Volume 3 — S (continued 2)
Reading edition
+ + + Outlook. 87: 329. O. 19, ’07. 620w.
+ + + R. of Rs. 36: 640. N. ’07. 80w.
+ + + Spec. 99: 535. O. 12, ’07. 180w.
Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate. From old fields: poems of the civil war. **$3. Houghton.
6–39442.
A collection of poems chiefly about civil war topics.
“In a way, Mr. Shaler was the Crabbe of the battlefield. He saw the sordid, tragic commonplaces of war with an undeluded eye, and portrayed them with a firm and vivid pen.”
+ + − Nation. 84: 34. Ja. 10, ’07. 290w.
R. of Rs. 35: 253. F. ’07. 60w.
Shaler, Mrs. Sophia Penn Page. Masters of fate; the power of the will. **$1.50. Duffield.
6–32864.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 72. Mr. ’07. S.
Shand, Alexander Innes. Soldiers of fortune in camp and court. **$3. Dutton.
Phases of history “as it was built up by personal gallantry.” The author begins with the mediaeval Condottieri and ends with the Indian adventurers, the modern representatives of the Condottieri.
“We have said that this is an interesting book, and apparently Mr. Shand, to judge by his reticence in the matter of dates and stern exclusion of references, does not mean it to be more than simply interesting. That, however, should not preclude a little care in the writing. The style, on the whole, is not unattractive, but it is sometimes careless.”
+ − Acad. 73: 9. O. 12, ’07. 940w.
N. Y. Times. 12: 671. O. 19, ’07. 30w.
“‘Soldiers of fortune’ is very different from the kind of sham history we are often given under such a title. It is not tawdry or sensational; the author observes it as a point of honour with himself never to make what seems to him the truth lopsided in order that it may be more exciting.”
+ Spec. 99: 482. O. 5, ’07. 1440w.
* Shaw, Albert. Outlook for the average man. **$1.25. Macmillan.
In five chapters, as follows, Dr. Shaw discusses the relation of the average man to present social, economic, and political conditions in the United States. The average man under changing economic conditions, Present economic problems, Our legacy from a century of pioneers, The business career and the community and Jefferson’s doctrines under new tests.
N. Y. Times. 12: 668. O. 19, ’07. 30w.
N. Y. Times. 12: 762. N. 30. ’07. 180w.
Shaw, Albert. Political problems of American development. (Columbia university lectures George Blumenthal foundation, 1907.) *$1.50. Macmillan.
7–22104.
“The book as a whole is a study of national development, dealing not with the questions of constitutional law that vexed the minds of the fathers, but with the practical difficulties that democracy has continuously encountered in its attempt to realize the national ideals in the American environment. Immigration and race questions, problems relating to our public lands, party machinery, the regulation of the railroads and the great industrial trusts, the tariff, the currency, foreign policy, and territorial expansion are all discussed from the point of view of the journalist and man of affairs.”—R. of Rs.
“The book is so valuable as to deserve a second edition.”
+ + Ind. 63: 1372. D. 5, ’07. 620w.
“We cannot feel that this work will add to Mr. Shaw’s reputation either as a writer or as a student of American problems. The whole volume smacks of the haste of journalism. It is frequently repetitious, and is not lacking in that dogmatic finality of opinion which is a pitfall for all editors.”
− Nation. 85: 425. N. 7, ’07. 750w.
“His views in their entirety are not always ours. But we may say that in no instance does he fail to illumine his subject for the great general public to whom he addresses himself; and that his little volume is an admirable textbook for the use of those who would pursue intelligently and conscientiously the schooling that makes for an efficient and triumphant democracy.”
+ + − Outlook. 87: 540. N. 9, ’07. 1040w.
396Reviewed by Montgomery Schuyler.
+ + Putnam’s. 3: 230. N. ’07. 750w.
R. of Rs. 36: 383. S. ’07. 180w.
Shaw, George Bernard. Dramatic opinions and essays; containing as well A word on the Dramatic opinions and essays of G. Bernard Shaw, by James Huneker. 2v. **$2.50. Brentano’s.
6–39443.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“A combination of acute and searching criticism of modern plays and players with unlimited flippancy and egotism. Deliciously entertaining, if not altogether profitable, reading; for those familiar with the plays and the actors.”
+ − A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 72. Mr. ’07.
“Mr. Shaw is at his sanest in the dramatic criticisms contributed weekly to the ‘Saturday review.’” H. W. Boynton.
+ Atlan. 99: 553. Ap. ’07. 5910w.
Current Literature. 42: 71. Ja. ’07. 2050w.
“They made sparkling reading in those days, but that is hardly sufficient to justify the preservation of such current chroniclings in permanent form.”
+ − Dial. 42: 13. Ja. 1, ’07. 120w.
“If there is anyone surviving at this time of day who thinks Mr. Shaw merely a crank or merely a ‘farceur’, these collected dramatic criticisms ought to open his eyes. They are, on the whole, tremendously earnest and absolutely sane; the work of a man who obviously longs to leave not only the stage, but the world, better than he found it.”
+ + − Lond. Times. 6: 117. Ap. 12, ’07. 2000w.
+ Outlook. 84: 1082. D. 29, ’06. 280w.
“These criticisms of Mr. Shaw’s have had, and we believe are likely to have, a wholesome effect upon the contemporary stage, but whether such be the case or no, they must at least be allowed this great virtue—they are tremendously entertaining.” Horatio S. Krans.
+ + Putnam’s. 1: 754. Mr. ’07. 620w.
“Mr. Huneker has chosen the criticisms for republication, and written an heroic, gunnerlike preface, full of explosions and boomings, which is, perhaps, suitable to so gallant an occasion.”
− Spec. 98: 567. Ap. 13, ’07. 1780w.
Shaw, George Bernard. John Bull’s other island and Major Barbara. **$1.50. Brentano’s.
7–21528.
There are three plays included in this group: John Bull’s other island, How he lied to her husband, and Major Barbara. There are the usual characteristic prefaces, and for an introduction he makes use of his “First aid to critics.”
“Both ‘John Bull’s other island’ and ‘Major Barbara’ are ill put together. They share with the ‘Doctor’s dilemma’ the defect of straggling on after the play is really at an end.” St. J. H.
− Acad. 72: 621. Je. 29, ’07. 1120w.
“It is only by the ideas which they embody that Mr. Shaw’s stage-works will live. Should those ideas ever become commonplaces—an unlikely contingency!—his plays possess, apart from their humour and wit, no quality which can save them from the doom of oblivion. They contain but the smallest amount of story, no plot worth speaking of, and very little emotional stress or conflict; any catastrophe they set forth is of a strictly intellectual sort.”
+ − Ath. 1907, 2: 107. Jl. 27. 1500w.
“The latest is the most interesting volume of Brentano’s new edition of Shaw, because none of the three plays in it has appeared in print before and only one of them has been played often enough in this country for many people to see it.”
+ Ind. 63: 879. O. 10, ’07. 860w.
“If only to find the secret that is in Mr. Shaw’s heart, his prefaces are to be read. There are the plays to be read, as well—two of them as good plays as Mr. Shaw has ever done, and all three as amusing and stimulating in print as on the stage, all three brilliantly successful devices for compelling you to swallow the powder of the ‘paper-apostle’ in the jam of the ‘artist-magician.’”
+ + − Lond. Times. 6: 197. Je. 21, ’07. 1890w.
“As a study of actual social conditions, or as drama, [Major Barbara] is quite worthless, being wholly unreasonable and packed, as is the writer’s habit, with all kinds of false and reckless generalizations, cynical extravagancies, and perverse misrepresentations; but it is, nevertheless, highly entertaining in its witty, bumptious, paradoxical and wholly irresponsible fashion.”
− + Nation. 84: 19. Jl. 4, ’07. 350w.
“The present writer is considering not Mr. Shaw the playwright, but Mr. Shaw, the clairvoyant, the acute observer and the critic of things as they are in the year of grace, 1907, the philosopher, if you will, of the open eye and mind. He is, as a matter of fact, the very inspiration of critics whether of literature or of life, for he is inexhaustively suggestive because he is marvelously perceiving.”
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 437. Jl. 13, ’07. 2370w.
“In these two more substantial plays, as always, Mr. Shaw makes it plainer than ever, as has already been said, that he is first the determined moralist, the servant of his profoundly passionate convictions; then the architect of what happens to be their vehicle: in this case, satiric and imaginative drama. But scarcely less notable is the demonstration which is here furnished of that other inconvenient and embarrassing fact which Mr. Shaw is at such elaborate pains, when he is on his guard, to conceal: the fact that he is, ‘au fond’ and incurably a poet.” Lawrence Gilman.
+ No. Am. 186: 284. O. ’07. 2000w.
“Not even Mr. Bernard Shaw’s wit and paradox can make his play about Ireland ... altogether easy reading.”
− + Outlook. 86: 610. Jl. 20, ’07. 40w.
“The three plays show Mr. Shaw’s characteristic genius.”
+ R. of Rs. 36: 383. S. ’07. 100w.
Sheedy, Rev. Morgan M. Briefs for our times. **$1. Whittaker.
6–31412.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“The literary quality of the book is very good indeed; and, while the author does not pretend to original thinking, he has the knack of putting ancient truth in a fresh and pleasing, as well as convincing, manner.”
+ Cath. World. 84: 548. Ja. ’07. 190w.
Sheehan, Rev. Patrick Augustine. Early essays and lectures. *$1.60. Longmans.
7–11584.
A collection of essays “disinterred” from the magazines in which they appeared during the past twenty-five years. In them Father Sheehan discusses such men as Emerson, Arnold and Aubrey De Vere, and such subjects as, The German universities, The German and Gaelic muses, and Irish youth and high ideals.
“In many places, the essays would have been improved by the application of the pruning knife.... Many of the essays would have gained a great deal by compression; in very few instances will one find a passage that deserves a place alongside almost any paragraph that might be taken at random from ‘Under the cedars and the stars.’”
+ − Cath. World. 84: 414. D. ’06. 220w.
Dial. 42: 84. F. 1, ’07. 80w.
+ Spec. 97: 792. N. 17. ’06. 350w.
397Shelley, Henry C. John Harvard and his times, il. **$2. Little.
7–34809.
The facts concerning the life of John Harvard have been so few and the few so hard to obtain that no volume has been written before on the “young minister whose generosity had such important influence on the beginnings of education in America.” The sketch shows what were the environment and early influence in his Stratford-on-Avon home, and also gives what is known of his parentage. Then follow chapters on The Harvard circle, Cambridge, Last years in England; The new world and The praise of John Harvard.
“Unfortunately, the author can not tell us what sort of a man John Harvard was. But he tells very cleverly the kind of man John Harvard might have been.” Arthur M. Chase.
+ Bookm. 26: 413. D. ’07. 530w.
“Mr. Shelley shows himself accurate and unbiased in stating his slender store of absolutely determined facts, and singularly clever in piecing them together and eking them out with ingenious possibilities.”
+ Dial. 43: 382. D. 1, ’07. 290w.
“The volume contains, of course, much valuable material relating to the founding of Harvard college, but besides that it furnishes an interesting picture of the Massachusetts colony as it was during the first twenty years of its history.”
+ Lit. D. 35: 917, D. 14, ’07. 180w.
“In general we think Mr. Shelley’s inferences from the data at hand entirely reasonable; and when the picture is unfortunately obscure he shows skill in throwing upon it side-lights.”
+ Nation. 85: 475. N. 21, ’97. 1450w.
“Mr. Shelley has brought to light much valuable material relating to Harvard, his parentage, his times, and friends.”
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 664. O. 19, ’07. 50w.
“Mr. Shelley is entitled to the honor due a pioneer and to the satisfaction of feeling that he has produced a book interesting in itself and bearing the promise of fruitful results.” Elisabeth L. Cary.
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 679. O. 26, ’07. 1600w.
“It is no detraction from the supplementary value and interest of Mr. Shelley’s work if we recognize at once that his is a secondary book.” Ripley Hitchcock.
+ No. Am. 186: 611. D. ’07. 1830w.
“As the life of John Harvard it can only be described as conjectural biography carried to the nth degree. Its sole distinction is its attractive reconstitution of the environment in which John Harvard was brought up, and the people he possibly knew.”
+ − Outlook. 87: 612. N. 23, ’07. 300w.
+ R. of Rs. 36: 755. D. ’07. 50w.
+ Spec. 99: 718. N. 9, ’07. 250w.
Shelley, Henry C. Literary by-paths in old England; il. **$3. Little.
6–34854.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 73. Mr. ’07.
“Mr. Shelley is in many respects quite the ideal guide, unassuming, sympathetic, and exceedingly well informed. He refreshes vague memories and supplies fresh clues at almost every turn, and his is exactly the book one would like to take along on a pilgrimage to poetic shrines, but—and it is a serious but—for the clumsy proportions and gross material weight of the volume.” Harriet Waters Preston.
+ − Atlan. 99: 420. Mr. ’07. 390w.
+ Ind. 62: 677. Mr. 21, ’07. 200w.
R. of Rs. 35: 112. Ja. ’07. 70w.
Shelton, Louise. Seasons in a flower garden: a handbook of information and instruction for the amateur. **$1. Scribner.
6–19004.
(2d ed. rev. and enl.
7–18184.)
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 14. Ja. ’07. S.
* Shepard, William Kent. Problems in strength of materials. *$1.25. Ginn.
7–30998.
“A collection of nearly 600 specific problems or exercises in the strength of materials ... [which] confines itself strictly to the statement of problems, and with one exception, eight pages on the design of riveted joints, avoids explanatory interjections.”—Engin. N.
“In the absence of either explanation or cautionary reference, the student is likely to go astray, even when the book is being administered by a teacher. Regardless of this, however, we welcome the appearance of such a collection of problems.”
+ + − Engin. N. 58: 537. N. 14, ’07. 620w.
Technical Literature. 2: 584. D. ’07. 100w.
Shepherd, Henry Elliot. Life of Robert Edward Lee. $2. Neale.
6–46779.
Not so much a biography as a characterization. The conditions under which Lee lived and worked and the results he achieved are outlined, as well as his ideals, motives, genius and character. The author says “It is my distinctive purpose to exhibit the life of our hero in those critical and all-pervading relations which constitute the abiding test of true greatness.”
Sheppard, Alfred Tresidder. Running horse inn. †$1.50. Lippincott.
7–18182.
George Kennett, a soldier in the Peninsular campaign, returns to Running Horse inn in a little town in the south of England upon the day that his brother, believing him dead, weds the girl who had promised to wait for him. At first the returned soldier succeeds fairly well in accepting the inevitable, but when financial hardships come, and his old love for Bess masters him, he turns scoundrel, and brings misery to his brother’s home. He pays the penalty for the guilt which he was morally responsible for, although he is innocent technically of the charge that hangs him.
“A really fine historical novel.”
+ Acad. 71: 479. N. 10, ’06. 190w.
“His military experiences show more power than any other portion of the book.”
+ − Ath. 1906, 2: 509. O. 27. 120w.
“The tender character studies of rural English folk, the captain’s yarns, the homely life within the Inn, and the eternal scenery along the downs, and, above all, the solemn tread with which all events seem to march toward the final, inevitable tragedy gives the book power.”
+ Ind. 63: 572. S. 5, ’07. 140w.
“Has set himself a difficult task and if he has not fully succeeded it is fair to recognize the ambition.”
+ − Lond. Times. 5: 369. N. 2, ’06. 250w.
“The book shows a good measure of careful preparation. On the whole, interest is fairly well maintained.”
+ − Nation. 84: 16. Jl. 4, ’07. 220w.
“The tale is dramatic and has some thrilling situations.”
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 385. Je. 15, ’07. 140w.
“The plot is too weak to support itself thru 400 pages, although the best part of it is near the close.”
− + N. Y. Times. 12: 540. S. 7, ’07. 80w.
“The design is ambitious, the details carefully wrought, but Mr. Sheppard seems to us to have essayed, with inadequate equipment, a theme which would have suited Mr. Thomas Hardy in his earlier manner.”
− + Sat. R. 103: 22. Ja. 5, ’07. 180w.
398“It would be difficult to overpraise the way in which the atmosphere of impending calamity is sustained, or the subtlety with which the growing degradation of the chief figure is traced. The mere writing is of the best, and there are passages of high imaginative beauty.”
+ + Spec. 97: 731. N. 10, ’06. 350w.
Sheppard, S. E. and Mees, C. E. Kenneth. Investigations on the theory of the photographic process. *$1.75. Longmans.
A theoretical rather than practical work whose subjects are dealt with from the point of view of what is now understood as physical chemistry and are described in the language of that branch of science.
“This volume will find a place, which it will worthily fill, in the libraries of all who are interested in the scientific aspects of photography.” C. J.
+ + Nature. 76: 468. S. 5, ’07. 700w.
N. Y. Times. 12: 333. My. 25, ’07. 70w.
Sherard, Robert Harborough. Twenty years in Paris; being some recollections of a literary life; 2d ed. il. *$4. Jacobs.
6–18833.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 85. Mr. ’07.
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley. Major dramas of Richard Brinsley Sheridan: The rivals, The school for scandal, The critic; ed. with introd. and notes by George Henry Nettleton. (Athenaeum press ser.) *90c. Ginn.
6–43927.
A school edition with abundant editorial matter.
“He succeeds, not only in giving all the information needed by beginners with sterling fulness and accuracy, but in adding a great deal that will interest those who have already a good working knowledge of the plays.”
+ + Acad. 72: 112. F. 2, ’07. 1310w.
“Is by far the most pretentious attempt yet made to edit these masterpieces of English comedy. It is to be regretted that the apparatus is more evident than the criticism. The several sections in which Professor Nettleton discusses Sheridan’s position in the English drama display no real insight into the art of dramaturgy.” Brander Matthews.
− + Educ. R. 33: 318. Mr. ’07. 1200w.
“A compact and careful piece of work, containing a considerable amount of useful information in small compass.”
+ Nation. 84: 251. Mr. 14, ’07. 310w.
“We do not know any other book on Sheridan which crowds so much information into so small a compass.”
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 57. F. 2, ’07. 130w.
“Admirers of Sheridan’s [plays] may now have their favorites printed (for the first time in America) from the authentic text of Sheridan’s plays taken from the original manuscripts and edited (for the first time anywhere) with complete annotation.” H. E. Coblentz.
+ + School R. 15: 625. O. ’07. 350w.
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley B. Rivals; with an introduction by Brander Matthews. il. $2.50. Crowell.
7–24460.
A de luxe edition illustrated by a series of five drawings, the work of Mr. O’Malley, which are reproduced in full-page photogravures. The drawings, the introduction by Brander Matthews and the excellent workmanship of the book make it a choice holiday offering.
“Mr. Power O’Malley has illustrated the play for the present edition in a fashion to emphasize both its old-time quaintness and its sparkling humor.”
+ Dial. 43: 381. D. 1, ’07. 110w.
“The notes are of little value.”
+ − Nation. 85: 451. N. 14, ’07. 110w.
Sheridan, Wilbur Fletcher. Life of Isaac Wilson Joyce. *$1. West. Meth. bk.
7–20972.
A biography of Bishop Joyce of the Methodist Episcopal church which reveals him as preeminently the man of action, a man “too busy making history to record it.” His missionary zeal at home and in foreign fields sounds the strongest note in the sketch.
Sherman, Ellen Burns. Words to the wise—and others. **$1.50. Holt.
7–36126.
A dozen delightful essays upon social and literary subjects such as: The root and foliage of style, Our kin and others, A plea for the naturalization of ghosts, Ruskin, Modern letter-writing, and Our comédie humaine. In each we find a discriminating taste for the best works of God and man.
+ Outlook. 87: 746. N. 30, ’07. 130w.
Sherring, Charles A. Western Tibet and the British border land. *$6. Longmans.
7–19489.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“It comes too late, and it is far too bulky.”
− + Acad. 72: 13. Ja. 5, ’07. 480w.
“The best parts of Mr. Sherring’s volume are the chapters devoted to the legends and myths of the natives especially the Bhotia tribes of the frontier, and to the quaint customs and manners of the British borderland.” H. E. Coblentz.
+ Dial. 42: 43. Ja. 16, ’07. 580w.
“The present volume is one of the most valuable works that we have seen upon the subject.”
+ + Lit. D. 34: 594. Ap. 13, ’07. 410w.
“Mr. Sherring is much to be congratulated upon the way in which he has acquitted himself of his task.”
+ + Lond. Times. 6: 234. Jl. 26, ’07. 1030w.
“Nor is there anything new to interest the ethnologist, naturalist, botanist, geologist or sportsman. Altogether it is unfortunate that the author has missed this unique opportunity of making important additions to our knowledge of this little explored land. The best things in the book are the photographs of the peaks and passes, most of which are supplied by Dr. T. G. Longstaff.”
− + Sat. R. 102: 776. D. 22, ’06. 1620w.
Sherrington, Charles Scott. Integrative action of the nervous system. **$3.50. Scribner.
6–38912.
“The aim of this book, as its title indicates, is to set forth in detail the manner in which the nervous system serves to bring together in united action the various parts of the animal organism.... The whole trend of the book, though it is primarily physiological, is a strong argument for some sort of ‘motor theory’ of consciousness.... The book is accompanied by an exhaustive bibliography, and the author supports each step in his argument by frequent reference to his own extensive and minute experiments as well as to the results found by other investigators. Numerous reproductions of myograph curves, etc., illustrate the text.”—J. Philos.
Reviewed by F. N. Freeman.
J. Philos. 4: 301. My. 23, ’07. 1750w.
“We have in this book the most valuable contribution to the comprehension of the functions of the nervous system that has appeared up to the present time, not only from the records of the experiments quoted, but also from the logical and orderly way in which the due 399inferences from the experiments are put forward, and the volume stands out as a landmark in our knowledge of the subject.”
+ + − Nature. 76: 122. Je. 6, ’07. 710w.
* Sherwood, Margaret Pollock. Princess Pourquoi. †$1.50. Houghton.
7–31285.
The five tales in this volume are wonderstory fables. “The ‘Princess Pourquoi’ represents, let us say, the modern spirit of feminine inquiry in its dignified aspect; ‘The princess and the microbe’ and ‘The seven studious sisters’ represents the same spirit in an amusing light; and ‘The clever necromancer,’ its pathetic side. ‘The gentle robber’ is a more pungent satire upon the theoretical and the actual attitude of the world toward greed and dishonesty on a large scale.” (Nation.)
Nation. 85: 474. N. 21, ’07. 260w.
“They are very gracefully written, and the effect of each is something like that of an old piece of richly colored embroidery.”
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 649. O. 19, ’07. 100w.
N. Y. Times. 12: 670. O. 19, ’07. 20w.
Shoemaker, Blanche. Woven of dreams. **$1.25. Lane.
7–10279.
Under the four headings, Sonnets, Youth’s journey, Gathered petals, and Woven of dreams, are gathered more than a hundred exquisite verses, full of the joy of life and the depths of its emotions.
“The work is uneven and weak lines mar otherwise good sonnets. There is, too, no allusiveness or elusiveness. The author forgets that poetry is the language of suggestion and tumbles everything out before us with a forwardness that is occasionally unpleasant.” Christian Gauss.
+ − N. Y. Times. 12: 492. Ag. 10, ’07. 220w.
Shoemaker, Michael Myers. Winged wheels in France. **$2.50. Putnam.
6–42912.
The “winged wheels” belong to a “great red touring car” in which the author made a trip through the Rhine valley to Switzerland. The snapshot method has been employed and there are no time exposures. The book is embellished with numerous reproductions of photographs.
A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 129. My. ’07.
“He is always interesting and entertaining in his books, but we prefer him when he travels at more leisure than the motor-car permits. The volume is pleasantly written and admirably illustrated.” H. E. Coblentz.
+ Dial. 42: 373. Je. 16. ’07. 200w.
Nation. 84: 59. Ja. 17, ’07. 110w.
“The descriptions are graphic, and there is a wise avoidance of the geographical details.”
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 899. D. 22, ’06. 360w.
“Mr. Shoemaker writes with sympathy, although his pages might well have been more picturesque and luminous considering his subject matter.”
+ − Outlook. 84: 1083. D. 29, ’06. 230w.
“A good bit of descriptive travel writing.”
+ R. of Rs. 35: 109. Ja. ’07. 50w.
“It is a succession of rapid impressions, which seems to require eyes and a brain especially made for the purpose, if any fixed recollection is to be carried away. Yet these impressions are clear, in spite of their quickness and slightness.”
+ Spec. 98: 1013. Je. 29, ’07. 360w.
Shorter, Dora Sigerson. Through wintry terrors. $1.50. Cassell.
“A struggling clerk and his silly young wife, a vicious little poet, an old maid, and a few of the submerged—these are the characters in ‘Through wintry terrors.’” (Lond. Times.) The tragedy of a hasty marriage is enacted in which misunderstandings lead to separation, and this, for the wife, to the sober trouble of London’s darker side. “The simple story moves straight to its end through troubles very real and affecting, shaped by the hand of an artist and touched with the spirit of a poet.” (Lond. Times.)
“The best that can be said for it is that no doubt it will yield a number of amiable persons a certain harmless enjoyment; the worst, that there is no reason why it should have been written at all.”
− Acad. 73: 194. N. 30, ’07. 230w.
“Mrs. Shorter’s characters are skillfully and sympathetically drawn.”
+ Ath. 1907, 2: 400. O. 5. 180w.
“[Only one] small blot on a story that within its little limits has the qualities of a work of art.”
+ + − Lond. Times. 6: 317. O. 18, ’07. 330w.
N. Y. Times. 12: 654. O. 19, ’07. 50w.
Shurter, Edwin DuBois, ed. Masterpieces of modern oratory. *$l. Ginn.
7–3094.
A group of oratorical masterpieces which have been collected with a view of offering them to students as models for study.
“Professor Shurter has made a good collection of orations, but he has committed the usual editor’s fault of presenting them incompletely.”
+ − Educ. R. 34: 209. S. ’07. 70w.
“Hence we are inclined to place a high value on a book which contains such well-chosen selections. Professor Shurter has done his task well.” H. E. Coblentz.
+ School R. 15: 554. S. ’07. 740w.
Sichel, Walter Sydney. Emma. Lady Hamilton from new and original sources and documents, together with an appendix of notes and new letters. *$5. Dodd.
6–1105.
The important contribution which Mr. Sichel has to make to the story of Lady Hamilton throws light chiefly upon her relations with Nelson.
“Mr. Sichel’s book is more than a biography of this remarkable woman; it might almost be called a history. His net is all-embracing and his capacity for taking pains is great.”
+ Acad. 69: 1259. D. 2. ’05. 880w.
+ − Ath. 1905, 2: 540. O. 21. 180w.
“There can be no doubt that the author’s treatment of the whole subject is far more complete and authoritative than that of Mr. Cordy Jeaffreson.” W.
+ Eng. Hist. R. 21: 829. O. ’06. 300w.
“His volume is in large measure an apologia for Lady Hamilton, nearly always ingenious, but sometimes a little too ‘precious’ in tone and not very often quite convincing.”
+ − Lond. Times. 4: 356. O. 27, ’05. 1970w.
“His pages continuously shock the reader acquainted with the period, not by gross lapses, but by constant petty distortions that are too minute to criticise, and that may be best summed up as indicating a complete lack of the historical sense. It is essentially this that robs the book of value.”
+ Nation. 83: 376. N. 1, ’06. 780w.
“He has collected an enormous amount of valuable material, which he has arranged with picturesque effect, and a real dramatic sense. His style is careless and diffuse, and in the attempt to be forcible and expressive, he becomes strained and affected.”
+ − Sat. R. 100: 697. N. 25, ’05. 2260w.
“This is a marvel of industry, enthusiasm, and of special pleading.”
+ − Spec. 95: 978. D. 9, ’05. 2250w.
400Sidgwick, Arthur, and Sidgwick, Eleanor Mildred (Mrs. Arthur Sidgwick). Henry Sidgwick—a memoir. *$4. Macmillan.
6–18307.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“To all who can feel the attraction of a noble mind spending itself in the search for truth this biography must be of compelling interest.” F. Melian Stawell.
+ + Int. J. Ethics. 17: 241. Ja. ’07. 1360w.
“It gives a reflected picture of the intellectual changes in British thought from 1860–1900.” John Dewey.
+ + Pol. Sci. Q. 22: 133. Mr. ’07. 1100w.
Sidgwick, Cecily Ullmann. Kinsman. $1.50. Macmillan.
7–4161.
Another amusing comedy founded upon a case of mistaken identity. A young Englishman having closed out his interests in Australia comes to England to visit his kinsman, Colonel Blois, whose heir he is. Upon his arrival he meets his double who is a distant cousin and a worthless cockney clerk. The clerk, believing that his cousin has been drowned while in swimming, impersonates him to the confusion of his well-bred relatives and the joy of the reader. But in the end everything is straightened out and several love affairs come to a happy ending. The whole is amusing and the character of the weak, pleasure-loving clerk is exceedingly well drawn.
“An entertaining book, one of the best Mrs. Sidgwick has written.”
+ + Acad. 72: 143. F. 9, ’07. 260w.
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 110. Ap. ’07. ✠
“The story does not aim at a high standard of literary excellence, but is wholesome and mildly amusing.”
+ Ath. 1907, 1: 221. F. 23. 140w.
“A distinctly amusing story, in which there is not for an instant any doubt which are the real hero and heroine.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
+ Bookm. 25: 89. Mr. ’07. 370w.
“An exceptionally bright and entertaining work of fiction.” Wm. M. Payne.
+ Dial. 42: 377. Je. 16, ’07. 350w.
“Is just conventional enough, foolish enough, pleasant enough, to be an excellent thing of its kind.”
+ Nation. 84: 157. F. 14, ’07. 380w.
“An amusing, neatly built story, entertaining enough while it is being read and of no consequence afterward.”
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 120. F. 23, ’07. 310w.
“Is rather rampant in fun, but is in that way decidedly amusing.”
+ Outlook. 85: 479. F. 23, ’07. 70w.
Sat. R. 103: 465. Ap. 13, ’07. 230w.
“Capital specimen of fantastic comedy, bordering at times on farce, yet relieved in the case of Roger and Pamela with graceful and chivalrous sentiment.”
+ Spec. 97: 219. F. 9, ’07. 800w.
Siegfried, Andre. Race question in Canada. *$3. Appleton.
7–22822.
Canada in its social, economic and political aspects. “Part 1, considers the rival races and religions, and gives a full and instructive view of the influences exerted by Roman Catholicism and by Protestantism. In part 2, the political life of Canada is described in ten chapters. The balance of power and influence forms the topic of part 3, and part 4, treats of Canada’s external relations, and endeavors to discuss the question of her probable future.” (N. Y. Times.)
“His book is a valuable contribution to our knowledge of a subject full of interest.”
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 619. O. 12, ’07. 200w.
“This volume written apparently for the French kinsmen of French Canadians, is both interesting and illuminating for us.”
+ Outlook. 87: 359. O. 19, ’07. 360w.
“This is an interesting book.”
+ Spec. 98: 724. My. 4, ’07. 230w.
Sigerson, George. Bards of the Gael and Gall: examples of the poetic literature of Erin, done into English after the meters and modes of the Gael. *$1.50. Scribner.
A second edition of this anthology of translated Gaelic poetry. “It follows the plan of the first edition in giving in historical series specimens of verses from the earliest known to that of recent times and in essaying to present them in the spirit, form, and structure of the originals. Several new versions have been introduced into this edition to illustrate different periods and show different styles.” (N. Y. Times.)
“Taken as a whole, we may say that the pieces have been well translated.... Had he omitted two-thirds of the pieces in the present volume, he would have strengthened his case considerably. By winnowing the chaff from the grain he might have convinced the average reader that ancient Ireland had a literature equal to, if not greater than, that of the Greeks.”
+ − Acad. 72: 135. F. 9, ’07. 1950w.
“A good index would have enhanced the value of the book”
+ − N. Y. Times. 12: 311. My. 11, ’07. 320w.
Silberrad, Una L. Good comrade. †$1.50. Doubleday.
7–30840.
An English story with part of its scene laid in Holland. Julia Polkington the most self-respecting member of a family noted for “shifty expedients” takes a place as “lady help” in a Dutch bulb-grower’s family. Her aim is to get possession of a certain bulb, sell it, and so pay a home debt. Her honor prevents her. But she does steal from a Dutch chemist, by whom she is later employed, a valuable explosive and turns it over to her father’s creditor, who tried to secure it, and who is now her lover. The girl’s marriage finally crowns the meagre happenings of a restless life.
“She has given a description of ‘bourgeois’ Holland which is both vivid and true.”
+ + Acad. 73: 707. Jl. 20, ’07. 300w.
“The author appeals insistently to our intelligence and sympathy, and has produced an exceptionally good novel.”
+ + Ath. 1907, 1: 630. My. 25. 150w.
“In spite of the fancifulness of the plot and the conventionality of the hero the book is not a silly one.”
+ − Nation. 85: 474. N. 21, ’07. 260w.
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 654. O. 19, ’07. 30w.
“Altogether it is such a book in its literary and artistic quality as American novelists do not seem able to write—or, if they can write such a book, which they are not able to get published. The get-up of the book deserves a word of reproof. Its proof-reading is so atrocious. errors frequently marring the sense, as to be a disgrace.”
+ + − N. Y. Times. 12: 677. O. 26, ’07. 810w.
“The ethics of a man, who is represented as ‘possessing the code of honor of a gentleman,’ seem peculiar. This is the only weak spot in the story that maintains its hold on the reader throughout. The character-painting is clever, the dialogue natural, and the humor gentle and pleasing.”
+ + − Outlook. 87: 450. O. 26, ’07. 190w.
“Will do nothing to lower the high reputation which Miss Silberrad has made in the ranks of the novel-writers of to-day.”
+ Spec. 98: 908. Je. 8, ’07. 180w.
401Sill, Edward Rowland. Poetical works. $1.50. Houghton.
6–35717.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 15. Ja. 07.
Simpson, M. W. Hilton-. Algiers and beyond. **$3.50. Appleton.
The author’s narrative covers two expeditions into remote parts of Algiers. “The first expedition extended into the Khabylie country, the mountain region close to the coast, and after that to Biskra, within the borders of the Sahara.... The second expedition was into the region called Petit Sahara, and the author was for a time the guest of the Khalifa of Roumania, Belcassem Ben Toumy by name, and a most genial and agreeable personage.” (N. Y. Times.)
“Where he allowed his own mother-wit to guide him, the author’s versions of what he saw are admirably shrewd and generally accurate. He writes as a sportsman, and his information under this head is of a useful and practical sort.”
+ − Ath. 1906, 2: 579. N. 10. 360w.
“What one may see and do in the back country of Algeria is very agreeably set forth.”
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 557. S. 14, ’07. 450w.
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 665. O. 19, ’07. 40w.
“Likely to be helpful to the visitor to Algiers who wishes to extend his acquaintance with that most interesting country.”
+ Spec. 98: 297. F. 23, ’07. 60w.
Sinclair, May. Audrey Craven. †$1.50. Holt.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“The book is a competent study of ‘a small creature struggling with things too great,’ and it makes the reader uncomfortable.”
+ − Putnam’s. 1: 640. F. ’07. 90w.
Sinclair, May. Helpmate. †$1.50. Holt.
7–25509.
While Walter and Anne Majendie are upon their honeymoon rumors reach the wife of scandal attached to her husband’s name. Anne at once enters the cloister of her own spiritual high mindedness thereby securing for herself a “sort of spiritual divorce from him, while she martyrised her body which was wedded to him.” Miss Sinclair delineates intimately the cold virtue of the wife as by degrees it drives away the half boyish, genuinely honest and wholly devoted husband who seeks consolation in a little shop girl. Only after terrible suffering does Anne realize that Walter has kept all his marriage vows except one, and she had broken all of hers, except one. Her understanding comes as a surprise, and permits the curtain to be rung down upon a happier group than seems possible from the stand point of logic.
“It is a tribute to Miss Sinclair’s skill that she has not made Anne a bore; she is interesting as well as unpleasant.”
+ + Acad. 73: 929. S. 21, ’07. 430w.
“Whether it has a place in a large library or not, there is no excuse for the small library putting money into it, first because it has appeared serially in the ‘Atlantic’ during the year and is, therefore, accessible to those who desire it, and second, because it should be consigned to the restricted shelves for which there is no need in the small library.”
+ − A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 181. O. ’07.
“Unusually well-constructed and interesting.”
+ Ath. 1907, 2: 204. Ag. 24. 170w.
“This novel of Miss Sinclair’s is one of more than ordinary power and with a more pressing raison d’être than have most novels, but it is almost certain that those who might draw from it a profitable idea are not the ones who will read it.” Dolores Bacon.
+ + Bookm. 26: 276. N. ’07. 1030w.
“We may say at once that it is not as remarkable a performance as its predecessor, but we must quickly add that it is so far above the run of novels as to afford a high degree of intellectual satisfaction.” Wm. M. Payne.
+ + Dial. 43: 250. O. 16, ’07. 520w.
“The ‘Helpmate’ is one of the most truthful novels written in many a day and therein lies its dignity and worth.”
+ + Ind. 63: 877. O. 10, ’07. 820w.
“Probably the most effective, the most humanly splendid story of the year comes from May Sinclair.”
+ + Ind. 63: 1228. N. 21, ’07. 40w.
“Not that the book is in any sense a sermon. It is far too artistically and honestly a novel, informed with sagacity of mind, and admirably distinguished in expression.”
+ + Lit. D. 35: 656. N. 2, ’07. 420w.
“A novel which, though abounding in cleverness, must, for various reasons be held to have missed a success very nearly attained, must on the whole be regarded as a brilliant failure. I have been tempted to examine this failure—if so it be—in the light of the British convention.” Eleanor Cecil.
− + Living Age. 255: 579. D. 7, ’07. 6950w.
“‘The helpmate’ stands or falls by its fidelity to the fact. In spite of certain defects, we think it stands; and stands not only as a document but as an emotional story. We admire the book immensely; we admire its skill, its outspokenness, its reticence. Perhaps, most of all, we admire Miss Sinclair’s sympathetic understanding and tolerance, beyond that of most married novelists.”
+ + − Lond. Times. 6: 269. S. 6, ’07. 670w.
+ Nation. 85: 259. S. 19, ’07. 640w.
“The book contains unforgettable scenes, persons, phrases, and such a picture of the hardness of a good woman as exists nowhere else in our literature. If there are minor errors of judgment and lapses of kindliness, there is nevertheless and always that large charity which is the outward and visible sign of the inward and spiritual thing which is Miss Sinclair’s most wonderful gift—the gift of understanding.” H. I. Brock.
+ + − N. Y. Times. 12: 510. Ag. 24, ’07. 1490w.
“It is a good book for some women to read and a dangerous book for some men. A wider knowledge of life would have made ‘The helpmate’ a great story.”
+ − Outlook. 87: 621. N. 23, ’07. 270w.
“We flatly refuse to believe in the final development of Anne into a perfectly rational human being, but we strongly commend the novel as a powerful study of temperament.”
+ + − Sat. R. 104: 370. S. 21, ’07. 310w.
Sinclair, May. Tysons. $1.50. Holt.
A new edition of Miss Sinclair’s analytically keen inquiry into the relations of an ill-assorted pair.
Sinclair, Upton Beall, jr. Industrial republic: a study of the America ten years hence. **$1.20. Doubleday.
7–18298.
It is of America of ten years hence that Mr. Sinclair writes “not as a dreamer or as a child, but as a scientist and a prophet.” His theory of industrial suicide followed by resurrection has grown out of a careful study of the sociological problems of the day. He predicts that the industrial crisis will occur in 1912, following the presidential election of that year, that after that will be established an industrial republic with Utopian rule.
“It must be admitted that there is a great deal of prophecy, but little science in this latest attempt to define socialism, while the reader will be more interested in those portions of the book which deal with the present and not the future.”
− + Acad. 73: 746. Ag. 3, ’07. 700w.
“In many respects his work is comparable with Mr. H. G. Wells’s ‘A modern Utopia.’ More careless and less methodical with his data than is Mr. Wells, his analysis of social evils 402is shrewder and clearer. His faults are haste and carelessness, an over-indulgence in his own intellectual caprices, a too unfaltering trust in the infallibility of his own judgment.”
− + Ind. 63: 1060. O. 31, ’07. 840w.
− J. Pol. Econ. 15: 572. N. ’07. 240w.
“Some socialists are more emotional than others, and Mr. Sinclair is one of the more. He writes with great vigor and spirit, and makes his story very interesting. His vision is neither accurate, nor deep, nor broad, and he must be read with an elastic discount; he rakes the worst together, and makes the most of it.”
− + Lond. Times. 6: 229. Jl. 19, ’07. 1810w.
N. Y. Times. 12: 451. Jl. 20, ’07. 530w.
“His grotesque interpretation of history; ... his utter destitution in regard to knowledge of economics and political science; his vulgar and slanderous allusions to men and institutions that he does not like; ... his exploitation of writers and writing of the most ephemeral interest and importance; ... all these traits, in which the book abounds, deprive it and its author of any claim to the consideration of serious-minded men earnestly bent on improving the social and political conditions of the moment.”
− − Spec. 99: 231. Ag. 17, ’07. 1280w.
Sinclair, Upton Beall, jr. Jungle. †$1.50. Doubleday.
6–6264.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 27. Ja. ’07.
“If it were possible to cut out the slaughterhouse and merely give the experience of the immigrant family struggling to find its level in a cruel new country, it would at once be clear that Mr. Sinclair’s work had reached a new plane of sincerity.” Mary Moss.
+ + Atlan. 99: 122. Ja. ’07. 530w.
Reviewed by Madeleine Z. Doty.
+ − Charities. 17: 480. D. 15, ’06. 280w.
Sinclair, Upton Beall, jr. Overman. 50c. Doubleday.
7–30837.
A slight story of some hundred pages. “Its narrator is a scientist who went to the South seas in search of a lost brother and found him on a tropic island where he had been living entirely alone for twenty years. At first absorbed in the music he composed, his one earthly passion, the brother had gradually been led, in his utter solitude, by contemplation, feeling, and will, to heights of philosophy ever calmer and wider, until at last mind and will together had enabled him to break the bonds of flesh and to hold communion with the spiritual world.” (N. Y. Times.)
“It has a certain haunting suggestiveness, and enough crudities to make it exasperating to the critical reader. Like most of Mr. Sinclair’s work, it is keyed too high emotionally to be quite natural. And, as usual, he is so concerned with the thing he wants to say that it never occurs to him even to try to make his characters lifelike and convincing.”
− + N. Y. Times. 12: 600. O. 5, ’07. 280w.
N. Y. Times. 12: 652. O. 19, ’07. 30w.
Singleton, Esther. Dutch and Flemish furniture. **$7.50. McClure.
A companion to Mrs. Singleton’s “French and English furniture.” “It opens with the splendour of the Burgundian court, where art and luxury first burst the fetters of stern mediævalism and where peace and plenty reigned at a time when the lands around were in the grip of battle or of civil war. It next plunges into the dark history of the religious wars and the emergence of a burgher state of staid habit and prudent outlay, though fully esteeming the domicile and eager for its comfort and adornment. Between the scheme of life of Duke Philip the Good and his nobles and that of the seventeenth-century Dutchman a great gulf is fixed, and Mrs. Singleton in her detailed and exhaustive work gives us ample material to realize the difference.” (Acad.)
“This book deals ably and amply with the story of domestic life and its material adjuncts in the low countries.”
+ Acad. 72: 384. Ap. 20, ’07. 1530w.
“Her choice to deal with the philosophy of the subject and its organic connexion with history has the disadvantage of rendering her book unpractical for the ordinary collector or connoisseur.”
+ − Ath. 1907, 1: 672. Je. 1. 660w.
“The author of the letterpress has a quite amiable enthusiasm for her subject, has read a good deal about and round about it, and has considerable, if rather vague and desultory, knowledge regarding it. Unfortunately, she seems to possess little critical or co-ordinative faculty; her facts are accumulated, not classified; she does not appear to discriminate between their relative values, or to feel the necessity of establishing much connexion between them.”
+ − Lond. Times. 6: 190. Je. 14, ’07. 560w.
N. Y. Times. 12: 667. O. 19, ’07. 10w.
“There are many interesting things in this volume. To the connoisseur and collector it appeals by its descriptions and delineation of various articles which are included under the term ‘furniture.’ The general reader will be mostly attracted by the catalogues and the narratives of individual owners, of what they possessed and cared for.”
+ Spec. 98: 505. Mr. 30, ’07. 160w.
Singleton, Esther. Historic buildings of America as seen and described by famous writers. **$1.60. Dodd.
6–38380.
“By the methods used by Miss Singleton whereby she selects from the best available writers accounts of the things she wishes to include in her book, or failing this now and then writes a chapter herself, it is possible to get a good description of the thing wanted if one is persistent enough in search.”—Ind.
“Not a remarkable book but contains useful material.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 49. F. ’07. S.
“Miss Singleton has shown more than her customary ingenuity in unearthing vivid descriptions of the buildings.”
+ Dial. 41: 460. D. 16, ’06. 240w.
+ Ind. 61: 1405. D. 22, ’06. 70w.
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 781. N. 24, ’06. 180w.
+ Outlook. 84: 704. N. 24, ’06. 50w.
R. of Rs. 34: 753. D. ’06. 40w.
* Singleton, Esther, ed. Historic landmarks of America as seen and described by famous writers. **$1.60. Dodd.
7–35639.
“The footprints of early settlers, explorers, Indian chiefs, and soldiers in our various wars, have been followed, so that not only cities but lakes, mountains, plains, and rivers are described.” (Dial.) In the present volume the descriptions come from Washington Irving, Daniel Webster, Francis Parkman, James Anthony Froude, Samuel Rawson Gardiner, and others.
+ Dial. 43: 427. D. 16, ’07. 110w.
+ Outlook. 87: 618. N. 23, ’07. 170w.
“On the whole the selections are noteworthy, and well entitled to a place in a collection of this character.”
+ R. of Rs. 36: 757. D. ’07. 100w.
Singleton, Esther. Rome as described by great writers. **$1.60. Dodd.
6–40554.
“The selections in the Roman volume not only describe the most famous buildings of the city and give glimpses of some of its beautiful environs, but also include accounts of ancient Rome, of the rise of modern Rome, of social life in the cosmopolitan city, of holy week, the yearly carnival, and the weekly rag fair. ‘Rome revisited,’ by Mr. Frederic Harrison, is 403the final selection—a sort of summary of all the multiform impressions that have preceded it.”—Dial.
“The editing is not always careful, but in spite of this the book will be enjoyed by readers who like short sketches and will be useful to the librarian in reference work.”
+ − A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 73. Mr. ’07. S.
“The volume will make an excellent guidebook for tourists, and those who have not seen Rome and do not expect to see it will enjoy the vivid and interesting descriptions and gain much comprehensive information, well distributed between topography, history, architecture, and manners and customs.”
+ Dial. 41: 460. D. 16, ’06. 130w.
“Unfortunately the text is carelessly handled and misstatements in the writers quoted are allowed to go uncorrected. The proof-reading, too, is inexcusably careless. The book is not a credit either to editor or publisher.”
− − Nation. 84: 153. F. 14, ’07. 420w.
N. Y. Times. 11: 787. N. 24, ’06. 120w.
“Miss Singleton makes an interesting and picturesque choice as to authors.”
+ Outlook. 84: 1080. D. 29, ’06. 160w.
* Singleton, Esther. White House. 2v. **$5. McClure.
Here are brought together things of interest concerning the social life, relics, and traditions of the White House from the days of John and Abigail Adams to those of Theodore Roosevelt.
Dial. 43: 431. D. 16, ’07. 140w.
+ Lit. D. 35: 918. D. 14, ’07. 90w.
N. Y. Times. 12: 666. O. 19, ’07. 30w.
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 728. N. 16, ’07. 130w.
Sismondi, Jean Charles Leonard Simonde de. History of the Italian republic in the middle ages. Entirely recast and supplemented in the light of subsequent historical research, with a memoir of the author, by William Boulting. $2. Dutton.
Mr. Boulting has brought this work up to date, and has divided it into eight parts each representing a period of Italian history. These parts are in turn subdivided, dealing separately with the separate republics; Rome, Milan, Venice, Pisa, Genoa, Florence, and Siena.
“The bibliography is far from satisfactory, and the too frequent lack of foot-notes, giving chapter and verse for the statements made in the text, is much to be regretted. The index also needs enlargement and revision. Yet, with all its faults of omission and commission, the work remains a monument of painstaking compilation, and not even the most modest English library which has a shelf for books on things Italian can do without it.”
+ − Nation. 84: 364. Ap. 18, ’07. 1630w.
“The reader may feel that he has the substance of Sismondi.”
+ − Spec. 98: 25. Ja. 5, ’07. 100w.
Skeat, Walter W., and Blagden, Charles Otto. Pagan races of the Malay peninsula. 2v. *$13. Macmillan.
7–11553.
The pagans considered in this volume are divided into three races: the Negritos, or Semang, occupying the Siamese provinces; the Sakai, and the Jakun in the Straits Settlements and Federal Malay States. “Mr. Skeat deals with questions of race, physical anthropology. material culture, religion and magic, Mr. Blagden with the languages.” (Acad.)
“The present work is, in fact, an exhaustive survey of available material; it will serve as a basis for future progress and smooth the path of those who attack the numerous problems raised but not solved by our authors.”
+ + Acad. 71: 660. D. 29, ’06. 1260w.
“The conscientious manner in which the authors have performed their task will enable many future students to excuse themselves from consulting the great mass of authorities out of which these volumes have grown. A word of commendation is due to the excellent photographs with which they are illustrated.”
+ + Ath. 1907, 1: 608. My. 18. 1140w.
“This book may, therefore, be regarded as a standard work, which is never likely to be superseded. The value of photographs in anthropological books has long been recognized, but we do not remember any work of descriptive ethnology so lavishly illustrated as this, not only with photographs, but with excellent line drawings of native decorative art. The comparative vocabulary of the dialects collected by Mr. Blagden is a monument of research.”
+ + + Lond. Times. 6: 13. Ja. 11, ’07. 620w.
“Though naturally not a work for the casual reader, it is full of interesting incidents and vivid pictures of native life, rendered more graphic by reproductions of photographs.”
+ + Nation. 84: 250. Mr. 14, ’07. 860w.
“Accurate though these statements be, they offer but slight indication of how thoroughly the book is inspired with the experience and critical knowledge of the authors, and how well the subjects dealt with have been unified in their hands, a task the difficulty of which may be judged in part by a consideration of the unsatisfactory nature of much that has been written as well as by the length of the bibliography which follows the preface.” C. G. S.
+ + Nature. 75: 415. Mr. 14, ’07. 2440w.
“Mr. Skeat’s knowledge of the country has enabled him to weld together in a satisfactory manner a large number of facts previously published by other observers, more especially those which are concerned with material culture: but, unfortunately, the sections dealing with social life and organisation are extremely imperfect.”
+ + − Sat. R. 103: 336. Mr. 16, ’07. 1560w.
“It ought to be studied not only by scientific readers—to whom it is quite indispensable—but by all who have to deal with the wild races whom it so fully and sympathetically describes.”
+ + Spec. 98: sup. 117. Ja. 26, ’07. 400w.
Skinner, Robert P. Abyssinia of to-day; an account of the first mission sent by the American government to the court of the King of Kings. *$3. Longmans.
7–7544.
The present volume is the outgrowth of an expedition to Abyssinia to treat with Emperor Menelik on commercial relations between that country and our own. The author’s notes “on this land of grave faces, elaborate courtesy, classic tone and Biblical civilization, its history, politics, language, literature, religion and trade, are full of interest; there are also some valuable hints on the organization and equipment of a caravan.”
A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 129. My. ’07.
“He writes fairly well, though sometimes with an effort at ‘smartness’ which sits ill upon him. There is no index—but there is not much that needs one.”
+ − Ath. 1906. 2: 824. D. 29. 1900w.
“Mr. Skinner had a very fascinating trip, spiced with a good dose of personal danger; and he shares his enjoyment with whoever reads his lively, entertaining account of his travels.”
+ Cath. World. 84: 408. D. ’06. 510w.
“The account of the journey is uninteresting, being largely taken up with trivial details. Nor does the author describe in an entertaining manner the lively incidents of the nine days at the capital.”
+ − Nation. 84: 293. Mr. 28. ’07. 530w.
404“Excellent book.”
+ Outlook. 85: 92. Ja. 12, ’07. 470w.
“This is in every way an excellent book; it is pleasantly written and contains some profitable suggestions.”
+ Spec. 98: sup. 651. Ap. 27, ’07. 270w.
Sladen, Douglas. Secrets of the Vatican, the palace of the popes. *$5. Lippincott.
7–37968.
The “secrets” of the Vatican are merely its history. Mr. Sladen is “guide, philosopher and friend” over the course chosen, and tells of the building of the original palace, the reconstruction of the present edifice, the Vatican libraries, its galleries and its gardens.
N. Y. Times. 12: 664. O. 19, ’07. 40w.
“The book has a distinct value. It is well arranged, full of facts.”
+ Sat. R. 104: sup. 8. S. 28, ’07. 390w.
Sladen, Douglas. Sicily, the new winter resort. *$2. Dutton.
W 7–145.
“It is an enchantment to go to the island with him, his study of the moods, sentiments and temperaments of its people is so subtle, sensitive and penetrating.... Besides enabling us to enter into the intimacy of Sicilian life, he furnishes us with bright and vigorous descriptions of all that is most remarkable among the monuments, curiosities, products and resources of every kind of the country.”—Ind.
“So intimate and so thorough is Mr. Sladen’s familiarity with his subject, and so careful his explanations, that the reader will not easily discover any shortcomings in the book.”
+ + Cath. World. 86: 253. N. ’07. 190w.
“The book for travelers in Sicily, packed with history and good advice.”
+ + Ind. 62: 1358. Je. 6, ’07. 110w.
“Very practical book.”
+ + N. Y. Times. 12: 195. Mr. 30, ’07. 230w.
Slater, John Rothwell. Sources of Tyndale’s version of the Pentateuch. *50c. Univ. of Chicago press.
6–29757.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
Am. J. Theol. 11: 183. Ja. ’07. 80w.
Slattery, Rev. Charles Lewis. Master of the world: a study of Christ. **$1.50. Longmans.
6–45051.
“The book attempts to interpret Jesus Christ in the light of modern scholarship, but at the same time to fuse with the primary sources of information concerning him all the subsequent doctrines which have grown up around his person.”—Nation.
“Too large an undertaking to allow of much success.”
− Ind. 62: 102. Ja. 10, ’07. 60w.
“The endeavor to make a clear, consistent, historical picture by combining all New Testament documents as of equal weight, is a considerable undertaking: and when Dean Slattery proposes to add to his sources all the dogmas of the ages, and even ‘all the present faith,’ one must admire his daring, rather than respect his historical judgment.”
+ − Nation. 84: 105. Ja. 31, ’07. 280w.
“Written from a conservative standpoint, the volume is free from dogmatism, while leading up to the teaching of the Nicene creed.”
+ Outlook. 85: 46. Ja. 5, ’07. 170w.
Slicer, Thomas R. Way to happiness. **$1.25. Macmillan.
7–6629.
The chapter headings furnish a suggestion of the scope of the book. The call to the way: the search; The way of the stoic: happiness by self-control; the way of the Epicurean: happiness by pleasure; The way of the altruist: one’s self and the other; The way of worship: happiness by inspiration; The way the holy peace: happiness at home; The way of freedom: happiness by liberty; The way to the heights: the vision and the dream; The end of the way: blessedness and peace.
“Mr. Slicer seems not to have grasped the truth revealed in Professor Hilty’s book, ‘The steps of life.’”
+ − Cath. World. 86: 402. Je. ’07. 130w.
“Teaches convincingly that happiness comes through our activities, not through our passivities, and through living to the spirit rather than to the flesh.”
+ Dial. 42: 231. Ap. 1, ’07. 200w.
“His English is tangled and involved, so that the meaning of many passages is difficult to unravel.” Hildegarde Hawthorne.
− N. Y. Times. 12: 185. Mr. 30, ’07. 1140w.
“The missing note, if any, in the book is of sympathy and encouragement for those that have lost heart and feel driven to the wall.”
+ − Outlook. 85: 719. Mr. 23, ’07. 170w.
Slocum, Stephen Elmer and Hancock, Edward Lee. Text-book on the strength of materials. *$2. Ginn.
6–35989.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“It is, of course, granted that a mature and skilled reader, hardened to petty defects, able to sift the good from the indifferent, can find much of interest in the book, but why should we rest content until only lucid, straightforward, truly scholarly and invigorating textbooks be provided the student of that eminently rational profession, engineering.” Lewis J. Johnson.
− + Engin. N. 56: 632. D. 13, ’06. 1900w.
“It should prove of great service to those who are actively engaged in engineering design.”
+ Nature. 75: 484. Mr. 21, ’07. 610w.
Slosson, Margaret. How ferns grow. **$3. Holt.
6–23320.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
Nature. 75: 298. Ja. 24, ’07. 150w.
Small, Albion W. Adam Smith and modern sociology: a study in the methodology of the social sciences. **$1.25. Univ. of Chicago press.
7–32182.
A book written in the interest of a more conscious and systematic partnership between economists and sociologists. It is a development of the following argument: Modern sociology is virtually an attempt to take up the larger program of social analysis and interpretation which was implicit in Adam Smith’s moral philosophy, but which was surpassed for a century by prevailing interest in the technique of the production of wealth.
“Dr. Small in his extremely suggestive book puts the case very strongly, but while he clearly points out a number of trails, he does not follow them to the end.” Garrett Droppers.
+ − J. Pol. Econ. 15: 558. N. ’07. 850w.
“In the main, however, we feel that Professor Small has failed to make out his case, and has, indeed, exposed himself in places to obvious and severe criticism.”
− + Outlook. 87: 788. D. 7, ’07. 410w.
Small, Albion Woodbury. General sociology. *$4. Univ. of Chicago press.
5–32452.
Descriptive note in December, 1905.
Reviewed by Robert E. Bisbee.
− Arena. 37: 332. Mr. ’07. 140w.
“In his great anxiety that the world should realise that there is only one science, and that sociology is its name, we perceive some of the anxiety, awkwardness, and spitefulness of epithet which are associated with those who are endeavouring to force a protégé on to persons 405of another class. Professor Small deserves severe treatment at the hand of a reviewer, for, well meaning and well informed though he is, he has allowed himself to speak of scientific thinkers in all branches of thought with the contemptuous manner that is usually associated with imperfect appreciation of real issues.”
− Spec. 96: sup. 1012 Je. 30, ’06. 1040w.
Smalley, Harrison Standish. Railroad rate control in its legal aspects: a study of the effect of judicial decisions upon public regulation of railroad rates. $1. Macmillan.
6–26074.
“This work consists of an introductory chapter on the public regulation of rates, three chapters on the doctrine of judicial review, two on the results of the doctrine, and a concluding chapter specifying certain remedies. Under this head the writer suggests a plan for compensation to the railroad for property taken.”—R. of Rs.
“He sets forth fully and clearly the doctrine of judicial review.” William Hill.
+ J. Pol. Econ. 14: 638. D. ’06. 720w.
R. of Rs. 34: 383. S. ’06. 90w.
Smedley, Anne Constance. Conflict. †$1.50. Moffat.
7–9556.
“The key-note of the story is conflict.... Mary van Heyten is a born fighter, from the moment when, alone and friendless, she wrests her daily bread from a cruel world, to the day on which, still struggling she is appropriated by a stronger nature than her own.... The book, apart from the fact that it deals with an important problem of the day, is an interesting character study.”—Acad.
+ Acad. 72: 297. Mr. 23, ’07. 200w.
“One would be tempted to call it distinctly clever, were it not that this particular phrase conveys a patronising tone, which in the present instance is undeserved.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
+ + Bookm. 25: 392. Je. ’07. 430w.
“Nearly all the men are hard, if not brutal. As to woman. Miss Smedley’s opinion of her potentialities is nowhere in doubt. Yet she does not obtrude it.”
+ − Lond. Times. 6: 85. Mr. 15, ’07. 740w.
“The present story is weakened by exaggerations—possibly it is a lack of assurance in dealing with realities. There is a certain integrity about the book; a definite idea and purpose. It is an attack on false ideals of womanhood ... and while the plot presents no very convincing solution, the story touches the interest because the writer had something genuine to say.”
+ − N. Y. Times. 12: 287. My. 4, ’07. 460w.
“Miss Smedley is decidedly clever; she has an eye for character, a vivacious style and other valuable gifts, but her talent totters under the burden of the abstract proposition she has undertaken to demonstrate.” Vernon Atwood.
− + Putnam’s. 2: 617. Ag. ’07. 460w.
“The critic cannot but regret that a story with so promising an opening should not attain to the level which seems to be promised by the first few chapters.”
+ − Spec. 98: 579. Ap. 13, ’07. 160w.
Smith, A. Croxton. British dogs at work; with 20 full-page il. in colour by G. Vernon Stokes. *$3. Macmillan.
“A brief history is given in the first chapter of ‘Man’s first friend.’ Then come discussions of kennels and their construction, how to buy a dog, the feeding and rearing of the animals, their general management, hounds at work, shooting dogs, the terriers, the science of breeding, and a description of some of the common dog ailments. Among the twenty dogs described and portrayed are the pointer, otter hound, deerhound, English setter, Clumber and Sussex spaniels, Irish setter, retriever, bulldog, and collie.”—N. Y. Times.
N. Y. Times. 11: 857. D. 8, ’06. 340w.
“The author is so frank and modest about his work that he disarms criticism.”
+ Sat. R. 102: 682. D. 1, ’06 140w.
“The illustrations in colour ... are full of life, pleasant in colour and will delight an artist or a dog-lover. The text ... is very readable, but not very thorough or practical.”
+ − Spec. 98. 216. F. 9, ’07. 180w.
Smith, A. Elizabeth Wager-. Primer of skat. *75c. Lippincott.
7–16502.
A thorogoing little handbook of a card game that “offers unlimited opportunity for strategic play and well-balanced judgment.”
Smith, Albert William, and Marx, Guido Hugo. Machine design. $3. Wiley.
5–39881.
“The authors ... have devoted the first five chapters to discussions of the general principles of kinematics which underlie the design of all classes of machinery.... In the sixth chapter the question of the proportions of machine parts as dictated by stress is taken up.... Fastenings, including rivets, and bolts and nuts, are then considered.... The design of axles and shafts and of their bearings ... is very fully treated in several chapters; and then follow details of the design of couplings.... Fly-wheels and toothed wheel gearing are taken up in the next two chapters.... In the concluding chapter ... the proportions and best shapes for machine frames are discussed.”—Nature.
“All the figures are clear, and the important points in the design which they are intended to illustrate are easily followed. The book should prove a useful text-book for engineering students in their first and second years’ courses in machine design.” T. H. B.
+ Nature. 75: 172. D. 20, ’06. 490w.
Smith, Alexander. Dreamthorp: a book of essays written in the country, with biographical and critical introd. by John Hogben. *$1. Kennerley.
A new edition of Dreamthorp which revives a work first published in 1863.
“Those who are not familiar with Alexander Smith’s prose, with its happy turns and occasionally daring tropes may put down the book as worth buying and reading.”
+ Nation. 83: 514. D. 13, ’06. 800w.
Spec. 96: 719. My. 5, ’06. 60w.
Smith, Alexander. Introduction to general inorganic chemistry. *$2.25. Century.
6–7325.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“The book is well up to date, and has been written with great care.”
+ − − Ath. 1907. 1: 294. Mr. 9. 430w.
“Prof. Smith has met the difficulties of his task with great skill, and has given us a very judicious and well-balanced selection of the facts of inorganic chemistry with a body of theoretical information little less than is to be found in a fairly advanced work on physical chemistry.” Arthur Smithells.
+ + − Nature. 75: sup. 4. Mr. 14, ’07. 900w.
Smith, Mrs. Alice Prescott. Montlivet. †$1.50. Houghton.
6–33573.
“The end of the seventeenth century in Canada, English and French rivalries, Indian friends and foes, and a prisoner—such are the old materials for a new story into which Mrs. Smith 406infuses life and freshness.” (Acad.) The story interest centers about Armand de Montlivet, a French trader, and an English prisoner, Mary Starling in disguise, whom Montlivet rescues.
“The story of these adventurous lovers is more than merely exciting, it is fascinating, and delightfully told.”
+ Acad. 71: 553. D. 1, ’06. 140w.
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 2: 217. N. ’06.
“An exceptionally interesting piece of work, one which may perhaps be described as similar to the romances of the late Mrs. Catherwood with an added infusion of virility.” Wm. M. Payne.
+ + Dial. 42: 17. Ja. 1, ’07. 230w.
“The book has unusual merit.”
+ + Lit. D. 33: 596. O. 27, ’06. 280w.
“Is rare if not unique among stories of warfare with Indians, for it contains no scenes of horror, and yet never allows a reader a moment’s rest from the dread of horrors to come.”
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 728. N. 3, ’06. 180w.
Smith, Arthur Henderson. China and America to-day: a study of conditions and relations. **$1.25. Revell.
7–26625.
In the course of the study America’s unpopularity in eastern Asia is shown to be due to her immigration laws which favor Japan and discriminate against China. “In the main the present volume is a discussion of China’s relations, present and future, with the United States, in which an exceedingly interesting historical sketch is given, incidentally of the Celestial empire.” (Lit. D.)
“We have here in brief space a vivid picture of old but rapidly changing conditions and relations.”
+ Ind. 63: 942. O. 17, ’07. 180w.
“The book is filled with interesting revelations of Chinese life and customs and promises to occupy an authoritative place among the many volumes recently published dealing with the problems of the Far East.”
+ Lit. D. 35: 490. O. 5, ’07. 640w.
N. Y. Times. 12: 449. Jl. 20, ’07. 2100w.
Smith, Arthur Henderson. Uplift of China. 50c. Young people’s missionary movement.
7–38590.
A book for missionaries and for use in Sunday schools. It “gives a bird’s eye view of old China, the China that has persisted unchanged for so many thousand years, and of the forces now at work breaking up and changing the unchangeable and making a new China that is attracting the anxious and interested eyes of all the rest of the world.” (N. Y. Times.)
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 500. Ag. 17, ’07. 190w.
“One of the ablest missionaries in China has packed this volume with an amount of information about ‘old’ China and ‘new’ nowhere else to be found in the same compass.”
+ + Outlook. 86: 792. Ag. 10, ’07. 190w.
Smith, Bertram. Whole art of caravanning; being personal experiences in England and Scotland; with 6 il. from photographs. $1. Longmans.
“England and Scotland furnish the scenery, the stamping ground, the night’s lodging, and the caravan is nothing more or less than the covered wagon the gypsies use as house and home. The narrative sets forth the experiences of the author, Bertram Smith, traveling in the United Kingdom in such a wagon and camping in it when he had no mind to be moving or a particular reason for stopping. His object is to show how a holiday can be spent in this way, with what delight and satisfaction.”—N. Y. Times.
“Its title is perhaps a little over-ambitious, for it does not cover the ‘whole art’ to which he refers; and the reader who, with this guide, decides to spend a summer holiday in a caravan, will find that there are points he must elucidate for himself, though he will find a number of useful hints. The book is nicely illustrated from sketches and photographs: and the reminiscent vein in which it has been written is pleasantly humorous.”
+ − Ath. 1907, 1: 574. My. 11. 110w.
N. Y. Times. 12: 385. Je. 15, ’07. 130w.
* Smith, Bertram T. K. How to collect postage stamps. *$2. Macmillan.
A book for the advanced collector of stamps which gives information regarding values, rarities, forgeries, reprints and numerous other matters included in the field of philately.
+ Ind. 63: 1178. N. 14, ’07. 120w.
“Excellently printed and amply illustrated.”
+ Nation. 85: 540. D. 12, ’07. 40w.
“For ... the timid lovers of manuals, why this is a very good little book, and it should turn out spurious gipsies by the score.”
+ Spec. 99: 206. Ag. 10, ’07. 160w.
Smith, Mrs. Elizabeth Thomasina. Colonel’s conquest. †$1.50. Jacobs.
7–29156.
The story of a frivolous mother’s awakening to womanliness and mother love through the devotion of her little lame child. The book contains a lesson for grown up readers even tho written for the young.
Smith, Mrs. Elizabeth Thomasina (formerly L. T. Meade). Hill top girl. †$1.50. Lippincott.
Mrs. Smith’s story “exhibits the familiar contrast between rich and poor, worldly and unworldly households. The humble folk dwell on the top of the hill, the great folk in the plain below, and this symbolizes their relative position from an ethical point of view. A sudden girl-friendship that springs up between the two houses is discouraged by the hill-top father Prof. Primrose; and the rebellion against his decree occupies the greater part of the story.” (Ath.)
“The fault of the over-accentuation appears throughout.”
− Ath. 1906, 2: 652. N. 24. 160w.
“For American girls there will be all the charm of the unaccustomed in the ‘Hill-top girl.’”
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 851. D. 8, ’06. 120w.
− Sat. R. 102: 742. D. 15, ’06. 340w.
Smith, Mrs. Elizabeth Thomasina. Little school mothers: a story for girls. 75c. McKay.
7–21231.
A boarding-school story for girls whose chief interest centers about a contest which is designed to reveal the girl best fitted to become the school-mother of a motherless child.
* Smith, Mrs. Elizabeth Tomasina (formerly L. T. Meade). Three girls from school. †$1.50. Lippincott.
A story which centers about a trio of English school girls. The most intellectual of the three learns that she must leave school for financial reasons; the wealthy one learns that by winning a certain prize her cherished hope of leaving school and traveling with an aunt in France will be realized; while the third, an unscrupulous minx, is a go-between who bribes the honest Priscilla to turn over her essay to the girl whose pleasure depends upon winning the prize, in consideration for which Priscilla is to remain in school. This dishonesty followed by a series of tricks to support it causes no end of complication and humiliation.
407Smith, Elmer Boyd. Story of Pocahontas and Captain John Smith; told and pictured by E. Boyd Smith. **$2.50. Houghton.
6–42437.
Here the story of America’s first “international romance” is told in picture as well as in text. There are twenty-six colored plates “full of spirit and beauty, and not without sly touches of humor at the expense of everybody concerned.” (Dial.)
“Mr. Smith’s style is unique; all phases of it get full play in the new volume.”
+ + Dial. 41: 460. D. 16, ’06. 180w.
“The pictures are vivid enough to render the text ‘rather a luxury than a necessity.’”
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 806. D. 1, ’06. 180w.
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 253. Ap. 20, ’07. 50w.
“Should have prominent place among picture books of the year. Its text is apparently historically correct.”
+ + Outlook. 85: 96. Ja. 12, ’07. 80w.
Smith, Francis Asbury. Critics versus Shakespeare: a brief for the defendant. Knickerbocker press.
7–8252.
A defense in which the author contends that every piece of literature claiming Shakespearian authorship was written by the great dramatist.
“We confess that we like Mr. Smith’s book. It strikes a wholesome note. He is wrong-headed, of course, but so are many of the greater commentators. Some of the evidence he discards is of great weight.”
+ − N. Y. Times. 12: 96. F. 16, ’07. 430w.
“A vigorous and independent book. One may pick flaws in Mr. Smith’s book at points, but he speaks as a man who loves the plays as literature, and who brings to them a keen human sense of the conditions under which they are probably produced.”
+ − Outlook. 86: 570. Je. 13, ’07. 170w.
“Mr. Smith’s book shows a good degree of scholarship and wide reading, but he makes some mistakes that a sophomore should be ashamed of.” Wm. J. Rolfe.
+ − Putnam’s. 2: 728. S. ’07. 170w.
Smith, Francis Henry. Christ and science: Jesus Christ regarded as the centre of science, **$1.25. Revell.
6–32410.
“That Jesus Christ as a person is the center of the universe, and its creator ... is the thesis which these lectures at Vanderbilt university maintain.”—Outlook.
“We can only deeply regret that his laudable desire to honor the Master should lead to the erection of such a tawdry temple of fallacious analogy and science falsely so called, founded on the sands of verbal inspiration.” Charles R. Barnes.
− Am. J. Theol. 11: 356. Ap. ’07. 570w.
“The argument for the main proposition is too thin to expose to close debate.”
− + Outlook. 84: 581. N. 9, ’06. 160w.
Smith, Francis Hopkinson. Old-fashioned folk. Privately printed. R. E. Lee, 212 Summer st., Boston.
7–17373.
“A plea for the simple life of former times;” further it is “an arraignment of selfish independence and self-assertive vulgarity, written with fine scorn of the mere treasure heaper, and it includes a stern hint of what may come from imitating him, and from tolerating the practice by which he helps himself, in both senses of the phrase.” (N. T. Times.)
Lit. D. 34: 886. Je. 1, ’07. 70w.
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 418. Je. 29, ’07. 200w.
Smith, Francis Hopkinson. Romance of an old-fashioned gentleman. †$1.50. Scribner.
7–31210.
“In ‘The romance of an old-fashioned gentleman’ we have the wholesome, noble, self-controlled side of a situation continually presented from the opposite side. A man who can deny himself and his love is shown as a strong, well-developed character—a man who has learned the lesson of life so well that he is able to guide others. His crisis long past, though the hurt is never healed, he grasps in his strong hand a younger man when he faces bitter temptation, and leads him safely through it. The women in the story are the sort Mr. Smith knows as well as Howells knows his kind.”—Outlook.
“A charming story of simple plot and well defined characters.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 204. N. ’07. ✠
Dial. 43: 428. D. 16, ’07. 100w.
Nation. 85: 446. N. 14, ’07. 310w.
N. Y. Times. 12: 652. O. 19, ’07. 30w.
“The wide world is the scene of the rest of the story told in Mr. Smith’s colorful prose, but the portrait of the fair Southern holds its magic to the end.”
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 764. N. 30, ’07. 410w.
“‘The romance of an old-fashioned gentleman’ is both beautiful and true.”
+ Outlook. 87: 496. N. 2, ’07. 220w.
+ Outlook. 87: 623. N. 23, ’07. 20w.
Smith, Francis Hopkinson. Veiled lady, and other men and women, il. †$1.50. Scribner.
7–12697.
Stories that are intrinsically good, that reveal characteristics of the story-teller, that offer to writers bits of advice which have grown out of the author’s wide study and observation. and that delicately rail against fads and foibles tho they be artistic ones and indulged in by the descendants of “earls and high-daddies.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 137. My. ’07. 70w. ✠
“There is so little of the cynic and so much of the humanitarian in ‘the staid old painter,’ as he calls himself in this his latest volume of gentle tales, that we rejoice in the sentiment of an older fashion and the mellow mood of most of the stories.”
+ + Ind. 63: 1102. Jl. 11. ’07. 180w.
“For tho subjects are sufficiently various, a certain coordination and unity is furnished by the delightful human quality which links the stories one to another like a thread of gold. The illustrations, many of which are by the author, are a notable feature of the book.”
+ Lit. D. 34: 724. My. 4, ’07. 130w.
“It is not the beautiful veiled lady who is his real achievement, but the conglomerate little dragoman who carries in his pocket enough of the small change of heroism to be a stanch friend in need.”
+ Nation. 84: 501. My. 30, ’07. 300w.
“The truth is there is not very much to any of these stories except the water color effect of the backgrounds and the charm of the painter, engineer, good fellow visible and personally present in them.”
− + N. Y. Times. 12: 189. Mr. 30, ’07. 620w.
“A charming series of impressions of picturesque bits of life.”
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 385. Je. 15, ’07. 170w.
“The best of his stories are mainly those of Venice and the east, but every one will repay the time spent in reading.”
+ Outlook. 86: 256. Je. 1, ’07. 40w.
408Smith, Francis Hopkinson. Wood fire in no. 3. †$1.50. Scribner.
5–34173.
Descriptive note in December, 1905.
“It is the author’s way of thinking of them that makes them what they seem to be—charming.”
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 504. Ag. 11. ’06. 240w.
Smith, Frank Berkeley. In London town. **$1.50. Funk.
6–35588.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“Mr. F. Berkeley Smith’s impressions of London town are not so much those of a lighthearted holiday-maker as of an alert, keen-eyed, and precociously sophisticated journalist.” Harriet Waters Preston.
+ Atlan. 99: 419. Mr. ’07. 510w.
Smith, George Armitage. Principles and methods of taxation. *$1.25. Dutton.
7–6425.
An account of the British system of taxation and the principles on which it is based.
“Mr. Armitage-Smith is a high authority on ‘The principles and methods of taxation,’ ... and his present volume ... is of value, and may be commended for educational purposes.”
+ − Ath. 1906, 1: 607. My. 19. 510w.
Smith, Gertrude. Little Girl and Philip. **$1.30. Harper.
7–36981.
Printed in large type with eight full page illustrations in color by Rachael Robinson these fifteen stories about the lively little girl and the quiet little boy who lived next door to her will make a pleasing gift-book for all small folks who like to hear about other people’s grandmas and grandpas, their nice uncles, their pets, their plays and their pleasant surprises.
N. Y. Times. 12: 670. O. 19, ’07. 30w.
Smith, Goldwin. Labour and capital: a letter to a labour friend. **50c. Macmillan.
7–7165.
A monograph which urges upon labour conservative progression. “Progress,” writes Professor Smith, “seems more hopeful than revolution.” and altho he has faith in the ultimate realization of the socialist ideal, perfect brotherhood, he closes his consideration of the questions of labour and capital, with the declaration “There is no leaping into the millenium.”
Ann. Am. Acad. 29: 647. My. ’07. 60w.
“The interest of the letter lies in its formulation of the judgment of a historical student who is familiar with many aspects of life and is reasonably free from bias.” Charles Richmond Henderson.
+ Dial. 42: 287. My. 1, ’07. 80w.
“A series of interesting and suggestive reflections.”
+ Engin. N. 57: 307. Mr. 14, ’07. 200w.
“Written in a characteristically clear style.”
+ Outlook. 85: 813. Ap. 6, ’07. 110w.
Spec. 98: 985. Je. 22, ’07. 820w.
Smith, Rev. Haskett. Patrollers of Palestine. *$3. Longmans.
7–10989.
“The experiences of a lively party of tourist, men and women, who journey through the Holy Land, their conversation carried on by various characters such as The enthusiast, The pessimist, etc., form the subject matter of this posthumous book.”—Outlook.
“Though brightly written, is spoilt by the introduction of a good deal of humour which strikes us as often a little forced.”
+ − Acad. 71: 061. D. 29, ’06. 120w.
“The present volume gives to all who are interested in present-day Palestine, as well as in its historical and religious significance, a certain intimate atmosphere hardly found in other works on that subject.”
+ Outlook. 85: 575. Mr. 9. ’07. 130w.
“Whatever we may think of Mr. Haskett Smith’s geographical theories or his speculations on the miraculous, he has certainly drawn a graphic picture of the modern tourist in Palestine and the necessity of finding a guide who will ‘suffer fools gladly.’”
+ − Sat. R. 103: 147. F. 2, ’07. 1120w.
Smith, James Allen. Spirit of American government: a study of the constitution; its origin, influence and relation to democracy. **$1.25. Macmillan.
7–16497.
In which the author traces the influence of our constitutional system upon the political conditions which exist in this country to-day. He calls attention to the spirit of the Constitution, its inherent opposition to democracy, and the obstacles which it placed in the way of majority rule.
“Every page shows evidence of much investigation and reflection and earnest analysis. Nevertheless, we are certain that his argument will from start to finish prove not only unsatisfactory but exceedingly exasperating to those who believe and insist that a democracy must be safe, sane, and stable as well as adjustable. The fundamental fallacy vitiating the entire narrative is the author’s misconception of the nature of democracy, due primarily to his non-appreciation of the inexorable necessities of a sovereignty.” F. I. Herriott.
+ − Ann. Am. Acad. 30: 620. N. ’07. 620w.
“It is refreshing to find amid the arid compilations and inconsequential manuals on American government that pour forth annually from the press a volume that is well written, vigorous and highly contentious in a scholarly fashion.”
+ + Ind. 63: 939. O. 17, ’07. 560w.
J. Pol. Econ. 15: 313. My. ’07. 140w.
“The work has a certain importance, or, at least, significance, owing to the fact that it expresses so frankly the idea underlying a movement which is now with us and which must run its course. What Professor Smith desires in government would correspond to the untrained, unhampered individual, the slave of impressions. He has no understanding of the true democracy, which aims at once at the liberty of the individual as also of the masses.”
− + Nation. 85: 121. Ag. 8, ’07. 1540w.
N. Y. Times. 12: 490. Ag. 10, ’07. 120w.
R. of Rs. 35: 758. Je. ’07. 120w.
Smith, Captain John. Generall historie of Virginia, New England and the Summer isles. 2v. *$6. Macmillan.
7–18581.
An interesting work which the tri-centennial of Jamestown has called forth. “The rare works that make up this volume are here assembled in convenient form for the first time since their original publication in 1624–30. The edition will contain facsimile reproductions of all the maps and illustrations in the originals, including the rare portraits of the Duchess of Richmond and Pocahontas.” (Dial.)
+ Acad. 72: 310. Mr. 30, ’07. 1070w.
Dial. 42: 118. F. 16, ’07. 130w.
“Nothing, too, could be more praiseworthy than the manner in which the work has been done. With scholarly conscientiousness, the publishers have presented an exact reprint of the original editions.” Lawrence. J. Burpee.
+ + Dial. 42: 163. S. ’07. 2290w.
+ Nation. 84: 310. Ap. 4, ’07. 140w.
+ Nature. 76: 26. My. 9, ’07. 1060w.
409“These books are neither terse nor short, but they are rich in color and intimate interest and most entertaining and valuable reading.”
+ N. Y. Times. 12: 253. Ap. 20, ’07. 210w.
“Except for the scantiest of mention in the brief introductory statements of the publishers, the reader is left absolutely in ignorance of the fact that Smith’s veracity has been questioned. For this there can be no excuse.”
+ + − Outlook. 86: 967. Ag. 31, ’07. 400w.
“It is one of the best stories of adventure in our language. The volumes before us are simply a reprint without notes, and, if we may make bold enough to say so, are all the better for that.”
+ Spec. 98: 460. Mr. 23, ’07. 1860w.
Smith, Justin Harvey. Our struggle for the fourteenth colony: Canada and the American revolution. 2v. **$6. Putnam.
7–26025.
The story of how the thirteen colonies in asserting their own independence tried to force it upon Lower Canada. “It will appeal primarily to the specialist in American history, for few general readers of history would care to digest some twelve hundred pages to gain even a thorough understanding of a failure.” (N. Y. Times.)
“It is not likely that any facts of importance will be added to those which Mr. Smith has unearthed and worked into his mosaic. Yet we are so ungracious as to wish that this definitive work had been done differently. Here his eye is somewhat too close to the object for broad vision. And thus his defects in point of view make his attempt to fix this episode in general revolutionary history the weakest part of his book.”
+ − Ind. 63: 1119. N. 7, ’07. 970w.
“What is likely long to remain the authoritative history of our attempt to secure the adhesion of the ‘fourteenth colony.’ Prof. Smith has not only conducted a faithful piece of research; he has written an interesting book, though it could be compressed to advantage.”
+ + N. Y. Times. 12: 540. S. 7. ’07. 390w.
“Traversing the subject as a whole, he shows himself an equally facile and entertaining historical writer. At times, to be sure, the effort to sustain the interest leads him into a floridity, and occasionally a levity, that distinctly detract from the dignity of his theme; while, on the other hand, his obvious passion for research induces him to include much petty detail that obscures rather than illuminates. But his work is so fresh, so original, and so informing that it deserves the heartiest of welcomes.”
+ + − Outlook. 87: 311. O. 12, ’07. 400w.
“A dignified historical study—which, however, has not disdained to be interesting.”
+ R. of Rs. 36: 510. O. ’07. 120w.
“Mr. Justin Smith has worked on his subject with most laudable industry.”
+ Spec. 99: 335. S. 7, ’07. 150w.
Smith, Margaret Bayard. First forty years of Washington society: a portrayal by the family letters from the collection of J. Henley Smith; ed. by Gaillard Hunt, il. **$2.50. Scribner.
6–40262.
Letters which until recently have been kept well guarded make available an authentic record of Washington society during its first forty years. Manners and customs, no less than notable political characters, appear in a new and intimate light.
“The editor has furnished a satisfactory index and the notes necessary to explain the text.” Montgomery Blair.
+ + Am. Hist. R. 12: 669. Ap. ’07. 760w.
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 73. Mr. ’07.
“The editor’s notes are always to the point.” S. M. Francis.
+ Atlan. 100: 494 O. ’07. 480w.
“Upon the deeper character and influence of the many notable men about her, Mrs. Smith’s comments are of no great value. But a clever woman is often able to see and portray the peculiar characteristics of an individual or an event in a way that is illuminating and valuable. It is this quality in the letters of Margaret Bayard Smith that makes their publication well worth while.” Sara Andrew Shafer.
+ + − Dial. 42: 139. Mr. 1, ’07. 1620w.
+ Lit. D. 33: 914. D. 15, ’06. 280w.
“The book is too long ... but when we lay it down we feel as if we had been at a pleasant gathering, where no evil was spoken, and every one had a moderate old-fashioned enjoyment of life.”
+ − Lond. Times. 6: 83. Mr. 15, ’07. 1220w.
“Possessing no special charm in themselves, they will be often resorted to for color by other writers. The editorial work is competently done by Gaillard Hunt. His candor in preserving the simplified spelling of the writer, and certain even more simplified grammatical constructions, contributes to the impressions of essential veracity.”
+ Nation. 84: 315. Ap. 4, ’07. 600w.
+ + N. Y. Times. 11: 799. D. 1, ’06. 270w.
“This collection of letters ... is a distinct and valuable contribution to the completeness of the historical pictures of life in the highest political circles in the first half century of the American republic.”
+ + N. Y. Times. 11: 870. D. 15. ’06. 1740w.
+ Outlook. 84: 939. D. 15, ’06. 340w.
Reviewed by John Spencer Bassett.
+ Putnam’s. 2: 255. My. ’07. 100w.
+ R. of Rs. 35: 110. Ja. ’07. 140w.
Smith, Marion Couthouy. Electric spirit, and other poems. $1.25. Badger. R. G.
6–25984.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“The author ... brings to her work noticeable strength of thought and unusual feeling for rhythm.”