M (continued 2)

+ − Nation. 88: 333. Ap. 1, ’09. 550w.

“An excellent translation.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 150. Mr. 13, ’09. 230w.

Manchester, Arthur Livingston. Twelve lessons in the fundamentals of voice production. (Music students’ lib.) $1. Ditson.

8–33831.

A students’ handbook of the essentials of good tone-production, teaching the recognition of the conditions, comfort and firmness which accompany the producing of good tones.

“A beginner in the study of voice culture may find valuable help in the handy and sensible little treatise.”

+ Ind. 66: 869. Ap. 22, ’09. 90w.

Nation. 88: 368. Ap. 8, ’09. 180w.

Manly, John Matthews, comp.^[7] English prose (1137–1890). *$1.50. Ginn.

9–12184.

A companion volume to Manly’s “English prose” and, like it, is intended chiefly for use in a general survey of English literature. It is such an anthology of poems important either historically or for their intrinsic merits, as will permit a teacher to make his own selection in accordance with his tastes and the needs of his class. Whole selections rather than excerpts have been chosen in order to show sustained power and control of organic structure.

“A convenient volume for the small library wishing to have a compendium of representative examples and for any library that has many student demands.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 45. O. ’09. ✠

Dial. 46: 375. Je. 1, ’09. 60w.

“In the absence of cheap and reliable single texts, such books make a valuable acquisition for student or even general reader.”

+ Ind. 67: 298. Ag. 5, ’09. 80w.

“All things considered—abundance, variety, interest, range, compactness, and legibility—this is decidedly the most useful thing of its kind in the field.”

+ − Nation. 89: 283. S. 23, ’09. 320w.

Mannix, Mary Ellen.^[5] Cupa revisited. 45c. Benziger.

9–8573.

“Introduces young folk to the Californian Indian as he is to-day; and incidentally gives them a lesson in history by drawing their attention to the contrast between the Indian’s condition to-day and that which he enjoyed while the missions flourished.”—Cath. World.

Cath. World. 89: 260. My. ’09. 40w.

Mansfield, Milburg Francisco (Francis Miltoun, pseud.).^[10] Italian highways and byways from a motor car; with pictures by Blanche McManus. $3. Page.

9–13515.

“In the space of 370 not over closely printed pages, diversified by Blanche McManus’s suggestive illustrations, we are hurried from the Genoa Riviera to Naples by way of Tuscany, round through Romagna to Venice, Lombardy, and back to Piedmont.... The book is full of helpful hints, not only regarding byways to seek out, but when these have been sought and found, other directions of a more practical nature concerning distances and inns, garages, and gasolene.”—Nation.

“The information is of necessity fragmentary and unrelated. It all has a somewhat rushed, sixty-miles-an-hour effect.”

+ − Ind. 67: 822. O. 7, ’09. 350w.

“The illustrations are always interesting, those in colors being particularly striking.”

+ Lit. D. 39: 442. S. 18, ’09. 130w.

“It may well be a literal ‘vade mecum.’”

+ Nation. 89: 24. Jl. 8, ’09. 200w.

296Mantzius, Karl.^[6] History of theatrical art in ancient and modern times; authorized tr. by Louise von Cossel. 5v. v. 5. *$3.50. Lippincott.

5–18107.

v. 5. Great actors of the eighteenth century.

“The fifth volume maintains the reputation of the work, and is rightly styled, inasmuch as the time of which it treats was more an age of acting than of dramatic fecundity, ‘Great actors of the eighteenth century.’ The players covered in this survey include Carolina Neuber, Konrad Ekhof, Schröder, Iffland, and Adrienne Lecouvreur among continental celebrities; and such persons of mark on our own stage as Betterton, Cibber, Anne Oldfield, Quin, Macklin, and Garrick.”—Ath.

“Herr Karl Mantzius knows, as few men do, how to write interesting stage history—knows how to arrange and group his material, and also how to conceal scholarship that is wide and thorough under a style of delightful vivacity. Herr Mantzius is a little unfair to our comedy of the eighteenth century, and indulges, we venture to think, in rather hasty generalizations. Our old comedy writers seem to annoy him by their lack of ‘architetonic mastership.’ Here we seem to strike upon a certain defect of sympathy in an historian who is otherwise admirably catholic in his taste.”

+ − Ath. 1909, 1: 474. Ap. 17. 370w. (Review of v. 5.)

“If the historical acumen of Dr. Mantzius is occasionally dimmed and his sense of proportion dwarfed by Germanic influence, he is nevertheless a painstaking student who has made the history of his craft his life-work. His work is almost monumental; indeed, it should find a place in the dramatic alcove of every library, for in no other single work has so much information concerning the stage been brought within reach of the student and thoroughly indexed.” H. C. Chatfield-Taylor.

+ − Dial. 47: 122. S. 1, ’09. 1200w. (Review of v. 5.)

“As an interesting, chatty conspectus the book will be useful to the casual reader; to the student of the stage it offers little save collocation of accepted opinion on the great names of three national stages. The translation is uneven; usually it is competent, but at moments the pronouns squint badly.”

+ − Nation. 89: 334. O. 7, ’09. 350w. (Review of v. 5.)

“Karl Mantzius is a painstaking historian of the dramatic stage, and his voluminous history is a serviceable work. As a history of English acting in the eighteenth century, Mantzius’s few chapters are woefully deficient.”

+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 269. My. 1, ’09. 1500w. (Review of v. 5.)

Sat. R. 107: 758. Je. 12, ’09. 110w. (Review of v. 5.)

Manucci, Niccolo. Storia do Mogor; or Mogul India, 1653–1708; tr. with introd. and notes by W: Irvine. (Indian texts ser.) ea. *$3.50. Dutton.

8–17330.

“With the support of the Government of India and under the ægis of the Royal Asiatic society the elaborate ‘Storia do Mogor,’ sent to Europe by Niccolao Manucci more than two hundred years ago, now first reaches the public as he wrote it, allowing for the change from Portuguese and French and Italian into English.” (Acad.) “Manucci’s story is an exceedingly valuable contribution to the literature of India, less on account of its historical data, however, than for the light it throws on the social conditions of Hindustan and the early missionary efforts of the Roman Catholic church.”—N. Y. Times.

“It was well worth the research and trouble, for the work is unique in its way, is valuable to students of India, and indispensable to the historian or collector.”

+ Acad. 73: 922. S. 21, ’07. 400w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

“Except for the unquenchable charm of French prose, Manucci’s original memoirs are as superior in interest to Catrou’s adaptation ‘after the model of the Greek and Latin historians’ as the ‘Collects’ are to Knight’s ‘Family prayers.’ When it comes to a question of veracity, there is even less room for argument.”

+ Ath. 1907, 2: 147. Ag. 10. 2850w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

“The merits and attractions of the book far outweigh its faults. As a history, it is full of obvious defects; as a picture of certain aspects of Indian life at the close of the seventeenth century and the beginning of the eighteenth, it is wonderfully vivid and real.”

+ − Ath. 1908, 1: 690. Je. 6. 2250w. (Review of v. 3.)

“Mr. Irvine has spent ten years to good purpose over the work.” G. Le Strange.

+ Eng. Hist. R. 23: 369. Ap. ’08. 800w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

“Mr. Irvine’s footnotes are a mine of information on the subject-matter of the text.” G. Le S.

+ Eng. Hist. R. 24: 406. Ap. ’09. 400w. (Review of v. 3 and 4.)

“The book is full of good stories and keen-sighted observation of character and manners. As a picture of Mogul life in the seventeenth century, not only at court, but in camp and in the bazars, it is unique; and readers of all kinds, as well as historians, will be grateful to Mr. Irvine for recovering this long-lost author and delivering him from the ingenious disguise of Father Catrou. The authenticity of the illustrations seems incontrovertible. Even in black and white they are an interesting addition to an extremely valuable work.”

+ Lond. Times. 6: 254. Ag. 23, ’07. 1750w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

“It is essentially a book for the student rather than the casual reader. The translator’s notes, which exhibit wide knowledge and exhaustive research, add greatly to the value of the work.” Forbes Lindsay.

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 142. Mr. 13, ’09. 360w. (Review of v. 4.)

Mapes, Victor.^[8] Partners three: a novel. †$1.25. Stokes.

9–8997.

A story “neither tragical, comical, historical, criminal, sociological, nor even romantic-comical-sociological” (Nation.) purporting to be told by a convict serving sentence in Sing Sing for counterfeiting. The incidents chosen out of the latter’s past experience are connected with a benevolent man, a waif who had been picked up in Switzerland and the narrator himself. These are the “partners three.”

“The whole affair has a freshness of savor for which the dutiful follower of current fiction must be grateful.”

+ Nation. 89: 101. Jl. 29, ’09. 430w.

“An idyl of kind hearts that are more than coronets.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 258. Ap. 24, ’09. 360w.

March, John Lewis. Theory of mind. **$2. Scribner.

8–25725.

“The theory, in brief, is that all essential traits are in the nature of impulses and instincts; that psychology must be written wholly in the terms of such instincts and impulses, and that we may use such terms as ideal impulses, home-building impulses, and other specialized impulses, to account for every phase of social, personal, or material action.”—Dial.

“For the general student of psychology it will carry but moderate meaning and less conviction.”

− Dial. 46: 54. Ja. 16, ’09. 270w.

297“The book as a whole impresses the reviewer as essentially a piece of closet thinking. The earlier chapters strike her as open to considerable criticism from the philosopher, the psychologist, and the scientist; but the later chapters seem worthy of the attention of the student of social psychology and of ethics.” E. K. Adams.

− + J. Philos. 6: 361. Je. 24, ’09. 1050w.

Nation. 87: 556. D. 3, ’08. 120w.

“Mr. March offers a new solution of the riddle of mind and matter—a solution which is admirable for ingenuity and may well commend itself to the serious student of such problems in right of qualities of logic and common sense.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 214. Ap. 10, ’09. 1000w.

Marden, Orison Swett. Peace, power and plenty. **$1. Crowell.

9–4136.

Another helpful book that preaches the gospel of optimism and love in their potential aspect. Some of the chapter headings are suggestive: Power of the mind to compel the body; Poverty, a mental disability; The law of opulence; Character-building and health-building during sleep; Health through right thinking; Why grow old?; The miracle of self-confidence; Destructive and constructive suggestion; Worry, the disease of the age; Fear, the curse of the race; Good cheer—God’s medicine; and “As ye sow.”

A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 80. Mr. ’09.

“The book as a whole cannot fail to be helpful to the general reader, especially to young men and women and those who are becoming discouraged after long grappling with the grave perplexities of present-day life.” B. O. Flower.

+ Arena. 41: 595. Ag. ’09. 2800w.

“Teaches in sententious, forceful style the wisdom of compelling the thoughts to keep always in lines of sanity, harmony, brotherly love, and aspiration.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 47. Ja. 23, ’09. 160w.

Marden, Philip Sanford.^[12] Travels in Spain. **$3. Houghton.

9–29222.

While mainly the record of a wide-awake traveler’s experiences during a springtime journey from Gibraltar across the Spanish peninsula this book is valuable for the historical and art information running thru its pages. For the prospective tourist in Spain, there is an introductory chapter on “Spanish travel.” The volume is generously illustrated with pictures of the author’s own making.

“To the stay-at-home traveller, no less than to him of more adventurous mood, the book may be commended.”

+ Dial. 47: 514. D. 16, ’09. 180w.

“Art and history and legend, city and country are described in a manner that will make the book of value to whoever follows its author’s itinerary.”

+ Ind. 67: 1146. N. 18, ’09. 130w.

“Vividness, indeed, is not wanting in his description of a most inspiring country.”

+ Lit. D. 39: 1078. D. 11, ’09. 150w.

Margolis, Max Leopold. Holy Scriptures with commentary. Micah. 75c. Jewish pub.

9–3898.

The first volume in a series of commentaries intended primarily for the teacher, the pupil and the general reader who need help to obtain an understanding of the Scriptures, at once reliable and Jewish.

“The translation is good and the comments good enough to make us wish for more.”

+ − Am. J. Theol. 13: 644. O. ’09. 130w.

“Professor Margolis’ name is a guarantee of the high quality of the scholarship at the basis of this volume. But his attitude toward the textual and the historical criticism is unexpectedly timid. The text of Micah needs much correction, but receives little. The unity of the book is here maintained, though surrendered by practically all recent commentators.”

+ − Bib. World. 33: 287. Ap. ’09. 150w.

Mario, Jessie White.^[12] Birth of modern Italy: posthumous papers of Jessie W. Mario; ed., with introd., notes, and epilogue, by the Duke Litta-Visconti-Arese. *$3.50. Scribner.

The memoirs of an Englishwoman who married an Italian patriot. They are full of the spirit of the Italian revolution, and amount, in reality, to a memoir of Mazzini. “Madame Mario follows the career of Italy’s arch-patriot from his birth to his death, and, as is natural in a woman of English birth, dwells especially upon the years of Mazzini’s exile in England.” (N. Y. Times.) The volume gives inside information from the view point of the revolutionary party of the events from 1830 to 1870.

“The latest book on this engrossing theme, by the late Signora Mario, is at once attractive yet unsatisfactory. Signora Mario’s prejudices are manifest in her book.”

+ − Ath. 1909, 2: 356. S. 25. 1450w.

“Her last volume which has been admirably compiled by Duke Litta, is less autobiographical than those of us who knew Signora Mario would like to have it. To make her acquaintance through her books is to feel the very pulse of the cause to which she consecrated herself. Through her veins throbbed the great Emotion which has the lifeblood of the Italian Risorgimento.” W: R. Thayer.

+ Nation. 89: 564. D. 9, ’09. 2700w.

“If the course of the stream of events is lost among the shifting scenery and higgledy-piggledy incidents, the scenes and the incidents themselves are interesting and often vivid. This is especially the case with Madame Mario’s reminiscences.”

+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 692. N. 6, ’09. 650w.

Mariti, Giovanni.^[8] Travels in the island of Cyprus; tr. from the Italian by Claude D. Cobham; with contemporary accounts of the sieges of Nicosia and Famagusta. *$1.25. Putnam.

“This second edition is increased and improved by translations of contemporary accounts of the final sieges of Nicosia and Famagusta, written respectively by Giovanni Pietro Contarini and Count Nestor Martinengo.”—Eng. Hist. R.

“Mariti was an industrious traveller, but not a very scientific or over-well-informed recorder. His geographical description is rather curious than valuable.” D. G. H.

+ − Eng. Hist. R. 24: 620. Jl. ’09. 200w.

“The narrative is minute and careful in its description, and evidences the mind of the trained observer and of a painstaking recorder.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 398. Je. 26, ’09. 270w.

Marius, G. Hermine.^[12] Dutch painting in the nineteenth century; tr. by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos. *$3.75. Lippincott.

9–9583.

“Beginning with a brief review of the prosaic eighteenth century, so barren of art production in Holland, the author gives a most eloquent account of the great revival of painting in the nineteenth century, inaugurated by Israels and Jongkind and carried on by Mesdag, Mauve, the brothers Maris and others less celebrated. Due consideration is also given to the romanticists, of whom Ary Scheffer was the chief, and to the minor interpreters of genre and landscape 298subjects, but it is in the chapters on the great Hague school that the interest of the volume culminates.”—Int. Studio.

“The editing is careless and there is only one index, of artists’ names without dates, which restricts the book’s usefulness in reference work. This is the only book available in English on nineteenth century Dutch art as a whole.”

+ − A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 80. N. ’09. ✠

“That three good books on Dutch painting should appear simultaneously—each, it is to be feared, to the detriment of the other two—is a striking illustration of the keen competition in the literary market. Of these the best is perhaps the one from the pen of Hermine Marius, but it is unfortunately considerably spoiled by the inadequacy of the translation, which throughout retains a foreign ring.”

+ − Int. Studio. 37: 253. My. ’09. 160w.

Int. Studio. 39: sup. 23. N. ’09. 40w.

Markham, Christopher Alexander.^[10] Pewter marks and old pewter ware, domestic and ecclesiastical. *$7.50. Scribner.

W9–70.

“A mass of information which all collectors of old pewter will find of utmost value. While disclaiming any intention of going deeply into the history and other aspects of pewter work, which have been fully dealt with by other writers, he gives in the preliminary sections a brief historical survey of the craft, followed by descriptive accounts of domestic and ecclesiastical pewter, together with some useful notes on the manufacture, composition, cleaning and repairing of pewter.”—Int. Studio.

“Scholarly work.”

+ Ath. 1909, 2: 273. S. 4. 1200w.

“From the collector’s point of view, the value of the book centres in the concluding four sections occupying more than half the volume, for these contain important lists which should be of material service to him in making selections.”

+ Int. Studio. 38: 162. Ag. ’09. 180w.

Markham, Sir Clements Robert.^[8] Life of Admiral Sir Leopold McClintock, K. C. B. *15s. Murray, John, London.

“A worthy and affectionate record of the facts of Sir Leopold’s life” (Sat. R.) which follows him “from his starting to join the ‘Samarang’—with a bag of marbles and a bottle of apple-juice in his bag—till his retirement.” (Spec.) It is as the discoverer of the fate of Franklin and the creator of Arctic sledge-traveling that Sir Clements is chiefly known.

“Sir Clements makes just complaint of the many errors committed during the relief expeditions; but on one point his strictures are unjust. With this reservation, we think this book by far the best ever written on the Franklin search. The story groups itself naturally round the discoverer of the record; the style is lucid and vigorous; and the illustrations and maps are well chosen.”

+ − Ath. 1909, 1: 410. Ap. 3. 1300w.

“He has done the work—and no other living man could have done it—with fine affection and with sailorlike modesty. The tribute to a great Englishman’s memory is worthy.”

+ Sat. R. 107: 564. My. 1, ’09. 500w.

“Admirable narrative.”

+ Spec. 103: 21. Jl. 3, ’09. 300w.

Markham, Sir Clements Robert.^[7] Story of Majorca and Minorca. *7s. 6d. Smith, Elder, London.

A history of the past and present of the two islands, Majorca and Minorca, which will serve as a guide-book for the tourist, and an illuminating text for the student. The author “has set before us with simplicity and enthusiasm the deeds of the brave islanders, and of those whom war and politics have driven to their coasts. He writes always as one who remembers the beauty of the landscape and the manifold associations of church and castle.” (Spec.)

“Sir Clements Markham has delved into the records with results which he sets forth simply and unpretentiously. His volume will be useful to the many visitors to these romantic islands, and particularly to the student of Mediterranean history.”

+ Sat. R. 107: 730. Je. 5, ’09. 120w.

“The tale of these two islands, which have played their part upon the stage of history, was well worth telling, and it has been well told by Sir Clements Markham in an unpretentious little work. We wish the author had read his proofs with greater care, and preserved a better uniformity in the spelling of names.”

+ − Spec. 102: 617. Ap. 17, ’09. 1300w.

Marks, Jeannette Augustus. English pastoral drama from the restoration to the date of the publication of the “Lyrical ballads” (1600–1798). *$1.50. Stechert.

9–2006.

Summarizes the history of the pastoral as a literary form, from the lost idylls of Stesichorus, B. C. 600, Theocritus, Bion and Moschus thru Virgil, Calpurnius and Baptista Mantuanus to Spenser and the acclimatization and naturalization of the pastoral drama in England.

“The one complaint to be urged against her volume is that it too often reads like jottings from a notebook.”

+ − Ath. 1909, 1: 23. Ja. 2. 350w.

“The earlier and more general chapters are feeble and sophomoric. The latter part of the book ... has some value in so far as it gives brief notices of plays that very few even among professed students of the drama have read. The most valuable section of the book is the bibliography in the appendixes.”

+ − Nation. 86: 562. Je. 18, ’08. 80w.

+ N. Y. Times. 13: 410. Jl. 25, ’08. 660w.

“A needful though not highly important work for students of English literature. Scholarly volume.”

+ Outlook. 89: 863. Ag. 15, ’08. 130w.

“The book as a whole is too much like an annotated catalogue to make easy and agreeable reading, whilst it is not sufficiently complete to make a really useful catalogue.”

− Sat. R. 105: sup. 6. My. 2, ’08. 320w.

Marks, Jeannette Augustus. Through Welsh doorways. **$1.10. Houghton.

9–7949.

Eleven excellent stories ranging from the humorous to the pathetic. One tells of an ambitious townsman who after thirty years of failure to win an election secures it finally by presenting the town with its first hearse. Then follows a period of rivalry between the Wynnes and the Joneses over the matter of the first funeral—each having a member at death’s door. One other story looks in upon a dying man who wishes above all else to hear the cuckoo note once more. Being “over early for the cuckoo” the aged wife patiently practices the note among the hills, returns to her garden and softly sings it, granting to Davie his dying wish.

“They have the charm of the new and remote and are well written.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 148. My. ’09.

+ Atlan. 104: 687. N. ’09. 30w.

“Too quiet and sombre perhaps to exert a wide appeal, yet unmistakably the product of a rare and finished art.” F: T. Cooper.

+ Bookm. 29: 403. Je. ’09. 450w.

“This small volume is quite worth while.”

+ Lit. D. 38: 727. Ap. 24, ’09. 300w.

“The author has done her work well. If you like quaint and sympathetic sketches of out of the way folk—if the ‘Bonny brier bush’ 299and its company please you, you should find these Welsh doorways worth looking into.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 246. Ap. 10, ’09. 400w.

“The tone of the book is refined, tender, and eminently full of the grace of truth.”

+ Outlook. 92: 20*. My. 1, ’09. 120w.

Marks, Jeannette Augustus, and Moody, Julia.^[6] Little busybodies: the life of crickets, ants, bees, beetles and other busybodies. (Story-told science.) 75c. Harper.

9–10975.

Here is set down what five children learn on a journey in search of locusts, grasshoppers, crickets, katydids, dragon-flies, May-flies, leaf-hoppers, lace-wings, caddis-worms, butterflies, beetles, bees, wasps and numerous other six-legged creatures. Story interest is combined with the wonders of insect life.

“Entertaining story. The children’s questions and remarks break up the instruction in a manner that may serve to hold the child’s interest, but that becomes annoying to the grown-up and suggests possible confusion.”

+ − A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 191. Je. ’09.

“Either as a treatise on certain insects or as a story book it is an insult to a normal child’s intelligence or imagination.”

− Ind. 66: 1245. Je. 3, ’09. 70w.

“The whole assemblage of incidents and facts is well managed and falls naturally into the author’s purpose. The technical knowledge conveyed is accurately as well as pleasingly given. There is really nothing to criticise seriously, only here and there a questionable slip.”

+ − Nation. 89: 124. Ag. 5, ’09. 370w.

N. Y. Times. 14: 807. D. 18, ’09. 70w.

Marks, Lionel Simeon, and Davis, Harvey Nathaniel.^[10] Tables and diagrams of the thermal properties of saturated and superheated steam. *$1. Longmans.

9–17588.

Includes six tables as follows: “the first gives the properties of saturated steam for even Fahrenheit degrees, the second gives the same properties for even pounds, and the third gives the properties of superheated steam.... Tables 4, 5 and 6 will be found convenient in the solution of certain problems and several pages are devoted to an explanation of their use. The last 20 pages of the book are devoted to a discussion of the sources from which the matter for the tables was taken.”—Engin. Rec.

Engin. D. 6: 155. Ag. ’09. 350w.

“The book is commendable in every respect, and it will prove an invaluable companion to those who have to make accurate computations in which the properties of steam are involved.” W: Kent.

+ Engin. N. 62: sup. 11. Ag. 12, ’09. 800w.

“A remarkably well arranged and complete utilization of the results of the latest investigations on the properties of steam.”

+ Engin. Rec. 60: 250. Ag. 28, ’09. 270w.

Marquand, Allan.^[7] Greek architecture. (Handbooks of archaeology and antiquities.) *$2.25. Macmillan.

9–8999.

A handbook with full bibliography, 400 illustrations, list of abbreviations and index. The subjects treated are as follows: Materials and technique; Forms; Proportions; Decoration; Composition and style; Monuments.

“A scholarly treatment by an authority and a valuable addition to the literature of archaeology.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 174. Je. ’09.

“The book will, however, be very useful to students, who will not easily find elsewhere so much information about Greek architecture in so small a compass.”

+ − Ath. 1909, 2: 245. Ag. 28. 370w.

“One who already knows the styles and the general history of Greek architecture will find the work valuable, interesting, instructive, and suggestive. It would seem to be primarily intended for such a student, and not for a beginner.” W: C. Poland.

+ − Class. J. 5: 94. D. ’09. 750w.

“The illustrations are unusually good.”

+ Educ. R. 38: 314. O. ’09. 20w.

“The long needed book on Greek architecture is now before us. First principles, which some might slightingly regard, are now thoroly dealt with.”

+ Ind. 66: 1247. Je. 3, ’09. 500w.

“The power of condensation and lucid arrangement could not be shown in a more striking degree than this work presents. Professor Marquand has done his work so clearly, so well, and so completely that the student receives from his book quite enough to serve as a clue of Ariadne in finding his way through the labyrinth.”

+ Lit. D. 38: 1074. Je. 19, ’09. 400w.

“Altogether the book, composed of clear, concise, straightforward statements even on such points as still remain open to dispute, contains much valuable information and is singularly free from theoretical opinion.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 427. Jl. 10, ’09. 430w.

“Professor Marquand’s book is a disappointment. It is unpedantic, detailed, long and very dull. It takes up practically the same matters twice or thrice and says nothing that the reader can remember afterwards.”

− No. Am. 190: 259. Ag. ’09. 200w.

“Heavy to the hand and heavy in style. It is not a book of general discussion, but of reference, valuable to the archæologist, the architect, and the student of history.” E. F. Baldwin.

+ − Outlook. 93: 597. N. 13, ’09. 150w.

“One looks in vain for anything but the severest succession of well-authenticated facts set down like carefully arranged paving stones of equal size and equal importance. The effect is depressing.”

+ − Sat. R. 108: 264. Ag. 28, ’09. 270w.

“Professor Marquand has marshalled his facts, diagrams, and photographs admirably, and the mass of information is put clearly and accessibly before the reader.”

+ Spec. 103: sup. 924. D. 4, ’09. 110w.

Marriott, Charles. Kiss of Helen. †$1.50. Lane.

“The story told in this novel is a love story in which none of the elements of lovemaking commonly so-called enter. It is the essence, the inward flame we are given, the first, fresh, utterly new meeting of man with absolute woman. Woman only possible now, after ages of fragmentary sketches. It is a story, moreover, in which the personal equation of each reader will affect his interpretation. Joan will mean to him, in the last analysis, what woman means to him when he forgets women.”—N. Y. Times.

“Though the novel has no ethical label, it leaves an impression of a good word said on behalf of the innocence which disregards conventional morality.”

+ Ath. 1908, 1: 505. Ap. 25. 180w.

“Inordinately clever novel. A shining feature of the book is the exceeding freshness and lustre of the conversations. In them, as in narration and in comment, banality has no tiniest part.”

+ Nation. 88: 337. Ap. 1, ’09. 550w.

“In breadth of outlook, in a deeper comprehension of modern life and the elements which are now in process of evolution, it is an immense advance upon ‘The column.’ It is a book singularly worth while.” Hildegarde Hawthorne.

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 29. Ja. 16, ’09. 850w.

“The ordinary reader will feel merely provoked by the whimsical perversion of sentiments, which have on the whole a moral foundation, 300here set forth. It is a pity that Mr. Marriott should not have a more worthy gospel to preach.”

− Spec. 100: 754. My. 9, ’08. 180w.

Marriott, Charles. Spanish holiday. *$2.50. Lane.

W9–179.

“The account of an unconventional sort of trip taken by the author and his friend ‘James’ thru out-of-the-way corners and through cities and towns in Spain. James has an energetic disposition, and a most efficient faculty for making things happen, as well as a picturesque resourcefulness in getting both into and out of unusual and interesting situations, while the author has a sense of humor, a gift for quaint, amusing or pleasing statement and the knack of effective narration.”—N. Y. Times.

“Written with no serious intent and suited to the reader who desires impressions rather than information.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 45. O. ’09. ✠

+ − Ath. 1909, 1: 405. Ap. 3. 130w.

“The author has a pleasant discursive style, and his comments upon the things he saw, the places he visited and the people he met are often amusing and almost invariably interesting.”

+ Int. Studio. 38: 163. Ag. ’09. 150w.

“While Mr. Marriott’s volume is not one of great permanent value, it is both intelligent and interesting, and will well repay reading.”

+ Nation. 87: 574. D. 10, ’08. 340w.

“James made their journey a very joyous one and the author makes it possible for the reader to get almost as much fun out of it as they did.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 8. Ja. 2, ’09. 200w.

“Mr. Charles Marriott is the usual man in a hurry who takes his holiday in Spain or anywhere else and produces a book illustrated with well-known photographs of the postcard type and some sketches in monochrome of more or less merit.”

− Sat. R. 106: 764. D. 19, ’08. 140w.

Marriott, Charles.^[11] When a woman woos. †$1.50. Lane.

“The book is, on the whole, a study of the relations of men and women in the particular institution of marriage. It is an attempt to define what a real marriage is, and it shows very decidedly what it is not.” (N. Y. Times.) “The interesting part of his new book, however, is not the question whether the heroine does or does not marry the hero, but the study of the heroine’s mother, Mrs. Tregarthan. With almost morbid fidelity Mr. Marriott pictures for his readers the terrible consequences to a middle-class household of even a slight tendency to drink on the part of the mother of the family.” (Spec.)

“There is an amorphousness about ‘When a woman woos’ which might have been averted with a little care. Also, we note a provinciality of tone to which we have referred before. On the other hand. Mr. Marriott has always sympathy and atmosphere and sincerity.”

+ − Ath. 1909, 1: 525. My. 1. 140w.

“The book is worth reading more than once.” Hildegarde Hawthorne.

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 687. N. 6, ’09. 950w.

“In its fidelity, its insight into the intricate workings of a woman’s mind the book is an amazing achievement. The novel is a fine instance of true realism as opposed to the stuff, alternately foul and glaring, which often passes under the name. ‘When a woman woos’ is in many ways the best thing Mr. Marriott has done.”

+ Sat. R. 107: 633. My. 15, ’09. 350w.

“The whole description of the life which may go on in out-of-the-way places under the calm surfaces of middle class existence is horrifying in its realism.”

+ − Spec. 102: 823. My. 22, ’09. 190w.

Marsh, Richard.^[7] Interrupted kiss. $1.50. Cassell.

A thrilling mystery tale in which “a wealthy usurer is murdered by a burglar, and a number of perfectly innocent persons, including even the heroine, are each made to believe that they struck the fatal blow. The circumstances that create this confusion are neatly devised, and the narrative moves swiftly along to the closing scene, where, in accordance with tradition, all the figures in the story appear unexpectedly in a body.” (Ath.)

“A story of this description is to be enjoyed all the more because the author makes it clear that he is not wholly unconscious of its absurdity. Mr. Marsh, unlike many writers of melodramatic fiction, has a sense of humour.”

+ Ath. 1909, 1: 220. F. 20. 150w.

N. Y. Times. 14: 377. Je. 12, ’09. 150w.

Marshall, Edward.^[12] Writing on the wall. †$1.50. Dillingham.

A novel founded on Olga Nethersole’s play written by William J. Hurlburt. It portrays relentlessly the terrible state of things existing in a tenement house district of New York. A tenement-house landlord and a young man devoting his life to tenement-house reform are rivals for the hand of a New York society girl. The former wins her and then follows a revelation of her husband’s irresponsibility and greed coupled with infidelity to her. The tangled threads are finally untwisted thru a tragic fire in one of the tenements in which the little son is killed.

Marshall, H. E. Story of Napoleon. (Childrens’ heroes ser.) 50c. Dutton. W8–156.

A story of Napoleon told for children.

“A particularly interesting account of Napoleon the soldier.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 31. Ja. ’09. ✠

“The story is well and fairly told, but we must own that to a child asking whether Napoleon was a ‘true hero’ we should have made a more decisive answer than Mrs. Marshall gives.”

+ − Spec. 100: 909. Je. 6, ’08. 80w.

Marshall, Henry Rutgers.^[11] Consciousness. *$4. Macmillan.

A serious and scholarly discussion in a systematic form of the psychological doctrines which have formed the basis of the author’s previous writings. Book 1, Of consciousness in general, treats of the general nature of human consciousness and of other than human forms of consciousness; Book 2, The general nature of human presentations, is an analytic study of the general qualities common to all presentations; Book 3, The self, presents the nature of self as part of consciousness.

Marston, Anson. Sewers and drains. $1. Am. school of correspondence.

9–2272.

“Undertakes the difficult task of covering in 150 pages the design of sewerage systems and sewage disposal works, the principles of land drainage and house sanitation, and sewer construction and maintenance. Manifestly, it has been impossible to treat of any of the subjects in more than an elementary way. Only 15 pages are devoted to sewage disposal, and even a smaller number to house sewerage. The most generally useful parts of the book are those on computing the flow in sewers, on the cost of sewers and on specifications.”—Engin. Rec.

“The subject seems to be systematically covered. The most of the line drawings are well adapted to the text. Many of the half-tone plates, however, are quite as appropriate to any other monograph in the series as to this one.”

+ − Engin. N. 60: sup. 692. D. 17, ’08. 100w.

301“Viewed as a guide for self-instruction and home study, the book should prove useful to many readers.”

+ Engin. Rec. 59: 83. Ja. 16, ’09. 170w.

Martial (Marcus Valerius Martialis). Selected epigrams of Martial; ed., with introd. and notes, by Edwin Post. (College ser. of Latin authors.) *$1.50. Ginn.

8–32373.

“The text is made to conform largely to Lindsay’s Oxford text, though the selection is not identical with, and much shorter than, that of the ‘Epigrammata selecta.’ Mr. Post therefore covers less ground than Messrs. Bridge and Lake, but his annotations are more thoroughgoing.... There is also an excellent introduction, in which the views of the best modern authorities, chiefly German, find a reasoned place. It traces the development of the epigram, and its culmination in the literary form which Martial made his own.”—Ath.

“The careful and scholarly notes are the characteristic feature of the book before us. The only fault we have to find with the Introduction is excessive and needless quotation. The selection of the text seems, on the whole, judicious.”

+ − Ath. 1909, 1: 71. Ja. 16. 480w.

“We are very glad to see at last a good edition of selected epigrams from Martial. A cursory examination convinces us that this is an admirable book with judicious and illuminating notes.” H. T. Peck.

+ Bookm. 28: 592. F. ’09. 100w.

“The book’s chief and familiar defect is that it is written for both undergraduate and instructor. It is clearly a book upon which much time has been spent; and it is undoubtedly the best college edition of the poet available.” Paul Nixon.

+ − Class. J. 5: 47. N. ’09. 380w.

“There is perhaps no better material for studying the private life of the Romans than this book.”

+ Educ. R. 37: 99. Ja. ’09. 40w.

Martineau, John.^[5] Life of Henry Pelham, fifth duke of Newcastle. 12s. Murray, John, London.

“Mr. Martineau tells his readers that this book was originally intended to deal only with the Duke of Newcastle’s administration of the war office during the Crimean war, and its interest is chiefly confined to the part of it which relates to that subject.” (Eng. Hist. R.) “With the aid of his diary, Mr. Martineau has constructed a portrait of ducal isolation, political impracticability, and grim Evangelicalism which is most instructive as showing what an unamiable thing aristocracy could be, when it tried, in the day before the Act of reform.” (Ath.)

“This is a sterling biography, but unfortunately no merits of treatment can invest its subject with any particular interest.”

+ Ath. 1908, 2: 712. D. 5. 950w.

“He has not been fortunate in his efforts to obtain biographical information, nor has he perhaps always used such as was available to the best advantage.” W: Hunt.

− + Eng. Hist. R. 24: 387. Ap. ’09. 1350w.

“It seems to us to be an impartial and accurate account of the part played by the Duke of Newcastle as secretary for war and by Lord Aberdeen’s government, told in a good literary style, clear, correct, animated, and with a saving sense of humour.”

+ Sat. R. 106: 760. D. 19, ’08. 1050w.

“It contains many hitherto unpublished letters from Lord Raglan of the first interest. As for the criticism of the book, Mr. Martineau almost out-Kinglakes Kinglake in his defence of Lord Raglan.”

+ − Spec. 101: 676. O. 31, ’08. 70w.

Mason, Arthur James.^[7] Memoir of George Howard Wilkinson, bishop of St. Andrews, Dunkeld, and Dunblane, and primus of the Scottish church; formerly bishop of Truro. 2v. *$8. Longmans.

A careful biography of George Howard Wilkinson, organizer and preacher, prophet and saint, a man with no special claims to eloquence who was essentially simple and spiritual.

“The biographer, Dr. Mason, deserves to be praised for his admirable work. The narrative is always clear and never dull, and he allows the man of the book to reveal himself. He should have known, however, that the Episcopal church is not the church of Scotland, and that there is no Primus of Scotland, as he should have known that Gawain Douglas was not the first Scottish poet.”

+ − Ath. 1909, 1: 580. My. 15. 1300w.

“We are grateful for this memoir, which reminds us that there has been a prophet amongst us.”

+ Sat. R. 107: 755. Je. 12, ’09. 1300w.

“The world is certainly richer for having this carefully studied picture of his life. The book, with its eight hundred and fifty pages, may seem somewhat long, but not to the public for which it is meant.”

+ Spec. 103: 134. Jl. 24, ’09. 350w.

Mason, Mrs. Caroline Atwater.^[10] Mystery of Miss Motte. $1.25. Page.

9–11537.

A story of love and mystery in which figure prominently a rector, his curate and the young woman with an Oriental touch for whose hand the two men are rivals. “That both men are in love with the mysterious Miss Motte gives human zest to their spiritual contests, and affords a chance for one of them to turn defeat into moral victory.” (Nation.)

“Slight, but unusual and interesting.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 27. S. ’09. ✠

“The plan and scope of this little story are rather out of the usual.”

+ Nation. 88: 607. Je. 17, ’09. 230w.

Mason, Mrs. Caroline Atwater.^[5] Spell of Italy. $2.50. Page.

9–9552.

“A collection of articles written by the author as she moved about the Peninsular from city to city. Its chapters are not related one to another, and are quite dissimilar in respect to form and style, although they have as their common purpose the purveyance of instruction about the history, art, literature, scenery, and other characteristics of Italy and the Italian people. The book includes chapters on Naples, Rome, Florence, Perugia, Verona, Siena, and the Apennines.”—N. Y. Times.

“Enthusiastic and sprightly account.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 45. O. ’09. ✠

“It did, indeed, irritate us, as we read, to find our intelligent countrywoman thus ready to touch upon these various difficult and delicate matters, and to publish in print sentiments and opinions so little tested and sifted. Mrs. Mason may have written in haste and may not have seen proof; but the patrons of her publishers surely pay for careful writing and proof-reading, and editing too.”

− + Cath. World. 89: 402. Je. ’09. 630w.

“A beginner who happens upon this volume will at least not waste the hours bestowed upon it.”

+ Ind. 66: 1241. Je. 3, ’09. 100w.

“A volume of delightfully fresh and original impressions. Mrs. Mason’s style is always breezy and entertaining and there is not a dull page in the volume.”

+ Lit. D. 38: 852. My. 15, ’09. 300w.

“The book is a well-written series of personal impressions with an unusually attractive ‘format.’”

+ Lit. D. 39: 1078. D. 11, ’09. 110w.

302“Her book may be recommended to readers who desire something less impersonal than Baedeker, and less prolix than most of the histories.”

+ Nation. 88: 603. Je. 17, ’09. 120w.

“All chapters contain matter of interest to those who care to increase their knowledge of those things which make Italy charming.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 264. Ap. 24, ’09. 100w.

+ Outlook. 93: 318. O. 9, ’09. 270w.

Mason, Daniel Gregory.^[12] Child’s guide to music. (Child’s guide ser.) **$1.25. Baker.

9–27751.

A book that “first tells what the elements of music are and the principles which govern the use of those elements in musical structure; then it takes up in turn the piano, the orchestra, the opera, and characteristic features of music heard at a pianoforte recital, an orchestral concert, and an operatic performance.”—Outlook.

“The book is strongly recommended.” M. J. Moses.

+ Ind. 67: 1369. D. 16, ’09. 30w.

“The music-teacher will find Dr. Mason’s ‘Guide’ invaluable; its instruction is done, not by any educational didacticism, but by an entertaining discussion, in which the style is conversational and the spirit unspoiled by any condescension or superiority.”

+ Lit. D. 39: 1020. D. 4, ’09. 130w.

+ Nation. 89: 598. D. 16, ’09. 50w.

“The book, which covers its ground skillfully, thoroughly, and, best of all, interestingly, could be properly understood by older children only; but in the hands of a discerning teacher, it could be made fascinating for the youngest of little piano players.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 807. D. 18, ’09. 80w.

“Its title seems to limit its usefulness. It is called ‘A child’s guide to music,’ but it is in fact a guide that any listener would find illuminating and that even professional critics of musical performances might read profitably. No writer on musical subjects is sounder in his judgments, clearer in his thinking, or more successful in the expression of his ideas than Mr. Mason.”

+ Outlook. 93: 876. D. 18, ’09. 340w.

Mason, Daniel Gregory.^[8] Orchestral instruments and what they do: a primer for concert-goers. **$1.25. Baker.

9–14964.

“A popular condensation of the contents of various scientific treatises on orchestration, of which those by Berlioz and Gavaert are the most important. The descriptions of the various instruments of the orchestra are reinforced by photographs of them as played, as well as by brief illustrations from well-known scores showing how the various composers have employed the several voices of the orchestra; and the attentive reader may gain a fair idea of the particular problem which the composer of orchestral music has before him.” (Dial.)

“A simple, accurate text, written for the untrained concert goer.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 18. S. ’09.

“The author has been fairly successful in accomplishing what he set out to do.”

+ Dial. 47: 51. Jl. 16, ’09. 230w.

“He calls it ‘a primer for concert-goers,’ and has written it in such a simple and clear style that the veriest tyro can understand and profit by it. On the other hand, there are many hints which will help even veterans by calling their attention to subtleties in orchestral coloring that may have escaped their attention.”

+ Nation. 89: 335. O. 7, ’09. 450w.

“It will serve a useful purpose, for many who go to such concerts constantly are surprisingly ignorant of the different instruments. The pictures, we are fain to believe, are the most valuable feature of the book, and it is one that has not been utilized in such an excellent manner in any other book of the kind.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 406. Je. 26, ’09. 500w.

“Forms a capital supplement to ‘Guide to music.’”

+ Outlook. 93: 877. D. 18, ’09. 120w.

Mason, Roy.^[10] When I am rich: a novel. †$1.50. Dillingham.

9–18059.

The story of an intrepid young college man who, quite down on his luck, enters upon a series of marvellous adventures when once he has tasted success thru substituting wit for ready cash. He begins by ordering four or five hundred dollars worth of clothes and leasing an eighteen thousand a year apartment—this not only on nothing a year but nothing a month. To follow his game of bluff and his success is the purpose of the story.

“A good wholesome sketch of American independence.”

+ R. of Rs. 40: 635. N. ’09. 50w.

Mason, Ruth Little. Trailers: a novel. *$1.20. Revell.

9–5525.

A bright story of a New York girl whose inclination to emancipate herself from the traditional social thraldom meets with an ambitious mother’s determined rebuff. While she is dutifully trying to cultivate a submissive attitude of mind for a début she goes abroad and meets John Reeve engaged in philanthropic work among the Waldensian Italians. Their romance and her father’s loss of millions combine to bring the mother around to a normal point of view.

“The author writes in a fresh, bright style, with a frequent touch of humor. Her narrative and descriptive faculty is good, and some of her characters show promise of creative power. But the fabric of her story is ill-made and clumsily put together.”

+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 163. Mr. 20, ’09. 170w.

Maspero, Gaston C. C. New light on ancient Egypt; tr. from the French by Elizabeth Lee. *$4. Appleton.

1st ed. W9–39. 2nd ed. 9–8735.

A translation of the author’s “Causeries d’Égypte.” It is a collection of a number of Professor Maspero’s “articles that have appeared over his signature at various times, dealing with all the most important Egyptological discoveries, whether made by English or American spades in temples and tombs, or by German pairs of spectacles in papyri and inscriptions, during the last fifteen years.” (Nature.)

“Limited in interest to students of Egyptology, for whom it is a good supplementary volume.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 142. My. ’09.

“As for the translation, the best that can be said for it is that it very seldom entirely misrepresents the meaning of the author, though it is far from giving any idea of his clear and brilliant style. It is worth while to translate M. Maspero’s lighter articles for the benefit of those readers who cannot appreciate them in the original, but we think that the work should have been handed to an expert.”

+ − Ath. 1909, 1: 98. Ja. 23. 450w.

“Criticism may be offered, in spite of the note which the author has prepared on the subject on the method of transliterating native names. Deserves a place on the shelves of those who are interested in things Egyptian, and who desire to extend the field and content of their knowledge.”

+ − Nation. 88: 333. Ap. 1, ’09. 420w.

“The book is translated, on the whole, extremely well. But blemishes can be taken out in a second edition of the book, which, it is to be hoped, will appear in a few years’ time with 303additions, and with one or two articles, which are somewhat out of date, such as that on ‘Archaic Egypt,’ omitted.” H. R. Hall.

+ − Nature. 79: 222. D. 24, ’08. 750w.

“This book bids fair to hold an honored place among the books useful to the general reader. It seems ungracious to find the fly in such a pot of ointment, but it is there in the shape of the French spelling of the names of Pharaohs, persons and places which occur in the hieroglyphic texts.”

+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 286. My. 8, ’09. 1000w.

“We warmly commend this book to our readers.”

+ Spec. 102: 268. F. 13, ’09. 430w.

Masten, Vincent Myron.^[11] Crime problem; what to do about it, how to do it. $1.50. Star-gazette co., Elmira, N. Y.

9–13924.

The author “seeks to analyze present methods of treating crime, and suggests a system extending from so-called primary industrial schools, to which children under fourteen shall be committed, to convict prisons which, with classifications, shall contain life prisoners and habitual criminals. Intermediate stages in the treatment of criminals are outlined through secondary industrial schools and reformatories.”—Survey.

“It is significant as a reflection of personal experiences in daily contact with criminals.” C. R. Henderson.

+ Am. J. Soc. 15: 420. N. ’09. 40w.

“The first two chapters dealing in a general way with crime are rambling and incoherent. The subject matter of the volume is good and deserves attention.”

+ − Ann. Am. Acad. 34: 607. N. ’09. 140w.

“Poor English, lack of index, bad typography—one wonders whether his proofs were read at all—cannot hide the fact that Col. Masten is a sincere and sound, if not very original, reformer. And his faults are perhaps the faults of his virtues. He is a worker, not a writer.”

+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 440. Jl. 17, ’09. 700w.

“It may be questioned whether Colonel Masten’s book throws much new light upon prison management or prison problems. One misses in it what might be specially expected in a treatment of penology written by an Elmira official, namely, the careful study of reformatory statistics, and an intensive and individual study of the prisoners.” O. F. Lewis.

− Survey. 23: 142. O. 30, ’09. 450w.

Masterman, Charles F. G.^[7] Condition of England. 6s. Methuen, London.

9–21856.

“Mr. Masterman gives us a rough account of England as he sees it, making each class parade past him in turn while he jots down its characteristics.... It is an almost horribly detached record of large failures and only petty successes.”—Spec.

“Mr. Masterman’s new book can hardly fail to interest any intelligent person into whose hands it may fall.”

+ − Ath. 1909, 2: 62. Jl. 17. 1000w.

“We wish he had retained enough spirit for polemic; some strong belief which served him as a clue through the bewildering maze of the English life he describes. As it is, the book is depressing, saddening, and we are perplexed by an accumulation of disheartening facts and opinions which lead us to nothing but sheer pessimism.”

− Sat. R. 107: 786. Je. 19, ’09. 1250w.

“It is a brilliant picture, constructed with quick and facile phrases, but we have seldom read anything more depressing. It was a mistake for Mr. Masterman to impose on himself a superficial impartiality. We are not as a rule in favour of ‘blinkers’ for man or beast, but in Mr. Masterman’s case we are sorely tempted to recommend that he be provided with a pair. Then perhaps he will not think everything he passes on the road of life a bogy, and conclude it to be his duty to ‘shy’ at it, and then ‘jib,’ as a protest.”

− + Spec. 102: 896. Je. 5, ’09. 2000w.

Masterman, Ernest W. G.^[12] Studies in Galilee; with a preface by G: Adam Smith. *$1. Univ. of Chicago press.

9–27601.

An account, from first-hand information, of Galilee as a whole, its structure, frontiers, divisions, natural products, the resulting characters of its people’s life, and its place in history.

“A thoroughly original first-hand study of the historic district of Galilee.”

+ Bib. World. 34: 430. D. ’09. 40w.

“Must take its place among the permanently valuable books of Palestinian research. It is a book primarily for scholars, though others will find in it many pages of interest.” C: R. Gillett.

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 767. D. 4, ’09. 160w.

Mathews, Byron Collins. Our irrational distribution of wealth. **$1.25. Putnam.

8–29608.

“Another excursion of a professional economist into the precincts of sociology. The thesis of the book is, that while there has been an enormous change in the methods and quantity of production, distribution has not changed, but is still on the old basis of manager taking the lion’s share. The panacea for the ills of distribution is found in public ownership, and this thesis is argued interestingly in ten chapters: Introduction; The sources of wealth; Capital’s illegitimate function the key to distribution; Basis of distribution wrong; Land-rent, a gratuity; Interest makes no discrimination; The wage system; the step from legal into economic slavery; Profits, a gratuity; The second distribution; Public ownership the source of permanent improvement.”—Am. J. Soc.

“A very interesting contribution of a professional economist to the sociological doctrine of the conflict of classes. The one-sided overemphasis on the economic struggle is significant, because it once more furnishes silent, but potent evidence for the raison d’être of modern sociology as an academic discipline, and a factor in the intellectual life of society.” H. P. J. Selinger.

+ Am. J. Soc. 14: 540. Ja. ’09. 760w.

Ann. Am. Acad. 33: 461. Mr. ’09. 90w.

“The weakest chapter is that entitled ‘Legalized economic slavery.’”

− Educ. R. 37: 208. F. ’09. 50w.

“This is not a carefully thought out treatise, but a piece of special pleading. At the same time it is well worth careful consideration.”

− + Outlook. 90: 798. D. 5, ’08. 200w.

Spec. 103: 60. Jl. 10, ’09. 60w.

Mathews, John Lathrop.^[7] Remaking the Mississippi. **$1.75. Houghton.

9–14201.

Presents a correct account of the several engineering methods by which each great division of the Mississippi has been so far developed—the various methods of canalization and regularization—with a correct summary of the cost to date; to which has been added an outline of the newer science, its methods, what it hopes to accomplish, what it will cost, and the far reaching advantages resulting from its operation.

“A sound and timely study.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 174. Je. ’09.

“He writes as a journalist rather than as an engineer, and the result is an exceedingly readable treatise on a subject about which the majority of our people know altogether too little.”

+ Dial. 47: 49. Jl. 16, ’09. 450w.

304“It meets a growing demand for fuller information concerning our national resources, aroused by the recent discussion of the needs and methods of conservation; while, at the same time it tends to increase the popular enthusiasm for achievement along that line.” C. W. Doten.

+ Econ. Bull. 2: 225. S. ’09. 550w.

“To gain a clear knowledge of the Mississippi river and its navigation system one could hardly ask for a more succinct production than this volume. On one crucial point, however, the author falls into a technical error, and his deductions are, therefore, misleading on the one great question now being agitated, that of giving the Mississippi a deep channel for navigation.” Major C. E. Gillette.

+ − Engin. N. 62: sup. 21. S. 16, ’09. 2100w.

+ Ind. 67: 883. O. 14, ’09. 120w.

“The book will open something like a new field of romance to the general reader and will prove interesting and inspiring to the professional engineer.”

+ Lit. D. 39: 541. O. 2, ’09. 210w.

Nation. 89: 74. Jl. 22, ’09. 350w.

N. Y. Times. 14: 338. My. 29, ’09. 650w.

“Not only a readable but also a distinctly valuable work.”

+ Pol. Sci. Q. 24: 560. S. ’09. 200w.

+ R. of Rs. 40: 384. S. ’09. 80w.

Mathews, John Mabry.^[11] Legislative and judicial history of the fifteenth amendment. (Johns Hopkins university studies in historical and political science. Ser. 27, nos. 6–7.) $1. Johns Hopkins.

9–16005.

Gives an account of the “introduction and the working of the article of the American constitution which forbids the denial or abridgment, by the United States or any state, of the right of citizens to vote on account of race, colour, or previous condition of servitude; and gives the congress power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.”—Eng. Hist R.

“The study is careful and its spirit is judicial.”

+ Ann. Am. Acad. 34: 607. N. ’09. 140w.

“An elaborate and exhaustive account.” H. E. E.

+ Eng. Hist. R. 24: 836. O. ’09. 70w.

N. Y. Times. 14: 450. Jl. 24, ’09. 160w.

Mathews, Lois Kimball.^[12] Expansion of New England: the spread of New England settlement and institutions to the Mississippi river, 1620–1865. **$2.50. Houghton.

9–29148.

“An attempt,” the author says, “to entangle, from the complex skein of our national history, the one strand of the New England element.” The chapters following an introduction are: The beginnings of an American frontier; The influence of Indian warfare upon the frontier, 1660–1713; Forty years of strife with the wilderness, 1713–1754; The frontier in war and in peace, 1754–1781; The beginning of the great migrations from New England toward the west, 1781–1812; The planting of a second New England, 1787–1865; The joining of two frontiers: Indiana and Illinois, 1809–1865; The New Englanders as state builders: Michigan and Wisconsin, 1820–1860; Two centuries and a half of New England pioneering, 1620–1865.

“It is not often that a thesis for a post-graduate degree becomes a substantial contribution to history. That distinction, however, belongs to Mrs. Mathews’ extremely interesting work.”

+ Lit. D. 39: 1078. D. 11, ’09. 220w.

“Her book, although clearly intended for the historical student rather than the general reader, is useful to all who would gain an understanding of the process by which New England influence and tradition were extended to other sections of the country.”

+ Outlook. 93: 879. D. 18, ’09. 300w.

Matthews, Brander.^[12] American of the future and other essays. **$1.25. Scribner.

9–26987.

Fifteen “apologetic essays on our American walk and conversation.” (Nation.) They are: The American of the future; American character; The Americans and the British; “Blood is thicker than water”; The scream of the spread-eagle; American manners; American humor; The speech of the people; English as a world-language; Simplified spelling and “fonetic reform”; The question of the theater; Persuasion and controversy; Reform and reformers; “Those literary fellows”; Standards of success.

“It is sprightly, entertaining, clear, at times even forcible—though rarely—and one ought to get ‘forrarder’ with it. Yet one doesn’t. Perhaps the reason is that there is an odd lack of accent and a judicious weighing of opposites which efface every impression about as soon as it is made.”

+ − Nation. 89: 546. D. 2, ’09. 300w.

“Mr. Matthews has a certain brightness and quickness of perception which one is tempted to call American, a lightness and courage of manner which give his comments the freshness of an open-minded intelligence, and the vivacity of an observer who sees things in their variety and not in a single depressing category. Very good reading.”

+ Outlook. 93: 650. N. 27, ’09. 190w.

Matthews, Charles H. S. Parson in the Australian bush. $2. Longmans.

9–7566.

“A condensation by the Rev. C. H. S. Matthews of the Brotherhood of the Good Shepherd, of a series of parish lectures delivered in England on religious and educational conditions in Australia, tending to become a treatise on details of missionary work there with which few will have serious concern.”—N. Y. Times,

“The fireside traveler, we are afraid, unless he has special interests, will quickly turn in another direction.”

− N. Y. Times. 13: 754. D. 5, ’08. 100w.

“There is much that is both interesting and instructive in Mr. Matthews’s pictures of life in the back regions of Australia as viewed from the clergyman’s standpoint.”

+ Spec. 101: 1062. D. 19, ’08. 280w.

Matthews, Franklin.^[11] Back to Hampton Roads; cruise of the U. S. Atlantic fleet from San Francisco to Hampton Roads, July 7, 1908-Feb. 22, 1909. $1.50. Huebsch.

9–27398.

Supplementary to “With the battle fleet,” this book aims to describe and narrate the leading events that marked the homeward run of the fleet from San Francisco to Hampton Roads, by way of New Zealand, Australia, Japan and the Suez canal.

“His style in this volume is as brisk and jaunty as in its predecessor. The book, with its occasional pictures, is all that one could ask for in its sort.”

+ Dial. 47: 517. D. 16, ’09. 150w.

“Mr. Matthews is a newspaper reporter of exceptional merit, and his descriptions are well written.” M. J. Moses.

+ Ind. 67: 1367. D. 16, ’09. 70w.

+ Lit. D. 39: 1020. D. 4, ’09. 50w

305“Is full of the acute observation of a very clever newspaper man.”

+ Nation. 89: 598. D. 16, ’09. 50w.

“The author has used a good deal of material that did not appear in his newspaper publications.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 721. N. 20, ’09. 150w.

Maturin, Mrs. Fred.^[8] Petticoat pilgrims on trek. *7s. 6d. Nash, London.

“Describes lightly and humorously her experiences with her maid in and about Johannesburg and other places in South Africa after the war. There is an occasional touch of the pathetic aftermath of war, and now and again we get a bright thought. Mrs. Maturin’s idea is that ‘to analyse life is to spoil it.’ The simple life on trek is her way to happiness.”—Sat. R.

“She describes [her adventures] in the spirit of one to whom everything that happens, however trivial, is of some moment. The book is a novelty.”

+ Sat. R. 108: 142. Jl. 31, ’09. 110w.

“It is often entertaining, and would be more so if we could be quite sure of knowing when Mrs. Maturin is serious, and when she is romancing.”

+ Spec. 102: 544. Ap. 3, ’09. 170w.

Maude, Frederick Natusch.^[12] Jena campaign, 1806. (Special campaign ser., no. 9.) *$1.60. Macmillan.

9–15509.

“Jena, as the author rightly holds, marks the point at which the French revolution imposed on Europe the theory of the loosely trained armed nation, which at the present day lies with other factors, at the back of the Pacifist movement. But was Europe right? Did not the Prussian battalions really demonstrate that the small army of highly trained long-service soldiers is superior to the loosely trained mass? That is the author’s thesis; and without forcing us to agree with his extreme conclusions, he proves the case, as have most of his predecessors from Klausewitz to de Bonnal, that it was only in the higher command that the Prussians really failed.”—Nation.

“An unusual book that should attract readers from a wider circle than the special students of military history to whom it is addressed. While disagreeing with many of the author’s historical generalizations, and with a few of his details, we can praise his volume highly for its grasp of the military facts, and for its suggestiveness. The only serious criticism to which he is open on his subject proper is that he does not ascribe to the movements of St. Hilaire nearly enough importance.”

+ − Nation. 89: 491. N. 18, ’09. 200w.

“A very clear and interesting account of one of the most momentous phases of modern European history. We cordially recommend all those interested in the subject to read Colonel Maude’s book.”

+ Sat. R. 108: sup. 10. O. 16, ’09. 140w.

Maugham, William Somerset. Explorer. †$1.50. Baker.

9–3205.

A story at the center of which is a daughter’s responsibility in urging a brother on to redeem the honor of the house that had been besmirched by a father who had unconscionably followed the broad way to a felon’s cell. Her lover, “the explorer,” aids her in the task by taking the brother off to Africa, and trying to enlist him in the cause of empire-building. The failure to make a man of him, and the hero’s self-sacrifice and hardships are compensated for in the expedition’s final victory for the British empire.

“A creditable novel of modern life.”

+ Ath. 1908, 1: 9. Ja. 4. 230w.

“The faults of the book are its lack of proportion and its occasional sketchiness. Having drawn his characters so carefully, Mr. Maugham might well have devoted more space to their interaction, which is often indicated rather than expressed.”

+ − Lond. Times. 6: 390. D. 20, ’07. 500w.

“Is quite innocuous and even comparatively pleasant.”

+ − Nation. 88: 255. Mr. 11, ’09. 230w.

“Mr. Maugham has excellent faculty in the portrayal of character. He has skill in construction, too, and one feels all through the story the strong grip of the author, who had vivid conception of his people, his incidents, and his story before he began to put them upon paper.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 117. F. 27, ’09. 470w.

N. Y. Times. 14: 377. Je. 12, ’09. 150w.

“Mr. Maugham’s latest novel is interesting as showing how literary perception and instinct may take the place of actual experience. There is a good deal of smart dialogue which would be effective in a play.”

+ − Sat. R. 105: 209. F. 15, ’08. 430w.

Maugham, William Somerset. Magician. †$1.50. Duffield.

9–7829.

“In this extraordinary book Mr. Maugham plays alternately the parts of the Balzac of the ‘Peau de chagrin,’ the Du Maurier who created Svengali, and an H. G. Wells consistently logical in his most fantastic moments.... Oliver Haddo is a repulsive student of the black art who by his psychic power not only takes possession of a young surgeon’s betrothed, but also creates in her a corrupted secondary personality, and finally kills her in his successful attempt to create Paracelsian ‘homunculi.’”—Ath.

“Mr. Maugham has in an especial degree the art of controlling his machinery and piling up unobtrusive proofs when they are needed; and, on the whole, the illusion is about as complete as could fairly be demanded. The lighter parts of the book show keen humour and observation.”

+ Ath. 1908, 2: 715. D. 5. 220w.

“His theme Mr. Maugham handles so realistically, so materially, so hideously, as to excite only loathing and disgust.”

− Nation. 88: 255. Mr. 11, ’09. 230w.

“The author shows not a little skill in dealing with the uncanny and tells his tale of the weird and the horrible with a simple sincerity and a constant matching of unhallowed practices with the clean, sweet things of common life that make its effect uncommonly impressive.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 88. F. 13, ’09. 520w.

“The book attempts an effect of terror: it produces only nausea.”

− Sat. R. 106: 798. D. 26, ’08. 110w.

Spec. 101: 1002. D. 12, ’08. 130w.

Maxim, Sir Hiram Stevens. Artificial and natural flight. *$175. Macmillan.

9–5179.

Views and experiences on the art and science of aerial navigation. The introduction deals in general terms with the work of the author and other experimenters. Following this the flight of birds and kites is discussed, and the author’s experiments with screws and supporting aeroplanes are recorded; while other important material is found in the appendices.

“One of the best treatises on the science of aeronautics, helpfully illustrated.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 106. Ap. ’09.

“The flight of birds and kites is discussed and then follows the part really important to students of aeronautics—the account of the author’s early experiments with screws and supporting aeroplanes. These are both interesting and instructive and present data that probably have never before been made generally available.”

+ Engin. N. 61: sup. 27. Mr. 18, ’09. 320w.

Nation. 88: 634. Je. 24, ’09. 420w.

306“Sir Hiram Maxim’s book is distinctly disappointing. An account of his early experiments, if somewhat out of date, would be at least of historic interest; but when the author indulges in a tirade against mathematicians, the question which naturally suggests itself is, Where on earth does he find his mathematicians?” G. H. Bryan.

− Nature. 80: 222. Ap. 22, ’09. 1050w.

“Sir Hiram S. Maxim has accomplished admirably the task of illuminating for the lay mind the principles upon which the aeroplanists of our day are working, and the means these ingenious and daring gentlemen are using to advance humanity to the flying stage.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 57. Ja. 30, ’09. 1300w.

R. of Rs. 40: 638. N. ’09. 90w.

“A valuable guide to others who may contemplate like work.” O. Chanute.

+ − Science, n.s. 30: 282. Ag. 27, ’09. 800w.

Maxwell, Sir Herbert Eustace. Scottish gardens: being a representative selection of different types, old and new. *$6. Longmans.

8–37199.

“The text is by the Right Hon. Sir Herbert Maxwell, who dips his pen deep in the love of all growing things, and the full page colored illustrations are from the paintings by Mary G. W. Wilson. After a dissertation on Scottish gardens in general, the author takes up, in separate chapters, over thirty different gardens, making altogether a representative selection of garden types, old and new.” (N. Y. Times.) “He takes a wide range of the subject ... including the Princes gardens in Edinburgh, a famous nursery at Aberdeen, and many gardens more or less famous from Ayrshire to Sutherland.” (Spec.)

“Misprints are few in the body of the book, but there are some errors in the plant-names that need revision, and there is no index.”

+ − Ath. 1909, 1: 412. Ap. 3. 400w.

“An entirely charming book, although the facts and the conditions with which it deals have no bearing upon gardening in this country.”

+ − N. Y. Times. 13: 805. D. 26, ’08. 200w.

“Very pleasant reading, but the parts directly bearing on horticulture would fill but a small fraction of the book. The book is not exhaustive, and although it gives delightful glimpses into Scottish gardens, it leaves much unsaid. It has no index.”

+ − Sat. R. 106: sup. 4. D. 12, ’08. 480w.

+ Spec. 101: 638. O. 24, ’08. 220w.

Maxwell, William Babington.^[12] Seymour Charlton: a novel. †$1.50. Appleton.

9–26150.

In his new book Mr. Maxwell “gives his readers in detail the story of a younger son who unexpectedly succeeds to a peerage and great possessions. Seymour Charlton, the hero, falls in love with a girl of the middle class and marries her on his accession to his new dignities.... He is, in fact, a young gentleman who, though serious in mind, is quite incapable of doing any work except on the surface of things. He suffers from this fault in politics and in business. In the latter walk of life he comes to grief, and only saves his name and honor by sacrificing the whole of his private possessions to satisfy the claims of shareholders in the company of which he is chairman.”—Spec.

“Readers of ‘Vivien’ and ‘The guarded flame’ will be prepared to find this theme treated by Mr. Maxwell in no merely conventional way.”

+ Nation. 89: 573. D. 9, ’09. 390w.

“It is a sufficiently absorbing story.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 739. N. 27, ’09. 470w.

“Mr. Maxwell’s pictures of modern life are ably drawn, if one can accept the language in which he presents them, and the whole book carries one on by sheer force of readability. Mr. Maxwell, at any rate, earns praise for the amount of careful work that he puts into his books, which have enough material in them to furnish at least three novels by less conscientious writers.”

+ − Spec. 103: 750. N. 6, ’09. 400w.

Maxwell-Scott, Mrs. Mary Monica. Madame Elizabeth de France, 1764–1794: a memoir. *$3.50. Longmans.

9–3532.

In this pathetic history of Louis XVI’s faithful sister may be read the sufferings and deprivations of the “Capets” specially during the year that preceded their death on the guillotine.

“Readable, if of no transcendent merit. Certain serious faults detract from the value of the work, except to the purely uncritical reader.”

+ − Ath. 1909, 2: 146. Ag. 7. 1300w.

“The ‘angelic Princess’ has probably never been so engagingly presented to English readers as now by Mrs. Maxwell Scott; and she has moreover based her narrative on contemporary and other French authorities whose writings, as a whole, have not been available to earlier students in this field.”

+ Dial. 45: 463. D. 16, ’08. 140w.

“Mrs. Maxwell-Scott has succeeded in welding together the various accounts.”

+ N. Y. Times. 13: 798. D. 26, ’08. 220w.

“Mrs. Maxwell-Scott’s style is far from attractive.”

− Sat. R. 106: 734. D. 12, ’08. 170w.

“This is a touching and well-written life.”

+ Spec. 102: sup. 640. Ap. 24, ’09. 400w.

Mayne, Ethel Colburn.^[11] Enchanters of men: twenty-four studies of fascinating women. *$3.50. Jacobs.

“A collection of lively sketches of some two dozen ladies whose names are well known in the annals of love and beauty, and the author has grouped them under the headings, The royal mistress, The courtesan, The royal lady, The star, The Egeria.”—N. Y. Times.

“Miss Mayne has some qualifications for her task. It is impossible to read her chapters ... without seeing that she has more right to be treated as an original writer than have many who lightly enter on a similar undertaking. On the other hand, we must be forgiven for saying that her style stands in need of purification.”

+ − Ath. 1909, 1: 583. My. 15. 550w.

Dial. 47: 457. D. 1, ’09. 150w.

“The sad, fantastic, sometimes happy lives of these heroines are told with a strong feeling for their romance and human quality, with nothing extenuated, nor aught set down in malice. It makes excellent reading.” Hildegarde Hawthorne.

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 633. O. 23, ’09. 1050w.

“Miss Mayne has written her sketches so cleverly that we must regret that she has not set herself, or been set, to do worthier sort of work.”

+ − Sat. R. 107: 634. My. 15, ’09. 40w.

Mayo, Margaret. Polly of the circus. †$1. Dodd.

8–23540.

A novelization of the play. It tells how Polly, the circus rider, falls from her horse and is taken to a young clergyman’s home where she is restored to health, learns what true service is, and, much to the discomfiture of the meddling deacons, weds her benefactor.

“Few stories adapted from plays are as well written; slight and unimportant.”

+ − A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 25. Ja. ’09.

307 Ind. 65: 1126. N. 12, ’08. 70w.

“Has that quality of ‘heart interest’ so valuable in popular theatrical fiction.”

+ N. Y. Times. 13: 635. O. 31, ’08. 170w.

Mead, Daniel Webster. Water power engineering: the theory, investigation and development of water powers. *$6. McGraw.

8–28609.

A book for engineers. “In the preparation of this treatise the author has endeavored to consider all the fundamental principles involved, and to indicate the basis upon which successful water-power development depends.”—Engin. D.

“If for no other reason, this commendable work should be in the possession of every water-power engineer, on account of the unusually extended and complete bibliography it contains on hydraulic subjects.”

+ Engin. D. 4: 663. D. ’08. 740w.

“His book should be found in the library of every hydraulic engineer; it is a valuable work of reference for engineers generally; and students of water-power engineering can profit by its liberal use in their course of study.” F. C. Finkle.

+ − Engin. N. 61: sup. 25. Mr. 18, ’09. 3000w.

“The book is one of the most complete treatises on an engineering subject published in this country and will unquestionably be of value to any engineer engaged in water power development.”

+ + Engin. Rec. 58: 622. N. 28, ’08. 940w.

Meade, Edward Sherwood. Story of gold. **75c. Appleton.

8–30947.

An untechnical account which describes the processes of discovering and mining gold, the growth of the gold industry and the future of gold production.

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 45. F. ’09. ✠

“The book is decidedly readable and most admirably suited to give the ordinary individual a sense of actual personal acquaintance with the gold industry. To the multitude, for whom mining stocks are irresistibly tempting, it is to be most strongly recommended as a book of useful information, interestingly written, and certain to prove a profitable investment.” W. S. Tower.

+ Ann. Am. Acad. 33: 737. My. ’09. 400w.

“The pages treating the occurrence of gold in nature are the least satisfactory portion of the work.”

+ − Ath. 1909, 2: 215. Ag. 21. 700w.

“The subject matter is of course of a type that can be procured from trustworthy sources by an investigator but has no value over and above that which already exists in those sources, save that it is probably more conveniently put together.” H. P. Willis.

+ − Econ. Bull. 2: 49. Ap. ’09. 430w.

“With numerous illustrations the author succeeds in making a very readable book. Throughout the volume, however, the discussion is permeated with a questionable theory of the direct relation between the periodical production of gold and industrial prosperity.” L.

+ − J. Pol. Econ. 17: 305. My. ’09. 400w.

“A long succession of careless misstatements such as appear in the book becomes wearisome, and creates an atmosphere of prejudice against the author, so that his most lugubrious predictions and stirring calls to action leave the reader unconvinced and apathetic. His main thesis is, of course, tinged with exaggeration.” T. K. R.

− Nature. 80: 306. My. 13, ’09. 500w.

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 109. F. 27, ’09. 1150w.

“In his geology, Dr. Meade is in agreement with Professor DeLaunay, but in his treatment of the economics of gold he is as orthodox as the Frenchman is heretical.” J. F. Johnson.

+ − Pol. Sci. Q. 24: 544. S. ’09. 630w.

Meade, Norman Gardner. Electric motors; their installation, control, operation and maintenance. *$1. McGraw.

8–26689.

“Mr. Meade has evidently written this book for the shop man who does not understand electric motors, but finds himself in need of knowing more about them, theoretically and practically.” (Engin. N.) “He has sought to explain the phenomena of electric motors, describe the leading types of direct and alternating-current motors and their auxiliary apparatus, and give practical suggestions for their installation, care and management. Mathematics have been used sparingly, figures and diagrams being depended upon as far as possible to elucidate the subject.” (Engin. D.)

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 142. My. ’09.

Engin. D. 5: 170. F. ’09. 100w.

Engin. N. 61: sup. 8. Ja. 14, ’09. 300w.

Meade, Richard Kidder.^[7] Design and equipment of small chemical laboratories. *$2. Chemical engineer pub.

9–7738.

A book for inexperienced chemists. “The first chapter takes up the general arrangement and location of the laboratory and its apparatus. Next come several chapters on stationary equipment. The balance of the book describes and discusses the smaller apparatus and miscellaneous equipment. The book is well supplied with illustrations, and the explanations are made in a clear and direct manner. In connection with each subject discussed, practical details are introduced which will make the book of great value.” (Engin. N.)

Engin. D. 6: 54. Jl. ’09. 120w.

“Of great value to those called upon to superintend the construction and installation of laboratory equipment.”

+ Engin. N. 60: sup. 695. D. 17, ’08. 140w.

“The book seems to have a wider field of usefulness than this summary of its contents would indicate, on account of the simple and clear, though not detailed, descriptions of various small-scale chemical engineering appliances with which any engineer should be acquainted.”

+ Engin. Rec. 59: 789. Je. 19, ’09. 200w.

Means, David MacGregor.^[7] Methods of taxation compared with the established principles of justice. **$2.50. Dodd.

9–10265.

An analysis of tax-paying and tax-collecting based on legal rather than economic principles. “Mr. Means distinctly takes the medicinal view of taxation; he thinks it is all, as at present compounded, extremely unpalatable; but he performs a real service in bringing before the reader the fact that the country is suffering from some fiscal ills that require new tax prescriptions.” (Outlook.)

“The book demands and deserves serious study.”

+ Educ. R. 38: 314. O. ’09. 60w.

“When a few criticisms have been made, it must be recognized that Mr. Means has produced a stimulating, incisive and valuable book.”

+ − Nation. 89: 236. S. 9, ’09. 1700w.

“Mr. Means’s qualifications for the task indicated by his subtitle are exceptional.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 403. Je. 26, ’09. 1150w.

“An admirably written treatise on the philosophy, and it may be added, the psychology of tax-paying and tax-collecting. No better general review of the different kinds and methods of taxation applied by civilized government since the days of Adam Smith has come to the notice of the Outlook.”

+ Outlook. 92: 109. My. 15, ’09. 120w.

“For a thoughtful discussion of the whole subject of taxation the reader will do well to consult this new volume.”

+ R. of Rs. 40: 126. Jl. ’09. 130w.

308Meany, Edmond Stephen.^[8] History of the state of Washington. *$2.25. Macmillan.

9–13526.

“The first period treated is that of Discovery, which extends from prehistoric times to the visits of the ‘Columbia,’ the ‘Lady Washington,’ and the ‘Boston,’ to the Northwest coast.... The period of Exploration covers the Astor project and the long contest with England for the fur-trade and the possession of the territory.... The early period of statehood is described as marked by an extravagance of public expenditure, which was, however, corrected under later administrations. The last chapter is the most novel in the volume, being a description of the results of Federal activity in the state in the shape of surveys, postal and customs service, judiciary, irrigation, etc.”—Dial.

“A conscientious performance, possessing considerable merit as a compendium of facts relating to the northwest. Some topics are treated more adequately than anywhere else. The author’s information is always respectable, his judgment sane, his sympathies admirable. He has done so well that we are impatient with him for not taking the trouble to do better.” Joseph Schafer.

+ − Am. Hist. R. 15: 167. O. ’09. 1100w.

“A worthy addition to the state histories.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 45. O. ’09.

“The book as a whole is deserving a permanent place in the history of the states of the Union.”

+ Dial. 46: 405. Je. 16, ’09. 280w.

“His pictures and judgments of men and events, though warmly patriotic, are never extravagant; the detail, though somewhat long drawn for the general reader, is none too elaborate for the public the author has especially in view, the high schools and colleges of Washington itself.”

+ Nation. 89: 103. Jl. 29, ’09. 600w.

Mees, Charles Edward K.^[8] Photography of coloured objects. *50c. Tennant & W.

A guide, for those who have some knowledge of the subject, explaining the theory of color-photography and showing how this theory is applied to the actual operations of the studio.

“Although the volume is small it deserves an index.”

+ − Nature. 80: 489. Je. 24, ’09. 320w.

N. Y. Times. 14; 454. Jl. 24, ’09. 150w.

Mehrtens, August Christian.^[8] Gas engine theory and design. $2.50. Wiley.

9–13550.

The following headings indicate the scope of treatment: Principles of operation; Applications; Thermodynamic considerations; Combustion; Fuels; Gas-engine efficiency; Explosive mixtures; Mixing valves and carbureters; Governing; Ignition; Cooling; Exhaust; Selection of type; Determinations of principal dimensions; Forces acting in gas engines; Design and dimensions of parts; Operation; Testing. Complete detailed drawings are then given of a small vertical canoe or boat engine developing about 2–1/2 HP., and of a small horizontal four-cycle gasoline engine of 1/2 HP.—both designed by the author. Tables of the properties of materials, fuels, etc., are included.

Engin. D. 5: 665. Je. ’09. 140w.

“The treatment is everywhere superficial and elementary.” L. S. Marks.

− Engin. N. 62: sup. 5. Jl. 15, ’09. 640w.

“In criticism of the book, it may be said that it contains much that is unnecessary in a work of this character, especially matter to be found in chapters relating to design and dimensions of parts and also in the description of the two engines built by the author.”

+ − Engin. Rec. 60: 251. Ag. 28, ’09. 320w.

“There are the inevitable slips of a ‘first edition,’ but they are not numerous. Although the author has attempted to get too much into so small a volume, it must be acknowledged that he has produced a book at once interesting in treatment and clear in language.”

+ − Nature. 81: 245. Ag. 26, ’09. 530w.

Melitz, Leo Leopold. Opera goers’ complete guide; comprising 299 opera plots with musical numbers and casts; tr. by Richard Salinger. **$1.20. Dodd.

8–37365.

“Instead of telling the story first and following it up with a reference to the principal airs, the author of this volume, who is director of the Stadt-Theater in Basle, always begins by giving the ‘Who’s who’ of each opera, and then tells the story step by step, as it is enacted on the stage.”—Nation.

“The most complete and up-to-date collection in print.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 106. Ap. ’09.

“An operatic guide book with a difference. In spite of numerous misprints and some errors of translation, the book will be found useful here as it has already been found in Germany.”

+ − Ind. 67: 147. Jl. 15, ’09. 180w.

“The translator, Richard Salinger, has done his part of the work well.”

+ Nation. 88: 47. Ja. 14, ’09. 170w.

“Unfortunately, there are not a few errors in the statement of the plots of more or less importance, some evident misapprehensions on the part of the translator as to the meaning of the text he was translating, and numerous more or less annoying misprints. The book will be of value, because of the great amount of information it contains that is not easily and quickly accessible otherwise.”

+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 119. F. 27, ’09. 230w.

“It is decidedly up-to-date.”

+ Outlook. 91: 292. F. 6. ’09. 40w.

Mensch, L. J.^[7] Reinforced concrete pocketbook. $10. Eng. news.

9–13937.

A valuable handbook for one who already has a good knowledge of mechanics and building construction. “Approximately half the book is devoted to building work, but very good tables and their explanations are given for retaining walls of the counterfort type, to round tanks, domes, grain elevators, coal bins, dams, water pipes up to 132 in., diameter for pressure up to 40 lb. per square inch, circular sewers, trolley and transmission poles, chimneys, concrete piles, girder bridges and arches.... A short mathematical discussion is also included concerning the stresses in framed structures due to the monolithic character of properly designed reinforced concrete.” (Engin. Rec.)

“In its intention and execution, is more nearly like the standard steel handbooks such as are issued by the Cambria and the Carnegie steel companies than any of the others. For those portions of the book which contain the results of routine computation and for the really useful material on estimating and on formwork, we have the greatest commendation. The portion which assumes to give short cuts to what must of necessity be the result of either long experience or tedious computation, we think is dangerous matter to put in the hands of the inexperienced.”

+ − Engin. N. 61: sup. 73. Je. 17, ’09. 1050w.

“One of the most serviceable reinforced concrete handbooks from the point of view of the experienced designing engineer. The book deserves little [adverse criticism]. The book is really a valuable addition to the subject, but any one using it must see that the numerous corrections mentioned on page 216 are made throughout the text.”

+ − Engin. Rec. 59: 788. Je. 19, ’09. 450w.

309Meredith, George.^[12] Last poems. *$1.25. Scribner.

9–28254.

In these last poetic utterances of George Meredith “there is nothing which repeats his highest poetic achievement. That was, indeed, to be expected, for the strength for great flights was ebbing when he wrote. But the spirit is untouched, and not only the philosophy remains, but much of the melody which fifty years ago seemed to many the authentic voice of youth and spring.”—Spec.

“These verses, taken even with the great name they bear, can offer little to posterity. They are not for those who wish to estimate, but for those who have elsewhere learnt to revere and love, their author. We read them for their priceless echoes of a memorable past. [There is] a regrettable laxity in the preparation of a volume which we expected to see produced with the most scrupulous care.”

+ − Ath. 1909, 2: 551. N. 6. 1100w.

Lit. D. 39: 966. N. 27, ’09. 180w.

N. Y. Times. 14: 701. N. 13, ’09. 150w.

“In this volume, to tell the truth, there is more of the real Meredith than we had anticipated. One or two of the poems are highly characteristic and beautiful examples. We are, therefore, far from being sorry, as we fancied we should be, that the volume has been published.”

+ Sat. R. 108: sup. 4. N. 13, ’09. 670w.

“These last poems show that the voice of the master kept to the end its splendid resonance and his heart its unconquerable youth.”

+ Spec. 103: 849. N. 20, ’09. 430w.

Meredith, H. O. Outlines of the economic history of England: a study in social development. $2. Pitman.

9–6978.

A concise exposition of the economic history of England from the time of the Saxon invasion down to the present century, with a brief mention in the introduction of the economic development during the Roman occupation.

“In common with many English text-books it is crowded with facts which are not always sufficiently explained or adequately arranged so as to leave clear-cut and definite impressions on the mind. Occasional summaries at the end of chapters would have been very helpful.”

+ − Ann. Am. Acad. 34: 429. S. ’09. 200w.

“This volume supplies the long-felt want of a manual of economic history at once exact and authoritative in its information, and concise and handy in form.”

+ − Ath. 1909, 2: 260. S. 4. 850w.

“The book does credit to his scholarship. It has, however, pedagogical defects, chief among which is the philosophic discussion in the form of a ‘general survey’ of each period before the facts upon which such general discussion is based have been treated, and a want of concreteness and vividness. It should be added that there are no maps, the bibliography is inadequate, and the index too brief to be of much use.” E. H. Downey.

+ − J. Pol. Econ. 17: 478. Jl. ’09. 380w.

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 148. Mr. 13, ’09. 220w.

“Scholarly and interesting volume.”

+ − Spec. 102: sup. 638. Ap. 24, ’09. 350w.

Mero, Everett Bird, ed. American playgrounds. *$1.50. The Dale association, box 136, Back Bay, Boston.

8–35734.

Concerned with construction, equipment, maintenance and utility of playgrounds. “It explains the police value of the playground; describes games; gives suggestions as to administration, making criticism of the supervision of the playgrounds of certain cities; tells how a playground movement may be started; recounts the history of the organization of public recreation in the United States.” (Outlook.)

“A useful compilation.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 18. Ja. ’09.

“This is one of the rare cases in which a compiled book is really better than one written by a single hand.”

+ Ind. 66: 869. Ap. 22, ’09. 260w.

“Throughout, the book shows direct, practical, business-like method.”

+ N. Y. Times. 13: 645. O. 31, ’08. 250w.

“It is, in fact, a sort of manual on the subject.”

+ Outlook. 91: 152. Ja. 23, ’09. 180w.

“Mr. Mero has certainly given us a book containing much practical information.” C. W. Crampton.

+ − School R. 17: 647. N. ’09. 350w.

Merriam, Charles Edward. Primary elections; a study of the history and tendencies of primary election legislation. *$1.25. Univ. of Chicago press.

8–33814.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

“It is an indispensable work for reference.” H: J. Ford.

+ Am. Hist. R. 14: 626. Ap. ’09. 650w.

“The author has done his work well. The book seems to be almost free of errors.” J. H. Reynolds.

+ Am. J. Soc. 14: 843. My. ’09. 580w.

“The index is inadequate.”

+ − A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 81. Mr. ’09.

Engin. N. 61: sup. 78. Je. 17, ’09. 300w.

“The great merit of this work is that it is a timely demonstration of the absurdity of the present multiplicity of elective offices.”

+ Nation. 88: 21. Ja. 7, ’09. 600w.

“Professor Merriam’s conclusions on the merits of the new system are of the highest practical importance. Professor Merriam has written so clearly, briefly and systematically that an intelligent citizen may secure by an evening’s study a solid grip on one of the pressing political questions of our day while the professed student is inducted into the whole subject of governmental control over party nominations and supplied with guidance for advanced work in the form of an appendix of statutes, digests and bibliography.” C: A. Beard.

+ Pol. Sci. Q. 24: 316. Je. ’09. 400w.

“This study of American legislation on the subject should prove extremely useful.”