Volume 3 — M (continued 3)

“It is fortunate that the greatest attempt to effect railroad consolidation should have had so able a historian as Professor B. H. Meyer.” Emory R. Johnson.

+ Ann. Am. Acad. 30: 618. N. ’07. 520w.

“A careful and scholarly treatment from the economic view-point.” Wm. Hill.

+ J. Pol. Econ. 15: 182. Mr. ’07. 370w.

“The style is clear and forcible. In some places, particularly in the introductory chapters it would seem that the author had studied conciseness at the expense of the clearness which would have been gained by fuller amplification of the narrative. The author is manifestly familiar with the material and thorough and accurate research is shown throughout. Full justice is done to the dissenting as well as the prevailing opinions.” Frederick N. Judson.

+ + − Yale. R. 16: 208. Ag. ’07. 1040w.

Meyer, Ernst von. History of chemistry from the earliest times to the present day; being also an introduction to the study of the science; tr. with the author’s sanction by George McGowan. 3d Eng. ed., tr. from the 3d Germ. ed. *$4.25. Macmillan.

This third edition includes additions and alterations which bring the work down to date.

“The work is convenient, because there is no better one (except Ladenburg’s, which is too small), and in spite of its numerous inconveniences. Among these is the avoidance of dates.”

+ + − Nation. 84: 181. F. 21, ’07. 1090w.

“The work is a perfect treasure-house in its wealth of bibliographical and biographical detail. Its literary charm lies in the simplicity and directness of its style, characteristics 302which Dr. McGowan has well preserved in his admirable rendering into English.”

+ + Nature. 75: 169. D. 20, ’06. 1100w.

“An unbiased historical research study.”

+ + N. Y. Times. 12: 79. F. 9, ’07. 50w.

Meyer, Hugo R. British state telegraphs. **$1.50. Macmillan.

7–33625.

Prof. Meyer here resumes his study of the history of public ownership in Great Britain. It is a two-part story which the author tells of the British state telegraphs: the purchase of the telegraphs, in 1870, from the companies that had established the industry of telegraphy; and the subsequent conduct of the business of telegraphy by the government. “Both parts contain a record of fact and experience of importance to the American public at the present moment, when there is before them the proposal to embark upon the policy of the municipal ownership and operation of the so-called municipal public service industries.”

Meyer, Hugo Richard. Municipal ownership in Great Britain. *$1.50. Macmillan.

6–10877.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“So far as it goes, the book is a model in its way. No one need feel any doubt as to where the author stands. It shows an excellent grasp of the subject and is a scholarly, though somewhat uninteresting, presentation of the evidence from his own point of view. He no longer assumes the attitude of the judge, but rather that of the special pleader.” Garrett Droppers.

+ − J. Pol. Econ. 15: 370. Je. ’07. 1850w.

“The best that can be said of Professor Meyer’s book is that it is an able ‘ex parte’ statement of the case against municipal ownership in Great Britain.” Delos F. Wilcox.

+ Pol. Sci. Q. 22: 528. S. ’07. 1950w.

“A noteworthy contribution, to a vexed question. It is a careful and minute study, showing vast research and erudition. The work notwithstanding its appearance of great learning, will, in the opinion of the reviewers, fail to carry conviction to the reader. The prejudice of the author crops out too plainly at every turn. The book smacks more of the library than of the world of affairs.” John H. Gray.

+ − Yale R. 16: 102. My. ’07. 650w.

Meyer, Hugo R. Public ownership and the telephone in Great Britain. **$1.50. Macmillan.

7–31983.

Still a further continuation of Professor Meyer’s history of public ownership in Great Britain. It gives the history, written from original documents, of the efforts of the British government to administer the telephone service in England.

Michael, Mrs. Helen C. Studies in plant and organic chemistry, and literary papers; with biographical sketch. *$2.50. Riverside press.

7–17319.

“The volume contains an extended biographical sketch; an introduction to Mrs. Michael’s work in chemistry, by Dr. Wiley; sixteen papers on organic chemistry, four of them in German; and four literary papers which discuss such themes as ‘Science and philosophy in art,’ ‘The drama in relation to truth,’ Whitman Browning, etc. A photogravure portrait forms the frontispiece and shows the face of a most attractive woman.”—Dial.

+ Dial. 43: 44. Jl. 16, ’07. 290w.

“The sketch itself is well proportioned and discriminating, and is thoroughly appreciative of Mrs. Michael’s remarkable powers. Every student of plant-physiology will be glad to have in this compact form the scattered papers which, under her maiden name of Abbott, Mrs. Michael contributed to many scientific publications.”

+ Nation. 85: 127. Ag. 8, ’07. 320w.

Michel, Emile. Rembrandt: a memorial; il. with seventy plates in color and photogravure. *$5. Lane.

7–28517.

This volume has grown out of the renewed interest in Rembrandt which was awakened by Holland’s tercentenary celebration of the birth of the great master.

+ + Acad. 70: 294. Mr. 24, ’06. 300w.

“Altogether this ‘Rembrandt’ will be a book that all lovers of art will want to have on their shelves and in their hands; and when it is complete with the special plate that is to be presented to subscribers, it will be one of the most artistic productions of the time.”

+ + Acad. 70: 461. My. 12, ’06. 490w.

“The omission of an index is the great blemish on the work; and this is intensified by the not over-careful way in which the list of plates in colour and in photogravure has been drawn up.”

+ + − Ath. 1906, 2: 163. Ag. 11. 2550w.

“The book as a whole is one of the best of the art books of the present season.”

+ + Ind. 61: 1403. D. 22, ’06. 90w.

+ + Int. Studio. 29: 274. S. ’06. 210w.

Int. Studio. 30: sup. 58. D. ’06. 240w.

+ + Lit. D. 33: 856. D. 8. ’06. 80w.

Mighels, Philip Verrill. Sunnyside Tad. †$1.25. Harper.

7–30440.

Sunnyside Tad and Diogenes, the tawny little pup that he rescued from drowning, are outcast chums who suffer and rejoice together. The two in their David and Jonathan relations teach a lesson brimful of love and fearlessness.

“A first-class boy’s story.”

+ N. Y. Times. 12: 703. N. 2, ’07. 50w.

* Mijatovich, Chedomille. Royal tragedy; being the story of the assassination of King Alexander and Queen Draga, of Servia. *$2.50. Dodd.

A full story of the Servian tragedy with all the elements that entered into the plot and its execution.

“He writes of matters which almost involve passion, but he writes (as might be expected of him) dispassionately. The story that he has to tell is full of interest, and he tells it admirably.”

+ Ath. 1906, 2: 690. D. 1. 760w.

N. Y. Times. 12: 664. O. 19, ’07. 70w.

“The writer is frankly a partisan of King Milan. Its chief defect lies in the excessive intrusion of the author’s personality.”

− Sat. R. 103: 660. My. 25, ’07. 160w.

“M. Chedomille Mijatovich tells the tragic story in a remarkably interesting book.”

+ Spec. 98: 293. F. 23, ’07. 2340w.

Miles, George H. Said the rose, and other lyrics; with an introd. by John C. Collins. **$1. Longmans.

7–18559.

“Poems of a writer who died forty years ago. They have been rescued from the past, and have met with appreciative comment. “The titular lyric is the plaint of a rose, plucked by a lady to wear upon her bosom for an hour, and then cast ruthlessly away.... A number of the poems in this volume are impressions of Italy, particularly of Italian art, and the influence of Browning is very evident.” (Dial.) A graceful biographical and critical introduction by Mr. Churton Collins will serve to acquaint the present generation with the amiable and gifted man who, in the preceding one, adorned the chair of English in Mount St. Mary’s college, Emmetsburg.” (Cath. World.)

+ Cath. World. 85: 827. S. ’07. 410w.

“Reading the fifty pages of Mr. Collins’s appreciative essay, we learn anew the lesson of 303fame’s caprice, for we become acquainted with a writer of admirable qualities, whose performance certainly deserved something less than the entire forgetfulness that seems to have become its portion.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ Dial. 43: 90. Ag. 16, ’07. 580w.

Reviewed by Christian Gauss.

N. Y. Times. 12: 492. Ag. 10, ’07. 360w.

“All of the work is accomplished, but none save perhaps ‘Beatrice,’ shows any trace of original talent.”

+ Spec. 99: sup. 635. N. 2, ’07. 120w.

Mill, John Stuart. Subjection of women; new ed.; ed. with introductory analysis by Stanton Coit. *40c. Longmans.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

Dial. 40: 239. Ap. 1, ’06. 50w.

Millard, Thomas Franklin Fairfax. New Far East. **$1.50. Scribner.

6–10925.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“Is written a little too much in the spirit of a man who feels that he is tilting against generally accepted opinions, but his volume is none the less an excellent one, indeed one of the most enlightening we have on the present Far Eastern situation.” Archibald Cary Coolidge.

+ + − Pol. Sci. Q. 22: 136. Mr. ’07. 560w.

Miller, Elizabeth Jane. Saul of Tarsus; a tale of the early Christians; with il. by Andre Castaigne. †$1.50. Bobbs.

6–36043.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“Vivid and absorbing narrative.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 17. Ja. ’07.

“One of the most interesting and well-written novels of the year.” Amy C. Rich.

+ Arena. 37: 218. F. ’07. 610w.

“As far as historic truth is concerned, there is little fault to be found with the novel. It is a pity that as much can not be said of the style. It is lacking in life, and the interest of the reader often flags.”

− + Lit. D. 34: 26. Ja. 5, ’07. 220w.

+ N. Y. Times. 11: 833. D. 1, ’06. 140w.

Miller, Rev. James Russell. Christmas-making. **30c. Crowell.

7–22861.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“A good, optimistic little book, but with nothing very striking about it, either in contents or style.” Robert E. Bisbee.

+ − Arena. 37: 334. Mr. ’07. 40w.

Miller, Rev. James Russell. For the best things, pa. bds. **65c. Crowell.

7– 26992.

“A trumpet call for striving ‘for the best things,’ an appeal to the best impulse in the human heart.”

N. Y. Times. 12: 620. O. 12, ’07. 80w.

Miller, Rev. James Russell. Glimpses of the heavenly life. **30c. Crowell.

7–20953.

Belonging to the “What is worth while” series, this little book aims to give some of the glimpses of the heavenly life which the Bible reveals.

Miller, Rev. James Russell. Morning thoughts. **65c. Crowell.

7–21332.

Page sermons for every day in the year, whose aim is to start the reader out upon his new day with some actively helpful thought.

N. Y. Times. 12: 620. O. 12, ’07. 60w.

Miller, John Henderson. Where the rainbow touches the ground. †$1. Funk.

6–44370.

A Kansas cyclone is responsible in a freakish way for the restoration of property to a man who had surely known the hardships of the “submerged tenth.” The book is full of local color in which herbs and simples, and homely philosophy abound.

“We do not share the high opinion of this story which the publishers seem to entertain nor can we agree with them that the author is a writer of exceptional power. The ethical tone of the work is good and the lessons of practical value.”

− + Arena. 37: 221. F. ’07. 120w.

“The story is told with a quaint sort of art which will appeal to the jaded novel-reader.”

+ Lit. D. 34: 510. Mr. 30. ’07. 160w.

Miller, Mrs. Harriet (Mann) (Olive Thorne Miller, pseud.). Harry’s runaway. †$1.25. Houghton.

7–32035.

A sure cure for the runaway malady. The good work of parents in restraining dissatisfied boys is helpfully supplemented in Mrs. Miller’s story. Harry Barnes persuades a playmate to run away with him. Their experiences lead to a half starved condition in which their parents find them. To make Harry’s lesson more impressive each night some one drops in and tells a runaway story which shatters some youthful ideal of heroism and reduces the would-be hero to the suppliant state.

Miller, Mrs. Harriet (Mann) (Olive Thorne Miller, pseud.). What happened to Barbara. †$1.25. Houghton.

7–15599.

A little girl of thirty years ago is the heroine of Mrs. Miller’s story. “The story has the air of being autobiographical, and is interesting for two reasons, and two only: It furnishes a kind of proof that there is a type of healthy child life in which the thing we know as sentiment is non-existent: and it demonstrates the possibility of converting into quasi-literary form the amazing gift of being able to discourse ‘ad libitum’ about absolutely nothing.” (Lit. D.)

− + Lit. D. 35: 62. Jl. 13, ’07. 170w.

“It might be, and doubtless is, in the main, a carefully expurgated account of the part of the author’s own life which lies in the schoolgirl stage.”

− + N. Y. Times. 12: 302. My. 11, ’07. 430w.

Millet, Jean Francois. Drawings of Jean Francois Millet: 50 facsimile reproductions of the master’s work with an introductory essay by Leonce Benedite. *$20. Lippincott.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“The disappointment is in the selection. Now and then there is an obvious blunder in the title given. If a competent technical study of the merits of Millet’s drawing, as drawing, was unattainable, why not omit the text altogether and publish a portfolio? Well worth more than the price asked, if one has the money to spend.”

− − Nation. 84: 90. Ja. 24, ’07. 110w.

“The volume before us is a really desirable possession, and not merely another so-called ‘art book.’”

+ + Spec. 97: 620. O. 27, ’06. 1200w.

Millikan, Robert Andrews, and Gale, Henry Gordon. Laboratory course in physics for secondary schools. *40c. Ginn.

6–31644.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“A possible objection to the proposed course lies in the introduction of the vernier and the 304micrometer calimeter. The use of these instruments seems contrary to the authors’ attempt to avoid the ‘creeping-over’ of the methods and the instruments of research and specialization from the university into the high school, where they have absolutely no place. The same objection might be urged against the use of per cent. errors and discussion of accuracy of measurements. The book is to be commended, not only for its improvements over older manuals, but also as part of a completed and tried course.” F. R. Watson.

+ + − School R. 15: 168. F. ’07. 280w.

Mills, Lawrence Heyworth. Zarathushtra, Philo, the Achaemenides and Israel. *$4. Open ct.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“From the first words of the preface ... to the end of the book, there is so much involved construction and verbiage, combined with misprints that the author’s ‘reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff.’”

− Ind. 62: 217. Ja. 24, ’07. 390w.

Mills, (Thomas) Wesley. Voice production in singing and speaking, based on scientific principles. **$2. Lippincott.

6–38905.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 46. F. ’07. S.

+ + Nation. 84: 18. Ja. 3, ’07. 450w.

“It is scientific in the best sense.” Richard Aldrich.

+ + N. Y. Times. 12: 149. Mr. 9, ’07. 580w.

Milton, John. Complete poetical works; with a biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole. $1.25. Crowell.

Milton’s poetical works uniform with the “Thin paper poets.” The introduction by Mr. Dole aims to elucidate the circumstances, motives and intention of each of the poems individually.

Minchin, George M., and Dale, J. B. Mathematical drawing. *$2.10. Longmans.

An exposition of the subject which presupposes a knowledge of analytic geometry and the calculus so far as methods are concerned, but which makes no use of theorems proved by them. Nearly half of the book is devoted to a discussion of conical and parallel projection.

“This book is of rather more interest to the mathematician than the engineer; it has several features that are of value to both, but is too brief to be of greatest service to either.”

+ − Engin. N. 57: 193. F. 14, ’07. 480w.

Mitchell, John Ames. Silent war. $1.50. Life pub.

6–38893.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“Is no more impressive as a warning than it is interesting as a romance. The interest of the reader is aroused at the very beginning and held in leash throughout until the final denouement.” Ellis O. Jones.

+ + Arena. 37: 446. Ap. ’07. 350w.

“The book is in many ways strong. It is original, improbable, and not so well written as ‘Amos Judd’ and others of Mr. Mitchell’s books.” Madeleine Z. Doty.

− − Charities. 17: 487. D. 15. ’06. 250w.

Mitchell, William. Structure and growth of the mind. *$2.60. Macmillan.

W 7–111.

“A treatise on descriptive and genetic psychology in four main parts: The direct explanation of the mind, Sympathetic and aesthetic intelligence, The growth of intelligence, and Extension of direct explanation and the direct explanation.”

“It is, however, frankly technical: it is a book to be studied, not to be read. It has the discursive form of lectures, yet, after all, of written lectures that reflect the slow and careful growth of his phrasing and presentation, and assume a like attentive and painstaking attitude on the part of the student in the class-room or the study. To the circle of those specifically minded to follow the pursuit the work is enthusiastically recommended as a notable addition to the modern literature of psychology.”

+ + Dial. 43: 19. Jl. 1, ’07. 350w.

“The fact that the views which are supported are throughout reasoned views gives it an unusually stimulating quality. And this quality would be still more in evidence were it not for a certain occasional elusiveness in the presentation of the argument, which is not altogether removed by the detail analysis that is provided.” W. G. Smith.

+ + − Hibbert J. 6: 218. O. ’07. 1300w.

“It is an abstruse, laborious book, the work of one who is not fanatically attached to either school, who studies both the direct and indirect explanations of the structure and growth of mind.”

+ − Lond. Times. 6: 283. S. 20, ’07. 680w.

“The discursive style and the absence of prominent landmarks would often give the reader a rather vague idea of the plan of exposition, were it not for the table of contents, which is a model of scientific analysis, and almost makes up for the absence of an alphabetical index.”

+ − Nation. 84: 591. Je. 27, ’07. 1050w.

“Mr. Mitchell’s work will compare very favourably with the best philosophical books of recent years.”

+ + Nature. 76: 196. Je. 27, ’07. 350w.

N. Y. Times. 12: 138. Mr. 9, ’07. 50w.

“A stimulating and serviceable guide-book in psychology, devoted to elaborate and searching criticism for the benefit of readers who are not in a hurry to run while reading.”

+ Outlook. 86: 974. Ag. 31, ’07. 170w.

“One of the most interesting chapters in this book is on the power of suggestion, or the power of a thought to determine a course of thought.”

+ Sat. R. 104: 365. S. 21, ’07. 1080w.

Mitton, G. E. Jane Austen and her times. *$2.75. Putnam.

6–2322.

Descriptive note in December, 1905.

+ − Sat. R. 102: 743. D. 15, ’06. 230w.

Miyakawa, Masuji. Life of Japan. **$3. Baker.

7–28500.

Dr. Miyakawa was educated in America and returning to Japan became interpreter for the imperial army. He reveals intimately “to millions of American homes” a knowledge of Japan and Japanese conditions. The book is dedicated to Commodore Perry whom the author calls the “national redeemer of Japan.” “The bulk of the book is devoted to tracing the rapid growth of Japan since the making of the treaty with the United States, in the reform of its financial system, in the development of its domestic industry and its foreign commerce, the expansion of its army and navy, the establishment of a constitutional form of government, and the adoption of American methods in education and journalism.” (N. Y. Times.)

“For the most part, however, the book is accurate and well suited to the needs of readers who do not care to go deeply into the subjects treated.”

+ Dial. 43: 290. N. 1, ’07. 250w.

N. Y. Times. 12: 536. S. 7, ’07. 1000w.

Miyakawa, Masuji. Powers of the American people. Congress, president, and courts. *$3. N. Hayes, cor. N. Y. ave. & 15th st., Washington, D. C.

A manual of instruction which points out the various powers and duties which are imposed 305by the constitution, written by a Japanese attorney—the first to be admitted to the American bar.

“To the average American student, the book is a primer of the simplest type. To the foreign lawyer who wishes to become familiar with the theoretical side of our government the book will be of considerable assistance, but to a foreign business man or a foreigner studying modern institutions, the book is of little value, for it lives in the dim, forgetful past, not in the pulsing present.”

+ − Ann. Am. Acad. 29: 643. My. ’07. 320w.

“While there are some imperfections in the style, and while for the general reader the book would be more valuable if it had undergone revision by an English scholar, it is a remarkably clear and comprehensive statement of the fundamental principles of our American constitution and might well be commended to the lay reader who desires to obtain a nonpartisan impression and scholarly view of the nature of our government and the functions of its various departments.”

+ − Outlook. 86: 302. Je. 8, ’07. 140w.

R. of Rs. 36: 638. N. ’07. 50w.

Modern pilgrim’s progress; with introd. by the Very Rev. H. S. Bowden. *$1.60. Benziger.

A description of the “phases of thought through which an educated and thoughtful woman passed on her spiritual journey from the Anglican to the Roman faith. The arguments in favor of the Roman faith are as old as its attractions, and the author does not lay claim to any polemical originality.” (Spec.)

Cath. World. 84: 264. N. ’06. 840w.

“The book is a striking one.”

+ Sat. R. 102: 462. O. 13, ’06. 630w.

“The interest of the book lies in the transparent sincerity of the writer, and in the manner in which she emphasises the strange fact that a mind constitutionally restless and hungry for new ideas may be completely transformed and forever pacified by drugs of sacredotal anaesthetics.”

+ Spec. 98: 24. Ja. 5, ’07. 100w.

* Moedebeck, Hermann W. L. Pocket-book of aeronautics, by H. W. L. Moedebeck in collaboration with O. Chanute and others; authorized Eng. ed.; tr. by W. Mansergh Varley. *$3.25. Macmillan.

7–29118.

The present work aims to review the history of aerial navigation and its present development and to give scientific information on the physics of the atmosphere.

“In this handy little volume we have an excellent comprehensive summary of the whole subject of aeronautics, and the English reading public have to thank Major Moedebeck for producing such a work which has been so capably translated by Mr. Varley.”

+ + Nature. 76: 100. My. 30, ’07. 370w.

+ N. Y. Times. 12: 274. Ap. 27, ’07. 210w.

“Useful and timely hand-book. No reference is made to the large amount of data collected with kites in the United States by our Weather bureau and at the Blue Hill observatory, nor to the more recent observations with balloons at great heights, which were instituted by this observatory.” A. Lawrence Rotch.

+ + − Science, n. s. 25: 936. Je. 14, ’07. 700w.

Moffat, Mary Maxwell. Queen Louisa of Prussia: *$3. Dutton.

6–43228.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“A sympathetic and admiring portrayal of Queen Louisa, and a clear and interesting picture of her times. While it throws no new light on Prussian history, it never degenerates into a court calendar, but is dignified and worthy of its subject throughout.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 100. Ap. ’07.

“Well-written, well arranged, and always interesting memoir.” S. M. Francis.

+ Atlan. 100: 493. O. ’07. 400w.

“If not taken as a balanced history of the period it will do no harm, and may serve to interest casual readers to a period of German history of crucial importance.”

+ − Ind. 63: 43. Jl. 4, ’07. 180w.

“A good deal of new matter not found in Horn or even Lonke. There is, too, a good index and a fair bibliography, though it lacks any mention of Martin’s German biography (1887), and is wholly deficient in American references.”

+ + − Nation. 84: 227. Mr. 7, ’07. 940w.

Reviewed by Hildegarde Hawthorne.

+ Putnam’s. 2: 476. Jl. ’07. 220w.

Moffat, Rev. James, ed. Literary illustrations of the Bible, ea. *40c. Armstrong.

Six volumes of commentaries entitled; The book of Ecclesiastes, The book of Daniel, The gospel according to Saint Mark, The epistle to the Romans, The gospel according to Saint Luke, and The book of Revelation.

“The treatment is novel and interesting, and we think might be followed with educational effect by every reader of the Scriptures.”

+ N. Y. Times. 11: 289. My. 5, ’06. 210w.

“A small but choice assortment of gleanings from a fruitful field.”

+ Outlook. 81: 1084. D. 30, ’05. 80w.

Moller, Muriel. Wood-carving designs. *$2.50. Lane.

“Six sheets of excellent working drawings of panels, frames, etc., with examples of furniture suitable for them, as to which Mr. Walter Crane writes an appreciative foreword.”—Int. Studio.

“Should prove of great utility to the carver in wood.”

+ Int. Studio. 31: 251. My. ’07. 100w.

Int. Studio. 31: sup. 86. My. ’07. 350w.

+ Spec. 98: 722. My. 4, ’07. 70w.

Molloy, Joseph Fitzgerald. Sir Joshua and his circle. *$6.50. Dodd.

7–13429.

Less of a sketch of Sir Joshua Reynolds’ life and character than a portrayal of his relations to the group of men and women prominent in the literature and art of his day.

“Mr. Molloy has re-told the old stories fairly well, and produced the sort of book that very many people like to read.”

+ Dial. 42: 115. F. 16, ’07. 280w.

“The book certainly cannot be said to have been necessary; but it is written with such infectious good humour and apparent zest, the touch is so spirited and flowing, the local colour thrown on with so light and lavish a hand, that it may be skimmed with amusement and pleasure.”

+ Lond. Times. 5: 354. O. 19, ’06. 390w.

“It cannot be said that Mr. Molloy’s attempts to be vivacious are always highly successful, nor does it inspire confidence to describe scenes as if the writer were present and spoke from memory of ‘wistful eyes’ and the like.”

+ − Nation. 84: 31. Ja. 10, ’07. 110w.

“Worth reading, and even by those who are already more or less saturated with Reynolds biographical material.”

+ Outlook. 84: 1082. D. 29, ’06. 290w.

Molmenti, Pompeo Gherardo. Venice, its individual growth from the earliest beginnings to the fall of the republic; tr. 306from the Italian by Horatio F. Brown. Sold in 2v. sections, per section, *$5. McClurg.

This is the second installment of Molmenti’s “Venice.” It contains two volumes as did the first section, and deals with “the golden age” from the viewpoints of conditioning factors, constitution, climate and public health, festivals, the arts, industry, scientific movements, schools, private life, the stage, palaces and houses, fashions, entertainments, the family and the corruption of manners.

“Mr. Molmenti is certainly a learned man in the limited sense of the word, that is, he is a collector pure and simple, whose primitive notion of a book is a succession of scrap-heaps, labelled chapters, which his readers are set to pick over for bright and valuable matter appearing here and there like raisins in a cake.” Ferdinand Schwill.

− + Am. Hist. R. 12: 866. Jl. ’07. 1220w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

“The ideal volume from the standpoint of the reputable publisher is one which combines literary interest with an appropriate and attractive type setting and a new edition that goes far toward the accomplishment of this are two volumes recently published with the title ‘Venice.’” Laurence Burnham.

+ + Bookm. 24: 639. F. ’07. 210w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

“Among those who have made a serious study of the Venetian past, perhaps none is more eminent than the Italian historian Pompeo Molmenti.” Laurence M. Larson.

+ + − Dial. 43: 38. Jl. 16, ’07. 1610w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

“In the main, we find Molmenti’s verdicts sound, and his attitude judicial. We must praise the very readable translation of Mr. Horatio Brown, himself a recognized authority on matters Venetian.”

+ + Ind. 63: 1435. D 12, ’07. 820w.

“Admirably translated by a scholar whose erudition is equal to that of their author.”

+ + Int. Studio. 31: 331. Je. ’07. 400w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

“He has what many who attempt works of this kind lack—charm, the gift of presenting a great body of material so that it not only conveys information, but gives pleasure.”

+ + Nation. 84: 499. My. 30, ’07. 1170w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

“The material which enables the author to describe these subjects in the most minute detail has been collected with the greatest care, patience and industry from original sources. So complete, indeed, are the descriptions that in many cases we have pages of sheer enumeration—of estimable value to specialists, but of doubtful attractiveness to the lovers of the romantic phases of Venetian history.”

+ + − N. Y. Times. 12: 88. F. 9, ’07. 1000w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

“That the translation itself is excellent goes without saying. The reader’s pleasure is interfered with by no heaviness of style, no awkward turn of a sentence. The straightforward tale of the old Venetians, the most interesting community in Europe, is told with a frank simplicity, and yet with every detail that can be desired by a careful student.”

+ + Spec. 98: 535. Ap. 6, ’07. 1470w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

“The book is not a history of events, but of thought and character,—a far more intricate subject, and one involving a far profounder knowledge. The erudition is as amazing as ever. Our one complaint is that Mr. Brown does not underrate the scholarship of his readers. About one-tenth of the text of the first volume consists of untranslated quotations from some foreign tongue.”

+ + − Spec. 99: 868. N. 30, ’07. 1350w.

Moncrieff, A. R. Hope. Surrey; painted by Sutton Palmer, with 75 il. in col. *$6. Macmillan.

W 7–171.

Brush and pen have worked in pleasing consonance to reproduce the “enchanting by-ways” of Surrey. Mr. Palmer’s full-page colored illustrations are accompanied by description that are “chatty and spring from point to point very much as William Combe in verse rattled amiably along as an accompanist and reciter for Rowlandson’s pictures of the schoolmaster on his trips.” (N. Y. Times.)

+ Nation. 83: 349. O. 25, ’06. 280w.

“As a rule the neat and simple method of the artist suits the process fairly well.” Charles de Kay.

+ N. Y. Times. 11: 885. D. 22, ’06. 120w.

“Altogether, the book is one of the most agreeable of this series.”

+ Outlook. 84: 386. O. 13, ’06. 180w.

Monroe, Will Seymour. Turkey and the Turks: an account of the lands, the peoples, and the institutions of the Ottoman empire. $3. Page.

7–26348.

A brief but unified picture, gained thru study and travel, of the incoherent Ottoman empire and its complex civilization. A chapter is devoted to the rise, another to the decline of the empire one is given to the significant events in Turkish history during the past thirty years, but the most of the book is devoted to matters of purely human interest, including eight chapters upon Constantinople, its monuments, characteristic quarters, street scenes, bazaars, baths, kahns, fountains, mosques and dervishes.

Dial. 43: 426. D. 16, ’07. 130w.

“As a whole, the book is to be commended for the useful information which it gives, but in some points it merits criticism.”

+ − Nation. 85: 349. O. 17, ’07. 310w.

N. Y. Times. 12: 616. O. 12, ’07. 160w.

Montague, Margaret Prescott. Sowing of Alderson Cree; with a front. by W. T. Benda. †$1.50. Baker.

7–12272.

Alderson Cree is shot by an enemy and upon his death-bed exacts from his young son the promise to avenge the deed. “His ‘sowing’ is the spirit of revenge and hatred which is thus implanted in the child’s heart, and the reaping comes ten years later, when the boy must choose between revenge and love. The story has in it all the rough strength of the mountain valley where the scene is laid and of the rough mountain people who figure in its pages.” (N. Y. Times.)

“A book of extraordinary sweetness and strength, for in reading one is led along by the sure touch of the writer, who, born and living all her days among the mountain people, knows their lives and touches them with truth and tenderness.” Harriet Prescott Spofford.

+ N. Y. Times. 12: 345. Je. 1, ’07. 1770w.

Montgomery, Edmund. Philosophical problems in the light of vital organization. **$2.50. Putnam.

7–5071.

“This work is divided into two parts: 1, Philosophical survey; 2, Biological solutions. Some of the problems discussed in the first part are substance, identity, causation, the problem of the external world, universals and particulars, innate faculties, subject and object, etc.... The problems of substantiality, causation, mechanical necessity, living substance as sensorimotor agent, sentiency and purpose in movements, teleology in nature, etc., are discussed in the second part, in conjunction, with the author’s own views.”—Psychol. Bull.

307“Futile as is all such philosophizing, there are valuable practical applications of biology, in ethics, education, and sociology, and these Mr. Montgomery has instructively presented, though disadvantaged by a heavy and otherwise somewhat defective literary style.”

+ − Outlook. 85: 621. Mr. 16, ’07. 390w.

“A somewhat peculiar setting forth of a familiar view, relating to what is here termed the psychophysical puzzle. What is peculiar is the mystical, or mystifying phraseology in which these views are presented.” E. A. Norris.

− Psychol. Bull. 4: 243. Ap. 25, ’07. 670w.

Montgomery, Hugh, and Cambray, Philip G. Dictionary of political phrases and allusions with a short bibliography. *$2. Dutton.

W 7–84.

A novel book of reference in which “foreign political phrases, terms, and catch-words of international significance, but with particular reference to Great Britain, are defined in simple language.” (N. Y. Times.) “This book will help a hasty journalist to write in such a fashion as to pass muster with a hasty sub-editor.” (Ath.)

“Numerous catch phrases of recent political campaigns are discussed which surely do not deserve a place in a one-volume work of this character, and even the allusions to strictly English politics are not treated with comprehension of their relative importance. The worst fault of the book is the lack of judicial attitude. Almost every page is tinged with a national prejudice which warps the discussion so as largely to destroy its value.”

− Ann. Am. Acad. 30: 598. N. ’07. 150w.

“Most of the entries fall a little short of the exactness to be desired in such a dictionary.”

− + Ath. 1906, 2: 769. D. 15. 1090w.

− + N. Y. Times. 12: 285. My. 4, ’07. 250w.

“To any one having occasion to refer to British acts of legislation or to catchwords of British politics the usefulness of this volume is obvious.”

+ Outlook. 85: 904. Ap. 20, ’07. 100w.

Spec. 97: 991. D. 15, ’06. 110w.

Montgomery, James Alan. Samaritans, the earliest Jewish sect. **$2. Winston.

7–15492.

An exhaustive study of the Samaritans which treats of their history, theology, and philology, with a closing chapter devoted to the literary history of the sect.

“It is a mine of information. The author has apparently overlooked nothing. The method and style are clear and simple, and the book deserves a place in any library.”

+ + Bib. World. 29: 479. Je. ’07. 40w.

“A large amount of diligent research is evident.”

+ Nation. 85: 141. Ag. 15, ’07. 130w.

“Its account of the romantic story of this curious sect will be an authoritative work upon the subject, for it presents an amount and variety of material which can be found nowhere else.”

+ N. Y. Times. 11: 808. D. 1, ’06. 140w.

“The book is a contribution to the literature of an obscure subject. It makes no pretense to popularity. But it will interest scholars who will be especially thankful for the careful ‘Samaritan bibliography.’”

+ N. Y. Times. 12: 548. S. 14, ’07. 90w.

“We commend to our readers his volume.”

+ Spec. 99: 133. Jl. 27, ’07. 260w.

Montgomery, Thomas Harrison, jr. Analysis of racial descent in animals. *$2.50. Holt.

6–16987.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“Our author undertakes the herculean task, we venture to think successfully, of setting the study of phylogeny on a surer foundation.” A. D. D.

+ + Nature. 75: 530. Ap. 4, ’07. 990w.

“Every teacher and advanced student of biology should become acquainted with the views of an author who has studied so many and widely separated biological phenomena.” Robert W. Hegner.

+ + School R. 15: 167. F. ’07. 320w.

Montresor, Frances Frederica. Burning torch. †$1.50. Dutton.

The story of an orphan child endowed with second sight which has descended to her from a Highland ancestor. “The heroine not only does not marry, she is killed in a railway collision. This, being a kind of domestic Cassandra, she has foreseen, as, helpless to prevent or to convince, she has foreseen all the other catastrophes which have befallen her circle—the suicide of her father, the almost patricide of her favorite cousin, the violent death in the desert of the man she loves.” (Nation.)

“It is only just to state that in spite of a considerable lack of sympathy with its philosophy we read ‘The burning torch’ with an interest that surprised us.”

+ − Acad. 73: 731. Jl. 27, ’07. 400w.

“One does not realize it (there are so many diverse interests touched by a sympathetic and exceedingly observant perception) till nearly the end; but the tale is compounded of elements which do not coalesce quite happily.”

+ − Lond. Times. 6: 212. Jl. 5, ’07. 330w.

Nation. 85: 268. S. 26. ’07. 200w.

“Parts of the story are pretty dull, and the style tends to be tedious, but for all that there is really good stuff in the rather nondescript and futile whole called ‘The burning torch.’”

+ − N. Y. Times. 12: 548. S. 14, ’07. 380w.

“While there are many grim and not altogether pleasant traits distributed among the actors, there is also a decided hopefulness for humanity and faith in God pervading the story.”

+ − Outlook. 87: 269. O. 5, ’07. 270w.

“A book heavier with fate and fatalities we have never seen. It is not an easy book to read.”

− Putnam’s. 3: 239. N. ’07. 760w.

“Miss Montresor can always be relied upon for a straightforward story without ellipse or obscurity; she tells it fluently and at some length, as though she could not help telling it. She has delicacy and enough observation to make every one of her numerous characters distinct.”

+ Spec. 99: 59. Jl. 13, ’07. 1150w.

Moody, Winfield Scott. Pickwick ladle and other collector’s stories. †$1.50. Scribner.

7–35226.

Sketches of “two hardened bric-a-brac hunters.... Each story breathes an agreeable leisure, and the thread of the Wyckoffs’ adventures among the antique dealers is enriched by a shrewd characterization of the dealers themselves, from Dirck Amstell, the honest Dutchman, to a proud representative of Du Val upon Fifth avenue.”—Nation.

“Unusually well told stories.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 136. My. ’07. ✠

+ Ind. 63: 1377. D. 5, ’07. 130w.

“Dainty in touch, with humor that is real and pervaded by an atmosphere of good society.”

+ Lit. D. 34: 886. Je. 1, ’07. 40w.

“The pleasant surprise of the stories as a whole is that treating of the infinitely small, they constantly broaden into a larger perspective.”

+ Nation. 84: 523. Je. 6, ’07. 220w.

“Altogether delightful little stories.”

+ + N. Y. Times. 12: 494. Ag. 10, ’07. 340w.

308“After reading much of the fiction of the day, one feels as if in this modest volume he is really once more in good society.”

+ Outlook. 86: 118. My. 18, ’07. 100w.

Moore, Edward A. Story of a cannoneer under Stonewall Jackson, in which is told the part taken by the Rockbridge artillery in the army of northern Virginia; with introds. by Robert E. Lee, jr., and Hon. Henry St. George Tucker: il. $2. Neale.

7–21269.

“In which is told the part taken during the civil war by the Rockbridge artillery in the operations of the army of northern Virginia.... It is history and romance in one, and at the same time a chronicle and a picture gallery. To read it is to know intimately the brave and noble young fellows who formed the company, a command that proved its mettle in twenty-three engagements.”—N. Y. Times.

“We heartily commend the volume as a truthful picture of real war.”

+ Ath. 1907, 2: 151. Ag. 10. 110w.

“The book possesses genuine value despite occasional eccentricities of style which careful editing would have avoided.”

+ − Nation. 85: 229. S. 12, ’07. 340w.

“He tells the story of the four years’ struggle in a clear, direct, soldier like way, always with a sense of the humorous, and always sympathetically, like a man to whom life is larger than any one man’s experience.”

+ N. Y. Times. 12: 383. Je. 15, ’07. 190w.

“The story is well told, and gives a real insight into the every-day life and typical privations of the confederate soldier-boy. Mr. Moore’s sympathetic narrative is full of ‘human interest’ of a very genuine kind.”

+ R. of Rs. 36: 511. O. ’07. 140w.

Moore, Frederick. Balkan trail. $3.50. Macmillan.

6–41820.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“The story throughout is as straightforward and as thoroughly to the point as could be desired. There is no pretension, the facts are told in simple style, readable and interesting from beginning to end. The book as a whole gives a better idea of the life in the Balkan region than any other similar volume yet published.”

+ Ann. Am. Acad. 30: 598. N. ’07. 190w.

“He has the capacity to see the really interesting things and record his impressions so as to convey them to the reader. And this he does without the tall writing which as a rule disfigures the work of a newspaper correspondent. He possesses also the gift of humor.”

+ Sat. R. 103: 54. Ja. 12, ’07. 730w.

Moore, George. Lake. †$1.50. Appleton.

5–37156.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“It is Irish to the core, but with a quiet and contemplative melancholy. Of the few events none is cheap or trite.” Mary Moss.

+ Atlan. 99: 116. Ja. ’07. 190w.

Moore, George. Memoirs of my dead life. **$1.50. Appleton.

6–42372.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“The collection is a rather sickening blend of Henry Harland at his fluffiest and of Goncourt at his feeblest.” H. T. P.

− + Bookm. 24: 479. Ja. ’07. 1080w.

Current Literature. 42: 398. Ap. ’07. 1270w.

“It probably contains more of himself than is to be found in the sum of his other works, which would be equivalent to saying that it surpasses them in interest.”

+ Lit. D. 54: 218. F. 9. ’07. 260w.

Nation. 84: 62. Ja. 17, ’07. 730w.

“‘The memoirs of my dead life’ is even more dead than Mr. Moore is wont to be. It is worse than dead—it is defunct.”

− Putnam’s. 1: 767. Mr. ’07. 540w.

R. of Rs. 35: 113. Ja. ’07. 130w.

Moore, John Bassett. Digest of international law. 8v. per set, $10. Supt. of doc.

6–35196.

Eight large volumes in the preparation of which Prof. Moore, “analyzed, digested and epitomized diplomatic discussions, treaties, and other international agreements, international awards, the decisions of municipal courts, the writings of jurists, the documents—published and unpublished—of presidents and secretaries of state of the United States, the opinions of attorneys-general, and the decisions of state and federal courts.” (R. of Rs.)

Am. Hist. R. 12: 466. Ja. ’07. 160w.

R. of Rs. 34: 384. S. ’06. 120w.

“By far the best feature of these volumes is their admirable analysis of the subject-matter with which they deal.”

+ Sat. R. 103: 783. Je. 22, ’07. 1550w.

Moore, John Trotwood. Bishop of Cottontown. †$1.50. Winston.

6–17871.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“The story has so much that is excellent in it, and the author’s spirit is so fine and fair, and his humanity so broad, that it is a source of sincere regret that the book is so diffuse.”

+ − Arena. 37: 108. Ja. ’07. 390w.

Moore, Joseph Augustus. School house; its heating and ventilation. $2. Joseph A. Moore, 28 Conway st., Roslendale, Bost.

5–39873.

“The author has here embodied in convenient form a large amount of useful information based on his experience during the past eighteen years in inspecting public buildings in Massachusetts and ‘in supervising the construction of and testing the various methods of heating and ventilation, especially in school houses.’ He has also included further useful matter in the way of quotations from state laws and regulations on the construction and state supervision of public buildings.”—Engin. N.

“The book is written in an easily understood, direct manner. It would constitute a good beginning of a library for a school janitor’s library.”

+ Engin. N. 56: 182. Ag. 16, ’06. 170w.

Moore, Mrs. N. Hudson. Collector’s manual; with 336 page engravings and with borders by Amy Richards. **$5. Stokes.

6–43921.

A guide for the collector of antiques in which the author gives helpful information about old furniture, old glass, brass and copper articles, English pottery and porcelain, old clocks, pewter, etc.

“Pleasant reading but not particularly valuable.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 46. F. ’07.

“Mrs. Moore writes definitely and concisely.”

+ + Dial. 42: 81. F. 1, ’07. 380w.

“These chapters are all full of information, given in a popular, chatty way from the collector’s standpoint, giving account of shrewd bargains and the money value of things, rather than of their artistic merit.”

+ Ind. 63: 697. S. 19, ’07. 310w.

+ + Lit. D. 34: 470. Mr. 23, ’07. 270w.

“The book is evidently the work of a practised and ardent pursuer of this peculiar game, one, moreover, who can point to what exists in old books about this favorite sport. And yet the 309space occupied by rather useless borders might well be filled with careful footnotes.”

+ + Nation. 84: 208. F. 28, ’07. 480w.

“Not only the collector, but the home builder, will find much in the book that is of value to him. The illustrations are very good and clearly show the different articles presented.”

+ + N. Y. Times. 12: 118. F. 23, ’07. 490w.

R. of Rs. 35: 115. Ja. ’07. 50w.

Moore, Mrs. N. Hudson. Deeds of daring done by girls. †$1.50. Stokes.

6–40212.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“It is to be regretted that these stories, which are based on acts of heroism and are inspiring to girls, should be so poor in workmanship.”

− A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 83. Mr. ’07.

Moore, T. Sturge. Correggio. *$2. Scribner.

7–35193.

“The originality of the book lies largely in the asides, though the author does good service in challenging previous vague attempts to define the peculiar sort of ecstacy wherein Correggio’s Corregiosity must surely consist. Mr. Moore’s own view is that the master fully realized himself only a handful of the classical pictures, notably the Io, the Ganymede, and perhaps the Antiope. As the favored decorator of the provincial and by no means highly cultured court of Parma. Correggio lacked the sustaining forces behind a Titian or a Michaelangelo, frequently availing himself too readily of his own formulas, seldom realizing the full dignity of his position as artist.”—Nation.

“Not so readable as Brinton’s book in the ‘Great masters’ series, nor does it contain so much about the life of Correggio, but is much more exhaustive as to technique.”

+ − A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 101. Ap. ’07.

“Rarely have we read a book more bewildering in general plan, and this in spite of not a little classification into divisions and subdivisions. It is moreover, written in a style of liquid and wandering reverie.”

+ − Ath. 1906, 2:624. N. 17. 1150w.

“He again devotes rather too much space to the exploitation of his own critical creed; and he is unnecessarily hard on Mr. Berenson and Signor Conrado Ricci.”

+ − Ind. 63: 1126. N. 14, ’07. 290w.

“When Mr. Sturge Moore shakes himself free of the other critics and deals with his professed subject, Correggio, he reveals himself as admirably qualified for the task. He brings to his work that rare combination, a practical training in art and a wide knowledge of literature, with a power of philosophical analysis to which very few writers on the history of art can pretend. The catalogue ‘raisonné,’ in which Mr. Moore has been helped by his friend. Mr. C. S. Ricketts, is fairly complete.”

+ + − Lond. Times. 5: 399. N. 30, ’06. 1030w.

“The style is occasionally crabbed, its discursiveness extreme, but as the sincere effort of a poet’s mind to interpret a most poetical painter it abounds in wisdom even in the byways of the theme.”

+ − Nation. 84: 230. Mr. 7, ’07. 620w.

“The result [of defining the temper, address, inspiration and quality of works], though somewhat spun out in generalizations, is interesting, suggestive, and important, especially as coming from one who questions the value of the aims and methods of modern historical art criticism.”

+ Outlook. 85: 903. Ap. 20, ’07. 200w.

“There is much in this volume with which it is possible to disagree; there is, I think, too much controversy in it, and Mr. Moore is not at his happiest in controversy. Nor is the design of the book quite satisfactory. But, whatever the faults, I believe that it is on the main lines of such work as this that aesthetic criticism, if it is to have any vital hold on the intelligent interests of the world, must proceed.” Laurence Binyon.

+ − Sat. R. 102: 799. D. 29, ’06. 1900w.

Moore, Thomas. Complete poetical works; with biographical sketch by Nathan H. Dole. $1.25. Crowell.

Uniform with the “Thin paper poets.”

Moore, William Harrison. Act of state in English law. *$3. Dutton.

7–18175.

“A systematic treatment of ‘Matters of state.’ with numerous citations of important cases. ‘The type of “matter of state” is the matter between states, which, whether it be regulated by international law or not, and whether the acts in question are or are not in accord with international law, is not a subject of municipal jurisdiction.’”—N. Y. Times.

N. Y. Times. 12: 59. F. 2. ’07. 60w.

“Mr. Moore has taken a generous view of what his subject includes, and his book is not only interesting to read but it will facilitate the work of those high legal personages whose dignified labours lie on this borderland of international and municipal law.”

+ − Sat. R. 102: 812. D. 29, ’06. 280w.

More, Mrs. Louise Bolard. Wage-earners’ budgets: a study of standards and cost of living in New York city; with a preface by Franklin H. Geddings. (Greenwich house series of social studies, no. 1.) **$2.50. Holt.

7–30623.

A study of the social, economic and industrial life of the wage-earners of a city neighborhood, based upon an inquiry into the economic status of two hundred families whose struggle for existence is most intense. The investigator’s final list was made up of families who proved able and willing to coöperate with her intelligently and patiently in keeping simple accounts, and in making careful, verifiable statements. The statistics are presented in tabulated form and throw light upon incomes, expenditures and standards of living.

“As a contribution to our concrete knowledge of social conditions the present work bears the only test to which it need be subjected—it is accurate, specific, and detailed.” John Cummings.

+ J. Pol. Econ. 15: 560. N. ’07. 560w.

“The value of the book consists, then, in its detailed study of how a certain class of working people live.” Charles S. Bernheimer.

+ N. Y. Times. 12: 642. O. 19, ’07. 1050w.

More, Paul Elmer. Shelburne essays. 4 ser. ea. **$1.25. Putnam.

6–45344.

ser. 4. This closing series of Mr. More’s essays contains, “informing and delightful criticisms” of such celebrities as Robert Stephens Hawker, Fanny Burney, George Herbert, John Keats, Benjamin Franklin, Charles Lamb and Walt Whitman. There are also three other essays in the group. A note on ‘Daddy’ Crisp, The theme of ‘Paradise lost’ and The letters of Horace Walpole.

“Scholarly, thoughtful essays on literature. Style clever, sometimes charming. For the student rather than the average reader.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 46. F. ’07. (Review of v. 4)

“Is the most interesting which he has published since his first.”

+ Ind. 63: 759. S. 26, ’07. 530w. (Review of v 4.)

“By this time Mr. More has got his philosophy of life sufficiently well in hand to use it rather as a means of orientating himself with reference to his subject than as an end in itself.”

+ Ind. 63: 1229. N. 21, ’07. 110w. (Review of v. 4.)

310 Nation. 83: 481. D. 6, ’06. 60w. (Review of v. 4.)

“Never here shall we find anything more than comfort and instruction. The one thing more that we should desire to find is inspiration.”

+ − N. Y. Times. 12: 42. Ja. 26, ’07. 380w. (Review of v. 4.)

“He makes no cheap bid for favor. He dispenses altogether with smartness, and almost altogether with humor. He is never audacious, like Mr. Lang, nor ironical, like Mr. Saintsbury. He possesses no gift of style, but writes in clear, unembarrassed sentences, making a legitimate demand upon the intelligence of his readers.” Agnes Repplier.

+ N. Y. Times. 12: 88. F. 9, ’07. 840w. (Review of v. 4.) (Reprinted from Philadelphia public register.)

“By the soundness of his critical method, and by virtue of the range, depth, and precision of knowledge, combined with literary charm and human interest, which these essays evince, Mr. More, takes a secure place in the forefront of American criticism.” Horatio S. Krans.

+ + Putnam’s. 1: 752. Mr. ’07. 1060w. (Review of v. 4.)

“The essays are appreciative, and it is saying little for them to assert that no one, however familiar he may be with the men into whose characters and works they probe so tenderly and searchingly, can fail to receive instruction from the book. Moreover, the style is limpid and easy; the author is never ‘clever’ or paradoxical, according to the new fashion; he is never startlingly witty, but always sane and apt; and a spirit of sweet reasonableness prevades all.”

+ + Spec. 99: 91. Jl. 20, ’07. 1460w. (Review of v. 4.)

Morgan, Conway Lloyd. Interpretation of nature. **$1.25. Putnam.

6–42351.

“This little book is an extension of an article which appeared in the ‘Contemporary review’ of May, 1905. It deals with the scientific and teleological aspects of the interpretation of nature, the aim of the book being, in the author’s words, to show that a belief in purpose as the casual reality of which nature is an expression is not inconsistent with a full and whole-hearted acceptance of the explanations of naturalism within their appropriate sphere.” (Int. J. Ethics.)

“The book is enriched with extremely well selected examples, which serve to make clear and precise the author’s meaning and to make the book intelligible and interesting to the general reader.” C. T. Preece.

+ Int. J. Ethics. 16: 517. Jl. ’06. 670w.

“This little book deals with big questions, and many who have pondered over them will be grateful to the author for the lucidity of his argument, which is an expression of his own clear vision.”

+ Nature. 73: 265. Ja. 18, ’06. 1410w.

Outlook. 84: 940. D. 15, ’06. 200w.

Morgan, George. True Patrick Henry. **$2. Lippincott.

7–27032.

An intimately analytical biography of Patrick Henry thruout which the white light is turned upon him. He lives again in the atmosphere of the revolution, becomes the center of situations and scenes which he dominated, is lawyer, orator, soldier, statesman and executive, and is seen surrounded by his contemporaries and friends. The historical value of the study is apparent, while it is as fascinating as any romance.

“The rapid narrative style, plentifully seasoned with personal details quite upholds the claim of the publishers that the book is ‘as readable as a spirited romance.’”

+ N. Y. Times. 12: 702. N. 2, ’07. 280w.

Morgan, James. Theodore Roosevelt: the boy and the man. $1.50. Macmillan.

7–31182.

A simple, straightforward, withal complete sketch of our president, showing the rounds by which he did ascend to the present heights from which he defends and promulgates America’s sturdiest democratic principles. “Its aim is to present a life of action by portraying the varied dramatic scenes in the career of a Man who still has the enthusiasm of a Boy, and whose energy and faith have illustrated before the world the spirit of Young America.”

“Written in a mechanical style and without originality but will be useful until replaced by a better work.”

+ − A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 196. N. ’07.

“The book is one that will appeal to the ‘plain people.’”

+ Lit. D. 35: 614. O. 26, ’07. 350w.

+ Lit. D. 35: 917. D. 14, ’07. 70w.

“He has accomplished a difficult task accurately and impartially.”

+ + Nation. 85: 424. N. 7, ’07. 240w.

“Rarely is a living man so adequately celebrated. Mr. Morgan’s appreciation of his subject is hearty; his selection of material out of the enormous mass of Rooseveltiana available is so admirably calculated to his purpose that the reviewer can do no better than quote from the text. An almost ideal biography.”

+ + + N. Y. Times. 12: 610. O. 12, ’07. 1250w.

“Altogether, this new biography is one of the indispensable books of its class so far as contemporary literature is concerned.”

+ + R. of Rs. 36: 635. N. ’07. 300w.

Morgan, Lewis H. Ancient society; or, Researches in the lines of human progress from savagery through barbarism to civilization. $1.50. Holt.

Mr. Morgan classifies his study under four general heads as follows: Growth of intelligence through inventions and discoveries, Growth of the idea of government, Growth of the idea of the family and Growth of the idea of property. His presentation is logical and suggestive.

Ind. 63: 1313. N. 28, ’07. 280w.

“It is gratifying to see a reprint of a work which may be called one of the minor classics among American archeological monographs.”

+ Lit. D. 34: 842. My. 25, ’07. 120w.

“We are glad to see so valuable, scholarly, and interesting a work again made accessible.”

+ N. Y. Times. 12: 546. S. 14, ’07. 350w.

“Really epoch-marking work in the history of thought.”

+ + Outlook. 87: 537. N. 9, ’07. 180w.

Morgan, Thomas Hunt. Experimental zoology. *$2.75. Macmillan.

7–3114.

“A work of 450 pages, based on thirty-five lectures; a treatment that does not pretend to be entirely exhaustive, but for which ‘the plan has been to select the most typical and instructive cases.’ Divided into main sections on the Experimental study of evolution; Growth; Grafting; Influence of environment on the life cycle; Determination of sex, and Secondary sexual characters.”

“The novelty of the field covered in this work and the very fundamental bearings of the data and hypotheses here gathered in a critical summary combine to make Professor Morgan’s work indispensable to anyone who wishes critical information of recent movements in the biological world.”

+ + Dial. 42: 228. Ap. 1, ’07. 400w.

“Professor Morgan’s book is the best, indeed the only up-to-the-moment abstract of the results and the various phases of this experimental investigation of the life and make-up 311of animals. It is not primarily a book for the general reader, but there is no other for him on the same subject. And he can better afford not to understand a few of Professor Morgan’s references and yet be able to rely on what he does understand as being true, than to look for a more popular and less reliable account.”

+ + Ind. 63: 218. Jl. 25, ’07. 820w.

“There is much original matter, in spite of the space necessarily given to compilation. The most serious defect is in the index, which is all too scant for such a mass of diverse subject matter.”

+ − Nation. 84: 343. Ap. 11, ’07. 490w.

“We may be allowed to compliment the author on his highly successful execution of an arduous task; his workmanship is marked by carelessness, lucidity and impartiality, by the salt of good-tempered criticism.” J. A. T.

+ + Nature. 76: 313. Ag. 1, ’07. 1160w.

N. Y. Times. 12: 79. F. 9, ’07. 60w.

“The book treats primarily of those subjects and problems of experimental zoology which have not been considered in other books. The material which is presented is not always fully digested. Style and method of presentation present certain features which can be due only to haste or lack of care.” C. M. Child.

+ − Science, n.s. 26: 824. D. 13, ’07. 3920w.

Morgan, William Conger. Qualitative analysis as a laboratory basis for the study of general inorganic chemistry. *$1.90. Macmillan.

6–42922.

“Less a work for the beginner than for the student who has already acquired a certain familiarity with experimental chemistry. It is in fact, a comprehensive study of analysis from the theoretical side.... The book is divided into sections, the first of which deals with general principles, such as mass action, equilibrium, reversible changes, and dissociation; the second section is devoted to reactions of the common elements, arranged according to the periodic system, and the third deals with systematic analysis.”—Nature.

“To those who want a textbook with ionic notation, and do not mind having the names of certain elements and compounds written in the American spelling, this book is to be highly commended.”

+ Ath. 1907, 1: 543. My. 4. 300w.

“A course of general educational value.”

+ Nation. 84: 388. Ap. 25, ’07. 360w.

“It is simply and clearly written, although the American spelling and the alternate use of names and symbols in the text are a little confusing to the English reader. Nevertheless, the book has a distinct character of its own; it is interesting and suggestive, and will fill a gap in chemical philosophic literature.” J. B. C.

+ − Nature. 75: 582. Ap. 18, ’07. 170w.

N. Y. Times. 12: 79. F. 9, ’07. 50w.

“The press work of the book is excellent and typographical errors are very few. There is a complete index.” Jas. Lewis Howe.

+ Science, n.s. 25: 535. Ap. 5, ’07. 1120w.

Morley, Margaret Warner. Grasshopper land. †$1.25. McClurg.

7–17914.

The foreword to this careful inquiry into the affairs of the denizens of grasshopperland explains that the book is not for children but for their “grandfathers and grandmothers who were once boys and girls in the country and who may be in danger after all these years, of forgetting about grasshoppers.” But the little volume will not only refresh the memories of those who have forgotten, but will also tell those, who never knew, much that is interesting about the ways of the grasshopper folk. There are many illustrations from drawings.

“She evidently knows a great deal about such insects, and what she knows she has set forth in very entertaining and lucid form.” George Gladden.

+ Bookm. 25: 625. Ag. ’07. 130w.

“The book is a well executed piece of sugar-coated science, intended for children or amateur naturalists, and is couched in literary rather than scientific form.”

+ Dial. 42: 380. Je. 16, ’07. 90w.

“This information will be convenient for teachers by giving them something more to talk about.”

+ − Ind. 62: 1354. Je. 6, ’07. 80w.

Morris, Charles. Heroes of discovery in America. **$1.25. Lippincott.

6–15411.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“Useful in the children’s room as well as in the general library.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 12. Ja. ’07. S.

Morris, Charles. Heroes of progress in America. **$1.25. Lippincott.

6–43546.

Short chapters deal with forty-five men who have taken the initiative along the highroads of statesmanship, invention, scientific research, benevolent activity and moral earnestness from the days of Roger Williams to the present.

A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 12. Ja. 07. S.

“The language is simple and easily understood by the younger readers.”

+ N. Y. Times. 11: 902. D. 29, ’06. 70w.

Morris, Charles. Heroes of the army in America. **$1.25. Lippincott.

6–43547.

America’s fighters by land and sea, “striking for liberty and union and sowing the land with memories of valiant deeds” furnish many a narrative for the youthful patriot of to-day. There are thirty-six men in Mr. Morris’ group including men from George Washington to Nelson A. Miles.

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 13. Ja. ’07. S.

“Should be a valuable form of supplementary reading.”

+ N. Y. Times. 11: 902. D. 22, ’06. 100w.

Morris, Charles. Heroes of the navy in America. *$1.25. Lippincott.

7–15488.

Accounts of conflicts on the high seas which do honor to both our navy and the heroes who fought in it. There are chapters upon: John Paul Jones, William Bainbridge, Stephen Decatur, James Lawrence, David Porter, Oliver Perry, Farragut, Dewey, Hobson, and a score of others as brave if not as well known.

“Is exceedingly well adapted to the needs of young readers. Treating chiefly, although not entirely, of our naval successes, it presents a rather one-sided and flattering picture of our naval history as a whole.” Charles Oscar Paullin.

+ Am. Hist. R. 13: 185. O. ’07. 410w.

Dial. 43: 21. Jl. 1, ’07. 180w.

“Mr. Morris knows how to tell a story, and his compendium ought to attract many who do not see their way to attacking the minute Mahan, the much-questioned Maclay, the entirely discredited Buell, or the laborious Spears.” Montgomery Schuyler.

+ Putnam’s. 3: 100. O. ’07. 150w.

Morris, Charles. Home life in all lands. **$1. Lippincott.

7–28638.

A book that might be used as a supplementary reader for geography classes. It tells of the people of far-away quarters of the world, their queer food, strange clothing, curious habits, customs and methods of securing a living.

Morris, Charles. Old South and the new. **$2.25. Winston.

7–36220.

A complete illustrated history of the southern states, their resources, their people and their 312cities, and the inspiring story of their wonderful growth in industry and riches from the earliest times to the Jamestown exposition.

N. Y. Times. 12: 665. O. 19, ’07. 20w.

Morris, George Van Derveer. Polly. $1.50. Neale.

6–46773.

A fairy tale of love in which it is shown that men love not so much the reality, the substance, as they do the ideal.

Morris, J. Makers of Japan. *$3. McClurg.

W 6–266.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“Mr. Morris, has given us in his volume a most entertaining and valuable review of the work of the great statesmen of our rising Far Eastern neighbor.” Laura Bell.

+ + Ann. Am. Acad. 29: 233. Ja. ’07. 420w.

“Convenient for newspaper reference, and for all those who do not seek more than the current notions about distinguished men.”

+ Nation. 85: 80. Jl. 25, ’07. 30w.

Morris, William. Stories from Morris, by Madalen Edgar. (Children’s favorite classics.) 60c. Crowell.

7–22916.

Stories from “The earthly paradise.” The author has held close to Morris’ rehabilitation of the spirit of the middle ages with its superstitious belief in magic, and its love of mystery and romance.

“To strip his work of all its poetic beauty, its meaning, and its intellectual distinction is unfair both to him and his childish readers.”

− + N. Y. Times. 12: 568. S. 21, ’07. 320w.

Morrison, Arthur. Chronicles of Martin Hewett, detective. $1.50. Page.

7–12979.

A new illustrated edition of the earlier adventures of Hewett whose “‘well known powers’ are nothing but common sense assiduously applied and made quick by habit.”

Morrison, Arthur. Martin Hewitt investigator. †$1.25. Harper.

A new edition of Mr. Morrison’s detective stories. Martin Hewitt, master of both the science and art of detective study, is an interesting personality. In addition to the usual keen perception, shrewd observation, and deft logic required of sleuths, he operates the law of human kindness.

Nation. 84: 457. My. 16, ’07. 280w.

“The stories present many varied phases of crime, and they are very well told.”

+ N. Y. Times. 12: 239. Ap. 13, ’07. 130w.

+ Outlook. 85: 812. Ap. 6, ’07. 50w.

Morse, Edward Sylvester. Mars and its mystery. **$2. Little.

6–31643.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“Charmingly written, well worth reading, but deals with perhaps too much assurance about matters concerning which there are wide differences of opinion among astronomers.”

+ − A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 47. F. ’07.

“His book is carelessly put together, repetitious, decidedly partisan—and always lively.” E. T. Brewster.

− + Atlan. 100: 262. Ag. ’07. 40w.

“The present author takes the viewpoint, rather, of the special pleader, marshals the evidence that bolsters up the theory he is advancing, ridicules opinions divergent from his own, and leaves the reader in a state of wonder as to what arguments might be advanced on the other side of the question.” Herbert A. Howe.

− + Dial. 42: 75. F. 1, ’07. 950w.

+ − Ind. 61: 1567. D. 27, ’06. 160w.

“One cannot but admire the ingenuity of his argument, even if unable to accept his conclusion.”

+ − Nation. 34: 317. Ap. 4, ’07. 490w.

“The book is a useful guide to further study of the subject, as it gives full references to the original sources of information.”

+ N. Y. Times. 11: 846. D. 8, ’07. 190w.

+ R. of Rs. 35: 117. Ja. ’07. 60w.

* Moryson, Fynes. Itinerary of Fynes Moryson. 4v. ea. *$3.25. Macmillan.

“Containing his ten yeeres travell through the twelve dominions of Germany, Bohmerland, Sweitzerland, Netherland, Denmarke, Poland, Italy, Turky, France, England Scotland and Ireland.” This reprint is the first in full since the original was published in 1617.

+ Nation. 85: 470. N. 21, ’07. 90w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

“Is worthy of a place on the shelf which contains that delightful work of ancient travel and whimsical humor, ‘Coryat’s crudities.’”

+ Outlook. 87: 748. N. 30, ’07. 240w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

+ Sat. R. 104: sup. 8. N. 16, ’07. 240w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

“Full of interesting matter.”

+ Spec. 99: 871. N. 30, ’07. 550w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

Mosenthal, Philip J., and Horne, Charles F., eds. City college; memories of sixty years; ed. for the Associate alumni of the college of the city of New York. *$5. Putnam.

A memorial volume recording the life and history of the college of the city of New York, prior to its removal to its new home on St. Nicholas Heights.

“The work has been done and notably well done.”

+ Outlook. 86: 972. Ag. 31, ’07. 160w.

“It is a mosaic of admirable arrangement whose separate stones have been polished for the setting by a number of distinguished alumni.”

+ Putnam’s. 2: 721. S. ’07. 250w.

Moses, Bernard. Government of the United States. *$1.05. Appleton.

6–12152.

“This is a sketch of the organization and general methods of working of the United States government. The subject matter rather outruns the title, as all grades of government, and not the national alone, are covered.” (Ann. Am. Acad.) “Especially noteworthy is an inclusion among the topics of that new phase of American government—the dependencies. Roosevelt’s letter instructions to the Philippine board and an act of Congress bearing upon it are appended.” (Ind.)

“The style of the work is pleasing and there is no unnecessary padding.”

+ Ann. Am. Acad. 30: 165. Jl. ’07. 90w.

“The discussion of the various topics are very lucid and followed by the fullest topical references, perhaps a little too advanced for the average student.”

+ Ind. 61: 256. Ag. 2, ’06. 80w.

Moses, Josiah. Pathological aspects of religions. *$1.50. Stechert.

6–32848.

“A dissertation for the doctorate at Clark university, made by a diligent collection of more or less important instances of the perversion of the religious instinct, such as mysticism, fetichism, ritualism, emotionalism, etc.”—Ind.

“There is very little originality perceptible either in his methods or conclusions.”

− + Ind. 61: 759. S. 27, ’06. 50w.

“Its value is impaired by a number of misstatements of fact, and by the author’s lack of training in historical research. The proofreading, also, is very bad. As Dr. Moses’s general points of view are good, we feel confident 313that he will be able to revise his book in such a way as to bring out more clearly its fundamental idea.”

− + Nation. 84: 158. F. 14, ’07. 1000w.

* Moses, Montrose Jonas. Children’s books and reading. *$1.50. Kennerley.

7–38221.

A practical, workable guide to children’s books and reading prepared after consultation with leading librarians. There are chapters covering the history of children’s books from early times to the present day and others dealing with the general purpose of the books besides a sixty-seven page appendix of book-lists carefully arranged and classified.

+ R. of Rs. 36: 759. D. ’07. 50w.

Moses, Montrose Jonas. Famous actor families in America. **$2. Crowell.

6–34709.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“Contains much useful material, but little that is new; some of it is trivial. In spite of it, it will be referred to often in reference work and will interest readers who care for the drama.”

+ − A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 47. F. ’07.

“Not many of the books which have been published about actors have had the interest or the literary merit of ... ‘Famous actor families in America.’”

+ Ind. 62: 331. F. 7, ’07. 440w.

R. of Rs. 35: 508. Ap. ’07. 90w.

Moss, Mary. Poet and the parish. †$1.50. Holt.

6–34369.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

Reviewed by Wm. M. Payne.

+ Dial. 42: 16. Ja. 1, ’07. 380w.

Mother Goose. Mother Goose in silhouettes cut by Katharine G. Buffum. †75c. Houghton.

7–30443.

Mother Goose uniquely illustrated in silhouettes that have a taking way of speaking for themselves.

Mott, Lawrence. To the credit of the sea. †$1.50. Harper.

7–17361.

Eight dramatic stories of the sea and the fishermen of the Labrador coast: To the credit of the sea, The white squall, The world of waters, The leaving of a dory, The best man out of Labrador, Uncle Sam Simmons, To’mie’s luck, and Adrift.

“Will interest the lover of sea yarns.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 178. O. ’07.

“We are glad to recommend this book as the best its author has produced.”

+ + Ath. 1907, 1: 789. Je. 29. 200w.

+ N. Y. Times. 12: 359. Je. 1, ’07. 120w.

“The stories ... are quite brutal, yet lightened by attempts at current popular sentiment.”

− + Outlook. 86: 477. Je. 29, ’07. 60w.

Mott, Lawrence. White darkness and other stories of the great Northwest. $1.50. Outing.

7–4162.

Sixteen “tales of the blood-and-iron men of the Northland.” Stories of the trappers and the brave hearts that beat beneath their rough exteriors, stories of the Indians and the work of the Canadian mounted police; all are intensely dramatic and are told with much feeling and few words as befits the lonely snow-curtained land where passions are elemental and death is a matter of daily encounter. The tales include beside the title story; Jaquette, The silver fox, The current of fear, Wa-gush, Follette, The talking of Almighty voice, and others.

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 78. Mr. ’07.

“The stories are all picturesque, and some contain really vivid descriptive writing. There is a photographic quality about them. Clean-cut and clever, they have craft, but not art, except, perhaps, in two cases.”

+ Ath. 1907, 2: 686. N. 30. 110w.

“What differentiates the stories of Lawrence Mott from those of Mr. London is the occasional unforseen flash of generosity and self-sacrifice, the revelation of tenderness in unexpected quarters, that shines out like a beacon light across the gloom of the pictures he draws.”

+ Bookm. 25: 183. Ap. ’07. 440w.

“These stories are all of the type known as ‘magazinable;’ which means that the chances are against their proving (to invent a similar verbal horror) really ‘bookable.’”

+ − Nation. 84: 201. F. 28, ’07. 120w.

“They have less of that strength, boldness, and incisiveness which make London’s life pictures stand out like silhouettes against a full white moon, but they have more appreciation of the lights and shadows in the picture, more gentleness of mood, and a more poetic appreciation of nature.”

+ N. Y. Times. 12: 114. F. 23, ’07. 300w.

“Mr. Mott writes incisively with no waste of words, and he has the dramatic sense in a high degree, but tragic bloodshed is much more frequent in his pages than in Parker’s tales of the same sort.” Vernon Atwood.

+ Putnam’s. 2: 619. Ag. ’07. 160w.

Mottram, William. True story of George Eliot in relation to “Adam Bede.” *$1.75. McClurg.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“The reader who picks up the volume in search of a sensation will be sorely disappointed. It is a jumble of family traditions, diffusely written, and displaying a marvellous lack of transition: but it is a genuine production nevertheless.”

+ − Nation. 84: 293. Mr. 28. ’07. 860w.

R. of Rs. 35: 113. Ja. ’07. 100w.

Moulton, Forest Ray. Introduction to astronomy. *$1.60. Macmillan.

6–14049.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“A good text book. Its chief distinctive feature is the exposition of the ‘planetesimal theory’ propounded as a substitute for the nebular hypothesis of Laplace.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 47. F. ’07.

“Prof. Moulton’s point of view is his own, in many ways unlike that of the textbooks in general use. Although the order and emphasis of presentation may be sometimes criticized, there can be no question that the book is throughout suggestive and stimulating.” Mary W. Whitney.

+ + − Astrophys. J. 25: 151. Mr. ’07. 920w.

Reviewed by E. T. Brewster.

+ Atlan. 100: 263. Ag. ’07. 160w.

Moulton, Richard Green. Modern reader’s Bible: the books of the Bible with three books of the Apocrypha presented in modern literary form; ed. with introds. and notes. **$2. Macmillan.

7–34574.

A one-volume edition of the reader’s Bible. The text used is that of the Revised version and the chapters and verses of the King James version are noted in figures on the margin. The general divisions follow the topical arrangement used in the volumes of the smaller separate editions.

Moulton, Richard Green. Shakespeare as a dramatic thinker: a popular illustration of fiction as the experimental side of philosophy. *$1.50. Macmillan.

7–29024.

The introduction of Dr. Moulton’s study considers “What is implied in ‘The moral system 314of Shakespeare.’” Following his preliminary observations he conducts his inquiry along three lines of thought: the first presents particular dramas to illustrate what may be recognized as root ideas in the philosophy of Shakespeare; the second surveys the world of Shakespeare’s creation in its moral complexity; the third considers the forces of life in Shakespeare’s moral world, so far as these express themselves in dramatic forms from personal will at one end of the scale to overruling providence at the other end.

“The weakness of the book lies chiefly in just this neglect of the oft-despised sources. The reputation of the work as suggestive and stimulating is of course deserved, and it will doubtless long continue to serve as a useful guide in a fruitful kind of study.”

+ − Dial. 43: 291. N. 1, ’07. 130w.

Mozart, Johann. Twenty piano compositions; ed. by Carl Reinecke. (Musician’s lib., v. 26.) $2.50; pa. $1.50. Ditson.

7–1326.

The twenty selections from Mozart composition are prefaced by a sympathetic biographical sketch by Dr. Reinecke.

“There is probably no one volume better fitted to arouse the piano student’s interest in Mozart.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 101. Ap. ’07.

+ Dial. 42: 260. Ap. 16, ’07. 190w.

+ Nation. 84: 319. Ap. 4, ’07. 420w.

Mudd, Samuel A. Life of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd; ed. by his daughter, Nettie Mudd; with preface by D. Eldridge Monroe. $3. Neale.

7–3.

Containing his letters from Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas island, where he was imprisoned four years for alleged complicity in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, with statements of Mrs. Samuel A. Mudd, Dr. S. A. Mudd, and Edward Spangler regarding the assassination and the argument of General Ewing on the question of the jurisdiction of the Military commission and on the law and facts of the case, also “diary” of John Wilkes Booth.

Am. Hist. R. 12: 722. Ap. ’07. 80w.

Ind. 62: 619. Mr. 14, ’07. 50w.

+ N. Y. Times. 12: 63. F. 2, ’07. 330w.

R. of Rs. 35: 386. Mr. ’07. 120w.

Mudge, James. Fenelon: the mystic. *$1. West. Meth. bk.

7–14595.

An appreciative treatment of Fénelon, his life, character, and influence is contained in this volume of the “Men of the kingdom” series.

Mulford, Clarence E. Bar—20. $1.50. Outing.

7–23640.

“Twenty-five chapters of gunpowder smoke, of shanty towns in New Mexico or Texas, thick with dust, pierced with bullets, strewn with prostrate forms of cowboys. Terse descriptions of alkali plains, of Gila monsters cayuses and the playful manners of the Bar–20 outfit.”—Nation.

“Delightful one dollar and a half ‘dime novel.’”

+ Ind. 63: 942. O. 17, ’07. 180w.

“The narrative is full of swing, so full as to swing past at top speed without making any particular impression beyond the fact that Bar–20 invariably worsts its enemies.”

− Nation. 85: 168. Ag. 22, ’07. 310w.

“A rattling good story.”

+ N. Y. Times. 12: 383. Je. 15, ’07. 140w.

N. Y. Times. 12: 502. Ag. 17, ’07. 380w.

* Mumby, Frank Arthur, ed. Letters of literary men. 2v. ea. *$1. Dutton.

7–18132.

Two volumes of letters which begin with Frances Burney and end with Robert Buchanan. The collection is divided into four groups as follows: The age of Wordsworth and Scott, The age of Byron, The early Victorian age and The age of Tennyson.

“Mr. Mumby might have left his work to responsible critics, without suggesting that it was thorough and painstaking. It is both, and the volumes afford some of the most interesting reading which we have come across of late. The editor’s short notes by way of introduction are capable, and his taste in selection, on the whole, admirable.”

+ + − Ath. 1907. 1: 99. Ja. 26. 280w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

“A very attractive and companionable book. In these two volumes you have not only an index museum to most of the best letter writers of the last two centuries, but also a quantity of invaluable material for testing and revivifying many of the salient or amusing passages in literary annals.”

+ + − Lond. Times. 5: 426. D. 21, ’06. 1300w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

“There is a wealth of good reading which is of exactly the right kind to take up and dip into at any place for a half-hour’s rational enjoyment.”

+ Outlook. 87: 356. O. 19, ’07. 170w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

“Mr. Mumby has done his work well. One or two letters could have been spared.”

+ − Spec. 98: 25. Ja. 5, ’07. 180w.

“It is the autobiographical interest of these letters that appeals most to the reader.”

+ Spec. 98: sup. 643. Ap. 27, ’07. 1800w.

* Munn, Charles Clark. Boyhood days on the farm: a story for young and old boys. il. †$1.50. Lothrop.

7–38603.

In which the old gambrel-roofed farmhouse with open fireplace, big woodshed and tall well-sweep, the meadow and stream, and the isolated school at the cross roads are rescued from oblivion and made the environment of a farmer lad of the old New England type. The winter and summer humdrum is pictured with all a youngster’s resentment of the irksomeness of so tame a life yet it is made the all-important factor in the sturdy development of a type that has ever been prominent in the nation’s development.

N. Y. Times. 12: 769. N. 30, ’07. 150w.

Munro, Neil. Bud. †$1.50. Harper.

7–20870.

Bud is a little Chicago girl who steps serenely into the home of her staid aunts in a Scottish village. She is a contradictory mixture of owlish wisdom and baby ignorance, and whenever she expresses her thoughts it is with a goodly bit of slang that shocks her newly found relatives. It is a charming book with a freshness entirely its own.

“We cannot readily forgive Mr. Munro for permitting the child to have the inevitable attack of pneumonia in chapter thirteen, and his descriptive style when elated is like that of Dickens at his worst. But, after all, Bud is the thing, and Bud, if we may use an expression that might have come from her lips, is a peach with a stone in it.”

+ − Acad. 72: 562. Je. 8, ’07. 230w.

“Although the child is overdrawn and speaks a language too picturesque, and the story has no particular merit, there is a freshness about it that many will find charming.”

+ − A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 179. O. ’07. ✠

“Not perhaps a book of solid merit, or dazzling wit, but neither is it in the least dull or in the least pretentious.”

+ Nation. 84: 16. Jl. 4, ’07. 270w.

315“A pretty story this, but badly constructed.”

+ − Outlook. 86: 610. Jl. 20, ’07. 40w.

“She is a fascinating child, and though the book is spun out unnecessarily, and Mr. Munro’s humour is at times strained, her dealings with her neighbors make a very pleasant story.”

+ − Sat. R. 103: 787. Je. 22, ’07. 160w.

“Though the little American play-actress is the central figure of this high-spirited and wholesome entertainment, its abiding charm resides in the portraiture of the ‘people of the placid, old, half-rustic world, that lives forever with realities, and seldom sees the passions counterfeited.’”

+ Spec. 98: 908. Je. 8, ’07. 700w.

Munro, William Bennett. Seigniorial system in Canada: a study in French colonial policy. *$2. Longmans.

7–11561.

“Beginning with an introductory chapter on the European background of French colonization. Dr. Munro traces the history of the seigniorial grants from 1598 to 1760. After this, with the elaborate critical apparatus and bibliography of the ‘scientific historian,’ he describes the relations of the seignior to his superiors and his dependents, and the fiscal and religious systems of New France. He concludes with chapters on British Canada which strengthen our growing conviction that the American revolutionists were uninformed when they made the famous Quebec act a chief grievance against Great Britain.”—Ind.

“Within the limits he imposes on himself he has done his task extremely well. He is always accurate. The bibliographical apparatus is excellent and altogether the book attains to a very high standard both of historical insight and of scholarship.”

+ + Am. Hist. R. 13: 171. O. ’07. 1040w.

“For the student of colonial history this book offers a valuable sidelight; for the Canadian student its direct value must be great. It will be long before the work has to be done again.”

+ + Ind. 63: 944. O. 17, ’07. 240w.

“It has been reserved for Professor Munro not only to coördinate materials which were brought together fifty years ago with those which have been accumulated by his own efforts, but to supply the proper perspective, enliven obscure details by critical insight, and set forth the seigniorial system, as an organic whole.”

+ + Nation. 85: 283. S. 26, ’07. 1530w.

“The foregoing criticisms, it will be noted, deal with minor matters, Professor Munro’s book is to be heartily recommended to all students of Canadian institutions.” F. P. Walton.

+ + − Pol. Sci. Q. 22: 729. D. ’07. 960w.

“It is indeed a mine of information, all the more valuable that it is written throughout with absolute dispassionateness.”

+ + Sat. R. 104: 517. O. 26, ’07. 1000w.

“We congratulate the author on the success with which he has accomplished his task. The only portion of his work that seems to fall below the high level reached in the earlier chapters is that which deals with the period of British control, a phase of the subject which might well receive separate and fuller treatment.” Charles M. Andrews.

+ + − Yale R. 16: 321. N. ’07. 600w.

Munson, John William. Reminiscences of a Mosby guerrilla. **$2. Moffat.

6–40255.

Mr. Munson became one of the Partisan rangers at the beginning of their career and remained until the final surrender. “The spirit of the author is fair and his admiration of courage impartial. Every one who rode with Mosby has exciting experiences, hot fighting, fast riding, and narrow escapes.” (Outlook.) “It is hardly history that he gives, but rather adventure with a historic setting. Or if it be called history, it must be classified as of that specialized type produced south of Mason and Dixon’s line among a people imaginative and emotional, but not analytical or introspective.” (Ind.)

“Contains much repetition, but is otherwise interesting in the manner of telling as well as matter, and is characterized by considerable humor.”

+ − A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 47. F. ’07.

+ Dial. 42: 145. Mr. 1. ’07. 590w.

“Tells in a spirited and captivating way the story of Mosby’s guerrillas.”

+ Ind. 62: 618. Mr. 14, ’07. 330w.

Nation. 84: 82. Ja. 24, ’07. 160w.

“This is a plain, clear narrative, told with no pretense of literary grace or historical accuracy, but with abundance of stirring incident.”

+ Outlook. 84. 842. D. 1. ’06. 80w.

Munsterberg, Hugo. Eternal life. **85c. Houghton.

5–11083.

Descriptive note in December, 1905.

“It is conceived in a somewhat sentimental fashion. The argument, though expounded in an attractive and popular manner, is, however, essentially metaphysical.”

+ − Ath. 1907, 1: 377. Mr. 30. 110w.

Munsterberg, Hugo. Science and idealism. **85c. Houghton.

6–15720.

“This little book gives the text of a lecture delivered last winter before the students of Yale university. In it Professor Munsterberg indicates in brief compass his position in regard to certain fundamental philosophical problems, restating in somewhat popular form the theories of the relations of science to experience, and of the classification of the sciences, which are already familiar to readers of the books and articles which he has published during the last few years.”—Philos. R.

“This little book is remarkable in that it presents in clear and simple outline a system of transcendental philosophy that is admittedly both abstruse and elaborate.” W. P. Montague.

+ + J. Philos. 4: 161. Mr. 14, ’07. 1370w.

“The form of this presentation is admirably clear and direct. Moreover, it is throughout dignified and earnest, as becomes an address on serious topics, and does not seek to gain popularity and effectiveness by the adoption of slang or phrases caught up from the man on the street.” J. E. C.

+ + Philos. R. 16: 95. Ja. ’07. 520w.

Murray, A. M. Imperial outposts, from a strategical and commercial aspect; with special reference to the Japanese alliance; with a preface by Earl Roberts. *$3.50. Dutton.

7–38236.

“Colonel Murray makes a strategical and commercial survey of imperial outposts with a special eye to the obligations of the Japanese alliance. His book is the result of a journey to the Mediterranean, Aden, Hong Kong and other British fortified stations, as well as to Japan and Canada. It is based on first hand-information which should be useful to all who wish to make a study of the conditions in which the Empire would find itself on the outbreak of a great war. When Colonel Murray wants to express an opinion, as a rule he gives that of an expert whose views he has had the advantage of obtaining direct.”—Sat. R.

“If we note those opinions from which we differ, it must be with the preliminary remarks that there is still more in the book with which we thoroughly agree, and that the whole of it is suggestive and worthy of the most careful consideration.”

+ − Ath. 1907. 1: 533. My. 4. 1140w.

316“He knows how to put things shortly, and he does not hesitate to state the conclusions which his information has led him to form, whether they are or are not favourable to the existing state of things.”

+ Lond. Times. 6: 275. S. 13, ’07. 1300w.

“The number of material points touched on is great; the work is one of much value.” George R. Bishop.

+ N. Y. Times. 12: 501. Ag. 17, 07. 1250w.

“Colonel Murray’s is a volume of peculiar interest to the military strategist of whatever country.”

+ Outlook. 86: 611. Jl. 20, ’07. 720w.

“It is in no sense of the word authoritative and is but a slight contribution to our knowledge.” G: Louis Beer.

+ Putnam’s. 2: 745. S. ’07. 70w.

“This book will materially assist the study and closer knowledge of the Empire from Malta round the world to Halifax.”

+ + Sat. R. 103: 660. My. 25, ’07. 230w.

“The book has made us feel two things: first, that we should like to see every officer in the British army with the wide vision and interest in the strategical and commercial organization of the empire which Colonel Murray displays; and secondly, that we should desire more evidence before accepting all the very definite conclusions of the author.”

+ − Spec. 98: 831. My. 25, ’07. 1650w.

Murray, David. Japan; rev. ed. (Story of the nations.) **$1.35. Putnam.

6–37650.

Continuing the history to the close of 1905, with the provisions of the Treaty of Portsmouth between Russia and Japan, and supplementary chapters by Baron Kentaro Kaneko.

“Yet deserves a place in a popular library, however, for its comparative freedom from sentimental and moral judgment of the things narrated, as well as for its wealth of descriptive, though uncritically presented data. Mr. Vorse’s two supplementary chapters on the constitution and the Chinese and Russian wars seem to possess singularly strong and weak points. Baron Kaneko’s two lectures cannot be said to deserve a place in a book of history. They are pleas of an advocate, as well as amenities of an envoy.” K. Asakawa.

+ − Am. Hist. R. 13: 152. O. ’07. 1230w.

“The real claim of the book depends not on the revised features so much as on the whole view it gives of Japanese history from the beginning of the empire down to the present time.”

+ Ann. Am. Acad. 29: 417. Mr. ’07. 220w.

Nation. 85: 80. Jl. 25, ’07. 30w.

+ Outlook. 85: 95. Ja. 12. ’07. 230w.

+ R. of Rs. 34: 753. D. ’06. 80w.

Murray, James Erskine-. Handbook of wireless telegraphy; its theory and practice: for the use of electrical engineers. students, and operators. *$3.50. Van Nostrand.