Volume 3 — R (continued 2)
Reading edition
“The thrills follow thick and fast as in melodrama by Theodore Kremer. They follow in good sharp English, moreover, with only occasional tiptoe reaches into preciosity.”
+ − Lit. D. 35: 656. N. 2, ’07. 590w.
“Miss Rives writes well, though without much restraint upon her native luxuriance of expression, and with none whatever upon her imagination.”
+ − N. Y. Times. 12: 512. Ag. 24, ’07. 960w.
Rix, Herbert. Tent and Testament; a camping tour in Palestine with some notes on Scripture sites. *$2.50. Scribner.
7–15906.
“This record of a camping tour in Palestine is from the hand of a scholarly and critical traveler.... Throughout a route which lay in part aside from the common track of tourists his interest in verifying Biblical sites and Biblical allusions fully justifies the title of his record.... The prolonged discussions required by controverted questions as to Nazareth, Bethlehem, Capernaum, and other localities are set off into appendices ... and the whole is indexed and illustrated.”—Outlook.
“A thoughtful, well-written, even learned work, far from the vain outpouring of the tourist. The narrative, though heavily charged with information, is wonderfully unembarrassed: and the word-pictures which abound are true to life.... We are sorry that Mr. Rix should have left so much perishable matter [Protestant theories with regard to holy places] in a work which has permanent interest.”
+ − Ath. 1907, 1: 351. Mr. 23. 150w.
+ Ind. 62: 1474. Je. 20, ’07. 70w.
“The narrative is sufficiently enlivened with incident and anecdote to give it continuous interest.”
+ Outlook. 85: 282. F. 2, ’07. 110w.
“His narrative of travel is that of an intelligent and well-informed traveller who went without prepossessions and was both able and willing to weigh evidence. His observations were careful. Now and then he is able to correct even so great an authority in Palestinian topography as Dr. George Smith.”
+ Spec. 98: 94. Ja. 19, ’07. 300w.
Roach, Abby Meguire. Some successful marriages. †$1.25. Harper.
6–37923.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“The author is evidently a close observer of human nature and a clever analyst.”
+ Ath. 1907, 1: 352. Mr. 22. 180w.
Roberts, Charles George Douglas. Haunters of the silences. $2. Page.
7–18302.
In the course of these eighteen short stories of the wild, Mr. Roberts not only introduces us to types of animal life in the earth’s silent places but takes us down into the depths of the sea to meet the orca, the shark, the narwhal, and the ocean cuttlefish.
“The book is very well worth buying and keeping for the illustrations alone, and again it is well worth buying and keeping even had it no illustrations. It will be a world dull of appreciation which does not recognize great qualities in this volume.”
+ Acad. 73: 106. N. 9. ’07. 620w.
“Charming stories of creatures of the air, the deep sea, of the northern forests and silent wastes.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 180. O. ’07. ✠
“The book is full of good reading, and it is well written.”
+ Ath. 1907, 2: 587. N. 9. 270w.
“It has remained for Mr. Roberts to crystallise into a series of brief and vibrant character-studies the really salient features of the horizonless life of the outer worlds.” Thomas Walsh.
+ + Bookm. 25: 305. My. ’07. 270w.
“For this large-minded fairness, as well as for other reasons, the book belongs to the small but fortunately growing class of the best nature story-books.” May Estelle Cook.
+ + Dial. 42: 369. Je. 16. ’07. 840w.
“The stories are said to be in a line with accurate natural history. However, it is not concerning questions of observed facts so much as the interpretations that scientific men will have a quarrel with the author of this and with those of similar books.”
+ − Ind. 63: 1001. O. 24, ’07. 350w.
371“It is the most ambitious work of the kind that Mr. Roberts has yet written, and deserves to be placed in the first rank of nature books.”
+ + Lit. D. 34: 962. Je. 15, ’07. 400w.
+ Nation. 84: 591. Je. 27, ’07. 300w.
“Of these nature writers, as they have come to be called, Mr. C. G. D. Roberts ... is far the most charming, the most literary, the most interesting. As for the illustrations by Mr. Bull, they merit an article in themselves. It is difficult to see how they could be more full both of imagination and accuracy.” Hildegarde Hawthorne.
+ + N. Y. Times. 12: 361. Je. 8, ’07. 1610w.
“He writes of his subjects with sympathy and imagination, while his descriptions of their ways and hunts are scientifically exact.”
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 385. Je. 15, ’07. 130w.
“He talks about wild life from the standpoint of a man who knows it well and is also a writer of refinement and of literary instinct.”
+ Outlook. 84: 478. Je. 29, ’07. 100w.
Roberts, Charles George Douglas. Heart that knows. $1.50. Page.
6–30929.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
Current Literature. 42: 110. Ja. ’07. 440w.
+ R. of Rs. 35: 128. Ja. ’07. 40w.
Roberts, Charles George Douglas. In the deep of the snow; il. by Denman Fink. †50c. Crowell.
7–21228.
A short Christmas story of the northern frontier in which a stout-hearted father takes a long snow-shoe journey to bring Santa Claus to his wilderness cabin.
Roberts, George Simon. Historic towns of the Connecticut river valley. Il. *$3.50. Robson & Adee, Schenectady, N. Y.
6–24568.
“The history of each town is given, some anecdotes of some of its distinguished sons and their careers told, old houses are described, landmarks pointed out, and places of historical interest shown. Pictures, too, are given of houses, sites of buildings, etc., and there are portraits, views of the town, etc.”—N. Y. Times.
“The towns are taken up one by one, in an order extending from the mouth of the river northward. There is, however, little other order; repetitions are frequent, and in the selection of information to be included or excluded no clear purpose appears beyond that of furnishing entertaining reading matter.”
+ − Am. Hist. R. 12: 434. Ja. ’07. 60w.
“He writes pleasantly, but he has not written a chronicle, for he has written loosely. Names are spelled wrongly, dates are awry, and now and again some statement amazes those familiar with the old towns.”
+ − Ind. 62: 100. Ja. 10, ’07. 240w.
“Its wealth consists mostly in the assembling of anecdotes, and of certain of the vital historical facts appertaining to each of the towns. A more analytic index would have greatly relieved the congestion of the text, and served to reveal its riches.”
+ − Nation. 83: 331. O. 18, ’06. 440w.
“The volume is entertaining and authoritative.”
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 515. Ag. 18, ’06. 380w.
Roberts, Margaret. Saint Catherine of Siena and her times; by the author of “Mademoiselle Mori.” *$2.75. Putnam.
7–10561.
“St. Catherine, surnamed Benincasa, was born in the year 1348 when Siena lay in the grip of the black death, the daughter of a well-to-do citizen, a dyer by trade. She grew to be the peacemaker of Italy and the revered friend of popes and princes. The present narrative of her life, without being remarkable in any special way, gives a measurably adequate picture, as biographical pictures go, of this remarkable woman.”—N. Y. Times.
“We have already devoted a considerable amount of space to this inaccurate book only because it is about the worst specimen of its class which we have seen.”
− − − Acad. 72: 32. Ja. 12, ’07. 1900w.
“An excellent life of Saint Catherine written in a tone as far removed from blind enthusiasm as from faint-hearted apology.”
+ − Ath. 1907, 2: 178. Ag. 17. 890w.
“Her pages present no evidence of her right to undertake the serious task in question; rather they give us reason to think that neither the faculty of clearly and logically presenting facts, nor the power of sympathetically appreciating Catherine Benincasa, has been granted to the saint’s latest biographer.”
− Cath. World. 86: 254. N. ’07. 100w.
“Miss Roberts ... brings a large store of knowledge and no small literary skill to her congenial task.”
+ Ind. 62: 1416. Je. 13, ’07. 160w.
“The way in which this new ‘Life’ of her absorbs one, seeming to transmit her force and charm, is the best proof of the author’s excellence. It would, indeed, be hard to find an historical biography better done.”
+ + Lond. Times. 6: 65. Mr. 1, ’07. 630w.
“Readable, vivacious life. References to volume and page of the works quoted are rarely given and, on the whole, one is forced to the conclusion that the historian’s well-documented life of St. Catherine is yet to be published. Throughout the book there are evidences of careless proof-reading.”
+ − Nation. 84: 224. Mr. 7, ’07. 800w.
“The book, in short, is more interesting than informing. It fails to leave a distinct impression of St. Catherine.”
− + N. Y. Times. 12: 10. Ja. 5, ’07. 400w.
+ − Outlook. 85: 527. Mr. 2, ’07. 120w.
Reviewed by A. I. du Pont Coleman.
+ − Putnam’s. 1: 629. F. ’07. 630w.
“For one reason or another, perhaps because of some rather lengthy sentences, the present book has not quite the romantic—one might almost say the dashing—interest of others on the subject. Still, the book given to us by the well-known and accomplished author of ‘Mademoiselle Mori’ has very great merits of its own, and it will be read with interest by all who love the Italy of the fourteenth century.”
+ Spec. 98: sup. 121. Ja. 26, ’07. 230w.
Roberts, Morley. Flying Cloud: a story of the sea. $1.50. Page.
7–15115.
Young Jack, the greenhorn, at the opening of this tale leaves his school and his angry uncle and embarks upon the Flying Cloud to seek his fortune in Australia. But neither school nor uncle could have given him the training he received from the brown men of the crew, the two brave mates, the old Malay bo’s’n, and the captain, the victim of opium. It is a thrilling tale, the story of how Jack learned the ways of the sea and the seamen.
“We advise Mr. Roberts to let the sea alone for a while; he will only anger her by his florid compliments, and she has already a superfluity of verbose admirers. He can do better than this, and he might do excellent work if he were content to think a little more and write a great deal less.”
− Acad. 72: 394. Ap. 20, ’07. 260w.
“As story pure and simple has faults. When warmed to his work, he throws aside all that is pretentious and mannered, sloughs his colloquialism as a writer, and deals in sound, moving, graphic English.”
+ − Ath. 1907. 1: 535. My. 4. 180w.
“If the reader can once get over the rhapsodical opening chapters of this very good tale of the sea, he is probably in no danger of abandoning the gallant Flying Cloud.”
+ − Nation. 85: 37. Jl. 11, ’07. 150w.
372“This new marine tale by Mr. Morley Roberts has the tang of authentic brine and the swift pulse of life in it.”
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 268. Ap. 27, ’07. 690w.
+ − Sat. R. 103: 593. My. 11, ’07. 200w.
Roberts, Morley. Painted Rock, tales and narratives of Painted Rock, South Panhandle, Texas, told by Charlie Baker, late of that city and also of Snyder, Scurry county. †$1.50. Lippincott.
A collection of ten short stories dealing with the citizens of Painted Rock, their “histories and their affairs.” There is a good deal of bloodthirsty revenge portrayed, and life seems to be cheap. The realism and its primitive setting will no doubt prove fascinating to people who look for the kernel of humanity amongst the waste of savagery.
“Mr. Roberts’s intimate knowledge of Texas and its people enables him to reproduce both the atmosphere and the personalities of that strange country.”
+ Acad. 72: 296. Mr. 23, ’07. 290w.
“This sort of record will ... always be interesting to English readers.”
+ Ath. 1907. 1: 351. Mr. 23. 280w.
“Mr. Roberts seems to have caught most admirably the spirit of the southwest, its ethics, its code of manners, and, best of all, its inimitable breeziness of speech.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
+ Bookm. 25: 602. Ag. ’07. 670w.
“The stories (of the familiar Alfred Henry Lewis stuff) in the present volume seem hardly up to Mr. Roberts’s mark.”
− + N. Y. Times. 12: 393. Je. 15, ’07. 430w.
Roberts, Theodore. Red feathers. $1.50. Page.
7–26602.
A story of the Island of Newfoundland before it had a name, of the days when chiefs and their warriors made prayers to the sun, the winds, the frost and the stars, when magicians were abroad in the land, evil as well as good ones, practicing their witchery to terrorize or to bless their tribes.
“Mr. Roberts who has much real knowledge of Indian lore, tells his story in a delightful way that will please both little people and adults.”
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 702. N. 2, ’07. 90w.
Outlook. 87: 451. O. 26, ’07. 90w.
* Roberts, William. Sir William Beechey. (Library of art.) *$2. Scribner.
W 7–140.
The honesty of the work of Beechey is emphasized in this study. “The task of tracing out the identity of Beechey’s sitters, which included most of the celebrities of his time has been pursued by Mr. Roberts with most patient industry and he has unearthed a mass of information of great value to future biographers. He sifts out carefully different versions of the same period of the artist’s life, and gives the evidence in their favour without insisting on the acceptance of one or the other.” (Acad.)
“The book was well worth publishing for its information not only about Beechey but about many of his distinguished contemporaries.”
+ Acad. 72: 602. Je. 22, ’07. 220w.
“This expanded catalog of the work of that rather commonplace portraitist is both commonplace and dull.”
− Ind. 63: 1176. N. 14, ’07. 120w.
“Mr. Roberts’s monograph is expository rather than critical, and particular interest attaches to the chapter of forty pages in which he gives a series of extracts from Beechey’s account books.”
+ Int. Studio. 32: 85. Jl. ’07. 140w.
Robertson, Alexander. Discourses on the history, art and customs of Venice. *$3. Scribner.
A group of discourses which contain interesting information as to the religion of the early Venetians. The volume “is remarkable for two things—its seventy-three half tones reproduced from some of the most attractive photographs that we have yet seen of modern Venice and the attempt of the author to read into Venetian monuments Presbyterian texts as to their inspiration, building, and perpetuation.” (N. Y. Times.)
+ − Nation. 84: 565. Je. 20, ’07. 130w.
+ − N. Y. Times. 12: 294. My. 1, ’07. 520w.
+ Outlook. 86: 524. Jl. 6, ’07. 120w.
* Robertson, Archibald Thomas. Epochs in the life of Jesus: a study of development and struggle in the Messiah’s work. **$1. Scribner.
7–35611.
“These lectures, delivered at a Missouri summer assembly in 1906, present in popular form the main facts of Jesus’ life. The writer seeks to give ‘a straight-forward constructive discussion of the career of Jesus as set forth in the Gospels’ putting the emphasis upon the pivotal points in the movement of Jesus’ ministry, and avoiding critical discussion.”—Bib. World.
“The point of view is conservative.”
+ Bib. World. 30: 480. D. ’07. 60w.
N. Y. Times. 12: 668. O. 19, ’07. 30w.
Robertson, James Peter. Personal adventures and anecdotes of an old officer. **$3.50. Longmans.
An octogenarian’s reminiscences of deathdealing adventures. In spite of the fact that his mother predicted early death unless he reformed, Colonel Robertson is hale and hearty at the age of eighty-four. “The volume is full of good stories, telling anecdotes, gallant exploits and hair-breadth adventures, related in a manner which at once fascinates and compels admiration for the old officer and his comrades. Like Sir Evelyn Wood, Sir John French, and Sir Henry Hildyard, Colonel Robertson was a middy before he took to soldiering, and a love for the sea and life afloat bore fruit in many stirring episodes in his subsequent career, while to the credit of the seaman’s instinct thus early imparted may be placed that readiness of resource so frequently exhibited during the vicissitudes of his military life.”—Acad.
“Our readers will find it as exciting as any adventure story, and described with a naturalness and simplicity as delightful as they are unusual.”
+ + Acad. 72: 36. Ja. 12, ’07. 1730w.
“An eminently readable and entertaining book.”
+ Ath. 1907, 1: 287. Mr. 9. 560w.
“The startling exploits with which the book is packed ... make the ordinary sensational novel seem tame in comparison.”
+ Lit. D. 34: 548. Ap. 6, ’07. 450w.
“Something exciting, of one sort or another, happens in nearly every paragraph. And it is all told with a naive sort of charm, in blunt, simple, and straightforward statement, with no more attempt at literary embellishment than you would find in a Quartermaster’s report. And the narrative gains much in interest and dignity by this soldierly simplicity in the telling of it.”
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 145. Mr. 9, ’07. 540w.
“Colonel Robertson writes with energy and natural force, and his anecdotes are lively as his adventures.”
+ Sat. R. 103: 22. Ja. 5, ’07. 80w.
“Colonel Robertson leaves us with a most agreeable impression of soldierly qualities.”
+ Spec. 98: 24. Ja. 5, ’07. 380w.
373Robertson, John Mackinnon. Short history of free thought, ancient and modern. 2d ed. 2v. *$6. Putnam.
W 7–14.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“On the whole this is an excellent book, and yet it has one characteristic—for the author perhaps, an unavoidable one—that may limit its usefulness. It is written with a purpose additional to the scientific recording and explaining of facts, namely, to spread free-thought as above defined.” Carveth Read.
+ + − Int. J. Ethics. 17: 513. Jl. ’07. 1480w.
“He writes in narrative style and enlivens his thesis with humor.”
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 139. Mr. 3, ’06. 90w.
“It is desirable to caution the unwary reader against accepting too confidingly his conclusions; but the skill with which he marshals the luminous points in a difficult subject is worthy of all praise.” Edward Fuller.
+ + − Putnam’s. 2: 127. Ap. ’07. 1200w.
Robertson, Louis Alexander. Through painted panes, and other poems. *$1.50. Robertson.
7–16926.
Consists chiefly of poems reprinted from earlier volumes, the plates of which were lost at the time of the San Francisco destruction. “Resurgam,” a new poem of the collection, grew out of the earthquakes ravages, and contains a prophecy for the rearing of earth’s fairest city where the old one stood.
Dial. 43: 94. Ag. 16, ’07. 130w.
Robins, Elizabeth (C. E. Raimond, pseud.). The convert. †$1.50. Macmillan.
7–35623.
“The convert” is not merely a novel, it is a strong plea for woman’s suffrage. The work of the suffragettes of London with their open air meetings in squares and on wharfs crowded with rude and unsympathetic mobs is glaringly described until the heroine, if not the reader, is drawn over to them and their cause. The heroine, now a splendid woman moving in society’s inner circle, was, when a young girl, deceived by the man she loved and led to sacrifice the child which was to have been hers. Now, with this burning loss in her heart and the cause of down trodden woman strong in her soul, she meets the man once more and, closing the past forever, gives him to the girl he now loves but asks in return his help in the cause, that by helping other women he may expiate his guilt toward one.
“Extremely clever and well written.”
+ Acad. 73: sup. 113. N. 9, ’07. 320w.
“The play was said to have had its dramatic movements; but the novel is one long welter of talk.”
− Ath. 1907, 2: 649. N. 23. 130w.
“A sterling example of the bigger, worthier sort of book.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
+ + Bookm. 26: 406. D. ’07. 770w.
Ind. 63: 1437. D. 12, ’07. 230w.
“With the fullest admiration for much that is good in ‘The convert,’ we regard it as an opportunity missed, not only by Miss Robins the novelist, but by Miss Robins the advocate of female suffrage.”
− + Lond. Times. 6: 317. O. 18, ’07. 660w.
“It is a strong book in many senses of the word. It is difficult, however, to speak of ‘The convert,’ as a novel. The conditions portrayed in the book, however, are British rather than American, and thus in this country ‘The convert’ will make its appeal to the critical judgment more as a work of fiction than as a brilliant and possibly accurate account of a burning political question.”
− + N. Y. Times. 12: 727. N. 16, ’07. 1300w.
“An interesting book written with skill.”
+ Outlook. 87: 744. N. 30, ’07. 180w.
“Its weakness as a novel lies in the fact that this girl had such an extraordinary past that she is not a typical figure.”
+ − Sat. R. 104: sup. 8. N. 16. ’07. 180w.
“Successful as a story it is not, and it may be doubted whether is makes any serious contribution to the literature of the struggle.”
− Spec. 99: 827. N. 23, ’07. 270w.
Robinson, Charles Mulford. Modern civic art. **$3. Putnam.
3–13052.
Descriptive note in December, 1905.
Reviewed by Lewis E. Palmer.
+ + Charities. 17: 509. D. 15, ’06. 1100w.
Robinson, James Harvey. Readings in European history. Abridged ed. *$1.50. Ginn.
6–6250.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
+ Bookm. 23: 455. Je. ’06. 190w.
Robinson, William. English flower garden and home grounds. 10th ed. *$6. Scribner.
A volume of nearly a thousand pages which sets forth the design and arrangement shown by existing examples of gardens in Great Britain and Ireland, followed by a description of the plants, shrubs for the open-air garden and their culture.
“To those who love to plan their own pleasure-grounds and make their own choice of plants, this is one of the best treatises within reach. It is moreover, written in such a pleasing style that it might even serve to wean from idleness those who now depute to professional gardeners the task of selection and care of plants.”
+ + Nation. 85: 149. Ag. 15, ’07. 390w.
“Exhaustive, detailed authoritative, and immensely practical, this book is one that has come to be regarded as indispensable to every man having such a piece of work in hand.”
+ + N. Y. Times. 12: 357. Je. 1, ’07. 210w.
Robinson, William. Garden beautiful: home woods, home landscape. *$4. Scribner.
Agr 7–1170.
A book of good counsel particularly for those who own large estates. The reader is told how to beautify his grounds, and the treatment of both forests and flower gardens is considered in detail. A plant dictionary is appended.
“The author has a final chapter defending his use of common English names of plants and trees; and here we must differ with him.” Edith Granger.
+ − Dial. 42: 367. Je. 16, ’97. 550w.
“This book is most valuable in England, as it is written for that climate, but his careful list of trees with directions where each should be planted, his list of shrubs, and the true love of nature that runs thru the book will make it one that owners of woodlands or large estates will enjoy and find useful in spite of the mustard and pepper with which it is highly seasoned.”
+ Ind. 62: 500. F. 28, ’07. 420w.
“Mr. Robinson is an attractive writer, who knows how to put sound advice in a telling form.... The only trouble with his books is the marked tendency to repetition.”
+ − Nation. 84: 208. F. 28, ’07. 250w.
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 410. Je. 22, ’07. 160w.
Outlook. 86: 119. My. 18, ’07. 40w.
“Undoubtedly the best modern book of reference for flower gardens.”
+ Sat. R. 103: 210. F. 16, ’07. 120w.
“Mr. Robinson’s chapters are full of interesting suggestions about landscape gardening. He can give some practical as well as aesthetic advice, moreover, to owners of woodlands and parks.”
+ + Sat. R. 104: 583. N. 9, ’07. 170w.
Spec. 99: 714. N. 9, ’07. 580w.
374Robinson, William Henry. Golden palace of Neverland. il. †$1.50. Dutton.
7–21222.
“Mr. Robinson’s story tells of the transporting of a girl and boy to a fairy island on a magic raft. Numerous exciting adventures befall them there, leading them into the society of gnomes and other interesting beings; also into Mother Goose’s domain, where they encounter well-known friends, such as Tom the piper’s son, Little Jack Horner, etc.”—Outlook.
“An excellent new fairy story book.”
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 703. N. 2, ’07. 80w.
Outlook. 87: 451. O. 26, ’07. 60w.
Roche, Francis Everard. Exodus: an epic on liberty. $1.50. Badger, R: G.
6–16205.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“Is lacking, in poetic elevation, although it has seriousness and animation.”
− + N. Y. Times. 12: 75. F. 9, ’07. 90w.
Rodd, Sir James Rennell. Princes of Achaia and the chronicles of Morea: a study of Greece in the middle ages. 2v. *$7. Longmans.
7–29135.
What Gibbon would not undertake Sir Rennell Rodd has accomplished, namely to give life and form to the “obscure and various dynasties that rose and fell on the continent or in the isles.” “There is a clear-cut introduction dealing with historical authorities. A readable account of the fourth crusade, including the sack of Constantinople and the partition of the empire, is given as a sort of prologue.... The history from the time of Otho of Brunswick to the Greek restoration is summarized as an epilogue. There are three appendices, the third of which contains helpful genealogical tables; also a map ... and an index.” (Dial.)
“It may safely be said that the volumes under notice are valuable for the parts relating to the Morea though they show traces of haste elsewhere. If the author could find time to cut the two volumes down to one, omitting such parts as have no immediate connection with his subject and revising the rest, his book would be improved and have a distinctly greater historical value.” Edwin Pears.
+ − Am. Hist. R. 13: 130. O. ’07. 1710w.
“It is a conscientious and critical work. The author does not strain after effects, though he is fully alive to the interest of his subject.”
+ − Ath. 1907, 1: 375. Mr. 30. 960w.
“Our author has spared no effort to reach available sources, or to make his results perfectly clear. The style is simple and direct.” F. B. R. Hellems.
+ Dial. 42: 306. My. 16, ’07. 2850w.
“Sir Rennell Rodd possesses almost every qualification for writing the history of Frankish Greece.” W. Miller.
+ + − Eng. Hist. R. 22: 570. Jl. ’07. 1060w.
“Though this history of medieval Achaia has certain limitations which the specialist will detect, it is based on sound and large foundations.”
+ − Lond. Times. 6: 82. Mr. 15, ’07. 1080w.
N. Y. Times. 12: 342. My. 25, ’07. 380w.
“As a narrative his work is not likely to be superseded. Unfortunately the most interesting part of the book comes first.”
+ + − Sat. R. 103: 334. Mr. 16, ’07. 1910w.
“A coherent narrative such as has not been offered to us before in English, though we do not forget Finlay.”
+ + Spec. 98: 371. Mr. 9, ’07. 1600w.
+ + Yale R. 16: 224. Ag. ’07. 420w.
Rodocanachi, Emmanuel. Roman capitol in ancient and modern times. *$1. Dutton.
7–29082.
In which are considered the citadel, the temples, the senatorial palace, the palace of the conservators and the museum. “The first part tells the story from the foundation of the city down to the sixth century. At this time a period of darkness set in. The place was practically forgotten. Then in the eleventh century it emerged again into light. The second part tells the story of the locality as it was in the period of the revival.” (Spec.)
“It must be admitted that the task of translating the mass of ill-digested material of which the book consists cannot have been otherwise than tiresome, but the shortcomings of the translation make the work in its present form still more tiresome to read.”
− Acad. 72: 189. F. 23, ’07. 510w.
“The translation is faithful, but not attractive. We notice a good many misprints. The shortcomings of the book do not seriously interfere with its general interest and usefulness.”
+ − Ath. 1907, 1: 546. My. 4. 500w.
“It is, of course, scholarly and scientific—too much so, perhaps, for the traveler who has neither time nor inclination for a minute examination of the antiquities, buildings and ruins of the famous hill; for such as have, the volume cannot be excelled.”
+ + − Ind. 62: 1357. Je. 6, ’07. 90w.
“At first sight the book, with its multitudinous footnotes and wealth of historical erudition, may appear to be more acceptable by the student than by the ordinary reader. For the special kind of reader mentioned as being bodily on the capitol it must be invaluable, being a guide book informed with this peculiar charm, that, although no information is omitted which the pilgrim might be expected to possess already, the style conveys a delicate compliment in being far above the comprehension of the vulgar ignoramus.”
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 169. Mr. 23, ’07. 1210w.
+ Spec. 97: 544. O. 13, ’06. 80w.
Roe, Fred. Old oak furniture. **$3. McClurg.
The author says “If any apology is needed for what may be termed old oak worship, I may say that the final aim of art is—or ought to be—beauty, and that the cult of old oak is really only one aspect of the pursuit of beauty.” He discusses English archaic rarities, Gothic styles of medieval time, styles of the renaissance and after, oaken chairs and stools before the renaissance, coffers and chests, cupboards and sideboards, bedsteads and cradles, panelling and filled furniture, furniture with hiding-places, vicissitudes of old furniture, and forgeries in old oak.
+ Dial. 43: 384. D. 1, ’07. 260w.
“Written rather for the inexperienced than the expert, his book will be an excellent aid to the neophyte; but it also contains much new information of value even to the accomplished antiquarian.”
+ Int. Studio. 27: 279. Ja. ’06. 130w.
Rogers, Arthur Kenyon. Religious conception of the world; an essay in constructive philosophy. **$1.50. Macmillan.
7–5078.
“In the opening lines of his introduction the author tells us that he set out to defend a view of the world which is frankly religious and theistic.... With grace and skill he discusses the eternal problems of philosophy regarding the relation of God and nature, God and man, the purely metaphysical question concerning the nature of God. In plain language he tries to explain the greatest historical mystery, the permission of evil on the part of God. He also dwells at some length on the problems of freedom and immortality.”—Ind.
“Treats of religion in a logical and constructive manner. Despite the abstract nature of the topics, the author uses simple language, 375carefully avoiding the technical expressions of the philosophical schools.”
+ Ind. 62: 856. Ap. 11, ’07. 820w.
“An acutely and cautiously reasoned work. It is addressed to earnest thinkers, it presumes patient consideration, and may weary those who are disinclined to intellectual exercise.”
+ Outlook. 85: 622. Mr. 16, ’07. 420w.
“Perhaps the strongest chapters in the book are those devoted to theism proper. A less satisfactory part of the book is that dealing with the foundations and validity of knowledge.” H. W. Wright.
+ + − Philos. R. 16: 555. S. ’07. 700w.
Rogers, Arthur Kenyon. Student’s history of philosophy. *$2. Macmillan.
7–27624.
A new edition whose revision includes some corrected errors of fact, “a large number of mistakes of judgment,” says the author, “and infelicities of expression.” The exposition itself has also been rewritten, references have been added in connection with quoted passages, and the bibliographies have been brought down to date.
“Is not in any sense noteworthy and the author’s style is decidedly heavy.”
− Educ. R. 34: 535. D. ’07. 70w.
“Next to the comprehensiveness of the treatment and the clearness of the exposition, the most remarkable characteristic of the book is the accuracy of the bibliography.”
+ + − Nation. 85: 398. O. 31, ’07. 390w.
• Rogers, Gertrude. Cobwebs. $1. Badger, R. G.
7–26605.
A little book of dainty verse whose silvery texture is enhanced by the sunshine of youth, buoyancy and possibility.
“A pale distillation of old poetic symbols.”
+ − Nation. 85: 36. Jl. 11, ’07. 110w.
Rogers, Robert Cameron. Rosary and other poems. **$1.25. Lane.
6–32395.
Four classical idyls in blank verse.
“Are distinctly out of the common. But the talent of Mr. Rogers is for the most part lyrical, and a very charming talent it is.” Wm. M. Payne.
+ Dial. 41: 205. O. 1, ’06. 390w.
“With all its variety and intelligence, the volume just misses distinction, chiefly, we should guess, because of a certain limitation of sentiment and because the life in it has been strained through too many books.”
+ − Nation. 83: 440. N. 22, ’07. 210w.
R. of Rs. 35: 254. F. ’07. 30w.
Roller, Frank W. Electric and magnetic measurements and measuring instruments. *$3.50. McGraw pub.
7–6710.
“A summary of the instruments and methods used or proposed for all kinds of measurements of electrical and magnetic quantities.”—Engin. N.
“It is not a treatise that will be useful to a student, unless accompanied by very careful directions from a competent instructor. The descriptions appear to be accurate and a vast amount of information is rendered accessible.” Henry H. Morris.
+ − Engin. N. 57: 439. Ap. 18, ’07. 660w.
Rollins, Frank West. What can a young man do? **$1.50. Little.
7–32570.
Over fifty possible careers are here sketched for the benefit of the young man with his life work before him. There are chapters upon the professions, various branches of business, politics, consular service, the sailor, the actor, the chauffeur, the farmer and many other ways of earning a living.
“The book will be read with interest and profit by the heads of families and by their sons who are about to choose their life work.”
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 711. N. 9. ’07. 170w.
* Rollins, Montgomery. Money and investments: a reference book for the use of those desiring information in the handling of money or the investment thereof. *$2. Estes.
7–31980.
“The object of the book is essentially to furnish to the layman information about the simple forms of financial transactions, to explain the slang of the stock market, and to guide him in his investments. The foreword of 36 pages gives a general review of the financial situation with suggestions to investors. The remaining 436 pages are in the form of an encyclopedia, with headings alphabetically arranged.”—Ind.
“We have received many letters lately from our subscribers asking us to recommend an elementary book of finance. The present volume ... seems to fill the bill.”
+ + Ind. 63: 1437. D. 12, ’07. 270w.
“Is a workmanlike compilation of little financial essays, cast in dictionary form. The book is rather suitable for reference than for counsel in action.”
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 728. N. 16, ’07. 110w.
Romanes, Ethel (Mrs. George John Romanes). Story of Port Royal. *$5. Dutton.
7–28621.
“An attempt to give an account of the remarkable religious movement known as Port-Royal—which ... in the seventeenth century ... touched French life at almost every point.”—Lond. Times.
“We cannot commend the style of the writing. The sentences are jerky and the paragraphs disjointed. There is a running comment of religious and moral sententiousness which is both irritating and tedious. We have, however, nothing but praise for Mrs. Romanes’s industry and enthusiasm for her subject.”
+ − Ath. 1907, 1: 696. Je. 8. 940w.
“Sainte-Beuve’s great book, ‘Port Royal,’ is, as every one knows, the one supreme work on the subject. No substitute for it exists in English, nor can we honestly say that Mrs. Romanes’s book will occupy that place. It is written in a rambling, inconclusive style, which wanders from subject to subject, from biographical sketches of the principal actors in the story to long theological disquisitions and back again in a way which is most confusing to the reader.”
− + Lond. Times. 6: 113. Ap. 12, ’07. 2000w.
“It is to be regretted that Mrs. Romanes did not submit her manuscript to somebody competent to correct her French.”
− + Nation. 84: 571. Je. 20, ’07. 550w.
N. Y. Times. 12: 252. Ap. 20, ’07. 140w.
“Perhaps her seemingly unnecessary fullness of detail is essential to give a complete picture, but occasionally one feels that the text might have been condensed. This, however, if it be a blemish, is certainly a minor one. Her volume is to be heartily commended to all students of religious development.”
+ + − Outlook. 86: 342. Je. 15, ’07. 140w.
“Mrs. Romanes has dealt with it sympathetically, if occasionally her observations are rather English and conventional.”
+ − Sat. R. 104: 273. Ag. 31, ’07. 690w.
Rook, Clarence. Switzerland, the country and its people; painted by Effie Jardine. *$6. Putnam.
7–26626.
Mr. Rook “gives us neither an arid chronological history nor a descriptive guide-book, but takes up chapter by chapter for broad intelligent treatment such subjects as ‘Swiss patriotism,’ ‘The growth of a republic,’ ‘The 376Swiss government,’ ‘Popular control,’ ‘Winter sports,’ ‘The Swiss as engineers.’”—Outlook.
“The artist’s little pictures are very much like what one has been used to in similar books. She is more successful, to our mind, with lowlands and street scenes than with the high Alps, and with summer scenes than with winter. Mr. Rook writes in a cheerful journalistic style, without more regard for accuracy in details than that style tolerates. On the main facts of Swiss history and institutions he is usually correct.”
+ − Ath. 1907, 1: 500. Ap. 27. 1260w.
“We were very much surprised to find Mr. Rook’s part of this book not only readable, but interesting, even informing, tho not burdened with statistics.”
+ Ind. 62: 802. Ap. 4, ’07. 260w.
“It is one of the most entertaining and instructive of the season’s books of travel.”
+ + Lit. D. 24: 724. My. 4, ’07. 240w.
“About the text there is nothing heavy. In a style which is both easy and graceful, Mr. Rook introduces his reader to the admirable government and fine characteristics of the sturdy Swiss.”
+ Nation. 84: 571. Je. 20. ’07. 570w.
“In several well-considered chapters the government of Switzerland is very adequately treated, and there are some suggestive comparisons between Swiss methods of government and those of other nations.”
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 274. Ap. 27, ’07. 310w.
“With very few exceptions these pictures can be cordially praised. Each subject, whether serious or light, is treated in appropriate vein and with evidence of knowledge and discrimination.”
+ + − Outlook. 85: 814. Ap. 6, ’07. 150w.
Reviewed by Charlotte Harwood.
+ Putnam’s. 2: 444. Jl. ’07. 400w.
“Mr. Rook is a lively and picturesque writer, and we have never come across a more readable account of the rise and progress of the Swiss confederation.”
+ + Sat. R. 103: 434. Ap. 6, ’07. 250w.
“A volume which is bound both to please and to profit.”
+ Spec. 98: 337. Mr. 2, ’07. 140w.
Roosevelt, Theodore. Good hunting in pursuit of big game in the West. $1. Harper.
7–6650.
These true stories of big-game hunting in the West are written for young people, especially for young hunters. The tales are told wholly from the sportsman’s point of view and over-sympathetic little readers of the modern animal story may not enjoy these triumphant hunts which meant death to: the wapiti or round horned elk, a cattle-killing bear, a Christmas buck, the timber-wolf, the prong-buck, or the white goat. The volume closes with some sound advice upon ranching.
“It is eminently suited for its purpose, as its tone is sportsmanlike and the descriptions are in well-chosen words.”
+ Ath. 1907, 1: 575. My. 11. 90w.
“Full of wholesome advice on hunting and ranching.”
+ Ind. 62: 1353. Je. 6, ’07. 140w.
“Spirited papers.”
+ + N. Y. Times. 12: 96. F. 16, ’07. 290w.
R. of Rs. 35: 639. My. ’07. 90w.
Roosevelt, Theodore. Square deal. $1. Allendale press.
6–36925.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
Ind. 61: 759. S. 27, ’06. 70w.
Root, Edward Clary. Unseen jury: a novel; with il. by Phillipps Ward. †$1.50. Stokes.
7–9546.
The father of a girl with two lovers is found dead in a stream. All evidence points to the guilt of the dissipated lover whose suit had been repeatedly rejected by the father. When conviction seems imminent, the other lover, a lawyer, takes up the defense, wins the case and the free man goes back to the girl only to learn that his rival is her choice.
“Detective stories involving murder mysteries do not seem likely to offer anything agreeably new. But in this respect a pleasant surprise awaits the reader of ‘The unseen jury.’” Frederic Taber Cooper.
+ Bookm. 25: 286. My. ’07. 440w.
“The theme is an interesting one, and the author has handled his plot fairly well. Mr. Root could also have improved the story not a little by judicious condensation. And the manuscript has been edited with shocking carelessness.”
+ − N. Y. Times. 12: 303. My. 11, ’07. 310w.
Root, Elihu. Citizen’s part in government. (Yale lectures on the responsibilities of citizenship.) **$1. Scribner.
7–22700.
“Secretary Root discusses (1) the task inherited or assumed by members of the governing body in a democracy; (2) the function of political parties as agencies of the governing body; (3) the duties of the citizens as a member of a political party; and (4) the grounds for encouragement.”—R. of Rs.
“It is a vigorous and stimulating book, well worth addition to Bishop Goodsell’s list.” Edward A. Bradley.
+ + N. Y. Times. 12: 417. Je. 29, ’07. 830w.
Reviewed by Montgomery Schuyler.
+ Putnam’s. 3: 226. N. ’07. 310w.
“Mr. Root’s sensible and well-proportioned treatment of these topics is precisely what is needed by the young American who aspires to have a real part in making the political conditions around him better.”
+ + R. of Rs. 36: 382. S. ’07. 290w.
Root, Jean Christie (Mrs. J. H. Root). Does God comfort? by one who has greatly needed to know. **30c. Crowell.
6–18575.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
Arena. 37: 333. Mr. ’07. 60w.
Root, Robert Kilburn. Poetry of Chaucer: a guide to its study and appreciation. **$1.50. Houghton.
6–34823.
The author’s purpose has been “to put his readers in possession of the most recent results of Chaucerian research, which are at present widely scattered in learned periodicals. The scanty facts that have been unearthed about Chaucer’s biography, the chronology of his works, the sources to which he was indebted for his material—for, like Shakespeare and Molière, Chaucer took his own wherever he found it—and the social conditions and surroundings amid which and for which the poet wrote are amply set forth.” (N. Y. Times.)
A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 104. Ap. ’07.
“This interesting study avoids both the iridescent foam of clever but shallow appreciation and the dead calm of unanimated learning.”
+ + Dial. 42: 46. Ja. 16, ’07. 300w.
“Especially to be commended is his conservatism in rejecting the ingenious speculations which have recently aimed at revolutionizing the generally accepted chronology of Chaucer’s poems. Like most books that issue from American universities, it is perhaps too didactic in aim, and the shadow of orthodoxy at times hangs a little heavily over its pages.”
+ − Nation. 83: 370. N. 1, ’06. 390w.
“It is written with learning and from a sane and sympathetic point of view.”
+ + N. Y. Times. 11: 737. N. 10, ’06. 940w.
377Ropes, James Hardy. Apostolic age in the light of modern criticism. **$1.50. Scribner.
6–14529.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“The book is constructive in method, conservative in treatment, clear in style. An excellent supplement to Kent’s ‘Origin and permanent value of the Old Testament.’”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 128. My. ’07.
“The interpretation of the Acts in ... Dr. Ropes’s Apostolic age ... is a living and breathing matter, a real thing, seeking honestly and earnestly for truth, and bringing us the truth thus found with all frank generosity.” George Hodges.
+ Atlan. 99: 565. Ap. ’07. 210w.
“The general tendency of the book is distinctly orthodox. It is from such contributions to the subject that real progress may be hoped.”
+ Spec. 97: 24. Jl. 7. ’06. 90w.
Rose, Arthur Richard. Common sense hell. **$1. Dillingham.
6–6895.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
N. Y. Times. 11: 196. Mr. 31, ’06. 190w.
* Rose, Elise Whitlock. Cathedrals and cloisters of midland France; il. by Vida Hunt Francis. 2v. **$5. Putnam.
“Together the volumes contain four photogravures and two hundred half-tone illustrations picturing the churches of central France, whose architecture is differentiated from that to the north and south by the dominance of the Byzantine influence. Miss Rose has already written of the south of France cathedrals; and the new books are bound uniformly with the others, and follow a similar method.”—Dial.
“Architectural beauty, historical associations, and human interest are all considered, and accuracy rather than popularity is the author’s aim.”
+ Dial. 43: 425. D. 16, ’07. 110w.
Nation. 85: 543. D. 12, ’07. 60w.
“The book is almost as pleasant to read as to look at, being quite competent on the technical side and betraying the same artistic sensibility in text as in pictures.”
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 828. D. 14, ’07. 560w.
Rose, Elise W. Cathedrals and cloisters of the south of France: with il. from original photographs by Vida H. Francis. 2v. **$5. Putnam.
6–45154.
In which are arrayed artistic and historic charms of the cathedral and monasteries chiefly of Provence, Languedoc and Gascony. “This work aims to allure the curious traveller. It is not technical, and its historical side is not very systematic. Yet the author preserves a just sense of proportion.” (Nation.)
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 71. Mr. ’07.
“Only those who know intimately the south of France can appreciate the amount of trouble that has gone to the making of this book, and the excellence of the photographs by which it is illustrated.”
+ + Ath. 1907, 2: 488. O. 19. 170w.
“She writes impersonally but informally, employs few technicalities, and describes and criticises in a general way rather than in detail. For the stay-at-home reader also these volumes will prove somewhat too diffuse to hold his interest.”
+ − Dial. 42: 345. Je. 1, ’07. 320w.
“The author struggles rather helplessly with general historical and archaeological questions in the opening pages, and is often uncertain and inexpert in the use of language, but manages, nevertheless, with the help of many fine illustrations, to convey the charm.”
+ − Nation. 84: 83. Ja. 24, ’07. 480w.
“Miss Francis’s work as a photographer is characteristic of technical ability, artistic selection of models, and a thorough knowledge of the subjects photographed.”
+ + N. Y. Times. 11: 812. D. 1, ’06. 160w.
“A delightful book. One can hardly imagine a more fascinating sort of collaboration.”
+ + N. Y. Times. 12: 94. F. 16, ’07. 330w.
“The work is more attractive because of its apparent spontaneity of production.”
+ Outlook. 84: 703. N. 24, ’06. 90w.
“It is evident that loving and conscientious thought and ample time have been given to the making of these volumes, which are full of interest, architectural, historical and picturesque.” Charlotte Harwood.
+ Putnam’s. 2: 444. Jl. ’07. 260w.
+ R. of Rs. 35: 383. Mr. ’07. 40w.
“One of the best books we have read for many a day.”
+ + − Spec. 98: 620. Ap. 20, ’07. 1520w.
Rose, John Holland. Development of the European nations, 1870–1900. 2v. ea. **$2.50. Putnam.
5–34973.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“As essays, these volumes, apart from certain evidence of haste, would hold a high place; as serious history they do not appear, to the present writer, at least, to attain to the standard of historical writing set by Mr. Rose in his other work, nor indeed that reached by other work in the same field.” William E. Lingelbach.
− + Ann. Am. Acad. 28: 485. N. ’06. 760w.
Rosebery, Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th earl of. Lord Randolph Churchill. **$2.25. Harper.
6–38396.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“By far the most lucid contribution to the political literature of the past few years.”
+ + Acad. 72: 133. F. 9, ’07. 430w.
“Costs too much for the amount or value of the material in it.”
+ − A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 14. Ja. ’07.
“With all deductions made, however, it is a lifelike as well as brilliantly attractive portrait that Lord Rosebery has sketched in this book.” Edward Clark Marsh.
+ + − Bookm. 24: 439. Ja. ’07. 1540w.
“Is especially valuable for its candid tone and its critical judgment.”
+ + Dial. 42: 114. F. 16, ’07. 350w.
“Lord Rosebery’s brilliant style and sparkling epigrams are admirably displayed in this study. Lord Rosebery’s book is full of charm, and one who begins it will not lay it aside until the end is reached.”
+ + Educ. R. 33: 207. F. ’07. 240w.
+ + Ind. 62: 499. F. 28, ’07. 770w.
Reviewed by Gertrude Atherton.
+ + No. Am. 184: 87. Ja. 4, ’07. 2030w.
“A fascinating study, absorbingly interesting from first to last. And yet, because of the anomalous attitude of the author toward the subject of his essay, it leaves an impression that is decidedly unpleasant.” Horatio S. Krans.
+ − Outlook. 84: 1077. D. 29, ’06. 750w.
Reviewed by George Louis Beer.
+ + Putnam’s. 1: 762. Mr. ’07. 1380w.
Rosenberg, E. Electrical engineering: an elementary text-book; tr. by W. W. Haldane Gee and Carl Kinzbrunner; authorized ed. rev. and brought down to date for the American market by E. B. Raymond; new enl. rev. ed. *$2. Wiley.
7–970.
“The author aims to describe in concise form and in simple non-mathematical language the important applications of the electric current. The underlying principles were stated and 378briefly illustrated in an easy conversational style, the evident attempt being to write as one would have spoken in addressing his audience in person. The scope of the book covers the construction and operation of direct and alternating current generators and motors, electric lighting and power transmission.”—Engin. N.
“The revision has improved the work as a text-book for schools and has not made it inaccessible to the general reader, as he can pass over these pages without losing the general plan. It covers the same ground as ‘Electrical engineering,’ by Slingo and Brooker, and is one of the very few books in which the attempt is made to do so much in a small space. The general make-up of the volume shows plainly the way in which it has been built; in fact, the ‘patching’ is quite evident.” Henry H. Norris.
+ + − Engin. N. 57: 196. F. 14, ’07. 610w.
* Rosengarten, Joseph George. French colonists and exiles in the United States. **$1. Lippincott.
7–30856.
An important undertaking in a field heretofore only partially covered. The author has gathered together from the works of recognized historians facts about the French colonists and the Huguenots which show how much “character and ability they brought to the United States.”
Ross, Denman Waldo. Theory of pure design: harmony, balance, rhythm. **$2.50. Houghton.
7–15335.
“A notable attempt to show the mathematical origin and structure of the plastic arts.... [it] deals principally with harmony, balance and rhythm.”—N. Y. Times.
“The reasoning is clear and in most respects convincing; it would be entirely so but for a false note at the outset, in a definition of harmony which virtually makes it synonymous with unity and takes no note of the accordance of correlations.”
+ − Dial. 43: 215. O. 1, ’07. 350w.
“The impression given by a reading of Professor Ross’s volume is a singular one. Each definition seems precise, each paragraph logical, and the sequence of ideas seems clear, the argument convincing, yet one goes on the end with an increasing dissatisfaction, a growing sense that something is wrong.”
+ − Nation. 84: 506. My. 30, ’07. 2270w.
“Endless discussion is invited by every point he makes. There is no doubt, however, that perusal of his volumes will stimulate the faculty of artistic precision in production and criticism.”
+ − N. Y. Times. 12: 300. My. 11, ’07. 450w.
Ross, Edward Alsworth. Foundations of sociology. *$1.25. Macmillan.
5–15556.
Descriptive note in December, 1905.
Reviewed by W. B. Guthrie.
+ Charities. 17: 473. D. 15, ’07. 590w.
“No brief review, however, can do justice to the masterly manner in which most of these topics have been handled. Excellent as the book is, one receives the impression that it will hardly serve as the foundations of a science. It is rather a collection of carefully selected materials for such foundations. But ‘Foundations of sociology’ is something more than a scientific treatise. It is a piece of literature—and that it is good literature few would deny.” Alvin S. Johnson.
+ + − Educ. R. 33: 208. F. ’07. 1080w.
* Ross, Edward Alsworth. Sin and society: an analysis of latter-day iniquity; with a letter from President Roosevelt. **$1. Houghton.
7–36978.
“Professor Ross’ book is less an arraignment of the dictator-sinner, hiding behind corporations, than an exhortation to society in general to educate itself to know when our own democracy is outraged, and to the individual in particular to spend less time in painting Utopias and more in making good the things he has led his fellow men to expect of him. The discussion is pragmatistic.”
R. of Rs. 36: 758. D. ’07. 180w.
Rossetti, William Michael. Some reminiscences of William Michael Rossetti. 2v. *$10. Scribner.
6–45370.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“It is a wonder that with his vast opportunities Mr. Rossetti did not make a more readable book. The trouble is he has not the dramatic gift; he has little feeling for portraiture.” James Huneker.
+ − N. Y. Times. 12: 15. Ja. 12, ’07. 2240w.
Reviewed by Jeannette L. Gilder.
+ Putnam’s. 1: 507. Ja. ’07. 570w.
“No one can put down these reminiscences without a feeling of kindliness and respect for the writer, which in these days of ‘revelations’ and disclosures is no small praise.”
+ Spec. 98: sup. 117. Ja. 26, ’07. 570w.
* Round, Douglass. Date of St. Paul’s epistle to the Galatians. *60c. Putnam.
“It is urged that Galatians was written from Antioch before the Council at Jerusalem and the second missionary journey, that is about 49–50 A. D. The argument is especially directed against certain elements in Ramsay’s position.”—Bib. World.
Bib. World. 29: 479. Je. ’07. 30w.
“We neither assent nor dissent, but welcome the very reasonable and moderate tone of the writer.”
+ Spec. 98: 379. Mr. 9, ’07. 110w.
Round the world: a series of interesting illustrated articles on a great variety of subjects. 85c. Benziger.
v. 2. Includes the following chapters: American cut glass, Street scenes in different lands, A visit to Mammoth cave, How flax is made, The great Arizona desert, Plowing in many lands, A word about Turkey, The grape and raisin industry in the United States, The capitol at Washington, From Greece to Italy, Cadet life at West Point, and Grain, and how it is handled.
v. 3. Includes chapters on the great Eastern question, The West and the great petrified forest, In the footsteps of the apostles, Revetment work in the United States, Near to Galway town, In the heart of the African forest, The “blind” readers of the post office, The little republic, A day in the Zoo, The reclamation, service, and School-days in Egypt.
Cath. World. 85: 690. Ag. ’07. 40w. (Review of v. 2.)
Rowe, Eleanor. Practical wood-carving: a book for the student, carver, teacher, designer, and architect. *$3. Lane.
W 7–124.
“The implements and woods employed, the various methods of work, Gothic, Renaissance, and pierced carving, are treated in successive chapters, amply illustrated, concluding with an instructive discussion of treatment and design. A useful glossary is appended.”—Int. Studio.
“The book is practical, and the illustrations are beautiful.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 171. O. ’07.
+ Int. Studio. 31: 251. My. ’07. 950w.
“Carries her subject to a still further and more practical, more artistic development.”
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 279. Ap. 27, ’07. 300w.
379“No one who reads this book can help being the wiser, for it is clear and practical, and the advice of the letterpress is well illustrated by reproductions of old and new work.”
+ Spec. 98: 722. My. 4, ’07. 150w.
Rowntree, Joseph, and Sherwell, Arthur. Taxation of the liquor trade, v. 1, *$3.25. Macmillan.
6–17254.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“It is not too much to say that the result is one of the most important books upon the subject ever produced. It is very doubtful whether there exists elsewhere, in so convenient form, information relative to the systems of taxation by the different states of this country.”
+ + + Ann. Am. Acad. 28: 469. N. ’06. 230w. (Review of v. 1.)
“The book is a mine of information on almost every phase of the subject and constitutes a notable addition to the scanty literature dealing with this side of taxation.”
+ + Pol. Sci. Q. 22: 565. S. ’07. 340w. (Review of v. 1.)
Ruete, Frau Emilie. Memoirs of an Arabian princess; tr. by Lionel Strachey. **$2.50. Doubleday.
7–29873.
“The ‘Memoirs,’ originally written, during a period of ill-health, for the future perusal of the author’s children, describe with great simpleness the Princess of Oman’s childhood in the Sultan’s palace and subsequently at the home of one of her brothers. The life of the harem, education of children, female fashions, the position of women in the East, Arabian suitorship and marriage, social customs, Mohammedan beliefs and festivals, medical methods, and the system of slavery are set forth from an intimate point of view.”—Lit. D.
+ Lit. D. 35: 656. N. 2, ’07. 340w.
N. Y. Times. 12: 664. O. 19, ’07. 30w.
“Her book is written in the simplest manner, and with a feeling for the value of picturesque and telling detail, and the two together make it a vivid picture of a sort of life as distant and as different from that of the princess’s American readers as if she had come out of the days of Haroun al Raschid.”
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 687. O. 26, ’07. 330w.
“A new book containing some interesting intimate revelations of Arab life.”
+ R. of Rs. 36: 636. N. ’07. 60w.
Ruggles, John. Recollections of a Lucknow veteran. *$1.50. Longmans.
7–29042.
“This is an interesting and characteristic narrative of the Indian mutiny by a Lucknow veteran.... The familiar story is given here with many added incidents by a veteran who looked all these things in the face, and who retains a keen recollection of them.”—Lit. D.
“It is fresh and spontaneous, commendably brief and modest, and in many ways a model autobiography.”
+ + − Acad. 72: 14. Ja. 5, ’07. 360w.
+ Lit. D. 34: 594. Ap. 13, ’07. 130w.
+ Spec. 98: 58. Ja. 12, ’07. 240w.
Ruhl, Arthur B. Break in training, and other athletic stories; il. by Howard Chandler Christy. $1.25. Outing pub.
6–43781.
A reissue of a book first copyrighted in 1900. The present edition contains a colored frontispiece by Howard Chandler Christy.
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 18. Ja. ’07.
“They could not have been written before Kipling, but they are none the worse for that. We should like to see Kipling beat them. These stories are clean and wholesome, yet emphatically manly.”
+ + + Ind. 62: 738. Mr. 28, ’07. 290w.
“It is a clean book and a healthful book. It is not profound, and it does not ruffle the waters of psychology. This collection of stories is noteworthy for its sincerity.”
+ + N. Y. Times. 12: 141. Mr. 9, ’07. 260w.
“Mr. Ruhl’s style of writing suits his subjects very well, as a ‘Break in training’ pleasantly demonstrates.”
+ R. of Rs. 35: 768. Je. ’07. 50w.
Russel, Mrs. Florence Kimball. A woman’s journey through the Philippines on a cable ship that linked together the strange lands seen en route. $2.50. Page.
7–23256.
An interestingly written and fully illustrated book which is chatty and informing and characterized by truly feminine observation.
“Bright and witty travel-talk.”
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 665. O. 19, ’07. 30w.
“She sprinkles her sprightly narrative with much information, some of it intentional and some of it unconscious, about the native character and the nature and resources of the islands.”
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 702. N. 2, ’07. 420w.
Russell, Charles Edward. Uprising of the many. **$1.50. Doubleday.
7–23946.
Questions are answered here that grow out of “the threat of a moneyed autocracy, the passing of wealth, and the power for which wealth stands, into the hands of a few.” “These chapters, largely a republication of material that has already appeared in Everybody’s magazine, form a powerful indictment against the shameless greed of ‘vested interests,’ and exhibit our own country as tolerating, constitutionally, legally, and by tacit consent, some of the most outrageous injustices in the history of the world.” (Dial.)
“His book is rich in instructive matter.”
+ Dial. 43: 256. O. 16, ’07. 270w.
“Has collected an immense amount of information that is of value to the perplexed student of current economic conditions in this country. The author’s view is a partizan one and occasionally passes over fairly obvious defects in the workings of the system of governmental and municipal control and ownership which he describes.”
+ − Lit. D. 35: 578. O. 19, ’07. 390w.
“Altogether while much that he says is really informing, there is so much that requires to be read with great critical caution that we can hardly commend his work to the otherwise uninstructed reader.”
− + Outlook. 87: 543. N. 9, ’07. 260w.
“It is a comprehensive survey of the world movement for the democratization of industry.”
+ R. of Rs. 36: 758. D. ’07. 60w.
Russell, George William E. Seeing and hearing. *$2.50. Dutton.
7–37516.
“A volume of mixed gossip and reminiscence.... Mr. Russell knows English society intimately, and this volume is a sort of chorus accompanying it throughout its ‘season’ and on its travels. There are five chapters on the pleasures, or pangs of the table; others on social changes, purple and fine linen, suburban Sundays, hospitality, ostentation, publicity versus reticence, etc.”—Nation.
“On the whole, we like Mr. Russell best when he is touching on his earlier reminiscences.”
+ Ath. 1907, 1: 472. Ap. 20. 450w.
“In ‘Seeing and hearing’ he still further works the vein opened in the two earlier volumes, but leaves the reader a little disposed to query whether the vein is not getting worked out.”
− + Dial. 42: 316. My. 16, ’07. 310w.
380“This new book differs from the old in not containing so many anecdotes, and in being a trifle more reflective, even pensive at times, but the note is much the same.”
+ Nation. 84: 476. My. 23, ’07. 160w.
“His style, less severely academic and chastened than Mr. Benson’s, has a charm of its own—the charm of the easy, flowing talk of a man of the world.” A. I. du. P. Coleman.
+ Putnam’s. 2: 615. Ag. ’07. 220w.
“It has ... an excellent literary touch, and it is full of good stories, most of which will be new even to readers of Mr. Russell’s books.”
+ Sat. R. 103: 403. Mr. 30, ’07. 200w.
“It is always easy to read Mr. Russell and it is commonly worth while. But he writes in haste, and does not always verify his references.”
+ − Spec. 98: 982. Je. 22, ’07. 1410w.
Russell, Louis Arthur. Commonplaces of vocal art: a plain statement of the philosophy of singing. $1. Ditson.
7–23091.
A volume for the singer, teacher and platform speaker which treats of the philosophy of the voice and of voice use, and offers suggestions as to the best method of practice for the development of the speaking voice and the voice in singing.
Russell, T. Baron. Hundred years hence; the expectations of an optimist. *$1.50. McClurg.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“Taken in small quantities, Mr. Russell’s prophecy is diverting, but those who read it continuously may wish that parts of it had been written in the age predicted by the author, when ‘boredom’ shall have been abolished.”
− + Nation. 84: 40. Ja. 10, ’07. 470w.
Rutherford, Ernest. Radioactive transformations; with diagrams. **$3.50. Scribner.
6–39464.
The Silliman lectures delivered at Yale in 1905. “Some treatment of radioactivity in general is given, and then a detailed development of the special subject of the book. This treatment differs only from the author’s previous expositions in the greater detail in which the subject is worked out.” (Nature.)
“Although this book is less comprehensive, as far as the general treatment of radioactive phenomena is concerned, than his previous work on ‘Radioactivity,’ it is divested of most of the technical terms which baffle the general reader, and is, in consequence, a book for both the student and the intelligent layman.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 71. Mr. ’07.
“We have the less compunction in thus drawing attention to these blemishes in what we believe to be a very valuable book that they are all such as may be easily removed either in the next edition or in the next public pronouncement Prof. Rutherford may make on the subject.”
+ + − Ath. 1907, 1: 18. Ja. 5. 2190w.
+ + + Nation. 84: 68. Ja. 17, ’07. 940w.
“The only doubt which can be felt is whether it meets any want which was not already satisfied by his previous work, ‘Radio-activity.’” R. J. Strutt.
+ + − Nature. 75: 195. D. 27, ’06. 780w.
“Whilst his writings are always authoritative, and therefore welcome to the student, they have been divested in this volume of most of the technical and mathematical subtleties which necessarily repel the general reader in such a book as that of Professor Thomson, and there is hardly a page which cannot be understood by the intelligent layman.”
+ + Spec. 98: 20. Ja. 5, ’07. 820w.
* Ruville, Albert von. William Pitt: earl of Chatham. 3v. *$9. Putnam.
After the manner of German scholarship thoro research prepared the way for Ruville’s life of the “Great commoner.” “On two points he has, we think, added something valuable to our knowledge of Pitt. He brings out strongly the share which Pitt was forced to take in the personal intrigues which seemed so large an element in contemporary politics, the influence of his connections, of the Grenvilles especially, on his career, and the extent to which for many years he depended on the support of the Prince of Wales and the Leicester house party. And. secondly, Dr. von Ruville succeeds in making Lord Bute’s share in English politics clearer than it has been made before.” (Nation.)
“One does miss, perhaps, now and then, a style and manner rising to a great occasion, as in the account of Chatham’s last speech in the lords—where, by the way, he did not die, as pictorial tradition represents. The fact of translation, though this one is excellently well done, may account for this, though, to be sure, impressive writing is not the mark of modern histories.” G. S. S.
+ − Acad. 73: 85. N. 2, ’07. 1070w.
“The perusal of his conscientious pages leaves behind it a sense of disappointment. Dr. von Ruville is, in the first place, destitute of eloquence. Secondly, he takes but little account of human nature.”
+ − Ath. 1907, 2: 511. O. 26. 890w.
“Will always be of value to the historical student, at any rate as a mine of information. Throughout it he shows extraordinary wrong-headed judgment not in the presentation of facts, but in the deductions which he draws from them.”
+ − Lond. Times. 6: 329. N. 1, ’07. 1230w.
“It is only when we come to look for breadth of view or width of treatment, for perception, proportion, sympathy, illumination, in fact for those larger qualities which make history and biography alive, that we are driven reluctantly to the conclusion that the book is unhappily depressing and depreciatory.”
+ − Nation. 85: 517. D. 5, ’07. 1770w.
“Dr. von Ruville goes through his work after the fashion of a chemist in his laboratory, weighing, dissolving, calculating, and recording results with the patient pen of science.”
+ + Sat. R. 104: 638. N. 23, ’07. 2420w.
“It is the first history of Chatham which in any way brings together all the results which may be obtained from manuscripts and printed material. Save for a few trivial mistakes, the translation is well done. It is not inspiring; but then the original German has none of the qualities of eloquence.”
+ − Spec. 99: 775. N. 16, ’07. 1970w.
Ryan, John Augustine. Living wage: its ethical and economic aspects. *$1. Macmillan.
6–14607.
Descriptive note in Annual. 1906.
“Is a good contribution on a most important subject. All good men everywhere should welcome this serious attempt to find the ethical and economic basis of just wages, and be grateful for its sane and dearly stated findings.” T. J. Riley.
+ + − Am. J. Soc. 12: 561. Ja. ’07. 860w.
Reviewed by David Y. Thomas.
Ann. Am. Acad. 29: 234. Ja. ’07. 600w.
Reviewed by W: J. White.
Charities. 17: 471. D. 15. ’06. 880w.
“As a whole the work appears to be scholarly. The organization of the material used is excellent. On the main point however—the validity of the author’s ethical theory and judgment—the economic student cannot of course pass judgment.” R. F. Hoxie.
+ J. Pol. Econ. 15: 641. D. ’07. 280w.
“The writer of this book has brought together in clear and readable form most of the essential arguments which have been offered for his contention; and he has supplied to trade unions and advocates of advanced social legislation very telling arguments for their position.” Charles Richmond Henderson.
+ Dial. 42: 288. My. 1, ’07. 370w.
381Ryan, Marah Ellis. Indian love letters. **$1. McClurg.
7–10045.
The hopeless love of a high-minded Indian for a fair haired girl in the East chants its sorrow here. Pathos, despair, renunciation, never impersonal where love is concerned, all stalk by the side of this stalwart young Indian over the sand dunes of Arizona. It is the old, old story but is tempered and colored by the strain of Indian poetry that reflects innate worship of Nature.
“The author has compressed a great deal within a few pages, and has managed her original and difficult theme with much artistic skill. The ethnic is one with the romantic element of the letters.”
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 178. Mr. 23, ’07. 400w.
* Ryley, M. Beresford. Queens of the renaissance. **$2. Small.
A study of these types of the renaissance really means a study of the rapid development of woman’s intellect and fascination thru the humanist movement in Italy.
“Miss Ryley has done her work well. She writes clearly, and with gusto, though at times she is led into being gratuitously ornate.”
+ Acad. 73: 864. S. 7, ’07. 810w.
N. Y. Times. 12: 664. O. 19, ’07. 20w.
“The subject necessarily brings the writer and reader into situations which require tact to be properly dealt with. Here, again, we find little to commend.”
− + Spec. 99: 335. S. 7, ’07. 170w.