Volume 2 — Book Review Digest Devoted to the Valuation of Current Literature Digests of Reviews appearing in January-December, 1906 magazines (continued 16)
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N. Y. Times. 11: 32. Ja. 20, ’06. 240w.
Lynde, Francis. Quickening. $1.50. Bobbs.
Under the narrow religious influence of his mother, young Tom Jeff, with the quicker blood of his non-religious father flowing fast in his veins, tries hard to make of himself a minister, and failing, finds in his father’s iron business a broad field of action. But he grounds his life upon those early material teachings and becomes thru struggle and temptation a true hero worthy of Ardea’s love, a conqueror of circumstance and of himself. The characters of the fiery old Major to whom the north is still the enemy’s country, of young Farley, who is almost too conventional a villain, and of the mountaineers and ironworkers who play a large part in the story are strongly drawn.
“There is some admirable character drawing and there are some very graphic and life-like scenes, but for the general novel reader perhaps the greatest charm will be found in the exciting and dramatic situations of the story.”
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Arena. 36: 107. Jl. ’06. 140w.
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Critic. 48: 573. Je. ’06. 140w.
“The story is pleasant and genuine.” Wm. M. Payne.
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Dial. 40: 262. Ap. 16, ’06. 130w.
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Ind. 60: 1488. Je. 21, ’06. 120w.
“Considering all, Mr. Lynde has not done ill.”
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N. Y. Times. 11: 159. Mr. 17, ’06. 600w.
“Has something of a swing.”
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N. Y. Times. 11: 386. Je. 16. ’06. 160w.
“More than usual skill in analysis of motive and description of complex character is to be found in this tale of modern life.”
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Outlook. 82: 571. Mr. 10, ’06. 110w.
“It is a distinctly human, veracious, and altogether readable story.”
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Pub. Opin. 40: 346. Mr. 17, ’06. 170w.
Lyon, D. B. Musical geography. $2 per doz.; ea. 25c. Wilson, H. W.
“A little musical geography with sense and song to bind hard names in silver chains for boys and girls,” which was first published in 1851 is here rejuvenated and retold.
Lyttleton, Rev. Edward. Studies in the Sermon on the Mount. *$3.50. Longmans.
“The book, as Mr. Lyttleton tells us in the preface, is not a complete work, for it deals only with the actual precepts recorded in the three chapters of St. Matthew’s Gospel. Scarcely anything is said about such controversial subjects as the relation between the Matthoean and Lukan reports; nor does it touch on critical and textual questions except when they seem to be bound up with the interpretation of the words. It is ‘intended for those thoughtful students who wish to get hold of the meaning of the words as they are handed down.’”—Int. J. Ethics.
“These studies are the work of a clear, strong thinker, who is in deep sympathy with his subject.” David Phillips.
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Int. J. Ethics. 16: 498. Jl. ’06. 1000w.
“The writer’s method is a little diffuse, a little wanting in the power to grip a thought with a terse expression. For the high earnestness of the book there can be nothing but praise; but Mr. Lyttleton must be content to compress his material.”
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Lond. Times. 4: 439. D. 15, ’05. 490w.
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Maartens, Maarten (Jozua Marius Willem Schwartz). Healers. †$1.50. Appleton.
The healing of mind and body is dealt with in this novel in which nearly every character stands for some variety of scientific or religious opinion. Chief among them are “Professor Baron Lisse, of Leyden, the great bacteriologist in religion a conforming Protestant skeptic; his wife, a poet, converted, in the course of the story, to Roman Catholicism; their son Edward, who from childhood has hated his father’s vivisection, and who wins fame as a follower of Charcot; Sir James Graye, an idiot on whose skull Edward operates, enabling him to regain sufficient reason to learn the wickedness of the world and escape from it by suicide ... Kenneth Graye, James’s devoted uncle and guardian, who—so far as we understand mental ailments—went mad because he believed madness to be hereditary in his family, and recovered his sanity, partly on receiving proof that it was not, completely on receiving proof that he had misjudged a tragic event in his own life.” (Lond. Times.)
“Is a striking, interesting book, not altogether satisfactory, but one that all should read.”
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Acad. 70: 160. F. 17, ’06. 310w.
“This is a story one can read twice on first acquaintance, to use a Hiberianism.”
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Ath. 1906, 1: 323. Mr. 17. 390w.
“It is a complex book, with a great deal in it worth reading slowly and thoughtfully.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
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Bookm. 23: 416. Je. ’06. 390w.
“There are many brilliant passages in the book, but as a whole it leaves a confused impression upon the mind of the reader.”
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Critic. 48: 475. My. ’06. 130w.
“We are thus bound to repudiate the book in its would-be serious aspect, and fall back upon the entertaining invention, the acute characterization, and the combined humor and pathos that it offers.” Wm. M. Payne.
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Dial. 40: 264. Ap. 16, ’06. 260w.
218“His wanderings from one prickly topic to another sorely tries the patience. Yet he never bores. He has too keen a sense of humor and of human interest.”
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Lit. D. 32: 624. Ap. 21, ’06. 500w.
“The novel is not strongly constructed; our interest is asked for one character and suddenly shifted elsewhere, and the several stories touch each other but slightly. That defect—if defect it be—is inherent in a novel of this kind. For the truth is that, in spite of Mr. Maartens’s care, his humour and his power of expressing character, this is not a novel of persons but of opinions. The fortunes of persons may be settled, happily or unhappily; thought goes on.”
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Lond. Times. 5: 52. F. 16, ’06. 630w.
“The characters in ‘The healers’ are real people battling with real forces, no two agreeing. Maarten Maartens is not a serious singer, but he sings of serious things.” Stephen Chalmers.
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N. Y. Times. 11: 130. Mr. 3, ’06. 1000w.
“The men and women described are alive and interesting in an unusual degree.”
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Outlook. 82: 759. Mr. 31, ’06. 130w.
Mabie, Hamilton Wright. Great word. **$1. Dodd.
In a group of twenty-one essays, “Mr. Mabie has written broadly and wisely and deeply of love, not as Michelet did, mixing grossness and delicacy of thought together, but with all daintiness and fineness of touch, so that the issue is fine.” (N. Y. Times.) “For,” says the author, “there is no word infinity and immortality in any language, divine or human, save the word love; for nothing save love has compass enough to hold and to express the life of the gods.”
“This book, like his others, will be valued for its sane and charming conservatism.”
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Critic. 48: 379. Ap. ’06. 70w.
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Ind. 60: 112. Ja. 11, ’06. 250w.
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N. Y. Times. 10: 878. D. 9, ’05. 280w.
Outlook. 81: 889. D. 9, ’05. 30w.
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R. of Rs. 33: 256. F. ’06. 20w.
Mabie, Hamilton Wright, ed. Myths every child should know: a selection of the classic myths of all times for young people. **90c. Doubleday.
“The book is well suited for both home and school reading.”
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Critic. 48: 92. Ja. ’06. 30w.
McAdoo, William. Guarding a great city. **$2. Harper.
Mr. McAdoo, formerly commissioner of police in New York city, takes a courageous stand in presenting in detail the inner workings of the police system of that great city. He discusses, with suggestions for reform, in their sociological, political and economic aspects the problems which grow out of the supervision of vice and crime. The chapters on “Police imposters and fakirs,” “The East side,” and “The poolroom evil” are especially revelatory.
“Quite apart from its value in the discussion of purely administrative problems of police management, the book is very readable. Mr. McAdoo knows his subject and handles it with great directness. One criticism which might be made is that when discussing the problems of the police he assumes that his readers possess rather more information regarding the police organization than they are likely to have, but these lapses are only occasional.”
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Ind. 61: 935. O. 18, ’06. 570w.
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N. Y. Times. 11: 382 Je. 16, ’06. 130w.
Pub. Opin. 40: 649. My. 26, ’06. 1480w.
“Has a human interest that places it in a class apart from the ordinary category of manuals and treatises on good government. Mr. McAdoo writes clearly and fearlessly, as one who has nothing to conceal from the public.”
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R. of Rs. 34: 125. Jl. ’06. 180w.
McCall, Sidney. Breath of the gods. †$1.50. Little.
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Critic. 48: 573. Je. ’06. 130w.
McCall, Sidney. Truth Dexter. †$1.50. Little.
A new illustrated edition. Ever refreshing is the charming naïvete of the Southern girl who goes to Boston as a bride and has only her innocence and clarity of soul to offset intrigue on the one hand and culture on the other, until, indeed, she is subjected to a rigid course of intellectual training which conventionalizes her.
“In spite of what seem to us defects, the romance has so much in its favour that we can heartily recommend it to our readers.”
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Arena. 36: 219. Ag. ’06. 580w.
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N. Y. Times. 11: 439. Jl. 7, ’06. 880w.
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Outlook. 83: 387. Je. 16, ’06. 70w.
McCarthy, Justin. History of our own times. v. 4 and 5. ea. *$1.40. Harper.
“Although these volumes may at times be handy books of reference, they must not be depended upon for fullness or accuracy.” A. G. Porritt.
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Am. Hist. R. 11: 676. Ap. ’06. 790w. (Review of v. 4 and 5.)
“Mr. McCarthy makes good reading for the ordinary, unhistorical man who is often astonishingly ignorant of earlier Victorian events.”
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Ath. 1905, 2: 863. D. 23. 50w.
“The author takes advantage of his opportunity to review the reign of Victoria as a whole, and this is the most valuable part of the work.” Edward Fuller.
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Bookm. 23: 289. My. ’06. 140w. (Review of v. 4 and 5.)
“Mr. McCarthy’s last volumes are very delightful, eminently readable, and valuable. Nor does their fairness make them colorless.”
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Critic. 48: 287. Mr. ’06. 380w. (Review of v. 4. and 5.)
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Ind. 61: 334. Ag. 9, ’06. 150w. (Review of v. 4 and 5.)
R. of Rs. 33: 115. Ja. ’06. 200w. (Review of v. 4 and 5.)
McCarthy, Justin Huntly. Flower of France. †$1.50. Harper.
Simplicity, steadfastness, and a tender human sympathy characterize Mr. McCarthy’s Maid of Orleans. She is the same Joan of dreams and visions that history portrays her, the unyielding warrior who fights the dauphin’s cause because of a direct command from her God, yet as she rides forth in her shining armor, she is after all the Maid whom Lahire loves and not the fanatic whom the evil Cauchon sent to the stake. She is a heroine who might have yielded to the entreaties of her lover had she not impersonally espoused the high and divinely directed cause of her country’s good—higher than which is no other allegiance.
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Acad. 70: 454. My. 12, ’06. 320w.
“Mr. McCarthy has been uncommonly successful in reproducing the life of that distant century.”
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Ath. 1906, 1: 694. Je. 9. 240w.
“One sees all too plainly throughout the volume the earmarks of prospective dramatisation.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
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Bookm. 24: 120. O. ’06. 190w.
“The story is a fairly good one of its kind, but it has no reason for existence.”
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Critic. 49: 91. Ag. ’06. 70w.
“We need not waste much time on a production that exhibits such appalling vulgarisms as ‘won out’ and ‘downed all opposition’ and is cheaply sentimental or sensational from first to last.” Wm. M. Payne.
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Dial. 41: 114. S. 1, ’06. 110w.
219“He has been lifted up, as a literary artist, out of pagan piety, and pretty glamour of words that have characterized his other books into a region of sterner spirituality and courage. This gives the story a gravity and power which his novels have always lacked in spite of their charm.”
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Ind. 61: 516. Ag. 30, ’06. 1060w.
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Ind. 61: 1161. N. 15, ’06. 120w.
“Sufficiently well written to be very pleasant reading.”
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N. Y. Times. 11: 355. Je. 2, ’06. 490w.
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N. Y. Times. 11: 388. Je. 16, ’06. 150w.
“A graceful, pleasantly written story.”
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Outlook. 83: 766. Jl. 28, ’06. 70w.
“On the whole, the effect of the book is to bring out the merits of Mr. Andrew Lang’s historical novel of the same period.”
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Sat. R. 101: 662. My. 26, ’06. 240w.
McCarthy, Justin Huntly. Illustrious O’Hagen. †$1.50. Harper.
Pure romance, with a proper alloy of adventure is found in this story of the two O’Hagens, the twin brothers whose swords were always ready to defend their honor and fair ladies. Dorothea, the unhappy wife of a dissolute prince of an eighteenth century German principality, has as a child played at love in a garden with one of the brothers and this old memory calls them both to her side where amid court intrigue and the clash of swords one wins happiness and the other dies a good death.
“Mr. McCarthy is at his buoyant best.”
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Acad. 71: 421. O. 27, ’06. 130w.
“The story is a pleasant piece of work.”
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Ath. 1906. 2: 543. N. 3. 210w.
“Lacks some of the historical interest and the odd situations that were the strong features of ‘If I were king’ but the new novel has a touch of the originality of construction which made a success of the François Villon book.”
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N. Y. Times. 11: 775. N. 24, ’06. 360w.
“Lightly amusing, but of very little weight or force, is this novel.”
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Outlook. 84: 892. D. 8, ’06. 50w.
“It is altogether an admirable historical novel of the lighter type, written with a jaunty elegance which is most effective.”
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Sat. R. 102: 617. N. 17, ’06. 90w.
McCash, Isaac Newton. Ten plagues of modern Egypt. *$1. Personal help pub.
The ten plagues of modern Egypt herein discussed are divorce, amusements, municipal misrule, corrupt journalism, lynching, social impurity, our city carnivals, murder, gambling, and intemperance. A concluding chapter discusses the civic conscience.
McCaughan, William J. Love, faith, and joy. $1. J. Gosham Staats, Chicago.
A group of sermons delivered in the Third Presbyterian church, Chicago.
McClellan, Elisabeth. Historic dress in America, 1607–1800; with an introd. chapter on dress in the Spanish and French settlements in Florida and Louisiana; il. in color, pen and ink, and half-tone by Sophie Steel. **$10; hf. lev. or mor. **$20. Jacobs.
“The work is, in fact, of great, practical value both to the art student and to the costumier.”
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Int. Studio. 28: 370. Je. ’06. 470w.
“The letterpress is rather scrappy and disconnected, but it is full of valuable information derived from undeniably accurate sources, and occasionally transcribed without acknowledgment.”
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Sat. R. 102: 336. S. 15, ’06. 360w.
“Very handsome and interesting volume.”
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Spec. 96: 545. Ap. 7, ’06. 230w.
McClure, Alexander Kelly. Old time notes of Pennsylvania. 2v. *$8. Winston.
A connected and chronological record of the commercial, industrial and educational advancement of Pennsylvania, and the inner history of all political movements since the adoption of the constitution of 1838; illustrated with portraits of over 100 distinguished men of Pennsylvania, including all the governors, senators, judges of the courts of today, leading statesmen, railroad presidents, business men and men of note.
“It will be regarded as a valuable contribution to such a history, a contribution that no other man could make.”
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N. Y. Times. 11: 415. Je. 23, ’06. 140w.
“Throughout his work the element of human interest is strong, its distinctive characteristics, in fact, being its striking pen-portraits and its abundance of illustrative anecdote. He shows an evident desire to be just, and usually writes with such restraint that blame must yield to admiration.”
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Outlook. 83: 141. My. 19, ’06. 250w.
M’Clymont, Rev. J. A. Greece; painted by J: Fulleylove; described by the Rev. J. A. M’Clymont. *$6. Macmillan.
These descriptions of Greece have been written by one who has observed as he travelled, who has read the latest books, and studied Grote and Mr. Frazer; while the seventy-five colored pictures give some beautiful views of Athens and all Attica. There is also a sketch map of Greece and an index.
“Some of the pictures are decidedly pretty, and there are good sky and cloud effects in many of them; but the ‘tout ensemble’ is not like Greece. There is also a want of proper distribution in the subjects. If the author could not supply more than a few scanty observations of his own, why not have recourse to the dozens of excellent picturesque books of travel.”
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Ath. 1906, 1: 803. Je. 30. 770w.
“One of the finest of the many fine books written about Greece. The descriptive text is admirably written. There is some thing like chaos in the spelling of proper names.”
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Ind. 61: 395. Ag. 16, ’06. 640w.
“The artist is indeed thoroughly in touch with his subjects, which appear to have appealed to him with even greater force than those of his native land.”
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Int. Studio. 30: 183. D. ’06. 240w.
R. of Rs. 34: 123. Jl. ’06. 80w.
“Neither illustrations nor letter press have any right to be put forward as representing a land among the two or three most interesting and influential in the whole history of mankind.”
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Sat. R. 102: 54. Jl. 14, ’06. 300w.
“The literary portion of this book is something of a disappointment. The pictures are highly pleasing.”
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Spec. 97: sup. 471. O. 6, ’06. 230w.
MacCunn, Florence. Mary Stuart. **$3. Dutton.
A biography, based upon an accurate knowledge of recent developments along the line of Mary Stuart controversy, “while making no attempt to give any detailed account of it.” (Lond. Times.) “It does not pretend to be anything more than a romantic story of a woman told by a woman.... Mrs. MacCunn looks upon Mary as simply an intensely passionate woman. So her volume, if not the authoritative book on Mary, is perhaps one of the most readable that have yet been produced. Its charm is enhanced by numerous portraits and other illustrations, which are of the best quality.” (Spec.)
220“We have only indicated the attitude of Mrs. MacCunn towards her heroine: it is candidly historical and perfectly womanly.” Andrew Lang.
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Acad. 69: 1146. N. 4, ’05. 1360w.
“The author had not space enough for controversy, but exhibits complete balance of judgment. Her narrative is vivid, and avoids rhetorical pursuit of the picturesque. She is extremely sympathetic.”
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Ath. 1905, 2: 569. O. 28. 870w.
“Miss Maccunn ... has subordinated everything else to her main figure, and the result is a portrait glowing with animation.” Lawrence J. Burpee.
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Dial. 41: 62. Ag. 1, ’06. 1250w.
“Without omitting any salient facts or distorting any critical situation, she has written a book which is real biography, and not a mere contribution to controversy.”
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Lond. Times. 4: 397. N. 17, ’05. 830w.
“Among a host of technical and controversial monographs, it stands out a simple lively narrative of the remarkable adventures through which Mary Stuart passed.”
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Nation. 82: 347. Ap. 26, ’06. 460w.
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N. Y. Times. 11: 82. F. 10, ’06. 320w.
“Her book is an admirable piece of work, and we think should remain the standard short history of one of the most familiar of the many Queens of tears.”
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N. Y. Times. 11: 156. Mr. 10, ’06. 400w.
“Her book is well written ... and if her conception of Queen Mary’s character be correct, it is admirable.”
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Sat. R. 101: 144. F. 3, ’06. 1040w.
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Spec. 95: sup. 794. N. 18, ’05. 810w.
McCutcheon, George Barr (Richard Greaves, pseud.). Cowardice court. †$1.25. Dodd.
“Apparently the chief matter [of this tale] is the feud—a paltry quarrel over some five hundred acres of Adirondack woodland, which the young American refuses to sell even to a buyer of such distinction as her ladyship of Baslehurst. Really, however, the chief matter is the interest the English-bred Penelope takes in the American enemy. The story goes of itself, runs away with itself almost. There is a storm, a haunted house, some dog shooting, much trespassing, and more lovemaking.”—N. Y. Times.
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Critic. 48: 573. Je. ’06. 50w.
“Altogether absurd in incident and psychology, but decidedly readable and engagingly romantic.”
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Ind. 60: 876. Ap. 12, ’06. 70w.
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N. Y. Times. 11: 242. Ap. 14, ’06. 200w.
N. Y. Times. 11: 383. Je. 16, ’06. 100w.
“Has somewhat too heavy a hand for his slight material.”
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Outlook. 82: 1004. Ap. 28, ’06. 50w.
Pub. Opin. 40: 736. Je. 16, ’06. 70w.
McCutcheon, George Barr (Richard Greaves, pseud.). Jane Cable; il. in col. by Harrison Fisher. †$1.50. Dodd.
“‘Jane Cable’ is a love-tale with the strenuous sweep of the Western metropolis for its atmosphere. The principals of the story are a very flawless pair who enter the primrose path of romance under promising auspices. Their roseate dream receives a rude awakening by reason of certain family revelations which seem to put a blot upon the girl’s birth and which blast the reputation of the young man’s father. Some very ugly, tho not uninteresting, characters are brought upon the scene. Chief among these is the lawyer, Elias Droom, a character probably suggested by Uriah Heep, but uglier.”—Lit. D.
“It is interesting to record, from personal observation, that readers of ‘Jane Cable’ seem to evince the same absorption, the same oblivion of time and space which a few years ago marked the readers of ‘Beverly of Graustark.’” Frederic Taber Cooper.
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Bookm. 24: 248. N. ’06. 410w.
“As a good melodrama should, the story takes hold in the first pages with a grip that releases the interest only when the problems are all solved.” Paul Wilstach.
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Bookm. 24: 280. N. ’06. 400w.
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Ind. 61: 941. O. 18, ’06. 90w.
“The characters are fairly well drawn and there is much diversity of plot and incident.”
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Lit. D. 33: 474. O. 6, ’06. 290w.
“‘Jane Cable’ is a well-told story, within the limitations of its class.”
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Outlook. 84: 582. N. 3, ’06. 90w.
“Is on the whole the best piece of work he has done.”
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World To-Day. 11: 1222. N. ’06. 170w.
McCutcheon, George Barr (Richard Greaves, pseud.). Nedra. †$1.50. Dodd.
“So farcical a plot demands a light and humorous touch and here the author fails, for though he gets amusing situations, the treatment of them is poor, and the dialogue is conspicuously without humor.”
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Acad. 71: 526. N. 24, ’06. 210w.
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Ath. 1906, 2: 614. N. 17. 150w.
Macdonald, Ronald. Sea-maid. †$1.50. Holt.
Once upon a time the Dean of Beckminster and his prim wife were cast shipwrecked upon a lone sea island, and when after twenty years a certain ship’s company were marooned upon the same island they found, with the Dean and his wife, their beautiful daughter who dressed in savage garb and was eager to know of a world she had never seen. This is the setting of a veritable farce-comedy enacted by an English lord, a commonplace person with whom he has changed names to avoid the advances of a passée fortune hunter, the ship’s doctor, a girl who is “good sort,” an actor, and several other people both good and bad. The book is frankly intended to “draw smile and laugh.”
“There is somethings deliciously attractive in the serious manner in which he handles the subject.”
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Acad. 70: 205. Mr. 3, ’06. 310w.
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Ath. 1906, 1: 294. Mr. 10. 280w.
“An uneven book, genuinely amusing in parts, distinctly tiresome elsewhere.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
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Bookm. 23: 285. My. ’05. 270w.
“Of its kind ‘The sea-maid’ is good.”
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Critic. 48: 475. My. ’06. 50w.
“For sheer entertainment this story is one of the best of the year, and it is by no means devoid of the qualities that appeal to the literary sense.” Wm. M. Payne.
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Dial. 40: 263. Ap. 16, ’06. 210w.
“Is, in itself a harmless and in parts an entertaining and refreshing story, showing touches of imagination and of humor; but is none the less tainted with that peculiar flavor of cheapness—coming perilously near vulgarity.”
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N. Y. Times. 11: 144. Mr. 10, ’06. 230w.
“The fault of the story is that it mingles the romantic, the burlesque, and the melodramatic rather indiscriminately.”
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Outlook. 82: 619. Mr. 17, ’06. 130w.
“The book is an ingenious fantasy, and the reader will find that the time he spends in reading it passes very pleasantly.”
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Spec. 96: 390. Mr. 10, ’06. 280w.
MacDonnell, John de Courcy. King Leopold II., his rule in Belgium and the Congo. *$6. Cassell.
“Though the work has the character of special pleading, still it is not of the unusually low order of such partisan publications.”
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Critic. 48: 379. Ap. ’06. 190w.
221McFadyen, John Edgar. Introduction to the Old Testament. $1.75. Armstrong.
“The style is easy, clear, concise, and fulfills the purpose laid down. It is a good piece of modern, up-to-date pedagogical work.” Ira Maurice Price and John M. P. Smith.
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Am. J. Theol. 10: 318. Ap. ’06. 280w.
“To each book of the old Testament he furnishes an introduction which is written in the free critical spirit characteristic of modern scholarship, and written, too, with a power to stimulate the interests of his readers, and satisfy their just and reasonable demands for information concerning the history and character of writings regarded by so many as sacred Scriptures.”
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Ath. 1906, 1: 102. Ja. 27. 440w.
“The book supplies a recognized need.”
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Bib. World. 27: 79. Ja. ’06. 40w.
“By its brevity, clearness and interest the book is a good one to serve as a manual for the student.” L. W. Batten.
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Bib. World. 28: 74. Jl. ’06. 180w.
“Utterly unfit to be put into the hands of the unsophisticated readers for whom it is prepared. Hundreds of his statements are either incorrect or rest upon a very unsubstantial foundation.”
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Bibliotheca Sacra. 63: 377. Ap. ’06. 130w.
“For a readable account of what scholars hold regarding the Old Testament without discussion of what is still problematical and uncertain, Professor McFadyen’s treatise can be heartily recommended.”
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Ind. 60: 518. Mr. 1, ’06. 260w.
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Spec. 96: 305. F. 24, ’06. 280w.
Macfall, Haldane. Sir Henry Irving. *$1. Luce, J: W.
A character sketch of Sir Henry Irving, the man, his career and his art. The volume is illustrated by Mr. Gordon Craig and includes sketches of Irving in the characters of Robespierre, Macaire, Dubrose, Badger and others.
“Though a trifle laudatory, Mr. Macfall has produced a lucid portrait of his subject.”
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Dial. 41: 95. Ag. 16, ’06. 130w.
“In itself the little book, with its excellent paper, admirable typography, and abundant margins, is attractive and artistic, but as a tribute to Irving it is in almost all respects insufficient.”
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Nation. 83: 35. Jl. 12, ’06. 290w.
“The criticism is pitched in a high key of praise; and is too much a panegyric to be always valuable as criticism; yet there is much that is true said about Irving’s excellences.”
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N. Y. Times. 11: 430. Jl. 7, ’06. 470w.
“An extremely interesting character sketch.”
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Outlook. 83: 817. Ag. 4, ’06. 50w.
MacFarland, Charles Stedman. Jesus and the prophets; an historical, exegetical, and interpretative discussion of the use of the Old Testament prophecy by Jesus and his attitude towards it. **$1.50. Putnam.
“For the ground which it covers, Dr. MacFarland’s book is without doubt the best popular work on the subject in English, and cannot fail to be helpful to all students of the Bible who prize exact knowledge.” William R. Schoemaker.
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Am. J. Theol. 10: 128. Ja. ’06. 530w.
“It will stimulate even where it does not carry full conviction.” John H. Strong.
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Bib. World. 27: 476. Je. ’06. 880w.
“The design of this book is excellent. Yet we cannot praise the book unreservedly; the author is well up in the German critics and shows a tendency to assimilate their conclusions rather too readily. It is good to know German if one is going to write a book on the Greek Testament; but it is better to know Greek.”
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Sat. R. 101: 84. Ja. 20, ’06. 430w.
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Macfarlane, Walter. Principles and practice of iron and steel manufacture. *$1.20. Longmans.
Written by one who understands teaching, this book is designed primarily for technical students, metallurgists and engineers.
“It has the advantage of being short and, in general, accurate and clear. Much of the data has not appeared in print before, but is evidently taken from personal experience. Of the individual chapters, those on the puddling process and tool steel are the best, while the discussion of steel castings and the short chapter on malleable castings are very far below the general standard.” Bradley Stoughton.
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Engin. N. 56: 51. Jl. 12, ’06. 800w.
MacGrath, Harold. Half a rogue. †$1.50. Bobbs.
There is a curious mixture of elements in Mr. MacGrath’s new story. Play writing, municipal politics, social enmity, strikes, and always love—from beginning to end it is the one quality which leavens sordid states and makes burdens bearable. Katherine Challoner leaves the stage to marry John Bennington, Richard Warrington gives up playwriting to enter politics, and incidentally, to woo Patty Bennington. A malicious busy-body, who tries to recall ghosts of past indiscretions, fails, but not until Warrington loses in the mayorality race. Yet he does win Patty.
MacGrath, Harold. Hearts and masks. †$1.50. Bobbs.
“The tale is not so good a story as ‘The man on the box’ but it will doubtless prove almost as popular.”
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Arena. 35: 222. F. ’06. 220w.
Reviewed by Frederic Taber Cooper.
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Bookm. 22: 633. F. ’06. 370w.
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Pub. Opin. 39: 859. D. 30, ’05. 110w.
Mach, Edmund Robert Otto von. Handbook of Greek and Roman sculpture. $1.50. Bureau of university travel. [Ginn.]
A handbook prepared to accompany a collection of five hundred reproductions of Greek and Roman sculpture.
“What he has done is both too little and too much; and the faults that have been indicated tend to make any scholar view the book with a distrust which, on the whole, it does not merit.”
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Ath. 1906, 1: 804. Je. 30. 840w.
“The impression made by the book is satisfactory, and it will undoubtedly be of service, especially to the beginner in the study of classic art. Mr. von Mach shows a thorough knowledge of his subject, and there is a pleasing independence of view, although the influence of the great teachers is plainly seen. There are a number of typographical errors.” James C. Egbert.
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Bookm. 23: 101. Mr. ’06. 790w.
Outlook. 83: 688. Jl. 21, ’06. 200w.
Mach, Edmund Robert Otto von. Outlines of the history of painting, from 1200–1900 A. D. *$1.50. Ginn.
An arrangement which aims to aid art students in obtaining a comprehensive view of the whole field of painting. The first part comprises twenty-eight chronological tables of painters; the second part, an alphabetical list of artists; the third, a brief account of the history of painting.
“This should prove a convenient class summary and in general a useful tabulation of painters and periods.”
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Int. Studio. 30: sup. 58. D. ’06. 100w.
222“Another who has helped us the better to understand Greek art, Professor Edmund von Mach, has published a useful book.”
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Outlook. 84: 705. N. 24, ’06. 120w.
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Nation. 83: 446. N. 22, ’06. 250w.
Machen, Arthur. House of souls. †$1.50. Estes.
“This volume includes some previously published stories, notably ‘The great god Pan’ and ‘The inmost light,’ which some twelve years since appeared in ‘The keynote series;’ also ‘The three impostors,’ which we best remember as a deft derivative from Stevenson’s ‘New Arabian nights.’ The rest of the items are new, but the same note of horror is struck with more or less emphasis in all, and with a varying measure of success.”—Ath.
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Acad. 71: 136. Ag. 11, ’06. 800w.
“Mr. Machen is a very clever writer—so clever that it seems almost a pity that he should persistently envelope his talent in cerements of the bizarre.”
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Ath. 1906. 2: 129. Ag. 4. 340w.
“Whatever may be said for the making of gargoyles in general (or satyrs in particular) as a question of art or of morals, whatever your own taste may be in such matters, Mr. Machen is a master of his method.”
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N. Y. Times. 11: 578. S. 22, ’06. 700w.
“As regards the execution of the stories, Mr. Machen has style, and a talent for the fantastic ... but he has not the power of creating horror.”
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Sat. R. 102: 117. Jl. 28, ’06. 220w.
M’Kay, William D. Scottish school of painting. *$2. Scribner.
“Although Mr. McKay does not succeed in giving any clear definition of what constitutes the Scottish school, or how it differs from other schools, his well-written volume is full of interesting details about the lives and works of Scottish painters, and tells us something, though not quite enough about the organization of painting in Scotland since it began to exist at all.”—Lond. Times.
“As a compact and compendious record of the work of painters of Scottish nationality the book occupies a distinct place in art history, and its standard of execution is uniformly high.”
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Ath. 1906, 2: 246. S. 1. 1700w.
“In a sense this is a pioneer work. It is one which no student of art should fail to own and to read with great care.”
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Critic. 49: 188. Ag. ’06. 360w.
“A smaller book dealing with the few leading painters of Scottish birth and leaving out the nobodies would have been more acceptable.”
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Ind. 61: 818. O. 4, ’06. 190w.
“We have no hesitation in commending this excellent volume, not only to the art lover, but also to the student.”
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Int. Studio. 29: 273. S. ’06. 490w.
Int. Studio. 29: sup. 83. S. ’06. 220w.
“We turn to his book for a retrospect rather than for a comment upon the things of to-day. He knows what painting is, he is well acquainted with the collections, public and private, he is a sound critic, and he writes in an interesting way.”
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Lond. Times. 5: 266. Jl. 27, ’06. 770w.
“The author ... writes with knowledge and confidence of technical matters, and the volume is fairly illustrated.”
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Nation. 83: 54. Jl. 19, ’06. 120w.
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N. Y. Times. 11: 508. Ag. 18, ’06. 1080w.
“Excellent book.”
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Outlook. 83: 671. Jl. 21, ’06. 50w.
MacKaye, James F. Economy of happiness. *$2.50. Little.
Dr. Mackaye’s universal panacea for the cure of all ills which man is heir to is common sense, susceptible to tests which are independent of the convictions of any man or assemblage of men. Book 1 analyses common sense to disclose these tests; and Books 2 and 3 treat of the theoretical and practical technology of happiness.
“A book which deals with the ethical foundations of the subject in a way that is both novel and profound. In fact the book is a revolution in philosophy and aims at one in economics. He lays a deeper and safer foundation for his socialism than Marx laid, and he undermines most thoroughly the system of ethics upon which the political and economic dogmas of competition and ‘laissez faire’ have been based.” Ralph Albertson.
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Arena. 36: 670. D. ’06. 4710w.
“Every socialist, sociologist, economist and serious journalist should examine this book. For the wayfaring man it is perhaps too solid, tho it is enlivened by brilliant, unforced epigrams and humorous phrases.”
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Ind. 61: 813. O. 4, ’06. 1220w.
Lit. D. 33: 429. S. 29, ’06. 400w.
“It would have been better if he had condensed some and omitted other parts of the earlier chapters which are unnecessarily long and discursive.”
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Nation. 83: 370. N. 1, ’06. 210w.
“While the ethical doctrines of this work are thus objectionable, there is much in its economic scheme for the promotion of social happiness that is worthy of thoughtful consideration.”
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Outlook. 84: 90. S. 8, ’06. 530w.
R. of Rs. 34: 383. S. ’06. 70w.
MacKaye, James. Politics of utility: the technology of happiness—applied; being book 3 of “The economy of happiness.” **50c. Little.
Book 3 of James MacKaye’s “Economy of happiness” is published separately, in inexpensive form because of its greater popular interest, the hope being that the reprint may reach a wider circle of readers than would care for the larger work.
Mackaye, Mrs. James Steele. Pride and prejudice: a play founded on Jane Austen’s novel. $1.25. Duffield.
A four-act play founded upon Jane Austen’s eighteenth century novel.
“Few of the peculiar excellences of the book survive in the play, in which the lack of action, or of anything like real dramatic interest, until the very end, is only too apparent.”
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Nation. 83: 291. O. 4, ’06. 120w.
“A pleasing play.”
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Outlook. 84: 385. O. 13, ’06. 120w.
“So far as the literary side is concerned, Mrs. Mackaye has done her work well.”
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Putnam’s. 1: 378. D. ’06. 90w.
Mackaye, Percy Wallace. Fenris, the wolf: a tragedy. **$1.25. Macmillan.
Reviewed by Louise Collier Willcox.
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North American. 182: 753. My. ’06. 170w.
McKechnie, William Sharp. Magna carta: a commentary on the great charter of King John. *$4.50. Macmillan.
“Mr. McKechnie may justly claim to have provided us with a most adequate commentary on Magna Carta. His notes ... show that he is widely read in the literature of his subject; 223and they are admirably lucid. The book will be the more useful because it is mainly a summary of the researches and theories of the best modern critics.” H. W. C. Davis.
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Eng. Hist. R. 21: 150. Ja. ’06. 880w.
“The most detailed and satisfactory examination of Magna Carta.”
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Nation. 82: 16. Ja. 4. ’06. 1570w.
McKim, Rev. Randolph Harrison. Problem of the Pentateuch. **$1. Longmans.
“Lectures in reply to the ‘higher criticism’ of the Bible.... The attractiveness of Dr. McKim’s book for the general reader, not particularly interested in homiletical literature or the disputes of theology, lies in its well-sustained tone of urbanity and its fairness to the ‘higher critics.’ Dr. McKim does not hesitate to state their arguments clearly. His own argument is interesting merely as a revelation of the theories of the Pentateuch put forth by persons who deny the inspiration and Mosaic origin of the five books.”—N. Y. Times.
Bib. World. 28. 79. Jl. ’06. 50w.
“Doubtless every serious reader who picks up this book will find that his curiosity has been aroused rather than that his mind has been set at rest. But, for its scope, this brief volume is fairly well put together.”
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Cath. World. 83: 833. S. ’06. 510w.
Lit. D. 32: 945. Je. 23, ’06. 1540w.
“Despite the pains he has taken in the investigation of these matters, it cannot be said that he has comprehended the case put forward by historical criticism.”
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Nation. 83: 142. Ag. 16, ’06. 460w.
N. Y. Times. 11: 356. Je. 2, ’06. 340w.
McKinley, Albert Edward. Suffrage franchise in the thirteen English colonies in America. $2.50. Ginn.
“Mr. McKinley’s book must of necessity become the standard authority on this subject. The only lack is a bibliography.” Edward Porritt.
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Am. Hist. R. 11: 403. Ja. ’06. 1630w.
MacKinnon, James. History of modern liberty. set, **$10. Longmans.
“The first volume consists of chapters chiefly on the governmental institutions of the countries that once formed the Western Roman empire; the second consists of chapters on the course of the reformation in England and Scotland, France and Germany, with a brief chapter of twelve pages on Spain in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. A single chapter on mediaeval political thought ‘in relation to liberty,’ which closes the first volume, is balanced in the second by one on the writers on political theory in the sixteenth century. For the rest, the strict adherence to geographical divisions forbids an international and comparative treatment, and no continuity of subject or idea is maintained.”—Ath.
“Taken all in all, his book is both readable and instructive. It may safely be commended to all whose enthusiasm for liberty needs a stimulant.”
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Am. Hist. R. 11: 876. Jl. ’06. 950w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)
“Had the writer been willing to use more care and restraint, he could have produced a better book, for he has zeal and industry, a wide range of interest and knowledge, ambition and ability.”
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Ath. 1906, 1: 538. My. 5. 1620w. (Review of v. 1. and 2.)
“It may be seriously questioned whether the usefulness if the work would not have been increased by the topical method of treatment rather than the chronological. Professor MacKinnon’s style in places is characterized by lucidity of statement, forcefulness of expression, and even by brilliancy; but too often the detail which mars his discussions is dry and prolix.” James Wilford Garner.
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Dial. 41: 31. Jl. 16, ’06. 1180w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)
“Dr. Mackinnon has, we fear, somewhat fluctuating ideas as to the exact scope of his theme. It is the result of much careful study, especially in French historical literature, and it is marked by a sanity of judgment and a true love of freedom of which Dr. Mackinnon desires to be the historian.”
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Lond. Times. 5: 215. Je. 15, ’06. 1490w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)
“The author is on the whole judicious and scholarly without attaining real distinction. His book will not add to our sum of knowledge and will not open new avenues of thought.”
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Nation. 82: 457. My. 31, ’06. 570w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)
“They contain much of interest and value, but yet they fall short of what we should wish the story of human liberty to be.”
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Sat. R. 101: 559. My. 5, ’06. 1490w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)
“The serious defect of the work, however, is that it lacks organization. The process of the development of liberty is not clearly delineated. On the whole, the work despite its shortcomings, must be pronounced a notable one.” George L. Scherger.
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Yale R. 15: 219. Ag. ’06. 500w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)
McLaws, Emily Lafayette. Maid of Athens. †$1.50. Little.
A romance based upon Byron’s brief wooing of Lady Thyrza Riga, the Maid of Athens, whom he immortalized in verse. Count Riga gives his life for Greece, and Countess Riga rather than fall into the hands of the Turks slays herself, while the child Thyrza was sent to Constantinople and was brought up at court by a renegade uncle. Here Byron found her, and was seriously minded in his love-making, but a rival Turkish suitor brought disaster through a forged letter. Lady Thyrza’s death, and later Byron’s passing away at Messolonghi bring the story to a tragic close.
“Exceptionally well written and giving delightful glimpses of Turkish and Greek life.” Amy C. Rich.
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Ind. 60: 1488. Je. 21, ’06. 120w.
“It cannot be said that Miss McLaws reflects much of the Byronic heat and light, while her Oriental atmosphere is distinctly of a kind never made in the East.”
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Outlook. 82: 810. Ap. 7, ’06. 40w.
“On the whole this is a better piece of work than either ‘Jezebel’ or ‘When the land was young.’”
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MacLean, Frank. Henry Moore, R. A. *$1.25. Scribner.
“This volume in “The makers of British art” series is a thoroly workmanlike ‘life,’ narrating the details of Moore’s rather uneventful career, describing and characterizing all his works of importance and certainly in its estimate of those works, doing full justice to the painter—comparatively few of whose pictures have been seen on this side of the Atlantic. Numerous halftone blocks help to give some faint idea of the man’s power and versatility in depicting his chosen theme.... A final chapter touches briefly but illuminatingly on the work of the few noteworthy painters of the sea with whom Henry Moore was contemporary—John Brett, Whistler, Claude Monet, Mesdag—and several lesser British marine artists.” (Ind.)
“Doubtless will long remain the standard biography of England’s foremost marine painter.”
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Ind. 61: 817. O. 4, ’06. 150w.
“An interesting analysis is made of Moore’s work in marine painting.”
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Int. Studio. 29: sup. 83. S. ’06. 320w.
“A sound and unpretentious piece of work which will supply all the information that the general reader will care for about this thoroughly competent if not quite great painter.”
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Nation. 82: 138. F. 15, ’06. 90w.
N. Y. Times. 11: 142. Mr. 10, ’06. 300w.
McMahan, Anna Benneson, ed. With Byron in Italy; being a selection of the poems and letters of Lord Byron which have to do with his life in Italy from 1816 to 1823. **$1.40. McClurg.
From the letters and poems of Byron, written during the most mature and productive period of his life while under the spell of the Italy that he loved and that loved him in return, the editor has made wise selection and she has arranged the chosen parts chronologically, and illustrated them with sixty reproductions from photographs.
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Ind. 61: 1118. N. 8, ’06. 120w.
“The alluring title of this book will not disappoint lovers of Byron.”
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Lit. D. 33: 856. D. 8, ’06. 110w.
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Nation. 83: 533. D. 20, ’06. 90w.
N. Y. Times. 11: 896. D. 22, ’06. 310w.
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Putnam’s. 1: 256. N. ’06. 80w.
MacManus, Anna (Mrs. Seumas) (Ethna Carbery, pseud.). Four winds of Eirinn. **75c. Funk.
This posthumous book of verse is indeed a legacy to all who love Ireland. The poems ring with strong-heart energy and anticipation, and in their buoyancy teach fine lessons of loyalty and patriotism to the land of Erin.
“A small but precious volume.” Wm. M. Payne.
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R. of Rs. 33: 122. Ja. ’06. 80w.
McMaster, John Bach. History of the people of the United States, from the Revolution to the Civil war. v. 6, 1830–1842. **$2.50. Appleton.
Volume six of this history covers the years from 1830 to 1842. Dr. McMaster discusses affairs under the following headings: Our federal union, State rights maintained, Social conditions, The election of 1832, Nullification put down. The deposits and the panic of 1834, Politics at home and abroad, Activity of the abolitionists, Proceedings of Congress, Speculation and surplus, The end of Jackson’s term, The panic of 1837, Along our borders, A free press and the right of petition, Buckshot, Aroostook, and anti-rent war, The log-cabin, hard-cider campaign and The quarrel with Tyler.
Ind. 61: 1168. N. 15, ’06. 50w. (Review of v. 6.)
“This author has made to general United States history the most notable original contribution his generation has seen.”
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Lit. D. 33: 727. N. 17. ’06. 120w. (Review of v. 6.)
“With all its faults this history is undoubtedly the best that has been written of the twelve years. It is a storehouse of fact, and brings to light a mass of material which will be as useful to the historian as interesting to the general reader.”
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Nation. 83: 483. D. 6, ’06. 2180w. (Review of v. 6.)
“Two objections to this method of treatment naturally arise. The first is the lack of definiteness, of finality which every great work of reference ought, in a measure to possess. The second objection, which may not necessarily inhere in the method of the author is the preponderant reliance on the debates in congress and the leading newspaper discussions.” William E. Dodd.
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N. Y. Times. 11: 818. D. 1, ’06. 2870w. (Review of v. 6.)
“His industry in accumulation is greater than his skill in arrangement. His work lacks in wise adjustment and true perspective. He is embarrassed by the enormous amount of his material and has not the courage to omit the non-essential.”
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Outlook. 84: 794. N. 24, ’06. 280w. (Review of v. 6.)
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McMurry, Charles Alexander. Course of study in the eight grades. 2v. ea. *75c. Macmillan.
“Our educational machinery has to be made more compact and efficient, and ... [these two little volumes] tell how it is being accomplished. The author gives in detail just what ought and can be done in each grade by a judicious combination of the policies of enriching and pruning. He is not a man of one idea, but is open-minded and progressive in all lines. The very full and carefully selected list of textbooks and side reading for each grade are especially valuable, and would be a safe guide for school-room libraries.”—Ind.
“[In] chapters devoted to the theory and practice of education ... the author is so overpoweringly verbose that his meaning is frequently lost in a cloud of words.”
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Ath. 1906, 1: 575. My. 11. 500w.
“It appears to me that the greatest objection to Dr. McMurry’s course of study lies against the conception that it tends to dissipate the energies of the pupil, rather than concentrate his mind on a definite portion of knowledge that constitutes a part of a subject.” James M. Greenwood.
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“A very valuable volume.” Frederick E. Bolton.
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School R. 14: 540. S. ’06. 750w.
McMurry, Mrs. Lida Brown, and Gale, Mrs. Agnes Spofford (Cook), comps. Songs of mother and child. $1.25. Silver.
A collection of about a hundred and fifty poems grouped under the following divisions: “The mother’s heart,” “Evening songs,” “The father’s love,” “The child world” “Child pictures,” “Ministry,” “The empty nest,” “Ideals,” and “The long ago.” The songs are contributed by about a hundred well-known authors.
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“The book is so conscientiously edited and so well-arranged that the gems are easy to find and re-find.”
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N. Y. Times. 11: 169. Mr. 17, ’06. 640w.
Macnaughtan, S. Lame dog’s diary. †$1.50. Dodd.
“The writer is supposed to be an officer, lamed for life in the Boer war, who settles down in his own village to get what comfort may be found in a humdrum existence. After a few pages we are at ease in the village of Stowel ... and find the match-making and tea-parties positively exciting.” (Sat. R.) “There are the two Miss Traceys, models of appropriate deportment; there is Mrs. Lovekin, self-appointed and embarrassing co-hostess at every tea-table; there is sweet, faded Miss Lydia Blind, and her sister Belinda, ... there are Anthony Crawshay, frank and free, and Ellicomb, the ‘artistic;’ there are the Darcey-Jacobs, ... and last, but not least, there are the Jamiesons, four spectacled young ladies, and Maud, ‘the pretty one,’ all upon matrimony and good 225works intent. But all these are after all, but a screen under cover of which Hugo, our diarist, may weave a half-unconscious day-dream unobserved.” (Lond. Times.)
“The author has succeeded with his heroine as well as with the rest of his cast.”
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“An unassuming bit of fiction, which possesses a certain quiet charm quite its own.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
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Bookm. 24: 119. O. ’06. 570w.
“A pleasing bit of fiction which does not draw too heavily upon the reader’s nervous endurance.”
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Critic. 48: 475. My. ’06. 70w.
“The ‘lame dog’ has worked up his diary into a delightful book.”
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Lond. Times. 4: 383. N. 10, ’05. 440w.
“One must read the companionable, pleasant book, warm at the heart with neighbor feeling and radiant with gentle humor.”
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N. Y. Times. 11: 254. Ap. 21, ’06. 580w.
“The romance glowing beneath the light tone of the diary is delightful and novel enough to insure the reader’s attention to the end. The author has a good sense of humor.”
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Pub. Opin. 40: 444. Ap. 7, ’06. 80w.
“Is refreshing and individual.”
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Sat. R. 100: 819. D. 23, ’05. 230w.
“One of the shortest and most attractive novels we have read of late years.”
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MacPhail, Andrew. Vine of Sibmah: a relation of the Puritans. †$1.50. Macmillan.
“The heroine is a beautiful Quakeress, the hero a brave captain in Cromwell’s disbanded army, and about the two central figures are grouped King’s men and Roundheads, Puritans and pirates, Quakers and Jesuits, Indians and soldiers as the scene shifts from old to New England. To save the reader a tiresome search for the title, ‘The vine of Sibmah,’ is found in Isaiah, xvi, 8, and is the text of a sermon preached by Mr. Increase Mayhew as the little fleet led by the ‘Covenant’ started on its voyage to Salem: ‘O, vine of Sibmah, thy plants are gone over the sea.’”—Ind.
“The story is something more than readable, although it is long-winded throughout and drags not a little toward the end. A critic of the more microscopic sort might pick many flaws in his narrative.” Wm. M. Payne.
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Dial. 41: 240. O. 16, ’06. 230w.
“Here is a good historical novel, one of the best since ‘Hugh Wynne,’ by Dr. Mitchell.”
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Ind. 61: 519. Ag. 30, ’06. 160w.
“The lover of historical romance will be glad to illuminate the years around 1662 by passing through them with Mr. MacPhail’s well-imagined characters.”
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Macquoid, Percy. History of English furniture. 20 pts. 4v. per pt., *$2.50. per v., *$15. Putnam.
“Mr. Macquoid’s work is accomplished with great skill and knowledge. His chief defect is that he has no apparent philosophy as a setting for his studies, which would link up the craft of furniture-making with organic history.”
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Ath. 1906, 1: 271. Mr. 3. 670w. (Review of v. 2.)
Int. Studio. 28: 275. My. ’06. 320w. (Review of v. 2.)
“Mr. Macquoid’s book, when complete, will find a place in every library that devotes itself to costly and well-informed monographs.”
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Lond. Times. 5: 270. Ag. 3, ’06. 480w. (Review of v. 2.)
“In fullness of textual descriptions as well as in beauty, variety, and correctness of plates, Percy Macquoid’s ‘History of English furniture’ may be considered a variorum edition.”
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N. Y. Times. 11: 360. Je. 2, ’06. 300w.
(Review of v. 2, pt. 9 and 10.)
Spec. 96: 266. F. 17, ’06. 60w. (Review
of v. 2.)
McSpadden, Joseph Walker. Stories from Dickens. 60c. Crowell.
A group of Dickens’ children separated from the crowded thorofares of their story habitat and viewed alone. Oliver Twist, Smike, Little Nell, Paul and Florence Dombey, Pip, Little Dorrit and David Copperfield constitute the group.
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N. Y. Times. 11: 718. N. 3, ’06. 110w.
McSpadden, Joseph Walker. Stories from Wagner. (Children’s favorite classics.) 60c; (Astor lib.) 60c; (Waldorf lib.) 75c; (Handy volume classics.) limp lea. 75c; pocket ed. 35c. Crowell.
“An admirable and very welcome addition to the literature of the nursery and schoolroom.”
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McTaggart, John Ellis. Some dogmas of religion. *$3. Longmans.
“The first chapter of the book sets forth the importance of dogma; in the second, the establishment of dogma is considered at length. The third and fourth treat of human immortality and pre-existence.... The conclusion is reached, that the arguments which may lead us to believe in immortality also make it probable that we have pre-existed.... Chapter 5 deals with Free-will, and offers a strong argument in favor of the determinist position.... Chapters 6 and 7 treat of the idea of God, and it is excellently argued that the literal idea of an omnipotent God presents so many difficulties and contradictions that it is untenable.... Chapter 8 treats of Theism and Happiness, and there is a short conclusion.”—Dial.
“Having thus found fault with the very basis of Dr. McTaggart’s argument, we may frankly admit that his book is lucid and interesting and that it will do excellent service in clearing away many venerable cobwebs.” T. D. A. Cockerell.
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Dial. 41: 60. Ag. 1, ’06. 1480w.
“It is written in the clear, crisp style to which he has accustomed his readers. In spite of its acuteness, and in spite of the flashes of deep feeling which redeem much that is merely clever, the book leaves me with a distinct impression of unreality.” A. Seth Pringle-Pattison.
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Hibbert J. 5: 195. O. ’06. 5330w.
“A singularly delightful work which ought to be widely studied by that large class of persons who are at once convinced of the profound practical importance of fundamental religious issues and high-minded enough to require of their religion not merely that its conclusions shall be comforting if true, but that there shall be rational grounds for judging that they are true. Whether one agrees with Dr. McTaggart’s conclusions or not, the candor with which they are stated and the vigor and ingenuity with which they are argued gives his book a quite exceptional value as a provocative of thought.” A. E. Taylor.
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Phys. R. 15: 414. Jl. ’06. 2650w.
Macvane, Edith. Adventures of Joujou. $2. Lippincott.
A piquant charm is everywhere manifest in this dainty piece of fiction. Joujou, small and exquisite, is the daughter of a wealthy bourgeois 226tradesman, whose apparent scorn but real deference for nobility, his mild oaths, and pride in his possessions are typical of his class. A marquis, who owns the adjoining place meets Joujou and surrenders to her charms. An American girl aids the marquis in the wooing and maneuvering helps one young Octave to transfer his affections from Joujou to herself.
“Miss Macvane’s style is piquant and telling, and the story has atmosphere and vivacity.”
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McVey, Frank Le Rond. Modern industrialism: an outline of the industrial organization as seen in the history, industry, and problems of England, the United States, and Germany. *$1.50 Appleton.
To facilitate the exposition of the evolution and character of industrialism and its problems, Dr. McVey’s treatment is in three parts, as follows: Part 1, History; Part 2, Industry; Part 3, Administration. The author believes that in our present industrial society are to be found all the essentials of the coming state, and aims to make possible a better understanding of this society and its promises for the future. There are charts and illustrations which aid in the development.
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“Professor McVey has produced an interesting, instructive, and suggestive book.”
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“It will repay perusal.”
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Minneapolis Journal.
“It may be accepted as a really illuminating contribution, and is of particular value to the man of affairs as embodying concisely the origin and nature of the important economic questions now pressing for settlement.”
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Outlook. 78: 740. N. 19, ’04. 500w.
“A valuable and timely work which should be in the hands of all who desire to arrive at a clear understanding of the complicated fabric of modern industrial society.”
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Philadelphia North American.
“Mr. McVey’s compact little volume on ‘Modern industrialism’ will prove interesting and instructive to the general reader and indispensable, I should say, to the teacher of economics. It is remarkable how much good history, impartial statistics and sound philosophy the author has included within the compass of this small octavo of 300 pages. The material is well divided and admirably arranged. On the whole Mr. McVey’s book is well written: it is certainly clear and concise and the essential is always emphasized.” Lindley M. Keasbey.
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Pol. Sci. Q. 20: 734. D. ’05. 690w.
“Professor McVey has made an excellent contribution to Appleton’s notable series of business books.”
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McVickar, Harry Whitney. Reptiles. †$1.50. Appleton.
“The construction is jerky and unexpected at times, but altogether the story is very readable for an idle hour.”
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Critic. 48: 381. Ap. ’06. 110w.
Maeterlinck, Maurice. Old-fashioned flowers, and other out-of-door studies. **$1.20. Dodd.
“This is one of the dainty flower books, after the style of Alfred Austin’s ‘The garden that I love.’”
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Ind. 60: 1046. My. 3, ’06. 80w.
“He offers us with the charming dignity all his own a fragrant nosegay of ‘Old fashioned flowers,’ and in telling us why he loves them also interprets their meaning.” Mabel Osgood Wright.
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N. Y. Times. 11: 64. F. 3, ’06. 1060w.
“All that wealth of delicate mysticism, that sensitive groping after spiritual values, that feeling for the invisible, which are well known to M. Maeterlinck’s readers, are here most suggestively in evidence.”
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Pub. Opin. 40: 188. F. 10, ’06. 80w.
Magnay, Sir William, 2nd baronet. Master spirit. †$1.50. Little.
Social and political London, today, is the scene of this powerful romance. A continental railroad accident deprives Paul Gastineau, a brilliant young statesman on the eve of a great future, of the use of his limbs. It is reported that he is dead and he does not deny this report. A young Englishman, Herriard, nurses him, brings him back to London secretly, and becomes the mouthpiece of Gastineau, who directs his friend’s course each day from his couch and thus wins political prominence for Herriard. At this point an old murder mystery is revived. Herriard is retained as lawyer for the accused countess with whom he falls in love, and when it develops that she was the woman whom Gastineau once loved and pursued with his attentions, when it is proven that Gastineau was the real murderer, and when Gastineau is suddenly cured by a great specialist, and his friendship for Herriard becomes enmity, we have complications enough.
N. Y. Times. 11: 607. S. 29, ’06. 420w.
Mahaffy, John Pentland. Silver age of the Greek world. *$3. Univ. of Chicago press.
“This is a new edition largely rewritten, of Professor Mahaffy’s ‘The Greek world under Roman sway.’ The book has been out of print for a number of years.... The period is one of immense interest, not only to students and scholars, but to all who care for the development of the human spirit.... Beginning with the discussion of the Roman conquest, the book ends with a chapter on ‘The literature of the first century,’ tracing the spirit of Hellenism in Asia, Egypt, and Italy, with special chapters on Cicero and Plutarch.”—Outlook.
“A jungle of historical, philosophical and literary facts, into which he who enters must needs walk warily, lest he lose his way. A volume the value of which for the purposes of reference can hardly be overstated, and which contains many interesting passages, some entertaining and a few which are actually eloquent.”
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Acad. 71: 438. N. 3, ’06. 2200w.
Am. Hist. R. 11: 957. Jl. ’06. 40w.
“This book deserves all the success of its predecessor, and we cannot imagine a better gift for a student of ancient life and literature.”
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Ath. 1906, 2: 581. N. 10. 210w.
“Taking it all in all, we may say that the publishers have given the public a book of real value as to matter without neglecting the form.” F. B. R. Hellems.
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“The only one of its kind in English, and will always be read, under the old name or the new, with entertainment.”
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Nation. 83: 39. Jl. 12, ’06. 1070w.
“He writes authoritatively. He has been able to present his results in a deeply interesting manner.”
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“Professor Mahaffy is not only a competent scholar, but he is also an interesting writer.”
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Outlook. 83: 530. Je. 30, ’06. 190w.
227“When he gets fairly to work we find, in this as in all his other writings, that his light handling of his subject is the result of—we will not say laborious, but intelligent and sympathetic study. He has read the authorities whom he cites so profusely, and knows about them whatever may be ascertained from the sources of common information, and this dry material has been fused and quickened by the critic’s appreciation of the author’s genius and character. He breathes life and individuality into figures and names.”
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Sat. R. 102: 618. N. 17, ’06. 1490w.
Mahan, Alfred Thayer. Sea power in its relations to the war of 1812. 2v. **$7. Little.
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“Captain Mahan’s treatment of the war is at once impartial and instructive. The volumes close with the best account of the negotiations which terminated in the treaty of Ghent which has thus far been published.” Gaillard Hunt.
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Am. Hist. R. 11: 924. Jl. ’06. 950w.
“We may safely assert that Captain Mahan’s verdict will here be accepted as final.”
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Ath. 1906, 1: 290. Mr. 10. 3440w.
“Here we find all the well-known characteristics of this authoritative writer: the clear careful analysis of events, the masterly reconstruction of naval manoeuvres and combats, the passionless style, relieved now and then by touches of sarcasm and the entire fairness to both sides.” Theodore Clarke Smith.
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“This crowning labor is characterized by great philosophic insight and masterly arrangement of details, but it far surpasses its predecessors in its abundant evidences of independent and painstaking investigation.” Anna Heloise Abel.
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“Tho prolix in style, and tho reiterations occur with unnecessary frequency, the work attains an exceptionally high standard of historical writing. The treatment is studiously fair.”
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Ind. 60: 45. Ja. 4, ’05. 810w.
“Here, as in all previous work of the great historian of naval warfare, there is the philosophical grasp which seizes upon the essentials and passes unheeding the details which do not show the meaning of things.”
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Ind. 61: 1170. N. 15, ’06. 80w.
“It is thus apparent that this work is an original as well as vigorous brief in support of the views Captain Mahan has so long and so ably advocated.”
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Lit. D. 31: 999. D. 30, ’05. 950w.
“One of the most scholarly and absorbing in the series of recent American histories, and eminently worthy of a place on the library shelf beside the larger works of Henry Adams, McMaster, Rhodes, and Woodrow Wilson.”
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Nation. 82: 39. Ja. 11, ’06. 2420w.
“Captain Mahan’s book is essentially for the use of experts and students of this particular period in our history.”
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Mahler, Arthur. Paintings of the Louvre; Italian and Spanish, in collaboration with Carlos Blacker and W: A. Slater. **$2. Doubleday.
“A judicious handbook to the schools named in the French museum.” Royal Cortissoz.
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Atlan. 97: 282. F. ’06. 50w.
“Here, besides much information, are to be found reasonable criticism and a study of the characteristics of the masters.”
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Maine, Sir Henry Sumner. Ancient law: in connection with the early history of society and its relation to modern ideas; with introduction and notes by Sir Frederick Pollock. **$1.75. Holt.
A fourth American from a tenth London edition, of Maine’s classic which was first published in 1861; in which the text as last revised by the author has been preserved intact, the editor adding his own notes at the close of the several chapters.
“The new edition ... is likely to remain definitive for a good many years.”
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Ath. 1906, 1: 418. Ap. 7. 180w.
“Most of these notes are admirable; in particular those which discuss the influence of Roman upon English law, the recent literature of the patriarchal theory, and the history of testamentary succession. There are, however, some obvious omissions in the note on early codes.” H. W. C. Davis.
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Eng. Hist. R. 21: 548. Jl. ’06. 510w.
Lit. D. 33: 474. O. 6, ’06. 40w.
“It still holds its own by reason of its lucidity of style, its wide range of thoughts, and its mixture of legal and philosophical discussion.”
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Major, Charles. Yolanda, maid of Burgundy. †$1.50. Macmillan.
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“The book is above the average of present-day romantic fiction.”
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Dial. 40: 19. Ja. 1, ’06. 170w.
“Those readers who are fond of historical romance will find ‘Yolanda’ decidedly above the average.”
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Major, David R. First steps in mental growth: a series of studies in the psychology of infancy. *$1.25. Macmillan.
Professor Major presents “empirical data carefully observed and accurately recorded regarding some important phases of infant activity.” “The volume consists of a series of ‘studies’ based principally upon a record which the author kept of his first son from his birth to the end of his third year, during which period the unfolding of his mind was carefully watched.” (N. Y. Times.)
Bookm. 24: 74. S. ’06. 480w.
“On the whole, Professor Major’s book is one of the safest and most fruitful of its class.”
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Ind. 61: 262. Ag. 2, ’06. 40w.
“The treatment is thoroughly concrete, being liberally punctuated with anecdote and illustration, the point of view is cautious, and the book as a whole is very well written.”
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Outlook. 83: 815. Ag. 4, ’06. 260w.
“Professor Major’s book is very readable, more so than most of those that treat the subject of mental development as it does. It will be enjoyed not only by psychologists, but also by teachers and thoughtful parents.” M. V. O’Shea.
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Psychol. Bull. 3: 383. N. 15, ’06. 1050w.
“Its facts are well selected and its interpretations modest and intelligent. It probably makes for students, more effectually than any other work, a connection between general psychology and child-study.” E. A. Kirkpatrick.
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School R. 14: 695. N. ’06. 250w.
“The book, it will readily be believed, affords entertainment as well as instruction.”
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228Makepeace, Mrs. Carrie Jane. The whitest man. $1.50. Badger, R. G.
“The chief purpose of this book is the exaltation of motherhood,” says the author. Negatively portrayed the purpose is thruout enmeshed in a tangle of mistaken identities, with a bit of superstition thrown in and also some new thought ideas so directly opposed to fatality and superstition. There are sisters who did not know that they were sisters, there is child-loyalty given to the wrong mother, there are heart-aches and misunderstandings, righted in the end by demonstrating that fear is powerless.
Mallock, William Hurrell. Reconstruction of religious belief. **$1.75. Harper.
“For his candid and detailed exposition he deserves our gratitude.” John T. Driscoll.
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Cath. World. 82: 721. Mr. ’06. 5110w.
“His style and general method of presentation are attractive, and as the treatment is not technical, his latest work can be highly recommended to all interested in fundamental questions.”
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Critic. 48: 284. Mr. ’06. 300w.
“I congratulate the author upon what appears to be his high privilege, and the reader, too, be he theologian, philosopher, or man of science, on the evident sincerity, the abounding energy, the inspiring enthusiasm, the commanding elevation beyond every sectarian level, and, above all, the absolute candour that characterise the discourse from beginning to end.” Cassius J. Keyser.
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Hibbert J. 4: 680. Ap. ’06. 2840w.
Lit. D. 286. F. 24, ’06. 280w.
“Mr. Mallock is to be congratulated on a work which will undoubtedly add to his reputation.”
+ |Nature. 74: 217. Jl. 5, ’06. 190w.
“His book would be a third better if it were a third shorter.”
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Outlook. 82: 277. F. 3, ’06. 180w.
Mann, Gustav. Chemistry of the proteids; based on Otto Cohnheim’s Chemie der eiweisskörper. *$3.75. Macmillan.
“Dr. Gustav Mann started this work with the modest idea of producing an English translation of Prof. O. Cohnheim’s well-known monograph of the albuminous substances. But it has developed into a volume of much more ambitious nature.... The subject in many parts is treated much more fully, and a good deal of new matter introduced. In many places, moreover, Cohnheim’s own views are adversely criticised, so that the present volume bears witness to the originality of the English author.” (Nature.) Following the introduction on the importance of chemistry for all biological research and the classification of proteids are chapters on the reactions of albuminous substances, albumoses and peptones, the salt of albumins, physical properties of albumins, etc. A “special part” has been incorporated which is given over to albumins proper, the proteids, the albuminoids, and malanins.
“The book throughout has been prepared with great care, and will be most valuable to students and teachers in this important branch of physiological chemistry.”
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Ath. 1906, 2: 191. Ag. 18. 550w.
“Has many original merits of its own, and upon more than one point opposes Cohnheim’s opinion, sometimes with great ability.”
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Nation. 83: 17. Jl. 5, ’06. 330w.
“In spite of the blemishes ... I believe the book will have a useful career in front of it. Its many excellencies can be discovered by reading it and using it, and Dr. Mann is to be congratulated in having produced such a valuable addition to scientific literature.” W. D. H.
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Nature. 74: 75. My. 24, ’06. 1070w.
“This is an interesting and valuable piece of work, which should be of great assistance towards the reading of the momentous riddle of life.”
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Spec. 97: sup. 654. N. 3, ’06. 190w.
Mann, Newton M. Evolution of a great literature: natural history of the Jewish and Christian Scriptures. *$1.50. West, J. H.
The aim of this volume is “to present within small compass and for the use of the general reader the main conclusions of advanced scholarship touching the composition of the various parts of the Bible.” “Its fundamental postulate that ‘the Hebrew literature was an evolution and not a miracle,’ will commend the book to the modern layman.” (Outlook.)
“Mr. Mann’s book is further unfitted for its purpose by its lack of references, both to the passage of the Bible under discussion and to the authorities used; also by occasional inaccuracies due to too sweeping statements, and still more by lack of reverence in speaking of things long held sacred.”
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Ind. 61: 942. O. 18, ’06. 240w.
Lit. D. 32: 208. F. 10, ’06. 750w.
“In style it is clear and intelligible; in spirit it is purely analytical; its conclusions are those of the extreme radicals. The imperfect scholarship of the author of this volume deprives it of value as a critical analysis of the Bible for the lay reader. Its purely analytical character deprives it of the value which a volume no more judicial might possess if it were pervaded by a literary spirit.”
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Outlook. 81: 888. D. 9, ’05. 350w.
“A careful, reverent volume.”
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Mannix, Mary Ella. Patron saints for Catholic youth. 50c. Benziger.
St. Joseph, St. Aloysius, St. Anthony, St. Philip Neri, St. Anne, St. Agnes, St. Teresa and St. Rose of Lima are the eight patron saints sketched in this group.
Mansfield, Blanche McManus (Mrs. M. F. Mansfield). Our little Dutch cousin. [+]60c. Page.
Peter and Wilhelmina are delightful guides for their American cousin as they pilot him “about the little land of dikes and windmills.” The instructive value of the “Little cousin series” is fully maintained in this view of Holland. The buildings, the wonderful gardens, the streets and canals, the fairs, and the manner of living all furnish romance which a young imagination eagerly copes with.
Mansfield, Blanche McManus (Mrs. M. F. Mansfield). Our little Scotch cousin. [+]60c. Page.
Cousins from every land have been brought together in this “Little cousin series.” The present volume sketches the rugged charm of the Scotch cousin, follows him to historic spots and reviews with him old days and old deeds of Bonnie Scotland, and catches the gleam of sunshine that is reflected in the heather bloom and the blue-bell.
Mansfield, Milburg F. (Francis Miltoun, pseud.). Cathedrals and churches of the Rhine; with 90 il., plans and diagrams, by Blanche McManus. **$2. Page.
“Another member in a series of extremely valuable books on the architecture of European cathedrals.... The author has not confined himself to mere architectural analysis; he has traced the growth of the architectural form seen on the Rhine and has vividly portrayed the historical cradle in which it was born.”—Pub. Opin.
229“Is perhaps somewhat technical for the young student, but no criticism can be made of it from the standpoint of thoroughness.”
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“Few writers can be more familiar than Mr. Miltoun with the ecclesiastical buildings of France and Italy; even in the minutest details he is enabled to compare and contrast. Altogether, with the clever illustrations by Miss McManus, and its manageable size, the book should be a pleasant companion for the intelligent tourist.”
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Sat. R. 101: 759. Je. 16, ’06. 880w.
“Mr. Miltoun is painstaking, but he does not always keep himself to the relevant. Generally, the drawings want imagination and delicacy of touch.”
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Spec. 96: 759. My. 12, ’06. 160w.
Mansfield, Milburg F. (Francis Miltoun, pseud.). Rambles in Normandy. **$2. Page.
Mr. Mansfield’s group of little journeys in and off Normandy’s beaten tourist tracks, charmingly illustrated by his wife, formerly Blanche McManus, is one of his two recent contributions to the “Travel lovers’ series,” the other being a companion volume “Rambles in Brittany.”
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“The book is both gay and amusing.”
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“As for the text, it is ‘of a pleasantness.’ It is neither too frivolous nor too ponderous.”
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Spec. 96: sup. 645. Ap. 28, ’06. 140w.
Mantzius, Karl. History of theatrical art in ancient and modern times; authorized tr. by Louise von Cassel. v. 4, Molière and his times: the theatre in France in the seventeenth century. *$3.50. Lippincott.
“This, we are warned, is not to be taken as a biography of Molière, nor as an appreciation of his work as a dramatist. It tells us, it is true, a good deal about the first, and something about the second; but the chief purpose is to give a picture ‘of the background of theatrical history and of the milieu in which the great actor-manager lived.’”—Spec.
“It has been admirably translated.”
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Acad. 69: 1193. N. 18, ’05. 520w. (Review of v. 4.)
“In most matters connected with Molière the work is judicious and trustworthy; while as regards the conditions of the stage during its emergence from Cimmerian darkness into twilight, and ultimately into light, it is the best, most instructive, and most helpful within reach of the English reader.”
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Ath. 1906, 1: 339. Mr. 17. 610w. (Review of v. 4.)
“The whole book is a triumphant example of lucidity and moderation in its presentation of a singularly complex subject.”
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Lond. Times. 5: 25. Ja. 26, ’06. 110w. (Review of v. 4.)
“But what the book lacks in critical, historical and literary information for the few is more than made up for in gossip and story for the general reader.” A. K.
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N. Y. Times. 11: 293. My. 5, ’06. 128w. (Review of v. 4.)
“The book is largely a ‘chronique scandaleuse.’ If any one, for any reason, desires to know what Molière and his contemporaries really were, he will find all that he wants here.”
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Spec. 95: 1094. D. 23, ’05. 150w. (Review of v. 4.)
Manual of statistics: stock exchange handbook, 1906. $5. Manual of statistics co.
The twenty-eighth annual issue of this publication affords in one convenient volume all the information constantly demanded by those interested in the financial and other markets and maintains its reputation as the standard reference book of its kind.
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Marden, Orison Swett. Choosing a career. **$1. Bobbs.
“It contains much helpful matter presented in a pleasing manner.”
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Marden, Orison Swett. Success nuggets. **75c. Crowell.
One might call these nuggets the quintessence of advice. The world’s experience is the mine from which the treasures are taken, and they are grouped in such a way as to give “the real colors of things with deep truth.”
Marden, Orison Swett, and Holmes, Ernest Raymond. Every man a king; or, Might in mind-mastery. *$1. Crowell.
Some idea of the scope of this strong plea for the mastery of self thru thought training may be had from the headings of a few of the twenty-one chapters which make up the book. Steering thoughts prevent life wrecks, How mind rules the body, Thought causes health and disease, Mastering our moods, Unprofitable pessimism, Strengthening deficient faculties, Don’t let the years count, The coming man will realize his divinity.
Ind. 61: 1061. N. 1, ’06. 50w.
“The ideas and arguments are presented logically and with very great clearness, boldness, and force. The central thought of each chapter is developed with crisp, terse sentences that never lose sight of the main point.”
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Margoliouth, David Samuel. Mohammed, the rise of Islam. **$1.35. Putnam.
“Difference of opinion as to details there is bound to be, but Professor Margoliouth has in this work produced a life of Mohammed which no student can afford to neglect.” J. R. Jewett.
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Am. Hist. R. 11: 880. Jl. ’06. 540w.
“The story of his life is clearly and convincingly told, with little animation of style, however, and in some chapters with an excess of trivial and redundant matter.”
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Lond. Times. 5: 12. Ja. 12, ’06. 2220w.
“Hence the disappointment with this book. Professor Margoliouth seems to have been led astray in the first instance by his formula about solving a political problem. In the second instance, he has been affected by comparative studies in enthusiasm and imposture, along with the psychology of conversion and the like.”
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N. Y. Times. 11: 33. Ja. 20, ’06. 1400w. (Reprinted from Lond. Times.)
“No better biographer of Mohammed than Prof. Margoliouth could have been found. His book is at once scholarly and readable, and displays a grasp of its subject which does not always accompany profound learning. And of his learning there is no need to speak.”
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Sat. R. 101: 141. F. 3, ’06. 1710w.
Marks, Alfred. Who killed Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey? with an introd. by Father J. H. Pollen. *$1.10. Benziger.
Once more the question of how Sir Edmund Godfrey met death is started and answered. In the author’s opinion “Godfrey was not and 230could not have been killed in Somerset house, and all the arguments which can be collected to show that he had an erratic and melancholy disposition are marshaled in favor of his suicide. Not only does Mr. Marks strike at Mr. Pollock’s version of the case so far as the testimony of Bedloe and Prance is concerned, but he scouts the notion that Godfrey was in possession of a fatal secret.” (Nation.)
Reviewed by Andrew Lang.
Acad. 69: 1120. O. 28, ’05. 1030w.
“Mr. Marks discusses with the acuteness of a criminal lawyer, all the evidence. It says much for the lucidity of his treatment of the mass of contradictions, obscurities, confessions, retractions, and conflicting testimonies, that his reader may follow him without any great strain of attention.”
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Cath. World. 82: 834. Mr. ’06. 230w.
“Though Mr. Marks does not arrange his matter to the best advantage, and digresses too much from the professed subject of his book, it is, in spite of these defects, a most valuable contribution to the elucidation of the Popish plot.” C. H. Firth.
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Eng. Hist. R. 21: 169. Ja. ’06. 730w.
“Mr. Marks writes forcibly, and makes the most of his arguments, but the contemporary evidence is so hopelessly tangled and open to suspicion that we fear the mystery must remain insoluble.”
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Nation. 82: 12. Ja. 4, ’06. 620w.
Marshall, John. Constitutional decisions; ed. by Joseph P. Cotton, jr. 2 v. ea. *$5. Putnam.
“We have here in convenient form the opinions of Marshall, which in themselves constitute so large a part of the constitutional history of the United States. There is a general introduction, and each decision is introduced by an ample note setting forth the historical circumstances in which the case arose, and indicating with precision, without undue technicality of expression, the significance of the principles in the development of American law.” (Am. Hist. R.)
“The editor of these volumes has performed a useful task in a satisfactory manner. It is not impossible to find fault with some of the statements of the editor or with his point of view.” A. C. McLaughlin.
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Am. Hist. R. 11: 695. Ap. ’06. 880w.
“Fuller (though not, we think, better) than John M. Dillon’s collection published three years ago.”
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Nation. 83: 148. Ag. 16, ’06. 1080w.
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N. Y. Times. 10: 915. D. 23, ’05. 1150w.
Outlook. 83: 479. Je. 23, ’06. 960w.
Marshall, Thomas. Aristotle’s theory of conduct. Macmillan.
“Mr. Marshall’s presentation of the subject seems to be intended mainly for the general student of moral philosophy who wishes to have the ‘ethics’ trimmed into ‘a readable shape.’ He attempts to render its matter clear and attractive, ‘(a) by a general introduction in which the purport of the “Ethics” is summarily set forth; (b) by special introductions to the several chapters, with explanatory remarks at the end of each chapter; (c) by a paraphrase of the text—sometimes full, sometimes condensed, in which repeated passages are left out and some liberties are taken in the way of omission and transposition; (d) by the use of modern examples for the sake of bringing Aristotle’s meaning home to present-day readers.’”—Ath.
“The criticisms we have offered will have shown that we do not consider Mr. Marshall an interpreter of Aristotle whom it is always safe to follow. They are not, however intended to weaken the judgment with which we began—that he has given us Aristotle in a readable form, and that his book will well repay perusal.”
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Acad. 71: 150. Ag. 18, ’06. 2520w.
“The value of the work lies mainly in the comments and illustrations, which show thoughtfulness and good sense.”
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Ath. 1906, 1: 605. My. 19. 810w.
Reviewed by Paul Shorey.
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Dial. 41: 88. Ag. 16, ’06. 840w.
“By far the best endeavour that has yet been made to represent the doctrine of the Ethics to educated readers who are not specialists in philosophy.”
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Lond. Times. 5: 150. Ap. 27, ’06. 640w.
“The plan is admirable, and is well carried out. The practical parts of the work could not have been rendered more judiciously; so that the volume makes agreeable and profitable reading. The work has, however, certain shortcomings.”
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Nation. 83: 226. S. 13, ’06. 1770w.
“A too bulky but clearly written and well-digested paraphrase on Aristotle. The accurate or pedantic student may find much to correct in detail in this volume; but it is interesting and significant as embodying the views of an amateur on the logician’s least scientific treatise.”
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Sat. R. 101: 821. Je. 30, ’06. 270w.
“We owe a very real debt of gratitude to Mr. Thomas Marshall for leading us back to the Nicomachaean ethics in so refreshing and recreative a way.”
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Spec. 97: sup. 463. O. 6, ’06. 1870w.
Martin, E. G. Dollar hunt. 45c. Benziger.
The tale of a marquis’ hunt for a rich heiress, hoping to regild his family coronet with American dollars.
Martin, Helen Riemensnyder. Sabina, a story of the Amish. $1.25. Century.
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Critic. 48: 475. My. ’06. 90w.
Martin, M. C. Other Miss Lisle. $1.25. Benziger.
A story which sketches the patience and its reward of a girl who gives her freshest energy to a selfish invalid sister.
Martin, Sir Theodore. Monographs: Garrick, Macready, Rachel and Baron Stockmar. *$3.50. Dutton.
“Sir Theodore Martin is a nonagenarian, who throughout his long and industrious life has been intimately and actively associated with the leaders in political, literary, artistic, and social affairs.... Of course he has nothing new to tell about Garrick, Macready, or Rachel.... What he has done is to select from the mass of evidence such salient facts as furnish a vivid intellectual image of the individual. His essays are, as it were, the essence of all that the most competent witnesses have told.... To the study of Garrick, Sir Theodore brought a mind free from all bias, complete information and a ripe judgment.... Sir Theodore’s sketch of Rachel is illuminative, attractive, vital, and convincing. In her case, as in Macready’s, he does not have to depend upon the verdict of others. He saw her act in her prime and in her decay.... The monograph on Stockmar is a fine bit of friendly appreciation.”—Nation.
“To those who know the special sources of Martin these monographs come as something of a disappointment.”
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Ath. 1906, 2: 111. Jl. 28. 900w.
“The four monographs gathered together in information at the disposal of Sir Theodore this new volume are full of interest, yet none may be said to have sounded any original note, nor to have resulted in any very distinct portraiture.”
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Ind. 61: 519. Ag. 30, ’06. 310w.
231“His facts are wisely selected and carefully substantiated, his opinions—never rhapsodical eulogies—are fortified by simple quotations from various and weighty sources, and his criticism whether favorable or unfavorable, is acute, clear and unexaggerated.”
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Nation. 83: 61. Jl. 19, ’06. 740w.
“[Rachel] is the most interesting paper in a most interesting volume.” M. S.
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N. Y. Times. 11: 446. Jl. 14, ’06. 1400w.
“A volume decidedly more readable than the majority of circulating-library books, yet which might have been improved by a greater unity of subject.”
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Spec. 96: sup. 1009. Je. 30, ’06. 1780w.
Marvin, Frederic Rowland. Companionship of books, and other papers. **$1.50. Putnam.
“There is no little suggestiveness in these sincere fragments of literature.”
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Critic. 48: 90. Ja. ’06. 50w.
“There is in his writings a little of the preacher and a little of the teacher and a good deal of the philosopher, but less of the literary man than one might expect to find in such a volume.”
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Dial. 40: 95. F. 1, ’06. 390w.
“This is an entertaining pot pourri.”
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Outlook. 81: 524. O. 28, ’05. 60w.
“Some of these are light and agreeable, but we doubt whether they are worth republishing in book form.”
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Sat. R. 101: 117. Ja. 27, ’06. 80w.
Masefield, John. On the Spanish main; or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien, with a description of the buccaneers and a short account of oldtime ships and sailors. $3.50. Macmillan.
“Beginning with the story of Drake’s voyage to the West Indies, Mr. Masefield describes the attack on Nombre de Dios, the conflict of Cartagena, the death of John Drake, Drake’s voyage to the Gatives, Spanish rule in Hispaniola, the adventures of John Oxenham, Morgan, Capt. Dampier, and others. He has chapters, too, on ships and rigs, guns and gunners, the officers and crews of ships, etc.”—N. Y. Times.
“A smoothly running style, with just enough of quotation from the original narratives to give a quaint flavor without making it hard reading.”
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Ind. 61: 521. Ag. 30, ’06. 360w.
“The history preserved in Mr. Masefield’s pages, and in the books from which he has drawn it, is chiefly valuable as being the only account we have of the actual life and customs of a community making a business of piracy.”
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Nation. 83: 311. O. 11, ’06. 970w.
“His graphic power comes from sympathy and appreciation, and a picturesque imagination of his own, helped out by a keen eye for the most vivid passages and phrases of the old chronicles to which he resorts.”
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N. Y. Times. 11: 398. Je. 16, ’06. 960w.
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Outlook. 83: 673. Jl. 21, ’06. 140w.
R. of Rs. 34: 124. Jl. ’06. 60w.
“Mr. Masefield tells many capital, rousing stories of sea-fight and worth.”
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Sat. R. 102: 54. Jl. 14, ’06. 120w.
Maskell, Alfred. Ivories. $6.75. Putnam.
“Has evidently a very thorough grip of his fascinating subject.”
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Int. Studio. 27: 372. F. ’06. 290w.
Maskell, Henry Parr. Hints on building a church. *$1.50. Young ch.
Altho intended for popular reading rather than for architects this volume contains many practical suggestions and its chapter headings will indicate the ground covered; The site, Tradition in English church planning, The influence of modern ideas, Local features and surroundings, The claims of modern science, The sanctuary, The nave, Galleries, The sacristy, Proportion, Architectural styles, Romanesque styles, Classical styles, What style to select, Materials, Finishing touches, Questions of cost, A few typical churches, and The churchyard. There is an index, and an appendix giving books on church architecture. The volume as well illustrated.
Master-man. †$1.50. Lane.
The “master-man” is a country doctor who possesses not only professional skill but the many virtues that have given type-quality to the doctor of fiction. The love interest centers about the doctor’s niece and her two suitors. Virginia is the scene of the story.
“It is not without promise, and parts of it can be read with pleasure.”
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Ath. 1906, 2: 363. S. 29. 90w.
“The ‘master man’ would be what the ladies used to call ‘a sweet, pretty little story’ if it had rightly fulfilled its being.”