Volume 3 — P (continued 2)
Reading edition
“Mr. Phillips ... seems to have done his work with satisfactory patience and care:” Edward Cary.
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 904. D. 29, ’06. 1210w.
Phillips, Stephen. Nero. **$1.25. Macmillan.
6–7415.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“The utmost that can be said of this play as a whole is that it will not detract from Mr. Phillips’s reputation.”
+ − Outlook. 85: 572. Mr. 9. ’07. 400w.
* Phillpotts, Eden. Folk afield. †$1.50. Putnam.
7–32559.
Fourteen stories of love and adventure on sea and land which draw color from the sun, sea, and mountains of the South of France, of Italy and of North Africa. One of the best is “Souvenir de Maupassant” in which the heroine is the beautiful Kabyle girl pictured with all the fascination of her oriental heritage.
“We are glad to have this collection, as it exhibits the author in an unusual rôle, and gives us a larger impression of him.”
+ Ath. 1907, 2: 686. N. 30. 210w.
“In ‘Souvenir de Maupassant,’ Mr. Phillpotts offers most of that imaginative suggestion which is the short story’s highest merit; and here he shows himself not merely the patient and eclectic recorder of the scene and the hour, but the artist in description, whose words make nature live again.”
+ Lond. Times. 6: 251. Ag. 16, ’07. 370w.
“Here is a miscellany of short stories, in various moods and keys, but of no marked power.”
+ Nation. 85: 446. N. 14, ’07. 360w.
“The backgrounds are vivid in color and very realistic.”
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 655. O. 19, ’07. 20w.
Phillpotts, Eden. My garden. (Country life lib.) *$3.75. Scribner.
7–8530.
Enthusiasm abounds in Mr. Phillpotts’ garden book with prejudices born of individuality and experience. It demands that a real gardener shall love nurserymen’s catalogues and shall abhor butterflies. In his garden of only an acre he has a thousand genera from all parts of the world, and his Devonshire sunshine seems to foster their growth almost magically.
“He knows how to make a garden, and he knows how to write about it.”
+ Ath. 1906, 2: 621. N. 17. 380w.
345“The whole book will signify nothing except to gardeners; but they will enjoy it.”
+ Lond. Times. 5: 288. D. 24, ’06. 630w.
“Is certainly a pleasure to the eye, and we find its leaves besprinkled with a pleasant humor here and there. The general reader, however, will shy at the constant stream of technical botanical names. The book contains many valuable bits of information for the amateur, but it has no Index.”
+ − Nation. 83: 448. N. 22, ’06. 140w.
Phillpotts, Eden. Whirlwind. †$1.50. McClure.
7–4812.
Mr. Phillpotts’ “standard is a high one. His method is conceived on a large scale. It is no other than to bring all the aspects of nature—the changing sky, with its range of colours, the wind that blows across his Devon moors, the trees, the flowers, the animals, all the denizens of earth—into league with him in telling one great story of passion or love or disaster.” (Acad.) “In his theme Mr. Phillpotts has enlarged the ‘eternal triangle’ of one woman and two men into a case of one woman loved by three men and herself honestly loving two of the men and married to one of them. This must be admitted to be a new complication, warranted to tax even the ingenuities of as keen a student of human nature as Mr. Phillpotts, and requiring no little delicacy of perception and feeling for its acceptable solution.” (N. Y. Times.)
“There is a lack of inevitability about the final tragedy, and that lack lends to the tragedy an element of sordidness which is belittling.”
+ − Acad. 72: 95. Ja. 26, ’07. 460w.
“It will be seen that while Mr. Phillpotts runs the risk, as often, of falling into melodrama, he keeps himself out of that pit by the artistry of his handling and the dignity of his characterization.”
+ Ath. 1907, 1: 129. F. 2. 450w.
“Mr. Phillpotts has never given us anything so effectively composed as the present novel. In its culminating situation the action moves serenely upon the heights of real tragedy, and leaves one with the same richly complex yet elevated sense of peace.” Harry James Smith.
+ + Atlan. 100: 127. Jl. ’07. 1350w.
“Is not to be numbered among his strongest books. There is less spontaneity of character drawing; his men and his women lack the vital individuality of the earlier volumes; they suggest something stereotyped and worked over from earlier impressions. The central plot is not merely repellent, but difficult of acceptance.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
− Bookm. 25: 500. Jl. ’07. 380w.
“It is a story that more than ever makes us feel that Mr. Hardy has found a worthy successor.” Wm. M. Payne.
+ Dial. 42: 396. Je. 16, ’07. 300w.
“Attempts to put a halo of self-sacrifice around a woman’s frailty, and the result is one of the most unconvincing stories he ever wrote.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
− Forum. 39: 118. Jl. ’07. 370w.
“Eden Phillpotts’s new novel is his masterpiece.”
+ + Ind. 62: 1090. My. 9, ’07. 780w.
“Eden Phillpotts’ last epic of the Dartmoor is beyond question the greatest of his angry masterpieces of that region.”
+ + Ind. 63: 1228. N. 21, ’07. 20w.
“So long as their lives proceed quietly the book is delightful, and the true tragedy of its end is the tragedy of a fine novel spoilt.”
+ − Lond. Times. 6: 29. Ja. 25, ’07. 1090w.
“It is to be regretted that the writer did not more nearly confine himself to the main theme. The supernumerary persons ... are too many and too much in the way.”
+ − Nation. 84: 415. My. 2, ’07. 400w.
“Here is the ‘Whirlwind’ ... thrashing out the same familiar subjects with still enough of freshness and originality to make the reading of it an unexpectedly pleasing task.”
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 191. Mr. 30, ’07. 570w.
“At his best and at his worst—at his best in true and faithful presentation of the Dartmoor country and the Dartmoor rustics, at his worst because there are breaks in the psychology, inconsistencies between character and action, abrupt tragedy more startling than real.”
+ − Outlook. 86: 254. Je. 1, ’07. 140w.
+ R. of Rs. 35: 765. Je. ’07. 90w.
Phillpotts, Eden, and Bennett, Enoch Arnold. Doubloons. †$1.50. McClure.
6–39024.
A joint “light-hearted, mile-a-minute detective story” (Nation) which abounds in the local color of the West Indies.
“There is much clever invention and some charming descriptions of nature, which are quite out of place, but the novel, as a whole, is a failure, and does not arrest the attention.”
+ − Acad. 71: 503. N. 17, ’06. 130w.
A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 18. Ja. ’07.
“Despite Mr. Phillpotts’ spurt, we cannot follow the narrative so zealously as we should like, and the story drags out to a lame conclusion.”
− Ath. 1906, 2: 687. D. 1. 210w.
“Some latent humor may be observed in the intense seriousness with which the wild piece of sensationalism is worked out.”
+ − Ath. 1907, 1: 148. F. 2. 160w.
“The London part of the story is better than its sequel, and provides a thrill for every chapter. After a while the complication becomes so great that there is nothing for it but to cut loose and to take refuge in foreign parts. Meanwhile all sorts of loose ends are left hanging, and some of them are not gathered up at all.” Wm. M. Payne.
− + Dial. 42: 144. Mr. 1, ’07. 150w.
“The effect of such a skilful and enthralling plot is heightened by the other features of the story, especially by its delightful vein of satire.” Herbert W. Horwill.
+ + Forum. 38: 549. Ap. ’07. 430w.
− + Ind. 62: 386. F. 14, ’07. 130w.
“The story differs from the average detective mystery only in being quicker, more amusing, and in covering a wider geographical field.”
+ Nation. 83: 441. N. 22, ’06. 320w.
“It has achieved the difficult task of a thoroughly original plot with a unique criminal.”
+ + N. Y. Times. 11: 813. D. 1, ’06. 530w.
“The authors seem to have fallen between two stools by combining an exciting tale of crime and treasure-seeking with a strain of burlesque.”
− Outlook. 84: 711. N. 24, ’06. 150w.
R. of Rs. 35: 128. Ja. ’07. 50w.
“The book is certainly a first-class detective story; but we miss from the mixture the peculiar qualities of Mr. Eden Phillpotts.”
+ − Spec. 97: 938. D. 8, ’06. 250w.
Phyfe, William Henry P. Napoleon: the return from Saint Helena. 8 il. **$1. Putnam.
7–20318.
An informing account of the removal of the Emperor’s remains from Saint Helena to France in 1840; together with a description of his tomb in the Hôtel des invalides in Paris.
Ann. Am. Acad. 30: 600. N. ’07. 70w.
Reviewed by Henry E. Bourne.
Dial. 43: 89. Ag. 16, ’07. 310w.
Nation. 85: 57. Jl. 18, ’07. 60w.
“The book is written in excellent taste, very simply and contains many facts which students of the Emperor’s career will find interesting.”
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 416. Je. 29, ’07. 190w.
346Pickering, Sidney. Basket of fate. †$1.50. Longmans.
“Mr. Pickering delineates no wonderful hero or heroine, but just ‘nice’ people, and people who are ‘not nice’ as we meet them in life. The middle-aged man who loves, almost against his will, the fresh English girl who can live near pitch, yet not allow the hem of her skirt to be soiled, supplies the interest, being backed by a scheming half-sister and her former lover.”—Ath.
“This is a book to be enjoyed at the fireside rather than criticised in serious style.”
+ Ath. 1906, 2: 767. D. 15. 130w.
“For the tale ... is constructed and told with much skill. The characters, even the minor ones, are cleverly drawn and made to reveal themselves by their speech and actions.”
+ + N. Y. Times. 11: 891. D. 22, ’06. 590w.
+ Sat. R. 102: 647. N. 24, ’06. 150w.
“Not particularly remarkable for originality, but brisk and pleasant reading,”
+ − Spec. 97: 731. N. 10, ’06. 200w.
Pickworth, Charles N. Slide rule. $1. Van Nostrand.
A tenth edition of a well known book in which “the text appears to be simplified and improved, there is a large number of illustrative examples from various phases of engineering calculation, and some few of the numerous modified and special slide rules are described.” (Engin. N.)
+ − Engin. N. 57: 85. Ja. 17, ’07. 240w.
Pier, Arthur Stanwood. Harding of St. Timothy’s. †$1.50. Houghton.
6–33574.
“A very good story of school life about boys in their middle and later teens.... The scene is laid in a big boys’ school ... in New England. The story is largely concerned with the athletic side of school life, and shows the influence which can be exerted unconsciously among a lot of boys by one who is always frank and manly and honorable.”—N. Y. Times.
“A novel ... with a wholesome flavor and a genuine appeal to boys.”
+ Lit. D. 33: 686. N. 10, ’06. 200w.
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 607. S. 29, ’06. 150w.
N. Y. Times. 11: 822. D. 1. ’06. 100w.
Pier, Arthur Stanwood. Young in heart. **$1.25. Houghton.
7–16383.
“Comprises eight essays in observation of the writer’s fellow mortals, their excellences and defects, their successes and failures, their work and their play. Particularly strong has the author shown himself in what may be called the psychology of self-conceit.”—Dial.
“Enjoyment of these agreeable and often illuminating studies in human nature ... would be more nearly perfect did they reveal a finer sense of the niceties of language.”
+ − Dial. 42: 317. My. 16, ’07. 380w.
“A delightful little book which justifies its title. The author is certainly young in heart, and his outlook on the world is hospitable and comprehensive.”
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 320. My. 18, ’07. 300w.
N. Y. Times. 12: 384. Je. 15, ’07. 90w.
Pier, Garrett Chatfield. Egyptian antiquities in the Pier collection. *$4. Univ. of Chicago press.
6–41525.
pt. 1. “The first volume ... consists of specimens represented in twenty-two plates, and includes objects in glazed pottery, flint and other stones, ivory and other materials. There are pendants, ornaments, inlays, and amulets, but the chief place is given to more than two hundred scarabs, seals, and cylinders. The catalogue describes the articles which the plates picture.”—Nation.
Am. Hist. R. 12: 915. Jl. ’07. 150w. (Review of pt. 1.)
Ind. 61: 1352. D. 6, ’06. 230w. (Review of pt. 1.)
“The whole is a conscientious and useful piece of work, free from ostentation and creditably performed. The value of the book is increased by the excellence of the reproduction of the legends and devices on the scarabs.”
+ + − Nation. 83: 447. N. 22, ’06. 240w. (Review of pt. 1.)
“The disadvantages of the book are such as the author can easily remedy in the succeeding parts, and we hope that he will continue his plan to its end.” H. H.
+ + − Nature. 76: 148. Je. 13, ’07. 920w. (Review of pt. 1.)
Pierce, Ernest Frederic. Traveller’s Joy. †$1.50. Dutton.
7–37555.
“The Traveller’s Joy” is an inn of the South Downs where a young writer, Anthony Penrose spends a summer and falls in love with Madge Weston, the sister of a college chum and the niece of his publisher. It is full of the wealth of summer and invincible youth.
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 268. Ap. 27, ’07. 330w.
“The book is as fresh and as wholesome as a spring morning; its worst faults are those of inexperience.”
+ − Spec. 96: 949. Je. 16, ’06. 820w.
Pierce, Franklin. Tariff and the trusts. **$1.50. Macmillan.
7–4381.
In this treatise the author “attempts to show ... how the Dingley tariff has been the direct cause of the rise and growth of hundreds of oppressive capitalistic combinations. In the course of his argument he institutes comparisons with foreign governments and deduces many illustrations from the tariff history of those countries, particularly England and Germany.”—R. of Rs.
“The author finds the tariff the chief cause for the oppression of corporate monopoly. It is here that the logic is weak; the analysis of the inconsistencies of the tariff is keen, and for the most part justified, but little evidence is given of the causal relation between the tariff and the great trusts which defy competition.” D. R. D.
− + Am. Hist. R. 12: 933. Jl. ’07. 380w.
“Clear, forceful, controversial.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 126. My. ’07.
“The book contains the most startling array of facts.”
+ Ann. Am. Acad. 29: 645. My. ’07. 670w.
“The argument is very one-sided, but is so well put together that the stand-patters cannot well afford to neglect it.” Max West.
+ − Dial. 43: 121. S. 1, ’07. 250w.
“The author’s arguments based upon the comparison of the volume of exports and imports at different periods and of different countries should accordingly not be accepted as conclusive of the economic evils of the protective system.”
+ − Ind. 62: 1473. Je. 20, ’07. 330w.
“The book is frankly based on secondary sources, apparently not on very many, and is written for the general public, not for the student. We conclude that even among the staunchest of free-traders a book of this character could be welcomed only by the most shortsighted.” Chester W. Wright.
− J. Pol. Econ. 15: 308. My. ’07. 1230w.
“It cannot be said that Mr. Pierce’s book is of great value to the student, but for the general reader it should serve a useful purpose. The author is at his best in the chapter which discusses the relation of protective tariffs to public morals.”
+ − Nation. 84: 411. My. 2, ’07. 200w.
347“Mr. Pierce has not written a book to class with Prof. Taussig’s, but it will serve a purpose for which the academic treatises are unsuited.” Edward A. Bradford.
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 104. F. 16, ’07. 1120w.
Outlook. 86: 341. Je. 15. ’07. 440w.
R. of Rs. 35: 382. Mr. ’07. 60w.
Pierce, James Oscar. Studies in constitutional history. *$1.50. Wilson, H. W.
6–24023.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“Discusses in a clear and interesting way, and with a deep conviction that the hand of an ‘Overruling Providence’ can be detected in the development of our country.”
+ + Yale. R. 16: 224. Ag. ’07. 50w.
* Pierson, Clara Dillingham. Millers at Pencroft. †$1. Dutton.
6–35325.
A bright wholesome story of “a nice family with three children, who do the interesting things most children do. They send valentines, go out to tea and have cream puffs for desert, and once the boys sailed the kittens until they fell into the water. Buttercup had only to be dried, but Blackie was restored by means of artificial respiration. The children fed a party in a snow-stalled train, and that was great fun. too.” (N. Y. Times.)
N. Y. Times. 12: 618. O. 12, ’07. 80w.
“We would strongly recommend ‘The Millers at Pencroft.’”
+ R. of Rs. 36: 763. D. ’07. 150w.
Pierson, Delevan Leonard, ed. Pacific Islanders; from savages to saints. **$1. Funk.
6–39748.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 126. My. ’07.
“We could wish that there might have been somewhat less insistence upon the differences between Catholic and Protestant missionaries—differences which do not make very edifying reading.”
+ − N. Y. Times. 11: 904. D. 25, ’06. 160w.
Pirscher, Johanna. Growth without end: a popular exposition of some current ethical and religious views. **30c. Crowell.
7–21388.
One of the year’s additions to the “What is worth while series.” An optimistic discussion of the good resulting from the active principle of evolution and the work of modern sociology—good that shows itself in courtesy and generosity in daily intercourse, strength of purpose, devotion to duty and in a simple practical faith in God.
Pitman, Isaac. Pitman’s dictionary of commercial correspondence in English, French, German, Spanish, and Italian. $2.25. Pitman.
A valuable aid to the foreign correspondent. It gives the most common commercial terms and phrases. It does not attempt to displace, but rather to supplement other dictionaries, and it presupposes some knowledge of the grammar and construction of the different languages.
+ Spec. 98: 464. Mr. 23, ’07. 100w.
Pitt, William, 1st earl of Chatham. Correspondence of William Pitt when secretary of state, with colonial governors and military and naval commissioners in America; ed. under the auspices of the National society of colonial dames of America, by Gertrude S. Kimball. 2v. **$6. Macmillan.
“This publication in two volumes contains the official correspondence of William Pitt, when secretary of state, 1756–1761, with the colonial governors and the naval and, military commanders in America. These were the years of Great Britain’s glory, when, under the inspiring genius of Pitt, her arms were successful in all corners of the globe, and when the British navy attained an unquestioned command of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.”—Putnam’s.
“Valuable documentary publication.”
+ + Am. Hist. R. 12: 469. Ja. ’07. 70w.
“The letters may be read with special advantage by those who are taking up the study of the campaigns of 1756–1760, and they are full of interest to the average reader, since they contain much of the thought of the greatest statesman England can claim for three hundred years. The books are well printed and are unusually free from typographical errors, although there are one or two slight topographical slips in the volumes, such as placing Bic off the Saguenay river.”
+ + − Am. Hist. R. 12: 663. Ap. ’07. 1560w.
+ + Ath. 1906, 2: 799. D. 22. 1730w.
“Teachers and students of early American history owe to the patriotic society women, and to Miss Kimball, their thanks for making available these interesting records.” Edwin Erle Sparks.
+ + Dial. 43: 117. S. 1, ’07. 790w.
“The introduction is lucid and the notes admirably brief and painted; while the material collected gives a picture of Pitt’s powers of practical administration which is an absolute revelation.” Basil Williams.
+ − Eng. Hist. R. 22: 377. Ap. ’07. 1980w.
+ + Ind. 62: 1413. Je. 13, ’07. 790w.
“Miss Kimball was fortunate in finding nearly all her material ready arranged in the series of American and West Indian state papers preserved in the Record office, but a debt of gratitude is none the less due to her for bringing it to the notice of the English-speaking public in this clear and readable form.”
+ + Lond. Times. 6: 3. Ja. 4, ’07. 2160w.
“The documents in these volumes have been well edited, but Miss Kimball’s preface hardly meets the demands of the occasion.”
+ + − Nation. 84: 244. Mr. 14, ’07. 1780w.
+ Outlook. 86: 970. Ag. 31, ’07. 550w.
“Carefully edited.” Herbert L. Osgood.
+ + Pol. Sci. Q. 22: 326. Je. ’07. 990w.
“It seems ungracious to find fault when so much that is valuable is presented in these volumes, yet the collection would have been far completer, though much bulkier, if the enclosures in the dispatches had also been printed. The availability of such material cannot, however, compensate for an adequate biography.” George Louis Beer.
+ − Putnam’s. 1: 757. Mr. ’07. 460w.
“It is a great boon to the student of history to have valuable documentary material of this character printed in this convenient and accessible form.”
+ + R. of Rs. 34: 756. D. ’06. 170w.
“The Society of the colonial dames of America has performed a pious task in collecting a correspondence which covers the origins of their nation, and in Miss Kimball they have found a competent editor. The book is interesting mainly as the raw material of history.”
+ + Spec. 98: 143. Ja. 26. ’07. 1330w.
Plantz, Samuel. Church and the social problem: a study in applied Christianity. *$1.25. Meth. bk.
6–30015.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“There are a few minor features in the work which seem to fall short of a sympathetic understanding of Catholicism. Looking for the good in the work, however, we find it full of Christian sympathy, and of an honest desire to make Christianity true to its social mission.”
+ − Cath. World. 84: 698. F. ’07. 870w.
348Reviewed by Charles Richmond Henderson.
+ − Dial. 42: 13. Ja. 1. ’07. 170w.
“A wholesome book and a tonic book.”
+ Outlook. 84: 237. S. 22, ’06. 330w.
Plumb, Charles Sumner. Types and breeds of farm animals. *$2. Ginn.
7–1488.
Commonly accepted types and breeds of horses, asses, mules, cattle, sheep, goats and swine are treated in this volume, as for instance, the draft or speed type of horse, dairy type of cattle, and bacon type of swine. It includes a discussion on original habitat, breed development, history, work of pioneer breeders, characteristics, etc.
A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 103. Ap. ’07. S.
+ Ann. Am. Acad. 30: 600. N. ’07. 130w.
Plummer, Mary Wright. Roy and Ray in Mexico. Il. **$1.75. Holt.
7–19788.
A story told from the standpoint of Roy and Ray Stevens, lively twins, who spend a summer in Mexico. They visit Mexican cities, meet President Diaz, take part in an American colony’s celebration of the fourth of July, visit ruins and landmarks, and incidentally learn interesting bits of Mexican history. It is a travel book that will interest old as well as young.
“Will be helpful to teachers.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 209. N. ’07.
“The pictures are particularly good.”
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 618. O. 12, ’07. 100w.
“A sensible book of travel.”
+ R. of Rs. 36: 768. D. ’07. 60w.
Plunkett, Charles Hare. Letters of one: a study in limitations. **$1.25. Putnam.
7–12641.
“The book consists of more than forty letters, all purporting to be from a writer who is cursed with the artistic temperament, and addressed to a lady with whom he has fallen in love.... Every one of these letters explains, from one aspect or another, the writer’s conviction that courtship and marriage would involve infidelity to his true mistress—his art.”—Ath.
“The writing of these letters, from the literary standpoint, is excellent. The sameness of the matter in them, tends to spoil the book, which would have been more interesting if it had included some of the replies to these highly wrought outpourings.”
+ − Ath. 1907, 1: 471. Ap. 20. 550w.
“Bears the unmistakable Benson stamp in conception and execution. As a tour de force in the portrayal of love-madness at the summit of its absurdity, the little book is a sort of curiosity.”
+ − Dial. 42: 343. Je. 1, ’07. 610w.
“An interesting study of the morbid and irritating type. As a reductio ad absurdum of the artistic temperament theory, the book has merit.”
+ − Nation. 84: 590. Je. 27, ’07. 490w.
“Not a manly enough character to arouse much admiration in the reader’s mind. But it painted, with all its curious limitations and contradictions, very clearly and convincingly.”
+ − N. Y. Times. 12: 257. Ap. 20, ’07. 380w.
“Take it all in all, is pretty thin gruel, fit for an invalid, maybe, but not very tasty at that. They do these things better on the continent, you know.” Florence Wilkinson.
+ − N. Y. Times. 12: 350. Je. 1, ’07. 1900w.
“A very clever book this.”
+ Spec. 98: 804. My. 18, ’07. 180w.
Plympton, Almira George. Dorcaster days. †$1.25. Little.
7–31228.
A story for young people in which the simple, pure, near-to-nature life of one family reforms the false, snobbish standards of another.
Podmore, Frank. Robert Owen, a biography. *$6. Appleton.
7–11019.
Mr. Podmore has gathered together and presented the details of the life of this Welshman whose plans for a co-operative village marks the beginning of modern socialism. The sketch follows his efforts and his failure. “There is hardly an item in the whole modern programme of social endeavour to-day, apart from religion, which he did not initiate, promote, or suggest; and the gospel of salvation by material-means, which is his gospel, gains ground everywhere at the expense of all other gospels.” (Lond. Times.)
“An excellent and well-balanced biography. Mr. Podmore’s work will be found of value to students of present social conditions, as well as to those interested in early history in the middle west of America.”
+ + Dial. 43: 289. N. 1, ’07. 390w.
“It is not the final biography of the prophet of socialism—a more illuminating one remains yet to be written; but it is opportune, meritorious and acceptable.”
+ Lond. Times. 5: 250. Jl. 13, ’06. 2100w.
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 549. S. 14, ’07. 1300w.
“The life of Robert Owen, which Mr. Podmore has written with much insight and considerable literary skill, is full of interest.”
+ Spec. 96: 1040. Je. 30, ’06. 1400w.
Poe, Edgar Allan. Poems; collected and edited, with a critical introduction and notes, by Edmund Clarence Stedman and George Edward Woodberry. $1. Duffield.
7–21324.
The text adopted here is that of the Lorimer Graham copy of the edition of 1845, revised by marginal corrections in Poe’s hand. There is a critical introduction to the poems and notes including variant readings.
+ Lit. D. 35: 578. O. 19, ’07. 150w.
N. Y. Times. 12: 616. O. 12, ’07. 130w.
Politovsky, Eugene S. From Libau to Tsushima: a narrative of the voyage of Admiral Rojdestvensky’s fleet to eastern seas, including a detailed account of the Dogger Bank incident; tr. by Major F. R. Godfrey. *$1.50. Dutton.
7–10987.
A diary in the form of letters to his wife written by the chief engineer of the fleet from Aug. 28, 1904 to May 10, 1905. “It presents with greater vividness than any formal history can the life on the Russian vessels during the seven months’ cruise from the Baltic around Africa, the long, tedious stay at Madagascar and Kamranh Bay and the preparations for the last fatal fight.” (Ind.)
“If the author had been a closer observer and a more trained writer, the letters might have been very valuable, since little is known of that remarkable journey after the fleet left Tangier until it met its doom.”
− + Acad. 71: 382. O. 13, ’06. 230w.
A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 126. My. ’07.
Ind. 61: 1571. D. 27. ’06. 190w.
“He is merely an intelligent outside observer, ready enough to make allowances for the difficulties with which Rojdestvensky was beset; but on that account his casual and incidental remarks are all the more illuminative.”
+ Lond. Times. 5: 310. S. 14, ’06. 1170w.
“His diary ... has deservedly been called a valuable contribution to the history of the great struggle in the Far East. It holds material, however, which should be subjected to careful interpretation.”
+ − Nation. 84: 415. My. 2, ’07. 610w.
349“The translator is to be congratulated upon his terse English and his successful avoidance of foreign idioms. An index would have been most acceptable.”
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 861. D. 8, ’06. 170w.
“This book may be considered a trustworthy record of events and of life on board the ships under Rojdestvensky’s command, whilst in it can be clearly traced the causes which led up to the crowning disaster of Tsushima.”
+ Sat. R. 102: 370. S. 22, ’06. 350w.
“A more faithful picture of what the Russians thought and said and did during these nine months there could not be.”
+ Spec. 97: 338. S. 8, ’06. 450w.
Pollard, Albert Frederick. Factors in modern history and their application to the problems around us. **$2.25. Putnam.
“Prof. Pollard’s book is made up of a number of lectures dealing chiefly with various aspects and developments of English history in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. In his own words, his object is ‘primarily to stimulate imagination,’ and he avowedly neglects ‘facts’ as such. What he offers is a series of conclusions (based as they must be, on an intimate knowledge of facts) on the character and inner meaning of certain phases of sixteenth and seventeenth century history, embodying illuminating reflections and generalizations from which the reader will turn with added zest to the ‘facts’ of the period.” (Ath.)
“Professor Pollard is, we think, at his best in the earlier lectures. His tracing of the growth of the national idea, of the advent of the middle class, and his picture of the new monarchy are most interesting and stimulating in the Aristotelian sense of the word. His style is happy and light and his lectures, should be most interesting to listen to, for even in cold print they read delightfully.”
+ Acad. 73: 725. Jl. 27, ’07. 550w.
“It is ungrateful to carp at incidental peculiarity and ambiguity of detail amidst so much valuable generalization.”
+ − Ath. 1907, 2: 91. Jl. 27. 850w.
“A word should be added in appreciation of the author’s literary style: the reviewer recalls no other discussion that brings out the humor of history so freely and so delightfully. Professor Pollard’s latest work is one that lovers of history will read with enjoyment as well as with profit.”
+ Dial. 43: 320. N. 16, ’07. 480w.
“It is long since we have approached a book of historical philosophy so intelligent or so incisive.”
+ + Ind. 63: 1174. N. 14, ’07. 640w.
“Some of the chapters are worthy of their author at his best; but others are not likely to add to his reputation and, though they may have been useful for their original purpose, ought not to have been given to the world in this form.”
+ − Lond. Times. 6: 251. Ag. 16, ’07. 1170w.
N. Y. Times. 12: 548. S. 14, ’07. 500w.
R. of Rs. 36: 636. N. ’07. 70w.
+ − Sat. R. 104: 272. Ag. 31. ’07. 940w.
“It unquestionably merits the adjective ‘readable,’ which is more often bestowed than deserved.”
+ Spec. 99: sup. 751. N. 16, ’07. 390w.
Pollock, Frank Lillie. Treasure trail. $1.25. Page.
6–18588.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
N. Y. Times. 11: 370. Je. 9, ’06. 150w.
Sat. R. 102: sup. 7. D. 8, ’06. 140w.
“It has occasional touches of verisimilitude, but its dramatic climax belongs to the region of the impossible.”
− + World To-Day. 11: 1222. N. ’06. 70w.
Pollok, Allan. Studies in practical theology. $1.50. T. C. Allen & co., Halifax, Canada.
“While the subject of preaching and pulpit preparation is not neglected, much more space is devoted to such topics as the clergyman’s life as a student, the conduct of public worship, the adminstration of the church and the visitation of the sick, than is usual in homiletical treatises. The best traditions of the Scottish ministry, among which are scholarly industry, personal dignity, unfailing courtesy, and above all things, fidelity and conscientiousness, find a kindly and gentle exponent in Principal Pollok.”—Nation.
+ Nation. 85: 56. Jl. 18, ’07. 190w.
+ − Outlook. 86: 569. Je. 13, ’07. 110w.
Pond, Oscar Lewis. Municipal control of public utilities. **$1.50; pa. **$1. Macmillan.
7–4379.
“He begins with the definition of the purely governmental and the private or business functions of municipal corporations, discusses the legal construction of municipal charters and the implied powers of municipal corporations. He then sets forth ‘municipal purposes within the meaning of the constitution,’ shows the grounds on which municipal property is exempted from taxation, and treats of the sale of municipal property, power to grant exclusive franchises, and the regulation of charges for services rendered by private corporations.”—Engin. N.
“Legal rather than economic in its discussion, it is rather more interesting to the student and general reader than most purely legal treatises.”
+ Ann. Am. Acad. 30: 166. Jl. ’07. 240w.
Engin. N. 57: 555. My. 16, ’07. 130w.
Poole, Ernest. Voice of the street. †$1.50. Barnes.
6–19774.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“Is strong in its story element, but is not likely to have a large influence in changing conditions.” Madeline Z. Doty.
+ − Charities. 17: 487. D. 15, ’06. 420w.
Porter, Eleanor H. Cross currents: the story of Margaret. †$1. Wilde.
7–27618.
The story of a little girl of wealth who was lost and found by a little waif of the slums, taken to his meager attic, and forced to grow up among the sordid conditions of sweat-shops and dirty streets. The book is a revealing child-labor document.
Porter, Gene Stratton (Mrs. Charles Darwin Porter). What I have done with birds. **$3. Bobbs.
7–17394.
The sub-title of this book is wholly suggestive of its scope: “character studies of native American birds which through friendly advance I induced to pose for me, or succeeded in photographing by good fortune, with the story of my experiences in obtaining their pictures.”
“Self-appreciation or self-consciousness constantly reappears throughout the book.” George Gladden.
+ − Bookm. 25: 622. Ag. ’07. 330w.
“A thread of sustained interest runs through the whole book and makes it possible for the reader to overlook a perhaps justifiable pride of the author in her achievements and to ignore at times an abrupt style and a tendency to employ unusual words and phrases.”
+ − Dial. 43: 216. O. 1. ’07. 220w.
“Besides the numerous half-tones, the volume contains seventeen full-page colored plates of unusual accuracy and beauty.”
+ Ind. 62: 1353. Je. 6, ’07. 150w.
350“Few books entail such actual labor as this, such marvelous patience, and few books are produced with a spirit of enthusiastic at-one-ness with the subjects.”
+ + N. Y. Times. 12: 357. Je. 1, ’07. 170w.
Porter, General Horace. Campaigning with Grant. *$1.80. Century.
2–8573.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 54. F. ’07. ✠
Porter, Robert Percival. Dangers of municipal ownership. **$1.80. Century.
7–3905.
A study of conditions in many of the most famous industrial centers of the world lies back of Mr. Porter’s exposition. By way of a warning to the United States, he gives a brief history of Municipal ownership in Great Britain, pointing out the serious consequences of the indiscriminate pursuit of the system there. He says “Trading with the public credit, whether state or municipal, must, of necessity, lead to stupendous financial liabilities, add to the burden of the rates, weaken municipal credit, bring about inequality of taxation, interfere with the natural laws of trade, check industrial and scientific progress, stop invention, discourage individual effort, destroy foreign trade, establish an army of officials, breed corruption, create an aristocracy of labor, demoralize the voter, and ultimately make socialistic communities of towns and cities.”
+ − Acad. 73: 108. N. 9, ’07. 1000w.
“Partisan in spirit but useful because it is practically the first presentation of this side of the question.”
+ − A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 103. Ap. ’07.
“As a wholly partisan writer on his chosen subject, Mr. Porter is an unqualified success except as his zeal defeats his own ends.”
+ − Engin. N. 57: 553. My. 16, ’07. 400w.
“Mr. Porter has given us one of the most vigorous and readable books on this much-discussed subject. It is the work of an advocate but of an advocate perfectly sure of the correctness of his position and thoroughly alarmed at the tendencies he describes.” Wm. Hill.
+ + − J. Pol. Econ. 15: 495. O. ’07. 600w.
“The book is well worth the study of those interested in present economic conditions and is likely to attract considerable notice.”
+ Lit. D. 34: 386. Mr. 9, ’07. 530w.
“It is a real service to put the facts, which are accumulating clearly before the public and to explain them, so that people may know what they are doing. Mr. Porter’s book does that, and therein lies its value.”
+ Lond. Times. 6: 250. Ag. 16, ’07. 1270w.
“He Is a confessed and violent partisan, and too many of the figures which he gives are untested and unfairly collated for inferences dubiously drawn. This we the more regret because we agree in the main with his point of view. Nor is his sense of order good.”
− + Nation. 84: 243. Mr. 14, ’07. 170w.
N. Y. Times. 12: 49. Ja. 26, ’07. 230w.
“He goes on to declare that the object of his book is to set forth ‘the inherent defects of the whole principle of public trading.’ We do not think that a book founded on this lack of discrimination and taking for itself this sole object, will be of any great help to the student of this problem.”
− Outlook. 86: 78. My. 11, ’07. 370w.
“This volume by Mr. Porter will attract attention, since it is practically the first popular presentation of that side of the discussion. Mr. Porter is a trained investigator and statistician, and presents his case in an attractive and entertaining way.”
+ R. of Rs. 35: 38. Mr. ’07. 110w.
“Valuable as the work of a practical official and citizen of a practical nation.”
+ Spec. 99: sup. 645. N. 2, ’07. 130w.
Porter, Thomas F. City songs and country carols. $1.50. Badger, R: G.
6–41028.
Nearly two hundred and fifty poems including fireside reveries, reminiscences, and sentiments of the philosopher, patriot and citizen.
Post, Louis Freeland. Ethical principles of marriage and divorce. *$1. Public pub. co., Chicago.
6–13427.
A serious treatment in which “Mr. Post ... argues that without unifying love marriage is essentially no better than concubinage. Genuine marriage is not created by the formal ceremony that is requisite to declare it; it exists before such declaration; it dies, if the love that constitutes it dies; it is reasonable and also conducive to moral interests that there should be a conventional release from the remaining conventional bond.” (Outlook.) “The natural inference from this is that when marriage ceases in reality, it should cease also in form. Divorce should be granted and remarriage permitted.” (Arena.)
“We do not hesitate to call this book a classic on the subject of marriage and divorce. It is the ultimate analysis, the final answer to a problem engaging now, more than ever, human attention. We commend its consideration to all Bible-bound ecclesiastics as well as to free-lovers and sex-radicals wherever found.” Robert E. Bisbee.
+ + Arena. 37: 322. Mr. ’07. 2120w.
+ Outlook. 82: 808. Ap. 7, ’06. 280w.
Potter, Beatrix. Tale of Tom Kitten. †50c. Warne.
7–28973.
A prettily illustrated children’s story by the author of “The tale of Peter rabbit” and companion to it.
“Other folk, as well as Pickles, will find pleasure in the dry and simple humor of the narrator, and the dainty pictures she has provided.”
+ Ath. 1907, 2: 516. O. 26. 140w.
Potter, Rt. Rev. Henry Codman. Reminiscences of bishops and archbishops. **$2. Putnam.
6–33595.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 104. Ap. ’07.
“The whole collection has so finely human a quality that it should have interest to those in no way connected with either of the offices that make so impressive an appearance in the title.”
+ + Ind. 62: 973. Ap. 25, ’07. 260w.
“He is able to indicate character by a stroke here and there, and the man stands before us, recalled by a good memory.”
+ Outlook. 85: 39. Ja. 5, ’07. 1170w.
Potter, Margaret. The princess. †$1.50. Harper.
7–9844.
A sad story of love and intrigue with scenes drawn from Russian court life. The central figure is Princess Catherine, who lived in aloofness and isolation amid the social corruption about her which affected her in its most humiliating sense thru the inconstancy of her husband. The Czar and Czarina, diplomats and courtiers appear upon the stage where there is enacted a drama lacking neither romantic nor tragic interest.
Ath. 1907, 1: 469. Ap. 20. 120w.
“It is a pity that Miss Potter should have resorted to this trick of supernaturalism, which seriously weakens her book.” Wm. M. Payne.
+ − Dial. 42: 315. My. 16, ’07. 240w.
“An interesting novel of sufficient verisimilitude to give life and character to her narrative.”
+ Lit. D. 34: 548. Ap. 6, ’07. 170w.
351“It would be hard to imagine an uglier situation than that upon which the action turns. Nevertheless the tale is in its way absorbing, and not likely to be at once forgotten.”
+ − Nation. 84: 389. Ap. 25, ’07. 480w.
“Considering the general unpleasantness of Miss Potter’s theme, she has managed its development with a good deal of skill, though some doubts insist on obtruding as to her solution of the story’s final problem.”
+ − N. Y. Times. 12: 350. Je. 1, ’07. 570w.
“Represents the highest achievement of its author yet given to the public.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
+ + − No. Am. 185. 549. Jl. 5, ’07. 1220w.
“An occult strain runs through the novel, managed with frankness and some skill.”
+ Outlook. 85: 813. Ap. 6, ’07. 150w.
* Poulsson, Emilie. Father and baby plays. †$1.25. Century.
7–38013.
A book of pictures, verses, music and notes for the teacher, father, mother and baby. It is designed as a means of strengthening the tie between father and child who are separated the whole day thru.
“A new and very attractive book.”
+ Educ. R. 34: 537. D. ’07. 40w.
Nation. 85: 520. D. 5. ’07. 20w.
“The verses which Miss Poulsson has written are most uneven. The illustrations, however, are spirited and above the average.”
+ − R. of Rs. 36: 766. D. ’07. 80w.
Powell, Elmer Ellsworth. Spinoza and religion: a study of Spinoza’s metaphysics and of his particular utterances in regard to religion, with a view to determining the significance of his thought for religion and incidentally his personal attitude toward it. *$1.50. Open ct.
6–21921.
“The aim of this book is to prove that Spinoza was irreligious and his philosophy antireligious.”—Philos. R.
+ Ind. 62: 856. Ap. 11, ’07. 250w.
“The book is clear in style, thorough in execution, and exhibits much logical acumen.” Eugene W. Lyman.
+ J. Philos. 4: 668. N. 21, ’07. 440w.
“The author demonstrates his familiarity with the field and his liveliness of interest. The style, furthermore, is excellent, and does much to redeem a book which is otherwise too doggedly iconoclastic to be either stimulating or pleasing.”
+ − Nation. 83: 487. D. 6, ’06. 1520w.
“Lacks that spirit of impartiality which is the prime requisite in all critical investigations. Nor does Dr. Powell appear to have studied the philosopher’s writings with enough thoroughness to enable him to grasp the true significance of his teaching.” E. Ritchie.
− Philos. R. 16: 339. My. ’07. 300w.
R. of Rs. 35: 118. Ja. ’07. 50w.
Power, John O’Connor. Making of an orator. **$1.35. Putnam.
6–19419.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“The book is popular in style and suggestive as to matter.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 70. Mr. ’07.
Pratt, Ambrose. Counterstroke. *$1. Fenno.
A melodramatic story filled with lurid pictures. The characters are “either Nihilists of the most rabid breed or members of a society pledged to exterminate Nihilists by the use of tactics exactly modeled on their own bloody methods—whence the title, ‘The counterstroke.’” (N. Y. Times.)
“As lurid as the wildest dream of villainy and injured innocence that ever found its way into the pages of the cheap story papers.”
− N. Y. Times. 12: 549. S. 14, ’07. 180w.
Pratt, Antwerp Edgar. Two years among New Guinea cannibals: a naturalist’s sojourn among the aborigines of unexplored New Guinea. *$4. Lippincott.
6–24917.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“Mr. Pratt devotes little space in this book to natural history, its bulk being given to a gossipy description of the author’s journeyings, with remarks, too often inaccurate, on the natives he came in contact with.” C. G. Seligmann.
− + Nature. 74: 58. My. 17, ’06. 890w.
Pratt, Edwin A. Railways and their rates. *$1.50. Dutton.
6–7780.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 3:104. Ap. ’07.
“The pamphlet is well worth studying.”
+ Spec. 99: sup. 643. N. 2, ’07. 340w.
Pratt, Henry Sherring. Course in vertebrate zoology: a guide to the dissection and comparative study of vertebrate animals. *$1.50. Ginn.
6–1432.
“The work includes practical directions for the dissection and study of seven types of vertebrates; the dogfish for the elasmobranchs; the perch for the teleost; the Necturus and frog for the amphibians; the turtle; pigeon; and cat.... Each type is treated independently of the rest, and may be studied separately.... It is strictly a laboratory guide, not a treatise on comparative anatomy.”—School R.
“Notwithstanding drawbacks, the work remains as a useful guide to those teachers who wish to arrange a course in comparative anatomy.”
+ − Nature. 74: sup. 8. O. 11, ’06. 750w.
“One might have wished that the author had omitted entirely the very incomplete, incorrect, antiquated, and obsolete outline of the classification of the vertebrates, for which, however, the author is responsible only in accepting Wiedersheim as an authority. The work itself, for which the author is responsible, is remarkably free from errors.” S. W. Williston.
+ − School R. 15: 235. Mr. ’07. 280w.
Pratt, James Bissett. Psychology of religious belief. **$1.50. Macmillan.
7–4164.
A discussion which is more concerned with the modest and concrete problem of the nature of belief in a God or gods and the basis or bases on which this belief really rests than with the nature or the definition of religion. The author aims to break ground in a rich but neglected field.
“The book will repay study. We must, however. submit that Professor Pratt’s definition of intellectual belief stands in need of modification.”
+ − Cath. World. 25: 255. My. ’07. 430w.
“Valuable work.”
+ Current Literature. 42: 418. Ap. ’07. 1820w.
“As a simple direct presentation of religious-mindedness, the essay is to be commended.”
+ Dial. 42: 148. Mr. 1, 07. 280w.
“The argument is well reasoned, and is expressed in clear and popular style.”
+ Ind. 63: 1378. D. 5, ’07. 140w.
“This volume is a happy addition to the rapidly growing literature of religious psychology. It deals with the side of the subject that as yet has received scant attention from the scientific students of the religious consciousness. The clear and simple style of the book, 352together with the note of earnestness and sincerity that pervades it, makes it a pleasure to read. It is a scholarly study of a psychological problem. It will be read with profit by many who have neither a psychological training nor scholarly interests. A carefully selected bibliography of the psychology of religion and an index add to the usefulness of the book for the purposes of the student.” F. C. French.
+ + J. Philos. 4: 383. Jl. 4, ’07. 1680w.
+ − Nation. 85: 237. S. 12, ’07. 440w.
“One can hardly ask for a clearer vindication than this volume presents of the absolute validity of the religious consciousness.”
+ Outlook. 86: 831. Ag. 17, ’07. 1030w.
* Pratt, Waldo Selden. History of music. Schirmer.
Distinctly a book of reference for students rather than a literary or critical survey of a few salient aspects, or a specialist’s report of original research. It is encyclopedic in its fulness and from primitive or savage music down to later nineteenth century music the leading tendencies or movements of musical advance are discussed.
Preissig, Edward. Notes on the history and political institutions of the old world. **$2.50. Putnam.
6–22387.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“Threshing as it does over fields already covered by many excellent works, such a book as this should find its justification in clearness of presentation, yet in this respect it can hardly be called a success. The language is often so confused as to be almost unintelligible, and many errors appear which should have been detected in a careful reading of the manuscript or of the proof.”
− + Am. Hist. R. 12: 414. Ja. ’07. 650w.
Prendergast, William A. Credit and its uses. **$1.50. Appleton.
6–40205.
“This book treats briefly of the theory of credit, urging that, besides the tangible element of property, the intangible element of good faith, or confidence, is fundamental. Thus he holds strongly that credit is chiefly dependent on these intangible elements.”—J. Pol. Econ.
“The book is sufficiently popular to be understood by the layman, is strong on the practical side. Its weakness on the theoretical side will not hurt it as an introduction to practical problems of credit.”
+ − A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 170. O. ’07.
“The weakest part of the book is that dealing with the theory of credit.”
+ − Ind. 62: 157. Ja. 17, ’07. 480w.
“Whatever the value to be assigned to his treatment of the academic side of credit, the book must really be estimated by the useful compilation he has made of material bearing on the practical side of the question.” L.
+ − J. Pol. Econ. 14: 638. D. ’06. 320w.
“A work serviceable at some points and altogether unsatisfactory at others.”
+ − Nation. 84: 142. F. 7. ’07. 1030w.
R. of Rs. 35: 383. Mr. ’07. 40w.
Prentice, Ezra Parmalee. Federal power over carriers and corporations. **$1.50. Macmillan.
7–4172.
A book which deals with the nature and extent of powers belonging to the general government and not with Congressional legislation. In Mr. Prentice’s study, constitutional construction is interpreted by the aid of constitutional history.
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 104. Ap. ’07.
“Mr. Prentice’s excellent work has serious limitations which are doubtless the result of his close identity with certain large corporations whose activities may be more or less affected by the enforcement of the anti-trust act.” Emory R. Johnson.
+ + − Ann. Am. Acad. 30: 186. Jl. ’07. 800w.
“Apart from its interest to the lawyer and the lawmaker, the book is of value to all who are concerned with or are interested in the problems of government and economics.”
+ Ind. 62: 273. Ja. 31, ’07. 950w.
“On the whole, however, it must be said that the book’s place is as a readable partisan account of the development of a constitutional doctrine, and not as a serious contribution to the legal literature of the subject.” James Parker Hall.
+ − J. Pol. Econ. 15: 238. Ap. ’07. 1680w.
“For some students of constitutional theories they may have their interest; but to the elucidation of the practical questions now before the country they contribute substantially nothing.”
− + Nation. 84: 411. My. 2, ’07. 350w.
“He writes like a lawyer, with close study of the precedents, and with no wandering from his text. The book is not large, but it is weighty, and calls for an answer. The subject cannot be allowed to drop until it is settled, and those wishing the latest word cannot afford to neglect Mr. Prentice’s discussion.” Edward A. Bradford.
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 84. F. ’07. 1670w.
“This is the book of a lawyer, but one written less for lawyers than for those, whatever may be their lines of life, who are now studying from the historical standpoint the Rooseveltian theory of constitutional government.” Simeon E. Baldwin.
+ No. Am. 184: 311. F. 1, ’07. 1530w.
“The rarity of lapses emphasizes the scrupulous care with which the work has been prepared, while the industry, skill and conviction of the author make criticism difficult.” H. A. Cushing.
+ + − Pol. Sci. Q. 22: 716. D. ’07. 1120w.
R. of Rs. 35: 382. Mr. ’07. 40w.
Prentis, John Harcourt. Case of Dr. Horace: a study of the importance of conscience in the detection of crime. †$1.25. Baker.
7–12637.
In the interests of psychology, to prove how great a part the conscience of a criminal plays in the detection of his crime, two friends devise a daring test. They substitute the body of a man who died at a hospital for Dr. Horace, who promptly disappears on a two weeks’ vacation. They arrange the body so that murder is evident, they furnish a motive and every clue points to Wallace, the other man in the plot, as the murderer. Then follows the work of the detectives on the trail of the murderer without a conscience. The story is interesting, and the end is clever, altho it evades the psychological point.
“The story, however, though readable thruout, weakens deplorably in the latter chapters.”
+ − Nation. 84: 457. My. 16, ’07. 370w.
Price, George Bacon. Gaining health in the West, (Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona); being impressions of a layman. *$1. Huebsch.
7–19791.
Based upon seven years’ personal experience with “climate” this little volume offers sane and valuable advice to all who are obliged to seek the West in search of health. It discusses climatic conditions, marital obligations, social and ethical aspects, tells where and how to live, how to avoid loneliness, how to get employment and many other things which only one who has learned the detailed lessons taught by experience can know.
“Anyone contemplating a Colorado residence, especially if in search of health, will find this little volume an admirable substitute for such advice as he might expect from an experienced sensible, and sympathetic friend.”
+ Dial. 43: 20. Jl. 1, ’07. 200w.
353“Is a sensible little book of good advice for the consumptives:”
+ Ind. 63: 344. Ag. 8, ’07. 90w.
+ Nation. 84: 14. Jl. 4, ’07. 70w.
* Price, John Ambrose. The negro: past, present, and future. $1.50. Neale.
A three part treatment. The Past is a vindication of the old south as regards the black man, the Present reveals the negro as he exists in the south to-day under peculiar conditions and circumstances, the Future relates the possibilities of what may come to the American negro.
Price, William Hyde. English patents of monopoly. (Harvard economic studies, v. 1.) **$1.50. Houghton.
6–36187.
In this volume “the application of the common law to cases of monopoly down to the enactment of the common-law principle in the statute of monopolies in 1624, is followed in detail.... Having treated of the political and economic aspects of the monopoly system as a whole, the author devotes succeeding chapters to several selected important industries wherein monopolies were established.... In appendices, occupying something over one hundred pages, original documents, statutes, letters, and proclamations concerning patents, monopolies, and commissions, and touching grievances, are reprinted.”—J. Pol. Econ.
“This somewhat perfunctory treatment of the larger question involved is our principal, in fact almost our only criticism of this serious study by a well-trained investigator of an interesting and important subject. We regret that a more restricted subject was not taken, or else that the first chapter, the ‘political history’ of the monopolies, was not made much longer and more serious, more discriminating and more scientifically historical. We have no doubt that the author is entirely capable of having so treated it, but was led astray by a predominatingly economic interest.”
+ − Am. Hist. R. 12: 878. Jl. ’07. 710w.
“To that literature [English economic history] the present monograph is a scholarly contribution.” John Cummings.
+ J. Pol. Econ. 14: 575. N. ’06. 600w.
“Mr. Price ... deals with the matter as a historian rather than as a legislator or statesman, but publicists cannot read his excellent contribution to the subject of monopolies without finding it highly suggestive.” Edward A. Bradford.
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 122. Mr. 2, ’07. 1650w.
Prichard, Kate O’Brien Hesketh, and Prichard, Hesketh Vernon Hesketh (E. and H. Heron, pseud.). Don Q. in the Sierra. †$1.50. Lippincott.
6–42429.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“His various adventures are well told, and we shall be delighted to meet him again next time he comes to life.”
+ Acad. 71: 590. D. 8, ’06. 170w.
“Here are twelve new sketches of the career of this redoubtable brigand; and if they are inferior to their predecessors, the difference is not noticeable.”
+ Ath. 1906, 2: 768. D. 15. 100w.
“The narratives making up the volume ... are crowded with exciting incident and are capitally told.”
+ Ind. 62: 386. F. 14, ’07. 110w.
+ Sat. R. 103: 86. Ja. 19, ’07. 160w.
Spec. 97: 990. D. 15, ’06. 100w.
Prideaux, Sarah Treverbian. Modern bookbindings; their design and decoration. *$3. Dutton.
6–33798.
“An account of the best English and French bookbinders of the day, written by an artist of their work.”—Ath.
“The only objection to it that can be raised is that, none of the artist’s own work being included, it is incomplete as a representation of what is being done.”
+ − Ath. 1906, 2: 81. Jl. 21. 550w.
“Miss Prideaux has admirably supplemented her former volume, ‘Book-binders and their craft.’”
+ Ind. 63: 160. Jl. 18, ’07. 280w.
+ Int. Studio. 30: 89. N. ’06. 190w.
“There is scarcely any attempt at technical exposition, so that these who take up the book with the object of gaining information on these points must be warned to look elsewhere.”
+ − Lond. Times. 5: 298. Ag. 31, ’06. 670w.
N. Y. Times. 12: 238. Ap. 13, ’07. 470w.
Spec. 96: 760. My. 12, ’06. 100w.
Prince, Leon Cushing. Bird’s-eye view of American history. **$1.25. Scribner.
7–12868.
A brief survey of American history from the discovery by Columbus down to the Roosevelt administration.
“In view of the space-limits of the book, some topics receive surprisingly comprehensive treatment. To the mature reader this outline will prove serviceable in connection with more extended histories. The book’s usefulness, however, is greatly impaired by the inexcusable omission of an index.” George H. Haynes.
+ − Am. Hist. R. 13: 183. O. ’07. 610w.
“There are too many errors of fact. Nor is Mr. Prince always happy in his generalizations.”
− N. Y. Times. 12: 271. Ap. 27, ’07. 560w.
“Is generally speaking, in accord with the findings of modern scholarship. It is not free from questionable statements. But against these defects must be set some really striking features.”
+ + − Outlook. 86: 569. Je. 13, ’07. 350w.
“Any student of American history who finds himself confused or overwhelmed by the mass of material that is presented in more elaborate works should make it a point to read Professor Prince’s book for the sake of its clarifying effect.”
+ R. of Rs. 35: 637. My. ’07. 90w.
Prince, Morton. Dissociation of a personality: a biographical study in abnormal psychology. *$2.80. Longmans.
5–42041.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
Reviewed by Francis Harold Dike.
+ + Int. J. Ethics. 17: 265. Ja. ’07. 2340w.
Prudden, Theophil M. On the great American plateau: wanderings among canyons and buttes in the land of the cliff-dweller, and the Indian of to-day; il. by E. Leaming. **$2. Putnam.
7–1482.
The reader is here afforded “glimpses of the rugged southwest country, with its quaint aborigines and the ruins of an older folk.” “Of prehistoric remains, of the life and work of primitive house-builders, and of the present conditions of Indian life on the great plateau Dr. Prudden tells us much, while the natural wonders of the locality are graphically described.” (Outlook.)
“The interpretation of the far southwest requires a command of language and a power of appreciation possessed by few writers. Mr. Prudden has both. Perhaps the best recommendation that can be given this picturesque description is that it makes the reader anxious to see what is spoken of with his own eyes.”
+ + Ann. Am. Acad. 29: 646. My. ’07. 240w.
“Dr. Prudden’s style is notably vigorous and enthusiastic.” H. E. Coblentz.
+ Dial. 42: 374. Je. 16, ’07. 200w.
354“A very readable book.”
+ Ind. 62: 735. Mr. 28, ’07. 210w.
“The book on the whole has the charm of freshness and reality.”
+ Nation. 84: 360. Ap. 18, ’07. 190w.
N. Y. Times. 11: 748. N. 10, ’06. 330w.
N. Y. Times. 12: 15. Ja. 12, ’07. 290w.
“A popular travel book, but it is not of the superficial variety. It is the work of a keen observer who reflects upon what he sees.” Cyrus C. Adams.
+ + N. Y. Times. 12: 122. Mr. 2, ’07. 630w.
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 384. Je. 15, ’07. 130w.
+ Outlook. 85: 331. F. 9, ’07. 100w.
Pryce, Richard. The successor: a novel. †$1.50. Duffield.
7–25083.
Here is a story with a mystery surrounding the birth of an heir to a vast English estate. The moral law is sacrificed to the interests of ambition, and like many a modern story, no retribution follows for the offenders. The art of the story teller protects the mystery almost too well. The best character of the story is that of a faithful servant who served the house rather than individuals.
“However venturesome the foundation of its plot, this book cannot be charged with grossness. The seasoned reader will get from if no great harm, but much delightful entertainment. The immature reader will do just as well not to make its acquaintance.” Wm. M. Payne.
+ − Dial. 43: 251. O. 16, ’07. 310w.
“The style is evidently an earnest attempt to follow in the crooked footsteps of Henry James, and the matter, too, is not so very different from the sort of exposition upon which that master expends his genius. One might even say at the risk of great contumely, that, being at least lucid, it is really a little better worth while.”
+ − N. Y. Times. 12: 534. S. 7, ’07. 230w.
Pryor, Sara Agnes Rice (Mrs. Roger Atkinson Pryor). Birth of the nation, Jamestown, 1607. **$1.75. Macmillan.
7–14669.
In view of the Jamestown celebration special emphasis is here laid upon the part which it played in the birth of our nation. Beginning with the legends of early discoverers, the story of the colonization of Virginia is given briefly but with good detail, the men both white and red, who took active part in the struggle with the wilderness are vividly pictured in connection with the work they did. It is not a history of Jamestown, it is a history of the great movement which created Jamestown and preserved it, and it is a timely tribute to the town’s significance.
“It is based upon all the available sources, and these have been fairly well used. There is no offensive display of the critical spirit; neither is the author credulous. In the way of criticism, it may be said that the author seems to think that Powhatan is a name, not a title; that too much space is devoted to descriptions of the Indians and their life, and not enough attention to conditions among the colonists; that there is no index, and some of the illustrations would be better suited to a work of fiction.”
+ − Dial. 43: 66. Ag. 1, ’07. 440w.
“It is the careful, finished work of one who loves the task for its own sake, and who has lived long with her materials.”
+ Ind. 63: 698. S. 19, ’07. 230w.
“This book is in all respects a worthy and interesting memorial of the Jamestown celebration.”
+ Lit. D. 34: 842. My. 25, ’07. 280w.
+ Nation. 84: 453. My. 16, ’07. 160w.
“She has weighed the reputations of men in the balance, and one feels that her judgment is equally just and sympathetic.”
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 282. My. 4, ’07. 1320w.
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 384. Je. 15, ’07. 150w.
“No better book could be found to give a lively impression of the early days of the seventeenth century, and to refresh our knowledge of the events we are now celebrating in old Jamestown.”
+ Outlook. 86: 77. My. 11, ’07. 290w.
+ R. of Rs. 36: 128. Jl. ’07. 70w.
Spec. 99: 170. Ag. 3, ’07. 250w.
Puffer, Ethel D. Psychology of beauty. *$1.25. Houghton.
5–16135.
Descriptive note in December, 1905.
“Is composed of a series of delightful essays whose charm can escape neither the casual nor the critical reader. Its difficulties are exactly the crucial difficulties of the subject.” I. Madison Bentley.
+ − Philos. R. 16: 86. Ja. ’07. 1700w.
Pulitzer, Walter. Cozy corner confidences. 75c. Dodge.
A collection of epigrams gathered from comic periodicals.
“The collection makes a readable booklet after the style of the ‘Cynic’s calendar.’”
+ Ind. 61: 1399. D. 22, ’06. 60w.
Pullan, Richard Butterfield. Currency and coin. *$1. Occasional publisher.
7–23269.
“This excursion of a business man into monetary reform is based upon a desire to adjust bimetallism and the use of silver to the gold standard. Instead of ‘asset currency’ he suggests more silver. Thinking our currency insufficient, he advises that the government, ‘under a safe and conservative system of bimetallism,’ should greatly increase our circulating medium.... Next, the author proposes an indefinite increase of government bonds, to be called upon request of any national bank which will pay in gold or silver to an amount equal to the par value of the bonds.”—J. Pol. Econ.
“The whole scheme is whimsical, and not worthy of serious attention.”
− J. Pol. Econ. 15: 493. O. ’07. 230w.
“We have suffered too much from bad finance to allow tenderness for an author to encourage his errors by condoning them.”
− N. Y. Times. 12: 647. O. 19, ’07. 520w.
“The whole treatment shows lack of familiarity with the principles of monetary science and the literature of the subject.”
− Yale R. 16: 335. N. ’07. 90w.
Putnam, George Haven. Censorship of the church of Rome, and its influence upon the production and distribution of literature. **$2.50. Putnam.
7–1301.
To be complete in two volumes. The work is a study of the history of the prohibitory and expurgatory indexes, together with some consideration of the effects of Protestant censorship and of censorship by the state. It includes a list of the more important decrees, prohibitions, briefs, and edicts relating to the prohibition of specific books from the time of Gelasius I., 567 A. D., to the issue in 1900 of the latest of the church under Leo XIII.
v. 2. “The theological controversies in France, Germany, England, and the Netherlands, from 1600 to 1750, are first discussed. These are followed by a study of the treatment of the Scriptures under censorship in these countries and Spain, and then the author considers the relations of the censorship to the various monastic orders—Jesuits, Dominicans, Casuits Seculars, and Regulars.” (N. Y. Times.) Further he describes the Roman Indexes, gives brief descriptions of examples of condemned literature, and discusses the subject of censorship.
“Who can commend in any way, especially to a general reader, looking for the information on a specific point, a book which contains numerous errors on almost every page?” George L. Hamilton.
− Am. Hist. R. 12. 871. Jl. ’07. 1160w. (Review of v. 1.)
355“Can he cite any instances of a misunderstanding of the subject of the books, and of the language in which they are written, as remarkable as those of which he himself is guilty?” George L. Hamilton.
− Am. Hist. R. 13: 135. O. ’07. 650w. (Review of v. 2.)
− Ath. 1907, 1: 403. Ap. 6. 2100w. (Review of v. 1.)
“As we turn over these pages we have often felt ourselves, like the cave dwellers in Plato, trying to reconstruct the facts from the shadows of them before us. The author’s general conclusion as to the effect of censorship is correct and obvious.”
− + Ath. 1907, 2: 210. Ag. 24. 520w. (Review of v. 2.)
“Mr. Putnam’s book ... is honorably free from bias. He is simply and solely a historian, and he tries, and successfully tries, to put before us the main facts, in the history with which he deals.”
+ + Cath. World. 85: 552. Jl. ’07. 750w. (Review of v. 1.)
“We do not mean to say that the book is free from hints and phrases to which the majority of Catholics would object. But, looking at the matter impartially, we are bound to credit Dr. Putnam with the desire to be a just and equitable historian.”
+ + − Cath. World. 85: 839. S. ’07. 350w. (Review of v. 2.)
“It may be remarked in passing, however, that the value of the work as a book of reference might have been enhanced by the provision of a more complete general index.” Arthur Howard Noll.
+ + − Dial. 42: 338. Je. 1, ’07. 2420w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)
“Dr. Putnam has accomplished his difficult task with conscientious thoroness and complete scientific impartiality. If we may suggest a possible improvement in the work, we would observe that the medieval prohibitions of Bible-reading in the vernacular are too summarily dismissed.”
+ + − Ind. 62: 969. Ap. 25, ’07. 660w. (Review of v. 1.)
“The work, as now completed, ranks second only to Reusch as a history of prohibitive book legislation, and is easily the best authority on the subject in the English language.”
+ + Ind. 63: 401. Ag. 15, ’07. 220w. (Review of v. 2.)
“Fairness and justice, and that essential historical perspective which is attained by transporting oneself into the epoch described are the prevailing traits of the work.”
+ + Lit. D. 34: 342. Mr. 2, ’07. 440w. (Review of v. 1.)
“In dealing with this large and difficult subject, Dr. Putnam appears to have fallen between two stools. Although the book shows evidence of considerable labor and contains much matter not to be found elsewhere in convenient form, it is frankly selective, and therefore not of essential value for scholars. On the philosophical side, again, Dr. Putnam has but little to offer. The book is somewhat loose in style and inaccurate in minor details.”
+ − Nation. 84: 478. My. 23, ’07. 550w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)
“The temper in which the work is done and the purposes manifested by the writer are open to the appreciation of all. It would be ungracious to close this slight notice of Mr. Putnam’s work without an expression of appreciation for the unusual lucidity of his style.” Edward Cary.
+ + N. Y. Times. 12: 1. Ja. 5, ’07. 1280w. (Review of v. 1.)
N. Y. Times. 12: 372. Je. 8, ’07. 500w. (Review of v. 2.)
“It is prepared by a scholar for scholars. It takes rank with such works as Henry Charles Lea’s volumes on ‘The Inquisition of the middle ages,’ ‘The inquisition of Spain’ and ‘Sacradotal celibacy.’ We predict that it will be an authority on this subject for American and English readers.”
+ + − Outlook. 86: 520. Jl. 6, ’07. 820w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)
R. of Rs. 35: 757. Je. ’07. 60w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)
“Dr. Putnam presents the facts with all impartiality, and has given scholars a serviceable book of reference. The profusion of misprinted Latin words in volume 1 is unfortunate.”
+ + − Sat. R. 104: 209. Ag. 17, ’07. 990w. (Review of v. 1. and 2.)
“Mr. Putnam’s book is a triumph of industry and, what is not less important in such a matter, impartiality.”
+ + Spec. 99: 296. Ag. 31, ’07. 1500w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)
Pyle, Howard. Stolen treasure. †$1.25. Harper.
7–18095.
Four as stirring tales of romance and adventure of pirates and buried treasure as ever delighted boys old or young. They are entitled: With the buccaneers, Tom Chist and the treasure box, The ghost of Captain Brand, and The devil of New Hope. The volume is illustrated by the author.
“Should prove entertaining to both young and old.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 203. N. ’07. ✠
“Although Mr. Pyle’s delightful tales appeal primarily to youthful readers they may be recommended as a sort of tonic for adults grown weary of the fiction of the day. The pictures, which are by the author, are of course in perfect tune with the lively narrative.”
+ Lit. D. 35: 26. Jl. 6.’07. 210w.
“These stories are his best of the type. There are four of them and they are each distinctive.”
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 434. Jl. 6, ’07. 300w.
* Pyle, Howard. Story of Sir Launcelot and his companions, il. **$2.50. Scribner.
7–34314.
The story is told in text and pictures. The book is “a companion to the former volumes dealing with the Round table, and it follows the original closely in spirit. In the re-telling of Malory, there is always a loss of spirit and of ruggedness, however sincere the effort may be: and it takes a genius equal to Malory’s own to rewrite him.” (Nation.)
“It is far superior to the average attempt.”
+ Nation. 85: 496. N. 28, ’07. 110w.
+ Outlook. 87: 619. N. 23, ’07. 120w.
Pyle, Katharine, and Portor, Laura S. Theodora. †$1.25. Little.
7–32563.
A book for little girls which tells of the experiences of Theodora Winthrop in an Episcopal sisters’ school in New York city during her father’s absence abroad. It contains a lesson of hatred turned to love through careful guidance.
N. Y. Times. 12: 670. O. 19, ’07. 30w.
R. of Rs. 36: 765. D. ’07. 40w.