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“Mr. Rowland’s story, like his journey, is rather for the sterner sex, but is graphically told and holds the reader’s interest to the end.”
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Nation. 87: 462. N. 12, ’08. 150w.
“A most delightful story, in which Mr. Rowland brings into good play his cleverness at description and his charm as a humorist.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 638. O. 31, ’08. 700w.
Royce, Josiah. Philosophy of loyalty. **$1.50. Macmillan.
8–11729.
“A thoroughly sincere attempt to set clearly before the American people the need for aiming at the highest ethical ideals in their daily life, in their intercourse with one another, and in their relations with the outside world. Believing that certain present-day conditions and tendencies indicate a lowering of individual and national standards. Professor Royce gives himself resolutely to the task of remedial and constructive criticism.”—Outlook.
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Ath. 1908, 1: 756. Je. 20. 1750w.
Reviewed by F. M. Colby.
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“His treatment is extraordinarily interesting and is not lacking in manifestations of Professor Royce’s own peculiar literary and philosophical style.”
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Educ. R. 36: 424. N. ’08. 60w.
“From the philosopher’s point of view the book might have been better if it had been shorter. The reader is apt to be carried over the difficult places of the argument by the flow of the author’s eloquence rather than by the force of his logical reasoning.” W. R. Sorley.
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Nation. 87: 17. Jl. 2, ’08. 520w.
“The lesson of his new book is founded on his sure observation of the present tendencies of thought, and in it he reveals himself as the true patriot as well as the philosopher.” E: A. Dithmar.
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“His work is immediately and concretely inspiring to the man not at all concerned with the subtleties of metaphysical disquisition, but very much concerned in the affairs of every-day existence.”
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Outlook. 89: 128. My. 16, ’08. 350w.
“These criticisms do not affect the great practical value of the book; it gives beautiful and forceful expression to ethical idealism, and grandly fulfils its purpose ‘to simplify men’s moral issues, to clear their vision for the sight of the eternal, to win hearts for loyalty.’ There is moral enthusiasm in it, there is patriotism in it, there is love of humanity in it.” Frank Thilly.
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“It is a book of remarkable freshness and power; popular in the best sense, since it never loses touch with common habits of thought; and inspired at times by a poetry and eloquence which, in Plato’s phrase, give to the quest of truth something of the warmth of desire. The book being one of popular lectures, naturally there are gaps in the argument and rhetoric at times in place of reasoning.”
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Royce, Josiah. Race questions, provincialism and other American problems. *$1.25. Macmillan.
8–31148.
A supplement to the author’s “Philosophy of loyalty.” In the light of that philosophy he discusses the following American problems: Race questions and prejudices; Provincialism; On certain limitations of the thoughtful public in America; The Pacific coast—a psychological study of the relations of climate and civilization; and Some relations of physical training to the present problems of moral education in America.
“Apart from the strong common sense of his views and their bearing upon the immediate problems of life, Professor Royce wields an uncommonly lucid and forcible pen. This volume makes a plain and important appeal to any intelligent man or woman, and should have a wide reading.”
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“The point of view from which Professor Royce paints his picture is one that enables him to bring out certain values strongly. And it scarcely needs to be said that the coloring, the light and shade, the detail that helps the central motive, are all handled with masterly skill.” J. H. T.
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312Royle, Harold M. Chemistry of gas manufacture. il. *$4.50. Henley.
8–16415.
A practical manual for the use of gas engineers, gas managers, and students. “Starting with the method of preparation of the standard solutions required in the chemical work which it seems to be customary to carry on in an English gas plant, the body of the book goes on through coal testing, flue-gas analysis, the distillation of coal and coal tar, the analysis of crude coal gas ... fire clay and fire brick, the testing for naphthalene in gas ... and the determination of the candle power, the calorific value and specific gravity of illuminating gas, and is concluded by a short chapter on the testing of the oil used and the oil tar produced in the manufacture of carburetted water gas.” (Engin. N.)
“This book should be of great use to those for whom it is intended.”
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“The condensation of the matter taken from periodicals is not always accurately done. Another fault of the book is found in typographical errors, which are the more important because several of them occur in the spelling of proper names. There are also faults of arrangement. The faults mentioned do not, however, detract materially from the value of the matter contained in the book, and, as previously stated, it is worthy a place in the libraries of American gas engineers.” A. E Forstall.
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Ruhl, Arthur Brown. Other Americans: the cities, the countries, and especially the people of South America. **$2. Scribner.
8–27368.
Mr. Ruhl, a journalist who has made extended tours thru South America sets down his impressions for the general reader’s enlightenment. He furnishes authentic facts concerning economic, social, and political conditions which exist there. “There is an appendix consisting of statistics and other data and a good index. We ought to know more about these ‘Other Americans,’ Mr. Ruhl insists, since half the western world is theirs.” (R. of Rs.)
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“As a social observer Mr. Ruhl may be commended.”
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Ath. 1908, 2: 573. N. 7. 520w.
“Serves well a useful purpose.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 562. O. 10, ’08. 470w.
“Mr. Ruhl discourses most entertainingly and informingly in this volume.”
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Ruhmer, Ernst. Wireless telephony in theory and practice; tr. from the German by James Erskine-Murray. *$3.50. Van Nostrand.
8–18757.
A complete and connected account in untechnical language, so far as possible, of the subject of wireless telephony, its progress, and prospects for future perfection. It outlines the theories and apparatus of Bell, Tainter, Simon, Hayes, Duddell, and others who have worked for practical ends in wireless telephony.
“The work is undoubtedly the most complete presentation of the subject that is in print.”
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Engin. D. 3: 419. Ap. ’08. 250w.
“The result has been that the greater part of the matter can be easily grasped at a single reading and the rest can be understood by a little study.”
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Engin. N. 60: 83. Jl. 16, ’08. 730w.
“Those who wish to obtain a good knowledge of the subject will find the information well presented.”
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“The matter is well presented, and it should prove interesting reading to all who take an interest in the advances of electrical engineering.”
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Nation. 86: 401. Ap. 30, ’08. 70w.
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Nature. 77: sup. 10. Mr. 5, ’08. 250w.
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Russell, Charles Edward. Lawless wealth: the origin of some great American fortunes. $1.50. Dodge, B. W.
8–16214.
Mr. Russell takes his reader over the course covered, often by hops and bounds, by some of the financial magnates on the way to their present millionaire goals. He shows that fortunes are not the equivalent for public service rendered at the expense of ability, energy and foresight, but that they are secured thru the appropriation of public utilities to private greed. The author aims to arouse a public that stands by and witlessly connives with the abnormal money fiend by tolerating his practices.
“He is not as dispassionate as a judge nor as dry as an economist, for on every page he shows the indignation of the prophet. Mr. Russell is a muck-raker proud of his profession.”
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J. Pol. Econ. 16: 634. N. ’08. 80w.
“Whoever aspires to act as a public teacher should show reserve, moderation, appreciation of the exact quality of the acts condemned, and dispassionate consideration of the remedy. Of these qualities Mr. Russell shows no trace.”
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Russell, Charles Edward. Thomas Chatterton, the marvelous boy: the story of a strange life, 1752–1770. il. **$2.50. Moffat.
8–12132.
This biography is the result of fourteen years of sympathetic study and research among all classes of material where could be found a crumb of information concerning this “marvelous boy” and “literary forger” who committed suicide in his teens.
“Though Mr. Russell needs constant checking, however, whether he be dealing with his hero as man or as poet, he has amassed facts which are not only interesting but illuminating, and his book is worth reading.” Montgomery Schuyler.
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“Masson’s short and pathetic account ... is more effective than this later, more elaborate, and undoubtedly better-informed work.”
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“Mr. Russell is as extravagant in his praise of Chatterton’s poems as he is undiscriminating in his estimate of his influence upon the romantic movement.”
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“Fulsome praise such as this repels thinking and judicious minds.”
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“To any balanced judgment the extravagances and perversions and the bad taste of the present biography will tend only to obscure for a moment the profound pathos of Chatterton’s life and his due reward as one of the inheritors of unfulfilled renown.”
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Nation. 86: 378. Ap. 23, ’08. 1200w.
“A biography of such remarkable merit, historical and critical, that it will instantly take a high place among the best productions of its class. One must turn many a page in many a book to find a finer, nobler, piece of writing than Mr. Russell’s preface, and the book itself is in fitting sequence.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 225. Ap. 18, ’08. 1200w.
“Mr. Russell’s book is the most considerable and well worked out life of Chatterton which has appeared.”
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Outlook. 89: 350. Je. 13, ’08. 400w.
313Russell, William Thomas. Maryland: the land of sanctuary. il. $1.75. Furst.
8–316.
A history of religious toleration in Maryland from the first settlement until the American revolution, authorities and sources being given at every step.
“Very interesting historical study. Father Russell has treated his subject with thoroughness and amplitude.”
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Cath. World. 87: 256. My. ’08. 850w.
Rutter, Frank. Path to Paris: the record of a riverside journey from Le Havre to Paris. *$5. Lane.
The impressions of two Englishmen journeying along the Seine from Havre to Paris on bicycles visiting Honfleur, Tancarville, Caudebec, Jumieges, Rouen, Les Andelys, Giverny, Vetheuel, Mantes, St. Germain, and other riverside cities and villages. The author’s artist companion furnishes the 68 sketches in black and white.
“Mr. Rutter has the gift of writing agreeably, but he does not always take the trouble to use it, and too often has recourse to ‘padding.’ Uneven as the book is, it has given us several hours of real pleasure among familiar scenes.”
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Ath. 1908, 2: 152. Ag. 8. 480w.
“Mr. Hanslip Fletcher has contributed some excellent drawings to the volume, which is in all respects admirably got up.”
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Int. Studio. 35: 242. S. ’08. 200w.
“Mr. Rutter has written charmingly of the out-of-the-way matters that came under his notice, and Mr. Fletcher, the artist, has made some very good drawings to accompany the text. Somehow, though, we suspect, Mr. Rutter of romancing a bit in a hit he makes at ‘two American ladies.’”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 460. Ag. 22, ’08. 460w.
“He does his ‘ruining’ and his descriptions and moralisings and art disquisitions with a light touch, and gives the tour an air of personal originality. The effect of the whole, text and pictures, is agreeable.”
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Sat. R. 106: 119. Jl. 25, ’08. 200w.
“The writer has, it seems, a special interest in art, and has much that is interesting to say on this subject, and, indeed, on other matters. It is a pity that he should find a pleasure not only in depreciating his own countrymen, but in drawing his depreciation from a necessarily tainted source.”
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Spec. 101: 137. Jl. 25, ’08. 140w.