Chapter LIV: Part II: is devoted to ‘The mountain ranges of the earth’—the (7)

+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 2: 716. N. 25. 1860w.

* “If Mr. Wilkins’s ideas are not remarkable, nor his style brilliant,
he may be congratulated upon having accomplished the task he set
himself by clearing the memory of an injured woman.”

+ — =Lond. Times.= 4: 393. N. 17, ‘05. 1920w.

* “Mr. Wilkins has handled his material ably, making a book at once
interesting and valuable.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 820. D. 2, ‘05. 160w.

* “Mr. Wilkins has made a very complete biography of Mrs.
Fitzherbert.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 870. D. 9, ‘05. 650w.

* “The book is fustian from beginning to end, and is not at all below
Mr. Wilkins’ form.”

— + =Sat. R.= 100: 722. D. 2, ‘05. 1850w.

* “It is easy in such a work to fall into the role of mere purveyor of
scandal, but Mr. Wilkins never loses sight of his main theme, and the
book is primarily a study of character. If now and then he seems to
speak from a brief, on the whole he sticks soberly to facts, and his
comments are generally fair and convincing. He has performed a
delicate task with good taste and good sense, and has produced what is
not only a volume of entertaining gossip, but a solid contribution to
the history of the epoch.”

+ + — =Spec.= 95: sup. 788. N. 18, ‘05. 1480w.

=Wilkinson, Kosmo.= Personal story of the upper house. *$3. Dutton.

The main purpose of this book is to set forth “how the peers of
England, from being an estate of the realm, grew into an independent
parliamentary assembly; how and by what personal agencies the
hereditary chamber became in a sense the parent of the elective; on
what issues, by what degrees, it co-operated with other agencies to
establish the house of commons; how then, from seeing in that chamber
its natural ally, if not its political offspring, the upper house
gradually discovered in the lower a rival and a foe.”

“He has undoubtedly succeeded in his intention of writing what is most
likely to find acceptance with those who read to be interested as well
as informed.”

+ =Acad.= 68: 391. Ap. 8, ‘05. 660w.

“Is a good book of gossip about the Lords, in which there are plenty
of stories and few mistakes.”

+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 1: 335. Mr. 18. 160W.

“There is no partisanship in his estimates and judgments. There are
some really masterly characterizations, especially among those of
later times. References to authorities are few and far between, and
here and there he makes statements which seem to need the support of
good authorities.”

+ + — =Ind.= 59: 335. Ag. 10, ‘05. 550w.

“Mr. Wilkinson writes agreeably. He also shows a considerable range of
reading.”

+ + =Nation.= 81: 120. Ag. 10, ‘05. 400w.

“A book that is neither pure history nor pure gossip, and yet comes
near to being both.”

+ + — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 404. Je. 17, ‘05. 1680w.

“As history the value of the work is, to be sure, of rather negative
character.”

+ + — =Outlook.= 81: 131. S. 16, ‘05. 1680w.

“In his concluding pages Mr. Wilkinson is obviously hampered by the
fact that he is dealing with events and men too near our own time, and
writes too much in the style of the professional parliamentary
lobbyist. But this book as a whole is a most valuable addition to the
series of useful manuals to which it belongs, and is perhaps the most
readable of them all.”

+ + — =Spec.= 94: 916. Je. 24, ‘05. 2290w.

=Wilkinson, William Cleaver.= Modern masters of pulpit discourse. **$1.60. Funk.

Criticisms and appreciations of the foremost preachers of France,
England and America. “As critical sketches of homiletic art they have
a special value for every preacher who is, as he should be, a student
of the art.” (Outlook.)

“The author evidently enjoyed writing it. But. personally, we prefer
the ‘formless infelicity’ of Newman.”

— =Ath.= 1905, 2: 399. S. 23. 410w.

+ =Ind.= 59: 754. S. 28. ‘05. 90w.

“For the general reader there is enough of warm life in them.”

+ =Outlook.= 80: 293. Je. 10. ‘05. 160w.

“The essays are all eminently readable, and have the appearance of
carefully formed judgments.”

+ + — =Spec.= 95: 262. Ag. 19, ‘05. 280w.

=Williams, Henry Smith=, ed. See =Historian’s= history of the world.

=Williams, Henry Smith, and Williams, Edward Huntington.= History of science. 5v. Harper.

“The plan followed by the editor in chief and his collaborator (Dr.
Edward H. Williams) is to give a brief biography of the scientific men
to whose labors the world of to-day is indebted, prefacing these
biographies by a brief account of the beginnings of science and
connecting them by references to the circumstances amid which each
investigator worked.... In his second volume Dr. Williams carries on
his story through the dark ages, among the Arabians, the most famous
investigators of their time, into the western world, giving the
biographies and telling of the labors of astronomers, physicists,
physicians, down to Franklin and Linnaeus.... In the last three
volumes Dr. Williams treats of the development of the physical
sciences, of the chemical and biological sciences, and of the present
aspects of science.”—N. Y. Times.

“Inevitably, the murmuring shallows of science are more in evidence
than its silent deeps; its thaumaturgics than its revelations. All
this is somewhat trying to the student. For the student, however,
there is already no lack of adequate works in this field; he should be
the last to begrudge to the general reader the one book which best
meets his demands.” E. T. Brewster.

— + =Atlan.= 96: 690. N. ‘05. 390w.

“He has diligently collected an abundance of material of an
encyclopedic kind. His treatment of many topics is disproportionate
and cloudy. Some of the blunders are inexcusable.”

— — + =Ind.= 58: 381. F. 16, ‘05. 570w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 56. Ja. 28, ‘05. 440w. (Outlines scope and
contents).

“Without many noticeable omissions or slurring of important events.
The story he tells, dry as it might be under certain circumstances, is
fascinating as told by Dr. Williams. The volume might almost be a
history of modern British science alone; to Dr. Williams apparently,
American contributions to the subject are merely incidental.
Proof-reading is careless. Inconsistent in the spelling. An index of
little value makes part of the last volume; the work is worthy of a
good one.”

+ + — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 99. F. 18, ‘05. 1190w.

“Error is by no means absent, and some of the defects which the work
betrays are surprising, but, viewing it in the large, it must be
agreed that its excellencies far outweigh its faults and that it is of
genuine value to both student and general reader. The style is
picturesque, fluent, and clear. Altogether, the fifth volume, in
striking contrast to its predecessors, must be accounted ill advised
and weak.”

+ + — =Outlook.= 79: 956. Ap. 15, ‘05. 1030w.

* =Williams, Hugh Noel.= Queens of the French stage. *$2.50. Scribner.

“A set of biographical essays entitled ‘Queens of the French stage,’
which cover the period from Louis XIV to the Revolution, beginning
with Armande Béjart (Molière’s wife) and ending with the celebrated,
and notorious Clairon.” (Nation.) “Mr. Williams gives both the
‘backstairs’ and the theatrical biography of his subjects.... The
picture is not a pleasant one, for the book resolves itself into the
story of liaisons, jealousies, infidelities, intrigues, and scandals
in high life and low.... The book, a substantial volume of some three
hundred and fifty quarto pages, is pleasantly illustrated with eight
or ten full-page half-tone reproductions after contemporary drawings
or paintings.” (Dial.)

* “Culled from many sources, these gossiping lives of six actresses
make very entertaining reading.”

+ =Critic.= 47: 575. D. ‘05. 70w.

* “Written in a clear vigorous style, the book makes interesting, if
not very stimulating reading.”

+ =Dial.= 39: 443. D. 16, ‘05. 280w.

* “The volume is readable and accurate in most matters save that of
French quotations, in which elementary blunders are altogether too
frequent.”

+ — =Nation.= 81: 424. N. 23, ‘05. 140w.

* “The author’s not inconsiderable learning, tact, taste, and elegant
literary style, actually do honor to the careers of the ladies whose
portraits painted by famous contemporary brushes are among the art
treasures of the world.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 765. N. 11, ‘05. 430w.

=Williams, John Rogers.= Handbook of Princeton. **$1.50. Grafton press.

Dr. Woodrow Wilson has written a sympathetic introduction to this
volume which “in very good taste describes most of the interesting
objects and places of patriotic association in that university town of
Revolutionary memories.... The book is fully illustrated for the eye
of the absent.” (Nation.)

+ =Critic.= 47: 479. N. ‘05. 30w.

“Except in one or two very minor matters, the accounts here given are
accurate and sympathetic.”

+ + — =Nation.= 81: 143. Ag. 17, ‘05. 140w.

“A very readable manual.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 32: 510. O. ‘05. 70w.

=Williams, Theodore C.= Elegies of Tibullus. $1.25. Badger, R. G.

The consolations of a Roman lover done into English verse. Twenty-four
elegies of books I., II., III., and two short pieces of book IV., in
the translation of which the author has “always been faithful to the
thought and spirit of the original except in the few passages where
euphemism was required.”

“A free but exquisite translation.”

+ + =Dial.= 39: 94. Ag. 16, ‘05. 50w.

“Though it is in no sense a slavish rendering, it does present the
substance of Tibullus with remarkable fidelity.”

+ + =Nation.= 81: 304. O. 12, ‘05. 520w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 678. O. 14, ‘05. 30w.

=Williams, William Henry.= Specimens of the Elizabethan drama from Lyly to Shirley, A.D. 1580-A.D. 1642. *$1.90. Oxford.

“Nearly a hundred typical and representative scenes, complete in
themselves, have been selected.... A short appreciation is prefixed to
each section, notes being added.”—Dial.

“Mr. Williams does not in our judgment always do the best with the
material that his plan leaves him.”

— =Acad.= 68: 521. My. 13, ‘05. 560w.

“It is pervaded by the atmosphere of ripe literary scholarship.”

+ + + =Critic.= 47: 288. S. ‘05. 150w.

=Dial.= 38: 277. Ap. 16, ‘05. 60w.

=Dial.= 39: 20. Jl. 1, ‘05. 60w.

“In all substantial matters—connecting introductions, notes, and
text—(so far as we have, tested it) his work as an editor seems to be
well executed.”

+ + — =Nation.= 81: 105. Ag. 3, ‘05. 820w.

“The specimens are generally well chosen, though it is easy to
complain of some omissions.”

+ — =Sat. R.= 99: 637. My. 13, ‘05. 420w.

=Williamson, C. N., and A. M.= Lightning conductor. †$1.50. Holt.

The popularity of “the strange adventures of a motor-car” has
warranted this revised and enlarged edition, including a frontispiece
by Eliot Keen, and sixteen full-page illustrations from photographs of
the scenes of the story in France, Spain and Italy.

=Williamson, Charles Norris, and Williamson, Mrs. Alice Muriel.= My friend the chauffeur. †$1.50. McClure.

This book “relates the incidents of a motor-car trip through southern
Europe of two young Englishmen (one a lord masquerading as a
chauffeur), and three American women, a widow of thirty-nine
masquerading as twenty-eight, her daughter of seventeen, masquerading,
for her mother’s sake, as thirteen, and her niece, an heiress,
masquerading as a poor relation. A prince, poor but dishonest,
masquerading as a man of property and honor, hovers around as the
villain of the piece.” (Outlook.)

+ =Acad.= 68: 1008. S. 30, ‘05. 370w.

“Altogether a bright and pleasing story.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 651. O. 7, ‘05. 330w.

* + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 823. D. 2, ‘05. 170w.

+ =Outlook.= 81: 429. O. 21, ‘05. 160w.

“There is a certain charm and pleasantness in this work, which
inclines one to approbation, though, truth to tell, there is but
little solid merit in it.”

+ =Sat. R.= 100: 345. S. 9, ‘05. 220w.

=Williamson, Charles Norris and Alice Muriel.= Princess passes: romance of a motor car. $1.50. Holt.

A traveling love story, half of which takes place in the automobile of
the heroine of “The lightning conductor”; the other half is an Alpine
walking tour. Lord Lane, lately jilted, finds consolation in a
delightful boy, his “little pal,” whom he meets in his travels, and
whom he later discovers to be an American heiress, the Mercedes for
whom the Winston’s car was named. The story wanders over northern
France, Switzerland, and the Italian lakes, ending at Monte Carlo.

“This story is so delightful that we are not disposed to carp
over-much at the impossibility of its central situation.” William
Morton Payne.

+ + — =Dial.= 38: 389. Je. 1, ‘05. 150w.

“It seems almost too slender to be gravely criticised in matters of
plot, character-drawing, and the like. Its staple is sheer, wholesome
fun, brisk and bubbling, but not loud or crude.” Herbert W. Horwill.

+ =Forum.= 37: 111. Jl. ‘05. 120w.

“The descriptions of the road are unusually good and the breath of the
high Alps is in the book.”

+ + =Ind.= 59: 392. Ag. 17, ‘05. 110w.

“If the story taxes belief, the characters are lifelike enough to
satisfy any novel reader in good standing.”

+ =Nation.= 80: 378. My. 11, ‘05. 310w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 20: 180. Mr. 25, ‘05. 530w.

“Is, if anything, more saturated with the sunshine and fun of
automobile adventure than ‘The lightning conductor.’”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 394. Je. 17, ‘05. 200w.

“There is a pretty little romance in the book, and delightful
descriptions of scenery, castles, quaint inns, and travel by donkey.”

+ =Outlook.= 79: 1015. Ap. 22, ‘05. 220w.

=Williamson, James M.= Life and times of St. Boniface. *$2. Oxford.

“Dr. Williamson gives us, in a sufficiently readable and popular
manner, the life of the Englishman who, in the turmoil of the eighth
century, was raised by fortune and his own merits to the primacy of
the church in Germany.”—Acad.

+ =Acad.= 68: 33. Ja. 14, ‘05. 190w.

=Willis, Henry Parker.= Our Philippine problem: a study of American colonial policy. $1.50. Holt.

“A review of our experience as a nation in governing the Philippine
islands and an appreciation of the main elements of the Philippine
problem as it now presents itself.” There is a frank discussion of
civil government, civil service, legal and judicial systems,
constabulary, political parties, the church, American education in the
islands, social conditions, and kindred subjects, all treated from the
view point of an “anti-imperialist.”

* “It needs to be stated at the beginning that this book is frankly
critical of our Philippine policy, and particularly of the
administration thereof. Further perusal and analysis of the book will
convince many readers, perhaps unwillingly, too, that the criticisms
and charges it contains are not only serious and grave in the extreme,
but that their authenticity seems unquestionable. In style it is
unusually readable and entertaining.” J. E. Conner.

+ — =Ann. Am. Acad.= 26: 761. N. ‘05. 1070w.

* “Is a careful ‘study of American colonial policy,’ well deserving
the attention of the politician and historian. The author is
thoroughly master of his subject.”

+ + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 646. N. 11. 300w.

* =Critic.= 47: 479. N. ‘05. 80w.

“Mr. Willis somewhat prejudices his case as an impartial critic by the
expression of his own adverse opinion in the preliminary chapter,
before he has presented his evidence to his readers. No modern
government has ever been more severely impeached of high crimes and
misdemeanors against the spirit of the institutions of its people,
than has the government at Washington in these chapters.” John J.
Halsey.

— =Dial.= 39: 271. N. 1, ‘05. 370w.

Reviewed by George R. Bishop.

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 633. S. 30, ‘05. 2720w.

“The serious defect of the book is that it is not what it purports to
be. It is really an almost unqualified accusation against the American
government, not only of unfitness and failure, but of prejudice,
insincerity, and sordidness.”

— — =Outlook.= 81: 89. S. 9, ‘05. 510w.

* + — =Pub. Opin.= 39: 667. N. 18, ‘05. 240w.

* =R. of Rs.= 32: 639. N. ‘05. 150w.

=Willoughby, William Franklin.= Territories and dependencies of the United States: their government and administration. *$1.25. Century.

The seventh volume in the “American state series.” The field covered
in Dr. Willoughby’s discussion is that of the actual policy and the
action taken by the United States in respect to the government and
administration of the various dependent territories which have
successively come under its sovereignty, and the conferring of
political rights upon their inhabitants.

* “Mr. Willoughby’s volume will repay careful study.”

+ =Nation.= 81: 471. D. 7, ‘05. 480w.

Reviewed by Robert Livingston Schuyler.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 464. Jl. 15, ‘05. 1140w.

“Generally speaking, the treatment is concise yet thorough.”

+ + =Outlook.= 80: 695. Jl. 15, ‘05. 110w.

+ + =Pub. Opin.= 39: 317. S. 2, ‘05. 190w.

=R. of Rs.= 32: 510. O. ‘05. 90w.

* =Willson, Robert Newton.= American boy and the social evil: from a physician’s standpoint. $1. Winston.

Four plain talks—originally delivered to students and now published by
Dr. Willson “for the purpose of more widely introducing a difficult
and delicate subject in a plain but thoroughly clean way.” The talks
are: The nobility of boyhood: the boy’s part in life’s problem,
delivered to the boys of Philadelphia during the summer of 1904, at
the request of the department of public health and charities; Clean
living: a problem of school and college days, a talk to the students
of the University of Pennsylvania, Oct. 10, 1903; The social evil in
America and The relation of the citizen to the social evil, addresses
to the students of the Union Theological seminary, April, 1905.

* =Wilson, Bingham Thoburn.= Village of Hide and seek. $1.25. Consolidated retail booksellers.

The village of Hide and seek lies at the end of a perilous cliff
journey over which Aunt Twaddles, a fat, coarse-skirted witch of the
mountains, conducts two children in search of pennyroyal. In her own
realm the witch is transformed into a beautiful fairy queen of the
dolls, and with her brother Santa Claus furnishes rare entertainment
for the visitors.

* + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 911. D. 23, ‘05. 200w.

=Wilson, Calvin Dill.= Making the most of ourselves. **$1. McClure.

This series of talks for young people is broad in its scope and
includes fifty chapters of helpful advice upon subjects which may be
included under such headings as education, deportment, religion, work
and spiritual development. The boy or girl who reads these discourses
carefully, and heeds them cannot go far wrong in big or little things.

=Wilson, Ella Calista.= Pedagogues and parents. **$1.25. Holt.

It has been the author’s purpose to show the possibilities within the
power of a parent of supplementing the work of the teacher, to show
what is distinctly the teacher’s work and what the parent’s duty and
privilege. “The pedagogue studies the laws of childhood; the parent,
the temperament and needs of his particular child; the school-teacher
advances the children in regiment, lock-step; the parent in their
natural gait, in their strugglings and self-directed sprawlings.” The
book is humorously dedicated among others to parents “whose concern
for their dear little ones makes them so irregularly bold that they
dare consult their own reason in the education of their children,
rather than wholly to rely upon old customs.”

“It is not a treatise. Its historical chapters meander and are
cheerful and chatty. Of the ideals of the past it gives amusing
glimpses. A book to set tongues and pens to wagging, a book to read
from preface to finis with the relish of combat or agreement. Whether
you deny or assent, you are bound to laugh.” Adele Marie Shaw.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 81. F. 11, ‘05. 2140w.

“The book is witty, full of wholesome advice to parents and to
teachers, and is just the kind of reading for the interested mothers
in our women’s clubs.”

+ + =School R.= 13: 200*. F. ‘05. 230w.

=Wilson, Floyd Baker.= Man limitless. $1.25. Fenno.

In eleven papers treating of such subjects as love, work, memory,
suggestion, and accomplishment, is given a metaphysical and psychic
study of the possibilities of man, unlimited power resident in one’s
selfhood, which may be made use of thru discipline.

“Mr. Wilson’s cry is: Down with the chains! Down with limitations! And
he succeeds in persuading us fully that there is no need for any of
these.”

+ =Pub. Opin.= 39: 188. Ag. 5, ‘05. 70w.

=Wilson, Harry Leon.= Boss of little Arcady. †$1.50. Lothrop.

“Mr. Wilson writes of an Illinois village just before and just after
the great war, of a shy boy who adored a schoolgirl with two yellow
braids tied with a scarlet ribbon, of another boy who was not shy, of
a marriage and a going-away to the stricken field with a sad little
miniature inside a blue coat.... He writes of black Clem, who came
from Virginia, and was ‘Miss Cah’line’s pus’nal property,’ in spite of
the Emancipation proclamation ... of ‘Miss Caroline’ herself ... Miss
Caroline’s daughter, Katharine Lansdale ... and Jim, a setter dog.”—N.
Y. Times.

“It is a whimsical book that Mr. Wilson has given us this time, a book
that is scarcely a novel at all, in the accepted sense, a book that
drags somewhat at the start, at the same time that it is
surreptitiously fastening its hold on you.” Frederic Taber Cooper.

+ — =Bookm.= 22: 134. O. ‘05. 370w.

“His new book has leisurely ease of movement and a humor that is
simply captivating.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ =Dial.= 39: 209. O. 1, ‘05. 250w.

“A picture of the Western town more truthful, because more
affectionately touched with misty hues of the imagination, than are
the raw splotches of ‘local color’ miscalled ‘novels of the West.’”

+ + — =Ind.= 59: 579. S. 7, ‘05. 400w.

“The scheme of writing the novel in four books is a lazy one that
disturbs the unities. We want the illusion of all the balls in the air
at once.”

+ — =Lit. D.= 31: 586. O. 21, ‘05. 420w.

“It is a fine thing of its kind, and will please many, the pleasing of
whom is worth a man’s time and trouble.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 539. Ag. 19, ‘05. 900w.

* “A delightfully human, kindly and refreshing tale.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 823. D. 2, ‘05. 170w.

“There is real pleasure to be derived from its perusal if too much is
not expected in the way of incident and action.”

+ + — =Outlook.= 80: 1073. Ag. 26, ‘05. 90w.

=Wilson, James Grant.= Thackeray in the United States, 1852-3, 1855-6. 2v. **$10. Dodd.

A two-volume account of Thackeray’s visits to the United States. His
lecture course on the English humorists and the Georges are described,
and various anecdotes, conversations and letters are given. There is a
bibliographical list of the writings of Thackeray published in the
United States, followed by Thackerayana, and the numerous mentions of
him in periodicals. There are twenty-six portraits of Thackeray, many
of his drawings, and several facsimiles of letters.

“Small faults are easily found, and though the book may not be as
learned as possible, it is surely one that should have distinct
popularity.”

+ + — =Critic.= 46: 188. F. ‘05. 110w.

Reviewed by M. F.

+ + =Dial.= 38: 189. Mr. 16, ‘05. 900w.

“American readers will find in these two volumes nothing to complain
of everything to correct an ancient notion we all had that Thackeray
was cynical.”

+ =Ind.= 58: 1308. Je. 8. ‘05. 630w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 6. Ja. 7, ‘05. 1460w.

=R. of Rs.= 31: 249. F. ‘05. 70w.

“Two garrulous and amiable volumes.”

+ =Spec.= 94: 256. F. 18, ‘05. 1380w.

=Wilson, William Robert Anthony.= Knot of blue. †$1.50. Little.

This is not an historical romance altho the scene is laid in old
Quebec. The heroine, the ward of the governor, and the hero, her
childhood playmate, are both the victims of the wicked plots of the
villain thru whom the hero is made to appear faithless to both his
country and his love. There are many thrilling scenes, enacted by many
players, but in the end each wins his true deserts.

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 402. Je. 17, ‘05. 330w.

“A story of love and adventure, full of movement and romance.”

+ =Outlook.= 80: 193. My. 20, ‘05. 50w.

=Winkley, Jonathan Wingate.= John Brown, the hero: personal reminiscences, *85c. West, J. H.

The author was a boy in Kansas in 1856, and there came in contact with
the great abolitionist hero. The object of his little book is to throw
some side light upon John Brown’s character, and he gives some new
historical material, and recounts adventures in which he was too young
to participate except as an eye witness. There is an introduction by
Frank B. Sanborn. The illustrations include a representation of a bust
of John Brown and two views of the Adair cabin.

=Am. Hist R.= 10: 719. Ap. ‘05. 50w.

“We are glad Dr. Winkley has set down his personal experiences and
impressions in so interesting and vivid a manner.”

+ =Arena.= 33: 672. Je. ‘05. 160w.

“Although the matter of the book is slender in amount, and spread thin
by both author and printer, and although the glimpses we get of John
Brown are few and fleeting, the publishers are still within the truth
in announcing that ‘The book has the interest of a romance,’ and that
‘the young will read it as if it were especially “a story for boys,”
and the old will find in it matters to revive their enthusiasm.’”

+ =Dial.= 38: 240. Ap. 1, ‘05. 290w.

“Another slight, and wholly unpretentious volume, quickly read.”

+ =Nation.= 80: 132. F. 16, ‘05. 200w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10:150. Mr. 11, ‘05. 400w.

=Winslow, Charles Edward Amory.= Elements of applied microscopy: a text-book for beginners. $1.50. Wiley.

A presentation of the elements of microscopic study under the
headings: Function and parts of the microscope. Manipulation of the
microscope, The mounting and preparation of objects for the
microscope, Micrometry, and the camera lucida, The microscopy of the
common starches, Foods and drugs and their adulterants, The
examination of textile fibers, The microscopy of paper, The microscope
in medicine and sanitation, Forensic microscopy, Microchemistry,
Petrography and metallography.

“Mr. Winslow’s text is practical.”

+ + =Engin. N.= 53: 295. Mr. 16, ‘05. 460w.

=Winter, Alice.= Prize to the hardy. $1.50. Bobbs.

Mrs. Winter’s story of early Minnesota days is built up around a
successful financial magnate of a typical western town, his daughter,
in whose veins flows a trace of the blood of Indian chiefs,—a very
modern, very feminine, very human specimen of lovable young womanhood,
a young Maineite who demonstrates his fitness to be called the
“hardy,” and his rival, the near approach to a contemptible villain.
There are close range views of the typical Swede farmer, dips into the
hardships to be endured in the small Dakota towns, and a thrilling
picture of a forest fire’s devastation. The local coloring thruout is
consistent and characteristic.

“Told in a spirited manner. It is a story that will appeal to the
general reader in search of a pleasing and somewhat exciting
love-tale.”

+ =Arena.= 34: 221. Ag. ‘05. 250w.

“The book is not incapably written. The book’s greatest fault is its
utter lack of originality.”

+ — =Critic.= 46: 381. Ap. ‘05. 90w.

“In short, without being remarkable in any special way, ‘The prize to
the hardy’ is a good readable, human story, and cleverly written at
that.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 244. Ap. 15, ‘05. 370w.

+ =Outlook.= 79: 708. Mr. 18, ‘05. 90w.

=Wise, John Sergeant.= Lion’s skin. †$1.50. Doubleday.

On the surface the book is the story of a certain Powhatan Carrington,
who bore arms in his ‘teens for the Confederacy, and became a Richmond
lawyer and politician. On turning Republican he found himself so
unpopular among his townspeople, that he removed to New York, where he
and his northern wife prospered exceedingly. Underneath is an analysis
of the conditions of the South since the Civil war, and a political
history of Virginia from the first steps in reconstruction to the
election of the governor in 1885.

“‘The lion’s skin’ spells information rather than diversion.”

+ — =Bookm.= 21: 651. Ag. ‘05. 270w.

“In this book there is far more history than fiction.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ — =Dial.= 39: 42. Jl. 16, ‘05. 290w.

— =Ind.= 58: 1132. My. 18, ‘05. 320w.

“As a novel Mr. Wise’s book, while it contains some excellent material
will not hold the average reader’s attention. But it only ostensibly a
novel. It is rather a personal explanation, and as such will interest
persons who know who Mr. Wise is.”

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 178. Mr. 25, ‘05. 630w.

“Mr. Wise cannot be accounted a success as a novelist, but as a
historian he is clear and forceful, and his book calls for careful
consideration.”

+ — =Outlook.= 79: 857. Ap. 1, ‘05. 320w.

“As a piece of fiction the book is a negligible quantity, but as the
narrative account of the movement of events and the development and
importance of the predominant feelings in the South before, during,
and immediately after the war it is a worthy contribution to our Civil
war literature.”

— + + =Pub. Opin.= 38: 713. My. 6, ‘05. 160w.

“A new kind of reconstruction story, cleverly weaving together fact
and fiction, and discussing the negro problem frankly and
impressively.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 31: 508. Ap. ‘05. 160w.

* =Wishart, Alfred Wesley.= Primary facts in religious thought. *75c. Univ. of Chicago press.

Seven essays, intended to state in a simple and practical manner the
essential principles of religion, and to clear it from confusion
arising from theological changes and historical criticism.

* “They are well adapted by their brevity and simplicity to the need
of the average man. If they fall short in any point, it is in not
recognizing the essential identity of religion and morality beneath
their superficial differences.”

+ + — =Outlook.= 81: 891. D. 9, ‘05. 170w.

=Wisser, John P., and Gauss, Henry C.=, comps. Military and naval dictionary. 50c. Hamersley.

Authentic and clearly worded definitions of all terms used in the
United States army and navy, with a well-defined statement of the
powers of each department of the United States government and the
duties of all government officials.

“The work has been condensed into a small handbook, and constitutes a
handy volume of reference, the words selected having been clearly
defined in simple English. It will be of use not only to the general
reader unfamiliar with the terms who wishes to learn their meaning,
but also for the Navy, Army, the National guard, the Naval reserve,
and others interested in military matters.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 165. Mr. 18, ‘05. 200w.

=Witchell, Charles Anderson.= Nature’s story for the year. $1.25. Wessels.

Under such chapter headings as—The universal strife, Signs of spring,
April days, May muses, June joys, An August song, Signs of autumn, and
Wintry days, is given the story of the denizens of nature’s own land,
the thickets and the tree tops; history of a year and what the
changing seasons bring to the things that creep and fly.

* =Wittigschlager, Wilhelmina.= Minna, wife of the young rabbi. $1.50. Consolidated retail booksellers.

Minna, a beautiful girl of unknown parentage, born among poor Russian
Jews, is forced to marry when only thirteen years old a man whom she
has never seen. The morning after her marriage she runs away from her
bridegroom and leads a wandering life buffeted by fate and humanity
hither and yon, caring for her little son as best she may. She comes
to America, but later returns to Russia as an anarchist, only to
discover, upon the assassination of Alexander II., that the czar she
has plotted to kill is her father. She is sent to Siberia, but is
pardoned, and in the end is reunited to her husband, whom she has come
to love. This is but a small part of an exciting story, which gives a
remarkably vivid and most unflattering picture of the Russian Jew.

* =Wolf, Edmund Jacob.= Higher rock: sermons, addresses, and articles; comp. by a committee of the Board of publication. $1.50. Lutheran pub. soc.

A memorial edition of Dr. Wolf’s sermons, papers and addresses. “They
are the ripe fruit of a thoughtful and scholarly mind. Laymen and
ministers alike will find the book not only readable but clear and
profitable.”

=Woljeska, Helen.= See =Tindolph, Helen Woljeska.=

=Wollant, Gregoire de.= Land of the rising sun; tr. from the Russian by the author, with the assistance of Madame de Wollant. $1.50. Neale.

“The first portion of M. de Wollant’s study is a short description of
the Japanese islands, following which there is a historical sketch of
the people and an outline of the history of Christianity in Japan.
Part two contains the author’s impressions of the Japan to-day,
impressions which were derived from trips to northern as well as
southern Japan. The descriptions of the people and of the public and
domestic life are well considered, and in addition M. de Wollant
appends some interesting observations on economic and financial
Japan.”—Pub. Opin.

“While he evidently aims to be accurate and impartial, his
observations and opinions are naturally colored by his nationality,
but we nevertheless find the book very interesting.”

+ — =Critic.= 47: 478. N. ‘05. 180w.

“Where he has occasion to refer to authorities his choice is usually
the best, and his personal comments on contemporary conditions reveal
an observer of such insight that it is a matter for regret that he has
not often seen fit to delve a little deeper beneath the surface which
he portrays so admirably.”

+ =Lit. D.= 31: 625. O. 28, ‘05. 280w.

“An interesting and impartial book on Japan. The book is decidedly
worth reading.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 606. S. 16, ‘05. 1370w.

“A Russian’s estimate of Japan is interesting. It is especially
interesting, as in the present case, when it is given by a clever,
keen-sighted Russian.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 234. S. 23, ‘05. 430w.

“The narrative is lacking in literary merit and is at times
incoherent, but as the book is a translation, a great many of the
faults of style and composition may be due to that fact.”

+ — =Pub. Opin.= 39: 479. O. 7, ‘05. 130w.

=Wollaston, Arthur Naylor.= Sword of Islam. *$3. Dutton.

“This book is an enlargement of the author’s previous work,
‘Half-hours with Muhammad.’ The first half of the book gives the story
of Mohammed’s life and teaching, the early history of Islam, and a
sketch of the dynasties under which Islamic civilization reached its
highest development: the second half is devoted to a description of
the more important tenets of the Mohammedan faith and the beliefs of
the various sects into which Islam is divided.”—Spec.

“Such statements are inexcusable, all being devoid of foundation
beyond popular misconception due to ignorance.”

— =Acad.= 68: 800. Ag. 5, ‘05. 980w.

+ =Ind.= 59: 751. S. 28, ‘05. 160w.

“This volume may stimulate an interest which it cannot satisfy.”

— =Nation.= 81: 199. S. 7, ‘05. 120w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 317. My. 12, ‘05. 270w.

“He has done his work of choosing and mingling in an able manner. Mr.
Wollaston has made a connected story out of many diverse books and
articles. The result of his work we consider valuable, as being many
riches in a little space.”

+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 450. Jl. 8, ‘05. 1590w.

+ =Outlook.= 80: 839. Jl. 29, ‘05. 40w.

“‘The sword of Islam’ may serve a purpose as a book of reference for
the general reader; but it can hardly ‘awaken an interest in the
history of a religion and its followers.’”

+ =Spec.= 94: 790. My. 27, ‘05. 560w.

=Wood, Charles Seely.= Camp fires on the Scioto. †$1.50. Wilde.

The third story in Mr. Wood’s series on the opening up of the
Northwest territory. It is based on the historical records of surveys
made after the Indians had been driven to the northwest. The hardy
courage of these government surveyors forms the undertone of the tale,
which in particular sketches the heroism of Morris Patterson, a lad
who had been orphaned by the cruelty of the Indians, and who resolves
to take his father’s place in the company at Massie’s Station on the
Ohio river, and to support his little sister.

=Wood, Eugene.= Back home. †$1.50. McClure.

Stories which will carry all those who, in childhood, have known the
country, thankfully back to the old school-house, the Sabbath-school,
the swimming hole, the county fair, the circus and the many other
things of youth which were once delightfully real and now seem
delightfully funny. The illustrations by A. B. Frost add greatly to
the book.

* “His style, too, is that of the tricky journalist, and not of the
literary artist. That Mr. Wood is not lacking in ability, whatever may
be his deficiences in taste, is shown by the sustained excellence of
one chapter, ‘The firemen’s tournament.’”

+ — =Lit. D.= 31: 798. N. 25, ‘05. 660w.

“The human touch that makes the whole world kin is to be felt in these
homely, humorous sketches.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 380. O. 14, ‘05. 160w.

“They are well worth reading two or three times over.”

+ =Pub. Opin.= 39: 506. O. 14, ‘05. 220w.

=Wood, Henry.= Life more abundant: scriptural truth in modern application. **$1.20. Lothrop.

“The burden of Mr. Wood’s attempt here is to free the Bible from the
old, hard, literal infallibility which has at once hidden its deeper
spiritual meaning from its friends and been the most telling weapon in
the hands of hostile critics.”—Pub. Opin.

+ + =Outlook.= 81: 234. S. 23, ‘05. 200w.

“Those who are familiar with the inspiring, optimistic tone always
struck by Henry Wood in his various writings on new thought topics
will not be disappointed in this, his latest volume.”

+ + =Pub. Opin.= 39: 476. O. 7, ‘05. 490w.

=Wood, T. Martin.= Drawings of Sir E. Burne-Jones. *$2.50. Scribner.

An importation of the Newnes set of drawings with an introductory
essay by Mr. Wood. There are forty-seven illustrations, mostly
reproductions of studies for “The Aenid,” “The masque of Cupid,”
designs for windows, two or three characters from Tennyson, “The
nativity,” and “The entombment,” “The dream,” “The car of love,” “The
sirens,” children, hands, a wing, etc. The frontispiece presents a
study in red chalk. There are several other pictures in tints, mounted
on harmonizing paper. The others are in half-tone. The cover design is
printed in three colors from a drawing by Granville Fell.

“Scholarly essay. Carefully selected and well reproduced, though in a
few cases losing something of their charm through over-reduction, the
drawings here collected include typical examples of a great variety.”

+ + =Int. Studio.= 25: 180. Ap. ‘05. 260w.

=Int. Studio.= 25: sup. 63. My. ‘05. 190w.

“An altogether satisfactory publication not only for the reason that
great pains have been taken to present the drawings through various
processes in a striking and intelligent manner, but also because we
have these reproductions preceded by an excellent essay by T. Martin
Wood, who writes with utter frankness concerning the artist’s
draughtsmanship, its development and the feats it achieved.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 178. Mr. 25, ‘05. 260w.

* =Wood, T. Martin.= Drawings of Rossetti. *$2.50. Scribner.

“This year’s addition to the ‘Modern master draughtsmen’ series ... is
an ideal study, both in text and illustration, of a distinctive phase
of a great artist’s work.... There is an interesting discussion of the
proper critical attitude from which to approach Rossetti’s work, and
the fifty drawings reproduced in the present volume are treated as
illustrative material for various theses, thus receiving considerable
detailed attention.... Many are printed in tint and mounted upon rough
paper of a harmonizing shade. They represent all stages of work, from
the rough sketch to the elaborate highly-finished drawing that was so
characteristic of Rossetti’s genius.”—Dial.

* “The introductory comment ... is a discriminating and illuminating
piece of criticism.”

+ + =Dial.= 39: 383. D. 1, ‘05. 280w.

* “Valuable addition to the Newnes series.”

+ + =Int. Studio.= 27: sup. 33. D. ‘05. 210w.

=Wood, Walter Birbeck, and Edmonds, James Edward.= History of the Civil war in the United States, 1861-1865. *$3.50. Putnam.

This history of the civil war was written by two officers of the
British army, from an impartial English point of view. “Mr. Spenser
Wilkinson in a short introduction commends this book because he is
convinced ‘that the true nature of war and its relation to national
life can be learned from a study of the American Civil war as a
whole.’ ... It tells why and how the war was fought, and though there
is much in it which the general public may read with profit and
interest, its detail and wealth of maps show that it is intended
rather for the specialist.” (Sat. R.)

* “Whatever may be the cause of the want of clearness, which we have
named, it deprives the book of some of that value which, given its
accuracy, would otherwise have attached to it, as a text-book. We have
to congratulate our authors upon their index, the compilation of which
has evidently been most careful, to the great advantage of the
volume.”

+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 2: 431. S. 30. 1070w.

* “It would have been all the more welcome if they had attempted less,
and omitted some of the many details with which they load their
pages.”

+ + — =Lond. Times.= 4: 317. S. 29, ‘05. 720w.

* “The authors are scrupulously fair. They have kept a good proportion
in their narrative. But they very certainly have not, as Mr. Spenser
Wilkinson would have us believe, produced an authoritative military
pronouncement on the subject.”

+ =Nation.= 81: 511. D. 21, ‘05. 1030w.

* =N. Y. Times.= 10: 713. O. 21, ‘05. 240w.

+ + — =Sat. R.= 100: 412. S. 23, ‘05. 290w.

=Woodman, H. Rea.= Noahs afloat. $1.50. Neale.

A jocular account of the voyage of the ark, which begins with the
third day out and ends when the Noahs and the stowaway, John Smith,
have packed up their belongings and are ready to land. The book is
largely taken up with humorous family discussions of up-to-date
subjects. Some lively incidents are furnished by the animals.

“It is carefully written, and those who like this kind of humor may
like it very much.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 457. Jl. 8, ‘05. 600w.

=Woodward, William Harrison.= Desiderius Erasmus concerning the aim and method of education. *$1.30. Macmillan.

“This study of the life work of Erasmus as an educator is
characterized by ... thoroughness, lucidity, and sympathy.... Erasmus
as sketched here is not an altogether attractive personality.”—Int. J.
Ethics.

“To inquirers into the origins of modern culture, and to students of
the history of education generally, this book will prove invaluable.”
R. E. Hughes.

+ + =Int. J. Ethics.= 15: 390. Ap. ‘05. 700w.

Working men’s college, 1854-1904. See =Davies, J. Llewelyn=, ed.

=Workman, William Hunter, and Workman, Fanny Bullock.= Through town and jungle: fourteen thousand miles a-wheel among the temples and peoples of the Indian plain. *$5. Scribner.

A book devoted to the “temples and people of India,” giving studies of
the six styles of Indian architecture, the Buddhist, Indian-Aryan,
Jain, Dravidian, Chalukyan, and Mohammedan, and the innumerable
variety of people and adventures encountered “from Cape Comorin to the
Himalayas and beyond.” There are over two hundred illustrations.

“It is a worthy record of a remarkable journey.”

+ + =Ath.= 1905, 1: 334. Mr. 18. 1580w.

“It would be most unfair to deny the value of the material, both
textual and pictorial, here gathered together, however unsystematized,
or the fact that no other recent work on India gives any such general
impression of the Indian peoples and architectures.” Wallace Rice.

+ + — =Dial.= 38: 383. Je. 1, ‘05. 580w.

“The incidents and excitements, as well as the studious results, of
this trip are well told.”

+ + =Nation.= 80: 269. Ap. 6, ‘05. 340w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 188. Mr. 25, ‘05. 1280w.

“The narrative does not quite justify one’s expectations. In spite of
their unusual powers of endurance, these seasoned travellers found a
good deal to grumble about.”

+ — =Sat. R.= 100: 346. S. 9, ‘05. 260w.

=Wright, John, pseud.= See =Bourne, R. William.=

=Wright, Louise Wigfall (Mrs. D. Giraud Wright).= Southern girl in ‘61: the wartime memories of a Confederate senator’s daughter. **$2.75. Doubleday.

“The narrative begins in Texas, continues through the author’s
child-life in Washington; and, during her school days in Boston,
carries the thread of the public story rather than her own,
reproducing letters showing progress of events in the South. She
reached Richmond just after the battle of Manassas; her record ends
with Kirby Smith’s surrender; prominent men and women are introduced
in incident, anecdote, and by portrait.”—Outlook.

* + =Critic.= 47: 575. D. ‘05. 90w.

“The volume under review has an interest and value that the social
histories have not.” Walter L. Fleming.

+ + =Dial.= 39: 269 N. 1, ‘05. 920w.

“These books are really worth while, if for no other purpose but to
show how ridiculously fallacious are the Southern heroines made up by
writers like Cyrus Townsend Brady and George Gary Eggleston.”

+ =Ind.= 59: 986. O. 26, ‘05. 100w.

* “A girl sees only the surface of things, and what she does not
understand she is not likely to remember, nearly half a century later.
So the recollections are about what one should expect. They are
pleasing, although often thin.”

+ =Nation.= 81: 405. N. 16, ‘05. 1890w.

“Not even a tag of poor verse ... can rob ‘A southern girl in ‘61’ of
its literary quality or historical value, its pathos, and its fine
humanity.” L. L.

+ + — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 558. Ag. 26, ‘05. 1160w.

* “Mrs. Wright’s book is decidedly one to read.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 820. D. 2, ‘05. 120w.

“The book has a substantial interest that only the author could
supply, and some of the correspondence introduced has the value of
historical documents.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 282. S. 30, 05. 200w.

* “‘The feminine spirit of the Confederacy,’ which has been made one
of the chapter titles of this book, is cleverly interpreted by this
writer, who was actually a part of the stirring scenes which she
narrates.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 32: 756. D. ‘05. 160w.

=Wright, W. Aldis=, ed. See =Ascham, Roger.= English works.

=Wright, William Burnet.= Cities of Paul: * beacons of the past rekindled for the present. **$1.10. Houghton.

A study of the cities of Tarsus, Tyana, Ancyra, Philippi, Old and New
Corinth, Ephesus, Colossai, and Thessalonica, which not only shows the
setting of the Apostle’s life and helps to our understanding of the
Pauline epistles, but points out that the Apostle encountered the same
vices, social, political, and commercial, that threaten our own
municipalities today, and shows how he dealt with them.

* =N. Y. Times.= 10: 851. D. 2, ‘05. 180w.

* “With such a purpose Dr. Wright has put his ample knowledge to a
highly instructive as well as entertaining use.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 887. D. 9, ‘05. 100w.

=Wylie, Edna Edwards.= Ward of the sewing-circle, †$1. Little.

Orphaned Johnny Beal becomes the little “human hand-me-down” of the
Smithville sewing-circle. Each member takes charge of him for two
months at a time, and with all the divided management, it is no wonder
that the little fellow jumbles his various parting injunctions. His
only solace is Tab, his cat which kind fate smuggles past the wrathy
spots in his foster mothers’ tempers.

=Wyllie, William Lionel, and Wyllie, M. A.= London to the Nore; painted and described by W. L. and M. A. Wyllie. *$6. Macmillan.

This volume “deals with territory between the metropolis and the sea,
and is included in the ‘Beautiful book’ series.... It is described by
Mrs Wyllie and the many colored pictures and other sketches are by W.
L. Wyllie, A. R. A. The party ‘does’ London to the Nore, along the
Thames, and the Medway to Rochester. The book is made up of a series
of traveler’s impressions with what might be called a partly
historical and partly contemporaneous background.”—N. Y. Times.

“In Mr. Wyllie’s pictures in ‘London to the Nore,’ we are struck
chiefly by the wholesome sentiment and the microscopic eye. Mrs.
Wyllie’s text is a too frivolous accompaniment.”

+ + — =Acad.= 68: 779. Jl. 29, ‘05. 400w.

* “Amongst the many delightful publications resulting from the happy
collaboration of an artist and author that have recently appeared,
high rank must certainly be given to ‘London to the Nore,’ with its
sympathetic interpretations of typical river scenes and vivid
word-pictures of their environment.”

+ + =Int. Studio.= 27: 182. D. ‘05. 190w.

+ + =Lond. Times.= 4: 255. Ag. 11, ‘05. 520w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 485. Jl. 22, ‘05. 350w.

“In every way a most delightful book.”

+ + =Spec.= 95: 159. Jl. 29, ‘05. 410w.

=Wyman, Rev. Henry H.= Certainty in religion. 50c; 10c. Columbus press.

“Father Wyman has met many doubters in his long missionary career, and
this book is a summary of his most persuasive arguments with them. It
will serve, we trust, as a manual for many other zealous
priests.”—Cath. World.

“A book of really convincing power.”

+ + =Cath. World.= 81: 251. My. ‘05. 380w.

Y

=Yechton, Barbara, pseud. (Lydia Farrington Krause).= Some adventures of Jack and Jill. †$1.50. Dodd.

“A pretty story of a group of English children who lived in Santa
Cruz, West Indies. Little Jill, the narrator, looks up to her brother
Jack with loving admiration. The mischief they get into and the honest
way they get out make delightful reading.”—Outlook.

* “The story is well told.”

+ =Critic.= 47: 577. D. ‘05. 20w.

* “It is a good story for boys and girls, any one in fact.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 795. N. 25, ‘05. 210w.

* “Refinement and gentleness characterize this wholesome chronicle of
childish thoughts and doings.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 430. O. 21, ‘05. 60w.

Yellow war, by “O.” **$1.20. McClure.

Dramatic episodes of the war in the Far East are given here with a
touch of imagination which only adds to their reality: we see things
as the yellow men must see them. There are scenes of war on sea and
land, scenes at the front, and at home, most of which tell of the
systematic subordination and sacrifice of the individual to the
system.

“It is a book which gives an excellent idea of the actors in the war.”

+ + =Acad.= 68: 172. F. 25, ‘05. 320w.

“There is much idealization rather than a precise report, and the
result is an impression even more veritable than the others have been
able to convey, notwithstanding a certain sense of the fiction that is
truer than mere fact.” Wallace Rice.

+ + =Dial.= 38: 417. Je. 16, ‘05. 890w.

“On its face a collection of detached recitals, many of them
thrilling, but not incredible, this volume, when carefully read,
reveals more than tales of adventure. The anonymous writer is clearly
distrustful and unsympathetic, but he tries to be impartial.”

+ + =Nation.= 81: 204. S. 7, ‘05. 1480w.

“On the whole, it is a book of blood-stirring reading—a sort of prose
glory song of the wonderful little yellow man.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 262. Ap. 22, ‘05. 550w.

“Remarkable for their vividness and intensity.”

+ + =Outlook.= 79: 1062. Ap. 29, ‘05. 280w.

“It is quite likely that this fiction is a truer picture in spirit of
the Japanese than much of the fact we have been fed on.”

+ + =Pub. Opin.= 38: 755. My. 13, ‘05. 360w.

“It is a word panorama of its great battles and sieges by one who has
studied the characters of the men of the two nations engaged in it.
The style of this narrative is highly direct and intense, full of life
and color.”

+ + + =Reader.= 6: 597. O. ‘05. 180w.

“The merely literary merits of his book are great. Most of the book
can only be described as lurid; and yet the author writes simply, is
never rhetorical, and clearly labours to be temperate and exact. The
book is not impartial, sometimes it is palpably unfair, and now and
then it is impossibly fantastic. But at its best it comes nearer a
kind of genius than any war correspondence we remember.”

+ + — =Spec.= 94: 405. Mr. 18, ‘05. 800w.

=Young, Egerton Ryerson.= Hector my dog. $1.50. Wilde.

Hector grows very human to the animal lover as with a high degree of
intelligence he records his dog thoughts and narrates his Northland
adventures. Particularly interesting is the author’s suggestion that
the devotion and loyalty which a dog renders his master must be
preserved as a part of all good in the final reckoning.

* “Knows his subject and its surroundings thoroughly.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 821. D. 2, ‘05. 90w.