The book review digest, volume 04, 1908

H

Reading edition

Haber, Fritz. Thermodynamics of technical gas-reactions: seven lectures; tr. by Arthur B. Lamb; with 20 figures. *$3. Longmans.

8–19027.

The author “endeavors to make clear the significance of heat factors in gas reactions, with especial reference to the specific heats of the interacting substances and to the heat evolved during the reaction. The gathering of these lectures into book form has been for the purpose of effecting a contribution to technical, rather than to theoretical, chemistry, and the aim of the author has been to present in the clearest manner the application of the mechanical theory to chemistry.” (Engin. N.)

“It is a work that will thoroughly interest chemical engineers and metallurgists.”

Engin. D. 3: 651. Je. ’08. 260w.

“The whole work is suggestive, illuminating and unique, and should prove most valuable to those who desire to study certain of the phenomena observable during the explosion of gaseous mixtures. The work of the translator has been done most satisfactorily.” L. S. Marks.

Engin. N. 59: 650. Je. 11, ’08. 730w.

“While chemical thermodynamics is certainly still far from having reached finality, it is important for our chemical engineers to know what has been accomplished. This book is an excellent guide for this purpose, although it is by no means easy reading.”

+ −

Engin. Rec. 58: 391. O. 3, ’08. 550w.

“After a single perusal of the book the reader may not appreciate the infinite pains, or the critical acumen amounting nearly to inspiration, with which the author has extracted the truth from a great mass of uncertain and frequently contradictory experimental material.” G. N. Lewis.

+ +

Science, n.s. 28: 344. S. 11, ’08. 460w.

Hadow, Gerald Elliot, and Hadow, William Henry. Oxford treasury of English literature. 3v. ea. *90c. Oxford.

v. 3. Completes the “treasury” and extends from the Jacobean to the Victorian writers.

“While fully recognizing the excellent intention of this work, we have some doubts as to its utility.”

+ −

Ath. 1908, 2: 181. Ag. 15. 1150w. (Review of v. 3.)

“In general, the brief critical remarks in the introductions are well-balanced despite their extreme brevity and occasional wit.”

Nation. 86: 577. Je. 25, ’08. 260w. (Review of v. 3.)

Hague, Charles Arthur. Pumping engines for water works. *$5. McGraw pub.

7–42484.

“Furnishes in language as free from technicalities as practicable a description of the principles upon which pumping engines operate, a brief outline of their development and a detailed discussion of their parts, without taking 150up the actual computation and drafting-room practice of the designer.”—Engin. Rec.

“The book is worth criticising and well worth improving in a subsequent edition.” n.s. Hill, jr.

− +

Engin. N. 59: 294. Mr. 12, ’08. 750w.

“The book is far the best work on pumping engines that we have in English at the present time.”

Engin. Rec. 57: 26. Ja. 4, ’08. 800w.

Haile, Martin. James Francis Edward, “the Old Chevalier.” *$4. Dutton.

8–15743.

A study “of Jacobitism in relation to wider issues. The author is thoroughly alive to the significance of the Orleans-Hanover compact; does justice to the Quadruple alliance in its bearing on the Jacobite expedition of 1719; explains the attempt of James to mediate between France and Austria in 1735, and shows how serious a blow to his hopes was the renewal of hostilities between those powers in 1740.”—Ath.

“A painstaking study.”

Ath. 1908, 1: 65. Ja. 18. 950w.

“As a study of personality, of the Jacobite movement in England, and of the views of a Stuart restoration held by the great powers of Europe, Mr. Haile’s work will be found both thorough and interesting.”

Dial. 43: 424. D. 16, ’07. 130w.

“On some points his researches seem to have been thorough and complete; but on many other matters he appears to have contented himself with a priori deductions.” L. M. Larson.

+ −

Dial. 45: 41. Jl. 16, ’08. 670w.

“Is really an historical study of an exceedingly interesting epoch.”

Ind. 64: 1453. Je. 25, ’08. 400w.

Nation. 86: 217. Mr. 5, ’08. 800w.

“Admirably complete and readable volume. The constant introduction of quotation marks tends to destroy the illusion and impede the narrative.”

+ −

N. Y. Times. 13: 158. Mr. 21, ’08. 300w.

“Mr. Haile does more than merely write a biography of the Old Pretender; he gives us a thoroughgoing and most valuable study of English Jacobitism, based in many of its details on material hitherto inaccessible to the historian.” H. A. Bruce.

+ +

Outlook. 89: 121. My. 16, ’08. 3000w.

“Interesting but often too lengthy chapters.”

+ −

Spec. 100: 641. Ap. 25, ’08. 130w.

Haines, Henry Stevens. Railway corporations as public servants. **$1.50. Macmillan.

7–30619.

Descriptive note and excerpts in Dec. 1907.

“Valuable to student, and to general readers interested in the subject.”

A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 138. My. ’08.

“The author is notably open-minded and fair.”

Ann. Am. Acad. 32: 624. N. ’08. 130w.

“Mr. Haines sees as a railway man—he sees as truly as one of the great travelling and shipping and consuming public. The tone and the temper are as admirable as though he might be a university professor of railway economics engaged in academic discussion. His book is an admirable chapter added to the fruitful discussion of railway problems.” J: J. Halsey.

+ +

Dial. 44: 130. Mr. 1, ’08. 1100w.

“Faults of form and substance do of necessity detract much from the value of the book; but it must not be supposed that it is without merit.”

+ −

Econ. Bull. 1: 33. Ap. ’08. 850w.

“Other similar utterances seem to indicate that the book was hurriedly compiled and failed to receive proper revision; it certainly did not receive adequate proof-reading.” E. L. Bogart.

−

Forum. 39: 394. Ja. ’08. 310w.

“The author’s wide experience in railway affairs and his acquaintance with the theoretical side reveal themselves in a clear statement of the development of common carrier service, and of American railway regulation. We note only two errors of fact.”

+ −

Nation. 86: 108. Ja. 30, ’08. 800w.

Outlook. 88: 322. F. 8, ’08. 460w.

“Mr. Haines has written so much on the railway question that it was evidently difficult for him to advance any new ideas.”

−

Pol. Sci. Q. 23: 186. Mr. ’08. 100w.

Hale, Albert Barlow. South Americans: the story of the South American republics. **$2.50. Bobbs.

7–36231.

Descriptive note in Dec. 1907.

“Somewhat superficial, but reliable and very useful for general information. Popular in style.”

+ −

A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 42. F. ’08. ✠

“He will give the average reader a better appreciation of the south continent and the people, but with all this there is still much to be desired. There is no unity of treatment.”

+ −

Ann. Am. Acad. 31: 203. Mr. ’08. 170w.

“No recent book on South America is so well adapted to the needs of the general reader as is this one.” H. E. Coblentz.

Dial. 44: 107. F. 16, ’08. 320w.

“This book deserves careful reading. It is too obviously made up of miscellaneous magazine articles written at various periods and loosely connected with each other. Still it makes easy and interesting reading.”

+ −

Ind. 64: 531. Mr. 5, ’08. 300w.

“It is written in a readable manner and sympathetic attitude.”

J. Pol. Econ. 16: 175. Mr. ’08. 100w.

“As long as Mr. Hale confines himself to the details of travel his work is not only helpful, but interesting. Unfortunately, he felt called upon to enter the field of broad philosophical analysis.”

+ −

Nation. 85: 587. D. 26, ’07. 360w.

“Very informative volume.”

Outlook. 88: 377. F. 15, ’08. 340w.

R. of Rs. 36: 756. D. ’07. 70w.

Hale, George Ellery. Study of stellar evolution: an account of some recent methods of astrophysical research. (Decennial publications, 2d ser., v. 10.) *$4. Univ. of Chicago press.

8–18034.

The modification of the author’s original project to furnish a handbook to the Yerkes observatory has resulted in the adoption of the plan of describing a connected series of investigation, laying special stress on the observational methods employed, in the hope of explaining clearly how the problem of stellar evolution is studied. “The book is one that does not require great technical familiarity, either with astronomy or with physics.... For the physicist, however, and especially for one who has experience with the difficulties and the charm of the experimental side of his subject the book possesses a fascination that is quite unusual.” (Phys. R.) There are over one hundred plates.

A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 237. O. ’08.

“Is of the greatest value to all who are following the developments of what is emphatically called the new astronomy.”

Ath. 1908, 2: 407. O. 3. 580w.

“Interesting and valuable work.”

Dial. 45: 44. Jl. 16, ’08. 360w.

“The last part is particularly suggestive and valuable to amateur observers who are provided with moderate sized telescopes and who are skilled in photography.”

+ +

Nation. 87: 191. Ag. 27, ’08. 700w.

151“The author writes of problems to whose solution he has himself made important contributions, of instruments which he has designed, or investigations with which, owing to his acquaintance with other astrophysicists, he has a thorough personal familiarity. This fact, together with the pleasing style and complete absence of any trace of egotism, gives to the book a character and charm that are rarely met with.”

+ +

Phys. R. 26: 549. Je. ’08. 520w.

“It is non-technical, readable and gives a clear explanation of the purposes and observational methods employed by the author in his notable researches upon the sun and the chemistry of the stars.” C: L. Poor.

Science, n.s. 28: 804. D. 4, ’08. 540w.

Univ. Rec. 13: 24. Jl. ’08. 760w.

Hale, William Bayard. A week in the White house with Theodore Roosevelt: a study of the president at the nation’s business. **$1.25. Putnam.

8–17769.

An accurate, realistic picture of President Roosevelt as he appears at close hand actually engaged in the arduous duties of his office. The chapter headings are as follows: The president in the White house, A view of the president at work, The spirit of the White house, A typical day with the president, A cabinet day at the White house, Giving audiences to two hundred, An estimate of Mr. Roosevelt, and The president on Mr. Roosevelt.

“It is written effectively and at times picturesquely, if not photographically. One feels that it is all quite true.”

Lit. D. 37: 162. Ag. 1, ’08. 60w.

N. Y. Times. 13: 314. Je. 6, ’08. 340w.

N. Y. Times. 13: 338. Je. 13, ’08. 220w.

Hall, Bolton. A little land and a living; introd. by William Borsodi. $1. Arcadia press.

8–19079.

In no way a repetition of the author’s “Three acres and liberty.” The book was stimulated by a letter from Mr. Borsodi to Mr. Hall in which the former points to the farm as the real hope, the one ray of sunshine that is destined to lighten the burden and cheer the lives of the needy of our large cities. Its aim is that of encouraging the overworked wage earner to reach out for a better, saner living, thru cultivating the little lands.

A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 237. O. ’08.

“We heartily recommend this work to all our readers who live on the land and to all those who dream of some time coming into intimate touch with the Great Mother.”

Arena. 40: 382. O. ’08. 600w.

“The effort to turn towards the land the superfluous population of the cities ... is one that deserves all encouragement not alone for economic but also for higher interests.”

Cath. World. 88: 112. O. ’08. 360w.

“His argument is marred by many divagations of one sort or another.”

−

Educ. R. 36: 522. D. ’08. 80w.

“Lacks in systematic and personal apprehension of the question, but is full of stimulant.”

− +

Ind. 65: 950. O. 22, ’08. 400w.

“The book should be read not only by those who are immediately interested in improving their life’s prospect, but by those whose prosperity enables them to consider means for the betterment of others less fortunately situated in the matter of worldly goods.”

N. Y. Times. 13: 375. Jl. 4, ’08. 770w.

“All readers who became interested in the suggestions offered by Mr. Hall in the introductory book will find the facts given in its sequel to be even more valuable and to the purpose.”

R. of Rs. 38: 127. Jl. ’08. 80w.

+ −

Spec. 101: 372. S. 12, ’08. 520w.

Hall, Francis Joseph. Authority: ecclesiastical and biblical. **$1.50. Longmans.

8–10429.

A discussion of the subject from “the viewpoint of the anti-Protestant wing of the Episcopal church. The author notes and makes acute if not convincing replies to the objections of Protestant writers, who understand ‘ecclesiastical infallibility’ differently from him.”—Outlook.

“It is difficult to reconcile his idea of authority with the modern world, which is insistent on the freedom of inquiry, and is filled with the spirit of democracy. Dr. Hall’s reconciliation is not likely to stand; he must go one way or the other, or else sit down between two stools.” E. S. Drown.

−

N. Y. Times. 13: 607. O. 24, ’08. 140w.

−

Outlook. 89: 128. My. 16, ’08. 200w.

Hall, Rev. Francis Joseph. Introduction to dogmatic theology. **$1.50. Longmans.

7–14566.

“The first of an intended series of ten volumes, covering the entire theological field as commonly outlined. The aim is instructive rather than investigative.... The declaration that ‘every particular Catholic church’ possesses ‘authority in doctrine,’ and his claim that ‘these doctrines are contained in a deposit of faith which was committed to the church of God in pentecostal days; that it is the double advantage of a Catholic theologian that he is taught the premises of his science by the Spirit-guided church, and receives sacramental grace within the church to master the truth thus conveyed to him,’ sufficiently indicate his accepted limitations and the class of readers he may expect to reach.”—Am. J. Theol.

Reviewed by George Cross.

Am. J. Theol. 12: 162. Ja. ’08. 140w.

“It requires but moderate acquaintance with the writings of representative Anglicans to be aware that this work will not be accepted as a standard by the Anglican church as a body, but at most a strong minority party in it, the so-called Anglo-Catholics.”

−

Outlook. 87: 46. S. 7, ’07. 210w.

Hall, H. Fielding. Inward light. **$1.75. Macmillan.

8–2180.

A book to be read in connection with the author’s “Soul of a people.” It develops the “great and vital principle of truth that underlies Buddhism.” It analyzes the evolution of a soul as it comes into the consciousness of its spiritual power and manifests symbolic perfection of body.

“Charming, even enchanting in style, but lacks serious acquaintance with facts, and mingles beauty and truth with partial statements and actually false conclusions.”

− +

A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 237. O. ’08.

“This work contains twenty-two chapters, not one of which the thoughtful reader will be willing to leave unread. Many of them will call for a second perusal because of the light they throw on many problems that have for ages perplexed the brain of man.” B. O. Flower.

+ +

Arena. 39: 486. Ap. ’08. 3500w.

“It is impossible to deny that the ‘call of the East’ is clear and alluring in these pages, or that the ‘long long thoughts’ of which the book is a presentation are not quietly and effectively set forth.”

Ath. 1908, 2: 12. Jl. 4. 380w.

“Charming, even enchanting, is this bit of philosophy disguised as a work of fiction. But as a presentation of Buddhism it lacks all the marks of serious acquaintance with originals or reality.” W: E. Griffis.

− +

Dial. 44: 243. Ap. 16, ’08. 650w.

152“In the discussion of various details, such as transmigration, the law of recompense, etc., Mr. Hall is a safe enough guide; but in his tone, in his interpretation of the spirit, he is at the antipodes of the truth.”

+ −

Nation. 86: 283. Mr. 26, ’08. 450w.

“It would be hard to find a better expression of the gentle spirit of Gautama, the Buddha, than is given in this book. The book is a joy to read.”

+ −

N. Y. Times. 13: 131. Mr. 7, ’08. 1100w.

“A mingling of beauty and truth with partial statements and actually false conclusions. It will attract the superficial reader by its glowing language and entertain the more sober mind by its constant challenge to his thought.”

Outlook. 88: 561. Mr. 7, ’08. 550w.

“The style is charming.”

R. of Rs. 37: 512. Ap. ’08. 50w.

Hall, S. Roland. How to get a position and how to keep it, with special hints to various classes of applicants. **50c. Funk.

8–22077.

Hard work is the keynote to the success which Mr. Hall preaches. He gives practical advice on the choice of an occupation; on letters of application; on personal application and letters of recommendation. There are also special hints to various classes of applicants, and a closing chapter on Keeping positions and winning promotions.

Ind. 65: 439. Ag. 20, ’08. 50w.

Lit. D. 37: 672. N. 7, ’08. 100w.

“Even those who have already had practical experience, as well as the business novitiate in wage-earning, can learn much from Mr. Hall’s book.”

N. Y. Times. 13: 453. Ag. 15, ’08. 150w.

Hamel, Frank. Famous French salons. *$3.50. Brentano’s.

The salon history of French society from early in the seventeenth to early in the nineteenth century—from the Marquise de Rambouillet to Madame Récamier. Each of the nine leaders of salons is sketched in the light of her special gift for attracting and holding the brilliant minds of the day; as, for instance, the wit of Madame du Deffaud and the literary tastes of Mme. Récamier.

“The narrative is in each case well told, and the author is skilful in selecting from his authorities the passages which have abiding human interest.”

+ −

Ath. 1908, 2: 363. S. 26. 440w.

N. Y. Times. 13: 400. Jl. 18, ’08. 380w.

“A pleasant and interesting book on an agreeable subject. He has chosen nine famous ladies ... in some instances his choice cannot be disputed; in others it can.”

+ −

Spec. 100: 710. My. 2, ’08. 470w.

Hamilton, Cecily. Diana of Dobson’s. †$1.50. Century.

8–19716.

A London shop-girl of spirit chafing under the tyranny of Dobson’s drapery establishment comes to open rebellion upon the eve of a windfall. She inherits three hundred pounds, determines to go straight to Paris and to enjoy clothes, freedom, and fun so long as her little fortune lasts. At the end of a month she is penniless but has found a lover, a titled Englishman, whom she dismisses but finds again in a later state of great want.

“Lively, unobjectionable story.”

A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 269. N. ’08. ✠

“Though as literature this novel cannot be said to rank high, it is incomparably better than the general popular novel that appeals to the summer reader. It is a bright, interesting and rather unique love story, but it possesses a merit far beyond this.”

Arena. 40: 393. O. ’08. 870w.

“The impression remains with the reader of a brisk little story written with perfect taste, while it is at heart a genuine song of the sons and daughters of Martha.”

Nation. 87: 36. Jl. 9, ’08. 170w.

“The decided charm of this book lies in its clear, unlabored delineation of character.”

N. Y. Times. 13: 392. Jl. 11, ’08. 300w.

N. Y. Times. 13: 615. O. 24, ’08. 30w.

Hamilton, Clarence G. Outlines of music history. $1.50. Ditson.

8–7604.

A concise survey of the entire field of musical development, presented in the light of recent research. It is designed for the general reader and the student. It treats alien musical systems; mediaeval music; epoch of vocal counterpoint; development of monophony; Bach, Handel, Gluck; perfection of the sonata form; transition to the romantic style; nineteenth century romanticists, opera, and composers; and the music of the present day.

“It is an excellent little book, fully abreast of modern musical scholarship.”

Dial. 44: 280. My. 1, ’08. 50w.

“A concise survey of the whole field of musical development.”

Ind. 65: 321. Ag. 6, ’08. 40w.

“A volume commendably free from superfluous facts.”

Nation. 86: 339. Ap. 9, ’08. 220w.

Hamilton, Clayton Meeker. Materials and methods of fiction; with an introd. by Brander Matthews. **$1.50. Baker.

8–17693.

A constructive study of the art of fiction from which amateurs who have the professional goal in view may see how great fiction has been and must be written. From a study of novels and short stories the author deduces and formulates the general principles of the art of fiction, emphasizing well the importance of understanding the relation between fact and fiction, the distinction between the actual and the real. The book recommends itself to college students, young authors, club members, circulating libraries and general readers. The best specimens of short story which literature affords are used thruout for the illustration of principles.

“Particularly well adapted for general reading. It does not cover the subject completely and is of comparatively small value for serious study beside Perry’s ‘Study of prose fiction.’”

− +

A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 259. N. ’08.

“In general the book is no less admirable in expression than in conception: clear and concrete, full of delightful niceties of detail, and not seldom rising into style.” Brian Hooker.

+ −

Forum. 40: 53. Jl. ’08. 1650w.

“There is plenty of real cerebration, and thoughtful novel readers may gain considerable information and some points of view that will be both new and valuable.”

+ −

Ind. 65: 841. O. 8, ’08. 300w.

“It is, all in all, a suggestive, informing, and thoroughly interesting book, if not profound. The subject scarcely warrants profundity. The book becomes a sort of general survey of the best fiction, helping to revive pleasant memories, to introduce the young readers to writers previously known only by repute. It is a good plan and well worked out.”

N. Y. Times. 13: 401. Jl. 18, ’08. 660w.

“It is not too much to say that the very real value of Mr. Hamilton’s book depends far less upon direct and specific research involved in it than upon a certain wise and healthful outlook upon life in general, that lies at the basis of his careful and logical subdivision of his book. It has this vital quality of a book that is really worth while, that where it fails to convince it helps you to clarify your own 153reasons for believing just the opposite.” F: T. Cooper.

+ −

No. Am. 188: 621. O. ’08. 830w.

“Should be of value to college students, to young authors, and to literary clubs.”

R. of Rs. 38: 126. Jl. ’08. 60w.

Hamilton, James Shelley. Butt Chanler, freshman. †$1.50. Appleton.

8–27804.

A rousing college tale with intimate characterizations of the prevailing customs among American college students of to-day. The hero is a young freshman who is subjected to the usual round of initiatory hazing, to the usual athletic physical hardening process: and in spite of misunderstandings and misrepresentations, is proven to be morally straight and true. There is the usual campus and gridiron setting.

N. Y. Times. 13: 580. O. 17, ’08. 90w.

Hamlin, Myra Sawyer. Persis Putnam’s treasure. †$1.25. Little.

8–30931.

One of the “Nan” stories which follows the rescue of a wealthy girl from morbidness by a group of healthy happy campers.

N. Y. Times. 13: 757. D. 5, ’08. 80w.

Hammerton, John Alexander. In the track of R. L. Stevenson and elsewhere in old France. *$2.40. Scribner.

7–38531.

The author, an enthusiastic follower of Stevenson, devotes nearly a half of his book to the track of the Travels with a donkey and An inland voyage. He goes over the ground supplementing his observations with extracts from what Stevenson wrote about places in the course. Further rambles in Le Puy, in the country of the Camisards and in the town of Tartarin are equally interesting.

Dial. 45: 169. S. 16, ’08. 330w.

“A parasitic growth, and a fairly heavy one.”

−

Nation. 87: 313. O. 1, ’08. 300w.

“It would be a delightful thing to devote three or four months to a journey in France, with Mr. Hammerton’s book to show the way.”

N. Y. Times. 13: 388. Jl. 11, 08. 800w.

“This is a pleasant book, and may give some hints for future holidays.”

Spec. 99: 1101. D. 28, ’07. 160w.

* Hammond, Eleanor Prescott. Chaucer: a bibliographical manual. *$3. Macmillan.

8–28623.

“Without including annotation of the Chaucerian text (except a few well-known cruces), or allusions to Chaucer, or the lighter ‘literary’ essays, or ‘third-hand’ biographies, the author has nevertheless filled a volume of nearly six hundred pages with references, well digested abstracts, independent criticisms, and judiciously selected extracts dealing with all phases of Chaucer’s life and works, as well as the works (in a group by themselves) which have been printed with Chaucer’s or attributed to him.”—Dial.

“As far as we have tested the book, all the important works on Chaucer are noted in the proper places, and there are very few errors of citation or misprints. The index is good. As far as the author’s work is concerned, then, we have little but praise of the volume, which represents the labor of years.”

Dial. 45: 348. N. 16, ’08. 300w.

“Her book, as a rule, is marked by a freshness which does not belong to the mere compiler’s work. It is to be regretted, however, that Miss Hammond should so frequently neglect to give the dates of the manuscripts. There is only one omission worth mentioning.”

+ −

Nation. 87: 575. D. 10, ’08. 380w.

R. of Rs. 38: 640. N. ’08. 30w.

* Hamp, Sidford Frederick. Trail of the badger: a story of the Colorado border thirty years ago. †$1.50. Wilde.

The subject of desert reclamation is handled here in a vivid picture, of life on the southern border of Colorado “where the fringes of two discordant civilizations overlapped each other—the strenuous Anglo-Saxon and the easy-going Mexican.” Two boys, alert, and physically fit, encounter all sorts of dangers in the way of enemies and wild animals while endeavoring to reclaim a stretch of worthless desert waste.

“The boys of to-day will find it interesting to compare the conditions here depicted with those that exist at the present time, a single generation later.”

N. Y, Times. 13: 655. N. 7, ’08. 200w.

Hancock, Albert Elmer. John Keats: a literary biography. **$2. Houghton.

8–28422.

A biography which brings to bear upon the increasing store of facts concerning Keats’ life, the latter day methods of interpretation and valuation. This sketch is characterized by “an informing of the progressive development of Keats’ genius, the filling in of the background of his life with new authentic and specific details, the interpretation of his poems by his letters and a brilliant account of the posthumous growth of his reputation.”

“Mr. Hancock is inclined to write staccato. His first few chapters especially strain for effect. The interpretative portion of Professor Hancock’s work, however, is the noteworthy feature of his book.” W. E. Simonds.

+ −

Dial. 45: 341. N. 16, ’08. 1150w.

“Its success is due to scholarly co-ordination of facts and sane reasoning upon them; its failure is simply that Professor Hancock is too unlike John Keats. Professor Hancock for the most part brings out admirably those component events and experiences which went to the making of Keats. He depicts well many phases of the man: what he misses is the very man himself—the central note of his nature by which all is to be understood. And yet the book is well worth reading.” Brian Hooker.

+ −

Forum. 40: 584. D. ’08. 3000w.

“A book which is indeed the life of a poet, written by a man stirred by his subject, realizing and making the reader realize those essentials that made Keats Keats, rather than harping on those qualities which he shared with ordinary men, Mr. Hancock has made use of much new material in this book, material which has come to light since Houghton’s and Colvin’s lives.”

N. Y. Times. 13: 675. N. 14, ’08. 140w.

Hancock, Elizabeth Hazlewood. Betty Pembroke. $1.50. Neale.

7–41586.

All about a tender-hearted, true-to-self young Virginia maid and her friends and lovers.

Handbook of learned societies and institutions: America. $4. Carnegie inst.

v. 1. “This first volume deals with societies in the United States, Canada, Mexico, the West Indies, Central and South America. Each entry commences with the official name of the society or institution, its postal address, and the name of the official, if any, to whom communications should be addressed. Notes of its history are given, including dates of foundation and incorporation and changes of name and organisation, and if it possesses a library the number of volumes is stated; its object; time and place of meeting; number of members and fees; the exact titles of its publications and any special publications; the mode of distribution of publications; and a statement of research funds and prizes.” (Nature.)

“Includes neither art museums nor libraries, though the admission of such libraries and art 154galleries as publish real contributions to knowledge would have enhanced the value of the work. The further omission of medical and agricultural societies and institutions, and of civic leagues must also be regarded as a serious drawback. Within its field, however, the book cannot fail to be highly appreciated by librarians and scientific workers in general.”

+ −

Nation. 87: 207. S. 3, ’08. 470w. (Review of v. 1.)

“Cannot fail to be of great use to those interested in American societies and their work; its production reflects great credit on all concerned with its preparation and publication.” H. M.

Nature. 78: 340. Ag. 13, ’08. 500w. (Review of v. 1.)

Haney, John Louis. Name of William Shakespeare: a study of orthography. *$1. Egerton press.

7–18135.

Aims “to present in convenient form the principal facts that have been elicited concerning the origin and etymology of the name and the vicissitudes of its orthography at various periods of its history.”

Dial. 44: 47. Ja. 16, ’08. 380w.

“Although here and there the essay has a more controversial air, perhaps, than its author intended, it is, on the whole, a fair, complete, and clear exposition of the subject. So far as we have observed, it takes account of every scrap of evidence available, up to the time that it went to print.”

+ +

Nation. 83: 283. O. 4, ’06. 340w.

Hanus, Paul Henry. Beginnings in industrial education; and other educational discussions. *$1. Houghton.

8–21612.

A practical rather than theoretical treatment of some vital present-day educational questions. The first part deals specifically with problems of industrial education in this country, with vocational education, under state auspices; and the second, with some of the results obtained in the secondary schools of Germany.

N. Y. Times. 13: 540. O. 3, ’08. 240w.

Harben, William Nathaniel. Gilbert Neal. †$1.50. Harper.

8–27805.

The fact that Gilbert Neal for a third time mortgages everything he possesses to keep a lawless, worthless brother from the penitentiary plays small part in this tale except to show the qualities of the young hero’s character. The serious work of the author is the portrayal of the three characters in a fatal triangle and the relations of the hero to each. One of the three, the long suffering wife of a dissolute minister, is the hero’s good angel, who teaches him moderation by saving him from the rash acts of hot headed chivalry.

“The only human being in the story is one Daggart, village store-keeper and money-lender, and, as he says, ‘just a natural man, by hunky.’”

− +

Nation. 87: 442. N. 5, ’08. 320w.

Harding, John William. Chorus lady; novelized from James Forbes’ play. †$1.50. Dillingham.

8–10283.

In this novelization the heroine of the play loses neither her penchant for testing the whole gamut of slang nor her unafraid attitude toward sturdy sacrifice.

“It would be absurd to pretend that the book is as delightful as the play, but it is a creditable and interesting discharge of a difficult task, and is perhaps the best of recent novelizations.”

N. Y. Times. 13: 302. My. 30, ’08. 100w.

Harding, John William. Paid in full, by Eugene Walter; a story of modern American life, novelized from the play by John W. Harding. †$1.50. Dillingham.

8–16949.

The novelization of a popular play of the season. It is a story of married life in which a whining, weak-willed husband takes to blaming capital, his employer, and his own loyal wife for the ill success which follows in the wake of his anarchism. He becomes a defaulter, thrusts his wife, at the sacrifice of her womanhood, between him and the prison walls which loom up before him. She pays in full her debt of obligation to him by begging his employer, of doubtful morals, for mercy. In the dénouement, the hard hand of the capitalist puts on the velvet glove; Jimsy, the faithful friend, proves his allegiance, but the husband pursues the way of the lost soul to the suicide’s grave.

“There has been no falling off in the dramatic interest and no serious blurring of the characters.”

N. Y. Times. 13: 329. Je. 13, ’08. 230w.

Harding, John William. The time, the place and the girl; from the play of Will M. Hough and Frank R. Adams. †$1. Dillingham.

8–22547.

A story based upon the play, “The time, the place and the girl.”

N. Y. Times. 13: 478. Ag. 29, ’08. 180w.

Hardy, Thomas. The dynasts. 3 pts. ea. *$1.50. Macmillan.

pt. 3. “In this Part III we see the career of Napoleon in a convulsed Europe draw to its close in the colossal tragedy whose main features are the burning of Moscow and the retreat of the Grand army through the horrors of the Russian winter, the battle of Leipzig, the abdication of the Emperor, Elba, the return, and Waterloo.”—N. Y. Times.

“Never has Mr. Hardy’s constructive genius mastered so completely as in his latest work difficulties arising from mass of material.”

Ath. 1908, 1: 615. My. 16. 1000w. (Review of pt. 3.)

“There is not a line of poetry in ‘Dynasts.’ Had Mr. Hardy attempted true drama, he must have failed lamentably; but the fact is, he has attempted something else—to get a certain pictorial effect by irregular means—and he has not failed.” H. W. Boynton.

− +

Bookm. 27: 486. Jl. ’08. 1150w. (Review of pts. 1–3.)

“With the third section, now completing the work, we become conscious of a precipitation, still somewhat cloudy, of the æsthetical, ethical, and philosophical elements hitherto held in solution, and we feel that a great task has been worthily performed.” W: M. Payne.

Dial. 44: 307. My. 16, ’08. 2000w. (Review of pt. 3.)

“From the beginning of the sixth act in the famous ballroom at Brussels to the final scene in the wood of Bossu where Napoleon broods over his defeat, Mr. Hardy is at his very best, and in this kind outside of the chronicle plays of Shakespeare there is none better.”

Nation. 86: 353. Ap. 16, ’08. 1800w. (Review of pt. 1 and 3.)

“The stage is enormous and heroic, but the whole vast play is seen in every corner and from every point of view at once in amazing particularity and with a remembrance of its part in the cosmic scheme.”

N. Y. Times. 13: 249. My. 2, ’08. 2500w. (Review of pt. 1–3.)

“Taking the completed poem, we feel that the poet has attained unity, and that the dramatic quality of the whole is his great achievement.”

Spec. 100: 462. Mr. 21, ’08. 550w. (Review of pt. 3.)

155* Hare, Christopher. Courts and camps of the Italian renaissance; being a mirror of the life and times of the ideal gentleman, Count Baldassare Castiglione. *$2.50. Scribner.

“Mr. Hare not merely epitomizes Castiglione’s ‘Cortegiano’ itself, but gives a discursive account of the author’s life and of the stirring events which he saw. Castiglione’s biography was well worth presenting in this fashion, and ‘The courtier’ is always in order. The contacts which such a man has with the great ones of his age, furnish a better insight into the human side of the renaissance than we often get when our attention is primarily directed to Alexander VI, or Julius II, or to the ambitious princes who competed for secular prizes.”—Nation.

“Many portraits from well-known paintings enhance the impression of reality which Mr. Hare’s agreeable narrative makes upon us.”

Nation. 87: 548. D. 3, ’08. 140w.

“Altogether Mr. Hare awakens an active desire to possess the ‘Cortegiano’ in its entirety, and what more could any enthusiastic biographer do for his subject?” Hildegarde Hawthorne.

N. Y. Times. 13: 512. S. 19, ’08. 900w.

Hare, Christopher. Life of Louis XI, the rebel dauphin and the statesman king from his original letters and other documents. *$2.50. Scribner.

W7–182.

A biography whose material has been supplied chiefly by Louis’s “lettres missives” and “pieces justificatives.” “The two great figures, Louis of France and Charles of Burgundy, sometimes grotesque and sometimes terrible, move against a background of civil wars, desperate sieges, inhuman horrors without end. England with its Wars of the roses is closely connected with France and French politics through the unlucky Queen Margaret. Further off in the picture is the always welcome and delightful presence of her father, the good King René, happy and beloved through all contemporary storms.” (Spec.)

“Although based on new material, not scholarly in the highest sense.”

A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 184. Je. ’08.

“A cardinal defect of the book as a whole is that the light is not sufficiently concentrated. The excellence of the illustrations goes far to redeem the shortcomings of the text.”

− +

Ath. 1907, 2: 611. N. 16. 1680w.

“This ‘most difficult period of history’ presents a network of tangled politics and a snarl of interminable feuds; and the patience and skill with which Mr. Hare has threaded his way through it all deserves praise.”

Dial. 43: 421. D. 16, ’07. 530w.

“A new study that aims at supplementing the work of preceding historians.”

Nation. 87: 139. Ag. 13, ’08. 600w.

“There is no attempt in this volume to idealize the man, but dispassionate evidence is adduced to show that his crimes are to be considered less from the point of view of personal morality than from their aspect of national purpose in an era when France was struggling to be released from the evils of feudalism.” G. S. Heilman.

N. Y. Times. 13: 64. F. 1, ’08. 380w.

“Mr. Hare may be congratulated on having opened a fresh field—at least a fresh point of view—to English readers.”

+ −

Spec. 99: 778. N. 16, ’07. 1460w.

Harker, Mrs. Lizzie Allen. His first leave. †$1.50. Scribner.

8–35365.

The author of “Paul and Fiammetta” tells another story in which sympathy for childhood abounds. The hero is an Indian civil servant on leave in England, the heroine, a “high-minded, merry-hearted English girl”; while the other characters are an unprincipled Jew, an English woman, her neglected child, Roger, and a number of lesser individuals culled from the Cockshot Hills.

“The plot is very slight but the book contains an interesting group of characters who are, for the most part, well worth knowing.”

A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 156. My. ’08. ✠

“Mrs. Harker does not always succeed in keeping a tendency to sentimentality under control; but so healthy is the tone of the book, and so agreeable its style, that the final impression it leaves is distinctly pleasing.”

+ −

Ath. 1907, 2: 723. D. 7. 180w.

“Possesses the initial merit of a genuine charm of style. But, on the other hand, the construction of the story is distinctly loose.” F: T. Cooper.

+ −

Bookm. 27: 398. Je. ’08. 400w.

“A readable little story for women.”

Ind. 65: 552. S. 3, ’08. 90w.

“A slight, pleasant story which it is a little difficult to appreciate at its proper value. Perhaps because the author treats her characters too subjectively, over-editing them, as it were, we feel sure that we should like them all better if we met them in real life than we do through anything that they do or say in her pages.”

+ −

Lond. Times. 6: 317. O. 18, ’07. 450w.

“The plot never thickens and the incidents barely link themselves into a chain; but they are made pleasant reading by the characterization, which is the strong point of the book.”

Nation. 86: 448. My. 14, ’08. 150w.

N. Y. Times. 13: 266. My. 9, ’08. 130w.

“But the charm of the book lies in the delicate understanding, shown by the author, of real human nature. The people are distinct individuals. Each one stands out clearly—faulty, attractive, merry, and true, just such a circle of associations as we would choose for ourselves.”

Outlook. 89: 85. My. 9, ’08. 200w.

“A pretty, readable story, a little sentimental in spirit, and conventional in design perhaps, but fresh and wholesome.”

+ −

Sat. R. 104: 520. O. 26, ’07. 100w.

* Harker, Lizzie Allen. Miss Esperance and Mr. Wycherly. †$1.50. Scribner.

8–25368.

“This is a story of two charming children brought up by an even more charming old maid and old bachelor. The older people are Scotch and the little boys English, and the scene is laid entirely in Scotland.”—Spec.

“Will find appreciative readers among lovers of child life or of quiet stories like ‘Cranford,’ with which, however, it suffers by comparison.”

A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 269. N. ’08.

“This is a story of exceptional charm. A good style, idyllic simplicity, originality, and tenderness add to the attractions of a work light alike in theme and treatment.”

Ath. 1908, 2: 469. O. 17. 170w.

“Is full of charm and delicacy, with a touch now and then of quiet but delicious humor.”

N. Y. Times. 13: 571. O. 17, ’08. 400w.

“All lovers of children should read this delicate little study, which, if it cannot escape the accusation of sentimentality, is at any rate very charmingly and sincerely written.”

Spec. 101: 680. O. 31, ’08. 180w.

Harland, Marion, pseud. Housekeeper’s week. **$1.50. Bobbs.

8–23880.

A preliminary chapter entitled Her house in order, is followed by sixteen chapters outlining work for each day of the week, and eight chapters on such topics as marketing, sewing and mending day, care of the body, domestic materia medica, domestic surgery, care of the sick and miscellaneous hints.

“The book is a compendium of information that will appeal not only to the young and inexperienced 156housekeeper, but also to her of longer and wider experience.”

Ind. 65: 1126. N. 12, ’08. 120w.

“This new work seems to gather up the fragments of her overflowing domestic knowledge and experience and present them in a clear and attractive manner.”

Lit. D. 37: 901. D. 12, ’08. 200w.

“This is a skilful grouping of suggestions regarding the various forms of housework under the days of the week.”

R. of Rs. 38: 640. N. ’08. 50w.

Harnack, Adolf. New Testament studies; 2, The sayings of Jesus, the second source of St. Matthew and St. Luke; tr. by Rev. J. R. Wilkinson. (Crown lib., v. 23.) *$1.75. Putnam.

8–14753.

“Presents Harnack’s recent discussion of ‘Q,’ the common discourse-source used by Matthew and Luke, to English readers. Harnack reconstructs this source, and declares it to be the work of the age of the apostles, perhaps of the apostle Matthew himself, and more ancient than Mark, for it shows no Pauline influence.”—Bib. World.

“Harnack’s ‘contribution’ is the most thorough that has yet appeared; immeasurably superior to the attempts of Wendt and Resch, an advance also, chiefly by its greater detail, upon the truly scholarly work of Hawkins, Wernle, and Burton. It suffers, however, from the very rigidity of the author’s method.”

+ −

Am. J. Theol. 12: 650. O. ’08. 500w.

“The book will not destroy Prof. Harnack’s reputation as a higher critic whose scholarship leads him to no wanton attack on religion, and whose criticisms are distinguished by sobriety of judgment.”

Ath. 1908, 2: 431. O. 10. 550w.

“It is unfortunate that so rigid a two-document hypothesis underlies this stimulating book.”

− +

Bib. World. 32: 78. Jl. ’08. 70w.

“The work is an important one for critical study of New Testament literature and the life of Christ.”

Nation. 86: 578. Je. 25, ’08. 200w.

Reviewed by E. S. Drown.

N. Y. Times. 13: 607. O. 24, ’08. 40w.

“His acuteness, vigour and freshness make the dullest details interesting. In his reconstruction of the original ‘Q,’ however, we follow him with caution and some slight misgivings.”

+ −

Sat. R. 106: sup. 10. O. 24, ’08. 370w.

“We cannot always accept Professor Harnack’s criticism, but it is acute and enlightening.”

+ −

Spec. 100: 942. Je. 13, ’08. 500w.

Harper, Robert Francis; Brown, Francis; and Moore, George F., eds. Old Testament and Semitic studies in memory of William Rainey Harper. 2v. *$10. Univ. of Chicago press.

Twenty-six essays contributed by prominent men in fourteen institutions of learning which constitute a tribute to the memory of Dr. Harper and form a worthy expression of the scholarship which it was his life work to promote.

“The volumes are a mark of progress as well as a testimonial to a great teacher. Reading them with an open mind we have reason not only to be thankful for the past but to be hopeful for the future.” H: P. Smith.

Am. J. Theol. 12: 251. Ap. ’08. 1800w.

Ath. 1908, 1: 504. Ap. 25. 1100w.

“The whole constitutes a fitting testimony to the esteem felt by American scholars for a peerless teacher, an eminent scholar, and a great man.”

Bib. World. 31: 238. Mr. ’08. 120w.

“It goes without saying that the book as a whole is worthy of its purpose in scope, content, and execution, and reflects much credit on contributors and editors alike.” J: P. Peters.

+ +

Bib. World. 31: 466. Je. ’08. 3400w.

“Two noble volumes of scholarly treatises.”

+ +

Dial. 44: 280. My. 1, ’08. 250w.

“All the articles are fresh, scholarly studies of serious matters connected with Semitic or Old Testament learning. A magnificent monument.”

+ +

Ind. 64: 420. F. 20, ’08. 800w.

+ +

Nation. 86: 308. Ap. 2, ’08. 1000w.

“The introductory essay ... is a careful and discriminating study of Dr. Harper and his work. The remaining essays are technical in character presenting little of interest except to Old Testament students.”

N. Y. Times. 13: 118. F. 29, ’08. 250w.

“Apart from its memorial significance, this collection of critical studies is a distinct and valuable contribution to the work to which President Harper devoted his life.”

Outlook. 88: 658. Mr. 21, ’08. 220w.

“A fitting tribute to a scholar’s memory, and such as a scholar would desire to have!”

Sat. R. 106: 485. O. 17, ’08. 1000w.

“In scholarship and dignity of form are noble memorials to the enthusiasm for research that characterized the first president of the university.”

Univ. Rec. 12: 160. Ap. ’08. 580w.

Harper, Walter Benjamin. Utilization of wood waste by distillation: a general consideration of the industry of wood distilling, including a description of the apparatus used and the principles involved. *$3. St. Louis lumberman, St. Louis, Mo.

7–37257.

Aims to make good “the lack of literature on the subject of wood distillation, particularly that which relates to the treatment of resinous woods.” The author presents “the different phases of his subject in such a manner that it might be readily comprehended by persons lacking a preliminary scientific education, the information contained being thought sufficient to enable such, if suitably located, to establish and operate a distilling plant on a sound basis.” (Engin. D.)

“Should prove of essential value to lumber men and others interested in the industry, in furnishing them with a treatise founded on a correct conception of the subject.”

Engin. D. 4: 56. Jl. ’08. 140w.

“A brief bibliography ... unfortunately, for the most part, consists of titles, only, without dates, publishers, etc.”

+ −

Engin. N. 58: 659. D. 12, ’07. 370w.

* Harraden, Beatrice. Interplay. †$1.50. Stokes.

8–29739.

“The central situation of this story is a new one. A woman, unhappily married, runs away with a lover, whose sudden death gives her husband the chance to divorce her, which he had refused to do when it might have been a merciful act. Years after, she determines, from the impulse of a new and nobler love, to put away her past, as men do, and give herself to happiness. The theme of the author is equal morality for men and women.”—Outlook.

Ind. 65: 1183. N. 19, ’08. 70w.

“It is to be added that the story reads interestingly, particularly in the first half. The characters in modelling and in conversation, are often original, sprightly, and unexpected, the situations fresh and seizing. But one would welcome an interval of emancipation from emancipation.”

+ −

Nation. 87: 497. N. 19, ’08. 370w.

“Miss Harraden has more wit than humor, 157and she is occasionally overly sentimental. ‘Interplay’ is the best thing she has done, not even excepting her still popular first book, ‘Ships that pass in the night.’”

+ −

N. Y. Times. 13: 643. O. 31, ’08. 530w.

N. Y. Times. 13: 743. D. 5, ’08. 130w.

“The somber stuff that is the substance of the story is elaborately embroidered with dainty and skillful stitches, making a rich and original bit of work.”

Outlook. 90: 748. N. 28, ’08. 330w.

“She can think as well as describe, and her characters impress themselves.”

Sat. R. 106: 644. N. 21, ’08. 270w.

+ −

Spec. 101: 743. N. 7, ’08. 430w.

Harris, Maurice Henry. History of the mediæval Jews from the Moslem conquest of Spain to the discovery of America. 60c. Harris, M. H.

8–21947.

“Deals with a golden age of the Jews, when their literature had a splendid development in Spain until they were forced out by cruel persecution at the end of the fifteenth century. The period includes the time of the mystic Nachmanides, the philosopher Maimonides (the author of ‘The guide of the perplexed’), and the poets Jehuda Halevi and Ibn Gabirol. Translations of some of the works of these poets are given.”—Ind.

Ind. 65: 269. Jl. 30, ’08. 100w.

“A fairly readable and trustworthy summary, whose interest for the average young person is probably not increased by a slightly homiletic flavor. It is none the less a marked improvement on the few existing text-books on the subject.”

+ −

Nation. 86: 216. Mr. 5, ’08. 90w.

Harrison, Constance (Cary) (Mrs. Burton Harrison). Count and the congressman. 75c. Cupples & L.

8–15151.

The rivals for a charming American girl are an impecunious Italian count and a millionaire congressman. Contrary to the usual situation the titled foreigner possesses the manhood and the congressman is the villain. The latter has built his wealth upon the wreck of the girl’s father’s fortune. She is clever enough to penetrate his scheme, entraps him and wins back enough money to restore, modestly the Stelvio estates at Lake Como.

“The personages of the novel are simply convenient dummies for furthering the simple action of the story. The dialogue lacks distinction of any sort.”

− +

N. Y. Times. 13: 446. Ag. 15, ’08. 200w.

Harrison, Frederic. My Alpine jubilee; articles from London Times, Westminster review, and Cornhill magazine, 1851–1907. *$1.25. Dutton.

8–26234.

Ten short articles and letters including six letters written from Lake Leman last autumn, fifty-six years after the author’s first Alpine trip, also early essays on mountaineering and Sir Leslie Stephen’s Alpine writings. These have been collected and published at the request of the Alpine club of London to aid in the celebration of its jubilee.

“He writes with the vigour and enthusiasm inspired by the atmosphere of his beloved mountains.”

Ath. 1908, 1: 449. Ap. 11. 250w.

Dial. 45: 66. Ag. 1, ’08. 300w.

N. Y. Times. 13: 289. My. 23, ’08. 150w.

“The chapters in Mr. Harrison’s volume are of varying value. But all are confidently commended to the lover of the Alps.”

Outlook. 89: 625. Jl. 18, ’08. 520w.

Harrison, Frederic. National and social problems. **$1.75. Macmillan.

8–14733.

An appeal to international morality and a plea for social regeneration. The first part deals with international problems, war and imperialism; the second part is occupied with questions of labor, unionism and socialism. “The author purposes a socialism, economic, moral and religious, whereby the reorganization of society as a whole will be secured by a new ethical and religious education, entirely reforming the spirit in which capital, the product of society, shall be used, enjoyed, and controlled for the good of society alone.”

“A permanent value certainly attached to the second part of the volume.” A. G. P.

Am. Hist. R. 14: 173. O. ’08. 530w.

“Although many have already read most, if not all, of the essays now republished, some at least of them possess a curiously fresh interest at the moment, and are most welcome.”

Ath. 1908, 1: 601. My. 16. 900w.

Ind. 65: 613. S. 10, ’08. 340w.

“The half dozen essays in the second section treat of the modern unrest and the impending revolution in the industrial order. In all that he has to say upon this problem he is still the consistent and aggressive Positivist that he has always been.”

N. Y. Times. 13: 288. My. 23, ’08. 300w.

“We doubt whether a man who avers that he has learned almost nothing in the last forty years of the nineteenth century is qualified to be a leader of society in the beginning of the twentieth century.”

− +

Outlook. 89: 391. Je. 20, ’08. 530w.

Putnam’s. 5: 111. O. ’08. 900w.

“Mr. Frederic Harrison would be a more instructive teacher, and, generally, a more useful citizen, if he were not possessed with the dogma of his infallibility.”

− +

Spec. 100: 1004. Je. 27, ’08. 640w.

Harrison, Frederic. Philosophy of common sense. **$1.75. Macmillan.

7–36260.

Descriptive note and excerpts in Dec. 1907.

“His volumes are of interest despite the fact that they add little to what he had already printed.” W: T. Paullin.

Am. J. Theol. 12: 662. O. ’08. 440w.

“The book is the echo of long-drawn-out controversies over worthless issues.” R. E. Bisbee.

−

Arena. 40: 474. N. ’08. 380w.

Reviewed by G: Hodges.

Atlan. 102: 130. Jl. ’08. 400w.

“The book in question has a certain value. Were it not for the title of his latest book one might think that this conclusion was a caricature of common sense.” I. W. Riley.

+ −

Bookm. 26: 663. F. ’08. 1330w.

“The collected issue of these various utterances in defense of positivism as the one and only common-sense philosophy forms a valuable and highly readable sequel to the preceding number of the series.”

Dial. 44: 18. Ja. 1, ’08. 350w.

Reviewed by S. Waterlow.

Int. J. Ethics. 19: 130. O. ’08. 700w.

“The work exhibits a philosophical Bourbon who learns nothing and forgets nothing.” I. W. Riley.

−

J. Philos. 5: 444. Jl. 30, ’08. 400w.

“Mr. Harrison’s clear style and perfectly frank spirit lend a charm to his work that insure him a hearing with every one interested in philosophical discussion.”

Lit. D. 37: 228. Ag. 15. ’08. 430w.

+ −

Outlook. 88: 144. Ja. 18, ’08. 120w.

“The student of nineteenth century philosophy who desires to conceive aright of the spirit, method, and aims of the system of thought inaugurated by Auguste Comte will find them nowhere delineated more clearly and adequately 158than in this volume by the most prominent and able of Comte’s disciples.” E. Ritchie.

Philos. R. 17: 558. S. ’08. 460w.

Sat. R. 104: 672. N. 30, ’07. 860w.

Harrison, Frederic. Realities and ideals: social, political, literary and artistic. (Collected essays, v. 4.) **$1.75. Macmillan.

8–26402.

The fourth volume in a series of the author’s essays based on “one coherent scheme of thought—a positivist synthesis—a reorganization of life, at once intellectual, moral, and social, by faith in our common humanity.” This group includes social and political subjects dealing with the relations of England and France, the future of woman, marriage laws, use of Sunday, prohibition, the church, parliamentary reform, etc.; and, under the subject of literature and art, discusses the revival of the drama, decadence in modern art, and concludes with a dozen sketches of prominent past-century Englishmen.

“Of sheer good writing this volume is full. Of that dignified and impressive eloquence of which Mr. Harrison is a master no better example could be found than in the piece with which the volume opens.”

Ath. 1908, 2: 638. N. 21. 1350w.

“The second part of the book, embracing chapters on literature and art—the first part being devoted to social and political questions—is especially attractive.”

+ −

Dial. 45: 348. N. 16, ’08. 270w.

“The essential characteristic of Mr. Harrison’s writing is always earnestness, tho he often buries it in bland humor or carries it home with stinging wit.”

Ind. 65: 1125. N. 12, ’08. 400w.

“Mr. Harrison ranks among living Englishmen with John Morley as an essayist of originality, weight, and charm, who has also supreme gifts in expression.”

Lit. D. 37: 600. O. 24, ’08. 160w.

“Everything that Mr. Harrison writes is so ‘meaty’ and thought-provoking that it seems scarcely necessary to call attention to these qualities in the collection of essays that make up the present volume.”

R. of Rs. 38: 638. N. ’08. 170w.

Harrison, Jane Ellen. Primitive Athens as described by Thucydides. *$1.65. Putnam.

“The little volume of 168 pages takes the form of a commentary on the famous chapter of Thucydides (II. 15) in which the historian demonstrated the small compass of primitive Athens by the fact that the oldest shrines are all either on the Acropolis or in the adjoining precinct to the south (or southwest). Miss Harrison discusses all the old topographical problems.... She tells us all that is known and much that is conjectured of the earlier pre-Persian Athens on which Pater’s imagination so fondly dwelt, and of the earliest Mycenaean Athens on the Acropolis.” (Dial.) Admirably illustrated.

“Is by no means too technical to be enjoyed by any intelligent reader who has visited or intends to visit Athens.”

+ −

Dial. 44: 135. Mr. 1, ’08. 340w.

“Things are not really quite so simple and certain as they appear to Miss Harrison’s loyal enthusiasm for Dr. Dörpfeld’s theories. We can recommend to the student or tourist no better introduction to the whole subject than this.”

+ −

Nation. 86: 423. My. 7, ’08. 500w.

Hart, Albert Bushnell, ed. American nation: a history from original sources by associated scholars. 27v. per v. *$2. Harper.

v. 25. Latané, John Holladay. America as a world power.

7–41116.

Professor Latané takes up the thread of history where “National problems” left it at the election of 1896. The main field covered is the Spanish war of 1898 and its consequences on the spirit and policy of the American people, and the administrative and economic questions which have demanded solution.

v. 26. Hart, Albert Bushnell. National ideals historically traced.

7–41115.

This final volume of the series is a restatement of the achievements and ideals of the American people, illustrated from by-gone events which show the meaning and extent of national progression. The factors of geographic environment, of race and social conditions, political organizations, social and economic activities, relations with other nations are successively treated, and the volume closes with a discussion of the future of American democracy.

v. 27. Matteson, David Maydole, comp. Analytic index.

8–2970.

This general index is a consolidation of the compiler’s indexes in the separate volumes of the series, with some additions and corrections. It covers every important event, noted person and historical fact mentioned in the preceding twenty-six volumes, and fully supplements the separate indexes.

“A worse fault and the only one we find in the book that is at all serious—his presentation falls short at one point of what his task would seem to call for in any view whatever. It is somewhat onesided and ‘northern,’ not in temper or purpose, in both which respects it is commendably broad, but in matter.” E. B: Andrews.

+ + −

Am. Hist. R. 13: 371. Ja. ’08. 1100w. (Review of v. 22.)

“With much that is good, and much that is helpful, ‘The American nation’ is not an epoch-making work, it is rather epoch-marking.” Max Farrand.

+ −

Am. Hist. R. 13: 591. Ap. ’08. 2400w. (Review of v. 1–27.)

“The work seems remarkably free from errors.” A. S. Hershey.

Am. Hist. R. 13: 625. Ap. ’08. 850w. (Review of v. 25.)

“This volume must be classed with the studies of American democracy made by De Tocqueville and Bryce. On the historical side Professor Hart’s work is more complete and stronger than either of the other studies. On the philosophic side, it compares less favorably with the work of the French and the English student.” C. E. Merriam.

+ + −

Am. Hist. R. 13: 626. Ap. ’08. 550w. (Review of v. 26.)

A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 42. F. ’08. (Review of v. 26.)

“Not an exhaustive study, but is clear and concise.”

+ −

A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 45. F. ’08. ✠ (Review of v. 25.)

A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 81. Mr. ’08. (Review of v. 27.)

“The author presents a brilliant summary of the last decade of our foreign policy.” C. L. Jones.

Ann. Am. Acad. 31: 525. Mr. ’08. 450w. (Review of v. 25.)

“With its many excellences, it is to be questioned whether the series as a whole has demonstrated the impossibility or the uselessness of the attempt to attain unity or uniformity in the work of a single master hand.” St. G: L. Sioussat.

+ +

Dial. 44: 309. My. 16. ’08. 3200w. (Review of v. 22–27.)

“The chapters on the national supervision of railroads and the money question touch on a number of new points and are the best in the book.” F. L. McVey.

+ +

Econ. Bull. 1: 122. Je. ’08. 250w. (Review of v. 24.)

159“Professor Dunning has produced the only brief history of the period that commands respect.” (Review of v. 22.)

+ + −