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7–40003.
“Mr. David Grayson in these papers dwells on country life, its broadening and elevating influences. He describes the beautiful things of nature—the smell of freshly plowed loam on a spring day, when the clouds hang low and the birds are calling from the budding trees; the joy of seeing the little green blades pushing up, of watching them grow and grow till the bearded heads wave with every breath of wind in billows over the field; and, finally, the delight of harvesting the goodly crop. He is fair, too; he admits that country life has its disadvantages.”—Outlook.
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A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 18. Ja. ’08. ✠
“David Grayson’s merry, commonplace adventures with the book-agent, the millionaire, the infidel, will nourish dozens of earnest readers to whom Mr. Benson’s exquisite interpretation of the one hundred and nineteenth psalm must still be as husks.” Florence Converse.
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Atlan. 107: 711. My. ’08. 200w.
“So sweet-tempered and wholesome is Mr. Grayson himself, so much the most interesting thing about his book, that we feel sure that he must have got the best out of life anywhere, and could have adventured quite as contentedly in a three-room flat a folding-bed and a fire-escape.” M. S. Watts.
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N. Y. Times. 13: 7. Ja. 4, ’08. 2000w.
“His enthusiasm is such that he almost infects a millionaire with his views.”
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Grayson, William John. Selected poems; selected and compiled by Mrs. W: H. Armstrong. $1.25. Neale.
7–36212.
Mrs. Armstrong’s aim has been that of rescuing from the forgotten past a few of her father’s poems which should live for the character and ideals revealed in them typical of his genius and of times in the south before the war.
“He was not one of the grand old masters, yet lovers of American verse will remember him gratefully, and should be glad now to salute him who was about to die.” Christian Gauss.
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N. Y. Times. 13: 290. My. 23. ’08. 350w.
Green, Alice S. A. (Stopford) (Mrs. John Richard Green). Making of Ireland and its undoing, 1200–1600. *$2.50. Macmillan.
“The main theses of Mrs. Green’s vigorous and freshly written work are two. The first is that in the course of the three centuries ... the 144Norman and the Gaelic elements in the population had coalesced so as to produce a race practically homogeneous and a civilisation distinctly national. The second is that the independent national life thus evolved was wantonly arrested from unworthy motives of mercantile jealousy by the policy of the Tudors, and trampled underfoot by the violence of their agents in the Irish wars of the sixteenth century.”—Sat. R.
“A remarkable book—a history in name, a French pamphlet in nature. It would require a long time to verify her references, and so far as we have done this, we have found the statements on which she relies. But the interpretation of them is another matter.”
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Ath. 1908, 2: 117. Ag. 1. 1600w.
“Not a few of Mrs. Green’s generalizations, it is true, appear to rest on insufficient data, giving occasion for the criticism that she inclines to take an over-roseate view. But the great corrective value of her work to students of Irish history is unquestionable, and it should also prove of practical benefit in assisting to uproot prejudices that have long operated to the disadvantage of the Irish people.”
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Outlook. 90: 456. O. 24, ’08. 330w.
“If it is impossible not to feel gratitude to Mrs. Green for a book which, whatever else is to be said of it, is undeniably stimulating and informing, it is equally impossible not to regret the spirit of acute partisanship in which it has been written.”
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Sat. R. 106: 50. Jl. 11, ’08. 1650w.
Green, F. E. Small holding. (Country handbooks.) **$1. Lane.
Shows how a small farm of twenty acres or more may be obtained and worked to the owner’s profit.
“While he has a wide knowledge of conditions as they exist in England, it is extremely doubtful if all his theories could be applied to practical use in this country.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 490. S. 5, ’08. 130w.
“Thoughtful and practical little book.”
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Spec. 101: 450. S. 26, ’08. 600w.
Green, W. Curtis. Old cottages and farm houses in Surrey; with introduction and numerous sketches by W. Curtis Green. $7.50. Helburn.
One hundred collotype reproductions of typical surviving examples of Gothic domestic architecture in Surrey, an introduction emphasizing the vitality of the architectural designs of old cottages, and notes and sketches describing and analysing the details of construction constitute a noteworthy contribution to the series of “old cottage” books.
“Naturally, most of the interest is the photographer’s.”
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Ath. 1908, 2: 247. Ag. 29. 360w.
“Mr. Green gives the result of much original research.”
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Int. Studio. 35: 241. S. ’08. 350w.
“While this very beautiful book is primarily intended for the practical architect or student of architecture, the photographs and descriptions will be found full of charm for any one to whom a house means an opportunity to exercise the imagination.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 436. Ag. 8, ’08. 560w.
Greenslet, Ferris. Life of Thomas Bailey Aldrich. **$3. Houghton.
8–27511.
Material from a wide range of sources has entered into the structure of this biography. While letters and memorials form the ground work of the sketch, the author’s personal knowledge of Mr. Aldrich, gained during a period of close friendship, form the basis for estimates concerning his career, temperament and character, which narrative is supplemented by reminiscences. The biography in addition to being an authoritative “life,” sets Aldrich among a group of his contemporaries.
“He has used nice discrimination in selecting his material and presents it with dignity, grace and a full appreciation of his subject.”
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A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 259. N. ’08.
“It is in the generous selections from Aldrich’s correspondence that the chief interest of the book lies—by the wise intention of the selfsuppressing biographer. A biography that will not soon be superseded.” P. F. Bicknell.
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Dial. 45: 250. O. 16, ’08. 1700w.
“It is difficult to conceive any better biography of Aldrich than Mr. Greenslet’s.” James MacArthur.
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Forum. 40: 500. N. ’08. 1900w.
“To those who admired the vigor and independence of Mr. Greenslet’s book on Lowell, this later work in the biographical field brings some disappointment.”
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Lit. D. 37: 810. N. 28, ’08. 560w.
“It is pervaded from the first page to the last by his personality, which was something unique among the men of letters at his period.”
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Lit. D. 37: 901. D. 12, ’08. 70w.
“If Mr. Greenslet fails to satisfy us anywhere, it is in the last chapter in which he sums up his criticism of Aldrich’s writings. What he says is good and sound, but somehow it is not quite sufficient; it lacks the last transmuting touch.”
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Nation. 87: 331. O. 8, ’08. 370w.
“No more fitting choice could have been made for biographer of Aldrich than Ferris Greenslet. He brings to his subject all needful sympathy and comprehension. He writes of the ‘singularly fortunate life’ of Aldrich with the spirit of one who knew that estimable man of letters well in his later years and understood his nature.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 553. O. 10, ’08. 2750w.
“Mr. Greenslet happily strikes the golden mean between condensation and undue expansion; no one will miss any essential fact, nor will any one feel that the story is a page too long.” H. W. Mabie.
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Outlook. 90: 718. N. 28, ’08. 2000w.
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R. of Rs. 38: 633. N. ’08. 160w.
Greenwood, Granville George. Shakespeare problem restated. *$5. Lane.
8–21629.
The author “attempts to prove that two men, hitherto considered great were both collossal frauds, and that though hundreds of contemporaries must have been in their common secret, not one of them breathed it in life, and all ‘died and made no sign.’ Mr. Greenwood explains the chain of arguments by which moderns believe they have made this discovery, a chain hardly strong enough at any point to bear the burden of proof, and lacking altogether in many of its links.”—Ath.
“Though the volume itself shows wide and careful reading it is, after all, only an extended ‘case’ prepared by a lawyer who holds a brief for the plaintiff.”
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Ath. 1908, 2: 7. Jl. 4. 2700w.
“This book is more or less valuable as a specimen of a myth in the making.”
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Nation. 87: 295. S. 24, ’08. 480w.
“It is a well-written book and interesting enough of its kind, and we have no objection to the kind. It can do no harm.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 367. Je. 27, ’08. 1050w.
Gregory, Caspar Rene. Canon and text of the New Testament. (International theological lib.) *$2.50. Scribner.
7–42092.
“The title indicates the two separate lines of investigations which [the author] pursues. He does not, like most, assume that an unalterable collection of books—‘the Canon’—exists, but explores the evidence for the early existence of the writings most highly valued by Christians for both private and public use, and therefore classed by themselves as canonical, i. e., standard works.” (Outlook.) He distinguishes an “original 145text,” a “rewrought text,” a “polished text,” the first and second Syrian revisions and leads up to the concession that “The text of the New Testament is in the main assured.”
“Professor Gregory’s work on the canon arrests and holds the reader’s interest beyond any book ever written on the subject. Its pages possess a quality of vivid interest, even fascination, very rarely attained by works of like solid scholarship. For a classroom manual, we should have welcomed clearer definition as to the critical points in the history of the canon, and fuller information as to the most recent treatises and discussions of them.” E. J. Goodspeed.
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Am. J. Theol. 12: 272. Ap. ’08. 1050w.
“The book is the best on its subjects that we possess. The presentation is popular, even entertaining, in its freshness.”
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Bib. World. 30: 480. D. ’07. 80w.
“We cannot help thinking that the desire to write a vivid and effective narrative—certainly a most laudable aim in this province of knowledge—has affected the plan of the book, more especially in the section which treats of the text. There is far too much detailed information regarding certain facts and incidents in the history of the documents, and far too little discussion of critical problems and processes.” H. A. A. Kennedy.
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Bib. World. 32: 430. D. ’08. 940w.
“He has an eye for the essential points of his subject and the gift of clear arrangement and rapid narration.”
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Cath. World. 87: 536. Jl. ’08. 770w.
“Since so large a treatise must make its appeal chiefly to students, it would seem that the author would have done better to write for scholars only, with greater conciseness, more frequent abbreviation, and consequent emphasis upon matters of real importance.”
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Ind. 64: 925. Ap. 23, ’08. 300w.
“The book is popular in the best sense of the term, being at once readable and accurate.”
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Nation. 86: 308. Ap. 2, ’08. 1100w.
“It is a splendid combination of high scholarship and brilliant style.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 104. F. 22, ’08. 500w.
“Lucidity of statement and cautions expression of opinion on open questions are prominent characteristics of this noble work.”
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Outlook. 87: 789 D. 7, ’07. 370w.
“A man who was entirely ignorant of the question could understand every page of Dr. Gregory’s book—or nearly every page.”
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Sat. R. 105: 798. Je. 20, ’08. 600w.
“We would especially commend to the attention of our readers the account of the Latin translations, of which the Vulgate is but one.”
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Spec. 100: 69. Ja. 11, ’08. 320w.
Gregory, Isabella Augusta, lady. Book of saints and wonders, put down here by Lady Gregory according to the old writings and the memory of the people of Ireland. *$1.50. Scribner.
8–12836.
“S. Brigit, S. Patrick, and S. Columba are given due honour here, but there are also many tales of lesser saints, their hymns and their good works. The two famous ocean stories, the Voyage of Maeldun and the Voyage of S. Brendan, are repeated at length. Thus a good deal of the book is devoted to matter that will not be new to readers who know anything of Irish legend.”—Sat. R.
“One might search through many workhouses in England, we fear, without discovering so much as a strange oath, not to speak of legends and traditions such as are recorded here. It has pleased us more than almost any book we have read of late.”
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Acad. 73: 264. D. 21, ’07. 1000w.
“Lady Gregory’s literary art is well known, and the present volume is a good instance of it.”
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Ath. 1907, 2: 824. D. 28. 90w.
“To a reader who knows not Ireland, one of the strongest of several kinds of pleasure which this book has to give will come from its constant suggestion of the soft, musical, melancholy voices of the players in that company.”
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Lond. Times. 6: 374. D. 6, ’07. 600w.
“Lady Gregory’s style has this great advantage to Irish readers that it carefully preserves the un-English, curiously inverted forms of speech of the Irish country-people.”
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Nation. 86: 154. F. 13, ’08. 930w.
“It is to be regretted, perhaps, that Lady Gregory has seen fit to take such liberties with the English idiom in her enthusiasm for the Gaelic effect.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 50. Ja. 25, ’08. 430w.
“Some of the stories would have gained by more elaboration; they are so condensed as to be obscure. But they are eminently characteristic of the quick imagination, the sensibility, the love of mystery, the gift of temperament, of the Celtic race. They contain episodes and passages of unusual and extraordinary beauty, with much that is prosaic and uninteresting.”
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Outlook. 87: 829. D. 14, ’07. 130w.
“Lady Gregory has passed in this book from pagan to Christian legend, and has gleaned from mediæval Irish texts, and coloured in places from her own knowledge of oral tradition, a series of charming old-world stories.”
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Sat. R. 104: sup. 12. D. 7, ’07. 230w.
Grenfell, Bernard Pyne, and Hunt, Arthur Surridge, eds. Fragment of an uncanonical gospel from Oxyrhynchus; with translation and commentary. *40c. Oxford.
A reprint from the Oxyrhynchus papyri of pt. v, no. 840, containing one of the finds made by the Egyptian exploration fund in the mounds at Oxyrhynchus. The fragment pictures dramatically the coming of Jesus with his disciples into the place of purification in the temple, the rebuke of the Pharisee for entering unwashed, and the answer of Jesus to the effect that he and his disciples had been dipped in the waters of life.
“Insignificant as it seems, its contents bring it at once into prominence for all who are especially interested in the thoughts and words of Jesus.”
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Am. J. Theol. 12: 518. Jl. ’08. 320w.
“The fragment which Messrs. Grenfell and Hunt have published in this separate form is edited with the care and scholarship which have characterized their previous productions.”
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Ath. 1908, 1: 667. My. 30. 540w.
Bib. World. 31: 239. Mr. ’08. 30w.
Grey, Zane. Last of the plainsmen. *$1.50. Outing pub.
8–24293.
The record of a trip which the author took with Buffalo Jones, known as the preserver of the American bison, across the Arizona desert, and of a hunt in “that wonderful country of yellow crags, deep canons and giant pines.” The author fulfils his desire to show the color and beauty of painted cliffs and blue-bell dotted aisles in the forests; to give a suggestion of the tang of the dry, cool air; and to throw light upon the life and nature of the remarkable character, Buffalo Jones.
“A fascinating, out-of-door book, full of the charm of the desert and the cañon.”
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A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 237. O. ’08. ✠
“Dr. Grey is an enthusiastic sportsman, alive to the picturesqueness both of Western scenery and Western character. He is also a skilful photographer of still life, and has furnished many interesting pictures of the country in which he hunted.”
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Dial. 45: 256. O. 16, ’08. 350w.
“Mr. Grey is never dull in his narrative, but one tires of the undue straining after verbal effect in the descriptive bits with which his story is interlarded.”
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Nation. 87: 287. S. 24, ’08. 260w.
146“Dr. Grey has a vivid style and a keen sense of dramatic situation, as well as poetic appreciation of the weird beauty and sublimity of the country through which he journeyed.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 502. S. 12. ’08. 200w.
Gribble, Francis Henry. George Sand and her lovers. *$3.75. Scribner.
7–36995.
The author “tears away the ‘romance’ of George Sand’s life all drapery that had been left in the shape of ‘hypocrisy.’ He exhibits her as she was, a grisette by blood and instincts, and in the whole conduct of her emotional life. If the story of her ‘romances’ was worth telling in full, which is questionable, here it is told undoubtedly with perfect fulness. Whether it is prudery or not, we infinitely prefer the final chapters—in which Mr. Gribble tells of George Sand’s friendship with Flaubert, of her ‘growing old in dignity,’ and of the genuine importance of her novels—to those in which he expounds his purpose and fulfils his self-imposed mission.” (Spec.)
Acad. 73: 188. N. 30, ’07. 110w.
“Mr. Gribble tells everything there is to tell with perfect frankness, and he brings his evidence from all sources, not betraying any prejudices by the way.”
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Ath. 1908, 1: 126. F. 1. 1050w.
“Those interested in this branch of literature will probably not be disappointed in this volume.”
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Dial. 43: 422. D. 16, ’07. 300w.
“It is interesting and informing.”
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Nation. 86: 265. Mr. 19, ’08. 950w.
“Having noted this exception to his title, however, it is but fair to say that the present study has its warrant and justification. His book is written in the interests of truth, not scandal.” Christian Gauss.
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N. Y. Times. 13: 19. Ja. 11, ’08. 1220w.
“Mr. Gribble’s book contains little that is new. It is a string of readable, very readable, gossipy anecdotes and not the portrait of an extraordinary woman.” James Huneker.
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No. Am. 187: 277. F. ’08. 1580w.
“The story is not edifying, but it is amusing; and Mr. Gribble tells it with a frank cynicism which is not inappropriate.”
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Sat. R. 105: 210. F. 15, ’08. 500w.
“This volume will be valuable, from the literary and sociological points of view, as throwing a sidelight on the romantic movement in France. Whether it is a permanent contribution to the ‘literature of the heart’ is quite another matter.”
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Spec. 99: sup. 909. D. 7, ’07. 240w.
Gribble, Francis Henry. Montreux; painted by J. Hardwicke Lewis and May Hardwicke Lewis. (Color books.) *$2.50. Macmillan.
The author “draws upon his intimate knowledge of the personages who lend a fascination to the history of Geneva, and he uses Montreux as a name to designate the whole district of the ‘Swiss Riviera,’ a vague region stretching from Vevey to Villeneuve. Six chapters on the Castle of Chillon, its history and associations; and some delightful sketches of the Regicides, the Pietists, the Salvation army, Byron, Obermann, and Madame de Warens—and ‘you see the trick on’t.’ ... The charming illustrations in colour to this pleasant book, by J. and May Hardwicke Lewis, are beautifully reproduced.”—Ath.
“It is interesting to see how pleasingly a skilful writer like Mr. Gribble accomplishes a difficult task.”
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Ath. 1908, 2: 133. Ag. 1. 270w.
“The only novelty in Mr. Gribble’s volume is the illustrations, for the text consists almost entirely of literal transcriptions from the same author’s ‘Lake Geneva and its literary landmarks,’ welded together after the manner of a musical potpourri.”
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Nation. 87: 337. O. 8, ’08. 150w.
“If fault could be found with Mr. Gribble’s text, it is that so much emphasis has been placed on the various historical personages connected with the region as to leave not enough for descriptions of nature.”
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Outlook. 89: 580. Jl. 11, ’08. 370w.
“All that has to be told about the place and people is told very pleasantly by Mr. Gribble, and the pictures of the two artists who co-operate have the charm which we are accustomed to look for in Messrs. Black’s ‘Beautiful books.’”
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Spec. 100: 677. Ap. 25. ’08. 200w.
* Gribble, Francis Henry. Rousseau and the women he loved. *$3.75. Scribner.
“Justification for this new life in English, of one whom Mr. John Morley (as we still like to call his lordship) has made the subject of an excellent biographical study, is sought for in the recent discovery and publication, by certain delvers in French archives and private papers, of many letters and other documents that throw new light on the philosopher’s idiosyncrasies and demonstrate the palpable untruth of certain portions of his own autobiography.”—Dial.
“It presents with provoking trenchancy and thoroughness that one-sided view of the darker aspect of Rousseau’s genius which is commonly held in a loose, vague way. The ‘Confessions’ to judge from the evidences of the pages before us, seems to be the only book by his author which Mr. Gribble has studied thoroughly, and even this he misinterprets through taking too low a view of the whole subject.”
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Ath. 1908, 2: 566. N. 7. 820w.
“If one is interested in Rousseau’s life—and who can help being more or less interested?—it is better to have the real facts than falsehoods; and so Mr. Gribble has rendered a not unuseful service.”
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Dial. 46: 414. D. 1, ’08. 200w.
“A book of real importance. He argues a good deal from biographical premises, sometimes unsound.”
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Nation. 87: 468. N. 12, ’08. 1200w.
“Mr. Gribble is a careless, slipshod writer, and his work often produces the impression of having been hurried over, its faults being rather those of a man who doesn’t care than of one who doesn’t know.” Hildegarde Hawthorne.
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N. Y. Times. 13: 594. O. 24, ’08. 740w.
“Lord Morley in his famous essay on Rousseau says of the ‘Confessions’ that their pages are too often contaminated by the ‘reek of the satyr.’ Mr. Gribble has managed, by adopting the point of view he has, to preserve throughout his book much of this aroma without the style which alone makes it at intervals endurable in the original.”
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Sat. R. 106: 641. N. 21, ’08. 700w.
“Mr. Gribble’s book, almost painfully plainspoken as it sometimes is, will be useful to the English reader of to-day, whom it invites to realise the origin of doctrines which appeal to ‘the blindest part of us, our sensibility.’”
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Spec. 101: 842. N. 21, ’08. 450w.
* Griffis, William Elliot. Fire-fly’s lovers, and other fairy tales of old Japan. †$1. Crowell.
8–24870.
Representative Japanese fairy tales which include the legend of the Fire-fly princess who holds court among the stamens of the lotus-lily, the story of the dancing tea-kettle, and many tales of giants, dragons, dwarfs and imps of Japan’s picturesque wonder-world.
“The author has studied Japan, its people, and their customs, and, while original, the work embodies the spirit of Japan.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 580. O. 17, ’08. 200w.
147Griffis, William Elliot. Japanese nation in evolution: steps in the progress of a great people. **$1.25. Crowell.
7–29750.
Descriptive note and excerpts in Dec. 1907.
“It is a learned, novel, and interesting argument.” A. K. Parker.
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Am. J. Theol. 12: 512. Jl. ’08. 430w.
“Mr. Griffis’ faith in Japan’s possibilities of growth is inspiring. An immense amount of material, geographical, legendary, archæological and historic, produces some confusion when condensed into so small a book, and the frequency of strange names adds further difficulty in reading.”
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Ann. Am. Acad. 31: 273. Ja. ’08. 200w.
“The work is one that should find a place in all well-ordered libraries, as it contains precisely the very information that all intelligent people wish to possess about this wonderful people, presented in a most charming manner. The volume is beautifully illustrated.”
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Arena. 39: 121. Ja. ’08. 200w.
“The personal element. Dr. Griffis’s own observation on the state of society under the old régime, is the most valuable feature of the work and distinguishes it from the numerous second hand and superficial books on Japan now in the market.”
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Ind. 64: 528. Mr. 5, ’08. 450w.
“He has brought together, in convenient though somewhat ill-ordered shape, the results of his reading.”
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Nation. 86: 404. Ap. 30, ’08. 200w.
“Dr. Griffis refers to his having been an educator in Japan a generation ago. He seems not to have come into direct contact with present conditions there.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 362. Je. 27, ’08. 1100w.
“No book has yet been written which should do more than the present volume to affirm the ground for the Japanese demand for social equality. Dr. Griffis’s book offers a compact and highly interesting, if highly eulogistic, history of Japan from the earliest epoch to our own.”
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Outlook. 88: 509. F. 29, ’08. 1400w.
Spec. 100: 1006. Je. 27, ’08. 430w.
Griffith, Elmer C. Rise and development of the gerrymander. $1.25. Scott.
7–36715.
A doctor’s thesis based upon exhaustive study of source material. He discovers this form of political trickery (“the formation of election districts on another basis than that of single and homogeneous political units as they existed previous to the apportionment, with boundaries arranged for partisan advantage”) a hundred years before 1812, on which latter date it took its name from Governor Gerry of Massachusetts. He reviews the subsequent gerrymanders in various states and the attempts to eliminate them.
“A painstaking investigation.”
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Ann. Am. Acad. 31: 502. Mr. ’08. 230w.
Ind. 63: 1007. O. 24, ’07. 50w.
“The subject is more interesting than the manner in which it is handled. Professor Griffith rarely philosophizes. He likewise abstains from dealing with the subject as a sociologist. His style is at times obscure. Viewed as a catalogue of misdoings, [the dissertation] is not without value.”
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Nation. 86: 80. Ja. 23, ’08. 200w.
Pol. Sci. Q. 23: 573. S. ’08. 200w.
“Aside from the first or introductory chapter, which is merely personal opinion and poorly worked out, this is a solid piece of research, and deserves commendation.” E. D. Fite.
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Yale R. 17: 113. My. ’08. 350w.
Grimm, Carl Robert. Secondary stresses in bridge trusses. $2.50. Wiley.
8–12774.
The portion of the field of bridge literature occupied by this book has been heretofore unoccupied. “The author limits his treatment mainly to secondary stresses due to riveted joints in trusses. After some introductory historical notes, a consideration of the nature of the problem and some means for its solution, he presents five methods for the calculation of secondary stresses, devoting a chapter to each one. The four principal methods were developed by Manderia, Muller-Breslau, Ritter and Mohr, respectively, while the fifth one is designated as the method of least work.” (Engin. N.)
“The author has rendered a valuable service to the engineering profession in this country by writing this book which gives the results of previous investigations and directs attention in an effective manner to the importance of the subject. The book deserves careful study by every engineer who is responsible for the design and maintenance of bridges.” H: S. Jacoby.
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Engin. N. 59: 646. Je. 11, ’08. 1650w.
Grimshaw, Beatrice Ethel. Fiji and its possibilities. il. (Geographical lib.) **$3. Doubleday.
7–31404.
The author calls herself “a wanderer about odd corners of the globe.” She is the first woman to penetrate into the interior of the Fiji islands. “The reader is continually surprised at the incidents which befell the author, and at her exposition of the manners and customs of a people who thirty years ago were cannibals. She was received with remarkable hospitality by the chiefs of every town through which the party passed, and was treated with the utmost deference and respect at all times.” (N. Y. Times.)
“She took some very interesting photographs which alone make the book a valuable record, and her story, though written with praiseworthy modesty, inspires the reader with genuine admiration of her pluck. The book would have been greatly improved by the addition of a map.”
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Acad. 72: 198. F. 23, ’07. 170w.
“Though not a serious study the book gives an excellent idea of social and economic conditions on the islands. A bulky, heavy book.”
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A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 42. F. ’08.
“The account is very lively and interesting. It is, however, diffuse and unsatisfactory.”
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Ann. Am. Acad. 32: 443. S. ’08. 100w.
“Would be excellent were it not for lapses into subjects beyond the writer’s competence.”
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Ath. 1907. 1: 133. F. 2. 860w.
“Her whole book reads as if made up of letters. She tires the reader by repetitions, long digressions, feebly humorous passages, frequent allusions to cannibalism, and prolix accounts of trivial and uninteresting incidents. Her book would have been far more readable had she confined herself to descriptions of the country and the natives.”
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Nation. 86: 107. Ja. 30, ’08. 750w.
“It is always bright and readable, but shows little literary skill. The temptation to idealize and indulge in sentimental description has not been overcome, but, whatever its faults, the book is a timely, educative, and interesting work.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 21. Ja. 11, ’08. 700w.
“The book is written with sympathy and evidently from a background of extensive knowledge.”
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R. of Rs. 37: 116. Ja. ’08. 50w.
“The author gives the reader an excellent though superficial idea of the conditions under which white people live in these distant islands.”
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Sat. R. 104: 240. Ag. 24, ’07. 1080w.
Spec. 98: 297. F. 23, ’07. 60w.
148* Grimshaw, Beatrice Ethel. In the strange South seas. *$3.50. Lippincott.
8–34208.
A tourist’s impressions derived from leisurely travel among the eastern groups of the South sea islands.
“Many things in it are truly excellent—notably, certain personal descriptions, and the author’s judicious observations on lepers, missionaries. and manners. But the book is tainted throughout with the taint of journalism.”
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Ath. 1908, 1: 38. Ja. 11. 300w.
“As far as they go her conclusions are just and accurate, though, as she seems to be unacquainted with the writings of those who preceded her, and to rely for her information on the loose talk of traders, she makes a good many mistakes.”
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Lond. Times. 6: 346. N. 15, ’07. 360w.
“Her book is worth while. The subject matter has been covered before in more or less appreciative fashion by many writers, but few have approached the task with a keener sympathy, a wider vision, and a daintier sense of humor.”
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* Grimshaw, Beatrice Ethel. Vaiti of the islands. †$1.50. Wessels.
8–30710.
The heroine of this tale is the half-caste daughter of a Maori princess and a derelict Englishmen, the drunken captain of a trading-schooner casting about in the South seas. The primitive, guileful, Maori nature within her wars with her English daring and love of adventure. Aside from the interest attaching to the not easily classified heroine, the story is interesting for its other Polynesian types and South sea adventures.
“Something new in heroines, and stories, too. Her doings ... are adventures unique and perilous enough to have sated the desires of any wandering seeker after excitement.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 706. N. 28, ’08. 180w.
Grohman, William Adolph Baillie-. Land in the mountains: being an account of the past and present of Tyrol; its people and its castles; with an introd. by C. Landis. *$3. Lippincott.
7–31993.
A fully illustrated book “which is neither a glorified form of Baedeker nor a treatise on the science of rock-climbing, but a volume dealing, in a fashion fitted to appeal to the ordinary reader, with the history of Tyrol and its feudal castles.” (Ath.)
“In the present work the author is at his best.”
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Acad. 73: 11. O. 12, ’07. 400w.
“The pages before us are easy reading, though they disclose some signs of haste.”
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Ath. 1907, 2: 231. Ag. 31. 1300w.
“To the mere ‘tripper’ who knows Tyrol only from the piazza of an Innsbruck hotel, this book will not appeal; but to the more serious traveller and reader it will mark a valuable contribution to the history of a brave little land.” H. E. Coblentz.
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Dial. 44: 105. F. 16, ’08. 400w.
“It is an admirable book, admirably written, dealing exhaustively with all the subjects which fall within its scope, too bulky, indeed, to serve as the traveller’s pocket companion, even if his pockets are large, but nevertheless invaluable to the more intelligent class of tourists who wish to realize and understand, as well as to see, this mountain land which the modern influx of tourists has not yet succeeded in spoiling.”
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Lond. Times. 6: 155. My. 17, ’07. 1080w.
“The work supplies a felt want. Of the charming illustrations with which the volume is adorned ... it is difficult to write in fitting terms.”
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Nation. 87: 143. Ag. 13, ’08. 800w.
“Meantime, not the least interestng chapter of the present volume is the introduction by his American friend, Mr. Landis. It tells us much of a remarkable personality and it makes us wish to hear more.”
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Sat. R. 103: 754. Je. 15, ’07. 1080w.
“The best part of the book is concerned with the huntings of that mighty sportsman, the Emperor Maximilian, whose fame the author has done much to revive.”
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Grohman, W. A. Baillie-. Tyrol; painted by E. Harrison Compton; described by W. A. Baillie-Grohman. *$2. Macmillan.
Deals largely with the historical side of the subject and is written by “an old resident, thoroughly familiar with the character and habits of the Tyrolese peasant, as well as with the remoter districts of Tyrol.” (Nation.) “The pictures by Mr. E. Harrison Compton which accompany the text are far better than is usual in such volumes.” (Ath.)
“In spite of trifling defects we can thoroughly recommend the book, and think it will be useful to those who are planning tours.”
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Ath. 1908, 2: 97. Jl. 25. 300w.
“The point of view of the insider, whose familiarity with the land and its people is vital, is often fresher than that of the traveller or the student.”
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Nation. 87: 337. O. 8, ’08. 120w.
Groot, C. Hofstede de. Catalogue raisonné of the works of the most eminent Dutch painters of the seventeenth century; based on the work of John Smith by C. Hofstede de Groot (with the assistance of Dr. W. R. Valentiner); tr. and ed. by E. G. Hawkes. 10v. v. 1, *$7.50. Macmillan.
v. 1. Includes the works of Jan Steen, Gabriel Metsu, Garard Dou, Pieter de Hooch, Carel Fabritius, and Johannes Vermeer of Delft. “It is essentially a catalogue and not a treatise on the art of the painters dealt with, though to each is given a short biographical note.” (Spec.)
“The critical scholarship of Dr. de Groot and the wealth of research lavished on the work by his assistants will render this publication precious for a long time to come.”
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Ath. 1908, 2: 159. Ag. 8. 2350w. (Review of v. 1.)
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Int. Studio. 34: 170. Ap. ’08. 280w. (Review of v. 1.)
“A useful undertaking, and seems to have been conscientiously and thoroughly carried out.”
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Nation. 86: 270. Mr. 19, ’08. 110w. (Review of v. 1.)
“This work is invaluable for the minute study of the painters.”
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Spec. 100: 1004. Je. 27, ’08. 60w. (Review of v. 1.)
Grove, Sir George. Grove’s dictionary of music and musicians; ed. by J. A. Fuller Maitland. 5v. ea. **$5. Macmillan.
v. 4. Begins with an article on Quadrille and continues thru the biographical sketch of Marie Szymanowska.
A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 277. N. ’08. (Review of v. 3 and 4.)
“Complaint was made years ago that there was no sense of proportion in this dictionary, and we fear the same objection still holds good.”
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Ath. 1908, 2: 107. Jl. 25. 770w. (Review of v. 4.)
“But why should such a dignified and important musical work of reference be disfigured with such a hodge-podge of mediocre and poorly-executed 149illustrations in these days of pictorial excellence?” G: P. Upton.
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Dial. 45: 86. Ag. 16, ’08. 550w. (Review of v. 4.)
“The volume is marked by many of the admirable qualities which have distinguished its predecessors. Unfortunately this fourth volume also contains more than its share of blemishes and mistakes.”
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Ind. 65: 897. O. 15, ’08. 688w. (Review of v. 4.)
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Nation. 87: 79. Jl. 23, ’08. 1300w. (Review of v. 4.)
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N. Y. Times. 13: 378. Jl. 4, ’08. 350w. (Review of v. 4.)
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R. of Rs. 38: 256. Ag. ’08. 70w. (Review of v. 4.)
Grundy, Mrs. Mabel Sarah Barnes-. Hilary on her own. +$1.50. Baker.
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The story of a spirited young girl, who finding her home atmosphere stifling, breaks away from it and goes to London to look for a secretaryship. The hardships of position-hunting are leavened by the girl’s frankness and irresistible sense of humor, which qualities recommend her to readers, young and old.
“Passing over manners, which would have horrified Jane Austen, she is a genuine living being, worth knowing for her hearty picturesque talk and her power of humorous characterization.”
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Nation. 87: 390. O. 22, ’08. 230w.
“The subject is hackneyed enough, but the tale is written with a freshness of touch and a constant liveliness of fancy that makes it entertaining.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 620. O. 24, ’08. 200w.
Guest, Antony. Art and the camera. *$2. Macmillan.
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A book which makes its appeal especially to “those who wish to attain greater skill in rendering colour in monochrome.” It is a “practical guide-book to the methods of making artistic prints from photographic negatives. The proper appreciation of the artistic possibilities of a subject, the rules governing point of view, composition, lighting and the like, are dwelt upon; and afterward the method of treating negative and print in order to produce such qualities as are shown in the pictures which illustrate the book.”
“There is a singular freedom from banality and platitude in his book ... and a pleasing absence of the irritating split infinitive. Scattered through the pages are remarks which reveal much keenness of insight and bring a thrill of appreciation to the reader. One pronouncement of Mr. Guest’s, that the task of the worker without colour—the photographer—demands a keener perception of tones than that of the painter, seems to call for some demur.”
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Acad. 73: 794. Ag. 17, ’07. 1720w.
A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 194. N. ’07.
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Ath. 1907, 2: 218. Ag. 24. 80w.
“Mr. Guest’s position is a thoroughly sound and reasonable one; he makes no extravagant claims for photography.”
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Int. Studio. 32: 337. O. ’07. 160w.
* Gulick, Luther Halsey, and Ayres, Leonard P. Medical inspection of schools. $1. Charities pub. com.
8–31120.
A by-product of the “Backward children investigation,” research work supported by the Russell Sage foundation. It is a practical, reliable, frank presentation of facts gathered from the study of “retardation” among school-children, a knowledge of which aids in the “betterment and safeguarding of the health and vitality of the future citizens of America.”
“Cautious without quenching enthusiasm, lucidly exhaustive and admirably arranged, the monograph will assist not a little in the great work, scarcely begun, of supplying the sound body that is needed for the sound mind.”
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Nation. 87: 469. N. 12, ’08. 340w.
“A refreshingly optimistic study of many subjects which will appeal not only to the teacher, but also to the layman. His psychology is, in the main, sound, although his desire to express himself in colloquial language at times leads him astray. His indebtedness to Prof. William James, which is evident throughout the book, might well have been more often acknowledged.”
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Nation. 87: 584. D. 10, ’08. 200w.