Volume 3 — M (continued 2)

+ N. Y. Times. 11: 769. N. 24, ’06. 450w.

“Both in pictures and text much of interest and value is furnished.”

+ N. Y. Times. 11: 810. D. 1. ’06. 160w.

“This is a pretty and attractive but rather confusing book. Though very pleasant reading, the book as a whole, rather lacks proportion, repetition is not absent, and the wanderings become a little bewildering.”

+ − Spec. 99: sup. 641. N. 2, ’07. 380w.

Mansfield, Milburg F. (Francis Miltoun, pseud.). Rambles on the Riviera: being some account of journeys made en automobile and things seen in the fair land of Provence; il. by Blanche McManus. $2.50. Page.

6–29989.

Not a book of historical or archaeological importance, not a conventional book of travel or a “glorified guide book,” but a record of personal observations on the picturesque, romantic and topographical aspects of the French Riviera proper.

Reviewed by William Rice.

Dial. 41: 393. D. 1, ’06. 140w.

N. Y. Times. 11: 572. S. 15, ’06. 580w.

Mantle, Beatrice. Gret: the story of a pagan. †$1.50. Century.

7–29091.

An Oregon lumber camp furnishes the setting of this story whose young heroine is more the daughter of the camp than of her selfish father who spends his wealth in the cities and returns home now and then to nag and to criticise the unrestrained manner in which his wife is bringing Gret up. The wild free life of the camp, Gret’s unthinking joy in its content suffer never an interruption until love comes when she is changed into a thoughtful woman.

“A sterling book unmarred by convention.” Frederic Taber Cooper.

+ Bookm. 26: 270. N. ’07. 580w.

“With so much of the smart and the tailormade in our fiction, it is a pleasure to come now and then upon a novel which holds one such human breathing creature as Gret.”

+ Nation. 85: 400. O. 31, ’07. 590w.

N. Y. Times. 12: 654. O. 19, ’07. 30w.

“But vivid as Gret’s personality is made and absorbing as is the story of her triumphs, there is never a moment when either gets out of the realm of romance into commonplace reality.”

+ − N. Y. Times. 12: 764. N. 30, ’07. 300w.

“Altogether the story has a refreshing novelty, and is well worth reading.”

+ Outlook. 87: 450. O. 26, ’07. 180w.

* Marble, Annie Russell. Heralds of American literature: a group of patriot writers of the revolutionary and national periods. *$1.50. Univ. of Chicago press.

The aim of this book is to recount in detailed study, and largely from original sources, the lives and services of a group of typical writers during the pioneer days of national growth, who revealed the standards and aspirations of their time, and who announced the dawn of a national literature, although their own products were often immature and crude. The group includes Franklin, Francis Hopkinson, Philip Freneau, John Trumbull, a group of Hartford wits, Joseph Dennie, William Dunlap and Charles Brockden Brown.

Marchmont, Arthur Williams. By wit of woman. †$1.50. Stokes.

6–16736.

“Given the ingredients of the girl, the prince, the kingdom-in-the-mountains, garnished with palaces, gold-laced officials, and highly spiced with an unprincipled lady spy, one can stir together a romantic pudding that is sure to appeal to the average appetite.... The author ... has sought to do nothing more than to turn out precisely such a readable yarn.”—N. Y. Times.

“A novel devoid of evidence of artistic ambition.”

− Ath. 1906, 1: 662. Je. 2. 150w.

“Obviously one need claim nothing strikingly new for the book.”

+ − N. Y. Times. 11: 419. Je. 30, ’06. 250w.

Marchmont, Arthur Williams. In the cause of freedom; with a front. in colors by Archie Gunn. †$1.50. Stokes.

7–16375.

“A travelling Englishman comes upon a Polish maiden, in the company of a notorious conspirator, both pursued by the police, in a village of Russian Poland. The conspirator is dispatched early in the game, and the maiden is left on the Englishman’s hands. Being highspirited and impressionable, the Englishman is nothing loth to accept the charge, and the pair lead the police a merry chase all the way to Warsaw, where the action culminates in street riots and other forms of excitement.”—Dial.

Reviewed by Wm. M. Payne.

Dial. 42: 379. Je. 16, ’07. 110w.

“The pages fairly sizzle with excitement from beginning to end.”

+ − N. Y. Times. 12: 500. Ag. 17, ’07. 130w.

“If our credulity had not been strengthened by much similar strong food, it would be overtaxed to learn of the succession of hairbreadth escapes and gallant rescues credited to Robert Anstruther, the hero. But, if we must read these romances, it is less fatiguing to believe than to question.”

− Outlook. 86: 340. Je. 15, ’07. 90w.

Marden, Orison Swett. Optimistic life; or, In the cheering-up business. **$1.25. Crowell.

7–27001.

Thirty-eight chapters of optimistic wisdom which constitute what might be termed the “scriptures of the toilers.” The keynote is the higher success, and Mr. Marden points out how 288and when it may be discovered in all phases of business. He discusses such subjects as business integrity, the need of proper vocations, leaving one’s troubles at the office, the difference between work and drudgery, the cost of an explosive temper, and the habit of not feeling well.

+ N. Y. Times. 12: 564. S. 21, ’07. 180w.

* Marden, Philip Sanford. Greece and the Aegean islands. **$3. Houghton.

7–36985.

A book of travel and description which will serve as a guide to many who have the Grecian archipelago in view and as a book of reminiscence to all who have taken the journey. Entering Greece by “the front door of the kingdom”—by way of the Piræus—the tour includes Athens, Delphi, Mycenæ, Nauplia, Epidaurus, Olympia, and among the islands, Delos, Samos, Cos, Cnidos, Rhodes, and others. The book is handsomely illustrated.

Markham, Sir Clements Robert. Richard III, his life and character reviewed in the light of recent research; with a portrait and a map. *$3.50. Dutton.

7–10996.

In which the character of Richard III is rehabilitated, and this last of the Plantagenets is made to appear as “a good son, a devoted husband, and a loving father;” in which it is affirmed “that he cherished his relatives, was a kind and trusty friend, and an honorable and magnanimous foe.” (N. Y. Times.) The defense goes to prove that the two sons of Edward IV. did not die in the reign of Richard III. but survived until after the accession of Henry VII.

“He seems to imagine that to repeat a statement over and over again makes it true, and that citations from earlier writers take the place of original documents.”

− Acad. 72: 10. Ja. 5, ’07. 1220w.

“The reasoning that Sir Clements Markham uses is very ingenious but hardly convincing, and he does not improve his case by attempting in his closing chapter to show that Mr. Gairdner is inconsistent in his portrayal of Richard.” N. M. Trenholme.

+ − Am. Hist. R. 13: 134. O. ’07. 870w.

“His book is ingenious, bright and readable; he marshals his arguments cunningly, and he scores some good points. But it is not too much to say that he approaches the whole subject in the spirit of an advocate, and consequently his essay can hardly be considered a serious addition to historical literature.”

− + Ath. 1907, 1: 220. F. 23. 750w.

“Had Sir Clements been content to show that the allegations of Tudor historians were in some matters unfounded, we might have been more ready to accept a verdict of not proven on the serious charges; more than this he has not after all been able at the best to establish.” C. L. Kingsford.

− + Eng. Hist. R. 22: 579. Jl. ’07. 1190w.

“Shakespeare students as well as those interested in English history cannot afford to neglect the volume. It is based upon critical research, and makes out a strong case against Henry.”

+ Ind. 63: 1122. N. 7, ’07. 380w.

“He has shown us how very uncertain any verdict must be, and he has done good service in sweeping away many of the myths with which Tudor prejudice and falsehood have obscured the reign of Richard III.”

+ − Lond. Times. 6: 11. Ja. 11, ’07. 1570w.

“If he could have imposed upon himself something of the cynical temper and cool judgment with which Horace Walpole, first of Richard’s defenders, wrote his ‘Historic doubts,’ his book would have been doubled in value to the general reader.” Florence Finch Kelley.

− + N. Y. Times. 12: 226. Ap. 6, ’07. 1390w.

Outlook. 87: 350. O. 19, ’07. 3900w.

“Sometimes the chain of argument is really pitiable. That most fallacious method of writing history is adopted, that of treating official versions and transparent pretexts as actual facts.”

− − Sat. R. 103: 657. My. 25, ’07. 840w.

“Though we judge him to have failed in his main contention, the author has painted a vivid picture of the epoch between the battles of Northampton and Bosworth; he has bestowed the skill of a trained geographer in elucidating the topography of Towton, and Wakefield, and Barnet; and he was swept into limbo a mass of crude absurdity.”

− + Spec. 97: 175. F. 2, ’07. 1720w.

Marks, Edward C. R. Mechanical engineering materials: their properties and treatment in construction. 60c. Van Nostrand.

“A very useful little volume of information on methods of manufacture, properties and tests of steel, iron, copper and the various copper, manganese, tin and aluminum alloys used, for the most part, in machinery.”—Engin. N.

“The one criticism of this book is that the author has selected a too pretentious title.”

+ + − Engin. N. 57: 197. F. 14, ’07. 60w.

* Marks, Mrs. Mary A. M. England and America. 1763–1783. 2v. *$6. Appleton.

7–34222.

Something of the spirited attitude which Mrs. Marks assumes toward her work is summed up in the statement that her book is the Tory reaction against the monopoly of office by the Whigs and the consequences of that reaction, the loss of American colonies and an addition of £129,000,000 to the national debt. “The years covered by this history are those in which the final effect of the causes of the American movement toward independence are studied, as well as the conduct of England brought to face the new situation. A characteristic of the book, its determining characteristic, is that it keeps to the point of view of the time and the point of view of the English.” (N. Y. Times.)

“To students of history this book should be invaluable; it puts things in a clear, simple light, and is the work of one who has made careful research into the records of the period.”

+ Acad. 73: 675. Jl. 13, ’07. 420w.

“A spirited piece of work, to which much conscientious search has been devoted and which displays sobriety of judgment in dealing with the motives of individuals placed in desperate circumstances. Though Miss Marks as a rule writes clearly, if rather colloquially, she is guilty of an obscure allusion or two.”

+ + − Ath. 1907, 2: 209. Ag. 24. 680w.

“She has produced a book which is very readable and interesting in spite of obvious faults. The style, which is equally free from the dignity which was formerly and the dullness which is now thought appropriate to history, is too often careless and even slipshod. The arrangement is not happy. There is a disregard of proportion and not seldom a superfluity of unimportant detail. It is the most serious defect of the book that the author writes throughout as a partisan.”

+ − Lond. Times. 6: 265. S. 6, ’07. 1800w.

N. Y. Times. 12: 333. My. ’07. 240w.

“It is apparent that this work violates the most fundamental requirements of modern scholarship. Nor is it in minor points more satisfactory. Gross blunders, glaring inconsistencies and ill-considered conclusions abound. While the narrative is lively, its style is more undignified than that usually countenanced by the Muse of history.”

− N. Y. Times. 12: 742. N. 23, ’07. 1000w.

“Thoroughness, fullness, and fairness are the distinctive characteristics [of the book] which into the bargain is written with a keen sense 289of the dramatic value of the great events of twenty years whose history she narrates.”

+ + Outlook. 87: 543. N. 9, ’07. 350w.

“Miss Marks has studied the period thoroughly, and her work can hardly fail to take a permanent place among the authorities on the subject.”

+ − Spec. 99: 133. Jl. 27, ’07. 330w.

Marriott, John A. R. Life and times of Lucius Cary, Viscount Falkland. *$2.25. Putnam.

7–25683.

“Mr. Marriott has not only written a life of the young statesman whose career and character inspired one of Matthew Arnold’s most brilliant essays, but he has also given us a masterly treatise upon one of the most absorbingly interesting periods of English history,” (N. Y. Times) viz., “the times of Laud and of Strafford, of vexed issues in church and state, of the petition of rights and the grand remonstrance.... Among the most charming of his chapters are those describing Falkland’s existence before the revolution, in his well-loved home at Great Tew.” (Lond. Times.)

“Mr. Marriott has done a real service in conveying to us in a volume of absorbing human interest so much of the vital charm and personality of the man. He has managed in masterly fashion to disentangle the real points at issue. He has given us an estimate of Falkland’s character that bears the impress of truth.”

+ + Acad. 72: 383. Ap. 20, ’07. 1470w.

“In the industrious and sympathetic analysis of Falkland himself, of his character and the part he played, Mr. Marriott’s work appears to us to suffer from the fact that he sets out with a strong preconception, a preconception founded, no doubt, upon close and loving study before he began his book.”

+ − Ath. 1907, 2: 61. Jl. 20. 2060w.

“This is a delightful book, on a delightful subject. Mr. Marriott is a historian of the new school in so far as he is a student and scholar; but, unlike many of his contemporaries, not so far as to be a scientific pedant. He never forgets the importance of the personal element, and is a painter no less than a critic.”

+ + Lond. Times. 6: 153. My. 17, 07. 2300w.

“The facts are well presented, the characters clearly drawn, but the transmuting skill is not present that would make literature of one of the richest themes in English history.”

+ − Nation. 85: 103. Ag. 1, ’07. 1100w.

“May well be deemed a representative type of the highest literary scholarship of our time.”

+ + N. Y. Times. 12: 373. Je. 8, ’07. 500w.

“There is thus ample reason for the biography now written by Mr. J. A. R. Marriott. It is not a book of inspiring interest.” H. Addington Bruce.

+ Outlook. 87: 783. D. 7, ’07. 3250w.

“We have no fault to find with Mr. Marriott’s graceful biography of one of the most interesting figures in a fascinating age except the air of confessorship and greatness eclipsed by a conspiracy of detraction which he throws around the ‘apostle of moderation and martyr of the via media.’”

+ − Sat. R. 103: 751. Je. 15, ’07. 1290w.

“In pleading the claims of Falkland to consistency and foresight he has produced a sober and well-balanced study of those times, so sorely out of joint, against which his hero was doomed to struggle in vain.”

+ Spec. 99: 54. Jl. 13, ’07. 2550w.

Marsh, Harriet B. Point of view in modern education. 60c. Public school.

“Consists of a collection of lectures delivered before Mothers clubs. It is an attempt to state in simple concrete terms the changes in ideas in education brought about by fundamental, philosophical, scientific, social and religious thought.”—Bookm.

“Despite the naïve manner in which most complex problems of science, of ethics, or of social, practical or economic relationships are settled, the lectures are at least suggestive and give a point of view of education differing from the formal and mechanical one.”

+ − Bookm. 23: 219. Ap. ’06. 110w.

“There is much sound advice and instruction in these pages, which will repay the study of a teacher.”

+ − Cath. World. 84: 823. Mr. ’07. 360w.

Marsh, Richard. Who killed Lady Poynder? †$1.50. Appleton.

7–26342.

“‘Who killed Lady Poynder?’ is a story of nearly 130,000 words, constructed on the principle which has produced so many rattling stories in the past, that of supplying really damning evidence against every person, male or female, who has any connection with the plot at all. Lady Poynder was shot in her own house in London. The author’s ingenuity is expended in showing how many persons had or might have had the opportunity and motive for the murder.”—Nation.

“Granting one tremendous coincidence—a coincidence of coincidences, in fact—the reasoning is plausible and the tale entertaining enough. But in respect to method it is a horrible example of the effect of trying to put a novel of mystery and a novel of manners between the same covers.”

+ − Nation. 85: 285. S. 26, ’07. 280w.

“A promising situation, surely, for a vigorous minded novelist, and Mr. Richard Marsh is quite equal to it in the remainder of the book.”

+ N. Y. Times. 12: 633. O. 19, ’07. 140w.

Marshall, H. E. Island story: a child’s history of England; with col. pictures by A. S. Forrest. *$2.50. Stokes.

7–35150.

A child’s history of England to be placed not at the lesson-book end of the shelf, but with “Robinson Crusoe” and the like,—so the preface suggests.

“The especial value of this book is that the stories include legendary as well as historical events. Well written, though with no particular quality of style; beautifully made as to paper and print, but illustrated by poor colored pictures.”

+ − A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 82. Mr. ’07.

“It is not a history, if by that we mean facts and dates alone, but if we want motives as well, and the personality of the chief actors, then this thick ornamental book accomplishes its aim admirably.”

+ Ind. 61: 1409. D. 13, ’06. 70w.

R. of Rs. 34: 764. D. ’06. 60w.

“It is eminently readable, a success, we would say, in what looks much easier than it is, telling a story in simple words.”

+ Spec. 95: 1091. D. 23, ’05. 80w.

* Marshall, Herbert Menzies, and Marshall, Hester. Cathedral cities of France. *$3.50. Dodd.

7–32829.

A finely illustrated book of French cathedral cities which serves to enlighten the stay-at-home tourist and to refresh the memory of one who has covered the ground.

“Is one of the best of its class. [The authors’] very lack of familiarity with the country might make their original notes of travel the more valuable, as they are evidently intelligent as well as artistic observers.”

+ Ath. 1907, 2: 556. N. 2. 580w.

“The author seems oppressed by the weight of her authorities.”

+ − Dial. 43: 426. D. 1, ’07. 140w.

“Her knowledge of architecture is singularly accurate and discriminating.”

+ + Lit. D. 35: 918. D. 14, ’07. 110w.

290“The writing is simple and dignified; the pictures are in some cases clear and attractive, but in others show that blotchy, messy surface which is still the bane of most color printing.”

+ − Nation. 85: 543. D. 12, ’07. 80w.

N. Y. Times. 12: 666. O. 19, ’07. 20w.

“The pictures have a charm of their own, even to those who are familiar with the most famous of the buildings with which they deal in so original and unconventional a way.”

+ N. Y. Times. 12: 828. D. 14, ’07. 330w.

“The authors of this book have been more successful than many of their predecessors. They have lingered in the localities and have fortified their observation, by some study of what others have written. Unfortunately, though they always indicate quotations, they by no means always mention whence they came. We regret that Mr. Marshall’s great skill as a draughtsman is often neutralized by the failure of the medium he has chosen to convey what he was clever enough to perceive.”

+ − Sat. R. 104: 642. N. 23, ’07. 230w.

Marshall, John. Constitutional decisions; ed. by Joseph P. Cotton, jr. 2 v. ea. *$5. Putnam.

5–39509.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“A compilation of the constitutional decisions of Marshall is well worth the making. It seems captious to mention two typographical errors—in volume one, page 255, where, ‘1858’ is printed for ‘1758,’ and in volume two, page 1, where ‘1875’ appears instead of ‘1775.’” Frederick C. Hicks.

+ + − Ann. Am. Acad. 28: 475. N. ’06. 990w.

Marston, Edward. Fishing for pleasure and catching it, and two chapters on angling in North Wales, by R. B. Marston. *$1.25. Scribner.

6–34385.

“The book is quite varied in its contents, turning aside from the author’s own angling experiences to extracts from the nature books of William J. Long, paraphrases of portions of ‘The song of Hiawatha,’ and other not very intimately related subjects.”—Nation.

Dial. 40: 396. Je. 16, ’06. 100w.

+ Nation. 82: 407. My. 17, ’06. 120w.

“Readers who know how pleasantly Mr. E. Marston can write need not have his new volume any further recommended.”

+ Spec. 96: 546. Ap. 7, ’06. 300w.

Marti, Karl. Religion of the Old Testament: its place among the religions of the nearer East. (Crown theological lib., no. 18.) *$1.25. Putnam.

7–37540.

“A sketch giving a bird’s-eye view of the development of Israel’s religion in its relation to other religions of western Asia. The point of view is that of the historical school of which Marti is a leading representative.”—Bib. World.

“An interesting and suggestive sketch.”

+ Bib. World. 30: 239. S. ’07. 40w.

“The novice will scarcely appreciate the skill with which Professor Marti has selected salient facts and the features which need to be kept prominent, and avoided confusing the learner by a mass of details.”

+ + Ind. 63: 760. S. 26, ’07. 330w.

N. Y. Times. 12: 372. Je. 8, ’07. 100w.

“It is a pity that so good a book should be published without an index.”

+ − N. Y. Times. 12: 548. S. 14, ’07. 140w.

“It is a valuable contribution to a great theme by one who has devoted his life to its study. Not only the general reader, for whom it is especially intended, but the theologian will learn not a little from its pages.”

+ + Spec. 99: 127. Jl. 27, ’07. 1390w.

Martin, Benjamin E., and Martin, Charlotte M. Stones of Paris in history and letters. $2. Scribner.

6–35587.

A new edition of a book which traces the history and letters of Paris thru its structures. There are numerous illustrations from photographs.

+ − Ath. 1907, 1: 251. Mr. 2. 530w.

“An entirely admirable book.” Harriet Waters Preston.

+ Atlan. 99: 420. Mr. ’07. 710w.

“The streets of Paris have also been carefully scanned and a most entertaining story has been created out of the assembled material and has been skillfully synthesized.”

+ Ind. 61: 1397. D. 22, ’06. 110w.

“In all essential respects the work holds its own.”

+ Nation. 83: 392. N. 8, ’06. 90w.

+ Outlook. 84: 682. N. 17, ’06. 20w.

“We have a good deal more of the real social and political history of the French capital than is found in many a more pretentious historical work.”

+ R. of Rs. 35: 111. Ja. ’07. 100w.

“The charm of these records is unquestionable, and for this reason, as we have said before, the faults in their construction may be overlooked.”

+ − Spec. 99: 201. Ag. 10, ’07. 1390w.

Martin, George Madden. Abbie Ann. †$1.50. Century.

7–29096.

Abby Ann, Emmy Lou’s successor, is a little Coal City inhabitant, who with only a father’s care has not made much headway towards the graces. She is a spirited little miss who is finally sent away to school, to the school that had once claimed her mother as a pupil. Children will take keen delight in the part Abbie Ann plays in bringing about a reconciliation between her father and two very austere aunts.

“The story is told with much of the sympathy and humor that characterizes ‘Emmy Lou’ by the same author, but the incidents of this book will appeal more to a child than those of its charming predecessor.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 209. N. ’07. ✠

“‘Abbie Ann’ skips into our affections as gaily as she skipt along the railroad station at the opening of another bright story by the author of ‘Emmy Lou.’”

+ Lit. D. 35: 796. N. 23, ’07. 260w.

“The little girl is sure to be warmly welcomed by other little girls outside the story books.”

+ N. Y. Times. 12: 765. N. 30, ’07. 60w.

+ Outlook. 87: 310. O. 12, ’07. 60w.

“Not only shows that she understands her art thoroughly, but, like Mrs. Burnett, she lets the facts move the reader, and abjures adjectives.”

+ R. of Rs. 36: 763. D. ’07. 150w.

Martin, Mrs. Helen Reimensnyder. Betrothal of Elypholate, and other tales of the Pennsylvania Dutch. †$1.50 Century.

7–30437.

The sturdy qualities of Mennonite men and maidens are revealed in their life and lovemaking with which these stories deal.

“Decidedly more interesting than the longer stories by the same author.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 202. N. ’07. ✠

N. Y. Times. 12: 654. O. 19, ’07. 20w.

“The contrasts that she depicts by bringing in now and then an outsider from the city, or a son who has gone into the outside world and won success and culture, are almost too vivid to be artistic.”

+ − N. Y. Times. 12: 676. O. 26, ’07. 130w.

291“The tales are charmingly written and disclose a phase of unusually interesting life.”

+ Outlook. 87: 450. O. 26, ’07. 120w.

Martin, Helen R. (Mrs. Frederic C. Martin). His courtship; il. by Alice Barber Stephens. †$1.50. McClure.

7–15920.

A professor of psychology rusticating among the Pennsylvania Dutch during his vacation, becomes interested in a much persecuted slave of the kitchen. That the girl proves to be the daughter of cultured parents and had been kidnapped in infancy, that during her bondage she had found solace and books in a haunted room suggest the lines along which the professor may make some impersonal observations for the cause of psychology but more especially for his own personal cause of happiness.

“The author is certainly more successful when she confines herself to Dutch characters, and has in this case spoiled an excellent short story by expanding it into the more ambitious novel.”

+ − A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 203. N. ’07.

“The book is a curious mingling of keen-eyed observation, great naturalness in narrative and dialogue, and exasperating artificiality of construction.” Frederic Taber Cooper.

+ − Bookm. 26: 80. S. ’07. 440w.

“A story marked by unusual powers of penetrating observation.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ Dial. 43: 65. Ag. 1, ’07. 220w.

“This is a short story which made up of its mind to grow into a novel, and got spoiled in the process.”

− Nation. 85: 37. Jl. 11, ’07. 300w.

N. Y. Times. 12: 382. Je. 15, ’07. 180w.

“The author’s management of the dialect is commendable, for she does not overdo the matter and put in dialect for its own sake.”

+ N. Y. Times. 12: 434. Jl. 6, ’07. 360w.

“As long as she portrays the Mennonites, or the ordinary Dutch, she has a field unique and worthy of her talents, but in introducing outsiders from the gay world she strikes as ordinary a note as did the fascinating Jubilee singers of long ago when they tried to sing our concert pieces.”

− Outlook. 86: 256. Je. 1, ’07. 100w.

Martin, Louis Adolphe. Text-book of mechanics. *$1.25. Wiley.

6–17261.

v. 1. Statics. “This is the first part of a text-book designed for an introductory course to applied mechanics, for use in colleges and technical schools. The author has arranged the book so that statics only is covered in this volume.”—Engin. N.

v. 2. Kinematics and kinetics. “Chapters are included on the following subjects: Kinematics—Rectilinear motion of a particle; curvilinear motion of a particle; motion of a rigid body; Kinetics—Kinetics of a particle and of the mass-center of a rigid body; application of the equations of motion for translation and for rotation; work and energy; impact.” (Technical Literature.)

“The book is a very good one for class work in technical schools.” Amasa Trowbridge.

+ − Engin. N. 56: 50. Jl. 12, ’06. 390w. (Review of v. 1.)

“The fundamental principles of elementary mechanics are presented in simple manner and in logical order in this volume.”

+ Engin. N. 58: 659. D. 12, ’07, 60w. (Review of v. 2.)

Technical Literature. 2: 334. O. ’07. 140w. (Review of v. 2.)

Martin, Martha Evans. Friendly stars. **$1.25. Harper.

7–14831.

A personal friendship with the stars which the author shares with her readers. It is an untechnical study and points out to the naked eye the most interesting facts about the stars. Their rising and setting, their number, colors, distances, movements and distinguishing characteristics are made clear to the observer who has had no preparatory instruction.

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 125. My. ’07. S.

“The delicate, yet sure and accurate touch of the author, and her genuine love for the sky, combine to charm the reader, and to make him wish to have the book within reach, in case he too is a lover of the heavens.”

+ Dial. 42: 317. My. 16, ’07. 360w.

“The graceful introductory note of commendation from Doctor Jacoby leaves nothing more to be said as to the scientific accuracy of the author’s work.”

+ Lit. D. 34: 766. My. 11, ’07. 160w.

“This volume will appeal to the beginner in astronomy and to the general reader quite as much as to the astronomer.” W. E. R.

+ Nature. 76: 412. Ag. 22, ’07. 180w.

“[Told] in a plain simple way, quite free from the technical language which baffles the unscientific mind.”

+ N. Y. Times. 12: 254. Ap. 20. ’07. 620w.

“A useful and even interesting study.”

+ R. of Rs. 36: 512. O. ’07. 60w.

Martin, Percy Falcke. Mexico’s treasure-house (Guanajuato): an illustrated and descriptive account of the mines and their operations in 1906. $3. Cheltenham press.

6–40260.

“A full account, with many illustrations, of the mines of a region which has been pronounced more ‘thoroughly mineralized’ than any equal portion of the globe.... Perhaps the most suggestive parts of the volume are those which tell of the new methods, mostly devised by Americans, to draw fresh wealth from the old workings.”—Nation.

“The story of what has been done, and the discussions of present conditions in the Mexican labor market and in industry are the features that render the book valuable. These subjects are treated in an interesting manner, and so far as the reader can judge, with impartiality and accuracy.”

+ Ann. Am. Acad. 29: 641. My. ’07. 500w.

J. Pol. Econ. 15: 187. Mr. ’07. 250w.

“The description is technical and highly detailed.”

+ Nation. 84: 384. Ap. 25, ’07. 80w.

Martin, Percy Falcke. Through five republics (of South America); a critical description of Argentine, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay and Venezuela in 1905; il. *$5. Dodd.

6–18334.

The subtitle furnishes the scope of this book of which the author says: “First, I believe it is timely, in view of the enormous advances made by the South American republics of late years, and the amount of British capital invested therein. Secondly, I have in my journalistic capacity been enabled to gather much information of value, which I have found no opportunity for utilising in the newspapers I have represented, but which, accompanied by illustrations and somewhat fuller descriptions, should be acceptable as a critical account of the countries visited.”

“The book contains a great deal of information—though it lacks arrangement.”

+ − Acad. 69: 1366. D. 30. ’05. 270w.

“A book which will be found of some value by commercial men and possibly by politicians. In matters apart from trade and figures Mr. Martin is hardly a safe guide. There are minor inaccuracies scattered throughout the volume.”

+ − Ath. 1905, 2: 760. D. 2. 1300w.

“The industry with which Mr. Martin has collected his figures and endless minutiae is commendable in spite of the rather deadening effect 292when they are all massed and offered you in lieu of entertainment.”

+ − Nation. 84: 63. Ja. 17, ’07. 450w.

“Perhaps no book ever was written the illustrations to which more completely supplemented the shortcomings of the letter-press.” George R. Bishop.

+ − N. Y. Times. 12: 44. Ja. 26, ’07. 2580w.

“If only Mr. Martin had ‘boiled down’ these four hundred and sixty-five closely printed pages, and set forth plainly his conclusions, it would have been better. As it is, we do not quite know what he means.”

+ − Spec. 95: 1130. D. 30, ’05. 240w.

Martin, Sir Theodore. Monographs: Garrick, Macready, Rachel and Baron Stockmar. *$3.50. Dutton.

6–41036.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 46. F. ’07.

“In less than a hundred pages this accomplished man of letters and wise commentator on things dramatic has produced a model brief biography [of Garrick].” S. M. Francis.

+ + Atlan. 100: 490. O. 19, ’07. 110w.

“Each is interesting, the paper on Stockmar having many touches of intimacy.”

+ Sat. R. 102: 86. Jl. 21, ’06. 80w.

Martin, William A. P. Awakening of China, il. from photographs. (Geographical lib.) **$3.80. Doubleday.

7–19477.

Written as a result of close-range study this work represents China as “the theater of the most important events now taking place in the world.” It is an optimistic study, and the author “aims to explain those subterranean forces which seem to be raising the China of to-day from the bosom of the deep. Political agitation, whether periodic like the tides or unforeseen like the hurricane, is in general superficial and temporary, and the present reform movement in China, the author believes, has its root in forces more deep seated than such sporadic phenomena.” (N. Y. Times.)

“Optimistic in tone, philosophic in temper.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 196. N. ’07.

Ath. 1907, 2: 439. O. 12. 700w.

+ Lit. D. 35: 98. Jl. 20, ’07. 690w.

“‘Awakening of China’ maintains Dr. Martin’s reputation as a leading authority on Chinese affairs, and though some allowance must be made for the optimism of a writer whose deep sympathy and interest have induced him to spend the evening of his days among the people where his life work has been done, it is a valuable and interesting contribution to our knowledge.”

+ Lond. Times. 6: 290. S. 27, ’07. 1200w.

Nation. 85: 60. Jl. ’07. 580w.

“Not many authors are so well qualified as Dr. Martin to write a great book on the movement now taking place in China.” K. K. Kawakami.

+ N. Y. Times. 12: 440. Jl. 13. ’07. 1960w.

“It is safe to say that no volume yet issued in this valuable series is of such immediate importance as Dr. Martin’s work. But it is rounded out by an index so hopelessly inadequate as to be a burden rather than a help to the student who would use the work for reference purposes.”

+ + − Outlook. 87: 266. O. 5, ’07. 1900w.

“A well informed work, and describes, in a readable, though somewhat succinct manner, the process of transformation now going on in China.” G: Louis Beer.

+ Putnam’s. 2: 746. S. ’07. 30w.

“Dr. Martin’s book is scarcely equal to the expectations which the reader naturally forms from its title and its general appearance.”

+ − Spec. 99: 743. N. 16, ’07. 1290w.

Marx, Karl. Capital: a critique of political economy. $2. Kerr.

6–43940.

v. 2. This second volume devoted to the circulation of capital is edited by Frederick Engels and is translated from the second German edition by Ernest Untermann. Pt. 1, deals with The metamorphoses of capital and their cycles, pt. 2, with The turn-over of capital, and pt. 3, The reproduction and circulation of the aggregate social capital.

Reviewed by Ernest Untermann.

+ Arena. 38: 457. O. ’07. 3480w. (Review of v. 1.)

“This edition is well made, and easy reading.”

+ N. Y. Times. 12: 151. Mr. 9, ’07. 180w. (Review of v. 1.)

Outlook. 87: 537. N. 9, ’07. 230w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

Marx, Karl. Revolution and counter-revolution; or, Germany in 1848. 50c. Kerr.

Articles collected and brought forward from the years 1851–1852. They form an “invaluable pendant to Marx’s work on the coup d’état of Napoleon III.,” and give readers some idea of the conditions under which Marx was working and under which he prepared the papers as well as his “Achtzehnte brumaire” and “Zur kritik der politischen und oeconomie.”

Marx, W. J. For the admiral. †$1.50. Jacobs.

7–28959.

A story for young people which turns back to France in the 16th century when Catholics and Huguenots were engaged in hostilities. The hero is a youth who enters upon the perilous undertaking of carrying an important packet to the Huguenot leader, Admiral de Coligny, and later joins him in a campaign filled with daring adventure.

“It is by much the best book of its kind sent us for review this season, and stands head and shoulders above its rivals.”

+ + Acad. 71: 607. D. 15, ’06. 140w.

Marzials, Sir Frank Thomas. Moliere. $1. Macmillan.

Illustrated with reproductions of portraits and title-pages this little volume contains “a bibliographical criticism of the man of letters.” (N. Y. Times.) “The literary criticism is particularly good. The great dramatist’s genius has never been better appreciated.” (Spec.)

“It is a seemly little book.” Brander Matthews.

+ − N. Y. Times. 11: 792. D. 1, ’06. 990w.

“Sir F. T. Marzials writes with unflagging spirit, and shows a sane and sober judgment.”

+ Spec. 97: 733. N. 10, ’06. 250w.

Masefield, John, ed. Sailor’s garland. $1.50. Macmillan.

7–12996.

An anthology of sea poems. Miscellaneous poems, poems based upon historical fact, poems of mermaids and sea spirits, of pirates and smugglers and love poems are found here. The last thirty pages are devoted to a collection of sea chanties with a goodly bit of interesting folk-lore.

“The exercise of a little judgment might have made it so much better.”

+ − Acad. 71: 642. D. 22, ’06. 490w.

“The selection is good and wise, one we should like to see in the forecastle, as well as in the saloon of every British ship afloat.”

+ Ath. 1906, 2: 827. D. 29. 660w.

Ind. 61: 883. O. 11, ’06. 30w.

+ Lond. Times. 6: 44. F. 8, ’07. 1170w.

293“Containing a surprising amount of good seaverse.”

+ Nation. 83: 508. D. 13, ’06. 40w.

+ N. Y. Times. 12: 100. F. 16, ’07. 1170w. (Reprinted from Lond. Times.)

+ − Spec. 97: sup. 760. N. 17, ’06. 210w.

* Mason, Alfred E. W. Broken road. †$1.50. Scribner.

7–37552.

An Indian prince educated at Eton and Oxford and a young Englishman continuing the work of opening the great road thru Chiltistan begun by his father, are the principal figures in this story which deals with the English rule over India.

“It is a vigorous story, and a strong story—an earnest story also. The lights and shades are cleverly put in, and the narrative in Mr. Mason’s hands becomes a veritable fragment of Doom.”

+ + Ath. 1907, 2: 682. N. 30. 270w.

“The style suffers from a touch of the overemphatic, a slight suggestion of parade in its implication of significances, which the story does not go deep enough to warrant. But in spite of these shortcomings, the author succeeds in conveying to us his own regretful sense of life’s contrasts, ironies, and frustrations.”

+ − Lond. Times. 6: 357. N. 22, ’07. 450w.

N. Y. Times. 12: 652. O. 19, ’07. 50w.

“His new book will rank with his ‘The four feathers’ as a capital piece of clear, direct, romantic narrative—intensely exciting, yet not unduly sensational.”

+ Outlook. 87: 827. D. 14, ’07. 260w.

Mason, Alfred E. W. Running water. †$1.50. Century.

7–7196.

Whatever of deep sentiment, of resolution and also of villainy there is in the tale is magnetically associated with the ice fields of the Alps above Chamonix. There is an unrelated company of people upon the stage of the little drama, chief among whom is a brave-hearted girl who took her lesson of life from the Alpine guides—“If you have knowledge that can save a life—well you have got to use it, that’s the law.” Tired of her mother’s vain life, she hunts up her father, whom she has never seen, and tries to operate the law she had learned by saving a soul from the net which her dissolute father had drawn about it. The tale is one of her failures and successes.

“Here it would seem that all the elements that go to make a novelist of the highest rank were present, and yet the novel itself belongs to the hopeless second grade of literature.”

− + Acad. 72: 205. Mr. 2, ’07. 1640w.

“The characters are more than ordinarily well-drawn, but the situations are painful, and, on the whole, the book leaves an unpleasant impression.”

− + A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 110. Ap. ’07.

“It is a sheer melodrama on one side, but so treated as to appear a human document.”

+ − Ath. 1907, 1: 349. Mr. 23. 270w.

“A thoroughly readable story.” Grace Isabel Colbron.

+ Bookm. 25: 300. My. ’07. 750w.

“Elements of human and natural interest combine to make a tale of singular fascination, over which the mountain glamour is cast with such compelling effect that it acts as a shaping influence upon the lives of all the persons chiefly concerned.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ Dial. 42: 376. Je. 16, ’07. 460w.

Lit. D. 34: 509. Mr. 30, ’07. 350w.

“The book ends tamely, and leaves an impression of casual workmanship.”

− Lond. Times. 6: 70. Mr. 1, ’07. 270w.

“The story is told with great fluency—too much, in fact. Throughout it resembles the last act of those congenitally three-act plays to which a fourth is added, to lengthen the entertainment till supper-time.”

− Nation. 84: 246. Mr. 14, ’07. 390w.

“It is a pretty and pleasing tale notwithstanding the numerous extremely repulsive people who move through its pages.”

+ − N. Y. Times. 12: 157. Mr. 16, ’07. 500w.

+ N. Y. Times. 12: 382. Je. 15, ’07. 160w.

“While he always interests his reader’s mind, does not always convince him as to the plausibility of the incidents.”

+ − Outlook. 85: 717. Mr. 23, ’07. 230w.

“The author is really more concerned with telling his story than with portraying character and interpreting experience, but the very story he selects to tell proves how wide-spread, for the moment, is the grip of the ideal upon the mind of the novelist.” Cornelia Atwood Pratt.

+ − Putnam’s. 2: 185. My. ’07. 180w.

R. of Rs. 35: 764. Je. ’07. 40w.

+ − Sat. R. 103: 369. Mr. 23, ’07. 810w.

“Happily named, but unequal, romance.”

− + Spec. 98: 377. Mr. 9, ’07. 1320w.

Mason, Daniel Gregory. Romantic composers. **$1.75. Macmillan.

6–43759.

Following an introductory chapter on Romanticism in music, there are studies of Schubert, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Berlioz and Liszt. “In his two previous volumes Mr. Mason has already dealt with Beethoven and his forerunners, and with the development of composition from Grieg to Brahms; in his present volume he fills the gap, and traces the wandering paths which led from one to the other of these frontier lines.” (Lond. Times.)

A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 70. Mr. ’07. S.

“That Mr. Mason so singularly misapprehends the essential significance of modern music seems little short of lamentable, for it vitiates what would otherwise be an influential and important body of critical writing.” Lawrence Gilman.

− + Bookm. 25: 77. Mr. ’07. 1460w.

“To the study of the widely varying natures. Mr. Mason brings acute musical perception, a sure grasp of his thesis, and an intelligent sympathy which never weakens into partisanship.” Josiah Renick Smith.

+ Dial. 42: 224. Ap. ’07. 270w.

“This series of essays, tho they would be both servicable and satisfactory to the professional musician, are quite intelligible to the average reader, and will find their best public among concert-goers who wish to get the most out of their concerts.”

+ Ind. 62: 497. F. 28, ’07. 330w.

“His book is an excellent piece of work throughout; delicate and sensitive in criticism, clear and often felicitous in style, marked by wide knowledge and carefully considered judgment. Now and again his taste appears to us a little fastidious.”

+ + − Lond. Times. 6: 14. Ja. 11, ’07. 650w.

− + Nation. 83: 518. D. 13, ’06. 280w.

“This book is written with more flexibility and interest of style than his earlier one on ‘Beethoven and his forerunners.’” Richard Aldrich.

+ N. Y. Times. 12: 148. Mr. 9, ’07. 1030w.

R. of Rs. 35: 114. Ja. ’07. 70w.

* Mason, Edith Huntington. Real Agatha. **$1. McClurg.

The will which leaves a man’s millions to his step-daughter contains a clause intended to thwart fortune-hunting husbands. The Honorable Agatha must surround herself by “not less than five nor more than six” young women of her own age each of whom is to be known as the Honorable Agatha. The caprice of the real Agatha moves her to assume the rôle of private secretary to her chaperon, leaving the field to the six Agathas and the puzzled suitors. Of 294course the real romance concerns the secretary and a young lord who in the face of convention woos her.

Dial. 43: 428. D. 16, ’07. 100w.

Masse, Henri Jean L. J. Oxford. (Langham series of art monographs.) *$1. Scribner.

6–46316.

A handy pocket volume of information which will interest the traveler. The picture accompaniment does full justice to the historic university town.

“It is as unreadable as a guide-book, and more like one than anything else, yet we imagine it would be an inefficient guide. For those who love dessicated information it may have its place, but its place is not in a series of art monographs.”

+ − Nation. 84: 185. F. 21, ’07. 70w.

“That peculiar rhetoric which guide books almost infallibly possess does not taint the language here. Considering the shortness of the book ... its amount of information is amazing. It does not seem possible that one single art treasure can have been omitted.”

+ N. Y. Times. 12: 91. F. 16, ’07. 390w.

“In many ways it would be vastly superior to the ordinary guide-book.”

+ Outlook. 85: 46. Ja. 6, ’07. 90w.

* Masson, Thomas Lansing. Bachelor’s baby, and some grown-ups. **$1.60. Moffat.

7–29740.

“Here are to be found short stories, dialogues, whimsical-serious essays, strings of modern apothegms, bits of verse, and what not.”—Nation.

Ind. 63: 1007. O. 24, ’07. 40w.

“To speak of the volume comprehensively is not easy, considering its hodge-podge make-up, nor are any of the component elements important enough in themselves to need particularization. Mr. Masson’s wit is facile, occasionally smart, often pungent, never very penetrating.”

+ − Nation. 85: 423. N. 7, ’07. 240w.

“There is always a touch of whimsicality in the treatment, whether the author is writing a treatise on the decadence of husbands or a pathetic short story. There is always also vivacity of style, a sense of humor, and much good-natured irony intertwined with warm human feeling.”

+ N. Y. Times. 12: 715. N. 9, ’07. 160w.

Masson, Thomas L., comp. Humor of love: an anthology. **$2.50. Moffat.

6–45700.

A two-volume anthology; one, a selection of humorous writings on love in verse, the other, a similar treatment in prose.

“Two more delightful volumes could scarcely be conceived.”

+ + Canadian M. 28: 399. F. ’07. 220w.

“Is done from a full knowledge of the lighter erotic literature in English with an excellent ‘flair’ for the things that are at once graceful and amusing.”

+ Nation. 84: 201. F. 28, ’07. 50w.

Reviewed by Hildegarde Hawthorne.

+ N. Y. Times. 12: 1. Ja. 5, ’07. 1110w.

Masson, Thomas Lansing. Von Blumers; il. by Bayard Jones. **$1.50. Moffat.

6–41275.

The Von Blumers are a young suburban couple whose efforts to accommodate “their prejudices and their tempers to one another” result in numerous capitulations of serio-comic aspect. “Mr. Masson’s novel fairly bubbles with humor of the quiet kind, but none the less effective because of its homeliness and truth to nature.” (Lit. D.)

“The characters are well drawn and there is much innocent entertainment in this thoroughly wholesome book.”

+ Lit. D. 34: 26. Ja. 6, ’07. 230w.

“Tom Masson is in his best vein of humor in this story.”

+ N. Y. Times. 11: 873. D. 15, ’06. 130w.

“A quietly humorous semi-story.”

+ Outlook. 84: 895. D. 8, ’06. 40w.

Master-man. †$1.50. Lane.

6–28224.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“Is a book that will win its way quietly. There is about it a persuasive and unmistakably feminine touch.” Frederic Taber Cooper.

+ Bookm. 24: 588. F. ’07. 440w.

“This is a story that will interest some people and disgust others.”

+ − Ind. 62: 100. Ja. 10, ’07. 320w.

Masterman, Charles Frederick Gurney. In peril of change: essays written in time of tranquility. *$1.50. Huebsch.

6–6975.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

Reviewed by Edward T. Devine.

Charities. 17: 463. D. 15, ’06. 770w.

Masterman, Charles F. G., Hodgson, W. B. and others. To colonise England: a plea for a policy. *$1. Wessels.

The first portion of this volume consists of a series of sketches by Mr. Hodgson “graphically describing the loneliness of rural England; the waste of its fertile lands given up to rough pasture, wide hedges, and coppices carefully preserved for the sake of the game, while cottages fall in ruins, and small farms are swept out of existence.... The second section by Mr. Masterman ... is occupied with details of schemes which offer a remedy for the creeping paralysis of English rural life.” (Nation.) The third part of the volume consists of contributions on the land question from thirteen Liberal members of Parliament, and part four gives a summary of official testimony issued by the Board of agriculture.

“The second section by C. F. G. Masterman has a literary value that should give its author high rank among modern essayists. The third part ... is the least valuable and least interesting part of the book.”

+ − Nation. 85: 262. S. 19, ’07. 1080w.

“Worth reading but [it seems] to leave out of account not a few considerations which have to be reckoned with in attempting a solution of the question of the labourer and the land.”

+ − Spec. 99: sup: 463. O. 5, ’07. 340w.

Matheson, George. Representative men of the New Testament. **$1.50. Armstrong.

5–26910.

The author has taken the representative men just as they are presented and has attempted “without inquiring whence or how they come, to find the special thought which each reveals.” He discusses John, Nathaniel, Peter, Nicodemus, Thomas, Philip, Matthew, Zaccheus, James, Barnabas, Mark, Cornelius, Timothy and Paul.

Bib. World. 27: 80. Ja. ’06. 40w.

“Well adapted for private reading.”

+ Ind. 60: 223. Ja. 25, ’06. 60w.

* Matheson, George. Representative women of the Bible. *$1.50. West. Meth. bk.

7–33919.

A volume supplementary to the author’s three books on “Representative men of the Bible.” After completing ten of the studies the author died suddenly. The ten with the outline of the eleventh are: Eve the unfolded, Sarah the steadfast, Rebekah the far-seeing, Rachel the 295placid. Miriam the gifted, Deborah the drastic, Ruth the decided, Hannah the pious, Mary the guiding, Mary the thought-reading, and, in the appendix, Notes to the study of Mary Magdalene.

“The religious spirit, the poetic genius, and the literary skill of Dr. Matheson are indisputable. The excessive idealizing into which such qualities are prone to run appears in his portrait of Rebekah.”

+ + − Outlook. 87: 790. D. 7, ’07. 130w.

Mathew, Frank. Ireland; painted by Francis Walker; described by Frank Mathew. *$6. Macmillan.

5–35680.

Descriptive note in December, 1905.

“Mr. Mathew exhibits a very strong feeling for the picturesque and a very ardent desire to be exact, complete and impartial.”

+ Ind. 62: 1355. Je. 6, ’07. 140w.

“Mr. Walker’s pictures are admirably reproduced. but their coloring gives no true impression of Ireland’s tender greens and browns and grays.”

+ − Nation. 84: 411. My. 2, ’07. 130w.

+ Outlook. 86: 258. Je. 1, ’07. 40w.

Mathews, Frances Aymar. “Allee same.” †50c. Crowell.

7–22821.

A slum worker in New York takes a Chinese child away from its parents and the latter to retaliate steal the American’s baby. Seventeen years of separation lead to a dramatic reunion of parents and children.

Mathews, Frances Aymar. Undefiled. †$1.50. Harper.

6–29094.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“Judith’s story is abundantly supplied with exciting incident: this is about all that may possibly be said in its favor, for it is both unreal in characterization and preposterous in invention.” Wm. M. Payne.

− Dial. 43: 65. Ag. 1, ’07. 380w.

“Seems to aim at the popular suffrage by means of what we might call the megaphonic method.”

− R. of Rs. 35: 124. Ja. ’07. 140w.

Mathews, Shailer. Church and the changing order. **$1.50. Macmillan.

7–18117.

Mr. Matthews believes that the church in its broad significance of institutional Christianity is facing a crisis, namely, the need that it define its attitude toward formative forces now at work. He looks to the church to correct these forces, to inspire them with its own ideals, to insure that the results shall bring about a better to-morrow. He discusses the church in its relation to scholarship, to the gospel of the risen Christ, to the gospel of brotherhood, to social discontent, to the social movement and to materialism.

“Broad minded, yet conservative, and highly readable.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 169. O. ’07. S.

“He has diagnosed the disorders of the modern world with a skill and range rare indeed.”

+ + Bib. World. 30: 80. Jl. ’07. 50w.

+ Nation. 85: 145. Ag. 15, ’07. 680w.

+ Outlook. 86: 765. Ag. 10, ’07. 470w.

“Perhaps the most important chapters in the book are those which deal with the church and social discontent and the church and the social movement. These chapters are deserving of serious consideration by clergy and laity alike.”

+ R. of Rs. 36: 127. Jl. ’07. 110w.

Matthews, (James) Brander. American character. **75c. Crowell.

6–17850.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“A beautifully written and beautifully printed essay.”

+ + Ann. Am. Acad. 29: 219. Ja. ’07. 30w.

+ Putnam’s. 1: 639. F. ’07. 130w.

* Matthews, (James) Brander. Inquiries and opinions. **$1.25. Scribner.

7–29534.

“The inquiries, which range from ‘Invention and imagination’ to ‘The art of the stage manager,’ and the opinions, which are expressed upon such various subjects as Mark Twain and Maupassant, are the inquiries and opinions of a writer who is shrewd, clear-headed, well-informed, ‘au courant,’ a craftsman.”—Nation.

“They are comparatively devoid of temperament, of the discursive touch, of charm; they afford us no unexpected lights or sudden vistas, but they furnish us many interesting facts and just observations set forth with singular lucidity and coherence.”

+ Nation. 85: 498. N. 28, ’07. 100w.

“His essays are models of that interior logic which follows the line of vital unfolding of a subject, and his style is lucid to a degree.”

+ Outlook. 87: 767. D. 7, ’07. 520w.

Matthews, Irma B. Under a circus tent. †75c. Jacobs.

7–29099.

Instruction and entertainment are furnished in the stories or life before captivity which the animals of the circus menagerie tell to a little boy brought up among them.

Mauclair, Camille. Antoine Watteau. *75c. Dutton.

W 7–64.

“M. Mauclair sets out with a double aim; to show that Watteau by his discovery of the decomposition of tones was ‘the inventor of impressionism and the link that connects Ruysdael and Claude Lorrain with Turner, Monticelli and Claude Monet;’ and ‘that in reality Watteau was no painter of gay and laughing scenes,’ but that underneath this decorative exterior lay a great soul that had ... been stricken by what has been called the “malady of the infinite.””—Acad.

“Brief but stimulating monograph. The illustrations to the volume are well chosen, but the printing leaves much to be desired, subtleties of modelling and daintiness of brushwork alike being lost in vague blurs.”

+ Acad. 71: 667. D. 29, ’06. 330w.

“Excellent little book for the price.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 100. Ap. ’07.

“This biographer, like many another admirer, seems to have fallen a little under the spell of a painter peculiarly liable to hypnotize those who approach him.”

− Ath. 1907, 1: 671. Je. 1. 480w.

+ N. Y. Times. 12: 36. Ja. 19. ’07. 400w.

Maud, Constance Elizabeth. Felicity in France. *$1.50. Scribner.

W 6–392.

“This book is really a guide-book in disguise, being concerned with the travels of two ladies through Brittany and Touraine, and the shorter voyage of one of them in Provence.” (Spec.) “Felicity, the younger of the natives of England, undertakes to ‘chaperon’ an admirable lady, Aunt Anne, who, in spite of her threescore years and the fact that she has a granddaughter of 8 years of age, has neither white hair, nor a lace cap, nor spectacles. Being slight and active, yet she is athletic. She is ‘a curious compound of an abnormally intelligent and active boy of 16, and an exceedingly dignified, stately, and somewhat sarcastic little lady of 60.’” (N. Y. Times.)

296“The reader must turn for himself to these enchanting pages. If he does not feel the charm of Felicity’s progress through Mistral’s Provence, he is to be pitied.”

+ + Acad. 71: 10. Jl. 7, ’06. 710w.

“Not remarkable as to style but lively and sympathetic, and gives enchanting glimpses of French life.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 100. Ap. ’07.

“It is a pity that in spite of all the literary gifts this volume indicates, the author should write in such a slovenly style as she does. We feel sure that these bright sympathetic, clearly seen glimpses of French life deserve a little more care from their author in this presentment.”

+ − Ath. 1906, 2: 71. Jl. 21. 170w.

+ Nation. 83: 414. N. 15, ’06. 280w.

“The book represents a personally conducted tour of much charm—rich in the revelation of pleasing characteristics.”

+ N. Y. Times. 11: 770. N. 24, ’06. 360w.

“The narrative style is constantly pleasing, and there are many choice bits in the way of ancient legends and modern peasant studies.”

+ Outlook. 84: 581. N. 3, ’06. 90w.

“Miss Maud writes with a light touch eminently suited to her subject.”

+ Spec. 97: 171. Ag. 4, ’06. 120w.

Maugham, Reginald Charles Fulke. Portuguese East Africa; history, scenery, and great game of Manica and Sofala. *$4.50. Dutton.

7–10990.

“Mr. Maugham has collected into book form the knowledge and experiences gained during an official connexion with the country which has lasted for some twelve years.... The earlier chapters dealing with the history, scenery, flora and fauna are followed by others on the great game and on personal adventures in pursuit. These in turn are succeeded by what will be to many the most interesting portion of all, some sixty pages devoted to native customs, characteristics, and dialects.”—Lond. Times.

“Should be interesting to naturalists at home as well as to travellers in search of game.”

+ Ath. 1906, 2: 579. N. 10. 410w.

“As Mr. Maugham has more than ordinary skill in narration and description, his book will interest the casual as well as the confirmed reader of records of travel.” H. E. Coblentz.

+ Dial. 42: 373. Je. 16, ’07. 320w.

“In the earlier part he seems to be rather too general, and not always quite accurate, in his descriptions; he leaves us with the sort of feeling that we might be reading of many other portions of tropical Africa just as well as of the strip which lies along the east coast immediately south of Zambesi.”

+ − Lond. Times. 6: 385. D. 16, ’06. 550w.

“Mr. Maugham makes a valuable contribution in this book to the not very easily obtainable existing stock of knowledge about Portuguese East Africa.”

+ Outlook. 85: 860. Ap. 13, ’07. 80w.

Maurin, M. J. Pauline Marie Jaricot, foundress of the order for the propagation of the faith and the living rosary; tr. from the French by E. Sheppard. *$1.35. Benziger.

“A biography based on that of Mlle. Maurin, a friend of Mlle. Jaricot in her later years.... The life of one of those women who recall, in a less conspicuous way, St. Catherine of Siena.... The daughter of a wealthy bourgeois of Lyons, she was just one of those ladies who, devoting themselves at an early age to religion, spend their lives in the quiet practice of good works.... She died in obscurity, and to most people this biography will be the first revelation that she ever existed.”—Ath.

“The style of the book, we may add, is for the most part plain and simple, without dryness, as religious biography should be, and the English rendering is idiomatic and good.”

+ Ath. 1906, 2: 180. Ag. 13. 1600w.

“[The author’s] devoted zeal for the honor of his pious heroine manifests itself in the frankness and enthusiasm which enhance the intrinsic interest possessed by the story of this remarkable life.”

+ Cath. World. 84: 419. D. ’06. 450w.

Maxey, Edwin. International law; with illustrative cases. *$6. Thomas law bk.

6–11647.

A volume which “embodies the results of Professor Maxey’s many years’ experience as a teacher.... In treatment the emphasis is thrown upon peace and neutrality rather than upon war. The questions arising out of the recent Russo-Japanese war are discussed freely and impartially. There is also a very complete chapter on contraband.”—R. of Rs.

“On the whole, the work is inaccurate and ill-digested.”

− Nation. 84: 154. F. 14, ’07. 210w.

“The analysis and the style are clear and concise.”

+ R. of Rs. 34: 126. Jl. ’06. 160w.

Maxse, Frederick I. Seymour Vandeleur. *$4. Longmans.

War 7–22.

Brevet-Lt.-Col. Vandeleur, soldierly and daring as he was, is engulfed in the events which surrounded him and the problems which he faced. “The record of his life is therefore the record of our Imperial development during the past decade.” (Spec.)

“If in his admirable chapters on Uganda and Nigeria he leads us a long way from his hero, we are contented by the excellence of his narrative, and his easy presentation of facts which, in a less skilful hand, might easily be tedious; he becomes on more general subjects, such as education, so discursive as to call attention to the disadvantages of the method he has adopted. This, however, is a slight defect in a delightful book.”

+ + − Acad. 69: 12. Ja. 6, ’06. 610w.

“A book which combines literary merit with all the special historical value arising from the important share which the author himself took in many of the campaigns which he passes in review.”

+ + Lond. Times. 4: 448. D. 15, ’05. 620w.

“Col. Maxse presents with animus, vigor, and ability, the whole case against the people called ‘Little Englanders,’ and in particular shows what dry rot has done for the British army between Waterloo and the beginning of the Boer war.”

+ N. Y. Times. 11: 889. D. 22, ’06. 1420w.

“We do not know any other book which sets out so succinctly and clearly Imperial achievements which are wholly creditable, and which are too apt to be forgotten in the present windy war of theories. And in addition there is the portrait of the brilliant soldier, done with all the sympathy and knowledge of long friendship.”

+ + Spec. 96: 59. Ja. 13, ’06. 1390w.

Maxwell, Donald. Cruise across Europe: notes on a freshwater voyage from Holland to the Black sea. *$3. Lane.

7–19483.

“A light, humorous chronicle of a freshwater voyage in a small boat, from Holland to the Black sea, by way of Ludwig’s canal, a waterway begun by Charlemagne which unites the basins of the Rhine and Danube, but is seldom used and little known.”—Acad.

297“The author writes entertainingly of the people he met, the country he passed through, and the incidents of his voyage; and Mr. Collington Taylor’s illustrations are delightful.”

+ Acad. 71: 642. D. 22, ’06. 120w.

“He writes brightly and naturally, and makes little attempt to be laboriously funny—no small merit nowadays.”

+ Ath. 1906, 2: 546. N. 3. 170w.

“The entire voyage ... is well narrated, and still better illustrated by the author himself and another artist.”

+ − Dial. 41: 453. D. 16, ’06. 220w.

“The book is a notable one, proving, for the first time, the possibility of sailing from the west to the east of Europe by a fresh water route.”

+ Int. Studio. 31: 334. Je. ’07. 240w.

+ Spec. 93: 146. Ja. 26, ’07. 390w.

Maxwell, Gerald. Miracle worker. $1.50. Luce.

7–15322.

The scene of this story is laid in and about Leipzig. A young Afghan doctor combines the hypnotic power which is his oriental heritage with wizard skill in surgery to produce a most remarkable change of identity. By drugs he keeps alive a German countess, dying of burns, until the day of the execution of a girl who is the exact counterpart of the countess. By skilful manoeuvering he effects a substitution, having prepared the countess’ body by means of drugs so that the tissues would not pass into the death rigour for a prolonged time. He transfers the memory section of the brain from the dead countess to the girl whose life he has saved, restores her to health and to the count who believes only that a restoration was effected by a skin-grafting operation.

“The story exhibits considerable constructive ingenuity, but is spun out too much, while the motive of several reprehensible transactions seems inadequate.”

− + Ath. 1906, 2: 509. O. 27. 120w.

“It is ingenious and up to a certain point interesting, but credulity and sensibility finally rebel.”

+ − Nation. 84: 362. Ap. 18, ’07. 260w.

“In the articles of novelty, audacity, and ingenuity of plot this story ... so far surpasses the average of the fiction which strains after these things, that it needs only certain refinements of the story teller’s art and condensation, by a half—or even a third—to be more than a mere thriller and time-killer. There are skilful minor touches once in a while, and suggestions of humor even. And the elements of the gruesome and horrible are played for all they are worth.”

+ − N. Y. Times. 12: 219. Ap. 6, ’07. 500w.

N. Y. Times. 12: 657. O. 19, ’07. 30w.

Maxwell, Sir Herbert Eustace. Memories of the months. $2.50. Longmans.

In which the year’s happenings are recorded month by month. “Readers will be able to share with the author of the memories his ‘delight in the open field, the woodland, and the riverside,’ and if they prove willing disciples they may in time experience the joy of original observation for themselves—at least they will learn to study and appreciate the boundless beauties of nature.” (Nature.)

“The overriding of a harmless hobby is apt to become wearisome. The illustrations are charming, and are uncommonly well reproduced: whilst errors of print are few and not of great consequence.”

+ − Ath. 1907, 2: 46. Jl. 13. 160w.

“In such a volume one desires perpetually to pencil notes on the margin, an inclination that generally implies three qualities in the work; it is pleasant, suggestive and incomplete.”

+ + − Lond. Times. 6: 204. Je. 28, ’07. 540w.

“The ability to combine literary grace with scientific accuracy, and the power to interest, and at the same time to impart useful information, is unfortunately rare, and we are grateful to Sir Herbert Maxwell for placing his gifts at the disposal of a large audience by means of these pages.”

+ Nature. 76: 7. My. 2, ’07. 120w.

“Another volume, of delightful rambling along nature lanes, here, there, everywhere.”

+ N. Y. Times. 12: 410. Je. 22, ’07. 70w.

“Literary excellence and scientific accuracy, two qualities which often do not accompany each other, combine to increase the value of these notes.”

+ Spec. 98: 1011. Je. 29, ’07. 460w.

Maxwell, William Babington. Guarded flame. †$1.50. Appleton.

6–27707.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“The impressiveness with which its ethical teaching is enforced is the justification for much that seems at the time intolerable in the presentation.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ − Dial. 42: 14. Ja. 1 ’07. 560w.

“There is far too much scientific terminology and a rather incredible amount of human perfection, but there is also intellectual breadth and maturity, finely expressed intensity, high moral sensibility.”

+ − R. of Rs. 35: 123. Ja. ’07. 230w.

Maynadier, Gustavus Howard. Arthur of the English poets. *$1.50. Houghton.

7–15547.

“The purpose of Mr. Maynadier’s book is to trace Arthurian legends to their sources, to tell more fully of their origin and growth, and to keep more closely to English countries than MacCallum had done. The new book has grown from a course of lectures delivered at Harvard university and Radcliffe college in 1900.... The author examines the sources of Arthur’s immense literary fame and sets forth the divergent views of various contemporary scholars. Separate chapters deal with Lancelot, Tristram, and Iseub and the Holy Grail.”—Lit. D.

“For literary students—as distinct from specialists—who wish to gain a good general view of the rise and flourishing of the legend the book will be most useful. The writer is evidently ignorant of the valuable assistance rendered by the Welsh hagiology in estimating the various elements which went to the formation of the wonderful story of the Graal.”

+ − Acad. 73: 182. N. 30, ’07. 3200w.

“Dr. Maynadier’s treatment of his subject is most scholarly and sympathetic, and nowhere is it more so than in his discussion of Tennyson’s presentation in modern form of this old world legend.”

+ Dial. 43: 20. Jl. 1, ’07. 270w.

“Despite some few errors, is the best popular account in the language of the growth and vicissitudes of the Arthurian legend, particularly with reference to its earlier development.”

+ + − Ind. 63: 1230. N. 21, ’07. 40w.

“It is in general a work of original research, and is a contribution of value to one of the most interesting departments of English literature.”

+ Lit. D. 35: 26. Jl. 6, ’07. 220w.

“The book, taken as a whole, is one of decided value. It is very agreeably written, and has a basis of accurate scholarship.”

+ − Nation. 84: 584. Je. 27, ’07. 1080w.

+ N. Y. Times. 2: 426. Jl. 6, ’07. 200w.

“Is the most complete treatment of the origin, development, and history of the Arthurian legends in English poetry that we have.”

+ + Outlook. 86: 834. Ag. 17, ’07. 280w.

“It is not a work of original scholarship, nor of genius living in its princely fashion upon other men’s scholarship, but something between, 298and in its kind admirable. Once or twice we have been surprised by the gaps in Mr. Maynadier’s knowledge ... and by his excessive respect for Tennyson and his misunderstanding of Morris.”

+ − Sat. R. 104: 364. S. 21, ’07. 1630w.

“The work was well worth doing and the author has done it well. No teacher of English can afford to miss reading this delightful book. It is most scholarly in tone and treatment, and sympathetic in a just appreciation.” H. E. Coblentz.

+ + School R. 15: 768. D. ’07. 450w.

Mayor, Rev. Joseph Bickersteth. Epistle of St. Jude and the Second epistle of St. Peter; Greek text, with introd., notes and comments. *$4.50. Macmillan.

“Professor Mayor’s commentary presents the Greek text of these epistles, abundantly annotated, together with an extended introduction. The propriety of treating these two epistles together is obvious in view of their close literary relationship. Professor Mayor discusses fully the relationship of II Peter to I Peter, concluding, with most scholars, that they are from different hands.”—Bib. World.

Bib. World. 29: 480 Je. ’07. 50w.

“His notes here are marked by sound learning and accurate scholarship.”

+ + Nation. 34: 525. Je. 6, ’07. 450w.

Mazzotto, Domenico. Wireless telegraphy and telephony; tr. from the original Italian, by S. R. Bottone. *$2. Macmillan.

6–16742.

“Prof. Mazzotto, a countryman of the inventor Marconi takes up the subject of what is now called radiotelegraphy, and discusses it historically and technically ... and places at the service of both scientific and ordinary readers in clear language all that is known on the subject up to the present.”—N. Y. Times.

“Some of the descriptions remain obscured by somewhat longwinded—and therefore involved—sentences. This defect possibly results from translation.”

− Ath. 1907, 1: 50. Ja. 12. 630w.

“Mr. Bottone’s translation is clear and well done.”

+ N. Y. Times. 11: 403. Je. 16, ’06. 180w.

Meade, Richard Kidder. Portland cement; its composition, raw materials, manufacture, testing and analysis. *$3.50. Chemical.

6–32139.

“A book ... which fairly represents to date the American Portland cement industry, as seen from the standpoint of the technical staff.... While the chapters on ‘Proportioning raw material’ and on ‘Analytical methods’ are naturally the strongest in the book ... yet Mr. Meade deals with machinery and processes of manufacture extremely well.”—Engin. N.

“Mr. Meade is to be congratulated on a really notable effort. Undoubtedly the book will be well received by the many people interested in cements, and will occupy a place in cement literature which every body has known was vacant and which should be filled by some one competent for the task.” Frederick H. Lewis.

+ + Engin. N. 57: 87. Ja. 17, ’07. 720w.

+ + Nature. 76: 123. Je. 6, ’07. 610w.

Meakin, Annette M. B. Russia, travels and studies. *$4. Lippincott.

W 6–316.

“Starting with Rousseau’s view that Naples should be visited in summer and St. Petersburg in winter, Mrs. Meakin makes the Russian capital the starting-point for a literary, if not literal, journey all over the European dominions of the Czar, closing with Kieff and the Caucasus. She gives a great deal of information—historical, topographical, sociological—which is of considerable interest and value.”—Spec.

“Contains much more definite information on a wider range of subjects, than the usual personal narratives of travel.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 2: 212. N. ’06.

“This book is a valuable contribution to the too small list of good books on Russia, because it contains so many first hand observations, put in such a clear and attractive form.” Samuel N. Harper.

+ + Ann. Am. Acad. 29: 661. My. ’07. 630w.

“The slips and little errors in the earlier pages are, though unimportant so numerous that we began to suspect the qualifications of the writer for the task undertaken. But we gladly admit that in reading on we found reason to change our view.”

+ − Ath. 1905, 2: 891. D. 30. 980w.

“They are somewhat desultory and discursive, but they contain nothing uninteresting, and they cover fields ordinarily left untouched even in a country so voluminously written of as Russia.” Wallace Rice.

+ Dial. 41: 393. D. 1, ’06. 150w.

“This volume is an interesting and enlightening narrative of Russia’s many-sided life, by a woman whose investigations have been thorough and discerning.”

+ + Lit. D. 33: 914. D. 15, ’06. 110w.

“The thing that strikes the reader of Miss Meakin’s ‘Russia’ is a certain inconsequence of matter and style. We know of no popular book in English that deals so fully with the treasures of the Russian monasteries and museums, both public and private. There is a regrettable weakness in the matter of the names of the Russian governments.”

+ − Nation. 84: 151. F. 14, ’07. 450w.

“Every chapter is solid without sacrifice of entertainment. The author rather skillfully avoids the hackneyed.” Cyrus C. Adams.

+ + N. Y. Times. 11: 846. D. 8, ’06. 410w.

“We look in vain for a glossary to explain the interesting text in this well printed, illustrated, and mapped book, brimful of little-known facts about Russian towns.”

+ − Outlook. 85: 522. Mr. 2, ’07. 280w.

+ Sat. R. 101: 525. Ap. 28, ’06. 1500w.

“The chief charm of this book is that one can take it up at any time and find something, if not positively new, at once informing and non-controversial.”

+ Spec. 97: sup. 470. O. 6, ’06. 390w.

Meakin, (James Edward) Budgett. Life in Morocco and glimpses beyond. *$3. Dutton.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

+ Outlook. 84: 679. N. 17, ’06. 300w.

Meakin, Walter. Life of an empire. *$1.80. Wessels.

7–38582.

A work whose aim is “to give clear and definite expression to some of the problems which confront the British Empire.... [The author] first traces the growth briefly, with compact and vivid narrative, of the empire from the time of the Romans to the present, presents the salient features of its different parts, discusses the problems and the tendencies of each locality, and in the final chapter considers the necessity of the unity of the empire and how it can be attained.” (N. Y. Times.)

“Mr. Meakin ... displays sound principle and good feeling generally expressed in commonplaces. On many of the grave questions of which he writes at length Mr. Meakin has failed to clear his mind. We find also a good 299many trifling errors which seem to show some deficiency in the equipment of our author.”

+ − − Ath. 1907, 1: 164. F. 9. 630w.

“His discussion of the color problem in the different localities of the empire has interest and some practical value for Americans. But when he finds the cause of race hatred in the southern United States to be in the struggle for existence the American reader will begin to feel some doubt as to the keenness of his observation.”

+ − N. Y. Times. 12: 551. S. 14, ’07. 420w.

“His book is as flimsy as it is pretentious. His ideas are cosmopolitan, his economics are childish, and his ways of expressing himself would not redound to the credit of a schoolboy essayist.”

− Sat. R. 103: 210. F. 16, ’07. 190w.

Meany, Edmond Stephen. Vancouver’s discovery of Puget Sound: portraits and biographies of the men honored in the naming of geographic features of northwestern America. **$2.50. Macmillan.

7–14804.

The volume deals with the broad general subject of western Canadian discovery, and is based principally upon the second edition of the journal of Captain Vancouver, published in London in 1801. Many interesting portraits supplement the text, and there are biographies of a number of men whose names now appear conspicuously upon the map of the North American continent.

“In the main the work is trustworthy. If the portion of Vancouver’s ‘voyage’ had been faithfully reproduced it would require no comment in this review. But there are numerous errors in copying (changes, omissions, and insertions) which should have been corrected in proof-reading.” William R. Manning.

+ − Am. Hist. R. 13: 160. O. ’07. 520w.

“It is disappointing to find so much genuine scholarship expended to, comparatively speaking, so little purpose.” Lawrence J. Burpee.

+ − Dial. 43: 60. Ag. 1, ’07. 800w.

“It would be difficult to exaggerate the interest and charm of these vivid pages, written, as they were, under the spell and inspiration of a new world.”

+ + Lit. D. 34: 886. Je. 1, ’07. 390w.

“This is a valuable contribution to the early history of Puget sound region of the State of Washington.”

+ Nation. 85: 147. Ag. 15, ’07. 960w.

“A volume which adds materially to the early history of this continent.”

+ N. Y. Times. 12: 620. O. 12, ’07. 180w.

“A distinctly original and helpful historical monograph, valuable not only for the information it affords concerning Vancouver’s voyage itself and the significance of the names applied to prominent geographical features of the Oregon country, but for the light it throws on the operations of Spain in that region and negotiations which ended in the relinquishment to England of the Spanish territorial claims.”

+ Outlook. 86: 610. Jl. 20, ’07. 250w.

“A noteworthy addition to the subject of Americana in its largest sense.”

+ + R. of Rs. 35: 637. My. ’07. 110w.

“This volume is of definite historical importance in the literature of geographical biography, and a handsome tribute to the memory of a great Englishman.”

+ Spec. 99: 205. Ag. 10, ’07. 440w.

Mears, Mary M. Breath of the runners; a novel. †$1.50. Stokes.

6–37599.

One of the runners is a large-souled, unselfish girl, the other a jealous, narrow-minded, self-constituted rival. Beulah Marcel’s art career from the lowly rounds of a cameo-cutter’s apprentice to the point of distinction as a sculptor is unselfishly subordinated to that of Enid Rahfield spares no effort, good or evil, to win much-coveted fame. The scene shifts from New York to Paris, and at every pause of the runners, the love interest creeps in, and with it, misunderstandings which are fully accounted for at the mention of “artistic temperament.”

+ − A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 17. Ja. ’07.

“There is much knowledge of the art world, much keen insight into the hearts of men and women, and no small amount of healthful philosophy of life in this unpretentious story.” Frederic Taber Cooper.

+ Bookm. 24: 488. Ja. ’07. 310w.

Ind. 62: 621. Mr. 14, ’07. 460w.

+ − Nation. 83: 417. N. 15, ’06. 560w.

“There is something in the youth and freshness, the first poetic outlook upon dawning life, never to be seized a second time, but which permeates ‘The breath of the runners.’” Louise Collier Willcox.

+ No. Am. 183: 1058, N. 16, ’06. 1460w.

“The characters are unusual and significant, and they are alive. The writer has much to learn in the matter of construction.”

+ − Outlook. 84: 708. N. 24, ’06. 200w.

Meline, Jules. Return to the land. *$1.50. Dutton.

7–19755.

Senator Jules Méline, sometime minister of agriculture, President of the representative chamber of France, and Prime Minister, has here given minute and careful instruction on manufacturing and industrial questions in a most interesting manner. “The great object of the book,” says Justin McCarthy in his preface “is to convince the world that the return to the land, and the work that the land still offers in all or most countries, is now the nearest and the surest means for the mitigation or the removal of the troubles which have come on the working populations everywhere, and that the present is the appropriate time for the beginning of such a movement.”

“M. Méline ... is a statesman of the highest rank, who approaches the question in a manner that is at once widely philosophic and highly practical.”

+ Acad. 71: 326. O. 6, ’06. 690w.

“He is a clear thinker, and presents his arguments in an attractive as well as convincing form. He has graced his pages with artistic, at times almost poetic language, and from cover to cover the book is sure to interest the reader. To many of his conclusions few would give assent. The remedies he proposes are foreign to all our habits of thought. This does not render the argument any the less interesting and thought-provoking.”

+ − Ann. Am. Acad. 29: 642. My. ’07. 250w.

“It is not likely that we shall learn much that can bear on the land problems of Great Britain from the leading French Protectionist.”

− Ath. 1906, 2: 405. O. 6. 280w.

“Its thorough, though general, and suggestive treatment, promises interesting reading for Americans.”

+ N. Y. Times. 12: 238: Ap. 13. ’07. 200w.

“Senator Meline discusses most interestingly an interesting thesis, with blemishes in detail which are apart from the merits of the idea.” Edward A. Bradford.

+ − N. Y. Times. 12: 331. My. 25, ’07. 1270w.

“It is, in fact, in his recommendations, and in his review of the present state of French agriculture, that his work is most valuable, for here, by reason of long experience and thorough study, he is master of his subject.”

+ Outlook. 86: 474. Je. 29, ’07. 380w.

“We have much to learn from France, and M. Méline by constantly drawing examples from England makes his book as instructive reading for Englishmen as for his own countrymen.”

+ + Sat. R. 102: 809. D. 29, ’06. 310w.

− Spec. 37: 933. D. S, ’06. 250w.

300* Melville, Lewis, pseud. Farmer George: a study of the life and character of George III. 2v. **$7.50. Brentano’s.

“George III.’s home and court life, his relations with his ministers and other prominent persons of his reign are presented. Fully described, too, is the king’s trouble with Wilkes, as well as the attitude of his court and subjects toward the American colonies, from the Stamp act down to the acknowledgment of the United States of America.”—N. Y. Times.

“In their unambitious style Mr. Melville’s pages are readable enough.”

+ − Ath. 1907, 2: 653. N. 23. 290w.

N. Y. Times. 12: 664. O. 19, ’07. 60w.

“The book may be popular, and, as it is better that people should know something about George III. than nothing, it will serve a purpose in the libraries.”

+ − Sat. R. 104: 612, N. 16, ’07. 570w.

Mendelssohn, Felix. Thirty piano compositions; ed. by Percy Goetschius, with a preface by Daniel Gregory Mason. $2.50; pa. $1.50. Ditson.

7–5083.

Uniform with the “Musician’s library.” The volume includes eight “Songs without words,” the Sonata in E major, the Rondo capriccioso, besides various preludes, fugues, studies, etc.

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 100. Ap. ’07.

+ Dial. 42: 190. Mr. 16, ’07. 90w.

+ Nation. 84: 207. F. 28, ’07. 430w.

Menpes, Mortimer. Paris; painted by Mortimer Menpes; text by Dorothy Menpes. 24 full-page il. in color and line drawings. *$2. Macmillan.

W 7–110.

Here the reader finds less of the art galleries, churches, and museums than of the “life of Paris, and above all, the joy of the life of Paris.... The streets and boulevards, the cafés and restaurants, the various forms of amusement, the poverty and the picturesqueness of the shiftless and generous students of the Latin Quartier, and many other phases of Parisian existence, are rendered in all their lights and shades with astonishing accuracy.” (Ind.)

“It is a great accomplishment to have caught as much of it all within the pages of one book as the Menpes have done.” May Estelle Cook.

+ Dial. 43: 120. S. 1, ’07. 390w.

“The ‘Paris’ of Mortimer and Dorothy Menpes may not have much of that practical quality of serviceableness which we look for in a guide, but it has a brilliant impersonal style and will supplement in a very pleasant fashion a work more purely utilitarian. The illustrations in color, as well as those in line, are smooth and harmonious. The former are not glaring, but faithful and delicate, with subtle gradations of tone that are very striking.”

+ + Ind. 62: 1356. Je. 6, ’07. 230w.

“She writes in a somewhat abrupt style; her series of pictures of Paris life have been jotted down in short, terse sentences, which somehow fail to match the grace and humour that float everywhere in the golden, hazy atmosphere of that city. But her book, with its vivid descriptions, is a pleasant contribution.”

+ − Nation. 84: 541. Je. 13, ’07. 350w.

“Miss Menpes takes up various manifestations of Parisian ways of thinking, acting, and living, and manages to invest her subject, hackneyed though it is, with a great deal of freshness and charm. The two dozen full-page illustrations in color, devoted to street scenes and famous buildings, are not equal to the former publications of Mr. Menpes’s work.”

+ N. Y. Times. 12: 451. Jl. 20, ’07. 160w.

Meredith, Ellis. Under the harrow. †$1.50. Little.

7–12976.

All about three brave hearted girls’ struggles for success on Grub street in the city of New York. There is a touch of pathos in the penury that fills the life of these “attic geniuses;” their little successes, more often reverses, their simple romances, above all their naturalness and love of life are well worth following thru the pages of the story.

“Amusing here and there, but unimportant as a whole.”

+ − Ind. 62: 1269. My. 30, ’07. 60w.

“The older generations of readers, who remember Murger’s ‘Scènes de la vie de Bohème’ and Du Maurier’s ‘Trilby,’ will find Mr. Meredith’s little story of Bohemian life in New York insipid and futile but it will not be without interest and encouragement for the younger generation.”

+ − Nation. 84: 363. Ap. 18, ’07. 230w.

“The story has its good points, but produces an uncomfortable impression at times from the effort of the author to incorporate in it like patchwork all the smart things possible to collect. Many of the patches are incongruous.”

+ − Outlook. 86: 118. My. 18, ’07. 90w.

Meredith, Owen, pseud. (Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton). Personal and literary letters of Robert, first earl of Lytton, (Owen Meredith); ed. by Lady Betty Balfour. 2v. *$6. Longmans.

7–26424.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“The present winter season has produced at least an average crop of biographical works, but none of them, so far as we have seen, can surpass this one for attractiveness and interest.”

+ + + Blackwood’s M. 181: 36. Ja. ’07. 5910w.

“It is a far more touching and interesting record than the biography of many a greater man.” Charles H. A. Wager.

+ + Dial. 12: 182. Mr. 16, ’07. 2320w.

Ind. 63: 697. S. 19, ’07. 290w.

“Considering her object—a picture of the man rather than of his times—Lady Betty Balfour must be congratulated on a model achievement.”

+ + Nation. 84: 88. Ja. 10, 07. 1060w.

“A very interesting book this, and a very interesting man Lord Lytton, and one who, notwithstanding his distinction as a diplomat, earns our sympathy because of his ungratified ambition in other directions.” Jeannette B. Gilder.

+ + Putnam’s. 1: 504. Ja. ’07. 1300w.

Merejkowski, Dmitri. Peter and Alexis; tr. by Mr. Herbert Trench. $1.50. Putnam.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“In this last volume of the trilogy the faults of the author’s style become intolerably exaggerated. A lack of symmetry, subordination and clarity seems to be a general fault with Russian literature and doubtless also of their life, for a like confusion and aimlessness appear to characterize their politics.” Edwin E. Slosson.

− Ind. 61: 1148. N. 15, ’06. 910w.

Merrill, George Perkins. Treatise on rocks, rock-weathering and soils; new ed. rev. throughout. *$4. Macmillan.

6–46275.

“There has been very little attempt to harmonize conflicting views, and almost none at independent interpretation. The pages devoted to rocks and to soils reflect current views rather than suggest new ones. The chapters devoted to rock-weathering are the best in the book, and constitute in the aggregate our most authoritative treatise on this subject.”—Dial.

301“The book is especially useful to readers who desire a knowledge of the general facts and principles involved in the study of rocks and their change into soils.”

+ Dial. 42: 149. Mr. 1, ’07. 180w.

“Combines a large amount of matter of a purely categorical and descriptive scientific character with an almost equally large amount of matter of interest and value to any wide-awake person wishing to know about the earth on which he lives.”

+ + Engin. N. 57: 309. Mr. 14, ’07. 470w.

“Having used it for years, the present reviewer has yet to find it fail him in his classroom needs.”

+ + Nation. 85: 19. Jl. 4, ’07. 440w.

+ N. Y. Times. 12: 5. Ja. 5, ’07. 250w.

Merriman, Mansfield. Elements of sanitary engineering. 3d ed. *$2. Wiley.

7–6418.

A new edition of a book published in 1898. “Few changes of importance have been made in the first 180 pages of the present edition.... The two chapters on ‘Disposal of sewage’ and ‘Refuse and garbage’ have been rewritten and extended to cover some of the advances of the past eight years, and an appendix has been added which contains matter on water supply and purification supplementary to that in the first edition.” (Engin. N.)

“Not only a creditable production but practically the only one covering just its field.”

+ − Engin. N. 56: 640. D. 13. ’06. 530w.

Merriman, Mansfield, and Jacoby, Henry Sylvester. Text-book on roofs and bridges, pt. 4, Higher structures. 3d ed., rev. and enl. $2.50. Wiley.

7–6418.

“Not a treatise, but only a text-book, and only an elementary text-book. The authors nowhere pretend to thoroughness in treatment. They discuss only the principal types of ‘higher structures:’ the continuous girder, the drawbridge, the suspension bridge, and the metal arch (the inclusion of the cantilever bridge and three-hinged arch, which are statically determinate, seems somewhat inappropriate.)”—Engin. N.

“The book has many excellences, both in plan and detail. A few minor faults also remain.”

+ + − Engin. N. 57: 442. Ap. 18. ’07. 490w.

“Despite its brevity and limitations, the work on higher structures by Merriman and Jacoby is the best general work in America to-day. Indeed, there is no other one book of the same size that gives so general a treatment. The volume is worthy of the attention of every student and designing engineer. It indicates the trend of modern analysis.” C. Derleth, jr.

+ + − Technical Literature. 1: 268. Je. ’07. 1660w.

* Merritt, Albert Newton. Federal regulation of railway rates. **$1. Houghton.

7–37945.

This discussion was awarded first prize in the 1906 Hart, Schaffner and Marx prize essays in economics. The phases of the subject presented are the following: Are American railway rates excessive? Federal control of rates is necessary. Objections to rate-fixing by a commission, The interstate commerce act and its interpretation by the commission and by the courts, and A rational plan for public control of rates.

Merwin, Samuel and Webster, Henry K. Comrade John. †$1.50. Macmillan.

7–33593.

The subtle satire upon our modern tendency to embrace newly coined religions which underlies this story will not mar the tale for mere lovers of romance but will make it for those who see the humor in today’s sects and religious colonies. One Herman Stein has invented a religion of “toil and triumph” and associates with him in the creation of a fitting setting for his community a young architect with a showman’s instinct. To this combined Mecca and Luna Park comes the one woman. The two men contend for her favor and the one by sacrificing all to save her gains her love.

N. Y. Times. 12: 652. O. 19, ’07. 40w.

“Altogether the book, while it cannot be very strongly praised as a novel of character and motive, has the story-interest strongly developed and well maintained.”

+ − Outlook. 87: 624. N. 23, ’07. 270w.

Metchnikoff, Elie. Immunity in infective diseases; tr. from the French by Francis G. Binnie. *$5.25. Macmillan.

5–41797.

Descriptive note in December, 1905.

Current Literature. 42: 332. Mr. ’07. 990w.

Meyer, Balthasar H. History of the Northern securities case. pa. 60c. Univ. of Wis.

6–37905.

“The ten chapters in eighty-two pages give a clear, concise, and readable history of the litigation [in the Northern securities case], including the genesis of the idea of a holding company and the causes of organization, the action of the state authorities and the federal government, with an analysis of the decisions in the main case, and in the ancillary litigation over the liquidation of the company. The appendix gives a number of the briefs or documents of the litigation in a form convenient for reference.”—Yale R.