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Reading edition
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Arena. 40: 473. N. ’08. 330w.
“Lord Morley reflects in every page he writes the influence of the best culture of the day.”
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Ath. 1908, 2: 61. Jl. 18. 2000w.
“With his clear style, wide reading and ever present note-book, he is one of the most delightful of transmitters that we have.” C. M. Francis.
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Bookm, 28: 146. O. ’08. 2000w.
“The book is good reading and wholesome for us Americans. It will help us to think straight about some of our own immediate problems, although it does not deal with any one of them directly.” Brander Matthews.
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Forum. 40: 213. S. ’08. 1000w.
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Ind. 65: 615. S. 10, ’08. 130w.
Lit. D. 37: 564. O. 17, ’08. 220w.
“The charm and value of these essays depend largely on the fact that they are the product of a rich mind, which has thoroughly digested its knowledge, and has tested books by experience.”
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Nation. 87: 234. S. 10, ’08. 1650w.
Reviewed by H. W. Boynton.
Putnam’s. 5: 111. O. ’08. 360w.
“The great merit of these ‘Miscellanies’—the fine flower of essay-writing—is that they ‘set men on thinking’ about politics.”
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Sat. R. 106: 48. Jl. 11, ’08. 2150w.
“We have no other writer with quite the same outlook,—the sane and broad-minded liberalism, the candour, the earnest desire for the truth, the tolerance for human imperfections.”
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Spec. 101: 18. Jl. 4, ’08. 1650w.
Morris, Gouverneur. Footprint, and other stories. †$1.50. Scribner.
8–6985.
Eleven stories, creepy and gruesome for the most part, which smack more of the fatalist’s fancy than of the imagination which characterizes wholesome adventure. The stories are The footprint, Paradise ranch, Captain England, The execution, Simon L’Ouvrier, A Carolina night’s dream, The stowing away of Mr. Bill Ballad, The explorers, The little heiress, The best man, and The crocodile.
“Gruesome short stories varying in merit. Some of them are decidedly clever, some grotesque or horrible, and all are more or less disagreeable, and incline to the morbid.”
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A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 157. My. ’08.
“Mr. Morris ought to change his course. Nevertheless, I am glad that before mending his ways he has given us this volume. If these stories are not great, they are at least different, and their rather highly spiced originality is welcome to a jaded appetite.” Ward Clark.
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Bookm. 27: 283. My. ’08. 500w.
“One might discuss at some length Mr. Morris’s methods of fiction, for they are good methods, and might be studied with profit by many better known and far more prolific writers of to-day.” F: T. Cooper.
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Bookm. 27: 307. My. ’08. 350w.
Ind. 64: 974. Ap. 30, ’08. 170w.
“They show Mr. Morris to excel most of the short-story writers of the day in his use of the Stevenson manner, which he combines with Edgar Allan Poe matter. The knack of descriptive narration he has in an uncommon degree, whether his pictures be first hand or not. The sense of futility is the chief defect of what are otherwise capital tales.”
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Nation. 86: 219. Mr. 5, ’08. 300w.
“Nine stories of a very depressing aspect. It seems as though the choicest bits of horror had been suggested by Poe, and the cynicism by Maupassant.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 269. My. 9, ’08. 130w.
“Very clever but sometimes intensely disagreeable studies of the horrible and grotesque.”
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Outlook. 88: 653. Mr. 21, ’08. 80w.
R. of Rs. 37: 761. Je. ’08. 300w.
Morris, Harrison Smith. Lyrics and landscapes. **$1. Century.
8–12818.
A collection of poems by the author of “Madonna and other poems” and “Tales from ten poets.” “Mr. Morris strikes his deepest note in Destiny, a Phi beta kappa poem, although we regret to find in these dignified verses a veiled apology for our latter-day American imperialism.” (Dial.)
“Neat and decorous compositions, not exactly inspired, but mildly pleasing.” W: M. Payne.
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Dial. 45: 64. Ag. 1, ’08. 130w.
“His poems have no great philosophical content, perhaps; but in his ode to ‘Night’ he succeeds unusually well in a kind of eye and ear impressionism quite legitimate after its own fashion.”
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Nation. 87: 34. Jl. 9, ’08. 250w.
Morrow, William C. Lentala of the South seas: the romantic tale of a lost colony. †$1.50. Stokes.
8–24468.
A tale of the hardships of a band of colonists cast away on an island in the South seas. “The book is nothing more than an account of the savages’ attempts to hoodwink and destroy the white invaders, and the white men’s final conquest, thanks to the timely aid of a volcano, an earthquake and a thunder-storm. There is also an adopted daughter of a cannibal king, who figures somewhat largely in the book.” (Bookm.)
“Somewhat uninspired, and much too long.” F: T. Cooper.
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Bookm. 28: 146. O. ’08. 340w.
“Is more or less exciting, but is written in a style whose affectation of simplicity results in being decidedly irritating.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 512. S. 19, ’08. 140w.
N. Y. Times. 13: 746. D. 5, ’08. 170w.
Morse, Hosea Ballou. Trade and administration of the Chinese empire. *$2.50. Longmans.
8–18747.
“Portrays the present state of the Chinese empire, with such record of the past as will enable the reader better to comprehend the present.” (Sat. R.) “The two opening chapters, written by the Rev. F. L. Hawks Potts, President of St. John’s College, at Shanghai, present a condensed but readable sketch of the history of China from the earliest times to the present. Mr. Ballou then in a dozen chapters elucidates the system of government.” (N. Y. Times.)
“A much needed book.”
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A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 197. Je. ’08.
“A useful compendium.”
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Ath. 1908, 2: 365. S. 26. 850w.
261“Is the first to put into succinct form a fairly complete account of those practical matters concerning which the man of affairs, whether of business or of state, most wishes information. The book lacks an analytical table of contents, which would have greatly enhanced its value for just those readers for whom it is particularly designed.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 294. My 23, ’08. 320w.
“Mr. Morse is impartial—as impartial, at any rate, as a man who knows his subject can be. An eminently informative book.”
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Sat. R. 105: 758. Je. 13, ’08. 1650w.
Mosby, John Singleton. Stuart’s cavalry in the Gettysburg campaign. **$2. Moffat.
8–8120.
Col. Mosby’s aim is that of clearing the name of Gen. Stuart from aspersions cast upon it in records made by Gen. Lee’s staff-officers. It gives a sketch of the battle of Chancellorsville and the cavalry combat which opened the Gettysburg campaign and justifies Gen. Stuart’s movements.
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A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 197. Je. ’08.
“It cannot be said that Col. Mosby proves all his points; but he does prove some of them, and throws new light on others.”
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Dial. 45: 43. Jl. 16, ’08. 420w.
“Col. Mosby goes against all the accepted authorities; he takes to task all of Lee’s biographers and staff officers; he makes raids in all directions upon historical positions, and he fires volleys here and there, some of which are effective and some of which go off harmless into the air.”
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Nation. 87: 37. Jl. 9, ’08. 760w.
N. Y. Times. 13: 215. Ap. 11, ’08. 80w.
“Col. Mosby is, of course, a partisan. But his account is interesting, it brings out neglected aspects of the famous battle.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 305. My. 30, ’08. 1100w.
Mosenthal, Salomon Hermann, ritter von. Stories of Jewish home life. $1.25. Jewish pub.
7–40796.
Five stories as follows: Aunt Guttraud, Schlemihlchen, Rav’s Mine, Jephthah’s daughter, and Rascholchen. In them the great heart of humanity throbs and goodness triumphs. The settings and colorings are distinctively Jewish.
“Should be as fascinating to the Gentile reader as many stories of Gentile hearth and fireside experience have been to the Jews.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 206. Ap. 11, ’08. 350w.
Moses, Bernard. South America on the eve of emancipation: the southern Spanish colonies in the last half-century of their dependence. *$1.50. Putnam.
8–15885.
“A sketch of social conditions in South America during the period immediately preceding the severance of relations with the mother country. The most interesting chapters are those dealing with the characteristics of the colonial city and the developments of social classes under Spanish rule.”—Nation.
“Without making any attempt to exhaust the subject, Professor Moses has succeeded in giving excellent pictures of life and institutions in the pre-revolutionary era.”
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Am. Hist. R. 14: 164. O. ’08. 660w.
“This work errs in details, sometimes in essential details. For the purpose in view, this must be pronounced a very useful and entertaining little work.”
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Ind. 65: 787. O. 1, ’08. 420w.
“Should be carefully read as an introduction to the study of Latin-American institutions.”
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Nation. 87: 262. S. 17, ’08. 260w.
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N. Y. Times. 13: 334. Je. 13, ’08. 150w.
R. of Rs. 38: 383. S. ’08. 50w.
Moses, Edith. Unofficial letters of an official’s wife. **$1.50. Appleton.
8–29360.
A group of chatty informing letters which the wife of Professor Moses wrote while residing in Manila during the governorship of Mr. Taft. One finds all the bits of Philippine “hearsay” most entertainingly set down, including the appearance and characteristics of the natives, housekeeping problems, incompetency of servants, discomforts of climate, social life in Manila, amusements, holiday revelry and excursions out from Manila.
Moses, Montrose Jonas. Children’s books and reading. *$1.50. Kennerley.
7–38221.
Descriptive note and excerpts in Dec. 1907.
“It would be too much to expect that all should agree with the selection of recommended books, but the choices are sane, on the whole, and if not carefully balanced, and satisfactory in all particulars, are suggestive. Bibliographical information concerning title is frequently inaccurate, incomplete, and faulty in form.”
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A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 106. Ap. ’08.
“While there is much in it that is sound, practical, and useful, we cannot give it unqualified praise; it is, as the author himself admits, an incomplete and unfinished sketch. There are many slips, errors, and omissions, sadly needing correction.”
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Dial. 44: 180. Mr. 16, ’08. 500w.
“It is especially valuable to librarians, with whose needs the author is familiar.”
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Ind. 64: 751. Ap. 2, ’08. 350w.
“May be trusted as a safe guide in a problem that becomes yearly more difficult.”
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Nation. 86: 79. Ja. 23, ’08. 260w.
Mosso, Angelo. Palaces of Crete and their builders. *$5.25. Putnam. 8–12966.
“An account of certain excavations and investigations in the famed land of the Minotaur, which carry the history of the Cretans back authentically to the neolithic period and furnish much interesting material for archaeologists, historians, anthropologists and antiquaries generally.”—N. Y. Times.
“The translation is excellent.”
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Ath. 1907, 2: 833. D. 28. 1550w.
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Class. J. 4: 47. N. ’08. 40w.
“The personal element often becomes obtrusive. Moreover, there are many mistakes in the text. With all its faults, however, the volume has a pleasing freshness and spontaneity.”
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Nation. 86: 357. Ap. 16, ’08. 500w.
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N. Y. Times. 13: 86. F. 15, ’08. 400w.
“Dr. Mosso’s is no dry-as-dust narrative. He knows how to be entertaining, and he is entertaining.”
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Outlook. 88: 655. Mr. 21, ’08. 550w.
“The book is a rambling and often rather absurd work, written about things archæological by one who is no archæologist, but knows a good deal about skulls and something about divers natural sciences. The author ... has a strong bent towards rhapsodical and even dithyrambic meditation, and indulges it to the full. The book is worth examination, however, and even purchase, for its illustrations.”
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Sat. R. 105: 207. F. 15, ’08. 1050w.
“Whatever we may think of Signor Mosso’s ethnology, his book will be found full of interesting detail, which we may or may not connect with his anthropology.”
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Spec. 100: sup. 648. Ap. 25, ’08. 400w.
Motley, James Marvin. Apprenticeship in American trade unions. (Johns Hopkins univ. studies in historical and political science. Series 25, nos. 11–12.) 50c. Johns Hopkins.
8–7186.
A monograph whose chief emphasis is placed upon the historical development of apprenticeship 262and upon the critical analysis of union regulations. There are chapters on apprenticeship as regulated by government, custom, trade-unions and trade agreement.
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Am. Hist. R. 13: 696. Ap. ’08. 50w.
“This is an admirable scholarly piece of research, of the highest credit to its author and the economic seminary of Johns Hopkins university. There is but one place where I would raise a question, and that is in the difficult attempt to classify the unions according to the extent to which they enforce apprenticeship as a prerequisite to membership.” J: R. Commons.
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Econ. Bull. 1: 49. Ap. ’08. 530w.
Motley, John Lothrop. Motley’s Dutch nation; being the Rise of the Dutch republic (1555–1584); condensed, with introd., notes, and a brief history of the Dutch people to 1908, by W: Elliot Griffis. $1.75. Harper.
8–12133.
An abridgement of Motley’s “Rise of the Dutch republic” and an independent sketch of Dutch history, from A. D. 1584 to 1907 constitute respectively the two broad divisions of this volume. The latter brings the history down to date, showing the social, political, and economic situation and problems of the Dutch nation.
A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 229. Je. ’08.
“A more useful single-volume treatment of Dutch history is hardly to be found.”
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Dial. 44: 316. My. 16, ’08. 50w.
“We confess to a feeling of sorrow and affront on seeing Motley abridged. But the work has been as well done as was possible.”
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Lit. D. 36: 765. My. 23, ’08. 170w.
“Contains only a single map, and that is inadequate. Such an omission is unpardonable.”
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Nation. 87: 93. Je. 30, ’08. 60w.
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N. Y. Times. 13: 378. Jl. 4, ’08. 300w.
Moulton, Richard Green. Shakespeare as a dramatic thinker: a popular illustration of fiction as the experimental side of philosophy. *$1.50. Macmillan.
7–29024.
Descriptive note and excerpts in Dec. 1907.
“The difficulty of the attempt [to collect the moral lessons in Shakespeare into a system] is increased with the rigidness of the system and the formality of the treatment, and Prof. Moulton’s treatment is formal even to pedantry.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 91. F. 15, ’08. 290w.
Muir, M. M. Pattison. History of chemical theories and laws. *$4. Wiley.
6–45162.
“Mr. Pattison Muir does not claim to write a history of chemistry; he traces the growth of knowledge and opinion on such matters as the nature of the elements from the crude conceptions of the alchemists through the strict atomic theory down to the current ideas about ions and electrons. Similarly he deals with the nature of chemical change, which with the conception of element and compound form the two special ideas marking off chemistry from the other sciences.”—Sat. R.
“Certainly the author has given the information in a most readable and fascinating manner, which will render his book useful and attractive to a wider circle than merely chemists and physicists.”
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Ath. 1907, 1: 543. My. 4. 600w.
“Mr. Muir has displayed great learning and much literary ability.” W. R.
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Nature. 75: 601. Ap. 25, ’07. 900w.
“We can recommend Mr. Pattison Muir’s treatise to any serious student of chemistry; it is just the book for a clever boy who has learnt all the routine, and now should begin to think more abstractly and generally.”
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Sat. R. 104: 85. Jl. 20, ’07. 300w.
“The feeling of growth and organic interrelation is kept admirably before the reader. The style is attractive and the mode of presentation lucid and interesting. The book is not only suggestive, but highly readable—there is not a dry page in it.” Alexander Smith.
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Science, n.s. 27: 304. F. 21, ’08. 800w.
Mulford, Clarence E. Orphan. $1.50. Outing pub.
8–6662.
With the plains as a habitat, clumps of chaparral to hide in, cowboys to hunt him down, and Apache bands to match his deadly aim, the Orphan, outlaw and terror of Ford’s Station is the fascinating hero of this tale. In the development of the story, it is revealed that his vengeance is directed only towards cowardly, irritating, petty specimens of cowboy humanity; that underneath his rough exterior are splendid manhood and courage; and that he is as chivalrous as a knight of old when called upon to defend women. There is plenty of wild west adventure with which mingle the dust and heat of the plains.
N. Y. Times. 13: 213. Ap. 11, ’08. 30w.
“The book is as virile as the life it describes.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 304. My. 30, ’08. 150w.
Müller, Margarethe. Carla Wenckebach, pioneer. *$1.25. Ginn.
8–29596.
An intimate sketch of “a very unusual, very vital human being” who, born and educated in Germany, became a wanderer, living in six countries and having a variety of bread-winning experiences, and finally finding her place as professor at Wellesley where she remained until her death. The invincible spirit of hard work characterized her life which is portrayed by her friend and successor.
“The account of this remarkable woman’s life is very interesting. One would scarcely suspect, but for Professor Müller’s prefatory confession, that English was not the author’s mother tongue.”
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Nation. 87: 582. D. 10, ’08. 600w.
Mullins, Rev. Edgar Y. Axioms of religion. **$1. Am. Bapt.
8–14676.
Beginning with the new test of denominationalism and other themes leading to the truth of the soul’s competency in religion, Doctor Mullins proceeds to show that religion has its axioms no less than other realms of knowledge and experience. He gives the theological, the religious, the ecclesiastical, the moral, the religio-civic and the social axiom.
“His conclusions are those of a sincere and cultivated man, and merit a respectful attention from the reader, be he or not a Baptist.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 381. Jl. 4, ’08. 120w.
Munro, Neil. The Clyde; river and firth. *$6. Macmillan.
8–18705.
“The river ‘from a mossy cup in a nook of barren hill,’ and the estuary down to Ailsa Craig, are shown under many phases of wind and weather, with castles, mountains, hillsides, waterfalls, villages, orchards, and fishing pools; the harbour and shipping: and the yacht-flecked lower waters and mountain-girt lochs, with endless glens and islands and landmarks of history since the Norsemen’s time.”—Ath.
“The fidelity of the sketches is as marked a characteristic as their winsomeness. Some press errors ... are venial blemishes in a beautiful book, which is an excellent memorial of the Clyde, viewed through three happy temperaments.”
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Ath. 1908, 1: 95. Ja. 25. 1120w.
“A beautiful and a readable volume.”
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Dial. 44: 216. Ap. 1, ’08. 300w.
263“The colored illustrations ... are of the character to which we have become so well accustomed in these picture books—at times clear and almost beautiful, at times a mere daub of crude colors.”
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Nation. 86: 147. F. 13, ’08. 100w.
“Mr. Munro writes with his enthusiasm well in hand, and the illustrations are more pleasing than is always the case in this class of book.”
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Sat. R. 105: 211. F. 15, ’08. 230w.
Munroe, Kirk. Under the Great Bear. †$1.25. Harper.
A book for boys which narrates the adventures of a young mechanical engineer who goes to Newfoundland and Labrador in the interests of a copper company. There are encounters with icebergs, blizzards, wrecks, smuggling enterprises, to whet a healthy imagination, and underneath all there is a mind single to duty and definite accomplishment.
Münsterberg, Hugo. On the witness stand: essays on psychology and crime. **$1.50. McClure.
8–13667.
A book for judges and lawyers which presents a deeply psychological study of crime and its various methods of detection and prevention. The author discusses at length the many illusions which often affect the minds of witnesses, the errors which are due to the defective memory of witnesses, and the influence often exerted upon testimony by suggestion in court and by hypnotic influence. The book leaves no point untouched which has to do with modern ideas and methods in dealing with crime.
“The last chapter, concerning the prevention of crime and use of modern psychological knowledge in this connection is the most valuable and suggestive.”
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A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 198. Je. ’08.
“An extremely important little volume, which should be read by everyone who has to do with criminal courts or who is interested in problems of crime.”
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Ann. Am. Acad. 32: 627. N. ’08. 130w.
“The unsatisfactory initial chapters are, however, largely redeemed by the remaining portion of the book.” F: T. Hill.
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Bookm. 27: 406. Je. ’08. 600w.
“How little or how much one may sympathise with Professor Munsterberg’s methods and conclusions, one may unhesitatingly approve his emphasis of attention to the problem as a psychological one.” Joseph Jastrow.
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Dial. 45: 38. Jl. 16, ’08. 1750w.
Ind. 65: 664. S. 17, ’08. 330w.
“The main contention of the book is open to serious question.”
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Nation. 86: 472. My. 21, ’08. 700w.
“Prof. Münsterberg talks fact and common sense; he defines what can, and especially what can not, be done with hypnotism. Thus he performs a great and much-needed service—a service that ought to put many a pseudo-mystic out of business and rescue numberless dupes from the swindlers who are robbing and killing them.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 237. Ap. 25, ’08. 700w.
“His book is most suggestive, interesting and valuable, although marred here and thereby a tendency to dogmatism.”
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Outlook. 89: 127. My. 16, ’08. 350w.
“There is a good deal of interesting and perhaps profitable information in what the professor tells in his chapters.”
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R. of Rs. 38: 255. Ag. ’08. 160w.
* Murdoch, W. G. Burn-. From Edinburgh to India and Burmah. *$3.50. Dutton.
A pictorial journey with text to amplify it. The author’s impressions “were gathered at the time of the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales, and are mingled with many digressions and reflections. The author saw southern India first, and was charmed with it, but found it eclipsed in every respect by Burmah. Thence he returned to Calcutta, and made his way back to Bombay viâ Benares, Agra, and Delhi.” (Ath.)
“The book itself is pleasantly written, and even on the wellworn themes of P. and O. voyages and Indian travel fresh impressions from a capable observer are welcome. There are too many misprints.”
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Ath. 1908, 2: 303. S. 12. 380w.
“His notes on his journey are in the nature of a diary, and run smoothly and fluently, carrying the reader easily along through scenes which a heavier literary cicerone would render tiresome.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 754. D. 5, ’08. 120w.
Murdock, Harold. Earl Percy’s dinner table. Special ed. *$5. Houghton.
7–39216.
“The author does not attempt to set forth in fictional form the Boston of 1774–5, but pictures it in vivid, dramatic narrative, in which figure constantly the chief actors of the time, both British and colonial. Earl Percy’s hospitable board is the scene of the greater part of the narrative, and the reader gets from the conversation of his guests picturesque accounts of the state of public feeling in the town, but toward the end there are stirring descriptions of the fighting at Lexington and at Bunker Hill. The final pages recount the later histories of Earl Percy’s guests. Copious notes in the back of the book explain historical references and quote authorities.”—N. Y. Times.
“The notes are, perhaps, more interesting than the text.”
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Ath. 1908, 1: 416. Ap. 4. 400w.
“The atmosphere of the period has been remarkably suggested throughout the story, which holds the interest of the reader to the end.” Laurence Burnam.
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Bookm. 27: 310. My. ’08. 220w.
“An unusual book—an historical monograph possessing both unquestionable authenticity and rare distinction of style.” E. K. Dunton.
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Dial. 44: 71. F. 1, ’08. 1230w.
“A unique bit of historical recreation.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 38. Ja. 25, ’08. 160w.
Putnam’s. 3: 754. Mr. ’08. 350w.
Murphy, Thomas Dowler. British highways and byways, from a motor car: being a record of a five thousand mile tour in England, Wales and Scotland; with 16 il. in color, and 32 duogravures from photographs. 2 maps. $3. Page.
8–5245.
Good maps, and excellent illustrations increase the value of Mr. Murphy’s well arranged information concerning British cities, and rural Britain.
“An excellent guide. The incidental information about hotels and garages will save many moments of worry.” H. E. Coblentz.
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Dial. 44: 347. Je. 1, ’08. 240w.
“He has succeeded in giving us something more readable and more literary in character than the ordinary compendiums. The author’s love of historic places and of beautiful scenery makes the book of considerable value as a vade mecum.”
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Ind. 64: 1294. Je. 4, ’08. 260w.
“An agreeably written and attractively illustrated book.”
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Lit. D. 37: 60. Jl. 11, ’08. 70w.
264Murray, John, and Miller, Marion Mills. Round up: a romance of Arizona; novelized from Edmund Day’s melodrama, il. †$1.50. Dillingham.
8–11703.
Prospectors, ranchmen, outlaws, and Apaches, with a western heroine or two furnish the characters for this novelized melodrama set in Arizona and Mexico. “It is decidedly a stirring tale, abounding in thrills—fights and famine, torture and deceit, love and vengeance.” (N. Y. Times.)
“The ‘novelizers’ have done their work well, but those portions which form the cement holding the dialogue together seem sometimes a bit labored.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 302. My. 30, ’08. 150w.