Chapter VI: Front Matter (6)

“A poet of the race in which both the gloom of life and its wildest
joys meet with prompt response. Neither his metres nor his moods are
classic in suggestion, and his wayward rhythms have the attractiveness
of undisciplined grace, but his melody is unmistakable and his images
are haunting.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 50. Ja. 28, ‘05. 150w.

“Verse is musical, clear, and forceful.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 30: 759. D. ‘04. 30w.

=Branch, Anna Hempstead.= Shoes that danced and other poems. **$1.10. Houghton.

“In the present volume ... there are sinewy dramatic sketches,
meditative monologues, child verses, lyric odes, and fragments of
dramatic narrative, all marked by fluent, unconventional music, and
strong, unconventional phrase. Yet the mood of wonder that underlies
all of it is singularly integral.”—Nation.

“Poetry that is at once full, sometimes a little too full, of
temperament, and in the truest sense of the word, ‘significant’, both
in its own quality, and in its relation to some of the deeper moods of
the hour.” Ferris Greenslet.

+ =Atlan.= 96: 421. S. ‘05. 680w.

“Miss Branch’s work exhibits a mind saturated with English
poetry—particularly its naive older forms—and prettily echoes a
variety of manners. It is touched with mysticism, and has considerable
imaginative reach. Many of the pieces are marred by obscurity and an
obvious straining for effect.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ — =Dial.= 39: 64. Ag. 1, ‘05. 220w.

“For all the intellectual energy and sincerity of Miss Branch’s work,
and its frank preoccupation with the more passionate issues of life,
it never ceases to be finely feminine in a certain lurking wistfulness
and tenderness in little things.”

+ + =Nation.= 81: 16. Jl. 6, ‘05. 750w.

“Miss Branch is extremely fortunate in her descriptions of life in
studios and courts, and strikes a deeply poetic note in her
unpretentious drama of the time of Watteau which she calls ‘The shoes
that danced.’”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 406. Je. 17, ‘05. 340w.

=Brandenburg, Broughton.= Imported Americans: the story of the experiences of a disguised American and his wife studying the immigration question. **$1.60. Stokes.

“The author, a newspaper correspondent, with his wife, lived for a
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steerage to Italy, and make a study of the districts from which
emigration is most pronounced.... Then with a group of Sicilians, Mr.
and Mrs. Brandenburg return in the guise of immigrants, observing the
snares laid for the credulous incomer whose great fear is that he may
be kept out of America, suffering the ill treatment meted out to
steerage passengers on board ship, and learning the laws of this
country are constantly evaded.... The revelations made of the
debasement of our naturalization papers furnish food for thought.”
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“The book is not remarkable either in a sensational or a scientific
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+ =Critic.= 46: 382. Ap. ‘05. 160w.

“The most earnest efforts to provide proper laws for the exclusion of
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enforcement of such laws, has resulted in little more than an evasion
of them by the least desirable emigrants. Mr. Brandenburg traces the
causes of this failure by an investigation as thorough and complete as
it perhaps is possible to make.”

+ + =Dial.= 38: 52. Ja. 16, ‘05. 200w.

“Is of special interest for the reason that it offers a radical remedy
for existing immigration evils.”

+ + =Reader.= 5: 625. Ap. ‘05. 270w.

=Brandes, Georg Morris Cohen.= Main currents in nineteenth century literature. 6v. v. 4. Naturalism in England. *$3. Macmillan.

The period known as the romantic movement in English poetry at the
beginning of the nineteenth century is treated in this volume. “Mr.
Brandes seems to approach literature not wholly from the side of
art.... He is concerned rather with the moral and spiritual progress
of the world ... he ... takes poet after poet, and, with a skilful
handling of biographical material and an ardent critical appreciation
makes a rapid and interesting sketch of the motives and performances
of the particular writer.” (Acad.)

“As one reads one becomes aware that the volume is rather a
sympathetic interpretation of certain great figures, from Mr. Brandes’
point of view, than a piece of masterly generalisation. It is a mine
of apposite biographical illustration, of delicate appreciation and of
felicitous criticism of a high order.”

+ + =Acad.= 68: 583. Je. 3, ‘05. 1260w.

“Dr. Brandes is marvelously well read, illuminating in analysis,
comprehensive and balanced in his historic outlook. Always searching
for the leading idea, he is guilty at times of reading into an author
what he is determined to find.”

+ + — =Ath.= 1905 2: 168. Ag. 5, 1040w.

“It is one of its author’s most brilliant performances.”

+ + + =Dial.= 39: 18. Jl. 1, ‘05. 310w.

“There is no attempt in Mr. Brandes’ case to suppress the personal
equation, or to conceal the bias.”

+ + — =Lond. Times.= 4: 157. My. 19, ‘05. 2290w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 345. My. 27, ‘05. 290w.

“It is as candid as the ‘tendenz’ will allow, very well informed,
highly entertaining, frequently striking, and even useful.”

+ + — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 360. Je. 3, ‘05. 960w.

“As a proof of Prof. Brandes’s specific judgments of poets and of
poems which are chosen for individual mention, they do not always
commend themselves as agreeing with the opinion which English critics
have given authority.” H. W. Boynton.

+ + — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 461. Jl. 15, ‘05. 3010w.

“The chapters on Byron are the best part of Dr. Brandes’s book; they
will be read with pleasure by Byron’s countrymen.”

+ + — =Spec.= 95: 429. S. 23, ‘05. 1970w.

=Brastow, Lewis Orsmond.= Representative modern preachers. **$1.50. Macmillan.

“Nine notable men are considered ... five broad churchmen,
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churchmen, Newman and Mozley; two low churchmen, Guthrie and Spurgeon.
The book is the result of repeated studies of these men with classes
of students of the Yale Divinity school.”—Atlan.

“The estimates of these various masters are made with deep sympathy
and substantial justice.”

+ + =Atlan.= 95: 706. My. ‘05. 180w.

=Breal, Auguste.= Velazquez, tr. by Mme. Simon Bussy. *75c; lea. *$1. Dutton.

This volume declares itself to be merely an invitation to visit Madrid
and see the works of the great Spanish painter, but it also serves as
an inspiration for the journey. There are many illustrations.

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genius, of what he was, and what he was not, together with all that is
necessary of biographical information regarding an entirely uneventful
life. Mme Bussy is as accurate as readable.”

+ + =Nation.= 80: 440. Je. 1, ‘05. 630w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 515. Ag. 5, ‘05. 210w.

“A good little guide.”

+ =Outlook.= 80: 542. Je. 24, ‘05. 20w.

* =Breasted, James Henry.= History of Egypt from the earliest times to the Persian conquest. **$5. Scribner.

This volume, designed for the general reader as well as the scholar,
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Old kingdom, the Middle kingdom, and the New empire, down to the
Persian conquest. There are many new translations from original
documents in the book and two hundred illustrations and maps. “Nowhere
can we find a clearer account of the general history of Egypt, as
known to us by the latest studies and excavations carried on by the
numerous societies and individuals at work in the Nile valley.” (Ind.)

* “This is a most valuable and interesting work.”

+ + =Ind.= 59: 1109. N. 9, ‘05. 660w.

* “A history that may fairly claim to be, for the immense period which
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+ + =Outlook.= 81: 940. D. 16, ‘05. 490w.

=Brewer, David Josiah.= United States: a Christian nation. *$1. Winston.

The first of these three lectures, “The United States a Christian
nation,” shows that our Republic should be so called because it has
been so declared by the Supreme court of the United States, by many of
the highest state courts, by colonial charters, by nearly all of the
state constitutions, by state legislatures, and by popular sentiment
and practice: the second, “Our duty as citizens,” discusses the
compatibility between Christianity and patriotism, and the reasons why
Christianity is entitled to the tribute of respect: the third, “The
promise and the possibilities of the future,” is an eloquent appeal to
young men to temper their devotion to country with fidelity to the
teachings of the Gospel.

“We do not think, however, that these addresses represent the eminent
jurist at his best.”

+ — =Arena.= 34: 557. N. ‘05. 280w.

“The three chapters of this volume are three lectures delivered at
Haverford college. We are glad that they now command a wider
audience.”

+ + =Outlook.= 81: 530. O. 28, ‘05. 140w.

=Brewster, H. Pomeroy.= Saints and festivals of the Christian church. **$2. Stokes.

“This single volume of hagiology is conveniently arranged in calendar
form, giving for each day in the year some details of the life and
legends of the saints whose festivals are celebrated according to the
Roman Catholic and Episcopal churches. A great deal of curious
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and the symbols, ceremonies, superstitions, stones and colors
associated with saints and their days.”—Ind.

“Mr. Brewster is not a Catholic, but he endeavors to tell the story of
the saints in a devout spirit, and he succeeds.”

+ + =Cath. World.= 81: 256. My. ‘05. 130w.

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year-book. The greatest merits of the work are its entire freedom from
denominational bias, and the wide knowledge which it shows of profane
and ecclesiastical history and canon law.”

+ + =Dial.= 38: 203. Mr. 16, ‘05. 170w.

=Ind.= 58: 673. Mr. 23, ‘05. 70w.

=Brewster, William Tenney,= ed. See =Representative= essays on the theory of style.

=Briggs, Le Baron Russell.= Routine and ideals. **$1. Houghton.

Perhaps no man in America is better fitted to write authoritatively on
the subject of college routine than Dean Briggs of Harvard and
Radcliffe. There are included in the volume with the title essay, A
school and college address, Harvard and the individual, Address to the
school children of Concord, Commencement address at Wellesley college,
Discipline in school and college, The mistakes of college life, and
Mater fortissima.

“Admiration of the author’s style should not blind the reader to his
essentially one-sided presentation of an intricate subject.” Henry D.
Sheldon.

+ + — =Dial.= 38: 271. Ap. 16, ‘05. 210w.

“The essays and addresses that compose his little volume are therefore
more than they seem: they state his creed; they are the guiding laws
of one of the most powerful influences brought to bear, within our
generation, on college students in the United States.” G. R.
Carpenter.

+ + + =Educ.= R. 29: 422. Ap. ‘05. 640w.

+ + =Ind.= 59: 95. Jl. 13, ‘05. 830w.

“One that all who have to do in any way with college or school
administration may profitably read.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 31: 128. Ja. ‘05. 190w.

=Bright, James Wilson,= ed. Gospel of St. John in West-Saxon. 60c. Heath.

A volume in the Belles-lettres series. The text of the gospel of St.
John, based upon the original manuscripts, also an exhaustive
introduction, full notes, and a glossary.

=Nation.= 80: 436. Je. 1. ‘05. 70w.

=Bright, James Wilson,= ed. Gospel of St. Matthew in West-Saxon. 60c. Heath.

This little volume belongs to section I, English literature from its
beginning to 1100, of the Belles-letters series. It contains the text
of the gospel of St. Matthew in West-Saxon, as found in the copy of
the version preserved in Ms. CXL of the library of Corpus Christi
college, Cambridge; the rubrics have been carried into the text from
Ms. A. The variant readings of all other surviving copies of the
version are subjoined to the text.

=Ath.= 1905, 1: 529. Ap. 29. 150w.

=Nation.= 80: 436. Je. 1, ‘05. 70w.

=Bromley, George Tisdale.= Long ago and later on; or, Recollections of eighty years. *$1.50. Robertson.

The autobiography of a happy-go-lucky soul, who began work at the age
of ten in his father’s ropewalk. His callings were many and varied, he
worked on whalers, steam boats, and railroads, dabbled in politics and
ran a hotel. Born in Connecticut, he made his home on the Pacific
coast, and spent two years in China as consul to Tien-Tsin. The story
of his long and eventful career is full of interesting detail and
anecdote.

+ + =Nation.= 80: 296. Ap. 13, ‘05. 650w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 141. Mr. 4, ‘05. 1030w. (Abstract of book).

=Bronson, Walter Cochrane=, ed. See =English= essays.

=Brontë, Charlotte.= Jane Eyre. $1.25. Crowell.

“Jane Eyre” proves a better companion than ever in the handy form of
the “Thin paper classics” series.

* =Brooke, Stopford Augustus.= On ten plays of Shakespeare. *$2.25. Holt.

A delightful discussion of ten plays of Shakespeare in which is
reflected a wealth of suggestion from extended research and sound
judgment. The author’s side light revelations of Shakespeare himself
are suggestively framed in the following: “Deeply as Shakespeare felt
the woe, wickedness and weakness of humanity, he was still their
master.... This power to stand outside as well as inside of human
sorrow belonged to Shakespeare, because at the deepest root of him,
was, I repeat, delight of life; even rapture—the word is not too
strong—with the playfulness of its spring and the fulness of its
summer.”

* “Will be sure of a welcome when he comes forward with these acute,
thoughtful, sympathetic studies in the plays of Shakespeare.”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 4: 406. N. 24, ‘05. 970w.

* =Brookfield, Charles, and Brookfield, Frances.= Mrs. Brookfield and her circle. 2v. **$7. Scribner.

Mrs. Brookfield, the charming, witty and beautiful niece of Hallam,
the historian, and her well known husband, William Henry Brookfield,
fashionable preacher and ready writer, were the center of an exclusive
intellectual circle and numbered among their friends Thackeray,
Carlyle, FitzGerald, Tennyson, Mrs. Proctor, Lady Ashburton and many
other interesting people. In this account of them which has been
prepared by their son Charles and his wife, extracts from letters and
diaries aid in furnishing much chatty information and many anecdotes
concerning the social and literary London of their time.

* “This is one of the most delightful books of memoirs which we have
seen for many years.”

+ + + =Acad.= 68: 1143. N. 4, ‘05. 1740w.

* “As illustrative of a great and vigorous age which has passed away,
these letters possess no inconsiderable value.”

+ + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 678. N. 18. 1030w.

* “We close the volumes, feeling that it is well to have been
admitted, even for a few hours, to the bright and joyous company of a
merry-hearted husband and wife and their brilliant circle of
high-souled friends.” Percy F. Bicknell.

+ + =Dial.= 39: 370. D. 1, ‘05. 2070w.

* “The letters and anecdotes which Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brookfield
have here collected are so rich and abundant that the most copious
extracts must give an inadequate idea of what they contain.”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 4: 382. N. 10, ‘05. 1760w.

* “Whether it be grave or gay, the book is always interesting, and we
are peculiarly grateful to it, for it has added to our literary
acquaintance one of the best men who ever published a book, and a lady
whose charm of manner and quick sensibility are evident in every
letter she wrote, in every line of her diary.”

+ + =Spec.= 95: 929. D. 2, ‘05. 370w.

=Brooks, Elisabeth Willard.= As the world goes by. †$1.50. Little.

Bohemia with much of its usual abandon is pictured here, but there is
reared in its surroundings a clever, philosophical girl who after
eighteen years of loyal devotion to her worldly actress mother none
the less finds it natural to fit into the cultured corner of her
father’s world. Her romance forms the undercurrent of the story—a
romance of the intense subjective order which thru its
misunderstandings tries and purifies.

“It’s rather a dim, inconclusive sort of story, the heroine being
particularly dim.”

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 404. Je. 17, ‘05. 360w.

“The author ... keeps a quiet control over her material, and produces
a decidedly interesting and valuable study of character development.”

+ =Outlook.= 80: 190. My. 20, ‘05. 180w.

“The lack of a villain, the complex psychology and rarefied philosophy
carry no great appeal to the multitude, but the reflections will
attract the thoughtful, and the musical interpretations charm the
initiated.”

+ =Reader.= 6: 359. Ag. ‘05. 210w.

=Brooks, Geraldine.= Dames and daughters of the French court. **$1.50. Crowell.

These women, who for brilliancy, courage, charm, and occasionally
intrigue, cannot be surpassed have been much written about as
salonists, and literary successes, but the personal side of their
lives has been omitted. These sketches aim to supply the inner view,
and trace the motives and formative influences from their source. In
the group are Madame de Sevigné, Mademoiselle de Lespinasse, Madame
Roland, Madame de Staël, Madame de Rémussat, Madame Le Brun, Madame de
Lafayette, Madame Geoffrin, Madame Recamier, and Madame Valmore.

“About these women ... much has already been written, and better
written than in the present volume.”

— =Critic.= 46: 187. F. ‘05. 70w.

“Readable sketches of Mesdames de Staël, de Lafayette, Récamier, Le
Brun, and other notable French women. Charmingly written.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 30: 755. D. ‘04. 70w.

“Interesting and instructive volume.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 31: 249. F. ‘05. 140w.

=Brooks, Rt. Rev. Phillips.= Christ the life and light. **$1. Dutton.

“A group of selections from the writings of Phillips Brooks, chosen
and arranged with reference to their use for Lenten readings, the
whole collection having as its keynote Christ as the life and light of
the world.”—Outlook.

=Outlook.= 79: 855. Ap. 1, ‘05. 60w.

=Spec.= 94: 750. My. 20, ‘05. 320w.

=Brooks, Sarah Warner.= Garden with house attached. $1.50. Badger, R. G.

It is of a Cambridge garden that the author writes which “for twenty
years was the property of one who had in the Harvard botanical garden
‘a friend at court,’ and was able thus to obtain choice shrubs and
herbaceous plants. The author describes the rose, foxglove, iris,
Canterbury bells, violets, hollyhock, and other plants in this
garden.” (N. Y. Times). “The general theme is plant and plant-life. It
contains good suggestions in regard to the cultivation of flowers.”
(Bookm.)

“The style is somewhat diffuse and parenthetical, except where direct
advice is given, in which case it is clear enough.” Edith Granger.

+ =Dial.= 38: 382. Je. 1, ‘05. 330w.

“Writes in a semi-practical, semi-meditative manner in regard to the
comforts and enjoyments of a small country home.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 6. Ja. 7, ‘05. 300w.

“Instructive and entertaining. The healthy love of nature which
outdoor life awakens in most of us has pervaded it and has transferred
itself to the reader.”

+ =South Atlantic Quarterly.= 4: 95. Ja. ‘05. 180w.

* =Brooks, William Keith.= Oyster, The; a popular summary of a scientific study. *$1. Hopkins.

“Fourteen years ago Prof. Brooks made a rational appeal to Marylanders
on the subject of oyster culture, in the hope of reviving a decaying
and contentious industry. His tract ... failed, as he sorrowfully
admits in his preface to a second and revised edition, to penetrate
the ignorant conservatism of a State ruled hitherto by Gorman.
However, in returning to the fray, he adds a chapter on the peril of
the oyster as a vehicle of collection for cholera and typhoid germs,
and perhaps this aspect will do something to help the economic
reform.”—Nation.

* =Dial.= 39: 449. D. 16, ‘05. 50w.

* =Nation.= 81: 463. D. 7, ‘05. 100w.

* “It is written in an interesting manner. An index would increase the
value of the book many times; it deserves to have one.”

+ + — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 871. D. 9, ‘05. 940w.

=Broughton, Rev. Leonard Gaston.= Soul-winning church. **50c. Revell.

Some of the most effective addresses of the well-known revivalist are
found in this volume. They have been delivered here and in England,
and concern the work and workers of the church to-day, its doctrine
and its hope.

“They are plain, pungent, and spiritually quickening, though blended
with archaic matter that is intellectually offensive to the educated.”

+ — =Outlook.= 79: 1016. Ap. 22, ‘05. 50w.

* =Broughton, Rhoda.= Waif’s progress. $1.50. Macmillan.

The waif is a young minx of eighteen who, learned in the ways of the
French demi-monde, is brought to England on her mother’s death and
saddled upon the relatives of her father, a lax lord. She creates
havoc in the straight-laced families which shelter her, but the end of
all her schemes being to win a permanent home or to make a creditable
match, she finally marries a peer, the widower of her first hostess.

* “Her new novel shows the old daring and spirit in the dialogue,
though not quite the old raciness and spontaneity that kept everything
and everybody alive.”

+ =Ath.= 1905, 2: 503. O. 14. 400w.

* “Miss Broughton herself is more puzzled to know what to make of her
and what to do with her than all the people in the book put together.”

+ — =Lond. Times.= 4: 383. N. 10, ‘05. 360w.

* “While not up to her best work, it is still Rhoda Broughton—and that
is a guarantee of interest and of quality unusual and piquant.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 759. N. 11, ‘05. 370w.

* “A good many of the details introduced to complete the picture are
frankly repellant. It is rather melancholy to see Miss Broughton’s
fine talent wasted on the conscientious delineation of ineffectual or
uncomely types of goodness and decadence.”

+ — =Spec.= 95: 531. O. 7, ‘05. 1000w.

=Brouner, Walter Brooks, and Fung Yuet Mow.= Chinese made easy; with an introd. by Herbert A. Giles. *$6. Macmillan.

“This is a handsomely got-up book, with a red cloth cover and a gilt
dragon impressed on it. The title-page is on the right hand and the
pages of the book follow from right to left as in a Chinese book....
What ‘Chinese made easy’ teaches is one of the dialects spoken in the
Canton province.... To be pronounced useful the book should have for
title ‘Cantonese made easy,’ and the spelling should be made to
correspond with that adopted in all other works on the subject, local
deviations and solecisms being changed into their proper equivalents
in standard Cantonese.”—Nation.

“Only those who are to work among the Cantonese natives, including
many of the Chinese residents in the United States, may find it of
some use.” F. Hirth.

+ — =Bookm.= 20: 457. Ja. ‘05. 1160w.

+ — =Nation.= 80: 179. Mr. 2, ‘05. 510w.

* =Brown, Abbie Farwell.= Star jewels, and other wonders. †$1. Houghton.

“A collection of original, modern fairy stories, with the starfish as
the theme—five stories, five little poems, and five pictures, like the
points of the starfish.”—Critic.

* “Will be liked by children.”

+ =Critic.= 47: 576. D. ‘05. 30w.

* “A collection of wonder stories told in a simple and familiar way,
but with a touch of poetry, a little play of imagination, and a
refinement of feeling which separate them from most works of the same
kind.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 631. N. 11, ‘05. 40w.

* =Brown, Alice.= Paradise. †$1.50. Houghton.

“Here, in a little story of country life and country character, we
have at least five personalities clearly and entertainingly sketched,
with a story of love, disappointment, and sacrifice, at times poignant
in its depth of feeling, but nevertheless always treated with an
underlying sense of humor.... Almost all of the characters are quaint
and in a gentle way queer.” (Outlook.) The heroine is an orphan, who,
after a varied experience is trying to train herself as a nurse.

* “The end rallies to a justification of the beginning, and stamps the
whole as a little human document of fine quality.”

+ =Nation.= 81: 488. D. 14, ‘05. 280w.

* “The present story is not quite as ambitious to fill the place of a
fully rounded-out novel as some of its predecessors, but it is perhaps
none the less acceptable for that reason.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 578. N. 4, ‘05. 140w.

=Brown, Anna Robeson (Mrs. C. H. Burr, jr.).= Wine-press. †$1.50. Appleton.

The daughter of a New England mother and an Italian poet who deserted
his wife for an actress who could interpret his dramas, meets her
irresponsible half sister, the child of her father and this actress,
at a woman’s college, and after graduation takes charge of her and
witnesses her tragic end. Disillusioned, disgusted with both men and
women, she is brought back to a normal attitude thru the influence of
a nice young doctor.

“It is a study in feminine psychology carried out with uncommon
insight, and deserves to be read with attentive interest.” Frederic
Taber Cooper.

+ + =Bookm.= 22: 38. S. ‘05. 230w.

“The book is unconventional in its interest, and above the average of
contemporary fiction.”

+ =Dial.= 38: 392. Je. 1, ‘05. 190w.

=Ind.= 59: 208. Jl. 27, ‘05. 200w.

“It is due to Miss Brown to say that she has been most conspicuously
successful where her task has been hardest; namely, where the homely
and the tragic confront one another. Where weakness chiefly lies is in
the limp into commonplace situation which all her ability has not
averted.”

+ — =Nation.= 81: 123. Ag. 10, ‘05. 750w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 362. Je. 3, ‘05. 440w.

“The author has developed an idea, not novel in itself, in a striking
and unusual way.”

+ =Outlook.= 80: 346. Je. 3. ‘05. 100w.

=Brown, Arthur Judson.= New forces in old China: an unwelcome but inevitable awakening. **$1.50. Revell.

A study of the new forces now developing in China. The work “has for
its object the description of those features which he thinks are to
effect changes in China, and this will be due to Western trade,
Western politics, and Western religion. D. C. Boulger’s words are:
‘the grip of the outer world has tightened around China. It will
either strangle her or galvanize her into fresh life.’” (N. Y. Times).
“Dr. Brown deals with many timely points in this book. Among them are
the stupendous proportions of the economic revolution in China; the
growth of the newspaper, of which there were none a decade ago and
nearly a hundred to-day; Japan’s plan to arouse, organize and lead
China; a question as to the responsibility of the missionaries for the
trouble in China; the rapid development of American trade with China;
an up-to-date statement of the Chinese railway system, and many other
salient points.” (Bookm.)

“In rapid and highly interesting style, and in compact form, he arrays
the evidences that make for the preservation, on a nobler plane, of
the best ideas and the nobler outlook of the oldest of empires.”

+ + =Critic.= 47: 91. Jl. ‘05. 130w.

“Mr. Brown’s volume deserves general reading.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 3. Ja. 7, ‘05. 1280w. (Summary of ideas of
book.)

“This is a volume which will well repay careful study.”

+ + =Spec.= 94:23. Ja. 7. ‘05. 550w.

=Brown, E. Burton-.= Roman Forum, *$1. Scribner.

“A popular account of the excavations in the Roman Forum from 1898 to
1904 in handy form.... The book is intended not only to present
information concerning the excavations, but also an account of the
light they have thrown upon the religion and history of the Romans and
through these upon the character of the people.... Well-known facts
contained in the many previous publications about the Forum have been
omitted; but the monuments that were not recently excavated have been
noticed in their place, in order to make the little volume a complete
handbook.”—N. Y. Times.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 182. Mr. 25, ‘05. 350w.

“Summarises in a clear, methodical and scholarly way all the latest
discoveries.”

+ =Sat. R.= 99: 602. My. 6, ‘05. 90w.

=Brown, G. Baldwin.= William Hogarth. *$1.25. Scribner.

“A fresh and independent treatment of Hogarth’s life and art.” As his
life was spent at his work save for his runaway marriage, his French
visit and arrest at Calais, and some sharp political controversy, the
book deals chiefly with his paintings, their value, influence and
humor. There are many illustrations.

“Mr. Brown gives a fairly satisfactory and correct summary of the
leading incidents in the painter’s life but he has little that is
original or enlightening to say concerning his art.”

+ + — =Acad.= 68: 839. Ag. 12, ‘05. 220w.

“Concise, yet, within its necessary limits, really admirable
monograph.”

+ + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 248. Ag. 19. 1780w.

+ + =Critic.= 47: 474. N. ‘05. 70w.

* + =Int. Studio.= 27: sup. 31. D. ‘05. 150w.

“Professor Baldwin Brown has written a very good book on Hogarth, and
one which, in spite of its moderate size and price, will give the
general reader a juster understanding of the true nature of Hogarth’s
art than he is likely to get elsewhere.”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 4: 249. Ag. 4, ‘05. 1760w.

“The volume is much better than the average of the series to which it
belongs.”

+ + — =Nation.= 81: 187. Ag. 31, ‘05. 1860w.

* + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 861. D. 2, ‘05. 600w.

=Brown, Horatio Robert Forbes.= In and around Venice. *$1.50. Scribner.

Mr. Brown’s new volume has characteristics in common with his “Life on
the lagoons,” viz., full sympathy with the people, love for their
customs, their legends and their life. “The short papers vary as
widely in subject as in treatment. Here one finds a careful account of
the Campanile of San Marco and the loggetta of Sansovino, followed by
a diagrammed description of the columns of the Piazzetta, which an
architect might prize.... His trips to the mainland, including a
voyage to Istria, furnish several papers on out-of-the-way places,
which one is glad to see through his eyes.” (Nation.)

* “His book is compact enough to be taken abroad as a companion to the
ordinary guidebooks, and may be heartily commended to the tourist as
well as the general reader.”

+ + =Critic.= 47: 579. D. ‘05. 70w.

“Has made a charming book out of a number of facts about Venice,
soberly told.”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 4: 339. O. 13, ‘05. 350w.

“Some of his papers are slight, and in others there are repetitions;
but, taken as a whole, this volume is a worthy successor to ‘Life on
the lagoons.’”

+ + =Nation.= 81: 189. Ag. 31, ‘05. 490w.

“If the publishers had provided an index, or even a table of contents,
its value, already considerable, would have been enhanced greatly.”

+ + — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 675. O. 14, ‘05. 630w.

+ + — =Outlook.= 81: 576. N. 4, ‘05. 160w.

+ + =Spec.= 95: 432. S. 23, ‘05. 1470w.

=Brown, John.= See =MacBean, L.=, jt. auth. Marjorie Fleming.

=Brown, Katharine Holland.= Diane. †$1.50. Doubleday.

“‘A romance of the Icarian settlement on the Mississippi river’: a
small body of French colonists with communistic views who had been
brought to America by Pére Cabet; the story opens in 1856, when most
of them were thoroughly tired of him.... But the schisms of the
commune pale in interest beside the affairs of the American
abolitionists who come into the story.... In one chapter Robert
Channing is carrying runaway slaves to safety; in the next Pére Cabet
is preaching his flock into rebellion. The petty affairs of the
Icarians and the quarrel that shall shake the states run side by side.
Their separate currents meet in the loves of Robert and Diane.”—Acad.

“The value of the story depends on its description of the commune, and
to English readers on its sympathy with the intimate, tremendous
issues forced on American men and women by the abolition of slavery.
The novel is worth reading for the sake of its pictures of people so
near us in point of time, so immeasurably removed from us in sentiment
and surroundings. They have charm.”

+ =Acad.= 68: 128. F. 11, ‘05. 240w.

“But the tale, though full of faults, is a creation, and not a mere
echo.”

+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 1: 237. F. 25. 330w.

“Diane is thoroughly lovable; other characters are vividly drawn and
full of genuine pathos. The book is well written.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 31: 117. Ja. ‘05. 50w.

“There is, altogether, a great deal to read in ‘Diane,’ and although
it suffers a little from faults of construction, it is on the whole a
very good story.”

+ — =Spec.= 94: 519. Ap. 8, ‘05. 150w.

=Browne, George Waldo.= St. Lawrence river: historical, legendary, picturesque. **$3.50. Putnam.

The great river is described from the ocean to the lake, and the men
who were connected with it are brought in in chronological order,
Cartier, Champlain, Frontenac, LaSalle, Wolfe, Montcalm, and the early
voyageurs. There is an account of Indian wars, and a fine blending of
past scenes and present scenery. There are one-hundred full page
illustrations.

“The text appears not to be inadequate, ... but no one can think the
style good or graceful.”

+ — =Am. Hist. R.= 10: 949. Jl. ‘05. 110w.

+ + =Critic.= 47: 286. S. ‘05. 70w.

“Within its limits the book is satisfactory, and a good map adds to
its value.”

+ =Dial.= 39: 210. O. 1, ‘05. 420w.

“The author of the book before us has told the story of the St.
Lawrence and of early Canada in a most interesting manner.”

+ =Engin. N.= 53: 642. Je. 15, ‘05. 460w.

“Mr. Browne manifests no great originality or literary power, but he
weaves together history and geography, legend and description with
sufficient skill to make it all readable to one who has any interest
in the subject.”

+ =Ind.= 58: 1256. Je. 1, ‘05. 180w.

“It is a choice company of readers who will hail its appearance with
cordial greetings.”

+ =Lit. D.= 31: 497. O. 7, ‘05. 800w.

“Of course in a book of 365 pages there are some good things; the
index, for example, so far as it goes, is one of them.”

— + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 375. Ja. 10, ‘05. 620w.

+ =Outlook.= 80: 394. Je. 10, ‘05. 80w.

+ =Pub. Opin.= 39: 60. Jl. 8, ‘05. 190w.

=Browne, Henry.= Handbook of Homeric study. *$2. Longmans.

Opening with a discussion of the Homeric poems this volume contains
commentaries on the Homeric bards; historical outlines of the Homeric
controversy, chapters on Homeric life, the Homeric people, and “The
epic art of Homer.” There are twenty-two illustrations in half-tone,
an “approximate” chronology, and an index.

“It is an honest, candid, careful, and within its limits, it is a
lucidly arranged book.” Andrew Lang.

+ + =Acad.= 68: 487. My. 6, ‘05. 1540w.

“The book would have gained greatly had the author waited a few years
to digest his material. We also complain that there is no
bibliography.”

+ — =Ath.= 1905, 2: 39. Jl. 8, 840w.

“Deserves the highest commendation.”

+ + + =Cath. World.= 81: 842. S. ‘05. 350w.

“An eminently modern, although probably not final, word on the study
of Homer.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 573. S. 2, ‘05. 410w.

“Treated with conspicuous judgment and moderation the complex topic of
the Homeric literature.”

+ + =Sat. R.= 99: 814. Je. 17, ‘05. 300w.

=Browne, John Hutton Balfour.= South Africa: a glance at current conditions and politics. $2.50. Longmans.

A description of a voyage from England to Cape Town, Johannesburg, and
Pretoria with a rather superficial treatment of present social and
political questions.

“A two-hundred-page volume of impressions, views, opinions,
deductions, and half-baked facts which can only be characterized as
superficial and misleading when they are not absolutely inaccurate.
Has committed to paper a vast amount of untrustworthy information.”

— — — =Acad.= 68: 242. Mr. 11, ‘05. 270w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 210. Ap. 8, ‘05. 220w.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 459. Jl. 8, ‘05. 670w.

“His book is very loosely put together. Mr. Balfour-Browne often fails
either in observation or in accurate description.”

— — + =Sat. R.= 99: 743. Je. 3, ‘05. 1060w.

* “Whatever he says is forcible and lucid.”

+ + =Spec.= 95: 503. O. 7, ‘05. 560w.

=Browne, Mary.= Diary of a girl in France in 1821; with introd. by Euphemia Stewart Browne. *$2.50. Dutton.

The self-illustrated diary of a little fourteen year old English girl,
who spent the summer of 1821 in France. She regards her fine scorn for
all things French as loyalty to everything that is English. At times
her comments run close to humor though no one tells her that they do,
and she could not discover the fact herself.

“This is a perfectly irresistible book, a pure delight to all lovers
of children and quaintness.”

+ + =Acad.= 68: 708. Jl. 8, ‘05. 740w.

=Ath.= 1905, 2: 175. Ag. 5. 510w.

* “Incidentally the book is an interesting picture of French life
almost a century ago as seen through juvenile British eyes.”

+ =Critic.= 47: 573. D. ‘05. 90w.

“Since Marjorie Fleming wrote the ill-spelled pages of her delightful
journal, no child’s diary has been published more fascinating, because
none have been more unconscious or sincere, than ‘The diary of a girl
in France in 1821.’”

+ + =Dial.= 39: 244. O. 16, ‘05. 300w.

“Little Mary is an accomplished grumbler.”

+ — =Lond. Times.= 4: 211. Je. 30, ‘05. 570w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 609. S. 16, ‘05. 160w.

+ =Outlook.= 81: 278. S. 30, ‘05. 120w.

=Brownell, Leverett White.= Photography for the sportsman naturalist. **$2. Macmillan.

A book describing hunting with a camera in all its details, and
illustrated with pictures made from life. There is much practical
information concerning camera plates, the best methods to use in
taking pictures, and the best processes to employ after they are
taken.

“In the present work Mr. Brownell has gone into the subject
thoroughly. The book may be called a first-rate guide to hunting with
the camera.”

+ + =Baltimore Sun.= : 8. Mr. 8. ‘05. 440w.

“This book is packed full of practical directions.”

+ + =Country Calendar.= 1: 221. Jl. ‘05. 70w.

+ + =Ind.= 58: 900. Ap. 20, ‘05. 270w.

“It is essentially a book for the novice.”

+ =Nation.= 81: 263. S. 28, ‘05. 490w.

“The book is by no means dry reading, the technical details being
enlivened with numerous and appropriate anecdotes. Mr. Brownell has,
in fact, succeeded in producing a treatise on practical field
photography which it will be very hard to beat.” R. L.

+ + =Nature.= 71: 483. Mr. 23, ‘05. 600w.

=R. of Rs.= 31: 255. F. ‘05. 30w.

=Brownell, William Crary.= French art; classic and contemporary painting and sculpture. $1.50. Scribner.

This new and enlarged edition contains a chapter on “Rodin and the
institute” and the identical text of the illustrated edition of 1901.

=Dial.= 38: 396. Je. 1, ‘05. 50w.

+ — =Nation.= 80: 440. Je. 1, ‘05. 230w.

=Browning, Elizabeth Barrett.= Sonnets from the Portuguese. $1. Century.

These sonnets which have had so large a share in immortalizing one of
the “most exquisite love-histories of which the world has knowledge,”
once more make their appearance with a few of the love poems of Robert
Browning, and this time in the dainty workmanship of the “Thumb nail
series.” A frontispiece of Mrs. Browning, and an introduction by
Richard Watson Gilder add to the value of the volume.

* + + =Critic.= 47: 582. D. ‘05. 30w.

* + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 682. O. 14, ‘05. 80w.

=Browning, Oscar.= Napoleon: the first phase: some chapters on the boyhood and the youth of Bonaparte, 1769-1793. *$3.50. Lane.

Napoleon’s boyhood in Corsica, his education at Brienne and Paris, his
relations with Paoli, and his career down to Toulon are given in
detail. Appendices contain three selections from Napoleon’s writings
and some original documents from the British museum concerning the
siege of Toulon. The illustrations are largely taken from old
paintings and drawings.

“Comparison is inevitable, and recent Napoleonic literature has
established so high a standard in this branch of history that Mr.
Oscar Browning suffers by being inopportune.”

+ — =Acad.= 68: 694. Jl. 1, ‘05. 360w.

“In regard to historical accuracy as distinct from literary
presentment, the volume is, on the whole meritorious.”

+ =Ath.= 1905, 1: 774. Je. 24. 1140w.

“Altogether this is an important contribution to the study of
Napoleon’s early career, clearing away the accretions of legend and
presenting the known facts with satisfactory fulness.” Henry B.
Bourne.

+ + =Dial.= 39: 241. O. 16, ‘05. 920w.

“The author tells his story in a business like way, with no
superfluous adornments save in the matter of panegyric, and that he
leaves on the reader’s mind a distinct impression of the young
Bonaparte as a brave, eager, lovable, and virtuous youth. Whether the
picture is altogether true to life will perhaps be doubted by those
who weigh carefully the evidence, even as here presented in the
narrative and in Appendix I.”

+ — =Lond. Times.= 4: 226. Jl. 14, ‘05. 930w.

“Carelessness, to use no more unpleasant word, is the predominant note
of the book.”

— + =Nation.= 81: 151. Ag. 17, ‘05. 730w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 399. Je. 17, ‘05. 330w.

“There is in it practically nothing new, nothing that has not been
told earlier and told better.”

— — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 571. S. 2, ‘05. 450w.

=R. of Rs.= 32: 509. O. ‘05. 50w.

“If Mr. Browning had refrained from pushing his hero-worship to such
extravagant lengths, he might have written a book of greater weight,
but in spite of these slips he has given us a treatise of deep
interest which will not detract from the reputation he has already
attained in this field of historical inquiry.”

+ — =Sat. R.= 99: 811. Je. 17. ‘05. 1610w.

“Presenting his results in a readable and lively style which marked
his ‘Age of the Condottieri’ and his notable little biography of
‘Swedish Charles.’”

+ + =Spec.= 95: 495. O. 7, ‘05. 2780w.

=Browning, Robert.= Select poems; ed. with introd. and notes, biographical and critical, by Andrew Jackson George. $1.50. Little.

The poems selected here range from “Pauline” to “Asolando”, and are so
chosen as to reveal the principles which formed the mind and fashioned
the art of Browning.

* =N. Y. Times.= 10: 892. D. 16, ‘05. 200w.

* “Browning has everything to gain and nothing to lose from such
intelligent editorship as that shown in this volume.”

+ + =Outlook.= 81: 837. D. 2, ‘05. 230w.

=Browning, Robert.= Blot in the ‘scutcheon, Colombe’s birthday, A soul’s tragedy, and In a balcony. 60c. Heath.

This is a volume in section 3, “the English drama from its beginning
to the present day,” in the Belles-lettres series. The texts are those
of the latest editions, and there is a scholarly introduction and
brief biography, bibliography, and glossary.

“If Browning is to be considered as a dramatist, and by an editor who
is willing to accept him as a dramatist, perhaps the present edition
is all that we have the right to expect.” Brander Matthews.

+ — =Educ. R.= 29: 198. F. ‘05. 340w.

=Browning, Robert.= Pied piper of Hamelin. $1.25. Wessels.

Browning’s poem made attractive for children by numerous ingenious
colored illustrations, the work of Van Dyck.

* + =Critic.= 47: 576. D. ‘05. 30w.

=Brudno, Ezra Selig.= Little conscript. †$1.50. Doubleday.

The little conscript is a Jew pledged to the synagogue whose life is
devoted against his will to the service of the czar. A truthful
picture of Russia of to-day is presented, including military and
peasant life. There is sidelight information on the methods of force
and fraud employed in organizing and maintaining the army.

“Throughout his book, Mr. Brudno’s style is deliberately simple at
times to the verge of crudeness. It would have been improved by a
certain amount of relentless pruning.”

+ — =Bookm.= 22: 37. S. ‘05. 280w.

=Ind.= 59: 581. S. 7, ‘05. 90w.

“He is a Russian who has much English yet to learn. Is not a novel,
though it may contain some ugly chapters of Russian history.”

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 444. Jl. 1, ‘05. 660w.

“The end is black and depressing but the value of the book as a great
human document and as a strong indictment of the political and
military methods of a great nation remains with the reader.”

+ + — =Pub. Opin.= 39: 60. Jl. 8, ‘05. 190w.

“Is a much more appealing piece of literature than ‘The white terror
and the red,’ but not, we suspect, so trustworthy an account of actual
conditions.”

+ — =R. of Rs.= 31: 763. Je. ‘05. 140w.

=Brumbaugh, Martin Grove.= Making of a teacher. $1. S. S. times co.

“This book is on ‘How to teach.’ Its emphasis all through is where the
emphasis needs to be laid, upon the trained teacher. The first part of
the book is a simple, clear series of lessons on pedagogy; then follow
chapters on the Teacher, the Courses of study, the Educational
principles of Jesus; and finally several wise chapters on the scope of
religious education. The illustrative materials, the captions, and the
arrangement are excellent, and the book is made admirable as a
text-book for normal classes by suggestive questions at the close of
each chapter.”—Bib. World.

“It is no exaggeration to say that the book by Dr. Brumbaugh is just
now the one most needed in the Sunday-school world.” Wm. Byron
Forbush.

+ + + =Bib. World.= 26: 395. N. ‘05. 170w.

“He has done his work well.”

+ + + =Ind. 59=: 811. O. 5, ‘05. 140w.

=Bryan, Michael.= Dictionary of painters and engravers. 5v. subs. *$30; hf. mor. *$50. Macmillan.

The present volume (S-Z) is the fifth and last of the 1904-5 edition
of this valuable reference work, and contains over a hundred full-page
illustrations. This is the fourth edition of the work which has
appeared since 1816 when it was first published, and it includes 1200
new biographies.

“The revision has been very thorough throughout the volume.”

+ + + =Acad.= 68: 368. Ap. 1, ‘05. 210w.

“The dictionary is now as complete as it can be made, and the work has
been done with the greatest care.”

+ + + =Critic.= 46: 379. Ap. ‘05. 140w.

“A work which should be absolutely indispensable to every one
interested in art or artists.”

+ + + =Ind.= 58: 1480. Je. 29, ‘05. 300w.

* “Another great and invaluable work of historical narrative and
critical comment, ranking in its field with Grove in the field of
music.”

+ + + =Ind.= 59: 1161. N. 16, ‘05. 40w. (Review of v. 5.)

+ + + =Int. Studio.= 25: sup. 87. Je. ‘05. 340w.

“Thoroughness of research and fulness of detail are the most salient
characteristics of the text of a work that will be an inexhaustible
mine of wealth to all future students of art history.”

+ + + =Int. Studio.= 27: 88. N. ‘05. 210w. (Review of v. 4 and 5.)

“The conclusion must be that the great new ‘Dictionary’ is not well
and strongly edited; that no proportionate scale has been maintained.
In spite of all that, it is still the most useful dictionary of
painters we have, and also a relatively good dictionary of engravers.”

+ + — =Nation.= 80: 488. Je. 15, ‘05. 1200w. (Review of v. 5.)

“We may be pardoned, therefore, in the face of the fulsome praise
already uttered, if we make two items of adverse criticism—one is in
regard to judgment and the other concerns facts. The biographical
sketches attached to the names actually included in the volumes are
meagre, careless, and inaccurate.”

+ + — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 401. Je. 17, ‘05. 340w.

“The fifth volume has the merits and defects of the rest.”

+ + — =Sat. R.= 100: 187. Ag. 5, ‘05. 140w.

=Bryce, James.= Constitutions. *$1.25. Oxford.

This volume includes six of the sixteen essays by Mr. Bryce, published
in 1901 under the title, “Studies in history and jurisprudence.” The
essays are as follows: Flexible and rigid constitutions: The action of
centripetal and centrifugal forces on political constitutions;
Primitive Iceland; The constitution of the United States as seen in
the past; Two South African constitutions; The constitution of the
commonwealth of Australia.

=Nation.= 81: 75. Jl. 27, ‘05. 190w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 613. S. 16, ‘05. 560w.

=Bryce, James.= Holy Roman empire. *$1.50. Macmillan.

“Not only has Mr. Bryce rewritten the work with a view to a clearer
presentation of the theories it elaborates, but he has met and
admirably overcome the criticisms to which it was formerly exposed—the
seeming neglect of certain striking personalities and events, the
inadequate treatment of the Byzantine empire, and the expression of
views rendered untenable by the political developments of the past
quarter of a century.... The more important changes ... of his work
may be briefly summarized. In chapter V. Mr. Bryce, discussing the
reluctance of Charles the Great to assume the imperial title,
incorporates the theories of Dahn and Hodgkin; in chapter VII, he
enters into a broader explanation of the theories that went to sustain
the empire through the middle ages; chapter XIII., on ‘The fall of the
Hohenstaufen,’ he considerably enlarges by the inclusion of a fuller
account of the momentous struggle between Louis IV. and Pope John
XXII.; in chapter XIV. he develops the early electoral system under
the Germanic constitution; in chapter XV. the theories regarding the
source of civil authority, a vexed question subsequent to the struggle
of the investitures, are discussed more largely; chapter XVI., ‘The
city of Rome in the middle ages,’ contains new studies of Arnold of
Brescia and Cola di Rienzo. Chapter XVII. is entirely new, embodying
an account of the Eastern empire and affording a comprehensive idea of
the impress made on history by the people and rulers of New Rome;
finally, in Chapter XVIII., the attempts to reform the Germanic
constitution are disclosed in greater detail. To this it should be
added that the text is more fully annotated, that greatly needed maps
are supplied, and that, in addition to the chronological list of popes
and emperors found in previous editions, there is a compact and
helpful table of salient events connected with the empire.”—Outlook.

+ + + =Critic.= 47: 94. Jl. ‘05. 50w.

“The two new chapters exhibit Mr. Bryce’s capacity for brilliant
historical generalisation at its best.” H. A. L. F.

+ + + =Eng. Hist.= R. 20: 605. Jl. ‘05. 320w.

“The identity of the book is by no means lost in the revision, for the
changes have not been such as to alter the general mode of treatment,
nor to increase the size of the work beyond the limits of a single
volume.”

+ + + =Nation.= 80: 234. Mr. 23, ‘05. 560w.

“But not since the edition of 1873 has it shown such changes as are
now apparent—changes which, while not materially affecting the main
argument, are nevertheless of a character and extent that make the
present edition completely supersede its predecessors. He has met and
has admirably overcome the criticisms to which it was formerly
exposed. The revision he has found it necessary to make in his
exposition of the rise, decline, and fall of the ancient empire is of
an elucidatory rather than a corrective nature.”

+ + =Outlook.= 79: 443. F. 18, ‘05. 2010w.

“Now more than ever before deserves high rank as a text-book. It is
still centered upon a single idea and institution, empire and popedom
in the middle ages. On this subject it is the standard English
authority.”

+ + =Pub. Opin.= 38: 26. Ja. 5, ‘05. 250w.

“This latest edition has taken into account fully the results of
modern historical research. A concluding chapter, sketching the
constitution of the new German empire and the forces which have given
it strength and cohesion, has been appended. A chronological table and
three maps have also been added, and the book has been revised
throughout. Typographically it is very satisfactory.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 31: 247. F. ‘05. 100w.

+ + + =Spec.= 94: 408. Mr. 18. ‘05. 2120w.

=Buchanan, Thompson.= Judith triumphant. †$1.50. Harper.

The siege of the Assyrians under Holofernes against the Jews of
Bethulia is the field of this romance. Judith, its heroine, goes forth
into the camp of the enemy at the risk of her life and honor, in the
hope of saving her people. The dangers she encountered, the brutality
of Holofernes, the intrigues of Nin-Gul, the dancing girl, whom she
has supplanted in the affections of Holofernes and her love for the
Ammonite captain, who devotes himself to her interests, form the theme
of the story.

“Appears to possess no unusual or particular qualities to distinguish
it from the vast number of other equally interesting and entertaining
narratives of the same period. For quick and easy reading, however,
with plenty of spirit and no little action it can be highly
commended.”