Volume 3 — H (continued 2)
Reading edition
+ − Science, n.s. 26: 588. N. 1, ’07. 300w.
Hawker, Mary Elizabeth (Lanoe Falconer, pseud.). Old Hampshire vignettes. $1. Macmillan.
“Twenty-three very short chapters present ‘The valley’ and a score or more of its odd and interesting inhabitants. These portraits are the slightest of thumb-nail sketches.”—Dial.
“She has wit and insight and that quality gratefully and instantly recognized, yet difficult to label, the quality of saying just the thing that should be said in just the words that should express it.”
+ + Acad. 72: 296. Mr. 23, ’07. 220w.
“They are newspaper articles of a superior sort, and very pleasantly written, and full of the pathos and humours of the village.”
+ Ath. 1907, 1: 410. Ap. 6. 60w.
“Daintily executed, and touched with life and reality.”
+ Dial. 42: 259. Ap. 16, ’07. 230w.
“The writer has attempted, for the most part, to catch her pose or quality on the wing as it were; and it says much for her skill that she has almost always succeeded. If she fails it is because her sketch is sometimes so slight as to be almost evanescent; but in most cases she has swiftly touched off the humour or the oddity and bathed the people meanwhile in an atmosphere of tenderest banter.”
+ Lond. Times. 6: 94. Mr. 22, ’07. 700w.
“Miss Hawker has taste, feeling, exquisite nicety. Beyond all doubt she writes of village character better than anyone has written since George Eliot. No one comes near her in her combination of crystal clearness, fine point, discrimination and simplicity. Where she is wanting, of course, is in dramatic power.”
+ + − Sat. R. 103: 401. Mr. 30, ’07. 420w.
Hawkes, Clarence. Little water-folks: stories of lake and river. †75c. Crowell.
7–24035.
Dedicated to the boy who sees, these stories sketch intimately the habits of water-dwellers, among them muskrats, otters, frogs, water-weasels, and turtles.
“It is like living in the open to read the stories.”
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 618. O. 12, ’07. 50w.
R. of Rs. 36: 768. D. ’07. 50w.
186Hawkes, Clarence. Shaggycoat; the biography of a beaver. $1.25. Jacobs.
6–36434.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 21. Ja. ’07.
Hawkes, Clarence. Tenants of the trees. il. $1.50. Page.
7–20722.
How the author cultivated his acquaintance with his friends of fur and feather makes a most instructive and entertaining chronicle for the youthful lover of tree-folks.
“The coloured illustrations ... are mainly pretty bad. The text, too, contains some curious blunders.” George Gladden.
− Bookm. 25: 622. Ag. ’07. 380w.
Hawkesworth, John. Graphical handbook for reinforced concrete design. *$2.50. Van Nostrand.
7–469.
“This book contains 15 plates of diagrams for use in determining the size and the amount of reinforcement for floors, beards and columns of reinforced concrete construction.”—Engin. N.
“Graphical representations have advantages over tabular statements, and these diagrams are to be commended for their simplicity, clearness and convenient form. Such criticisms as are given here show a limit to their usefulness, but it must be remembered that these limitations are partly inherent in the building regulations followed.” Arthur N. Talbot.
+ − Engin. N. 57: 550. My. 16, ’07. 1200w.
Hawkins, Anthony Hope. Helena’s path. †$1.25. McClure.
7–29569.
An entertaining little comedy over a right of way which involves the dignified but firm refusal of a young woman land holder to allow a young nobleman to continue to pursue his way, adopted by generations before him, across her recently acquired estate to a strip of beach, lying beyond, for his daily swim. The quarrel leads straight to a romance.
“It is several years since Mr. Hope has produced anything so thoroughly artistic.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
+ + Bookm. 26: 269. N. ’07. 410w.
“The first chapter of this story is so good that the reader is almost outraged at the inane character of the rest of it.”
− + Ind. 63: 1378. D. 5, ’07. 480w.
“Neither the characters nor their actions are of this earth, earthy; but the tale is not on that account the less vivacious and amusing.”
+ Nation. 85: 306. O. 3, ’07. 200w.
“There is much comedy in this little story.”
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 655. O. 19, ’07. 40w.
“The trouble is that Mr. Hope’s extraordinary versatility has made him in the past nearly all things to all men, and ‘Helena’s path’ comes dangerously near being nothing to anybody.”
+ − N. Y. Times. 12: 678. O. 26, ’07. 350w.
“Is light-hearted farce, unexpected in incident, witty in dialogue, and wholly entertaining, except the extracts from the hero’s diary, which may be skipped to advantage.”
+ − Outlook. 87: 622. N. 23, ’07. 30w.
Hawkins, Anthony Hope (Anthony Hope, pseud.). Sophy of Kravonia. †$1.50. Harper.
6–36178.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
Current Literature. 42: 230. F. ’07. 1140w.
“Mr. Hope’s hand has lost little of its cunning since the days when he invented Zenda, and his ‘Sophy of Kravonia’ is a capital story, albeit the type is now somewhat worn.” Wm. M. Payne.
+ + Dial. 42: 142. Mr. 1, ’07. 140w.
+ R. of Rs. 35: 126. Ja. ’07. 30w.
Hawkins, Anthony Hope. Sport royal. †$1.50. Harper.
7–34772.
These chapters record the adventures of an Englishman who, while idling at Heidelberg, becomes unexpectedly drawn into a court quarrel issuing from domestic misunderstandings. He is champion-in-general and possesses the quiet wit and unfailing courage of all of Anthony Hope’s heroes.
“Is a very light and airy trifle, hardly important enough to deserve the special honor of decoration and ornamental binding here given to it. It has, in a minor way, some of the dash of ‘The prisoner of Zenda.’”
+ − Outlook. 87: 745. N. 30, ’07. 40w.
Haworth, Paul Leland. Hayes-Tilden disputed presidential election of 1876. *$1.50. Burrows.
6–22324.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“The monograph is thoroughly scientific in method and sound in its criticism of fact, but is equally unscientific in spirit and temper. The style occasionally descends perilously near flippancy and vulgarity at the expense of southern democrats.”
+ − Am. Hist. R. 12: 410. Ja. ’07. 950w.
“Worthy of notice, although not of first-rate pretensions.” John Spencer Bassett.
+ − Putnam’s. 2: 255. My. ’07. 160w.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel. In colonial days. $2.50. Page.
6–29091.
“Four of Hawthorne’s delightful stories of the Old Province house in Boston have been grouped under the general title ‘In colonial days,’ copiously illustrated by Mr. Frank C. Merrill.... Anybody would enjoy the tales in their new setting, which ought, however to prove particularly acceptable to younger readers.”—Dial.
“Mr. Merrill’s pictures, redolent of old times and customs, and yet full of life and spirit, are evidently the fruits of congenial and sympathetic effort.”
+ Dial. 41: 461. D. 16, ’06. 100w.
“In costumes and other appurtenances he is historically correct, while his figures are animated and lifelike.”
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 879. D. 15, ’06. 170w.
Hawtrey, Valentina. Romance of old wars. †$1.50. Holt.
7–8220.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“To those who have admired the author’s previous work it is sufficient to say that [‘Romance of old wars’] reaches her usual high standard in interest and execution.”
+ Acad. 71: 16. Jl. 7, ’06. 320w.
“Miss Hawtrey has a real gift for instilling an atmosphere of freshness and vitality into the historical background of her stories.”
+ Ath. 1906, 2: 182. Ag. 18. 280w.
“In spite of the sorrows and poverty and the pathetic ending, the author has caught that glamour which is the sunset radiance of the past ever shining behind us.”
+ Ind. 62: 673. Mr. 21, ’07. 40w.
“The vividness with which it makes alive and thrilling the life of noble and peasant five centuries and more ago is the book’s special claim to consideration.”
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 101. F. 16, ’07. 260w.
“The writer ... sees the past pictorially, romantically, showing the superficial pageant and leaving unexpressed that absolute humanity which makes it as real and living as the present.”
+ − Outlook. 85: 47. Ja. 5, ’07. 100w.
Hay, John. Addresses. **$2. Century.
6–30898.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“What he said is valuable first of all because of the content, but it is equally interesting 187and instructive to one who is in search of standards of graceful English.”
+ + Ann. Am. Acad. 29: 214. Ja. ’07. 200w.
“Few are the books that possess the charm, apart from their contents, of the recently published ‘Addresses of John Hay.’”
+ + Dial. 42: 189. Mr. 16, ’07. 160w.
Hayden, Arthur. Chats on old prints. *$2. Stokes.
7–6391.
“This book is meant for novices and collectors of moderate ambition.... The ‘chats’ give good advice to those who have pounds as well as shillings to lavish on their hobby.”—Ath.
“Written for English readers but interesting and will excite enthusiasm for the subject. Profusely illustrated with half-tones, good as to subject but poor as to execution.”
+ − A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 43. F. ’07.
“As regards quality, indeed, Mr. Hayden sets the standard all too low. The information given concerning them [early German or Italian masters] is the least satisfactory part of the book. The bibliography and glossary of technical terms are generally good.”
− + Ath. 1906, 2: 742. D. 8. 440w.
“An admirable book, full of information, sound advice and pleasant reading. The sentiment of the sincere collector pervades the volume and the gold value is not, as is usual in collectors’ guide, made the first and last point of consideration.”
+ Sat. R. 103: 150. F. 2, ’07. 100w.
Haydon, A. L., comp. Book of the V. C.: a record of the deeds of heroism for which the Victoria cross has been bestowed, from its institution in 1857 to the present time. $1.50. Dutton.
7–20536.
“Certainly a good idea for a boy’s book is this narrating the stories of exploits by which the Victoria cross has been won by soldier heroes. Some thirty of these narratives are included in this volume.... Altogether 522 men have been decorated by this cross, and some two hundred of these are alive at the present time.”—Outlook.
+ Dial. 42: 118. F. 16, ’07. 50w.
N. Y. Times. 12: 257. Ap. 20, ’07. 90w.
“Mr. Haydon relates the stories of the many deeds of heroism with spirit and in a way to interest all boy readers.”
+ Outlook. 84: 337. O. 6, ’06. 150w.
R. of Rs. 35: 383. Mr. ’07. 40w.
Haynes, George Henry. Election of senators. **$1.50. Holt.
6–18603.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“This work may be recommended as a scholarly, impartial, and rational discussion of a great national problem.” Herman V. Ames.
+ + Am. Hist. R. 12: 400. Ja. ’07. 910w.
“Arguments for and against popular election of senators ... are fairly and clearly stated, though the author does not hesitate to reveal his sympathies for the affirmative. For his work in bringing before the public the results thus far accomplished Dr. Haynes is deserving of hearty thanks.” David Y. Thomas.
+ + − Am. J. Soc. 12: 553. Ja. ’07. 1380w.
“On the whole. Professor Haynes’ work deserves a hearty welcome, for he has succeeded in the difficult task of writing a book which the layman can understand and which is at the same time worthy the attention of the specialist.”
+ + Ann. Am. Acad. 29: 638. My. ’07. 360w.
“Timely, thorough and invaluable as a reference work. Those who wish to prepare themselves to fight the battles of democracy with intelligence should possess this book.” Robert E. Bisbee.
+ + Arena. 37: 216. F. ’07. 500w.
“Professor Haynes has ... very thoroly presented the whole matter from the historical standpoint.”
+ Ind. 62: 972. Ap. 25, ’07. 210w.
“A full and fair discussion of an important question.” James Breck Perkins.
+ + Pol. Sci. Q. 22: 151. Mr. ’07. 920w.
Hays, Joseph Weller. Combustion and smokeless furnaces. *$1.50. Hill pub. co.
6–45712.
The matter contained in this volume may not be new to the engineer. “But it may be of service to the layman, and, especially, to members of city councils and others who are wrestling with the smoke problem.... The theoretical part of the book, treating of the chemistry of combustion, contains practically the same matter as is found in other treatises on the subject.... The latter half of the book is devoted to the discussion of smokeless furnaces.”—Engin. N.
“A concise and clearly written treatise.” Wm. Kent.
+ − Engin. N. 57: 303. Mr. 14, ’07. 1920w.
Hazen, Allen. Clean water and how to get it. $1.50. Wiley.
7–30139.
A book primarily for mayors and aldermen, and of interest to water-works superintendents and members of water-boards into which the author has put “some of the principles—common sense, technical and financial—to be followed in obtaining and paying for a plentiful supply of clear water.” (Engin. N.)
“The book abounds with facts and suggestions that will be new and valuable to even the veterans of the water-works fraternity.”
+ + Engin. N. 58: 427. O. 17, ’07. 660w.
“In a new edition, which is sure to be called for soon, the path to the solid knowledge the book contains might be made easier by a more logical arrangement of its contents and by the addition of two elementary chapters, one outlining, at the beginning of the book, the general characteristics of a good water supply and one, in the middle of the book, on the general plan and principles of water filtration.” C.-E. A. Winslow.
+ + − Science, n.s. 26: 662. N. 15, ’07. 1100w.
Headley, Frederick Webb. Life and evolution. *$2.50. Dutton.
7–34602.
“A series of ‘the fairy-tales of science,’ in which we are shown the slow steps by which life crept into higher forms from moneron to man, the text being largely supplemented by excellent illustrations from drawings and photographs. The value of the book lies in the strong impulse it is sure to raise in many readers to verify the statements for themselves, and thereby enlarge the circle of students of science.”—Ath.
“The author has ranged his facts admirably and the book, being written in very simple and almost non-scientific language, should be very widely read.”
+ + − Acad. 72: 150. F. 9, ’07. 220w.
“It may be said at once that Mr. Headley has done very well indeed what he set out to do in this book. In the reviewer’s opinion, there exists no other book which in the field covered can compare in general excellence with this.” Raymond Pearl.
+ + Dial. 43: 209. O. 1, ’07. 550w.
“It is a book for browsing in and should interest scientific students as well as lay readers.”
+ Ind. 63: 511. Ag. 29, ’07. 40w.
“Although the author has written carefully, and has made but few slips of statement, this volume is, in a number of ways, unsatisfactory, and not least so in regard to the mechanical make-up.”
+ − Nation. 84: 459. My. 16, ’07. 360w.
188“The author has succeeded in producing a very readable and thoughtful book, which deserves a large clientele of readers.” R. L.
+ + Nature. 75: 434. Mr. 7, ’07. 1140w.
“While a serious and erudite discussion of many points of a difficult philosophy, is well calculated to be a wonder book for the information and delight of a novice in natural history, or even of a child.”
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 348. Je. 1, ’07. 140w.
+ Spec. 98: 909. Je. 8, ’07. 140w.
Headley, John William. Confederate operations in Canada and New York. $2. Neale.
6–16287.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
Am. Hist. R. 12: 211. O. ’06. 60w.
Ind. 62: 1267. My. 30, ’07. 160w.
Heilprin, Angelo, and Heilprin, Louis, eds. Lippincott’s new gazetteer. *$10. Lippincott.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
Reviewed by Harriet Waters Preston.
+ + + Atlan. 99: 426. Mr. ’07. 650w.
Heine, Heinrich. Works. 12v. $25. Dutton.
The first eight volumes of this edition give Heine’s prose writings translated by Charles G. Leland. After Leland’s death the work was completed by Thomas Brooksbank who translated the ninth volume, “The book of songs” and Margaret Armour who translated the last three volumes of poetry.
“We have noted a number of passages in which the German seems to have been misapprehended, and many others in which it has not been rendered with sufficient fidelity; but otherwise the translation is for the most part distinctly meritorious, for Miss Armour is a skilful and fluent versifier, and often catches the spirit of her author very successfully. Some slips in classical matters ought to have been avoided.”
+ + − Ath. 1906, 1: 197. F. 17. 280w. (Review of v. 12.)
“The best of Heine evaporates in translation, no doubt, but readers who possess no German may be congratulated upon having offered to them so close an approach to the original as is found in the present version.”
+ + Dial. 42: 48. Ja. 16, ’07. 140w. (Review of v. 1–12.)
Ind. 62: 102. Ja. 10, ’07. 60w. (Review of v. 1–12.)
“Yet granting all defects, this edition stands as the best presentation in English of the bulk of Heine’s writings.”
+ + − Nation. 84: 33. Ja. 10, ’07. 440w. (Review of v. 1–12.)
+ + N. Y. Times. 12: 149. Mr. 9, ’07. 760w. (Review of v. 1–12.)
“With the prose the translators of the present edition have succeeded fairly well. With the lyric poems they have failed, but have come perhaps as near to succeeding as has ever been done.”
+ + − R. of Rs. 35: 384. Mr. ’07. 180w. (Review of v. 1–12.)
Heller, Albert Henry. Stresses in structures and the accompanying deformations. 2d ed. *$4. A. G. Geren, 1602 N. High st., Columbus, O.
7–15561.
Only a portion of Professor Heller’s contemplated treatise was completed before his death. This part includes probably half of what the work was to comprise. “It covers the principles of statical analysis, stresses in beams and in columns, and stresses in simple trusses.” (Engin. N.)
“The work is extremely well done. Simplification and conciseness are secured by the most desirable method. A good knowledge of his subject and a sound view of the underlying facts and conditions are exhibited generally in the work. A full statement of how the phenomena of flexure vary from those expressed in the commonly-used formulas, and remarks on fatigue action and on the elastic properties of iron and steel merit special commendation.”
+ + Engin. N. 57: 669. Je. 13, ’07. 370w.
Heming, Arthur. Spirit Lake. †$1.50. Macmillan.
7–21229.
In this novel the white man plays but a small part. It is a story of the Indian of to-day, of the hunters of the Hudson bay country, and it tells of their life, their adventures, their superstitions, and their customs; closing like the conventional romance with the marriage of a young brave and an Indian maiden according to the rites of their tribe.
A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 177. O. ’07.
“The author would seem to have made instruction his aim rather than artistic excellence.”
+ − Ath. 1907, 2: 210. Ag. 24. 180w.
“The book is not properly a novel, but it has an abundance of dramatic force and there is a simple directness in its style that makes you feel that you are getting pretty close to the truth about the red man of the Canadian fur-lands.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
+ Bookm. 25: 602. Ag. ’07. 160w.
“This is an excellent book for boys just emerging from the stage where they ‘play Indian’ and not yet old enough to relish their Parkman.”
+ Nation. 85: 58. Jl. 18, ’07. 130w.
N. Y. Times. 12: 381. Je. 15, ’07, 110w.
“The book is readable in parts, as it would appear, because those parts really are drawn from the personal observation of the author.”
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 494. Ag. 10, ’07. 170w.
“The book is a pleasant change after the usual run of common novels, and its readers will enjoy the glimpses which it affords of a romantic and still primitive world.”
+ Spec. 99: 202. Ag. 10, ’07. 300w.
Henderson, George R. Cost of locomotive operation. $2.50. Railway gazette.
6–34658.
“In discussing this subject the various expenses are classified under three general headings—Supplies, Maintenance and Service—and each heading is subdivided into its elementary items, each of which is examined in regard to all phases of quality and quantity which affect the cost of operation, and also as affected by grade, speed, curves, loading, weather, etc.”—Engin. N.
“Valuable contribution to railway technical literature. A book that should be in the hands of every railroad officer who has in any way to do with the supervision or criticism of locomotive operation and its cost.” Arthur M. Waitt.
+ + Engin. N. 57: 84. Ja. 17, ’07. 1570w.
Henderson, John. Jamaica; painted by A. S. Forrest; with 24 full-page il. in col. *$2. Macmillan.
7–20521.
Rather a traveler’s impressions of the country and its people than a “profound or long continued” study. “The author brings out vividly the character and human side of the natives, the commercial needs and difficulties of the Jamaican situation, and makes for the reader scores of little pen-pictures of queer and out-of-the-way features of the life in the island.” (Outlook.)
“Told in a satisfactory style. Many of the illustrations are very good, but some are reproduced in too crude colors even for tropical scenes.”
+ − Ind. 62: 214. Ta. 24, ’07. 200w.
189“The book, and especially the bright colored pictures, will satisfy the average reader’s wish for a popular account of life as it was lived in the community now suffering under such a calamity.”
+ Nation. 84: 88. Ja. 24, ’07. 350w.
“It is written in a notably sprightly style of description and is very far removed either from dull historical writing or from guide-book minuteness.”
+ Outlook. 85: 331. F. 9, ’07. 180w.
Henderson, Reuben Stewart. Railroad curve tables. *$1. Eng. news.
6–41298.
A volume which contains a comprehensive table of functions on a one-degree curve, with correction quantities giving exact values for any degree of curve, together with various other tables and formulas, including radii, natural sines, cosines, tangents, cotangents, etc. To which is added a method of finding any function of a curve of any degree or radius without a field book.
“It will find a place with the railroad engineer on account of the excellent table of functions for a one-degree curve.” Charles L. Crandall.
+ Engin. N. 57: 89. Ja. 17, ’07. 450w.
Henderson, Thomas F., and Watt, Francis. Scotland of to-day. il. **$2. Pott.
“The authors take up the religion, the art, the literature, the games, the institutions, the food and drink, the education, the wit and humor, of the Scotland of to-day, and treat them all briefly but entertainingly. There is description also of towns and scenery, but preference is constantly given to the human element. But modern Scotland is shown against the background of its history and its achievements of former ages.”—N. Y. Times.
“Small things these, perhaps, to comment upon, but an irritating air of superiority in the writers which is forever cropping up suggests retort.”
+ − Acad. 73: 920. S. 21, ’07. 760w.
“There are many indications in this work both of craftsmanship and thought; but bad punctuation and spoiling in many instances mar the enjoyment of the reader.”
+ − Ath. 1907, 2: 325. S. 21. 1590w.
“Whoever wishes to enjoy a picture of the Scotland of to-day, somewhat sketchy in effect, but still strong and interesting in its outlines, will find it in ‘Scotland of to-day.’”
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 563. S. 21, ’07. 170w.
Henderson, William James. Art of the singer. **$1.25. Scribner.
6–33621.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“The book is eminently practical; and with a minimum of technical phraseology it explains to the student the principal physiological problems in voice training and the best methods of solving them.” Josiah Renick Smith.
+ + Dial. 42: 11. Ja. 1, ’07. 430w.
“There are few singers in the world who could not profit at some point from a careful study of Mr. Henderson’s recent book.”
+ + Ind. 62: 498. F. 28, ’07. 310w.
“This material is well arranged, and Mr. Henderson’s own views are clearly expressed.”
+ Lond. Times. 6: 22. Ja. 18, ’07. 310w.
Henderson, William James. Sea yarns for boys, spun by an old Salt. †60c. Harper.
The old sailor who sat at the end of the pier and looked out over the waves, amused himself and two small sea-eager boys by a series of most remarkable tales. They are all of the couldn’t-possibly-have-happened kind, about a shark that towed a blockade runner, a monkey that was captain of a ship, a merman who dined with the old salt upon a coral reef, a whale, a cannibal king and other strange and equally entrancing things.
“The tales are genuine flights of an imagination that stops at nothing. Moreover, they are adorned with many bits of laughable reflection and wiseacre philosophy of the weatherbeaten brand.”
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 237. Ap. 13, ’07. 500w.
Hendrick, Burton Jesse. Story of life insurance. **$1.20. McClure.
7–17891.
“Mr. Hendrick begins with the scandals growing out of the ‘surplus,’ traces the notorious career of Henry B. Hyde and the others who contributed to the demoralization of American life insurance, gives a sympathetic account of the reforms secured through the good offices of Elizur Wright, presents a concise history of the ‘tontine,’ and describes the race for business, the speculative management, and the actual corruption disclosed a couple of years ago.”—Nation.
“A clean concise, accurate history of life insurance.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 166. O. ’07. S.
“Such a work ought to perform a useful service in helping to thwart future schemes for evil on the part of unprincipled insurance managers.”
+ Lit. D. 34: 842. My. 25, ’07. 80w.
“In writing a trustworthy popular account of the evils that have attended the insurance business Mr. Hendrick has performed a distinct public service; his volume should reach a wide circle of readers.”
+ + Nation. 84: 486. My. 23, ’07. 230w.
“These articles not only give a good exposition of the somewhat intricate subject of modern life insurance, but contain much historical material not otherwise accessible.”
+ + R. of Rs. 35: 758. Je. ’07. 130w.
Spec. 98: 986. Je. 22, ’07. 390w.
Hendrick, Frank. Power to regulate corporations and commerce. **$4. Putnam.
6–38328.
The following paragraph from Mr. Hendrick’s preface states the scope of the volume: “This book is an attempt to define the limits within which the governments of the several States and of the United States may secure freedom of trade by control of the persons and things engaged therein, and to indicate the respective powers of the three departments of the Government in the exercise of such control. The relation of the three departments of the Government of the United States to one another and to those of the State governments in the control of inter-State commerce and of corporations is set forth with references to over two thousand cases involving questions of constitutional law.”
Ind. 61: 1569. D. 27, ’06. 710w.
J. Pol. Econ. 15: 60. Ja. ’07. 230w.
“The author’s discussions are, it must be said, not always intelligible.”
− + Nation. 83: 534. D. 20, ’06. 200w.
“More will be heard of Mr. Hendrick’s proposal of law, for such it must be called rather than an exposition of existing law, despite the trend of recent rulings.” Edward A. Bradford.
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 896. D. 22, ’06. 1900w.
“The book will be of value to the lawyer engaged in railway or other forms of corporate law; to the legislator who is asked to deal with this general subject; to the journalist who is called upon to instruct his readers respecting pending legislation; and to officials of great corporations whose sins against the law are sometimes sins of ignorance not of willfulness. But the lay reader will find it not only heavy but intricate reading, and will legitimately desire some one to interpret it to him.”
+ + − Outlook. 84: 894. D. 8, ’06. 370w.
190Henry VIII., King of England. Love letters of Henry VIII. to Anne Boleyn. lea. $1.50. Luce, J: W.
7–430.
“Each letter is dated as exactly as the evidence warrants, and there are a few textual notes. A perusal of the letters shows Henry in the character of a fairly ardent though not passionate lover, with a strong tendency to moralize and to lay emphasis upon the practical rather than the sentimental aspects of his affection.” (Dial.) “The format of the book expresses the period in a most satisfactory way, with its woodcut headbands and initials, and titles and running head in Old-English black letter, and folios in black lettered numerals at the foot of each page.” (Bookm.)
“A very satisfactory trade edition.”
+ Bookm. 26: 103. S. ’07. 110w.
“A curious little book, fraught with interest both as a historical study and a human document.”
+ Dial. 42: 81. F. 1, ’07. 350w.
Henry, Alfred Judson. Climatology of the United States. $10. Chief of the weather bureau, Washington, D. C.
“After an interesting review of climatic records for the United States, 85 pages are devoted to a general discussion of climatology, taking up temperature, precipitation, sunshine, winds and seasonal variations.... Numerous maps and charts are employed by way of illustration.”—Engin. N.
“Contains a vast amount of compact, well-arranged information needed almost daily by engineers, so much, in fact, as to make certain omissions very noticeable and regrettable.”
+ − Engin. N. 57: 90. Ja. 17, ’07. 510w.
Henry, O., pseud. (Sydney Porter). Four million. †$1. McClure.
6–12856.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“In a general way the stories suggest the thumbnail studies of Frapié, Provins, and the other flashlight Frenchmen, but without their pessimism and despair.” Mary Moss.
+ Atlan. 99: 126. Ja. ’07. 510w.
* Henry, O., pseud. (Sydney Porter). Heart of the West. †$1.50. McClure.
7–33208.
A group of humorous stories of frontier life.
“The whole collection might be taken as an example of how conventional and tiresome the raciest slang may grow, when used in excess, as a means of enlivening flimsy and carelessly conceived commonplaces.”
+ − Nation. 85: 496. N. 28, ’07. 350w.
“The funniest stories by this well-known writer have been collected in the volume.”
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 656. O. 19, ’07. 30w.
“If he has a fault it is that he sets forth too opulent a spread; like a rich parvenu’s banquet.”
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 747. N. 23, ’07. 430w.
+ Outlook. 87: 497. N. 2, ’07. 70w.
Henry, O., pseud. (Sydney Porter). Trimmed lamp, and other stories of the four million. †$1. McClure.
7–16486.
“Free from the too common trick of embellishing actuality with traditional cant, this author wins the intelligent reader through a sympathetic cynicism denoting experience and honesty, the whole expressing itself in most humorous form. Shopgirls and bartenders and pseudo-Bohemians and ‘that sad company of mariners known as Jersey commuters’—such types are hit off with immense cleverness.”—R. of Rs.
“There is something irresistible about the stories, with all their crimes upon them; they are so buoyant and careless, so genial in their commentary, and so pleasantly colored by a sentiment which, if as sophisticated as Broadway itself, is still perfectly spontaneous and sincere.” Harry James Smith.
+ Atlan. 100: 134. Jl. ’07. 290w.
“The reader who skips a single story in the collection runs the risk of losing something that he would have liked quite as well as those he read, if not rather better.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
+ Bookm. 26: 79. S. ’07. 530w.
“It is with the same humor that he still graces his stories; but there has crept into his work some other qualities which give it a worth and charm that it did not have before.”
+ + Ind. 63: 880. O. 10, ’07. 370w.
“For stories of their kind, are fine.”
+ Lit. D. 34: 766. My. 11, ’07. 80w.
“‘O. Henry’ is actually that rare bird, of which we so often hear false reports—a born story-teller.”
+ + Nation. 84: 16. Jl. 4, ’07. 300w.
“It is not to much to say that O. Henry achieves the Carlylian miracle of taking the roofs off—lifting the lid—and shows what lies beneath.”
+ + N. Y. Times. 12: 430. Jl. 6, ’07. 839w.
+ Outlook. 86: 833. Ag. 17, ’07. 220w.
“‘The trimmed lamp’ must appeal to all discriminating devotees of local character study, and each one of them will wish to stay acquainted with ‘O. Henry.’”
+ R. of Rs. 35: 766. Je. ’07. 130w.
Henschel, George. Personal recollections of Johannes Brahms: some of his letters to and pages from a journal kept by George Henschel. $1.50. Badger, R. G.
7–10574.
Excerpts from a journal kept while traveling with Brahms in the seventies form the nucleus of Mr. Henschel’s reminiscent study, to which have been added some recollections and letters. Several reproduced photographs of the great composer are included.
“It is an interesting contribution to the sidelights that have been thrown upon the personality of the great master by a number of his friends and contemporaries since his death.” Richard Aldrich.
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 148. Mr. 9, ’07. 430w.
Henshaw, Julia W. Mountain wild flowers of America. *$2. Ginn.
6–25647.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“The incompleteness of the book, however inevitable, is a more serious drawback than its unscientific plan, and a drawback that must affect all kinds of readers. However, she has, on the whole, made a good selection, and her descriptions are as clear as they can be without the use of botanical terms.”
+ + − Lond. Times. 6: 53. F. 15, ’07. 560w.
Hensley, Mrs. Sophie M. Heart of a woman. **$1.50. Putnam.
7–3092.
“A book of verses of unobtrusive quality written by Mrs. Hensley, who adds to her poetic gifts the largeheartedness of a woman interested in philanthropic reforms.... The verses are carefully grouped under the different heads, Love lyrics, A woman’s love-letters, Nature poems, Narrative poems, Child poems and songs, Sonnets, and Rondeaus.”—N. Y. Times.
“Though the verses are not tinged with any oppressive ethos, we feel throughout a grace and simplicity of goodness. The meter and rhythm are smooth, the meaning is not too deep-hidden, and the moods vary from grave to gay.”
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 373. Je. 8, ’07. 170w.
“While there is nothing in the least objectionable in the Heart disclosing itself in these verses, there is also nothing of special value. The lines are of easy, rippling quality, and the sentiment 191is perhaps as perfectly exemplified in the poem called Prayer as in any of the collection. Real passion never babbles.”
− + Outlook. 85: 526. Mr. 2, ’07. 90w.
* Herbert, Agnes. Two Dianas in Somaliland: the record of a shooting trip. il. $4. Lane.
Two young huntresses face lions and leopards in the African wilds as unflinchingly as any toughened game-bagger of the sterner sex. They go for game and adventure, and find it. Their caravan consisted of forty-nine camels, seven horses, about a half hundred camel drivers, men of all work and guides. There is a thrill on almost every page to keep the adventure-lover’s blood tingling.
“The book is exceptionally interesting and well turned out.”
+ Ath. 1907, 2: 476. O. 19. 870w.
“This record of adventures and achievements, although realistic and at times heartless, is nevertheless a fascinating one.”
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 720. N. 9, ’07. 310w.
“Miss Herbert, judging by her trophies, is readier with the gun than the pen.”
+ − Sat. R. 104: 582. N. 9, ’07. 250w.
“The tone of bravado and devil-may-careness is irksome at first, when it is only a few simple conventions which the Dianas are defying. When it comes to be lions and rhinos and every known discomfort, we are captivated in spite of ourselves.”
+ − Spec. 99: sup. 749. N. 16, ’07. 630w.
Herford, Oliver. Little book of bores. **$1. Scribner.
6–36032.
“Mr. Herford has discovered twenty-four species of Bores, one for each letter of the alphabet.... One may be assured of finding all his enemies and most of his friends among the bores—and possibly he may discover himself there.”—Dial.
“His rhymes and pictures ... are inimitable.”
+ Dial. 41: 398. D. 1. ’06. 90w.
Nation. 83: 463. N. 29, ’06. 50w.
Herrick, Albert Bledsoe, and Boynton, Edward Carlisle. American electric railway practice. *$3. McGraw pub.
7–17388.
The first two chapters of the work “cover the general engineering preliminaries, such as estimates and field engineering. Location and construction of track, power stations and overhead circuits are next described and illustrated from the best current practice. The remainder of the volume deals with the many details of operation beginning with the essential features of time-tables, schedules, dispatching and signals.”—Engin. N.
“As a whole, the book is well printed, bound and indexed.... It will be convenient for reference, especially to those engineers who are not regular readers of the electric railway periodicals and to those who do not have access to the bound volumes of the Street railway journal.” Henry H. Norris.
+ Engin. N. 57: 663. Je. 13, ’07. 610w.
Technical Literature. 2: 97. Ag. ’07. 270w.
Herrick, Rufus Frost. Denatured or industrial alcohol. *$4. Wiley.
7–19427.
A treatise on the history, manufacture, composition, uses, and possibilities of industrial alcohol in the various countries permitting its use, and the laws and regulations governing the same, including the United States. It appeals to the chemical manufacturer on the one hand, and the engineer who would use it as fuel on the other.
“Probably the best treatise available in English.”
+ + A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 166. O. ’07.
“A careful reading of the book by any one even partly well informed on the subject matter must lead to the conclusion that the author was very unfamiliar with his subject: that he depended almost entirely on other than first hand information: that he was unable or unwilling to criticise this information when obtained.” Charles Edward Lucke.
− − Engin. N. 58: 76. Jl. 18, ’07. 1790w.
“A needed and timely book.”
+ Nation. 85: 287. S. 26, ’07. 380w.
Herridge, William Thomas. Orbit of life; studies in human experience. **$1. Revell.
6–33546.
A volume of religious and social essays in which Dr. Herridge “sees life whole, both in extent and content, and aims both to show it as he sees it, and to redeem it from monotony and triviality by putting its emphasis in the right place.” (Outlook.)
“Dr. Herridge has something to say that is worth hearing both for the matter and the manner of it.”
+ + Outlook. 84: 893. D. 8, ’06. 200w.
“The book abounds in common-sense, and is full at the same time of religious and ethical suggestion. Dr. Herridge speaks profoundly, and cannot but set his readers thinking.”
+ + Spec. 97: 204. F. 9, ’07. 1360w.
Hershey, Amos Shartle. International law and diplomacy of the Russo-Japanese war. **$3. Macmillan.
7–3157.
“A fairly complete history, from the viewpoint of international law and diplomacy, of the war between Japan and Russia. The material is cast in a general narrative form, although each chapter is more or less complete by itself. The rights and duties of belligerents and neutrals are, of course, the main theme, although the questions of war correspondents, wireless telegraphy, and submarine mines come in for treatment. Copious notes and explanatory references, and last but not least, an excellent index, make the contents of the volume very accessible.”—R. of Rs.
“He is judicial, he is temperate, he is sound, he is wonderfully fair and liberal in his citations of authorities. In minor matters here and there one might take issue, but on the other hand there is original well-digested comment on almost every page upon a variety of hotly disputed questions, which will make the book of permanent value.” Theodore S. Woolsey.
+ + − Am. Hist. R. 12: 652. Ap. ’07. 1130w.
“Professor Hershey writes in an easy style and the subject is treated in a way that attracts not only the student of international law but also the general reader. The manner of presentation is semi-historical giving the reader thus a view of the progress of the conflict as well as the diplomatic incidents, and legal questions that arose during its course.” Chester Lloyd Jones.
+ + Ann. Am. Acad. 29: 656. My. ’07. 750w.
+ + − Ath. 1907, 1: 195. F. 16. 2070w.
“The most scholarly, exhaustive, and illuminating study of the Russo-Japanese conflict from the standpoint of international law and diplomacy.” J. W. Garner.
+ + Dial. 42: 285. My. 1, ’07. 1350w.
“This is a scholarly and authoritative volume, altogether unlike the popular books on this over-written war.”
+ + Ind. 62: 1473. Je. 20, ’07. 370w.
“An interesting and suggestive volume.”
+ Outlook. 85: 860. Ap. 13, ’07. 290w.
“A valuable book.” G: Louis Beer.
+ Putnam’s. 2: 745. S. ’07. 140w.
“A particularly useful volume.”
+ + R. of Rs. 35: 381. Mr. ’07. 140w.
192“Mr. Hershey’s work is a success. He has labored hard to ascertain facts, the existence of which are of great concern to civilization. His judgment thereon has been that of one possessing both a close knowledge of international law and an instinctive sense of justice.” Charles Cheney Hyde.
+ + Yale R. 16: 98. My. ’07. 1150w.
Herter, Christian Archibald. Common bacterial infections of the digestive tract and the intoxications arising from them. **$1.50. Macmillan.
A medical work on typhoid fever written essentially for physicians but which, however, contains much that will interest the sanitarian.
“Dr. Herter’s book is bound to have the effect of broadening our conception of the subject of infectious diseases of the digestive tract, and deserves a wide reading.” George C. Whipple.
+ Engin. N. 57: 661. Je. 13, ’07. 730w.
“Those to whom the terminology of the bacteriologist is not unfamiliar will find here not only a well written but also an interesting and suggestive study of a rich fauna and a discussion of questions of much import, for they are fundamental in relation to a great human woe, indigestion.”
+ Nation. 85: 522. D. 5, ’07. 140w.
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 465. Jl. 27, ’07. 140w.
Hervey, Arthur. Alfred Bruneau. (Living masters of music ser.) *$1. Lane.
7–29175.
An impartial study of the artist and his work which includes his conservatory days, his work for the musical drama, and his relations with Zola who was a faithful companion and whose stout ally Bruneau became during the Zola trial.
“Those who are interested in French musical developments will be glad to have it.”
+ Nation. 85: 357. O. 17, ’07. 1840w.
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 502. Ag. 17, ’07. 360w.
Herzfeld, Elsa Goldina. Family monographs. For sale by Brentano’s and Charity organization soc., N. Y.
6–1551.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“The generalizations in the first fifty pages are, to the extent that they are generalizations, open to criticism. But taken as an assemblage of related incidents, instead of statements of general truths, they are interesting and valuable. Apparently no effort was made to discriminate between characteristics and beliefs peculiar to tenement-house families and those that are to be found in all economic grades, between conditions which merely impress an observer unaccustomed to life among the poor as exceptional to the neighborhood and those which really are exceptional.”
+ − Charities. 17: 501. D. 15, ’06. 670w.
Hewitt, Emma Churchman. Ease in conversation; or, Hints to the ungrammatical. 5th ed. 50c. Jacobs.
7–29161.
A practical little volume for the ungrammatical and for the timid talker devoted to a study of the correct forms of English used in conversation. The errors are of the “genteel” rather than the “vulgar” sort and are discussed in a series of letters written to a group of girls bent upon improving their conversation.
Hewlett, Maurice H. Stooping lady; front. by Harrison Fisher. †$1.50. Dodd.
7–30839.
“‘The stooping lady’ carries us back something less than a hundred years, to the days just preceding the regency in England.... Here the historical background is largely a matter of externals of dress and manner; the spirit is modern enough to require no great backward leap of the imagination.” (Forum.) The story has a London setting and deals with a proud Irish girl who “stoops” to one beneath her in station, but to one whose, “clean fine manhood has taught her to respect and honor him.” (Bookm.)
“We know of no book of Mr. Hewlett’s that is more vivid, more graphic or more engrossing. We delight in his style, his similes, his brilliant flashes of humour, and occasionally in the glimpse we have of the Satyric horns, with which we have become so intimate in, say, ‘The forest lovers,’ or ‘Pan and the young shepherd.’”
+ Acad. 73: sup. 115. N. 9, ’07. 800w.
“Carries you swiftly along with an absorbing love story, and charms you with the exceeding grace and skill of its telling.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 201. N. ’07. ✠
“This tale is characteristic of his genius. Judged as a mere novel of politics the book is brilliant, outshining the attractive but thin work of Disraeli, and much truer to human nature and history.”
+ Ath. 1907, 2: 475. O. 19. 310w.
“Yet, fine as the story is in conception and in workmanship, it somehow lacks the bigness, the finality, the enduring interest of ‘The queen’s quair’ or ‘The fool errant.’” Frederic Taber Cooper.
+ + − Bookm. 26: 160. O. ’07. 1100w.
“If ‘The stooping lady’ be not positively a great book, it at least has great qualities. Leaving aside a few careless moments, its style is such as cannot be surpassed, if indeed it can be matched, by more than one or two men of our day. It paints the manner of a period with altogether unusual truth and delicacy. Greatest virtue of all, it gives us knowledge of great men and women, displaying them under the stress of emotions that raise them out of the common and make them typical of humanity.” Edward Clark Marsh.
+ + − Forum. 39: 266. O. ’07. 2040w.
“All told, it is an admirable story, but as unfaithful in spirit to the times it is supposed to portray as it is loyal to that of the present.”
+ − Ind. 63: 1173. N. 14, ’07. 740w.
“Altogether Mr. Hewlett, we are inclined to think, has somewhat lost his way in writing his latest book, though it must not be supposed that it is not readable, and at times even charming.”
+ − Lond. Times. 6: 309. O. 11, ’07. 670w.
“The whole book might be taken as conclusive illustration of the disputed truth that a high degree of skill need in no way hamper an author’s individuality or warmth of expression, that a classic restraint of manner by no means reduces the emotional quality to the academic level of an eighteenth century essayist.”
+ Nation. 85: 377. O. 24, ’07. 560w.
N. Y. Times. 12: 655. O. 19, ’07. 50w.
“We have Mr. Hewlett writing sheer Meredith, naked and unashamed—one might almost say rewriting ‘Diana of the Crossways.’ And yet the book is his own, one of the most brilliant pieces of work done in our time, with a heroine I, personally, would not exchange for Diana.” Richard De Gallienne.
+ + N. Y. Times. 12: 709. N. 9, ’07. 1470w.
“A story which belongs at the head of the autumnal list, but does not quite reach the solid ground on which ‘Little novels of Italy’ rest.”
+ + − Outlook. 87: 621. N. 23, ’07. 270w.
“It is because he has given so much that one’s disappointment, when he falls beneath his promise, must plead his very generosity to excuse its air of ingratitude in declining to be content with even the dexterous accomplishment of ‘The stooping lady.’”
+ − Sat. R. 104: 454. O. 12, ’07. 1440w.
“One obvious criticism may be made in conclusion,—that the author has fallen deeply beneath the sway of Meredithian formula, without, however, lapsing into the obscurity of his great exemplar.”
+ − Spec. 99: 574. O. 19, ’07. 690w.
193Hichens, Robert Smythe. Barbary sheep: a novel. †$1.25. Harper.
7–24588.
A slight story steeped in the atmosphere, the mystery, the fascination of the Algerian desert. An English nobleman falls in with the whims of his wife who must be amused and takes her to the edge of the Algerian desert. While he hunts Barbary sheep, she succumbs to the wiles of an Arab army officer who practices his hypnotic arts upon her. It is a daring bit of romantic color that Mr. Hichens flings upon his canvas.
“It is merely a small thing supremely well done.” Edward Clark Marsh.
+ + Bookm. 26: 167. O. ’07. 1240w.
Ind. 63: 939. O. 17, ’07. 500w.
“As for the style and proportions of the narrative. they suggest ... a distinct advance in the art of the novelist. The purple passages of description are few and not over-long; and there is a general abstention from ‘piling on the agony.’”
+ − Nation. 85: 211. S. 5, ’07. 300w.
“Hardly reaches the dignity of a novel either in length or substance.”
− N. Y. Times. 12: 535. S. 7, ’07. 510w.
“On the whole, not a pleasant tale.”
− Outlook. 87: 45. S. 7, ’07. 80w.
Hichens, Robert Smythe. Call of the blood. †$1.50. Harper.
6–34641.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“When the emotional impulse is lacking, his ideas become singularly dull and his manner quite without distinction. But at the first sting of sensation, the style leaps into vitality; and if always deficient in a certain finality of touch, it continually delights with its resiliency and exuberance.” Harry James Smith.
+ − Atlan. 100: 129. Jl. ’07. 800w.
“In respect of scene-painting, dramatic construction, and emotional force alike, the book deserves unusual praise.” Wm. M. Payne.
+ + Dial. 42: 143. Mr. 1. ’07. 230w.
“On the whole we think that in ‘The call of the blood’ Mr. Hichens’s aim as a romancer and his aim as a novelist were at odds.” Edith Baker Brown.
+ − No. Am. 183: 923. N. 2, ’06. 1630w.
+ − R. of Rs. 35: 120. Ja. ’07. 220w.
* Higginson, Thomas Wentworth. Life and times of Stephen Higginson. **$2. Houghton.
7–30144.
Here is offered a clear insight into the character of Stephen Higginson and also into post-revolutionary times at Boston. His prominence in New England councils both before and after the revolution, the importance of the “Laco” letters, his career as shipmaster, merchant, patriot and politician are all emphasized in the sketch.
“The attractive touch of the amateur, so noticeable in all of Colonel Higginson’s writings, is peculiarly well adapted to these memorials of his Federalist grandfather.”
+ Lit. D. 35: 613. O. 26, ’07. 540w.
“A book which though largely a compilation from correspondence and official records, is alive with human interest from the first to the last of its gracefully written pages.”
+ Outlook. 87: 613. N. 23, ’07. 180w.
“There is much material in the letters published in this volume which has an important bearing on the manners and politics of that day.”
+ R. of Rs. 36: 636. N. ’07. 140w.
Higinbotham, Harlow Niles. Making of a merchant. $1.50. Forbes.
6–37948.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“The book before us is unlikely to prove of the slightest value to anybody.”
− Acad. 72: 339. Ap. 6, ’07. 220w.
“The book is full of good business advice, and is especially to be recommended to young business men.” George M. Fisk.
+ + J. Pol. Econ. 14: 645. D. ’06. 190w.
Spec. 98: 764. My. 11, ’07. 280w.
Hildreth, Richard. Japan as it was and is. 2v. *$3. McClurg.
6–40974.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 84. Mr. ’07.
“To this day Richard Hildreth’s book (published in 1855) gives the best pictures of Japan as seen by the various early travelers.”
+ + Ind. 62: 329. F. 7, ’07. 100w.
“Had our diplomatists and merchants and missionaries studied Hildreth many costly errors would have been avoided.”
+ Nation. 85: 80. Jl. 25, ’07. 500w.
R. of Rs. 35: 384. Mr. ’07. 50w.
Hildrup, Jessie S. Missions of California and the old Southwest; with 35 il. from photographs. **$1. McClurg.
7–13929.
An interesting account of the old missions and settlements of the days of Spanish rule. “This is the sort of a book that one loves to pick up and linger over. The profuse and well-executed illustrations catch the eye, the narrative is full of interest, and the historical chapters are brief and accurate, and evidence considerable study.” (Cath. World.)
“It is a bright, popular treatment of the theme, very thoroughly and sympathetically done.”
+ Cath. World. 85: 684. Ag. ’07. 410w.
Dial. 42: 232. Ap. 1, ’07. 40w.
Hilgard, Eugene Woldemar. Soils, their formation, properties, composition and relations to climate and plant growth in the humid, and arid regions. *$4. Macmillan.
6–26528.
“Professor Hilgard’s book, in broad outline, deals with the origin and formation, the physics and the chemistry, of soils, and with native vegetation as an aid to the study of the agricultural value of soils.”—Engin. N.
“The section of the most value to engineers as a class is the one on the ‘Physics of soils.’”
+ Engin. N. 57: 309. Mr. 14, ’07. 300w.
“The book is a little heavy for classroom use. It contains a larger number of printers’ errors than ought to exist. Yet, when all is said, there is so much valuable matter packed into its six hundred pages ... that it remains indispensable.”
+ + − Nation. 84: 19. Jl. 4, ’07. 140w.
“This volume should be introduced to a much wider circle of students than those of the agricultural colleges generally. It will be found well suited to serve as the foundation of important seminars in chemistry, in geology and especially in plant physiology and ecology.” F. H. King.
+ + Science, n.s. 24: 681. N. 30, ’06. 1620w.
Hill, Constance. House in St. Martin’s street. **$7. Lane.
“The subject of Miss Hill’s book is the Burney family in the last of their London homes; that is, from the autumn of 1774 to the spring of 1783. The author has been fortunate enough to obtain new material in the shape of unpublished letters from the Burney Mss.; and she has also had the use of a copy of Madame D’Arblay’s ‘Diary and letters’ annotated by a granddaughter of its first editor. By interweaving with the new matter passages from the ‘Early diary,’ the ‘Memoirs of Dr. Burney’ and other printed sources dealing with the Burney and Thrale circle, she has produced a most agreeable volume of handsome appearance.”—Ath.
+ Ath. 1906, 2: 647. N. 24. 1760w.
194“If its pages sometimes repeat what should be a familiar tale, they also illustrate and supplement it.” S. M. Francis.
+ Atlan. 100: 489. O. ’07. 480w.
“Granted the limitations of her method and of her present opportunity, she deserves nothing but praise for her conscientious and capable investigation of the resources at her command and for her judicious selection and arrangement of her well-chosen material.” Edith Kellogg Dunton.
+ Dial. 42: 177. Mr. 16, ’07. 1480w.
“Miss Constance Hill writes of the happy little household with all her wonted grace, and the book abounds in quotations from diaries and other documents, hitherto unpublished, and is further enriched with charming illustrations.”
+ Lond. Times. 5: 376. N. 9, ’06. 770w.
“Of the tribe of gentlewomen who are exploiting the eighteenth century at their ease, Miss Hill is the least amateurish and most entertaining.”
+ Nation. 83: 486. D. 6, ’06. 980w.
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 800. D. 1, ’06. 200w.
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 72. F. 2, ’07. 560w.
“Miss Constance Hill has made the happy discovery of a new lode in the Burney mine.”
+ Sat. R. 102: 742. D. 15, ’06. 960w.
“She has little to tell us that we do not already know. Her stories have been told a hundred times.”
− Spec. 97: 828. N. 24, ’06. 1270w.
Hill, David Jayne. History of diplomacy in the international development of Europe. 6v. ea. **$5. Longmans.
v. 2. The establishment of the territorial sovereignty.
“Having shown how the struggle between the Empire and the Papacy gave room and occasion for the rise of national monarchies, Dr. Hill now proceeds to trace the evolution of the modern state through the warring efforts of these monarchies to attain, if not supremacy as conceived in the earlier ideal of universal dominion, at least primacy; and their subsequent adjustment to a system of balanced and co-ordinate power based upon the principle of territorial sovereignty.”—Outlook.
“Should take rank among the best of our books of reference.” George L. Burr.
+ + − Am. Hist. R. 12: 617. Ap. ’07. 1130w. (Review of v. 2.)
“In effect, then, Mr. Hill seems to the reviewer to have just arrived at the true beginning of his task—to have expanded in one volume, and in all but one chapter of the second, matter that might have been described and analysed in an introduction of reasonable length.” E. D. Adams.
+ − Ann. Am. Acad. 29: 426. Mr. ’07. 1200w. (Review of v. 2.)
“The book is little more than a résumé of general history from a particular standpoint. We do not say that the thing was not worth doing, for the book is both readable and accurate, and the author keeps fairly close to international interests.”
+ + − Ath. 1907, 2: 13. Jl. 6. 380w. (Review of v. 2.)
“It is perhaps, the most meritorious characteristic of Mr. Hill’s work that he shows a good sense of proportion.”
+ Cath. World. 85: 258. My. ’07. 370w. (Review of v. 2.)
“As a history of Europe mainly from the point of view of international relations, Mr. Hill’s work possesses conspicuous merits; but it has only a very limited value for the student of diplomacy.”
+ − Dial. 42: 189. Mr. 16, ’07. 280w. (Review of v. 2.)
“It is ... a history of diplomacy without the dry and technical features that usually characterize works indicated by this title.”
+ Lit. D. 34: 178. F. 2, ’07. 330w. (Review of v. 2.)
“By any other name than diplomacy, it would have smelled as much of the lamp.”
+ − Nation. 84: 520. Je. 6, ’07. 210w. (Review of v. 2.)
“The book covers an interesting period of the world’s history; it is an honest, able, and well-told story.” Wm. E. Dodd.
+ + N. Y. Times. 12: 73. F. 9, ’07. 2100w. (Review of v. 2.)
“As before, Dr. Hill’s tone is admirably impartial and his treatment scholarly. But the promise of that volume is hardly so well fulfilled in the matter of narrative, which is somewhat lacking in the ease and freshness exhibited in the account of the crude diplomacy of the earlier centuries, and is, it seems to us, overburdened with detail.”
+ + − Outlook. 85: 331. F. 9, ’07. 200w. (Review of v. 2.)
“Misstatements of detail here and there, bear witness of shortcoming. It represents extraordinarily wide reading in both primary and derived sources; its matter is set forth always conscientiously and often effectively. It may be read with profit.” Earle W. Dow.
+ + − Pol. Sci. Q. 22: 711. D. ’07. 1100w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)
“The second volume maintains the high scholarly standard set by the first.”
+ + R. of Rs. 35: 111. Ja. ’07. 100w. (Review of v. 2.)
“The reader receives the impression that Dr. Hill selected his subject, set himself to work up the necessary background of history, and found this so novel and engrossing that he felt it must be presented, and as a result, lost sight of his central theme.” Guy Stanton Ford.
− Yale R. 16: 105. My. ’07. 380w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)
Hill, Frederick Trevor. Decisive battles of the law. **$2.25. Harper.
7–33964.
In this volume are described the great legal contests which have proven to be of the deepest significance in the history of our country. That the full historic value may be appreciated the scene is vitalized and peopled with the human beings who dominated it—the judges, the jury, the witnesses, the lawyers and the laymen. Among the eight “decisive battles” thus presented are the following: the United States vs. Callender: a fight for the freedom of the press; The commonwealth vs. Brown: the prelude to the civil war; and The impeachment of Andrew Johnson: a historic moot case.
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 665. O. 19, ’07. 30w.
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 727. N. 16, ’07. 150w.
“Mr. Hill is not only a well-read lawyer, but also a writer who knows how to make his narrative clear, direct, and often in a high degree dramatic.”
+ Outlook. 87: 589. N. 16, ’07. 220w.
“So well does he succeed in humanizing dry records of legal procedure that the readers become, as it were, listening spectators. Few writers upon legal topics have acquired so masterly a skill in narration.”
+ + R. of Rs. 36: 758. D. ’07. 120w.
Hill, Frederick Trevor. Lincoln the lawyer. **$2. Century.
6–34845.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“Mr. Hill has undoubtedly rendered a conspicuous and important service.” Floyd R. Mechem.
+ + Ann. Am. Acad. 12: 673. Ap. ’07. 560w.
“This is an extremely interesting and well-written work, a contribution of real value to the already voluminous literature dealing with the life of the great Emancipator. There is 195one criticism that we think can be justly made. The author lays far too much stress and importance, in our judgment, on Lincoln’s legal training, and attributes a value to it out of all proportion to the proper relation it bears to the action of the great and single-hearted statesman.”
+ − Arena. 37: 215. F. ’07. 330w.
+ Dial. 42: 20. Ja. 1, ’07. 300w.
“Mr. Hill has done the public and the profession a favor in showing how it came about that Mr. Lincoln was one of the great lawyers of this country.”
+ + Ind. 62: 275. Ja. 31, ’07. 440w.
“No one familiar with the qualities which the legal profession demands and generates in its best representatives needs to be told how much of Lincoln’s strength in the presidency resulted from that daily exercise which the practice of law had provided. It is the special virtue of Mr. Hill’s book that it will bring home to many readers this important fact, and will help them to realize what a great man and a great profession may owe to each other.” M. A. DeWolfe Howe.
+ No. Am. 183: 1303. D. 21, ’06. 1440w.
Hill, George Birkbeck. Letters of George Birkbeck Hill, arranged by his daughter, Lucy Crump. *$3.50. Longmans.
7–29013.
A subjective view is afforded in these letters of a man whose chief literary service was rendered thru his edition of Boswell’s Johnson. Unassuming candor and sincerity create an atmosphere in which can be made a sympathetic study of the leader and scholar.
Reviewed by Joseph Jastrow.
+ + Dial. 42: 78. F. 1, ’07. 1560w.
“His letters, here collected by his daughter, will interest all readers who care to know something of the man, his life, and his work from day to day.”
+ Lit. D. 34: 63. Ja. 12, ’07. 100w.
Lond. Times. 5: 375. N. 9, ’06. 860w.
+ Nation. 84: 133. F. 7, ’07. 250w.
“This is one of the best examples that have been given to the public of that now popular form of biography which allows its subject to speak for himself by means of letters.”
+ + Spec. 99: 265. Ag. 24, ’07. 2150w.
Hill, George Francis. Historical Greek coins. *$2.50. Macmillan.
6–45173.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“We can speak with great satisfaction of the interest of the book, which is written with caution and sanity.”
+ + Ath. 1907, 1: 173. F. 9. 320w.
Ind. 62: 503. F. 28, ’07. 320w.
“As an elementary treatise it presents the subject in a clear, straightforward style, unhampered by details, yet with some attention to the historical problems involved. In some cases the reader may be unwilling to accept the author’s view.”
+ − Nation. 84: 58. Ja. 17, ’07. 460w.
Hill, George W. Collected mathematical works. (Carnegie inst. of Washington publications.) 4v. ea. $2.50. Carnegie inst.
Dr. Hill’s valuable contributions to practical astronomy are collected here, covering seventeen hundred pages. Among his best known papers are those which set forth his theory of the moon’s motion and the theory of Jupiter and Saturn.
+ Nation. 85: 355. O. 17, ’07. 1010w. (Review of v. 4.)
Reviewed by R. A. S.
+ + Nature. 73: 409. Mr. 1, ’06. 990w. (Review of v. 1.)
+ + Nature. 75: 123. D. 6, ’06. 600w. (Review of v. 2 and 3.)
“It is, indeed, difficult to overstate the interest of the whole volume—at least, to those occupied in the subjects treated of.” R. A. S.
+ + Nature. 76: 635. O. 24, ’07. 550w. (Review of v. 4.)
Reviewed by E. W. B.
+ + Science, n.s. 25: 933. Je. 14, ’07. 1840w. (Review of v. 1–4.)
Hill, Headon, pseud. (Francis Edward Grainger). The avengers. $1.50. Dodge, B. W.
To free her lover from an insane asylum, a young heiress searches out his double, offers him ample remuneration to assume insanity, become an inmate of the asylum, exchange places with the lover and help the latter to escape. The one feigning insanity finds the other too hopelessly mad to execute the commission; so after a few weeks goes forth himself, weds the girl, who supposes him to be her rescued lover, and then the complications begin which involve a vendetta meant for the man shut away in the “refractory cell” but which in reality menaces the life and happiness of the innocent double. The tangle is straightened by the death of the real maniac.
“Immaturity marks the treatment of an idea which promises well.”
− + Ath. 1906, 1: 695. Je. 1. 140w.
N. Y. Times. 12: 332. My. 25, ’07. 280w.
Hill, Marion. Pettison twins. †$1.50. McClure.
6–35942.
A mother, who with the best of intentions strives to bring up her children according to the rigid ideas put forth in child-study books, meets with unexpected set backs due to the vigorous personalities of Rex and Regina, confronting her with problems not dealt by the editor. A series of amusing stories full of gentle sarcasm is the result.
+ − A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 51. F. ’07.
“We defy any one whose sense of humor is not submerged to resist a laugh at Marion Hills fun over the Pettison twins and Fanny Y. Cory’s pictures of them.”
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 790. D. 1, ’06. 210w.
Hilliers, Ashton. Fanshawe of the Fifth; being memoirs of a person of quality. †$1.50. McClure.
7–4159.
“Those who relish Besant’s novels, with their quiet movement, gentle sentiment, and abundance of detail, will be apt to like ‘Fanshawe of the fifth.’ The hero, who tells the story of his own life, is the younger son of a noble family. Not succeeding in the army, for which he was intended, he works his way to success through many hardships and perils. There is plenty of adventure.”—N. Y. Times.
A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 177. O. ’07.
“The episodes Mr. Hilliers handles with great skill, but he is somewhat at fault in the process of co-ordination. The author’s study of the period must have been profound, and he has absorbed the spirit of the times with remarkable ability. His narrative is thus convincing, except in the London part, which reads almost like a piece of Dickensian caricature.”
+ + − Ath. 1907, 1: 161. F. 9. 210w.
“A book to be cordially commended to the consideration of the discriminating few.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
+ Bookm. 25: 498. Jl. ’07. 560w.
“It offers us the real thing, as distinguished from the artificial fabrication of the novelist who ‘gets up’ his subject.” Wm. M. Payne.
+ + Dial. 43: 61. Ag. 1, ’07. 260w.
196“But to be enjoyed, it is a book that must be read at leisure, and when you are in a congenial mood.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
+ Forum. 39: 119. Jl. ’07. 390w.
“Without affectation, it has a pleasant flavour of sedate Georgian prose, and its polish and lucidity reflect the best qualities of that period.”
+ + − Lond. Times. 6: 45. F. 8, ’07. 450w.
“The plot is interesting and well sustained, and there are several characters drawn with dramatic insight. It has much quiet charm and is written in a style of marked distinction.”
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 235. Ap. 13, ’07. 180w.
“The eighteenth-century manner is well sustained without affectation or strained elegance, the style being indeed throughout of conspicuous and consistent treatment. The series of adventures and experiences ... are admirably conceived and described and the characters, if not brilliant pieces of portraiture, are effective and real.”
+ + Sat. R. 103: 244. F. 23, ’07. 130w.
“The long scenario of Mr. Hilliers’ romance given on his title-page prepares the reader for something unconventional and unusual, and these expectations are richly fulfilled in the contents of this admirably written and engrossing romance.”
+ + Spec. 98: 335. Mr. 2, ’07. 700w.
Hillis, Newell Dwight. Fortune of the republic. **$1.20. Revell.
6–41943.
Sturdy optimism is shown thruout these essays and addresses. In the course of his travels thru every state and territory of the Union, Dr. Hillis has found that “‘any darkness there is on the horizon is morning twilight and not evening twilight.’ This evidence is summed up in the growth of the religious spirit, the increasing popularization of education and culture, and the passing of sectionalism. Dr. Hillis believes that everything points to a still greater America.” (Outlook.)
“Such thinking and such writing furnish the soil that will forever produce corruption in business and in politics. Fortunately, it may be said that the optimism, which the author says has been forced upon him by much travel and by the pressure of events, is not the kind that the leading pulpiteers of the country are meeting in their travels and are being forced by the pressure of events to preach to their congregations.” William H. Allen.
− − Ann. Am. Acad. 29: 428. Mr. ’07. 600w.
+ Ind. 62: 1092. My. 9, ’07. 180w.
“In a word, his book makes for religious and intellectual betterment and for a whole-hearted, robust patriotism that must be up and doing.”
+ + Outlook. 85: 44. Ja. 5, ’07. 290w.
R. of Rs. 35: 115. Ja. ’07. 50w.
Hilprecht, Hermann Vollrat, ed. Babylonian expedition of the University of Pennsylvania. Series A. Cuneiform texts. $6. Dept. of Archaeology of Univ. of Pennsylvania, Phil.
v. 6. pt. 1. Legal and business documents from the time of the first dynasty of Babylon, chiefly from Shippar; by Hermann Ranke. An interesting collection of tablets preceded by a scholarly introduction.
v. 20. pt. 1. Mathematical, metrological, and chronological tablets from the temple library of Nippur. This volume contains “an unusually large number of tablets which may be called the school exercises of a temple school.... There are over thirty including multiplication tables, division tables and square roots.... The metrological texts ... have value. More important is a single tablet containing a dynastic list of some of the kings of Ur and Isin.”—(Ind.)
+ + Ath. 1907, 2: 330. S. 21. 820w. (Review of v. 20, pt. 1.)
“[The] work has been done in an exceptionally satisfactory manner.”
+ Ind. 62: 44. Ja. 3, ’07. 1540w. (Review of v. 6, pt. 1.)
“The work is done in a thoro and scholarly way with abundant credit to other scholars as shown by the multitude of citations.”
+ Ind. 62: 444. F. 21, ’07. 820w. (Review of v. 20, pt. 1.)
“The value of the entire material is impaired because of the lack of frank and honest statements with regard to the place of discovery and the environments of that material. So far as the actual publication of texts is concerned, Professor Hilprecht’s work seems to be admirably done.”
+ − Nation. 84: 413. My. 2, ’07. 2600w. (Review of v. 20, pt. 1.)
Hilty, Carl. Steps of life, further essays on happiness; tr. by Melvin Brandow. *$1.25. Macmillan.
7–6159.
Eight helpful essays which “lead toward the things that are unseen and eternal.” They are entitled, Sin and sorrow, Comfort ye my people, On the knowledge of men, What is culture? Noble souls, Transcendental hope, The prolegomena of Christianity, The steps of life.
“In chapters on the knowledge of men, there is a fund of practical psychology and shrewd observation of a Baconian Quality, but animated with a tenderness and glow of human sympathy to which Bacon was a stranger.”
+ Cath. World. 85: 549. Jl. ’07. 560w.
“Many striking passages in his book evoke cordial assent, and some, equally striking, call forth the opposite. The translation is smooth, but has a few unidiomatic or awkward expressions, and at least one slip in grammar.”
+ − Dial. 42: 188. Mr. 16, ’07. 300w.
Nation. 84: 176. F. 21, ’07. 100w.
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 159. Mr. 16. ’07. 250w.
“The essay upon Transcendental hope is lofty and most stimulating, reflecting the noblest sentiments, and interpreting life here and hereafter from the disciplined standpoint of a man acquainted with sorrow, sin, and victory.”
+ Outlook. 86: 78. My. 11, ’07. 260w.
Hinckley, Frank Erastus. American consular jurisdiction in the Orient. *$3.50. Lowdermilk.
6–29752.
“An exposition of the system of consular extra-territorial jurisdiction under which Americans have been permitted to reside and trade in Oriental countries. In seven chapters—‘Historic forms of extra-territoriality;’ ‘The United States Oriental treaties;’ ‘Acts of Congress establishing the system of consular courts;’ ‘Legal rights under the jurisdiction;’ ‘International tribunals of Egypt;’ ‘The foreign municipality of Shanghai’, and ‘Grounds for relinquishing jurisdiction.’”—N. Y. Times.
“The style in which the book is written is clear, the statement exact. The exhaustive footnotes place the source material easily at the service of one who wishes to consult the original authorities.”
+ + Ann. Am. Acad. 30: 160. Jl. ’07. 270w.
N. Y. Times. 12: 59. F. 2, ’07. 60w.
Outlook. 85: 857. Ap. 13, ’07. 370w.
Hind, Charles Lewis. Education of an artist. $2.50. Macmillan.
7–19742.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
+ − Sat. R. 103: 145. F. 2, ’07. 650w.
Hinkson, Henry A. Golden morn. $1.50. Cassell.
The story of a young man fighting ill-health quite as much that a hated uncle may not inherit his property as for the love of life.
197“The story is brightly told and full of incident.”
+ Ath. 1907, 2: 263. S. 7. 160w.
N. Y. Times. 12: 655. O. 19, ’07. 20w.
Hinkson, Katharine Tynan. For Maisie. †$1.25. McClurg.
The title sounds the keynote of this story in which an uncouth foster father turns all of his courage and indomitable will to the task of amassing wealth for Maisie. While under his determined hand ruthless industry obliterates the landmarks that tradition and sentiment hold dear, yet right is right and integrity rules him. Maisie, obedient, ambitious, proud-spirited, learns in time that she is kin to the lords and ladies of the adjoining estates.
“Not one solitary event bears the faintest likeness to anything in real life. As a mere narrator, however, she is smooth, practised, and totally unobjectionable.”
− + Nation. 85: 400. O. 31, ’07. 230w.
“There is enough action to keep up the reader’s interest.”
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 732. N. 16, ’07. 120w.
Hinkson, Katharine Tynan. Story of Bawn. †$1.25. McClurg.
7–35216.
Bawn is a young Irish girl whose love affairs form the sum total of her life affairs. For a time it looks as tho she might be forced into an undesirable marriage to keep the family skeleton well closeted, but the sacrifice is not exacted. A trusty red setter and faithful Irish servants deserve some share of credit in bringing the tale to a happy close.
Acad. 71: 374. O. 13, ’06. 150w.
“Not remarkable in any way, but diverting.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 135. My. ’07. ✠
“Is in Mrs. Hinkson’s familiar Irish vein, pleasant, easy, flowing over the surface of life. We notice that the use of ‘shall’ and ‘will’ is still a difficulty, if not with the author, at least with her characters.”
+ − Ath. 1906, 2: 578. N. 10. 160w.
“A good book for those readers who like their novels to be chronicles of the heart rather than of soul problems, finance, machinery, or economics.”
+ Nation. 84: 342. Ap. 11, ’07. 100w.
“It is told with taste and with some skill in the handling of incident and with much evident affection for the quiet life, the beautiful fields, and the contented people of secluded corners of Ireland.”
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 243. Ap. 13, ’07. 230w.
“Miss Tynan will not increase her reputation by this book.”
− Spec. 97: 790. N. 17, ’06. 120w.
Hirst, Francis Wrigley. Monopolies, trusts and kartells. *$1. Dutton.
6–14026.
Mr. Hirst contends that competition is still the life of trade and that the greater trusts restrict output and increase price. As to the origin of the trust “Mr. Hirst seems to think that in England it is the child of English law, and that in America it is the child of our ultra tariff. While the German kartell may have this double parentage.” (Outlook.)
Nation. 82: 37. Ja. 11, ’06. 300w.
“Persons who believe that the ‘trust movement’ flourishes in a free-trade country like England will learn much to their advantage by perusing the volume in either its English or its American dress.”
+ Nation. 84: 82. Ja. 24, ’07. 70w.
“While in the general discussion of the trust problem Mr. Hirst’s book will be a helpful factor, it would have been still more helpful had it included some later information, especially concerning the results of governmental investigation of monopolies in this country.”
+ − Outlook. 85: 767. Mr. 30, ’07. 550w.
Hiscox, Gardner Dexter, ed. Henley’s twentieth century book of recipes, formulas and processes, containing nearly ten thousand selected scientific, chemical, technical and household recipes, formulas and processes for use in the laboratory, the office, the workshop and in the home. $3 Henley.
7–8246.
A handbook for various processes and recipes needed by every one. “Such information, for instance, as the formula for photographic developer, the composition of the various paint-pigments, the manufacture of glue or of solder, or the thousand and one detailed bits of information which come up, as the title reads ‘in the laboratory, the office, the workshop and in the home’—such a book as this is very useful.” (Engin. N.)
“It seems rather out of its province to endeavor to give in so short a space as can be allowed to any one article any account of the larger materials of engineering.”
+ − Engin. N. 57: 308. Mr. 14, ’07. 190w.
Hiscox, Gardner Dexter. Modern steam engineering, in theory and practice. $3. Henley.
6–43049.
A complete and practical work for steam-users, electricians, firemen, and engineers.
“Useful information is contained in this volume, but this information is accompanied by so many inaccurate statements that the book becomes of doubtful value.” Storm Bull.
− + Engin. N. 57: 665. Je. 13, ’07. 300w.
Hishida, Seiji G. International position of Japan as a great power. *$2.50. Macmillan.
6–23069.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“His book, which is based on wide study, is a most useful guide to British and American readers through a region still imperfectly explored, and its value is enhanced by his dispassionate treatment of controversial questions.”
+ + Lond. Times. 6: 18. Ja. 18, ’07. 1080w.
Hitchcock, Frederick H., ed. Building of a book: a series of practical articles by experts in the various departments of book making and distributing with an introd. by Theodore L. De Vinne. **$2. Grafton press.
6–46354.
Each of the thirty seven chapters constituting this volume is contributed by a person of authority. The articles together furnish all the steps thru which books must pass in their making and distribution.
+ Ind. 60: 744. Mr. 24, ’06. 70w.
“A very handy book to have on the open shelves in the public library.”
+ Ind. 62: 218. Ja. 24, ’07. 120w.
Lit. D. 34: 63. Ja. 12, ’07. 110w.
“The book may satisfy the curiosity of a good many and prove directly useful to a few.”
+ Nation. 84: 222. Mr. 7, ’07. 70w.
“For the layman with a natural curiosity as to methods of handling manuscript and making books this volume should be fascinating in its very concise and incisive statements.”
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 8. Ja. 5, ’07. 290w.
+ + R. of Rs. 35: 384. Mr. ’07. 200w.
Spec. 99: 828. N. 23, ’07. 290w.
Hoare, J. Douglas. Arctic exploration. *$3. Dutton.
7–35190.
Thirty-three brief but interesting chapters which tell of the sufferings and achievements 198of those heroic men who braved the dangers of the far North. The work of Hudson, Phipps and Nelson is given, the successive expeditions of Sir John Franklin and of the searching parties, the voyages of Hall, Nares, Greeley, Nordenskiold, De Long, Nansen, Peary, Andree, Wellman, and all the others are described with well chosen detail. The book is illustrated with some 20 full page plates.
A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 95. Ap. ’07.
“This work is not in any sense complete, nor is it based upon a scientific study of the constantly increasing collection of Arctic literature.”
− + Ath. 1906, 2: 579. N. 10. 400w.
“Thoroughly good reading.” E. T. Brewster.
+ Atlan. 100: 261. Ag. ’07. 20w.
“On the whole the author has given a very satisfactory bird’s-eye view of his subject.”
+ Dial. 42: 231. Ap. 1, ’07. 280w.
“The accounts of the expeditions, however, are given in somewhat more detail than those in Greely’s book, and the work certainly has a place among those readers who have not the original narratives at hand.”
+ Ind. 62: 1149. My. 16, ’07. 160w.
“Neither in its estimate of researches nor in the analyses of the different journeys do the pages betray special fitness on the part of the author. Indeed, a casual glance at the concluding chapters reveals a carelessness which detracts from the usefulness of the book.”
− Nation. 84: 318. Ap. 4, ’07. 280w.
“The book is well adapted either for entertainment or for edification, as far as it goes.” Cyrus C. Adams.
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 298. My. 11, ’07. 210w.
+ R. of Rs. 35: 384. Mr. ’07. 40w.
“The story of all this adventurous travel, with its attendant hardships and gallantry, is admirably narrated by Mr. Hoare, who condenses into a single volume the essence of a whole library of polar literature.”
+ Spec. 98: sup. 117. Ja. 26, ’07. 480w.
Hobart, George Vere. Cinders (diary of a drummer); by Wright Bauer. *75c. Dillingham.
7–9507.
To win a bet a drummer records in diary form all the stories of a printable kind which he hears in the course of one trip, and they are exactly what might be expected.
Hobart, Henry Metcalfe. Elementary principles of continuous-current dynamo design. $3. Macmillan.
7–2318.
“The book consists of a series of statements explaining the way in which a dynamo should be considered as a successful machine or the reverse, and of a short account of several methods whereby the designer may himself estimate the first cost. After preliminary chapters on what may be called the practical theory of the continuous current dynamo, Mr. Hobart deals at length with those considerations which form the limits in the design, namely, heating, sparking, and efficiency.... The book contains a large number of tables in which the various calculations are set out.”—Nature.
“The present book is a model of its class and it is especially adapted to the use of students or others who desire a working knowledge of design practice. The mechanical features of the book are excellent.” Henry H. Norris.
+ + Engin. N. 56: 523. N. 15, ’06. 640w.
“The value of the book lies in the essential soundness of this framework, more particularly of the fundamental ideas on which it is itself based than on the framework itself.”
+ Nature. 75: 221. Ja. 3, ’07. 610w.
Hobhouse, Leonard Trelawney. Morals in evolution: a study in comparative ethics. 2v. *$5. Holt.
7–11047.
“An encyclopaedic work which is “the outcome of a hundred specialisms.” The first volume deals with the standard of morality and the second with its basis. This means that in the first volume the author considers the lines of conduct that have been approved at different times among different peoples; in the second, the reasons that have been, or may be, assigned for this approval. In accordance with the evolution hypothesis, no line is drawn between human and animal, or even vegetable intelligence.” (Sat. R.)
“He has gone over an immense literature; his quotations are apt and accurate; his interpretations in the main sound. Careless statements are not common. Naturally some slips are inevitable.” Carl Kelsey.
+ + − Ann. Am. Acad. 30: 180. Jl. ’07. 710w.
“He has dealt with the different phases and stages of human conduct in a manner that never fails to be lucid and careful; and although he has occasionally allowed his own particular prejudices to be in evidence, he has not only described the different moral forces of which he writes with vigour and learning, but has also criticised them, in the light of their past and future, in a scientific spirit.”
+ + − Ath. 1907, 1: 784. Je. 29. 650w.
“I do not think it is any particular novelty of opinion that constitutes the importance of this book, but the strength of conviction, the absolute frankness and directness, the fervour and power of popular exposition which have brought liberal theology down from the schools into the market-place.” H. Rashdall.
+ + − Hibbert J. 5: 921. Jl. ’07. 4140w.
“Every page of Mr. Hobhouse’s book furnishes food for reflection. It is brimful of facts from beginning to end; but his facts are not the ‘disjecta membra’ of a mutilated corpse, but the coherent parts of a living organism.” G. E. Underhill.
+ + − Hibbert J. 5: 928. Jl. ’07. 2410w.
“Measuring the work by its own standard, which is not that of originality of theory, one must ascribe to it a unique value as a collection of the facts upon which any interpretation of morality must be based. But there is the interpretation and it does rest upon the facts, and in this consists the essential value of the work.” Norman Wilde.
+ + J. Philos. 4: 183. Mr. 28, ’07. 1930w.
“Mr. Hobhouse spends no time in tilting against what is commonly known as ‘metaphysics;’ he has culture enough to know that history and philosophy are not exclusive but complementary, and moreover, that in the reading of history it is impossible to exclude the philosophical ideas of the inquirer. In the historical survey Mr. Hobhouse is lucid and judicious, without any distinctly novel suggestions or original points of view.”
+ Lond. Times. 5: 414. D. 14, ’06. 1750w.
“The criticism of customs and of systems of religion and of ethics is generally sound; the part played by the higher religions in supporting moral rules is recognized. The whole discussion is marked by good sense and the careful collection of data will be very useful to the student of ethics.”
+ + Nation. 84: 568. Je. 20, ’07. 940w.
“The wonder of these immense volumes to the lay reader who opens the covers with trepidation is that they should be so intensely readable. One cannot but enjoy the curious side lights thrown on our own beliefs and superstitions. The various references to ghosts for example, would, if collected, be in themselves most entertaining.”
+ + N. Y. Times. 12: 93. F. 16, ’07. 1590w.
Outlook. 85: 523. Mr. 2, ’07. 330w.
“Mr. Hobhouse has produced a very able work, one of the best of its kind that has appeared in many years. It is a careful, interesting, and instructive presentation of the subject, giving evidence of wide reading and characterized by intelligent judgment. It not only gives us facts, but attempts to see a meaning in them; it not only theorizes about the course of ethical progress but bases its conclusions upon human experiences. To be sure, in a discussion 199covering so broad and rich a field, there will be many points here and there to which the student may take exception.” Frank Thilly.
+ + − Philos. R. 16: 527. S. ’07. 6000w.
“It would be applying a false measure to estimate [these volumes] by the amount of information they contain. There is something better than that, a philosophic grasp of principles. We feel that we are in the hands of a genuine thinker, whose conclusions we may accept or reject, but may not neglect.”
+ Sat. R. 103: 400. Mr. 30, ’07. 1150w.
Hobson, H. Overton. Helouan; an Egyptian health resort and how to reach it. $1. Longmans.
A well illustrated guide book to one of the most prominent health resorts in Egypt. Information about routes, climate, baths, charges, the golf-links, and other amusements, as well as the many places of interest is alluringly given.
“It belongs to the class of books that are not books, so we need only say that it contains all the information which the intending visitor should require.”
+ Ath. 1906, 2: 805. D. 22. 230w.
“The information given is extremely practical and reliable, the author having spent six winters at Helouan.”
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 21. Ja. 12, ’07. 100w.
* Hobson, John Atkinson. Canada to-day. *$1. Wessels.
7–32187.
Mr. Hobson “handles such questions as the so-called Americanization of Canada, British Columbian problems, the immigration policy of the country, the French in Canada, the colonial preference, etc., with fairness and more than a measure of intelligence. A large portion of the book is devoted to a discussion of Canada’s fiscal policy, past, present, and prospective.”—Dial.
“An excellent book.”
+ Ath. 1906, 2: 476. O. 20. 260w.
“His analysis of the Canadian tariffs and their influence upon the growth of Canada’s trade with Great Britain and the United States, respectively, is a valuable addition to the literature of the subject.”
+ Dial. 43: 256. O. 16, ’07. 320w.
* Hobson, Richmond Pearson. Buck Jones at Annapolis. †$1.50. Appleton.
7–29590.
Captain Hobson’s own experiences during the days spent at the naval academy at Annapolis furnish material for a story of “solid adventure.”
Nation. 85: 520. D. 5, ’07. 30w.
N. Y. Times. 12: 670. O. 19, ’07. 20w.
“It certainly carries a serious impression of absolute truth, which occasionally deadens into commonplace reality. Yet it is an attractive story of life at the naval school, and abounds in thrilling events happening to the hero, a really fine fellow, after he entered the service.”
+ Outlook. 87: 311. O. 12, ’07. 90w.
Hocker, Gustav. Joseph Haydn; a study of his life and time for youth; tr. from the German, by George P. Upton. (Life stories for young people.) **60c. McClurg.
7–30875.
A sketch which reveals all the lovable qualities of a good man and the scholarly attributes of the master. Haydn’s personality is full of charm and furnishes an atmosphere which in itself is an invitation to study the career of the man who created the artistic patterns of the sonata, the quartette, and the symphony, who also enlarged the scope of the orchestra and who became the father of instrumental music.
Hodge, Frederick Webb, ed. Handbook of American Indians north of Mexico. 2 pts. pt. 1. $1.25. Supt. of doc.
7–35198.
Treats of all the tribes north of Mexico, including the Eskimo, and those tribes south of the boundary more or less affiliated with those in the United States. It has been the aim to give a brief description of every linguistic stock, confederacy, tribe, subtribe or tribal division, and settlement known to history or even to tradition, as well as the origin and derivation of every name treated, whenever such is known, and to record under each every form of the name, and every other appellation that could be learned.
“Though confessedly incomplete, the handbook represents a vast amount of research by an army of observers, and students of ethnography will look forward to the publication of the second part with keen anticipation.”
+ − Nature. 76: 149. Je. 13, ’07. 160w.
“It is fair to say that in the future, students of the American Indian must have this manual always at hand. The Bureau and the editor are to be congratulated upon this publication which is, in a certain sense, among many contributions to scholarship, the greatest which the Bureau has yet made.”
+ Yale R. 16: 108. My. ’07. 230w.
Hodges, Rev. George. Holderness: an account of the beginnings of a New Hampshire town. *$1.25. Houghton.
7–19786.
A little hundred-page volume in which Dr. Hodges tells the story of “a typical little New England hill town, named from the Yorkshire Holderness, and pleasantly situated on Squam lake, not far from Plymouth, in Grafton county.” He makes interesting personalities of the men who built up the town. “There is some modern matter relating to walks and drives and mountain tops, but the main value of the book is historic, and it is a worthy pendant for Mr. Sanborn’s ‘New Hampshire.’” (N. Y. Times.)
+ Dial. 43: 43. Jl. 16, ’07. 280w.
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 434. Jl. 6, ’07. 60w.
Hodges, Rev. George. Year of grace. **$1. Whittaker.
6–46334.
A book of sermons whose burden is liberty, enfranchisement of religious scholarship, the end of fear and the beginning of faith.
“The author has a sense for what is vital in piety, shows himself a keen observer of the tendencies of modern life, exhibits tact in the encouragement of spiritual living, and plies the lash on current foibles pleasantly, wisely and to good effect.”
+ Nation. 84: 499. My. 30, ’07. 120w.
“Their clearness and freshness of presentation, and closeness to the needs of modern thought and life, are such as belong to the best type of university sermons.”
+ Outlook. 6: 480. Je. 29, ’07. 50w.
Hodges, Rev. George, and Reichert, John. Administration of an institutional church: a detailed account of the operation of St. George’s parish, in the city of New York. **$3. Harper.
6–42355.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 43. F. ’07.
Ind. 61: 1572. D. 27, ’06. 70w.
“Everything connected with the work of the church ... is carefully described and well illustrated.”
+ Nation. 84: 176. F. 21, ’07. 90w.
Outlook. 84: 940. D. 15, ’06. 150w.
200Hodgson, Geraldine. Primitive Christian education. *$1.50. Scribner.
6–41016.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“A series of useful essays.”
+ Am. Hist. R. 12: 448. Ja. ’07. 30w.
“The interest and value of this educational work of the primitive Christians is brought vividly before us; but while admitting its value, we are inclined to differ from Miss Hodgson as to its efficacy.” Millicent Mackenzie.
+ − Int. J. Ethics. 17: 259. Ja. ’07. 460w.
“The materials which the author’s diligence has accumulated are, in themselves, interesting, but scrappy and ill-digested. Everywhere the absence of the large furniture of knowledge, which an investigation of such a subject demands, makes itself felt.”