Volume 2 — Book Review Digest Devoted to the Valuation of Current Literature Digests of Reviews appearing in January-December, 1906 magazines (continued 19)
Reading edition
“There is a certain bizarre humor, however, in these tales which somewhat redeems the sordidness of their subject matter.”
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Outlook. 82: 859. Ap. 14, ’06. 70w.
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Sat. R. 101: 625. My. 19, ’06. 60w.
Osgood, Herbert Levi. American colonies in the 17th century. 2v. **$5. Macmillan.
“As a whole the work is the first adequate account of the origin, character, and development of the American colonies as institutions of government and as parts of a great colonial system; and it displays, on the part of the author wide and deep knowledge of the documentary evidence for colonial history and rare powers of analysis and interpretation. In a style remarkably clear, forcible and accurate the reader will regret the presence of so many cleft infinitives.” Charles M. Andrews.
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Am. Hist. R. 11: 397. Ja. ’06. 3060w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)
O’Shea, Michael Vincent. Dynamic factors in education. *$1.25. Macmillan.
“It has been the author’s object to show that in the early years of a child’s school life, ‘motor expression’ in his teaching is ‘essential to all learning.’ He has endeavored to indicate mainly in outline, ‘how the requirements of dynamic education can be provided for in all departments of school work.’ Further, he says in his preface, ‘I have sought to point out that there is a definite order in which the motor powers develop, and that in our instruction we will achieve the highest success only as we conform quite closely to this order.’”—N. Y. Times.
“It is clear and, if one is not annoyed by its diffuseness, interesting.”
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Bookm. 23: 654. Ag. ’06. 180w.
“The book seems poorly suited for the use of the practical teacher for whom it is announced, or the professional student. In spite of the author’s resolution to the contrary, it is burdened with methods of investigation, where results alone should be given.” Edward O. Sisson.
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Dial. 41: 89. Ag. 16, ’06. 580w.
“A fair and comprehensive book. It is sound psychology sensibly applied.”
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Ind. 61: 263. Ag. 2, ’06. 50w.
N. Y. Times. 11: 201. Mr. 31, ’06. 310w.
“The whole volume is what the subject is, dynamic, and is as important for parents as for teachers.”
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Outlook. 83: 90. My. 12, ’06. 200w.
“It is admirably suited to be a handbook for advanced classes who desire to pursue special topics exhaustively, by first reading a guidebook and then following up the literature of the subject. The style is so clear and the treatment so concrete and inductive that the general reader will understand most of it. One of Professor O’Shea’s chief contributions is in selecting those laws and phenomena that have an educational application and clearly showing the application.” Frederick E. Bolton.
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Psychol. Bull. 3: 367. N. 15, ’06. 510w.
“Is not epoch marking; it is in part what has been said before by other writers, but it has two virtues—it is reasonably complete, and it is of great importance.”
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Pub. Opin. 40: 639. My. 19, ’06. 90w.
“On the whole, we know of no more satisfactory discussion of what is thus far known of the evolution of motor control, its relation to education, and of the place of the manual arts in education.”
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School R. 14: 459. Je. ’06. 510w.
“The style is not so overburdened with ‘educational jargon’ as to interfere with the enjoyment and edification of the general reader.”
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World To-Day. 11: 764. Jl. ’06. 240w.
Osler, William. Counsels and ideals; from the writings of William Osler. **$1.25. Houghton.
In culling selections from his less technical lectures and addresses, Dr. Osler aims to offer “individual influence” and “inspiration” to the student or general reader. “Wise counsels abound in this volume—counsels inspired by high ideals and wide experience. The real man whom they present is no more like the individual whose words were so travestied by the press on a recent occasion as to threaten the dictionary-makers with a new word, ‘oslerize,’ than the caricature of the political cartoonist is like its original.” (Outlook.)
“A book which may be read with pleasure and lasting profit, not only by every member of the medical profession, but also by the general public. Dr. Camac has made his selection with judgment.”
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Ath. 1906, 1: 301. Mr. 10. 730w.
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Critic. 49: 95. Jl. ’06. 190w.
“What most impresses one on examining this selection from forty-seven of the author’s fugitive pieces is not only the professional and practical wisdom displayed, and the breadth of view revealed, but also the wide reading in writers not commonly held to be a necessary part of a doctor’s library.”
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Dial. 40: 93. F. 1, ’06. 390w.
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Ind. 60: 929. Ap. 19, ’06. 340w.
“They afford very interesting reading.”
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N. Y. Times. 11: 18. Ja. 13, ’06. 680w.
“What he writes, however, is of household, individual interest, and it is presented in a manner which causes facts to breathe eloquence and conviction.”
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N. Y. Times. 11: 48. Ja. 27, ’06. 350w.
“To dip into these pages anywhere is to meet with a thoughtful, strong, and sagacious man.”
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Outlook. 82: 140. Ja. 20, ’06. 130w.
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R. of Rs. 33: 256. F. ’06. 90w.
Ostwald, Wilhelm. Conversations on chemistry. Pt. 1, General chemistry; authorized tr. by Elizabeth Catherine Ramsay, $1.50; Pt. 2, Chemistry of the most important elements and compounds; authorized tr. by Stuart K. Turnbull, $2. Wiley.
The authorized translation of Ostwald’s “Die schule der chemie.” Addressed distinctly to elementary pupils, the subject is presented in dialogue, the conversations taking place between master and pupil. Such subjects are treated as substance, properties, solution, melting and freezing, density, compounds, elements, oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, air, etc.
“Miss Ramsay has done her work with much skill, and has made the dialogue not less natural and vivacious than it is in the original.”
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Nature. 72: 364. Ag. 17, ’05. 330w. (Review of pt. 1.)
“Most points are worked out with great ingenuity and address to an entirely logical conclusion. The allusion to things and phenomena of real human interest and the suppression of 261pedantry are also to be warmly commended. The actual work of translation has, on the whole, been well done.” A. S.
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Nature. 74: 173. Je. 21, ’06. 570w. (Review of pt. 2.)
“The chief value of the book, must lie, therefore, in showing something of the spirit and the methods best adapted for arousing the interest of the young pupils in elementary science.” William McPherson.
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Science, n.s. 22: 829. D. 22, 05. 220w. (Review of pt. 1.)
Ostwald, Wilhelm. Individuality and immortality: the Ingersoll lectures, 1906. **75c. Houghton.
Professor Ostwald, professor of chemistry at the university of Leipzig, treats the question scientifically. “At the very outset, the lecturer calls attention to the fact that our knowledge ‘is an incomplete piece of patchwork;’” but, he adds, “each one is bound to make the best possible use of it, such as it is, never forgetting that it may at any time be superseded by new discoveries or ideas. In this truly scientific spirit, very remote from the dogmatism of the churches, Professor Ostwald proceeds to consider what immortality may be supposed to be, and what reasons we have for believing it.” (Dial.)
“The chief value of this work is in showing the attitude which the scientifically trained mind tends to take to those problems where the clear principles and positive methods of the physical sciences do not obtain.” W. C. Keirstead.
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Am. J. Theol. 10: 555. Jl. ’06. 560w.
“The discussion is an interesting one, both from its statement of scientific views and from the glimpse it affords of the mind of the author. It is, nevertheless, strangely incomplete, almost ignoring the deeper questions at issue.” T. D. A. Cockerell.
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Dial. 40: 228. Ap. 1, ’06. 1680w.
“It is an exceedingly interesting discourse, and quite up to date, scientifically speaking; it is full of fine moral thoughts, but it contains very little Christian consolation.”
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N. Y. Times. 11: 116. F. 24, ’06. 230w.
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Outlook. 82: 716. Mr. 24, ’06. 150w.
Ottley, Rev. Robert Lawrence. Religion of Israel: a historical sketch. *$1. Macmillan.
“It is a readable outline of the history from a modern point of view, chiefly at second-hand.” George F. Moore.
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Am. J. Theol. 10: 144. Ja. ’06. 70w.
Outram, James. In the heart of the Canadian Rockies. **$3. Macmillan.
“His counsel is sound, and his knowledge reaches far. The volume was well worth writing.”
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Ath. 1906, 1: 13. Ja. 6. 560w.
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Critic. 48: 94. Ja. ’06. 20w.
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Ind. 60: 457. F. 22, ’06. 420w.
“He has succeeded in producing a useful piece of work, which brings together an account of all that has been accomplished in the Canadian Rockies by himself and by other kindred spirits.” G. W. L.
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Nature. 73: 362. F. 15, ’06. 720w.
“The book is written by a man who has his soul in the story.”
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Pub. Opin. 40: 26. Ja. 6, ’06. 210w.
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“P., Q.” How-to buy life insurance. **$1.20. Doubleday.
A book that “has been written and published in the interest of the policyholder primarily. It undertakes to free the subject from the technical obscurities that so frequently interfere with a clear understanding of its elements and to give the plain citizen straightforward advice and information as to the various types of policies in the market and the relative advantages of each.” (R. of Rs.)
“As a practical guide to the policyholder desirous of figuring out for himself the real cost of his insurance and of choosing between rival companies, ought to be found of substantial value by the busy man, because of the comparative tables and specimen blanks given in the appendix. These could be considerably improved upon in certain respects, but they are a distinct advance over what has been furnished by most other books on the subject.”
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Dial. 41: 117. S. 1, ’06. 350w.
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N. Y. Times. 11: 408. Je. 23, ’06. 720w.
“It is a helpful and suggestive manual.”
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R. of Rs. 34: 126. Jl. ’06. 80w.
Page, Curtis Hidden, ed. Chief American poets: selected poems by Bryant, Poe, Emerson, Longfellow, Whittier, Holmes, Lowell, Whitman, and Lanier. *$1.75. Houghton.
“The selections have been made with good taste and judgment and the notes are ample and to the point.”
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Critic. 48: 91. Ja. ’06. 90w.
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Dial. 40: 96. F. 1, ’06. 150w.
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Nation. 82: 158. F. 22, ’06. 170w.
“Such a book would be a great convenience for the use of a class studying American literature.”
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School R. 14: 233. Mr. ’06. 100w.
Page, Thomas Nelson. Negro: the southerner’s problem. **$1.25. Scribner.
“These essays are characterized by a sanity of spirit and a painstaking thoroughness.” C: A. Elwood.
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Am. J. Soc. 11: 698. Mr. ’06. 440w.
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Outlook. 83: 88. My. 12, ’06. 510w.
Page, Thomas Nelson. On Newfound river. †$1.50. Scribner.
“In the story we meet ... the Southern life of an earlier day: hot-tempered men and gracious women, trusty slaves, negro-hunting whites, the grocery-store-town-meeting, and the open-air court of justice. The love-story, however, is the thing and is young, Arcadian, rough-running, happily arriving. Mr. Page explains that it is a story enlarged; explicitly not a novel, but ‘a love story, pure and simple,’ and such it will be found.”—Nation.
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Dial. 41: 286. N. 1, ’06. 40w.
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Lit. D. 33: 596. O. 27, ’06. 130w.
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Lit. D. 33: 858. D. 8, ’06. 80w.
“A delicate, finished specimen of its author’s art.”
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Nation. 83: 332. O. 18, ’06. 170w.
“It is a story pure and sweet amid the poisonous blossoms of fiction that nowadays spring thick, an idyll of loyalty and of love, thrilled through and through with ‘the tender grace of a day that is dead.’”
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N. Y. Times. 11: 744. N. 10, ’06. 440w.
“The most appreciative comment that can be made on this story is that he has not spoiled it; the old charm still lingers.”
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Outlook. 84: 709. N. 24, ’06. 80w.
Paine, Albert Bigelow. Little garden calendar for boys and girls. $1. Altemus.
“This is one of the best children’s books in recent years. It is bright and entertaining and while holding the interest of the young in the story that is told, it imparts a vast fund of information which every child should know.”
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Arena. 35: 222. F. ’06. 320w.
262Paine, Albert Bigelow. Lucky piece: a story of the North woods. $1.50. Outing pub.
A tale of the Adirondacks whose hero is an idle young man of more wealth than ambition, and whose heroine undertakes to teach him the definite purpose in life. A Spanish luck piece brings friends, wealth and happiness in its train of talismanic bestowals.
“This is a pleasant story, with some well-drawn characters and just enough plot to carry the reader comfortably along to the last chapter.”
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Critic. 49: 191. Ag. ’06. 50w.
N. Y. Times. 11: 274. Ap. 28, ’06. 370w.
Paine, Albert Bigelow. Sailor of fortune; memoirs of Capt. B. S. Osbon. **$1.20. McClure.
“Captain Osbon, whose memoirs are given practically as he detailed them to the writer, Mr. Albert Bigelow Paine, lived among some of the most stirring scenes of the past century, and his narrative presents with extraordinary vividness events of which he was an actor or an eye-witness.” (Lit. D.) “This lively record covers whaling, buccaneering, the Civil war, journalism, and almost everything but love.” (World To-Day.)
“Mr. Paine, the redactor of these stories of sea life, has succeeded admirably in preserving the personal quality of the actor-narrator, and we easily accept the ‘yarns’ as a long succession of fireside talks face to face with the man who lived them.”
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Lit. D. 33: 556. O. 20, ’06. 180w.
“Cannot fail to be a joy to old and young.”
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N. Y. Times. 11: 667. O. 13, ’06. 190w.
“His reminiscences of famous men are numerous and characteristic.”
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N. Y. Times. 11: 800. D. 1, ’06. 250w.
“Mr. Paine has done well what must have been a difficult task. The book will amuse and enchain the reader who has a love for the unusual and picturesque.”
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Putnam’s. 1: 381. D. ’06. 110w.
“Every chapter reads like a condensed historical novel.”
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World To-Day. 11: 1222. N. ’06. 50w.
Paine, Dorothy C. Maid of the mountains. †$1. Jacobs.
To Carol, a mountain maid of North Carolina, comes a good fairy in the guise of Beth, a happy tender-hearted little girl, who brings real aid to the sufferings of the mountain family. Among other things, she gives a benefit entertainment in which it is discovered that Carol has a beautiful voice, and a wealthy but childless woman in the audience decides to take her north. The movement of the book is rapid, ranging from train wrecks to doll dressing, and is certain to delight the heart of adventure-loving children.
Paine, Ralph Delahaye. Praying skipper and other stories. $1.50. Outing pub.
“The fact that not one of this collection of seven stories is a love story, in the ordinary sense of that saccharine term, is a point in its favor. In making sentiment secondary to action the author has heightened the effect of both.” (N. Y. Times.) The stories following the title story are: A victory unforeseen, The last pilot schooner, The jade teapot, Corporal Sweeney, deserter, and two other thrilling sea tales which have the merit of not being told in dialog by an old salt.
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Ind. 60: 1375. Je. 7, ’06. 300w.
“Vigorous, straightforward yarns, and as satisfactory as they are exciting.”
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N. Y. Times. 11: 355. Je. 2, ’06. 440w.
“There are pathos and humor in the book, and both the pathos and the humor grip the reader tightly.”
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N. Y. Times. 11: 388. Je. 16, ’06. 120w.
“These are stories of the kind men like—told with considerable vigor and dealing with active life.”
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Putnam’s. 1: 127. O. ’06. 80w.
Paine, Ralph Delahaye. Story of Martin Coe; il. by Howard Giles. $1.50. Outing pub.
Martin Coe, gunner’s mate, deserts from the American navy to lead a revolution in a South American state. By a strange chance he comes at length to a little Maine village where his regeneration begins. It is love that clarifies his nature, and brings to the surface the broken oath, neglected duty, general culpableness. His honor demands atonement, and his obedience to the call sends him back to the navy to serve out his term.
“The best thing about the book, however, is the fact that, though Martin is regenerated, he remains he same Martin Coe to the end—a typical sailor hero—than whom there is not any better either in real life or in fiction.”
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N. Y. Times. 11: 692. O. 20, ’06. 540w.
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N. Y. Times. 11: 798. D. 1, ’06. 120w.
“The character is well enough conceived, but a touch of caricature throughout weakens the personality and decidedly impairs the love story. The book as a character-study is lacking in close interpretation.”
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Outlook. 84: 583. N. 3, ’06. 80w.
Painter, Franklin Verzelius Newton, ed. Great pedagogical essays; Plato to Spencer. *$1.25. Am. bk.
“This anthology of selections from writers ancient and modern, pagan and Christian, upon educational topics has the merit of bringing together from the most diverse sources the best thoughts that have been entertained of the educational ideal which is still the object of pursuit. It is a source-book of the history of this pursuit, embodying its major documents—a history not always marked by progress.”—Outlook.
“The chief objection to these selections is that there is no unified basis of selection.”
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Bookm. 22: 643. F. ’06. 240w.
Dial. 40: 203. Mr. 16, ’06. 50w.
“The book will meet the demand among students of educational history for an acquaintance with the original sources of information, and will form an acceptable and useful volume supplementary to any standard history of education.”
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El. School T. 6: 438. Ap. ’06. 80w.
Ind. 61: 263. Ag. 2, ’06. 80w.
“He has failed signally in his purpose, and not wholly or mainly because of space limitations, but rather because of manifest lack of broad historic scholarship and clear pedagogic insight. His selections are in the main inconsequential fragments, and the translations are often poor.” Will S. Monroe.
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J. Philos. 3: 79. F. 1, ’06. 480w.
“An excellent companion book is this to any of the current histories of education.”
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Outlook. 81: 940. D. 16, ’05. 130w.
“The student of education who is without access to a large library will be grateful for what the editor has provided, and will profit greatly by a careful study of these pages.” W. B. O.
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School R. 14: 310. Ap. ’06. 250w.
Pais, Ettore. Ancient legends of Roman history; tr. by Mario E. Cosenza. *$4. Dodd.
Professor Pais, connected with the University 263of Naples, brings together here a number of lectures on the early Roman legends which form the substratum of later political and social development.
“The translation is marred by some constantly recurring errors. Very few of the radical views advanced in these lectures will ever be generally accepted, but they cannot fail to arouse opposition and to stimulate fruitful discussion. The erudition and acumen of the author are truly remarkable.” Samuel Ball Platner.
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Am. Hist. R. 11: 872. Jl. ’06. 1180w.
“The book is a scholarly one, essentially for the scholar.”
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Critic. 48: 90. Ja. ’06. 60w.
“While in the main satisfactory, [the English version] frequently lacks in point of clearness, the involved parenthetical structure of the sentences making it difficult at times to follow the author’s arguments.”
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Dial. 40: 201. Mr. 16, ’06. 400w.
“Professor Pais has sifted the origins of Rome without fear or pity. The style is not smooth. The lack of an index can only be excused by the consideration that such an index would have added materially to the bulk of the book. The maps are good.”
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Ind. 59: 1481. D. 21. ’05. 630w.
“The translation is very well done, although the paragraphing is often bad. The index, which is indispensable in a work of this kind, has been omitted.”
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Nation. 82: 474. Je. 7, ’06. 1410w.
“Although technical and teeming with data of detail, Prof. Pais’s work ... should form the means of valuable supplementary reading for students of Roman history.”
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N. Y. Times. 11: 104. F. 17, ’06. 840w.
“The book should challenge the attention of all who care for archaeology and early Roman history.”
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Outlook. 81: 523. O. 28, ’05. 120w.
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R. of Rs. 33: 116. Ja. ’06. 90w.
Palmer, Frederick. Lucy of the stars: il. by Alonzo Kimball. †$1.50. Scribner.
“Mr. Frederick Palmer combines in admirable balance the functions of war-correspondent and novelist. When the piping times of peace are at hand, he will sit down to his desk and write you as pretty a story as you could wish to read in an idle hour, and when the war-trumpet sounds, he will sally forth until he is in the thick of the scrimmage collecting observations for a graphic portrayal of the scene of carnage. It is this dual activity that now gives us ‘Lucy of the stars’ as a successor to ‘With Kuroki in Manchuria.’ We like Mr. Palmer’s portrait of the imaginary Lucy, as we liked his portrait of the real Kuroki, but we object most strenuously to the fate that he has bestowed upon her.”—Dial.
“It is a pity that such good material should be used on so persistently pessimistic a theme. The characters are clearly and consistently drawn, the story is well, and in places wittily told, and ‘Lucy of the stars’ is a charming heroine.”
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Acad. 71: 286. S. 22, ’06. 300w.
“The merit of the book lies in the presentation, under an unusually attractive aspect, of public life across the Atlantic in certain latter-day phases; yet it can scarcely be said to fulfil the conditions requisite for that difficult achievement, a successful political novel.”
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Ath. 1906, 2: 298. S. 15. 160w.
“In order to write a great novel, it is necessary to sympathize with all your characters. Mr. Palmer has not done this; nevertheless, ‘Lucy of the stars’ is worth reading.”
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Critic. 49: 120. Ag. ’06. 270w.
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Critic. 49: 192. Ag. ’06. 80w.
“The story is more than worth reading for [Lucy’s] sake, even if its outcome does rudely shock our romantic sensibilities.” Wm. M. Payne.
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Dial. 40: 368. Je. 1, ’06. 260w.
“Sensible, normal people will not care for a romance in which sorrows and griefs are the only heroes and heroines.”
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Ind. 61: 759. S. 27, ’06. 80w.
“Although written with spirit, and though the author has brought a keen observation to bear upon a wide range of experience, the story has been a disappointment.”
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N. Y. Times. 11: 338. My. 26, ’06. 490w.
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R. of Rs. 33: 758. Je. ’06. 30w.
Palmer, William T. English lakes. *$6. Macmillan.
“We fail, in this volume, to find many of the interesting stories of adventure and sport on the fells, or glimpses of the dalesman’s life, such as made its predecessors readable in spite of a somewhat unchastened style. The style, indeed, is all there. Strange words abound.”
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Ath. 1905, 2: 329. S. 9. 1180w.
“His bright and chatty narrative, in spite of its want of style, is eminently readable.”
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Int. Studio. 27: 278. Ja. ’06. 240w.
Pancake, Edmund Blair. Miss New York. $1.50. Fenno.
A story with a college setting. The heroine is a “discovery” made one day by a student who comes upon a rude hut in the mountains near the town. She and her mother are evidently in hiding. For what purpose remains a mystery thruout the course of a tale that defies the reader in the matter of making even a guess at the probation accompanied by sunbonnet and calico.
N. Y. Times. 11: 343. My. 26, ’06. 220w.
Parker, Edward Harper. China and religion. **$3.50. Dutton.
Am. Hist. R. 11: 727. Ap. ’06. 50w.
“We cannot conclude without congratulating him upon the research he has displayed and upon the readable style which makes an abstruse subject easily grasped by the general reader.”
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Lond. Times. 4: 455. D. 22, ’05. 970w.
“His method of composition is peculiar and his literary graces are not very great. On the whole, it is cool, clear, impartial.”
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Nation. 82: 477. Je. 7, ’06. 820w.
“Mr. Parker is a profound Chinese scholar, and is possibly the highest living authority upon the subject with which he deals in the volume under notice.”
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Sat. R. 101: 53. Ja. 13, ’06. 1550w.
“His excellent book should be regarded as the best and simplest English authority on this important subject.”
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Spec. 97: 270. Ag. 25, ’06. 340w.
Parr, G. D. Aspinall. Electrical engineering in theory and practice. *$3.25. Macmillan.
“The present volume treats only of the elements of the subject and it is to be amplified later or possibly followed by a second volume, the new material to comprise electrical machinery and its applications.... There are three chapters dealing with the fundamental facts and laws regarding magnetism and statical and current electricity. Then follow three chapters dealing with the interrelated subjects, resistance, electro-magnetism and induction. The remainder of the work is of a more practical nature and covers measuring instruments, incandescent lamps, and the thermal and chemical production of electro-motive force.”—Engin. N.
“The work as a whole differs somewhat from other books on the market. In general its field may be said to be similar to that with the same title by Slingo and Brooker, which is also an 264English book. It will be read with profit by practical engineers desiring a broad general view of the principles of electrical engineering practice.” Henry H. Norris.
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Engin. N. 56: 55. Jl. 12, ’06. 870w.
Parrish, Randall. Bob Hampton of Placer. †$1.50. McClurg.
The Sioux uprising in 1876 furnishes the main incidents for this story of Wyoming and Montana, and of Bob Hampton, a gambler and disgraced army officer, who saves the life of Naida, old Gillis’s girl, at the risk of his own, only to discover that she is his own daughter. He does not reveal himself to her however, but gives her up for the sake of her future, then quietly renounces his old life and keeps watch over her from afar. In the end he dies a brave death, leaving her an untarnished name and a gallant soldier lover. It is a stirring tale of frontier life and Indian warfare culminating in a description of the Custer massacre.
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N. Y. Times. 11: 798. D. 1, ’06. 80w.
“Its theme, indeed, is so like that of Harte’s ‘Protégé of Jack Hamlin’s’ as to make it seem rather more reminiscent than original. A certain racy quality of its own, however, it preserves.”
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N. Y. Times. 11: 896. D. 22, ’06. 120w.
“Is one of the good Western stories—not especially literary, but thoroughly interesting, and excellent in plot and characters.”
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Outlook. 81: 890. D. 8, ’06. 100w.
Parrish, Randall. Historic Illinois: the romance of the earlier days. **$2. McClurg.
Am. Hist. R. 11: 755. Ap. ’06. 50w.
“The book will interest the general student of our national history as well as the people of Illinois.”
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Critic. 48: 288. Mr. ’06. 90w.
“Altogether the book is highly attractive, and will be found particularly useful in the schools, every one of which should be provided with a copy.”
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Dial. 40: 94. F. 1, ’06. 250w.
“It would be difficult to find a picture of pioneer days at once so true to the spirit of the time and so accurate in detail.”
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Ind. 61: 43. Jl. 5, ’06. 150w.
“Altogether he gives a very tolerable idea of Illinois history.”
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N. Y. Times. 11: 89. F. 10, ’06. 400w.
“His book, in a word, is encyclopaedic in scope. No pretense is made to original research, but the authorities followed are sound, and there is little to criticise.”
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Outlook. 81: 1083. D. 30, ’05. 150w.
“An entertaining volume of historic romance.”
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R. of Rs. 33: 116. Ja. ’06. 80w.
Parrish, Randall. Sword of the old frontier; a tale of Fort Chartres and Detroit. †$1.50. McClurg.
“Mr. Parrish writes with colour and spirit, and his ingenuity in devising new variations in adventure is admirable.”
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Ath. 1906, 1: 194. F. 17. 280w.
“One thing to be said in favor of Randall Parrish’s books is that the melodrama does not appear in streaks; it is part of their very essence; you recognize it at once from a certain trick of style that sounds like an echo of Ouida at her worst.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
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Bookm. 22: 632. F. ’06. 580w.
“The story is strictly conventional in type, but the type is one that has justified its right to exist.” Wm. M. Payne.
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Dial. 40: 16. Ja. 1, ’06. 170w.
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Parry, David Maclean. Scarlet empire. †$1.50. Bobbs.
A book to make the socialist satisfied with things as they are. A young socialist weary of life plunges into the sea. He wakens in a lost Atlantis, known as the Scarlet Empire. Here is a social democracy in which people dwell in slavery; the state owes every man a living which it grants in a grudging sense, food, conversation, education and marriage, all being limited. The hero sickens of his satiety of scholastic practices, and after gruesome experiences escapes with three companions to his own New York world.
“‘The scarlet empire’ is not a discussion of socialism. It is rather a developed misconception of socialism. It is a house built on the illusive sands of fundamental error or false premises.” Ellis O. Jones.
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Critic. 48: 573. Je. ’06. 80w.
“Crudely written as it is, it sets forth a skilfully constructed plot and shows a certain enthusiasm for his subject on the part of the author, but throughout the book the great aim seems to be not only to satirize all the doctrines that Socialists hold dear, but even, where possible, to burlesque them.”
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Lit. D. 32: 604. Ap. 21, ’06. 1420w.
“The satire is light but cleverly aimed.”
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N. Y. Times. 11: 385. Je. 16, ’06. 120w.
“As a story the book is fairly readable, but as a contribution to the discussion of the social problem it has no slightest claim to consideration.”
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Outlook. 82: 858. Ap. 14, ’06. 80w.
“Mr. Parry has missed a splendid chance and has missed it so widely that he almost obscures the chance.”
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R. of Rs. 33: 759. Je. ’06. 120w.
Parsons, Mrs. Clement. David Garrick and his circle; il. **$2.75. Putnam.
“Mrs. Parsons’s book is first of all a life of the greatest of English actors, a record of his triumphs and a study of his methods. It is also a broad picture of the social life of the day. Garrick is followed into all the circles he frequented, and we make the acquaintance of the great company of his friends and associates.”—Outlook.
“She has written a very charming and entertaining book, which clothes wide learning in graceful though transparent chiffon. The pity is that she has not always—or not often—distinguished between lightness of the right and the wrong kinds.”
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Acad. 71: 415. O. 27, ’06. 140w.
“Among stage records the present volume will take an agreeable place. It is written with abundant verve, and shows a wide range of reading.”
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Ath. 1906, 2: 703. D. 1. 840w.
“The chief fault in Mrs. Parsons’s book is its diffuseness. The author has done her work thoroughly, however, and carefully; such research commands respect, because of what it exacts in the gathering. Students will find her volume a mine of information, and an available reference-book, with its commendable bibliography and appropriate illustrations.”
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Lit. D. 33: 596. O. 27, ’06. 170w.
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Lit. D. 33: 856. D. 8, ’06. 60w.
“This is a work of vastly superior quality to the great majority of books, especially those of recent date, relating to the stage and its associations.”
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Nation. 83: 377. N. 1, ’06. 1010w.
“It has the easy cleverness of a clever woman’s letter, but it is perhaps a little too vivacious, 265too allusive, too up-to-date and too on-the-spot for a stately tome of 400 pages.” Brander Matthews.
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N. Y. Times. 11: 794. D. 1, ’06. 990w.
“This book, besides being an admirable study of Garrick, is a gallery of admirably executed eighteenth-century portraits, a repertory of most delectable anecdotes that strike with perfect truth the keynote of the period, and a mine of curious and out-of-the-way information in regard to eighteenth-century theaters, the physical conditions of the stage, the tumultuous behavior of the audiences, the costumes of the actors and actresses, and no end of other matters of a kind that will be keenly relished.”
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Outlook. 84: 714. N. 24, ’06. 410w.
“She has humor, has this admirer of the great English actor, and a clever way of expressing it; she also has the knack of recreating the whole from a fragment. And, at the same time, she is a capable serious historian of stage and drama.”
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Putnam’s. 1: 381. D. ’06. 180w.
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Sat. R. 102: 648. N. 24, ’06. 200w.
“He has found here an admirable chronicler.”
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Spec. 97: 831. N. 24, ’06. 250w.
Parsons, Ellen C. Christus liberator. **30c. Macmillan.
“The author has managed to pack in a surprising amount of concrete and stirring story.” L. Call Barnes.
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Am. J. Theol. 10: 199. Ja. ’06. 160w.
Parsons, Frank. Heart of the railroad problem: the history of railway discrimination in the United States, with efforts at control, remedies proposed, and hints from other countries. **$1.50. Little.
Twenty years of study and observation have been brought into Dr. Parsons’ treatment of this subject. “The study reveals the facts in reference to railway favoritism—or unjust discrimination from the beginning of our railway history to the present time, discloses the motives and causes of discrimination, discusses various remedies that have been proposed, and gathers hints from the railway systems of other countries to clarify and develop the conclusions indicated by our railroad history.”
“It is by far the most important, authoritative and comprehensive popular discussion of the rate question that has appeared, and no intelligent American should fail to read it.”
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Arena. 35: 658. Je. ’06. 3700w.
“An exhaustive and authoritative work that is extremely clear and interesting, while affording the most complete and satisfactory view of the railway question and the true relation of the railways to commercial enterprises, to the government and to the people, that has ever been published in any land.”
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Arena. 36: 557. N. ’06. 9730w.
“The merits of Mr. Parsons’s book are in its thorough and compendious presentation of the various evils that have come to pass in the making of railway rates. If the treatment is open to criticism, it is along the line of the genesis of these conditions.” John J. Halsey.
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Dial. 41: 35. Jl. 16, ’06. 1350w.
“As a critic of existing conditions, the author has done his work well.” William Hill.
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J. Pol. Econ. 14: 575. N. ’06. 250w.
“The book is a readable collection of single instances of railroad enormities. In the hands of one acquainted with the essentials of transportation, it may prove of service; in the hands of a novice, it is likely to engender prejudice and disseminate error.”
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Nation. 83: 17. Jl. 5, ’06. 850w.
“The book is a useful one and brings the subject down to date, but it casts only the scantiest light ahead.”
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N. Y. Times. 11: 287. My. 5, ’06. 790w.
Parsons, Henry de Berkeley. Disposal of municipal refuse. $2. Wiley.
“The book is mainly devoted to the characteristics of the material collected in New York, the uses to which it may be put, and the principles underlying its sanitary and economic handling.”—Nation.
“We take pleasure in commending Mr. Parsons’ book, within the limits covered by it, as a fair and able presentation of the main points involved in the disposal of municipal refuse, more particularly by cremation.”
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Engin. N. 55: 558. My. 17, ’06. 1130w.
Nation. 83: 54. Jl. 19, ’06. 60w.
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Nature. 74: 630. O. 25, ’06. 580w.
Partridge, William Ordway. Czar’s gift. **40c. Funk.
A pretty little tale of how Paul, the wood carver, made for the czar a statue of his lost daughter so beautiful that it won for Paul’s brother, the nihilist, release from the mines in Siberia, and brought them both the czar’s forgiveness and protection.
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Arena. 36: 220. Ag. ’06. 360w.
Passmore, Rev. T. H. In further Ardenne: a story of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. **$2.50. Dutton.
This little section tucked away between Belgium, Prussia, France and Lorraine has not been much written about owing to its not being among the “Beaten track itineraries.” The author very generously offers to “pay your fare for you, so to speak, and take you there, and present you to its beauties and interests and simple kindly folk, without troubling you to move out of your chair.”
“The charm of this book is that the author has the power of communicating his ‘etat d’âme.’”
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Acad. 69: 1236. N. 25, ’05. 260w.
“If the author had restricted himself to what he knew and saw, or was told on good authority, he would have made a noteworthy addition to the very limited number of works on his subject.”
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Ath. 1906, 1: 418. Ap. 7. 250w.
“Enthusiasm, spontaneity, kindly humor, and a sprightly style characterize the volume.” H. E. Coblentz.
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Dial. 40: 234. Ap. 1, ’06. 370w.
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Ind. 60: 873. Ap. 12, ’06. 180w.
“It is a real book, not a made book, that he has given us.”
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Lond. Times. 4: 422. D. 1, ’05. 430w.
“Would that Mr. Passmore had put all of his experience in simpler phrase. His command of verbal wealth and imagery too often leads him from standards safe astray.”
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Nation. 82: 105. F. 1, ’06. 520w.
N. Y. Times. 10: 809. N. 25, ’05. 350w.
“This is no guide-book; it is far better—a book to read, and read again, and then to follow, not like the blind Baedekerite, but as one follows Walton.”
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N. Y. Times. 11: 151. Mr. 10, ’06. 360w.
“A very entertaining volume, in which history, legend, folk-lore, and description are linked together by a mind attuned to the picturesque, the romantic, and—the humorous.”
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Outlook. 81: 1083. D. 30, ’05. 310w.
“We think a style less wanton than Mr. Passmore’s and more sweet than Baedeker’s would serve the purpose better.”
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Sat. R. 100: sup. 14. D. 9, ’05. 300w.
“Mr. Passmore is both historical and descriptive, and in both characters shows much energy.”
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Spec. 96: 504. Mr. 31, ’06. 290w.
266Paston, George, pseud. (Miss E. M. Symonds). Social caricature in the eighteenth century. *$15. Dutton.
“George Paston’s book deals textually and pictorially with the various phases of social caricature and of the social groups, the places, the fashions which inspired the pens of the artists, who were ever on the alert for abnormal tendencies—‘Le Beau Monde,’ the Pantheon, Carlisle House, the Mall, Hyde Park, Dramatic and musical, Literary and artistic, and, finally, Popular delusions and impostures.”—N. Y. Times.
“It is perhaps inevitable that the text of the book itself, being obviously ‘written up’ to the illustration, should be less interesting as a whole, though abounding in isolated good things.”
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Ath. 1906, 1: 240. F. 24. 1400w.
“What is really the first complete work on the subject of English eighteenth century caricature that has yet appeared.”
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Int. Studio. 28: 86. Mr. ’06. 330w.
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Lond. Times. 5: 30. Ja. 26, ’06. 160w.
“George Paston’s text is a splendid achievement of thoroughly sympathetic work, whether seen from the point of view of history or criticism.”
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N. Y. Times. 11: 367. Je. 9, ’06. 890w.
“The volume is full of the entertaining and curious from cover to cover.”
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Spec. 96: 794. My. 19, ’06. 340w.
Paternoster, George Sidney. Cruise of the Conqueror: being the further adventures of the motor pirate; with a front. by Frank T. Merrill. $1.50. Page.
A sequel to “The motor pirate,” whose hero, it will be remembered, after bringing repeated terror to England shot over the edge of a precipice to certain death. How he comes to life and is in the present story the “same truculent hero in an eight-foot, gold-coated motor boat, capable of something over forty knots an hour at sea.” (Ath.) suggests exciting possibilities for the present tale of adventure. Nor does Mr. Paternoster make sure of his elusive hero at the end of the present story, the evasion suggests another reappearance.
“It is not strong in characterization or literary style; but it has go and vigour.”
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Ath. 1906, 1: 43. Ja. 13. 200w.
“Aside from the glamourless love interest, the further adventures of the motor pirate form, as they should, exciting reading.” Stephen Chalmers.
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N. Y. Times. 11: 181. Mr. 24, ’06. 560w.
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N. Y. Times. 11: 388. Je. 16, ’06. 140w.
“The author contrives that his melodrama shall be to a certain extent convincing.”
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Spec. 96: 345. Mr. 3, ’06. 120w.
Paterson, Arthur, and Allingham, Helen (Mrs. W. Allingham). Homes of Tennyson. **$2. Macmillan.
The homes of Tennyson have been painted by Mrs. Allingham, and Mr. Paterson has furnished the descriptive portions which are written “from a personal rather than a biographical standpoint.” “The book pleasantly deals with Farringford, in the Isle of Wight, where Tennyson usually spent the winter, and with Aldworth, on the borders of Surrey, and Sussex, the summer home of Tennyson’s declining years.” (Ind.)
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Ind. 59: 1384. D. 14, ’05. 60w.
“There is not one word in his book that could have wounded the susceptibilities of Tennyson, yet the record is full of interest and charm.”
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Lit. D. 31: 1000. D. 30, ’05. 120w.
“Mr. Paterson’s share in this book, whose value is quite unaffected by his defects—sentimentality and exaggerated adoration of Tennyson—would call for no remark had he not loaded his pages with a construction that must give pain to the sensitive reader.”
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Nation. 82: 222. Mr. 15, ’06. 340w.
N. Y. Times. 10: 835. D. 2, ’05. 210w.
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Sat. R. 100: 728. D. 2, ’05. 60w.
“The descriptive letterpress, by Mr. Arthur Paterson, is worthy even of the work of Mrs. Allingham. He commands a style that is graphic in the best sense.”
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Spec. 96: sup. 648. Ap. 28, ’06. 280w.
Patmore, Coventry Kersey Dighton. Poems; with an introd. by Basil Champneys. $1.75. Macmillan.
“All the poems, with the latest changes in them (whether improvements or otherwise) are brought together in a single volume of clear and stately print. A remarkably faithful portrait is included in the six-shillings’ worth, and Mr. Basil Champneys adds an introductory discourse in which a sufficiency of biographical detail has place.”—Acad.
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Nation. 83: 304. O. 11, ’06. 240w.
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N. Y. Times. 11: 702. O. 27, ’06. 1250w.
Putnam’s 1: 378. D. ’06. 90w.
Patrick, William. James, the Lord’s brother. **$2. Scribner.
The author stands on debatable ground in his monolog which aims to show that the author of the Epistle of James is the James whom St. Paul refers to as “the Lord’s brother” in Galatians i, 19. “His conclusion is the one that Christian men would naturally wish to be true but it must be confessed that serious difficulties are in the way. These Dr. Patrick combats with great ability, but with a success that seems somewhat contingent on the predilection of his readers.” (Outlook.)
“We welcome his volume as a scholarly and reasonable contribution to a clearer understanding of the forces at work during the apostolic age.”
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Lond. Times. 5: 138. Ap. 20, ’06. 930w.
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Nation. 83: 152. Ag. 16, ’06. 430w.
“With ample learning makes a very plausible argument.”
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Outlook. 83: 42. My. 3, ’06. 130w.
Patten, Helen Philbrook. Music lovers’ treasury. **$1.20. Estes.
An anthology of poetry, ancient and modern, referring to music and musicians.
“A volume that certainly merits its title.”
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Dial. 39: 446. D. 16, ’05. 70w.
Ind. 59: 1544. D. 28, ’05. 40w.
N. Y. Times. 10: 645. S. 30, ’05. 80w.
“The compiler has generally succeeded in avoiding the merely commonplace or distinctly bad, and the anthology is pleasing.”
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N. Y. Times. 11: 275. Ap. 28, ’06. 300w.
Paul, Herbert Woodfield. History of modern England. 5v. ea. **$2.50. Macmillan.
“The value of Mr. Paul’s history lies in its being a convenient record of events or, as we have said, above, an enlarged Annual register. It will be excellent material for the historian of the future, when he comes to deal with the time of which he treats.”
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Acad. 69: 1309. D. 16, ’05. 1550w. (Review of v. 4.)
“By judicious omission and emphasis, the author’s strong grasp of the subject as a whole and his sense of dramatic unity he has produced a sort of journalistic prose epic of the British Empire, centering about the two protagonists 267Beaconsfield and Gladstone. This volume seems in many ways the best of the four which have thus far appeared.” Wilbur C. Abbott.
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Am. Hist. R. 11: 898. Jl. ’06. 1930w. (Review of v. 4.)
“Fair-mindedness continues to be a marked feature of this able and lively work.”
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Ath. 1905, 2: 892. D. 30. 560w. (Review of v. 4.)
“On the whole, Mr. Paul deserves warm congratulations on the last volume of his attractive history.”
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Ath. 1906, 2: 545. N. 3. 860w. (Review of v. 5.)
“Mr. Paul writes entertainingly and satisfactorily, and as this information can be found nowhere else, except with great trouble in scattered special treatises or in voluminous biographies, his book will unquestionably be heartily welcomed by a large number of readers.”
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Critic. 48: 288. Mr. ’06. 390w. (Review of v. 4.)
“His work is everywhere compact, but his terse and vigorous style gives emphasis to what might otherwise easily read like a mere summary of political events.”
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Dial. 40: 95. F. 1, ’06. 280w. (Review of v. 4.)
“The effect on the mind is produced by the continual bias of the writer’s judgment, together with the bitter and ungracious way in which the judgment is expressed. We regret that so good a book should be marred by such tiresome defects, for Mr. Paul is interesting and painstaking and clear.” G. Townsend Warner.
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Eng. Hist. R. 21: 604. Jl. ’06. 800w. (Review of v. 3 and 4.)
“It is entertaining even where most exasperating; its sharpness and color will not allow the interest to flag; in fact, there is nothing on modern history comparable to it unless it be Hanotaux’s recent work on ‘Contemporary France.’”
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Ind. 61: 833. Ag. 9, ’06. 280w. (Review of v. 4.)
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Lond. Times. 5: 14. Ja. 12, ’06. 840w. (Review of v. 4.)
“The book is not written by the Mr. Paul whom the House of Commons knows. But neither is it written by the delightful author of ‘Men and letters’ and ‘Stray leaves.’ It is written by that able and useful but less distinguished person, a daily journalist. There is nothing of great importance in it.”
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Lond. Times. 5: 370. N. 2, ’06. 660w. (Review of v. 5.)
“Here he is again bright, rapid, epigrammatic, free from all vagueness or hesitation, delivering positive and definite views, telling his story in short sentences, whose meaning no one can mistake. He is not a partisan in the sense of endeavoring to suppress the case for the side to which he does not belong while setting out the whole of his own. But he has strong opinions, and allows them to appear.”
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Nation. 82: 120. F. 8, ’06. 2310w. (Review of v. 3 and 4.)
“Alertness of mind and the ability to visualize and present pointedly are his to an extraordinary degree. They give his work all the sprightliness of a contemporary record. After the brave beginnings of his earlier volumes we are not quite satisfied with this one.” Christian Gauss.
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N. Y. Times. 11: 176. Mr. 24, ’06. 1750w. (Review of v. 4.)
“For him who wishes a brilliant account of English politics and the working of that great governmental machine, the English constitution, there is no better book.” Christian Gauss.
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N. Y. Times. 11: 845. D. 8, ’06. 1300w. (Review of v. 5.)
Outlook. 81: 1081. D. 30, ’05. 80w. (Review of v. 4.)
“It need hardly be added that his pages are distinguished by the ease, candor, honesty and incisiveness that gave such a charm to the earlier installments.”
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Outlook. 84: 679. N. 17, ’06. 370w. (Review of v. 5.)
R. of Rs. 33: 116. Ja. ’06. 70w. (Review of v. 4.)
“Mr. Paul is a clever journalist whose fascinating style of writing and peculiar type of humour succeed in making the dullest subjects entertaining.”
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Sat. R. 100: 215. Ag. 12, ’05. 1800w. (Review of v. 3.)
“This volume may be recommended as a work of reference and at the same time a very entertaining reading, for it is full of shrewd and philosophic sayings about political parties, is suffused with dry humor, and contains occasional flashes of wit.”
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Sat. R. 101: 303. Mr. 10, ’06. 1410w. (Review of v. 4.)
“In many of the transactions described by him, Mr. Paul, as an active politician must have taken some part. During most of the period covered by this volume, Mr. Paul’s opponents were in power. Yet the story is told with scrupulous impartiality: nought is set down in malice: and though in so concise a work there must necessarily be much suppression, the perspective is admirably caught and maintained. An absence of picturesque detail is the price we have to pay for sober style, relieved by touches of caustic but not ill-natured humor.” Arthur A. Baumann.
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Sat. R. 102: 477. O. 20, ’06. 1920w. (Review of v. 5.)
“He writes so well, his judgment is, on the whole, so sound, that we cannot but deplore the deficiencies of his narrative.”
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Spec. 96: 345. Mr. 3, ’06. 410w. (Review of v. 4.)
“The new volume, like the volumes which have preceded it, is brilliantly written. Whatever qualities or defects Mr. Paul may have as an historian, his style is, in the main, beyond criticism. His narrative may occasionally be inadequate, but it is never dull.”
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Spec. 97: 726. N. 10, ’06. 1660w. (Review of v. 5.)
Paul, Herbert Woodfield. Life of Froude. **$4. Scribner.
Thru the personal assistance of Miss Froude and Ashley Froude, the historian’s only son, the biographer has gathered a generous amount of new and interesting material by means of which he traces Froude’s character and career. “He was one of England’s really great historians.... No historian has done so much as Mr. Froude to interpret aright the English reformation and its great characters, no one so much to explain Henry VIII, and no one so much to dispel the romantic mystery which has enveloped the character and career of Mary Queen of Scots, who deserves to be ranked, as Froude’s realistic portraiture has ranked her, with Jezebel of Israel, Lucretia Borgia of Italy, and Catherine de’ Medici of France.” (Outlook.)
“A book that from beginning to end is always attractive, although, for our part, we feel that the biographer has given too much attention to the controversies in which Froude was engaged.”
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Acad. 69: 1217. N. 25, ’05. 1480w.
Am. Hist. R. 11: 901. Jl. ’06. 750w.
“His book is a series of essays about Froude; It is in no sense a biography, like Froude’s own work on Carlyle.”
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Ath. 1906, 1: 164. F. 10. 1470w.
“In Froude he has a spicy subject. He was sure to produce a lively book.” Goldwin Smith.
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Atlan. 97: 680. My. ’06. 5050w.
“Mr. Herbert Paul is well fitted to write a sympathetic life of Froude, both because, of his own historical studies and because, like 268Froude himself, he possesses imagination and a sense of style.” H. T. P.
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Bookm. 23: 529. Jl. ’06. 2420w.
Reviewed by George Louis Beer.
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Critic. 49: 180. Ag. ’06. 1990w.
“Whether it be that sympathy with his subject has imparted to him something of Froude’s own consummate art as a literary craftsman, certain it is that he has produced a very readable account.” Percy F. Bicknell.
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Dial. 40: 80. F. 1, ’06. 2630w.
“The biography ... which has something of an ‘official’ character, is made subordinate to the description and estimate of his writings.” A.
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Eng. Hist. R. 21: 397. Ap. ’06. 1800w.
“No reader can finish Mr. Paul’s volume on Froude without a vivid impression of the life which it is written to commemorate. Had he contented himself with narration, and omitted the discussion of his hero’s merits as an historian, the volume would have been more useful and permanent.” Charles A. Beard.
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Ind. 60: 683. Mr. 22, ’06. 1610w.
“A work whose biographical and critical sides are, however, very uneven.”
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Ind. 61: 1163. N. 15, ’06. 100w.
“If Mr. Paul has failed to produce a masterpiece, he has written what will be accepted as an adequate life, and perhaps it may prove to be the final one. It is an excellent piece of work, considering the limitations imposed.”
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Lit. D. 33: 358. S. 15, ’06. 490w.
“Perhaps the most exact title for this interesting book would have been ‘Froude: a sketch.’ It is alive from the first page to the last. It is full of Froude and full of his biographer.”
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Lond. Times. 4: 417. D. 1, ’05. 2270w.
“Marked by his usual force, point, and vivacity.”
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Nation. 82: 452. My. 31, ’06. 2510w.
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N. Y. Times. 10: 875. D. 9, ’05. 1670w. (Reprinted from Lond. Times.)
“His admiration lends a charm to his volume, but also imparts to it its two chief defects: it could be lessened in bulk with advantage ... and its tone is throughout too much that of one who is retained to defend an accused from attack. But in the main we agree with Mr. Paul’s interpretation.”
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Outlook. 82: 92. Ja. 13, ’06. 520w.
“There is, perhaps, nothing really new in the volume, but there is certainly a great deal of vigorous, pungent, and intellectually brilliant comment on the views and accomplishments of the late historian.”
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Sat. R. 101: 52. Ja. 13, ’06. 1530w.
“This is a very delightful and refreshing book. Is one of the best and happiest portraits we have seen painted with that most graphic of instruments, the pen, for a long time.”
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Spec. 96: 148. Ja. 27, ’06. 1870w.
Paul, Herbert Woodfield. Stray leaves. **$1.50. Lane.
“Ten brilliant papers by Herbert Paul the accomplished critic and historian.... As characterizations the essays on Bishop Creighton and George Eliot are most stimulating.... In his book reviews Mr. Paul ... defends his point of view with nimble wit and careless confidence. He differs with Leslie Stephen in his estimate of George Eliot. He analyzes the essays and addresses of Mr. Balfour, touching upon the political position of the ex-leader with caustic irony.... The review of Lucas’s ‘Life of Charles Lamb’ is favorable and highly appreciative.... ‘The study of Greek’ and ‘The religion of the Greeks’ show the cleverness of the author from another point.”—Outlook.
“The main reason why Mr. Herbert Paul is not a great critic is that he is not fundamental. An agreeable, witty and learned writer, he still lacks the patient analytical power and penetration required for any true illumination of his subject.”
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Acad. 71: 278. S. 22, 06. 1470w.
“The articles reprinted by Mr. Herbert Paul under the title of ‘Stray leaves’ are pretty sure to repeat the success of his similar collection ‘Men and letters.’”
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Ath. 1906, 2: 364. S. 29. 580w.
“Apart from this absurd notion as to the uselessness of a little Greek, Mr. Paul has written a good book.”
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Dial. 41: 243. O. 16, ’06. 480w.
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Lit. D. 33: 556. O. 20, ’06. 180w.
“Is as rich in pleasure-giving quality as its predecessor, ‘Men and letters.’”
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Lond. Times. 5: 329. S. 28, ’06. 1070w.
“They are unfailingly pleasant reading. ‘Pleasant’ is exactly the adjective.” Montgomery Schuyler.
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N. Y. Times. 11: 814. D. 1, ’06. 108Ow.
“Altogether, one could not read a more entertaining and enlivening book than this collection of papers.”
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Outlook. 84: 386. O. 13, ’06. 290w.
“The ‘Stray leaves’ were worth gathering together and preserving.”
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Putnam’s. 1: 384. D. ’06. 60w.
Paulsen, Friedrich. German universities and university study; authorized tr. by Frank Thilly and W: W. Elwang. **$3. Scribner.
Here “the German university is surveyed from every side—compared with the universities of other countries, with its old self in former ages, its relation to German national life, the instructors and their instruction, the students and their studying, and lastly the separate faculties as they prepare students for four professions. Altho his exposition of present conditions leaves no feature neglected, what interests one most in the present book is the practical aspect, the bearings of each feature of the university.”—Ind.
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Ath. 1906, 2: 609. N. 17. 1780w.
“While useful and authoritative, the volume is not wholly suited to English readers.”
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Dial. 41: 19. Jl. 1, ’06. 310w.
“A volume might be written in praise of this admirable book. A second volume might be written on the thoughts concerning American higher education which it suggests. It will at once be accepted as the authoritative book on its subject. Fortunately the translation effectively preserves some of the best qualities of Paulsen’s very readable style.”
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Educ. R. 32: 315. O. ’06. 1040w.
“An all-round presentation of the most satisfying completeness—historical, descriptive, practical.”
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Ind. 60: 1103. My. 10, ’06. 580w.
“Fresh in the clear, forcible English of Professor Thilly.”
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Nation. 83: 208. S. 6, ’06. 1250w.
“Such a volume as this, so rich both in information, and in suggestion, cannot be too strongly commended to the attention of American faculties and students.”
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Outlook. 83: 285. Je. 2, ’06. 560w.
“This translation of the elaborate work of Professor Paulsen, the leading authority on the subject, will therefore be welcomed by all who are interested in the question of university education, for its historical retrospects throw light upon the causes which have given to the German universities their exceptional position.”
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Spec. 97: 577. O. 20, ’06. 1700w.
Payne, John. Selections from the poetry of John Payne made by Tracy and Lucy Robinson; with an introduction by Lucy Robinson. *$2.50. Lane.
Mrs. Robinson says in her introduction that this volume of poems is published as “an appeal 269to all lovers of poetry on behalf of one of its uncrowned kings—widely known, it is true, as a translator, but as a poet receiving less than insular recognition.” The selections include ballads, blank verse and sonnets, “they are exquisitely graceful, and yet profoundly impressive, pervaded by a moving undertone of sadness, which perhaps reaches its full expression in the beautiful poem ‘The grave of my songs.’ How the poet could have remained in comparative obscurity so long can only be explained by the pre-eminence of his translations, and his own exceeding modesty as to his original writings.” (Outlook.)
“These ‘Selections’ have been made with excellent taste and judgment by Tracy and Lucy Robinson, the latter furnishing the Introduction which is done with sympathetic insight and with fine appreciation of the subject.” Edith M. Thomas.
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Critic. 49: 141. Ag. ’06. 550w.
“Is supplied as an extremely interesting study of his work as a whole.” Wm. M. Payne.
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Dial. 40: 326. My. 16, ’06. 930w.
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Ind. 61: 696. S. 20, ’06. 340w.
“The first impression made by the selection is that of a marvelous virtuosity, an amazing metrical and verbal ingenuity. Of the poeticalness, so to say, of Mr. Payne’s literary impulse there can be no doubt.”
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Nation. 82: 327. Ap. 19, ’06. 750w.
“His inventive genius and remarkable use of melodious English give an unusual pleasure to the appreciative reader.”
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Outlook. 82: 478. F. 24, ’06. 220w.
Peabody, Francis Greenwood. Jesus Christ and the Christian character. **$1.50. Macmillan.
“This is a companion volume to “Jesus Christ and the social question.” It examines the teaching of Jesus concerning personal life, and the applicability of the Christian type to the conditions of the modern world.”—Bib. World.
“It is a most valuable addition to the literature of Christian ethics. It is an immensely fruitful book for all; but it has peculiar eye-opening value for the student afflicted with academic theological myopia.” Herbert A. Youtz.
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Am. J. Theol. 10: 765. O. ’06. 700w.
“Here is learning and wisdom and perception of human need, and the word spoken in season, made attractive and convincing and vital by association with the Supreme Person.” George Hodges.
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Bib. World. 27: 80. Ja. ’06. 40w.
“The book embodies a clear insight into the fundamentals of the method and of the subject-matter of Christian ethics. And when to this high scholarly value one adds its extraordinary practical suggestiveness in the concrete problems of modern life, it is evident that the book is one which every pastor and teacher should read.” G. B. S.
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Bib. World. 28: 428. D. ’06. 460w.
“The thinking is strong and clear, but somewhat conservative.” W. Jones Davies.
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Hibbert J. 5: 219. O. ’06. 840w.
“The lectures are full of power and present a study of Christian ethics which is truly inspiring.”
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Ind. 60: 222. Ja. 25, ’06. 220w.
“The foot notes show a wide reading in modern studies upon the character of Jesus Christ. The body of the book shows large familiarity with the character and teaching of Jesus Christ.”
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Outlook. 81: 836. D. 2, ’05. 190w.
“Scholarly and yet simply phrased treatise.”
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Pearse, Mark Guy. Pretty ways o’ Providence. *$1. Meth. bk.
A group of thirteen stories, simple possible tales, all bearing testimony to the kindly rift that lets the light of heaven thru. How definite good guided Henry Craze in his love-making, saved shy Man’el Hodge from his baneful love-coaching, and touched the heart of a hardened drunkard to transform his dreary cottage into a place fit for the home-coming of his little maid, are among the “pretty ways o’ Providence.”
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“These are pretty little stories of excellent moral tone, a little over-sentimental and pious in a Methodist fashion, but pleasantly and simply written with appreciation of country atmosphere and rustic ways.”
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Sat. R. 102: 150. Ag. 4, ’06. 30w.
Peck, Ellen Brainerd. Songs by the sedges. $1. Badger, R: G.
“Miss Peck has a pretty fancy and a light touch, which are just the qualities needed for this sort of reminiscent verse.” Wm. M. Payne
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Peck, Rev. George Clarke. Vision and task. $1. Meth. bk.
Fifteen sermons in which the task of Christian living is expressed in terms of life to-day, and is brought home with the force of current comparison. The titles include: The passing of mystery; The plain heroic breed; A vision for the wilderness; A lesson for the street; The biography of a back-slider; Doing good by proxy; The hindering God; The thorn as an asset; The paramount duty; and The divine dependence.
“These are strenuous sermons, clearly conceived, and delivered in clear and forcible English.” Edward Braislin.
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Am. J. Theol. 10: 573. Jl. ’06. 180w.
“This is a collection of sermons eminently good. Their vision is clear.”
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Peck, Harry Thurston. William Hickling Prescott. **75c. Macmillan.
“If this were the only existing life of Prescott it would leave much to be desired; taken in connection with the lives by Ticknor and Mr. Rollo Ogden it will serve a genuinely useful purpose.” M. A. De Wolfe Howe.
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Atlan. 97: 117. Ja. ’06. 640w.
Peckham, George Williams, and Peckham, Elizabeth Gifford. Wasps, social and solitary; with an introd. by John Burroughs. **$1.50. Houghton.
“The book of the Peckhams is valuable as a whole because it gives us an accurate description of the types of behavior of many different genera and species of wasps.” J. B. W.
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Psychol. Bull. 3: 172. My. 15, ’06. 1160w.
Peixotto, Ernest Clifford. By Italian seas; il. by the author. **$2.50. Scribner.
“The interest of the book lies, of course, in the pictures rather than the text, altho the latter satisfactorily fills its function of supplying a running descriptive commentary enlivened by picturesque anecdotes and observations of peasant life on all sides of the Mediterranean. For the author fortunately interprets his title, liberally, and includes not only the overwritten Riviera, but Dalmatia, Malta and Tunis, which are still pervaded by Italian influences.”—Ind.
“Pleasant and informing book.” Wallace Rice.
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Dial. 41: 392. D. 1, ’06. 160w.
270“The sketches of the Austrian coast of the Adriatic are especially interesting, for strangely enough, it is rarely visited by the tourist. But the numerous pen drawings and half tones of this handsomely printed book will do something toward removing this ignorance, for after we have read it and looked at the pictures we shall know more about it than many who have been there.”
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Ind. 61: 1290. N. 20, ’06. 170w.
“Mr. Peixotto’s style is always clear, picturesque and mellow, and often poetic, and he draws his word-pictures with the same dexterous touch with which he sketches his pen-and-ink pictures of church spires, tall cypresses, or ruined monasteries.”
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Nation. 83: 512. D. 13, ’06. 450w.
“In publishing another edition of Mr. Peixotto’s book a few misspelt Italian and French words should be corrected, but in the present edition one hardly notices these rare errors in the enjoyment of the author’s straightforward, wholesome style whether he gives us a word-picture or an etching.”
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Outlook. 84: 704. N. 24, ’06. 130w.
“The book is really good reading, a capital record of travel for the stay-at-home, observant of the picturesque, appreciative of historical associations as of artistic beauties, and as for the illustrations, Mr. Peixotto long since passed the stage in his career where praise of his work was necessary.”
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Putnam’s. 1: 379. D. ’06. 180w.
“Mr. Peixotto’s descriptions of his wanderings through Italy and across the Adriatic have the fascination of a novel.”
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Pemberton, Max. My sword for Lafayette; being the story of a great friendship; and of certain episodes in the wars waged for liberty, both in France and America, by one who took no mean part therein. †$1.50. Dodd.
Zaida Kay is a young American who after the battle of Yorktown follows Lafayette to France. “There is mutiny on the high seas; there is a miraculous escape; there is an idyllic sojourn in a quaint little village on the coast of England, and a romantic marriage with a young French girl in hiding there from enemies at home.” (N. Y. Times.) And before a return to America is accomplished the two are led thru a maze of happenings precipitated by Frenchmen fighting for liberty.
“The author has a certain facility of invention, but his style is without flexibility, and his figures are rarely anything more than puppets.” Wm. M. Payne.
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N. Y. Times. 11: 271. Ap. 28, ’06. 260w.
“For the most part the episodes are trite, and without exception the characters are lifeless puppets. But it is perhaps in dialogue that Mr. Pemberton fails most signally.”
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Pennell, Elizabeth Robins (Mrs. Joseph Pennell). Charles Godfrey Leland: a biography. 2v. **$5. Houghton.
“All who knew Charles Godfrey Leland knew that the man was stronger than his work. It is this man that Mrs. Pennell draws for us. From her pages radiates a personality that refreshes and rejoices, a vitality that heartens, and invigorates the reader. Not but that the biographer, proud of her brilliant uncle, does her best to give some account of what he achieved. And here she serves him truly.... The biography is mainly the work of Leland’s own pen. It consists almost entirely in transcripts from his memoranda, notes, and other papers, and of letters written to his family and to celebrities, American and English, with some of their replies. Mrs. Pennell furnishes the necessary links, transitions, and explanations, drawing upon her knowledge of the man and his ways, acquired during the period of her intimate companionship with him.... The illustrations consist of two frontispiece portraits of ‘the Rye,’ and facsimile reproductions of letters written to him by Lowell, Holmes, Tennyson, Browning, Bulwer-Lytton and many others.”—Nation.
“She has done ample justice to the fine traits in her uncle’s character, and has produced a biography which will be read with pleasure by all to whom his talents and achievements were known.”
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Current Literature. 41: 648. D. ’06. 1220w.
“As a companion and supplement to the ‘Memoirs’ of 1839, it helps to furnish a full-length portrait of an unusually interesting man.” Percy F. Bicknell.
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Dial. 41: 198. O. 1, ’06. 1850w.
“A life absorbed in interests of so romantic a nature cannot fail to furnish a rich find to the biographer, and Mrs. Pennell has acquitted herself admirably of the task.”
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Lit. D. 33: 556. O. 20. ’06. 370w.
“Is one of the really important books of the kind that have appeared this season.”
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Lit. D. 33: 856. D. 8, ’06. 100w.
“This readable biography, permeated with the strong personality of its subject has the shortcomings that Leland’s versatility made practically avoidable.”
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Nation. 83: 262. S. 27, ’06. 1430w.
“This and other failings of his, Mrs. Pennell does not see; it is perhaps, not a part of her chosen task to see them. That she gives great charm to her record goes without saying; and that her estimate of her uncle as a person of importance is just, no reader will be disposed to deny.” H. W. Boynton.
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N. Y. Times. 11: 625. O. 6, ’06. 1580w.
“If the tone is rather more admiring than would be the case if it were not all in the family, is nevertheless an exceedingly readable book, full of letters and anecdotes of real intrinsic interest.”
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N. Y. Times. 11: 800. D. 1, ’06. 210w.
“The life and character of Charles Geoffrey Leland [are] sympathetically interpreted by his niece.”
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Outlook. 84: 553. N. 3, ’06. 2430w.
“Mrs. Pennell has very cleverly contrived in this way to make her brilliant uncle’s cheerful, enthusiastic personality pervade the book, and to give, at the same time, his own valuation of the different tasks to which his versatility applied itself during his long career.”
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Sat. R. 102: sup. 3. D. 8, ’06. 1960w.
Pepper, Charles Melville. Panama to Patagonia: the Isthmian canal and the west coast countries of South America. **$2.50. McClurg.
The author, a member of the Permanent pan-American railway committee, dates his study from the year 1905. His lessons in physical and commercial geography show that the geographical sphere of the canal includes the Amazon basin, the Argentine wheat plains and the Andes treasure box of mines from Panama to Patagonia. The author analyzes the national tendencies, political history, governmental policies and the unfolding of industrial life among the inhabitants. He urges America to share in the opportunity which the canal enterprise has created for contributing to the civilization that comes thru the spread of commerce and industry.
“There are few matters treated in the volume which are of interest to the ordinary traveller 271or reader.”
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Ath. 1906, 2: 364. S. 29. 590w.
“The book is timely, well written, and copiously equipped with maps and illustrations.”
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Critic. 49: 96. Jl. ’06. 200w.
“The book before us will be of value to every American who would keep in touch with our own commercial development; nor less does it deserve a place in the alcove devoted to books of travel.” Thomas H. MacBride.
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Dial. 40: 322. My. 16, ’06. 1160w.
“The book is a useful one for its descriptions of the countries and people which we ought to know much more about than we do and for the trade and industrial facts and figures it contains.”
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Lond. Times. 5: 327. S. 28, ’06. 730w.
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N. Y. Times. 11: 291. My. 5, ’06. 270w.
“It embodies ... a serious and commendable effort to enlighten the American public as a matter of National concern.” George R. Bishop.
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N. Y. Times. 11: 333. My. 26, ’06. 3900w.
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Perez, Isaac Loeb. Stories and pictures; tr. from the Yiddish by Helena Frank. $1.50. Jewish pub.
The translator makes note of the fact that fully to understand these sketches one needs to know intimately the life of the Russian Jews who figure here, and to be familiar with the love of the Talmud and the Kabbalah which color their talk. These stories are “intensely Jewish” but are told in the spirit of the author’s broad views and wide sympathies.
“The author possesses the master-power which enables him to impart to commonplace and even sordid happenings that deep human interest which lifts his work above the plane of mediocrity to that of genius.” Amy C. Rich.
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Arena. 36: 684. D. ’06. 180w.
“Ought to be of interest to any one, regardless of creed, to whom a sympathetic study in human nature is always precious.”
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N. Y. Times. 11: 657. O. 6, ’06. 330w.
“They are short in form, depending in the main upon a dramatic perception of character, having no narrative interest, or very little. The various difficulties confronting the translator have not been entirely overcome; but to reproduce a local dialect is almost as impossible as to reproduce the subtle qualities of style.”
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Outlook. 84: 432. O. 20, ’06. 190w.
Perkins, Mrs. Lucy (Fitch). Goose girl: a mother’s lap book of rhymes and pictures. †$1.25. McClurg.
A book of verse and pictures for little people.
“The simple little rhymes are quaint and pleasing, and the full page and smaller pictures, in black and white, are done with cleverness and charm.”
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N. Y. Times. 11: 752. N. 17, ’06. 60w.
“A folio volume with a ‘stunning’ cover, and with rhymes and pictures above the average in effectiveness and genuine wit.”
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Perrigo, Charles Oscar Eugene. Machine shop construction, equipment and management. $5. Henley.
The author “attempts in this book to give a comprehensive didactic treatment of this subject. There are two main divisions of this subject which should be kept distinct; they discuss (1) The plant, or the producing implement, and (2) Operation, or the handling of this implement. They are just as separate and independent as are construction and operation in the case of railways: though inter-related at many points, they are the concern of different classes of men, based on wholly different sets of principles, and have to meet quite different conditions.” (Engin. N.)
“The work has much interest as a record, even though far from thorough or comprehensive, of the methods and object of laying out a machine shop and controlling its operation.”
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Perry, Bliss. Walt Whitman: his life and work. **$1.50. Houghton.
“Confronted by a figure looming eccentrically large in its environment, as persistently and perversely suggestive of the picturesque as that of Carlyle, and equally rich in opportunities for misinterpretation, the author has set himself to depict it with much the thoroughness and anatomical accuracy shown by the old Dutch masters in the great period of Dutch painting.” (N. Y. Times.) “Mr. Perry’s work is modest in compass, but shows throughout that he has studied the documents with care and patience.... In general the narrative portions are well told and properly balanced.... Much the most important sections of the book deal with sources and here Mr. Perry has a field almost entirely his own.” (Nation.)
Reviewed by M. A. De Wolfe Howe.
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Current Literature. 41: 640. D. ’06. 950w.
“Mr. Perry’s critical judgment is calm, sane and discriminating. His attitude is friendly always, at times enthusiastic, although never that of an enthusiast: he never slips his moorings, critically.” W. E. Simonds.
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“It is unusually well written. The materials for anything like a satisfactory estimate are wanting.”
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Ind. 61: 1231. N. 22. ’06. 660w.
“Altogether the volume will probably take its place as the sane and authoritative life of Whitman for many years to come.”
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Nation. 83: 306. O. 11, ’06. 1210w.
“His book throughout is a striking instance of the value of poise. No significant details are slurred over, no difficult passages are omitted, no grotesque features are softened, no preliminary effort has been considered superfluous, respect for ‘nature as she is’ reigns in the picture: yet the work complete is saved from any suspicion of the meticulous by a fusing glow of imaginative insight.” Elisabeth Luther Cary.
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N. Y. Times. 11: 717. N. 3, ’06. 1850w.
“Shunning partisanship as well as prejudice, Prof. Perry has been inclined to present a psychological rather than a material biography.”
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N. Y. Times. 11: 800. D. ’06. 200w.
“Mr. Perry has made the first successful attempt to bring within a book of moderate compass a complete biography and critical study of that unique personage in American literature, Walt Whitman.”
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Perry, John G. Letters from a surgeon of the civil war; comp. by Martha Derby Perry; il. from photographs. **$1.75. Little.
Mrs. Perry has brought together her husband’s letters written during 1862–64 while he was serving as surgeon with the Twentieth Massachusetts volunteers. “His brief and modest letters, supplemented by a few editorial insertions, tell a story of hardship and danger, especially in the Wilderness campaign and before Petersburgh, that easily might have tempted another to essay a more ambitious style.” (Dial.)
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Dial. 41: 71. Ag. 1, ’06. 310w.
Nation. 83: 284. O. 4, ’06. 50w.
“A new volume of considerable interest and some historical value.”
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Perry, Ralph Barton. Approach to philosophy. **$1.50. Scribner.
To make the reader “more solicitously aware of the philosophy that is in him, or to provoke him to philosophy in his own interests” is the author’s aim in the present work. In the first part of the work the author establishes his approach to philosophy thru practical life, poetry, religion and science; the second part furnishes “‘the reader with a map of the country to which he has been led,’ to provide ‘a brief survey of the entire programme of philosophy.’” The third part “emphasizes the point of view, or the internal consistency that makes a system of philosophy out of certain answers to the special problems of philosophy.” (Philos. R.)
“Dr. Perry has compressed a wonderful amount of information into a short space. Nevertheless we are sorry for the beginner who approaches philosophy by way of such a wilderness of -isms.”
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Ath. 1906, 1: 169. F. 10. 440w.
“One closes the book with the conviction of having enjoyed and profited by a gracefully written, a skillfully planned, and well-sustained discussion of the vital relationship of philosophy to practical interests, its inevitableness, its characteristic problems, and its representative systems. The non-technical will doubtless find this approach well designed to lead to intimacy.” Albert Lefevre.
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Philos. R. 15: 204. Mr. ’06. 1810w.
“Dr Perry possesses the power of writing English that is lucid and distinguished—a rare gift in a philosopher—and this fact, combined with an extremely wide range of reading, enables him to display the historic field of philosophy in a manner that, so far as we are aware, has no precedent other than the famous work of Dean Mansel. This admirable work should be in the hands of every thinker.”
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Perry, Thomas Sergeant. John Fiske. **75c. Small.
A late “Beacon biography” which presents the life of this worthy historian in summary form, comprehensively viewing the man’s life and labors, “and because the theme was a man of letters rather than affairs, the qualities of an extended essay are more conspicuous than those of biographical narrative.” (Atlan.)
“This brief biography cannot be commended for accuracy, abundance of information, discriminating judgment, or literary merit.” F. G. D.
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Am. Hist. R. 11: 717. Ap. ’06. 170w.
“One feels in the spirit and outlook which form the background of the little book the peculiar qualifications of Mr. Perry for undertaking what he has performed so well.”
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Atlan. 97: 117. Ja. ’06. 360w.
“One turns from it with the feeling that the picture is drawn in bold, strong lines, regretting only that fuller detail was not attempted.”
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Ind. 60: 1548. Je. 28, ’06. 60w.
“Is one of the best, if not the best in the series.”
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N. Y. Times. 10: 897. D. 16, ’05. 150w.
“This little biographical essay would make an excellent preface to the collected works of John Fiske. There is a great deal in it.” Montgomery Schuyler.
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N. Y. Times. 11: 77. F. 10. ’06. 840w.
“He is, indeed inclined to be over-eulogistic, and his portrayal suffers from awkward phraseology. But in spite of this he contrives to convey a good idea of Mr. Fiske both as man and as writer.”
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Outlook. 82: 477. F. 24, ’06. 220w.
“A very excellent biography of John Fiske.”
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Peters, Madison Clinton. Jews in America: a short story of their part in the building of the republic; commemorating the 250th anniversary of their settlement. $1. Winston.
Am. Hist. R. 11: 477. Ja. ’06. 40w.
“The results are so interesting that one cannot but wish that the work had been more thoroughly done.” Frederic Austin Ogg.
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Dial. 40: 260. Ap. 16, ’06. 1590w.
Petrie, William Matthew Flinders. History of Egypt from the XIXth to the XXXth dynasties. (History of Egypt, v. 3.) *$2.25. Scribner.
“It is rather a series of citations from original sources than a history in the modern sense of the term.”
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Bib. World. 27: 80. Ja. ’06. 40w.
“May be said to be almost a model of a presentative history as distinguished from a philosophical one.” L. H. Gray.
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“It is not history in the popular sense of that term, but it is rather a chronological arrangement of the materials out of which a running narrative could be constructed. As a compendium, it is invaluable to the scholar.” Ira Maurice Price.
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Dial. 41: 16. Jl. 1, ’06. 260w.
“He has made a book for students and for specialists, a book which enables us to say that the best and most inclusive history of Egypt is in English; but it is not one that can be read with ease or possesses literary merit.”
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Nation. 82: 104. F. 1, ’06. 610w.
Petrie, William Matthew Flinders. Researches in Sinai. **$6. Dutton.
Dr. Petrie’s researches in the desert region to which Sinai belongs offer large returns to the student of archaeology. “On the way he picked up a few unconsidered trifles in the way of ancient remains; but his main work lay at Maghareh, where the turquois had been mined, and at neighboring Serabít, where was erected the temple to Hathor, the Lady of the Turquois. This temple Mr. Petrie’s party planned and excavated, with the results that, considering the remoteness of the region from Nilotic civilization and the frequency with which the spot has been researched, are truly amazing.” (N. Y. Times.)
Am. Hist. R. 11: 957. Jl. ’06. 60w.
“Its ingredients are excellent, stamped with the hall-mark of the author’s original and independent mind. We only sigh for a little more art in the concoction of them, a little more sense of the difference between a book and the rough notes for several books.”
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Nation. 83: 168. Ag. 23, ’06. 1620w.
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Pfleiderer, Otto. Christian origins. *$1.75. Huebsch.
This book has grown out of a series of lectures delivered by the author at the University of Berlin, during the past winter. The viewpoint from which he treats the origin of Christianity is historical, and a complete interpretation of the meaning of his method with its relation to other methods is furnished in the introduction. 273The two main divisions of his study are Preparation and foundation of Christianity, and The evolution of early Christianity into the church.
“This volume is in our judgment the most important religious work that has appeared during the past year.”
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Arena. 36: 97. Jl. ’06. 3100w.
“Brilliant though it is, needs to be corrected and restrained in its most important positions before it can be taken as a scientifically reliable narrative of the origins of the Christian faith.”
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Cath. World. 83: 554. Jl. ’06. 680w.
“The work is condensed and devoid of technicalities, and has been rendered into excellent English.” T. D. A. Cockerell.
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Ind. 61: 1165. N. 15, ’06. 50w.
“The work of this great scholar will be widely accepted as conclusive. It presents a serious challenge to the Church. To answer it effectively will require, besides equal genius, preparedness to make some concessions.”
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Outlook. 82: 856. Ap. 14, ’06. 380w.
Phelps, Albert. Louisiana; a record of expansion. *$1.10. Houghton.
“The book as a whole, shows careful study of the sources, and its accuracy is commendable. There are, however, some errors, due partly to a failure to examine recently discovered documents and partly to other causes.” John R. Ficklen.
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Am. Hist. R. 11: 408. Ja. ’06. 980w.
“The volume is among the most scholarly of the extensive literature called forth by the recent centennial anniversary of the acquisition of this vast territory.”
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Bookm. 22: 532. Ja. ’06. 140w.
“The work bears the stamp of originality, not that it offers any fresh facts to the student, but rather because of the appreciations which it gives of many events and movements.”
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Cath. World. 82: 119. Ap. ’06. 140w.
“The account of the Reconstruction, though brief, is the first satisfactory treatment of that tumultuous epoch in Louisiana history.”
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Dial. 40: 157. Mr. 1, ’06. 470w.
“In accurate scholarship and depth of research it ranks well also, but the last third of the book,—concerning the Civil war, its cause and results—is unfortunately written in a controversial vein with strong Southern sympathies.”
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Ind. 60: 630. Mr. 15, ’06. 440w.
“A narrative exhibiting unity and coherence, and dealing with large events in a large way. One of the best of the ‘Commonwealths’ histories.”
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Nation. 82: 183. Mr. 1, ’06. 560w.
R. of Rs. 33: 115. Ja. ’06. 60w.
Phelps, Idelle. Your health. **75c. Jacobs.
The colored drawings by Helen Alden Knipe which illustrate this little volume of toasts add much to its attractions. The toasts themselves are not wholly new but cover a broad field extending from “the world” to “babies,” and from “the Garden of Eden” to “a bird, a bottle and an open-work stocking.”
“Something of the champagne flavor belongs to the collection of toasts.”
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Dial. 41: 458. D. 16, ’06. 40w.
Philippi, Adolf. Florence; tr. from the German by P. G. Konody. *$1.50. Scribner.
“This is an excellent compendium of the art and, on the whole, of the history of Florence. Misprints are, unfortunately, rather numerous.”
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Sat. R. 100: 851. D. 30, ’05. 520w.
Phillipps, L. March. In the desert. $4.20. Longmans.
“This interesting volume is a triumph of impressions.” (Ath.) “It is concerned with two unrelated topics; the French scheme of colonization in Algiers, and the influence of the Sahara desert on Arab life, architecture, religion, poetry, and philosophy.... In his thesis that the Arab character is the outcome of the influence of the desert, Mr. Phillipps gives us a sketch of the effect of the desert life on himself, and applies his experience to that of the Arab.” (Dial.)
“A vivid, plausible, and spirited piece of word-painting, which may safely be commended to all save the real student and the practised traveller in Africa.”
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Ath. 1906, 1: 133. F. 3. 480w.
“The author has made an entertaining contribution to our knowledge of Arab life and art.” H. E. Coblentz.
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Dial. 40: 233. Ap. 1, ’06. 470w.
“Would that Mr. Phillipps had never thought it his mission to simplify history! That omitted, he had written a very charming book.”
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Lond. Times. 4: 368. N. 3, ’05. 1110w.
“The book is interesting and suggestive, though the style is at times somewhat discursive and it is a little difficult to follow the author’s train of thought.”
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Nation. 82: 449. My. 31, ’06. 290w.
Phillips, David Graham. Deluge. †$1.50. Bobbs.
“It must rank as a conservative under-statement of conditions as they are now known to exist. As a romance this novel compares favorably with ‘The cost’ in human and love interest while as a section taken from present-day public life it is equal to ‘The plum-tree.’”
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Arena. 35: 97. Ja. ’06. 2690w.
“His strongest piece of work up to the present time.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
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Bookm. 22: 372. D. ’05. 520w.
Phillips, David Graham. Fortune hunter; il. by E. M. Ashe. †$1.25. Bobbs.
The fortune hunter of the title of Mr. Phillips’ latest story is an actor who spends his days in making love to girls of wealthy parents. In ever choosing, in going out of his way, in fact, for the course of least resistance he comes to well deserved grief. And the hearts that are broken do mend.
“The story ... has little plot, but is deeply interesting from cover to cover; and the closing half of the volume is especially admirable.”
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Arena. 36: 220. Ag. ’06. 380w.
“Mr. Phillips tantalizes us with the richness of his material and provokes us by the comparatively meagre use that he has made of it.” H. T. P.
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Bookm. 24: 179. O. ’06. 380w.
“Rather clever is this sketch of this type of social nuisance.”
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Critic. 49: 286. S. ’06. 130w.
“The author of ‘The fortune hunter’ has added too much realism to his romantic compound.”
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Ind. 61: 213. Jl. 26, ’06. 80w.
“Is but a slight tale, and one rather grudges its author’s very real powers to such ephemeral productions as are coming from his pen.”
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N. Y. Times. 11: 370. Je. 9, ’06. 520w.
R. of Rs. 33: 115. Ja. ’06. 60w.
Phillips, David Graham. Plum tree. †$1.50. Bobbs.
“Story, in a sense, there is none; style, in a literary sense, there is none; merely a serviceable prose, straightforward and energetic.” Mary Moss.
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Atlan. 97: 44. Ja. ’06. 470w.
274Phillips, David Graham. Social secretary. †$1.50. Bobbs.
“An entertaining, breezy story.”
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Critic. 48: 92. Ja. ’06. 140w.
Phillips, Henry Wallace. Mr. Scraggs: introduced by “Red Saunders.” †$1.25. Grafton press.
Ezekiel George Washington Scraggs is introduced by his friend Red Saunders. The incidents in his strenuous matrimonial career—eighteen marriages all told—are recounted with a humor that “has a suggestion of the slapstick, but like the slapstick it never fails to get a hand, and mixed with it now and then a little genuine wit and more than a little shrewd, practical frontier wisdom.” (Pub. Opin.)
“The stories are by no means dull and if they were not so obviously intended to be funny, if our smiles were not literally held up and challenged on every page, they could be read with real enjoyment.” Mary K. Ford.
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Bookm. 23: 197. Ap. ’06. 520w.
“There are seven stories in the book, and it would be hard to decide which is the funniest. The tales are not nearly as funny as the man who tells them, and his way of telling them.”
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N. Y. Times. 11: 62. F. 3, ’06. 740w.
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N. Y. Times. 11: 383. Je. 16, ’06. 90w.
“It cannot be denied that the travesty is lively and entertaining in a high degree.”
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Outlook. 82: 375. F. 17. ’06. 90w.
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Pub. Opin. 40: 187. F. 10, ’06. 220w.
Phillips, Stephen. Nero. **$1.25. Macmillan.
In this latest play of Mr. Phillips “the world is a picture, not a stage, and all the men and women not players, but talkers.” (Lond. Times.) “It is a play, because it shows a will conflict—the struggle between Nero and Agrippina, between natural affection and lust for power—but it is even more a spectacle, illustrating polychromatically the successive stages of Nero’s madness. It has fine poetic passages—appropriately ‘purple’—as we shall see; it has vivid studies of bed-rock character and fierce elemental passions. It blends the fragrance of rose-leaves with the scent of blood. It sates the eye with splendid pictures and the ear with voluptuous music of both verse and orchestra. At the end of it all one gasps and is a little dizzy, in short, it is a tremendous production.” (Lond. Times.)