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Keane, Augustus Henry. World’s peoples. *$2. Putnam.
8–10848.
“A. H. Keane has gathered into a volume of a little over 400 pages, profusely illustrated from photographs of the originals, a synopsis of 200the latest—or almost the latest—view of human genesis and a description, often in some detail where the race is barbarous enough to be interesting, of all the divers peoples of the globe, duly subdivided and classified under the usual groups of black, red, yellow, and white.”—N. Y. Times.
“The formal descriptions, the enumeration of peoples, and the geographical relations are well done, but social and mental questions are not so well handled.” W. I. Thomas.
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Am. J. Soc. 14: 123. Jl. ’08. 100w.
A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 238. O. ’08.
“In spite of its defects, the book is readable, well illustrated, and in some respects a convenient manual. Such a work is needed, and is particularly difficult to produce.”
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Dial. 45: 168. S. 16, ’08. 630w.
“It contains more information about the characteristics of different races, their beliefs and customs, than any other book of its size, as interestingly written as such condensed matter can be, and abundantly illustrated.”
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Ind. 65: 322. Ag. 6, ’08. 40w.
“Like Peschel and Ratzel, to name only the most prominent authors of ethnographies, Mr. Keane has too little system and perspective, and exhibits too little power of renunciation.”
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Nation. 86: 222. Mr. 5, ’08. 300w.
“Fertile in curious interest and rather unusually up to date.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 118. F. 29, ’08. 450w.
“It is in the wealth of detail that its value lies.”
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Spec. 100: 1009. Je. 27, ’08. 280w.
Keatinge, Maurice Walter. Suggestion in education. *$1.75. Macmillan.
E 8–32.
A study in educational psychology, “We are shown the extreme forms of suggestion and dissociation: then we pass to an examination of suggestion in normal waking states. Next come the conditions, preliminary and immediate, under which suggestion is affective. The remaining four chapters, from the seventh to the twelfth deal with the influence of suggestion in the formation of character.” (Dial.)
“Mr. Keatinge deals interestingly and simply with the psychology of suggestion.”
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Ath. 1908, 1: 70. Ja. 18. 450w.
“Very thorough and helpful. The writer has uncommon powers of psychological description: his account of the subconscious, for example, seems to us the best short description we have met (p. 143 ff). He has also in a high degree the art of making his exposition vivid and interesting without being diffuse, by mingling just the right proportions of the concrete and the didactic.” E: O. Sisson.
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Dial. 44: 276. My. 1, ’08. 400w.
Keays, H. A. Mitchell. I and my true love. †$1.50. Small.
8–28998.
A story dealing with marriage, divorce, a second marriage, regret, and final reconciliation thru a child of the first marriage.
“A clever book with a perspective of real life.”
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Ind. 65: 1183. N. 19, ’08. 90w.
“A slight and rather clever novel. The pretty child might be fascinating if the author had not made the fatal mistake of letting her be vulgar.”
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Nation. 87: 498. N. 19, ’08. 280w.
“The characters in this book are not puppets, yet they are scarcely real. They are ideas in human form. Her people are conceptions rather than creations. With these conceptions the novelist seems at times to flirt vivaciously. The story is deftly arranged, but savors of impossibility.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 614. O. 24, ’08. 260w.
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N. Y. Times. 13: 744. D. 5, ’08. 170w.
Keller, Albert Galloway. Colonization: a study of the founding of new societies. $3. Ginn.
8–18742.
From the viewpoint of the economist and sociologist the whole history of colonization is covered in this study which aims to meet the needs of college students “both by presenting in English a mass of data not readily accessible, and by arranging the same in such system and order as to emphasize the salient aspects of the process of colonization.” Emigration, colonial trade, race contact and like questions are treated in preference to historical, administrative and legal detail.
Keller, Helen Adams. World I live in. **$1.20. Century.
8–30582.
A group of fourteen essays and the poem “The chant of darkness.” Miss Keller shows how rich her deaf-blind world is with three senses—touch, taste, and smell. Some of the chapters are: The seeing hand, The hand of the race; The power of touch; Smell, the fallen angel; Relative values of the senses; The five-sensed world; Inward visions; Before the soul dawn; The dream world; Dreams and reality; and A waking dream.
“Most interesting book, which, though it concludes with a metrical ‘Chant of darkness,’ will be found to emanate much sweetness and light.”
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Dial. 45: 346. N. 16, ’08. 550w.
“Thruout her small volume of essays a new world is opened up for our consideration, a new standard of physical and spiritual values is formulated.”
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Ind. 65: 1124. N. 12, ’08. 250w.
“This certainly is one of the wonderful books.”
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Lit. D. 37: 812. N. 28, ’08. 60w.
“A unique and intensely interesting bit of autobiography.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 688. N. 21, ’08. 230w.
“A valuable autobiographical contribution to the study of human possibility.”
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Outlook. 90: 843. D. 12, ’08. 110w.
“These essays go farther than previous writings of Miss Keller in revealing her psychic experiences.”
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R. of Rs. 38: 762. D. ’08. 100w.
Kellogg, Vernon Lyman. American insects; with many original illustrations by Mary Wellman; 2d ed. (American nature ser., group 1.) **$5. Holt.
8–16424.
The revision substitutes a detailed analytical table of contents for the simple list of chapter titles used in the first edition, and gives an additional chapter (Chapter 19) on the subject of insect behavior and psychology.
“An authoritative semi-popular work.”
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A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 277. N. ’08.
“Its high merit has been recognized, and that by a constituency not easy to please. It well deserves this patronage.”
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Nation. 87: 122. Ag. 6, ’08. 930w.
N. Y. Times. 13: 393. Jl. 11, ’08. 170w.
“So written as to make it usable by any intelligent person who feels an honest interest in natural history.”
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Outlook. 89: 767. Ag. 1, ’08. 150w.
“Both because of the authority of the text and the accuracy and general excellence of the original illustrations, this work has made a place of its own in scientific literature. For the American naturalist it is indispensable.”
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R. of Rs. 38: 253. Ag. ’08. 60w.
Kellogg, Vernon Lyman. Insect stories. (American nature ser.) **$1.50. Holt.
8–21773.
Strange, true facts of insect life by an authority on insects in story form for young 201readers. He records interesting observations about wasps, spiders, red beetles, ants and their enemies, orange dwellers, grass-hoppers, May-flies, bees and honey-ants.
“Though not many children will read it, those who are already interested in the subject will thoroughly enjoy it.”
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A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 248. O. ’08.
“Is not a child’s book, in the strict sense; it is written with the child rather than for him. But no intelligent youth can fail to read it with delight and profit.”
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Nation. 87: 166. Ag. 20, ’08. 200w.
“A vast amount of information about wasps, bees, spiders, ants, and other little creatures is charmingly presented by Prof. Kellogg.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 459. Ag. 22, ’08. 750w.
Kelly, Edmond. Elimination of the tramp. **$1. Putnam.
8–5259.
A sociological as well as economic study of vagrancy reinforced by knowledge and experience gained during a long residence abroad. The author states his problem, shows the advantage of classifying tramps, and urges the introduction of labor colonies with a view to solving the tramp problem. This latter topic—its success in Switzerland and the arguments in favor of its adoption in America—occupies the main portion of his discussion. He closes with a chapter on indiscriminate almsgiving.
“This book is a notable addition to the discussion.” C. R. Henderson.
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Am. J. Soc. 14: 128. Jl. ’08. 100w.
“A brief, informing, highly interesting, practical work.”
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A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 191. Je. ’08. ✠
“Aside from the question of the value of the method in America, the book gives a very good account of the European colonies and deserves careful consideration.”
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Ann. Am. Acad. 31: 714. My. ’08. 100w.
“We think that ... Mr. Kelly’s plan would be an improvement on present conditions, but we cannot think it would eliminate the tramp. The tramp of to-day is the result of conditions of our civilization that must change before their present results pass away.” E: E. Hale, jr.
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Dial. 44: 301. My. 16, ’08. 1000w.
“Develops what seems to be a very practicable plan adapted to American conditions.”
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Ind. 64: 532. Mr. 5, ’08. 170w.
“A careful study.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 26. Ja. 18, ’08. 120w.
“He expounds his problem and suggested solution with energy and intelligence.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 177. Mr. 28, ’08. 80w.
Kelly, Myra. Wards of liberty. †$1.50. McClure.
7–35624.
A new group of East Side stories. “Eva and Sadie and Morris still adore Miss Bailey and converse in their ‘near-English’ with her. There is more pathos, and more depth of revolt at some of the hard conditions among the poor, in these stories than in those preceding. ‘Little Bo-Peep’ is a horrible picture of suffering, and some of the others are heavy with sorrows.” (Outlook.)
“They are really humorous creations, both funny and pathetic; Miss Kelly has, we think wisely emphasized the fun.”
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Nation. 85: 545. D. 12, ’07. 480w.
“Humor in phrase and situation lightens all, while heterodoxy actually rages in some of the tales.”
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Outlook. 87: 745. N. 30, ’07. 130w.
R. of Rs. 37: 124. Ja. ’08. 140w.
Kemmerer, Edwin Walter. Money and credit instruments in their relation to general prices. (Cornell studies in history and political science, v. 1.) *$1.25. Holt.
8–9034.
“A defense of the quantity theory of money from the metaphysical school of economics.... It gives a clear and admirable statement of the quantity theory, in its most modern form, also it aims to present in full strength the theory underlying the value of token money, which supports the recommendations of the ‘Report on the stability of international exchange,’ prepared mainly for Professor Jenks.” J. Pol. Econ.
“The volume has great value as special reference for students doing advance work in economics. It would hardly be profitable, however, to place the book in the hands of one not thoroughly familiar with the elements of the subject.”
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Ann. Am. Acad. 31: 714. My. ’08. 250w.
“The monograph is well balanced theoretically, and there has evidently been a conscientious effort to take account of all of the principal methods of investigation in this field, whatever may be thought of certain applications made of them or of the ways in which the material used is manipulated.” H. P. Willis.
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Econ. Bull. 1: 139. Je. ’08. 840w.
“The study is of the kind which is a credit to American scholarship. Its spirit is not that of a critic seeking to quibble: it makes clear and definite issues which invite to thinking and research. It is a pleasure to take up a volume which shows on every page a desire to discuss the subject impersonally with a purpose of arriving at the truth.” J. L. Laughlin.
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J. Pol. Econ. 15: 565. N. ’07. 1050w.
“In many ways the best thing that has appeared in monetary investigation for some years past, and quite puts to the blush several rather pretentious works which have recently undertaken to read the burial service over the so-called quantity theory of money.”
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Nation. 86: 385. Ap. 23, ’08. 350w.
“His statistics may be inadequate and his index figures hypothetical, but he has given concrete expression to the real quantity theory, or demand and supply theory, of money, and has indicated very clearly the only method whereby its opponents can discredit it by an appeal to facts.” J. F. Johnson.
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Pol. Sci. Q. 23: 536. S. ’08. 1100w.
Kemp, Oliver. Wilderness homes. *$1.25. Outing pub.
8–19727.
Aims to “crystallize and bring into reality that vague longing which the out-of-door lover has felt for a lodge in the wilderness.” Thruout the chapters, which are as follows, runs a note of possibility for the amateur: Making plans, The fireplace, The ax and the tree, Building the cabin, The roof and the floor, The cabin and its environment, Inside the cabin, What it will cost, Some hunting cabins, and A few plans.
“A book for the amateur, practical in character, sound in advice and restricted to cabins of the less elaborate type.”
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A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 261. N. ’08. ✠
“The amateur builder will do well to consult the attractive little book.”
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Ind. 65: 213. Jl. 23, ’08. 50w.
“It is practical in character and sound in its advice. The most serious defect of the manual is its omission of all mention of skylight windows. Mr. Kemp’s book contains no index.”
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Nation. 87: 314. O. 1, ’08. 180w.
“The practical reader, to whom it is addressed, will get from it a large number of valuable suggestions, gathered in the course of actual experience.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 423. Ag. 1, ’08. 1250w.
202Kempson, F. Claude. Future life and modern difficulties. *$1.25. Dutton.
“The most recent attempt to show that there need be no collision between the postulates of science and the precepts of religion. Its author is a Catholic priest.... The book is in two sections, the first dealing with the difficulties which science is supposed to raise in the path of religious belief, and especially against the hope of a future life, while the second is devoted to a consideration of the scientific and religious arguments for and against the Christian conception of a life after death.”—N. Y. Times.
“In a word, we rather like the argument of this book: we dislike its atmosphere.”
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Ath. 1908, 1: 188. F. 15. 320w.
N. Y. Times. 13: 514. S. 19. ’08. 270w.
Kennard, Howard Percy. Russian peasant. *$1.50. Lippincott.
8–13693.
“[The author] has gained his knowledge from personal contact, having lived in the villages of all part of European Russia and studied his subject in illness and health, in peace and war, in times of plenty and of famine. The first portion of the book is devoted to a presentation of village life in all its phases, the second to a study of the outlines of Russian history with regard to the effect of governmental policies upon the peasant masses, and the third to consideration of what he calls ‘Russia’s poison’—the bureaucracy and the church.”—N. Y. Times.
“Mr. Kennard approaches his subjects with the Englishman’s prejudices against dirt, semioriental ways, religious, social, and political ideas, and in consequence sometimes presents a slightly distorted picture.”
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A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 191. Je. ’08.
“A powerful, though overdrawn picture of the interesting people among whom he has done medical work. His general equipment for the difficult task of writing about Russia is insufficient.”
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Ath. 1907, 2: 205. Ag. 24. 800w.
“Dr. Kennard ... has certainly had opportunities of a rather exceptional character for studying the Russian peasant; but we cannot say that he appears to us at present to have made the best of them.”
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Lond. Times. 6: 250. Ag. 16, ’07. 550w.
“The temptation to indulge in fine writing has led the author to mar a good many pages, and has made it necessary for the reader to forgive him some absurdities of style for the sake of the genuineness and interest of the information he gives.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 185. Ap. 4, ’08. 200w.
“Whether this critic pays his vigorous respects to the political oppression or to the religious superstition in which the Russian child is bred, his comment is worth notice. We hope that a succeeding edition will contain an index.”
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Outlook. 89: 489. Je. 27, ’08. 730w.
“The portion of the book which the author devotes to Russian ethnological history is succinct and interesting, and the photographs of village life which are interspersed throughout greatly enhance the value of the volume.”
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Spec. 100: sup. 125. Ja. 25, ’08. 280w.
Kennedy, Charles Rann. Servant in the house. †$1.25. Harper.
8–14511.
The eternal struggle of the human soul between the forces of God and Mammon is the idea which this little drama embodies. The scene is laid in the home of an English clergyman who has lived his life the easiest way by following the course of least resistance, and in consequence has filled his days with profitless deeds. Thru the influence of a brother he is moved to make restitution and to vindicate his manhood.
A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 192. Je. ’08.
“It is doubtful, however, whether an English audience may not find the ending grotesque rather than impressive.”
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Ath. 1908, 2: 619. N. 14. 730w.
Reviewed by Beverly Stark.
Bookm. 27: 408. Je. ’08. 3500w.
“It is a fine failure, as many other things worth reading have been. There is much ingenious and striking use of the dramatic means chosen—as in the excellent dramatic irony, for instance; in fact, there is quite enough to render the reading of the play interesting and amusing.” E: E. Hale, jr.
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Dial. 45: 36. Jl. 16, ’08. 1500w.
“It is one of the most notable of recent plays, not only on account of its high moral and social purpose, but in its sustained interest, its swift, compact, and logical action and its compliance with the classic laws of dramatic construction. All the unities are faithfully observed. The dialogue is of striking quality.”
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Nation. 86: 407. Ap. 30, ’08. 270w.
“In reading the play, even more than in watching it, the skill and vigor of its construction come out. The individuality of each of the characters, the complete consistency of each, their steady development, the mutual efficiency with which they interact, these are elements of remarkable gift on the part of the dramatist.” Edward Cary.
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N. Y. Times. 13: 243. Ap. 25, ’08. 1000w.
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N. Y. Times. 13: 340. Je. 13, ’08. 260w.
“The lofty theme is handled, for the most part, in a lofty way. The play is scarcely less remarkable in manner than it is in matter. It is constructed with an absolute compactness. Finally, the mere writing of this play stands, in the main, upon a level with the masterly structure and the momentous theme. Surely this play is literature, as well as being drama. It deserves to be seen; it deserves also to be read.” Clayton Hamilton.
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No. Am. 187: 770. My. ’08. 1400w.
“Those who cannot see the play should read the book: those who can should do both.”
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Outlook. 89: 314. Je. 6, ’08. 100w.
“Even a reading of the ‘book,’ gives one an impression of dramatic power and literary finish almost as noteworthy as the reverent, compelling vitality of the theme and action themselves. The suggestion of Christ is carried out with reverence and good taste.”
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R. of Rs. 37: 757. Je. ’08. 400w.
Kent, Percy Horace. Railway enterprise in China: an account of its origin and development. *$3.50. Longmans.
8–5870.
The story of the struggle in the sixties to build a road in China. “The book is full of information as to the cost of construction, difficulties financial, political, and other, and many other matters.”
“Mr. Kent has been painstaking in his work, and has produced a book that commands the confidence of the reader.”
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Nation. 87: 82. Jl. 23, ’08. 270w.
“Mr. Kent’s interesting work traces the history of the Chinese railroads through the various stages of development up to the present era of concessions and dominant foreign control.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 2. Ja. 4, ’08. 360w.
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Spec. 100: 105. Ja. 18, ’08. 210w.
Kerr, John Graham. Work of John Samuel Budgett. hf. lea. *$7. Putnam.
In which a collection of Mr. Budgett’s zoological papers recording his labors for science in Africa, are supplemented by a geographical sketch by A. E. Shipley, and a number of papers based on Budgett’s material which has been worked on by a group of embryologists.
“A volume which adds distinctly to our knowledge of embryology.”
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Nation. 87: 241. S. 10, ’08. 260w.
203“The memorial volume, which is a valuable contribution to embryology, will surely not fail of its highest purpose, of perpetuating by its stimulus the tradition which Budgett’s life and work expressed.”
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Nature. 78: 313. Ag. 6, ’08. 2300w.
“The beautiful volume prepared by his friends and colleagues is a fitting memorial of his life and work and one that stirs a keen sense of the loss that science suffered by his untimely death.” W.
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Science, n.s. 28: 452. O. 2, ’08. 1000w.
Kerr, Winfield Scott. John Sherman: his life and public services. 2v. *$4. Sherman, French & co.
A minute record of Sherman’s full political life the material for which has been furnished by letters, documents, narratives and recital. “The whole period of the civil war and the succeeding era of reconstruction and the resumption of specie payments, in which Senator Sherman played an increasingly important part, are considered in these volumes with unusual minuteness.” (R. of Rs.)
“It is a biography of the old-fashioned type, written by a man who has been active in politics but without much training in literary work.”
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Dial. 45: 19. Jl. 1, ’08. 240w.
“His style is uninteresting. His volumes are not the contribution to the history of our own times that they ought to be.”
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Ind. 64: 1146. My. 21, ’08. 100w.
“On the whole, the book does not displace the briefer and more discriminating volume by Theodore E. Burton.”
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Nation. 87: 337. O. 8, ’08. 240w.
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N. Y. Times. 13: 194. Ap. 11, ’08. 1900w.
“Mr. Kerr’s work compares unfavorably with the more modest biography ... by Mr. Burton.”
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Outlook. 89: 861. Ag. 15, ’08. 530w.
R. of Rs. 37: 753. Je. ’08. 200w.
Kilpatrick, Van Evrie. Departmental teaching in elementary schools. *60c. Macmillan.
8–14729.
An expository treatment advocating departmental teaching, based upon a wide and varied experience in teaching. The author answers objections to the method, and outlines the most effective plan for developing the system.
“A concise, practical, interesting treatment of departmental teaching.”
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A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 192. Je. ’08.
“A thorogoing exposition of his principles and doctrine.”
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Educ. R. 36: 317. O. ’08. 60w.
“Few books on school organization are more timely than this one.”
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Ind. 65: 319. Ag. 6, ’08. 70w.
King, Alfred Grant. Practical steam and hot water heating and ventilation. *$3. Henley.
8–7883.
“Describes all features of steam and hot-water heating installations, ventilating plants, warming systems for swimming pools, the business methods of conducting steam-fitting work and the care of heating plants, and gives a large collection of rules, memoranda and tables.... While the book is in no sense an engineering work, it is a good explanation of the scope as well as details of the work done by a contractor for heating and ventilating plants.”—Engin. Rec.
“This work is one of the most complete and exhaustive yet published on this branch of domestic engineering.”
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Engin. D. 3: 416. Ap. ’08. 250w.
“It will not appeal to engineers who have much better treatises on heating and ventilation in their possession. The book contains very little theoretical treatment of the subject and what little there is should be revised by an expert.” W. Kent.
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Engin. N. 59: 593. My. 14, ’08. 500w.
“The two common faults of such books, verbosity and inaccuracy, are not present and the author explains his subject in a clear way that can be understood by the steam-fitter and does not offend the technically educated engineer.”
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Engin. Rec. 57: 567. Ap. 25, ’08. 170w.
King, Charles. To the front: a sequel to Cadet days. †$1.25. Harper.
8–5578.
General King portrays vividly some events that mark the beginning of a young West Point cadet’s career. Cheered to the echo as he receives his diploma, he calls forth a prominent business man’s prophecy that if he were pitted against a keen-witted, sharp, aggressive young business man “he’d be skinned alive—skinned out of his last cent.” But the “sheer grit” that had earned for George Graham deafening applause at his graduation proves equally capable of results in quelling a mine riot and in fighting Indians among the icy flats and snow-patched ravines of the Bad lands.
“Not so well written as ‘Cadet days,’ of which it is a sequel.”
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A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 115. Ap. ’08.
Ind. 64: 974. Ap. 30, ’08. 50w.
“The story is graphically written and while a bit highly colored, at least no harm will be done Gen. King’s young readers should they endeavor to imitate young Graham.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 133. Mr. 7, ’08. 150w.
King, Henry Churchill. Seeming unreality of the spiritual life. **$1.50. Macmillan.
8–18361.
A scholarly and earnest defense of theism and Christianity, in which are discussed at length the causes of the seeming unreality of the spiritual life, those arising from misconceptions as to its nature and those due to a failure to fulfill the conditions thru which alone a way is opened into the “great values.” Other causes which are irremovable, the limitations of our natures and the unobtrusiveness inherent in the very nature of the moral are also considered. Finally a way into reality is pointed out. It is shown how inextricably the spiritual life is knit up with all else that we count most real and also has its own distinct and valuable contribution to make to life.
“He is earnest, thoughtful and honest in his inquiry; and he leaves the impression of a brave and sincere spirit neither rashly radical nor timidly unprogressive.”
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Ind. 65: 789. O. 1, ’08. 200w.
Kingsley, Florence Morse (Mrs. Charles R. Kingsley). And so they were married. †$1. Dodd.
8–23918.
Portrays “a conflict between common sense and foolishness which results in victory for the former.... An inexperienced young woman is influenced, for a time, by the extravagant pretension of an older woman who worships society, and this influence bids fair to ruin the young woman’s husband. The rescue is accomplished by the combination of a sensible bringing up and an outspoken wise old grandmother.”—Outlook.
“This little volume is a sermon.”
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Ind. 65: 1071. N. 5, ’08. 140w.
“A pretty little story, its appeal solely for the feminine heart.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 525. S. 26, ’08. 180w.
“The author delicately handles the situation.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 617. O. 24, ’08. 30w.
“A simple little story.”
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Outlook. 90: 503. O. 31, ’08. 90w.
204Kingsley, Rose Georgina. Eversley gardens, and others. $1.75. Macmillan.
7–42104.
“She describes ... the gardens of her acquaintance and her own. She relates the making of the latter out of a barren field in a very useful and agreeable manner, and in doing so expresses lucidly the results of her experience on many technical points. Her remarks on soil, deep trenching, pruning, growing bulbs indoors in fibre, and the destruction of blight, are excellent guides, readily remembered because they are written in a style not found in text-books.”—Acad.
“Miss Rose Kingsley exceeds the promise of her title.”
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Acad. 73: 719. Jl. 27, ’07. 240w.
“The world is overdone with ‘gardening books,’ but for such a volume as Miss Kingsley’s ‘Eversley gardens and others’ we have not only room and to spare, but the warmest of welcomes beside.”
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Ath. 1907. 2: 158. Ag. 10. 650w.
“For practical purposes the book will have little value for Americans, since the English climate is so much kinder to roses and other things. But anyone who is enthusiastic about flowers will enjoy the combination of good sense and artistic feeling with which Miss Kingsley presents the whole process of gardening.” M. E. Cook.
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Dial. 43: 419. D. 16, ’07. 210w.
“The author has a vein of pleasantry which brightens many of the pages in a charming way.”
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Nation. 85: 547. D. 12, ’07. 140w.
“While it is probable that most gardners will find many hints and references to species unknown to them, it is certain that all can learn much from the artistic combinations described by the author, some produced in her own gardens, others in her friends’ gardens.”
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Nature. 76: 412. Ag. 22, ’07. 240w.
“The illustrations are nearly as delightful as the text.” Hildegarde Hawthorne.
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N. Y. Times. 13: 449. Ag. 15, ’08. 170w.
Kinkaid, Mary Holland (Mrs. John Kinkaid). Man of yesterday: a romance of a vanishing race. il. †$1.50. Stokes.
8–7595.
A story set among the Chickasaws and Choctaws of Indian territory at the time of the division of tribal lands. A white man faithless to his half-breed wife is brought to judgment by her Indian lover. “The passionate race pride of the Indian, his fortitude, his scorn of promise-breaking, are strongly pictured. In Pakali, with her Indian blood and her white woman’s training, lives a heroine fair and tender and brave as heart of romance reader could wish.” (Nation.)
“The style is rather journalistic but the narrative is interesting and the picture convincing.”
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A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 156. My. ’08. ✠
“The author has achieved a distinct triumph in taking us actually into the home life of the present-day Chickasaws, and in making us feel their attitude, their impulses, their standards of right and wrong. It is a noteworthy volume, not soon to be forgotten.” F: T. Cooper.
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Bookm. 27: 306. My. ’08. 450w.
“A book that owes nothing to ingenuity of plot or to its author’s imagination, but is a page of passing American history, or, at least, an important footnote.”
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Ind. 64: 974. Ap. 30, ’08. 150w.
“A close acquaintance with Indian character and customs is apparent throughout, and with the acquaintance goes an intense sympathy for their passing—a passing whose pathos is heightened in the story by the melancholy acquiescence of the better element.”
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Nation. 86: 380. Ap. 23, ’08. 250w.
N. Y. Times. 12: 654. O. 19, ’07. 30w.
“The descriptive parts are written with much poetic feeling, while throughout the author’s manner is worthy of note for its dignity and simplicity.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 226. Ap. 18, ’08. 300w.
“A contribution of much worth to the story of the relations between the two races.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 340. Je. 13, ’08. 200w.
R. of Rs. 37: 763. Je. ’08. 80w.
Kinkead, Eleanor Talbot. Courage of Blackburn Blair. †$1.50. Moffat.
7–34180.
The second volume of Miss Kinkead’s trilogy whose purpose is the presentation of “the three great fundamental relations of life.” It deals with the relation of man toward humanity and makes use of a “modern instance of moral heroism brought into close relations with the Goebel campaign that convulsed Kentucky a few years ago. The hero is a young lawyer and politician who realizes how false is that conception of personal honor which in Kentucky, and in the south generally, requires, a man who is insulted to commit a murder for the vindication of his character.” (Dial.)
“The story is characterized by a fine idealism and the interest is sustained throughout.”
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A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 87. Mr. ’08.
“The fine idealism of this book, to say nothing of its many other admirable qualities, gives it a high place among novels of the year.” W: M. Payne.
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Dial. 44: 44. Ja. 16, ’08. 370w.
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N. Y. Times. 12: 654. O. 19, ’07. 30w.
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N. Y. Times. 13: 304. My. 30, ’08. 70w.
Kinross, Albert. Joan of Garioch. †$1.50. Macmillan.
8–29337.
A story whose action takes place in Russia, principally following the last revolutionary outbreak. While the lover of an English girl is absent in South Africa she saves her father from financial ruin by marrying, supposedly, a French count. The lover returns, determines to find her, accepts a newspaper commission to Russia and fights a winning way thru danger and intrigue in the very strongholds that protect her. It is an intimate account of conditions in Russia after the war, and is unique for portraying a heroine who does not appear.
“The story is vigorous in its handling of plot, and the personal adventures of its supposed narrator are told with real power.”
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Outlook. 90: 748. N. 28, ’08. 140w.
Kintzing, Pearce. Long life and how to attain it. **$1. Funk.
8–17729.
Simple, sane practical advice by which the every-day man or woman may ward off disease, preserve health, and prolong life. A popular treatise based upon scientific principles.
“The style is simple, the advice practical, the basis scientific.” R. E. Bisbee.
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Arena. 40: 391. O. ’08. 250w.
“His chapters are not empirical, but are based on results derived from the positive conclusions of scientific research.”
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Lit. D. 37: 229. Ag. 15, ’08. 340w.
Nation. 86: 584. Je. 25, ’08. 320w.
“There is nothing startling in his recommendations. Nothing that is absolutely new in his philosophy; it is the directness, clearness, and completeness of his treatment of the various matters that have to do with longevity that makes his work remarkable.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 377. Jl. 4, ’08. 800w.
“Safe and sane are the remarks of Dr. Kintzing regarding the best methods of preserving health.” Charles DeKay.
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Putnam’s. 5: 235. N. ’08. 200w.
205Kirkham, Stanton Davis. In the open: intimate studies and appreciations of nature. **$1.75. Elder.
8–24897.
It is the real Walt Whitman communion with nature that finds its way into the chapters of this delightful book. The impressions made upon poetic men by each new season from “the spring that is felt rather than reasoned about” to the first snow-storm that “soothes and beguiles into submission” are analyzed so closely that the reader is able to recognize them as self-experienced sensations. Joy in nature in all its forms and moods inspires the invitation into the open which reaches the climax of persuasion in the chapters, The mountains, The forest and The sea.
“His readers will often pay him the subtle compliment of exclaiming, ‘That is just what I have thought.’”
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Dial. 45: 414. D. 1, ’08. 280w.
“A nature book of such unusual literary charm that it deserves to be ranked well above most of the more homely out-of-doors studies of recent years.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 640. O. 24, ’08. 500w.
Kirkland, Caroline. Some African highways: a journey of two American women to Uganda and the Transvaal; with an introd. by Lieutenant-General Baden-Powell. $1.50. Estes.
8–19264.
A multitude of observations are set down here, many of them made from steamer deck and car window. There are pictures “for instance, of Asab, the Abyssinian port, where three hundred warriors from the desert (Nubians, Somalis, and Sudanese) were taken on board the author’s ship to fight a native uprising in German East Africa; of the hand-run tram system of Mombasa, supplemented by the gharries, or rickshaws, and the carriages and horses of the Hindu merchants; of the customs of London’s West End found in an English colony in the heart of darkest Africa; of the contrast between English and German colonies in Africa; of the sleeping sickness; of the new conditions in the Transvaal; of the Chinese on the Rand there, and of Lord Selborne’s success in the administration of South Africa.” (Outlook.)
“The points of interest in this journey she sketches with quick perception, and accuracy of touch.”
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Nation. 87: 267. S. 17, ’08. 450w.
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N. Y. Times. 13: 439. Ag. 8, ’08. 660w.
“All through this book keenly pointed little pen-pictures are scattered.”
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Outlook. 90: 42. S. 5, ’08. 340w.
Kirkup, Thomas. An inquiry into socialism. 3d ed., rev. and enl. *$1.40. Longmans.
8–7382.
A third edition whose changes consist chiefly of “the insertion of references to recent or contemporary events such as help to bear out the views propounded.”—J. Pol. Econ.
“Dispassionate but sympathetic.”
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A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 120. Ap. ’08.
“An unpretending, sympathetic, eminently fair exposition.”
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Ann. Am. Acad. 31: 279. Ja. ’08. 200w.
“It sets forth with remarkable logic, force, and perspicuity the genesis, aims, and claims of the form of socialism which is gaining ground so fast at present.”
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Cath. World. 87: 103. Ap. ’08. 170w.
“A clear, simple, sympathetic interpretation of socialism.”
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Ind. 64: 636. Mr. 19, ’08. 400w.
“Nothing could be more opportune than the reissue in a substantially unaltered form of this eminently catholic as well as eminently reasonable statement of the socialist case.” Sidney Ball.
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Int. J. Ethics. 18: 397. Ap. ’08. 200w.
J. Pol. Econ. 15: 644. D. ’07. 50w.
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Nation. 86: 491. My. 28, ’08. 350w.
Reviewed by Lyman Abbott.
Outlook. 88: 538. Mr. 7, ’08. 350w.
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Pol. Sci. Q. 23: 557. S. ’08. 70w.
“May not make a reader a convert, nor would every socialist be satisfied with the unadventurous spirit of Mr. Kirkup’s views, but after reading him we think no one could talk the nonsense with which the topic has made us familiar.”
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Sat. R. 104: 583. N. 9, ’07. 130w.
“Mr. Kirkup’s volume is an admirable example of the sentiment which makes for socialism, and which fails to see that if Marx’s destructive and constructive theories are rejected some other economic basis of socialism must be put forward.”
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Spec. 100: sup. 647. Ap. 25, ’08. 250w.
Klein, Felix. An American student in France. **$2.50. McClurg.
8–13682.
“Presents the author’s conception of the way things French impress an inquiring, observant, and serious-minded American student of about twenty-one years of age. The student is a composite type, and, naturally, somewhat idealized; hence not thoroughly real and ‘convincing’ to the reader. But that does not prevent one’s deriving a good deal of entertainment and instruction from the Abbé’s frank and comradelike talks on various subjects of historic, political, religious, and literary interest, whosoever may serve as ostensible mouth-piece from page to page.”—Dial.
“The book is entertaining.”
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A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 261. N. ’08.
“The value of his book lies in the fact that under the guise of imaginary conversations he gives the opinions of those Frenchmen who are at the same time sincere Catholics and sincere Republicans.”
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Ath. 1908, 2: 35. Jl. 11. 420w.
“The abbé is lively, witty, and observant.”
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Cath. World. 88: 265. N. ’08. 160w.
“Father Klein is a writer to command attention at all times, but he is not in quite so happy a vein in impersonating the American visitor to France as he was in playing the French visitor to America.”
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Dial. 44: 312. My. 16, ’08. 550w.
“We unreservedly commend it to those who know France, and to those who want to know France.”
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Educ. R. 36: 102. Je. ’08. 80w.
“On the whole, Abbé Klein has turned out an agreeable book, which is well printed, indexed, and illustrated. If you are visiting France this summer you’ll find the book worth while.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 250. My. 2, ’08. 1000w.
“Gives much interesting general information concerning France.”
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Outlook. 90: 317. O. 10, ’08. 300w.
“Seriously, the book is interesting as a campaign document on the controversies over modernism and separation, a record of the personal convictions of the author; most of the remainder, if it is anything, is as you please, Baedeker, or Murray, or Joanne.” A. I. du P. Coleman.
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Putnam’s. 4: 745. S. ’08. 560w.
“An entertaining book.”
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206Kleiser, Grenville, comp. Humorous hits and how to hold an audience: a collection of short selections, stories and sketches for all occasions. **$1. Funk.
8–9509.
A book for the amateur, professional reader, speaker, elocutionist, entertainer, after-dinner and impromptu speaker, the politician “who wants to make a ‘hit,’” the business man looking for a good story, and the teacher planning for rhetoricals. Following detailed instruction on how to hold an audience there are more than a hundred and fifty humorous selections and about thirty serious ones.
“It is an admirable volume of popular selections for the purpose for which it is designed.”
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Arena. 39: 594. My. ’08. 120w.
Lit. D. 39: 163. Ag. 1, ’08. 50w.
“A useful handbook.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 200. Ap. 11, ’08. 120w.
* Kleiser, Grenville, comp. World’s great sermons; introd. by Lewis O. Brastow. 10v. Funk.
8–33883.
Ten volumes which aim to bring together the best examples of the products of the pulpit since the beginning of Christianity and to present them in handy-volume form. Preachers are represented from Basil of the fourth century to present-day divines, and the sermons have been selected in some cases for their literary and rhetorical excellencies but in every case for the service they may render in solving practical problems of Christian living.
Knapp, Adeline. Well in the desert. †$1.50. Century.
8–23557.
A story whose scenes are set on the edge of the Arizona desert. A diseased-burdened man, betrayed and unjustly convicted of crime, escapes from prison, evades falling a second time into the power of his betrayer, and is lead by chance to a wooded and watered plateau where for months he lived alone the life of elemental man. The health and manhood which he builds up stand him in good stead when he again faces civilization and establishes his right to citizenship and to the love of a good woman.
“Not a remarkable story, but unobjectional and full of exciting adventure.”
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A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 270. N. ’08.
“It is a romance as wholesome as it is interesting.”
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Arena. 40: 479. N. ’08. 620w.
“The book, viewed as a collection of exciting anecdotes of life in the Southwest, is readable.”
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Nation. 87: 236. S. 10, ’08. 170w.
“It begins with distinction and originality, but it runs into the ordinary and stereotyped story of the West.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 498. S. 12, ’08. 550w.
“The latter part of the romance is a trifle too melodramatic, but taken as a whole the story is alive and worth while. The narrative of the desert is particularly good.”
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Outlook. 90: 273. O. 3, ’08. 280w.
Knight, Edward Frederick. Over-sea Britain. *$2. Dutton.
War 8–30.
A descriptive record of the geography, the historical, ethnological, and political development, and the economic resources of the empire; the nearer empire, the Mediterranean, British Africa, and British America. (Explanatory title). It is “a careful description of the British colonies in the Mediterranean region, Africa and America, to be followed by a volume on the possessions in Asia and Oceania. The author has adopted a semi-encyclopedic manner of discussion.” (Ann. Am. Acad.)
“Of special use to prospective colonists and to business men engaged in over-sea commerce.”
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A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 192. Je. ’08.
“The book is a valuable contribution to the literature on British world politics.”
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Ann. Am. Acad. 31: 505. Mr. ’08. 100w.
“Mr. Knight’s volume is, on the whole, accurate in its statement of facts; it has undoubtedly been produced with great industry and care, and forms a valuable record in the nature of an imperial gazetteer.”
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Ath. 1907, 2: 517. O. 26. 1300w.
“The years 1905 and 1906 are the dates taken for most of Mr. Knight’s figures, and until these figures become too antiquated for the ordinary needs of the reader or student, Mr. Knight’s volume will be well worth a place among the books of ready reference which one likes to keep on the most accessible shelf of the library.”
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Ind. 64: 1202. My. 28, ’08. 250w.
“There are minor blemishes, easily corrected in another edition.”
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Nation. 87: 160. Ag. 20, ’08. 320w.
N. Y. Times. 13: 191. Ap. 4, ’08. 150w.
“A treasury of reference. But the excellent text would seem to merit maps of greater number and detail.”
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Outlook. 88: 886. Ap. 18, ’08. 70w.
R. of Rs. 37: 509. Ap. ’08. 50w.
“He has managed to write a not uninteresting and instructive work without colour of any sort. Hence the work should be valuable as a text-book.”
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Sat. R. 104: 460. O. 12, ’07. 200w.
“It is rather too large for school purposes, and scarcely detailed enough to be of use to the specialist, but it should serve as a good reference-book to the general reader who wishes to supplement his newspaper knowledge of imperial history.”
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Spec. 100: sup. 647. Ap. 25, ’08. 200w.
Knight, William Angus, ed. Memorials of Thomas Davidson, the wandering scholar. *$1.25. Ginn.
7–26349.
Descriptive note in Dec. 1907.
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A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 193. Je. ’08.
“This is hardly a great book, but it deals with a great personality.”
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Ath. 1907, 2: 575. N. 9. 1320w.
“These recollections of friends and disciples, with extracts from his letters and other writings, combine to portray, roughly and by suggestion, an inspiring and astonishingly versatile character; but a complete and consistent account of the man, if such be possible, is yet to be written.”
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Dial. 44: 48. Ja. 16, ’08. 360w.
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Ind. 64: 871. Ap. 16, ’08. 400w.
“His biographer narrates instead of presenting—an artistic fault which is no less grave in biography than in fiction. He expects us to take his hero on trust, with the result that, after we have read all that he has to say, his hero remains a vague and cloudy figure.”
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Lond. Times. 6: 307. O. 11, ’07. 540w.
“A fitting memorial.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 355. Je. 20, ’08. 30w.
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Outlook. 87: 874. D. 21, ’07. 170w.
R. of Rs. 37: 113. Ja. ’08. 180w
Knowles, Robert Edward. Dawn at Shanty Bay. **$1. Revell.
7–39193.
A story whose “scenes are laid in a Scotch settlement in western New York. The hero is a crusty Scotchman. He inherits his creed and his theory of life from his Covenanter father, who ‘got till his rest wi’out hardly hearin’ tell 207o’ Christmas, or ony o’ thae new-fangled schemes for worshipping Almichty God.’ But before the end of the story Ronald Robertson Changed his mind about Christmas and several other things.” (Dial.)
“A pretty story full of the deeper meaning of the Christmas season.”
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Dial. 43: 429. D. 16, 07. 110w.
“A very readable Christmas story of the genre type.” W. G. Bowdoin.
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Ind. 63: 1466. D. 19, ’07. 40w.
“Mr. Knowles’s simple little story is typically Scotch in its setting and atmosphere.”
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N. Y. Times. 12: 763. N. 30, ’07. 50w.
Knuth, Paul. Handbook of flower pollination; based upon Hermann Müller’s work, The fertilization of flowers by insects; tr. by J. R. Ainsworth Davis, v. 2. *$10.75. Oxford.
v. 2. Deals with “the various methods of pollination in fifty-six families of dicotyledonous plants.... The author deals seriatim with all the genera and species in the natural orders under consideration, describes the structure of the flowers in so far as it affects directly or indirectly the mode of pollination, and cites the various direct observations on pollination made by himself or others.” (Nature.)
“The value of a work of this kind depends mainly upon the accuracy of its observations, and in the case of the present volume the names of the recorders are sufficient testimony to their trustworthiness. The work of translation has been carried out in a most satisfactory manner.”
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Ath. 1908, 2: 371. S. 26. 380w. (Review of v. 2.)
“Such a book cannot be reviewed, for it is an encyclopedia. This translation should greatly stimulate observation in a field too much neglected by American botanists.” J. M. C.
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Bot. Gaz. 46: 63. Jl. ’08. 120w. (Review of v. 2.)
“It is filled with facts indispensable to the student of biology and helpful to every serious amateur. It cannot honestly be called interesting to the general reader; nevertheless, the general reader can make of it a great deal of use in examining plants from the new point of view.”
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Nation. 87: 38. Jl. 9, ’08. 890w. (Review of v. 2.)
“Is even more directly a book of reference than the first volume. Will be as welcome to English readers as the more general introductory volume has proved itself to be.”
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Nature. 78: 244. Jl. 16, ’08. 450w. (Review of v. 2.)
“Is of great value to American workers.” T. D. A. Cockerell.
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Science, n.s. 28: 345. S. 11, ’08. 780w.
Kobbe, Gustav. Pianolist: a guide for pianola players. **$1. Moffat.
7–40771.
A guide for pianola players suggested by the experience of one who, undeveloped in musical culture, was briefly satisfied with trashy things but who gradually trained himself to appreciate and to understand classical selections from a wide range of composers. The book recognizes the musical-education possibilities of automatic players.
A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 44. F. ’08.
“Its author, Gustav Kobbé, has always been among the pioneers in clearing new paths, and in this volume, as in his ‘How to appreciate music,’ he is not afraid to express his opinions freely, even when they clash violently with traditional views and prejudices.”
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Nation. 86: 110. Ja. 30, ’08. 170w.
“His book is filled with advice to the pianolist as to how to get the best effects.”
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N. Y. Times. 12: 827. D. 14, ’07. 260w.
Koester, Frank. Steam-electric power plants: a practical treatise on the design of central light and power stations and their economical construction and operation. *$5. Van Nostrand.
8–11715.
The author, who is an experienced power plant designer, deals with every phase in the design of light and power plants starting with the preparation of plans, letting of contracts, efficiency, cost and site for the location, and continuing to a descriptive discussion of five typical American and European power plants.
“He here brings together into a coherent whole the very considerable amount of information which he has accumulated during his professional work in regard to the best approved modern practice in the design, construction and operation of steam-electric power plants.”
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Engin. D. 3: 526. My. ’08. 320w.
“The book is, on the whole, disappointing. The author has treated nearly everything in a most general way—general in the sense of being vague and indefinite and not in the sense of being broad and comprehensive. The author gives the impression of being a spectator who sees results rather than being a designer of world-wide experience who is elucidating his own work.”
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Engin. N. 60: 78. Jl. 16, ’08. 1450w.
Konkle, Burton Alva. Life of Chief Justice Ellis Lewis, 1798–1871, of the first elective Supreme court of Pennsylvania. $3.50. Campion & co.
7–10037.
“This is the third biography of eminent Pennsylvanians written by Mr. Konkle. Ellis Lewis was one of the leaders of the Democratic party, and the author’s main purpose in writing his biography is to present the counterpart of the Whig and Republican movements which constitutes the main theme of the author’s life of Thomas Williams.”—Ann. Am. Acad.
“Had Chief Justice Lewis been a jurist only, we are told in the preface, ‘the author would have felt no mission to present his career.’ Nevertheless, this life of Lewis is almost wholly devoted to his career as a jurist. Of his influence upon the tortuous course of Pennsylvania politics we get only occasional and fleeting glimpses which whet the appetite for more.” P. O. Ray.
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Am. Hist. R. 13: 388. Ja. ’08. 560w.
“In the absence of any general political history of Pennsylvania, biographies like these meet a distinct need, and Mr. Konkle’s legal training, his knowledge of Pennsylvania leaders and characteristics qualify him to supply this need. It is, therefore, to be regretted that a work of much promise and great possibilities is marred by many defects. Whenever the author passes from the analysis of complex political situations to the narration of simple events his style is clear.”
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Ann. Am. Acad. 30: 163. Jl. ’07. 380w.
Kotzschmar, Mary Ann. Half-hour lessons in music: class work for beginners at the piano. $1. Ditson.
7–33585.
Twelve lessons for teachers of children; the aim being “to see from the children’s point of view, and to explain and illustrate things musical in a way that would appeal to their imagination as well as reason.” The author makes much of the natural enthusiasm and optimism of little people; she believes in class instruction in preference to private lessons; she introduces into each lesson interesting details about the lives of composers.
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Nation. 86: 179. F. 20, ’08. 170w.
208Kramer, Harold Morton. Castle of dawn. †$1.50. Lothrop.
8–10278.
Two Chicago young people, one a newspaper man and the other the charming daughter of a certain “Graball” Gray are imprisoned under puzzling circumstances in the Ozarks. After a week of hairbreadth experiences, they find that the Castle of Dawn where they have become prisoners in velvet rather than iron is the rendezvous of Nicaraguan revolutionists whom the government is trying to run to cover. It is a sprightly story with a romance that is kept apart from the few melodramatic touches.
“The surprising thing about ‘The castle of dawn’ is, not that is is a mediocre novel of its kind, but rather, that being so obviously built according to formula, it should be anywhere nearly so good as it is.” F: T. Cooper.
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Bookm. 28: 67. S. ’08. 230w.
“It is all very trifling, but it is also very diverting.” W: M. Payne.
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Dial. 45: 296. N. 1, ’08. 200w.
Ind. 64: 974. Ap. 30, ’08. 120w.
N. Y. Times. 13: 213. Ap. 11, ’08. 30w.
“The book will certainly not fail to hold the attention, and it has many good qualities, but it is too bewilderingly involved for the brain of the average reader.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 310. My. 30, ’08. 150w.
N. Y. Times. 13: 340. Je. 13, ’08. 180w.
Kremer, Ida. Struggle for a royal child, Anna Monica Pia, duchess of Saxony. il. $1.50. Kennerley.
8–2755.
Here are narrated the experiences of a governess in the house of the Countess Montignoso during 1906. She was sent by the Saxon court to Villa Montauto, for the purpose of helping to return the royal child, Anna Monica Pia, to her father. The book is in the form of a diary and records minutely the daily life of the Countess and of the members of her household.
“It is mainly taken up with a study of the Countess’s character, and shows much penetration, clear insight, and the ability to philosophise with discretion.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 57. F. 1, ’08. 160w.
Kubinyi, Victor von. King of Rome; a biography. $1.50. Victor von Kubinyi, box 33, South River, N. J.
7–40865.
In this historical sketch the author has endeavored with painstaking care to evolve the truth concerning Napoleon’s son from all the mass of fact and fiction which has been written concerning him. He sympathetically treats the life of this unfortunate young prince from its beginning in Paris thru his various changing fortunes in Austria up to the day of his untimely death. The biography is supplemented by several illuminating sketches which tend to enlarge and develop the original theme.
“It is chatty, gossipy in tone; speaks of the Little Corporal with the enthusiasm of a private of the Old Guard, and of the Duke de Reichstadt with the undiscriminating tenderness of a devoted nurse.”
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Cath. World. 86: 830. Mr. ’08. 170w.
R. of Rs. 37: 254. F. ’08. 100w.
Kuhns, Levi Oscar. Sense of the infinite: a study of the transcendental element in literature, life and religion. **$1.50. Holt.
8–24253.
With the same method of literary investigation that the author employed in “Dante and the English poets” he traces the evidence to the transcendental element in the literature and religion of the Western world from the time of Plato to the present. The book is addressed to the general reader. Following an introduction which lays out the lines along which the discussion moves there are chapters on What is the infinite, The transcendental view of nature, Romantic lore and the transcendental sense, Plato and Plotinus, Platonism past and present, Mediaeval mysticism, Renaissance and reformation, The Pietistic movement and its influence, The transcendental element and modern life.
“In few popular works of the present time has the essential spirituality of mystic exaltation been so consistently maintained.”
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Dial. 45: 347. N. 16, ’08. 400w.
“It is written with unusual simplicity, in every-day language, with ease and dignity of style.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 512. S. 19, ’08. 200w.
Kunz, George Frederick, and Stevenson, Charles Hugh. Book of the pearl: the history, art, science and industry of the queen of gems. **$12.50. Century.
8–29321.
The combined work of a gem expert and a member of the United States fish commission. It is a handsomely made volume of five hundred and thirty pages covering the entire field of the pearl. It illustrates the use of pearls as objects of art and ornamentation; notes their decorative value as shown in portraiture and in imaginative designs by great artists; assembles theories and facts concerning their origin, growth and structure; sets forth their values, artistically and commercially; describes proper treatment and care; gives the history of pearl fisheries; and emphasizes the importance of conserving the resources and the possibilities of cultivating the pearl-oyster.
“Encyclopaedic in character, and representing an appalling amount of the most laborious research, the book is nevertheless thoroughly readable.”
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Dial. 45: 412. D. 1, ’08. 440w.
“The book is a very great success in every way.”
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Int. Studio. 36: 164. D. ’08. 300w.
“Must be pronounced as fascinating as it is learned and authoritative.”
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Lit. D. 37: 674. N. 7, ’08. 950w.
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Lit. D. 37: 902. D. 12, ’08. 90w.
“The work as a whole, however, is fairly readable. In quantity and quality of information it should be accounted as one of the most notable works yet produced on a topic connected with jewelry.”
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Nation. 87: 527. N. 26, ’08. 830w.
“Once in a while there is produced a book so comprehensive in its treatment of the subject with which it deals, so manifestly the product of infinite pains in an author eminent in his chosen field, and artistically so beautiful in its finished form, that the reader can hardly help but exclaim at the skill, patience, and labor involved in its production. Such a work is ‘The book of the pearl.’”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 604. O. 24, ’08. 2350w.
“For those who own pearls, and for those who love pearls, and for those who want to know all about pearls.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 627. O. 24, ’08. 20w.
N. Y. Times. 13: 745. D. 5, ’08. 150w.
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