Volume 3 — S (continued 4)

7–35388.

Based upon a series of lectures delivered at intervals during the past seven years Mrs. Strong’s work is “an exposition of the distinctive character and the evolutionary process of Roman art from the inception of the empire to the official triumph of Christianity.” (Lond. Times.)

“We have criticised this book somewhat closely because it has interested us deeply. Mrs. Strong is a vigorous critic and will not shun criticism. The book is more than a valuable addition to the literature of Roman art. It is practically the first book in this language to give a wide conspectus of the scope and aims of Roman sculpture.”

+ + − Acad. 72: 530. Je. 1, ’07. 2620w.

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 198. N. ’07.

“Inasmuch as her ability and attainments are so well known that unfavorable criticism cannot be regarded as unfriendly, we must record the unhesitating opinion that she could have written a much better book.”

+ + − Dial. 43: 168. S. 16, ’07. 470w.

“It is no flattery to say that she is foremost among the excellent women now working in the classics. She is, however, hardly justified in saying that it is ‘evidently absurd to talk of a realistic as opposed to an idealistic art.’”

+ + − Ind. 63: 761. S. 26, ’07. 390w.

Int. Studio. 32: 85. Jl. ’07. 40w.

“Mrs. Strong has thrown down a gauntlet which will doubtless be taken up; but he will be a bold man who does it. Her knowledge is immense, her observation most accurate, her criticism penetrative and fine. There is no one now writing on ancient art with greater insight than Mrs. Strong. The points to which we have demurred are not among the essentials of her book.”

+ + − Lond. Times. 6: 171. My. 31, ’07. 1670w.

“A volume like this should be welcomed. It should not be concealed that Mrs. Strong hurts her case very often by claiming too much for her works that are cold and clumsy, poorly disposed, and lacking in true distinction.” Charles de Kay.

+ − N. Y. Times. 12: 479. Ag. 3, ’07. 1570w.

“Small blemishes should not prevent us from expressing our deep gratitude to Mrs. Strong for a book produced at the right time and in the right way.”

+ + − Spec. 99: 56. Jl. 13, ’07. 1740w.

* Strong, Rev. Josiah. Challenge of the city. **$1. Baker.

“The president of the American institute of social service here adds to his widely read and stimulating books one for younger readers.” (Outlook.) He “treats the problem of those churches and parishes which are being crowded out of many city districts by the oncoming of business houses. Eighty-five churches below Fourteenth street have gone out of existence during the last twenty years. The author finds a remedy in the direction of federation. Four chapters of the book appeared previously in a periodical.” (N. Y. Times.)

N. Y. Times. 12: 373. Je. 8, ’07. 90w.

N. Y. Times. 12: 668. O. 19, ’07. 30w.

Outlook. 87: 790. D. 7, ’07. 160w.

Strong, Very Rev. Thomas Banks, ed. Lectures on the methods of science. *$2.50. Oxford.

6–37941.

Nine lectures by as many eminent lecturers upon such subjects as Scientific method as a mental operation, Physiology, Inheritance in animals and plants, Psychophysical method, The evolution of double stars, Anthropology, Archaeological evidence, and Scientific method as applied to history.

+ Acad. 71: 59. Jl. 21, ’06. 1840w.

“The present volume, however, depends too much upon its title and its preface. Uninspired by their suggestions, the reader would not suspect that he was following a course on scientific method. He would rather suppose that he was receiving an amount of very interesting and very miscellaneous information.” Frederick J. E. Woodbridge.

− + J. Philos. 3: 692. D. 6, ’06. 1820w.

+ Lond. Times. 5: 238. Jl. 6, ’06. 2230w.

“The first two lectures ... which treat explicitly of the subject designated in the title of the book, are in reality the least valuable chapters. The real contributions to the study of method are tacit and incidental features of the other papers, which make the least overt reference to the subject.”

+ − Nation. 84: 366. Ap. 18, ’07. 400w.

− Nature. 74: 149. Je. 14, ’06. 200w.

“In this handy form they should do much to teach the ordinary reader what science claims to be and how its operations are conducted.”

+ Spec. 97: 61. Jl. 14, ’06. 490w.

Stuart, Ruth McEnery. Woman’s exchange of Simpkinsville. †$1.25. Harper.

Two spinster sisters, “upon whose frail maiden shoulders had devolved responsibilities hitherto unknown to the women of the name of Simpkins” lose the fortune of their Arkansas forebears and have to face the question of earning a livelihood. They hit upon the idea of a Woman’s exchange, establish it and manage it with credit to the name of Simpkins. Their rather tame existence is broken by bits of town gossip, echoes of sentiment of long ago, and chiefly by a proposition of ten thousand dollars for the collection of birds in the extending of which an only brother had lost his life.

“Mrs. Stuart’s touch is broader than Mrs. Deland’s, and she is more open to the charge of sentimentalism.”

+ − Nation. 85: 423. N. 7, ’07. 110w.

425Studies in philosophy and psychology: by former students of Charles Edward Garman, in commemoration of twenty-five years of service as teacher of philosophy in Amherst college. *$2.50. Houghton.

6–22901.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

Reviewed by John Dewey.

+ Philos. R. 16: 312. My. ’07. 4220w.

Reviewed by Arthur O. Lovejoy.

Psychol. Bull. 4: 18. Ja. 15, ’07. 2840w. (Review of pt. 1.)

Reviewed by Charles H. Judd.

Psychol. Bull. 4: 24. Ja. 15, ’07. 1960w. (Review of pt. 2.)

Sturdy, William A. (Isaac Didwin, pseud.). Degeneracy of the aristocracy. $1. Pub. by the author; For sale by the Rhode Island news co., Providence, R. I.

7–15554.

“The purpose of this book is to show, by the retrospect of history, that democracy is destined to assert itself in such a positive manner as to overthrow the commonly accepted theories of the past, that are so tenaciously held to, for the apparent purpose of trying to maintain a declining aristocracy.”

Sturgis, Russell. History of architecture. 3v. v. 1. per set. **$15. Baker.

6–45368.

“Mr. Sturgis’s book belongs to the monumental class. It belongs also to the encyclopedic class, except that the arrangement is chronological and by countries instead of by topics arranged in alphabetical order.” (Lit. D.) “An important feature of this work will be the careful study of the climatic influences on architecture and of the relation of the domestic to the monumental architecture in various countries—a field which has been somewhat neglected by architectural writers. The first volume will deal with the architecture of Egypt, Western Asia, Greece, Etruria, and Rome.” (Dial.)

“Masterly work. Beautifully printed and illustrated, but the paper is so heavy and brittle as to be unsatisfactory for library use.”

+ + − A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 74. Mr. ’07. (Review of v. 1.)

“Much of it is brilliantly written, and the whole is evidently the result of wide reading, travel, and study.”

+ + − Ath. 1907, 2: 187. Ag. 17. 1100w. (Review of v. 1.)

“As a record of architectural events, this history, as evidenced by the volume in hand, leaves nothing to be desired. The task of collating and arranging the great mass of detail has been heavy, and the outcome is a work of great value and a matter of congratulation to both author and publisher.” Irving K. Pond.

+ + + Dial. 42: 137. Mr. 1, ’07. 1680w. (Review of v. 1.)

“The nomenclature of places is occasionally open to criticism. A book full of information and suggestion, the fruits of a ripe scholarship, and far more readable than most works of this kind are apt to be.”

+ + − Ind. 62: 271. Ja. 31, ’07. 770w. (Review of v. 1.)

“The work must at once be accepted as a standard treatise.”

+ + + Lit. D. 34: 106. Ja. 19, ’07. 230w. (Review of v. 1.)

“Despite these minor blemishes, the work is plainly the fruit of careful scholarship, accurate in all its specific information, and usually sound in all its analysis and criticism. It ought to be of real service in the stimulation of public interest and the training of public taste.”

+ + − Nation. 84: 20. Jl. 4, ’07. 1470w. (Review of v. 1.)

“One need have no hesitation in commending the work as by far the best on its subject and of its scope in the English language. It takes its place at once as an authority.” Montgomery Schuyler.

+ + N. Y. Times. 12: 553. S. 14, ’07. 1380w. (Review of v. 1.)

“Half the volume’s value ... is represented by the illustrations.”

+ Outlook. 86: 36. My. 4, ’07. 440w. (Review of v. 1.)

R. of Rs. 35: 508. Ap. ’07. 30w. (Review of v. 1.)

Sturt, Henry Cecil. Idola theatri: a criticism of Oxford thought and thinkers from the standpoint of a personal idealism. *$3.25. Macmillan.

6–36468.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“Mr. Sturt has produced a book of vigorous and suggestive criticism of current thought and especially of the logical and metaphysical doctrine of Mr. Bradley, who has to bear the brunt of the attack upon ‘Anglo-Hegelianism.’ One could wish, however, that the standpoint of personal idealism had been more fully indicated.” A. Mackie.

+ + − Int. J. Ethics. 17: 403. Ap. ’07. 640w.

Reviewed by John Watson.

− Philos. R. 16: 78. Ja. ’07. 2240w.

Sue, Eugene. Wandering Jew. 2v. ea. $1.25. Crowell.

A reissue of, uniform with the limp leather “Thin papers sets.”

Suess, Eduard. Face of the earth (Das antlitz der erde); tr. by Hertha B. C. Sollas under the direction of W. J. Sollas. 5v. per v. *$7.75. Oxford.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“Students of Professor Suess’s masterpieces hardly know whether to admire most his encyclopedic knowledge of the earth’s surface, his familiarity with the literature of his subject, his grasp of detail, his reach of speculation, or his fine poetical feeling and gifts of expression.”

+ + + Ath. 1907, 1: 77. Ja. 19. 770w. (Review of v. 2.)

Sumner, William Graham. Folkways: a study of the sociological importance of usages, manners; customs, mores, and morals. *$3. Ginn.

7–21403.

An analytical definition of the folkways and a description of their functions in the formation and integration of society. Folkways are the ways of satisfying needs which become habitual and customary by the uncoördinated coöperation of individuals. The author shows how these uncoördinated acts grow into habits, thence into traditional customs related to social welfare, later have a philosophy and become rules of the life policy.

“Professor Sumner has written a very valuable and timely book, and one involving years of patient research as well as the possession of a ripe and fearless mind. The two most serious defects of ‘Folkways’ are a lack of psychological standpoint and a lack of systematic and complete presentation.” Wm. I. Thomas.

+ − Am. Hist. R. 13: 116. O. ’07. 730w.

“The data from anthropology and ethnology seem at times to overweigh the book by their sheer bulk and multiplicity, but for the most part they deepen the impression of the main thesis.” George E. Vincent.

+ + − Am. J. Soc. 13: 414. N. ’07. 2000w.

“A distinct gap is filled by this dissertation. From the student’s point of view it is not an easy text-book to read or digest. From the standpoint of those of larger growth it appears congested and scrappy, and suffers the penalty of brevity in drifting occasionally into overstatement and uncritical acceptance of evidence. Throughout the book the author hits hard and 426does not stay to bandy words with his adversary; but, although the reader may not always agree with him, he will find Professor Sumner suggestive and stimulating.” C. H. Hawes.

+ + J. Philos. 4: 666. N. 21, ’07. 640w.

Sweeney, Mildred I. McNeal-. When yesterday was young; poems. $1.50. Cooke.

7–1960.

Poems descriptive of nature or of places, with a few of legendary, historical or personal character.

“Nearly every one of the poems in the book seems a ‘tour de force.’ A phrase, a line, or, at the most, a stanza speaks: the rest is deliberate verse-making—elaboration.”

− + Ind. 62: 733. Mr. 28, ’07. 160w.

“Mr. Sweeney’s verse in both conception and phrase is the product more of fancy than of imagination, and a book of the size of this can scarcely be energized save by the latter.”

− + Nation. 85: 36. Jl. 11, ’07. 260w.

“One will not read far in Mrs. Sweeney’s poems without noting both their delicacy of vision and their reflective mood. Though now and again of blither note, they have, in the main, a thoughtful quality, wistful, but never melancholy.” Jessie B. Rittenhouse.

+ N. Y. Times. 12: 220. Ap. 6, ’07. 340w.

Sweet, J. M. Birth and infancy of Jesus Christ. *$1.50. Presbyterian bd.

6–43773.

An exposition of the arguments that tend to prove the historical authenticity of the virgin birth of Jesus Christ.

“His reasoning is not always cogent, but his research has been patient, his consideration of the subject on all sides thoro, and he has preserved thruout the convincing spirit of inquiry”

+ − Ind. 63: 1175. N. 14, ’07. 110w.

“His critical skill and appreciation are not sufficient to allow him to do full justice to his theme, this being especially noticeable in his treatment of Old Testament passages.”

+ − Nation. 85: 449. N. 14, ’07. 80w.

“If there is a more thorough and scholarly defense of the virgin birth of Jesus Christ than this monograph of Mr. Sweet, we are not acquainted with it. It is not and does not pretend to be impartial; it is a defense of the orthodox doctrine. But it is fair-minded, erudite, thorough.”

+ + Outlook. 85: 576. Mr. 9, ’07. 400w.

Spec. 98: 982. Je. 22, ’07. 60w.

Sweetser, Kate Dickinson. Boys and girls from Thackeray, il. †$2. Duffield.

7–28978.

A companion volume to “Boys and girls from Dickens” and “Boys and girls from George Eliot.” A volume warranted by the emphasis which Thackeray has placed upon his juvenile sketches, They are reprinted without the adult intrigue and plot surrounding them in the novels from which they are taken.

+ N. Y. Times. 12: 703. N. 2, ’07. 110w.

+ Outlook. 87: 310. O. 12, ’07. 80w.

Swete, Henry Barclay. Apocalypse of St. John: the Greek text with introd., notes and indices. *$3.50. Macmillan.

Preceding the text and occupying about half the book such introductory subjects are discussed as Prophecy in the apostolic church, Jewish and Christian apocalypses, Contemporary scholarship and thought in western Asia, Origin of the apocalypse of St. John, including a discussion of its grammatical, rhetorical and literary style and an interpretation of the text from the religious, symbolical, mystical, historical and biographical point of view.

“Dr. Swete’s work is marked by all the care, thoroughness, and precision of scholarship in linguistic and grammatical interpretation which distinguished all his work and secure to him his place as a member of the famous ‘Cambridge’ school. But to the present writer he appears, by the complete rejection of the methods applied, e. g., by Boussett, to exclude the only possible means of arriving at an interpretation of the book which is at once consistent and primary; i.e., an interpretation of what was in the mind of the author.” C. Anderson Scott.

+ − Am. J. Theol. 11: 540. Jl. ’07. 1140w.

“We must be content with adding an emphatic commendation of Dr. Swete’s volume to the attention of our readers.”

+ + Spec. 98: 1005. Je. 29, ’07. 420w.

Swettenham, Sir Frank Athelstane. British Malaya: an account of the origin and progress of British influence in Malaya. *$4.50. Lane.

7–7542.

Essentially historical. “Of the fourteen chapters, the first deals with the milieu, the next with the early history according to native and European sources; then follow two chapters on the dawn of British influence; they are not always pleasant reading, for our treatment of the Sultan of Kedah was anything but creditable. The next two chapters cover the middle fifty years of the last century. This was a period of anarchy, brought to an end, though not at once, by the appointment of British residents.... Not the least attractive portions of the work are of the author’s testimony to the virtues of the Chinese and his condemnation of the ordinary system of building railways in British colonies.... The final chapter gives us the author’s views on the future of the British colony with some more criticism of irrational methods.”—Acad.

+ + Acad. 71: 651. D. 29, ’06. 400w.

“The volume is one which should appeal in an extraordinary degree to American readers, for there is scarcely a page which does not present some problem or recount some incident which throws light upon the peculiar character of the Peninsular Malay who is the first cousin of the Filipino.” Alleyne Ireland.

+ + Am. Hist. R. 13: 154. O. ’07. 970w.

“If ever we should reach the conclusion that instead of trying to fit people to institutions, institutions should be fitted to the nature and capacities of the people as they develop under the influence of industrial opportunity, our administrators may derive valuable suggestions as to sensible procedure from such books as this one by Sir Francis Swettenham.” Henry Jones Ford.

+ + Ann. Am. Acad. 29: 663. My. ’07. 1170w.

+ + Ath. 1907, 1: 13. Ja. 5. 330w.

“May well rank as a masterpiece among the host of similar books written by the servants of the British government.”

+ + Dial. 42: 343. Je. 1, ’07. 480w.

“Will appeal not only to those interested in the geographical and political questions discussed, but also to the comparatively restricted public who delight in Oriental art work unmodified by western influence.”

+ + Int. Studio. 30: 277. Ja. ’07. 160w.

“It is [a story] that has never been told before with any historic continuity or in any detail; he tells it with full knowledge, with great literary skill and with infinite sympathy.”

+ + Lond. Times. 5: 351. O. 19, ’06. 2200w.

“Were the applicants for positions in our Philippine civil service obliged to pass an examination to prove their fitness, ‘British Malaya’ would be an invaluable text-book.”

+ + Nation. 84: 249. Mr. 14, ’07. 1030w.

“Sir Frank Swettenham writes always with force, sometimes with humour, very often with charm, with delicacy, and with finish, in spite of an occasional tendency to split a hapless infinitive. It should be read by every Englishman who loves his country, for from Sir Frank Swettenham’s eloquent pages all who read will carry away many beautiful and striking pictures, 427many facts of great value, and a number of imperial lessons very well worth learning and remembering.”

+ + Spec. 97: 889. D. 1, ’06. 1730w.

Swinburne, Algernon Charles. Poems: selected and edited by Arthur Beatty. 35c. Crowell.

6–34710.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“This admirable little volume brings the cream of Swinburne’s poetry within easy reach of all lovers of poetry, and in a handy-sized volume.”

+ Arena. 36: 635. D. ’06. 100w.

Swinburne, Algernon Charles. William Blake; a critical essay. 3d ed. *$2. Dutton.

7–35152.

Along with the revival of Blake literature appears a reprint of Swinburne’s essay published forty years ago. “Where Mr. Swinburne’s book is invaluable is in his interpretation of poetry, of symbolism as poetry, of pictorial design as poetry.... In this huge book of criticism, in which the main incidents of the life of Blake are told, and a detailed account is given of nearly the whole of his literary and much of his painted and engraved work, there is not a page—not even in those flaming foot-notes which spire from page to page after the dwindling body of the text—which is not essentially poetry rather than prose.”

A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 86. Mr. ’07.

“It is difficult to think of another book, written by a poet on a poet, which is so generous and so illuminating.”

+ + Ath. 1906, 2: 149. Ag. 11. 1920w.

Current Literature. 42: 169. F. ’07 1100w.

+ + Dial. 41: 400. D. 1, ’06. 70w.

“Allowing for some extravagance of expression, the criticism of the book is both just and profound; and the commentary, whether it be right or wrong on particular points, provides a clear and probably accurate statement of Blake’s ideas and beliefs. It is all written with the confidence and prolixity of youth.”

+ + − Lond. Times. 5: 276. Ag. 10, ’06. 1530w.

+ + Outlook. 85: 527. Mr. 2, ’07. 150w.

“There is never likely to be a work on Blake which will supersede that just, eloquent, generous, and illuminating ‘critical’ essay which Mr. Swinburne wrote forty years ago and has only now reprinted. It is a book marvellous for sanity and insight; it was a defence of Blake at a time when he needed to be defended, and it repeats his praise now, when the praise is no longer startling.” Arthur Symons.

+ + Sat. R. 102: 231. Ag. 25, ’06. 1840w.

* Swing, Albert Temple. James Harris Fairchild; or, Sixty-eight years with a Christian college. **$2. Revell.

7–15571.

An intimate sketch of the life of President Fairchild who was associated with Oberlin college in the capacity of student, teacher, president and professor emeritus from 1834 to 1902.

N. Y. Times. 12: 664. O. 19, ’07. 40w.

“Instead of a real book [this is] a volume that makes its chief appeal to the alumni of Oberlin, by whom it will doubtless be appreciated, in oblivion of the larger public.” Montgomery Schuyler.

− Putnam’s. 3: 103. O. ’07. 580w.

R. of Rs. 36: 381. S. ’07. 120w.

* Symonds, John Addington. Essays, speculative and suggestive; new ed. *$2. Scribner.

A group of essays first printed seventeen years ago, since which time the harsh judgments then passed upon it have softened somewhat.

“On a second reading the volume appears very unequal, but it is certainly full of ideas.”

− + Ath. 1907, 2: 550. N. 2. 120w.

“Some of the essays, particularly those on style and on Walt Whitman, are in his best vein.”

+ − Nation. 85: 469. N. 21, ’07. 120w.

+ Outlook. 87: 830. D. 14, ’07. 70w.

* Symonds, John Addington. Wine, women, and song; being an essay on the medieval Latin student’s drinking songs, with translations. il. *$1.50. McClure.

Recalled from the past of twenty years ago this book “should be widely studied if only in order to hasten the death of the absurd belief that the Middle ages were a time of unnatural misery, when religious mania ruled the world and joy and laughter died under the frown of a monstrous puritanical church.” (Acad.)

“Until some kind person will issue a selection of the Goliardic songs in their original Latin, at a price, and in a form that will help them to popularity, there is nothing quite so good as this book of J. A. Symonds’s translations and comments.”

+ Acad. 73: 837. Ag. 31, ’07. 1070w.

N. Y. Times. 12: 666. O. 19, ’07. 40w.

Symons, Arthur. Cities. *$2.50. Dutton.

“Mr. Symons’s note is his own.... Rome, Venice, Naples, Seville, Prague, Moscow, Budapest, Belgrade, Sofia and Constantinople are traversed and exposed for us by a temperament at once subtle and impressionistic.”—No. Am.

“Mr. Symons is quite at his best. It is witchery of fine sensations that characterizes Rome or Seville or Prague or whatever city Mr. Symons visits.”

+ Nation. 83: 481. D. 6, ’06. 140w.

“He is the Whistler of critics.” James Huneker.

+ N. Y. Times. 11: 205. Ap. 7, ’06. 550w.

“The book is of a rare charm.” James Huneker.

+ No. Am. 185: 76. My. 3, ’07. 160w.

“Some of these [cities] he loves; some he hates. In both cases he tells us why and with frank thoroughness.”

+ Outlook. 85: 527. Mr. 2, ’07. 220w.

Symons, Arthur. Fool of the world and other poems. *$1.50. Lane.

7–18138.

“The title poem of the volume, a brief Morality play, called ‘The fool of the world,’ employs a style which admirably suits the theme, infusing into the simple colloquy between Man and Death all the dread, the fear, the mystery of mortality as they pervade ‘Everyman’ and other of the old Morality plays. Following this ... Mr. Symons has a group of ‘Meditations,’ poised and passionless as a Buddhistic reverie, fatalistic, ‘sicklied o’er with the pale cast of thought.’... Contrary to the mood of his prose, the prevailing note of Mr. Symons’ poetry is negative and over his pages futility, and ever futility, is written.”—N. Y. Times.

“[‘The fool of the world’] shows, for all its slenderness, strong dramatic power. It asks a question; it leads you on, as you fancy, ever nearer to the answer, working up your eagerness in every line; and suddenly at the close, in the very last word, it flashes upon you the piteous truth.”

+ + Acad. 71: 498. N. 17, ’06. 640w.

“Although Mr. Symons has not mastered poetic forms, his poetry is full of sensitive beauty.”

+ − Ath. 1907, 1: 284. Mr. 9. 380w.

“There are exquisite things in this volume, lyrical and meditational, and there is a graver burden, as of satiety, than we have been wont 428to find in the work of the poet.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ Dial. 42: 254. Ap. 16, ’07. 220w.

Ind. 62: 1529. Je. 27, ’07. 370w.

“It is decidedly good compared with anything but the best.”

+ Lond. Times. 5: 392. N. 23, ’06. 520w.

“He has an admirable poetic scholarship and an equally admirable intellectual integrity; his cup may be small, but he drinks from his cup. Yet Mr. Symons’s pride in his intellectual integrity is sometimes his undoing. His uneasy hatred of the commonplace and his constant endeavor to give it as wide a berth as possible involve such an expenditure of energy that in the long run he falls a prey to the very thing he would escape.”

+ + − Nation. 84: 34. Ja. 10, ’07. 590w.

“His style, which in prose has so much distinction, in poetry lacks the barb of personality, the differentiating touch. His phrasing is restrained, delicate, often beautiful, but of magic, of color, of divinely unpremeditated art he is not the master.” Jessie B. Rittenhouse.

+ N. Y. Times. 12: 30. Ja. 19, ’07. 1030w.

“An idea lies at the bottom of each of these finely chased cups offered by the poet. Poison, too, is not absent, the venom of love and life and death.” James Huneker.

+ − No. Am. 185: 76. My. 3, ’07. 260w.

“He has developed a theory of poetry and the arts; he has found a locality other than London; he has even touched Keltic dreams in Cornwall; in the lyric rather than in the drama lies the value of his new, as his older, tone.”

+ Sat. R. 103: 207. F. 16, ’07. 320w.

Symons, Arthur. Introduction to the study of Browning. *$1.50. Dutton.

7–18128.

A reissue, revised and enlarged. “Mr. Symons discusses Browning’s ‘general characteristics’ and those of each of his poems. In the appendix will be found a bibliography of the poet and a reprint of discarded prefaces to the first issues of some of his works. There is also an index to poems referred to in the text. Like other books of this type, there are innumerable quotations from the writings of the poet. In addition to all these, the footnotes are full and clear.” (N. Y. Times.)

Nation. 84: 288. Mr. 28, ’07. 60w.

N. Y. Times. 11: 830. D. 1, ’06. 320w.

“In this second edition ... Mr. Symons has been able to add materially to the interest of the book through the publication of comments upon it by three no less authoritative critics than Walter Pater, George Meredith, to whom the book is dedicated, and Robert Browning himself.” A. G.

+ N. Y. Times. 12: 494. Ag. 10, ’07. 410w.

“Notwithstanding the appearance of numerous studies of Browning, his introduction remains the best commentary upon that poet’s works.” James Huneker.

+ + No. Am. 185: 75. My. 3, ’07. 390w.

Symons, Arthur. Spiritual adventures. **$2.50. Dutton.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

Reviewed by James Huneker.

+ No. Am. 185: 77. My. 3, ’07. 300w.

Symons, Arthur. Studies in seven arts. *$2.50. Dutton.

7–6390.

Containing the following studies: Rodin, The painting of the nineteenth century, Gustave Moreau, Watts, Whistler, Cathedrals, The decay of craftsmanship in England, Beethoven, The ideas of Richard Wagner, The problem of Richard Strauss, Eleanor Dusé, A new art of the stage, A symbolistic farce [Ubo roi, by A. Jarry], Pantomime and the poetic drama, The world as ballet.

“In his last book Mr. Symons has adventured in search of new sensations and new moods into unfamiliar fields of art, where he has occasionally lost confidence in himself and followed the advice of every person of authority he chanced to encounter. When he confides in his own faculty of insight he is still an admirable interpreter of the eternal miracles of beauty: when he mistrusts his own powers he becomes merely a conscientious student of the opinions of other men. Criticism distilled from criticism is wanting in life and personality: it is a branch of the dead sciences.”

− + Acad. 71: 629. D. 22, ’06. 770w.

“It is agreeable to read this cunning prose, but we must not be forbidden to challenge some of its pontificial assumptions. The charm, however, of these essays lies not in their critical or technical exactitude, but in their incomparably delicate impressionism.”

+ + − Ath. 1907, 1: 284. Mr. 9. 1250w.

Current Literature. 42: 297. Mr. ’07. 400w.

“In at least five cases out of the seven (the exceptions being the articles on architecture and handicraft, the first of which is merely descriptive and the second merely a pointed and forcible repetition of standing truths) he has something good, often something profound to say, not merely on points of detail, but on what he conceives to be the principles of the art in question. And after reading his charming, illuminating, often exquisitely written book, we reach instinctively for an antidote—‘The Republic,’ or ‘What is art?’”

+ + − Lond. Times. 5: 408. D. 7, ’06. 1000w.

“Seven essays ... belong to the best of our time. They are indeed discriminating.”

+ Nation. 84: 457. My. 16, ’07. 1000w.

“Mr. Symons preserves order throughout his book and reproduces for the reader much of his own original aesthetic enjoyment.” Percy Vincent Donovan.

+ − N. Y. Times. 12: 254. Ap. 20, ’07. 1610w.

“He has personality, charm, erudition.” James Huneker.

+ − No. Am. 185: 78. My. 3, ’07. 600w.

“Each paper is distinguished by a general excellence in the selection of material and by an extreme finish in the manner of its exposition.”

+ Outlook. 86: 119. My. 18, ’07. 420w.

“Here is subjective impressionism in the finest flower. As a matter of record few Frenchmen, even, can excel Mr. Symons in subtlety or penetration. A poet first and last, his attitude is always imperiously personal.” Christian Brinton.

+ + Putnam’s. 2: 126. Ap. ’07. 180w.

“Why, then, when we think thus highly of the book, have we spent nearly our whole space in criticising rather than in praising it? On his own terms he comes to us, and on his own terms right glad are we to welcome him. But, to quote the old saying, though Plato is dear to us, Truth is dearer. This too daintily allusive, too artificially picturesque, too laboriously, extravagantly illustrative method of art criticism ... is dangerous: in the hands of the commoner critic it becomes absurd.”

+ − Sat. R. 103: sup. 1. F. 23, ’07. 1930w.

Symons, Arthur. William Blake. *$3. Dutton.

7–37535.

“An enthusiastic interpretation and impassioned defense of the poet and painter whose art still puzzles and fascinates.... Mr. Symons begins by narrating every fact of importance in Blake’s life and achievements, giving his own interpretation of Blake’s intentions. Then comes a verbatim reprint of all available documents, containing every personal account of Blake printed during his life, to which are added references to him in the diary and letters of Crabb Robinson.”—Outlook.

“It will be seen that any new book on Blake must justify its appearance by extraordinary merit, and it cannot be said that Mr. Symons’s work quite stands the test.”

+ − Nation. 85: 286. S. 26, ’07. 1480w.

“Mr. Symons has written a book of unusual interest. Absorbed and in accord with his subject, 429he employs a style elevated and somewhat mystical at times, yet well sustained and peculiarly fitted for the narrative.”

+ + Outlook. 87: 307. O. 12, ’07. 1610w.

“We did not expect from him the divine energy and insight of Mr. Swinburne; but we did expect scholarship, research, grace and order, and we have them here in a book which we cannot do without.”

+ + Sat. R. 104: 483. O. 19, ’07. 1230w.

Synge, M. B. Short history of social life in England. **$1.50. Barnes.

7–11534.

“A decidedly entertaining account of the growth of social institutions and modern customs in England. The absurdities of bygone fashion, the changes made by scientific inventions, domestic conveniences and inconveniences, old-time gambling, the abolition of dueling, the improvement of table manners, and a hundred other little land-marks of advancing civilization are discussed in an unconventional, amusing way.”—Outlook.

“He has thrown together a mass of details, apparently without being able to determine which facts were worth being told, which were not, nor yet which were actually facts and which were only supposed to be such. He seems to have no well-ordered plan for presenting his material. Finally, he devotes too much space to political history, though he gives notice in his introduction that he will avoid doing so.” Ralph C. H. Catterall.

− Am. Hist. R. 13: 194. O. ’07. 550w.

“The author treats the entire subject as one of development, advance, and betterment, and does it very successfully. The work is evidently based on wide reading and research.”

+ − Dial. 42: 289. My. 1, ’07. 450w.

“Mr. Synge’s book is exceptionally helpful in giving an idea of the occupations, the pleasures, the manners and customs of the English people of all ranks from the days of the early Britons to the present.”

+ + Ind. 63: 699. S. 19, ’07. 410w.

“He tells his story well. It is not a work of original research. The records are all easily accessible. It is not the first work of its kind. But it is one of the most readable books of the year thus far.”

+ + N. Y. Times. 12: 160. Mr. 16, ’07. 290w.

“A series of shifting society pictures not without significance and with a strong interest to all who like to delve into the quaint, queer, and curious.”

+ Outlook. 85: 766. Mr. 30. ’07. 80w.

“This book is pleasant to read, full of sprightly humour, and as far as we have been able to test it, historically accurate.”

+ + Spec. 97: 212. F. 9, ’07. 2170w.

Syrett, Netta. Day’s journey. †$1.25. McClurg.

6–33579.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“The story is brilliantly told, and is a study of ‘temperaments,’ artistic and otherwise, of an unusually readable sort.”

+ Ind. 62: 389. F. 14, ’07. 410w.

Szold, Henrietta, ed. American Jewish year book 5668, September 9, 1907, to September 25, 1908. $3. Jewish pub.

Two directories are included in this year book: The directory of Jewish national organizations, and The directory of Jewish local organizations.