Volume 3 — L (continued 2)
Reading edition
Devotional in its aim and compass this volume contains a series of personal impressions and incidents of the great Welsh revival of 1904. It reveals the hearts of the people, shows how they opened to the coming of the Spirit, rejoices in the good results of the movement and, to be wholly fairminded, does not overlook its shortcomings.
Lewis, Mary Elizabeth. Ethics of Wagner’s The ring of the Nibelung. **$1.50. Putnam.
7–30.
In which the author recounts “every detail of the legend from which the Trilogy is compiled and assigns to each one a definite place in an ethical system which she conceives to have been in Wagner’s mind.” The cycle she discovers to be “a logical and coherent ethical doctrine,” which she regards “as presenting a panoramic picture of the evolution of the human consciousness struggling to free itself from the hampering conditions of self, until at last, selfless, it is lost in the Divine Will.”
“The author of this book has done her work carefully, so carefully indeed that every detail is weighed and appraised at a certain value, while in order to facilitate the analytical process the story of the drama is told in short, bald sentences, often resembling a newspaper report of a parliamentary debate or proceedings in the law courts.” H. C. C.
+ − Acad. 72: 194. F. 23, ’07. 960w.
“She retells in prose, and it must be admitted prosaically, the complete story of this drama of gods and men, and gives her interpretation of its complex symbolism. She does not profess that it is Wagner’s interpretation, and the reader will not be apt to find it his own, but he will at least be drawn to think about it, and so, by getting more meaning from it, he will give to the music more power.”
− + Ind. 62: 498. F. 28, ’07. 140w.
− + Nation. 84: 42. Ja. 16, ’07. 250w.
Leyds, Willem Johannes. First annexation of the Transvaal. *$6.30. Wessels.
7–18148.
A work on the relations of the English and Dutch in South Africa in which the author has prepared an indictment against Britain’s South African policy during the past century. “He is not bitter about England, though he is very bitter about English colonists, and cannot mention the name of Sir Percy FitzPatrick without losing his temper.” (Spec.)
“In this book the author displays the same combination of smart intelligence and rash blundering which was conspicuous during his European mission.”
− Ath. 1906, 2: 332. S. 22. 1090w.
“The tone of the book is, however, so bitter that he damages rather than strengthens his cause.”
− + Nation. 84: 178. F. 21, ’07. 580w.
“The book is well-written, orderly in arrangement, adroit in argument, and extremely readable. His narrative is too much a design in snow and ink to convince even the ill-informed reader.”
− + Spec. 97: 492. O. 6, ’06. 1920w.
261Lidgett, Rev. John Scott. Spiritual principle of the atonement: as a satisfaction made to God for the sins of the world. 4th ed. *$1.50. West. Meth. bk.
The twenty-seventh Fernley lecture. The editor in these ten chapters covers all phases of the atonement, its historical causes, the Biblical doctrine concerning it, the theology of the atonement, the satisfaction of God, the ethical perfection of our Lord, the relationship of our Lord to the human race, the atonement in relation to the spiritual life of individuals and the atonement and social progress.
* Lighton, William Rheem. Shadow of a great rock. †$1.50. Putnam.
7–18100.
Frontier life and the types of men whom it calls are portrayed here true to the reckless abandon of “the formless western wilderness.”
“A short story—and a very ordinary, conventional short story that might almost have appeared in any monthly magazine—and nothing more.”
− Acad. 73: 755. Ag. 3, ’07. 250w.
“Written in a grandiose style, this story of American pioneering in the fifties is interesting rather than remarkable.”
+ − Ath. 1907, 2: 150. Ag. 10. 120w.
“Occasionally marred just a little by ‘fine writing,’ [it] is nevertheless, a good story of the winning of Nebraska in the early fifties.”
+ − N. Y. Times. 12: 410. Je. 28, ’07. 100w.
Lillibridge, William Otis. Where the trail divides; with il. in colors by the Kinneys. †$1.50. Dodd.
7–9842.
“As a result of an Indian raid, with its trail of smoking ruins and scalped and tortured victims, only two human beings were found alive by the rescue party in the whole devastated settlement—a white girl baby and an Indian boy, scarcely older or larger. These two waifs are taken in charge by Colonel Bill Lander, the cattle king, and brought up together with the same impartial care that he would have bestowed upon children of his own.” (Bookm.) The story mainly concerns these two, their ill-assorted union, and an inevitable tragedy.
“A book that needs no borrowed glory to bolster it into notice, a book which may well stand on its own merits, both for novelty of situation and keen picturing of character.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
+ + Bookm. 25: 285. My. ’07. 540w.
Lincoln, Abraham. Complete works of Abraham Lincoln. 12v. ea. $3.75. Tandy.
6–3554.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
+ + + Dial. 42: 190. Mr. 16, ’07. 160w. (Review of v. 11 and 12.)
“This is the edition which should be selected for purchase by any public or private library of importance on account of its completeness and reliability.”
+ + + Ind. 62: 678. Mr. 21, ’07. 110w. (Review of v. 11 and 12.)
“Altogether, this Gettysburg edition takes its place worthily among the great editions of our statesmen.”
+ + Nation. 84: 384. Ap. 25, ’07. 200w. (Review of v. 11 and 12.)
N. Y. Times. 12: 79. F. 9, ’07. 130w. (Review of v. 11 and 12.)
“These two volumes bring to an end a publication of permanent value, not only in American political history, but to American literature.”
+ + + Outlook. 85: 524. Mr. 2, ’07. 110w. (Review of v. 11 and 12.)
Lincoln, Charles Henry. Naval records of the American revolution, 1775–1788; prepared from the originals in the Library of Congress. $1. Supt. of doc.
6–35020.
“More than half of this volume is occupied by a list of the bonds filed under the letters of marque, in which are indicated all who are concerned in the vessels, as master, bonder, owner, or witness. This is a valuable contribution to history, as the bonds also give the nature of the ship, and the size of crew and armament, as well as the state to which she belonged. It will now be possible for investigators to identify the ship, and from local records trace her performances.”—Nation.
+ Am. Hist. R. 12: 930. Jl. ’07. 310w.
“We note some obvious misprints of names.”
+ + − Nation. 84: 288. Mr. 28, ’07. 330w.
Lincoln, Charles Z. Constitutional history of New York from the beginning of the colonial period to the year 1905. 5v. $15. Lawyers’ co-op.
6–7387.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“Expressions of his own opinion on questions of law and conduct are rare and usually sound. There are few accessible authorities which have not been examined and digested. The absence of cross-references to earlier and later pages imposes much needless labor. Except in the ease of law reports and session laws, there are hardly any citations of the original authorities, not even of the pages of the convention reports, from which quotations are made. The book is indispensable to all constitutional lawyers, legislators, and statesmen in New York. It will be the standard authority upon the subject for at least a generation.” Roger Foster.
+ + − Am. Hist. R. 12: 392. Ja. ’07. 2370w.
+ Ind. 63: 1233. N. 21, ’07. 180w.
Lincoln, Joseph C. “Old home house.” †$1.25. Barnes.
7–21534.
Eleven stories told by a longshore skipper who watched the goings-on at “Aunt Sophrony’s wind plantation” and plied his trade of “amputating the bank accounts of the city folks.”
“In these entertaining yarns Mr. Lincoln succeeds in expressing the true salt humor of the Cape-Codder.”
+ Nation. 85: 235. S. 12, ’07. 160w.
“Presenting eleven of the best tales recently written by the well-known Joseph C. Lincoln.”
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 382. Je. 16, ’07. 120w.
“Joseph C. Lincoln has not yet come to the end of the fresh strain of humor.”
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 510. Ag. 24, ’07. 100w.
Lindsay, Anna R. B. Spiritual care of a child. **30c. Crowell.
7–31179.
Some suggestive thoughts for the guidance of a child’s spiritual growth which are based upon definite and continuous teaching. Uniform with the “What is worth while” series.
Lindsay, Mrs. Anna Robertson. Warrior spirit in the republic of God. **$1.50. Macmillan.
6–42942.
“A plea for the virile element in Christianity, which has too often been denied an equal emphasis with the feminine.... The outlook is comprehensive, optimistic, and martial. The conquest to be won is the molding of the modern environment to spiritual uses. This is the point in view throughout. Practical suggestions for all social groups show insight, sympathy, and good sense.”—Outlook.
Nation. 84: 133. F. 7, ’07. 50w.
“Altogether it is a thoroughly wholesome and tonic book.”
+ Outlook. 84: 1084. D. 29, ’06. 140w.
262Lindsay, Charles Harcourt Ainslee Forbes-. America’s insular possessions. 2v. $5. Winston.
7–1324.
A two-volume photogravure edition of a work devoted to America’s island possessions. The first volume includes the Great Antilles, Porto Rico, Guam, and Hawaii, while the second is devoted entirely to the Philippines. The history, growth, political development, industries, and resources of the islands are treated with little attention to controversial questions. For which omission in the second volume the author inserts a chapter of extracts from public addresses of the former governor, William H. Taft.
“With all its possible weaknesses and omissions, from the point of view of historical, economic and sociological science, the work is nevertheless the most comprehensive general treatise on some of our outlying possessions in relatively small space and for the ‘general reader’ that exists in the English language.” Carl C. Plehn.
+ + − Ann. Am. Acad. 30: 179. Jl. ’07. 670w.
“In short, as to the past and present, this book is interesting and valuable. As to the problem of the near future it is almost voiceless.”
+ Nation. 83: 263. S. 19, ’07. 620w.
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 404. Je. 22, ’07. 160w.
“The author’s views are frankly stated, but we see no indication that they have led him either to misreport any facts, to omit in his report any facts of significance, or to present the facts in false proportions on false relations.”
+ + Outlook. 86: 479. Je. 29, ’07. 790w.
Lindsay, Charles Harcourt Ainslee Forbes-. John Smith, gentleman adventurer. †$1.50. Lippincott.
7–29850.
Over the story of John Smith the author has thrown the glamour of romance. He has written a historical novel in which all that is history and all that is novel is alike familiar to our ears. It is a tribute to this early hero which will help to keep him before a coming generation as a man, a gentleman and an adventurer.
Lindsay, Charles Harcourt Ainslee Forbes-. Panama: the isthmus and the canal. **$1. Winston.
6–26562.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 11. Ja. ’07. S.
A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 148. My. 07.
+ Ann. Am. Acad. 30: 157. Jl. ’07. 120w.
“Every feature of this vast undertaking is pictured in detail with simplicity and intelligibility, and without undue argumentative discussion. Although the book is written in topical style, an index would enhance its usefulness.”
+ Dial. 42: 84. F. 1, ’07. 180w.
Lindsay, Charles Harcourt Ainslee Forbes-. Philippines under Spanish and American rules. $3. Winston.
6–44314.
In this volume “The Philippine islands are treated, descriptively, historically, industrially, commercially, and politically, ... Twenty-six photogravure illustrations from photographs are given.”—Dial.
Dial. 41: 454. D. 16, ’06. 220w.
Lit. D. 33: 856. D. 8, ’06. 60w.
Lindsay, Thomas Martin. History of the Reformation. 2v. ea. *$2.50. Scribner.
6–23686.
v. 2. Tracts of the Reformation outside of Germany, of the ante-pedo-baptist denominations of the period, and of the counter-Reformation in Roman Catholicism that reached its limit in the Council of Trent.
“We have dwelt too long on the defects of an excellent book; many of them are superficial and can be easily remedied. The total impression left by the two volumes of Principal Lindsay is very favorable; they are the best thing we have in English on the subject. They combine scientific worth with literary charm, and will appeal strongly not merely to students but also to the thoughtful layman.” William Walker Rockwell.
+ + − Am. Hist. R. 12: 874. Jl. ’07. 1180w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)
“When the author works from the sources, he is able, vigorous and stimulating, but when he trusts his general impressions, he is sometimes liable to error. On the whole, his volume is a valuable contribution to our knowledge of the subject.” Franklin Johnson.
+ − Am. J. Theol. 11: 341. Ap. ’07. 180w. (Review of v. 1.)
“The bias against everything Catholic both in form and spirit, and the belief that Luther made ‘a new heaven and a new earth,’ as superior to the mediæval conception as light to darkness, is unfortunate. No reader will be misled if he bears in mind that the writer is Principal of the Free church college in Glasgow.”
+ + − Ath. 1907, 2: 176. Ag. 17. 860w. (Review of v. 2.)
“The heroic elements in the life of the great leader are magnified in a way to satisfy the most devout Lutheran; while the extravagances, inconsistencies, intolerance, and cruelties of the hero are passed over as lightly and dealt with as apologetically as anyone could desire. It is probable that no modern, scientific, Lutheran writer has presented on the whole so sympathetic an account of Luther.” Albert Henry Newman.
+ Bib. World. 29: 394. My. ’07. 830w. (Review of v. 1.)
“The book is good reading; in parts, absorbing. Dr. Lindsay’s history deserves to be widely read by ministers and theological students, who will find it full of ethical and religious suggestions; and the swing of its style and its subordination of the technical to the vital will make it for the general reader the standard English work on the subject.”
+ + Ind. 62: 1470. Je. 20, ’07. 520w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)
“Is taking its place as the standard English work on its important theme.”
+ + Ind. 63: 1236. N. 21, ’07. 40w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)
“There are but few and slight blemishes in these masterly volumes.”
+ + − Lond. Times. 6: 281. S. 20, ’07. 3100w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)
“It brings forth new information for many who regard themselves as sufficiently familiar with the subject.”
+ Outlook. 86: 299. Je. 8, ’07. 280w. (Review of v. 2.)
Linville, Henry R., and Kelly, Henry A. Text-book in general zoology. *$1.50. Ginn.
6–23318.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“Besides being comprehensive and accurate, is readable. In place of the old stock cuts, it has been freshly illustrated with a large number of original drawings direct from nature.”
+ + Nation. 83: 204. S. 6, ’06. 120w.
“The introduction to the science which they have presented seems to us, not only interesting, but educationally wholesome.”
+ + Nature. 74: 633. O. 25, ’06. 160w.
“This is a distinct addition to the many textbooks of general zoology for secondary schools. The plan adopted by the authors seems not only interesting, but educationally wholesome.” Robert W. Hegner.
+ + School R. 15: 233. Mr. ’07. 440w.
263Lippmann, Friedrich. Engraving and etching. 3d ed. rev. by Dr. Max Lehrs; tr. by Martin Hardie. *$3. Scribner.
6–33516.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“Altogether the book cannot be commended too highly for its educating value on the subject of which it treats.” Laurence Burnham.
+ + + Bookm. 24: 640. F. ’07. 170w.
“The translation ... is all that could be desired.”
+ + Dial. 42: 346. Je. 1, ’07. 240w.
Lithgow, William. Totall discourse of the rare adventures and painefull peregrinations of long nineteene yeares travayles from Scotland to the most famous kingdomes in Europe, Asia and Africa. *$3.25. Macmillan.
7–28951.
Lithgow’s work “contains many picturesque descriptions of cities and customs as they seemed in the early seventeenth century to the eyes of a roving Englishman. He was tortured in Spain as a spy, and thereafter ceased his wanderings, which covered, he tells us, over 36,000 miles, chiefly traversed on foot.” (Outlook.)
“It is a record of the most varied and often diverting character, written with a spirit and in a style which should ensure a large sale for the reprint before us.”
+ Acad. 71: 633. D. 22, ’06. 430w.
“The publishers have treated a book of great interest in their usual sumptuous fashion.”
+ Ath. 1907, 1: 224. F. 23. 760w.
+ Nation. 84: 310. Ap. 4, ’07. 280w.
“The narrative is well worth reprinting in the ‘Library of travels.’”
+ Outlook. 84: 842. D. 1, ’06. 160w.
Sat. R. 102: 554. N. 3, ’06. 190w.
“His rare adventures are well worth reading.”
+ Spec. 97: 931. D. 8, ’06. 1540w.
Littlehales, George W. Altitude, azimuth, and geographical position; comprising graphical tables for finding the altitude and azimuth, the position-line, and the variations of the compass; and for identifying observed celestial bodies, and finding the course and distance in great circle sailing. *$25. Lippincott.
6–24890.
“An attempt to bring within the grasp of the ordinary navigating officer those more recondite methods of his art, which, for their complete understanding, involve a considerable knowledge of mathematics and nautical astronomy. Great circle sailing, astronomical determinations of the compass error, Sumner’s method for finding the position of a ship, all involve the solution of spherical triangles, and it is the function of the present work to substitute for the conventional logarithmic solution of these triangles the use of certain diagrams here published in great detail.”—Engin. N.
“The labour undergone in the preparation can only be appreciated by those used to such matters; and the result in the saving of labour and time to practical navigators, by a graphical process easy to understand and follow must lay them under a deep debt of gratitude to the author. We feel sure that his method will be extensively adopted.”
+ + Ath. 1907, 2: 74. Jl. 20. 250w.
“As respects accuracy, the charts appear adequate to all demands of nautical practice.” George C. Comstock.
+ + Engin. N. 57: 194. F. 14, ’07. 1200w.
+ + + Nation. 85: 310. O. 3, ’07. 1000w.
Spec. 99: 170. Ag. 3, ’07. 50w.
Livingstone, Alice. Sealed book. $1.50. Fenno.
7–5060.
Much mystery and some adventure complicate the already tangled plot of this story which is built upon the old melodramatic plan. The hero, who is supposed to have attempted the murder of his father, disappears and is thought to be dead, the beautiful heroine lives on, a society queen accepting the attentions of the villain. Eighteen years later the villain’s true character is exposed and it is found that the hero and heroine have all this time been secretly married and their grown daughter appears in time to have a love affair of her own before the book reaches its happy ending.
“Usually in modern sensational literature, books are not sealed unless they contain something of a particularly startling nature, and we approach this one, prepared to revel in hairbreadth escapes, dark plots, and thwarted villainy. We are not disappointed.”
− Acad. 71: 111. Ag. 4, ’06. 410w.
“A long story of mystery and extraordinary coincidences which is tolerably exciting.”
+ − Ath. 1906, 2: 182. Ag. 18. 120w.
“Four [stories] are skillfully tangled together into a whole mystery as gloomy as the old English castle of Wrendlebury Towers. And in the end every thread is as satisfactorily untangled again as heart could desire.”
+ − N. Y. Times. 12: 99. F. 16, ’07. 170w.
“The interest grows more intense to the end.”
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 382. Je. 15, ’07. 190w.
Lloyd, Albert B. In dwarfland and cannibal country: a record of travel and discovery in central Africa. *$3. Dutton.
The author is a missionary-explorer with more than ordinary zest for thrilling adventure. This record follows his course far into the wilderness of Central Africa to the “forest of pygmies in whom Stanley was so much interested, and he had the best of opportunities for studying and describing this strange nation of dwarfs, who have kept their identity as a race from time immemorial.” (Outlook.) “With boatmen of the cannibal Bangwa tribe he sped down the Aruwimi, and at night in the villages saw their savage dances and the orgies of their warriors over the kola-nut pot.” (N. Y. Times.)
“The reader who gets beyond the common place narrative and reflections of the opening chapters will be likely to continue to the end.”
+ − Nation. 85: 263. S. 19, ’07. 460w.
“It is rather a pity that he did not find some literary friend to edit his book and correct his weird ideas as to the form and function of the sentence. Otherwise his naive and straightforward style adds to the charm of his work and makes it all the more vivid.”
+ − N. Y. Times. 12: 522. Ag. 31, ’07. 1470w.
“The book is, as a personal narrative of experience, decidedly readable, but it has the usual fault of books of this kind in that it relates too minutely and without careful discrimination the unimportant as well as important matters.”
+ − Outlook. 86: 971. Ag. 31, ’07. 200w.
Lloyd, Albert B. Uganda to Khartoum: life and adventure on the upper Nile with pref. by Victor Buxton. *$3. Dutton.
7–35191.
An English missionary’s account of five years’ experience in the northern provinces of the British Uganda Protectorate.
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 99. Ap. ’07.
“One of the most fascinating books we have come across for a long time. He has the art of selection. He knows how to convey a vivid impression, and refrains from burdening the reader’s memory with unnecessary details.”
+ + Ath. 1906, 2: 404. O. 6. 650w.
264“Alike for readers interested in missionary work in Africa, and for those interested in it as a land of adventure, Mr. Lloyd’s book will be satisfactory. H. E. Coblentz.”
+ Dial. 42: 372. Je. 16, ’07. 300w.
“It is written without system or plan, and is artless and inconsequent in its style—sometimes almost ludicrously so.”
+ − Ind. 63: 946. O. 17, ’07. 190w.
+ Nation. 84: 866. Ap. 18, ’07. 500w.
“As a record of travel, sport and adventure the book has considerable interest, and the author gives a clear idea of the customs and superstitions of the natives.”
+ Outlook. 85: 238. Ja. 26, ’07. 60w.
+ R. of Rs. 35: 384. Mr. ’07. 50w.
“Mr. Lloyd is a missionary and something more; he seems to blend the qualities of a Livingstone with those of a Selous.”
+ Sat. R. 102: 402. S. 29, ’06. 250w.
Lloyd, Henry Demarest. Man, the social creator. **$2. Doubleday.
6–16757.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“Whenever they were written, at intervals during the last ten years of his life, it was when he was at his best. The loftiness of spirit and sententiousness of style indicate moments of exceptional clarity of vision and elevation of soul.” Graham Taylor.
+ + Ann. Am. Acad. 28: 483. N. ’06. 1090w.
“As a whole the book is a germinal, thought-provoking book. It is deeply religious and ethically lofty. It is written in Mr. Lloyd’s luminous, eloquent style, with many flashing epigrams and keen strokes of wit. Occasionally the thread of the thought is not quite as smooth as if Mr. Lloyd had lived to finish it, but the work of the editors is exceedingly well done. Probably no two people in more complete sympathy with Mr. Lloyd’s thought and work could be found than his sister and Miss Addams.” Eltweed Pomeroy.
+ + Arena. 36: 569. N. ’06. 780w.
“The painful labor of compiling a posthumous volume has been performed with tact and skill, and the book is a precious contribution to the thought of the new century.” Florence Kelly.
+ + Charities. 17: 466. D. 15, ’06. 1610w.
“Naturally the treatment is somewhat fragmentary and at times vague; as a whole, however, the editors have succeeded in giving to the exposition both symmetry and connectedness. The book, as a whole, contains deeply suggestive writing in a style which curiously recalls both Emerson and Carlyle. It is a pity that the proofreading should have been so wretchedly done.”
+ + − Nation. 83: 99. Ag. 2, ’06. 370w.
Loane, M. Next street but one. $2. Longmans.
W 7–77.
“This book, mainly about the poor who are always with us and may be supposed to live in the next street but one, is the work of a trained nurse.... The book is a collection of studies of family and economic conditions; each chapter contains a wonderful variety of personal illustrations and is entertainingly written.... The conclusions and deductions are convincing, as they are drawn from specific incidents.”—N. Y. Times.
“She has a great gift for telling stories.... There is no attempt at formal or systematic treatment; the author puts down her experiences and reflections, just as they occur to her, in an easy, natural way. A little overstatement does not appreciably detract from the value of her charming and enlightening book.”
+ − Lond. Times. 6: 99. Mr. 29, ’07. 1330w.
“The mere data contained in this work is wonderful. The method of chatty and sympathetic treatment is even more to be admired.”
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 245. Ap. 13, ’07. 470w.
“[One] will find Miss Loane’s womanly common-sense and robust humour an admirable corrective to the pleas for sapping the strength of the nation which are the evil fashion of the hour.”
+ Spec. 98: 281. F. 23, ’07. 1730w.
Lock, Robert Heath. Recent progress in the study of variation, heredity, and evolution. *$2. Dutton.
7–12650.
“The book begins with an introduction in which are briefly discussed: Linnaean species, Jordan’s species, variation, mutation, discontinuity of species, the work of Mendel and evolution theories. Later chapters are largely given to a fuller discussion of the topics here introduced. The first half of the book is rather elementary.... Natural selection, evidences of evolution and ‘biometry’ are treated in detail.”—Science.
“The style is clear, but in many sections so many highly technical terms are used that the lay reader will be in trouble. The concluding chapter at least, however, should be carefully read by all who are dealing with problems of human progress.”
+ − Ann. Am. Acad. 29: 640. My. ’07. 110w.
“On the whole, this is probably the best available book from which the layman may get a reasonably complete and nontechnical account of recent investigations in the last two of the three fields covered. Unfortunately, the treatment of the subjects is not strictly even and impartial.” Raymond Pearl.
+ + − Dial. 43: 209. O. 1, ’07. 280w.
+ Ind. 63: 511. Ag. 29, ’07. 150w.
Lond. Times. 6: 259. Ag. 23, ’07. 810w.
“The subjects and their facts are well arranged, but are set forth with a heaviness of diction which makes it difficult for any one except a biologist already familiar with the subject properly to correlate the facts as he reads. The sphere of usefulness of this volume will be among senior biological students rather than among either advanced scientists or general readers.”
+ − Nation. 84: 344. Ap. 11, ’07. 230w.
“An elementary but generally clear and skilful exposition of the present aspects of the evolutionary problem.” F. A. D.
+ − Nature. 75: 573. Ap. 18, ’07. 1490w.
“Even in the driest parts of the work there are sharp and valuable criticisms of the theories of the day.” Francis Ramaley.
+ − Science, n.s. 25: 840. Mr. 1, ’07. 830w.
“The author is no Miss Agnes Clerke; but he is at his best in his somewhat discontinuous sketches of the history of the idea of ‘mutation.’”
+ Spec. 99: 204. Ag. 10, ’07. 820w.
Locke, William John. Beloved vagabond. †$1.50. Lane.
6–37606.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“The story is told with delightful humor, but also with realism not altogether pleasing.”
+ − A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 78. Mr. ’07.
“Pleasant is the word! Fantastic, improbable, impossible! Granted freely, that and more!” Mary Moss.
+ Atlan. 99: 119. Ja. ’07. 420w.
“It is delightful because it is full of the breath of springtide and Bohemianism.”
+ Current Literature. 42: 461. Ap. ’07. 880w.
“The hero is one of the most genial and human figures ever encountered within the pages of a book. It would take a very stern moralist indeed to find him, despite his obvious faults, anything but sympathetic and lovable in all the phases—even in most sordid—of his picturesque end eccentric career.”
+ + Dial. 42: 142. Mr. 1, ’07. 690w.
265“There is many a novelist much better known who might well envy Mr. Locke the privilege of having written ‘The beloved vagabond.’” Frederic Taber Cooper.
+ + No. Am. 184: 525. Mr. 1, ’07. 1530w.
+ Putnam’s. 1: 766. Mr. ’07. 570w.
+ Sat. R. 102: 810. D. 29, ’06. 730w.
“On the whole [Mr. Locke] must be congratulated on the skill, the spirit and the tact with which he has composed these exotic variations on a Rabelaisian theme.”
+ Spec. 97: 989. D. 15, ’06. 750w.
* Lockwood, Laura Emma. Lexicon to the English poetical works of John Milton. *$3. Macmillan.
7–37515.
“Miss Lockwood has used the text of the Globe edition, and retained the modern spelling; in the arrangement and classification of the meanings of words she has followed the ‘New English dictionary.’ Except in the case of the very commonest words, she has aimed at making her record of occurrences complete, and she has laid particular stress on definitions.”—Nation.
“We have attempted to test the work by a single short poem, the ‘Lycidas,’ and we have only [a few] points of criticism on that difficult poem. Nevertheless, this is a very valuable work.”
+ + − Ind. 63: 1003. O. 24, ’07. 330w.
“This is a welcome work and will henceforth be indispensable to any serious student of the poet. Of course, only systematic use can prove the accuracy of such a book in detail, but the impression which one gains from a cursory examination of its pages is that the task has been accomplished in a reliable and painstaking manner.”
+ + Nation. 85: 515. D. 5, ’07. 210w.
Lodge, Henry Cabot. Frontier town and other essays. **$1.50. Scribner.
6–34821.
The frontier town is Greenfield, Mass., the 150th anniversary of whose incorporation was celebrated in 1903. The other essays are on the Senate, Samuel Adams, Theodore Roosevelt, Senator Hoar, The United States at Algeciras, etc.
“All of the essays are written in Senator Lodge’s agreeable manner; he, at least, has preserved a literary finish in these essays upon historical and allied subjects. It is often refreshing to find such a book, which does not pretend to add to the store of human knowledge, but presents old views and known facts in a pleasing and attractive form.”
+ Am. Hist. R. 12: 701. Ap. ’07. 440w.
A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 12. Ja. ’07.
Lit. D. 33: 595. O. 27, ’06. 70w.
“As a whole, the contents of the volume have less distinction than the same author’s ‘Fighting frigate and other essays,’ but that any man in public life should be able to write so much and so well is itself gratifying.”
+ Nation. 83: 482. D. 6, ’06. 180w.
“To our surprise we find Mr. Lodge at his clumsiest in speaking of the matters which concern him, or our interest in him, most.” H. W. Boynton.
+ − No. Am. 183: 1185. D. 7, ’06. 750w.
R. of Rs. 35: 110. Ja. ’07. 50w.
Lodge, Sir Oliver. Substance of faith allied with science; a catechism for parents and teachers. **$1. Harper.
7–9613.
Thru questions and answers the author formulates a way to achieve a harmonious condition in which the Divine Will is perfectly obeyed. His task has been that “of formulating the fundamentals. or substance of religious faith in terms of Divine Immanence, in such a way as to assimilate sufficiently all the results of existing knowledge and still be in harmony with the teachings of the poets and inspired writers of all ages.” The book is addressed to the many who experience some difficulty in recognizing the old landmarks amid the rising flood of criticism.
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 168. O. ’07.
“We can hardly doubt that even his catechism, when preached by himself, is interesting and profitable; but we venture to suggest that if he seems to find it practically a source of inspiration, that is because any man so combining learning and good-will is worth listening to, whatever his topic.” T. D. A. Cockerell.
− + Dial. 42: 341. Je. 1, ’07. 900w.
Ind. 62: 911. Ap. 18, ’07. 470w.
Ind. 63: 1236. N. 21, ’07. 40w.
Outlook. 85: 879. Ap. 20, ’07. 280w.
R. of Rs. 35: 638. My. ’07. 60w.
“We have rarely seen a simpler or clearer account of what science can teach us now on such fundamental problems as the formation of the earth and the development of life; it will be a real boon to the religious teacher; though, simple as it is, we doubt whether he could make it intelligible to children.”
+ Sat. R. 104: 276. Ag. 31, ’07. 280w.
“His book we are sure, will be a source of happiness and consolation to many who, confused by the new discoveries of history and of science, have become shaken in their religious faith.”
+ + Spec. 98: 946. Je. 15, ’07. 120w.
* Loftie, Rev. William J. Colour of London, historic, personal and local; with an introd. by M. H. Spielmann; il. by the Japanese artist, Yoshio Markino. *$6. Jacobs.
“Mr. Loftie has interpreted the term ‘colour’ in its broadest sense and has drawn extensively upon the wonderful traditions of the great metropolis; indeed, the most interesting chapter in the volume is devoted to the history and description of the Tower. To many, however, the most attractive feature of the book will be the series of delightful illustrations by Mr. Yoshio Markino, reproduced in colour and monotone, the originals of which were recently exhibited at the Clifford gallery in the Haymarket.”—Int. Studio.
“As for the letterpress by Mr. W. J. Loftie, its chief defect is that it has nothing to do with the pictures. From the antiquarian and topographical points of view it seems to us of very high interest, marked by strong common sense and enmity to popular fables.”
+ Acad. 72: 501. My. 25, ’07. 1060w.
“The artist ... has given us a London which is new. Mr. W. J. Loftie as an antiquary, has naturally and properly given us in the text anecdotes which are old, though pleasantly treated.”
+ + Ath. 1907, 1: 612. My. 18. 420w.
“Mr. Loftie writes of a few of the myriad aspects of London ... treating them all in a delightfully suggestive fashion, with a true feeling for the oddities and ramifications of his subject. The enterprising young Japanese seems to know all parts of his beloved London, and to have observed it with the stranger’s open-mindedness and the artist’s sensitiveness to effect.”
+ + Dial. 43: 376. D. 1, ’07. 310w.
“Possessing a delicate sense of colour and tone harmony, the artist has been inspired by some typical scenes of London street life to produce a number of drawings which are extremely fascinating, and bear the stamp of exceptional ability.”
+ + Int. Studio. 32: 83. Jl. ’07. 270w.
“Mr. Loftie has done his share of the work in a competent manner. These drawings, the larger part of them in color, ought to make the fortune of any book.”
+ + N. Y. Times. 12: 620. O. 12, ’07. 230w.
266“His drawings are equally admirable for simplicity, spontaneity, and sincerity—so much so, indeed, as quite to take all of one’s attention in opening the well-printed book, even though its text be by such an erudite authority as is Mr. W. J. Loftie.”
+ + Outlook. 87: 616. N. 23, ’07. 340w.
“Well above the colour-book average.”
+ Sat. R. 103: 626. My. 18, ’07. 290w.
Loliee, Frederic. Short history of comparative literature from the earliest times to the present day. *$1.75. Putnam.
7–18136.
“M. Loliée’s aim is to present a picture of the literary output of all the centuries: to mark the periods of growth, florescence and decay, and to indicate the relations of one product to another.”—Spec.
“We have read this work with dismay and disappointment. And as for M. Loliée’s comparisons, they are fit only to be made at a penny-reading. It remains to add that the book is very ill-translated, and that it bristles with misprints.”
− − Acad. 70: 423. My. 5, ’06. 1520w.
“As a result of such a gigantic undertaking, confined within the narrow limits of 350 pages, his book is conspicuous for broad surveys and vague generalities. By its lack of close individual characterization and accurate detailed description it lies at the very antipodes of Sainte-Beuve’s critical method. The translation is not so good as it might be.”
− + Nation. 85: 143. Ag. 15, ’07. 970w.
“Each step in his work is so carefully taken and the proportions so well maintained that one can have no possible doubt of the underlying truth of his whole theme.”
+ + N. Y. Times. 12: 338. My. 25, ’07. 800w.
“It is certainly safe to say that the wider a reader’s acquaintance with the literature of the world, the more benefit he will get from M. Loliée’s work. It has been well translated by Mr. Power.”
+ + Spec. 97: 65. Jl. 14, ’06. 190w.
Loliee, Frederic. Women of the second empire: chronicles of the court of Napoleon III; comp. from unpublished documents; tr. by Alice M. Ivimy. *$7. Lane.
In this volume “pageant ... defiles before you in all its magnificence. The empress Eugenie, who set the fashion to the women of Europe, the Countess de Castiglione, Madame de Rutz, Laure de Rothschild, the Princess Mathilde, Countess le Hon and many others—all pass on their way, and the place of each in the procession is defined. As each passes too you learn something of her character and attainments; and in a discreet whisper stories are told of her doings.... Moreover it is illustrated with fifty-one photographs of the celebrities, superbly reproduced.”—Acad.
“Exceedingly well written and interesting as gossip may be. But M. Loliée’s preface and work are more reasonable and without that desperate brightness—of a salesman exhibiting wares. He has been untiring in his search for information and successful. The translation is well done.”
+ + Acad. 72: 265. Mr. 16, ’07. 600w.
“The volume appears ... like ‘the book of the opera,’ and a very light opera at that.”
+ − Nation. 84: 17. Jl. 4, ’07. 460w.
“Amusing, shocking, interesting, disgusting, trivial, important, sometimes by turns and sometimes all on the same page is M. Frederic Loliée’s book of biographical sketches.”
− + N. Y. Times. 12: 289. My. 4, ’07. 920w.
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 386. Je. 15, ’07. 140w.
Reviewed by Hildegarde Hawthorne.
+ Putnam’s. 2: 475. Jl. ’07. 90w.
“It all smacks too much of a society’s journal’s small talk about pretty faces and dresses.”
− Sat. R. 103: 372. Mr. 23, ’07. 130w.
“Brilliant and amusing as M. Loliée’s book undoubtedly is, such a tone of cynicism rather repels any one who has ever had even a passing acquaintance with members of that long-dead society whose actual charm he does not, we think, quite succeed in perpetuating here.”
+ − Spec. 99: 129. Jl. 27, ’07. 1490w.
London, Jack. Before Adam. †$1.50. Macmillan.
7–7191.
Mr. London sets about the novel task of deducing from the dream glimpses of the present day sleeper, evidences of his evolution from the ape. For instance, the falling-through-space dream is a racial memory which dates back to our remote ancestors who lived in trees and who experienced terrible falls. “It is decidedly ingenious, this story of tree dwellers, cave dwellers and fire makers, who are masters also of the bow and arrow—of three stages of human evolution going on side by side in a remote geological age.” (Ind.)
“In the subject of his latest story, ‘Before Adam,’ Mr. Jack London shows no diminution of his characteristic audacity. This is a brave endeavor to enlist our interest in these dim denizens; but it falls short of complete success. The story occasionally stirs our curiosity, but never our sympathy.” Harry James Smith.
− Atlan. 100: 125. Jl. ’07. 1640w.
“It may be the result of a good deal of scientific research into the latest accepted theories of evolution and atavism, but the popularity of a work of fiction is seldom in direct ratio to its scientific accuracy.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
− + Bookm. 25: 183. Ap. ’07. 310w.
“The story fails to make a distinct impression upon the reader, who finds in it, in the last analysis, but another animal story of the type that has been so popular during the last decade or so.”
− + Ind. 62: 620. Mr. 14, ’07. 210w.
“Jack London’s unbridled imagination is here exhibited in full career.”
+ Lit. D. 34: 639. Ap. 20, ’07. 420w.
“Jack London has performed a wonderful feat in so describing the lives and passions of these rudimentary beings. He has builded a romance of the unknown ages, of the creatures that may have been, and endowed it all with poignant reality.”
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 145. Mr. 9, ’07. 690w.
“In one respect ‘Before Adam’ is weak; it is too truth-loving as regards scientific records to leave much room for the emotional aspects of life. The story is a sort of literary ‘tour de force,’ ably done and curiously fascinating.”
+ − Outlook. 85: 718. Mr. 23, ’07. 120w.
R. of Rs. 35: 762. Je. ’07. 260w.
London, Jack. Love of life, and other stories. †$1.50. Macmillan.
7–29686.
A group of characteristic Jack London stories set in “the rim of the polar sea.” Cold and hunger battle with the love of life, even humanity itself is often chilled into insensibility, and the animal instinct of self preservation at all hazards remains. The stories are Love of life, A day’s lodging, The white man’s way, The story of Keesh, The unexpected, Brown Wolf, The sun-dog trail and Negore, the coward.
“All good, some of them of distinctive merit. Not so brutal as some of his earlier stories of this author.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 202. N. ’07.
“Taken altogether these stories have all the good points of their author’s work—strength, aliveness, vividness of colouring.” J. Marchand.
+ Bookm. 26: 419. D. ’07. 470w.
267“They are quite equal to his previous accomplishments in this direction, and are not approached by the efforts of any other writers, save Elizabeth Robins’s ‘The magnetic north,’ which remains the chief achievement in arctic romance.”
+ Lit. D. 35: 655. N. 2, ’07. 450w.
“This is much the usual Jack London thing: wolf-dogs and miners and Indians; starving and freezing and killing.”
− Nation. 85: 353. O. 17, ’07. 130w.
N. Y. Times. 12: 594. O. 5, ’07. 680w.
N. Y. Times. 12: 652. O. 19, ’07. 40w.
“Jack London certainly has the story-teller’s gift, and he uses it to the greatest effect when he tells us of the north.”
+ Outlook. 87: 450. O. 26, ’07. 80w.
London, Jack. Moon-face; and other stories. †$1.50. Macmillan.
6–32351.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“Of varying interest and merit they seem, by the natural limitations of the short story, to hinder the powers of the author from coming into full play.”
− + Cath. World. 84: 833. Mr. ’07. 190w.
“These short stories of Mr. London’s are rather poor stuff, as lacking in quality as in imagination; and there is little to be said for them on the score of originality.”
− Sat. R. 103: 178. F. 9, ’07. 180w.
* London, Jack. The road. †$2. Macmillan.
Jack London is the invincible tramp in these pages. Often enough the vulnerable heel is exposed to the arrows flying thick in “hobo” land, but by means of quick wits, his alertness and master strength he wards them off. “The road” records his round of underworld experiences which began at eighteen, and it abounds in tramp tricks, tramp scrapes, and tramp vernacular, interesting both to the curious reader and the student of sociology.
London, Jack. Scorn of women; in three acts. **$1.25. Macmillan.
6–43530.
A three act comedy, with Dawson City in 1897 as its setting. “The heroine is a dazzlingly beautiful and very rich dancer, who is worshipped by all the men and suspected by all the women.... The incidents of Arctic life are portrayed with unmistakable veracity, and the humors and mystifications of a masked ball, under frontier conditions, are set forth with freshness and vivacity.” (Nation.)
Canadian M. 28: 399. F. ’07. 80w.
“In the last act there is a touch of the wild which is, perhaps, a trifle too realistic, but the piece as a whole, is decidedly entertaining, and contains some well-drawn sketches of character.”
+ − Nation. 83: 495. D. 6, ’06. 220w.
N. Y. Times. 11: 778. N. 24, ’06. 80w.
“The length of the second act and the numerous irrelevant episodes might weaken the play on the stage, but there can be no question about the dramatic effect of the conclusion.”
+ − Spec. 99: sup. 461. O. 5, ’07. 180w.
London, Jack. White Fang. †$1.50. Macmillan.
6–35449.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“It is a capital story, marred a little by the brutality of detail given in the fight with the bull-dog.”
+ − Acad. 72: 274. Mr. 16, ’07. 220w.
“His tale is packed full of absurdly precious idioms, literary ‘clichés’, and pompous little mannerisms.”
+ − Ath. 1907, 1: 161. F. 9. 270w.
“The illustrations by Charles Livingston Bull are not the least good thing about the book. The virility of this artist is as strong and as alive as that of the author he companions, but there is a greater sense of self-control in it, a power of restraint and reserve which makes his work a lasting delight.” Grace Isabel Colbron.
+ + Bookm. 24: 599. F. ’07. 950w.
“The manner in which the author manages to interest one in the history of the wolf is an achievement.”
+ + Current Literature. 82: 111. Ja. ’07. 500w.
“It would be an exaggeration to call this novel a socialistic tract in disguise, but it is certainly not the least clever stroke of its author’s that he has succeeded in interweaving into a dog-and-wolf story so subtle a reminder of the pressure of feral conditions in the midst of civilized human society.” Herbert W. Horwill.
+ + − Forum. 38: 547. Ap. ’07. 1020w.
“The Canadian wolf needs the rehabilitation which the Indian wolf owes to Kipling, and Mr. London is entirely successful in expressing his litheness, which is worthy of rikki-tikki at his best, his hardihood, and the germ of the fidelity which remains the master attribute in the dog. Some scenes are admirably vivid bits of natural history.”
+ − Lond. Times. 6: 46. F. 8, ’07. 550w.
“Done in this author’s best style.”
+ + R. of Rs. 35: 128. Ja. ’07. 40w.
+ − Spec. 97: 219. F. 9, ’07. 360w.
* Lonergan, W. F. Forty years of Paris, il. **$3.50. Brentano’s.
Contemporary Paris as seen thru the eyes of a newspaper correspondent. Mr. Lonergan “has attended sittings of the Chamber and the courts, met many politicians and men of letters, unhitched Boulanger’s carriage, talked with Clémenceau, interviewed Zola, corresponded with Halèvy, and had a squabble with Sardou. In the midst of his feverish existence, however, he found the time to read something else than newspapers, namely, some books on Taine, Renan, and Abbé Loisy, especially the latter; and he gives us the benefit of his readings.” (Nation.)
“The genial and observant spirit which is visible in Mr. Lonergan’s new volume on Paris inclines us to praise it, and to recommend its purchase to our readers.”
+ − Acad. 73: 110. N. 9, ’07. 320w.
“There are a good many small mistakes, and some unnecessary passages.”
+ − Ath. 1907, 2: 548. N. 2. 400w.
“While this narrative, covering the main events of recent history, does not take the place of Seignobos or Hanotaux, it supplements, thanks to its generous supply of gossip from the editorial rooms and the ‘brasseries,’ those more dignified and reserved chronicles.”
+ − Nation. 85: 470. N. 21, ’07. 340w.
N. Y. Times. 12: 666. O. 19, ’07. 30w.
“It contains a good deal of more or less entertaining gossip, more or less valuable criticism, literary and dramatic, and some pages well worth reading on the conflict with the Vatican.”
+ − Spec. 99: sup. 753. N. 16, ’07. 170w.
Long, William Joseph. Brier-patch philosophy. *$1.50. Ginn.
6–34265.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“A book somewhat different from his previous animal studies, but equally well worth reading.”
+ Ath. 1906. 2: 805. D. 22. 150w.
+ + Nature. 75: 177. D. 20, ’06. 170w.
“When Mr. Long is describing the habits of animals, and telling us stories about them, he is interesting and readable; but when he puts his own ideas into the mouth of a wild rabbit, the result is apt to be a little tedious.”
+ − Spec. 98: sup. 653. Ap. 27, ’07. 160w.
268* Long, William Joseph. Whose home is the wilderness: some studies of wild animal life. il. *$1.25. Ginn.
7–37000.
A book of intimate observations recorded at the end of a season of “Watching the wild things.” It aims first, to show some of the unrecorded facts of animal life exactly as the author has seen them; second, to reproduce as far as possible the spirit of the place and the hour, and to let one also feel something of that gladness and peace which the author has always found in the silent places.
Long day; the story of a New York working girl as told by herself. *$1.20. Century.
5–29965.
Descriptive note in December, 1905.
A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 26. Ja. ’07.
Reviewed by Margaret Dreir Robins.
+ − Charities. 17: 484. D. 15, ’06. 1180w.
Loomis, Charles Battell. Araminta and the automobile. †50c. Crowell.
7–21370.
Araminta and the automobile, The deception of Martha Tucker, and While the automobile ran down are three stories which reveal “cheerful Americans” in the act of testing the joys and sorrows of the motor car.
Loomis, Charles Battell. Bath in an English tub; il. by Robert A. Graef. †75c. Barnes.
7–11578.
A series of letters written to the New York sun which give the author’s experiences in England.
“It is not a guide book, but is franker and funnier than most guide books and will be appreciated by all who have been there.”
+ Ind. 62: 1359. Je. 6, ’07. 40w.
“Mr. Loomis sees the absurdities of life and relates them with cheerful vivacity.”
+ Nation. 84: 432. My. 9, ’07. 50w.
Lorimer, Norma Octavia. By the waters of Carthage. **$2.50. Pott.
7–4809.
“There is something fresh and original about this book of travel. The writer ... expresses herself in letters to her husband, and her observations are full of personal bits and scrappy digression.... The Oriental life of Tunis is presented in all its color and variety, and the ruins of Carthage are suggested with quite an imaginative touch.... The photographs, by Garrigues, a Tunis photographer, are unusually fine.”—Outlook.
“The book is open to many criticisms, with its bits of improbable romance and its free and easy style; but it is really interesting.”
+ − Outlook. 84: 839. D. 1, ’06. 130w.
− Spec. 96: 719. My. 5, ’06. 360w.
Loti, Pierre, pseud. Disenchanted. †$1.50. Macmillan.
6–32677.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“The work is written in Loti’s beautiful style, but is less superficial in character than many of his stories.” Amy C. Rich.
+ Arena. 37: 108. Ja. ’07. 410w.
Current Literature. 42: 109. Ja. ’07. 730w.
“As a matter of fact, M. Loti conspicuously fails to present the case of the contemporary harem in its most telling light. It strikes the present reviewer that the author’s taste runs somewhat excessively, for once, to the sentimental.” H. G. Dwight.
+ − Putnam’s. 1: 718. Mr. ’07. 1790w.
“Superbly translated by Clara Bell, the new book by Pierre Loti is no less than irresistible.”
+ + R. of Rs. 35: 122. Ja. ’07. 240w.
Lottridge, Silas A. Familiar wild animals. *60c. Holt.
6–13335.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 82. Mr. ’07. ✠
+ Ind. 61: 261. Ag. 2, ’06. 30w.
Lounsbury, Thomas Raynesford. Text of Shakespeare; its history from the publication of the quartos and folios down to and including the publication of the editions of Pope and Theobald. **$2. Scribner.
6–36417.
The third instalment of Prof. Lounsbury’s work on “Shakespearean wars.” “An elaborate account of an eighteenth-century literary controversy, of which the protagonists were Alexander Pope, author of ‘Dunciad,’ and the Shakesperean scholar, Lewis Theobald, the original hero of that famous and infamous poem.” (Forum.)
“Dr. Lounsbury, with a learning, a penetration and a scholarly thoroughness beyond all praise, has added to his already invaluable Shakespearean labours by attacking the thorny subject of Pope, Theobald, and the text of Shakespeare; has cleared the tangled brake and disclosed matters which had been long forgotten.”
+ + Acad. 71: 605. D. 15, ’06. 880w.
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 2: 241. D. ’06.
“His style is heavy, and he writes at unnecessary length, labouring points that have long been pretty clear to those who know anything about the subject.”
+ + − Ath. 1907, 1: 253. Mr. 2. 540w.
“In style, this volume is delightfully clear and entertaining, despite some rather painful ‘longueurs.’ Professor Lounsbury wears his learning lightly, and the reader, therefore, feels no burden.” Charles H. A. Wager.
+ + Dial. 42: 39. Ja. 16, ’07. 1510w.
“He has rendered a new critical edition of the ‘Dunciad’ and a revising of Pope’s biography necessary, and a fuller life of Theobald desirable—despite the fulness and excellence of his own treatment of the great commentator’s career; and, all the while, he has been steadily nearing the goal he originally set himself of tracing the history of the works and fame of William Shakespeare.” W. P. Trent.
+ + Forum. 38: 373. Ja. ’07. 1150w.
+ Ind. 62: 99. Ja. 10, ’07. 370w.
“Much of this investigation of necessity wanders far from Shakespere; but it is difficult to see how it could have been avoided, and the substantial results of the author’s researches ought to silence the critic who is inclined to quibble over the appropriateness of the title of the volume.”
+ Nation. 83: 416. N. 15, ’06. 1360w.
“It is for these additions to exact knowledge and for the tedious labor spent in exhaustive investigation of dusty sources that students will be grateful to a volume condensing for them the results of ardent toil. But the general reader will find it almost equally rewarding for its extraordinarily vivid representation in the surroundings and atmosphere of their age of two notable figures.” Elisabeth Luther Cary.
+ + N. Y. Times. 11: 834. D. 1, ’06. 2140w.
“While scholars and students will gratefully acknowledge Professor Lounsbury’s notable contribution to Shakespearean literature, the lasting importance of his work in this field lies in the clear light it throws on the conditions in which the dramatist lived, and the method or order of his growth.”
+ + Outlook. 87: 330. O. 19, ’07. 310w.
“Another book that must take an eminent place among recent contributions to Shakespeare literature—if, indeed, it be not by far the most important and the most interesting in its 269special field of criticism—is ‘The text of Shakespeare.’” Wm. J. Rolfe.
+ + Putnam’s. 2: 724. S. ’07. 1250w.
R. of Rs. 35: 253. F. ’07. 70w.
Reviewed by George H. Browne.
+ + School R. 15: 304. Ap. ’07. 520w.
“A book which deserves the attention of every one interested in the history of English literature.”
+ + Spec. 98: 979. Je. 22, ’07. 1690w.
Louthan, Hattie Horner. “This was a man:” a romance. $1.50. Clark.
6–45355.
The author emphasizes the sentiment that “the only safe principle in our American life lies in ignoring social distinctions and in paying homage to what each man really is.”
“The vulgarity of it consists in the author’s effort to interpret the scandalous lives of two Don Juans by the free use of their own vocabularies.”
− Ind. 62: 603. F. 28, ’07. 130w.
“It is a very tangled skein of events that this novel presents to the reader to unravel, and there is little unity of plan or plot, but these faults are partially atoned for by a certain freshness and exuberance of feeling and expression that give the book the stamp of human interest.”
+ − Lit. D. 34: 341. Mr. 2, ’07. 130w.
“The principal incidents of the story border on melodrama. There are some parts of genuine dramatic interest and the character of the rector is well drawn.”
+ − N. Y. Times. 12: 91. F. 16, ’07. 130w.
Lovett, Robert M. Winged victory. †$1.50. Duffield.
7–12977.
The whole story is animated by the spirit of the heroine who champions thru early life the cause of a feeble-minded brother, and later that of an unsuccessful man whom she marries because he needs her. She was “winged in her hope; armed in her faith. In the presence of the great fulfillment of life all individual complications of mere living seemed contemptible and petty. She walked firmly, exulting in her strength.”
“The book ... is rich in interest.”
+ Ath. 1907, 2: 400. O. 5. 230w.
“The story is interesting and cleverly wrought, but is marred by a vein of the sort of sentimentalism that affects the modern amateur sociologist, and by a false sense of values in the social life of the college community.” Wm. M. Payne.
+ − Dial. 42: 378. Je. 16, ’07. 310w.
“The climax is long in coming, and when it does arrive one fails to see clearly its relation to most of what has gone before.”
− Ind. 63: 340. Ag. 8, ’07. 190w.
“While the book is seriously lacking in unity and coordination, it has features of genuine merit.”
+ − Lit. D. 34: 962. Je. 15, ’07. 120w.
“All the virtue of this story lies in the first of its three parts. Here is an affectionate and reverent study of child-nature, grateful enough in the midst of our sentimental or facetious or condescending manipulations of the child as literary ‘copy.’”
+ − Nation. 85: 36. Jl. 11, ’07. 460w.
“The book as it stands is excellently written, in a style free from literary self-consciousness; American in its ideals, and full of firsthand interest in human character. Because of this very freshness the title is not quite fortunate; used here it gives an academic touch in spite of its real beauty.”
+ − N. Y. Times. 12: 315. My. 18, ’07. 690w.
Low, Sidney James Mark. Vision of India as seen during the tour of the Prince and Princess of Wales. *$3.50. Dutton.
W 7–6.
A general picture of the life and social conditions in India today. Beginning with Bombay, the author takes us thru the cities of Rajputana, to Punjab and the borders, past the cities of the Moghuls on to Bengal, Madras and the Southland. There is an account of the Mohammedan college at Aligarh, a discussion of the Indian army, and a concluding chapter which raises the question of the endurance of the present strange form of Indian government.
“Mr. Sidney Low, in ‘A vision of India,’ ... is admirable: thoroughly detached and non-official, but conservative in the best sense, in spite of a good deal of criticism of British faults.”
+ + Ath. 1906, 1: 606. My. 19. 1160w.
“A book so profitably full and accurate, so acute in observation, and so enlivening, that it may be called a remarkably illuminating book about India.” H. E. Coblentz.
+ + Dial. 42: 372. Je. 16, ’07. 270w.
“Mr. Low’s book is full of facts; it is brightly and ably written; and we hope that many members of our ‘not too attentive democracy’ will turn over these pages to see what our Indian empire is like.”
+ + Lond. Times. 5: 180. My. 18, ’06. 1780w.
“Our only quarrel is with the title Mr. Low has chosen, for there is more careful study than ‘vision’ in his book; but it is better for that.”
+ Nation. 84: 15. Jl. 4, ’07. 410w.
N. Y. Times. 12: 177. Mr. 23, ’07. 190w.
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 292. My. 4, ’07. 770w.
“Mr. Low’s [book is valuable] because England’s course for the future is clearly and impressively disclosed.”
+ Outlook. 86: 340. Je. 15, ’07. 130w.
Reviewed by F. A. Steel.
Sat. R. 102: 199. Ag. 18, ’06. 370w.
“The book might with advantage have been considerably shortened. But, on the whole, it is an excellent piece of work, showing India as it appears to a keen observer, whose mind has been trained in the study of peoples and politics.”
+ − Spec. 97: 131. Jl. 28, ’06. 2040w.
Lowell, Percival. Mars and its canals. **$2.50. Macmillan.
6–45164.
On the hills of northern Arizona, Mr. Lowell built an observatory and equipped it with apparatus for a life study of Mars. He offers in this volume the deductions from his observations to date. Not only does he convince the reader that Mars is inhabited but “that the inhabitants of Mars are carrying on a system of irrigation for agricultural purposes on an immeasurably larger scale than has ever been dreamed on our planet, that they possess a high degree of agricultural and mechanical intelligence, and a degree of moral development so far in advance of any we have yet reached that in all probability war is among them unknown.” (Outlook.)
“A longer and rather more serious book than that of Morse on Mars.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 69. Mr. ’07.
Ath. 1907. 1: 478. Ap. 20. 480w.
Reviewed by E. T. Brewster.
Atlan. 100: 262. Ag. ’07. 670w.
“With all respect, then, to Professor Lowell, and with all trust in the accuracy of his observations, they seem explicable enough without any idea of Mars being inhabited. It seems pretty clear that he has let his imagination run away with him.” George M. Searle.
+ − Cath. World. 84: 577. F. ’07. 5900w.
Current Literature. 42: 211. F. ’07. 1790w.
270“Whether the reader can accept the author’s conclusions or not, he will at least be forced to admit, after reading ‘Mars and its canals,’ that the book is an exceedingly able and interesting exposition of the subject.” Herbert A. Howe.
+ Dial. 42: 76. F. 1, ’07. 1170w.
“In every way the work is a worthy presentation from a recognized Martian leader. Mr. Lowell’s observations have every claim to acceptance. The theories propounded are by no means so clear.”
+ − Ind. 61: 1567. D. 27, ’06. 290w.
Lond. Times. 6: 108. Ap. 5, ’07. 1510w.
“The most adverse critic cannot but admire the tireless industry with which the planet has been scanned night after night, every noteworthy appearance regarded, and the mass of facts thus acquired moulded into a consistent whole.”
+ + − Nation. 84: 317. Ap. 4, ’07. 710w.
“Written in a very clear style, free from scientific technicalities, and illustrated by maps and diagrams, so that the non-expert layman can understand it.”
+ + Outlook. 85: 142. Ja. 19, ’07. 320w.
+ R. of Rs. 35: 508. Ap. ’07. 120w.
“While this book is published as a popular exposition of the most recent investigations, it presents practically all that is known, or thus far suspected, presumably, concerning this planet and its inhabitants.” Herman S. Davis.
+ + Science, n.s. 25: 499. Mr. 29, ’07. 520w.
Lowery, Woodbury. Spanish settlements within the present limits of the United States: Florida. 1562–1574. *$2.50. Putnam.
5–32489.
Descriptive note in December, 1905.
+ + Am. Hist. R. 12: 423. Ja. ’07. 370w.
Lucas, Charles Prestwood. Canadian war of 1812. *$4.15. Oxford.
6–30901.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
+ Am. Hist. R. 12: 429. Ja. ’07. 500w.
“That the results do not present much that is novel is due rather to the diligence of Mr. Lucas’s predecessors than to his own lack of zeal. The few errors ... do not bear directly upon the narrative.” Carl Russel Fish.
+ − Ann. Am. Acad. 29: 433. Mr. ’07. 430w.
Lucas, Charles Prestwood. Historical geography of British colonies, v. 1. *$1.25; v. 2. *$1.90. Oxford.
v. 1. The Mediterranean and Eastern colonies revised and brought up to date by R. E. Stubbs.
“This volume begins with Gibraltar, and travels through the Mediterranean by way of Malta and Cyprus to the Asiatic islands of the Far East. Except for the three European possessions and Somaliland in Africa, the book deals exclusively with the islands in the Indian ocean and the minor Asiatic possessions.”—Nation.
v. 2. West indies rev. and brought up to date by Chewton Atchley.
“This volume deals not only with the West Indian islands proper, from Jamaica round to Trinidad, but also with the Bermudas, the Bahamas, the mainland colonies of Guiana and Honduras, and even the far distant possessions in the Cape Horn region—the Falkland islands and South Georgia.”—Nature.
v. 6. Australasia, by J. D. Rogers.
A history of the southern continent and the islands of the Pacific.
“Its revision has been most carefully carried out, and the politician will be as grateful for the precise statement of recent changes as the historical student will be for the more ample scale on which the earlier stages of exploration and settlement are treated.” W.
+ Eng. Hist. R. 22: 414. Ap. ’07. 200w. (Review of v. 1.)
“The work of revision has been satisfactorily accomplished.”
+ Nation. 83: 242. S. 20, ’06. 780w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)
“Mr. Rogers himself has apparently taken great delight in the writing of the book. Every page seems to be a labor of love, with its clever descriptions, witty allusions, apt quotations, Biblical and classical, and swift judgments of men, of policies, and of events.”
+ + Nation. 85: 190. Ag. 29, ’07. 770w. (Review of v. 6.)
“Mr. Lucas has accomplished his task most successfully.”
+ Nature. 73: 245. Ja. 11, ’06. 630w. (Review of v. 2.)
Lucas, Edward Verrall, ed. Another book of verses for children, il. †$1.50. Macmillan.
7–32337.
An anthology of “Poetry-for-children” which is capable of a many-sided appeal to the imagination, and which, the author hopes, will serve as a preparation for the real poetry of the grown-up. A poem’s fitness for being read aloud has been a principal consideration for including it.
“Is a delightful compilation, and noticeably excellent in the method of its arrangement.”
+ + Ath. 1907, 2: 515. O. 26. 190w.
+ Nation. 85: 495. N. 28, ’07. 130w.
“Mr. Lucas has a sound taste in humor and in literature at large, and he seems equally to have good judgment in his choice of what will please children.”
+ Outlook. 87: 544. N. 9, ’07. 110w.
“It would be difficult to get a more valuable edition for household use.”
+ + R. of Rs. 36: 765. D. ’07. 30w.
“Altogether a most suitable and acceptable nursery, schoolroom, and playroom anthology.”
+ + Spec. 99: sup. 640. N. 2, ’07. 160w.
* Lucas, Edward Verrall. Character and comedy. *$1.25. Macmillan.
The first part of this book “consists of pleasant little essays of a Lamblike gentleness and humor, but the best of the book is the second part, ‘Life’s little difficulties,’ in which by means of life-like letters the tiny social tragedies of small places are told with exquisite dexterity and good nature.” (Ind.)
“Mr. Lucas is a pretty humorist, and in this dainty volume he shows, very prettily, the variety of his range.”
+ Ath. 1907, 2: 334. S. 21. 290w.
“A most delightful book.”
+ Ind. 63: 1317. N. 28, ’07. 60w.
“Mr. Lucas knows how to write trifles with something much better than dignity; with a cheerful communicativeness and transparent candour that make every reader his warm friend.”
+ Lond. Times. 6: 300. O. 4, ’07. 820w.
“The informality, intimacy, unaffected humor, of these unpretentious papers make them delightful reading.”
+ Outlook. 87: 767. D. 7, ’07. 240w.
“Mr. Lucas’s last, but not least charming, book of essays.”
+ Spec. 99: 521. O. 12, ’07. 1580w.
Lucas, Edward Verrall. Fireside and sunshine. **$1.25. Dutton.
7–29018.
Nineteen “Lamb like” essays upon such subjects as; breakfast, squirrels, clothing old and new, the days of the week, and letter writing.
“His pages not only have the expected Elian air, but also something of a sybaritic savor, a more than suggestion of the gourmet, a Dickens-Lamb-Scott enjoyment of the things of sense as embodied in certain favorite eatables and drinkables.”
+ Dial. 42: 288. My. 1, ’07. 500w.
271“This writing is in Mr. Lucas’s well-known vein—agreeable, vivacious, with bits of interesting observation of men, women, and beasts, and with touches of gentle humor. The matter, however, is rather thin, good enough for a casual contribution to the London ‘Outlook’ or ‘Country gentleman,’ but much of it hardly worth preservation in permanent form.”
+ − Nation. 84: 338. Ap. 11, ’07. 200w.
“Among the best collections of essays of this day of their popular revival.”
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 302. My. 11, ’07. 520w.
“Whether old or new or half new, the essays may be commended to the public as excellent reading.”
+ Spec. 97: 791. N. 17, ’06. 420w.
Lucas, Edward Verrall, comp. Forgotten tales of long ago. $1.50. Stokes.
7–35046.
Twenty stories, from early writers for children, of a period ranging from 1790 to 1830, with three later contributions. “In the discovery of an anonymous production entitled ‘Lady Anne’ the editor finds his reward for much fruitless rummaging. We share his gratification, for it is a gem well worth preserving.” (Ath.)
“Interesting to the occasional child who fancies quaint tales, and to all students of children’s literature. Well printed and illustrated, and attractively bound.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 22. Ja. ’07. 50w.
+ Ath. 1906, 2: 652. N. 24. 80w.
+ Ind. 61: 1407. D. 22, ’06. 60w.
+ Sat. R. 102: sup. 8. D. 8, ’06. 60w.
Lucas, Edward Verrall, comp. Friendly town: a little book for the urbane. $1.50. Holt.
6–10500.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
+ Ind. 62: 733. Mr. 28, ’07. 140w.
“Among anthologies the book deserves an exceptional place.”
+ + Lit. D. 33: 857. D. 8, ’06. 140w.
“It would be difficult to find a collection of more appealing verse and prose than this.”
+ + N. Y. Times. 11: 904. D. 29, ’06. 250w.
+ Outlook. 85: 94. Ja. 12, ’07. 100w.
Lucas, Edward Verrall, ed. Gentlest art: a choice of letters by entertaining hands. **$1.25. Macmillan.
7–32334.
The gentlest art, according to Mr. Lucas’ interpretation, is that of letter-writing. This anthology of letters is varied in content and includes a wide range of letter-writers, many of them well-known eighteenth and nineteenth century English people. There are eighteen headings under which letters are grouped, some of them being Children and grandfathers, News bearers, The grand style, The little friends, Urbanity and nonsense, Literature and art, Humorists and oddities, The pen reflective, Rural recluses, and Shadows.
“A more charming volume it would not be easy to find.”
+ Spec. 99: 874. N. 30, ’07. 140w.
Lucas, Edward Verrall. Listener’s lure: a Kensington comedy. †$1.50. Macmillan.
6–32676.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“It is the best of England, old and new, told at random in letters which also serve to piece out one of the prettiest love stories of the year.”
+ Ind. 62: 502. F. 28, ’07. 180w.
Lucas, Edward Verrall. Wanderer in London. **$1.75. Macmillan.
6–32702.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 12. Ja. ’07.
“He here shows himself to be an uncommonly shrewd observer of the many and varied aspects of the great metropolis, and the no less heterogeneous ways and moods of its teeming population.”
+ Int. Studio. 30: 279. Ja. ’07. 200w.
“Mr. Lucas takes his London lightly, skims the cream, revives the reader with the most modern frivolous bits of information, and never oppresses him under a load of facts. A good modern map is needed.”
+ − Nation. 83: 560. D. 27, ’06. 610w.
Luce, Robert. Writing for the press: a manual. 5th ed. pa. 50c. Clipping bureau press.
7–18088.
The fifth edition revised. It is a guide for beginners, furnishing information and instruction on all matters relating to the preparation of copy for the press.
“The book is worth its room, were it only for the copious lists of words and phrases—correct and incorrect—common mistakes, and trite expressions, which it contains.”
+ + Cath. World. 85: 682. Ag. ’07. 170w.
+ Ind. 63: 763. S. 26, ’07. 70w.
+ Nation. 85: 191. Ag. 29, ’07. 70w.
“The handiest and most useful work of reference in its line we have ever seen.”
+ + N. Y. Times. 12: 368. Je. 8, ’07. 170w.
Lupton, Arnold, Parr, G. D. A., and Perkin, Herbert. Electricity as applied to mining. *$4.50. Van Nostrand.
“Electrical theories and principles are dealt with at considerable length.... Less than one third of the book is given over to the applications of electricity to mining.... For the mining engineer, colliery manager, or others who are contemplating the adoption of electricity for power or lighting and who know little or nothing of electricity, the book presents many valuable features.”—Engin. N.
+ − Engin. N. 56: 527. N. 15, ’06. 290w.
Lusk, Graham. Elements of the science of nutrition. *$2.50. Saunders.
6–41748.
“Scientific analysis of the processes of nutrition, and the chemical constituents of various foods, together with numerous explanatory tables. Contains separate chapters on ‘The food requirements during the period of growth’ and on metabolism under abnormal and diseased conditions, including anaemia, diabetes, fever, and gout.”—N. Y. Times.
“The discussion is usually illuminating, but here and there a more liberal summary of generalization would be most helpful to students at least to beginners, who need broad statements rather than an enumeration of facts whose bearing they do not easily apprehend.”
+ + − Nation. 85: 266. S. 19, ’07. 110w.
“Prof. Graham Lusk is to be congratulated on having produced a very interesting and important book.” W. B. H.
+ + Nature. 75: 413. Mr. 14, ’07. 470w.
N. Y. Times. 12: 138. Mr. 9, ’07. 40w.
Luther, Mark Lee. Crucible. †$1.50. Macmillan.
7–33211.
Jean Fanshaw is right as a trivet, though wilful and a born fighter. Her ungovernable temper sends her to the reform school, she escapes, but is persuaded by a clean, strong young artist rusticating in near-by woods to return and serve out her time. She does it, goes forth with a clear record, and enters the maelstrom of shopgirl life in New York. Her fight against the temptation on every hand is finally rewarded when her artist hero of long ago finds her and makes her castles in Spain a reality.
N. Y. Times. 12: 652. O. 19, ’07. 40w.
272Lyford, James Otis. Life of Edward H. Rollins: a political biography. $1.50. Estes.
6–41541.
“The political activities of New Hampshire, which state Rollins represented in both Congressional houses, are here set forth in sufficient detail to make the book of interest as a study in that field. But it chiefly aims to set Senator Rollins, an able, conscientious, useful man rightly in history.”—Ind.
“His style is clear and graceful, and skill is shown in the selection and arrangement of salient facts, as well as due sense of proportion. It is the only book which has thus far appeared which gives a clear, orderly and accurate narrative of the political life of New Hampshire during this important epoch, and by his painstaking labor Mr. Lyford has made a distinct contribution to the history of the state.” James F. Colby.
+ + Am. Hist. R. 12: 906. Jl. ’07. 710w.
“This is a good example of the political biography.”
+ Ind. 62: 916. Ap. 18, ’07. 140w.
N. Y. Times. 11: 823. D. 1, ’06. 220w.
Outlook. 85: 526. Mr. 2, 07. 180w.
Lyle, Eugene P., jr. Lone star. †$1.50. Doubleday.
7–25502.
A tale of the winning of Texas which begins with the Mexican exclusion of Americans and ends with the battle of San Jacinto. The book is autobiographical in nature, the narrator figuring “as blunderer and sometimes as dupe, but always retrieves himself by candor and a high courage.” (Nature.) Such personages as Crockett, Houston, Bowie and Austin figure in the narrative.
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 178. O. ’07. ✠
“Mr. Lyle has chosen to open his novel with a few pages of rather aggressive smartness; but once in motion, he flings aside spangles and rides gallantly to the close. His tale is a captivating one.”
+ − Nation. 85: 211. S. 5, ’07. 350w.
“He has marked individuality of style, he understands the mechanics of plot construction, he has considerable skill in the portrayal of character, and he can write English without making a blunder on every other page.”
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 548. S. 14, ’07. 500w.
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 652. O. 19, ’07. 20w.
+ − Outlook. 87: 45. S. 7, ’07. 100w.
Lynde, Francis. Empire builders. †$1.50 Bobbs.
7–26019.
A story for would-be captains of industry which follows the enterprise of putting thru a difficult section of railroad, with no obstacle wanting that “nature, rivals, inside treachery and high finance” could present. The young engineer with the determination of a Titan surmounts them all. He “outgeneraled and outfought the unscrupulous old grafters and finally brought some of the more decent among their enemies over to his own way of thinking.” (N. Y. Times.)
“Fairly good reading for its class.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
+ Bookm. 26: 164. O. ’07. 270w.
“This story is not so powerful as the title intimates.”
+ − Ind. 63: 1006. O. 24, ’07. 130w.
“Capital reading, even if it may seem wildly exaggerated at points.”
+ − N. Y. Times. 12: 540. S. 7, ’07. 350w.
N. Y. Times. 12: 665. O. 19, ’07. 20w.
“The book is crisply written, has action and life, and holds the interest throughout.”
+ Outlook. 87: 45. S. 7, ’07. 100w.
Lysaght, Sidney Royse. Her Majesty’s rebels. †$1.50. Macmillan.
7–35217.
“Back in the days of tumult and shouting, of bitter strife and fostered crime, of no-rent manifestos and coercion bills, Her Majesty’s rebels, led by one of the greatest political leaders of the century, had Ireland in a ferment.” (Ath.) In this time of unrest the story has its setting, and the hero is Parnell in the disguise of Michael Desmond, “a notable hero, compounded of giant strength and strange weakness—a man, in fact, and a man full of magnetic force to draw men and women to him, now the victim of a passion he would not stop to control, now cold, reserved, and unscrupulous.... It is seldom we are given a picture of the Ireland of the early eighties half so finished, or so just as Mr. Lysaght’s.” (Ath.)
“Few Irish books of such good parts have come into our hands since Carleton’s days, for few authors hold the balance so accurately or write so restrainedly and so simply as Mr. Lysaght, content to fill their pages with the moving figures of men, animated by the spirit of life itself.”
+ + Acad. 72: 188. F. 23, ’07. 590w.
“Compelling story.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 136. My. ’07.
“The worst fault, indeed, of the story is a certain want of what journalists style actuality.”
+ − Ath. 1907, 1: 250. Mr. 2. 270w.
“Mr. Lysaght often shows a keen perception of character without the art of sustained development. Many of his people are quite shadowy. He is likewise guilty of self-indulgence in the matter of length.”
+ − Nation. 84: 267. Mr. 21, ’07. 440w.
“Apart from its general fairmindedness, the book is notable for many passages affording welcome relief to its prevalently serious character.”
+ Spec. 98: 295. F. 22, ’07. 1540w.