C (continued 2)

+ − Bookm. 30: 264. N. ’09. 930w.

“Mr. Chambers has been clever and deft as usual in many scenes, but he has spun the thing out too thin, spread on too much society marmalade for his bread and butter.”

− N. Y. Times. 14: 632. O. 23, ’09. 580w.

“Mr. Chambers’s books are probably read as widely as any American novels now appearing, but their faults of taste are not light.”

− Outlook. 93: 515. O. 30, ’09. 120w.

Chambers, Robert William. Special messenger. †$1.50. Appleton. 9–8578.

“A novelet of the civil war, the special messenger being a woman who rendered great service to the Union armies in the field as a gatherer and conveyor of intelligence. The book reads as if it were based upon facts, but Mr. Chambers expressly denies this in a very brief preface.”—Ind.

“Of no literary merit and inclined to sensationalism, but there is otherwise no objection to it.”

+ − A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 147. My. ’09.

“It is a vivid, stirring piece of work, well put together.”

+ Ath. 1909, 2: 522. O. 30. 120w.

“She is not the civil war heroine we have known; she is merely the protagonist of Mr. Chambers’s society novels set to ‘The star spangled banner.’ The stories—for the book is a small sheaf of short stories, not a novel—are built in the regular style of such things, and from the usual materials.” Ward Clark.

− Bookm. 29: 310. My. ’09. 850w.

Ind. 66: 765. Ap. 8, ’09. 120w.

“With his usual skill, Mr. Chambers holds the reader’s attention from start to finish.”

+ Lit. D. 38: 898. My. 22, ’09. 200w.

“Mr. Chambers tells the tale of her deeds so entertainingly and makes her always so womanly that the reader does not care the least bit whether or not they are plausible, or even possible.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 216. Ap. 10, ’09. 550w.

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 371. Je. 12, ’09. 200w.

“A stirring tale maintaining the author’s high level of narrative power.”

+ R. of Rs. 40: 124. Jl. ’09. 70w.

78Chancellor, Edwin Beresford.^[5] Private palaces of London, past and present. *$5. Lippincott.

A rehabilitation of the characteristics of the more important of the famous London houses and an account of the annals of those that still remain.

“Containing much useful information respecting most of the lordly houses of London, which will interest a large number of readers. Mr. Chancellor writes in a verbose style which wastes a good deal of space and does not tend to pleasant reading.”

+ − Ath. 1909, 1: 494. Ap. 24. 400w.

+ Sat. R. 107: 280. F. 27, ’09. 220w.

“The book is worthy of its great subject.”

+ Spec. 102: sup. 156. Ja. 30, ’09. 370w.

Chancellor, Edwin Beresford.^[5] Wanderings in London: Piccadilly, Mayfair and Pall Mall. **75c. Pott.

“Dr. Johnson thought that Charing Cross was the centre of the universe; Mr. Chancellor puts it somewhat more to the northwest. But the region that he suggests is too large. It reaches from Buckingham palace to Oxford street, from Bond street to Park lane.” (Spec.) “These notes on the heart of the West End are made to gyrate round Stewart’s Tea-rooms at the corner of Bond street, called ‘Stewart’s Corner.’” (Ath.)

“In this pretty little book the illustrations are of more value than the letterpress, which is merely an epitome of other books on the same subject.”

+ Ath. 1909, 1: 495. Ap. 24. 200w.

“The traveller who likes to realize the dead-and-gone past of the scenes he visits will find Mr. Chancellor’s little book a help and an entertainment for his journeys about London.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 596. O. 9, ’09. 140w.

“This little volume, which is judiciously illustrated, makes good reading, the better the more the reader knows of the English literature of the last two centuries. We venture to correct one quotation of Mr. Chancellor’s.”

+ − Spec. 101: 507. O. 3, ’08. 170w.

Chancellor, Louise Beecher.^[11] Players of London: a tale of an Elizabethan smart set. *$1.75. Dodge, B. W.

9–28110.

An interesting tale of the players of Elizabeth’s times in which Shakespeare, the veritable Jack-of-all-stage-trades, is intimately portrayed. His personal charm and his lovable characteristics that won him friends everywhere are apparent in the pretty romance that grows up between himself and the charming Phyllis who plays Juliet to his Romeo.

Chancellor, William Estabrook. Our city schools: their direction and management. *1.25. Heath.

8–21610.

“Written with direct reference to the problems that are peculiar to cities of more than 40,000 population, and is intended to complement the author’s earlier work, which dealt with conditions prevailing in communities of from 5000 to 40,000 population.” (R. of Rs.) “The author’s point of departure is his belief that a correct system is absolutely essential to good schools; that those charged with the supervision of schools have too long contented themselves with seeking the best results possible under conditions far from perfect; and that they should have the courage to demand the best-known methods both of legislation and administration. Many ideas which he presents seem radical, and yet nearly all may be found exemplified in practice.” (Nation.)

“This is one of a group of books now appearing which, by giving details of methods, records, forms, etc., aim to aid in unifying educational processes throughout the nation.” J. S. Hiatt.

+ Ann. Am. Acad. 34: 200. Jl. ’09. 330w.

“Is of unusually practical value.”

+ Educ. R. 37: 207. F. ’09. 50w.

“Seldom is the administration of public schools treated so philosophically and courageously. However revolutionary some of his proposals appear, he compels us to think and to ask whether we are basing our procedure upon rational principles or merely upon tradition.”

+ − Nation. 87: 575. D. 10, ’08. 140w.

R. of Rs. 38: 636. N. ’08. 120w.

Chandler, Walter Marion. Trial of Jesus from a lawyer’s standpoint. 2v. ea. 3/4 mor. $5. Empire pub. co.

8–28970.

Two volumes, the one dealing with the Hebrew trial, and the other with the Roman trial, which set forth from a lawyer’s standpoint “the legal rights of the man Jesus at the bar of human justice under Jewish and Roman laws.”

“The work is on the plane of the popular lecture platform, where the speaker appeals to his audience with picturesque description, commonplace allusion, and a matter-of-fact handling of topics that are usually treated only in the solemn language of the pulpit. The subject is spun out by numerous digressions.”

− Cath. World. 88: 545. Ja. ’09. 380w.

“He has given us the completest study of the whole matter yet presented to English readers.”

+ Ind. 66: 813. Ap. 15, ’09. 650w.

“It would seem probable that nothing more exhaustive upon this topic will ever be produced, since it evidently covers all the material available. The amount of erudition disclosed in this treatment is surprising, and the capacity to reduce it all to an argument so clear that the ordinary reader can grasp it easily should give the book a very wide general reading.”

+ + Lit. D. 37: 983. D. 26, ’08. 250w.

“To his legal discussion Mr. Chandler has prefixed a defence of the authenticity and credibility of the gospel narratives, but the work would be improved by the omission of this part.”

+ − Nation. 88: 278. Mr. 18, ’09. 350w.

“A production closely and clearly reasoned, which those readers who are in sympathy with his belief will hold to be an unanswerable argument, but which those who are not will doubtless feel could be demolished by a lawyer holding a brief for the opposite side.”

+ − N. Y. Times. 13: 740. D. 5, ’08. 680w.

“There have been several recently published monographs on ‘The trial of Jesus.’ This is the fullest and most comprehensive with which we are acquainted. The learning is ample and is well digested; the style is lucid, the temper judicial, the whole work that of a judge, not of an advocate, strong by reason of its self-restraint.”

+ Outlook. 90: 976. D. 26, ’08. 600w.

“Noteworthy for [its] firm, courageous, and dispassionate, but delicate and reverential handling.”

+ R. of Rs. 38: 756. D. ’08. 1000w.

Channing, Edward. History of the United States. 8v. ea. *$2.50. Macmillan.

5–11649.

v. 2. A century of colonial history, 1660–1760.

“Professor Channing’s second volume opens with the English restoration of 1660, and the return of king and courtiers, ‘poorer in purse even than they were in morals,’ and carries the story to the eve of the revolution when the colonists, ‘in all that constitutes nationality,’ were quite a separate nation from ‘that empire from which they had sprung.’ It not only covers the hundred years between 1660 and 1760, but it shows as no other history from a single hand has done how the great transformation came 79about which split the course of imperial development and started the portentous deviation.”—Ind.

“Professor Channing has set so high a standard of accuracy in his work that it is surprising to find a few errors of rather an unexpected character. We may not agree with all that Professor Channing has said or be entirely satisfied with his way of treating the history of this period, but we do acknowledge that he has produced a book of first importance for the study of the neglected period and in so doing has removed a reproach hitherto cast upon historical scholarship in America.”

+ + − Am. Hist. R. 14: 364. Ja. ’09. 1400w. (Review of v. 2.)

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 36. F. ’09. (Review of v. 2.)

“The manner in which source material is used in weaving the fabric of history must command the admiration of all historians. The most obvious shortcoming of the book is in the treatment of social and economic questions.” E. R. Johnson.

+ − Ann. Am. Acad. 33: 469. Mr. ’09. 550w. (Review of v. 2.)

“If any unfavorable criticism be deserved, it is to be grounded upon the absence of a complete and unified survey of colonial and imperial politics in the first half of the eighteenth century. A few errors, usually in the case of dates, have escaped the proof-reader.” St. G: L. Sioussat.

+ − Dial. 46: 327. My. 16, ’09. 1000w. (Review of v. 2.)

“The main impression made is one of wide reading and of studied moderation. Professor Channing is as incapable of being elevated as of being obscure. This is more than a mere fault of style.” W. L. Grant.

+ + − Eng. Hist. R. 24: 145. Ja. ’09. 880w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

“His style is always clear and precise. The same conscious authority which marked his first volume is here too. The hand of the master is imprest on every page. We have still what promises to be the most important history of the United States since George Bancroft’s. But no other scholar has had at once the attainment with which to carry thru a complete history, and the courage to attempt it.”

+ + Ind. 65: 1122. N. 12, ’08. 530w. (Review of v. 2.)

“We believe that Professor Channing has some very good theories about [history], and only regret that he has concealed the best part of them. That, however, is a small matter. We commend Professor Channing’s book to scholar and reader alike: a better one is not likely to appear soon.”

+ + − Nation. 87: 440. N. 5, ’08. 1400w. (Review of v. 2.)

“It is a thoroughly scholarly book, serviceable to the general reader as well as to the student, and noteworthy as containing the best account yet written of the constitutional growth of the country during the century.”

+ + − Outlook. 91: 753. Mr. 27, ’09. 1300w. (Review of v. 2.)

“It can no longer be said that the period has been neglected, since Professor Channing has explored it with all the zest and thoroughness that have characterized his work in other periods of our history.”

+ R. of Rs. 39: 251. F. ’09. 100w. (Review of v. 2.)

Channing, Edward, and Lansing, Marion Florence. Story of the Great lakes. *$1.50. Macmillan.

9–7929.

A chronicle of the important events, with the customs and life of each period of the history of the Great lakes. The chapters are arranged under the following divisions: Discovery and exploration; The struggle for possession; and Occupation and development. There is a brief bibliography and an index.

“The book is less the story of the Great lakes than chapters from the history of the regions contiguous to the lakes. Much is omitted; too much, sometimes, to make what is told an adequate presentation of the subject. In nothing is the present work more eccentric than in it’s illustrations.”

− Am. Hist. R. 15: 189. O. ’09. 450w.

“The varied and interesting, often romantic, history of our great inland seas is well told and admirably mapped and illustrated.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 133. My. ’09. ✠

“It is perhaps a little to be regretted that they did not see fit to round out the story by telling us something of the exploration and development of the Canadian side of the lakes. These are but trifling omissions in what is in other respects a fair-minded, well-balanced, and decidedly readable history of the Great lakes.” L. J. Burpee.

+ − Dial. 47: 45. Jl. 16, ’09. 320w.

Ind. 66: 1240. Je. 3, ’09. 50w.

+ Lit. D. 38: 898. My. 22, ’09. 480w.

+ Nation. 89: 36. Jl. 8, ’09. 250w.

“They have presented very fully and satisfyingly the letter of the story, but have sometimes missed its spirit.”

+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 290. My. 8, ’09. 850w.

R. of Rs. 39: 639. My. ’09. 30w.

Chapin, Robert Coit. Standard of living among workingmen’s families in New York city. $2. Charities pub. com.

9–8817.

A study of the actual standards of living of several hundred workingmen’s families of normal size, who, with annual incomes varying from $600 to $1,100 and more, have been able to maintain themselves independently. A carefully planned and conducted investigation yielded material which has been used for extensive tabulations showing sources of income, objects of expenditure, and relation of income to expenditure. Appendices contain studies relating to the causes of poverty and working budgets, reports of investigations in other towns and cities of the state, and a partial bibliography and index.

“The reviewer desires to express his appreciation of the high grade of work done by Dr. Chapin and his colaborers who have done well, using a method that has in itself many serious difficulties and some positive limitations.” T. J. Riley.

+ Am. J. Soc. 15: 268. S. ’09. 2800w.

“The value of the work as a basis of comparison is large, though inaccuracies in estimates vitiate the results of the reports on nutrition.”

+ − A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 134. My. ’09.

“Had the four hundred schedules been collected by the same person in the same spirit, with the same point of view, there would have been more reason for the publication of a book based upon them.”

− Ann. Am. Acad. 34: 177. Jl. ’09. 370w.

“As a provisional general statement of conditions now prevailing in this city, the conclusions of the present volume are of very considerable value.”

+ Cath. World. 89: 401. Je. ’09. 570w.

“Professor Chapin has done a most thoro piece of work, and he deserves the commendation of students of the subject for the very careful workmanship he has shown in putting together in readable, compact, accessible shape the mass of data gathered by his investigators.”

+ Ind. 66: 983. My. 6, ’09. 440w.

Reviewed by Marion Talbot.

+ − J. Pol. Econ. 17: 541. O. ’09. 1600w.

“All social workers will recognize in Professor Chapin’s exhaustive treatise a very valuable presentation of the subject.”

+ Lit. D. 38: 851. My. 15, ’09. 180w.

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 370. Je. 12, ’09. 180w.

80“The conclusions now published are worthy of full credence.”

+ R. of Rs. 40: 127. Jl. ’09. 80w.

“The book represents an important piece of work admirably done. It deserves the careful attention of social workers, economists and employers alike.” H: R. Mussey.

+ Survey. 22: 147. Ap. 24, ’09. 1150w.

“The book shows the effects of the painstaking labor which was bestowed upon it. It has increased our knowledge of living conditions among the working class, and offers a mass of information which may be used for the determination of the standard of living.” W: B. Bailey.

+ Yale R. 18: 325. N. ’09. 1150w.

Chapman, Abel. On safari: big game hunting in British East Africa, with studies in bird life. *$4.50. Longmans.

9–53.

A book of interest to readers who wish to familiarize themselves with hunting grounds and big game which will occupy Roosevelt’s attention after the coming inauguration. The book is in the main a record of two expeditions made by Mr. Chapman into the African wilds. “He describes in entertaining fashion his experiences in killing elephants and rhinoceroses, hippopotami, leopards, giraffes, zebras, and a wide range of other animals of strange names and strange appearance: a veritable Noah’s ark of them.” (N. Y. Times.) “The nearest English equivalent to ‘safari’ as used in Africa is probably ‘camp,’ a very comprehensive expression.” (Ath.)

“In an appendix notes on bird-life in British East Africa should be useful to students. The illustrations deserve praise.”

+ Ath. 1908, 2: 817. D. 26. 1000w.

“Mr. Chapman’s book contains very much that is interesting upon the habits of African animals. In this particular he has brought to bear a degree of ornithology and natural history not possessed by the average hunter of big game.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 39. Ja. 23, ’09. 800w.

Reviewed by F. C. Selous.

+ Sat. R. 107: 41. Ja. 9, ’09. 1600w.

“His latest work will be read with the greatest pleasure, for though his style is without pretension, he is such a keen observer of animal life and so competent an ornithologist that every detail which he records is worth recording. A delightful book for naturalists and sportsmen.”

+ Spec. 102: 345. F. 27, ’09. 530w.

Chapman, Frank Michler. Camps and cruises of an ornithologist. **$3. Appleton.

8–34816.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

“Contains a great deal of useful information, often about birds of which our knowledge is meager.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 7. Ja. ’09.

“A notable contribution to bird lore.”

+ Dial. 45: 461. D. 16, ’08. 200w.

“The work done in ‘Camps and cruises of an ornithologist’ is of the best in quality and in general interest, being most enticing to the general reader and most suggestive to the special student of birds.”

+ Ind. 66: 1033. My. 13, ’09. 500w.

“No one can read this book without feeling a closer touch of friendship with the forms of bird life about him.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 19. Ja. 9, ’09. 1200w.

+ R. of Rs. 39: 127. Ja. ’09. 170w.

“Though popular in style, it is not lacking in seriousness, for it contains many fresh or new observations on the habits of birds which will be of permanent value to ornithologists. Typographical errors and a few other slight evidences of haste while the book was in press are rather too frequent to be overlooked.” W. H. Osgood.

+ − Science, n.s. 29: 549. Ap. 2, ’09. 630w.

“No praise is too great for Mr. Chapman’s admirable photographs, and he writes exceedingly well.”

+ Spec. 103: sup. 816. N. 20, ’09. 380w.

Chapman, John H.^[5] Notes on the early history of the Vulgate gospels. *$5.25. Oxford.

“Accepting the results of recent scholars Dom Chapman inquires what lines are to be followed for the restoration of Jerome’s text of the Gospels. The first step, he thinks, will be to recover the readings of the codex possessed by Eugipius.... Other points discussed are the relation of the Eugipian text to that of Codex Fuldensis and to the Gallican liturgy, the Capuan mass-books, the Irish text, the ‘Gospels of St. Augustine,’ and the Vulgate text of Gregory the Great.”—Nation.

“He shows himself acquainted with the recent literature which deals with the subjects he discusses, and his own scholarship is equal to the task he has undertaken.”

+ − Ath. 1909, 1: 123. Ja. 30. 2800w.

“Much excellent material has been gathered by Dom John Chapman. Such a contribution is particularly welcome now that Pope Pius X, as has been announced, has ordered a new edition of the Vulgate.”

+ Nation. 88: 253. Mr. 11, ’09. 340w.

Chapman, John Jay. Maid’s forgiveness: a play. **75c. Moffat.

8–33412.

A play set in mediaeval times. “It is written in blank verse and prose, and tells a somewhat fanciful, but interesting, story of a royal bigamist, his remorse, confession, and abdication, and the enthronement of his newly discovered heir in the place of the really illegitimate son, who had been accepted for twenty years as the crown prince. Both the plot and the construction are old-fashioned, but the characters of the two half-brothers—the one a gallant man of action and the other a fervent idealist, oppressed by the conviction of a wrong to be righted—are well and vigorously drawn.” (Nation.)

“Possesses much literary merit and some effective theatrical qualities. The dialogue is not only excellent in form—the blank verse especially showing careful study of the Elizabethans—but vigorous, picturesque, and imaginative in matter.”

+ Nation. 87: 585. D. 10, ’08. 200w.

N. Y. Times. 13: 801. D. 26, ’08. 40w.

Chatelaine of Vergi: a romance of the XIIIth century: tr. by Alice Kemp-Welch; introd. by L. Brandin. (New medieval lib.) *$2. Duffield.

This is the tragic story of the Chatelaine of Vergi which excited the tears and admiration of court lords and ladies of six centuries ago. “The absence of the conventional and the traditional, the depth and Variety of the psychological analysis, the naïveté of the moral, the unexpectedness of the philosophical ideas—these are the causes of its eternal youth.”

“Miss Kemp-Welch has revised and altered her translation, not always to the improvement of its rhythm.”

+ − Ath. 1908, 1: 601. My. 16. 170w.

“It appears in a form which will appeal to bibliophiles.”

+ Nation. 88: 359. Ap. 8, ’09. 300w.

N. Y. Times. 13: 538. O. 3, ’08. 80w.

Chatfield-Taylor, Hobart C.^[5] Fame’s pathway: a romance of a genius; il. by “JoB.” †$1.50. Duffield.

9–8576.

A story built up about the life of the French dramatist, Molière. It “is a romanticised and 81popularized account of the playwright’s amorous adventures as well as of his fight.... The crux of the story is Molière’s determination to be a devotee of tragedy, and his loving Madeleine’s sincere conviction that comedy is his real mistress. Many and hard are his lessons before he realizes that his actress-love is right and he wrong.” (N. Y. Times.)

“Considering the obstacles he has had to contend with, Mr. Chatfield-Taylor has achieved a more than creditable measure of success in picturing the life and fortunes of the young Molière, and reproducing the atmosphere of the period in which he struggled.” W: M. Payne.

+ − Dial. 47: 47. Jl. 16, ’09. 300w.

“An interesting picture of the life of a strolling player in the France of Mazarin and Louis XIV.”

+ Ind. 66: 868. Ap. 22, ’09. 220w.

“The author’s chief aim was obviously to present Molière in the flesh, and it must be recorded that he has merely succeeded in exhibiting a rather awkwardly stuffed effigy of him.”

− Nation. 88: 539. My. 27, ’09. 300w.

“Events follow one another with considerable swiftness, but there is nothing of real character drawing; the figures are lay, and their talk is manufactured talk, while the straining after wit and attempts at repartee are only painful.”

− N. Y. Times. 14: 246. Ap. 17, ’09. 450w.

“There are many words to be passed before the heart of the tale is reached, and then it shows but a feeble pulse, and we are not deeply impressed by the sorrows and struggles of the genius of the seventeenth century.”

− Outlook. 92: 21. My. 1, ’09. 110w.

+ R. of Rs. 40: 635. N. ’09. 50w.

Cheetham, F. H. Louis Napoleon and the genesis of the Second Empire; being the life of the Emperor Napoleon III to the time of his election to the presidency of the French republic. **$5. Lane.

8–37055.

A careful account of the life of Napoleon III and his times. “Mr. Cheetham has treated events in France briefly but with intelligence, so that the resurrection of the Napoleonic legend in the person of the un-Napoleonic nephew of the great Emperor is made comprehensible.” (Sat. R.) The author agrees with Bagehot that Napoleon became Emperor because France wanted a savior of society. “So long as he retained his mental and physical vigour he was by no means a bad ruler. He had ideals, and there was considerable nobility in many of his conceptions. Mr. Cheetham shows that these ideas existed in his mind long before he became the ruler of France, and that there was much practical sense behind his dreams.” (Sat. R.)

“Though written in the tone of apology, this book deserves attention because it represents under an attractive literary form a detailed, if not a complete and thorough, account of the early career of a great French ruler.”

+ Nation. 89: 144. Ag. 12, ’09. 650w.

“Mr. Cheetham is, perhaps, too amiably biased in his attitude toward Louis Napoleon, and some of the conclusions at which he arrives cannot be considered wholly warranted. The book commends itself not only to students of Napoleonic literature, but to the general reader as well, furnishing a unique and detailed view of the rise of a little-understood personality.”

+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 14. Ja. 9, ’09. 1050w.

“Mr. Cheetham gives the English reader what he has not possessed hitherto, a readable and accurate account of the life of Napoleon III before he became President. Mr. Cheetham has shown some capacity for historical research and criticism; this is not mere book-making.”

+ Sat. R. 107: 310. Mr. 6, ’09. 230w.

Cheramy, Paul Arthur.^[5] Favourite of Napoleon: memoirs of Mademoiselle George; ed. from the original manuscript. *$2.50. McBride, J:

A document which throws light on a little known side of Napoleon’s character. It contains the artless chatter of a “great child,” an actress whose liaison with Napoleon extended thru a period of eight years. People of the period and events of the day are commented upon with ingenuous and unsophisticated reserve.

Ath. 1909, 2: 124. Jl. 31. 60w.

Nation. 89: 39. Jl. 8, ’09. 280w.

Chester, George Randolph.^[11] Cash intrigue. †$1.50. Bobbs.

9–27745.

A money extravaganza set in New York in which a money-mad broker who has stored away a billion and a half dollars in vaults under his house, a young American, mad with the thirst for power, a socialistic leader, mad for notoriety, a young woman mad of passion and of lust, an older woman, mad for social position—all craving success—fight a wild battle and lose. Insanity, ignominy, and death follow in the wake of their money debaucheries.

N. Y. Times. 14: 721. N. 20, ’09. 230w.

Chester, George Randolph.^[7] Making of Bobby Burnit. $1.50. Bobbs.

9–16442.

By the author of “The letters of a self-made merchant” this story outlines the struggles of a rich man’s son which begin at the death of his father and are directed by the provisions of a curious will. The father’s aim had been that of making a real man out of his son, and the son had the grit to follow the father’s well-planned course. At intervals marked by special business crises a long gray envelop was delivered to him by his father’s old clerk in which each time was found sound, homely business philosophy of just the sort to spur him on. The love interest is of a character quite in keeping with the main idea of the story.

“Despite serious defects, a story that will attract many readers.”

+ − A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 25. S. ’09.

“May be summed up as modern, American, spirited, entertaining, and ephemeral.” Beverly Stark.

+ Bookm. 29: 642. Ag. ’09. 380w.

“There is a slender thread of love-story running through this entertaining yarn, but it adds practically nothing to the interest, which is wholly centered upon Bobby’s successive eyeopenings and their salutary contribution to his development.” W: M. Payne.

+ Dial. 47: 49. Jl. 16, ’09. 550w.

“The appositeness of his father’s letters, always ready for him at the proper moment, their keen prevision and homely practical wisdom are very amusing.”

+ Ind. 67: 550. S. 2, ’09. 200w.

N. Y. Times. 14: 372. Je. 12, ’09. 150w.

Chesterton, Gilbert Keith.^[10] George Bernard Shaw; portrait sketches of George Bernard Shaw and Gilbert K. Chesterton by Mrs. Barney. **$1.50. Lane.

9–23024.

A sketch of the man and criticism of his works written for the “English men of letters” series by one “who is kindly disposed toward Mr. Shaw personally but who does not take his ideas altogether seriously.” “Mr. Chesterton starts with remarking on the absurdity of writing a book about Mr. Bernard Shaw at all, and the indefensible foolishness of attempting to explain a man whose sole object through life has been to explain himself. If the reader reminds him, he says, that this is a book 82about Shaw, ‘I can only assure him that I will reasonably and at proper intervals remember the fact.’” (Sat. R.)

“Will entertain those readers familiar with Shaw’s dramas who are inured to Chesterton’s running fire of chaff and paradox.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 70. N. ’09.

“He has written a pretty sharp criticism, tempered with eulogy, of what he professes to understand. His book is a clever, ill-written, but readable performance. The book is nothing more than a piece of good journalism.”

+ − Ath. 1909, 2: 291. S. 11. 1200w.

“G. K. Chesterton has written a most interesting book about G. B. Shaw, and also, by the way, about many other things.”

+ Cath. World. 90: 244. N. ’09. 850w.

“The reviewer’s tone is in general cordial, and there is little of captious criticism. The book as it stands is well worth while.” P. F. Bicknell.

+ Dial. 47: 280. O. 16, ’09. 1700w.

+ Nation. 89: 375. O. 21, ’09. 1400w.

“Mr. Chesterton’s analysis of Shaw’s literary work is of unusual interest but he makes it clear that he does not consider Shaw primarily a writer, but a public figure.”

+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 624. O. 23, ’09. 1200w.

“There is a great deal of good sense in this analysis of the elusive Irishman.”

+ Outlook. 93: 361. O. 16, ’09. 130w.

“A most entertaining book, full of illuminating phrases on many subjects.”

+ Outlook. 93: 574. N. 13, ’09. 1650w.

“A racy and sparkling volume.”

+ R. of Rs. 40: 637. N. ’09. 80w.

“Chaff is always intended to bring out the chaffer’s cleverness, and this is evidently Mr. Chesterton’s primary purpose, the revelation of Mr. Shaw being only secondary. It would be absurd to take the book seriously as being anything but this. In Mr. Chesterton’s book there is a considerable amount of the fun-at-a-fair sort of amusement. Mr. Chesterton alone of all possible writers of a Shaw book, biography or whatever we are to call it, could have set opinions out so cleverly, humorously, frankly, and yet so inoffensively.”

+ − Sat. R. 108: 290. S. 4, ’09. 1100w.

Chesterton, Gilbert Keith. Orthodoxy. **$1.50. Lane.

8–28073.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

“A curious ‘apologia,’ unconventional and original to a degree, it would be interesting to a large number of people were it not written in Chesterton’s most difficult and paradoxical style.”

+ − A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 36. F. ’09.

“Many a weighty philosophic or historical argument is couched in witty metaphor or whimsical illustration: and its richness of thought, if diluted with a sufficient infusion of syllogism, would furnish forth more than one respectable volume.”

+ Cath. World. 88: 538. Ja. ’09. 1200w.

“The volume is evidently written ‘currente calamo,’ and with little attention to the best order and the most concise form of statement; but it is, on the whole, one of the best pieces of work Mr. Chesterton has given us.”

+ − Dial. 46: 52. Ja. 16, ’09. 400w.

“It is interesting just because Mr. Chesterton really is clever, and knows it and delights in it. I rather fancy that ‘Orthodoxy’ is one of Mr. Chesterton’s failures. Mr. Chesterton has attempted in ‘Orthodoxy’ exactly that for which he was not born—a piece of consistent thinking.” H. W. Garrod.

+ − Hibbert J. 7: 448. Ja. ’09. 1750w.

“‘Orthodoxy’ is at once more serious and less irritating than its predecessors.”

+ − Ind. 65: 1620. D. 31, ’09. 450w.

“But in manner as in style, the book pays the penalty of its merit. In the first place, it does not cover its own ground; for it expounds the author’s theology only in part. Is the most important religious work that has appeared since Emerson.” Brian Hooker.

+ − No. Am. 189: 135. Ja. ’09. 2350w.

Chesterton, Gilbert Keith: a criticism. [Anonymous.] *$1.50. Lane.

W9–38.

“Here are 266 fair pages concerning Chesterton’s opinions, fancies, impressions, and whims as they are derived from or founded on the contemplation of art and letters, religion and public affairs, and here are also likenesses of the protagonist to illustrate the text, including one at thirteen years, a likable boy with a book, who looks as if he would rather be out in the open with a good frisky dog, and another at the age of seventeen, representing a purposeful youth with inherent capacity for making his way in the world.”—N. Y. Times.

+ − Ath. 1908, 2: 365. S. 26. 260w.

“This book is almost as diverting as one of Mr. Chesterton’s.”

+ Lit. D. 38: 559. Ap. 3, ’09. 700w.

“Chesterton is worth while, and so is this anonymous book about his life and his prejudices.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 44. Ja. 23, ’09. 1250w.

“We must own that we are among those who think ‘that this book demands an apology,’ and we would say further that such an apology cannot in the nature of things be forthcoming. Still, to be candid, we have found it good reading.”

+ − Spec. 101: 451. S. 26, ’08. 210w.

Cheyney, Edward Potts. Readings in English history, drawn from the original sources, intended to illustrate A short history of England. *$1.80. Ginn.

8–31971.

Intended to serve as a close companion to the author’s “Short history of England.” The order of arrangement of material follows the order of subjects in the text-book, illustrating and supplementing it. “It differs from previous collections in drawing on a somewhat greater variety of historical material, and in being, it is believed, the result of a more extensive and prolonged search for suitable illustrative passages.” (Preface.)

“It is indeed a most interesting and valuable collection of illustrative material. The introductory paragraphs to the various selections are all that could be asked, clear, concise and instructive. Several minor criticisms may be made. The date when the sources used were written ought to be given in every instance and words not now in common use should be defined. Professor Cheyney quotes from Howell’s ‘Letters’ as if they were authentic sources, which they are not.” R. C. H. Catterall.

+ − Am. Hist. R. 14: 639. Ap. ’09. 200w.

“An admirable collection. It will make a useful library tool, especially where translations of early English texts are not available.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 74. Mr. ’09.

“The work is well done and we are glad to see that the social, industrial, and the bibliographical aspects of English history are not neglected.”

+ Educ. R. 37: 314. Mr. ’09. 50w.

Ind. 67: 302. Ag. 5, ’09. 100w.

“The collection is especially noteworthy for its illustration of the life of various periods.”

+ Nation. 88: 412. Ap. 22, ’09. 80w.

“Mr. Cheyney has a wide and scholarly knowledge of the material from which the narrative history of England is drawn and has chosen wisely from this abundant store.” Dora Wells.

+ School R. 17: 578. O. ’09. 480w.

83Chittenden, Lucius Eugene. Lincoln and the sleeping sentinel: the true story. **50c. Harper.

9–3197.

A true version of the story of Lincoln in his quick action of suspending the execution of William Scott, a young Vermonter, who fell asleep while on sentinel duty. On the one hand are shown Lincoln’s human kindness and sense of justice, on the other, his ability to inspire patriotism, loyalty, and manhood courage in young men.

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 74. Mr. ’09. ✠

Ind. 66: 261. F. 4, ’09. 470w.

N. Y. Times. 14: 54. Ja. 30, ’09. 300w.

Chitty, J. R. Things seen in China. (Things seen ser.) lea. *$1. Dutton.

9–5229.

“Mr. Chitty’s little book is packed full of interesting, intimate things about the life, customs, manners, habits of the Chinese which he learned during a residence in various parts of China.... The general reader ... will find a multitude of observations which will enable him to understand better the inner conditions, local and national, of the Chinese empire, as well as some of the puzzling characteristics of the nation in its dealings with the western world.”—N. Y. Times.

“There is little excuse for the appearance of the present work, since the information which it contains appears to be eminently commonplace. We exclude from this remark the photographs with which the volume is adorned, and which are excellent.”

− + Ath. 1909, 1: 40. Ja. 9. 650w.

“Mr. Chitty’s knowledge is limited and sounds in places suspiciously second hand.”

− Ind. 66: 325. F. 11, ’09. 40w.

“It is all told very simply and directly, with no words wasted on rhetoric.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 20. Ja. 9, ’09. 210w.

Cholmondeley, Mary.^[5] Hand on the latch. †$1.25. Dodd.

9–9254.

“Four stories from the author of ‘Red pottage’ are prefaced by a rather witty rehearsal of the trials of authorship. Each story shows a woman and analyses her with skill. The lonely prairie home, where the wife waits her husband’s return, having disobeyed his last injunction to let no one in, by allowing a miserable wounded tramp to lie by the fire, is a sombre picture wonderfully done. The dramatic stir all through the story reaches the climax with such true artistic feeling that even the hardened novel-reader will feel a thrill. The amusing and witty contrast between true and false sentiment, in the tale of a fugitive convict woman, arouses alternately smiles and sober thought. ‘The understudy’ and ‘St. Luke’s summer’ are in no way inferior to the other two.”—Outlook.

A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 185. Je. ’09.

“Remarkably finished stories.”

+ Nation. 89: 56. Jl. 15, ’09. 350w.

“The preface which has been written for the book is perhaps the most delightful part of it. Its only crying fault is its brevity. One wants more.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 256. Ap. 24, ’09. 270w.

“An exceptional quartet of entertaining and well-conceived stories.”

+ Outlook. 92: 20*. My. 1, ’09. 140w.

Church, A. Hamilton. Proper distribution of expense burden. (Works management lib.) $1. Eng. mag.

8–27359.

“The two common methods of distribution—hour rate and labor cost rate—are discussed and the weak points revealed. The author then takes up the machine and supplementary rate and gives figures and data illustrating its use and closes with a good argument for the general adoption of this combination system as the proper way.”—Engin. Rec.

+ Engin. D. 4: 417. O. ’08. 280w.

“One could hardly wish a clearer or more suggestive little dissertation on the ‘unproductive expenditures’ of a manufacturing organization. For the benefit of the less informed reader, however, the author might profitably have given some direct illustrations of the unhealthy conditions which may prevail when the cost distribution among different classes of work is known very imperfectly.”

+ − Engin. N. 61: sup. 44. Ap. 15, ’09. 230w.

“The book is a good one for those interested in the subject and who know enough about accounting to appreciate the arguments and the fine points made by the author.”

+ Engin. Rec. 58: 679. D. 12, ’08. 200w.

Church, Irving Porter. Mechanics of engineering; comprising statics and kinetics of solids; the mechanics of the materials of construction, or strength and elasticity of beams, columns, shafts, arches, etc.; and the principles of hydraulics and pneumatics, with applications; for use in technical schools; rev. ed., partly rewritten. $6. Wiley.

8–19874.

A new edition “partly rewritten and improved by the addition of new sections on reinforced concrete beams, the determination of the flexure of beams by a geometrical method, modern column formulas and a great many notes in most of the chapters.”—Engin. Rec.

“It is primarily a text-book for students, with the rare characteristic, an adaptability to the practicing engineer.”

+ Engin. N. 61: sup. 30. Mr. 18, ’09. 260w.

“The author’s painstaking care and critical spirit in the revision are shown on a very large proportion of the pages, and the volume deserves a continuation of its popularity among engineers.”

+ Engin. Rec. 59: 35. Mr. 20, ’09. 100w.

“In any further re-issue of this work, it would be a distinct improvement if the indices were made more thorough and complete.” T. H. B.

+ − Nature. 80: 34. Mr. 11, ’09. 400w.

“It is needless to say that the emendations and revisions have added greatly to the value of the book by the introduction of much new matter now necessary to the engineer. As a whole the book is singular for its clear, lucid treatment, wise selection of subjects and subordination of mathematical to mechanical considerations.” H: T. Eddy.

+ Science, n.s. 29: 185. Ja. 29, ’09. 750w.

Churchill, Winston Spencer. My African journey. *$1.50. Doran. 9–8731.

The story of what Mr. Churchill saw and did in his recent visit to Africa. “It contains many shrewd and suggestive remarks, and certainly sets before us in clear and attractive form a number of facts about which most minds are hazy. He has a robust faith in the civilizing power of railways and cotton-mills, and the value of a civilization so produced.” (Ath.)

“Besides its interest as a recital of hunting adventures, it is a careful study of the physical, political, and racial conditions of a region that promises to be of considerable importance to Great Britain and is of immediate interest to Americans.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 101. Ap. ’09. ✠

“Mr. Churchill has a graphic touch and a practised pen; and considered as letters to a newspaper, written in the midst of the scenes they describe, his chapters could hardly be better.”

+ − Ath. 1909, 1: 99. Ja. 23. 180w.

Reviewed by H. E. Coblentz.

+ Dial. 46: 364. Je. 1, ’09. 800w.

84“The main charm in this work lies in the freshness imparted to a somewhat hackneyed subject by the personality of its author.”

+ Lit. D. 38: 473. Mr. 20, ’09. 300w.

+ Nation. 88: 366. Ap. 8, ’09. 1000w.

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 151. Mr. 13, ’09. 750w.

“Mr. Churchill’s new book is a delightful literary performance, a tribute to British imperial achievement in savage lands, a statesmanlike forecast of the needs of the immediate future, and a monument to Churchillian self-sufficiency.”

+ − Sat. R. 106: 761. D. 19, ’08. 1050w.

“It would be just to say of Mr. Churchill’s book, that it is capital, and in places brilliant journalism. It has all the touches, and all the graces that are possible in the circumstances, of the man who knows how to keep his readers thoroughly entertained although he writes in a hurry.”

+ − Spec. 101: 1056. D. 19, ’08. 1600w.

City history club of New York.^[11] Historical guide to the city of New York; compiled by Frank Bergen Kelley from original observations and contributions made by members and friends of the City history club of New York. **$1.50. Stokes.

9–25287.

“Contains a series of excursions to all the spots of historic interest within the limits of the greater city. It has maps and plans, and bibliographies (and these last might be a little fuller). It calls attention to all the historical tablets, and to all the commemorative statues and paintings. It seeks to record the houses where famous men were born or lived or died. It brings together an immense mass of facts not otherwise easily accessible: it presents these facts in their proper places.”—Forum.

“It is certain to be a valuable incentive to the continued study of the city’s history—a study likely to bear fruit in determined resolve to better present conditions.” Brander Matthews.

+ Forum. 42: 477. N. ’09. 340w.

“One can not too much respect the conscientious nature of the work which has gone into this compilation.”

+ Lit. D. 39: 781. N. 6, ’09. 340w.

“The volume will be a useful addition to the library of every citizen of New York who is interested in its development and is able to appreciate the things that are not obvious.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 790. D. 11, ’09. 230w.

Clark, Ellery H. Loaded dice. †$1.50. Bobbs.

9–9251.

A man who concludes that life is a gamble chooses to disregard any moral law, and murders, steals, cheats and betrays his friends to win the fortune that can lead him straight to the realization of his towering political ambitions. There is no betrayal of friend or foe too heinous for his brutality to cope with. His cleverness in covering up the tracks of his treachery stands him in stead for a time and then come the reckoning, the confession, and the bitter cry of one who had made a gamble of life and lost.

“A poor and unpleasant book.”

− Ind. 66: 764. Ap. 8, ’09. 180w.

“The incidents that develop the plot are of the tinsel-theatric order, while in characters, style, and method the story follows conventional lines.”

− N. Y. Times. 14: 162. Mr. 20, ’09. 170w.

Clark, Francis Edward, and Clark, Harriet A.^[5] Gospel in Latin lands: outline studies of Protestant work in the Latin countries of Europe and America. (United study of missions ser.) *50c. Macmillan.

9–12891.

Deals with the rise and progress of missionary work first in Latin Europe and second in Latin America. There are twenty-four distinct nations treated from the missionary point of view, “separated from each other not only by seas and continents, but by the wider gulfs of different languages, customs and traditions.” The work is historical rather than picturesque.

A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 37. O. ’09.

“It is worth reading. It brings a very important question to a direct issue.”

+ Spec. 103: 566. O. 9, ’09. 220w.

Clark, Imogen.^[10] We four and two more. †$1.25. Crowell.

9–24964.

“We four” are the Egertons, Philip and Judy, twins, and Margery and Gilbert the little brother and sister, who come to live with their grandmother while their father and mother are in the Philippines. The “two more” are Jack and Sheila who also come to stay at Granny’s house while their father is in Europe. Philip tells the story of their good times thru one happy summer.

Lit. D. 39: 1027. D. 4, ’09. 60w.

Clarke, Helen Archibald. Browning’s England: a study of English influences in Browning. *$2. Baker.

8–31681.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 37. F. ’09.

+ Dial. 45: 415. D. 1, ’08. 180w.

“If somewhat desultory, the work will aid in making Browning more agreeable and in some way more real to the ordinary reader.”

+ − Lit. D. 38: 104. Ja. 16, ’09. 120w.

“Is hardly a study, but rather a cursory glance at some of the English influences to be discerned in that poet’s work. The book’s criticism and comment are all of the most obvious kind.”

+ − N. Y. Times. 13: 769. D. 12, ’08. 150w.

Clarke, Helen Archibald. Child’s guide to mythology. **$1.25. Baker.

8–33422.

An introductory chapter answering the query “What is a myth?” is followed by legends grouped according to subject containing myths about plants, trees, animals, sky and air, the sun, moon, and stars, mother-myths and child-myths.

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 28. Ja. ’09. ✠

“Is well fitted for the work she has undertaken in the preparation of a volume of this kind.” K. L. M.

+ Bookm. 28: 502. Ja. ’09. 110w.

“A collection of folk-tales of an unusually wide range.”

+ Ind. 65: 1568. D. 24, ’08. 40w.

“She herself has evidently gone profoundly deep into the subject, but it is to be feared that children’s minds will confound the nationalities of these tales, which one should prefer to tell them without tracing their origin or paternity. The book is well written.”

+ − Lit. D. 37: 983. D. 26, ’08. 100w.

“A book of information which may be safely recommended. Miss Clarke tells the old stories in simple and good English.”

+ Nation. 87: 601. D. 17, ’08. 60w.

Clarke, John Henry.^[12] Vital economy; or, How to conserve your strength. *50c. Wessels.

9–29494.

Seeking its audience mainly among people who have just enough vitality to enable them to 85get thru their duties by exercising due economy and no more, this little book discusses the bath—in which the author makes the paradoxical statement that one “may wash themselves dirty,” by removing too much of the protecting surface and thus allowing dirt to get into their skin—fresh air, exercise, stimulants, tea, coffee, worry, and visiting the sick.

“Dr. Clarke’s volume, while entertaining in its way, contains nothing new save his so-called ‘plea for an acknowledgment of a Science of vital economics.’”

+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 784. D. 11, ’09. 280w.

“Altogether, this is a book worthy of attention.”

+ Spec. 101: 888. N. 28, ’09. 120w.

Clarke, William Newton.^[6] Christian doctrine of God. (International theological lib.) **$2.50. Scribner.

9–6858.

“The volume falls into the following divisions: (1) Introduction, setting forth the theme, the method, and the sources of information; (2) God, expounding his character, personality, goodness, love, holiness, wisdom and unity; (3) God and Men, in his relations as Creator, Father, Sovereign, moral Governor, Providence, Savior, Trinity, and in human life; (4) God and the Universe, wherein the commonly accepted attributes of God are treated, e. g., self-existent, eternal, infinite, omniscient; (5) Evidence, in which the author seeks to show the reasonableness of the Christian conception of God, as he has thus far interpreted it. The volume departs widely from the usual type of discussion of the doctrine of God in that Dr. Clarke eschews absolutely all metaphysical and philosophical questions and furnishes us instead a persuasive and winsome exposition of the religious content of the God-idea as held by the Christian church.”—Bib. World.

“An instructive book, full of clear thought and independent insight; but it is something better; it is a live book, dealing with realities and not with words merely, and relying for its appeal upon the assent of the reader’s own experience. Passing to the doctrine of freedom, one notes a certain lack of clearness in the definition of terms.” W: A. Brown.

+ − Am. J. Theol. 13: 466. Jl. ’09. 1000w.

“An extensive and scholarly exposition.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 134. My. ’09.

“This important volume has long been eagerly awaited.”

+ Bib. World. 33: 358. My. ’09. 170w.

“It is a book which will enter current religious life as a sweetening and purifying influence, revealing to many the truths by which they have lived, but which they knew not how to state.”

+ Ind. 67: 707. S. 23, ’09. 600w.

“The book in hand is easily Dr. Clarke’s ‘magnum opus.’”

+ Nation. 89: 258. S. 16, ’09. 870w.

“Perhaps the main lack in the book as a whole is its failure to bring out strongly the essentially social element in the Christian belief of God. As a whole the book is valuable, sound, and attractive. It should be widely read by all who want a thoroughly sympathetic and modern expression of the Christian belief.” E: S. Drown.

+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 367. Je. 12, ’09. 920w.

“Apart from these serious disadvantages of method, there is much clear and readable exposition of these great themes.”

+ − Sat. R. 108: 50. Jl. 10, ’09. 1200w.

Clarke, William Newton.^[12] Sixty years with the Bible: a record of experience. **$1.25. Scribner.

9–26003.

The author tells the story of his “own progress from the dim and unsatisfying light of a book mechanically inspired to the clearer vision which historical appreciation of the ancient records have made possible.... Dr. Clarke has made it possible for even a timid and hesitant inquirer, humble as to his own measures of knowledge and intellectual power, to acquire a modern, informed and reverent conception of the Bible without the paroxysms of a revolution, and it may be hoped that his gentle pages will fulfil this purpose for large numbers.”—Ind.

“An exceedingly persuasive book, especially for the many who still require, for their spiritual good, to be persuaded on this subject.”

+ Ind. 67: 1208. N. 25, ’09. 400w.

“This frank recital of his experience will serve admirably as a guide to less thorough and discerning minds.”

+ Nation. 89: 578. D. 9, ’09. 220w.

R. of Rs. 40: 761. D. ’09. 80w.

Cleaves, Margaret Abigail.^[12] Autobiography of a neurasthene; as told by one of them and recorded by Margaret A. Cleaves. $1.50. Badger, R: G.

A physician’s story based upon the experiences of a neurasthene. It is told with the definite purpose “of removing, if possible, the sting and opprobrium which the essential neurasthene bears because of the long continued pose of the neurasthene who does not exhaust neuronic energy, but poisons it by his way of living.”

Clegg, Thomas Bailey.^[8] Joan of the hills. †$1.50. Lane.

A story of Australia which “concerns the fortunes of a very uninteresting and weak-kneed Englishman—a briefless barrister who has taken to the colonies and counter-jumping for the living the law failed to afford him. But it depends for its dramatic and romantic appeal upon a handsome Australian girl aided and abetted by a youngster, the weak-kneed person’s son, and for its special favor upon a sort of David Harum of the bush, a shrewd old Australian general storekeeper and money lender.”—N. Y. Times.

“Mr. Clegg takes his hero and enlists a good deal of sympathy and interest before the curtain falls on an uneven tale.”

+ − Ath. 1909, 1: 641. My. 29. 120w.

“Though it deals with topics pleasantly far from modern clatter, this novel lacks, in its swing and briskness, nothing either of originality or modernity.”

+ Nation. 89: 279. S. 23, ’09. 210w.

“The book is readable and even exciting, in spite of the shortcomings of the hero.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 428. Jl. 10, ’09. 550w.

Spec. 103: 136. Jl. 24, ’09. 180w.

Clemens, Samuel Langhorne (Mark Twain, pseud.).^[11] Extract from Captain Stormfield’s visit to heaven. †$1. Harper.

9–27263.

A humorous account of a celestial journey which, on account of thirty years of whirling thru space, ended at a gate millions of leagues from the one that usually admitted earth’s inhabitants. Stepping on the wishing carpet and wishing himself in the booking office of his own section the narrator speeds thru space and realizes that he is in the proper quarter when he hears some one shout out “A harp and a hymn-book, a pair of wings and halo, size 13, for Cap’n Eli Stormfield, of San Francisco!—make him out a clean bill of health and let him in.” The experiences that follow are above all else practical and quite out of the run of what is supposed to happen in an orthodox heaven.

“His humour is still of the brand labelled American, and consisting in the juxtaposition of obvious incongruities.”

+ Bookm. 30: 323. D. ’09. 160w.

“Underneath the drollery of Captain Stormfield’s forms of expression there is an immense lot of philosophy of a shrewd and homely sort concerning the future life.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 689. N. 6, ’09. 130w.

86Clemens, Samuel Langhorne (Mark Twain, pseud.).^[5] Is Shakespeare dead? From my autobiography. **$1.25. Harper.

9–9664.

In his well known jocular style, Mark Twain attempts to show that William Shakespeare could not have written the plays and poems attributed to him. By a similar process of reasoning it is claimed that Bacon and no other person living in Shakespeare’s time could have written them. Incidentally a good deal of Mark Twain’s life on the Mississippi is included.

“Not recommended except where demand necessitates.”

+ − A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 158. Je. ’09.

“He is not even funny when he loses his temper.” E: Fuller.

− Bookm. 29: 633. Ag. ’09. 1250w.

Ind. 67: 90. Jl. 8, ’09. 200w.

“The humor, however, it must be confessed, is occasionally somewhat forced.”

+ − Nation. 88: 422. Ap. 22, ’09. 150w.

“Even in such meagre quantity the quality of Mark Twain’s writing is always assured of a wide welcome.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 272. My. 1, ’09. 300w.

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 379. Je. 12, ’09. 230w.

“So far as Shakespeare is concerned, this volume is a thing of naught. There are occasional entertaining passages, descriptions of life on the Mississippi; there is also a great deal of dreary reading.”

− + Outlook. 92: 69. My. 8, ’09. 260w.

“The argument abounds in humor, but it is not for that reason the less convincing.”

+ R. of Rs. 39: 767. Je. ’09. 140w.

“The little volume before us ... does, indeed, make a strong demand upon our indulgence. His only serious arguments are ‘lifted’ avowedly from Mr. Greenwood’s pages. Happily Mark Twain from time to time puts off the harness which so ill becomes him, and we get glimpses of the author of the ‘Mississippi pilot,’ of the creator of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.”

+ − Spec. 103: sup. 716. N. 6, ’09. 900w.

Cléry, Jean Baptiste C. H.^[11] Royal family in the Temple prison (journal of the imprisonment). (Court ser. of French memoirs.) **$1.50. Sturgis & Walton.

9–28241.

An impressionistic account, kept in the journal of Jean Baptiste Cant-Hanet, called Cléry, of the life of Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette and the Dauphin during the five months of their confinement in the Temple.

Cleveland, Frederick Albert.^[8] Chapters on municipal administration and accounting. **$2. Longmans.

9–14716.

A suggestive work by a leader in the movement for reform in American municipal accounting. Dr. Cleveland is connected with the New York city Bureau of municipal research and has had full opportunity to study the accounting system of that city. “As to the book as a whole, it may be noted that, while it takes up many phases of municipal administration, it centers for the most part in accounting and related problems. At the same time, the need for physical and other operative statistics, as well as accounting figures and conclusions, is always kept in mind by the author, and often forcibly presented.” (Engin. N.)

A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 37. O. ’09.

“It is true that for consecutive reading there is a large amount of repetition in the volume, but until the underlying principles set forth by the author are more generally understood and appreciated they will bear repeating.”

+ Engin. N. 62: sup. 4. Jl. 15, ’09. 650w.

“His work is valuable in its constructive as well as its destructive criticism.”

+ Ind. 67: 483. Ag. 26, ’09. 450w.

“It has the weaknesses which are necessarily found in a work of this sort: It is loosely constructed, full of repetition, and in some respects out of date. However, its constant reiteration of fundamental principles will prove not to be a fault if it results in driving home the indisputable propositions so clearly and convincingly set forth.”

+ − Nation. 89: 407. O. 28, ’09. 530w.

“A book almost unique in its sphere.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 593. O. 9, ’09. 1300w.

“Some extremely suggestive chapters.”

+ R. of Rs. 40: 254. Ag. ’09. 140w.

Spec. 103: sup. 825. N. 20, ’09. 170w.

Cleveland, Frederick Albert, and Powell, Fred Wilbur.^[8] Railroad promotion and capitalization in the United States. **$2. Longmans.

9–12091.

“The present work is not speculative, nor is it commentary on things as they are or ought to be. It is pure fact and history from title-page to finis.... The authors begin at the beginning, and in the first chapter give an account of the transportation equipment and condition of the highroads during the revolutionary period.... It contains a history of the origination, financing, and completion of every important railroad on this continent.”—Lit. D.

“On the whole the merits of the work are such that it must be regarded as a valuable addition to the literature of American industrial and financial history.” H. S. Smalley.

+ Am. Hist. R. 15: 166. O. ’09. 580w.

A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 38. O. ’09.

“Every library and student of railway history should have a copy as a bibliographical reference and as an excellent history of railroad construction.” G. G. Huebner.

+ Ann. Am. Acad. 34: 615. N. ’09. 730w.

“The book is written in most entertaining style. It ought to be included in every engineering reference library and the library of every engineering school; in fact, we may go further and say that in the development of courses of business engineering in our engineering schools, this book may well be placed upon the list of works which the student should be required to read.”

+ Engin. N. 62: sup. 3. Jl. 15, ’09. 230w.

“Some few exceptions may be taken; but the narrative is on the whole a good brief account, covering well-trodden ground. The book is distinctly serviceable, and can be recommended.” Stuart Daggett.

+ − J. Pol. Econ. 17: 475. Jl. ’09. 700w.

“A most valuable work of reference. In its own particular line it is a monument of erudition and should find its way into the library of every college, polytechnic, and professional railroad man in the country.”

+ Lit. D. 38: 1069. Je. 19, ’09. 270w.

“Much detailed information concerning the general history of railways is given, some of it not heretofore published.”

+ Nation. 89: 309. S. 30, ’09. 230w.

“A condensed survey of American railroad finance.”

+ R. of Rs. 40: 384. S. ’09. 80w.

Cleveland, Grover.^[6] Letters and addresses; ed. by Albert Ellery Bergh. 72c. Unit book pub.

9–11525.

Includes a collection of the addresses, state papers and letters of Cleveland, besides a brief life, a story of the book, notes on the text, list of authorities and an index.

87Clews, Henry. Fifty years in Wall street. *$3. Henry Clews, 15 Broad st., N. Y.

8–18389.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

“The book should not be taken too seriously, however. The original edition was not intended for the well-informed reader, and there is little in the additional chapters which will add to its value, or extend its range of appeal.” F. W. Powell.

− Econ. Bull. 1: 322. D. ’08. 400w.

Clouston, J. Storer.^[11] Prodigal father. †$1.50. Century.

9–25631.

A thoroly amusing tale in which the straitlaced father of a family of five children takes some sort of cell-renewing treatment which reverses the aging process and starts him back over the ground to youth. The story is concerned with his astonishing antics and capers, accompanied by leniency in place of the former harsh treatment of a son and daughter in relation to their love affairs. He is censored and thwarted by an imperious prig of a son who finally gives him his choice between the insane asylum and exile. The father chooses the latter only for the purpose of freedom in which to plan the obnoxious son’s downfall.

“An amusing book.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 653. O. 23, ’09. 40w.

“It is a well-told, bizarre, and amusing tale.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 689. N. 6, ’09. 90w.

“In returning to the vein of his early success ‘The lunatic at large,’ Mr. Clouston makes a considerable draft upon the charity of the reading public. There are times and seasons for everything, even for humour, and ‘The prodigal father’—after the manner of champagne at breakfast—strikes us as decidedly outside the fitness of things.”

− Sat. R. 108: sup. 8. O. 16, ’09. 270w.

Clow, W. M.^[7] Cross in Christian experience. *$1.50. West. Meth. bk.

A series of addresses which are arranged so as to present the atonement “as a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation.” The essential feature is the study of the Christian consciousness.

Cobham, Claude Delaval, tr. Excerpta cypria. *$6.30. Putnam.

9–2022.

Descriptive note in December, 1908, under “Excerpta cypria.”

“They will be convenient as a work of reference to the few who are interested in Cyprus, and will certainly prove most useful to any student who undertakes to write on the mediæval or modern history of the island.”

+ − Ath. 1909, 1: 288. Mr. 6. 430w.

“The authorities for the history of the Levant are so scattered, and at times so difficult of access, that it is extremely convenient to have them collected within the compass of a single volume. It may be doubted however whether it was worth while to devote space to an author so easy to obtain as Paruta, who wrote moreover in a language with which every student of this subject must be familiar.” W. M.

+ − Eng. Hist. R. 24: 183. Ja. ’09. 380w.

“The book is valuable as far as it goes, but as he says, it is material for a history, not the history itself.” C: R. Gillett.

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 13. Ja. 9, ’09. 1800w.

“It is to be regretted that Mr. Cobham has left unnoticed the long, interesting period preceding the birth of Christ. The volume will undoubtedly prove of great value to all who wish to make themselves acquainted with Cyprus.”

+ − Pol. Sci. Q. 24: 177. Mr. ’09. 200w.

Codd, Margaret Jane.^[9] With Evans to the Pacific: a story of the battle fleet. 60c. Flanagan.

9–24658.

A travel story of the great cruise told for young readers. The route of the fleet has been closely followed; typical experiences have been introduced to give an idea of life on shipboard; sketches of the life of Admiral Evans are given; while the matters of general interest in regard to the principal countries of South America add value to the book.

Coerne, Louis Adolphe. Evolution of modern orchestration. *$3. Macmillan.

8–21540.

Touches only lightly upon the ground covered in Lavoix’s “Histoire de l’instrumentation,” but lays special emphasis upon the nineteenth century. The author says that his purpose has not been that of writing a treatise on instrumentation or to prepare a pedagogical analysis of orchestration only, but rather to trace the evolution of the orchestra and of orchestration in connection with the history of music proper.

“The book shows wide reading and experience.”

+ − Ath. 1909, 1: 50. Ja. 9. 620w.

“It is not a treatise in any sense, but a history of the orchestra, and from this point of view is unique.”

+ Dial. 46: 407. Je. 16, ’09. 160w.

“The book was written to prove Dr. Coerne’s erudition; it was not written to instruct others. There is much fragmentary information about the composers of Russia, the Scandinavian and other countries, that might escape him unless he read many books not published in English.” F: R. Burton.

− + Forum. 42: 269. S. ’09. 1250w.

“The book is one which no musical library can afford to do without.”

+ Ind. 66; 1299. Je. 10, ’09. 160w.

“America is not forgotten in this volume; indeed, Dr. Coerne accords it more honor than it deserves.”

+ − Nation. 88: 72. Ja. 21, ’09. 560w.

“A useful book to keep on hand for reference. A good many statements are made in a pragmatic and final form which any critic would be likely to call into question, and musical estimates are there in abundance which cannot be held in very high regard.”

+ − No. Am. 190: 266. Ag. ’09. 180w.

“A scholarly piece of work.”

+ Outlook. 91: 292. F. 6, ’09. 100w.

“In spite of infelicities of manner and of the hovering between the too technical and the vaguely general, there is much solid research and much luminous criticism in Dr. Coerne’s book.” D. G. Mason.

+ − Putnam’s. 6: 112. Ap. ’09. 300w.

R. of Rs. 39: 255. F. ’09. 60w.

“In spite of some excellent qualities, Dr. Coerne has only achieved a partial success. He is handicapped by a ponderous style and a fatal fondness for polysyllables. Again, his laudable desire to be fair and generous to everybody results too often in undiscriminating praise.” C. L. G.

+ − Spec. 101: 836. N. 21, ’08. 1950w.

Cohen, Alfred J. (Alan Dale, pseud.).^[7] Great wet way. **$1.50. Dodd.

9–9225.

Some fifty trips across the ocean have furnished the author with the material out of which to construct an entertaining exposé of the “essential idiocy of humanity.” “He has pierced the deceits of shipboard aristocracy and shipboard epicures, and has analyzed if not solved the intricate problems of the tip. He has played with the children on board.... He has discovered why shipboard is the ideal place for flirtations. He has listened to the noisy boasts of the ‘tinsel patriot,’ accompanied the ‘hustler’ while he collected talent for the ship’s 88concert, and watched and meditated upon the subtle change that comes over some of the passengers when land and the custom-house approach.” (Dial.)

“Humorous descriptions of life aboard an ocean steamer.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 158. Je. ’09.

“His book is very entertaining.”

+ Dial. 46: 373. Je. 1, ’09. 320w.

“Mr. Dale’s style is easy and familiar.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 218. Ap. 10, ’09. 230w.

N. Y. Times. 14: 372. Je. 12, ’09. 140w.

Cohu, Rev. J. R.^[11] Gospels in the light of modern research. *6s. Parker, James, & Co., Oxford.

A work whose purpose “is to demonstrate that modern criticism substantiates the view of the church as to the age, spiritual character, and inestimable worth of the Gospels.... The account which Mr. Cohu gives of each of the Gospels is of value, not because of the removal of any fundamental difficulty, but for the statement of the problems concerning these Gospels and solutions accredited by high authority.”—Ath.

“In this volume he has justified his reputation as a popular expositor. Mr. Cohu, while undoubtedly on the side of the higher critics, is never in the company of extremists; and his book may be commended to those who, though they may tremble for the faith, desire to know what scholars of repute believe and teach regarding the Gospels.”

+ Ath. 1909, 2: 459. O. 16. 1100w.

“The reader who wants to know what higher criticism of the sober kind has to say about the Gospels cannot do better than study Mr. Cohu’s new volume. We are not prepared to accept all his conclusions.”

+ − Spec. 103: 423. S. 18, ’09. 400w.

Colby, Albert Ladd.^[11] Reinforced concrete in Europe. $3.50. Chemical.

9–19618.

Data collected from books, government reports, trade and government specifications, committee reports and personal interviews “have been collated, compacted and classified under several heads, such as economies of reinforced concrete, endurance of concrete, foreign systems, mechanical bond, reinforcing metal, cement, and specifications for concrete and reinforced concrete. This portion of the report is therefore in the nature of a symposium, in which the opinions of the various contributors are reduced to the lowest terms.... The rest of the book is mostly given over to lists of the various concrete systems now in use or on the market in Europe, and of the numerous individuals, committees, commissions, societies and laboratories engaged there in the study of the subject.” (Engin. N.)

“The multiplicity of so-called systems is the bane of concrete construction abroad and we can see no use of recording them for American eyes. However, Mr. Colby’s clients desired this information and its undue prominence in the book is due to that fact. The report is closed by a very extensive and complete, but poorly arranged, concrete bibliography.”

+ − Engin. N. 62: sup. 33. O. 14, ’09. 280w.

“A work which is unique in many respects and which fills a heretofore open space in the literature of concrete-steel construction. The book is an excellent summary of European methods, but it should be used judiciously in a search for precedents for work on this side of the Atlantic.”

+ Engin. Rec. 60: 419. O. 9, ’09. 380w.

Colby, Charles W. Canadian types of the old régime, 1608–1698. **$2.75. Holt.

8–20983.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

“In the field of Canadian history it is the most readable book that has appeared for many a day.” W: B. Munro.

+ Am. Hist. R. 14: 393. Ja. ’09. 500w.

“Authoritative, popular, attractively written.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 285. D. ’08.

+ Ind. 66: 52. Ja. 7, ’09. 400w.

“The lectures gain a novel and very real value because of the author’s point of view and effective presentation.”

+ Nation. 88: 143. F. 11, ’09. 550w.

+ Sat. R. 107: 308. Mr. 6, ’09. 600w.

+ Spec. 102: sup. 1007. Je. 26, ’09. 180w.

Cole, Mrs. Donna Rieta.^[5] Chums: or, An experiment in economics: ed. by Gertrude Ogden Tubby. $1.25. Gertrude Ogden Tubby. 7 West 42d st., N. Y.

9–16.

Six stories dealing with the actual problems, hardships, reverses and victories of a group of settlement workers.

“There is a great deal of good material in this work, but here again the laborious pen of the inexperienced handler falls short of the subject. There is, however, the sense of firsthand knowledge conveyed to the reader’s mind.” Stephen Chalmers.

− + N. Y. Times. 14: 278. My. 1, ’09. 120w.

Cole, William Morse. Accounts, their construction and interpretation. *$2. Houghton.

8–31984.

Descriptive note in December, 1908

“The best single reference volume for public libraries.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 37. F. ’09.

“On the whole, Professor Cole’s book is not of great value to the student of higher accounting, but presents the material in a way calculated to make the reader think.”

+ − Ann. Am. Acad. 33: 714. My. ’09. 300w.

“Generally speaking, the principles stated and the conclusions reached are those supported by the best accounting authorities. In this the author has rendered a service by bringing together in a single volume which may be used for purposes of instruction, the premises for sound reasoning concerning a wide range of administrative problems, the data for the solution of which must be obtained through accounts.” F: A. Cleveland.

+ Econ. Bull. 2: 137. Je. ’09. 900w.

“It should find its way into the hands of all persons interested in publicity in corporate affairs.”

+ Ind. 67: 254. Jl. 29, ’09. 270w.

“The author has faithfully carried out the plan which he laid down, and anyone who wishes to obtain a clear understanding of the subject will be well repaid by reading this book. Ordinarily one finds books on accounting dry and dull, but this is the exception, for the principles here presented are explained very clearly, and at the same time in a most attractive style.” Trevor Arnett.

+ J. Pol. Econ. 17: 165. Mr. ’09. 770w.

“For the student of accounting practice, this book, clearly and concisely written, should prove a valuable guide. It is difficult to understand why some of the chapters have been included in a book of this kind.”

+ − Nation. 89: 408. O. 28, ’09. 400w.

“It will be sufficient to say of Professor Cole’s book that he has admirably succeeded in his ‘attempt to set forth in simple form the main principles which must govern any attempt at accounting.’ His style is so simple and direct that one is conscious only of the thought to be conveyed, save for the presence of some quaint but good old orthodox words. The freedom from anything dogmatic in the presentation of illustrative material comes as a refreshing breeze to one who has perused the literature of accounting.” B: F. Wright.

+ Pol. Sci. Q. 24: 325. Je. ’09. 950w.

R. of Rs. 39: 640. My. ’09. 90w.

89Coles-Finch, William.^[10] Water: its origin and use. *$5. Van Nostrand.

A popular work which the author describes as “an ordinary person’s interpretation of what he sees in nature.” The twenty chapters are: Heat; Atmosphere; Clouds; Rain; Water; Forms of water; Snow; Ice; Glaciers; Springs; Rivers; Waterfalls; Lakes; Ocean and sea; Mountains and volcanoes; Chalk; Denudation; Water: how obtained; Use, abuse and waste; Lessons from nature.

“A work which, though written for the most part in a popular form, and not free from certain elements of weakness, yet tells with fair completeness the fascinating story of water and its work.”

+ − Ath. 1908, 2: 651. N. 21. 600w.

“The book is, in fact, a nature study. It is a subject of which the average person knows comparatively little, but which, presented as it is in this work, has an intense interest alike for the lover of nature and for those who are not generally attracted to subjects of this kind.”

+ Engin. D. 6: 246. S. ’09. 250w.

“The book is commonplace, antiquated, uncritical, and erroneous.”

− − Nation. 89: 363. O. 14, ’09. 220w.

“Apart from slips, and notwithstanding some defects of arrangement and a little too much sermonising, Mr. Coles-Finch’s book contains a large amount of interesting information.”

+ − Nature. 79: 271. Ja. 7, ’09. 1050w.

“Considering the scope and general interest of the work one can well forgive the sketchy character of several chapters which are obviously the outgrowth of very copious notetaking.”

+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 567. S. 25, ’09. 1050w.

Collier, Price.^[5] England and the English from an American point of view. **$1.50. Scribner.

9–8385.

Impressions, fairly-formed opinions and convictions concerning the “slow-moving, unchanging, confident” Englishman whose dullness is his safety and his success, and “out of whose root has grown an overshadowing national tree.” The author contrasts American and English ways, and avers that the Americans while in England do as the English do so far as their temperamental limitations permit. The chapters are: First impressions; Who are the English? The land of compromise; English home life; Are the English dull? Sport; Ireland; An English country town; Society.

“Entertaining studies.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 134. My. ’09.

“Presents us with a picture of ourselves in part flattering, and in part, perhaps, too accurate to please.”

+ − Ath. 1909, 1: 615. My. 22. 550w.

“One of the most entertaining contributions of late years to the literature of transatlantic guesswork.”

+ Bookm. 30: 327. D. ’09. 670w.

Reviewed by F. M. Colby.

Bookm. 30: 399. D. ’09. 380w.

“The value of the book lies not in the author’s views on Ireland, still less in the two or three incidental remarks through which he indicates his views on religion, but in the lessons which it has for Americans.”

+ Cath. World. 89: 545. Jl. ’09. 1150w.

“The book leaves an impression of fairness, even of warm friendliness, toward the English, and of carefully matured opinions and well-informed judgments on a number of timely and interesting topics.”

+ Dial. 46: 299. My. 1, ’09. 370w.

“Mr. Collier’s book is not judicial, or philosophic, or scientific, but falls squarely within the familiar field of international impressionism where we no longer look for the ‘clear, white light of truth,’ but for the colors of personal experience. Like other books of its class it owes both its interest and its value to its instances.” F. M. Colby.

+ − Forum. 42: 479. N. ’09. 2200w.

“This is a clever and entertaining account of some features of British life—an account accurate, fair-minded and penetrating.”

+ Ind. 67: 369. Ag. 12, ’09. 300w.

“The England he discusses is the England one will find if one goes across this summer. Most Americans should therefore find the book rather readable—and not less so because it has no particular distinction or profundity.”

+ Nation. 88: 634. Je. 24, ’09. 700w.

“Although Mr. Collier is at times rather sharp and satirical, he is sympathetic and appreciative always.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 372. Je. 12, ’09. 250w.

“It offers more sagacious observation of a general kind than the American dwelling in England is usually able to give.”

+ − No. Am. 190: 411. S. ’09. 520w.

“One of the most thought-provoking, stimulating, and keen analyses of the English character we have ever seen. Mr. Collier’s style is very graphic and suggestive.”

+ R. of Rs. 39: 639. My. ’09. 130w.

“Only on a very few points need any fairly self-satisfied Englishman take the trouble to quarrel with Mr. Collier. For some reason, however, that we find hard to understand, English women do not please him so much as the men.”

+ − Sat. R. 108: 262. Ag. 28, ’09. 1000w.

“Mr. Price Collier’s book on English life and character is more thoughtful and better expressed than anything on similar lines by an American that we have read for a long time. Naturally (we might say inevitably) Mr. Collier makes some statements which most Englishmen could not accept.”

+ − Spec. 102: 819. My. 22, ’09. 1900w.

Collins, Archie Frederick.^[10] Design and construction of induction coils. *$3. Munn.

9–12097.

“Mr. Collins considers that there is a need for a convenient and complete reference book devoted entirely to the induction coil and he has tried to meet the need. He has, from his large experience in the use of such coils, in wireless transmission, been able to give practical details as well as underlying principles. The data and directions are such as to enable any reader, who has some mechanical skill, to design and build his own coils. This is the purpose of the book.”—Engin. N.

Engin. D. 5: 664. Je. ’09. 170w.

“The style is popular and descriptive, well suited to the amateurs and young students who will form the bulk of the readers. The information will be useful to any one who requires induction coils for any purpose.” H: H. Norris.

+ Engin. N. 62: sup. 14. Ag. 12, ’09. 400w.

“Within its limits the work is unusually complete, although fault may be found with the manner of presenting certain features.”

+ − Engin. Rec. 59: 726. Je. 5, ’09. 60w.

Collins, Hubert E. Erecting work. (Power handbooks.) $1. Hill pub.

8–31840.

“Begins with an excellent chapter on foundations and ends with a decidedly condensed one on the lighter work of erecting such as putting in flywheel links, crossheads and pistons. The remaining ten chapters are given over to methods of moving and lifting the heavy pieces, together with descriptions of blocking ginpoles, and various ‘hitches.’”—Engin. Rec.

“It can scarcely be said to constitute a complete or connected treatise on this subject, but it contains much information on practical details which may save inexperienced engineers considerable annoyance.”

+ − Engin. N. 60: sup. 693. D. 17, ’08. 230w.

90“The book is excellently written and would undoubtedly prove of inestimable value to an engineer, somewhat short in practical experience, who found himself compelled to directly supervise the unloading and erection of a 2,000-h.-p. reciprocating engine, but to a rigger or a constructing engineer the information contained in it would be somewhat elementary and too narrow in its scope to be of interest.”

+ − Engin. Rec. 58: 595. N. 21, ’08. 150w.

Collins, Hubert E. Knocks and kinks. (Power handbooks.) $1. Hill pub.

8–32655.

“Deals almost entirely with the causes of ‘knocking’ in steam engines and with the means of locating and correcting them. With few exceptions the information is conveyed by describing actual cases and explaining the cause and cure of each. Chapter VIII describes a method of ‘rigging up to turn and refit large pistons’ and a crank-pin turning device. The final chapter describes the common method of finding the ‘dead center.’”—Engin. N.

+ Engin. N. 60: sup. 693. D. 17, ’08. 80w.

“The subject of ‘Kinks’ however is rather disappointing, as there are only about a dozen engine room kinks described, of which half would be known to the average fourth-year apprentice boy in the machinist’s trade.”

− Engin. Rec. 58: 595. N. 21, ’08. 80w.

Collins, Hubert E. Pipes and piping. (Power handbooks.) $1. Hill pub.

8–31650.

“An elementary work on steam engine piping. It is written mainly from the practical man’s standpoint. The more important chapters are those on expansion and contraction, high-pressure flanges, connecting boilers to steam mains, bursting strength of fittings and accidents. As the chapters are taken from articles which have appeared from time to time in ‘Power,’ the information presented is more in the form of a series of practical suggestions rather than as a textbook on the subject in general.”—Engin. Rec.

“No effort appears to have been made to reconcile or unify these articles, and the value of the book lies solely in the collection into one convenient volume of a mass of related material. There is room for considerable improvement in the index, which might have been made to add greatly to the value of the book.”

+ − Engin. N. 60: sup. 693. D. 17, ’08. 100w.

+ Engin. Rec. 58: 595. N. 21, ’08. 140w.

Collins, Hubert E. Pumps. (Power handbooks.) $1. Hill pub.

8–34265.

“Deals with the location and correction of pump troubles. Two short chapters give directions for setting the valves of duplex pumps, and chapter XI describes a means of indicating the instantaneous rate of delivery of a boiler feed pump at the time of observation. The final chapters contain tabulated information relating to pump performance and directions for pump operation of the sort commonly printed in catalogs of pumping machinery.”—Engin. N.

“The first half ... is probably the most valuable feature of the book.”

+ Engin. N. 60: sup. 693. D. 17, ’08. 120w.

“Should prove valuable.”

+ Engin. Rec. 59: 27. Ja. 2, ’09. 120w.

Collins, Hubert E. Shaft governors. (Power handbooks.) $1. Hill pub.

8–34266.

“Contains an historical account of the development of this type of mechanism, with a classification of the forms in common use, followed by a series of separate chapters taking up the construction, operation and adjustment of a large number of specific makes of shaft governor, covering practically every type. The illustrations are line cuts of diagrammatic character and ably supplement the text in making clear the operation of the various governor mechanisms.”—Engin. N.

“This book is, as a whole, better arranged and more unified than the others in this set, and should prove of value to anyone interested in its subject.”

+ Engin. N. 60: sup. 693. D. 17, ’08. 100w.

Engin. Rec. 59: 27. Ja. 2, ’09. 110w.

Collins, Hubert Edwin.^[8] Steam turbines: a book of instruction for the adjustment and operation of the principal types of this class of prime movers; compiled and written by H. E. Collins. *$1. Hill pub. co.

9–14603.

“The book is strictly practical and deals with the erection, operation, and maintenance of the Curtis, Allis-Chalmers, and Westinghouse units. It is well illustrated and the construction of many parts of the turbine is shown in detail drawings. Chapters dealing with the preparation of a turbine for an economy test and with the general subject of auxiliaries are given, and also an excellent one on the mechanical examination of the turbine and its auxiliaries. The book ends with an interesting account of a troublesome set of turbine auxiliaries.”—Engin. Rec.

“A compact, well illustrated manual.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 9. S. ’09.

Engin. D. 6: 154. Ag. ’09. 80w.

+ Engin. N. 62: sup. 7. Jl. 15, ’09. 180w.

“It is undoubtedly the best one of the series and will prove of value to any operating engineer in charge of steam turbines.”

+ Engin. Rec. 59: 789. Je. 19, ’09. 140w.

Collins, Hubert Edwin. Valve setting: simple methods of setting the plain slide valve, Meyer cut-off, Corliss, and poppet types. *$2. Hill pub.

8–33041.

“The main part of this book consists of detailed directions for setting the valves of steam engines, including piston valves, the riding cut-off, gridiron, Corliss, Porter-Allen, Wright and Fitchburg types. In the latter part of a chapter on air compressors, directions are given for setting the valves of compressors and blowing engines. These directions are supplemented with adequate illustrations of the valves and valve gears and are, as a whole, sufficiently explicit and clear. The compiler gives his assurance that they have in each case been referred to the engine builder for approval. This portion of the book occupies about three-fourths of the total number of pages.”—Engin. N.

“About a nucleus of good material have unhappily been clustered a few stray chapters which would be less regrettable were they not marred by a widespread dubiety in the lettering of the figures.”

+ − Engin. N. 61: sup. 16. F. 18, ’09. 360w.

“The book is a valuable addition to practical engineering literature.”

+ Engin. Rec. 58: 707. D. 19, ’08. 130w.

Collins, John Churton.^[7] Voltaire, Montesquieu and Rousseau in England. *7s. 6d. Nash, Everleigh, London.

Three studies that deal with the visits of Voltaire, Montesquieu and Rousseau to England and the influence which English politics, thought and literature exerted thru them on France in the eighteenth century.

“The whole book is an example of the art of combining instruction and literary pleasure.”

+ Ath. 1908, 1: 471. Ap. 18. 1100w.

Reviewed by W. B. Blake.

Dial. 46: 388. Je. 16, ’09. 120w.

91“A contribution of value to the literary history both of France and England. The style in which the subject is treated is as scholarly as the author’s reputation would warrant us in anticipating.”

+ Sat. R. 105: 631. My. 16, ’08. 1000w.

“He has been interested chiefly in the personal side of his subject, and though of course he does not ignore the broader issues, his work is mainly valuable as an elucidation of biographical facts.”

+ Spec. 100: 866. My. 30, ’08. 2000w.

Collison-Morley, Lacy.^[10] Giuseppe Baretti; with an account of his literary friendships and feuds in Italy and in England in the days of Dr. Johnson; with an introd. by the late F. Marion Crawford. *$4.20. Scribner.

Mr. Crawford’s introduction treats Baretti’s position in the world of letters and touches briefly upon his two literary reputations, the Italian and English. Six chapters of the biography deal with the Italian life while the remainder turn entertainingly to his sojourn in England where he came under the influence of Johnson and his circle.

“We have but slight reserves to make in our commendation of this interesting and wellcomposed book. The author is rather too sparing of his notes, and sometimes a little obscure in the matter of relatives and antecedents.”

+ − Ath. 1909, 1: 725. Je. 19. 1900w.

“Mr. Morley has produced an interesting book, and what is better it is the result of real knowledge of the subject of which he treats.”

+ Sat. R. 108: 294. S. 4, ’09. 150w.

+ − Spec. 103: 313. Ag. 28, ’09. 700w.

Collyer, Robert.^[6] Some memories. *$1.25. Am. Unitar.

9–2248.

Reminiscences that “deal out of the mists of many years”—years of effective achievement and ministry. Dr. Collyer’s varied experiences from childhood during which he was “yoked up to work in the factories” thirteen hours a day, to the time of his pastorate of the Church of the Messiah in New York are full of “sunshine and shadow, sorrows and joy.”

“A simple, well told narrative.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 74. Mr. ’09.

“This is a volume that cannot fail to be interesting and helpful to all who read it, while to the host of friends of Dr. Collyer it will be a very precious story told by one whose life has radiated sunshine, helpfulness and good cheer.”

+ Arena. 40: 606. D. ’08. 900w.

+ Ind. 66: 1140. My. 27, ’09. 450w.

“A series of pleasant and inspiring glimpses into what has been not only a remarkably long and useful but also a beautiful life.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 32. Ja. 16, ’09. 220w.

“Has many interesting and pleasant things to tell.”

+ Outlook. 90: 842. D. 12, ’08. 170w.

Columbia university. Lectures on science, philosophy and art; delivered at Columbia university during the academic year 1907–1908. *$5. Columbia univ. press, N. Y.

Twenty-one lectures descriptive in non-technical language of the achievements in science, discovery, art, literature and philosophy, and indicating the present status of these subjects as concepts of human knowledge.

“An imposing volume which should find its place in many libraries.”

+ Dial. 46: 193. Mr. 16, ’09. 180w.

“Few universities in the world could furnish a list of men more competent to interpret modern thought. Some of the lectures are dull, commonplace or staid in expression; others are brilliant, vivacious or strikingly original.”

+ − Ind. 66: 587. Mr. 18, ’09. 750w.

“With but one or two exceptions, lucidity, directness, and calm impartiality mark the accomplishment of this difficult task.”

+ − Nation. 88: 166. F. 18, ’09. 310w.

Colvin, Fred Herbert, and Stanley, Frank Arthur. American machinists’ handbook and dictionary of shop terms: a reference book of machine shop and drawing room data, methods and definitions. *$3. Hill pub.

8–30950.

“A thoughtful study of the needs of a machinist and machinery draftsman. Its contents cover screws, piping, drills and taps, files, work benches, soldering, gearing, milling, grinding and lapping, calipering and fitting, tapers and dovetails, shop and drawing-room standards, wire gauges, belts and shafting, metals, shop trigonometry, general tables and a good glossary of shop terms.”—Engin. Rec.

“There seems no reason why the book should not well fill its expected place.”

+ Engin. N. 60: sup. 543. N. 12, ’08. 280w.

“There has been a demand for such a book for so long that it is gratifying to see such a good volume to meet it.”

+ Engin. Rec. 59: 250. F. 27, ’09. 130w.

Colvin, Ian D.^[11] South Africa. (Romance of history ser.) **$2. Stokes.

“This attractively produced volume is one of a series presumably intended for the young, and, in accordance with this design, plenty of space is allotted to the fights and adventures of the early voyagers.”—Ath.

“The style is brisk and readable, but suffers in some places from fine writing, and in others from laborious attempts to write down to the reader’s capacity. The last two or three chapters contain some statements which are strongly biased.”

+ − Ath. 1909, 2: 460. O. 16. 360w.

“He aims at writing serious history, and in more than one chapter has contributed to the elucidation of questions which have long been the subject of bitter recrimination. The book is the outcome of a research which is unusual in works of this sort, and there is an element of imagination about it which lifts it outside its class. Thoroughly British as he is, Mr. Colvin is British without unfairness to the Dutch; he has the gift of seeing something of the other side, which is not always the historian’s characteristic.”

+ − Sat. R. 108: 414. O. 2, ’09. 860w.

Conder, Claude Reignier.^[7] City of Jerusalem. **$4. Dutton.

9–22222.

A survey of Jerusalem’s history during the forty centuries that have passed from the founding of the city in the days of Melchizedec to the present time. “As an officer of the British army, the author lived in Palestine for a number of years and had command of the British surveys in that country between 1872 and 1882.” (N. Y. Times.) “The design of this book is to furnish in a volume of moderate size the substance of the best information about Jerusalem, and this, he says, is to be found in the memoirs and reports of modern researchers and explorers.” (N. Y. Times.)