Volume 3 — H
Reading edition
Hadley, Arthur Twining. Baccalaureate addresses and other talks on kindred themes. **$1. Scribner.
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Sixteen brief addresses in which President Hadley of Yale dwells “on the grand fundamentals of character and citizenship, of individual and social virtue, and, in the large wholesome sense, of piety and religion.” (Dial.)
“The simple, straightforward style of these addresses is engaging.”
+ Dial. 42: 290. My. 1, ’07. 330w.
“The tone of the book is wholesome and optimistic, but one must confess that it deals largely in platitudes.”
+ − Nation. 84: 410. My. 2, ’07. 70w.
“They disclose in a manner at once incidental and intimate, the spirit in which Dr. Hadley meets thousands of young men. It is because of their disclosure of this spirit and because of the extreme elevation and devotion of the spirit disclosed that the volume will receive a considerable and a cordial welcome.” Edward Cary.
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 216. Ap. 6. ’07. 1280w.
“Simplicity of style, singleness of aim, earnestness of purpose, an entire absence not only of cant but of professionalism in all its forms, but above all a certain virility of spirit, characterize these addresses.”
+ + Outlook. 86: 77. My. 11, ’07. 270w.
Reviewed by Montgomery Schuyler.
+ Putnam’s. 3: 228. N. ’07. 470w.
+ Yale R. 16: 108. My. ’07. 140w.
Hadley, Arthur Twining. Standards of public morality; the Kennedy lectures for 1906, in the school of philanthropy conducted by the Charity organization society of the City of New York. **$1. Macmillan.
7–21398.
Five essays entitled, The formation of public opinion, The ethics of trade, The methods of corporate management, The workings of our political machinery, The political duties of a citizen. In these chapters the author discusses present evils from the standpoint of the historian, the economist and the good citizen.
A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 165. O. ’07. S.
“Excellent though the book is, a little more of the ‘scorn of scorn,’ the ‘hate of hate,’ the love of all ideals of even impossible perfection, might have been expected—and twenty years ago would have been expected—in a New England college president’s treatment of the subjects discussed.”
+ − Dial. 43: 123. S. 1, ’07. 320w.
“The book will bear reading and rereading both by officers and by private citizens.”
+ Educ. R. 34: 210. S. ’07. 60w.
+ Ind. 63: 1309. N. 28, ’07. 570w.
J. Pol. Econ. 15: 569. N. ’07. 100w.
“The book is worth reading not once, but twice. This is a rich bill of fare spread exactly in the ripeness of appetite for the meal. May good digestion wait on appetite, and the community will be the better for it.” Edward A. Bradford.
+ + N. Y. Times. 12: 417. Je. 29, ’07. 1460w.
Reviewed by Montgomery Schuyler.
+ Putnam’s. 3: 227. N. ’07. 270w.
R. of Rs. 36: 384. S. ’07. 100w.
Yale R. 16: 225. Ag. ’07. 160w.
Hadow, Gerald Elliot, and Hadow, William Henry. Oxford treasury of English literature. 3v. ea. *90c. Oxford.
7–6793.
v. 1. Old English to Jacobean. This volume indicates the chief landmarks in prose and poetry (not dramatic) from Beowulf to the writers of the Jacobean age, with good introductions.
v. 2. Growth of the drama. Under Tragedy, Comedy, and History, are given selections which range from the miracle plays to Ford’s Perkin Warbeck. General introductions and brief bibliographies are provided.
“The introductions, despite the care and knowledge with which they are written, are inevitably insufficient and a little dictatorial: the selections, though chosen with fine judgment, are brief and not wholly representative.”
− Acad. 71: 174. Ag. 25, ’06. 2040w. (Reviews of v. 1.)
“The introductions to the various parts of the book are most valuable and scholarly, and contain a really noble and stimulating appreciation of Marlowe and of Webster.”
+ Acad. 72: 339. Ap. 6, ’07. 490w. (Review of v. 2.)
A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 97. Ap. ’07. S. (Review of v. 1.)
“Perhaps this section of drama was a difficult one to fill; but we the more regret the arrangement which made it necessary for the editors to fill it. Yet such criticisms do not prevent this being a good and, on the whole, representative manual.”
+ − Ath. 1907, 2: 35. Jl. 13. 1410w. (Review of v. 2.)
“The work is admirably done, and wholly worthy of the distinction of its Oxford imprint.”
+ Dial. 41: 286. N. 1, ’06. 120w. (Review of v. 1.)
172“The book is characterized by the nicest scholarship.”
+ Educ. R. 33: 535. My. ’07. 60w. (Review of v. 2.)
“The dominant feeling with which one puts down this book is one of pleasure and gratitude. There is everything to learn in it and everything to enjoy, and all the learning is only another kind of enjoying. Nothing could be better than the editorial introductions to the different sections. They are models of what such things should be; as true as if they were written by dulness itself; as striking as if they were made up of wilfulness.”
+ Lond. Times. 5: 301. S. 7, ’06. 5330w. (Review of v. 1.)
“The introduction to each extract gives just the information that will be needed by the ordinary reader, and the general introduction errs, if at all, only in its brevity.”
+ Lond. Times. 6: 339. N. 8, ’07. 1370w. (Review of v. 2.)
Nation. 84: 411. My. 2, ’07. 120w. (Review of v. 2.)
N. Y. Times. 12: 433. Jl. 6, ’07. 270w. (Review of v. 2.)
Haeckel, Ernest Heinrich Philipp August. Last words on evolution: tr. from 2d ed. by Joseph McCabe. *$1. Eckler.
6–14562.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
Ann. Am. Acad. 29: 214. Ja. ’07. 270w.
“The presentation of the subject is marred by a controversial treatment of the work of Wasmann and by an unnecessarily harsh arraignment of Virchow on account his attitude toward evolutionary questions.”
+ − Nation. 84: 228. Mr. 7, ’07. 150w.
“That part of his work which deals with science shows him an investigator who will stand with the foremost of his century. He has the rare distinction of having contributed materially to the sum of human knowledge. But all his science has here become only the stair to his philosopher’s tower of ivory. To us this tower is a mere castle in Spain, and the last words on evolution are still unuttered.” Christian Gauss.
+ − No. Am. 186: 130. S. ’07. 1890w.
* Haeselbarth, Adam C. Patty of the palms: a story of Porto Rico. $1.25. Kenny pub.
A romance thru which are portrayed some of the conditions in Porto Rico since American occupation showing what degree of success has resulted from attempts at “benevolent assimilation.”
Haggard, Andrew C. P. Real Louis the fifteenth; with 34 full-page portraits, including 2 photogravure plates. 2v. *$5. Appleton.
7–18151.
“Colonel Haggard tells at considerable length the whole story of the reign.... He gives the whole history of the Seven years’ war, the life and adventures of Frederick the Great and of Prince Charles Edward, the history of Stanislas of Poland and of his court at Lunéville, with many other personal narratives not always quite correct in detail.... He attempts to describe all the varying opinions, all the crimes of the Jesuits, the vagaries of the philosophers, the intrigues of unprincipled politicians, and to make us intimately familiar with Fleury, Choiseul, Voltaire, and the Encyclopedists, as well as with the succession of women who influenced ‘this hoggish king’ and through him, to a certain extent, ruled France and poisoned the air of Europe.”—Spec.
“Will hardly rank as a serious contribution to the history of the eighteenth century in France.”
+ − Ath. 1906, 2: 301. S. 15. 260w.
“If the present volumes on the life of Louis XV. wore what one might call good gossip—‘good’ in the artistic sense, lively, pointed, significant, they would be thoroughly acceptable in spite of their slight historic value. Frankly they are little more than a dictionary of scandal, an encyclopedia of eighteenth century depravity, the results of a research offensive in its thoroughness.” M. B. M.
− N. Y. Times. 12: 109. F. 23. ’07. 1500w.
“The author has probably told his kind of story fairly well.”
− + Outlook. 85: 813. Ap. 6, ’07. 70w.
“With all its faults in art and more serious faults in taste, the book makes a sufficiently striking impression.”
− + Spec. 97: sup. 758. N. 17, ’06. 1290w.
* Haggard, Henry Rider. Margaret: a novel of the England of Henry VII. †$1.50. Longmans.
7–32845.
Set in the times of the Tudors, this tale is one of daring adventure by land and sea. “It involves the slaughter of a retainer of the Spanish ambassador in the opening scene, and the escape of an Anglo-Jewish merchant from the Spanish inquisition in the last. The fortunes of the Jew’s daughter—who has been abducted, by a nobleman in the train of De Ayala, the ambassador, and is pursued across the sea by her lover, brave Peter Brome, and his comrades—form the main thread of the story. Incidentally we meet with many well-fancied types of militant and ecclesiastical humanity, with effective portraits of monarchs and great men.” (Ath.)
“There is a reminiscence of Kingsley in much of the story, but Mr. Haggard has no master in this brightly conceived and deftly executed drama of action.”
+ Ath. 1907, 2: 362. S. 28. 170w.
“In incompetent hands, a plot for a dime novel and nothing more; but Mr. Haggard has the craft of a born stage manager ... and sends us away with the feeling that we have witnessed a big, spectacular show that was eminently worth while.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
+ Bookm. 26: 408. D. ’07. 360w.
“It is all as vigorous, circumstantial, and imaginative as Mr. Haggard can make it; but the effect is often marred by the effort to combine simplicity of diction with a flavour of Tudor English.”
+ − Lond. Times. 6: 301. O. 4, ’07. 450w.
“But notwithstanding all its many excellencies, Mr. Haggard’s work does not belong on the high levels of fictional art. There is none of that rich and satisfying quality which invests the pages of novelists who deal with the inner forces of character and temperament.”
+ − N. Y. Times. 12: 743. N. 23, ’07. 1140w.
“The merchant who is the principal figure in his drama does not convince us. When we come to the story itself all is excellent.”
+ − Spec. 99: 534. O. 12, ’07. 110w.
Haggard, (Henry) Rider. Spirit of Bambatse; a romance. †$1.50. Longmans.
6–27709.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“We feel that Mr. Haggard’s formula is less satisfying than formerly, and yet a cool analysis tells us that this story has as many good points as the others.”
+ − Spec. 98: 504. Mr. 30, ’07. 260w.
Haines, Alice Calhoun. Luck of the Dudley Grahams: as related in extracts from Elizabeth Graham’s diary. †$1.50. Holt.
7–32036.
The story of a family of boys and girls who tried to share their mother’s burdens. On the day of selling a dump-cart patent the father had died suddenly without revealing the hiding place of the contract. The family struggles continue until one day the contract is found and the Graham luck turns.
173Haines, Henry Stevens. Railway corporations as public servants. **$1.50. Macmillan.
7–30619.
A work which to some extent is supplementary to the author’s previous discussion of “Restrictive railway legislation.” “The treatment of the subject is, however, more particularly directed to an amelioration of the existing relations between railway corporations and the public whom they serve.”
“Some of the statements in the book are more striking than true. This volume deals with a large number of topics in connection with railway management and the facilities afforded. While these are not handled in detail, they are presented in an attractive way that ought to stimulate the interest of the general reading public in the question of the efficiency of the American railway service under its present organization.” Ernest R. Dewsnup.
+ − J. Pol. Econ. 15: 555. N. ’07. 1470w.
“One of the most timely of the fall books.”
+ R. of Rs. 36: 640. N. ’07. 110w.
Haines, Jennie Day, comp. Christmasse tyde. **$2. Elder.
A collection of seasonable quotations beautifully set to the best things in book accompaniment.
Haines, Jennie Day, comp. Ye gardeyne boke. **$3. Elder.
6–43790.
“The text has been gathered and arranged ... from hundreds of sources, poetical and prosaic.... The various quotations are arranged under about forty heads, and Cardinal Newman offers the first answer to the question, ‘What is a garden?’... Then come such topics as ‘Mediaeval gardens,’ ‘Monastic gardens,’ ‘Old-fashioned gardens,’ and gardens identified with various nationalities—Dutch, German, Italian, Spanish—and so on, and even ‘The poet’s garden,’ and ‘Gardens of the sea’ are not neglected.”—N. Y. Times.
“Garden-lovers need look no further for an appropriate gift.”
+ Dial. 41: 455. D. 16, ’06. 60w.
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 867. D. 15, ’06. 190w.
“Tastefully decorated and beautifully printed.”
+ Outlook. 85: 48. Ja. 5, ’07. 70w.
Haldane, Elizabeth S. Descartes: his life and times. *$4.50. Dutton.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“Miss Haldane’s book seems to me well-proportioned and well-written. The most recent sources of information have been utilized, and the material arranged in clear and orderly fashion. The accounts of the philosophical standpoint and contents of the important works are clear, coherent, and well-suited to the general plan and purpose of the volume, which is intended quite as much for the general reader as for the special student of philosophy. The book is to be welcomed as a real and valuable addition to the literature of philosophy.” J. E. C.
+ + + Philos. R. 16: 94. Ja. ’07. 220w.
* Hale, Albert Barlow. South Americans. **$2.50. Bobbs.
7–36231.
An illustrated story of the South American republics, their characteristics, progress and tendencies; with special reference to their commercial relations with the United States. Special attention has been given to the East Andean republics because within their boundaries must take place the great industrial advances of the century.
Hale, Edward Everett. Tarry at home travels. il. **$2.50. Macmillan.
6–35582.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“Dr. Hale is rather too fond of applying the epithet ‘dear’ to every person of whom he speaks. We wish also that he had not adopted the slang term ‘Dago’ when speaking of an Italian.”
+ − Ath. 1907, 1: 194. F. 16. 230w.
“His reminiscences are poured out of a full heart, freely, familiarly, picturesquely.” Harriet Waters Preston.
+ Atlan. 99: 417. Mr. ’07. 860w.
“Half mischievous, half militant, he goes wherever his mood takes him, finding only what is good in men, and gently prodding this good to make it better.”
+ Ind. 63: 159. Jl. 18, ’07. 520w.
“The purpose and execution of the work are infused throughout with high ideals and generous patriotism.”
+ + Outlook. 84: 534. O. 27, ’06. 110w.
+ R. of Rs. 35: 108. Ja. ’07. 70w.
Hale, Will T. True stories of Jamestown and its environs. $1. Pub. house M. E. ch., So.
7–19587.
“A little volume whose spirit perpetuates the “human” interest in the past life of this deserted village.”
Hall, Bolton. Three acres and liberty; assisted by Robert F. Powell; with an introd. by George T. Powell. $1.75. Macmillan.
7–10568.
A handbook of tested theory regarding land and its possibilities. And Mr. Hall is not satisfied with the mediocre results of a three-acre plot but shows what can be accomplished at the high tide of productive capacity. He shows where the right three-acres may be found, what kind of land must be had, what it will cost, and what must be done with it. The author “has not attempted so much to deal with the technique of agriculture or to give instruction in its requirements, as to awaken active and earnest thought upon the social betterment of our rapidly increasing population.”
“This is, we think, one of the most important volumes of the year.”
+ + Arena. 38: 211. Ag. ’07. 1260w.
“The author is not always sufficiently specific in regard to regions adapted to special products, probably assuming that those who are interested in the subject will investigate further.”
+ − Dial. 43: 67. Ag. 1, ’07. 430w.
“The book should be highly interesting to amateur farmers and to social workers.”
+ Lit. D. 34: 593. Ap. 13, ’07. 340w.
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 434. Jl. 6, ’07. 360w.
Outlook. 85: 904. Ap. 20, ’07. 120w.
R. of Rs. 35: 639. Mr. ’07. 140w.
Hall, Rev. Charles Cuthbert. Christ and the human race; or, The attitude of Jesus Christ toward foreign races and religions; being the William Belden Noble lectures for 1906. **$1.25. Houghton.
6–42357.
“In these lectures ... Dr. Hall ... is concerned with the proper attitude of a Christian man toward the non-Christian religions.... To-day, he affirms, ‘the East denounces Western Christendom, yet in spirit approaches nearer and nearer to the worship of Christ.’ ... In conclusion, Dr. Hall gives the standpoints now to be taken by the Christian educator, physician, and minister in the East.”—Outlook.
Reviewed by A. K. Parker.
+ − Am. J. Theol. 11: 363. Ap. ’07. 810w.
“He approaches the East with a courtesy equal to that for which the East is eminent. He is a student as well as a teacher, and expects 174to receive as well as give.” George Hodges.
+ Atlan. 99: 562. Ap. ’07. 380w.
Ind. 62: 390. F. 14, ’07. 40w.
Nation. 84: 105. Ja. 31, ’07. 70w.
Outlook. 85: 237. Ja. 26, ’07. 370w.
Hall, Charles Cuthbert. Christian belief interpreted by Christian experience. *$1.50. Univ. of Chicago press.
5–25392.
Descriptive note in December, 1905.
“His irenic tone, and tactful, almost adroit, presentation of the points of difference between Christianity and Hinduism, are certainly admirable.” Andrew C. Zenos.
+ Bib. World. 29: 397. My. ’07. 790w.
Hall, Edward Henry. Paul, the apostle, as viewed by a layman. **$1.50. Little.
6–19782.
A sympathetic estimate done in the historical spirit of “a great, though very human actor in an important crisis in the world’s spiritual life. Critical scholarship since Baur has been laid under tribute, and me opinions of such students as Pfleiderer, Hausrath, Wernle, and Weizsacher have been diligently compared and carefully estimated.” (Nation.)
“Gives his view of the apostle’s religious character and theological doctrines, in an interesting and instructive way.”
+ Am. J. Theol. 11: 530. Jl. ’07. 170w.
“A rapid and suggestive survey.”
+ Bib. World. 29: 79. Ja. ’07. 20w.
“A just and sympathetic appreciation. The author’s limitation would appear to be lack of grasp of the importance of the service which Paul rendered to early Christianity.”
+ − Nation. 84: 33. Ja. 10, ’07. 250w.
Hall, Eliza Calvert. Aunt Jane of Kentucky; il. by Beulah Strong. †$1.50. Little.
7–12978.
As Aunt Jane cuts squares for patchwork out of “caliker that won’t fade in the first washin’ and wear out in the second,” and fashions them into her wild-goose pattern quilt she grows reminiscent and with pristine verve and histrionism recounts delicious tales of long ago: how Sally Ann delivered her message of denunciation to the men of Goshen church for demanding that their wives be the submittin’ kind, and how the women of the Mite society bought a new organ for the church in spite of the husbands who thought it a frivolous proceeding. Unruly human nature, bits of scandal and gossip are all softened by time, and as Aunt Jane recalls them she touches them up with her quaint philosophy and delightful sentiment.
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 177. O. ’07. ✠
“The musings of Aunt Jane’s anonymous listener are somewhat startlingly in contrast to the prevailing rusticity and simplicity of the anecdotes. Even a note of great beauty may produce discord; and discord, as the portrayers of New England life have so well realized, is even less desirable than monotony. With this possible exception, the book is one of the most creditable of its kind, and Aunt Jane’s sympathetic optimism should win her many friends.”
+ + − Cath. World. 85: 688. Ag. ’07. 290w.
“The author who listens to Aunt Jane, and who records the stories, has added much to their beauty by her sympathy of expression.”
+ Ind. 62: 1212. My. 23, ’07. 180w.
“The flavor of the book lies in the point of view of the old woman, in the wise things she says, and the homely way she says them.”
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 188. Mr. 30, ’07. 860w.
“In this little volume Eliza Calvert Hall has achieved the unusual—except in the matter of the title.”
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 381. Je. 15, ’07. 250w.
“Her stories of Aunt Jane’s experiences are full of real human feeling, and awaken thoroughly wholesome emotion.”
+ Outlook. 86: 117. My. 18, ’07. 150w.
“A little more humour as pungent and appealing as that in the opening sketch, ‘Sally Ann’s experiences,’ and ‘Mrs. Wiggs,’ would have had a rustic rival.”
+ Putnam’s. 2: 749. S. ’07. 110w.
Hall, Florence Howe. Social usages at Washington. **$1. Harper.
6–41786.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 42. F. ’07.
Reviewed by Hildegarde Hawthorne.
N. Y. Times. 11: 866. D. 15, ’06. 310w.
+ Outlook. 85: 144. Ja. 19, ’07. 60w.
Hall, Gertrude. Wagnerian romances. **$1.50. Lane.
A volume of essays in which the author takes the poems too often submerged in the Wagner music and reveals the intrinsic value of the myth, poetry and romance in them. Beginning with “Parsifal” and ending with “The flying Dutchman,” she includes ten of the Wagnerian romances.
“There can be no doubt that her conscientious transcript will be welcomed by many opera-goers.”
+ Nation. 85: 404. O. 31, ’07. 240w.
“While the author’s method in this book is excellent, and she is able to preserve the intense spirit and mystic atmosphere of the great romances, her English occasionally suffers from too literal a rendering of the German. With that unimportant reservation, one can thoroughly enjoy her conscientious and sympathetic work.”
+ + − Outlook. 87: 499. N. 2, ’07. 190w.
Hall, Granville Stanley. Youth: its education, regimen and hygiene. **$1.50. Appleton.
7–30473.
An abridgment of “Adolescence” which offers in briefer form and at less cost the far-reaching pedagogical principles and conclusions of the original volume. There have been added a chapter on moral and religious training and a glossary of seven pages, the latter being useful as well to the larger work.
“The book has been more carefully proofed and the bibliographic references made more complete than in ‘Adolescence.’ Good judgment has characterized the selection and condensation, and normal schools and teacher’s classes, outside of the preferred geographic zone, are certain to find it a useful book, if they can get hold of it.” Will S. Monroe.
+ + J. Philos. 4: 218. Ap. 11. ’07. 130w.
“There will be great advantage in the existence of this handbook to ‘Adolescence,’ tho it might be regretted that the terminology and philosophical allusions have not been adapted to the understanding of the layman.”
+ + − Lit. D. 35: 695. N. 9, ’07. 120w.
“The anxious parent or teacher, seeking for the light upon his problems of how best to deal with either child or youth, no matter what his troubles are, will be able to find help of some sort in these pages, crammed full as they are, with the wisdom of the scientist, the observer, the lover of his kind.”
+ + N. Y. Times. 12: 581. S. 28, ’07. 960w.
N. Y. Times. 12: 666. O. 19, ’07. 30w.
Hall, H. R. Days before history. 50c. Crowell.
7–21361.
A book for children which in story form tells of uncouth men who lived in caves and on floating islands in the days before history.
Ath. 1906, 2: 732. D. 8. 100w.
175“We congratulate the author on a singularly attractive little book, the very thing for imaginative boys.”
+ Ath. 1907, 1: 537. My. 4. 60w.
“The writer has a good subject, although his handling of it is not of the best.”
+ − R. of Rs. 36: 764. D. ’07. 90w.
Hall, Prescott F. Immigration and its effects upon the United States. **$1.50. Holt.
6–6769.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“I cannot find that Mr. Hall has inaccurately or carelessly stated or omitted any of the essential facts, though he has not failed to indicate the conclusions he draws from them. Only a few minor errors can be noted, and they proceed from the mistakes of others upon nonessential points, or from the imperfections of government statistics, whose weaknesses Mr. Hall points out. Altogether the book stands out as the most important contribution that has been made to the study of this most important American problem.” John R. Commons.
+ + − Charities. 17: 504. D. 15, ’08. 400w.
“The treatise is detailed and exhaustive in summing up the experience of the United States in solving its hydra-headed immigration problem.”
+ + J. Pol. Econ. 15: 125. F. ’07. 130w.
“A book quite indispensable to serious students of the problem of immigration.” Montgomery Schuyler.
+ + Putnam’s. 3: 231. N. ’07. 400w.
+ − Spec. 97: 540. O. 13, ’06. 250w.
Hallock, William, and Wade, Herbert T. Outlines of the evolution of weights and measures, and the metric system. *$2.25. Macmillan.
6–36443.
“The book contains a clear and well-written account (largely taken from M. Bigourdan’s ‘Le système metrique’) of the foundations of the metric system by the French, who were its real inventors, and of its gradual spread since 1872 over nearly the whole of Europe and America with the single exception of these islands.”—Ath.
“The archaeological part, touching, among other things, on the Babylonian cubit and the Egyptian measures, we cannot commend, for there is no evidence that the authors have any first hand knowledge of the subject, and neither Professor Hommel nor the Rev. W. Shaw-Caldecott, whom they quote, is so great an authority upon it as the authors evidently imagine.”
+ − Ath. 1906, 2: 775. D. 15. 210w.
“The work is an argument for the metric system, but it is not partisan. It is excellently handled and should have general attention; it should certainly be read by every senator and representative at Washington.”
+ Ind. 62: 504. F. 28, ’07. 360w.
“This is an admirable piece of work, in which the result of much tedious research is presented in a bright and lucid narrative.”
+ + Nature. 75: 290. Ja. 24, ’07. 1740w.
“A noteworthy piece of special pleading.”
+ + − Outlook. 83: 768. Jl. 28, ’06. 190w.
“A complete and exhaustive discussion—for the general reader, at least—of the whole subject.”
+ + R. of Rs. 34: 254. Ag. ’06. 100w.
“This book can well be declared the most complete and most authentic work extant on this important subject.” J. H. Gore.
+ + + Science, n.s. 24: 652. N. 23, ’06. 390w.
Halsham, John. Lonewood Corner: a countryman’s horizon. *$1.50. Dutton.
Leisure, an unknown luxury to commercial America, fills this volume. “The author has ample time in which to read Theocritus—not in translation—in the beech tree shade on summer mornings, to sit on a log for long June afternoons and look at the landscape ... to perch on the meadow gate by the hour and watch the mowers and the mowing machine ... to wander far and aimlessly across fields and through woods—and afterward to write exquisite water-colors in words describing all he has seen and thought and felt, and delicate little bas-reliefs of the people with whom he has met and talked.” (N. Y. Times.)
“We heartily commend it to all lovers of the contemplative life. The style is admirable—rich without being ornate.”
+ Ath. 1907, 1: 784. Je. 29. 970w.
“There is much good browsing in the unpretentious pages of this modestly learned and pleasantly chatty writer.”
+ Dial. 43: 170. S. 16, ’07. 370w.
“It is on the whole better reading than ‘Idlehurst,’ written with more gusto and less pedantry. His pessimism does not dismay us, but rather amuses us as a mood which we like to share in holiday hours.”
+ Lond. Times. 6: 180. Je. 7, ’07. 1460w.
“Arrives at a certain charm from its impregnation with the quality—so grateful to some palates—of being unutterably, deeply English.”
+ − Nation. 85: 211. S. 5, ’07. 420w.
“It is the sort of book that demands of the reader a sympathetic mental temperament and given that, the sort of book in which such a reader can find a companion and intimate and an unfailing source of pleasure and content. But to those who have not that temperament its pages will be even as the Greek sentence which forms its motto.”
+ − N. Y. Times. 12: 534. S. 7, ’07. 410w.
“We have read his book twice from end to end and we do not feel we have wasted time. Could critic say more?”
+ + Sat. R. 104: 515. O. 26, ’07. 1500w.
“‘Idlehurst’ quickly became a classic; ‘Lonewood Corner,’ its sequel, or second volume, will stand beside it, we fancy, on most shelves where the earlier book has established its footing. If not on all, it is because of a slight suggestion of what is not exactly bitterness, but is rather like it—an added hint of aloofness—that may not be agreeable to the palate of all.”
+ − Spec. 99: 164. Ag. 3, ’07. 1890w.
Hamilton, Angus. Afghanistan. *$5. Scribner.
6–41815.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
+ − A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 43. F. ’07.
“The work required two years to be spent in its preparation and the result is most satisfactory, as the book contains much information under historical, geographical, ethnographical, commercial and political groupings.” Laura Bell.
+ + Ann. Am. Acad. 30: 610. N. ’07. 220w.
“It should take a high place as a book of reference. It should be prized not only as that, but for its clear presentation of an inadequately understood subject.” George R. Bishop.
+ + N. Y. Times. 12: 108. F. 23, ’07. 3590w.
Hamilton, Anthony Count. Memoirs of Count de Gramont; ed. by Allan Fea. *$5. Scribner.
A handsomely illustrated edition of the memoirs of Count de Gramont, “a soldier of fortune, and a boldly unscrupulous gamester and wit in the reign of Louis XIII, and Louis XIV.”
“Mr. Fea also supplies copious footnotes—almost too copious. The half-tones are not always distinct, partly because many of the originals are dimmed with age.”
+ − Nation. 84: 32. Ja. 10, ’07. 330w.
“The volume would be desirable if only for the sake of these illustrations, but these represent only a small part of the editor’s work.”
+ + N. Y. Times. 12: 58. F. 2, ’07. 750w.
+ Sat. R. 102: 682. D. 1, ’06. 90w.
176* Hamilton, Cosmo. Adam’s clay. †$1.50. Brentano’s.
A diatribe against the thoughtless, heartless, irreverent “woman of the world.”
“In spite of clever delineation of character, plenty of humour, and considerable skill in skating over thin ice, we cannot say that this novel has left a pleasant impression on us.”
− + Ath. 1907, 1: 193. F. 16. 100w.
N. Y. Times. 12: 656. O. 19, ’07. 10w.
Hamilton, Sir Ian Standish Monteith. Staff officer’s scrapbook during the Russo-Japanese war. 2v. ea. *$4.50. Longmans.
6–1100.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“Powers of Keen observation and the facile pen of a cultured citizen of the world are noticeable on every page, and perhaps the greatest charm of the writer lies in the fact that, while the professional reader cannot fail to profit by his expert criticisms, the layman finds himself led on from episode to episode with ever-increasing interest, it is hardly an exaggeration to say that, full though it be of brilliant and expert professional knowledge and criticism, no work of more enthralling interest could well be placed before a reader.”
+ + Acad. 72: 212. Mr. 2, 07. 1240w. (Review of v. 2.)
“It is even better than its forerunner.”
+ Ath. 1907, 1: 224. F. 23. 530w. (Review of v. 2.)
“A vivid and trustworthy account. General Hamilton’s pictures of the atrocious sides of war are among the most striking features of his admirable book.”
+ Lit. D. 34: 723. My. 4, ’07. 490w. (Review of v. 2.)
“The peculiar charm of this second instalment ... lies in the extreme humility and taking simplicity of language in which he narrates the stirring scenes of which he was a witness. Most fascinating military work.”
+ + Lond. Times. 6: 60. F. 22, ’07. 1110w. (Review of v. 2.)
“This really brilliant book deserves a wide public.”
+ + Nation. 84: 290. Ap. 25, ’07. 380w. (Review of v. 2.)
N. Y. Times. 12: 124. Mr. 2, ’07. 120w. (Review of v. 2.)
“Gen. Hamilton has a style that draws the reader irresistibly along with him. His comments from the standpoint of a highly competent military authority, greatly enhance the value of his volumes.” George R. Bishop.
+ + N. Y. Times. 12: 487. Ag. 10, ’07. 1120w.
“This volume is more reticent, is fuller of really useful information, and is altogether more valuable.”
+ + Sat. R. 103: 271. Mr. 2, ’07. 1220w. (Review of v. 2.)
“Undoubtedly a work of first-rate importance.”
+ Spec. 98: 499. Mr. 30, ’07. 2180w. (Review of v. 2.)
Hamilton, Joseph. Spirit world. **$1.50. Revell.
6–36932.
The author “thinks that we have not only proof of the existence of a supernatural world, but also knowledge of its inhabitants and governing laws. He bases his views almost entirely upon the accounts given in the Bible of angelic visitations, miraculous events, etc. It is astonishing what an elaborate structure he rears on their foundations. The supernatural world he conceives on the analogy of the natural.... The angelic beings ... have bodies like the human, only more ethereal; senses like the human, only more refined; and are nourished, not by food taken in the mouth, but by elements absorbed from the atmosphere. Fancies like these are multiplied, and curious speculations abound.”—Am. J. Theol.
“One is bound to respect the reverence with which he approaches his subject, and the frank and earnest manner in which he avows his beliefs.” Henry W. Wright.
− + Am. J. Theol. 11: 361. Ap. ’07. 340w.
“Only the need of protesting against it entitles such books to serious notice.”
− Outlook. 84: 633. N. 10, ’06. 160w.
Hamilton, M. First claim. †$1.50. Doubleday.
7–5067.
“This is the story of a woman who, having made in extreme youth an uncongenial marriage, is tempted beyond withstanding to skip blithely away with a young subaltern, Charley Osborne, less from love of him than from aversion to her husband.” (Nation.) “It may be a very just punishment for a woman who elopes with another man, leaving a little child behind her, to find that this child is treated with a strictness amounting to cruelty by the woman whom her husband marries after the inevitable divorce. There is, however, no reason why the innocent reader’s feelings should be wrung by such a recital.” (Spec.)
“It is not great creative work, but it is remarkably good of its kind; it is the work of a novelist with an eye for character, a spontaneous sense of humour, and a standard of truth to which every line of the story is adjusted.”
+ Lond. Times. 5: 360. O. 26, ’06. 450w.
“The ending in a ghastly triumph of falsehood makes an unsatisfying conclusion to a story of struggle not without genuine power.”
− + Nation. 84: 292. Mr. 28, ’07. 230w.
“There is no denying that ‘The first claim’ is interesting; but it is an unpleasant tale.”
+ − N. Y. Times. 12: 242. Ap. 13, ’07. 190w.
“The plot which Miss Hamilton has chosen for her book is carried out with great cleverness and detail; but we feel bound to say that the story is one which very few people will be able to take any pleasure in reading.”
− + Spec. 97: 990. D. 15, ’06. 140w.
Hamilton, Samuel. Recitation. **$1.25. Lippincott.
6–15713.
“The first part of the book treats of the purpose and essentials of the recitation and the art of study; the second part, of the five formal steps of general method; and the third and last part, of the more specific problems of individual method, the use of text-books, oral and written work, English, etc., in the recitation.”—J. Philos.
“A sensible and practical book.”
+ Ind. 61: 262. Ag. 2, ’06. 90w.
“Made accessible by marginal topics and synoptical summaries and outlines.” W. F. Dearborn.
+ J. Philos. 4: 217. Ap. 11, ’07. 420w.
“The presentation is clear and orderly; the subdivision of topics is minute.” J. H. T.
+ School R. 15: 239. Mr. ’07. 200w.
Hammond, Harold. Further fortunes of Pinkey Perkins. †$1.50. Century.
6–30932.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“Boy readers can scarcely help being absorbed in his doings.”
+ Bookm. 24: 529. Ja. ’07. 60w.
+ R. of Rs. 34: 767. D. ’06. 40w.
Hamp, Sidford F. Boys of Crawford’s Basin: the story of a mountain ranch in the early days of Colorado. †$1.50. Wilde.
7–26966.
Experiences in ranching, prospecting, and working as a miner in the early seventies has afforded the author a first-hand intimacy with facts and scenes which he records here. He shows how two sturdy young men, prone to honesty and not afraid to work, do their share in advancing the prosperity of the state in its infancy.
177Hamp, Sidford Frederick. Dale and Fraser, sheepmen. †$1.50. Wilde.
6–30460.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 82. Mr. ’07.
Hampson, W. Paradoxes of nature and science. $1.50. Dutton.
W 7–163.
“In this, which may be perhaps regarded as the true type of ‘popular’ science book, Mr. Hampson explains, in language clear to the ordinary man the principle of the boomerang, of the gyroscope, of bird flight, of double vision, and of much else.... ‘Curiosities of freezing and melting,’ and his discourse on ‘Liquid air,’ on which, as a subject he has made his own, he is particularly lucid and informing.”—Ath.
“On one page we find him laying down that electricity is ‘a form of energy.’ This idea, which was popular in the seventies, may be said to have received its quietus at the hands of Prof. Silvanus Thompson. Except for this we have nothing but praise for Mr. Hampson’s book, which is excellent reading, and written with a sense of humour as unexpected as it is pleasant.”
+ − Ath. 1906, 2: 776. D. 15. 320w.
“His explanations are appeals to prejudices as unscientific as those which gave rise to the appearance of the paradox. Even when his arguments are sound they must convey to a reader a wholly untrue idea of scientific method. But they are not always sound.”
− Nature. 75: 341. F. 7, ’07. 160w.
“His book is an extremely readable one, and in the article on the navigation of the air it supplies many useful and timely hints.”
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 462. Jl. 27, ’07. 1040w.
Handasyde. For the week-end. †$1.50. Lane.
“The week-end here is the country house gathering of an exalted social circle, animated, it would appear, by the purpose of philandering with each other’s wives and husbands, while prudently keeping on the safe side of the divorce court—a half-hearted method of procedure which has perhaps suggested the author’s curious pseudonym.”—Ath.
“This book is slight, but what there is of it is true, direct, and simple.”
+ Acad. 72: 539. Je. 1, ’07. 290w.
“The style, though marred by grammatical lapses, shows considerable facility both in dialogue and description.”
+ − Ath. 1907, 1: 660. Je. 1. 110w.
“The character drawing is excellent, the atmosphere is well preserved, and the details in excellent taste.”
+ − N. Y. Times. 12: 636. O. 19, ’07. 70w.
“The writer seems to be a rather inefficient disciple of Mr. E. F. Benson.”
− Sat. R. 103: 787. Je. 22, ’07. 110w.
Haney, William H. Mountain people of Kentucky. $1.50. W: H: Haney, P. O. box 431, Lexington, Ky.
6–26563.
A book whose purpose is to show the existing conditions in the mountains of Kentucky and the attitude of the people of this region toward the improvement of the conditions affecting life and character.
“The style is not always clear and one at times is not quite sure just how much of a given statement is one of fact and how much is what a young and optimistic teacher hopes to see realized. On the whole, however, the author has shown up the modern, progressive side of the mountain people in a very creditable manner.” Samuel MacClintock.
+ − Am. J. Soc. 13: 273. S. ’07. 920w.
“The work is rather crudely arranged and written.”
+ − Ann. Am. Acad. 29: 637. My. ’07. 130w.
“Most interesting sketch.”
+ R. of Rs. 36: 638. N. ’07. 100w.
Hankin, St. John. Three plays with happy endings. French, S:
The three plays are “The prodigal’s return,” “The charity that began at home” and “The Cassilis engagement.” “They have no plots, present no conflicts of character, and are practically destitute of dramatic action.... Familiar as most of the personages are in the world of the footlights—the rich and vulgar parvenu, the complacent parson, the self-excusing wastrel, the East Indian military bore, the quack, the music hall siren, her mother, and their rich young dupe—they are sketched with such happy dexterity and vivacity that they assume a certain semblance of freshness and reality.” (Nation.)
“Since realism has come to mean something violent, something even indecent, let us call Mr. Hankin a naturalist who is doing for the English stage what Constable did for European landscape. He contrives beauty and interest, decoration even, by keeping the tones and values of drama in their true relation to life. He is a fairy godmother who has saved the rather vulgar coach from being run over by the motor-car of realism.”
+ Acad. 73: 941. S. 28, ’07. 1280w.
“He has a fine, fastidious, deft talent, as any one who reads the three plays in his present volume (and skips the preface) will agree.”
+ − Lond. Times. 6: 278. S. 13, ’07. 1070w.
“As a dramatist Mr. Hankin has a good deal to learn, but there ought to be a future for a man who can see the humorous side of things so clearly.”
+ − Nation. 85: 288. S. 26, ’07. 400w.
Hannis, Margaret. Emancipation of Miss Susana. **40c. Funk.
7–24766.
The story of Susana Adams who relieves the monotony of her spinster life by going to New York and entering upon a fictitious matrimonial venture which finally leads to a real one.
N. Y. Times. 12: 683. O. 26, ’07. 100w.
Hanotaux, Gabriel. Contemporary France; tr. by John C. Tarver. 4v. ea. *$3.75. Putnam.
v. 3. France from 1874–1877 occupies this volume. It includes the latter days of the National assembly with its work on the constitution, the first year’s sittings of the Chamber and the Senate, and closes with Marshal MacMahon’s opposition to Gambetta and the Left majority, announced in his letter to M. Jules Simon of May 15th, 1877.
“The translation appears to be fairly executed, but we regret to find that the serious blunders in the French original pointed out in our review are not corrected, even in cases where they concern English facts and names.”
+ − Ath. 1907, 1: 758. Je. 22. 590w. (Review of v. 3.)
“M. Hanotaux’s third volume is in no way inferior in interest to the first and second. The English translator, who has to attempt no easy task in rendering M. Hanotaux’s picturesque periods and somewhat violent metaphors, improves by practice. But he might do better still if he took more pains.” P. F. Willert.
+ + − Eng. Hist. R. 22: 817. O. ’07. 1100w. (Review of v. 3.)
“It is indeed a historian’s history of the Third French republic.”
+ + Lit. D. 35: 489. O. 5, ’07. 710w. (Review of v. 3.)
“While M. Hanotaux leaves the impress of a painstaking scholar, while he records a statesmanlike 178judgment on wellnigh every page, he also leaves a deeper impress—that of a psychologist and of a philosopher.”
+ + Outlook. 87: 355. O. 19, ’07. 450w. (Review of v. 3.)
“When he philosophises, as he does in chapter v. at length, he is far from convincing, and the tale of later years has not unfortunately revealed to us those qualities of ‘abnegation, conciliation, and persevering optimism’ for which he hopes.”
+ − Sat. R. 104: 276. Ag. 31, ’07. 340w. (Review of v. 3.)
“It will not be surprising if the general public find the present volume rather less readable than its forerunners.”
+ Spec. 99: 484. O. 5, ’07. 1700w. (Review of v. 3.)
Hapgood, Hutchins. Spirit of labor. **$1.50. Duffield.
7–8549.
The author of “The autobiography of a thief” offers in this volume a first hand study of the life of a Chicago labor leader and trade unionist. After a long search Mr. Hapgood found a German who, both as a type and a person, combined the desired temperament, character and experience for his impressionistic study. Born in Germany, Anton came to America as a child, shifted much of the time for himself, lived thru the various stages of tramp life, rural, sordid conditions, worked off and on at odd jobs, finally married and settled down in Chicago as a wood-worker. His quick intelligence discovered the injustice of organised society on every hand and led him to the basic principles of radicalism with which the book deals.
A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 165. O. ’07. S.
“It is extremely well done, and particularly admirable is the adroitness with which Mr. Hapgood has extracted from the ‘inexpressive ego’ of semi-illiterate labour such salient facts as are here assembled. The trouble with ‘The spirit of labour’ regarded thoughtfully is, that it has in it very little of the spirit and less of labour.” Florence Wilkinson.
+ − Bookm. 25: 294. My. ’07. 530w.
“A faithful and photographic picture of aspects of the urban activity.” Charles Richmond Henderson.
+ Dial. 42: 287. My. 1, ’07. 480w.
“Tho the book deserves the severest censure for its false coloring, its fatuous confusion of the anomalous with the typical, and its obliviousness of many of the distinctive characteristics of the movement, there are other respects in which it deserves cordial praise.”
− + Ind. 63: 340. Ag. 8, ’07. 600w.
“For those who would see the industrial world as the workingman sees it, the book is invaluable.”
+ + J. Pol. Econ. 15: 572. N. ’07. 170w.
“Throws much fresh light upon that radical political movement loosely denominated socialism.”
+ Lit. D. 34: 509. Mr. 30, ’07. 330w.
“It is all extremely interesting, valuable as a human document, and still more valuable as a contribution to the study of laboring men and their conditions. But it will not do to call the man a type.”
+ − N. Y. Times. 12: 173. Mr. 23, ’07. 680w.
Reviewed by Montgomery Schuyler.
+ Putnam’s. 3: 232. N. ’07. 530w.
“A highly informative volume, containing, no doubt, large quantities of substantial, solid truth.”
+ − R. of Rs. 35: 761. Je. ’07. 200w.
Hapgood, Isabel Florence. Service book of the Holy orthodox-Catholic apostolic (Greco-Russian) church; comp., tr., and arranged from the old church-Slavonic service books of the Russian church and collated with the service books of the Greek church. $4. Houghton.
7–526.
“This volume contains the order of services as prescribed for vespers, compline, matins, the communion, the great feasts, ordination, marriage, unction, ‘the office at the parting of the soul from the body,’ the burial of the dead, requiem offices, services for the founding and consecration of churches, thanksgivings and various special prayers. For the Scripture lessons, as translated into English, the King James’s version is used, and for the ‘Psalms and verses’ the prayer-book version of the Psalter.”—Outlook.
“Reverence can call forth such labors of devotion as this compilation.”
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 141. Mr. 9, ’07. 310w.
“This laudable volume should be of value, not only to American ecclesiastics and their congregations, but also to students of liturgies and to sojourners in the various lands where the Eastern church exists, and to all who would become better acquainted with its undeniable majesty, impressiveness, and exquisite symbolism of ritual.”
+ Outlook. 85: 524. Mr. 2, ’07. 720w.
Harben, William Nathaniel. Ann Boyd. †$1.50. Harper.
6–32356.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“Marked by genuine power and real emotion.”
+ Ath. 1906, 2: 767. D. 15. 210w.
“Easily the strongest piece of work that Mr. Harben has thus far produced.” Wm. M. Payne.
+ Dial. 42: 16. Ja. 1, ’07. 150w.
“For the first time the author has met the demands of literary art in the construction of his book.”
+ Ind. 62: 211. Ja. 24, ’07. 590w.
Harben, William Nathaniel. Mam’ Linda. †$1.50. Harper.
7–29431.
A story with a Georgia setting which involves the negro question, politics and romance. The champion of Mam’ Linda, a faithful negro mammy, and her “no count” boy who, however, is unjustly accused of murder, is a young southern attorney. He takes up the cudgels of defense, and in so doing overcomes time-honored prejudice, fights lawlessness, and outwits lynching bands. The story is permeated with southern atmosphere.
“At last the South has produced an author who writes with strength and beauty and absolute veracity about living issues. Here is Harben with his message told with such simplicity that few will recognize its great value.”
+ + Ind. 63: 1058. O. 31, ’07. 890w.
“Mr. Harben’s novel is the most significant book that has appeared relating to the negro since Bishop Haygood wrote ‘Our brother in black.’”
+ Ind. 63: 1228. N. 21, ’07. 80w.
“This is a simple, straightforward, and readable book.”
+ Lit. D. 35: 795. N. 23, ’07. 310w.
“The hero and heroine behave themselves in the usual situations with about as much ease as an English peasant in his Sunday clothes. But this is insignificant beside the impression which he gives us of a vigorous young population striking out with arms and legs, careless as yet of the proprieties.”
+ − Lond. Times. 6: 301. O. 4, ’07. 520w.
“A modern story of the south with a pretty love story and a plot involving a significant new attitude on the negro question.”
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 656. O. 19, ’07. 20w.
“Mr. Harben, who may have sketched a Georgia cracker or two with some faithfulness, is not on that account a novelist.”
− N. Y. Times. 12: 764. N. 30, ’07. 230w.
179“The romance inevitable in Southern novels is as wholesome and sweet as possible.”
+ Outlook. 87: 309. O. 12, ’07. 100w.
“Illustrates afresh his direct and effective style and his ability to tell a love story full of purity and sweetness in a natural and delightful way.”
+ Outlook. 87: 623. N. 23, ’07. 30w.
Harboe, Paul, pseud. (Paul Christensen). Child’s story of Hans Christian Andersen. †$1.50. Duffield.
7–29563.
The life of deprivation and penury which falls to the lot of the man renowned for fairy tales was at variance with the results of his fine imagination. The sketch follows the cobbler’s son thru the sore trials of his early life to his day of fame, which proved a sad realization inasmuch as it was bereft of the fulfilment of his one romance.
“An interesting, trustworthy account, simple and straightforward in telling. Will, perhaps, be enjoyed best by the children of an age most interested in the fairy tales if read aloud to them, for the style is adapted, rather to older children.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 207. N. ’07.
“There is not much attempt at coherent construction in the little book. Anecdotes are given sometimes without much point or much connection. And the style reminds us frequently that the author is writing in a language other than the one to which he was born.” Grace Isabel Colbron.
+ − Bookm. 26: 418. D. ’07. 570w.
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 703. N. 2, ’07. 130w.
“There is a touch of quaint stiffness in the style of the book that harmonizes with the childlike temper of the Danish romancer.”
+ Outlook. 87: 310. O. 12, ’07. 120w.
R. of Rs. 36: 767. D. ’07. 50w.
Harcourt, Mrs. Charles. Good form for women: a guide to conduct and dress on all occasions. $1. Winston.
7–12681.
Believing that all commendable conventionalities are more or less directly traceable to some altruistic or utilitarian principle, the author presents the fundamental features of good form by combining ethics with etiquette. She aims particularly to help girls who have not had the benefit of proper home training.
Harcourt, L. W. Vernon. His grace the steward, and the trial of peers: a novel inquiry into a special branch of constitutional government. *$5. Longmans.
A two part work. “The first describes the evolution of the Lord High Steward of England up to the reign of Henry VIII., and the second treats of the gradual working out of the principle that peers shall be judged only by their peers. In both sections it is Mr. Harcourt’s delight to show the fraudulent basis of what have been honored as historic English institutions.” (Nation.)
“The interest of Mr. Vernon Harcourt’s book lies less in the main theme than in his often original and always acute interpretations of men and motives, and the side-lights he throws on many disputed points of constitutional history.”
+ + Ath. 1907, 2: 66. Jl. 20. 790w.
“We have here, in short, a notable contribution to our institutional history not merely for the results attained, but also for its rigid investigation, reminding us how often close inquiry may modify accepted views. One rises however from its perusal with the feeling that, however impartially the appendices may set the evidences before us, the author has throughout a case to prove, is a counsel speaking to his brief. And that case is prejudiced rather than assisted by the use of forensic methods.” J. H. Round.
+ + − Eng. Hist. R. 22: 778. O. ’07. 2420w.
“This lengthy and erudite work ... is scarcely intended for general reading.”
+ + Nation. 85: 332. O. 10, ’07. 680w.
“We suspect that Mr. Harcourt is not really very interested in the stewardship; he uses it only as convenient padding to his pet theory that procedure in the trial of peers is founded on a forged document; and herein he has expended a great deal of useless energy.”
− Sat. R. 104: 337. S. 14, ’07. 640w.
“He is steeped in the political and personal history of his period, he possesses a sense of humor, and that gift of imagination without which the past is a sealed book alike to those who write and those who read. We are paying a high, but not an excessive, compliment when we say that no better piece of work of its class has been accomplished since Bishop Stubbs penned the last of his prefaces in the ‘Rolls series.’”
+ + + Spec. 99: 198. Ag. 10, ’07. 2300w.
“If the reader grants the right of the author to choose what subject he pleases he can feel only admiration for the manner in which the study is executed.”
+ Yale. R. 16: 334. N. ’07. 100w.
Harcourt, Leveson Francis. Sanitary engineering with respect to water supply and sewage disposal. *$4.50. Longmans.
7–35189.
A valuable general text-book. “In addition to a very complete discussion of the subject of water supplies in all its aspects, including sources, collection and storage, purification, distribution and statistics of water consumption, and a rather brief summary of the methods of sewage disposal, the writer takes up very fully the whole subject of sewerage, and more briefly that of garbage disposal.” (Technical Lit.)
“Important book.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 97. Ap. ’07.
“We think we do the author no injustice in saying that throughout his book he writes like a person experienced in general civil engineering construction rather than like a sanitary engineer, at least as we in America now understand that term. Nevertheless he has epitomized a considerable part of water-works and sewage practice, including purification in each field, and seems to have produced a book remarkably free from errors and vagaries.”
+ + − Engin. N. 57: 551. My. 16, ’07. 670w.
“An addition of undoubted value to an engineer’s library. Its pleasing style, moreover, makes it a very readable work, while the abundant references to historical and current engineering work, its general breadth of view and full citations of original sources of information, commend it, in particular, to the student and to the engineer in general practice or specializing in other branches. The book lacks proper balance as a book on sanitary engineering.” Earle B. Phelps.
+ + − Technical Literature. 1: 176. Ap. ’07. 1870w.
Hare, Christopher. High and puissant Marguerite of Austria, princess dowager of Spain, duchess dowager of Savoy, regent of the Netherlands. *$2.50. Scribner.
7–25681.
A full biography which incidentally makes use of the interesting events of Marguerite’s life and leadership for reflecting the royal customs of her century.
“That writer has given evidence in previous works of various excellent qualities, such as sincerity and literary charm; but she lacks grip, and shows the defect much more in this 180than in her last book. Although the author is usually accurate in her facts, a few slips will be found in her text.”
− + Ath. 1907, 2: 90. Jl. 27. 940w.
“Character-study is not Mr. Hare’s strong point. He is more skilled in the art of setting forth his story and weaving his fairly copious material. It is a book worth reading, concerning persons not too well known. And the story is clear and well outlined.”
+ − Lond. Times. 6: 132. Ap. 26, ’07. 2260w.
“Mr. Hare has written a book which at the lowest appreciation is creditable. Our worst censure is directed against a style of composition.”
+ − Nation. 85: 497. N. 28, ’07. 870w.
“Mr. Hare has drawn with minute and loving detail—for his sympathy with his subject is evident on every page—a complete picture of a very interesting character. The reader wishes heartily for more of the historical background.”
+ − N. Y. Times. 12: 373. Je. 8, ’07. 740w.
“The subject and the period of this book could not be more interesting, the treatment perhaps is a little too ambitious.”
+ − Spec. 99: sup. 465. O. 5, ’07. 460w.
Harnack, Adolf. Luke the physician. (Crown theological lib., no. 21.) *$1.50. Putnam.
“In Dr. Harnack’s view, Luke as a historian is inferior to Luke as a stylist; he is uncritical, and blunders for want of exact information. But the author contends that the present trend of criticism is toward the belief that between A. D. 30 and 70 the primitive Christian tradition as a whole took the essential form it has since attained.”—Outlook.
+ Bib. World. 30: 240. S. ’07. 30w.
“The assertion that the language of both Gospel and Acts betrays the hand of one familiar with Greek medicine is not new, but never before has the argument received such skilful treatment.”
+ Ind. 63: 940. O. 17, ’07. 630w.
Ind. 63: 1379. D. 5, ’07. 240w.
“Whatever be one’s opinion of the proposition on which Harnack lays chiefest stress, the value of the book as a contribution to the history of the fixing of the evangelic tradition cannot be questioned.”
+ + Nation. 85: 163. Ag. 22, ’07. 340w.
Outlook. 86: 792. Ag. 10, ’07. 170w.
+ + Spec. 99: 252. Ag. 24, ’07. 1950w.
Harnack, Adolf, and Herrmann, Wilhelm. Essays on the social gospel; tr. by G. M. Craik. *$1.25. Putnam.
Containing “The evangelical history of the church,” and “The moral and social significance of modern education,” by Dr. Harnack, and “The moral teachings of Jesus,” by Dr. Herrmann. “Dr. Harnack insists that the chief task of the church is still the preaching of the message of redemption and of eternal life, and insists, too, that the church has a social mission.” (Ath.)
“The essay by Herrmann will be the most welcome part of the book.” Gerald Birney Smith.
+ Am. J. Theol. 11: 708. O. ’07. 340w.
Ath. 1907. 1: 695. Je. 8. 470w.
“The essay is not light reading, but the reader who takes the pains to work his way into its spirit will be rewarded.”
+ Ind. 63: 457. Ag. 22, ’07. 350w.
“These essays by distinguished German theologians throw instructive side-lights upon the social problem of the modern church.”
+ Outlook. 86: 569. Je. 13, ’07. 280w.
R. of Rs. 36: 126. Jl. ’07. 50w.
Spec. 98: 566. Ap. 13, ’07. 1480w.
Harris, J. Henry. Cornish saints and sinners. †$1.50. Lane.
7–35146.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 67. Mr. ’07.
“Assuredly Mr. Harris is not witty, but his animal spirits are inexhaustible.” Harriet Waters Preston.
+ − Atlan. 99: 418. Mr. ’07. 500w.
Harris, Miriam Coles. Tents of wickedness. †$1.50. Appleton.
7–31979.
“Types of the New York smart set are vividly portrayed in this story. The chief female figure, is a young, motherless American girl, who has been brought up in a French convent. She is a Roman Catholic, and is shocked at many of the things she sees, and has only one congenial friend among her father’s many acquaintances. This friend is the hero, from whom she is separated through misunderstandings.”—N. Y. Times.
“The book treats in an able way a theme of the utmost practical importance to-day, and we bespeak for it an encouraging and hearty welcome.”
+ Cath. World. 86: 403. D. ’07. 430w.
“If this book were not marred by one or two unnecessary bits of artificial coarseness, one would be tempted to say that after skimming through a dozen linotype historical romances here at last is a novel to sit down and read.”
+ − Lit. D. 35: 759. N. 16, ’07. 200w.
Nation. 85: 378. O. 24, ’07. 220w.
N. Y. Times. 12: 653. O. 19, ’07. 70w.
“This is a novel of more than ordinary length, but it is by no means wearisome, and will better repay attention than most of the stories offered in such profusion to a long-suffering public.”
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 684. O. 26, ’07. 230w.
Harrison, Frederic. Creed of a layman: apologia pro fide mea. **$1.75. Macmillan.
7–16987.
The author calls his book “my simple story of conversion and conviction,” an account of a “regular and calm development of thought.” He expresses a hope that the story of how spiritual rest might be achieved may “prove useful to some ‘perturbed spirit’ in our troubled times.” The exposition of his creed includes chapters upon: Day of all the dead, Septem contra fidem, A Socratic dialogue, Pantheism and cosmic emotion, Aims and ideals, A positivist prayer, The presentation of infants, Marriage, Burial, Day of humanity, and a Valedictory, Twenty one years at Newton Hall.
“Mr. Harrison begins with a somewhat narrow egotism, and his first pages are irritating, meagre, and disappointing; but the latter half of the book becomes universal in its interest, and cogent in its claims, so that these essays well repay the reflective reading which they acquire.”
+ − Ath. 1907, 1: 751. Je. 22. 1460w.
+ − Dial. 43: 94. Ag. 16, ’07. 370w.
“May not attract new proselytes to the gospel of humanity as expounded by Auguste Comte; but, in spite of its rather uncompromising polemic, it compels respect by its manifest sincerity and genuine fervour of conviction.”
+ − Lond. Times. 6: 157. My. 17, ’07. 1830w.
Nation. 85: 124. Ag. 8, ’07. 1320w.
“A sense of humour is a sense of proportion. And if Mr. Harrison had had a deeper sense of proportion he would not have taken himself quite so seriously, and he would have been saved from some of the solemn absurdities of the positivist religion.”
+ − N. Y. Times. 12: 550. S. 14, ’07. 460w.
181“We do not ... know of any book which will give to the curious and interested reader so good an interpretation of the religion of humanity as this volume of Mr. Frederic Harrison’s.”
+ Outlook. 86: 523. Jl. 6, ’07. 540w.
R. of Rs. 36: 383. S. ’07. 80w.
“This indifference to facts is characteristic of the whole book; it marks both Mr. Harrison’s criticism of Christianity and defence of his own creed. When we turn from Mr. Harrison’s criticism to this construction, we are still in the same abstract region. Facts are still held of no account.”
− Spec. 98: 945. Je. 15, ’07. 1100w.
“It may be safely predicted that this book will take a permanent and conspicuous place among the too few similar works of distinguished men and women.” Arthur Ransom.
+ + Westminster R. 168: 49. Jl. ’07. 3440w.
Harrison, Frederic. Memories and thoughts: men—books—cities—art. **$2. Macmillan.
6–35547.
“This volume is a collection of articles which appeared during the past twenty-four years in various American and English periodicals of the better class. By the author the book is described as ‘a chapter from certain Memoirs that [he] intends to retain in manuscript penes se.’ The articles are occasional in origin, and in character they are miscellaneous, varying in topic from discussions of card-playing and tobacco to appreciations of Tennyson and Renan on the occasion of their deaths.”—Am. Hist. R.
Am. Hist. R. 12: 422. Ja. ’07. 260w.
A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 67. Mr. ’07.
“At one time Mr. Harrison goes to the bottom of his subject, at another he merely touches its surface. Still these ‘Memories and thoughts,’ if approached with an open mind, will be found to reflect seriousness of purpose and insight into life. They frequently provoke dissent, they never forfeit respect.”
+ + − Ath. 1906. 2: 476. O. 20. 940w.
“It is the fine tone, the genial atmosphere, the rich suggestiveness, of Mr. Harrison’s writings that attract the reader and win him over to the cause of good literature.”
+ Dial. 41: 212. O. 1, ’06. 140w.
“But the papers are not all of equal value and interest. He presents them ‘as permanent impressions left on his mind by a somewhat wide experience.’ Some of these permanent impressions will appear to many readers to be not much more than rather violent and persistent prejudices.”
+ − Lond. Times. 5: 342. O. 12, ’06. 1080w.
“The personal note is dominant throughout Mr. Harrison’s book, which leaves us with a sense of friendly and close acquaintance with a writer in whom seriousness of purpose, firm convictions, broad culture, and generous sympathies combine with the thinker’s love of truth, the artist’s love of beauty, and a keen zest for the joys of living.” Horatio S. Krans.
+ + Outlook. 84: 1076. D. 29, ’06. 930w.
“If they are not marked by the quality which we call ‘artistic’ or ‘literary’ they at least express a freshness and alertness by no means common in men of letters who have passed their prime of years.” H. W. Boynton.
+ Putnam’s. 1: 632. F. ’07. 780w.
“About the bulk of [these papers] the most we can say is that unless one has an exaggerated opinion of the significance of Mr. Harrison’s personality, their interest expired with their occasion.”
− + Sat. R. 103: sup. 2. F. 23, ’07. 750w.
“The American paper is particularly well worth studying. So much, doubtless, may be said of the whole of the volume, one or two minor articles possibly excepted.”
+ + Spec. 97: 1080. D. 29, ’06. 1710w.
* Harrison, Frederic. Philosophy of common sense. **$1.75. Macmillan.
7–36260.
A companion to “The creed of a layman.” “It is designed to form a summary of the philosophical grounds on which the preceding work was based; and it carries on the autobiographical account of the stages by which the author reached those conclusions.”
“He has been well advised to gather these trophies of his skill for a newer generation, which ought to find them of interest.”
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 748. N. 23, ’07. 850w.
Harrison, Mary S. K. (Lucas Malet, pseud.). Far horizon. †$1.50. Dodd.
7–983.
“Mrs. Harrison’s first work in five years. It deals with the acts and opinions of a foreign-born man, who, after many years of hard work, becomes suddenly possessed of a moderate fortune and leisure. The time covered is from 1899 to 1901. Matters of modern finance, manners, and morals, theatrical and religious, are touched upon.”—N. Y. Times.
+ − A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 78. Mr. ’07.
“The merits of the book are more obvious than its defects.”
+ − Ath. 1906, 2: 729. D. 8. 690w.
“There is little humour in the book, no lovemaking, and the hero is a man of between fifty and sixty, and yet from what might be called unpromising material the author has given us a story of never-flagging interest, rich in thought and feeling.” Mary K. Ford.
+ Bookm. 24: 595. F. ’07. 1560w.
“The book is a vivid, masterful, human document, fulfilling the strictest demands of great art. We need but add that any one who does not read it, and read it thoughtfully, will suffer a distinct loss. ‘The far horizon’ is worthy to take its place among the great English novels.”
+ + Cath. World. 85: 538. Jl. ’07. 1770w.
Current Literature. 42: 343. Mr. ’07. 1360w.
“May be reckoned among the more considerable fictional productions of the season.” Wm. M. Payne.
+ + Dial. 42: 225. Ap. 1, ’07. 420w.
“A story so well told; so finely finished, with such real people of the British middle-class sort moving thru its pages, that the critical faculty is disarmed from the first, and one yields to the charm of unique art.”
+ + Ind. 62: 739. Mr. 28, ’07. 420w.
“Of Charles Kingsley’s purely literary talents and graces of style his daughter, the author, evinces hardly a trace.”
+ − Lit. D. 34: 264. F. 16, ’07. 200w.
“A clever and an interesting book. But it would be more than that if the main story were only as good as its setting.”
+ − Lond. Times. 5: 394. N. 23, ’06. 500w.
“It does not strike one as a book which had to be written, or will have to be read. But it possesses the treasure of a really original and affecting central motive.”
+ − Nation. 84: 39. Ja. 10, ’07. 460w.
“It is readable in no ordinary way. One does not hurry through its pages intent only on the story, but it both invites and repays leisurely attention. One reads, also, with no very distinct sense of the author’s style, which is unobtrusive and free from vagaries.”
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 18. Ja. 12, ’07. 750w.
“‘The far horizon’—with its very obvious faults—has one great virtue: creative spontaneity; and that is so precious, in the mass of perfunctory work, that criticism must be delicate.” M. B. M.
+ − N. Y. Times. 12: 77. F. 9, ’07. 1110w.
“A certain subjectiveness of style distinguishes it, a sort of reminiscent touch, which by some conjuror’s trick becomes the most objective 182thing in the world, and as a result the characters actually live and move and have a very real existence.” Madison Cawein.
+ + + N. Y. Times. 12: 202. Ap. 6, ’07. 1440w.
“It is more than a little puzzling that a writer of Lucas Malet’s experience and skill should have produced a novel bearing so many dreary resemblances to a ‘first book.’” Olivia Howard Dunbar.
− No. Am. 184: 645. Mr. 15, ’07. 1380w.
“One notes first that it has the negative merit of being entirely devoid of any passages of questionable taste. Affirmatively speaking, its highest merit is in the distinction and quiet nobility of its chief figure, Dominic Iglesias.”
+ Outlook. 85: 479. F. 23, ’07. 310w.
“It seems incongruous, almost unseemly, as coming from the pen of one born a Kingsley.” Cornelia Atwood Pratt.
− + Putnam’s. 2: 183. My. ’07. 740w.
R. of Rs. 35: 760. Je. ’07. 450w.
“Is the dreariest and dismallest novel we have ever read. Its tragedy does not make us weep; its comedy does not make us laugh: it bores us acutely.”
− Sat. R. 102: 744. D. 15, ’06. 630w.
“‘The far horizon,’ while fully as clever as ‘Sir Richard Calmady,’ is free from the ugly blemishes which disfigured that brilliant but conspicuously uncomfortable novel. The theme and its treatment are higher and finer, there is less reliance on violence or sensationalism, and the narrative has ‘shining moments’ which transcend the capacities of ordinary talent. On the other hand it cannot honestly be contended that this is a pleasing or a satisfying book.”
+ − Spec. 97: 937. D. 8, ’06. 1020w.
Harrison, Newton. Practical alternating currents and power transmission. $2.50. Hedenberg.
6–39743.
“Of the fifteen chapters comprising the volume, the first two are devoted to conditions governing the different forms of electric lighting, the third and fourth to the factors entering into the various methods of alternating-current distribution; fifth, sixth, and seventh, to the principles and performance of transformers; the eighth to thirteenth inclusive, to alternators and a practical consideration of the current generated; the fourteenth to transformer testing and operation, and the fifteenth to definitions and formulas associated with alternating-current practice.”—Engin. N.
“One of the few successful attempts thus far made to discuss alternating currents without the use of mathematics. In clearness and originality of expression, neat press work, and general appearance, the book is a credit to both the author and publisher.”
+ Engin. N. 56: 527. N. 15, ’06. 250w.
Harrison, Peleg D. Stars and stripes and other American flags. il. **$3. Little.
6–42447.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
Am. Hist. R. 12: 719. Ap. ’07. 50w.
A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 43. F. ’07.
“Something of this inclusiveness might profitably have been sacrificed for a more methodical arrangement and a more critical spirit of inquiry.”
+ − Ind. 62: 1095. My. 9, ’07. 340w.
“Mr. Harrison has interwoven many interesting incidents of history with his history of the national flag.”
+ Lit. D. 34: 177. F. 2, ’07. 230w.
Hart, Albert Bushnell, ed. American nation: a history from original sources by associated scholars. 28v. per v. *$2. Harper.
v. 20. Hosmer, James Kendall. Appeal to arms.
7–4798.
A work with which its successor, “Outcome of the civil war,” is intended to afford a brief, compact and impartial view of the military and civil side of the civil war. Not so much a study of contestants’ motives as their behavior on the field. Dr. Hosmer says “I have tried to criticize men in the light of their opportunities at the time.”
v. 21. Hosmer, James Kendall. Outcome of the civil war.
7–7446.
Although independent in field and in arrangement, this volume is a continuation of Dr. Hosmer’s “Appeal to arms,” the foregoing volume of this series. It takes up the story from midsummer, 1863 and carries it forward to the surrender of Lee, the collapse of the confederacy and the assassination of Lincoln.
v. 22. Dunning, William Archibald. Reconstruction, political and economic.
This volume is the first in the last group of the series devoted to “National expansion.” The purpose of the study is “to show that reconstruction, with all its hardships and inequities, was not deliberately planned as punishment and humiliation for those formerly in rebellion.” It deals with “the stormy administration of Johnson, the year of trouble and unrest in the south, the gradual recovery from the strain of war, the great industrial developments, and railroad building to the Pacific, the stormy Hayes-Tilden contest.”
v. 23. Sparks, Edwin Erie. National development (1877–1885).
7–33222.
Professor Sparks’ volume begins with the year 1877 that marks the break between old issues and the intermediate, vital question of the adaptation of American government to the industrial and social needs of the country. The first five chapters are devoted to a summary of the social and economic conditions of the time; six to eight, to the party struggles due to President Hayes’ withdrawal of the federal troops from the south; nine to twelve discuss silver coinage and the national civil service; thirteen and fourteen discuss the Isthmian canal and the exclusion of the Chinese; fifteen and sixteen follow the effect on the nation of the rapid settling up of the west; seventeen to nineteen deal with conditions which Cleveland found in 1884.
v. 24. Dewey, Davis R. National problems.
7–33614.
Beginning with the new economic conditions that the Cleveland administration of 1884 found, Professor Dewey traces the course of the national problems to 1897. He deals with organized labor, civil service, the tariff, silver, railroads, foreign relations, the reorganization of the Republican party, foreign policy, commercial organization, currency, and the free coinage campaign of 1896.
“The merit of this volume is the thoughtful and judicial treatment of a period of complicated political conditions and of problems new to the national life. If any fault is to be found with the book, it is in its lack of proportion. This, however, appears to be due rather to the plan of the work than to the author’s execution of it.” Jesse S. Reeves.
+ + − Am. Hist. R. 12: 673. Ap. ’07. 980w. (Review of v. 17.)
“Our author is eminently fair in his treatment of the South, though the parts of the book dealing with that section exhibit less complete information than do other portions.”
+ + − Am. Hist. R. 12: 675. Ap. ’07. 790w. (Review of v. 18.)
“The military and naval situation is presented with unusual clearness, and this whole portion of the book has the ring of a definitive account. Errors are few.” Carl Russell Fish.
+ + − Am. Hist. R. 12: 677. Ap. ’07. (Review of v. 19.)
“Aside from a sometimes too literal following of authorities where opinion rather than fact is stated, Professor Hart has given us the best general description and study of the social 183and moral aspects of the American slavery controversy that has yet appeared.” J. C. Ballagh.
+ + − Am. Hist. R. 12: 902. Jl. ’07. 1230w. (Review of v. 16.)
“The work under examination, therefore, while an excellent record as far as it goes and on the whole the best civil war history yet written, is too little objective to serve as the final history of that war.” E. Benj. Andrews.
+ + − Am. Hist. R. 12: 907. Jl. ’07. 1270w. (Review of v. 20 and 21.)
A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 39. F. ’07. (Review of v. 19.)
“The best survey of its field.”
+ + A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 42. F. ’07. S. (Review of v. 17.)
“Best brief survey of the subject.”
+ + + A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 74. Mr. ’07. S. (Review of v. 18.)
“Perhaps the best general account of the size, and for the price.”
+ + A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 97. Ap. ’07. (Review of v. 20 and 21.)
“It is the most readable account of the period with which the reviewer is acquainted; there is no better treatment of that tangled business of Buchanan, Seward and Lincoln from November, 1860 to April, 1861.” Walter L. Fleming.
+ + − Ann. Am. Acad. 30: 174. Jl. ’07. 560w. (Review of v. 19.)
“Some points deserve slight criticism. The author does not seem to have a clear understanding of internal conditions in the south. Some objection might reasonably be made to the comparison between Stonewall Jackson and John Brown, and the ‘craziness’ of Jackson is entirely too much insisted upon.” W. L. Fleming.
+ + − Ann. Am. Acad. 30: 182. Jl. ’07. 650w. (Review of v. 20.)
“This undertone of scholarly geniality makes the book not merely easy reading, but gives to it an interest for every intelligent American.” Harry Thurston Peck.
+ + − Bookm. 26: 166. O. ’07. 1090w. (Review of v. 22.)
“It is indeed questionable whether the series as a whole is not too large for the general reader, to whose interests it is professedly devoted.” St. George L. Sioussat.
+ + − Dial. 43: 15. Jl. 1, ’07. 4100w. (Review of v. 14–21.)
“It is a matter of gratification that all [these books] are good and that there are no very horrible examples.”
+ + Ind. 62: 1411. Je. 13, ’07. 780w. (Review of v. 16–21.)
“He has brought to his task that somewhat rare quality, historic imagination.”
+ + + Lit. D. 34: 433. Mr. 16, ’07. 380w. (Review of v. 20.)
“A thoughtful and scholarly study of a period which has long needed impartial examination.”
+ + Nation. 84: 84. Ja. 24, ’07. 730w. (Review of v. 17.)
“The readableness of Professor Smith’s pages merits particular commendation.”
+ + − Nation. 84: 156. F. 14, ’07. 730w. (Review of v. 18.)
“The most distinctive contribution of Admiral Chadwick’s book, however, is its thorough-going examination of the military and naval situation on the eve of hostilities.”
+ + + Nation. 84: 202. F. 28, ’07. 670w. (Review of v. 19.)
“Outside of military affairs, in short, Mr. Hosmer’s narrative is, as a whole, conventional.”
+ + − Nation. 84: 502. My. 30, ’07. 670w. (Review of v. 20 and 21.)
N. Y. Times. 12: 24. Ja. 12, ’07. 780w. (Review of v. 19.)
“Mr. Hosmer succeeds in making [military matters] not only intelligible but interesting to the layman.”
+ + + N. Y. Times. 12: 133. Mr. 2, ’07. 850w. (Review of v. 20.)
“He has prepared a splendid bibliography in the final chapter on the authorities, the best in his period which exists.”
+ + + N. Y. Times. 12: 482. Ag. 3, ’07. 220w. (Review of v. 21.)
“The work is marked throughout by scholarship, sound judgment, and critical insight, and is the best short history of the subject with which we are acquainted.”
+ + + N. Y. Times. 12: 549. S. 14, ’07. 770w. (Review of v. 22.)
+ + + Outlook. 85: 93. Ja. 12, ’07. 320w. (Review of v. 18.)
“As a narrative it is easy, compact, and lucid. The Admiral, it seems to us, is inclined to take an over-roseate view of Southern slavery, and a rather narrow one of the motives and conduct of those who lent comfort and aid to John Brown.”
+ + − Outlook. 85: 332. F. 9, ’07. 220w. (Review of v. 19.)
+ + + Outlook. 85: 764. Mr. 30, ’07. 340w. (Review of v. 20.)
“His treatment of the assassination of Lincoln is distinctly inadequate.”
+ + − Outlook. 86: 302. Je. 8, ’07. 330w. (Review of v. 21.)
“Possibly he over-emphasizes the accentuation of the speculative instinct as one of the results of the war, but there can be but little disposition to question the accuracy and essential fairness of the pictures he draws of the conditions which prevailed, north and south, from the assassination of Lincoln to the election of Hayes.”
+ + − Outlook. 87: 312. O. 12, ’07. 340w. (Review of v. 22.)
“As to quality the general average is good, and some of the volumes, marked by more originality than could be expected in others, contain distinct contributions to historical knowledge. Out of this comes, however, a certain unevenness of treatment ... and the inequality which comes from having succeeding volumes from men who have different points of view.” John Spencer Bassett.
+ + Putnam’s. 2: 253. My. ’07. 1090w. (Review of v. 16–21.)
Harting, James Edmund. Recreations of a naturalist. $4.50. Wessels.
“The writer of the ‘Recreations’ gets much that is stimulating to himself and to his readers out of a marsh walk in May. With notebook in hand he sees and records things that might otherwise easily be overlooked or forgotten. When the enthusiast thus writes down the things that appeal to him because he writes under the spell of enthusiasm he makes the story read with all the greater zest.”—Ind.
“Mr. Harting’s flowing and easy style renders these chapters very agreeable reading, and a considerable amount of information is therein afforded on sport and natural history, often in association with antiquarian research.”
+ Ath. 1906, 1: 106. Jl. 28. 1290w.
+ Ind. 61: 1405. D. 22, ’06. 90w.
“These ‘Recreations’ may be cordially recommended to the lover of nature as a companion on his summer holidays.” F.
+ Nature. 74: 82. My. 24, ’06. 610w.
“There is a certain dryness about Mr. Harting’s style of writing, and for this reason he is at his best when he has learning to impart.”
+ − Spec. 96: 583. Ap. 14, ’06. 920w.
Harvard studies in classical philology; ed. by a committee of the instructors in classics. Harvard univ., Cambridge, Mass.
Among these informing studies are the following: An unrecognized actor in Greek comedy, 184The battle of Salamis, The origin of Plato’s cave, Notes on Vitruvius, The dramatic art of Aeschylus, The use of the high-soled shoe or buskin, and Five new manuscripts of Donatus on Terence.
“A good specimen of the general character of those preceding it, perhaps more than usually interesting, because it deals more with questions of history and literature, and less with speculations.” R. Y. Tyrrell.
+ + Acad. 72: 432. My. 4, ’07. 1440w.
“An especially interesting series of papers in literature as well as in technical scholarship.”
+ + Nation. 84: 63. Ja. 17, ’07. 840w.
* Harvey society, New York. Harvey lectures delivered under the auspices of the Harvey society of New York. *$2. Lippincott.
7–2726.
Thirteen lectures given before the Harvey society, an association of physicians organized for the purpose of making the work of investigation better known to the practitioner. “The range of subjects is wide, from the implantation of the ovum to old age.... Even the general reader, not altogether unversed in science, will find it worth while to examine the lectures on trypanosomes, fatigue, tuberculosis, the cause of the heart-beat, and possibly one or two more.” (Nation.)
+ Nation. 84: 250. Mr. 14, ’07. 120w.
“The volume constitutes a most valuable collection of first-hand information given by some of the most prominent investigators in this country and Europe.” Victor C. Vaughan.
+ + Science, n.s. 26: 630. N. 8, ’07. 3860w.
* Harwood, Edith. Notable pictures in Rome. *$1.50. Dutton.
W 7–135.
Numerous illustrations and an alphabetical list of artists represented in Rome increase the reference value of the book. It “aims to furnish the visitor to that city with a guide by which he can find, and which will help him to understand and appreciate, the important pictures in the galleries, churches, and palaces. The author’s method is to indicate the causes which led to the production of the painting and to tell something of the personality of the artist. Then she describes the work itself and its meaning, with occasional extracts from famous critics.” (N. Y. Times.)
A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 194. N. ’07. S.
Ind. 62: 1358. Je. 6, ’07. 60w.
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 528. Ag. 31, ’07. 120w.
“As a guide this book might be of great use in Rome. But the unwary must be warned against some of the writer’s fanciful ideas.”
+ − Spec. 98: 1007. Je. 29, ’07. 70w.
* Harwood, William Sumner. New creations in plant life: an authoritative account of the life and work of Luther Burbank. 2d ed. **$1.75. Macmillan.
7–33936.
An intimate account of the life, scientific achievements and methods of the foremost plant-breeder in the world. The appearance of this second edition is justified by the facts that Mr. Burbank vouches for the statements both scientific and practical made in the volume, that the interest in the man and his work has steadily increased since the first edition appeared, and that a “closer study of the work during the period since the book was first issued demonstrates that this is one of the greatest constructive enterprises ever established among men.”
Haskell, Helen Eggleston. Billy’s princess. $1.25. Page.
7–29688.
Billy was a boy of ten who ran away from the boarding house after his mother had been carried off to the sanitarium, and his princess was the little French girl whom he found on the streets and befriended to the extent of buying her new clothes with his savings and entertaining her lavishly in his drygoods box home. Then after he had prospered at his trade of news boy he found kind aunts who took him to England to be educated, and who promised the princess that they would some day bring him back to her.
N. Y. Times. 12: 749. N. 23, ’07. 100w.
Hasluck, Paul Nooncree, ed. Cassell’s carpentry and joinery: comprising notes on materials, processes, principles, and practice, including about 1800 engravings and 12 plates. $3. McKay.
A practical, exhaustive treatment of the subject with full description of tools and processes commonly found in daily use in the workshop.
Hasluck, Paul Nooncree, ed. Metal working: a book of tools, materials, and processes for the handyman; 2206 il. and working drawings. $2.50. McKay.
Very nearly eight hundred pages are devoted to the practical phases of metal-working, the theory being discussed only where it is an essential preliminary to principle underlying a method, a process or the action of a tool. The scope of the book embraces the whole art of working metals with hand tools and with such simple machine tools as the small engineering shop usually contains.
Hasluck, Paul Nooncree, ed. Woodworking: a book of tools, materials, and processes for the handyman; with 2545 il. and working drawings. $2.50. McKay.
An exhaustive presentation of woodworking. “The book is intended for all those who would handle tools and who, by the use of them, wish to furnish the home and to profit their pockets. The treatment adopted throughout is simple and practical, and there has been a consistent endeavor to combine accurate information, with clear and definite instruction.”
Hastings, James, ed. Dictionary of Christ and the gospels. $6. Scribner.
6–44352.
v. 1. “This volume extends from ‘Aaron’ to ‘Knowledge,’ and the work when completed will ‘include everything that the gospels contain, whether directly related to Christ or not.’”—Ath.
“Apart from varieties of opinion, which are inevitable where many contributors are concerned, the dictionary is a scholarly work, which ought to foster learning among the preachers for whom it is written.”
+ Ath. 1907, 1: 131. F. 2. 370w.
“To sum up our judgment on this work, we would say that, from the standpoint of a rather strict conservative scholarship, it is a highly creditable accomplishment; and that it will be of great service to students and preachers whose opinions are free from a tendency to radicalism.”
+ − Cath. World. 85: 117. Ap. ’07. 1080w.
“Is learned and decidedly conservative, and is adapted for both the exegetic and homiletic use of the preacher.”
+ Ind. 62: 566. Mr. 7, ’07. 340w.
“It will, no doubt, be objected against the ‘Dictionary of Christ and the gospels’ that it contains some otiose matter, such as the somewhat inferior discussion of ‘Art,’ which takes us little if at all further than Westcott’s familiar essay. But equally it will be admitted that the preacher’s purpose is better served than it has ever been before. The articles have a tendency to make him think, and, in so far, they earn the gratitude of his congregation.”
+ − Lond. Times. 6: 107. Ap. 5, ’07. 1290w.
“The work contains, in the first place, an intolerable amount of extraneous and irrelevant matter. A far more serious defect is the 185choice of writers of a decidedly reactionary point of view for articles on important subjects.”
− + Nation. 84: 315. Ap. 4, ’07. 780w.
“Undoubtedly the work contains a great deal that is of value. But it is not to be compared in value with the ‘Dictionary of the Bible.’ And the minister who already possesses that dictionary, and who has not very much money to spend on books, will not find this later work indispensable.”
+ − N. Y. Times. 12: 597. O. 5, ’07. 1180w.
“The principal criticism indeed that we have to make on this volume is that both editor and contributors have tried too much to be complete; there are too many articles and they are too long.”
+ − Sat. R. 103: 498. Ap. 20, ’07. 1050w.
“Criticism, history, geography, and other matters have not been neglected, but as a whole the book is of a distinctly practical character.”
+ Spec. 98: 1005. Je. 29, ’07. 220w.
Hatch, F. H., and Corstorphine, George Steuart. Geology of South Africa. *$7. Macmillan.
Descriptive note in December, 1905.
“The book contains some details that were hardly intended for the student so far away as America, and on the other hand, many general points of vital interest are passed over all too briefly. This is especially true of the physical history and dynamical problems of the region. Nevertheless, the volume is a valuable and welcome summary of the geology of this distant land.” J. E. C.
+ + − J. Geol. 15: 81. Ja. ’07. 800w.
Reviewed by W. M. D.
+ Science, n.s. 24: 684. N. 30, ’06. 600w.
Hattersley, C. W. Uganda by pen and camera; with preface by T. F. Victor Buxton. $1. Union press.
In which is reflected the progress made by this African province during the years since Stanley’s visit. The author shows how the journey is made from London, describes the natives, their government, religion, schools, the work of missionaries and the results of Christianity.
Haultmont, Marie. By the royal road. *$1.60. Herder.
“The church of Rome is here presented as ‘the living church.’ ... The heroine is a high church member of the English establishment by education, but passes through scepticism to the Catholic fold, while two or three of the most attractive characters remain Protestants. The lively narrative is mainly concerned with provincial society and family life as affected by mixed attachments and marriages between French and English Catholics and Protestants.”—Ath.
“Considerable taste and skill are displayed in structure and characterization and the style occasionally recalls Charlotte Yonge’s work.”
+ Ath. 1907, 1: 10. Ja. 5. 150w.
“A good English novel of the old Miss Austen family sitting-room type, written by a woman who understands women, and does not strive to carry her analysis of the masculine soul much below the surface.”
+ Cath. World. 84: 839. Mr. ’07. 250w.
Havell, Herbert Lorde. Tales from Herodotus. 60c. Crowell.
6–33586.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 111. Ap. ’07.
Haw, George, ed. Christianity and the working classes. $1.50. Macmillan.
6–33643.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
J. Pol. Econ. 14: 578. N. ’06. 370w.
Hawk, Philip B. Practical physiological chemistry. il. *$4. Blakiston.
“Written for students of medicine and general science, who have already secured a good groundwork in the more fundamental branches of chemistry, and presents a very good outline of those facts of physiological chemistry which may be clearly demonstrated in a laboratory course. While the title might be taken to indicate that the work is a laboratory manual only, this is by no means the case, as many of the discussions are full enough to constitute a general treatise on the subject.”—Science.
“Although there is nothing strikingly original in his presentation of the subject, the book he has produced is free from error, is clearly written, is practical, and sufficiently full for most purposes.” W. D. H.
+ + Nature. 76: 268. Jl. 18, ’07. 100w.
“Most of [the tests] are clearly described, and are full enough for working conditions, but in a few cases the value to the student would be greatly increased by the addition of fuller explanations.” J. H. Long.