W (continued 3)
Reading edition
7–38237.
Descriptive note and excerpts in Dec. 1907.
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A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 96. Mr. ’08.
“As a book for children to read to themselves its success is [somewhat] doubtful, for it contains somewhat solid food for tender digestions.”
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Ath. 1908, 1: 327. Mr. 14. 350w.
“It is a useful book altho somewhat padded with poems and other quotations.”
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Ind. 64: 50. Ja. 2, ’08. 90w.
“The many lovers of Mabel Osgood Wright’s books will find the present a particularly good example of her work.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 40. Ja. 25, ’08. 210w.
“Nothing better in the way of bird-lore for children has appeared than this pleasant, human, true book.”
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Outlook. 87: 875. D. 21, ’07. 160w.
Wright, Mabel Osgood. Open window: tales of the months. †$1.50. Macmillan.
8–18722.
A story for every month of the year. In lights varying from the cold, “hard moon” of January to the mellow “moon of falling leaves” nature’s byplaces and remote hamlets are made to reveal their influence on the vital things of life. The author is a past master in portraying the delightful sympathy between nature and its lovers, and in defining the quality of human kindness which nature-training produces.
A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 247. O. ’08. ✠
“‘Barbara’s’ work is open to the criticism that is often trivial and sometimes sentimentally false. However, a ‘nice’ atmosphere environs it, and that counts.”
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Ath. 1908, 2: 400. O. 3. 180w.
“Twelve tales ‘of the months,’ good work all of them, each with a bit of observation of life in it, and with here and there a line of interpretation.”
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Ind. 65: 551. S. 3, ’08. 50w.
“She has the graceful affectionate manner of the feminine diarist, the faculty of chronicling the small beer of experience without seeming impertinent or dull.”
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Nation. 87: 265. S. 17, ’08. 100w.
“Written in an excellent vein, with a strain of imaginative richness to give color to the narratives.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 377. Jl. 4, ’08. 160w.
“The anticipations excited by the appearance of a new volume by the author of ‘The garden of a commuter’s wife’ will not be disappointed.”
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Spec. 101: 412. S. 19, ’08. 750w.
Wright, Sidney. Romance of the world’s fisheries: interesting descriptions of the many and curious methods of fishing in all parts of the world. *$1.50. Lippincott.
8–2215.
A book for the general reader which describes the methods of fishing for whales, seals, pearls, sponges, salmon, sardines, anchovy, mackerel, etc. The implements required, nets, hooks, lines, baskets, and the trawl of antiquity receive their share of attention.
A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 87. Mr. ’08.
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Spec. 99: sup. 747. N. 16, ’07. 850w.
Wright, Walter Page. Perfect garden: how to keep it beautiful and fruitful; with practical hints on economical management and the culture of all the principal flowers, fruits and vegetables. *$2. Lippincott.
8–31981.
“Mr. Wright’s aim is to show an amateur how to pick a suitable spot for a garden, and then, ‘how to keep it beautiful and fruitful.’ He deals with flowers, fruits, and vegetables, and gives some space also to glass-houses.”—Nation.
“Among the innumerable books on gardening which have been produced during the last few years, this by Mr. Wright is one of the best.”
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Ath. 1908, 2: 546. O. 31. 680w.
“Naturally he offers very little that is original; but he makes all his points with skill and excellent judgment.”
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Nation. 87: 166. Ag. 20, ’08. 250w.
“As far as we have examined the book we have found it judicious and practical.”
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Spec. 101: 101. Jl. 18, ’08. 70w.
Wright, William Kelley. Ethical significance of feeling, pleasure, and happiness in modern non-hedonistic systems. *50c. Univ. of Chicago press.
7–36261.
The monograph is a critical study of the teachings of philosophers from Descartes thru Green and Nietzsche. The divisions of the study are as follows: Introduction, The perfectionists, The British non-Hedonists, Modified perfectionism, 400Kant, Several nineteenth-century non-Hedonists, and Conclusion.
“He has given a concise and careful statement of the growth of an ethical problem and of various proposed solutions. Though primarily ethical in its scope, this essay, in the attention it gives to the definition of pleasure, becomes a valuable contribution to the history of psychology as well as to the field of ethics.” Kate Gordon.
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J. Philos. 5: 217. Ap. 9, ’08. 1400w.
Reviewed by F. H. Rousmaniere.
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Philos. R. 17: 559. S. ’08. 520w.
Wright, Wilmer Cave. Short history of Greek literature from Homer to Julian. *$1.50. Am. bk.
7–32173.
Descriptive note in Dec. 1907.
“It would be difficult to recommend this little book too highly.”
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Acad. 73: 272. D. 21, ’07. 410w.
“An excellent sketch.”
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Class. J. 3: 128. Ja. ’08. 10w.
“I have taken up this book on different days and at various hours, when fresh and when tired, and have never failed to become interested.” C. F. S.
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Class. J. 3: 242. Ap. ’08. 670w.
“The views expressed are sane and reasonable, and the style is, on the whole, agreeable in spite of a few lapses into figurative expressions of doubtful taste. Mrs. Wright hardly does justice to the poetry of Bacchylides.” H. N. Fowler.
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Class. Philol. 3: 217. Ap. ’08. 500w.
“It is well done and it will serve either as a reading book or as a book of reference.”
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Educ. R. 36: 206. S. ’08. 80w.
“No one has better rendered into English the spirit of the devil-may-care Archilochus.”
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Ind. 65: 312. Ag. 6, ’08. 100w.
“Adequate learning, wide reading, the critical equipment, good taste and good judgment, a pleasing and readable style, a thread of individuality shining through the mass of the material—these are the qualities which impart to this small manual genuine value beyond its modest pretensions.”
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Nation. 86: 240. Mr. 12, ’08. 800w.
Wundt, Wilhelm Max. Outlines of psychology; tr. with the co-operation of the author, by C. H. Judd. 3d rev. English ed. from the 7th rev. German ed. *$2.25. Stechert.
A new edition whose most notable change is the inclusion of some twenty figures and diagrams, with new explanatory matter in the text.
“One has only words of praise for this volume as it now stands in its third English dress, and Professor Judd is to be warmly commended for the skill and pains with which he has executed his task.” A. H. Pierce.
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Philos. R. 17: 228. Mr. ’08. 500w.
“English-speaking students are fortunate in possessing such a scholarly translation of the great psychologist’s answer to the average student’s needs.” Raymond Dodge.
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Science, n.s. 26: 588. N. 1, ’07. 400w.
Wylde, C. H. How to collect continental china. (How to ser.) $2. Macmillan.
8–13288.
“Mr. Wylde gives the history of all the important old European factories, devoting most space to Sévres, where soft paste porcelain reached its perfection, and to Meissen, where the use of hard paste was discovered. There is also a careful account of the forms and styles of decoration characteristic of the various factories, many of whose productions are reproduced in some of the forty excellent plates. The makers’ marks are also reproduced in facsimile.”—Dial.
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A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 217. Je. ’08.
Dial. 44: 138. Mr. 1, ’08. 160w.
Ind. 64: 526. Mr. 5, ’08. 150w.
“Mr. Wylde has covered a very great deal of ground, and his book should be of considerable value to the collector.”
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Int. Studio. 35: 243. S. ’08. 130w.
“Because the description of each type is led up to with a little exposition of the personality and motives of the potters, the book leaves an impression of being readable and entertaining.”
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Nation. 86: 563. Je. 18, ’08. 350w.
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Outlook. 88: 513. F. 29, ’08. 100w.
“The information is in the main correct throughout, and given as concisely and briefly as possible. The experienced collector as well as the beginner will find this a thoroughly useful book. The index is quite comprehensive.”
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Sat. R. 105: 146. F. 1, ’08. 160w.
“Mr. Wylde’s volume will be found a useful guide.”
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Spec. 100: 29. Ja. 4. ’08. 280w.
Wyllarde, Dolf. Mafoota: a romance of Jamaica. †$1.50. Lane.
8–6988.
The story of a self-exiled wife’s development from a pinched, frigid girl, disliking her husband, into a lovable woman who returns to him with the trophies of her better experiences.
“The story marks an advance on the author’s part in a wider and brighter horizon.”
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Ath. 1907, 2: 650. N. 23. 250w.
“The author appears, to us, to have handled her material with delicacy, strength, and sincerity. Lovers of straightforward writing, writing that is also instinct with emotional qualities, will give Dolf Wyllarde the credit she deserves.”
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N. Y. Times. 13: 114. F. 29, ’08. 300w.
Wyllie, Bertie. Sheffield plate. (Newnes library of applied arts.) *$2.50. Scribner.
7–40880.
A handbook “written with a complete knowledge of its subject both as regards its technical and artistic aspects and with the view of reviving an industry almost on the verge of extinction. The illustrations—some six score in number—will serve as a guide to those ignorant of the beauty of these last products of the old handicraft methods of working, and may help to preserve others lying about unregarded, and awaken their owners to a sense of their value.”—Ath.
“It will be useful and interesting not only to the collector and designer, but also to many households throughout the country.”
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Ath. 1908, 1: 135. F. 1. 220w.
“An enthusiastic collector himself, he avoids the dry, statistical tone that discourages the beginner, and he possesses a happy faculty—somewhat rare in students of the antique—of saying clearly and exactly what he means.”
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Dial. 44: 81. F. 1, ’08. 150w.
Int. Studio. 33: 336. F. ’08. 150w.
“One of the most infectiously enthusiastic of recent books on any of the arts and crafts.”
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Nation. 86: 520. Je. 4, ’08. 400w.
Wyzewa, Teodore de. Some women loving or luckless; tr. from the French by C. H. Jeaffreson. **$2.50. Lane.
Sketches of fourteen lives of women of different climes and times all meeting upon a plane of despair and suffering, and all furnishing in their life record a human document of universal interest. Among them are some of Henry VIII’s wives, Sophia Dorothea the 401wife of George I of England, Caroline von Günderode, Mary Stuart, Mary Woolstonecraft, Constanza Monti, Fanny Burney and Mrs. Browning.
“His pronouncements are in general vitiated by a noticeable lack of the judicial faculty, which is especially apparent in his estimate of Henry VIII. The translation, though abounding in literalisms ... is above the average.”
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Ath. 1908, 2: 470. O. 17. 270w.
“There is not one of these papers which is not interesting. They are written with a Gaelic grace and sympathy, with a strong, even a naif Catholic lien, yet with the knowledge and insight of a man of the world.” Hildegarde Hawthorne.
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N. Y. Times. 13: 594. O. 24, ’08. 540w.
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N. Y. Times. 13: 622. O. 24, ’08. 20w.