C (continued 3)

“In spite of dogmatism and intolerance of rival opinions, Col. Conder’s ‘City of Jerusalem’ is a useful, if not an interesting book. And if it includes some of the author’s theories on extraneous subjects, these do not materially affect the narrative.”

+ − Ath. 1909, 1: 706. Je. 12. 500w.

92“There is a lack of caution and thoroughness in dealing with questions which lie outside the topography of Jerusalem, and this is to be regretted in a book which claims that ‘reliance is chiefly placed on monumental information.’” Y.

+ − Eng. Hist. R. 24: 602. Jl. ’09. 630w.

“The volume will, however, be best appreciated by those who wish to know precisely how much (or how little) has been done at Jerusalem.”

+ Ind. 67: 91. Jl. 8, ’09. 270w.

“While much that he has to say, especially with regard to ancient sites and ancient history, will not be accepted by the modern scholar, the work is full of valuable suggestions, from the author’s own observations, and of much interesting and useful information, albeit the reader should at times check the facts recorded by reference to other authorities.”

+ − Nation. 89: 409. O. 28, ’09. 720w.

“A scholarly and authoritative historical work.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 365. Je. 12, ’09. 480w.

“It is well written, rising at times into passages of real eloquence. But Colonel Conder’s acquaintance with modern archæology is slight.”

+ − Sat. R. 108: 172. Ag. 7, ’09. 780w.

“He is doing excellent service when he puts this store of knowledge at the disposal of the traveller, the student, and the larger public which finds an inexhaustible interest in the story of the Holy City.”

+ Spec. 102: 744. My. 8, ’09. 300w.

Conger, Sarah Pike.^[5] Letters from China; with particular reference to the empress dowager and the women of China. **$2.75. McClurg.

9–9792.

During the period of Mr. Conger’s ambassadorship to China, Mrs. Conger was busy reading the hearts, character and setting of the Chinese people. Permitted, as she was, to pass thru the “smaller and larger avenues of the almost iron-clad customs of China” she reproduces the sights and visions therein afforded. These she preserved in letters to daughter, sisters, nieces and nephews which have been gathered together in this volume. The period of Chinese history recorded is that from 1898–1908 including the siege of the legations.

“The illustrations have unusual value.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 158. Je. ’09.

“It is nearly all good reading, albeit about a third could be eliminated.” R: W. Kemp.

+ − Bookm. 30: 59. S. ’09. 1100w.

“In range of observation and in fluency of descriptive narration she is not unlike Madame Waddington, also an American by birth and breeding.” P. F. Bicknell.

+ Dial. 46: 254. Ap. 16, ’09. 1600w.

“The ‘naïveté’ and simplicity of the style and thought adds to the value, for it assures us that we have here contemporary observation at first hand, unretouched photographs of historic characters and events.”

+ Ind. 66: 1243. Je. 3, ’09. 250w.

“Fully as valuable as Mrs. Fraser’s ‘Letters from Japan’ are Mrs. Conger’s ‘Letters from China.’ Her richly illustrated and well-indexed book is vivid and fascinating, and as a whole is likely to hold its own as a permanent contribution to our knowledge, not only of China, but of the less known half of it, the Chinese woman.”

+ Nation. 88: 633. Je. 24, ’09. 250w.

“There is matter of great and permanent historical interest [in this book].”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 340. My. 29, ’09. 1000w.

“Very vivid and entertaining.”

+ R. of Rs. 40: 511. O. ’09. 100w.

Connor, Ralph, pseud. Life of James Robertson: missionary superintendent in the Northwest territories. **$1.50. Revell.

8–36385.

A sympathetic study intimately dwelling upon the points of greatness in the character of the “inspirer, director and backer” of the “Sky pilots” who went out to conquer the Canadian Northwest. The sketch reveals him “living, loving, toiling and suffering” for his fellow man.

“No better qualified biographer of the man could have been found. A little more revision of the author’s manuscript might have been not inadvisable. The lack of index is another indication of undue haste in getting the book published.”

+ − Dial. 46: 407. Je. 16, ’09. 200w.

“The reader will find not only the picture of a great man, but also not a little that is interesting and illuminating about religious life in Canada.”

+ Spec. 102: 65. Ja. 9, ’09. 240w.

Conover, James Potter. Personality in education. **$1.25. Moffat.

8–32423.

The author, master in St. Paul’s school, Concord, N. H., brings twenty years of experience to bear upon the broad aspects of his profession. “The several factors of the educative process—the teacher, the child, the school, discipline, studies, and the routines of work, play and examinations—are passed in review with a unity of consideration derived from a large and well-interpreted experience. A significant though not emphasized opinion of the volume is that contained in the supplementary chapter on the college, which expresses profound disappointment with what that institution has been able to accomplish even with promising boys from good schools.” (Dial.)

“Parents as well as teachers will find it suggestive.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 75. Mr. ’09.

“The spirit of it all is sane, the perspective sound, the treatment judicious.”

+ Dial. 46: 54. Ja. 16, ’09. 250w.

“The real value of his book lies chiefly in full and admirable selections, chosen and arranged to bring out and fortify the author’s thesis. Mr. Conover’s book is practical, concentrated, professional.”

+ − Nation. 87: 631. D. 24, ’08. 450w.

“Is remarkably rich in spirit, sweet in temper, and profound in its knowledge of boy nature.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 42. Ja. 23, ’09. 200w.

Outlook. 91: 381. F. 20, ’09. 240w.

Conrad, Joseph. Point of honor: a military tale. †$1.25. McClure.

8–27098.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

“A stirring story.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 301. D. ’08. ✠

“The story is crisply told, with much acute comment and humorous observation.” W: M. Payne.

+ Dial. 46: 263. Ap. 16, ’09. 320w.

Converse, Florence. House of prayer. **$1.50. Dutton.

The experiences of a little boy too lonely to say his prayers, who, aided by an angel of his chapel of dreams, wanders all over the world studying forms of prayer. “He goes deeply into Oriental petitions, and studies the sources of the English prayer-book, learning Latin prayers and copying long ancient forms on his typewriter.” (Outlook.)

“The story is told with great simplicity and yet with none the less charm.” W. G. Bowdoin.

+ Ind. 65: 1465. D. 17, ’08. 60w.

“It is a story which a thoughtful child and many grown-ups would enjoy.”

+ N. Y. Times. 13: 757. D. 5, ’08. 60w.

93“The gap between the erudition necessary to the subject and the little boy who masters it all is too wide for the credulity of the ordinary reader.”

− Outlook. 90: 751. N. 28, ’08. 200w.

− Sat. R. 106: sup. 12. D. 12, ’08. 80w.

Conway, Agnes Ethel, and Conway, Sir William Martin.^[11] Children’s book of art. (Color books for boys and girls.) *$2. Macmillan.

W9–299.

Addressed to children—but surely children of an older growth—this book discusses interestingly and reproduces some dozen and more famous paintings of children. Who painted them and what kind of people they were painted for are questions that are answered in the text.

“If the title of the book be ignored, it will be realised that, though its author is not gifted with the rare power of appealing to a juvenile audience, she has no little insight into the qualities differentiating the work of one painter from that of another.”

+ − Int. Studio. 39: 170. D. ’09. 140w.

“Sir Martin Conway and his daughter have done a real service both to the world of art and to the world of children.”

+ Outlook. 93: 645. N. 20, ’09. 280w.

Conway, Moncure Daniel.^[9] Moncure D. Conway; addresses and reprints, 1850–1907; published and unpublished work representing the literary and philosophical life of the author. **$3. Houghton.

9–16468.

Representative specimen addresses which show the argument “that influenced the early action of the anti-slavery contingent in the war.” Some of the articles are: Free schools in Virginia; Golden hour; Gospel of art; Sunday opening of exhibitions; Public service; Dogma and science; William Penn; and Ellen Dana Conway. A brief biographical introduction and an eight-page bibliography add to the value of the collection.

A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 38. O. ’09.

“The volume will be valued by all who cherish the memory of our old contributor.”

+ Ath. 1909, 2: 291. S. 11. 1000w.

“As a reverent free-thinker, a sane and safe radical, and an ardent lover of and seeker for truth at any cost, Mr. Conway deserves the widest possible reading.”

+ Dial. 47: 102. Ag. 16, ’09. 270w.

+ Ind. 67: 481. Ag. 26, ’09. 400w.

Lit. D. 39: 536. O. 2, ’09. 120w.

“It was a good idea to publish these selections from a body of work that reflected so many phases of the great period of change through which he lived, and to give the public a quickened memory of a courageous and warm-hearted personality.”

+ Nation. 89: 260. S. 16, ’09. 230w.

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 466. Jl. 31, ’09. 730w.

“It is impossible to be silent when our admiration is asked for such crude utterances as are to be found in this volume.”

+ Spec. 103: 284. Ag. 21, ’09. 240w.

Conwentz, Hugo Wilhelm.^[8] Care of natural monuments with special reference to Great Britain and Germany. *$1. Putnam.

9–27586.

“The term ‘natural monument’ may be best explained by illustration. A rock which has been brought say by an ice-drift, to a locality remote from its place of origin is such; a spot covered with some unusual flower—wild lilies-of-the-valley, for instance—is another; an eyot in the Thames, or such uncommon animals as the badger or the wild cat, may be so described. Now we all know how these and like things are threatened as a country becomes more thickly populated. Our author tells us what has been done for the preservation of such things in Great Britain and Germany (to which countries his book mainly refers), and gives us hints as to what might be done in the same line.”—Spec.

“An excellent and praiseworthy volume. By directing attention to what has been done and what remains to be done, the appearance of the volume will doubtless serve to awaken renewed interest in the subject.” R. L.

+ Nature. 80: 275. My. 6, ’09. 300w.

“The book calls for attention from corporations and individual proprietors.”

+ Spec. 102: 386. Mr. 6, ’09. 200w.

Cook, Albert Stanburrough, ed. Concordance to the English poems of Thomas Gray. *$2.50. Houghton.

8–33143.

The first volume to appear under the auspices of The concordance society, which was organized at Yale university December, 1906. The basis of this concordance is Gosse’s edition of Gray.

“The omissions are such as are reasonable, and we fully approve of the abundance of cross-references.”

+ Ath. 1909, 1: 254. F. 27. 220w.

“Unfortunately, the book is marred by omissions, errors, and inconsistencies, due in the main not so much to lack of scholarship and care as to the bad mistake made at the outset in the selection of Gosse’s edition (1884) as the basis for the text and the collation of the manuscripts and early editions.”

+ − Nation. 88: 228. Mr. 4, ’09. 950w.

N. Y. Times. 13: 699. N. 28, ’08. 70w.

Cook, Ernest Thomas. Gardens of England. *$2.50. Macmillan.

9–15051.

A garden book whose descriptive chapters have been inspired by twenty paintings by Miss Beatrice Parsons. “As in most cases of this kind, the text prepared for general reading does not describe the pictures, but, for all that, the chapters on the herb-garden, and on lavender and rosemary are pleasant reading for the winter, and are about as good as if they had illustrations to match; while, on the other hand, the pictures are very good without any specific description.” (Nation.)

“The volume before us is attractive in its style and sound in its advice.”

+ Nation. 87: 578. D. 10, ’08. 180w.

“It is not easy to guess at first sight what kind of reader is aimed at by books of the type of ‘Gardens of England.’ If, as seems probable, its twenty illustrations are its raison d’être, they might surely have been presented in some likelier way than that of sandwiching them between the chapters of a stout volume of miscellaneous garden ‘description.’ Its chapters consist largely of rather gushing descriptions, with a proportion of slipshod fine writing.”

+ Sat. R. 106: 180. Ag. 8, ’08. 460w.

Cook, Frederick Albert. To the top of the continent: discovery, exploration and adventure in sub-arctic Alaska; the first ascent of Mt. McKinley, 1903–1906. *$2.50 Doubleday.

8–7371.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

“The one marring feature of the whole story appears in the astonishingly cruel and needless abandonment of the worn-out horses, to whatever fate they might find in an Arctic winter on the frozen tundra. Aside from this one unpleasant aspect of the narrative, the book as a whole makes decidedly interesting reading, at times affording powerfully impressive word pictures of the marvels of nature revealed to the party.” W. S. Tower.

+ − Ann. Am. Acad. 33: 208. Ja. ’09. 630w.

“In the present work ... he sometimes rises to eloquence. The appendixes ... are important from a scientific point of view, though the ordinary reader will probably skip them.”

+ − Ath. 1909, 2: 102. Jl. 24. 650w.

94Cook, William Wallace.^[6] Quarter to four. †$1.50. Dillingham.

9–10647.

A story of hidden treasure concealed in a sea-cavern on the shores of an island in the Pacific. Instructions for finding the treasure are written on a card which is cut into four parts and a quarter given to each of four persons entitled to a share, all of whom must meet and join cards before the way to the gold is clear. Love, adventure and intrigue offer their usual course of uncertainties.

“The adventures are not ill-devised—though the execution is too much for the writer’s skill—and the initial idea is original enough to raise hopes of a sense of humor—hopes which are presently blasted.”

− + N. Y. Times. 14: 328. My. 22, ’09. 300w.

Cooley, Charles Horton.^[5] Social organization: a study of the larger mind. **$1.50. Scribner.

9–9510.

The author says: “In a former book (Human nature and social order) I tried to see society as it exists in the social nature of man and to display that in its main outlines. In this one the eye is focussed on the enlargement and diversification of intercourse which I have called social organization, the individual, though visible, remaining slightly in the background.” The divisions of his study are: Primary aspects of organization; Communication; The democratic mind; Social classes; Institutions; Public will.

“In his two volumes ‘Human nature and the social order’ and ‘Social organization’ Professor Cooley has given to the public the best statement of the newer social philosophy that has yet been written.” G: E. Vincent.

+ Am. J. Soc. 15: 414. N. ’09. 1900w.

“A work of admirable ideals and temper and one that will interest many educated laymen, as well as the students of sociology.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 134. My. ’09.

“I do not know when I have read a book marked by such even quality. The author’s thought is on a high plain. His insight clear, his attitude very fair and unprejudiced. There is no striving for bizarre effects in language or style. It is not brilliant. It is a serious and thought provoking study which escapes being heavy or monotonous. The author is to be complimented.” Carl Kelsey.

+ Ann. Am. Acad. 34: 432. S. ’09. 700w.

“Probably the best portion of the book is the third which is devoted to a discussion of ‘The democratic mind.’” I: A. Loos.

+ Econ. Bull. 2: 171. Je. ’09. 570w.

“This is a notable book, full of discriminating insight and freighted with well-canvassed and hopeful forecasts for democracy.”

+ Nation. 89: 165. Ag. 19, ’09. 900w.

“Dr. Cooley, in ‘Social organization,’ develops a philosophy not only social but universal, almost a religion of society, and in dealing with our so materialistic, complex modern conditions, upholds an idealism and a faith in primeval human nature that make his plain prose and bare facts take on the color of poetry.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 353. Je. 5, ’09. 750w.

“Notable contribution to the literature of sociology.” J. P. Lichtenberger.

+ Survey. 22: 683. Ag. 14, ’09. 650w.

Coolidge, Archibald Cary. United States as a world power. **$2. Macmillan.

8–19878.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

“Of course there are particular statements scattered throughout the book, which the reviewer would like to challenge, did space permit. This attractive volume deserves a conspicuous place in our libraries by the side of such works as Latané’s ‘America as a world power,’ Moore’s ‘American diplomacy,’ Hart’s ‘Foundations of American foreign policy,’ Foster’s ‘Century of American diplomacy,’ and Reinsch’s ‘World politics.’” A. S. Hershey.

+ − Am. Hist. R. 14: 372. Ja. ’09. 800w.

A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 286. D. ’08. ✠

“It is distinctly to be hoped that it will command the attention which the temper, perhaps more conspicuously than the scholarship, of the volume so abundantly deserves.” F: A: Ogg.

+ Dial. 46: 43. Ja. 16, ’09. 1500w.

“It has substance as well as symmetry and form; it is void of dogmatism or special pleading, but it moves the reader to thought; it handles serious and complicated questions with a light touch, but the impression of its solid qualities is the impression that remains.”

+ Nation. 87: 606. D. 17, ’08. 1050w.

“A work which will be found of the greatest helpfulness by all who would improve their knowledge of present-day problems in the national life as well as the international relations of the United States.” H. A. Bruce.

+ Outlook. 91: 796. Ap. 3, ’09. 1600w.

“Professor Coolidge has a direct and lucid style, and has made a very useful and illuminating monograph on our foreign relations.”

+ R. of Rs. 39: 381. Mr. ’09. 50w.

“Altogether, this is a highly interesting volume.”

+ Spec. 102: 347. F. 27, ’09. 130w.

Coolidge, Mary Roberts.^[9] Chinese immigration. (American public problems ser.) **$1.75. Holt.

9–23245.

A work of economic importance which gives the complete history of Chinese immigration from the days when the Pacific coast welcomed these yellow men as a helpful solution of the local labor problem. The study painstakingly sets forth what the Chinese have wrought as social and economic factors in our commonwealth; what has been their influence, and what it will be in the future; their business methods, home life, ideals; the menace of numbers and non-assimilation; and the effect of exclusion upon China.

“This is one of the best studies of a race problem we have seen. It is optimistic, perhaps too optimistic at times, but the statements made are discriminating and the conclusions generally sound.” C. L. Jones.

+ − Ann. Am. Acad. 34: 617. N. ’09. 380w.

“If ever a book contained a damning arraignment of a governmental policy and its administration, Mrs. Coolidge’s volume is such an one. Painful and humiliating as is the story which Mrs. Coolidge has to tell, the book must nevertheless prove a powerful agent for good.”

+ − Nation. 89: 574. D. 9, ’09. 1250w.

R. of Rs. 40: 511. O. ’09. 100w.

Copeland, Charles Townsend, and Hersey, Frank Wilson Cheney, eds.^[10] Representative biographies of English men of letters. *$1.25. Macmillan.

9–25200.

A collection of biographies designed primarily to illustrate the varieties of biographical writing. It includes: first, extracts from notable autobiographies, among which are those of Lord Herbert of Cherbury, Colley Cibber, Gibbon, and Ruskin; second, examples of the method and style of such famous biographers as Isaak Walton, Dr. Johnson, Boswell, Lockhart, Southey, Macaulay, and Carlyle; and third, many complete lives from the “dictionary of national biography” which represent the work of accomplished literary historians.

“This makes a useful collection of material for the student of biographical technique, but the selection is too haphazard to be of much use to the student of the history of English literature.”

+ − Dial. 47: 340. N. 1, ’09. 170w.

“Both the autobiographic and the biographic selections are in themselves well worth the prominence given to them.”

+ Educ. R. 38: 426. My. ’09. 70w.

95Copus, Rev. John Edwin. Son of Siro: a story of Lazarus. *$1.50. Benziger.

9–561.

A story of the period of Christ’s ministry dwelling especially upon the development of Lazarus, Mary and Martha.

“The story is a fine piece of imaginative construction, directed by good taste. Persons unfamiliar with the gospel-history cannot but read it with more intelligence and interest after they will have read this attractive story.”

+ Cath. World. 89: 256. My. ’09. 220w.

Corelli, Marie. Holy orders: the tragedy of a quiet life. †$1.50. Stokes.

8–23928.

A story which exploits the evil wrought in rural England thru the adulterated drink traffic. It seeks its audience among “church people, prohibitionists, anti-saloon league adherents and journalists.”

“The treatment of the theme is artificial and strained.”

− Ind. 66: 148. Ja. 21, ’09. 250w.

“The demonstration is conducted with the usual exultant ingenuousness, and as usual the book will be made tolerable in not a few eyes because of one or two human figures in it, which do not care whether they help Miss Corelli demonstrate anything or not.”

+ − Nation. 87: 363. O. 15, ’08. 270w.

“A little too highly dramatic, perhaps, is ‘Holy orders,’ but still undoubtedly a good story.”

+ − R. of Rs. 39: 121. Ja. ’09. 250w.

Cornish, Vaughan.^[6] Panama canal and its makers. **$1.50. Little.

9–35588.

“The work of a British geographer, who has taken the pains to get the most authoritative information, to supplement and vivify it by personal observations and to put it into a clear and compact form. The diplomatic history of the enterprise, the rival plans and engineering difficulties, the success in sanitation, the labor question, and the commercial possibilities are all briefly and competently discussed, without the sensationalism and bias that vitiate much of the current literature of the subject.”—Nation.

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 159. Je. ’09. ✠

“It must be confessed that his work compares more than favorably with the matter published by most American newspapermen and book writers who have visited the Isthmus.”

+ − Engin. N. 61: sup. 69. Je. 17, ’09. 850w.

“There is no better book for the general reader who wants to know just what is being done in Panama.”

+ Ind. 67: 41. Jl. 1, ’09. 200w.

“A concise and complete account of the great work now being carried on there.”

+ Lit. D. 38: 851. My. 15, ’09. 210w.

“For the general reader, there is no better book on the subject.”

+ Nation. 88: 485. My. 13, ’09. 300w.

“Vaughan Cornish is the fair critic who comes with a chip on his shoulder, but is quite pleased, even delighted, to have it knocked off.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 486. Ag. 14, ’09. 500w.

R. of Rs. 40: 121. Jl. ’09. 70w.

+ Sat. R. 107: 634. My. 15, ’09. 370w.

“‘The men on the Isthmus’ is one of the most interesting chapters in the book.”

+ Spec. 102: 618. Ap. 17, ’09. 500w.

Cosgrove, John Joseph.^[5] History of sanitation. $1.50. Standard sanitary mfg. co.

9–14192.

A story of sanitation from the days of primitive man down to the present time of perfection in the manufacture of plumbing fixtures and approaching perfection in sewage systems. The slight volume of some 125 pages is in its broad sense a history of the world’s struggle for an adequate supply of wholesome water and of its efforts to dispose of the resultant sewage without injury to health or offense to the sense of sight and smell.

A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 159. Je. ’09.

Engin. N. 61: sup. 66. My. 13, ’09. 200w.

Cosgrove, John Joseph.^[5] Sewage purification and disposal. $3. Standard sanitary mfg. co.

9–13289.

A timely handbook for engineers and communities wrestling with the sewage problem giving in concise, ready form, rules, tables and data for designing and proportioning purification works. Original drawings accompany the text.

“The untechnical and simple nature of the text and a large number of original drawings make it useful for municipal officers as well as the engineer or student.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 159. Je. ’09.

Engin. D. 5: 664. Je. ’09. 160w.

“Considering his limitations of space and evident lack of professional experience as a sewage-works engineer, Mr. Cosgrove has covered about the whole field of sewage treatment in a remarkably satisfactory manner. Here and there appear evidences, both in statements and in spelling, which indicate unfamiliarity with the subject before entering upon the preparation of the book.”

+ − Engin. N. 61: sup. 75. Je. 17, ’09. 220w.

Costello, Frederick Hankerson.^[10] Sure-dart: a story of strange hunters and stranger game in the days of monsters. †$1.25. McClurg.

9–25176.

A story set in the Cretaceous epoch of the Secondary geological period. In order to enhance the interest of the tale, and the monster animals of that period, the author has introduced human beings, a liberty warranted only by imagination.

Cotes, Hornor.^[12] Counterpart. $1.50. Macaulay co.

9–25629.

A civil war story of which a young Northerner is the hero. At the beginning of the war he is fooled by a Southern girl who, on pretence of sympathy for the North, obtains from him information which brings an expedition to a disastrous end; after which, his lesson learned, he becomes a shrewd soldier and runs the gamut of war adventure. Thruout the love element is interwoven deftly with the war episodes.

“The book is written with unusual care and considerable skill, and brings in many of the notable figures of that time, both civil and military. And if the author has not quite the emotional power to reproduce the thrills of the period, he at least has the philosophical ability to describe them very well.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 750. N. 27, ’09. 330w.

Coulter, John Merle; Coulter, John G.; and Patterson, Alice Jean.^[11] Practical nature study and elementary agriculture; a manual for the use of teachers and normal students. *$1.35. Appleton.

9–10812.

A discussion of nature study, its field, and its principles in which the subject is combined with elementary agriculture. Three helpful outlines are supplied: (1) for the training school with typical lesson plans, (2) for the lower grades, and (3) for elementary agriculture for seventh and eighth grades.

“Differs considerably from Holtz’s ‘Nature study’ in method and subject matter, and is more helpful for teachers of rural schools or those having insufficient preparation.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 38. O. ’09.

96“Coulter and Patterson have packed into their book a large amount of useful material, but some of it is not approved nature-study.”

+ − Ind. 67: 302. Ag. 5, ’09. 140w.

Coulton, George Gordon. Chaucer and his England. (Memoir ser.) *$3.50. Putnam.

8–33921.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

“A useful book for the student of literature or medieval history, though not without prejudices.”

+ − A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 286. D. ’08.

“The book is well illustrated, and in every way most desirable as an account of mediaeval England.”

+ − Ath. 1909, 1: 41. Ja. 9. 750w.

“When the author ventures far from the beaten path of biography into the attractive by-ways of conjecture, he is not to be taken too seriously. The chief value of the book lies in the fresh and lifelike pictures it affords of society in town and country.” C. S. Northup.

+ − Dial. 46: 185. Mr. 16, ’09. 1400w.

“An abundance of historical and personal incident is wrought into Mr. Coulton’s text, and, with many plate and other illustrations, gives interest and charm to it throughout.”

+ Outlook. 91: 584. Mr. 13, ’09. 250w.

Courtney, William Leonard.^[5] Literary man’s Bible: a selection of passages from the old Testament, historic, poetic and philosophic, illustrating Hebrew literature; arranged with introductory essays and annotations. *$1.25. Crowell.

8–3644.

A fourth and popular edition of a book which considers the literary rather than the theological aspect of the Bible.

+ − Ath. 1908, 1: 12. Ja. 4. 340w.

Bib. World. 34: 70. Jl. ’09. 50w.

“Such a book as this does inestimable service to the cause of religion.”

+ Dial. 46: 408. Je. 16, ’09. 100w.

“Mr. Courtney’s work is scholarly and judicious in the extreme, and his selections from the Bible, as well as his classification of them and his form of printing, are admirable and most helpful.”

+ Educ. R. 38: 202. S. ’09. 100w.

+ − Nation. 89: 159. Ag. 19, ’09. 300w.

“Fault may be found with the main title of this work. The term ‘Bible’ includes the Old and the New Testament. Yet Dr. Courtney considers only the Old Testament literature. With this exception the work may be cordially commended.” E. S. D.

+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 670. O. 30, ’09. 390w.

“Possibly this volume may induce those who are too conceited or too stupid to read an ordinary Bible to become familiar with portions of its glorious literature.”

− Sat. R. 105: 304. Mr. 7, ’08. 860w.

“It would be difficult to praise too highly the literary discrimination displayed in each half of the book. To be a little too long is always a good fault in an anthology, and we think it is the only fault which could reasonably be brought against this one. A large portion of the reading public owe a debt of gratitude to Mr. Courtney, who in reopening their Bibles has done them a service.”

+ Spec. 99: 1094. D. 28, ’07. 1500w.

Cowen, Benjamin Rush. Abraham Lincoln: an appreciation by one who knew him. *$1. Clarke, R.

9–5872.

An addition to the Lincoln literature which is the first appearance in book form of a lecture delivered frequently by General Cowen in Ohio and the adjoining states. It is a just estimate and sympathetic appreciation of the work and character of the great War President which grew out of intimate relations during the closing years of the civil war.

Ind. 66: 985. My. 6, ’09. 50w.

N. Y. Times. 14: 242. Ap. 17, ’09. 90w.

Crabtree, Harold.^[10] Elementary treatment of the theory of spinning tops and gyroscopic motion. *$1.50. Longmans.

9–29876.

“Practical applications of the gyroscope, including the monorail car and the steering device used in torpedoes, are taken as examples for analysis by the methods developed in the earlier chapters. The author has aimed to bring the subject within the range of first-year undergraduates.”—Engin. N.

“The theoretical explanation of gyroscopic action is very well presented in this volume. A book which will be readily comprehended by anyone at all conversant with the methods of theoretical mechanics.”

+ Engin. N. 62: sup. 19. Ag. 12, ’09. 100w.

“The subject is a large one for so small a book, and this necessitates a brevity and brusqueness that in certain chapters almost amounts to a defect.”

+ − Engin. Rec. 60: 56. Jl. 10, ’09. 170w.

“The method by which the theory is introduced is admirable. While criticism is misplaced, the writer would suggest that those diagrams, such as Fig. 20, in which bent arrows are intended to show a direction of rotation round an axis indicated by a line, are, as drawn, ambiguous, for it is impossible to tell whether the arrow is intended to be in front of or behind the line.” C. V. Boys.

+ − Nature. 81: 182. Ag. 12, ’09. 630w.

Craddock, Charles Egbert, pseud. (Mary Noailles Murfree). Fair Mississippian. †$1.50. Houghton.

8–29332.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

“A story of moderate interest.”

+ − A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 26. Ja. ’09.

Reviewed by W: M. Payne.

− + Dial. 46: 86. F. 1, ’09. 230w.

“The fly in the amber is a habit of bow-wow in the language which sits with curious artificiality on a story absolutely clear-cut in device.”

+ − Nation. 88: 42. Ja. 14, ’09. 220w.

“Novels like ‘The fair Mississippian’ are not common. They are very welcome, though.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 8. Ja. 2, ’09. 270w.

Cradle of the rose. **$1.50. Harper.

8–30708.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

“The characteristics and traditions of the fisher-folk of Brittany are treated understandingly.”

+ Lit. D. 38: 385. Mr. 6, ’09. 200w.

“The lavish descriptive impulse is allowed to run riot and overpower the narrative. In the end, one feels that the work is too heavy for an idyll and too static for a novel.”

− + Nation. 88: 67. Ja. 21, ’09. 240w.

+ R. of Rs. 39: 121. Ja. ’09. 120w.

Craig, Robert S.^[5] Making of Carlyle. *$4. Lane.

9–18716.

An “experiment in biographical explication.” “The author has undertaken his task less with the hope of disclosing new facts than with the intention of showing how the various events which befell Carlyle in his struggle to gain the attention of the world were inseparable from the ‘making’ of him, and recognisable in the finished product. To this ‘making’ there went, says Mr. Craig, ‘not only the old Scots Calvinism and all hereditary traits, not only his genius ... but also the faithful and generous friendship of men and women.’... A large part 97of the book is concerned with making clear Carlyle’s indebtedness to these friends.” (Spec.)

“Mr. R. S. Craig has become dominated by a theory, which is allowed some more or less full expression on almost every page, at least of the latter part of the work.” C. S. Northrup.

− Dial. 47: 283. O. 16, ’09. 1150w.

“Considering the real cerebration shown in this book, it is one of the most badly written valuable works that ever came to a reviewer’s table.” W: L. Phelps.

+ − Forum. 41: 597. Je. ’09. 1600w.

“The repetition is incessant, and the moralizing often flat, even at its first appearance. By far the best part of the book is that which dilates on the strength of the clannish spirit among the Carlyles, and shows how much of the style and ideas of the writer came to him with his Calvinistic inheritance. We must account Mr. Craig’s volume as among the ‘haud desiderata.’”

− + Nation. 88: 360. Ap. 8, ’09. 210w.

“Mr. Craig interests the reader from the first. His style is clear and nimble, his sympathy is perfect.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 286. My. 8, ’09. 530w.

“While there is a conscientious effort to be absolutely just his methods remind one of the gentle caress of softly furred cats’ paws, suddenly discovering sharp claws for the laceration of poor Mrs. Carlyle.”

+ − Outlook. 92: 427. Je. 26, ’09. 500w.

“Hyperbole ... is a small defect in a valuable analysis of the influences which played so large a part in helping Carlyle to win his hardly won triumph.”

+ − Spec. 102: 135. Ja. 23, ’09. 500w.

Cramp, William, and Smith, Charles F.^[5] Vectors and vector diagrams, applied to the alternating current circuit with examples of their use in the theory of transformers, and of single and polyphase motors, etc. *$2.50. Longmans.

9–18463.

“As the name implies, this work on vectors is a book in which the branches of mathematics necessary in the study of electric circuits are explained and illustrated. It contains a synopsis of the algebra and geometry which are directly applicable to the solution of alternating-current problems and no more. A working knowledge of this material is absolutely essential to an electrical engineer who expects to understand the theory of electrical circuits and machines and who desires to read intelligently the more theoretical discussions in the technical press.”—Engin. N.

“Should be of value as a textbook for electrical engineering students.”

+ Elec. World. 53: 1042. Ap. 29, ’09. 130w.

Engin. D. 5: 418. Ap. ’09. 140w.

“While the title is formidable the treatment is not so. It can be readily followed by a reader who is familiar with higher algebra and geometry and who has a practical acquaintance with electrical circuits and machines.” H: H. Norris.

+ Engin. N. 61: sup. 49. Ap. 15, ’09. 700w.

“A textbook which is decidedly good. The authors have succeeded in giving a very clear presentation of the meaning of vectors and their algebra with the exception noted above.”

+ − Engin. Rec. 59: 615. My. 8, ’09. 380w.

“The imperfections do not affect the purpose of the authors, who are to be congratulated on having enriched our technical literature with a clear and systematic exposition of the vectorial graphics of alternating-current phenomena.”

+ − Nature. 81: 93. Jl. 22, ’09. 950w.

Crandall, Charles Henry.^[5] Songs from sky meadows: poems of nature and of nature’s children. *$1. Outing pub.

9–8989.

A sheath of poems of field and fen, moor and weald, of love and life in the open, whose keynote is mergence into the “all-life.”

+ − Nation. 89: 55. Jl. 15, ’09. 160w.

N. Y. Times. 14: 503. Ag. 21, ’09. 230w.

Crane, Walter Richard. Gold and silver. *$5. Wiley.

8–20033.

Comprises an economic history of mining in the United States, the geographical and geological occurrence of the precious metals, with their mineralogical associations, history, and description of methods of mining and extraction of values, and a detailed discussion of the production of gold and silver in the world and the United States. “The book is geological rather than economic; and was prepared for the economic history of the United States under the charge of Carroll D. Wright for the Carnegie institution.” (J. Pol. Econ.)

“Its interest and value is mainly of a historical nature, but, since in all cases the records are brought up to this year, it presents considerable information on present distribution, methods of mining and extraction of values. Taking into consideration the necessity of employing terms peculiar to the mining industry in much of the descriptive matter, the book as a whole is clearly written and as intelligible, even to the non-technical reader, as could be expected.”

+ Engin. N. 60: sup. 318. S. 17, ’08. 480w.

J. Pol. Econ. 16: 711. D. ’08. 100w.

“There are typographical errors in proper names of the west, some displeasing errors in grammar and rhetoric and other literary blemishes. As a convenient hand-book for ready reference by busy practitioners, the statistics and much of the technical matter quoted may be in useful form, and probably the whole will fill a want among the untutored who require pre-digested nutriment. The compiler has rendered good service faithfully and conscientiously, according to a plain apparently dictated by others.” T. B. Comstock.

+ − Science, n.s. 29: 389. Mr. 5, ’09. 1350w.

Craven, Priscilla, pseud.^[10] Pride of the Graftons. †$1.50. Appleton.

9–29366.

The Graftons’ pride was of the kind that goes before a fall, and as it rested upon unpaid bills and precarious credit great was the fall thereof. The crash, which shook London society, taught the heroine, a Grafton débutante, to love for the sake of his loyalty and kindness the rich American whom she had all but married for his money. But the plot is not the main concern of the story which is cleverly amusing throughout, and unblushingly shows how much more interesting are the people with indifferent morals than those who are piously commonplace. Real wickedness meets its own reward, however, and virtue, where blended with a proper sense of humor, triumphs; but the whole is an unsparing picture of the gambling, flirting, dissipated upper social circle and there is some good character drawing of the leaders of this set.

“Miss Craven has developed the love story with not a little skill, and has written a most diverting and interesting novel.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 643. O. 23, ’09. 230w.

Crawford, Caroline.^[10] Folk dances and games. $1.50. Barnes.

A book for the use of school children in which the author “indicates the educational use and value of the dances as a form of exercise, and 98has prepared with extraordinary skill her material to accomplish that end.” (Educ. R.)

“A truly admirable volume.”

+ Educ. R. 37: 208. F. ’09. 50w.

+ Ind. 65: 322. Ag. 6, ’08. 40w.

+ N. Y. Times. 13: 542. O. 3, ’08. 100w.

“Miss Crawford deserves the warm thanks of all those interested in the educational side of games and dances.” M. W. Hinman.

+ School R. 17: 515. S. ’09. 550w.

Crawford, Francis Marion.^[10] Stradella. $1.50. Macmillan.

9–24943.

This is the last of Mr. Crawford’s novels, the manuscript for which with that of “The white sister,” previously published, was completed at the time of the author’s death. From some ancient Venetian chronicles Mr. Crawford gleaned material that bore upon the life of Stradella, a great musician of the seventeenth century. Out of these fragments he has constructed his story which is rich in its Italian setting. The love of Stradella for a dowerless niece of a pompous, self-sufficient Senator who intended to marry the girl himself, furnishes the key to the difficult situations that crowd one upon another along the course of their experience.

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 89. N. ’09. ✠

“As it stands it is a delicate, whimsical, altogether delightful love story, with swift transitions from scenes of real charm and pathos to others of a humor that wisely stops just short of the grotesque.” F: T. Cooper.

+ Bookm. 30: 281. N. ’09. 370w.

“Nowhere has been displayed more clearly than in this last (if it be the last) of his tales his extraordinary faculty of holding his readers’ attention by means which appear to have nothing extraordinary about them whatever.”

+ Nation. 89: 329. O. 7, ’09. 330w.

“The plot of the story shows all the ease of invention and smoothness of narrative which are universally recognized as characteristic of Marion Crawford. We particularly commend to lovers of Dumas the two villains of the tale, hired assassins, unsurpassed swordsmen, fertile in invention, and not without their own peculiar sense of humor.”

+ Outlook. 93: 317. O. 9, ’09. 200w.

“For all its fluency the story lacks distinction.”

+ − Sat. R. 108: 636. N. 20, ’09. 130w.

+ Spec. 103: 795. N. 13, ’09. 120w.

Crawford, Francis Marion.^[5] White sister. $1.50. Macmillan.

9–10700.

A Roman setting lends appropriate coloring to this story of convent life. A prince, an adherent of the clerical party, is killed in a motor car accident and because of his refusal to have his marriage legally ratified, combined with the fact that no will comes to light, his daughter is turned out into the streets by the jealous inheritor of the title and wealth. The tale deals with her renunciation of her love for an artillery officer, her life as the “white sister” in a convent, her discovery of her aunt’s theft of the will, the return of her lover and the struggle between her obligation to the man and her allegiance to the church, and her final release from the convent.

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 186. Je. ’09. ✠

“It is precisely the antiquity of Marion Crawford’s theme which compels one to recognize with pleasant surprise the quickening power of his pen.”

+ − Ath. 1909, 1: 581. My. 15. 100w.

“The book leaves you with the impression that you have read it all before, for the facile art which neither waxed nor waned for twenty years presents here no new achievement.”

+ − Atlan. 104: 679. N. ’09. 240w.

“You accept it all, the probable and the improbable alike because he possesses that rare trick of making you see it with your own eyes.” F: T. Cooper.

+ Bookm. 29: 401. Je. ’09. 550w.

“Is decidedly the work of a practised hand, though it does not measure up to the author’s full literary power. This last chapter is, to us, wholly disappointing.”

+ − Cath. World. 89: 690. Ag. ’09. 300w.

“There seems to us a touch of casuistry in the reasoning.” W: M. Payne.

+ − Dial. 47: 181. S. 16, ’09. 230w.

“This last book of his, one is tempted to say represents a maximum of technique and a minimum of material. One hastens to add this qualification: plenty of things happen in ‘The white sister’; but the material of which it is built comes too near to melodrama to be material worthy of the earlier Marion Crawford.” Philip Tillinghast.

+ − Forum. 41: 618. Je. ’09. 380w.

“There are two reasons for Crawford’s continued popularity: he always had a story to tell and he knew how to tell.”

+ Ind. 66: 982. My. 6, ’09. 750w.

+ Lit. D. 39: 207. Ag. 7, ’09. 200w.

“It must be admitted that the less said about the logic of the events in the present narrative, the better.”

+ − Nation. 88: 514. My. 20, ’09. 1000w.

“It is not the best of Mr. Crawford’s novels—not so good, for instance, as the Saracinesca trilogy, but it is better than the Primadonna series, and, on its own merits, is a remarkably interesting and well-constructed tale.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 306. My. 15, ’09. 450w.

N. Y. Times. 14: 372. Je. 12, ’09. 220w.

“As a story in point of construction and character-drawing, ‘The white sister’ is distinctly the best novel which has come from Mr. Crawford’s hand for a number of years past.”

+ Outlook. 92: 99. My. 15, ’09. 300w.

“Is typical of the novelist’s work.”

+ R. of Rs. 39: 762. Je. ’09. 70w.

“‘The white sister,’ good up to its closing chapter, suddenly falls to pieces. Its finish is cheap, inartistic, theatrical.”

+ − Sat. R. 107: 757. Je. 12, ’09. 580w.

“Mr. Crawford was never more happily inspired than in the group of Roman novels which begins with ‘Saracinesca’ and ends in the volume before us.”

+ Spec. 102: 705. My. 1, ’09. 740w.

Crawford, Mary Caroline.^[11] Old Boston days and ways. **$2.50. Little.

9–28413.

A thoroly informing study in preparation for which the author uncovered a large amount of new material. It follows the growth of the city from the point where the author’s “St. Botolph’s town” dropped it and continues it to “the time when we blossomed into a municipality and indulged in a mayor and aldermen.” She deals with Boston of revolutionary days, Boston in the first flush of liberty, the development of its literary and social life, the establishment of its theaters, and characterizes the distinction that belongs to such men as Copley, John Howard Payne, Edmund Keane, Samuel Shaw, Lafayette and many another man of prominence during the time depicted.

“‘Old Boston days and ways’ as interpreted by Miss Crawford with accuracy, vivacity, and the novelty due to the use of a considerable body of new material, are certainly not wanting in interest for readers of to-day.”

+ Dial. 47: 466. D. 1, ’09. 180w.

“The section about the social life of the transition period will be new to many, especially the account of Poe’s father and actress mother; as will the chapter about early Boston theaters.”

+ Lit. D. 39: 1072. D. 11, ’09. 130w.

99Crawford, Mary Caroline. St. Botolph’s town: an account of old Boston in colonial days. $2.50. Page.

8–28847.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

Reviewed by W. G. Bowdoin.

Ind. 65: 1462. D. 17, ’08. 50w.

“We have never met with a volume of the like compass, which contained fifty illustrations of such historic value and unique interest as characterize the prints in this volume.”

+ Lit. D. 37: 900. D. 12, ’08. 180w.

“Like its author’s previous books, it lends itself well to desultory reading, being divided into chapters, each with its own interesting story, the whole forming a delightful account of life and manners in Boston from the coming of Winthrop and his valiant followers to the outbreak of the revolution.”

+ Outlook. 91: 22. Ja. 2, ’09. 220w.

Creelman, James.^[5] Why we love Lincoln. *$1.25. Outing pub.

9–5693.

“A biography designed to bring out especially those human sides of the man Lincoln which, as a matter of fact, are so great a part of him that not even the most formal treatment can hide the humorous mouth, the tender heart, the shrewd eye, and the laugh by which, in fact, the great man held (and still holds) the American people as no other man holds them.”—N. Y. Times.

“Suited to the same class of readers as Morgan’s life but may interest a larger circle because of its brevity and a decided impressionistic style that holds the attention.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 135. My. ’09. ✠

“It sounds the proper note, and does it with conviction.”

+ Ind. 66: 985. My. 6, ’09. 30w.

“Mr. Creelman’s narrative is interesting.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 242. Ap. 17, ’09. 80w.

“Written in vivid, suggestive style.”

+ R. of Rs. 39: 507. Ap. ’09. 10w.

Crew, Henry. Principles of mechanics, for students of physics and engineering. *$1.50. Longmans.

8–18295.

“This book comprises a series of lectures delivered during several years past to second-year students in physics who have had general instruction in the subject and in calculus. The author’s aim has been to give the student a clear conception of the principles of dynamics in a minimum of time, confining the treatment to that portion of the subject which is common ground for the physicist and the engineer.” (Engin. D.) “It covers the elements of kinematics, kinetics, friction, elastic bodies and fluid motion, and does not contain any of those lapses from correct and scholarly statement that are too often considered advisable for the ‘practical’ courses of engineering study.” (Engin. Rec.)

Engin. D. 4: 56. Jl. ’08. 160w.

“The method is no doubt logical, and in the sense that it seeks for precision and conciseness it is philosophical. But there is little to be said for a method that keeps the reader in ignorance of the term and concept ‘force’ until the 84th page is reached.”

− Engin. N. 60: sup. 81. Jl. 16, ’08. 200w.

“As an introductory book on the subject it would deserve little praise and considerable condemnation. The book has the great merit of being scientifically correct, while free from sloppy English and pedantic fussiness over trifles.”

+ − Engin. Rec. 59: 251. F. 27, ’09. 220w.

“For the general student, the purpose of the book is admirable. The book is written in a style which is always clear and interesting. The forms of statement are fresh, and the author has drawn on a wide range of reading and experience for new and apt illustrations.” A. P. Carman.

+ Science, n.s. 29: 579. Ap. 9, ’09. 400w.

Crichfield, George Washington.^[8] American supremacy. 2v. *$6. Brentano’s.

8–36697.

Accumulated material about laws, customs, and concessions in certain South American states. “The author’s one thesis is that South Americans are a set of liars and cut-throats, and his sole inference is that ‘the United States should establish civilized governments in those countries, which would make pillage by revolution bands impossible.’” (Nation.)

“The extended quotations from various works on South America give us material not elsewhere easy of access, but lack of orderly management and digressions covering dozens of pages swell the volumes far beyond what should be their size.” C. L. Jones.

+ − Ann. Am. Acad. 34: 202. Jl. ’09. 380w.

“His tone is embittered and violent, his conclusions wild. Such an extreme of passion and unreason defeats itself.”

− + Nation. 88: 63. Ja. 21, ’09. 120w.

Crichton-Browne, James. Parcimony in nutrition. **75c. Funk.

W9–101.

Discusses the question of what and how much the normal human being ought to eat. The author disagrees with frugality notion in nutrition maintained by Fletcher and Chittenden, and believes that more emphasis should be placed on economy in the selection and preparation of food than upon the process of lopping off of proteid.

A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 156. Je. ’09.

Ann. Am. Acad. 34: 602. N. ’09. 210w.

“The present work is closely reasoned, and though some poems are open to criticism, the major contention, if certain basic claims are admitted, seems to be sound.”

+ − Arena. 41: 607. Ag. ’09. 370w.

+ Ind. 67: 1091. N. 11, ’09. 200w.

“It is a learned, attractive and valuable brochure.”

+ Lit. D. 38: 560. Ap. 3, ’09. 150w.

“Is well worthy of careful reading, particularly by such laymen as have been attracted by the doctrines associated with the names of Fletcher and Chittenden.”

+ Nation. 89: 190. Ag. 26, ’09. 330w.

N. Y. Times. 14: 147. Mr. 13, ’09. 460w.

R. of Rs. 39: 508. Ap. ’09. 60w.

Crockett, Samuel Rutherford.^[9] Men of the mountain. †$1.50. Harper.

9–22183.

The French-Swiss frontier in the “French year terrible,” 1871, is the scene of this tale in which the quiet ministry of the pastor of the Evangelical church of Geneva is outlined against carnage and warfare. There are portrayed a David and Jonathan friendship; the whip hand rule of a grim, determined châtelaine, the pastor’s mother; and the vital love affairs of the friends and two loyal-hearted young women.

A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 54. O. ’09.

“The author has, on the whole, done better in this book than in most of his others, and we must not be too severe upon his indulgence in the sentimental.” W: M. Payne.

+ − Dial. 47: 385. N. 16, ’09. 260w.

“The book is a pot-boiler, the evident effort it has cost its author to put it together fatiguing the reader.”

− Ind. 67: 549. S. 2, ’09. 50w.

“The story is well told, there is plenty of incident, the characters are excellently portrayed, and at the end one lays down the book with the sense of having read something worth while.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 578. O. 2, ’09. 250w.

“A bright and pretty little double love-story. The book is a pleasant one and there is but one unkindly word to say of it. No reproof could be too severe for a writer who sends pronouns 100wandering aimlessly down his pages without antecedents, who invariably chooses the wrong preposition and who cannot distinguish between a noun and a verb.”

+ − No. Am. 190: 710. N. ’09. 200w.

“Shows more careful work than he has done for a long time, and is free from the fantastic sensationalism which often mars otherwise good stories from his pen.”

+ Outlook. 93: 361. O. 16, ’09. 50w.

“We have never seen anything better from his pen.”

+ Spec. 103: 693. O. 30, ’09. 200w.

Crockett, Walter Hill.^[9] History of Lake Champlain: the record of three centuries, 1609–1909. 75c. Hobart J. Shanley co., Burlington, Vt.

9–20252.

A book made timely by the tercentenary celebration of the discovery of Lake Champlain. “For those who did not see the celebration this book will bring a surprise in the fulness of incident it chronicles. The picturesque discovery by the French explorer, the first attempts of the French missionaries to settle the country, seem remote, but the conflicts of Howe and Montcalm are well within the borders of our history, and Ethan Allen’s raid and Arnold’s naval operations against the British are among the most stirring revolutionary campaigns. The war record of the lake closes with Macdonough’s victory at Plattsburgh, in 1814, but its shores have gathered tradition since, as Mr. Crockett’s book shows.” (Nation.)

“A good volume for reference in reading Parkman’s histories.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 9. S. ’09. ✠

“For a reproduction of the romantic atmosphere of the lake one must still go to the pages of Parkman and Cooper; this book is occupied with matters of fact. But a complete record of these particular matters of fact could hardly be better done.”

+ Nation. 89: 118. Ag. 5, ’09. 250w.

N. Y. Times. 14: 478. Ag. 7, ’09. 80w.

Crockett, William Shillinglaw. Footsteps of Scott. **$1.25. Jacobs.

8–36155.

Presents the principal facts of Scott’s life and describes intimately the Scott country—the “storied castles, ancient abbeys and the beauty of natural scenery”—which gave background to the Waverley novels.

“Libraries not possessing this author’s ‘Scott country’ or Hunnewell’s ‘Lands of Scott’ may prefer this because of its smaller price, lesser volume and larger value for young people’s use.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 37. F. ’09. ✠

+ − Ath. 1908, 1: 541. My. 2. 600w.

“This is a delightful book to read anywhere. He knows his subject well. He knows the man and the places where Scott wandered or dwelt, and he has a very keen appreciation of the beauties of his literary work.”

+ Spec. 100: 69. Ja. 11, ’08. 120w.

Croly, Herbert.^[12] Promise of American life. *$2. Macmillan.

9–28528.

A reasonable interpretation of the American future, entirely without the work of prophecy, but based upon the salient dynamic conditions of American life. Preliminary to a presentment of the new conditions that must grow out of the old, the author examines the earlier economic and social conditions and the ideas and institutions associated with them; with such a ground work he leads up to a “more consistent and edifying conception of the Promise of American life.”

“It is not necessary to agree in every point with the conclusions reached by Mr. Croly to feel that he has made an important contribution to our knowledge of the underlying principles of American democracy.”

+ Outlook. 93: 788. D. 4, ’09. 190w.

Cronau, Rudolf. Our wasteful nation: the story of American prodigality and the abuse of our national resources. $1. Kennerley.

9–145.

Wakens the reader to an understanding of the enormous waste of which the American people are guilty. From a brief contemplation of this land as one of “inexhaustible resources” the author passes to a discussion of the destruction of forests; the waste of water, soil and mineral resources; the extermination of game, fur and great marine animals; the vanishing of birds; the decreasing fish supplies; and the waste of public lands, privileges, public money, property, and human lives.

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 75. Mr. ’09. ✠

“The book, which is written for the general reader, contains an interesting though miscellaneous lot of facts and extracts gathered from magazine articles, government reports, etc. The more fundamental economic aspects of the problem are not touched upon.”

+ − J. Pol. Econ. 17: 309. My. ’09. 110w.

“Mr. Cronau’s book itself will serve its best use in checking his own predictions.”

+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 85. F. 13, ’09. 1200w.

R. of Rs. 40: 127. Jl. ’09. 70w.

Cross, Wilbur Lucius.^[6] Life and times of Laurence Sterne. *$2.50. Macmillan.

9–14130.

Presents the personal history of this great humorist of the middle eighteenth century with some account of the men and women whom he knew at home and abroad. It tells what sort of man Sterne was, how he lived in his obscurity and after he became famous, what he did and what he said, what books he read, what were his pastimes and pleasures, what was his home life, who were his friends, wherein lay the secret of the man “whose speech and conduct filled the imaginations of all who knew him immediately, whether in New York, London or Paris.”

“The most complete biography.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 9. S. ’09.

“Prof. Cross writes too laboriously. His work is an example of scrupulous but perhaps slightly undiscriminating, scholarship.”

+ − Ath. 1909, 2: 327. S. 18. 530w.

“This biography will disappoint only those who prefer entertainment to knowledge.” W: L. Phelps.

+ − Bookm. 30: 253. N. ’09. 2300w.

“This curious life we have now an excellent opportunity to know, as we have not known it hitherto.”

+ Dial. 47: 22. Jl. 1, ’09. 370w.

“A brave and splendid achievement, an enduring monument to the author’s industry, and worthy tribute to that unique and whimsical genius, to whom we owe one of the very few perfect and indispensable things in English literature, ‘The sentimental journey.’” F: T. Cooper.

+ Forum. 42: 94. Jl. ’09. 2300w.

“Professor Cross has produced the fullest and most complete life of Sterne which has been published. In more than one way it is exhaustive. Is written in an interesting and entertaining manner.”

+ Lit. D. 38: 1070. Je. 19, ’09. 800w.

“When all deductions are made, this Life of Sterne, which is every way as readable as Mr. Fitzgerald’s, decidedly improves upon the latter in fulness, accuracy, coherence, and impersonality.” S. L. Wolff.

+ − Nation. 89: 346. O. 14, ’09. 4600w.

101“Those who, like Sterne himself, have a curious fancy in their reading will be those who will gain the most benefit from Prof. Cross’s book as mere reading matter.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 450. Jl. 24, ’09. 1100w.

“A book more enthralling than the whole year’s fiction.”

+ No. Am. 190: 557. O. ’09. 730w.

“As literary biography this work is very full and complete.”

+ R. of Rs. 40: 756. D. ’09. 80w.

“He shows the humourist in a light which is probably as near the true as anyone will ever get.”

+ Sat. R. 108: 107. Jl. 24, ’09. 1200w.

“The most serious defect in the book as a biography is the persistent glossing over of the more discreditable incidents in Sterne’s life.”

+ − Spec. 103: 310. Ag. 28, ’09. 1200w.

Crothers, Samuel McChord.^[10] Oliver Wendell Holmes: the autocrat and his fellow boarders. *75c. Houghton.

9–26004.

Here Mr. Crothers sets down the varied and unexpectedly interesting things that Dr. Holmes as his own Boswell sees during the excursions that his mind took into the realms of fact and fancy, the excursions that are recorded in his “autocrat” series. Following the essay are eleven of Holmes’ best known poems.

“It takes a gentle humorist like Dr. Crothers to seize upon and set luminously before us the distinctive traits and qualities of that earlier master of gentle humor, the ever-delightful autocrat. A book holding so much good in so small compass as this centennial study of the autocrat is not met with every day.”

+ + Dial. 47: 239. O. 1, ’09. 350w.

“Nature intended Samuel McChord Crothers for the ideal celebrant of Dr. Holmes’s centenary, as any one may learn by reading the little volume.”

+ Nation. 89: 384. O. 21, ’09. 450w.

“An admirable analysis of the autocrat, his attitude, his spirit, and the quality of his insight.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 725. N. 20, ’09. 420w.

“A very clever book, by no means lacking in critical insight, and certain to be entertaining.”

+ Outlook. 93: 361. O. 16, ’09. 100w.

Crowe, Joseph Archer, and Cavalcaselle, Giovanni Battista. History of painting in Italy; Umbria, Florence and Siena from the second to the sixteenth century; ed. by Langton Douglas. 6v. v. 3. ea. *$6. Scribner.

v. 3. This latest instalment of the Crowe and Cavalcaselle history “is devoted to the Sienese masters of the fourteenth century and of the earlier years of the century following—from the time of Duccio, that is, to that of Taddeo di Bartolo, and his immediate followers. The remaining space is given over to the less important early painters of Umbria, the Marches, and Northern Italy in general.”—Ath.

“Neither in scope nor in character do Mr. Douglas’s notes appear to fulfil the legitimate requirements of a present-day edition of what is, when all is said and done, one of the most important works of its kind yet written.”

+ − Ath. 1909, 1: 262; 1: 294. F. 27; Mr. 6. 2300w. (Review of v. 3.)

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 149. Mr. 13, ’09. 270w. (Review of v. 3.)

“In reprinting Crowe and Cavalcaselle—a work of necessity—Mr. Douglas has shown how the thing should be done.”

+ No. Am. 190: 262. Ag. ’09. 330w. (Review of v. 3.)

“The volume as a whole is indispensable to students of painting in general and particularly of painting in Italy. The book sorely lacks chronology.”

+ − Outlook. 92: 71. My. 8, ’09. 420w. (Review of v. 3.)

Reviewed by E. F. Baldwin.

+ Outlook 93: 599. N. 13, ’09. 160w. (Review of v. 1–3.)

Crowe, Joseph Archer, and Cavalcaselle, Giovanni Battista.^[6] New history of painting in Italy from the second to the sixteenth century; ed. by E: Hutton. 3v. ea. *$5. Dutton.

W9–6.

“This new edition is in three moderately priced volumes, amply illustrated in far more satisfactory fashion than was mechanically possible forty-four years ago. The editor is Mr. Edward Hutton, whose notes, enclosed in brackets, voice such newly discovered facts or modern theories as seriously confute or worthily supplement the text, which is kept absolutely intact.”—Dial.

+ Dial. 46: 333. My. 16, ’09. 100w. (Review of v. 1–3.)

“The whole book bears the impress of true scholarship, and when complete will be a very valuable contribution to art literature.”

+ Int. Studio. 37: 336. Je. ’09. 300w. (Review of v. 1.)

“Well maintains the high level of excellence of its predecessor, and, with its numerous notes from the able pen of Mr. Edward Hutton, forms a very up-to-date history of the development of the Siennese and Florentine schools of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.”

+ Int. Studio. 39: 170. D. ’09. 210w. (Review of v. 2.)

“It may be said that while Mr. Douglas has edited like a schoolmaster, Mr. Hutton has edited like an inspired student—one professional and the other an amateur—one anxious to impart knowledge, the other zealous to convey impressions.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 149. Mr. 13, ’09. 220w. (Review of v. 1.)

Reviewed by E. F. Baldwin.

+ Outlook. 93: 599. N. 13, ’09. 160w. (Review of v. 1.)

Cruttwell, C. T.^[8] Anglo-Saxon church and the Norman conquest. 2s. 6d. Methuen, London.

Thru inference rather than by direct statement, says the Spectator, are answered the questions, Did the conquest raise the tone of clerical life? Did it promote good government in the church? Did it increase the Papal power?

+ − Sat. R. 107: 788. Je. 19, ’09. 340w.

“The volume, as a whole, is an excellent piece of work, and will be most useful to the student.”

+ Spec. 102: sup. 1009. Je. 26, ’09. 160w.

Culbreth, David M. R. University of Virginia: memories of her student-life and professors. *$5. Neale.

8–31641.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

“An interesting account of his life as a student at the university, with sympathetic personal sketches of the members of the faculty during the period of his attendance.”

+ Dial. 46: 193. Mr. 16, ’09. 270w.

“The present rambling volume is of singular interest to a large body of persons of Southern nativity—a sort of family memoir—while it should have no small value to a body at least equally large, not of Southern origin, as a witness of the power which touched the formative period of so many often misunderstood countrymen.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 44. Ja. 23, ’09. 770w.

102Cullen, Rev. John. Hundred best hymns in the English language. (Golden anthologies ser.) 50c. Dutton.

A selection of one hundred hymns with an extra thirty-three for an appendix all of which have been chosen for the “devotion, teaching, religion and poetry” found in them as essentials of good hymns.

+ − Ind. 67: 145. Jl. 15, ’09. 130w.

“That a majority of the hymns are wisely selected there can be no doubt; but Dr. Cullen has a decided leaning toward the sweetly sentimental.”

+ − Nation. 88: 165. F. 18, ’09. 200w.

“A useful and companionable little volume, but it is not ideal.”

+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 218. Ap. 10, ’09. 550w.

“Though the editor’s choice is on the whole admirable, he has probably been guided, as most of us would be, rather by an unreasoning preference than by regard for any rule.”

+ − Spec. 101: 837. N. 21, ’08. 2150w.

Cullum, Ridgwell.^[9] The compact: the story of an unrecorded conspiracy in South Africa. *$1.20. Doran.

“The scene of this vigorous story is laid in South Africa in the days following the Majuba incident, and the desperate doings of the free-booters of Bechuanaland form the background to the romantic events of the tale. The two Englishmen who figure prominently in the book—Ferman Elwood, undemonstrative, determined, and loyal, and Guy Chalmer, fascinating, shallow, and unscrupulous—are vividly and carefully drawn: but the central incident of the story—the compact by which each undertakes to destroy his own life on an appointed day if he fails to secure the love of Elwood’s wife—is conventional and unconvincing.”—Ath.

“The real merit of the book lies in its picturesqueness, its spaciousness, its atmosphere. The air of the veldt pervades it.”

+ − Ath. 1909, 1: 460. Ap. 17. 210w.

“The fact that it is something considerably better than a dime novel is due to its careful workmanship, and especially to the clear and accurate brushstrokes of the Transvaal background.” F: T. Cooper.

+ Bookm. 30: 282. N. ’09. 240w.

“A melodramatic tale of conspiracy and free-booting, of plot and counterplot.” W: M. Payne.

− Dial. 47: 182. S. 16, ’09. 280w.

“His plots, though lurid, are sketchy; his conspirators become exclamation points; his details, ejaculations. A more serious fault is the cheaply melodramatic quality of the love-story.”

− Nation. 89: 329. O. 7, ’09. 160w.

“A somewhat unusually stirring story of love and adventure.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 524. S. 4, ’09. 300w.

“In this exceedingly clever book Ridgwell Cullum has created striking and dramatic situations which he has handled splendidly. His is fascinating, wholesome romance that makes the blood tingle, yet keeps the heart pure.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 653. O. 23, ’09. 30w.

“The book is well worth reading because of the pictures of early days in South Africa. The book may be recommended, but not because of its qualities as fiction.”

+ − Spec. 102: 620. Ap. 17, ’09. 200w.

Cundall, Herbert Minton. History of British water-colour painting; with a chronological list of painters with dates of birth and death and brief accounts of their lives, etc. *$6. Dutton.

9–5219.

“Shows in the pictures as well as in the text the different phases through which water color painting has passed from the time of Holbein to the present day in England. The volume opens with a miniature painting which was brought from Europe by the Irish monks and then carried over to England. The chapters following take up the work of Girtin, Turner, Constable, Cotman, Cox, and their contemporaries, the influence of pre-Raphaelitism, and the artists who formed the Royal society of painters in water colors and other such institutions” (N. Y. Times.) It contains fifty illustrations and a biographical list of painters.

A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 160. Je. ’09.

“A capable compilation of many names and dates in a relatively small space, and valuable as a book of reference.”

+ Ath. 1909, 2: 244. Ag. 28. 130w.

“At once comprehensive, authoritative and readable. Sane and balanced judgment, and careful economy of space by judicious selection from a wide field are the best points about Mr. Cundall’s method.”

+ Dial. 45: 407. D. 1, ’08. 200w.

“The illustrations have been carefully selected and constitute an exceedingly attractive feature of the book.” W. G. Bowdoin.

+ Ind. 65: 1459. D. 17, ’08. 120w.

“The book contains a vast amount of carefully collected information that will be of great use to the future historian.”

+ Int. Studio. 37: 169. Ap. ’09. 350w.

“Mr. Cundall has chronicled some previously unbroached small beer anent the societies; for the rest, his book is a compilation that nowhere reveals either unusual taste or intelligence. It is written in very slovenly English, and abounds in minor but significant inaccuracies.”

− Nation. 87: 662. D. 31, ’08. 400w.

+ N. Y. Times. 13: 742. D. 5, ’08. 240w.

“The present volume with its orderly arrangement and fullness of biographical material, is an acceptable work of reference, the value of which is notably increased by the reproductions in colour.”

+ N. Y. Times. 13: 803. D. 26, ’08. 200w.

“It seems strange that any one should attempt to write a history of water-color painting in unpicturesque style. Yet this is what Mr. H. M. Cundall has done.”

+ − Outlook. 91: 335. F. 13, ’09. 160w.

“For sensitive spirits, mars an otherwise able and serviceable book by quoting, at its close, a characteristically Philistine arraignment of free technique from the heavy pen of Sir William B. Richmond.” Christian Brinton.

+ − Putnam’s. 5: 620. F. ’09. 200w.

+ R. of Rs. 39: 125. Ja. ’09. 40w.

“I wish Mr. Cundall had been a little less serenely impartial in the short space he has allotted to artists of great interest and to painters of no interest alike. The same unfortunate impartiality which prevails in the text of the book is reflected in the choice of illustrations. Mr. Cundall’s book fully carries out its author’s intentions; but it still leaves the field open for a book of different aim, a critical rather than merely historical account of the subject.” Laurence Binyon.

+ − Sat. R. 106: 753. D. 19, ’08. 1000w.

Curtin, Jeremiah.^[12] Journey in southern Siberia: the Mongols, their religion and their myths. **$3. Little.

9–29224.

Opening with a brief sketch of the physical features and the history of Siberia, the author proceeds to describe a long journey in southern Siberia, to set forth scenery, institutions, homes and the mode of life of the people he met. He relates the customs of the Buriats; deals with the origin of the Shamans or priests; records myths connected with the Mongol religion; and completes the volume with a collection of folk-tales. Illustrations, notes and an index make the book complete.

“A storehouse of information that makes rather hard reading.”

+ − Ind. 67: 1143. N. 18, ’09. 180w.

103“President Eliot, in a prefatory note says rightly that the work is one that only an extraordinary linguist and scholar could have written, and that the varied kinds of knowledge necessary for such a book have rarely been possessed by a single writer.”

+ Outlook. 93: 830. D. 11, ’09. 200w.

Curtin, Jeremiah. Mongols in Russia. **$3. Little.

8–30035.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

“A scholarly work.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 75. Mr. ’09.

“Perhaps, however great the enthusiasm of Mr. Curtin, he was hardly competent in these days of advanced scholarship to treat of the Mongolians and the old Russian chronicles. Although they treat of a dull period, the pages of Mr. Curtin are not tedious.”

+ − Ath. 1909, 1: 750. Je. 26. 770w.

“While the story of the Mongols is new to most readers, and is here vividly told, the style of the narrative, for want of the author’s final revision is somewhat too terse and abrupt for easy reading, suggestive rather of annals than of a rounded history.”

+ − Nation. 88: 466. My. 6, ’09. 700w.

“We wish that the volume were characterized by greater simplicity of statement. It needs editing. Certain pages glow with vividness, it is true; but the book, as a whole, will hardly appeal to any but the mature student.”

+ − Outlook. 91: 383. F. 20, ’09. 280w.

R. of Rs. 40: 125. Jl. ’09. 110w.

Curtis, A. C. Good sword Belgarde, or, How De Burgh held Dover. †$1.50. Dodd.

8–31683.

A story set in the turbulent times of King John. “The great Hubert de Burgh is worthily commemorated, and the climax of the warfare is the defeat of Eustace the Monk in the Straits of Dover, an engagement full of political consequences. The bulk of the story consists of the military and other adventures of two gallant young squires, to whom, as is the nearly universal practice in these cases, an ancient adviser attaches himself.” (Ath.)

Ath. 1908, 2: 643. N. 21. 140w.

“A new book which will be welcomed by boys.” K. L. M.

+ Bookm. 28: 500. Ja. ’09. 90w.

“A stirring enough historical tale.”

+ N. Y. Times. 13: 791. D. 19, ’08. 220w.

“Many of the minor characters, including the old sea-dogs of the day, are well drawn. The story is told in good nervous modern English.”

+ Sat. R. 106: sup. 6. D. 12, ’08. 170w.

Curtis, William Eleroy.^[6] One Irish summer. **$3.50. Duffield.

9–10946.

“A number of newspaper letters the author wrote while he was in Ireland last summer. He went to the Emerald Isle chiefly for the purpose of seeing what progress had been made in the uplifting of the Irish people from their poverty and wretchedness.” (N. Y. Times.) “Mr. Curtis discourses pleasantly and informingly upon the well-known features of Irish life and scenery, and relates many pleasant little instances of personal experience.” (R. of Rs.)

“It contains a larger amount of information of all kinds than Jones’ ‘Shamrock land’ or Shoemaker’s ‘Wanderings in Ireland’ and will interest a less well informed class of readers than will Paul-Dubois’ ‘Contemporary Ireland.’”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 160. Je. ’09.

“No one who has ever visited the Green Isle will be disappointed in reading this book, and no one who contemplates a visit there can find a better introduction to it.” H. E. Coblentz.

+ Dial. 47: 235. O. 1, ’09. 250w.

“It is crowded with information, and written in the well-known, pleasant style of this experienced traveler, whose ‘stuff’ (to use the vernacular of the newspaper office) is invariably well worth republication in book form.”

+ Ind. 66: 1244. Je. 3, ’09. 50w.

“Mr. Curtis’s collection of newspaper articles constitutes fair journalism but a poor book.”

− + Nation. 89: 330. O. 7, ’09. 350w.

“The story of his travels in Ireland is very agreeably told.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 325. My. 22, ’09. 270w.

“Entertainingly written and capitally illustrated.”

+ R. of Rs. 39: 765. Je. ’09. 80w.

Curwood, James Oliver.^[6] Great lakes, the vessels that plough them: their owners, their sailors, and their cargoes; together with a brief history of our inland seas. **$3.50. Putnam.

9–11734.

A strong, handsomely-made and illustrated work on the Great lakes whose greater portion deals with the commercial uses made of the lakes for purposes of transport, while three chapters are devoted to their origin and history. Altho the picturesque side has not been neglected the principal service, authoritatively rendered, has been that of setting before the readers and students actual facts about the cities, the commerce and the future of the greatest fresh-water seas in the world.

“The inaccurate and perfunctory attempt to review in a few pages the history of two centuries adds nothing to a work which otherwise well accomplishes its purpose.”

+ − Am. Hist. R. 15: 188. O. ’09. 320w.

“As a whole the work is useful for reference though less valuable than Channing’s ‘Story of the Great lakes.’”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 160. Je. ’09.

“It might have been wiser if Mr. Curwood had confined himself to the modern story of the lakes; for here he leaves little to be desired. As an industrial history of the Great lakes, his book stands by itself.” L. J. Burpee.

+ − Dial. 47: 45. Jl. 16, ’09. 300w.

“His manner of telling has an enthusiasm that is contagious.”

+ Ind. 66: 1239. Je. 3, ’09. 220w.

“The beautiful and the practical are combined in this sumptuous volume in which we learn a great deal about the nautical and commercial activities on the vastest fresh-water seas in the world.”

+ Lit. D. 38: 1070. Je. 19, ’09. 250w.

“The more unconcerned reader may be pardoned for tiring a little of the insistence with which the material magnitude of everything connected with the Great lakes is thrust upon him by the author, who seems deliberately to prefer the tone of the professional promoter.”

+ − Nation. 89: 36. Jl. 8, ’09. 350w.

“A volume as entertaining as it is informing.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 372. Je. 12, ’09. 200w.

“Dr. Curwood’s ‘Great lakes’ is written with such sympathy and energy that interest would be compelled if it were not felt spontaneously.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 393. Je. 19, ’09. 370w.

+ R. of Rs. 39: 639. My. ’09. 50w.

Curwood, James Oliver. Wolf hunters: a tale of adventure in the wilderness. †$1.50. Bobbs.

8–20578.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

“From a literary viewpoint it is incomparably superior to most boys’ books, and while personally we question the wisdom of placing stories dealing with the slaughter of men and animals before our youths, it is, we think, the best tale of this kind that has appeared in years.”

+ Arena. 41: 90. Ja. ’09. 160w.

104“The book shows intimate acquaintance with the Canadian wilderness, enjoyment of its wintry wastes, and sympathy with the spirit of adventure.”

+ N. Y. Times. 13: 783. D. 19, ’08. 110w.

Cushing, Mary Gertrude.^[5] Pierre Le Tourneur. (Columbia univ. studies in romance, philology and literature.) *$1.50. Macmillan.

8–30946.

“A monograph of much interest and not a little erudition written around the life and work of the man who first translated into French the complete works of Shakespeare, Edward Young, and Ossian. That, a century and a half after the poet’s death, Le Tourneur gave to his people the works of Shakespeare in their entirety is perhaps sufficient reason why he should not be forgotten.” (N. Y. Times.) “His versions ... were the best fruit of a movement that stirred literary France to a consciousness of her great lack.” (Dial.)

“Is one of the most readable contributions to literary history that have appeared recently.”

+ Dial. 46: 191. Mr. 16, ’09. 300w.

“Within the limits of her subject, Dr. Cushing seems painstakingly to have covered her ground.”

+ Nation. 89: 280. S. 23, ’09. 900w.

“To the author of the essay should be accorded a credit almost parallel to that of Le Tourneur for rescuing his name from desuetude, if not oblivion.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 260. Ap. 24, ’09. 110w.

Cust, Nina (Mrs. Henry Cust).^[6] Gentlemen errant; being the journeys and adventures of four noblemen in Europe during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. *$4. Dutton.

9–22285.

A view of the renaissance, the reformation and the counter-reformation from the standpoint of the rank and file. Four men “wander through Europe in their various capacities, touching many lands, and meeting many of the chief personages of the centuries in which they lived. The fortunes of the road, the manners of camps and cities, the courtesies of social life, the idiosyncrasies of nations, or sudden glimpses into the near life of men whose names are in all the books and yet remain for us little else but names to the end—all these things are to be found here.” (Sat. R.)

“A volume on which she is much to be congratulated.”

+ Ath. 1909, 1: 458. Ap. 17. 1000w.

“There is, perhaps no book in English which gives so vivid an impression of German life in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries as this.” E. Armstrong.

+ Eng. Hist. R. 24: 789. O. ’09. 1000w.

“The book is to be commended to students and teachers of the renaissance and reformation as a valuable aid in making the ordinary histories live in the consciousness of our seemingly more prosaic days.”

+ Nation. 89: 119. Ag. 5, ’09. 380w.

“To these skeletons of the past, as it were, she has added flesh, sinew, and red blood, until the Europe of the renaissance moves across the pages in animated pageant with kingly exploits, pride, pomp, and piety, its beggar ambassadors worshipping, wondering, tilting, dancing, loving, fighting, and wandering—ever wandering.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 388. Je. 19, ’09. 1100w.

“We are loth to part from these gentlemen. Mrs. Cust has given real life to her scenes and characters. Occasionally however, we are tempted to exclaim that ‘the butter’s spread too thick.’”

+ − Sat. R. 107: 598. My. 8, ’09. 2000w.

“She has expounded and annotated her originals with remarkable learning, but the result is not history, but romance. We are inclined to call the book the best historical novel which has appeared for many years.”

+ Spec. 102: 539. Ap. 3, ’09. 2200w.

Cutten, George Barton. Psychological phenomena of Christianity. **$2.50. Scribner.

8–31997.

Seeks its audience among psychological and theological students. “The whole range of the phenomena of Christianity has been included, abnormal and normal, pathological and healthful. As far as possible the supernatural aspect of religion has been avoided, and the discussion of the human side as evidenced in the ‘behavior of the soul’ (as far as this may be known at all) forms the basis of consideration.” (R. of Rs.)

“It will be of high value to all students of religion, whether layman or professional, and especially to all who are interested in religious therapeutics.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 75. Mr. ’09.

“The author means to serve the general reader as well as the psychological and theological student; he has served him almost exclusively; for his generalizations are frequently much wider than the inductions on which they are built; his cases are gathered too much at haphazard; he is too prone to put forward the abnormal for the type, to permit him to be of much service to the serious student.”

− Cath. World. 89: 106. Ap. ’09. 530w.

“In the present volume Dr. Cutten has made a really valuable contribution to the psychology of religion—a contribution that may be welcomed all the more warmly in the present condition of the science because it is a collection of data rather than a presentation of a theory. The value of the book to students would have been much enhanced had Dr. Cutten added a bibliography of the literature of the subject.”

+ − Ind. 66: 1084. My. 20, ’09. 330w.

“It is strictly a summary rather than an original treatise, and it will consequently interest the general reader rather than the psychologist.” Irving King.

+ J. Philos. 6: 389. Jl. 8, ’09. 550w.

“In one particular this book is especially timely at this moment: viz., in bringing before us in convincing form the close relation between hysterical phenomena and religious ecstasies. He displays that unfortunate tendency, which Professor James has done so much to strengthen, to fall back upon mysticism when one finds one’s self balked in the endeavor to attain clarity of conception.”

+ − Nation. 88: 119. F. 4, ’09. 620w.

“The value of Dr. Cutten’s work is beyond dispute. In summarizing the best theories and ideas of the writers who have preceded him, and in advancing noteworthy ideas of his own, he has performed a service to modern religious thought which can scarcely be overestimated. In its own field no more important book has been published in this country for a number of years.”

+ + N. Y. Times. 14: 117. F. 27, ’09. 950w.

“A notable contribution to the modern clergyman’s library. In the main Dr. Cutten has done this work thoroughly and well. His attitude is independent and fearless, and generally scholarly and scientific though occasionally one feels that he allows the preacher to slip into the place of the scientist, that he has turned from an impartial statement of the facts to exhort the faithful and reassure the timid by brief declarations of his personal beliefs.” S: P. Hayes.

+ − Philos. R. 18: 452. Jl. ’09. 1150w.

“The book will serve to popularize many sensible explanations of religious experience, and the general reader will probably not be particular about points which trouble the conscience of the hypersensitive psychologist. The latter will not find in the book anything that is new either in point of view, method or material.” I. K.

+ − Psychol. Bull. 6: 199. Je. 15, ’09. 280w.

R. of Rs. 39: 126. Ja. ’09. 170w

105Cutting, Mrs. Mary Stewart.^[10] Just for two. **$1. Doubleday.

9–25639.

A half dozen stories of the wooing or married state in which Mrs. Cutting portrays an even finer quality of loyalty and constancy than one finds in her former stories. For illustration, there is nothing better than “The wife,” in which a divorced woman refuses to marry again because she knows that, in spite of the fact that the husband has remarried, she herself is the one link he has with goodness, purity and the higher life; and rather than outrage that ideal, she denies herself the companionship and protection, in marriage, of a man who is in every way worthy of her.

“Upon the whole, the unambitious little volume makes pleasant diversion for an empty hour.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 708. N. 13, ’09. 70w.