” Winthrop More Daniels.

+ + =Atlan.= 95: 558. Ap. ‘05. 990w.

“Professor Veblen, except in his satiric moods, tends to an oracular
and often to a tortuous mode of expression. By reason of its many
evidences of keen and profound thought, of a high grade of scholarship
and of a breadth and sureness of vision, the book is notable among
recent contributions to economics; and tho its usual style is
difficult, it is yet penetrated by flashes of inimitable satiric wit
that is delightful.”

+ + — =Ind.= 58: 727. Mr. 30, ‘05. 570w.

“Our objection to this work ... is ... the constant use of terms which
to the lay mind seem unnecessarily studied and anachronistic. The
excellent qualities of scholarly reasoning and scientific
demonstration which characterize this book, besides the author’s wide
acquaintance with the existing economic literature....” A. M.
Wergeland.

+ + — =J. Pol. Econ.= 13: 115. D. ‘04. 930w.

“Such a theory as is here set forth may impress the readers of
sensational magazines: but it is a travesty of economics and an unjust
aspersion of our business morality.”

— — =Nation.= 81: 37. Jl. 13, ‘05. 2280w.

Reviewed by Frank Haigh Dixon.

+ + — =Yale R.= 14: 96. My. ‘05. 550w.

=Vesey, Arthur Henry.= Clock and the key. †$1.50. Appleton.

An American girl in modern Venice sets her two lovers the task of
bringing to her a casket of jewels which disappeared five centuries
before. One man is an Italian duke, the other an American. With the
girl as the prize, the search for the jewels soon results in a series
of complicated and exciting adventures, but at last by the aid of an
old and intricate clock, which is itself the key, the jewels come to
the girl, and the girl to the man she loves.

“It is mysterious without being sensational, sparkling without being
trashy.”

+ =Critic.= 47: 286. S. ‘05. 80w.

“It really makes a very good mystery story.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 140. Mr. 4, ‘05. 370w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 393. Je. 17, ‘05. 150w.

Views of early New York; with illustrative sketches; prepared for the New York chapter of the colonial order of the Acorn. priv. ptd. Colonial order of the Acorn, N. Y.

This volume “contains six copper plate engravings made by Edwin Davis
French from views of New York in the early stages of its history....
‘These views were selected with care, and graphically represent the
gradual growth of the city from the little Dutch trading-post,
situated at the Battery, to the more important city depicted in
Rollinson’s view of 1801.’ Each view is accompanied by an explanatory
sketch from a well-known authority.” (N. Y. Times.)

“The little volume is full of interest to students of New York
history.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 214. Ap. 8, ‘05. 290w.

=Vigfusson, Gudbrandur, and Powell, Frederick York,= eds and trs. Origines islandicae: a collection of the more important sagas and other native writings relating to the settlement and early history of Iceland. 2v. *$14. Oxford.

These volumes are divided into five books: “Landnámabok—the book of
the land-taking.... Islandingabok (Libellus islandorum) a collection
of notes made in the eleventh or twelfth century ... relating to the
old law and customs of the Norsemen settled in Iceland.... Tales and
legends relating to the conversion and early church history of
Iceland, Sagas relating to the history of Iceland during the first two
centuries ... divided into four sections, which treat of the South,
the West, the North, and the East quarters respectively.... Sagas
relating to the exploring voyages of Icelanders.... All or nearly all
of this matter has, we think, been printed before in Iceland or in
Denmark, but much of it is now accessible only in books that have
become scarce, and in texts far from accurate.”—Nation.

* “The present work is by no means free from some of the faults which
marked its predecessor, the ‘Corpus poeticum boreale’; but fortunately
the comparison of the two works will hold for the merits as well as
the defects.”

+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 2: 646. N. 11. 2650w.

Reviewed by W. P. Ker.

* + + =Eng. Hist. R.= 20: 779. O. ‘05. 1080w.

* “Deeply as we must regret the loss of these two distinguished men
before completing their work, the book as it stands is one of great
value, and will doubtless find a place on the shelves of every
university library and of every scholar of the old Northern
literature. The translation is clear, direct, and simple, slightly
archaic as is right.”

+ + =Nation.= 81: 260. S. 28, ‘05. 2910w.

* =N. Y. Times.= 10: 577. S. 2, ‘05. 250w.

* “In this case the peculiar gifts of mediaeval temperament and
curious linguistic knowledge of the English translator have given us a
translation equally spirited and faithful on the whole, often very
near the picturesque quality of the original and yet good honest
idiomatic English prose.”

+ + =Sat. R.= 100: 627. N. 11, ‘05. 2020w.

=Villard, Henry.= Memoirs of Henry Villard, journalist and financier, 1835-1900. 2v. **$5. Houghton.

Henry Villard landed in New York in 1853, a mere boy, without friends,
money, or a knowledge of English. After suffering almost incredible
hardships, he finally succeeded as a journalist, representing the N.
Y. Tribune as war correspondent during the Civil war. His memoirs
contain valuable accounts of battles, estimates of the commanders, and
personal descriptions of Lincoln and others. Later he left journalism
for finance, attaining eminence in this calling also.

“What separates it from other books of its class is that it is a
characteristic illustration of American possibilities.” M. A. De Wolfe
Howe.

+ + =Atlan.= 95: 131. Ja. ‘05. 810w.

=Villari, Luigi=, ed. Balkan question. *$3. Dutton.

A symposium on the Macedonian question, past, present, and future. Its
object is to draw the attention of Englishmen to the situation in the
Balkans, to show that Turkey cannot be reformed from within and that
the time is ripe to bring about European control. There are chapters
by English writers on the various aspects of the problem, and by
French and Italian writers on the attitude and duty of their
respective countries.

=Critic.= 47: 410. N. ‘05. 460w.

“To be sure, it is a piece of liberal propaganda and tells only one
side of the story, but it is nevertheless a lucid explanation of a
very complicated situation.”

+ + — =Ind.= 59: 751. S. 28, ‘05. 540w.

“There is, in the book before us, considerable repetition, an
occasional contradiction, and some diversity, not only as to points of
view, but as to such minor matters as the spelling of geographical and
proper nouns.”

+ + — =Nation.= 80: 424. My. 25, ‘05. 1340w.

“It is a most informing and interesting volume.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 198. Ap. 1, ‘05. 650w.

“We know of no other volume exhibiting the subject so comprehensively
and so clearly from the pro-Macedonian standpoint.”

+ + + =Outlook.= 79: 757. Mr. 25, ‘05. 200w.

“Undoubtedly the most instructive two chapters are those by Mr.
Valentine Chirol and Mr. Bourchier.”

+ =Sat. R.= 99: 634. My. 13, ‘05. 1020w.

=Villari, Luigi.= Russia under the great shadow. **$3.50. Pott.

“Unless all the auguries should prove false, the war in the Far East
should mark the transition of Russia from the Middle ages to the
twentieth century, from the Eastern to the Western world, from
barbarism to civilization,” gives the keynote of Mr. Villari’s
optimism which characterizes this work, altho he brings the reader
face to face with the dark facts of present conditions. One of the
strongest chapters in the book is that in the industrial development
of Russia whose conclusion proves that “M. de Witte’s scheme of making
agricultural Russia an industrial country was a mistake both
politically and economically.” (Sat. R.)

“The book is so good that we find little to say about it. The only
point upon which we find Mr. Villari inclined to go wrong concerns the
defects of the Eastern church.”

+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 1: 747. Je. 17. 480w.