Chapter III: treats of moments and shears, and of the design of plate (1)

girders.... Chapter IV. and V. treat of all kinds of trusses with
parallel and horizontal chords and with chords not parallel.... To the
chapter on swing bridges has been added the treatment of these bridges
by the method of deflections, with examples in each case.... The book
concludes with chapters on wind stresses and details of
construction.”—Engin. N.

* “It may be stated that the book reflects well the advance in the
design of metallic bridges, and is a worthy successor to the old
standard which it replaces.” Leon S. Moisseiff.

+ + =Engin.= N. 54: 531. N. 16, ‘05. 930w.

=Burrage, Champlin.= Church covenant idea: its origin and its development. **$1. Am. Bapt.

“Mr. Burrage has reproduced a great many covenants of the early
Baptist and Congregational churches. They are, like the early
Christian oaths, pledges of loyalty to standards of right living to a
remarkable degree. The beginnings of the covenant idea are found among
the German Anabaptists of the reformation period. Mr. Burrage is very
modest in the claim he makes for any Anabaptist roots of the Scotch
covenants. These, culminating in the Solemn league and covenant of
1643, were quite apart from the main course of the development of the
covenant idea. They were all covenants to maintain a fixed order of
belief and worship. In conclusion, it is confessed that ‘the covenant
idea has ceased almost entirely to have for us the great significance
it had for the early New England colonists.’”—Nation.

“It is a splendid specimen of scholarly method and interest.”

+ + =Am. J. Theol.= 9: 383. Ap. ‘05. 110w.

+ =Nation.= 80: 135. F. 16, ‘05. 370w.

=Burrage, Henry Sweetser.= History of the Baptists in Maine. $2. Marks ptg. house, Portland, Me.

This history “covers the period from about 1675 to the present time.
It treats freely the educational and temperance activities of the
denomination, its connection with the anti-slavery agitation, its
missionary labors, and the growth of its church organizations.”—Am. J.
of Theol.

=Am. Hist. R.= 10: 720. Ap. ‘05. 50w.

“Leaves little to be desired by persons interested in the Baptist
history of the state of Maine.”

+ + =Am. J. of Theol.= 9: 383. Ap. ‘05. 90w.

=Burrill, Katharine.= Corner stones. *$1.25. Dutton.

A book which pleads for the old-time leisurely courtesy and a home
education for girls. “The volume is made up of essays, several of
which appeared in a London magazine, to girls on friendship,
cleanliness, duty to parents, letter writing, cooking, etc. In her
‘Foreword,’ the author speaks of the modern girl. She does not believe
in sending a girl away from home for her education. The mother is the
best teacher. ‘It is better,’ she writes, ‘to keep a girl at home, if
all she learns is spelling and simple arithmetic.’” (N. Y. Times).
While it appeals strongly to English girls, it is no less a book with
a mission for the American girl.

“The ethical purpose of the book and its pleadings for sweeter manners
are sufficiently plain, and are handled so wittily, with such lurking
fun and brimming humor, that their assimilation is an easy and
pleasant process. In its pages it never outsports discretion. As a
gospel of goodness it is eminently reasonable, and its style has the
charm of unconsciousness.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 107. F. 18, ‘05. 450w.

“It is a series of monitory chapters upon all sorts of social and
moral observances delivered in slangy English.”

— =Outlook.= 79: 348. F. 4, ‘05. 100w.

=Burroughs, John.= Far and near. **$1.50. Houghton.

“My life has gone on, my love of nature has continued, my habit of
observation has been kept up, and the combined result is another
collection of papers dealing with the old, inexhaustible, open-air
themes.” So says Mr. Burroughs. The “far” scenes described are those
in “green Alaska” and Jamaica. The “near” pictures are of the wild
life around his home on the Hudson river. Nearly half of the book is
devoted to an account of his Alaskan trip in 1899 as a member of the
Harriman expedition. The only heretofore unpublished essay of the
group is that in which he tells how he lost February and found August
in Jamaica. Mr. Burroughs’s northern soul however, takes little
pleasure in nature in her tropical aspect. He “cannot make love to her
there.” She “has little winsomeness or tenderness. She is barbaric;
she is painty and stiff; she has no sentiment; she does not touch the
heart.”

“Humdrum, undistinguished style. It is kindly wholesome stuff.”

+ =Ath.= 1905, 1: 271. F. 25. 180w.

* “He records impressions however slight and incidents however
trivial, but it is all done with that charming double gift of his for
seeing everything as if for the first and only time, and of making
others see it in the same way.” F. M. Colby.

+ + =Bookm.= 20: 475. Ja. ‘05. 190w.

“The records of far journeys in this new book may not add greatly to
his reputation, but they serve the gracious purpose of showing us an
old friend in new surroundings.”

+ =Dial.= 38: 19. Ja. 1, ‘05. 440w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10:5. Ja. 7, ‘05. 300w.

=R. of Rs.= 30: 757. D. ‘04. 100w.

+ + =Spec.= 94: 223. F. 11, ‘05. 300w.

* =Burroughs, John.= Ways of nature. **$1.10. Houghton.

In these essays Mr. Burroughs, who has ranged himself upon the side of
those who protest against animal stories which humanize animal life,
not only sets forth his own views, in which he declares that animals
share our emotional but not our intellectual nature, but also defends
himself from recent attacks upon his theories and gives counter
arguments.

* “This book succeeds in presenting what may be judged as a rational
view of Nature’s methods.”

+ =Critic.= 47: 581. D. ‘06. 70w.

Reviewed by May Estelle Cook.

* + =Dial.= 39: 374. D. 1, ‘05. 420w.

* “One reads the little volume with extreme pleasure, drawing from its
pages an uplifting sense of air and light.”

+ =Pub. Opin.= 39: 601. N. 4, ‘05. 80w.

* “The whole discussion is pervaded by Mr. Burroughs’ well-known charm
of style and clearness of statement.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 32: 754. D. ‘05. 130w.

=Burton, Charles Pierce.= Boys of Bob’s hill; adventures of Tom Chapin and the “band” as told by the “secretary.” †$1.25. Holt.

The summer vacation of eight healthy-minded boy bandits who live at
home and are petted and disciplined by turns, like most everyday boys,
but when they climb Bob’s hill and enter their cave they are outlaws.
They do many plucky things, and incidentally they start a forest fire,
almost wreck a train, call out the fire department on the Fourth of
July, and try to smoke real tobacco. The reader, whether he be boy or
a grown-up, will follow their adventures with interest and will agree
with the band that the hermit’s gold rightfully belongs to Tom.

=Outlook.= 79: 1012. Ap. 22, ‘05. 40w.

=Burton, E. D.= Short introduction to the Gospels. *$1. Univ. of Chicago press.

An introduction to Biblical literature which may become a distinct
treasure to the student. Dr. Burton’s work is concise, and reveals a
careful examination of the four gospels. There is added a chapter on
the synoptic problem. “The chapter of ‘the gospel according to
Matthew’ closing with a table of contents which exhibits excellently
its general plan, will be welcome to all students of that difficult
New Testament book.... The notes appended to the chapter on Luke’s
gospel merit particular attention. Note II is on ‘The enrolment in the
governorship of Quirinius.’ ... Dr. Burton’s view of the Johannine
problem will command attention.” (Bib. World).

“Has a definite aim, and without superfluous words goes straight to
its mark. It uses chiefly internal evidence, and asks each gospel to
disclose its own secret. To expound the synoptic problem in less than
twenty small pages of English is to do the impossible. No other book
that the reviewer knows of does it so well as this.” Wm. Arnold
Stevens.

+ =Bib. World.= 25: 150. F. ‘05. 610w.

=Burton, E. D.= Studies in the Gospel according to Mark. *$1. Univ. of Chicago press.

The “Studies” in Mark’s gospel is a book “for secondary classes.”

“The lessons have already borne the test of actual use by experienced
teachers, and all the material appears to be admirably arranged. The
appended dictionary, filling twelve pages, is an important feature.”
Wm. Arnold Stevens.

+ =Bib. World.= 25: 150. F. ‘05. 80w.

=Ind.= 58: 1012. My. 4, ‘05. 40w.

=Bury, John B.= Life of St. Patrick and his place in history. *$3.25. Macmillan.

“The book opens with a chapter on the diffusion of Christianity beyond
the Roman empire, followed by the story of the life of St. Patrick.
The appendices contain the descriptions of the writings of St. Patrick
and other documents from which the author drew the material for his
biography; notes on the different chapters, and an excursus.”—N. Y.
Times.

“Speaking generally, what chiefly impresses us in narrative and
appendices alike is the constant presence of a wide and just sense of
historical perspective which should not in the least dwarf the
particular interest of the book.”

+ + + =Acad.= 68: 899. S. 2, ‘05. 2250w.

“A life of St. Patrick in which careful and minute research has not
quenched a bold and vivid imagination. The index ... is wholly
insufficient and not prepared with a fraction of the care required.”

+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 2: 101. Jl. 22. 2360w.

“Although, as we have seen, the Professor is absolutely beyond
suspicion of any religious bias in favor of his hero, he gives us a
picture of Patrick which may be called sympathetic.” James J. Fox.

+ + =Cath. World.= 82: 145. N. ‘05. 5550w.

“Perhaps some readers regret that Professor Bury has found it
necessary to reject so much picturesque material, but students of the
middle ages are likely to agree that in writing this biography the
author has done a real service to the cause of Irish history.”

+ + =Dial.= 39: 277. N. 1, ‘05. 490w.

“The appendix ... is in many respects better reading than the body of
the book. For the main portion is a little confusing from the way in
which it gives all the legends and no clear criticism of them.”

+ + — =Lond. Times.= 4: 239. Jl. 28, ‘05. 2390w.

“The volume is built of hypotheses.”

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 619. S. 23, ‘05. 980w.

“A work whose technical merit is commensurate with its intrinsic
interest. The main part of the work spreads before the general reader
the sifted results of historical criticism.”

+ + + =Outlook.= 81: 280. S. 30, ‘05. 240w.

=R. of Rs.= 32: 509. O. ‘05. 100w.

“The sources are meagre, and Dr. Bury’s examination of them is
masterly.”

+ + + =Sat. R.= 100: 438. S. 30, ‘05. 2270w.

=Butcher, S. H.= Harvard lectures on Greek subjects. *$2.25. Macmillan.

If in the intense modernism of the present century we sometimes
vaingloriously forget the debt we owe to the ancients, such scholars
as Mr. Butcher do a real service in commanding a mindful attitude.
While given at Harvard, the author addresses himself not only to
scholars but to a mixed audience. “The first lecture compared in a
singularly able and effective fashion the Greek spirit with the Jewish
spirit, the Greek influence and the one other comparable with it....
Then he passes in the next lecture to a comparison of the Hellenes and
the Phoenicians. These represent the pure commercial spirit. The next
lecture deals specifically and enlighteningly with the quality of the
Greek passion for knowledge. Still further lectures deal with ‘Greek
art and inspiration,’ and with ‘Greek literary criticism.’” (N. Y.
Times).

“These lectures are not only full of thought, they are also written,
it is superfluous to say, in admirable English.”

+ + =Acad.= 68: 48. Ja. 14, ‘05. 320w.

* “The style throughout is admirable. It would be difficult to say too
much in praise of this most scholarly book.”

+ + + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 717. N. 25. 1500w.

“Mr. Butcher’s own style is admirably suited to such essays as these.
No one can read them without recognizing how desirable it is that a
synthetic mind like his should handle these larger questions of
classical scholarship.”

+ + =Nation.= 80: 233. Mr. 23, ‘05. 1700w.

“The title of Greek to retain its ancient place in education of the
broader kind is convincingly supported by Mr. Butcher in this volume.
The book needs no recommendation to Hellenists. It may be cordially
commended to the attention of the more open-minded and liberal of
those who consider Greek a cumberer of the modern stage.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 52. Ja. 28, ‘05. 600w.

“So illuminating an interpretation of the Greek spirit. Knows his
subject, and he deals with it in the freshest way and in the most
human spirit.”

+ + =Outlook.= 79: 449. F. 18, ‘05. 260w.

“It is their naturalness, their contagious freshness and vivacity,
rather than their learning, which strike the reader first.”

+ + =Spec.= 94: 179. F. 4, ‘05. 1630w.

=Buxton, E. M. Wilmot.= Ancient world: outlines of ancient history for the middle form schools. *$1. Dutton.

A “wonderful story” of the civilization of bygone days. The “author
writes about the first ages of man, the history of Egypt, ancient
Babylonia, the Medes and Persians, Phoenicia, the land of the merchant
carriers, the Hebrews, the story of Carthage, the Hindu people, China,
the story of Alexander, and of Parthia, and gives some glimpses of the
ancient Romans and Greeks.... For those who wish for a bird’seye view
of the great landmarks of the history of the ancient world, the author
has provided a full summary, with approximate dates, embracing the
period from 4400 B.C. to the Christian era.” (N. Y. Times.)

“Gives a striking picture of the mind, manners, customs, myths and
legends of the different ancient nations and describes the influence
exercised by these nations on one another.”

+ + =Ind.= 59: 265. Ag. 3, ‘05. 30w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 89. F. 11, ‘05. 280w.

=Byles, C. E.= Life and letters of Robert Stephen Hawker. *$5. Lane.

“A visionary, a poet, a humorist, a priest.... His love of fighting
was perhaps the only quality in which he differed from the gentlest of
the saints. There are still some who believe that modern science is a
tool the devil has put into the hands of sinners, but Hawker’s
certainty of that is only equalled by his belief in witchcraft,
charms, pixies, mermaids, evil eyes, the immediate answer of prayers,
the damnableness of dissent, and much else allied to these. But he
made his parish of Morwenstow. He rescued and tended the shipwrecked,
he consoled the wicked, he spent his income on charity.... He was a
very wild, naughty boy, and, as a youth, full of practical jokes and
uncomfortable animal spirits.”—Acad.

“The Reverend R. S. Hawker has left behind him no literary remains
which point to the possession of any extraordinary genius, and yet a
baffling and beautiful soul leads us to examine every record and study
every poem for a key. In ‘The life and letters of R. S. Hawker’ just
published we turn page after page and only manage to catch the flying
skirts of the vicar. Of Hawker’s own poems, his fragment of the ‘San
Graal’ is worthy to be compared with Tennyson’s treatment of the
subject, and his ballads earned the praise of Sir Walter Scott.”

+ + =Acad.= 68: 168. F. 25, ‘05. 2310w.

“Mr. Byles has performed his task—by no means an easy one—with skill
and good taste.”

+ + =Ath.= 1905, 1: 363. Mr. 25. 1070w.

“Its contents are a product of unusual skill and discretion.” H. W.
Boynton.

+ + =Atlan.= 96: 277. Ag. ‘05. 710w.

“Must be regarded as one of the best biographies of recent years.” H.
W. Boynton.

+ + + =Bookm.= 21: 358. Je. ‘05. 810w.

“Mr. Byles has given us an excellent presentment of a most interesting
and picturesque figure of the last century.”

+ + =Critic.= 46: 563. Je. ‘05. 100w.

Reviewed by Percy F. Bicknell.

+ + =Dial.= 38: 308. My. 1, ‘05. 2260w.

“His ‘Life and letters,’ by his son-in-law, C. E. Byles, leaves
nothing to be desired.”

+ + =Nation.= 80: 292. Ap. 13, ‘05. 350w.

“His book therefore, demands acceptance as the real biography of the
Vicar of Morwenstow.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 222. Ap. 8, ‘05. 850w.

“This book, written by Hawker’s son-in-law with such fairness and
discretion as may well eradicate even the memory of an unhappy effort
by another hand.”

+ + =Sat. R.= 99: 778. Je. 10, ‘05. 750w.

=Byron, George Gordon.= Complete poetical works; ed. by Paul Elmer More. $3. Houghton.

For this Cambridge edition of Lord Byron’s poems, the editor has
chosen the text of 1832-33 in preference to that of 1831 because of
its more satisfactory use of capitals, italics and punctuation marks.
It is unexpurgated and contains the recently resurrected poems of
Byron.

* + + =Critic.= 47: 582. D. ‘05. 15w.

* + + =Dial.= 39: 391. D. 1, ‘05. 70w.

“A thoughtful and scholarly estimate of Byron’s genius and character
introduces the volume.”

+ + =Ind.= 59: 875. O. 12, ‘05. 310w.

+ + =Nation.= 81 :278. O. 5, ‘05. 90w.

“Mr. Paul Elmer More edits the book with judgment and restraint.”

+ + =Outlook.= 81: 332. O. 7, ‘05. 110w.

=Byron, George Gordon.= Confessions of Lord Byron; sel. and arr. by W. A. Lewis Bettany. *$2.50. Scribner.

In discussing this compilation the London Times says: “There is
nothing new in it; but it gives a convenient synoptic view of the poet
in his various relations with his times and his contemporaries. Thus
seen, Byron strikes one chiefly as that distinctively English
product—the brilliant amateur who can beat the professionals at their
own business, likes to do so, but absolutely refuses to take the
business seriously.”

“The whole tone of his writing is more that of the literary
‘gobemouche’ than of the man of letters. The reader gains no very
clear idea of Lord Byron as a letter-writer, and may be well advised
to skip the introduction and proceed to the letters themselves. Mr.
Bettany’s volume is only a piece of book-making pure and simple, and
has very little claim to be dignified by the title of a scientific
analysis of correspondence.”

— + =Acad.= 68: 653. Je. 24, ‘05. 1410w.

* “These excerpts give a rather more favorable impression of him as a
man and a man of letters than he desired to give his contemporary
public.” H. W. Boynton.

+ =Atlan.= 96: 846. D. ‘05. 560W.

Reviewed by Anna B. McMahan.

+ + =Dial.= 39: 235. O. 16, ‘05. 1530w.

“These editorial lapses are not, however, very numerous; and the
compilation is on the whole satisfactory and instructive.”

+ =Lond. Times.= 4: 217. Jl. 7, ‘05. 1030w.

* “Mr. Bettany’s selections are, however, judicious, and, in spite of
frequent detachment from illuminating context, do the writer no
injustice.”

+ + =Nation.= 81: 450. N. 30, ‘05. 940w.

“The selections are full of interesting matter for those who wish to
approach Byron’s personality in this way.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 618. S. 23, ‘05. 970w.

“Mr. Bettany has made an excellent arrangement of the matter with
which he deals.”

+ =Spec.= 95: 21. Jl. 1, ‘05. 170w.

=Byron, George G. N.= Love poems of Byron. 50c. Lane.

Among the sixty poems found in this group are “When we two parted,”
“She walks in beauty,” “Maid of Athens,” “Stanzas written on the road
between Florence and Pisa,” “She walks in beauty like the night,” and
“There be none of beauty’s daughters.” “This volume is one of a series
of little works entitled ‘The lover’s library’ which constitutes a
veritable treasure-house of poetry sentiment.” (Arena).

“Love poems of Byron is a dainty little volume, bound in flexible
violet cloth, stamped in gold, with gilt edge, and of vest-pocket
size, contains more than sixty poems and selections from Byron’s verse
devoted to love.”

+ =Arena.= 33: 222. F. ‘05. 140w.

C

* =Cabell, James Branch.= Line of love. †$2. Harper.

“The tales have been culled from French ‘romans’ and dull English
chronicles, and the mediaeval atmosphere has been preserved by the
quaintly, though never obscurely, archaic style of narration. Ten
pictures and cover vignette by Mr. Pyle, richly colored and ...
perfectly in keeping with the literary atmosphere, together with
conventional floral borders in color, make a singularly attractive
giftbook.”—Dial.

* + + =Dial.= 39: 385. D. 1, ‘05. 130w.

* + =Ind.= 59: 1378. D. 14, ‘05. 90w.

* “Is worthy of its predecessors.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 824. D. 2, ‘05. 120w.

* “They are written in the richly colored, tapestry-like style.
Unfortunately in the present volume the tapestry gives the impression
of being machine-made and a little threadbare.”

— =Outlook.= 81: 682. N. 18, ‘05. 70w.

* “A collection, told in exquisite poetical way, of some of the most
picturesque but less-known love-stories of history.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 32 :752. D. ‘05. 100w.

* =Cadogan, Edward.= Makers of modern history: three types: Louis Napoleon, Cavour, Bismarck. **$2.25. Pott.

“The struggle between conservative principles and revolutionary forces
constitutes the framework of the history of the nineteenth century.
With this great movement are closely associated the names of Louis
Napoleon, Cavour, and Bismarck, the subjects of the three essays
included in this volume.... It is on the epoch making, the history
making, actions of these men that emphasis is here laid.”—N. Y. Times.

* “The volume contains no new materials, but it summarises the careers
of the three Machiavellian personages in question clearly and
sensibly.” W. M.

+ =Eng. Hist. R.= 20: 615. Jl. ‘05. 100w.

* “In general, however, these essays may safely be recommended to the
unprofessional reader, who will be dull indeed if he does not discover
in them the absorbing interest of the three dissimilar men whom they
describe.”

+ =Nation.= 81: 492. D. 14, ‘05. 680w.

* =N. Y. Times.= 10: 671. O. 14, ‘05. 130w.

* “The faults of the book are greatly those of immaturity, and the
writer may possibly in time produce historical work of permanent
value.”

— =Sat. R.= 100: 311. S. 2, ‘05. 860w.

* “The author’s statements and interpretations of facts are clear,
vigorous, original, and sufficiently tinctured with philosophy, and he
never slides into what Mommsen called the ‘dressing-gown’ style of
narrative.”

+ =Spec.= 95: 123. Jl. 22, ‘05. 1820w.

=Caffin, Charles Henry.= How to study pictures. **$2. Century.

Mr. Caffin unfolds the gradual progress of art from its liberation
from the shackles of Byzantine traditions down to the impressionist
school of Monet. A comparative method of study is employed,
contrasting the motives and methods of two artists in each of the
twenty-eight chapters, sometimes of the same school, often of
different schools. And the author maintains that the first necessity
for the proper seeing of a picture is to try and see it thru the eyes
of the artist who painted it, that it is an understanding of the
individuality of the artist’s experience and feeling that enables one
to be an intelligent judge of merit.

+ + =Critic.= 47: 474. N. ‘05. 160w.

* “While possessing a simplicity of method which conveys to the
average reader a general insight into pictorial methods and motives,
the author’s work is characterized by elegance of style, grace of
feeling, and elevation of thought; it will do as much good in the
direct service of art as any treatise published in recent years.”

+ + =Dial.= 39: 311. N. 16, ‘05. 400w.

* “Mr. Caffin’s book was needed and will be found to contain much
information not easily obtainable elsewhere.”

+ + =Ind.= 59: 1375. D. 14, ‘05. 80w.

* “Except for this driving ideas in double harness, the material and
judgments are not unfamiliar; but the task is done thoroughly and many
things are happily put.”

+ + — =Int. Studio.= 27: sup. 31. D. ‘05. 190w.

“What Mr. Caffin has to say is always worth reading, for he puts each
painter’s character forcibly before one, and manages to be
entertaining as well as instructive.” Charles de Kay.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 742. N. 4, ‘05. 570w.

* + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 834. D. 2, ‘05. 260w.

* + =Outlook.= 81: 704. N. 25, ‘05. 160w.

* “It is the one most completely adapted to the needs of the person
entirely ignorant of art, its history and its development.”

+ + =Pub. Opin.= 39: 665. N. 18, ‘05. 240w.

* + =R. of Rs.= 32 :640. N. ‘05. 90w.

=Caffyn, Mrs. Kathleen Mannington (Iota, pseud.).= Patricia, a mother. †$1.50. Appleton.

Patricia, whose husband, a hypocrite and a humbug, leaves both his son
and his estate to the guardianship of his mother, goes to live with
her mother-in-law and sees her son slowly estranged from her because
she will not speak and blacken the character of her dead husband to
the mother who reveres his memory. There is much of gossipy country
society and in the end an old family servant sets things right and
Patricia comes to her own.

“A most moving story, full of feeling and insight into human
character. Certainly it is a story that ‘counts.’”

+ + =Acad.= 68: 397. Ap. 8, ‘05. 650w.

“The cleverness of the novel lies not so much in its plot as in the
graphic characterization. It is a piece of work of which the author
has reason to be proud.”

+ + =Ath.= 1905, 1: 492. Ap. 15. 300w.

* “Her story makes a thoroughly interesting book.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ =Dial.= 39: 310. N. 16, ‘05. 240w.

“There is considerable strength in this novel. There is some lack of
artistic proportion in the general working out of the story.”

+ + — =Outlook.= 81: 578. N. 4, ‘05. 100w.

=Cahan, Abraham.= White terror and the red. $1.50. Barnes.

A story of inner Russia by a member of the Revolutionary party who was
forced to flee from Russia to avoid Siberia. The plot concerns the
tragic events of a quarter of a century ago, when czar Alexander II.
was assassinated by the Nihilists and an antisemitic outbreak
followed, but it is the Russia of to-day that we see, drawn from a
practical knowledge of the subject. The hero of the book is a Russian
prince who steps out of his class to uphold the cause of the people,
marries a Hebrew woman and finally suffers imprisonment.

“The intelligent reader will find in it much sound workmanship and no
little insight into the psychology of the Russian intellectuals.”

+ =Acad.= 68: 472. Ap. 29, ‘05. 430w.

“But the style has a curious impenetrability about it, which reminds
one of a bad translation.”

— + =Ath.= 1905, 1: 588. My. 13. 240w.

“In ‘The white terror and the red’ we have something far more
interesting than a narrative of sensational episodes, or a gallery of
interesting types, more valuable than a vivid picture of melodramatic
history in the making. We have a work of art of the highest class. As
a guide to the full understanding of Russian political and social life
it is probably the most valuable ever written in the English
language.” Edwin Lefevre.

+ + + =Bookm.= 21: 186. Ap. ‘05. 1380w.

“It is a sound, firm piece of work; and it shows an easy familiarity
with the subject and with the method. As an addition to its historical
importance, a sweet, fully realized piece of fiction.” Hutchins
Hapgood.

+ + =Critic.= 46: 560. Je. ‘05. 860w.

“This book gives one a more realistic and vivid impression of the
Terrorist movement than any we have read. It has no definite plot or
literary coherency, but consists of a series of sketches written in an
unexaggerated and impassioned style.”

+ + =Ind.= 58 :502. Mr. 2, ‘05. 250w.

“To those who seek an education on underground’ Russia Mr. Cahan’s
latest novel can be recommended.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 258. Ap. 22, ‘05. 450w.

“A well-constructed, forceful, and ably sustained piece of work. Has
given us a picture of Russian conditions which we may accept as
essentially correct. Of no small merit from the purely literary
standpoint.”

+ + =Outlook.= 79: 654. Mr. 11, ‘05. 140w.

“It would be more exact to characterize this book as a study of
Russian social conditions than as a work of fiction, although there is
a story as a whole.”

+ =Pub. Opin.= 38: 430. Mr. 18, ‘05. 280w.

“The book is written in an admirable style,—keen, quiet, full of
reserve power. The book is a valuable contribution to present-day
literature, considered either as fact or fiction. It tells with
judgment, with conviction, with emotion, the sad story of a sad
people.”

+ + =Reader.= 5: 784. My. ‘05. 380w.

“A book that impresses one with its power, competence, and fairness.
It is a profoundly interesting sociological document that the public
may thank Mr. Cahan.”

+ + — =R. of Rs.= 31 :763. Je. ‘05. 90w.

=Caine, Hall.= Prodigal son. †$1.50. Appleton.

This latest of Hall Caine’s novels has all the strength and the heart
sadness found in his other works. Iceland is the home of the tragic
story and its characters are the simple folk of the Northland: the
factor and his daughters, Thora and Helga; the old governor and his
sons, Magnus and Oscar. Magnus resigns Thora, his promised wife, to
Oscar, his more fascinating brother, bearing the odium of the broken
betrothal that they may be happy. Helga, however, breaks in upon this
dearly bought joy, and wins Oscar’s love. The sad death of Thora and
the wanderings of the exiled Oscar are strong and dramatic, and his
final return home as the renowned Icelandic composer has not the joy
of that first prodigal’s home coming, but holds the full sorrow of the
years.

“The story shows a confused sense of moral values, and fairly reeks
with cheap sentimentality. Its style is common and its situations
theatrical. Altogether it is a poorer performance than was to be
expected even from the author of ‘The Christian’ and ‘The eternal
city.’” W. M. Payne.

— — =Dial.= 38: 17. Ja. 1, ‘05. 180w.

“Though the plot is horribly tragic, there are no melodramatic
climaxes to detract from the dignity of the style in which it is
written. There are exquisite touches of pathos in the descriptions,
and in the delineation of character the author shows a keen knowledge
of the various phases of human nature. It is intensely emotional, and
certainly the strongest book that Hall Caine has ever written.”

+ + =Reader.= 5: 499. Mr. ‘05. 450w.

“Here, as in all his books, Mr. Caine has the power of wringing his
readers’ vitals, yet not the power of convincing them that he is
working out a tragedy rather than a melodrama.”

+ + — =R. of Rs.= 31: 116. Ja. ‘05. 230w.

=Caird, Edward.= Evolution of theology in the Greek philosophers. *$4.25. Macmillan.

This second course of Gifford lectures is closely allied to the first,
delivered ten years earlier at the university of St. Andrew’s, which
treated of the evolution of religion. This course treats of the
evolution of theology in its first great period. There are lectures
upon the relation of reason to religious faith; the three stages in
the evolution of theology; the precursors of Plato, the two
distinctive tendencies of Plato; Aristotle; post-Aristotelian
philosophies; Stoicism; Neo-Platonism; Philo; and Plotinus.

“The theology of the earlier Greek philosophers seems inadequately
treated. There is at times a tendency to interpretation which seems
formal and doctrinaire. The book is entirely free from pedantry.
Nevertheless statements occasionally occur which stand much in need of
a reference to authorities. It may be questioned whether the author’s
horror of mysticism does not lead him into misunderstanding and
exaggeration. The advantages of a point of view steadily maintained
throughout a discussion ... gives lucidity to the exposition and is a
constant challenge to investigation of its adequacy.” H. N. Gardiner.

+ + — =Philos.= R. 14: 204. Mr. ‘05. 3560w.

=Cajori, Florian.= Introduction to the modern theory of equations. *$1.75. Macmillan.

“The present work falls into two nearly equal parts. The first 103
pages treat the following topics: Elementary properties and
transformation of equations; location and approximation of the roots
of numerical equations; solutions of cubic, biquadratic, binomial and
reciprocal equations; the linear and Tschirnhausian transformations.
The remaining 120 pages are devoted to substitution groups and
Galois’s theory of the solution of algebraic equations.”—Science.

“The work has much that may be praised; in particular, its very
moderate size, its choice of topics, copious references for further
study, and a large number of illustrative examples and problems. Lack
of explicitness is manifest.” James Pierpont.

+ + — =Science,= n.s. 21: 101. Ja. 20, ‘05. 850w.

=Caldecott, Alfred, and Mackintosh, H. R., eds.= Selections from the literature of theism. *$2.50. Scribner.

Professor Caldecott has edited selections from Anselm, Aquinas,
Descartes, Spinoza, the Cambridge Platonists, Berkeley, Cousin, Comte,
and Janet. While the sections under Professor Caldecott’s care include
Kant, Schleiermacher, Mansel, and Latze. There are full notes and
references.

“A well-selected collection.”

+ + =Am. J. of Theol.= 9: 401. Ap. ‘05. 30w.

“The plan of this book, therefore, is excellent, and the careful notes
and introductions show that it has been well carried out.”

+ + =Ind.= 58: 616. Mr. 16, ‘05. 150w.

“The editing of these selections fell into excellent hands. The
misgivings of the editors as to the wisdom of the selections made are
quite needless, for nothing better could have been desired. The notes
and biographical notices are very fine—fresh, scholarly, interesting.
Though I have deemed it necessary to say some things of more or less
critical character, yet, taking the work as a whole, it is a welcome
and highly useful addition to theological literature.” James Lindsay.

+ + — =Int. J. Ethics.= 15: 247. Ja. ‘05. 1610w. (Survey of
contents.)

=Caldecott, Rev. W. Shaw.= Tabernacle—its history and structure; with a preface by Rev. A. H. Sayce. *$1.75 Union press.

A study of the Old Testament itself has furnished the material for
this unconventional, original, and withal, scholarly work on the
history and architecture of the tabernacle. The book is divided into
four parts: The history of the tabernacle. The triple cubit of
Babylonia, The triple cubit of Babylonia as used in the construction
of the tabernacle. The triple cubit in Babylonia and in Palestine. The
index is complete and the illustrations are good.

+ + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 139. Jl. 29. 460w.

=Caldwell, Otis William.= Handbook of plant morphology. *$1. Holt.

This volume is based upon the handbook of plant dissection, by J. C.
Arthur, Chas. R. Barnes, and John M. Coulter, which Prof. Caldwell has
revised, rewritten and extended in order to bring it down to date.
There is a preliminary chapter for both teacher and students upon the
use and equipment of the laboratory. Eight lessons are devoted to the
cyanophyceæ and chlorophyceæ, five to the fungi and lichens, five to
the bryophyta, three to the pteridophyta and five to the
spermatophyta.

“The types selected illustrate very well the probable steps in the
evolution of plants, and the discussions are exceedingly clear and
suggestive.” R. B. Wylie.

+ + =Bot. G.= 39: 424. Je. ‘05. 260w.

“A preliminary chapter on the use and equipment of the laboratory
contains some very practical suggestions for the teacher and student.
The comparison of the morphological characters that appear in the
concise annotations attached to each exercise materially enhances the
value of the book.” Carlton C. Curtis.

+ + =Educ. R.= 29: 425. Ap. ‘05. 270w.

“It is an excellent guide for study of plant structures in a college
course.”

+ =Ind.= 59: 270. Ag. 3, ‘05. 40w.

=Calhoun, Alice J.= When yellow jasmine blooms. $1.50. Neale.

A story of the southland, with a heroine of the old-fashioned type, of
rare beauty and unyielding pride, and a hero who, when he is not
trusted without explanation, seeks to hide his wounded heart at the
ends of the earth. By the aid of an opal which foretells disaster, and
a railroad wreck, all is happily ended “when the jasmine blooms.”

=Calkins, Ernest Elmo, and Holden, Ralph.= Modern advertising. **$1.50. Appleton.

“‘According to various estimates the amount of money spent to-day in
America for advertising ranges from six hundred to one thousand
million dollars a year.’ This statement gives some measure of the
important part which the art of advertising has come to play in the
methods of business in the twentieth century. This volume gives an
interesting account of the methods of modern advertising, and attempts
to formulate some of the principles which underlie successful
publicity.” (Outlook.) The volume belongs to Appleton’s “Business
series.”

“Is overloaded with a special plea for the general advertising agent.
Yet the authors have their subject practically and thoroughly in hand,
and supply an illustrated manual that will be of value particularly to
the business man who is planning a campaign of publicity.”

+ + — =Critic.= 47: 383. O. ‘05. 60w.

“It is as interesting to read as a novel.”

+ + =Ind.= 58: 1074. My. 11, ‘05. 180w.

+ — =Nation.= 80: 340. Ap. 27, ‘05. 540w.

“Though the authors have not succeeded in supplying a concise and
altogether satisfactory definition of their subject, they have
certainly produced a very readable book.”

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 195. Ap. 1, ‘05. 610w.

+ =Outlook.= 79: 909. Ap. 8, ‘05. 80w.

“The book is written primarily for the general reader, and as such it
will be found to be a most interesting exposition of the subject of
advertising and sales-management.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 32:128. Jl. ‘05. 390w.

* =Calkins, Harvey Reeves.= Mind of Methodism. *25c. Meth. bk.

“This little tractate was written by a British Wesleyan missionary for
his people in India. It is an excellent description of a catholic
Christianity that in general is not particularly distinctive of
Methodism from other evangelical ‘isms’ as known among us.”—Outlook.

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

=Call, Annie Payson.= Freedom of life. **$1.25. Little.

“Interior freedom rests upon the principle of non-resistance to all
things painful to our natural love of self,” sums the trend of Miss
Call’s arguments. Many of the chapters contain comfort, and good
advice, and are the result of sure insight: among them are
‘Self-consciousness,’ ‘Human sympathy,’ ‘Dependence and independence,’
‘Self-control,’ ‘About Christmas,’ and ‘To mothers.’

Reviewed by Edward Fuller.

+ — =Critic.= 47: 248. S. ‘05. 80w.

“Contains sound logic—and some sophistries; much good sense—and just a
little nonsense. Although we have entered a demurrer in regard to
certain parts of the book, be it understood that we criticise only the
universal application which the author makes of her fundamental
principle of non-resistance. The excellent little volume should be
widely and thoughtfully read; it is written in a style at once
succinct and limpid, and it holds much truth upon which it is safe to
build.”

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 204. Ap. 1, ‘05. 660w.

“‘The freedom of life’ is directed not so much against the bondage of
doing wrong as against the bondage of doing right in the wrong way.”

+ =Pub. Opin.= 38: 634. Ap. 22, ‘05. 200w.

“It is a pity that a book always excellent in intention and usually in
performance should be marred by such absurdities.”

+ — =Reader.= 6: 591. O. ‘05. 390w.

=Call, Annie Payson.= Man of the world. **50c. Little.

The man of the world as Miss Call characterizes him is one who must
know evil in order to renounce it, must be capable of understanding
all phases of life, must recognize the beauty and power of the things
of this world as servants to our highest law, must be in the process
of gaining freedom from the world’s evils, must be a citizen of the
world sustained by the mind and heart of God.

* “A little book, but sound and sensible as its larger predecessors.”

+ =Critic.= 47: 572. D. ‘05. 50w.

=Calthrop, Samuel R.= God and his world: sermons on evolution. *$1.25. Ellis.

Eight scholarly sermons by this venerable Unitarian minister which set
forth the doctrine of evolution and “fill that idea full of God.” The
sermons are entitled: God, Religion and evolution, One Lord and His
name One, Jesus and the evolution of the kingdom of God, Experimental
theology and experimental religion, Fate and freedom, God minus man
and God in man, and Immortality.

“Dr. Calthrop is a theist, and more thoroughgoing than very many
theists. He is also a Christian theist, and distinct as such from many
who share with him the name of Unitarian.”

+ =Outlook.= 80: 837. Jl. 29, ‘05. 300w.

=Calvert, Albert F.= Life of Cervantes. $1.25. Lane.

This story of Cervantes’ romantic life and adventures was written for
the tercentenary of the publication of the first part of “Don
Quixote.” The illustrations of the first edition of that book are
reproduced, and there is a bibliography, a list of proverbs traceable
to Cervantes, and a table giving the editions of “Don Quixote” as
brought out in various countries.

“Is a little too obviously written for the tercentenary.”

+ — =Acad.= 68: 99. F. 4, ‘05. 130w.

“Mr. Calvert is evidently unacquainted with the recent literature of
his subject.”

— — =Ath.= 1905, 1: 366. Mr. 25. 500w.

“The first brief and satisfactory monograph to be written in English.
This narrative is compact and well considered.” H. W. Boynton.

+ + + =Atlan.= 96: 280. Ag. ‘05. 120w.

“With some simulation of scholarship, however, this ‘Life’ lacks its
essence.”

— + =Nation.= 80: 355. My. 4, ‘05. 580w.

“It contains a good short account of Cervantes’s adventurous and
romantic life, about the only one of convenient size and real fullness
known to us.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 296. Ap. 15, ‘05. 450w.

Reviewed by R. B. Cunninghame Graham.

* — =Sat. R.= 100: sup. 3. O. 14, ‘05. 2650w.

* “The ‘Life’ is sufficiently well done.”

+ =Spec.= 95: sup. 798. N. 18, ‘05. 210w.

* =Calvert, Albert Frederick.= Moorish remains in Spain. **$15. Lane.

A brief record of the Arabian conquest and occupation of the peninsula
with a particular account of the Mohammedan architecture and
decoration in the cities of Cordova, Seville, and Toledo, illustrated
with eighty-four colored plates and over four hundred black and white
illustrations and diagrams. A series of two hundred designs to
illustrate the composition and development of various schemes of
Arabian ornament, will be found of especial interest to students of
Moorish art.

* + =Int. Studio.= 27: sup. 36. D. ‘05. 280w.

* + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 837. D. 2, ‘05. 120w.

Cambridge modern history; planned by Lord Acton; ed. by A. W. Ward, G. W. Prothero, and Stanley Leathes. 12v. ea. **$4. Macmillan.

A comprehensive history of modern times which will be complete in
twelve volumes. Two volumes will be published each year, appearing in
two series beginning respectively with vol. I and vol. VII. Volumes I,
II, III, VII, and VIII have already appeared. The series will consist
of—vol. I, The renaissance; vol. II, The reformation; vol. III, Wars
of religion; vol. IV, The thirty years war; vol. V, Bourbons and
Stuarts; vol. VI, The eighteenth century; vol. VII, The United States;
vol. VIII, The French revolution; vol. IX, Napoleon; vol. X,
Restoration and reaction; vol. XI, The growth of nationalities; vol.
XII, The latest age.

(Vol. II). “The present volume is quite up to the standard of the
first: it has the same virtues and the same defects. In only two of
the chapters, the first and the last, are those results of
clarification which come from the highest kind of specialization
really clear.” J. H. Robinson.

+ + — =Am. Hist.= R. 10:382. Ja. ‘05. 1420w.

(Vol. VIII). “Whatever doubts remain concerning the construction of
the book, it should be welcome for the wealth of information it
supplies and for the impartial review of fiercely-debated questions
which it affords. As a rule it exhibits the tested results of sound
scholarship.” A. L. P. Denis.

+ + — =Am. Hist.= R. 10: 403. Ja. ‘05. 1770w.

“The length of some of the chapters and paragraphs is somewhat
disproportionate to the importance of the matters of which they treat.
And there are some rather startling omissions. There are moreover a
considerable number of misprints and minor errors. Despite all these
minor defects, however, there can be no doubt that the third volume of
this great work is in every way worthy of the high standard set by the
earlier ones.” Roger Bigelow Merriman.

+ + — =Am. Hist. R.= 11: 145. O. ‘05. 960w. (Review of v. 3.)

(Vol. VIII). “No single-volume history of the French revolution in the
English language, and possibly none in the French, contains so much
and such well-organized information as that embodied within the
compass of this book. In breadth and accuracy of treatment, in the
opinion of the reviewer, it is superior to any that has yet appeared
in the series.” James Westfall Thompson.

+ + — =Ann. Am. Acad.= 25: 139. Ja. ‘05. 2110w.

“Presents too much accidental selection and grouping. The paramount
excellence of some of the chapters is so evident that the weakness of
the others is made especially evident.” Wm. E. Lingelbach.

+ — =Ann. Am. Acad.= 25: 598. My. ‘05. 1010w. (Review of v. 3.)

“The index of the present volume is, we are glad to see, a great
improvement on its predecessors.”

+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 1: 583. My. 13. 2520w. (Review of v. 3.)

“With one exception, beyond painstaking fidelity and unflagging
industry which gathers in every scrap of fact that can be crammed into
the work, there is nothing remarkable in the treatment of the
subjects. And the devotion to detail seems to have been carried too
far.”

+ + — =Cath. World.= 82: 91. O. ‘05. 3900w. (Review of v. 8.)

“There is a certain lack of homogeneity, produced partly by
divergencies both in opinion and in style, and partly by repetitions
due to the treatment of a single subject in its different phases. A
graver objection is the absence, both from this volume and from that
devoted to ‘The reformation,’ of a sufficient statement of the Roman
Catholic side. The work would be indispensable to students for its
bibliographies alone.”

+ + — =Critic.= 46: 278. Mr. ‘05. 1280w. (Review of v. 3.)

Reviewed by E. D. Adams.

+ + — =Dial.= 39: 165. S. 16, ‘05. 1140w. (Review of v. 3.)

Reviews Vols. III and VIII.

=Ind.= 58: 669. Mr. 23, ‘05. 700w.

* “A fine, scholarly catalog of events, with little sense for literary
form or emphasis. It is learned and fair, but cold and unsympathetic;
useful as an encyclopedia, and having little dramatic interest.”

+ + =Ind.= 59: 1155. N. 16, ‘05. 60w. (Review of v. 3.)

“It is generally accurate; it is critical; it is clearly written; it
is dispassionate. The attitude of pure science is worthily
maintained.”

+ + =Nation.= 80: 314. Ap. 20, ‘05. 2930w. (Review of Vol. III.)

“It is everywhere conscientious and never hurried.” Christian Gauss.

+ + — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 209. Ap. 8, ‘05. 4100w. (Detailed review of
Vol. III.)

+ + =Outlook.= 79: 398. F. 11, ‘05. 250w. (Review of v. 3.)

Cambridge natural history. *$4.25. Macmillan.

This new work upon systematic ichthyology, “in line with modern
concepts respecting the vertebrates or chordates, includes not only
the lower types of the vertebrates of the old naturalists, but also
the hemichordata and urochordata or tunicates. The old class of
fishes ... is replaced by the three classes for more than a generation
past adopted in America, that is, the ‘cephalochordata’
(leptocardians), the ‘cyclostomata’ (marsipobranchs) and the ‘pisces’
(teleostomes or fishes proper).” (Science.)

“As a whole the work is good; it ranks higher than any of its
forerunners on the same lines of comprehensiveness and in the general
quality of its contents. The third section ... is most open to attack;
in places it bristles with vexatious little errors, indicating lack of
acquaintance with the subject, and shaking one’s faith in portions
better treated.”

+ + — =Nation.= 80: 423. My. 25, ‘05. 1140w.

“Surveyed as a whole, both authors and editors alike are to be
congratulated on having produced a work of sterling merit. The
psychologist and the student of evolution will find in these chapters
of Mr. Boulenger a perfect mine of information.”

+ + + =Nature.= 72: 103. Je. 1, ‘05. 1990w.

“We shall be grateful, also for the new light which the co-authors of
the ‘Cambridge natural history,’ and especially Dr. Boulenger, have
thrown and will continue to throw on mooted questions of morphology
and classification.” Theo. Gill.

+ + — =Science=, n.s. 21: 653. Ap. 28, ‘05. 5080w.

=Campbell, Gerald=, comp. See =Fitz Gerald, Edward and Pamela.= Letters and portraits of.

=Campbell, Reginald John.= Sermons addressed to individuals. **$1.25. Armstrong.

As the author states in his preface, these eighteen sermons “are not
literature, they are extempore speech.” Each one was suggested by some
life story or called out by some confession, or some cry for pastoral
aid, and to the text of each sermon is prefixed a short account of the
particular case which it was designed to meet. Mr. Campbell is an
evangelist, and minister of the City Temple of London.

“But these occasional sermons are not sermons for an occasion merely.
Their appeal is a very wide one.”

+ + =Bib. World.= 26: 154. Ag. ‘05. 130w.

=Ind.= 58: 897. Ap. 20, ‘05. 80w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 149. Mr. 11, ‘05. 200w.

+ =Outlook.= 79: 453. F. 18, ‘05. 220w.

=Candler, Edmund.= The unveiling of Lhasa. $5. Longmans.

An account of the Lhasa mission from the standpoint of the
correspondent of the Daily Mail. He relates the predetermining causes,
the diplomatic and historical matters bearing upon the expedition, and
a detailed account of the actual journey and of the encounters with
the Tibetans. A vivid description of Lhasa, of the monasteries, and of
the people follows.

+ + =Ath.= 1905, 1: 147. F. 4, 2320w.

“A series of clear-cut sketches depicting the every-day life of the
people ... form the most striking feature of that portion of Mr.
Candler’s book given over to Lhasa.” H. Addington Bruce.

+ + =Bookm.= 21: 305. My. ‘05. 490w.

Reviewed by Wallace Rice.

+ =Dial.= 38: 384. Je. 1, ‘05. 490w.

“There is in his pages a breezy personal element, which lends the
charm of reality to all he sees and does. His descriptions are brief,
and his summing up of the results of the mission clear and forcible.”

+ + =Nation.= 80: 273. Ap. 6, ‘05. 440w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 116. F. 25, ‘05. 1080w.

=Pub. Opin.= 38: 427. Mr. 18, ‘05. 670w.

“A book of remarkable interest. The manner of writing is as admirable
as the matter. Other books on the expedition may be written fuller of
detailed information, but none can be more thoroughly imbued with its
romance. One of Mr. Candler’s most notable gifts is a power of vivid,
sympathetic delineation of scenery.”

+ + =Spec.= 94: 178. F. 4. ‘05. 1260w.

=Canfield, Dorothea Frances.= Corneille and Racine in England: a study of the English translations of the two Corneilles and Racine with special reference to their presentation on the English stage. **$1.50. Macmillan.

“A valuable feature of this book is the presentation of well-chosen
excerpts from the various translations, illustrative of the author’s
critical comments. These selections are accompanied by the original
text.... Pleasantly suggestive sketches are given of the writers who
figured as translators from the time of Charles I to the earlier years
of the nineteenth century. Among a crowd of obscure hacks may be noted
the names of Katharine Philips (the ‘Matchless Orinda’), Waller,
Cotton, Otway, Steele, Young (of the ‘Night thoughts’), and Colley
Cibber.”—N. Y. Times.

“A quiet, high-bred humor and a marked felicity of phrase brighten
many of these pages.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 205. Ap. 1, ‘05. 320w.

=R. of Rs.= 31: 250. F. ‘05. 50w.

=Canfield, William Walker.= Legends of the Iroquois: told by the Cornplanter. **$1.50. Wessels.

The legends and bits of folk-lore here reproduced were told by the
Seneca chief, the Cornplanter, to a pioneer of western New York, whose
note-book with the valuable jottings came into the possession of Mr.
Canfield. Enough of the wild poetry, religious undertone, and
imagination was transmitted to enable the author to catch the spirit
of the tales, which he has preserved with full understanding and
sympathy.

“A valuable and entertaining edition to the literature of our
aboriginal folk-lore.”

+ + =Critic.= 46: 191. F. ‘05. 30w.

“Present what is from several points of view the most fascinating side
of Indian character, the poetic and imaginative side. It has a
distinct value to the student of ethnology, or anyone who is
interested in the study of Indian life and character, it will also
appeal with equal force to the reader who seeks only entertainment;
for we venture to say that anyone who dips into this book of legends
will find them as fascinating as a book of verses or a metrical
romance.” L. J. Burpee.

+ + =Dial.= 38: 121. F. 16, ‘05. 290w.

=Canning, Albert Stratford George.= Literary influence in British history. *$2.25. Wessels.