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Underwood, Joseph Harding. Distribution of ownership. (Columbia university studies in history, economics and public law.) pa. *$1.50. Longmans.
8–832.
“Dr. Underwood attempts to give the history of ownership from the most primitive times, thru the eras of Hebrew, Greek, Roman and Teutonic civilizations, to the present day conception of corporate ownership and the beginnings of a return to restrictions of individual ownership, not only of land, but also of chattles.” (Ind.)
“It is to be regretted that it is not written in a clearer and more readable style, and that it is marred by a number of historical errors which, while perhaps not of serious consequence to the substance of the work, shake the reader’s confidence in its accuracy.”
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Ind. 65: 435. Ag. 20, ’08. 370w.
“He makes indiscriminate use of a variety of works, good, bad, and indifferent, upon economics, jurisprudence, and sociology, but nowhere shows a firm grasp of his subject.”
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Nation. 87: 493. N. 19, ’08. 450w.
“Without proposing any concrete reforms, and weakened at times by an unjudicial impatience, it at least indicates valid reasons for cheerfulness and confidence.”
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Outlook. 88: 323. F. 8, ’08. 380w.
R. of Rs. 37: 383. Mr. ’08. 60w.
Unwin, William Cawthorne. Treatise on hydraulics. *$4.25. Macmillan.
W8–47.
A thorogoing class text-book as well as a work of reference. The chapters are as follows: Properties of fluids, Distribution of pressure, Principles of hydraulics, Discharge from orifices, Notches and weirs, Compressible fluids, Fluid friction, Flow in pipes, Distribution of water, Later investigations of flow in pipes, Flow of compressible fluids in pipes, Uniform flow of water in canals, and conduits, Gaging of streams, and Impact and reaction of fluids.
“Considered as a whole, the treatment, from the scientific point of view, is terse, accurate and concise, but the many admirers of Professor Unwin will close the book with a feeling of disappointment that the writing of it has been permitted to partake of the nature of pastime rather than of strenuous work.” G. S. Williams.
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Engin. N. 59: 77. Ja. 16, ’08. 2930w.
“The book will answer the expectations of all but the most critical, for the mistakes, in it are very few and refer mainly to experimental results with which American readers are apparently more familiar than the author.”
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Engin. Rec. 57: 111. Ja. 25, ’08. 960w.
Updike, Wilkins. History of the Episcopal church in Narragansett, R. I., including a history of other Episcopal churches in the state; 2d. ed. ed. by Daniel Goodwin. 3v. *$15. Updike.
8–266.
A revision of a work appearing in 1847. “Dr. Goodwin has retained the text of the original work in its entirety, merely making necessary corrections and dividing into chapters. The addition of new matter he has made in the form of notes, segregated in the back of each volume, and bulking as large as the original text. The book contains a history of the Episcopal church in Narragansett and of other Episcopal churches in Rhode Island, and of all the principal families of that region, a transcript of the parish register, and reprints of many interesting old documents, letters and diaries.” (N. Y. Times.)
“Dr. Goodwin’s editing of the present edition shows his eminent fitness for the work.”
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Nation. 87: 72. Jl. 23, ’08. 350w.
“The work throws so much light upon the social and ecclesiastical history of Rhode Island in the eighteenth century, and gives so many intimate, self-made pictures of the life of the time that it will be sure of a warm welcome from all students of that period.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 204. Ap. 11, ’08. 370w.
Upson, Arthur Wheelock. Tides of spring, and other poems. $1. Small.
8–3140.
The titular piece is a brief one-act drama for whose theme Mr. Upson “has gone to Scottish history, that almost unworked dramatic quarry; and about a picturesque incident in the early life of Malcolm Ceannmor, one of the 365ancient Scottish kings, has created an idyl of youth.... The contrast between the cautious wisdom of experience and the daring intuition of youth lies the philosophical motive of the play.” (N. Y. Times.) The volume also contains a group of lyrics to friends.
“Mr. Upson’s lines are full of germinal thoughts.” J. B. Rittenhouse.
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N. Y. Times. 13: 196. Ap. 11, ’08. 700w.
Upson, Henry Swift. Insomnia and nerve strain. *$1.50. Putnam.
8–18289.
A discussion which urges physicians to hunt for a physical basis in the cause of mania, melancholia and dementia precox. The author’s main contention, supported by innumerable cases, is that the nerve strain of those cases almost always associated with insomnia is not degenerate and is not incurable. He describes in this connection the action of the nervous system, in vascular control, in inhibition, nutrition and shock; and he formulates the difference between vital and non-vital matter, and between nerve cells and lower tissues.
“The author’s views concerning the action of the nervous system are not altogether clear and rest upon an interpretation of nervous phenomena which few students of these subjects are ready to accept.”
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Nation. 87: 145. Ag. 13, ’08. 250w.
N. Y. Times. 13: 448. Ag. 15, ’08. 400w.
“A very wilderness of words and well up to the high standard of obscurity adopted by writers on psychology.”
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Sat. R. 106: 306. S. 5, ’08. 150w.
Upton, George Putnam. Musical memories. *$2.75. McClurg.
8–30387.
“The ‘memories’ relate to those stars, of various magnitudes, and now chiefly extinct, that were in their glory, on the operatic stage and in the concert hall in the latter half of the nineteenth century, and that cast some rays of their effulgence on the Chicago of that period.” (Dial.) Patti, Ole Bull, Wieniawsky, Rubinstein, Christine Nilsson and Theodore Thomas are among the celebrities who call back from the past pleasant reminiscences. Five chapters treat of the history of musical societies in Chicago, beginning as far back as the year 1833.
“Professional criticisms and judgments add to the value of the book, and there are many amusing anecdotes and crisp characterizations.”
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A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 298. D. ’08.
“A book of unusual interest to those of his own community, and hardly less attractive to music-lovers and readers generally.” P. F. Bicknell.
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Dial. 45: 206. O. 1, ’08. 2200w.
“Mr. Upton’s book is one of the most valuable contributions to American musical history ever issued, and the numerous personal sketches and anecdotes interspersed make it as interesting as a novel to music lovers.”
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Nation. 87: 367. O. 15, ’08. 1100w.
“The ‘memories’ are on the whole entertaining. There are people and things about whom and which Mr. Upton feels impelled to write when he has little or nothing to say; some of his critical remarks will call forth doubt or dissent.” R: Aldrich.
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N. Y. Times. 13: 543. O. 3, ’08. 950w.
Upton, George Putnam. Standard concert guide: a handbook of the standard symphonies, oratorios, cantatas and symphonic poems for the concert goer. $1.75. McClurg.
8–23575.
A combination and condensation of the author’s “Standard oratorios,” “Standard symphonies,” and “Standard cantatas” in a single volume for concert and library purposes. New matter has been added to bring it down to date, including notices of works by Brücker, Cowen, Dvorák, Elgar, Franck, Mackenzie, Parker, Parry, Sinding, Richard Strauss, and Tchaikovsky. Contains portraits of the composers included.
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A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 266. N. ’08. ✠
Dial. 45: 120. S. 1, ’08. 50w.
“[The reader] will be puzzled only by one strange thing. In the Index reference is made to ‘Bürckner.’ His real name is Bruckner.”
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Nation. 87: 321. O. 1, ’08. 300w.
“The index appears to be quite full and serviceable.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 466. Ag. 22, ’08. 170w.
“This ‘Guide’ is sufficiently safe and authoritative if one can accept the seemingly arbitrary method of selection.”
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R. of Rs. 38: 511. O. ’08. 200w.
Urusov, Sergiei Dmitrievich, kniaz. Memoirs of a Russian governor; tr. by Herman Rosenthal. **$1.50. Harper.
8–3431.
“A prince of an ancient Russian family, a member of the first Duma, tells in these memoirs the secrets about czardom; lays bare the intricate machinery of the autocracy, the schemes of the police department, and the intrigues and corruption that underlie the fabric of government. Prince Urusov is not a revolutionist, not a destructive agitator, but a constructive patriot, typical of the new Russia “now rising from the wreckage of the old.” The memoirs form a permanent document of Russian history.”
“An excellent book and of more value, though of limited scope, than half the books that set out to give the American reader a general idea of Russia and the Russians.”
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A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 213. Je. ’08.
“Because of the light it throws upon the inmost workings of the Russian government it is a book which every one will read with interest.” L. W. Tower.
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Ann. Am. Acad. 32: 464. S. ’08. 430w.
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Ath. 1908, 1: 381. Mr. 28. 400w.
“Here is a book of rare interest written from a rare point of view—an account by a native official of the intricate workings of the Russian bureaucracy.” I. W. Riley.
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Bookm. 27: 274. My. ’08. 1300w.
“It is the details of this absurd and anarchic system which Prince Urusov sets forth most convincingly, and at times in a highly amusing manner.”
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Ind. 64: 1035. My. 7, ’08. 250w.
N. Y. Times. 12: 461. Jl. 27, ’07. 2500w.
N. Y. Times. 13: 38. Ja. 25, ’08. 130w.
“A permanent and vitally valuable historical document.”
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Outlook. 89: 40. My. 2, ’08. 600w.
“These records and impressions are bound to take their place among the permanent documents of Russian history.”
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R. of Rs. 37: 381. Mr. ’08. 300w.
“This is one of the books that count. It tells us more of the inner history of Russia in recent years than has been told, we venture to say, by any other volume.”
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Spec. 101: 332. S. 5, ’08. 1350w.
Urwick, W. E. Child’s mind, its growth and training; being a short study of some processes of learning and teaching. $1.50. Longmans.
E 8–29.
“Mr. Urwick’s object is to found the right teaching and training of scholars from infancy (for which he substitutes the ungainly expression infanthood) to adolescence on the results of psychology and biology, so far as these sciences have explained the development of children’s minds.” (Ath.) “Mr. Urwick’s treatment is based upon the modern conception of connation. 366Human behavior can be analysed largely into connative processes which set towards or away from objects of positive or negative ‘immediate value.’” (Nature.)
“We cannot admit that he has succeeded in setting forth ‘in simple and untechnical language’ the results obtained by the investigation of ‘mind-growth as an organic process’; but he has derived from them much sound advice to teachers in their practical work.”
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Ath. 1907, 2: 763. D. 14. 650w.
“We find in the book elementary matter set forth in a complicated and difficult style; in consequence, the reader who is in need of such a book will find this one obscure and perplexing, while those who can readily understand the book do not need to read it.” E: O. Sisson.
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Dial. 44: 276. My. 1, ’08. 150w.
“One of the most useful pedagogical treatises of recent years.” T. P. N.
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Nature. 77: 410. Mr. 5, ’08. 300w.
“It is rather in its scattered suggestions and its point of view than in its completed statements that it has most value. The reader feels that the author is on a good trail but needs to follow it out further. Altogether we commend the book as a most suggestive presentation of certain phases of educational theory from the point of view of functional or activity psychology.” Irving King.
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School R. 16: 686. D. ’08. 600w.