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Iles, George, ed. Little masterpieces of autobiography. 6v. ea. **75c. Doubleday.
This series comprises six handy pocket volumes of biography as follows: Greatest Americans—Washington, Jefferson, Hamilton, Marshall and Lincoln; Soldiers and explorers—Grant, Lee, Sherman, Roosevelt, Stanley, Peary, and King; Men of science—Darwin, Huxley, Newcomb, Geikie, Nasmyth, Bessemer, Edison, Acheson, Curie and Carnegie; Writers—Longfellow, Poe, Tennyson, Burns, Scott, Hawthorne, Dickens, Brontë, Eliot, Stevenson, and George; Artists and composers—Millet, Breton, Story, Nasmyth, Stillman, Mendelssohn, Wagner, Liszt, Gounod, Grieg and Haydn; and Actors—Jefferson, Booth, Cushman, Morris, Irving, H. B. Irving, Terry, Mansfield, Salvini, and Ristori; Letters, passages from famous biographies, and pages from diaries enter largely into the sketches.
Inchbold, A. Cunnick (Mrs. Stanley Inchbold). Lisbon and Cintra; with some account of other cities and historical sites in Portugal. *$3.50. Duffield.
8–21792.
An interesting, beautifully illustrated presentation of present day Lisbon, Cintra and other Portuguese cities. The buildings, monuments and ruins are seen in their historic settings, and linked with names famous from medieval times; while the questions of modern development and relative power of the cities are given due attention.
“As she avoids the temptation to gush, the tone of her book is excellent.”
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Ath. 1908, 1: 287. Mr. 7. 170w.
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Ind. 65: 1180. N. 19, ’08. 50w.
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Nation. 87: 337. O. 8, ’08. 150w.
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N. Y. Times. 13: 515. S. 19, ’08. 120w.
“Mrs. Inchbold’s descriptive style is easy and pleasant, and the colored illustrations, by Stanley Inchbold, add to the artistic attraction of the volume.”
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R. of Rs. 38: 509. O. ’08. 130w.
“The travellers by proxy will find this an interesting book, with charming coloured illustrations, giving them a vivid picture of a country full of historical buildings of great beauty; and the travellers in practice will learn of a hunting-ground full of promised delights, or will be able to compare notes and impressions.”
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Spec. 100: 645. Ap. 25, ’08. 200w.
Ingalls, Walter Renton. Lead and zinc in the United States. *$4. Hill pub. co.
8–18051.
Comprises an economic history of the mining and smelting of lead and zinc and the conditions which have affected the development of the industries. “It attempts not so much to stimulate an antiquarian interest in the early discoveries and feeble attempts at exploitation of the lead and zinc deposits of this country, as to direct attention to the natural features, technical improvements and commercial issues which have contributed to the development of the industry.” (Engin. N.)
“The book, while seemingly compiled with some haste, is for the major part clear, and contains so much pertinent cost data that it will prove valuable for reference as well as for study.”
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Engin. N. 60: 83. Jl. 16, ’08. 440w.
Inman, Herbert Escott-. Wulnoth the wanderer: a story of King Alfred of England. †$1.50. McClurg.
The song of Gyso, the gleeman which saved from the oblivion of the past the heroic deeds of Wulnoth the wanderer, has made possible this drama of the Viking days. Here are immortalized the friendship of Wulnoth for Gruthred; the wanderings, perils, and warrings and his slaying of Hungwar, the Dane; the friendship with Alfred and Bretwalda and his love for Edgiva; and his last fight with Jarl Edric.
N. Y. Times. 13: 560. O. 10, ’08. 180w.
N. Y. Times. 13: 630. O. 24, ’08. 50w.
Ireland, Alleyne. Province of Burma: a report prepared on behalf of the University of Chicago. (Colonial administration in the Far East.) 2v. ea. *$12.50. Houghton.
7–31201.
These two volumes form the first instalment of Mr. Ireland’s report which was undertaken for the University of Chicago, and which will extend thru twelve volumes. A year of preliminary study in London, two years of travel in the Orient, and three years given to the examination of six thousand volumes, mostly official documents, have been spent in preparation for the task. “The volumes contain masses of information concerning every branch of the administration, even down to the rules for the conduct of the business of the Legislative council” (Lond. Times) furnishing a basis of fair comparisons with other governments.
“In reference libraries it must become a useful and indispensable handbook in its field.”
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Dial. 45: 93. Ag. 16, ’08. 220w.
“A most comprehensive and invaluable compendium.”
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Ind. 64: 584. Mr. 12, ’08. 750w.
“Truly encyclopædic. Of much value to the student of colonial administration.”
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Lond. Times. 6: 378. D. 13, ’07. 300w.
“The reader a little above the average will discover much to attract him in the skilful collation of document and statistical abstract, which, even in the absence of interpretative comment, tell more or less of a story by themselves.”
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Nation. 86: 537. Je. 11, ’08. 1000w.
“The author has been highly successful in these two volumes in amassing material on which he can base comments of permanent value.” G: R. Bishop.
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N. Y. Times. 13: 132. Mr. 7, ’08. 1000w.
“The volumes on Burma promise thorough and painstaking editing for the series.” J. A. LeRoy.
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Pol. Sci. Q. 23: 523. S. ’08. 1350w.
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Sat. R. 105: 438. Ap. 4, ’08. 1100w.
“No one who has a serious interest in the great administrative problems of empire can afford to be without access to such an imperial encyclopaedia. We congratulate Mr. Ireland on an enterprise which bids fair to rival the greatest feats of German research.”
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Spec. 100: 302. F. 22, ’08. 1200w.
* Irving, John. Stories from the history of Oxfordshire. Oxford.
“Mr. Irving who is head master of a boys’ school at Oxford has made thirty little stories out of the historical and legendary material of a country rich in traditions. It is his purpose to stimulate the child’s interest and imagination, and to lead him imperceptibly on to desire a 189more substantial acquaintance with history.”—Nation.
“Mr. Irving has achieved simplicity and lucidity to a laudable extent, and his ‘Stories’ are interesting throughout.”
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Ath. 1908, 2: 94. Jl. 25. 160w.
“Desirable book for children’s reading.”
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Nation. 87: 185. Ag. 27, ’08. 90w.
Isham, Frederic Stewart. Lady of the Mount. †$1.50. Bobbs.
8–5226.
Set in the northwestern part of France, this story is an illustration of that struggle between métayers and inexorable nobles which entered so largely into bringing on the French revolution. The Mount is a stronghold of the government ruled by an unyielding lord who conceded nothing to the people and pursued only the “set tenure of his way.” The leader of the opposition is the son of a seigneur whom the governor of the Mount had wronged and whose lands he had confiscated. Thru all the strife of uprisings runs the thread of romance—the love of the high-born lady of the Mount for her half-peasant hero.
“This is one of the best novels of its class that has appeared during the present year.”
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Arena. 39: 506. Ap. ’08. 150w.
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Outlook. 88: 653. Mr. 21, ’08. 80w.
Ives, Howard Chapin. Switches and turnouts. 50c. H. C. Ives, Worcester, Mass.
“This study consists of three articles which originally appeared in the ‘Journal of the Worcester polytechnic institute.’ The author calls attention to the following points: First, the descriptions of the different forms of switches and their effect on the lead; second, the statements of practical conclusions to be found at various places in the text; and third, the design of the slip switch, the mathematics of which are believed to be original, not having been found elsewhere by the author.”—Technical Literature.
“While not developing any new theory, the arrangement of the material is good and the mathematical treatment concise, so that it forms a handy reference book to add to the railway engineer’s handbook.”
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Engin. N. 58: 659. D. 12, ’07. 100w.
Technical Literature. 2: 333. O. ’07. 80w.