Volume 3 — H (continued 3)
Reading edition
+ − Nation. 84: 64. Ja. 17, ’07. 450w.
Hodgson, Mrs. Willoughby. How to identify old Chinese porcelain; with 40 il. 2d ed. *$2. McClurg.
7–2048.
A book for the amateur. It aims “to assist the tyro or the ordinary collector who may be the fortunate possessor of some fine work upon Chinese porcelain.” It discusses the glazes and enamels, figures and symbols, periods and date-marks.
“A careful study of her brief and accurately worded chapters should enable the beginner to view collections, classify his own specimens, and buy others, with a fair amount of intelligence; and this is more than he could do after perusing many more ambitious but less systematic treatises.”
+ Dial. 43: 290. N. 1, ’07. 210w.
Hoffding, Harald. Philosophy of religion. *$3. Macmillan.
6–18580.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“Apart from the main argument of the book there are many criticisms and suggestions of real insight and power.”
+ + Ind. 62: 564. Mr. 7, ’07. 430w.
“And no one who is aware of the perplexities of the religious mood can read his sympathetic interpretation of its meaning without being grateful for this balanced and well-ordered statement of his conclusions.” J. B. Baillie.
+ − Int. J. Ethics. 17: 371. Ap. ’07. 3870w.
“A work of rare philosophical perspicacity and broad religious sympathy.”
+ Outlook. 84: 909. Ap. 21, ’06. 540w.
“We do not think that Professor Hoffding possesses the necessary qualifications to write a philosophy of religion. He is a psychologist. He is distinguished in philosophy. But it needs more than this and other gifts than this to write on Christianity. And neither the sympathy nor the theological learning requisite is found in Dr. Hoffding’s book.”
− Sat. R. 103: 687. Je. 1, ’07. 1890w.
Hofmann, Ottokar. Hydrometallurgy of silver, with special reference to chloridizing roasting of silver ores and the extraction of silver by hyposulphite and cyanide solutions. $4. Hill pub. co.
7–15483.
“The book is divided into two parts, of which the first deals with chloridizing roasting of silver ores (154 pages), the second with the extraction of the silver (174 pages). The author points out in the preface that in the hydrometallurgical process for the extraction of silver from complex sulphide ores, the final result depends entirely on the quality of the roasting.”—Engin. N.
“On the whole, the book is well written, in an easy and interesting style, and even if the hypo-sulphite method has seen its day, this volume will be read with interest.” Bradley Stoughton.
+ Engin. N. 57: 554. My. 16, ’07. 400w.
Hogg, Ethel M. Quintin Hogg: a biography; with a preface by the Duke of Argyll. *$1.50. Dutton.
A popular edition of the biography of Quintin Hogg which sketches his life and work in the London slums. See volume one of the Book Review Digest.
“The book is too long and contains much that is trivial and unworthy of publication, but as a whole it is a stimulating account of a noble, self-sacrificing life.”
+ − Nation. 84: 222. Mr. 7, ’07. 360w.
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 156. Mr. 16, ’07. 250w.
Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Chlodwig Karl Victor, prince von. Memoirs of Prince Chlodwig of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfurst; tr. by G: W. Chrystal. **$6. Macmillan.
6–44316.
On the stage which is created by these memoirs, Prince Bismarck is well to the fore. “Prince Hohenlohe says very characteristically that while Bismarck was in power he dominated all, but after his retirement other and smaller personalities swelled like sponges. The light shed on the negotiations preceding the Franco-Prussian war are of historical value. The account of the plenipotentiaries who met to discuss what afterward became the Treaty of Berlin is described with acuteness of vision, and there are many other portions of the book that cannot fail to command attention.” (Acad.)
“Students of politics will no doubt toil conscientiously through the nine hundred odd pages, but we question whether any one will make this exploration for pleasure.”
+ + − Acad. 71: 604. D. 15, ’06. 390w.
“The index is as imperfect as is unfortunately usual, but in several cases shows that slips in the text are not to be attributed to the translator—except, indeed, that proofs should have been more carefully corrected.”
+ + − Ath. 1906, 2: 734. D. 8. 9970w.
“If the Hohenlohe memoirs do nothing more than arouse men in power to the sacredness of their trust, they will serve an excellent purpose.”
+ + Canadian M. 28: 398. F. ’07. 380w.
“The chief source of regret is that Prince von Hohenlohe did not live to supervise the preparation of the work; in that case those elements that have provoked censure would doubtless have been omitted, and the whole work rounded out into a biography in the ordinary sense of the term.” Lewis A. Rhoades.
+ + − Dial. 42: 71. F. 1, ’07. 2400w.
“The experienced old diplomat would unquestionably have excised many an indiscretion which the editor has allowed to remain—not diplomatic indiscretions, be it understood, but amusing personalities.”
+ + − Ind. 61: 1492. D. 20, ’06. 630w.
“Written in a crisp, epigrammatical style, they present some interesting flash-lights on the history of Europe during the most important part of the nineteenth century. There is lack of continuity in the book, however.”
+ + − Lit. D. 34: 63. Ja. 12, ’07. 200w.
“The instant success of scandal which these memoirs attained has resulted in obscuring even their true personal interest. The English translation, so far as we have been able to test it, appears to be fairly satisfactory. It betrays signs of haste, and the printing, especially of French is carelessly done.”
+ + − Nation. 83: 511. D. 13, ’06. 1470w.
“Though in the main hard to read, they repay the trouble. It cannot be honestly said that Chlodwig Prince Hohenlohe shines in its pages either as man or politician.” Wolf von Schierbrand.
+ + − N. Y. Times. 12: 60. F. 2, ’07. 3500w.
201“It shares the faults of the German edition—long-windedness and futile digression—and has a full sufficiency of faults of its own, particularly in the spelling of German words.” Grace Isabel Colbron.
− No. Am. 184: 866. Ap. 19. ’07. 1990w.
+ + Outlook. 85: 616. Mr. 16, ’07. 4130w.
“The greater bulk is of interest only to the special student.” George Louis Beer.
+ − Putnam’s. 1: 764. Mr. ’07. 1440w.
+ R. of Rs. 35: 254. F. ’07. 120w.
“Is to be recommended without reserve to all students of European history not by reason of any startling revelations it contains, for it contains none, but because it throws much light on a complicated and important series of events and is the record of an upright, courageous and far-seeing statesman.”
+ + Sat. R. 102: 709. D. 8, ’06. 2590w.
+ Spec. 97: 1049. D. 22, ’06. 550w.
* Hohler, Venetia. (Mrs. Edwin Hohler). Peter: a Christmas story. †$1.25. Dutton.
7–31482.
“Little Sir Peter Moberley is as charming as little Lord Fauntleroy, and Bill, his ugly pet, the huge and gentle bulldog, is one of the most fascinating of dream-hounds.”—Ath.
“The child-lover will delight in ‘Peter;’ we do not feel sure that the child himself will be greatly attracted.”
+ − Ath. 1906, 2: 732. D. 8. 60w.
“Is worth while.”
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 749. N. 23, ’07. 100w.
* Holbach, Maude M. Dalmatia: the land where the East meets the West. *$1.50. Lane.
A first-hand series of sketches, descriptive and historical of the principal places along the Dalmatian coast. “The architectural glutton has an almost unending feast prepared for him.... The same may be said of all the Mediterranean littoral; but the unique position of this rich coast peopled by a brave race and the home of successive civilisations but little changed by modern conquests must of necessity spell the survival of much that is picturesque and local to the artist.” (Spec.)
“It is so easy to be accurate, careful—and tedious. Mrs. Holbach is certainly the two former, and narrowly escapes being the last.”
+ Acad. 73: 163. N. 23, ’07. 240w.
“One can hardly glance over these fifty or more plates without at once being seized with a wild desire to start upon an Adriatic trip.”
+ Dial. 43: 385. D. 1, ’07. 80w.
“In one or two respects it offers hostages to criticism; the style is a little unskilful ... the scholarship is sometimes imperfect. But apart from these blemishes, which can be easily removed, the volume is attractive and entertaining.”
+ − Lond. Times. 6: 326. O. 25, ’07. 300w.
“Mrs. Holbach’s account of ‘the land where East meets West’ is picturesque, her description of its people and places of interest being admirably supplemented by the numerous illustrations.”
+ Sat. R. 104: 486. O. 19, ’07. 220w.
Spec. 99: 673. N. 2, ’07. 210w.
Holdich, Sir Thomas Hungerford. Tibet, the mysterious. **$3. Stokes.
6–40557.
“The immediate interest in the Tibetan situation is sufficiently acute to demand a handbook which will serve both as an introduction to and a summary of the various expeditions and travels, and of the geographical and political features of that well-nigh impregnable land. Such a book is ‘Tibet the mysterious.’ Colonel Holdich, although not an explorer or traveller in Tibet, has made an exhaustive investigation of all the literature relating to that country, and has summarized his studies in an accurate and systematic manner. For those who wish to plunge ‘in medias res’ concerning Tibet, his book will be most acceptable.”—Dial.
“A volume in every way worthy of the series.”
+ Acad. 72: 14. Ja. 5, ’07. 130w.
A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 68. Mr. ’07.
“While the casual reader may wish that the names of the places were less difficult and the different routes less confusing, yet after the first few chapters the book holds the interest.” Lurena Wilson Tower.
+ Ann. Am. Acad. 29: 657. My. ’07. 670w.
“We fear that in the preparation of this volume he did not sufficiently realize that his acquaintance with the details had become a little rusty. We mention these circumstances as the only explanation we can think of for so experienced a geographer lapsing into inaccuracies.”
+ − Ath. 1907, 1: 50. Ja. 12. 970w.
“These minor errors, however, detract but little from the otherwise scholarly work of the author, which will be held in high esteem as a general reference-book for the history of exploration and travel in Tibet.” H. E. Coblentz.
+ + − Dial. 42: 44. Ja. 16, ’07. 440w.
+ Lit. D. 34: 105. Ja. 19, ’07. 190w.
“The book is marred by repetitions, and in a second edition the author should avoid as poison the iteration, if not the subjects, of tea, dogs, and ants.”
+ − Nation. 84: 15. Jl. 4, 07. 610w.
“The present account is disappointing in that its information is neither very trustworthy nor up-to-date. It would be pleasant to be able to congratulate the author on the illustrations, but nearly all of these we have seen elsewhere before. They are not very closely connected with the letterpress nor are the landscapes very characteristic whilst some of them are not what they profess to be.” L. A. W.
− + Nature. 76: 346. Ag. 8, ’07. 880w.
“It is a serious, well-written treatise, worked out from the point of view of the scientist who would contribute something of practical and general value and interest. As a reference book of all expeditions into the ‘forbidden land’ it will be found most comprehensive and convenient.”
+ + N. Y. Times. 11: 801. D. 1, ’06. 250w.
+ Outlook. 85: 527. Mr. 2, ’07. 110w.
R. of Rs. 35: 384. Mr. ’07. 50w.
* Holland, Clive. Old and new Japan; 50 col. pictures by Montagu Smith. **$5 Dutton.
“The text leads open the way for some specially good illustration; for Mr. Holland has much to say about the superstitions, legends, and stories of Japan concerning the national spirit of Japan and her legendary genesis, concerning Japan’s religions, her Buddhist and Shinto temples and ancient shrines, concerning the quaint, pathetic, and beautiful Japanese festivals, concerning Japanese gardens, old and new, and the life of the country folk.”—Outlook.
“An authoritative book.”
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 665. O. 19, ’07. 10w.
“This is just the book and these just the illustrations to make one who has not seen Japan long to see it, and to make the one who has sojourned in Japan long to return.”
+ Outlook. 87: 617. N. 23, ’97. 130w.
* Holland, Clive. Things seen in Egypt. *75c. Dutton.
W 7–184.
An “expanded Baedeker” containing interesting chapters on Egyptian life, monuments and scenery.
202“A little more study on certain points would have improved the treatment and given it a greater value.”
+ − Nation. 85: 470. N. 21, ’07. 410w.
N. Y. Times. 12: 665. O. 19, ’07. 80w.
“Contains much of general interest, and is well written.”
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 702. N. 2, ’07. 80w.
“It is a handy, convenient size, a small quarto, and altogether a most attractive little book.”
+ Spec. 99: 719. N. 9, ’07. 40w.
Holland, Clive. Things seen in Japan. *75c. Dutton.
7–29128.
“A little book about as big as a man’s hand, richly illustrated with Underwood’s photographs, which is full of chat about things and folk seen in Dai Nippon.”—Ind.
“A pleasant hour may be spent with this author, who touches only the surface of things, but that very pleasantly.”
+ Ind. 62: 329. F. 7, ’07. 50w.
N. Y. Times. 11: 888. D. 22, ’06. 210w.
“This is a small volume, but it contains admirably arranged and well-written accounts of much that is essential and characteristic.”
+ Outlook. 84: 895. D. 8, ’06. 80w.
Holland, Clive. Wessex; painted by Walter Tyndale; described by Clive Holland. *$6. Macmillan.
6–24919.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“For a guide-book it is too heavy in bulk and too full of irrelevant matter; for a serious history it is too ill-arranged and indefinite.”
− Nation. 83: 224. S. 13, ’06. 300w.
Spec. 96: sup. 1011. Je. 30, ’06. 50w.
Holliday, Carl. History of southern literature. $2.50. Neale.
6–41030.
The purpose of Mr. Holliday’s volume is “to make a study of the various literary movements and their results, and to show that the writings of this section are not merely disconnected efforts of isolated thinkers, but, rather, the natural, logical, and continuous productions of a people differing so materially in views and sentiments from their neighbors on the north that even civil war was necessary to prevent their becoming separate nations.” The subject is treated under the following headings: The beginnings, The period of national consciousness, The revolutionary period, The period of expansion, The civil war period, and The new South.
“Not to mince words, it contains 400 pages of elegantly printed platitudes, and little else except an occasional quotation. Apparently, however, the author has been industrious in the collection and careful in the verification of his data, and his work, with its good index and bibliography, should make an excellent reference book for mere facts.”
− + Ind. 62: 275. Ja. 31, ’07. 170w.
“As a critic he is quite without authority and almost equally lacking in insight. He makes some astonishing misstatements.”
+ − N. Y. Times. 12: 2. Ja. 5, ’07. 750w.
“Seems to be a carefully prepared work.”
+ R. of Rs. 35: 256. F. ’07. 30w.
* Holman, Frederick Van Voorhies. Dr. John McLoughlin: the father of Oregon. *$2.50. Clark, A. H.
7–31427.
A great deal of Oregon’s pioneer history is included in this sketch. After the coalition of the Northwest company, which McLoughlin had joined, and the Hudson bay company, he was engaged to manage the company’s interests in Oregon. His work which finally led up to American occupation makes an interesting personal account as well as an informing historical document.
Lit. D. 35: 759. N. 16, ’07. 390w.
N. Y. Times. 12: 664. O. 19, ’07. 20w.
R. of Rs. 36: 635. N. ’07. 150w.
Holme, Charles, ed. Old English country cottages. *$2.50. Lane.
6–45169.
“An attempt to preserve some record of these antique buildings that form one of the chief charms of rural England. They are dealt with in the text by counties.... Some 135 pen-and-ink drawings by Mr. Sidney R. Jones, depicting general views and architectural detail with charm and marked artistic skill, are scattered through the text; and in addition there are fifteen beautiful full-page plates in color, after paintings by Mrs. Allingham and others.”—Dial.
“While no attempt has been made to cover the subject thoroughly, a most interesting general outline has been achieved.”
+ Dial. 41: 396. D. 1, ’06. 250w.
“The two hundred drawings of old English cottages form a record at once useful and interesting.”
+ Spec. 98: sup. 119. Ja. 26, ’07. 440w.
Holmes, Daniel Henry. Pedlar’s pack. $5. E. D. North, 4 E. 39th st., N. Y.
6–26458.
Ninety clever short poems which the author declares are intended to help a “tired man to kill a Sunday,” but they are really better than their mission implies.
Lit. D. 33: 727. N. 17, ’06. 40w.
“It is, indeed, the temperament of the painter blessed with humor, the temperament of the ‘limb of the spectrum,’ that gives effectiveness to Mr. Holmes’s work.”
+ Nation. 83: 440. N. 22, ’06. 300w.
R. of Rs. 35: 254. F. ’07. 20w.
Holmes, Gordon. Late tenant. $1.50. Clode, E. J.
6–34806.
“A bronze young man who has spent his youth on a Wyoming ranch and has gone to London to grow rich and famous ‘in the city,’ rents a furnished apartment in Eddystone Mansions, and there you are. You smell violets, you hear the swish of trailing garments, you get tangled up in the most extraordinary ‘affair.’... There are missing papers to be plotted for, there are serving women to be bribed, there are mad drives in hansom cabs, with the hero on the driver’s perch and the speed regulations of the greatest city in the world set at naught. There are love scenes, hand-to-hand struggles in the dark, dramatic tableau of marriage settlements interrupted, and a dropping of the curtain on the tragic finish of a misguided life.”—N. Y. Times.
“It is a story in the ‘genre’ which Miss Brandon popularized and which, whatever may be said by the realists, has never entirely lost favor.”
+ − Lit. D. 34: 217. F. 9, ’07. 220w.
“It is, in short, too much like the ordinary mystery story by, say, Fergus Hume. Yet if you open the book you will read it through unless something or somebody very important interrupts.”
− + N. Y. Times. 11: 635. O. 6, ’06. 420w.
“In the present tale he has grown less clever than he was in ‘The Arncliffe puzzle,’ but he has not ceased to be clever.”
− + N. Y. Times. 11: 796. D. 1, ’06. 160w.
Holt, Byron W., comp. Gold supply and prosperity. *$1. Moody corporation.
7–26334.
“An able introduction and conclusion by the author, with a symposium of twenty-two papers by leading authorities on various phases of the gold supply question, make up an interesting and attractive book. In summing up the statements in the various papers of this symposium the following points are brought out: First, that for many years the output of gold will increase rapidly; second, that, therefore, a 203depreciation in the value of gold will inevitably result.... Like several books, which have appeared during the past few years, the author takes one item, in this case the gold supply, and attempts to show that ‘all the ills that flesh is heir to’ arise from this one cause.”—Ann. Am. Acad.
“It is not the part of wisdom to state that all of our problems can be traced to such an artificial thing as the gold supply. On the whole, however, the book is well written, and represents a valuable compilation of knowledge in this field.”
+ − Ann. Am. Acad. 30: 160. Jl. ’07. 290w.
+ Pol. Sci. Q. 22: 560. S. ’07. 240w.
R. of Rs. 35: 638. My. ’07. 80w.
Holt, Henry. On the civic relations. *$1.75. Houghton.
7–18299.
Mr. Holt’s “Talks on civics” has been “much amplified, modernized and actualized” (Putnam’s) to produce the present revised edition. The book has been written in the hope of “doing a little something to develop in young people a character of mind which is proof against political quackery—especially the quackery which proposes immediate cures by legislation for the abiding ills resulting from human weakness and ignorance.”
“Those who do not ‘desire to be deceived’ will find much ‘dry light’ in Mr. Holt’s pages on current and burning questions, concerning which there is much more of heat than of light in most current discussion.” Montgomery Schuyler.
+ Putnam. 3: 231. N. ’67. 330w.
R. of Rs. 36: 511. O. ’07. 110w.
“The author takes no pains to conceal his real opinion of the abilities of a very large part of ‘so-called civilized’ mankind, especially that part that labors with its hands for a living. This contempt steams up from every page until it nearly suffocates the appetite of the expectant reader. Yet there is an abundance of food in Mr. Holt’s book for readers with a suitable digestion.” Edward E. Hill.
− + School. R. 15: 695. N. ’07. 1440w.
Homans, James Edward. Self-propelled vehicles: a practical treatise on the theory, construction, operation, care and management of all forms of automobiles; with upwards of 500 il. and diagrams. 5th ed., rev. and enl. $2. Audel.
6–35990.
“The book is thoroughly revised and brought up to date, describing the latest innovations of the present day practice, while all obsolete material has been discarded.”—Engin. N.
“The volume is a useful handbook for the owner of an automobile, and it is also calculated for use as a manual for class instruction.”
+ Ann. Am. Acad. 30: 161. Jl. ’07. 100w.
“It is a very satisfactory production for the man who wants to know the ‘why and wherefore’ of the automobile, as designed to-day, and its proper care and manipulation.”
+ Engin. N. 57: 198. F. 14, ’07. 120w.
Homer. Iliad for boys and girls told from Homer in simple language, by Rev. Alfred J. Church. *$1.50. Macmillan.
7–30639.
To reset classical literature in the language of the child has become a worthy task of the present day. This juvenile renders the thrilling incidents of the Trojan war life-like and true to the Iliad’s text. The illustrations in color are suggestively good.
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 208. N. ’07. ✠
“Shows that he understands how to rehearse the classics for childish minds.”
+ R. of Rs. 36: 764. D. ’07. 30w.
“The narrative is suited in every possible way to a child’s understanding; it is childlike without a trace of childishness; and it is a rare pleasure for old readers of Professor Church to see that his zest is as keen as ever, his fact as unfailing, and his instinct for seizing essentials as swift and true.”
+ + Spec. 99: 712. N. 9, ’07. 290w.
Homer. Odyssey for boys and girls, told from Homer by the Rev. Alfred J. Church. †$1.50. Macmillan.
6–34824.
A simplified version of the Odyssey, attractive in its illustrations, which is intended for young readers.
“The style is much more attractive than that of the author’s ‘Story of the Odyssey.’”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 21. Ja. ’07. ✠
“Is a model of what such adaptations should be.”
+ + Ath. 1906, 2: 653. N. 24. 90w.
“The story is intact, and the characters are there, but there is not much of that bigness for which Homer was noted.”
+ − Ind. 61: 1409. D. 22, ’06. 130w.
+ Nation. 83: 485. D. 6, ’06. 60w.
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 822. D. 1, ’06. 70w.
“Mr. Church has no superior in the art of retelling classical stories so as to interest girls and boys.”
+ + Outlook. 84: 632. N. 10, ’06. 70w.
+ R. of Rs. 34: 764. D. ’06. 50w.
“We have taken the precaution of having the book submitted to the true arbiter of this form of literature,—a boy under five. He has listened to it with breathless attention and sparkling eyes.”
+ + Spec. 97: 580. O. 20, ’06. 730w.
Hone, Nathaniel J. Manor and manorial records. *$3. Dutton.
6–10492.
“Half Mr. Hone’s book is devoted to a reasonably short account of the history of the manor, no undue space being given to the dispute concerning its evolution. With this we have the story of the lord and his tenants and officers and of their daily life and work as a community, the illustrations being for the most part already familiar.... The second half of the book shortly explains the procedure of the manorial courts, and then gives a very well chosen series of examples of court rolls, accounts and extents.”—Acad.
“Mr. Hone’s treatise on the manor offers itself rather as a popular introduction to its history and customs than as an original study of a subject on which much good ink has been spent. The result is a book which may be commended especially to those who are entering upon the study of English topography.”
+ Acad. 70: 226. Mr. 10, ’06. 1750w.
“Forms a very suitable introduction for the beginner in the study of manorial court rolls, of which many are in private hands. The translations are not in all respects accurate.”
+ − Ath. 1906, 1: 761. Je. 23. 500w.
“Is more general and popular than Dr. Davenport’s volume. The first half of Mr. Hone’s work is but slight, and seems scarcely worthy of the large amount of research which he appears to have undertaken.”
+ − Ind. 63: 693. S. 19, ’07. 410w.
“We can think of no book which presents in a lucid manner a picture of the mode in which, or the extent to which, our fathers living remote from London were governed; none at all events which gives abundance of extracts from original records.”
+ Lond. Times. 5: 243. Jl. 6, ’06. 480w.
“The uninitiated reader, should be grateful to Mr. Hone for giving him an opportunity to obtain a good general idea of old country life without too severe a mental effort.”
+ Sat. R. 101: 497. Ap. 21, ’06. 860w.
204Hood, Thomas. Poetical works, ed. by Walter Jerrold. *$1.10 Oxford.
“‘The complete poetical works of Thomas Hood’ ... is added to the excellent Oxford edition of the poets.... Mr. Jerrold has provided a more comprehensive edition of Hood than has hitherto been available, searching out from the magazines whatever could be certainly attributed to him, and adding half a dozen new poems from manuscript.”—Nation.
“We confess ourselves in general hostile to this mania for making up insignificant matter and adding to it the works of writers who already suffer from the preservation of too much that is mediocre. The notes are capital, and the make-up of the volume attractive.”
− + Nation. 84: 81. Ja. 24, ’07. 220w.
− Spec. 98: 90. Ja. 19, ’07. 1790w.
Hornaday, William Temple. Camp fires in the Canadian Rockies. **$3. Scribner.
6–35980.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“Perhaps the chief charm of the book is that he manages so faithfully to convey a sense of the recrudescence of boyish energy and spirits in staid middle-life, aroused under the stimulus of unusual and invigorating surroundings.” G. W. L.
+ + Nature. 75: 410. Mr. 14, ’07. 1190w.
+ R. of Rs. 35: 109. Ja. ’07. 110w.
“It is the best of advocates for true sport and game preservation.”
+ + Spec. 98: 60. Ja. 12, ’07. 310w.
Hornblow, Arthur. End of the game; il. by A. E. Jameson. †$1.50. Dillingham.
7–14587.
Instead of marrying a shallow-minded girl with a two-hundred-thousand dollar dowery, Roy Marshall chooses to wed his sister’s governess, a girl whose literary career had been checked by her father’s loss of money and subsequent death. From an unsuccessful beginning in life on a New York paper his course is turned into the channel of Pittsburg steel interests and he rises to a multi-millionaire’s position of prominence and power. The loose morals that result in his abandoning and divorcing his wife are astonishingly at variance with his early integrity; he pays a heavy penalty, and the book has a moral.
“The characters, if somewhat tamely drawn, are good human creatures and not the flat paper dolls found in the pages of so much current fiction. It is a thoroughly wholesome story, better for general purposes perhaps than many novels better written.”
+ − Lit. D. 34: 885. Je. 1, ’07. 190w.
“The work is creditable—somewhat ‘slow’ and unformed in many of the earlier portions, but gaining constantly in assurance as it progresses.”
+ − N. Y. Times. 12: 316. My. 18, ’07. 690w.
Horne, Herman Harrell. Psychological principles of education. *$1.75. Macmillan.
6–26518.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“The real strength of Dr. Horne’s book is found in its treatment of emotional, moral, and religious education; these vital subjects are handled with breadth, warmth, and frankness, and with an unusually full comprehension of their supreme importance.”
+ − Dial. 42: 45. Ja. 16, ’07. 630w.
“Horne’s theoretical assumptions, both in this discussion and thruout the book seem to me to show evidence of a certain confusion of thought of so fundamental a nature as to justify notice here. The author has given to teachers many suggestions of practical value and very likely an inspiration toward better teaching, but he has not based these suggestions upon a consistent and accurate system, of psychology.” Guy Montrose Whipple.
− + Educ. R. 34: 317. O. ’07. 1950w.
Reviewed by Charles Hughes Johnston.
+ + Educ. R. 34: 478. D. ’07. 5000w.
“One can but regret casting a disparaging word at so admirably written a book as Horne’s ‘Psychological principles of education;’ but, in spite of its containing much excellent material and many good suggestions for practical teaching, it does not present any particularly original point of view, nor does it mark any advance in the general field of education psychology.” Irving King.
+ − School R. 15: 227. Mr. ’07. 790w.
Horner, Joseph G. Modern milling machines: their design, construction and operation: a handbook for practical men and engineering students. $4. Henley.
“The author has endeavored to treat the subject, both in the text and by the illustrations, in such a manner, as will make clear the essentials of the art, and to provide a book which will be useful to both the designer and the operator.” (Engin. N.) He “describes very fully many different types of machines, and probably one of the best chapters is that dealing with the design and manufacture of cutters.”—Nature.
“The skilled workman as well as the amateur will find much that is valuable and worth while and little of the usual padding. Any one collecting a library of shop books should include this volume.” Wm. W. Bird.
+ + Engin. N. 57: 194. F. 14, ’07. 160w.
“Chapter 11 is too short, though very interesting; it deals with the subject of feeds and speeds. We can recommend this volume to all interested in machine-shop practice. The machines dealt with are of the latest type, and much useful information will be found scattered through its pages.” N. J. L.
+ + − Nature. 74: 149. Je. 14, ’06. 460w.
Horner, Joseph G. Practical metal turning: a handbook for engineers, technical students and amateurs. il. $3.50. Henley.
7–19433.
“The work in all its varied forms is discussed, its many tools and appliances are shown and described and the question of speeds and feeds for various tools and metals is well treated. A good deal of valuable information is given regarding the use of high-speed steel for lathe work.”—Engin. N.
“While nothing new or especially novel is found, the book as a whole is well arranged, the illustrations are good, and a copy is worth owning for those interested in this line of work.” Wm. W. Bird.
+ Engin. N. 57: 194. F. 14, ’07. 100w.
Horniman, Roy. Lord Cammarleigh’s secret; a fairy story of to-day. †$1.50. Little.
7–34173.
Anthony Brooke, unwilling to battle for bread, hits upon a bold plan. During his aimless wandering through Grosvenor square he espies Lord Cammarleigh, whom he knows by reputation, in conversation with a woman. Brooke observes the restlessness of his eyes and concludes that he is a man who has a secret, one who is afraid. With none of the malice of blackmail but spurred on by a fortune-hunter’s necessity of the things of life, Brooke looked the peer squarely in the eye and said, “I know your secret.” A private secretaryship, the management of the household affairs and, in truth of the obdurate Cammarleigh himself follow for the imposter in a most surprising manner.
“The book abounds with unfeeling fun, culminating in a rhetorical flourish of impudence. Fortunately for the nerves of the ordinary reader, 205the victim of blackmail is a puppet; but the other important characters are vigorously drawn.”
+ − Ath. 1907, 2: 546. N. 2. 150w.
“Granted, however, a single initial impossibility, the story goes on smoothly and naturally enough; and this, we take it, represents a more artistic method of dealing with the impossible than that which demands our acceptance of new miracles in every chapter.” Wm. M. Payne.
+ − Dial. 43: 319. N. 16, ’07. 230w.
Nation. 85: 417. N. 28, ’07. 210w.
N. Y. Times. 12: 656. O. 19, ’07. 30w.
“Mr. Horniman is to be congratulated on a capital idea fully but not tediously exploited.”
+ Sat. R. 104: 519. O. 26, ’07. 180w.
* Horsley, Sir Victor A. H., and Sturge, Mary M. Alcohol and the human body: an introduction to the study of the subject; with a chapter by Arthur Newsholme. *$1.50. Macmillan.
An indictment against the use of alcohol in which “its ill effects on body and mind, on health and strength, on moral action and intellectual activity, are set forth by argument, by facts, by figures, by representations, gruesome in outline and hue, of the morbid conditions which it induces in the chief organs of the human frame.” (Spec.)
“This book is sound literary performance and an earnest tract for the times but we do not see that it can achieve much.”
+ Acad. 72: 600. Je. 22, ’07. 1080w.
Ind. 63: 1119. N. 7, ’07. 320w.
“Though on the main issue we do not feel competent to give judgment—the conflict of evidence is too great—we are bound to record the opinion that a book like that under notice is sure to do a great deal of good, and can hardly do any harm even if it is mistaken in fact.”
+ Spec. 98: 946. Je. 15, ’07. 190w.
Horstmann, Henry Charles, and Tousley, Victor Hugo. Electrical wiring and construction tables. *$1.50. Drake, F: J.
7–472.
A pocket hand-book for the wire man, contractor, engineer and architect. “The book contains tables for direct-current calculations, for alternating-current calculations, for the smallest size of wire permissible, and for the most economical loss in different installations. Tables and diagrams are given showing the proper size of conduits to accommodate different combinations or numbers of wires; also tables and data for estimating the quantity of material required for different lines of work.” (Engin. N.)
“Contains much useful information.”
+ Engin. N. 57: 89. Ja. 17, ’07. 120w.
Hoskins, Leander Miller. Text-book on hydraulics, including an outline of the theory of turbines. *$2.50. Holt.
6–38547.
A text for the use of instructors of experience and thorough training in the subject, a work giving the fundamental principles in a clear and concise form without elaboration.
“As a whole it may be said that the book presents the laws and theories of hydraulics as they were recognized 20 to 25 years ago. There is authority for most of its statements in the treatises of that time, but it can hardly be said to cover the field as we regard it today.” Gardner S. Williams.
− Engin. N. 57: 304. Mr. 14, ’07. 940w.
“The book is distinctly elementary, and as such is well written and supplied with good examples.”
+ Nation. 84: 388. Ap. 25, ’07. 210w.
“This book will be valuable in training engineering students possessing a fair knowledge of mathematics to solve any problems in hydraulics they are likely to meet with in practice, and it will also furnish them with an insight into the principles on which the working and efficiency of turbines are based.”
+ Nature. 76: 542. S. 26, ’07. 510w.
+ Technical Literature. 1: 177. Ap. ’07. 320w.
Hough, Emerson. Story of the outlaw: a study of the western desperado. il. *$1.50. Outing.
7–5705.
Historical narratives of famous outlaws, the stories of noted border wars, vigilant movements and armed conflicts on the frontier. It is a contemplative study of the American desperado as he is, and in spite of the author’s intention to do away as far as possible with melodramatic thrills, the character of the subject precludes their complete elimination.
“Not particularly interesting, but contains material not easily available elsewhere.”
+ − A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 122. My. ’07.
“It is a concise, clearly-reasoned, well-balanced and admirably written piece of work—a real contribution to our economic literature, and interesting to the average reader.”
+ + Ann. Am. Acad. 29: 638. My. ’07. 420w.
“The pages exhale the smell of blood and hemp. The realism is almost too raw for literature.”
− + Lit. D. 34: 766. My. 11, ’07. 280w.
“His book certainly shows no trace of a tendency to exaggeration, but on the contrary is distinguished by a scrupulously careful moderation of statement.”
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 202. Ap. 6, ’07. 210w.
“It is all interesting and suggestive, as material lifted bodily from life always is, but a little of it goes a long way.”
+ Putnam’s. 2: 748. S. ’07. 270w.
“Mr. Hough’s philosophising is the weak part of his book.”
+ − Spec. 98: 761. My. 11, ’07. 1950w.
Hough, Emerson. Way of a man. $1.50. Outing pub.
7–27615.
The scene of Mr. Hough’s story is once again laid in the west, chiefly during the time of the westward movement previous to the civil war. It concerns a young Virginian who, tho bound to an eastern girl, finds that he loves his companion of many adventures on the great plains. Their love-making, interrupted for a time by a villainous emissary from the cotton interests in England, and by the war itself, finally terminates happily. It has been the wish of the author to show the effect of a broad strong environment on human beings.
“The style of the hero’s narrative in the opening pages, is too archaic for the period treated, but becomes more appropriate as the story goes forward.”
+ − Lit. D. 35: 695. N. 9, ’07. 340w.
“Is chiefly of interest in the illustration it affords of several tendencies in contemporary fiction, as deplorable as they are conspicuous: the glorification of the violent, the primitive, and the crude; a sophomorical searching after effects of style; and a habit of cheap philosophizing.”
− Nation. 85: 377. O. 24, ’07. 610w.
N. Y. Times. 12: 656. O. 19, ’07. 60w.
“Mr. Hough writes a dignified and forthright sort of tale, which, although it has a good plot and plenty of incident, yet moves along quietly and without the clatter-and-bang effect which characterizes so many novels of action. But this mood seems all the time a little overstrained, as if he wrote at high pitch and found it rather painful.”
+ − N. Y. Times. 12: 769. N. 30, ’07. 590w.
“There is plenty of thrill and suspense—possibly a trifle too much.”
− + Outlook. 87: 497. N. 2, ’07. 100w.
206Hough, Romeyn Beck. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada, east of the Rocky mountains; photo-descriptive, buck. $8. Hough.
7–31197.
“A new guide-book to the trees of the northern states and Canada devotes two pages to each species. One page bears a photographic reproduction showing a group of leaves (both sides) and fruit. The other page has a photograph of the trunk of the tree, showing the distinguishing peculiarities of the bark, a small map showing by shading the range of the tree’s growth, and a short, clear description of its characteristics.”—Outlook.
“We cannot think of an item which would contribute to greater completeness. Everything that has been attempted seems to have been well planned and well executed. The book may be commended as indispensable for public and school libraries, for all students of trees, and botanical laboratories.” C. R. B.
+ + + Bot. Gaz. 44: 384. N. ’07. 460w.
+ Educ. R. 34: 535. D. ’07. 30w.
“There is nothing but praise for the work as a whole. This handbook should be widely useful in nature libraries, schools and colleges.”
+ + + Nation. 85: 355. O. 17, ’07. 460w.
“The book is admirably adapted for the average person who wants to be able to tell the trees apart with the least possible study.”
+ + Outlook. 87: 358. O. 19, ’07. 100w.
“These photographs are of unusual excellence and give to this handbook its distinctive value as a work of reference.”
+ + R. of Rs. 36: 640. N. ’07. 140w.
Hough, Theodore, and Sedgwick, William Thompson. Human mechanism; its physiology, and hygiene, and the sanitation of its surroundings. *$2. Ginn.
6–37595.
“This is a textbook of hygiene on new lines. Anatomy, both gross and microscopic, is reduced to the lowest terms, and the emphasis of the book, as stated in the preface, is placed on physiology, hygiene, and sanitation—on function and conduct.”—School R.
“First half of the book ... avoids unnecessary details, but omits nothing essential. It is so lucidly written that the wayfaring man will have to be a terrible fool if he does not understand it. We can award to [the second] part no higher praise than to say that it is as excellent as the preliminary physiological portion. It teems with sound practical common-sense; it points out convincingly, avoiding too great technicality, the scientific reason for their [the authors’] faith.”
+ Nature. 75: 318. Ja. 31, ’07. 320w.
R. of Rs. 35: 256. F. ’07. 50w.
“It seems to be altogether the best work upon the subject for use either as a textbook or for private reading.” Joseph E. Raycroft.
+ + School R. 15: 308. Ap. ’07. 310w.
Houghton, Louise (Seymour). Hebrew life and thought; being interpretative studies in the literature of Israel. *$1.50. Univ. of Chicago press.
6–22298.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“One is disappointed that he finds no attempt at the unity of purpose, except to entertain the reader, indicated in the title of the book. We are glad to find that each lecture has a definite purpose, and some of them are admirably treated.” Ira M. Price and John M. P. Smith.
+ − Am. J. Theol. 11: 150. Ja. ’07. 260w.
“The aim of the book is good. It breathes a profound faith. Its author loves the Bible all the more because it is not only a book of religious instruction, but appeals to her as literature in the way the ‘Iliad’ or ‘Odyssey’ does. The defects of the book are occasional extravagances of statement, too great an effort to make out biblical laws and family life superior to anything else in antiquity, and an artificial interpretation of such books as Canticles and Ruth.”
+ − Bib. World. 29: 72. Ja. ’07. 720w.
“Mrs. Houghton writes with enthusiasm and con amore, and if we were able to name a defect it would be a certain light passing over the limitations and defects of Old Testament morals and belief.”
+ − Ind. 62: 803. Ap. 4, ’07. 160w.
Houghton, Louise (Seymour). Russian grandmother’s wonder tales. †$1.50. Scribner.
6–32363.
“Louise Seymour Houghton openly confesses to having been prompted by ‘Uncle Remus’ in her mode of treating ‘The Russian grandmother’s wonder tales,’ a collection revealing the simple life of the Slavonians; at the same time in a short preface the author indicates analogies which reveal how close in contact legends of different lands often are. The book is excellently printed and effectively illustrated by W. T. Benda.”—Ind.
“An excellent collection from authentic sources.”
+ + A. L. A. Bkl. 2: 219. N. ’06.
“Since Slavonic-tales do not seem yet to be ‘vieux jeu,’ we recommend this charming little work as a gift-book.”
+ Ath. 1907, 1: 14. Ja. 5. 210w.
+ Bookm. 24: 528. Ja. ’07. 40w.
+ Ind. 61: 1407. D. 22, ’06. 70w.
+ Nation. 83: 514. D. 13, ’06. 40w.
“The tales are exceedingly well written.”
+ + N. Y. Times. 11: 718. N. 3, ’06. 100w.
“A fascinating little volume.”
+ + R. of Rs. 34: 512. O. ’06. 30w.
* Houston, Edwin James. Discovery of the North Pole. [*]$1. Winston.
7–23532.
The second of three volumes in the “North Pole series.” Andree and Eric, two American boys, are the heroes who pass thru thrilling adventures and exciting situations while they are learning many facts of modern scientific discoveries.
* Hovey, Richard. Holy graal, and other fragments by Richard Hovey; being the uncompleted parts of the Arthurian dramas; ed. with introd. and notes by Mrs. Richard Hovey, and a preface by Bliss Carman. $1.25. Duffield.
Fragments of the Arthurian legends which are presented for the sake of the psychological problem involved rather than for their historic and picturesque value as poetic material or for the sake of their glamour and romance. From notes, jottings, and outlines set down in note books or upon scraps of paper, Mrs. Hovey has completed the work of her husband who left it unfinished.
N. Y. Times. 12: 667. O. 19, ’67. 30w.
“An inestimable service has been rendered to the memory of Richard Hovey by the publication of ‘The holy graal and other fragments’ of the uncompleted Arthurian dramas; not so much by virtue of the new material which they contain for this is slight, as for the illumination thrown upon the whole scheme of the projected cycle by the introduction and notes of Mrs. Hovey.” Jessie B. Rittenhouse.
+ Putnam’s. 3: 365. D. ’07. 430w.
Howard, Burt Estes. German empire. **$2. Macmillan.
6–34863.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 68. Mr. ’07.
207“The work makes up in solidity for whatever it lacks in interest. As a whole the book is a serious and concise summary of value in itself and a basis for wider study.”
+ − Ann. Am. Acad. 29: 216. Ja. ’07. 380w.
“We have examined no better book for the American student of German institutions.” Robert E. Bisbee.
+ + Arena. 37: 216. F. ’07. 150w.
“Will probably rank among the standard briefer treatises of the Germans. The only criticism worth mentioning relates to the title of this book, which is misleading, since the work relates almost entirely to a single aspect of the German Empire, its constitution.” J. W. Garner.
+ + − Dial. 42: 105. F. 16, ’07. 1290w.
“It is, indeed, a defect of the book that it does not present us with a living picture of how the various organs of the constitution perform their functions. Dr. Howard has obviously based his book upon extensive research, and possesses the great merit of writing clearly on legal subjects.” W. M.
+ − Eng. Hist. R. 22: 412. Ap. ’07. 360w.
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 37. Ja. 19, ’07. 310w.
“The text, though specifically juristical, and not, except in place, historical, never falls under the influence of Dr. Dryasdust; it is laboriously accurate, and supported by excellent explanatory notes, which our daily lecturers on foreign affairs should study.”
+ + Spec. 98: 141. Ja. 26, ’07. 2430w.
Howard, Earl Dean. Cause and extent of the recent industrial progress of Germany. (Hart, Schaffner and Marx prize essays in economics.) **$1. Houghton.
7–13001.
The book “is divided into two parts, the first of which treats of the extent of Germany’s recent industrial progress; and the second, the causes. Industrial progress in general is defined in an introductory chapter, as the ‘increase in the amount of goods produced and transported, and the improvement of methods by which this increased production is accomplished.’ The course of this development since the industrial revolution is briefly reviewed.”—Ann. Am. Acad.
A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 166. O. ’07. S.
“It is a concise, clearly reasoned, well balanced and admirably written piece of work—a real contribution to our economic literature, and interesting to the average reader.”
+ + Ann. Am. Acad. 29: 638. My. ’07. 420w.
Dial. 43: 69. Ag. 1, ’07. 150w.
“It is a careful and discriminating study, and undoubtedly offers the best concise discussion of its subject that has yet appeared.” O. D. Skelton.
+ + J. Pol. Econ. 15: 562. N. ’07. 300w.
“It cannot be said that Mr. Howard has made any substantial contribution to our knowledge of the subject.”
+ Nation. 85: 163. Ag. 22, ’07. 270w.
“There is no questioning the intrinsic value of his work, which assuredly makes for a clearer understanding of modern Germany and her people.”
+ Outlook. 86: 438. Je. 22, ’07. 500w.
R. of Rs. 35: 759. Je. ’07. 50w.
“The book is well worth perusal, and it does not detract from its value if we add that it is for the most part, and properly so, a careful and moderate exposition of the obvious.”
+ Spec. 99: sup. 643. N. 2, ’07. 540w.
Howard, George Bronson. Norroy, diplomatic agent; il. by Gordon Ross. $1.50. Saalfield.
7–5683.
Seven diplomatic detective adventures in which Yorke Norroy figures as secret agent of the United States. He always has in his possession the means to foil his opponent in the big international games being played, and the analysis of his method of securing the trump card reveals shrewd practical imagination at work and the adroit handling of resulting situations.
“The seven stories are good reading at any time, and particularly when the mind longs for diversion.”
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 181. Mr. 23, ’07. 260w.
N. Y. Times. 12: 381. Je. 15, ’07. 200w.
Howard, John Raymond, ed. Prose you ought to know. **$1.50. Revell.
The editor’s “aim in the present volume is to gather, from a wide range of authorship and subject-matter, a series of brief excerpts, each of which shall be typical of its author’s best style, and, besides exciting a momentary interest, shall ‘at least hint at the richness of an essay, a tale, a history, an oration.’”—Dial.
“Has been edited ... with an intelligence and originality that will make it acceptable even to the avowed enemy of the ordinary book of extracts.”
+ Dial. 41: 460. D: 16, ’06. 220w.
“The selections he makes are brief and numerous rather than few and choice.”
+ − N. Y. Times. 12: 31. Ja. 19, ’07. 280w.
Howard, Newman. Christian trilogy. 3v. ea. *$1.25. Dutton.
“Religions may come and go; the forms of morality may change, and what is right in one age and clime be wrong in another; but the essential virtue remains the same—nothing else than faithfulness to what a man holds to be right. That is the idea running through the three plays which Mr. Newman Howard calls his ‘Christian trilogy.’... Kiartan was, externally, true to his false friend; Savonarola to his false city; Minervina and Crispus, Constantine’s discarded wife and son, to their false husband, wife, and emperor. In each case there lies behind the occasion, the sense of honor, the conviction of the necessity for truth to an ideal of right.”—Lond. Times.
“Mr. Newman Howard’s ‘Christian trilogy’ is real poetry and it is real drama. Mr. Howard’s work is so fine that it seems captious to point out what we feel to be a defect in it. Though in each of his dramas, tragedy is implied in the character of the chief personage, too much of the action is controlled by the persistent malignity of another individual. Free from most of the tricks of the playwright, Mr. Howard still relies too much on his villain.”
+ + − Acad. 71: 469. N. 10, ’06. 1560w. (Review of v. 1–3.)
“Starting with the essential idea, he develops it broadly, simply, even severely, preserving always the distinction between what is theatrical and what is dramatic.”
+ Lond. Times. 5: 345. O. 12, ’06. 1580w. (Review of v. 1–3.)
“The work of Newman Howard which has but lately made its way to us, though published first some years ago in England, evinces a dramatic talent of a high order, but a talent not yet wholly disciplined.” Jessie B. Rittenhouse.
+ − Putnam’s. 2: 350. Je. ’07. 360w. (Review of v. 1–3.)
v. 1. Kiartan the Icelander: a tragedy.
The motif of the first part of the trilogy is the introduction of Christianity into Iceland.
“In ‘Kiartan the Icelander’ his very care for local colour and characteristic expression makes his meaning sometimes not easy to follow. Possibly in the theatre this difficulty would disappear, though we cannot help feeling that he has been so intent on making his people tenth century Icelanders that they lose something of their probability as men and women.”
+ + − Acad. 71: 469. N. 10, ’06. 390w.
208v. 2. Savonarola: a city’s tragedy.
A drama filled with the “forlorn anti-pagan hope of Savonarola.” Its interest is centered in “the public career of the Frate, the dramatic incident of the Trial by fire and the tragic spectacle of the Execution.”
“Without any sacrifice of dramatic propriety he has so arranged that you see not only people but their surroundings. As a result, the play is full of the stir and colour of mediaeval Italy. Indeed, though he has handled the central theme in a masterly manner, what will delight most readers is the extraordinary sense of atmosphere created by the minor characters.”
+ + − Acad. 71: 469. N. 10, ’06. 390w.
“In ‘Savonarola,’ Mr. Howard’s more recent drama, the lack of sharp definition in the plot and dialogue is much more apparent than in ‘Kiartan,’ since all the rival factions and orders, civil and religious, of that turbulent period are represented in the play and by their machinations so involve the plot that it is difficult to keep the various characters and their allegiance distinct.” Jessie B. Rittenhouse.
+ − Putnam’s. 2: 350. Je. ’07. 360w.
v. 3. Constantine the great: a tragedy.
7–18134.
The establishment of Christianity as the state religion of the Roman empire furnishes the key-note of the third part of the trilogy. “In this play Mr. Howard gets his background, his atmosphere, mainly by a single figure; that of the little degenerate Fabius. By an almost savage piece of irony, Fabius is made the victim of the plot to murder Constantine. The state of paganism at the period of the play is admirably indicated by the priests of Demeter with their pitiful machinery for working an apparition of the goddess Proserpine. Bombo is one of the best clowns out of Shakespeare.” (Acad.)
“Mr. Howard reaches his highest level of workmanship in ‘Constantine the great.’ The chief characters stand out with something of the objective reality of sculpture but with all the life and movement of human beings. The dialog is reduced to its bare essentials, and because no word is allowed for its own sake, every word is not only significant but decorative, so that the texture of the verse is as if woven of some precious metal.”
+ + − Acad. 71: 469. N. 10, ’06. 390w.
“When we have put together all the poetical achievements of this tragedy, when we have set them beside its mastery of dramatic speech and structure and when we have dispassionately weighed against these excellencies its defects, we cannot hesitate to place it among all but the highest English dramatic poetry.”
+ + − Ath. 1906, 2: 398. O. 6. 2160w.
“The conception—a rare failing—is superior to the art or technique.”
+ − Sat. R. 103: 207. F. 16, ’07. 280w.
“We cannot praise Mr. Howard more highly than by saying that he is one of the very few living poets who stand in the great tradition. It is a book which every lover of good poetry must read and cherish.”
+ + Spec. 97: 930. D. 8, ’06. 230w.
* Howard, Oliver Otis. Autobiography. 2v. **$5. Baker.
7–35640.
The volume “takes us once more to the familiar battlefields, shows how campaigns were fought and won and lost, and describes in detail the efforts of the government, after peace had been restored, to relieve the emancipated but helpless slaves whom the war had set at liberty.”—Outlook.
“He takes the reader delightfully into his confidence, and writes with an astonishing recollection of detail. An autobiography at once so full of incident and so free from matters of small importance has rarely been produced.” Percy F. Bicknell.
+ + Dial. 43: 244. O. 16, ’07. 1800w.
“Bulks large on the shelf, but so interesting that the reader will not regret the magnitude.”
+ Outlook. 87: 609. N. 23, ’07. 410w.
* Howden, J. R. Boys’ book of locomotives. $2. McClure.
An informing book for young readers which traces with many accompanying illustrations the evolution of the steam engine from its beginning to its replacement by the electric locomotive.
“The book will tempt old as well as young.”
+ Nation. 85: 520. D. 5, ’07. 40w.
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 749. N. 23, ’07. 50w.
+ R. of Rs. 36: 767. D. ’07. 90w.
Howe, Frederic Clemson. British city: the beginnings of democracy. **$1.50. Scribner.
7–21305.
A companion to Mr. Howe’s study of the American city. It is not only an exposition full of historical and statistical detail but is a critical discussion of the workings of the British city and of the lessons contained “for the solution of parallel, but by no means identical, American problems.” The author’s strictly economic point of view accounts for all the motives of a commonwealth’s interests, he has become “convinced that it is the economic environment that creates and controls man’s activities as well as his attitude of mind.”
A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 166. O. ’07.
“No social reformer can afford to be without this volume.” B. O. Flower.
+ + + Arena. 38: 200. Ag. ’07. 3260w.
“The book contains a good deal of information, not all of it full or pertinent, but it is not presented with especial attractiveness or force.”
− + Educ. R. 34: 430. N. ’07. 70w.
“In spite of these numerous mistakes and misconceptions, Mr. Howe has formed some very sound and well-grounded opinions as to the working of British institutions.”
+ − Ind. 63: 880. O. 10, ’07. 420w.
J. Pol. Econ. 15: 441. Jl. ’07. 210w.
“Mr. Howe never lets himself forget that he is writing for American readers and the contrast which he draws between municipal conditions in the two countries is really the book’s most valuable and illuminating feature.”
+ − Nation. 85: 81. Jl. 25, ’07. 1220w.
N. Y. Times. 12: 376. Je. 8, ’07. 100w.
N. Y. Times. 12: 547. S. 14, ’07. 530w.
Howe, Frederic Clemson. City: the hope of democracy. **$1.50. Scribner.
5–33225.
Descriptive note in December, 1905.
Reviewed by Lewis E. Palmer.
Charities. 17: 511. D. 15, ’06. 630w.
“For our part, we believe that in his main principles the author is right, as also in many of his applications of those principles to judge the success or failure of the British city. We also believe that he carries some of his theories too far.”
+ + − Engin. N. 58: 533. N. 14, ’07. 1240w.
“Writes as a propagandist rather than as a student. The work is interesting in style, stimulating in thought and treatment, hopeful in tone, and is well worth a careful reading by the student of municipal affairs.” Clinton Rogers Woodruff.
+ − Yale R. 15: 463. F. ’07. 710w.
Howe, Frederic Clemson. Confessions of a monopolist. *$1. Public pub.
6–32427.
An autobiography “showing how easily a man of medium capacity and no scruples can accumulate a fortune by exploiting public franchises and ‘playing Wall street.’” (N. Y. Times.) “Never before has a work appeared in which the methods of the high financiers and 209political bosses have been more clearly exposed. Here the reader is made to see how certain feats that appear from before the footlights as little short of miraculous are performed. Here he sees how by learning the rules of the game a modern high financier is able to divert the wealth of thousands into the till of the crafty monopolists; how, in short, the thousands are made to labor for the few just as actually as in the days of the feudal lords the serfs slaved for the barons. And here he sees how politics are made the handmaid of the modern plutocracy in its attempt to enslave labor while destroying the soul of democracy.” (Arena.)
“It is far and away the finest political satire on present-day American politics,—a book that every thinking patriotic citizen should read.”
+ + Arena. 36: 680. D. ’06. 950w.
“It is not pleasant reading—it is too true to life, though possibly somewhat exaggerated or unnaturally concentrated either for artistic effect or for the sake of argument.” Max West.
+ − Dial. 43: 121. S. 1, ’07. 310w.
J. Pol. Econ. 15: 125. F. ’07. 120w.
“The little volume is both interesting and instructive, whether regarded as a vade mecum for those desirous of practising the new high finance, or as an addition to the horrors which our professional purifiers have revealed in order to reform them.”
+ − N. Y. Times. 11: 595. S. 29, ’06. 240w.
Howe, Malverd Abijah. Symmetrical masonry arches, including natural stone, plain concrete and reinforced concrete arches; for the use of technical schools, engineers and computers in designing arches according to the elastic theory. $2.50. Wiley.
6–33609.
“In the first chapter, fundamental formulas for the elastic arch are derived; in the second chapter, symmetrical arches without hinges and of constant or variable section, are considered.... In chapter 3 the author applies the theory in detail to a segmental circular arch of constant section and also to a reinforced-concrete arch.... The last chapter of the book is devoted to drawings of typical arches. An appendix is given on the physical properties of stone and concrete and data for about five hundred masonry arch bridges.”—Engin. N.
“The book is a strong, sound handling of a difficult subject. The one criticism that can be made of the theory developments in the book is that they are a little too condensed.” Wm. Cain.
+ + − Engin. N. 56: 522. N. 15, ’06. 980w.
Howe, Samuel Gridley. Letters and journals of Samuel Gridley Howe; ed. by his daughter, Laura E. Richards; with notes and a preface by F. B. Sanborn. 3v. ea. **$3. Estes.
6–38340.
v. 1. Following a brief story of his early years, Mrs. Richards has sketched her father’s life from his letters and journals written in Greece during his espousal of that country’s fight for independence. “The book gives a convincing picture of the conditions of Greece at the time of the war of independence, and introduces us to an American working among these conditions who was a credit to his country for firmness of character, coolness of judgment, disinterestedness, and humanity.” (Nation.)
“Full of facts and judgments of high historical value. There was hardly a keener eye on Greek affairs than Howe’s; hardly a man of any age who saw so much and interpreted it so well. His incisive judgments of men have, in the main, stood the test of time. Apart from the historical value of this volume, it takes rank with the very best Greek travels of that day.” J. Irving Manatt.
+ + Am. Hist. R. 12: 640. Ap. ’07. 1040w. (Review of v. 1.)
“If they are to be regarded as historical materials, they require much more annotation to make them generally comprehensible. Their omissions are too serious to give them much weight as a contemporary record of events.”
+ − Ath. 1907, 1: 189. F. 16. 2090w. (Review of v. 1.)
“Mrs. Richards’s prefatory and interspersed notes add no little to the value and completeness of the book as a detailed account of her father’s eventful young manhood.”
+ Dial. 42: 187. Mr. 16, ’07. 350w. (Review of v. 1.)
“The letters and journals are written in a spirited fashion, but are lacking in notable incident, and deal with few personalities who are of interest to any except special students of this period of European history.”
+ Lit. D. 34: 26. Ja. 5, ’07. 240w. (Review of v. 1.)
“The book is readable throughout.”
+ Lond. Times. 6: 51. F. 15, ’07. 550w. (Review of v. 1.)
“Mrs. Richards would probably be well advised were she to use the pruning knife more freely in succeeding volumes. There is no index, and the printing and production of the book leave much to be desired.”
+ − Nation. 84: 248. Mr. 14, ’07. 680w. (Review of v. 1.)
+ R. of Rs. 35: 113. Ja. ’07. 110w. (Review of v. 1.)
+ Sat. R. 103: 276. Mr. 2, ’07. 180w. (Review of v. 1.)
“This is an interesting volume, but the reader need not consider himself bound to go thru it from cover to cover.”
+ Spec. 98: sup. 652. Ap. 27, ’07. 400w. (Review of v. 1.)
Howell, George. Labour legislation, labour movements, and labour leaders. 2d ed. 2v. *$2.50. Dutton.
A new edition of a work which serves to throw light on the nature, aims and methods of trade-unionism.
Ind. 60: 1287. My. 31, ’06. 50w.
“He chronicles a great deal not to be found in other histories, and his book fills a gap for England which needs filling for ourselves.”
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 176. Mr. 24, ’06. 500w.
“It is marred by fragmentariness, by repetitions, and by unpolished style, but its merits are so conspicuous that it deserves the thoughtful consideration of every student of economic and social questions.”
+ − Outlook. 84: 675. N. 17, ’06. 580w.
Pol. Sci. Q. 22: 181. Mr. ’07. 70w.
Howell, James. Familiar letters of James Howell; with an introd. by Agnes Repplier. 2v. $6; Special ltd. ed. 4v. *$15. Houghton.
7–15871.
An attractive new edition of letters which “speak for themselves, and surely no reader will pine for erudite guidance through the maze of curious anecdote, lively narrative, and characteristically intimate comment and reflection which Howell has constructed, writing always crisply and lucidly, in accordance with his belief that a letter should be ‘short-coated and closely couch’d’ and should ‘not preach but epistolize.’” (Dial.)
“The letters themselves ... possess all the charm and gossipy interest of their time that the letters of Horace Walpole contained a century later.” Laurence Burnham.
+ + Bookm. 26: 101. S. ’07. 360w. (Review of 4 v. ed.)
+ + Dial. 43: 214. O. 1, ’07. 430w. (Review of 2 v. ed.)
210“In her pleasant way Miss Repplier brings out, by incident and characterization, the qualities which have made his letters the constant reading of lovers of literature since they first appeared.”
+ + Outlook. 87: 357. O. 19, ’07. 280w. (Review of 2 v. ed.)
“It is a book that seems as fresh to-day as when it was written nearly three centuries ago, and, though it may never be popular, it will always be valued by the discriminating few.” Charlotte Harwood.
+ + Putnam’s. 2: 446. Jl. ’07. 700w. (Review of 4 v. ed.)
“The wide careless world will pay little attention to these volumes, but they will have their own sure welcome.” H. W. Boynton.
+ + Putnam’s. 3: 233. N. ’97. 830w. (Review of 2 v. ed.)
Howells, William Dean. Between the dark and the daylight. †$1.50. Harper.
7–34775.
Of the seven tales told by old friends at the club four are psychological romances, stories of that mental borderland suggested by the book’s title. “A sleep and a forgetting” tells of a strange lapse of memory in a young girl; “The eidolons of Brooks Alford” concerns the visions of a broken down professor and the pretty widow who disperses them; “A memory that worked over time” is a confusion of memory and imagination; and “A case of metaphantasmia” enters into the question of dream-transference. The three stories which conclude the book, “Editha,” “Braybridge’s offer,” and “The chick of the Easter egg” are plain day-light stories, a protest against war, a speculation as to the average proposal, and an amusing Easter comedy.
Reviewed by A. Schade van Westrum.
+ Bookm. 26: 275. N. ’07. 1000w.
“They are queer and creepy without being exactly supernatural.”
+ Ind. 63: 1377. D. 5, ’07. 150w.
“The stories are graceful social pictures written with charm and humor.”
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 652. O. 19, ’07. 30w.
“We can only congratulate ourselves that he does not sit before his fire enjoying it all to himself, as he might be tempted to do.”
+ + Outlook. 87: 624. N. 23, ’07. 190w.
“All the stories are full of delightful reading. They would not be Mr. Howells’s if they were not.”
+ + Spec. 99: 717. N. 9, ’07. 210w.
Howells, William Dean. Certain delightful English towns, with glimpses of the pleasant country between. **$3. Harper.
6–38895.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“It is only a Stevenson or a Howells who could achieve fascination for [this task]. But Mr. Howells is triumphantly successful. The American humor, which has always been attuned, in Mr. Howells, to a delicate strain, becomes tender whimsicality. We know no one who writes more beautifully in modern English.”
+ + Ath. 1907. 1: 435. Ap. 13. 1040w.
“How dare we use anything so rough and rude as the downright word praise of anything so delicate?”
+ + Lond. Times. 6: 100. Mr. 29, ’07. 1590w.
+ Spec. 98: 450. Mr. 23, ’07. 1560w.
Howells, William Dean. Through the eye of the needle. †$1.50. Harper.
7–15545.
Part 1 of this sociological story contains a view of modern New York as seen by a traveler from Altruria. The tall, bleak apartment houses, the social distinctions, and the greed for gain impress him so strongly that he says at the very outset,—“If I spoke with Altrurian breath of the way New Yorkers live, I should begin by saying that the New Yorkers do not live at all.” Part 2 contains an account of Altruria as seen by the American wife whom he takes home with him, and who has a difficult time adjusting her American ideas to a country which has neither money nor social gradations, and, where lord and farmer work happily for their living, side by side.
“Done in the author’s usual delightful manner.”
+ + A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 135. My. ’07.
“Unhappily, these sociological criticisms are not conveyed in an interesting form of fiction. We cannot be absorbed in Mr. Homos’s love affair with an attractive American widow, and we are thrown back for diversion on his strictures on American conditions.”
+ − Ath. 1907, 1: 786. Je. 29. 250w.
“He is writing, not a thesis on the future economics of the world at large, but a kindly satire, a sort of twentieth century parable.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
+ Bookm. 25: 394. Je. ’07. 270w.
Reviewed by A. Schade van Westrum.
Bookm. 25: 434. Je. ’07. 1230w.
+ Ind. 62: 1207. My. 23, ’07. 670w.
“In this novel, dealing with a theme peculiarly congenial to him, we have an example of Mr. Howells’s style arrived at its perihelion.”
+ + Lit. D. 34: 885. Je. 1, ’07. 330w.
“We should rather be thankful for a piece of very grateful fancy, and not the least for a deft and witty introduction which is an almost faultless little piece of irony.”
+ Lond. Times. 6: 165. My. 24, ’07. 530w.
“The account of these plutocrats endeavoring to maintain the forms of an obsolete social order verges perilously upon comic opera. This, however, is of small consequence, the point of interest being that with Mr. Howells’s deep love of humanity as he finds it, the apostle of realism in American fiction should care to spend (almost waste) his precious gifts upon such a toy of the imagination as the island of Altruria.”
+ − Nation. 84: 134. My. 9, ’07. 690w.
N. Y. Times. 12: 255. Ap. 20, ’07. 170w.
“Certain it is that whatever be our attitude toward socialism, or our opinion of what we may presume to be Mr. Howells’s own theories, we must needs enjoy the exquisite literary flavor of these letters to and from Altruria, and can hardly fail to be lifted to a higher plane by the author’s own sincere enthusiasm of humanity and widely inclusive sympathies.” M. Gordon Pryor Rice.
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 297. My. 11, ’07. 3370w.
“Mr. Howells has written in his characteristic whimsical vein.”
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 581. Je. 15. ’07. 210w.
“Mr. Howells writes, not as a reformer with a grievance, but simply as a lover of his kind, perturbed over current errors but too wise to let them warp his judgment.” Royal Cortissoz.
+ + No. Am. 186: 127. S. ’07. 650w.
+ + Outlook. 86: 339. Je. 15, ’07. 400w.
“Somehow, it leaves the reader not half so kindly disposed toward his fellow-men, not half so eager to make this a better world, as he was after reading ‘Lemuel Barker’ or ‘Silas Lapham.’” Vernon Atwood.
+ + − Putnam’s. 2: 619. Ag. ’07. 290w.
“It embodies much cogent criticism of every important phase of American life.”
+ R. of Rs. 35: 761. Je. ’07. 80w.
“Mr. Howells is always welcome in whatever guise his message comes, and a special interest attaches to his new romance, since it exhibits his distinguished talent in an unfamiliar light.”
+ + Spec. 98: 836. My. 25, ’07. 840w.
Hoy, Mary Lavinia Thompson (Mrs. Frank L. Hoy). Adrienne. $1.50. Neale.
6–46252.
A southern story of Civil war days in which the fair play-day world is transformed for a group of irresponsible Southern girls into a dreary world of waiting and anxiety.
211Hoyt, William Henry. Mecklenburg declaration of independence. **$2.50. Putnam.
7–15929.
A study of evidence that the alleged early declaration of independence of Mecklenburg county, North Carolina, on May 20, 1775, is spurious.
“The last page leaves the reader as helpless as the first, in ability to separate hearsay from evidence. But the book is valuable as a history of a controversy.”
+ − Dial. 43: 123. S. 1, ’07. 400w.
“The book offers a very good example of an historical investigation, conducted in a judicial spirit, and carries conviction with its conclusions. The illustrations are excellent, but nothing can excuse the absence of an index.”
+ + − Nation. 85: 187. Ag. 29. ’07. 540w.
R. of Rs. 36: 128. Jl. ’07. 120w.
* Hubbard, Elbert (Fra Elbertus, pseud.). Little journeys to the homes of eminent orators. (Little journeys, new ser.) $2.50. Putnam.
7–36125.
An unusual aggregation of orators is presented here. The group includes Pericles, Mark Antony, Savonarola, Marat, Ingersoll, Patrick Henry, Starr King, Henry Ward Beecher and Wendell Phillips.
“It is an incongruous array in time, character, and purpose, but the author brings out strongly their common characteristics.”
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 711. N. 9, ’07. 100w.
“The book has real interest, especially to that curious boy, or man, who ‘wants to know.’”
+ Outlook. 87: 618. N. 23, ’07. 60w.
Hubbard, Frank McKinney. Abe Martin, of Brown county, Indiana. il. **$1. Bobbs.
7–15475.
Mr. Meredith Nicholson characterizes Abe Martin as a “Plato on a cracker barrel; or radiant Socrates after Xantippe’s departure to visit her own folks in Tecumseh township.” Cartoons of Abe’s neighbors who are characterized in epigram appear, accompanied by brief bibliographical bits. Then follow the “mirth-provoking epigrams” themselves, which do justice to an Artemus Ward.
Hubbard, George H. Teachings of Jesus in parables. *$1.50. Pilgrim press.
7–16710.
“Mr. Hubbard recognizes the fact that the parables of Jesus were addressed to plain people.... He abstains from dogmatizing and from critical exegesis, and gives a free homiletical exposition of what he sees as the central truth of the short story.”—Outlook.
“These popular and interesting expositions of the parables reveal clear religious insight, practical common-sense, and no small degree of literary skill.”
+ Bib. World. 30: 79. Jl. ’07. 20w.
“Fresh thoughts in new points of view make this volume a helpful addition to the abundant literature of its subject. Those who have read any number of works upon the gospel parables find need to supplement or correct one author by another, and this volume, though excellent, occasions no exception to that experience.”
+ − Outlook. 86: 835. Ag. 17, ’07. 140w.
Hubbard, Winfred D., and Kiersted, Wynkoof. Water-works management and maintenance. $4. Wiley.
7–21739.
“Part 1., which fills 217 out of a total of 419 pages, deals with the securing of water supplies from various sources, and the selection and installation of pumps; Part 2, 167 pages, discusses more particularly the various features of management and maintenance, but also necessarily contains much that relates to construction work; and Part 3, 35 pages, treats from various points of view the subjects of franchise, water rates and depreciation.”—Engin. N.
A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 167. O. ’07.
“The title of this important book is somewhat misleading, as less than half the volume is devoted to the management and maintenance of water-works. Along with a reproduction of many facts already well known to every competent water-works man, and many citations from papers which have already been frequently published, there are a great many useful and practical suggestions nearly all of which are in the line of good modern practice. All of these make the work a valuable addition to water-works literature.” Dabney H. Maury.
+ + − Engin. N. 58: 294. S. 12, ’07. 1720w.
+ Nature. 76: 517. S. 19, ’07. 340w.
Huber, John Bessnes. Consumption. **$3. Lippincott.
6–17682.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“This work, though burdened by a too ambitious title, is really a very valuable compilation of the facts of the present day anti-tuberculosis campaign in this and other countries.” Christopher Easton.
+ + − Charities. 17: 493. D. 15, ’06. 980w.
Huchon, Rene. George Crabbe and his times, 1754–1832: a critical and biographical study; tr. from the French by Frederick Clarke. *$5. Dutton.
W 7–149.
With less of narrative and more of criticism, M. Huchon aims to write “a psychological biography of the poet, with a view to the interpretation of his works.”
“The picture he presents of the young Crabbe is clear and convincing. When in the later portion of his book he is dealing with the actual poems he develops these tendencies at which he has previously hinted, with great skill, so that he brings the reader very close to the intimate side of the poet’s character.”
+ + Acad. 72: 286. Mr. 23, ’07. 1360w.
“As a biographer M. Huchon is full, clear, and precise, rivalling the late James Dykes Campbell in his zest for research and verification.”
+ + Ath. 1907, 1: 407. Ap. 6. 2090w.
“At times the narrative is too discursive ... but on the whole it is a just and clear biography, with sympathetic interpretation.” Annie Russell Marble.
+ + − Dial. 43: 39. Jl. 16, ’07. 1290w.
“To speak frankly, a book that proposes to introduce an English poet to the French, and yet in some 700 pages scarcely quotes a line of his verse as he wrote it, seems to us an absurdity. The truth is that it has gone a long way to spoil an admirable book. It is an injustice to the French reader; to the English reader it is a constant annoyance. And yet the book, even as it is, deserves to have plenty of English readers.”
+ − Lond. Times. 6: 193. Je. 21. ’07. 1370w.
“Its abundance of literary judgment is presented rather in dispersion than compactness, for the purpose of elucidating the biographical theses; and the complete proportion and harmony preserved throughout may well be considered the crowning achievement of the work.”
+ + Nation. 84: 476. My. 23, ’07. 1170w.
“Though the French scholar may have prepared a better biography than the younger Crabbe’s, time will have to judge whether he has written a better book.” H. W. Boynton.
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 491. Ag. 10, ’07. 1790w.
“Is distinctly original and unconventional.”
+ Outlook. 87: 41. S. 7, ’07. 1720w.
“Of M. Huchon’s volume (not at all badly translated by Mr. Clarke) we may say, in one word, that it is the work of an expert. If only as a piece of social history the work is full of 212value. Our main praise, however, we reserve for the judgment and taste with which M. Huchon has made his quotations.”
+ + Sat. R. 103: 462. Ap. 13, ’07. 1020w.
* Huck, A. Synopsis of the first three Gospels arranged for English readers; ed. by Ross L. Finney. *$1. Meth. bk.
An English version of Huck’s “Synopse,” a Greek harmony used widely in Germany as an aid to Holtzmann’s “Hand-commentar.” “The present volume exhibits Mark as the basal work of the evangelic records, the use of Mark by both Matthew and Luke, the collection of Logia, and the material peculiar to each evangelist. The use of this harmony does not blind the student to the special characteristics of the several evangelists and their relations of mutual dependence, as is often the case with the older manuals.”
“The work is faithfully done, but it is based on Huck’s second edition in 1898. This is most unfortunate, as in his recent third edition, 1906, Huck has fundamentally remodeled his work, greatly improving and enriching it.”
+ − Bib. World. 30: 480. D. ’07. 80w.
“This is decidedly the best harmony for historical study, and its wide use would promote greatly the knowledge of the New Testament.”
+ Ind. 63: 1314. N. 28, ’07. 190w.
“This harmony, which follows the order of Mark, is the most useful in existence for historical students.”
+ + Nation. 85: 398. O. 31, ’07. 140w.
Huckel, Oliver. Modern study of conscience. (Boardman lectureship in Christian ethics.) 50c. Univ. of Pa.
7–13922.
The study looks into the origin and nature of conscience, its means of education and enlightenment, and finally considers the grounds for the present and perpetual authority of conscience.
Hudson, Charles Bradford. Crimson conquest: a romance of Pizarro and Peru. il. †$1.50. McClurg.
7–32156.
A story of aboriginal America. The events fall in the period of Pizarro’s conquest of the Peruvian chief and his determined hosts. The hero, Viracocha Christoval, is one of the bravest of the Castilian knights and the heroine is an Inca princess for love of whom Christoval fights against his own army. Barbaric splendor and Spanish chivalry combine in producing splendid dramatic coloring.
N. Y. Times. 12: 656. O. 19, ’07. 20w.
“There is not a bit of harm in the book, except that it is very long and strikes us as being very dull.”
− + N. Y. Times. 12: 678. O. 26, ’07. 90w.
Hudson, William Henry. Crystal age. **$1.50. Dutton.
“This is a second edition of a book published in the eighties.... One Smith of Great Britain loses consciousness through a fall and wakes to find himself in a crystal age of organized human beings with senses of exquisite keenness and souls of crystal purity.... The cloud on Smith’s horizon is the strange fact that warmer than fraternal love is unknown. The passion that he conceives for a daughter of ‘The house’ brings him against a blank wall of incomprehension. For the perfecting of the race it has come about that its renewal is vouchsafed only to elect morals who must be fitted for their high office by a sacred training. A cryptic catastrophe ends the story, leaving the reader free to suppose anything.”—Nation.
Lond. Times. 5: 368. N. 2, ’06. 1060w.
“Like most stories of the impossible future it contains its touches of the credible among the prevailing absurdities and the occasional touch of the tiresome amid many fascinations. Unlike most, it has the ring of genuine poetry, the zeal of the open air, kinship with beauty of all sorts, and a relieving glint of humor.”
+ + − Nation. 84: 341. Ap. 11, ’07. 400w.
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 178. Mr. 23, ’07. 230w.
Hueffer, Ford Madox. England and the English: an interpretation. **$2. McClure.
7–19051.
The three divisions of Mr. Hueffer’s book, “The soul of London,” “The heart of the country,” and “The spirit of the people,” constitute a view of modern life. “Mr. Hueffer here dedicates himself to essays in descriptive impressionism” (Ath.) offering to the traveler in and about London almost every type to be met with and revealing an intimate understanding of prevailing conditions.
“The volume may be profitably read by anyone proposing a trip to England for the introductory impressions it affords of the people and their environment. The reader of serious purpose will feel no little disappointment that the ‘interpretation’ is not more interpretative. The author’s over-fondness for dissertation is a blemish that grows more trying to the reader as he advances.”
+ − Dial. 43: 255. O. 16, ’07. 370w.
“Here is an antidote to the tour of the sights which leaves an American visitor far better informed about historical monuments and the homes of distinguished Englishmen than any English resident, but without any real insight into the lives and ideals of the English of to-day. It is a pity that a volume otherwise admirably got up should be marred by so many errors in proofreading. Their number is inexcusable.”
+ − Nation. 85: 148. Ag. 15, ’07. 400w.
“As for the success of the book in its desire to interpret for us the spirit of England and her people, that is as it may be. But it does give a wonderful series of pictures—a vitascope, as it were, of life on the island, yet not a photographic one; for each picture is tinged with the personality of the author, if it be no other than the desire he feels that his personality shall not intrude.” Hildegarde Hawthorne.
+ − N. Y. Times. 12: 650. O. 19, ’07. 2900w.
“A voluminous ‘author’s note’ is prefixed, supplemented by one of similar length, in which egotism and over-sophistication of view-point and utterance contend, as, indeed, they do throughout.”
− Outlook. 86: 746. Ag. 3, ’07. 140w.
“A rather ambitious volume which, on the whole, fairly reaches its aim.”
+ − R. of Rs. 36: 128. Jl. ’07. 100w.
Hueffer, Ford Madox. Hans Holbein the younger: a critical monograph. *75c. Dutton.
6–1911.
Uniform with the “Popular library of art.” “A striking feature of Mr. Hueffer’s text is his comparison of Holbein with Dürer. Both stand between the Old World and the modern, between the old faith and the new learning. With Dürer the old age ends; with Holbein a new age begins.... Dürer stands for the great imaginers who went before—the Minnesingers, the Tristan poets, the great feudal upholders. As defining his country’s great place in art, Holbein represented what Bach did in music—namely, completeness and thoroughness in getting out of a preceding epoch and in getting into our own.” (Outlook.)
“Is a model of what such a study should be.”
+ + Dial. 41: 285. N. 1, ’06. 240w.
“Authoritatively informing, sufficiently critical and admirably well written.”
+ + Ind. 61: 818. O. 4, ’06. 50w.
N. Y. Times. 11: 329. My. 19, ’06. 240w.
“A worthy addition to that attractive series.”
+ + Outlook. 83: 670. Jl. 21, ’06. 180w.
213Hugo, Victor. Novels. 8v. ea. $1.25. Crowell.
Uniform with the thin paper sets. The eight volumes included are Les Miserables, two volumes, Notre Dame, Ninety-three, Toilers of the sea, Man who laughs, Hans of Iceland, and Bug Jargal.
Hugo, Victor. Poems; ed. by Arthur Graves Canfield. $1. Holt.
6–43525.
A student’s edition of Hugo’s poems in handy form, containing an introduction, biographical summary and notes.
+ Nation. 84: 387. Ap. 25, ’07. 130w.
Hugo, Victor Marie, viscomte. Victor Hugo’s intellectual autobiography; tr. with an introd. by Lorenzo O’Rourke. **$1.20. Funk.
7–21356.
A translation of “what will hereafter be regarded as Victor Hugo’s ultimate Confession of faith. The volume dates from the period of the great romanticist’s exile in the English island of Guernsey, to which he fled when Napoleon III. usurped the throne of France. It is composed of a group of rhapsodies on such themes as ‘Genius’, ‘Life and death’, ‘Reveries on God’, in which the most versatile of nineteenth century men-of-letters sets down his final convictions on art, on religion, and on life.”—Ind.
“Of the sons of the nineteenth century, Victor Hugo, it seems to us, was preëminent as a transmitter of the light.” B. O. Flower.
+ + Arena. 38: 263. S. ’07. 9000w.
“An interesting and, on the whole, a well-written volume.”
+ − Ath. 1907, 2: 238. Ag. 31. 600w.
“A graceful and scholarly translation.”
+ Ind. 62: 1469. Je. 20, ’07. 610w.
“A well-written and illuminating piece of work, being not only critical but to some extent biographical.”
+ Lit. D. 35: 131. Jl. 27, ’07. 170w.
“The effect of the volume in its English form is of a wild medley of jerky phrases.”
− Nation. 85: 124. Ag. 8, ’07. 540w.
N. Y. Times. 12: 383. Je. 15, ’07. 100w.
“Lorenzo O’Rourke, has contrived to throw into his rendering some of the eloquence of the Titan—more than a suggestion of his volcanic force and white hot rush of his burning words.”
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 414. Je. 29, ’07. 1050w.
“The whole book is but a last illustration of Hugo’s incomparable gift of phrase-making, of his self-consciousness, his egotism, his reliance upon a superb, but purely external, literary gift, upon a craftmanship that apparently never was in close communion with its possessor’s essential inner self, which, instead, always looked abroad for stimulation to the intellectual, social or political preoccupations of the hour.” A. Schade Van Westrum.
+ − No. Am. 185: 783. Ag. 2, ’07. 1470w.
R. of Rs. 36: 636. N. ’07. 90w.
“We cannot but feel however, that Mr. O’Rourke is not always qualified for his task.”
− Spec. 99: 170. Ag. 3, ’07. 250w.
Hulbert, Archer Butler. Ohio river; a course of empire. **$3.50. Putnam.
6–35979.
The sixth river to be treated in the series known as “Great waterways of America.” “The illustrations which are numerous, are from photographs, old prints, maps, and paintings, and are a distinct contribution to the value of the book.... The age of the canoe, the flatboat, and the steamer, as he names the divisions of the Ohio’s history, are each treated fully and entertainingly, in a fashion to vivify the heroes of each period, from La Salle, Boone, and the Clarks, to St. Clair, ‘Mad Anthony’ Wayne, and the rest of the Indian fighters who in their turn were supplanted by the heterogeneous multitude of pioneers.” (Dial.)
“By far the most valuable portions of the book are those which deal with the distinctly human side of the subject—the conditions of pioneer existence with which the emigrant had to wrestle, the life of flatboatman and trader, the reign of outlaw and rowdy, the intermingling of racial elements, and particularly the jealous contact of Yankee and Virginian on the north and south banks of the river. So far as political history is concerned, the student will find nothing new. The book is unfortunately subject to the limitations and defects of a hasty and somewhat scrappy narrative.” Frederic Austin Ogg.
+ + − Am. Hist. R. 12: 662. Ap. ’07. 790w.
“A useful survey, not scientific, but helpful in illustrating the successive phases of social life on the river.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 68. Mr. ’07.
“Mr. Hulbert brings to his work unusual qualifications, for he unites a local interest and pride in the region of which he writes, with a large perspective, and accuracy and perseverance in research with picturesque and pungent style.”
+ + Dial. 41: 395. D. 1, ’06. 320w.
“Fewer extracts and more concise treatment would make for vividness, but the book, with its excellent illustrations, shows careful research and gives a thoro knowledge of the region with which it deals.”
+ + − Ind. 62: 100. Ja. 10, ’07. 220w.
“Comes near to being a model of what such a book ought to be.”
+ + Ind. 63: 1233. N. 21, ’07. 140w.
“Mr. Hulbert has made what we are inclined to think is a most intrinsically important addition yet made to the Messrs. Putnam’s series.”
+ + Lit. D. 33: 727. N. 17, ’06. 140w.
“There is no chapter in this book which is not of historical interest and value. But without depreciating its genuine worth, it must be said that the treatment should have been more systematic and complete.”
+ + − Nation. 84: 60. Ja. 17, ’07. 910w.
“On the whole the author has produced a volume of great historic value and interest.”
+ + − N. Y. Times. 12: 12. Ja. 5, ’07. 2300w.
Hulbert, Archer Butler. Pilots of the republic. *$1.50. McClurg.
6–41537.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
Am. Hist. R. 12: 721. Ap. ’07. 50w.
A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 69. Mr. ’07. S.
“Narrated in a pleasant popular manner.”
+ Dial. 42: 147. Mr. 1, ’07. 260w.
+ Ind. 63: 457. Ag. 22, ’07. 270w.
“The book is a direct and forceful contribution to American history, and is well printed, as its text merits.”
+ + Outlook. 85: 526. Mr. 7, ’07. 200w.
“Mr. Hulbert’s style is attractive and in general, his presentation of historical facts is good. One of the best chapters of the book is that on Marcus Whitman, the hero of Oregon.”
+ R. of Rs. 35: 112. Ja. ’07. 250w.
Hulbert, Homer Beza. Passing of Korea. **$3.80. Doubleday.
6–32372.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“Exhaustive, authoritative, and readable.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 10. Ja. ’07.
“The author has long resided in the country, and is conversant with its language and literature. He is, we believe, the first writer on Korea who possesses the latter indispensable qualification.”
+ + Ath. 1906, 2: 765. D. 15. 1720w.
“Certain fundamental changes which are coming about as results of the late war in the far east are described with insight and vigor.” Frederic Austin Ogg.
+ Dial. 43: 85. Ag. 16, ’07. 900w.
214“One of the best books on Korea that has yet been written.”
+ + Sat. R. 103: 114. Ja. 26. ’07. 1440w.
“In so far as it is a picture of the social life of a backward people, it is intensely interesting; but Mr. Hulbert is bitter when he ventures on politics, so much so that one feels that he should have named his book ‘The betrayal of Korea.’ He has nothing good to say of the Japanese. Mr. Hulbert knows Korea and Koreans thoroughly, and writes of both authoritatively and attractively.”
+ Spec. 98: sup. 646. Ap. 27, ’07. 620w.
Huling, Caroline A. Letters of a business woman to her niece. *$1. Fenno.
7–508.
In a series of personal letters to a young woman there is a vast deal of sound sense which forms a general and impersonal contribution to conduct. The writer is a woman of keen observation and ready sympathies who has solved her problems of business life in a great city thru experience, and from her fund of acquired wisdom, talks freely to her niece. Matters of conduct, morals and dress are taught with matter-of-fact allegiance to independence and dignity.