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* Gaige, Roscoe Crosby, and Harcourt, Alfred, comps. Books and reading. (Humanity essays.) **$1.50. Baker.
8–29755.
An anthology of the “most human things said about books” including some eighty odd contributions. The groups into which the selections are gathered are as follows: By way of preface; My book and heart; Friends in council; The little ships; Some ancient worthies; The glorious court; Philobiblon; To those who write; Beside the fire; and Complete essays.
“Has been compiled with care and devotion, and contains some of the choicest passages in literature.”
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Lit. D. 37: 810. N. 28, ’08. 30w.
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* Gairdner, James. Lollardy and the reformation in England: an historical survey. 2v. *$6.50. Macmillan.
8–34724.
An historical survey which is made under the following heads: The Lollards, Royal supremacy, The fall of the monasteries, and The reign of the English Bible. “The first of these deals, in a fairly full and entertaining fashion, with the rise, spread, and subsequent decline of Lollardy, and the general position of affairs on the eve of the reformation.” (Ath.)
“The most severe critic would find it difficult to catch Dr. Gairdner tripping on his own ground; but there is a curious lapse with regard to an important religious house which played a significant part in the story of the suppression. A work of the highest standard, wherein is marshalled, with innate honesty of purpose, an abundance of facts concerning a most complex and perplexing period of English history in Church and State.”
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Ath. 1908, 2: 499. O. 24. 2300w.
Ind. 65: 1178. N. 19, ’08. 100w.
“In most cases we disagree with his interpretation, and we have spoken of his work as biassed. But his bias, while it governs his argument, has not led him into anything of the nature of misrepresentation of facts. His work is careful, conscientious, and learned.”
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Spec. 101: 883. N. 28, ’08. 2000w.
* Gale, Zona. Friendship village. †$1.50. Macmillan.
8–30534.
A village of no definite geographical location is the scene of happenings which are recorded 130by one who drops quietly into the life and ways of the towns-folk for a short season. From the lowliest to the village autocrat, the chronicler selects her types, and gathers them into a sheaf for the reader. The volume has a large brotherhood-of-man value in its lessons of neighborly kindness and charity, in its substitution of the spirit of simplicity and genuineness for superficial worldliness.
“We close the book, lingeringly, just as we should leave so friendly a town, with the feeling that America is sound at the core, while it is possible to recognize the truth of such affectionate portraiture.”
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Ind. 65: 1248. N. 26, ’08. 230w.
“We mean no offense by comparing the book with ‘David Harum,’ Calliope being a feminine David, and many of the scenes being similar. This book especially makes for higher thinking and better living, and emphasizes the existence of these virtues in lowly places as well as high.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 656. N. 7, ’08. 470w.
“Miss Gale is a newcomer who has quietly taken her place with those who can bring a smile on the face of life.”
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Outlook. 90: 662. N. 28, ’08. 120w.
“There are genuine every-day Christian faith and hearty fellowship in these pretty, homely, and decidedly clever sketches.”
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Outlook. 90: 750. N. 28, ’08. 200w.
Gallizier, Nathan. Sorceress of Rome. il. $1.50. Page.
7–36915.
The second volume in the author’s trilogy of romances on the medieval life of Italy. Old monkish chronicles have furnished the material for the story which in the main tells of impassioned love of Otto III, the boy emperor, for Stephania, the wife of Crescentius, their deeds to outwit friend and foe, the tragedy of their life and death.
“Undoubtedly the author is giving us only such facts as he deems necessary to a clear understanding of the times and the events he chronicles; but the average reader would have been better satisfied to be somewhat less instructed and somewhat more entertained.” F: T. Cooper.
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Bookm. 26: 673. F. ’08. 290w.
“Fantastic, over-drawn, surfeited with the extreme and the erotic, the production was not worth the labor and research expended upon it.”
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N. Y. Times. 12: 656. O. 19, ’07. 30w.
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N. Y. Times. 12: 859. D. 28, ’07. 160w.
“It is a well-written tale, full of color and action, whose pages teem with weird wonders and gruesome surprises.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 44. Ja. 25, ’08. 210w.
Galsworthy, John. A commentary. †$1.50. Putnam.
8–33812.
“A series of little pictures, or idylls, strangely disquieting, of misery and comfort, satiric, ironic, tragic. The chapters bear such captions as ‘Old age,’ ‘Fear,’ ‘Fashion,’ ‘Sport,’ ‘Justice’; but these abstractions are the shadows cast by characters of flesh and blood.”—Nation.
“These sketches are determined etchings from life, but have been bitten-in without much regard to art.”
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Ath. 1908, 2: 126. Ag. 1, 120w.
“A series of stories that really deserve to be preserved because of their literary merit, and because of the curious light they shed upon the two natures of poverty.”
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Ind. 65: 1305. D. 3, ’08. 220w.
“Mr. Galsworthy’s animating motive, a desire to puncture the thoughtless complacency of the comfortable classes, has produced in this volume of organically related sketches a work of original distinction.”
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Nation. 87: 317. O. 1. ’08. 370w.
“He puts these reflections into various mouths, they occasionally miss any particular illumination, they do not favor continuous reading, and here and there they too obviously suggest the notebook. Yet there is throughout the volume a clearness of thought, a fine treatment of circumstance, a sane, sardonic humour which would atone for much more serious defects and interest us even more in the author than in his present material.”
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Sat. R. 105: 826. Je. 27, ’08. 280w.
Galsworthy, John. Island Pharisees. Revised and rewritten. †$1.50. Putnam.
8–27808.
Richard Shelton, a young Englishman born to the “ninety desiring peace and comfort for their spirit ... who will have it that the fashions need not change, that morality is fixed, that all is ordered and immutable” joins the ten Pharisees who grope for a philosophy to uphold the conviction that “All things that are, are wrong” in place of “All things that are, are right.” This story depicts subjectively the struggle of Shelton as he is torn between social conventionality and allegiance to the tramp with whom and with whose philosophy his whole nature sympathizes.
“Shelton falls immeasurably short of his purpose; he is too weak a vessel for his message, emotionally and intellectually. Wishing to strike at the fundamental evils of society, he succeeds only in impeaching order and respectability. He is not virile, but puerile.”
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Nation. 87: 120. Ag. 6, ’08. 420w.
Galsworthy, John. Villa Rubein. $1.50. Putnam.
8–20136.
A highborn English girl and a poor peasant artist are the principal characters in this story whose incidents grow out of the struggle between class tradition and the will of youth that knows no allegiance to convention.
“Whether judged by itself or as a measure of his subsequent advancement, ‘Villa Rubein’s’ publication in this country can only heighten, not diminish, the reputation Mr. Galsworthy has already won.” F: T. Cooper.
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Bookm. 28: 47. S. ’08. 950w.
“One wonders what is the motive of the book. It is so much like life as to be meaningless. The absolutely tame ending obscures its drift.”
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Nation. 87: 119. Ag. 6, ’08. 360w.
“It is a sustained story of human emotion and absorbing incident.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 338. Je. 13. ’08. 200w.
“It is good enough to make one wish it were better.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 427. Ag. 1, ’08. 200w.
Gardenhire, Samuel Major. Purple and homespun. †$1.50. Harper.
8–12767.
With scenes shifting from Washington to the East Side of New York and to London this story portrays the determination of a young, self-made United States senator to show himself worthy to marry the daughter of a British ambassador, in spite of the fact that he traces his origin to the slums of New York. The willingness to recognize American democratic true worth is opposed by the English traditional demand that every god have his Olympian corner.
“Mr. Gardenhire’s book has the merit of originality, but he needs to free himself from artificiality, and his knowledge of English society is evidently slight.”
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Ath. 1908, 1: 758. Je. 20. 150w.
“Mr. Gardenhire’s style is stodgy, but he has packed a good deal of experience into his pages, and thereby made them quite readable.” W: M. Payne.
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Dial. 45: 90. Ag. 16, ’08. 300w.
“Mr. Gardenhire has somewhat disorganized his story by hypodermically injecting an East 131Side romance, together with a touch of socialism.”
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Ind. 65: 379. Ag. 13, ’08. 140w.
“On the whole, the affair is labored and inconclusive.”
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Nation. 86: 580. Je. 25, ’08. 520w.
Gardiner, Ruth Kimball. World and the woman. †$1.50. Barnes.
7–38265.
“The story is that of a woman who tries to make her way in Washington society without money, and of the desperate straits into which she fell.... The main part of the tale is concerned with her life there, the devious ways into which her struggles force her, the daughter’s social success and final marriage.”—N. Y. Times.
“Here is another novel which quite ruthlessly unmasks the double-dealing, pretence, and petty spite which play so sinister a part in the social life of the capital.”
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Nation. 86: 62. Ja. 16, ’08. 280w.
“The pictures of Washington society are written with much color and cleverness and many a touch of cynicism. The characters stand out very distinctly, although a bit weak in some places, and the story is developed with a good deal of intensity and charm.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 15. Ja. 11, ’08. 200w.
Gardner, Edmund Garratt. Saint Catherine of Siena: a study in the religion, literature and history of the XIV century in Italy, with some unpublished letters of St. Catherine. *$4. Dutton.
8–14840.
A study from original sources of Italian life and thought as reflected in the work and personality of Saint Catherine of Siena, “the successor of Dante in the literature and religious thought of Italy, and the connecting link between St. Francis of Assisi and Savonarola.”
“A book which gives for the first time a satisfactory chronology, rectifies many misconceptions, and leaves us with a full and rational account of the progress of events.” V. D. Scudder.
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Am. Hist. R. 13: 845. Jl. ’08. 870w.
“An admirable work, both scholarly and interesting.”
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A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 182. Je. ’08.
“Mr. Gardner has told Catherine’s story with a completeness scarcely attempted by any of his predecessors.”
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Ath. 1908, 2: 500. O. 24. 780w.
“Here indeed is the full story of Catherine’s activities from the beginning, narrated with sympathy and reverence only equalled by historical acumen and literary skill.” V. D. Scudder.
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Cath. World. 87: 452. Jl. ’08. 3700w.
“The orderly arrangement of the book is particularly noteworthy; notwithstanding the wealth of detail, clearness is never sacrificed.” L: J. Block.
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Dial. 45: 83. Ag. 16, ’08. 2400w.
“Scholarly in an old-fashioned way, and well written. Obviously the work of a devout Roman Catholic scholar, not a scientific investigator of history, it is inevitably colored by the habit of mind of the believer. Yet the book is rich in documentary value for the student of the times.”
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Ind. 64: 524. Mr. 5, ’08. 90w.
“Rarely do we find the critical faculty so happily blended with enthusiasm. The book is perhaps, the best which has been written about Italy by an Englishman since the death of John Addington Symonds; and indubitably it is the best ever written about St. Catherine.”
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Nation. 86: 64. Ja. 16, ’08. 400w.
“Into the pitfall [of copious detail] Mr. Gardner has fallen with ready feet. Nevertheless, his study of Catherine and her times is full of interesting glimpses and suggestions.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 118. F. 29, ’08. 360w.
“The volume under consideration, apart from its value to students and to all intelligent readers, has a peculiar charm of style.”
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Outlook. 88: 883. Ap. 18, ’08. 650w.
R. of Rs. 37: 381. Mr. ’08. 80w.
“Mr. Gardner, however, insists upon the times rather than the life. Not that we quarrel with the scholarly writer for this: he has set himself a certain task; he has clearly defined it; and he has carried it to an end with an orderly sequence and a wealth of erudition that excite our warmest praise and liveliest admiration.”
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Sat. R. 105: 208. F. 15, ’08. 1250w.
Gardner, William Amory. In Greece with the classics. **$1.50. Little.
8–14834.
“On a slight thread of pleasant narrative of the author’s own hasty spring tour in Greece are strung original translations of the passages from the Greek poets, which one would wish to recall, upon the Acropolis, at Conolos, Marathon, Aegina, Eleusis, Mycenae, Delphi, Olympia, or Corfu. The original texts are given in a convenient appendix.”—Nation.
Dial. 45: 171. S. 16, ’08. 60w.
“Our author, having come with a thirst, has drunk his draft to the full, not at Dirce’s or Arethusa’s fount, but at that well undefiled the Greek spirit.”
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Ind. 64: 1148. My. 21, ’08. 240w.
“Is the kind of guide book for which the sentimental traveller, bored to extinction by archaeology, has been yearning. There is no attempt at completeness, and the relevancy of some of the selections is questionable. The translations, while lacking distinction, are readable.”
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Nation. 87: 137. Ag. 13, ’08. 200w.
Garland, Hamlin. Shadow world. †$1.35. Harper.
8–29371.
Here are recorded a series of surprising experiments with psychical phenomena conducted by Mr. Garland among a group of his friends, some half-afraid, some avowedly skeptical, while all were curious and earnest. A number of the actual sessions of this group with a psychic present are given in detail for the purpose of showing evidence concerning the process of mediumship. Then follow experiments throwing light upon the more elusive part of the problem—the question of identity. The volume records dignified, serious investigation that was conducted in the interests of science.
Ind. 65: 1183. N. 19, ’08. 50w.
“It is the nature of a crank to go off on any tangent, and Mr. Garland has offered the largest tangent ever provided for a soul-sniffing public.”
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Ind. 65: 1245. N. 26, ’08. 220w.
“Offers practically nothing new for consideration and investigation.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 586. O. 24, ’08. 500w.
N. Y. Times. 13: 627. O. 24, ’08. 50w.
“For the benefit of those inclined to take his book at all seriously it may be added that the ‘phase’ of mediumship with which it is almost wholly concerned is precisely that which has been most conclusively demonstrated to be permeated through and through with fraud.”
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Outlook. 90: 752. N. 28, ’08. 270w.
Garnett, Porter. Bohemian jinks: a treatise. *$1.50. Porter Garnett, Bohemian club, San Francisco.
8–21800.
An account of the woodland midsummer dramatic and musical performances given, one a year, by the Bohemian club of San Francisco at the close of a two-weeks’ encampment.
“The book makes very interesting reading.”
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Dial. 45: 171. S. 16, ’08. 90w.
“Porter Garnett has put a great many of us under obligations to him by giving us his little book.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 488. S. 5. ’08. 760w.
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Putnam’s. 5: 367. D. ’08. 470w.
132Garnett, Theodore Stanford. J. E. B. Stuart (major-general) commander of the cavalry corps, Army of northern Virginia, C. S. A. *$1. Neale.
7–42107.
An address delivered at the unveiling of the equestrian statue of General Stuart, at Richmond, May 30, 1907. It furnishes a suggestive outline for a fuller biography which it is hoped the author will soon undertake.
“The address by Judge Garnett furnishes a good outline of Stuart’s career.”
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R. of Rs. 37: 381. Mr. ’08. 140w.
Garvie, Alfred Ernest. Studies in the inner life of Jesus. *$2.25. Armstrong.
8–19128.
A study of the mind, heart, and will of Jesus as portrayed in the Gospels. “Two men constantly struggle for the mastery in this volume—the Scotsman and the German, the dogmatic theologian and the religious psychologist, and when the balance is not maintained it is the latter that usually goes under.” (Hibbert J.) In justifying his study of the inner life of Jesus Dr. Garvie says “an exaggerated importance is attached to a knowledge of contemporary customs and costume” and that “enough has been written about the scenery, the upholstery, and drapery of the life of Jesus.”
“Dr. Garvie’s studies ... are not only the work of a scholar, but of a spiritual seer; of a man who thinks deeply as well as widely. The outlook is modern, but is balanced by distinctly conservative leanings.” W. Jones Davies.
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Hibbert J. 6: 934. Jl. ’08. 1500w.
“Principal Garvie will have a wide hearing, but his work would have gained from greater conciseness.”
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Ind. 65: 494. Ag. 27, ’08. 200w.
“Dr. Garvie’s conclusions are conservative.”
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Nation. 86: 578. Je. 25, ’08. 210w.
* Gasquet, Rt. Rev. Francis Aidan. Greater abbeys of England. *$3–50. Dodd.
8–27782.
“Here we have brief histories of [thirty-one] abbeys, beginning with St. Augustine’s, Canterbury, and ending with Whitby. Every name among the [thirty-one] is more or less famous, but among the most celebrated are St. Albans, Battle, Furness, Fountains, Glastonbury, Rievaulx, Sherborne, and Tintern.”—Spec.
“These pictures are for the most part full of charm and supply accurate ideas of the condition of a large number of the ruined and dismantled abbeys of England. He has managed to write in a bright and interesting fashion on each of the thirty-one greater abbeys herein described. His selection of information for this series of short essays shows a thorough mastery of the subject, and in several cases details are supplied which have seldom, if ever, found their way into print.”
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Ath. 1908, 1: 767. Je. 20. 1300w.
“The book is written from a strongly sympathetic standpoint, which is not the least of its charms, and with its mine of information and admirable illustrations, commends itself to the reader as a valuable contribution.”
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Lit. D. 37: 901. D. 12, ’08. 160w.
“The stories of the various abbeys are told in good English and with the same ripeness of knowledge as in his other works on the subject.”
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Nation. 87: 578. D. 10, ’08. 170w.
“The task of setting these beautiful ruins and their history before American readers has been well done. The fireside traveler is likely to enjoy the book.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 755. D. 5, ’08. 240w.
“The illustrations would alone make the book valuable. We could wish, indeed, that they had stood by themselves, or been accompanied by a neutral account.”
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Spec. 100: 793. My. 16, ’08. 170w.
Gates, Eleanor. Cupid, the cow punch. †$1.50. McClure.
7–37708.
“This is not so much a novel as a collection of magazine stories, loosely connected and numbered as chapters. Cupid is the name of Alec Lloyd, a cowboy, who, besides being a philosopher and sentimentalist, has a local reputation as a matchmaker. The narrative comes from him and is in dialect.”—N. Y. Times.
“Overdone, but will interest a good many.”
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A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 52. F. ’08.
“Is clean, wholesome, and amusing—in other words, not commonplace.”
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Nation. 86: 62. Ja. 16, ’08. 240w.
N. Y. Times. 12: 653. O. 19, ’07. 30w.
“The book shows an intimate knowledge of the western plains, and is full of good, honest fun.”
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N. Y. Times. 12: 859. D. 28, ’07. 160w.
“While Cupid’s good nature and clever turns of phrase are infectiously amusing, one is left rather breathless at the end.”
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Outlook. 88: 39. Ja. 4, ’08. 100w.
Gause, Isaac. Four years with five armies. *$2. Neale.
8–3950.
A short history of campaigns, privations and engagements within the experience of one who served in the armies of the Frontier, of the Potomac, of the Missouri, of the Ohio and of the Shenandoah.
Gauss, Henry Colford. American government: organization and officials; with the duties and powers of federal office holders: an original summarization; with a compilation of data from original sources. $5. Hamersly.
8–6616.
A standard work of reference on the structure and regulations of the American government and the duties and powers of federal officials whose aim is to make federal practice “less of a mystery to the millions who are at once the sovereigns of the respective states and of the federal nation.”
“The information is complete, encyclopedic in scope, but without literary pretension. Not for general reading.”
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A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 236. O. ’08.
“There are serious limitations upon the usefulness of the book, because no sense of proportion is maintained.”
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Ann. Am. Acad. 32: 443. S. ’08. 120w.
“The fault of the book is that its policy in matters of detail is not at all uniform. In general, the expository matter is clear and accurate, treating of actual practice rather than theory.”
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Nation. 86: 313. Ap. 2, ’08. 450w.
“The compilation contains nearly nine hundred pages, and every one of them is informative, giving just the sort of information which a busy publicist, journalist, lawyer, or merchant often requires at short notice.”
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Outlook. 88: 563. Mr. 7, ’08. 250w.
* Gebhardt, George Frederick. Steam power plant engineering. *$6. Wiley.
8–27111.
“The author devotes chapters to fuels, boilers, furnaces, superheaters, coal and ash handling, chimneys, mechanical draft, steam engines, turbines, condensers, feed water and feed heaters, pumps, separators and traps, piping lubrication, general costs, testing and typical specifications. In each chapter a rather elementary description is made to lead up to a condensed discussion of the most recent practice.”—Engin. Rec.
“But slight adverse criticism can be made on the book, and that only in a few minor details. The whole work seems modern, comprehensive and reliable and, while professedly prepared for students, it should serve as a good memory aid for the older engineer and a guide for the 133younger. Its bibliographies alone make it a valuable reference.”
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Engin. N. 60: 534. N. 12, ’08. 750w.
“Cannot fail to be of value to engineers in general, and, as a reference, will prove useful to steam specialists.”
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Engin. Rec. 58: 475. O. 24, ’08. 200w.
Gehring, Albert. Racial contrasts: distinguishing traits of the Graeco-Latins and Teuton’s. **$1.50. Putnam.
8–26696.
A study in race psychology made with the purpose of differentiating the moral, intellectual and spiritual qualities revealed in the literature, life, and art of the Græco-Latin people from the characteristics of the Teutonic race as seen in the same fields. The following divisions are made in the study: Racial contrasts, The fluctuations of beauty and morality, On homology of thought and action, On temporal expansion and contraction, and Organic evolution in the light of comparative philology.
Ind. 65: 1249. N. 26, ’08. 280w.
“These essays promote breadth of intellectual view, hospitality to new ideas, freedom from provincialism and prejudice, generosity of spirit toward all men.”
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Outlook. 90: 458. O. 24, ’08. 130w.
George, Edward Augustus. Seventeenth century men of latitude; forerunners of the new theology. **$1.25. Scribner.
8–14321.
The life and writings of some broad-minded men in a century of narrowness constitute the theme of this study. Among them are John Hales, William Chillingworth, Benjamin Whichcote. John Smith, Henry More, Jeremy Taylor, Sir Thomas Browne, and Richard Baxter.
“While not a contribution to scholarship, the general reader may find this little labor of love a helpful supplement to the closely-packed article on latitudinarianism and Cambridge Platonism in volume 5 of the ‘Cambridge modern history.’” A. L. C.
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Am. Hist. R. 14: 171. O. ’08. 340w.
“It shows no philosophical grasp and makes little or no pretense to connect these English writers with the great currents of European thought. It is written with enthusiasm. It ought to have great refreshment for those to whom Tulloch’s work is too long and too solid.”
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Nation. 86: 423. My. 7, ’08. 330w.
N. Y. Times. 13: 320. Je. 6, ’08. 190w.
“In Mr. George’s story of their lives and varied experiences, illuminated with ample citations from their writings, one recognizes a work of loving and careful research.”
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Outlook. 89: 491. Je. 27, ’08. 200w.
* George, W. L. France in the twentieth century. **$1.75. Lane.
A discussion of conditions in France of today, bearing upon church and state, social life, and literature and the drama.
“The author is too prone to generalization which is not always accurate. His inaccuracy also extends to specific facts.”
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Ath. 1908, 2: 36. Jl. 11. 740w.
“In the great political struggle between Church and State he is openly and avowedly on the side of the latter. It is the one topic on which he loses his attitude of careful, cold analysis and becomes a militant partisan. Throughout this part of the book the reader sees the English part of Mr. George in conflict with the French part. He gives both a chance to be heard, and the self-revelation of the conflict between the two adds no little to the charm of a thoughtful, comprehensive, and eminently readable book.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 699. N. 28, ’08. 970w.
“On the whole his views are sensible if not very original.”
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Sat. R. 106: 398. S. 26, ’08. 300w.
* Gerhard, William Paul. American practice of gas piping and gas lighting in buildings. *$3. McGraw.
8–17561.
“Chapters of greatest interest to engineers are on (1) the arrangement of gas pipes in buildings, (2) specifications, tables, rules and regulations of companies in regard to piping generally, (3) piping systems for coal, water, natural, air and acetylene gases, (4) testing of piping installations, (5) burners, (6) pressure regulators, (7) globes and holders, (8) fixtures, (9) bibliography. The chapters more easily read by laymen are on topics like prejudices against and fallacies of using gas, advantages of gas as an illuminant and for heat and power, gas meters and gas-meter stories, interior illumination, lighting of country houses, relations of gas companies to consumers, practical hints for consumers, accidents and dangers to public health.”—Engin. N.
“For the ordinary householder probably a half of the book will be a little too technical and too tedious to hold his attention until he gets well into the back half and finds there the general hints, suggestions and discussions which he can more readily grasp.”
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Engin. N. 60: 186. Ag. 13, ’08. 660w.
“The book is undoubtedly the most complete and authoritative in its special field, the use of gas by the consumer. It should be a great help to the architect in answering the many questions clients ask regarding gas supply, for it is a book that may be safely recommended to any house owner as a guide.”
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Engin. Rec. 58: 567. N. 14, ’08. 680w.
Gerhard, William Paul. Modern baths and bath houses. *$3. Wiley.
8–3516.
“A comprehensive treatment of water baths for private dwellings, municipalities, schools, factories, military barracks, prisons, hospitals, clubhouses, etc. The classes of baths named are, of course, indoor establishments. In addition there is a chapter on river and sea baths. Besides water baths, the author treats in considerable detail of air and sun baths, and medical and electric-light baths.”—Engin. N.
“An excellent book on different forms of baths.”
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A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 182. Je. ’08.
“Altogether the book is a very useful addition to the literature of sanitation and of social welfare. It contains more repetitions than are pleasant to a person who reads the book from beginning to end. It is a far more comprehensive work than ‘Public baths and wash-houses,’ by Alfred W. S. Cross.”
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Engin. N. 59: 207. F. 20, ’08. 480w.
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Nation. 86: 499. My. 28, ’08. 40w.
Gerhard, William Paul. Sanitation of public buildings. $1.50. Wiley.
7–37728.
“The public buildings here considered are hospitals, theaters, churches and schools. In addition, the various buildings and accessories of markets and abbatoirs are taken up. The selection of sites, some of the elements of general design, water supply, lighting, heating, ventilating, cleansing, plumbing, sewage and refuse disposal are the main divisions under which each class of buildings is treated. Fire protection is also given a prominent place.”—Engin. N.
A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 137. My. ’08. ✠
“The book is well written, and the layman who is interested in civic affairs will find it easy reading and not so technical in its terminology as to be tedious.”
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Engin. D. 3: 69. Ja. ’08. 340w.
“As a manual in the true sense of the word ... the volume deserves commendation. It would serve admirably for the use of boards of health and their inspectors.”
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Engin. N. 58: 655. D. 12, ’07. 230w.
134“What he has to say on school sanitation and his detailed advice for the care and cleansing of schoolrooms should be studied by parents, teachers, superintendents, and school boards, while his chapters upon church, theatre, and hospital sanitation are of import to all who frequent these edifices.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 40. Ja. 25, ’08. 190w.
“A useful little work. It is believed that this is the first American book to treat these subjects in a practical way.”
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R. of Rs. 37: 384. Mr. ’08. 80w.
Gerry, Margarita Spalding. Toy-shop: a romantic story of Lincoln the man. **50c. Harper.
8–25742.
A child’s lisped request for tin soldiers sent Lincoln, burdened with the nation’s troubles, one day to a toy shop. While selecting them, and marshaling them quite unconsciously into drilling order, and listening to the French shop-keeper’s eulogies of Napoleon’s methods of warfare, the inspiration comes to Lincoln to put Grant at the head of the Union army. It is with this incident that the little volume deals.
N. Y. Times. 13: 514. S. 19, ’08. 100w.
“A study of Lincoln the man which is very human and tender.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 615. O. 24, ’08. 30w.
Gibbs, George Fort. Medusa emerald. †$1.50. Appleton.
7–35622.
An “emerald unaccountably disappears while being displayed to the guests on [board Alexander Wharton’s] yacht one evening, suspicion falls on a young man, Edward Dillingham, who refuses to empty his pockets, as all the other men insist on doing. After this the evil powers of the stone certainly appear to wreak themselves upon the suspected youth. However, all’s well that ends well; the matter is finally cleared up satisfactorily, after many adventures by sea and land that follow with kaleidoscopic variety and rapidity.” (Outlook.)
Ind. 64: 208. Ja. 23, ’08. 80w.
N. Y. Times. 12: 656. O. 19, ’07. 60w.
Outlook. 87: 827. D. 14, ’07. 120w.
Gibbs, Philip. Romance of George Villiers, first duke of Buckingham and some men and women of the Stuart court. *$3.50. Putnam.
8–12964.
This favorite of James I. and Charles I. who in history and in fiction figures so courageously and so daringly is here portrayed in the light of patriot, egotist, and friend—always the darling of fortune. His many-sided nature now gleams out on the side of virtue and again close-linked with vice. He stands out as the “greatest and last example and victim of a political system which may fairly be called in his case a system of favoritism tempered by assassination.” (N. Y. Times.)
“He has written one of the brightest, cheeriest, and most readable books that have come under our notice for a long time. The inevitable passages of special pleading do not offend us, because in every case Mr. Gibbs is honest enough to emphasize the saving clauses, and because it is perfectly clear that he does not realize that it is special pleading.”
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Ath. 1908, 1: 595. My. 16. 2400w.
“He has got his materials well together, and has made a book that can be read with interest.”
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Nation. 86: 218. Mr. 5, ’08. 500w.
“Not by any means ignoring the larger historical issues, English and European, of Buckingham’s career, he shows a special sensibility to its human and picturesque aspects. The result is a book both readable and valuable.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 126. Mr. 7, ’08. 800w.
“We are not surprised that Mr. Gibbs, who has the right touch for work of this kind, has made a very readable book on the subject.”
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Sat. R. 105: 474. Ap. 11, ’08. 250w.
“He can hardly be said to have made a cool or unbiassed study of Buckingham.”
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Spec. 101: 133. Jl. 25, ’08. 1450w.
* Gibson, Adam H. Hydraulics and its applications. *$5. Van Nostrand.
“An attempt has been made to consider the science, and its application to the design of hydraulic machinery, in a manner suitable for a student who has some initial knowledge of mechanics.”
“The book stands in much the same relation to the works of Merriman and Church that Cotterill’s does to the ordinary treatise on mechanics. The subject matter is not handled with uniform discretion, some parts being excellent and others rather loosely thrown together, and the language in places is that of a lecturer rather than of a writer, and worst of all, the citations of experimental data are not always accurate.” G. S. Williams.
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Engin. N. 90: 534. N. 12, ’08. 1700w.
“We think that in one or two cases the matter might have been arranged to rather better advantage, but, on the whole, we have no hesitation in saying that the book is an excellent contribution to the literature of the subject, and embodies the result of no little personal investigation and research. It is specially a student’s book, and will appeal more particularly to those who are already equipped with some fundamental knowledge of hydraulics.”
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Nature. 78: 218. Jl. 9, ’08. 800w.
Gilbert, George Holley. Interpretation of the Bible: a short history. **$1.25. Macmillan.
8–6097.
“Beginning with the Jewish interpretation of the Old Testament, Dr. Gilbert traces the history of the interpretation of the Scriptures through the Catholic and the Alexandrian Fathers, the mediaevals, the reformers, the movements of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, down to the birth of scientific interpretation in the nineteenth.” (Bib. World.) It “deserves commendation to all Bible readers who are concerned for reality, for the facts inlaid in the Scriptures, and for their meaning.” (Outlook.)
“Covers a large field which has been but lightly touched upon.”
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A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 182. Je. ’08.
“The careful reading of this book would be a liberal education for the average man.”
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Bib. World. 31: 320. Ap. ’08. 100w.
“Its defects are due chiefly to its brevity. Within so brief a compass the author could not do justice to many phases of this important and interesting subject. The book lacks the fulness and ornateness of language, the wealth and variety of illustration, the suggestiveness and brilliancy of Farrar’s; but as a brief, clear, strong and careful presentation it occupies a field all its own and will serve a useful purpose.” J: C. Granbery.
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Bib. World. 32: 214. S. ’08. 870w.
“This treatise keeps the salient and noteworthy to the front, and allows one to follow interestingly a remarkable and instructive history.”
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Nation. 87: 95. Jl. 30, ’08. 200w.
Reviewed by E. S. Drown.
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N. Y. Times. 13: 606. O. 24, ’08. 80w.
“Professor Gilbert has made an interesting contribution to the curiosities of literature in his numerous citations of Biblical interpretations from Philo Judæus to Jonathan Edwards.”
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Outlook. 88: 886. Ap. 18, ’08. 270w.
135Gilbert, Nelson Rust. Affair at Pine Court: a tale of the Adirondacks. †$1.50. Lippincott.
7–30455.
Descriptive note and excerpts in Dec. 1907.
“On the whole the book is entertaining, especially in the bits of naive moralizing on every subject from the cleanliness of the poor to Christian Science, that cling like mistletoe to the trunk of the story, and appeal potently, if unconsciously, to the reader’s sense of humor.”
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Nation. 86: 16. Ja. 2. ’08. 110w.
Gilbey, Sir Walter, and Cuming, Edward W. D. George Morland: his life and works, il. *$6. Macmillan.
8–17200.
An authoritative biography which makes its appeal to the lay reader as well as to the student. “We have for the first time a plain, unvarnished Morland, a just estimate of his character as an artist and a man.” (Ath.) Fifty reproductions of Morland’s pictures add to the value of the volume.
“It is far and away the best of the many books on Morland. The weakest feature of the book is the apology for an index.”
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Ath. 1908, 1: 295. Mr. 7. 1000w.
“This admirable volume forms a valuable and important acquisition to art literature on account of the completeness of the biographical portion and the excellence and number of the illustrations.”
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Int. Studio. 34: 83. Mr. ’08. 400w.
“Morland’s warm brown tone, however agreeable in the original oil paintings, does not harmonize with white paper and printer’s ink, and as colored book illustrations the plates are singularly ineffective, not to say unpleasant.”
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Nation. 86: 317. Ap. 2, ’08. 120w.
Gilbreth, Frank B. Field system. *$3. Clark, M. C.
8–2205.
A work which gives in detail the open methods for proper, prompt and economical execution of work which have made Mr. Gilbreth’s contract business so successful. “The various forms employed throughout the different stages of work are given, with explicit instructions for their use in ordering materials, checking work, keeping time sheets, etc. Instructions are also given on the mixing of cement and concrete, the handling of forms, use of drills, care of engines, air compressors and hoists, pumping, etc. Throughout the work are interspersed tables and formulas.” (Engin. D.)
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Engin. D. 3: 189. F. ’08. 350w.
“It should prove stimulating to every one concerned in the conduct of engineering work, [tho] its arrangement is heterogeneous and confused, in parts.”
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Engin. N. 59: 202. F. 20, ’08. 750w.
Gilder, Richard Watson. Fire divine. *$1. Century.
7–32169.
Descriptive note and excerpts in Dec. 1907.
A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 137. My. ’08.
“This volume is one of the very few books of verse that have appeared in recent years that is worthy of a place in the library of lovers of poetry instinct with the ethical spirit.”
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Arena. 38: 675. D. ’07. 460w.
“Now and then, irregular rhythms are essayed in this volume, and even poems in prose, but these experiments we cannot regard as upon the level of the work done in accordance with the rules of the poetic art.” W: M. Payne.
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Dial. 44: 76. F. 1, ’08. 350w.
“On the whole, it is, perhaps, these rhythmic intermissions of Mr. Gilder’s on one subject and another which give his book a kind of distinction or difference, lending it a bold, adventurous. innovating air, among the increasing legions of mildly meritorious versifiers, whose names have outgrown enumeration.”
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Nation. 85: 590. D. 26, ’07. 180w.
“This latest book by Richard Watson Gilder, who holds an unchallengeable place among the poets of to-day, is above all a poet’s book. There is much else, genius of the féministe type, vital and large-hearted, if not rugged technique as fluent and varied as it is delightful, nobility of ideal, and a reality of feeling that lifts the product it permeates to the summits of enduring poesy.” Florence Wilkinson.
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N. Y. Times. 12: 859. D. 28, ’07. 1200w.
“In this volume he also continues his experiments with relaxed meters; not always with success.”
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Outlook. 88: 143. Ja. 18, ’08. 350w.
Gilder, Richard Watson. Poems. $1.50. Houghton.
A complete edition of Gilder’s poems containing the substance of his nine books of verse and also additional pieces which have not appeared in a collection. Mr. Gilder’s versatility due to broad sympathies, love of mankind, human instinct, and the dreamer’s idealism accounts for his wide range of verse. There are poems dealing with the affairs of every day life; poems characterizing men of worth and genius; and poems which bring to the consciousness the immortal value of certain monuments of music and art.
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Ind. 65: 1174. N. 19, ’08. 80w.
Gildersleeve, Virginia Crocheron. Government regulation of the Elizabethan drama. (Columbia univ. studies in English.) *$1.25. Macmillan.
8–24263.
Based upon official documents of the time, this monograph “deals first with the general regulation of the drama by the central government then traces the rise of the master of the revels and of the extensive powers which finally came into his hands, and follows this with a study of the censorship of which the master was the official administrator. Then follows a detailed account of the local regulations in London and of the long and bitter strife which was waged between the municipal government and the royal authority as to whether the drama should or should not be enacted in the city. A chapter upon the Puritan victory ends the study.” (N. Y. Times.)
“A very thorough piece of work.”
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Dial. 45: 218. O. 1, ’08. 40w.
“The author has gone into the subject very thoroughly and presented in clear and succinct form, although perhaps a little dry in manner, an immense accumulation of facts.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 517. S. 19, ’08. 260w.
Gill, Augustus Herman. Engine-room chemistry. *$1. Hill pub.
8–813.
“Aims to give such information concerning oils, fuels and the phenomena of combustion and steam-raising, all expressed in fairly nontechnical language, as will enable the average reader to understand what is necessary from the point of view of chemistry to obtain the maximum efficiency in the power plant.”—Engin. Rec.
“Accurate little book.”
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A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 137. My. ’08.
“The book is not intended to appeal to the chemist or technical man. It is too elementary to do this. On the other hand, it is hardly practical to give the uneducated man a volume which, in one hundred pages, tries to give him sufficient knowledge to enable him to undertake analyses which the student of chemistry never performs until he has studied the fundamental principles on which such analysis is based, for at least a year or a year and a half.”
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Engin. D. 3: 72. Ja. ’08. 320w.
“If there is any criticism to be made of the book it is that to read or study it intelligently probably somewhat better knowledge of inorganic chemistry is necessary than even a 136good engineman or the superintendent of a small shop may be expected to possess.”
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Engin. N. 59: 81. Ja. 16, ’08. 500w.
“A little book, professedly written for the engineer and engine man, but useful for a much wider circle of readers.”
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Engin. Rec. 56: 692. D. 21, ’07. 260w.
Gill, George Creswell. Beyond the blue-grass; a Kentucky novel. $1.50. Neale.
8–12785.
A picture of the life of the people among the hills of Ginseng county, beyond the Blue-Grass region. “Almost all of his characters are rural Kentuckians, and we see them in their homes, at work on their farms, and congregated in their villages, all of them picturesque and all of them more or less interesting.” (N. Y. Times.)
“Is not thrilling and his style is quite lacking in literary quality: but there is a certain merit in his book in spite of its shortcomings.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 441. Ag. 8, ’08. 100w.
Gillette, Halbert Powers, and Hill, Charles Shattuck. Concrete construction: methods and cost. *$5. Clark, M. C.
8–13350.
Treated from the viewpoint of the builder of concrete structures. “The authors have collected ... a vast number of examples of concrete work. These are presented in concise form, with the unimportant details removed; there is an attempt to preserve a certain uniformity of treatment so as to permit comparison between similar constructions. In addition to these specific examples the authors have added, in connection with every branch of work, general instructions deduced from observation and formulas for quantity and cost estimates.” (Engin. N.)
“The work should prove of exceeding value not only to contractors and engineers ... but to designing engineers and architects.”
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Engin. D. 4: 53. Jl. ’08. 420w.
“On the whole, the book is a welcome addition to concrete literature. It is frankly a compilation and suffers from some of the ordinary faults of a compilation, but the work of compiling has been done with so much more care than is usual in such books and so much original matter has been added that the statistical nature, often the bane of collated material, is largely lost. We believe every concrete designer and constructor should have a copy.”
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Engin. N. 59: 653. Je. 11, ’08. 950w.
“While the expert engineer may glean some points from the book, it is liable to prove dangerous in the hands of inexperienced men, especially as to its cost features.”
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Engin. Rec. 58: 306. S. 12, ’08. 300w.
Gillmore, Inez Haynes. June jeopardy. $1.50. Huebsch.
8–17784.
Around a diamond necklace worth a half million and its paste counterpart is woven a story whose exciting events are all crowded into a single night. The character cast includes maids and their lovers, robbers, scheming servants, and the dog Veritas.
Nation. 87: 75. Jl. 23, ’08. 340w.
N. Y. Times. 13: 338. Je. 13, ’08. 120w.
“The story puts very little strain on one’s mental powers, and, with the added attraction of a quick-moving plot, ought to find favor with summer readers:”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 363. Je. 27, ’08. 240w.
Gilman, Lawrence. Debussy’s Pelleas et Melisande: a guide to the opera; with musical examples from the score. *$1. Schirmer.
7–41522.
Complete instruction with full consideration for the inspirational side is offered in this little volume. Mr. Gilman discusses Debussy and his art, The play—its qualities and its action, and The music—a revolutionary score, and the themes and their treatment.
Gilman, Lawrence. Stories of symphonic music: a guide to the meaning of important symphonies, overtures, and tone-poems from Beethoven to the present day. **$1.25. Harper.
7–35627.
A practical handbook for the concert-goer which offers in compact, accessible form, information which will enable him to listen intelligently to orchestral music. “It tells stories which underlie the most important works in the orchestra repertoire, describing the drama, legend, picture, mood, or poem which the music expresses. It presents clearly and without technical analysis the basis of every considerable descriptive work in the symphonic repertoire.”
“A compact little book, for intelligent concert goers rather than professional musicians. Scrappy and journalistic.”
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A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 183. Je. ’08.
“The comment is of a highly intelligent character, providing real information and avoiding the meaningless rhapsodizing into which writers upon music are tempted to fall.”
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Dial. 43: 433. D. 16, ’07. 110w.
“It is a compilation from many sources, but it is well made, and the book will serve a useful purpose—it is in all respects worthy of place on the music-lover’s shelves besides Mr. George P. Upton’s series on the ‘Standard’ operas, oratorios and so on.”
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Ind. 64: 106. Ja. 9, ’08. 270w.
“Mr. Gilman has covered the field well, and collated thoroughly all the annotators.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 86. F. 15, ’08. 320w.
“The information contained in his volume really ought to be printed in the programmes distributed in the concert-halls. Is one of Mr. Gilman’s most useful and readable contributions to musical literature.” H: T. Finck.
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No. Am. 187: 281. F. ’08. 1650w.
“A useful handbook for the opera and concert goer.”
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R. of Rs. 37: 254. F. ’08. 30w.
Gladden, Washington. Church and modern life. **$1.25. Houghton.
8–9795.
A practical as well as inspirational study, seeking an audience among pastors and teachers but aiming to arouse to activity the young men and women to whom the future of the church is committed. The author shows that the roots of religion are in human nature; that like all living things, religion grows; that our religion is Christianity; that Christianity is a social religion; that as the life of religion is nurtured in social worship and service, so its fruit is gathered in the transformation of society; that the church has imperfectly performed its function; that a new reformation is called for; that the church is called to redeem society; and that for the redemption of society a new evangelism is needed.
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A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 183. Je. ’08. ✠
“The book is a good one to put into the hands of those who are inclined to be discouraged over the outlook for the church.”
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Ind. 65: 494. Ag. 27, ’08. 280w.
“Dr. Gladden’s essay will make for sanity as well as earnestness in the current debate on the relation of religion and the church to social reform.”
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Nation. 87: 10. Jl. 2, ’08. 160w.
“The book is interpretative of the present movement in the American churches, and will add to that movement both guidance and new impulses.”
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Outlook. 89: 391. Je. 20, ’08. 300w.
R. of Rs. 37: 640. My. ’08. 80w.
137Glasgow, Ellen Anderson G. Ancient law. †$1.50. Doubleday.
8–2945.
The hero of this novel is a modern Jean Valjean, who goes wrong on the stock exchange and after five years of imprisonment seeks refuge in a southern town under the name of Smith. “It is a long, weary, beaten road that he travels, and he is but the concrete embodiment of a world-old tragedy and world-old problem which has survived crumbling ages. What makes him distinct among many of his brothers is an all-encompassing vision that comprehends both the letter and the spirit of the law that enchains him. Herein is the keynote of an absorbing and convincing story.” (N. Y. Times.)
“The characters are drawn with a sure, skilful hand, the story uncommonly well told.”
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A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 52. F. ’08. ✠
“In spite of these drawbacks the book is well worth reading.”
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Ath. 1908, 1: 380. Mr. 28. 180w.
“Its figures, with one exception, are puppets, not human beings. They have no blood or breath of their own. We may be thankful for the lack of funny business in Miss Glasgow’s book, but we have still to regret its lack of proportion, of perspective, of that indefinable circumambient atmosphere, of insight and sympathy with which true humour surrounds its material.” H. W. Boynton.
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Bookm. 27: 59. Mr. ’08. 860w.
“Miss Glasgow’s latest novel has both dignity and charm, although certain almost melodramatic happenings, huddled into the closing chapters, do not seem quite in keeping with the sincerity and restraint of what has gone before.” W: M. Payne.
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Dial. 14: 134. Mr. 1, ’08. 520w.
“But Ellen Glasgow has ascended. She has omitted the family portraits and most of the pedigrees in her new story and made ready for a long, wide sweep of the wings. She has not parted company with the populace. She has simply assumed a nobler attitude to it.”
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Ind. 64: 469. F. 27, ’08. 720w.
“Miss Glasgow writes, as always, with fluency, gravity, and a species of ‘empressment’ which may go a long way toward achieving the effects of depth and subtlety. [The story has an] anti-climax, and [it] sinks through chapters of crude melodrama.”
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Nation. 86: 152. F. 13, ’08. 480w.
“It is a book calculated to make you pause in the survey of rapid-fire fiction and realize that here is the real note of study, of character, and of observation. It is indeed a novel of dignity and of distinction.” I. F. Marcosson.
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N. Y. Times. 13: 338. Je. 13, ’08. 250w.
“There are many fine and haunting passages.” L. C. Willcox.
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No. Am. 187: 445. Mr. ’08. 1100w.
“The book is eminently dignified and worthy. In its nature it is less entertaining than other novels by Miss Glasgow, but it is a fine piece of literary work notwithstanding.”
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Outlook. 88: 511. F. 29, ’08. 300w.
“She has silhouetted several characters with extreme cleverness, but, more than this, she has chosen a situation and developed it up to an interesting point with some of Mr. Howells’ skill, concluding the story where it is evidently impossible for her to go on. There are very grave defects in her hero’s character, defects that are inconsistencies, for whose weakening influence on the story Miss Glasgow alone is responsible.”
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R. of Rs. 37: 761. Je. ’08. 80w.
“The story is founded on a basis of false sentiment and false psychology.”
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“Though written in a different vein from some of Miss Glasgow’s other books, none the less this story furnishes very excellent reading.”
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Spec. 100: 505. Mr. 28, ’08. 250w.
Glover, Ellye Howell. “Dame Curtsey’s” book of novel entertainments. **$1. McClurg.
7–34781.
A veritable mine of suggestion for the hostess who entertains a great deal. The plans for parties, dinners, luncheons, and games have been thoroly tested and are offered in so great variety that there is something for every day of the year.
A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 183. Je. ’08. ✠
“[Contains] many things that are exceedingly valuable in the way of suggestion to the entertaining hostess.” W. G. Bowdoin.
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Goddard, Harold Clarke. Studies in New England transcendentalism. (Columbia univ. studies in English.) *$1. Macmillan.
8–14677.
A doctoral thesis. “Taking these five—Channing, Alcott, Emerson, Parker, and Margaret Fuller—as the foremost representatives of the movement in New England from traditionalism to free thought, Dr. Goddard goes into a minutely inductive study of its genesis and nature, beginning with an investigation of the intellectual and literary influences that affected each of the five in their environment, their reading and studies, and their influence on each other; after which he discusses their relations, severally, to practical life.” (Outlook.)
“He has the true scholarly spirit and a certain aptness for getting the ear of his audience.”
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Ind. 65: 380. Ag. 13, ’08. 250w.
“The grasp of general ideas, the sound and penetrating criticism, the orderly marshalling of material, and the literary virtues ... lift this thesis above the mass of ephemeral doctoral dissertations, and give it permanent and substantial value.”
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Nation. 87: 116. Ag. 6, ’08. 500w.
“This monograph is rich in its personal portrayals of the notable characters it is concerned with, and is also a most valuable contribution to the religious and philosophical history of the first half of the nineteenth century.”
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Outlook. 89: 865. Ag. 15, ’08. 350w.
Godfrey, Edward. Structural engineering. bk. 2, Concrete. lea. *$2.50. Edward Godfrey, Monongahela bank bldg., Pittsburg, Pa.
“The book starts with a chapter headed ‘A survey of the field of concrete design and construction, in which will be found some theses,’ which is a rapid survey of the scheme of the book. This is followed by a short treatment of the materials which go to make up concrete structures, and the methods of handling, finishing and constructing the concrete. Next there are given some isolated cost figures of no exact value, as the conditions under which the work was carried on are omitted. This completes the original portion of the book. There follow articles selected from Engineering news, and thirty pages of cuts.”—Engin. N.
“Altogether Mr. Godfrey’s work is a valuable contribution to the literature of concrete and concrete engineering.”
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Engin. D. 3: 527. My. ’08. 300w.
“In his theory the author is sound; the main objection to his presentation ... is an almost too apparent didacticism and a slight intolerance of any other views but his own. The plan is ambitious and it seems a pity to have it fall so far short of its proper usefulness on account of easily-corrected details of arrangement and composition. The physical 138make-up of the book only adds to the confusion.”
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Engin. Rec. 57: 540. Ap. 18, ’08. 350w.
Godfrey, Hollis. Man who ended war. †$1.50. Little.
8–28057.
A stirring novel which exploits an ingenious scientific achievement. A man who conceals his identity informs nations that he is destined to stop all war. He orders disarmament, gives a year for it, and, at its end, when no move is made, proceeds single handed to destroy one battleship after another making use of his remarkable and mysterious invention.
“It is a very interesting and wholly manly story.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 616. O. 24, ’08. 40w.
Godrycz, John. Doctrine of modernism and its refutation. *75c. McVey.
8–17779.
The author “follows the text of the Papal encyclical against modernism, and first gives his statement of what modernism is in a form for easy reply, and then follows it by a ‘Refutation.’... His refutation begins by asserting that modernism is based on positivism, which is rationalistic and irreligious.... He supports his attacks on the modernists by quotations from Newman Smyth and George Washington, and concludes that ‘one of the greatest persecutions that ever swept over the church is preparing in Europe.’”—Ind.
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“Interesting is it to thoughtful Protestants.”
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Goerens, Paul. Introduction to metallography; tr. by Fred Ibbotson. *$2.50. Longmans.
8–21497.
A study of the structure of metals which contains much information quite inaccessible to the American student. The first section deals with the physical properties of matter, including allotrophy, cooling curves, and pyrometry; the second, on the physical mixture, deals with the theories of solutions and freezing-point curves of aqueous solutions, fused salts and alloys; the third and fourth are concerned respectively with practical microscopy of metals and the metallography of iron and its alloys.
“We believe it will find important service as a text-book, and as side reading for practicing metallurgists. The lack of lucidity is, we think, the fault rather of the form and substance of the original text than of the translator.” Bradley Stoughton.
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Engin. N. 60: 79. Jl. 16, ’08. 920w.
“In the whole, the book is hardly more than an introduction into the subject, but as such it is valuable and will prove useful to students of this subject.”
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Engin. Rec. 58: 391. O. 3, ’08. 300w.
“Enough has been said to show that the standard work on metallography is yet to be written, but that students will find Dr. Goerens’s book admirable as affording them a glimpse of the methods of investigating metals and alloys.” T. K. R.
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Nature. 78: 387. Ag. 27, ’08. 630w.
“The exposition of the theoretical side of the subject is not as complete as it might have been but it will give the beginner an excellent idea of equilibrium phenomena. The explanations of the freezing-point diagrams have been duplicated unnecessarily, perhaps not for the beginner, but certainly for those using the book for reference. For the latter class of readers there is too much detail.” H: Fay.
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Science, n.s. 28: 489. O. 9, ’08. 420w.
Goodrich, Albert Moses. Cruise and captures of the Alabama. *75c. Wilson, H. W.
7–27369.
Material that came to light with the publication of the naval records of the rebellion has been supplemented here by Captain Semmes’ diary, which after the war was expanded into a memoir, by diaries of the Alabama’s officers, and by various consular reports. The material worked over with care has been presented in a trustworthy form, readable and informing.
“A graphic, impartial, and trustworthy résumé, based upon the documents of what was perhaps the most picturesque and important episode of the ocean warfare.”
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Nation. 86: 192. F. 27. ’08. 140w.
Goodrich, Arthur Frederick. Gleam o’ Dawn. †$1.50. Appleton.
8–17835.
A story of the Canadian border whose hero is a young half-breed, a poet in feeling and an artist in expression. The spiritual within him wars against the elemental savage desire to avenge the death of his mother, Gleam o’Dawn, who had been deserted by his white father. On the side of vengeance he is spurred on by an Indian who had been his father’s rival; the white path of forgiveness is urged by the “li’l brown girl” whom he loves. Repentance, revenge, tragedy and conquest are the subjective notes of the book.
“The plot is slight, and the story somewhat sensational, but it is breezy, graceful, full of the charm of outdoor life, and contains some excellent characterizations.”
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A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 244. O. ’08.
“Mr. Goodrich is to be congratulated upon having first designed a worthy pattern, and then upon having woven it with delicate and skilful art.” F: T. Cooper.
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Bookm. 27: 503. Jl. ’08. 270w.
“One is tempted to think that a masterly short story has been partly sacrificed to the mistaken call of length.”
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Nation. 87: 120. Ag. 6, ’08. 140w.
N. Y. Times. 13: 338. Je. 13, ’08. 200w.
“The plot has many threads, yet it never becomes tangled, and it is brought to a powerful climax, in the virility and tenseness of which there is no touch of melodrama.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 374. Jl. 4, ’08. 360w.
Gordon, Alexander R. Early traditions of Genesis. *$2.25. Scribner.
8–9521.
“Embodies a reverent and at the same time thoroughly scientific reconstruction of the traditions and historical facts recorded in the earlier portions of the book of Genesis.”—Ath.
“This book cannot be praised too highly for its scientific method and its thoroughness. It is written with full mastery of the earlier literature and brings many new and valuable suggestions to the solution of the problems. It may unhesitatingly be recommended as the best book in English on the subject, and it is doubtful whether there is a better treatise in any other language.” L: B. Paton.
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Am. J. Theol. 12: 466. Jl. ’08. 2450w.
“The author is fully abreast of the most recent discoveries and speculations, and he also possesses the power of lucid and attractive exposition. Valuable additions to the work are the appendixes. The index is inadequate.”
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Ath. 1908, 1: 188. F. 15. 500w.
“The method is thoroughly critical and historical, and excellent use has been made of the best literature. The results achieved indicate breadth of view, sanity of judgment, and a competent independence of opinion. This is certainly all in all the best book in English on the early stories of Genesis.”
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Bib. World. 31: 238. Mr. ’08. 100w.
139“This book is a valuable and welcome piece of constructive criticism by one who has a sympathetic appreciation of all that is elevating in Hebrew tradition.” A. A. Madsden.
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Bib. World. 32: 140. Ag. ’08. 1250w.
“He is content to walk mainly in trodden paths; but he has seen things for himself by the way.”
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Nation. 87: 94. Jl. 30, ’08. 350w.
“This is one of the best books we have read for a long time.”
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Sat. R. 106: 546. O. 31, ’08. 780w.
“We must be content with saying that Professor Gordon’s theories show great learning and ingenuity, and that the whole book is well worth careful study. This or that theory may fail to satisfy us, but the effect of the whole study is largely to widen our outlook.”
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Spec. 100: 156. Ja. 25, ’08. 150w.
Gordon, Armistead C. Robin Aroon: a comedy of manners. *$1.25. Neale.
8–28989.
A story of the South just before the revolution in which the spirit, grace, hospitality and glory of old colonial days are happily depicted. Captain Paul Jones figures in the tale.
“An interesting and amusing story.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 595. O. 24, ’08. 100w.
N. Y. Times. 13: 743. D. 5, 08. 100w.
Gordon, C. H. C. Pirie-. Innocent the Great. *$3. Longmans.
8–3997.
“The essay is divided into ten chapters, which deal with the period of Pope Innocent’s pontificate, the person and family of the Pontiff, his dealings with the empire, the fourth crusade, the Pope and Sicily, his dealings with the Albigensians. Innocent III. and England, difficulties with the city of Rome, etc., and the character of the Pope. Besides these chapters, the book contains six appendices, four maps, and eight genealogical tables.”—Acad.
“Our author has brought to his work some important qualities of a real historian; he endeavours, for example, to guage the spirit of the times about which he writes, and to judge the deeds and opinion of the chief actors by the standards of the days in which they lived, and not too hastily to condemn them by measuring their works and sayings by the principles or practices of more modern times. He has also obviously taken great pains to understand his materials, although perhaps in some cases he has given himself unnecessary trouble.”
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Acad. 73: 55. O. 26, ’07. 1680w.
“The essay is an undigested product. The diction of the book is fairly startling by its affectation. A more serious criticism of the work is its inaccuracy.” E: B. Krehbiel.
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Am. Hist. R. 13: 664. Ap. ’08. 850w.
“This is a portentous work eked out with appendixes, but of little real value.”
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Ath. 1908, 1: 351. Mr. 21. 200w.
“Though it does not add to historic knowledge, it contains much that has not hitherto been easily accessible to English readers. It is provided, too, with many references to original authorities, with useful appendices, and good maps.”
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Lond. Times. 6: 379. D. 13, ’07. 1440w.
“A hopeless style might be excused if the things it was intended to convey were worth the telling; but at no point of his narrative does Mr. Pirie-Gordon rise to the height of even a modest demand for historical soundness.”
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Nation. 86: 11. Ja. 2, ’08. 470w.
“It cannot honestly be said that he throws any new light on a baffling period, or brings us to any more vivid understanding of the pontiff under whose sway papal pretensions reached their high-water mark. The author would do well in the future to prune his style of its very irritating classicisms and other affectations.”
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Spec. 100: sup. 128. Ja. 25, ’08. 500w.
Gordon, William John. Round about the North Pole. *$5. Dutton.
8–10293.
An account of the heroes of arctic exploration. “In telling the story of the different expeditions from that of Sir Hugh Willoughby in 1553, to Robert Peary’s in 1906, the author has divided the region into sections, beginning with Spitsbergen and following the circle to Greenland, describing the exploration of each section by itself. The main incidents and achievements of the various expeditions are grouped together with numerous extracts from journals and anecdotes.” (Nation.)
“As a popular account of Arctic adventure the book has its use; but the serious history of Arctic exploration is still to seek.”
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Ath. 1908, 2: 151. Ag. 8. 820w.
“A more inspiring record of bravery, endurance, sacrifice of self for the sake of one’s comrades, unflinching devotion to duty in the face of deathly peril, it would be difficult to find.”
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Nation. 85: 492. N. 28, ’07. 320w.
N. Y. Times. 13: 118. F. 29, ’08. 200w.
“As an introduction to Arctic travel for the use of those to whom references to original sources are unnecessary we do not know a better book, nor do we think that a work of this kind, where a vast amount of a material is condensed within a few pages, could on the whole be made lighter or more readable without sacrificing its serious character.”
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Sat. R. 105: 538. Ap. 25, ’08. 350w.
“We recommend this volume.”
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Sat. R. 101: 23. Jl. 4, ’08. 450w.
Gore, Charles. New theology and old religion: being eight lectures, together with five sermons. *$2. Dutton.
8–14749.
These lectures and sermons constitute an apologetic which places the new and the old side by side, and on the one hand points to the benefits to be derived from a study of the new, while on the other maintains that the old contains scientific beliefs which cannot be abandoned but which are integral to the creed of Christianity.
“The five sermons at the end, to our thinking are the most valuable part of the volume. Like all Bishop Gore’s writings, they are a little unattractive and hard. His style is lucid without grace, and strong without elasticity.”
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Ath. 1908, 1: 183. F. 15. 2000w.
Reviewed by G: Hodges.
Atlan. 102: 128. Jl. ’08. 200w.
“In maintaining these views, Bishop Gore represents the sane, sensible, English attitude which is to be expected of him. While his treatment will not satisfy all who are in sympathy with modern science, yet on the whole it is reasonable and helpful.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 258. My. 2, ’08. 500w.
“This volume might be described as a kind of Anglican Catholic encyclical on Modernism: interesting but inconclusive to the man who is animated by the modern spirit.”
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Outlook. 89: 392. Je. 20, ’08. 200w.
“His weak point is his style; he tries to be simple and impressive, but only succeeds in being heavy. At present he treats his hearers as if they were children, and not very good ones.”
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Sat. R. 105: 796. Je. 20, ’08. 240w.
* Gorky, Maxim. The spy: the story of a superfluous man. $1.50. Huebsch.
A realistic story of revolutionary Russia which depicts the workings of the secret service and the bitter trials of the revolutionist in his struggle for liberty. In the portrayal of the “superfluous man” from stunted childhood to weak, anaemic manhood the author reveals in all their flagrant hideousness the abortive influences rife in Russia to terminate manhood 140development and to produce betrayers of the Judas type.
“The reader may have to set his teeth, not to say to hold his nose, as he reads—but he will be convinced if he sticks it out that this life of which Gorky writes is a fact.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 698. N. 28, ’08. 1000w.
“In his characteristic vivid manner the author realistically describes revolutionary Russia of the present day.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 743. D. 5, ’08. 140w.
Gosse, Edmund William. Father and son: biographical recollections. **$1.50. Scribner.
7–36407.
Descriptive note and excerpts in Dec. 1907.
“One of the most fascinating and interesting pieces of literature that has been issued of recent years. It is a great book, but for our part we scarcely like this close anatomisation by a son of a father.”
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Acad. 73: 188. N. 30, ’07. 1450w.
“Written with great charm, with delicacy of feeling, poetic insight, and not a little humor.”
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A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 41. F. ’08.
“If the writer should achieve anything like lasting remembrance, it will be due to this work rather than to any of the studies, essays, or verse in which his learning and versatility have won praise. This book is unique.”
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Ath. 1908, 1: 6. Ja. 4. 1800w.
“As a personal revelation, this book must take its place in the small group that includes such vital records of the soul as Amiel’s ‘Journal’ and ‘The story of an African farm.’” Ward Clark.
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Bookm. 26: 527. Ja. ’08. 1200w.
“No book could better show the vast difference between plausible but wholly imaginary biography and autobiography ... on the one hand, and the actual record of a human soul on the other, than this detailed account of the warring of two discordant temperaments.” P. F. Bicknell.
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Dial. 44: 96. F. 16, ’08. 1520w.
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Ind. 64: 315. F. 6, ’08. 470w.
“If it be not a document, as the writer calls it, is, we admit, an extremely subtile and fascinating analysis of two human minds.”
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Lit. D. 36: 26. Ja. 4, ’08. 330w.
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Nation. 86: 197. F. 27, ’08. 1850w.
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Sat. R. 105: 694. My. 30, ’08. 1250w.
Gosse, Edmund William. Henrik Ibsen. (Literary lives.) **$1. Scribner.
7–41565.
A biography which sketches the influences, positive and negative, that set the great poet to weaving such an individual life tapestry. Ibsen’s adventures as an author are recorded with an idea single to their unity. There is no attempt to set forth the plots of his dramas, nor to treat the spurious “lessons” and supposititious “problems” which so many look for in Ibsen, but to recognize among the “irregularities and audacities,” qualities of merit Mr. Gosse says that it has been Ibsen’s misfortune to attract people who “treat all tulips and roses as if they were cabbages for the pot of didactic morality.” The closing chapters deal with his last years, and his personal and intellectual characteristics.
“A compact, agreeable, informing biography.”
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A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 78. Mr. ’08. ✠
“Mr. Gosse has rarely given such proof of his vivacity as in this biography.”
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Ath. 1908, 1: 364. Mr. 21. 400w.
“Mr. Gosse has drawn an admirable portrait of Ibsen—from a definite point of view; and it goes without saying that this point of view is entirely Mr. Gosse’s own.” Archibald Henderson.
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Atlan. 102: 260. Ag. ’08. 580w.
“Mr. Gosse has by no means, as he seems to think, made ‘obsolete’ the standard biography of Ibsen by Henrik Jaeger. That solid performance is likely to outlast many such books as the one Mr. Gosse has given us, agreeable and informing as it is, and it hardly becomes him to belittle a work which is so much more searching and philosophical than his own.”
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Dial. 44: 108. F. 16, ’08. 480w.
“Mr. Gosse’s life of Ibsen is well fitted to supplement the running commentary of Mr. Archer’s introduction. We have in English no other book which gives what we need to know about the man and his methods to understand his achievements.”
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Ind. 64: 921. Ap. 23, ’08. 350w.
“Mr. Gosse’s book is more complete than those of Jaeger and Rudolph Lothar, and it is also more concise; but it falls short of both in understanding and in sympathy. The figure of Ibsen reflected by the curved mirror of Mr. Gosse’s mind is almost a caricature. Still the book is not without merits. It is briskly written, though not always in good taste, and it gives a fairly just estimate of the plays.”
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Nation. 86: 222. Mr. 5, ’08. 660w.
“To humanize this sphinx is plainly Mr. Gosse’s aim; if he has not wholly succeeded, he has at least given us a most interesting, sane, and authoritative biography.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 142. Mr. 14, ’08. 700w.
“To be noted as of curious interest is the fact that, while Mr. Gosse sometimes adopts the statements of certain Norwegian authorities on Ibsen and his work, he sometimes ignores no less authoritative assertions when they happen to conflict with his pet theories on the subject.” S. R. Cook.
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Putnam’s. 4: 238. My. ’08. 300w.
“His sense of character is too strong to be hushed down by his natural instinct for hero-worship. Just as he sees Ibsen, so does he display him. And the irrepressible sense of character is enforced by a not less active sense of humour.” Max Beerbohm.
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Sat. R. 105: 330. Mr. 14, ’08. 1600w.
Gould, George Milbry. Borderland studies. 2v. v. 2. *$1.50. Blakiston.
7–20140†.
Miscellaneous addresses and essays pertaining to medicine and the medical profession, and their relations to general science and thought. Some of the chapters are: The history of the house, The seven deadly sins of civilization, Disease and sin, Some intellectual weeds of American growth, and Concerning crank, megalomaniac, morphinomaniac, dotard, criminal and insane physicians.
“While the author commonly has the professional reader in mind, the layman will find much of interest besides getting a good idea of the cleverness of the writer, of his fondness for mannerisms, which are almost sophomoric, and of his use of the sledge-hammer even when a tack-hammer seems quite sufficient.”
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Nation. 87: 145. Ag. 13, ’08. 250w.
Gould, George Milbry. Concerning Lafcadio Hearn; with a bibliography by Laura Stedman. **$1.50. Jacobs.
8–14835.
A series of impressions intended to be of service to anyone who may undertake the task of furnishing a critical estimate of the methods and development of Hearn’s imaginative power and literary development. They deal “with the young man as we find him, uneducated, friendless, without formed character, with a lot of heathenish and unrestrained appetites, crippled as to the most important of the senses, poverty-stricken, improvident, of peculiar and unprepossessing appearance and manners, flung into an alien world in many ways more morbid than himself.”
“On the whole, the picture of Hearn drawn by Dr. Gould does not differ materially from that to which we were accustomed. It is a 141little sharper in outline, a little more explicit in detail, that is all.” F: W. Gookin.
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Dial. 44: 300. My. 16, ’08. 1200w.
“The reader of the book will desire rather less repetition and a few more authoritative facts.”
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Ind. 64: 1348. Je. 11, ’08. 1000w.
“In the actual details of Hearn’s life Dr. Gould presents not much that is new. By far the most valuable parts of the book are those in which Hearn’s literary activities are traced.”
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Nation. 86: 402. Ap. 30, ’08. 1100w.
“We have not had enough stylists to be able to afford to neglect the memory of Hearn, and Dr. Gould has done a welcome service in so efficiently covering the ground while avoiding the miry and unwholesome places.” G: S. Hellman.
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N. Y. Times. 13: 252. My. 2, ’08. 950w.
R. of Rs. 38: 122. Jl. ’08. 250w.
“Some readers, we are sure, will be sorry that these pages have been written. They are singularly painful. Many things were against Hearn. And yet we cannot find fault with the book. It presents a very curious picture; and if it leaves a painful impression, one feels at the same time that it makes, or ought to make, for righteousness.”
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Spec. 101: sup. 711. N. 7, ’08. 350w.
Gould, Rev. Sabine Baring-, ed. Book of nursery songs and rhymes. **$1.50. McClurg.
With short introductions and ten pages of historical notes there are given here seventy-seven songs, ten game rhymes, a hundred and more jingles. The illustrations and borders are the work of members of the Birmingham art school.
“I cannot believe in half-hearted scholarship and on the other hand I fail to recognize the need for scholarship in relation to rhymes and jingles in a book for young folks.” M. J. Moses.
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Ind. 63: 1484. D. 19, ’07. 140w.
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Nation. 85: 495. N. 28, ’07. 50w.
Gould, Rev. Sabine Baring-. Devonshire characters and strange events. *$7. Lane.
8–32992.
Having previously dealt with the greater names of Devonshire fame, Mr. Baring-Gould now turns to the sixty or seventy minor characters. There are rascals and worthies, simple citizens and men with slight claim to erudition, sailors and clergymen, doctors and poets. They are called Devonshire “oddities,” and the author portrays them with their peculiarities on the outside.
“This book is thus frankly a book of gossip, and, as we have said, makes capital reading.”
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Ath. 1908, 1: 40. Ja. 11. 550w.
“Scrappily put together, to be sure, but containing a good store of entertainment.”
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Nation. 86: 305. Ap. 2, ’08. 350w.
“This is an odd book. The compiler has managed to bring within his covers much curious information, both about characters and events.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 174. Mr. 28, ’08. 500w.
“We can promise our readers many happy hours in the perusal of this volume, for it contains eight hundred pages, has some excellent portraits, and is a mine of interesting matter.”
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Spec. 100: sup. 128. Ja. 25, ’08. 500w.
Graham, David. Grammar of philosophy. *$2.50. Scribner.
8–26258.
“A robustious apology, by a Scotch barrister, for the philosophy of the Scottish school.... In the blessed and reverently capitalized name of Common Sense, all the great non-Caledonian thinkers and even the heterodox Scots—Berkeley, Hume, Kant, Mill, Darwin, Leslie, Stephen—are quite simply shown to be intellectually akin to the inmates of Bedlam, though less consistent than the latter in the matter of practice. Intuitive ethical truths like those of mathematics; the argument from design; the foundation of the legal institution of the dock in the eternal nature of things—these and many similar archaisms are triumphantly demonstrated.”—Nation.
“The philosopher may find other lay contributions to philosophy that are as anachronistic and as absurd; but he will not in many summers find another so breezily refreshing in its anachronism and so consistently amusing in its absurdity.”
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Nation. 87: 117. Ag. 6, ’08. 450w.
“The author is an ingenious, though not convincing barrister-at-law.”
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Outlook. 89: 816. Ag. 8, ’08. 180w.
Graham, Harry. Group of Scottish women. *$3.50. Duffield.
A series of biographical portraits of Scotswomen of the past who by reason of their heroism, courage, piety or wit, have affected their generation and lent to it the strength of their individuality. Among the women so treated are Dervorguilla; “Black Agnes of Dunbar”; Jane, Countess of Sutherland; Elizabeth, Duchess of Lauderdale; Lady Grisell Baillie; Ann, Duchess Buccleuch and Monmouth; Catherine, Duchess of Queensberry; Mrs. Alison Cockburn; Elspeth Buchan; Jane, Duchess of Gordon; Lady Anne Barnard; Mrs. Grant of Laggan; Lady Louisa Stuart; and Mrs. Clementina Stirling Graham.
“This is a lively and entertaining book, dealing at its best with the leisure and gaiety of bygone days, and written in a style appropriate to so light a theme.”
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Ath. 1908. 2: 359. S. 26. 1000w.
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Lit. D. 37: 672. N. 7, ’08. 630w.
“A reaction takes place in the reader’s mind when he ... discovers that the author is selecting among materials for the purpose merely of amusing.”
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Nation. 87: 411. O. 29, ’08. 470w.
“The Captain writes with brilliancy and ease, is of an epigrammatic habit, and has many a shrewd or amusing comment to make on his heroines and their times, which he indicates in each case, and succeeds in making real enough to excite interest.” Hildegarde Hawthorne.
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N. Y. Times. 13: 594. O. 24, ’08. 380w.
“The book is eminently entertaining.”
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Outlook. 90: 550. N. 7, ’08. 180w.
“A series of lively and sympathetic sketches.”
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R. of Rs. 38: 636. N. ’08. 70w.
“As biography the book before us is of average quality. That is to say, the early part is worse and the end is better than the common run of such books. It is no exaggerated praise to say that Mr. Harry Graham tells us as much about our own age as the past.”
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Sat. R. 106: 546. O. 31, ’08. 780w.
“He feels it his duty to give a sentence a humorous turn even when the subject does not demand it. and the result is sometimes a galvanized gaiety which is a little trying. There are a few trifling blunders of fact and a few odd opinions. Captain Graham has written an entertaining hook, which, unlike so many gossiping biographies, suffers from no faults of taste. He has also the gift, which is becoming painfully rare to-day, of writing Scottish dialect in its correct and classical form.”
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Spec. 101: 330. S. 5, ’08. 1350w.
* Grahame, Kenneth. Wind in the willows. †$1.50. Scribner.
8–29339.
“A simple-hearted Mole, a Water Rat of a poetical temperament, and a wealthy, boastful, and extravagant Toad, with a fine Tudor mansion and a passion for motor-cars, are the principal personages in Mr. Kenneth Grahame’s story.” (Ath.) “From broad farce and the most grotesque combinations of animals and things and speech this book now and again touches 142poetry as one touches it in life, incidentally, and by the way.” (Outlook.)
“The author seems not to have given himself up whole-heartedly to his fantasy, and is apt to hinder the charm of his incongruities by spasmodic efforts to make them congruous. These cavillings apart, the book, with its scenes of river, forest, and field, and its whimsical incursions into the human world, forms an all but perfect blending of idyll and inconsequence.”
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Ath. 1908, 2: 643. N. 21. 200w.
“Some may call it nature faking of the baldest sort, but such pedantry carries its own punishment. The book is not easily classified—it is simply destined to be one of those dog-eared volumes which one laughs over and loves.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 593. O. 24, ’08. 430w.
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Outlook. 90: 662. N. 28, ’08. 230w.
Grant, Mrs. Colquhoun. Quaker and courtier: the life and work of William Penn. *$3–50. Dutton.
8–16919.
“The book is not strictly a history. It is a ... study of Penn’s character and career by ‘a direct descendant,’ with considerable citation of letters and contemporaneous writing and an agreeably woven web of comment on the men and manners and conditions of the time.”—N. Y. Times.
“Subject to a few reservations, the book is written pleasantly and unaffectedly enough. It contains, indeed, we think, nothing that is at once new and important.”
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Ath. 1908, 1: 477. Ap. 18. 1000w.
“Mrs. Grant tells her story pleasantly, and throws about the events of her great ancestor’s life a good deal of the historic framework that such a narrative requires; but apart from the use she has made of a few hitherto unpublished letters, she cannot be said to have produced an original work or one that fills any aching void in literature.”
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Dial. 44: 279. My. 1, ’08. 400w.
“It seems a pity that, with such good material at hand, and with her sympathetic interest in her hero, the author has not given us, in a less sketchy way, some account of Penn’s relations to the political and religious parties of his time, the development of his own opinions, his schemes, and his failure in colonial government.” A. G.
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Eng. Hist. R. 23: 618. Jl. ’08. 300w.
“In Mrs. Grant’s book the reader will find much not altogether new, but freshly pieced out with new material.”
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Ind. 64: 1147. My. 21, ’08. 450w.
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Nation. 87: 188. Ag. 27, ’08. 600w.
“Simple and candid and sympathetic.” Edward Cary.
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N. Y. Times. 13: 181. Ap. 4, ’08. 1600w.
“By no means a superfluous addition to the existing memoirs of a great figure in our colonial history. Mrs. Grant’s work is evidently the fruit of careful research.”
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Outlook. 88: 883. Ap. 18, ’08. 200w.
“A good bit of work. The story of a life very full of interest is told in a sensible, businesslike fashion, without any rhetoric, perhaps without any distinction of style, but in a way which does justice to the subject.”
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Spec. 100: 227. F. 8, ’08. 400w.
Grant, Elihu. Peasantry of Palestine: the life, manners and customs of the village. *$1.50. Pilgrim press.
7–37961.
During Mr. Grant’s residence as missionary teacher at Ramallah, near Jerusalem, he visited the mission stations and schools in central Palestine. “Intensely interested in the village folk, Dr. Grant recorded with camera and pencil the details and surroundings of their life—utensils, houses, songs, customs, superstitions, linguistic peculiarities, antiquities.” (Nation.)
“Peculiarly valuable, not only because of the region in which he worked and from which his material is mainly derived, but also because of a singular combination of painstaking care and sympathetic feeling for the ways and habits of the people of the land. Moreover, he asked himself very practical questions, and in answering them for himself he has gathered material which answers just those questions which the average intelligent man or woman would like to put to the Palestinian explorer, if he could reach him personally.” J: P. Peters.
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Bib. World. 32: 146. Ag. ’08. 1050w.
“A really valuable addition to the literature on Palestine, and the Bible scholar will find it helpful in the study and in the classroom.”
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Ind. 65: 41. Jl. 2, ’08. 580w.
“Charmingly written and abundantly illustrated. Convenient foot-notes, referring to passages in both the Old and the New Testaments, which are illuminated or illustrated by the book, make it a useful manual for the Bible student.”
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Nation. 86: 171. F. 20, ’08. 260w.
“Written with the utmost simplicity and straightforwardness, and will doubtless be of much interest and value to all who are concerned with the study of folk-life.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 104. F. 22, ’08. 150w.
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Outlook. 88: 48. Ja. 4, ’08. 70w.
Grant, Percy Stickney. Search of Belisarius: a Byzantine legend. **$1.25. Brentano’s.
7–42002.
A poem written in the Spenserian stanza based upon the legend of Belisarius in which the interest is concentrated on the acts and emotions of a single character, “the deus ex machina of an impressive and emotional drama of Byzantine times.”
“Told in verse which is neither marked by special virtue nor flagrant fault, which, not offending, yet does not linger in the memory. The book has the dignity of a sincere effort and an appreciation of beauty. Tells you a legend, touching, lovely. But it does not add to your understanding of life, because it is written from the outside and not the inside of its author.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 56. F. 1, ’08. 520w.
“A noble poem, whether we consider it from the point of view of Arnold, that true poetry is but a criticism of life and the highest expression of the best literature, or from the other extreme of Poe, that poetry is merely ‘the rhythmic creation of the beautiful.’ The appreciative reader will have keen enjoyment in this work of a man of rare intellectual attainments and spiritual insight, and on laying down the volume will find it no easy task to call to mind another living author equally capable of writing such a poem.” J. S. Auerbach.
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No. Am. 187: 293. F. ’08. 1200w.
Granville, Roger. King’s general in the West: the life of Sir Richard Granville. **$4. Lane.
8–34202.
A life which is important for the light it throws on “the drama of the Puritan revolution.” It records the military achievements and domestic short-comings of a man who, “loyal, brave, obstinate, contentious, wrongheaded, rash, overbearing, at times cruel, quarreled with his family, his wife, his friends, his fellow-officers and his superiors to the end, scarcely less of a terror to his own side than to his enemies, yet with a certain curious hold on his followers through it all.” (Am. Hist. R.)
Reviewed by W. C. Abbott.
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Am. Hist. R. 14: 120. O. ’08. 440w.
“One gets vivid glimpses of the age, but we have already many books which are more illuminative.”
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Nation. 87: 188. Ag. 27, ’08. 180w.
Spec. 101: 507. O. 3, ’08. 200w.
143Grasset, Joseph. Semi-insane and the semi-responsible: authorized American ed. tr. by Smith Ely Jelliffe. **$2.50. Funk.
7–41081.
A work which makes its appeal to the physician, alienist, lawyer and layman. The author believes in responsibility for the diseased as much as for the criminal, and maintains that the question, Should the accused be punished or should he be treated? ought to be considered. The object of the book is to demonstrate that to this burning question the magistrate, assisted by the physician, may make three different replies according to the case in hand: (1) The accused criminal is entirely responsible ... he ought to be put into prison; (2) The accused criminal is entirely irresponsible ... he ought to be treated and placed in a hospital; (3) The accused criminal has attenuated responsibility ... he ought to be both punished and treated.
“The book is primarily a practical one. In spite of a somewhat loose style and too frequent controversial digressions, the volume arouses interest in its topic.” W. B. Pitkin.
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J. Philos. 5: 132. F. 27, ’08. 1070w.
“The work as a whole raises many large and difficult questions. Its main thesis, however, is a thoroughly defensible one, in the light of modern science. It is an indication of a point of view, and a method of approach to all problems growing out of mental and moral aberrations which are certain to command increasing attention and respect.”
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Lit. D. 36: 235. F. 15, ’08. 750w.
“The volume is well written and is destined to become the expert’s vade mecum in future medico-legal discussions.”
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Nation. 86: 64. Ja. 16, ’08. 270w.
“Most interesting to the layman, no doubt, is Dr. Grasset’s cumulative clinic of eminent historical instances of demifous.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 55. F. 1, ’08. 1320w.
Gray, Andrew. Lord Kelvin: an account of his scientific life and work. (English men of science ser.) *$1. Dutton.
“Not strictly a biography, but aims to give a survey of Lord Kelvin’s scientific work with a mere sketch of his personality. The sections describing his methods in the classroom and laboratory will be found the more interesting.... The author gives clearly the impression of the originality and of the enormous vitality and energy of this intellectual giant who ranks with Galileo and Newton.”—Nation.
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Ath. 1908, 2: 307. S. 12. 220w.
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Nation. 87: 166. Ag. 20, ’08. 270w.
“Except for the well posted scientist, who has made it a point to keep in touch with the minute data of investigation, much that the book contains will be new.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 446. Ag. 15. ’08. 1250w.
“This book is admirable for scientific students.”
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Sat. R. 105: 794. Je. 20, ’08. 430w.
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Spec. 101: sup. 474. O. 3, ’08. 420w.
Gray, Rev. James M. Antidote to Christian science. **$75c. Revell.
7–23291.
“The author here tries to show wherein Christian Science fails as a religion and where the Bible and Christian Science clash. He closes with a chapter on what the church may learn from Mrs. Eddy’s teachings.” (N. Y. Times.)
N. Y. Times. 12: 668. O. 19, ’07. 30w.
“A little book marked with a sweet temper, a forebearing spirit, and a familiarity with Biblical texts.”
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N. Y. Times. 12: 863. D. 28, ’07. 210w.
Gray, Maxwell, pseud. (Mary Gleed Tuttiett). Suspicions of Mrs. Allonby. †$1.50. Appleton.
8–23105.
Mrs. Allonby, the wife of a London novelist, tiring of fogs, and piqued over her husband’s failure to regard as necessities five new chic and costly hats, finds fault with his relations with his stenographer, and goes off in a huff to the Riviera. Out of motives of protection he bids the stenographer, quite unrecognized by the wife, travel in the latter’s company; and he follows in disguise. A comedy of suspicions ensues, all harmless and without foundation. The story is sprightly and abounds in local color.
“Whoever, remembering that well-told and interesting story, ‘The silence of Dean Maitland,’ takes up this book with pleasant expectations, is doomed to severe disappointment.”
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Nation. 87: 525. N. 26, ’08. 420w.
“The author hardly does herself full justice in writing a novel so entirely pleasing to the young ladies who gossip around soda fountains or at the matinees.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 618. O. 24, ’08. 440w.
Grayson, David. Adventures in contentment. **$1.20. Doubleday.