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Ober, Frederick Albion. Guide to the West Indies and Bermudas. *$2.25. Dodd.
8–7374.
A guide, including illustrations and maps, to every island in the West Indian archipelago. It gives descriptions of each one, its attractions, resources, climate, history, hotels, as well as routes thither from the Atlantic ports of the United States, Canada, England and Europe.
“Indispensable to the traveler, as there is no other complete guide.”
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A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 107. Ap. ’08. ✠
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Dial. 44: 355. Je. 1, ’08. 100w.
“An excellent book ... on an untouched subject.”
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Ind. 65: 101. Jl. 9, ’08. 220w.
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Nation. 86: 282. Mr. 26, ’08. 150w.
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N. Y. Times. 13: 206. Ap. 11, ’08. 170w.
“A thorough and reliable guide.”
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R. of Rs. 37: 510. Ap. ’08. 150w.
“Tells us all that can be wanted.”
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Spec. 101: 239. Ag. 15, ’08. 60w.
Ober, Frederick Albion. John and Sebastian Cabot. (Heroes of American history.) **$1. Harper.
8–11834.
Mr. Ober clears up some of the doubts that have obscured the claim of these discoverers to the mainland of North America. He narrates their voyages, portrays vividly the thrill of enthusiasm that stirred England, Venice and Spain when new world riches were the talk and dream of king and peasant, and discusses the sturdy elements that formed the character of the Cabots.
“Offers information but is not scholarly in treatment, nor distinctive in style.”
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A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 200. Je. ’08.
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Dial. 44: 383. Je. 16, ’08. 170w.
“He has taken great pains to make his sketch as nearly accurate as possible, and he writes with judgment and impartiality.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 320. Je. 6, ’08. 150w.
Ober, Frederick Albion. Juan Ponce de Leon. (Heroes of American history.) **$1. Harper.
8–9496.
Aside from the quest for the fountain of perennial youth which has always lent romance to the name of Ponce de Leon, here are recorded many daring adventures of the explorer among the islands of the new world where he is revealed as a hardy soldier, an honorable cavalier, and a noble man.
“The book is an entertaining one, and a contribution, in its way, to historical literature.”
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Dial. 44: 315. My. 16, ’08. 220w.
“Told in succinct and interesting narrative.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 207. Ap. 11, ’08. 150w.
O’Connor, Vincent C. S. Mandalay, and other cities of the past in Burma. *$5. Appleton.
8–20523.
“A resuscitation of the past of Burma as it finds expression in its cities, the centers of a by-gone day.” “The spirit of the East possesses him, and amid the deserted pagodas, the ruin-strewed jungles, the mouldering scenes of vanished glories, he knows how to discern and interpret the subtle charm that appeals to every traveller whose footsteps have wandered among the relics of departed greatness in Asia.” (Lond. Times.)
“Much that is both valuable and beautiful in Burma possesses also the characteristic of impermanence, and the fact is of itself good justification for this volume.”
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Ath. 1907, 2: 733. D. 7. 720w.
“His book ought surely to be read with delight even by those to whom the wonders of the Orient are but a vague vision.”
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Lond. Times. 6: 378. D. 13, ’07. 770w.
“His book is not easy reading, except to those familiar with the country and its history.”
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Nation. 87: 499. N. 19, ’08. 630w.
“Of hardly less interest than his story of Mandalay are the stories Mr. O’Connor tells of the older cities of Burma.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 638. O. 31, ’08. 380w.
“The author knows his Burma from end to end; he writes with equal sympathy of its past history and its wealth of natural and artistic beauty.”
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Spec. 99: sup. 908. D. 7, ’07. 550w.
Oesterley, William Oscar Emil. Evolution of the Messianic idea: a study in comparative religion. *$1.25. Dutton.
8–26835.
“The elemental emotions of fear, the sense of dependence on a higher power, and the desire for happiness, accordingly give rise to three primordial myths found among widely diverse peoples.... The spiritual truths enveloped in these misty conceptions it was the mission of Israelite teachers to clarify, and this process of development is Dr. Oesterley’s theme.”—Outlook.
“We must confine our remarks to criticism of a few leading ideas. We must also remark that the apologetic parts of the book are by no means happy all through. Dr. Oesterley’s work is, however, on the whole, likely to prove very useful to a wide circle of readers. It is stimulating, 271earnest, frank, and full of interesting information.”
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Ath. 1908, 1: 662. My. 30. 1100w.
“It is an illuminative piece of scholarship in comparative religion. It hardly needs saying that readers of the Testament will find profit in this book.”
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Outlook. 90: 551. N. 7, ’08. 280w.
Oesterley, Rev. W. O. E., and Box, G. H. Religion and worship of the synagogue. *$3. Scribner.
8–11732.
“The authors, both of them clergymen of the Church of England, write with equal knowledge and fairness, in the belief that Judaism and Christianity are complementary and belong together, and that the advocates of each can only be true to their respective faiths by mutual fellowship and respect for one another’s convictions. A survey of Judaism from the New Testament to the present day necessarily covers a great variety of subjects, the classic literature or sources, the theology, the current practice; on all of these Mr. Oesterley and Mr. Box give adequate information.”—Sat. R.
“The authors have approached the theme in a proper spirit of sympathy and discrimination; they have made good use of the best authorities at their command; and they have also done whatever was possible to gain personal impressions of several of the customs they describe.”
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Ath. 1908, 1: 319. Mr. 14. 350w.
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Outlook. 88: 325. F. 8, ’08. 510w.
“This excellent work supplies what has long been wanted, a clear and dispassionate account of Judaism such as the ordinary reader can understand.”
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Sat. R. 105: 24. Ja. 4, ’08. 270w.
“Very instructive volume.”
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Spec. 100: 650. Ap. 25, ’08. 150w.
O’Higgins, Harvey Jerrold. Grand army man. †$1.50. Century.
8–24451.
Mr. O’Higgins in novelizing David Belasco’s play has aimed to translate into the form of fiction the flavor of Warfield’s acting, and the charm of Belasco’s stage. Here as in the play the effort is spent on the development of the simple, tender hearted Wes’ Bigelow whose only shadow across a serene sky is due to the misdeeds of the wayward foster-son.
“The book contains the essentials of the play, with enough fine material replete in imaginative power and human interest to make an absorbingly fascinating novel of human life.”
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Arena. 40: 480. N. ’08. 200w.
“He has accomplished his task in as agreeable a manner as the process will allow. He has poured his own originality into the work, rounding out in word pictures that which Mr. Warfield so adequately brought out in his acting.”
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Ind. 65: 1123. N. 12, ’08. 180w.
“Mr. O’Higgins has succeeded in turning out a little volume which will be welcome to those who want an enduring record of a fleeting playhouse impression, and which has some interest as fiction on its own account.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 511. S. 19, ’08. 570w.
“The book will not disappoint the many friends of Wes’ Bigelow among his Grand army comrades and others.”
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R. of Rs. 38: 509. O. ’08. 70w.
Okey, Thomas. Old Venetian palaces and old Venetian folk. *$6. Dutton.
W7–195.
A volume which grew, says the author, “from a pilgrimage about Venetian streets and canals ‘for the purpose of identifying and precisely indicating the position’ of the palaces referred to by Ruskin, Fergusson, Street, and other students of Venetian architecture. The chief examples are described in the order of their erection, and grouped as Byzantine, Gothic, or Renaissance. From the writings of the three great Venetian diarists has been drawn an accompanying picture of life in the palaces in the days of Venice’s greatest glory. There are fifty beautiful illustrations in color, and others, possibly more valuable to the student, in black and white, by Mr. Trevor Haddon, besides several reproductions from Ruskin’s studies of Venetian architecture.” (Dial.)
“A book that will delight all lovers of Venice.”
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Dial. 43: 425. D. 16, ’07. 150w.
“Is the most important and the most valuable of all these new volumes on Italian themes. This is a scholarly and a thoroughly workmanlike book.”
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Ind. 64: 524. Mr. 5, ’08. 200w.
“This book is not only much better intrinsically than his historical sketch of Venice, but it also is free from the pot-boiler aroma that pervaded that effort.”
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Nation. 86: 38. Ja. 9, ’08. 330w.
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Outlook. 87: 617. N. 23, ’07. 50w.
“Mr. Okey knows his Venice well. He has ransacked history and legend for illustrative comment, using both with judgment, and indeed with restraint.”
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Sat. R. 105: 50. Ja. 11, ’08. 930w.
Olcott, William Tyler. Field book of the stars. **$1. Putnam.
7–26464.
This guide “is gotten up in very compact form, presenting in fifty diagrams the appearance of the skies at different seasons and the location of all the important constellations. Accompanying each diagram is a brief explanation. There is nothing of either a technical or a theoretical nature, and nothing has been included which cannot be studied with either the naked eye or an opera glass.” (N. Y. Times.)
Dial. 43: 385. D. 1, ’07. 50w.
“Of this sort the book is a model of simplicity and brevity.”
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N. Y. Times. 12: 557. S. 14, ’07. 130w.
“For assistance in the geography of the heavens, and for choosing particular objects that are suitable for naked-eye or opera-glass study this little book is the most complete and the most practicable that has thus far appeared. The diagrams are simple, clear, and admirably adapted to class or individual use. The author’s work is excellently done. The book is timely and teachable, and there is little of moment in it to criticize. Every high-school teacher of astronomy ought to have it and to use it in his classes.” G. W. Meyers.
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School. R. 16: 346. My. ’08. 1100w.
Oldmeadow, Ernest J. Aunt Maud. +$1.50. McClure.
8–20135.
Tells how a niece is so clever regarding her aunt’s announced match-making schemes that she takes matters into her own hands and swears the young man to secrecy over a compact to play a part for a month during which time they are to seem engaged while in reality they are only “taking each other’s measure.” “The result is a series of emotional incidents, described with much vivacity and minuteness, and leading to an event which amiably and not quite unexpectedly vindicates the tactics of Aunt Maud.” (Nation.)
“A book worth bringing to the attention of readers who like incursions into the domain of sentiment that is not sentimentality.” F: T. Cooper.
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Bookm. 28: 69. S. ’08. 380w.
“It is a sensible book for young girls.”
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Ind. 65: 552. S. 3, ’08. 70w.
Nation. 87: 187. Ag. 27, ’08. 240w.
“The central love-story is treated with so much originality and discretion that we are at a loss to understand the author’s fiasco over his more ambitious portrait.”
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Sat. R. 106: sup. 7. S. 26, ’08. 250w.
272Oldmeadow, Ernest J. Virginie. †$1.50. McClure.
8–4038.
This story is really the continuation of a deus ex machina’s task to bring happiness to the daughter of the woman whom he had loved and lost. The protector is a chemist and he administers to Virginie, on the eve of an odious marriage with a dissolute count, a Monte Cristo potion which causes temporary suspension of life. He chooses a British lover for her, an amateur archaeologist, to whom he delivers a wax statue packed in ice with a silver trumpet in its hand. The statue comes to life and is beautiful. As Virginie comes out of the trance of body, the Englishman emerges from his trance of soul. The guardian sees to it that there are plenty of adventures to test the lover’s sincerity and heroism before he confesses the truth to him.
“The author writes with attractive lightness, and we have been amused by the feats of the special maker of providence for the young people. It is a pleasant story, except that too much is made, we think, of eating and drinking.”
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Ath. 1907, 2: 513. O. 26. 110w.
“The author has developed an absurd situation with a gravity that is almost obtuse.”
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Ind. 64: 1453. Je. 25, ’08. 300w.
“The story is written with much cleverness and skill, and is plausible enough to be entertaining, even if the reader does not find the evasive and resourceful Italian, who is really a famous French scientist, entirely convincing.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 77. F. 8, ’08. 370w.
“A more improbable tale than ‘Virginie’ would be hard to find.”
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Outlook. 88: 512. F. 29, ’08. 100w.
“Is all wrong from beginning to end. It is not merely the wild extravagance of the conception, unworthy though that be of a writer of Mr. Oldmeadow’s powers, but it is the whole atmosphere of false sentiment in which the story is steeped that offends.”
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Sat. R. 104: 642. N. 23, ’07. 140w.
Oliver, Thomas. Diseases of occupation from the legislative, social and medical points of view. *$3. Dutton.
8–27120.
“Treats of the diseases incidental to a great variety of occupations in factories, workshops, mines, potteries, and other employments where many persons labor together.”—Nation.
“In every case the information supplied is ample, and the best-known methods for abolishing or lessening the evils attendant on each occupation are given with commendable brevity. Several statements and facts are repeated at short intervals in almost identical words—a blemish which can be easily removed in the next edition of what must prove a highly useful book of reference. There is an excellent index.”
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Ath. 1908, 1: 421. Ap. 4. 420w.
“It is an excellent, simple, and untechnical description of the diseases due to gases, poisons, dust, etc.”
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J. Pol. Econ. 16: 543. O. ’08. 50w.
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Nation. 87: 216. S. 3, ’08. 540w.
“In a comparatively small book Dr. Oliver has succeeded in bringing together a vast amount of useful information on all sorts of subjects. The facts with which he has dealt are not drawn up in any very orderly array, and throughout one finds a certain vagueness which may well tend to make the reader feel that he is treading on ground too uncertain to bear definite action. In some places where definite directions are given they are contradictory.” A. E. B.
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Nature. 78: 627. O. 22, ’08. 1050w.
Ollivant, Alfred. The gentleman. †$1.50. Macmillan.
8–28993.
A continuous series of adventures both on land and sea that result in thwarting the plot of Napoleon to kidnap Nelson just before the battle of Trafalgar. Napoleon’s agent is an Irish rebel—the Gentleman—whose charming personality and bravery won the admiration and respect of his enemies. The rescuing party consists of a few sailors and fighting men of whom a fifteen-year old midshipman is the first in valor and resourcefulness.
“An ingenious, breathless story, of decided literary merit, that men and older boys will enjoy.”
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A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 304. D. ’08. ✠
“The last fight of the ‘Tremendous’ is one of the best naval battles in fiction.”
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Ath. 1908, 2: 676. N. 28. 330w.
“A distinctly bigger achievement than either of its author’s earlier books; and, one is tempted to add, the book best entitled of any story written in English since the days of Robert Louis Stevenson to trace its ancestry straight back to the purest strain of the romantic novel.” Philip Tillinghast.
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Forum. 40: 510. N. ’08. 2000w.
“Take three parts of Stevenson to one of Charles Kingsley, flavor with reminiscences of Blackmore, beat violently, and serve in paragraphs à la Charles Reade—such seems to have been the formula for this rather extraordinary book.”
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Nation. 87: 581. D. 10, ’08. 340w.
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N. Y. Times. 13: 746. D. 5, ’08. 100w.
“One can only call it melodrama; but it hurries the reader along without a halt on a single page.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 796. D. 19, ’08. 720w.
“The book is marred a little by hints of torture and by some passages which may try the nerves of haters of bloodshed and cruelty, and sometimes the author’s style, purposely made sharp and concise, becomes a little too Victor Hugoish in abruptness. But, criticism aside, the romance is one of the best of its class; it holds the imagination with intentness.”
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Outlook. 90: 748. N. 28, ’08. 180w.
Olmstead, Albert Ten Eyck. Western Asia in the days of Sargon of Assyria, 722–705 B. C.: a study in oriental history. (Cornell studies in history and political science.) **$1.25. Holt.
8–17886.
“Represents seven years of study during which the author was for a year a Fellow at the American school for oriental studies, under Professor Schmidt, and had the inestimable advantage of a careful topographical study of a portion of the territory covered by Sargon’s campaigns.... Among the points most valuable is his study of the perplexing ‘Muzri’ question raised by Winckler. Also of much interest is the account of Sargon’s campaigns to the north against the Mannai and Khaldians (Chaldeans) until he was slain in battle with the Cimmerians, as this brings him into relation with tribes whom our author recognizes as Aryan.”—Ind.
“This book is a good example of the systematic work that must be done on every period of Babylonian-Assyrian history before an adequate history of those nations can be written.”
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Bib. World. 32: 224. S. ’08. 90w.
“An admirably careful, thoro and adequate study of Sargon’s campaigns, and has close bearing on biblical accounts.”
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Ind. 65: 266. Jl. 30, ’08. 220w.
* Olmsted, E. Stanley. Emotionalist: the romance of an awakening to temperament. †$1.50. Appleton.
8–30250.
The story of an American girl’s struggle for 273temperament which if added to her gift of a beautiful voice, to her ambition and energy would insure a much coveted career. She pursues her study in Germany, meets a man who takes a hand in developing her temperament with the result that he loves her, and sacrifices his happiness for her art only to see her turn aside from it and marry a Fifth avenue oil-magnate.
“A clever piece of work.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 680. N. 14, ’08. 300w.
Oman, John Campbell. Brahmans, theists, and Muslims of India. *$3.50. Jacobs.
8–436.
Studies of goddess-worship in Bengal, caste, Brahmanism and social reform, with descriptive sketches of curious festivals, ceremonies and fakirs.
“An excellent book on the practice of religion as distinguished from the doctrines or philosophies. Useful in connection with so called accounts of religion which are purely idealistic.”
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A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 200. Je. ’08.
“A special master-key to the problems of Indian life and thought.”
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Ath. 1907, 2: 259. S. 7. 2750w.
“The work contains a great deal that is full of human interest, but its value had been much enhanced by greater compression and more reflection of a suggestive sort upon the phenomena presented.” James Lindsay.
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Int. J. Ethics. 19: 138. O. ’08. 340w.
“Mr Oman’s evidence is all the more valuable and convincing in that he approaches the speculative realms of Hindu thought with broad-minded tolerance and sympathy, whilst he is too sound a student to ignore or to minimize the more repellent aspects of Hinduism.”
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Lond. Times. 6: 276. S. 13, ’07. 1700w.
“The many pages devoted to subjects already treated by the other writers, such as caste and the history of Hindu theism, are not of great worth, and give the impression of having been taken in great measure from previous authors. On the other hand, Mr. Oman’s own observations and studies from life in India, his descriptions of the Holi festival and the Mohammedan fakirs deserve a permanent form.”
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Nation. 86: 103. Ja, 30, ’08. 150w.
“He has evidently written con amore, and with wide and diverse knowledge, and his pages give to the reader a singular feeling of being in touch with at least some of the actualities of this alien and mysterious life.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 102. F. 22, ’08. 220w.
R. of Rs. 38: 384. S. ’08. 60w.
* Onken, William Henry, and Baker, Joseph Black. Harper’s how to understand electrical work; a simple explanation of electric light, heat, power and traction in daily life; with a dictionary of electrical terms prepared by Joseph H. Adams. $1.75. Harper.
8–33039.
A book which answers for boys and girls the questions how and why machinery moves when the force behind it is electricity. It is the story of the every day uses of electricity indicating the universality of its application. The author shows how electricity is made; how it is used for light, heat, power and traction; in the home, on the farm, in hospitals, on steamships, in mines, in the manufacture of steel; for protection, as a destroyer, and for the transmission of intelligence.
“Here is a book that makes the sharp and proper divisions as to methods and apparatus, and tells with precision just what is involved in lighting as distinguished from traction, in telegraphy as different from telephony. Our own opinion is that it will find a large circulation on account of the boldness with which it gives engineering data and diagrams.”
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Elec. World. 52: 1252. D. 5, ’08. 400w.
“It is a deep book for a boy ... but one that will stimulate his mind if he be mechanically inclined.”
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Engin. N. 60: 694. D. 17, ’08. 240w.
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N. Y. Times. 13: 756. D. 5, ’08. 80w.
Oppenheim, Edward Phillips. The avenger. †$1.50. Little.
8–13951.
A mystery story with a profusion of ingredients ranging from political intrigue to private revenge. The book differs from other of Mr. Oppenheim’s stories in that the man who takes life, the avenger, is a most reputable citizen of London, who can’t understand why, if on the battlefield one is held blameless while taking brave men’s lives, a man who rids society of lives that breed corruption should be condemned. He has the courage of his conviction and rids the world of three decadents, consoling himself with the belief that it is a moral act.
“Amongst the makers of sensational fiction Mr. E. Phillips Oppenheim ranks as a past-master.”
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Acad. 73: 42. O. 19, ’07. 250w.
“An absurd, wholly improbable, yet readable tale.”
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A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 223. Je. ’08.
“There is not a dull page in the volume and many of the scenes are highly dramatic.” A. C. Rich.
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Arena. 40: 125. Jl. ’08. 120w.
“Considered as an invention merely, the story is neat and effective.” W: M. Payne.
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Dial. 44: 352. Je. 1, ’08. 150w.
“Unlike most detective stories his plots are not mechanical and his people not marionettes.”
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Ind. 65: 552. S. 3, ’08. 100w.
“The avenger’s folk are nicely alive—all who are not killed. Its manner places it in the class of novels of comfortable manslaughter—smooth-running, readable, pleasantly puzzling.”
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Nation. 86: 516. Je. 4, ’08. 200w.
“Altogether it is a lively, thrilling, and captivating story.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 342. Je. 13, ’08. 200w.
“Altogether a rattling good story of its sort.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 427. Ag. 1, ’08. 360w.
“Is notable for its cleverness in placing before the readers a murder problem apparently simple but really all but insoluble.”
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Outlook. 89: 314. Je. 6, ’08. 50w.
“Entertaining romance.” Charlotte Harwood.
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Putnam’s. 4: 623. Ag. ’08. 100w.
Oppenheim, Edward Phillips. Great secret. †$1.50. Little.
7–40278.
A story of intrigue woven about an international conspiracy hatched by Germany and involving Great Britain. The outwitting of the band of German conspirators in London is a clever piece of interference, conducted by one Lord Leslie Wendover alias Leslie Guest, aided by a renowned English cricket player, and a charming American girl.
A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 157. My. ’08.
“An exceptionally able story of the kind.” A. C. Rich.
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Arena. 39: 506. Ap. ’08. 180w.
“It is not likely that ‘The great secret’ will be distinguished for merit above its fellow; but it may achieve a mild distinction in this country because its author has allowed himself to indulge in gentle sarcasm at the expense of the American woman. This is not one of those mystery stories which offer a real challenge to the reader’s analytical faculty. The truth is that Mr. Oppenheim, entertaining as he may sometimes be, is sadly superficial.” Ward Clark.
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Bookm. 27: 61. Mr. ’08. 1000w.
274“Although one cannot cease to protest against the utter improbability of the general plot and many situations of this story, nevertheless curiosity is aroused from the first and carries us along to the finish.”
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Cath. World. 87: 262. My. ’08. 100w.
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Ind. 64: 421. F. 20, ’08. 100w.
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Outlook. 88: 513. F. 29, ’08. 150w.
“There is no permanence and vitality in the plot to give it more than an ephemeral existence.”
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R. of Rs. 37: 764. Je. ’08. 80w.
“Mr. Phillips Oppenheim leaves us with a headache. He is so amazingly strenuous, and his characters pass through such terrible experiences in rapid succession that our nerves are shattered before we get to the end of the volume.”
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Sat. R. 103: 562. My. 4, ’07. 120w.
Oppenheim, Edward Phillips. Long arm of Mannister. †$1.50. Little.
8–23549.
A man who had been the victim of the dark plotting of eight conspirators takes his revenge upon each in turn. The punishment is administered single-handed, and for variety, ingenuity, boldness and thoroness can scarcely find its parallel in fiction.
“The story is better written than some of Mr. Oppenheim’s recent thrilling romances and will hold the reader’s interest from start to finish.” A. C. Rich.
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Arena. 40: 483. N. ’08. 170w.
“Mr. Mannister’s methods are too simple to greatly absorb a generation of readers that has known Sherlock Holmes.”
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Cath. World. 88: 408. D. ’08. 70w.
“Here Mr. Phillips undertakes to show, in a thrilling succession of anecdotes, that the way of the transgressor is much harder than the Biblical aphorist dreamed it. He has succeeded remarkably.”
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Nation. 87: 581. D. 10, ’08. 200w.
“This may not be Mr. Oppenheim’s best work, but the narrative is compact, lively, and exciting—a diverting companion in an idle hour.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 675. N. 14, ’08. 320w.
* Orczy, Emmuska, baroness. Elusive pimpernel. †$1.50. Dodd.
8–33437.
“A sequel to ‘Scarlet pimpernel,’ in which intrigue, romance, and love go hand in hand along a path of real historical limitations and extent. It is a new story, a new telling of certain episodes of the French revolution, in which are continued the career of the Scarlet pimpernel, that daring and mysterious young English soldier of fortune, and the intrigues of the terrible yet fascinating French agent, Chauvelin.”—N. Y. Times.
“If the reader can accept the improbabilities, he will find the story entertaining.”
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Ath. 1908, 2: 504. O. 24. 120w.
“The story ... is told with a rush of incident and with not a little imaginative power.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 698. N. 28, ’08. 200w.
N. Y. Times. 13: 746. D. 5, ’08. 130w.
“The interest is wrought up to the very highest pitch. Nor is the tale a mere succession of startling incidents, made to look natural, and very cleverly joined together.”
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Spec. 101: 680. O. 31, ’08. 230w.
Orczy, Emmuska, baroness. In Mary’s reign. (English title, The tangled skein.) 75c. Cupples & L.
8–14959.
“This is a sentimental tale of the days of Mary Tudor, with a fairly ingenious plot. There is an innocent maiden, a very good English lord, a double, and two very wicked Spanish diplomatists who speak with a scarcely veiled sneer and contrive most diabolical plots.”—Acad.
“The style is of the most jerky and suburban type. The characters, moreover, are entirely melodramatic.”
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Acad. 72: 73. Je. 15, ’07. 150w.
“The romance is of the machine-made order, nor does it give any adequate picture of the times. Its popular merit will probably be that it has dramatic moments.”
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Ath. 1907, 1: 724. Je. 15. 200w.
Ind. 65: 153. Jl. 16, ’08. 100w.
Nation. 86: 288. Mr. 26, ’08. 200w.
N. Y. Times. 13: 266. My. 9, ’08. 30w.
“There is none of the vigour shown in the ‘Scarlet pimpernel.’”
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Sat. R. 103: 818. Je. 29, ’07. 170w.
Orgain, Kate Alma. Southern authors in poetry and prose. *$2. Neale.
8–23871.
A collection of biographical and critical essays, with selections from the writers. Among the groups of twenty-six men and women briefly sketched are Sidney Lanier, Augusta J. Evans, William Gilmore Simms, John Esten Cooke, Joel Chandler Harris, Elizabeth Whitfield Bellamy, George Washington Cable, Edgar Allan Poe and Thomas Nelson Page.
Osborn, Henry Fairfield. Evolution of mammalian molar teeth, to and from the triangular type. *$2. Macmillan.
The first volume in a series of six Biological studies and addresses. “The purpose of the book is the collection of the writings of the author on this question and the extension of them by other observations and illustrations in support of the tritubercular theory.” (Nation.)
Nation. 86: 243. Mr. 12, ’08. 150w.
“The author has succeeded in placing trituberculism on a much more secure and unassailable basis than it ever previously occupied.” R. L.
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Nature. 77: 435. Mr. 12, ’08. 800w.
“The whole book gives evidence of the most painstaking work. Perhaps its most delightful feature is the judicial fairness and frankness with which the whole evidence is reviewed and discussed.” R: S. Lull.
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Science, n.s. 27: 341. F. 28, ’08. 1200w.
Osborne, Charles Francis, ed. Historic houses and their gardens: palaces, castles, country places and gardens of the old and new worlds described by several writers, illustrated with plans and photographs; with introd. by Frank Miles Day. $6. Winston.
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A beautiful volume of folio size, with heavy glazed paper, large type, and numerous finely reproduced illustrations. The text includes thirty chapters, each of which is devoted to the description of some historic house and its garden. An introduction states some of the fundamental principles that ought to govern the relation of houses and their gardens. A wide range of selection is offered including houses in England, Spain, Italy, Austria, Japan, India, France, Mexico, and the United States.
“The book will bring travellers’ joy, whether reminiscent or imaginary, to those who turn its pages.”
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“There are thus scattered through the volume many welcome suggestions; and the appreciative reader may find in this rather bewildering abundance material for deductions which a work of narrower scope would not afford.”
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Nation. 87: 272. S. 17, ’08. 350w.
“A very beautiful and instructive illustrated volume.”
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275“In the main the book is harmonious in style and method, and in every case the reader receives pleasurable impressions of the beauty of the places and agreeably rendered information as to their association and history.”
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Osgood, Elliott I. Breaking down Chinese walls, from a doctor’s view-point. **$1. Revell.
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A clear exposition of Chinese conditions and the place which medical missionary work has assumed in the Christianizing of China. “The author has shown that the missionary ‘must demonstrate by living illustrations the superiority of Christianity over heathen systems’; that dispensaries, hospitals and schools have been opened to prove the advantages of a Christian civilization; and that the home-life of the missionary is as effective an agency in regeneration as the pulpit and the hospital.” (Ann. Am. Acad.)
Ann. Am. Acad. 31: 717. My. ’08. 220w.
“A convincing and distinctly illuminating account of experiences in China.”
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“The fervent religious note throughout the book is so deep and earnest and heartfelt that it must command respect even from those who have no sympathy with the evangelical movements.”
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“Is interesting reading.”
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* O’Shea, Michael Vincent. Linguistic development and education. *$1.25. Macmillan.
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“Part 1 treats of the ‘Non-reflective processes in linguistic development’ and includes chapters on prelinguistic expression, early reaction upon conventional language, parts of speech in early linguistic activity, inflection and word order, and development of meaning for verbal symbols. Part 2 on ‘Reflective processes in linguistic development’ treats of acquisition of word ideas in reading, acquisition of graphic words, development of meaning for word ideas in reading, development of efficiency in oral expression, processes in graphic expression, and development of efficiency in graphic composition, and acquisition of a foreign tongue. Each chapter is followed by a summary and at the close of the book is a very good bibliography and index.”—School R.
“With the exception of several chapters, the book will be read chiefly by specialists. The style, however, is forceful and agreeably simple.” G: B. Mangold.
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“The volume occupies a field of its own and is of value to those interested in child-study. It has also some worth as suggesting the probable origin of language and as farther suggesting proper methods of education.” R. E. Bisbee.
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Arena. 40: 474. N. ’08. 130w.
“It is not unfair, perhaps, to say that the chief value of the book lies in the organization of material scattered about in special articles and separate treatises, so as to present a comprehensive view of the whole process of linguistic development, rather than in the new facts reported, or new theories propounded. To have made this body of opinions accessible in the form of an outline of theory is to have performed a worthy service to education.” W. B. O.
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El. School T. 9: 53. S. ’08. 400w.
“Of the three books that Professor O’Shea has written, this will probably be of the most permanent value. It has more of the merits and fewer of the defects of the other books and treats of a definite subject with such completeness that it is not likely to be soon displaced by any other book.” E. A. Kirkpatrick.
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Osler, William. Alabama student, and other biographical essays. **$2. Oxford.
“The topics of these essays are all biographical, among the subjects being John Keats, Oliver Wendell Holmes, John Locke, Sir Thomas Brown, Harvey, William Pepper and Alfred Stillé. The Alabama student who supplies the subject for the main title was Dr. John Bassett of Huntsville, a devoted physician and student in medicine of the early half of the last century.”—Lit. D.
“The history of medicine appeals most to the best educated in the profession, but in the hands of a writer like Prof. Osler it is in itself an education.”
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Ath. 1908, 2: 442. O. 10. 440w.
“Dr. Osier gives not only the conventional facts in a man’s life, but has added much by way of personal comment that is distinctive in itself and frequently charming.”
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“In many respects the gem is the last essay of all, the Harveian oration of 1906.”
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Nation. 87: 555. D. 3, ’08. 870w.
“Earnest, candid, not lacking in humor, lucid and virile, not infrequently adorned by the allusions of a scholar who is too wise to be a pedant, Dr. Osler’s observations are always interesting and frequently brilliant.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 636. O. 31, ’08. 1600w.
“They are marked by good sense and discrimination, graced with a pleasant style, and ballasted with the results of enthusiastic research. Primarily they were intended for doctors, but we hope that their publication in this form will give them the much wider audience which they deserve.”
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Ostrovsky, Alexander Nicolaievich. The storm; tr. by Constance Garnett. *$1. Luce, J: W.
The scene of this drama is laid in a small provincial town on the upper Volga. A sharp-tongued mother, a weak-willed son, and a sweet-tempered daughter-in-law are the principal characters. The tyranny of the mother drives the son’s wife to reckless relations with a merchant’s son. Between the girl’s pangs of conscience and her uncontrollable fear of thunder, she is moved, during a terrifying storm, to make confession, and later, in a fit of remorse, drowns herself.
“It is a play that would make practically no appeal to any English speaking audience, but the development of character and action, if it may really be called that in the sense in which the word is used on our stage, will prove interesting to the reader. And the book should find a place in the library of every student of the drama.”
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Owen, Charles Henry. Justice of the Mexican war: a review of the causes and results of the war, with a view to distinguishing evidence from opinion and inference. **$1.25. Putnam.
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Maintaining that those who declare the Mexican war unjust base their charges mainly on opinion and inference, that to avoid intricacies and contradictions they followed the line of least resistance and attributed it all to slavery cabal, the author concerns himself with the causes as they are conceived to arise from the Monroe doctrine. Aside from being a justification of the war the discussion is a criticism of the methods of some noted historians.
“There is room for a book which shall bear the title of this one, but it must be written by a student familiar with the westward movement and able to discriminate between sources 276of information and opinions of irresponsible journalistic historians.”
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“The book is well worth reading as a patriotic defense of our government and its armies.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 461. Ag. 22, ’08. 630w.
“We must dismiss his book as inconclusive.”
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