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Reading edition
+ − Ath. 1909, 2: 102. Jl. 24. 400w.
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 765. D. 4, ’09. 100w.
“Her book is rather a strange compound. Her pages are packed with facts about adventurers some of whose records are not easily available, and the compilation shows much industrious reading.”
+ − Sat. R. 108: 176. Ag. 7, ’09. 200w.
“Mrs. Mulhall conducts us along many picturesque byways of history.”
+ Spec. 103: 171. Jl. 31, ’09. 400w.
Müller, Johannes.[12] Hindrances of life; tr. by F. F. Strecker. *$1.50. Kennerley.
The hindrances to making the best in life come true are, in the experience of Dr. Müller, grief, fear, worry, lack of assurance, doubt, and the other self in us. These drawbacks to accomplishment, and hence to happiness, the author discusses with insight, and offers helpful suggestions for overcoming their harassing conditions.
Müller, Margarethe. Carla Wenckebach, pioneer. *$1.25. Ginn.
8–29596.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
“However excellent a German biography she might have given us, she has certainly succeeded in presenting in English a very engaging picture of a strong and inspiring character.”
+ Dial. 46: 116. F. 16, ’09. 250w.
“It may be truthfully said that the book is much more than a mere biography. It is a charming bit of writing and a gentle and kindly sketch.”
+ Educ. R. 37: 97. Ja. ’09. 70w.
Ind. 67: 308. Ag. 5, ’09. 30w.
“A generous and affectionate tribute.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 122. F. 27, ’09. 160w.
“A fascinating portrait-biography of a fascinating woman.”
+ Outlook. 91: 819. Ap. 10, ’09. 450w.
“The book is very well written. It will be valuable in high school, normal school, and college as well as in private libraries.” F. A. Manny.
+ School R. 17: 575. O. ’09. 930w.
Mumford, Eben.[12] Origins of leadership, pa. *50c. Univ. of Chicago press.
9–21602.
“Leadership is considered first in its relation to the science of sociology and to the social process. It is discussed in both its innate and acquired aspects and its evolution is traced through the associations of some of the lower animals, of children, and, in particular, of hunting people, the main problem being to show its relation to the development of personality and the various institutions.”—Ann. Am. Acad.
Ann. Am. Acad. 34: 608. N. ’09. 330w.
“Its eighty-seven pages can not be accounted a very weighty contribution to the subject. Nevertheless, the author has made a useful preliminary study which might easily be expanded into a much-needed monograph on leadership in primitive society.” Hutton Webster.
+ − J. Philos. 6: 416. Jl. 22, ’09. 240w.
Mumford, James Gregory. Surgical memoirs, and other essays. **$2.50. Moffat.
8–28080.
“A collection of papers and addresses written during the last decade, beginning with a sketch of ‘The history of surgery,’ embracing accounts of Hippocrates, Galen, Vesalius, Pare, Haller, John Hunter, and Lister. A summary follows of ancient achievements in surgery and biographical essays on Cooper, Brodie, Warren, and Bigelow; and the rest of the volume contains addresses to nurses, brief papers on ethics and medical education, and other random papers.”—N. Y. Times.
“Taken as a whole, the book ... is written with too ready a pen, but is nevertheless pleasant reading and will be useful to many to whom a more scholarly work would be unwelcome.”
+ − Nation. 87: 556. D. 3, ’08. 400w.
“His book is as interesting to the layman as to the members of his own profession.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 31. Ja. 16, ’09. 760w.
“His pages are distinguished by a broad toleration, eminent fair-mindedness, and when opportunity offers, a sturdy preachment of lofty professional standards.”
+ Outlook. 93: 318. O. 9, ’09. 220w.
Mumm, Arnold Louis.[7] Five months in the Himalaya: a record of mountain travel in Garhival and Kashmir. *$6. Longmans.
9–35862.
Contains an account of the author’s ascent to the top of Trisul, an elevation of 23,406 feet. “The party, after exploring the mountains and valleys of Garhwal, passed on into Kashmir and spent some time there. Mr. Mumm’s volume contains admirable reproductions of photographs taken at the time, the illustrations including four panoramas, twenty-four full-page plates, forty-seven collotypes, and two maps.” (N. Y. Times.)
A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 81. N. ’09.
+ Nation. 89: 281. S. 23, ’09. 470w.
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 377. Je. 12, ’09. 180w.
“Mr. Mumm has written a circumstantial account of an arduous expedition that will hold a high rank in the annals of mountaineering.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 452. Jl. 24, ’09. 420w.
“The book affords a very full idea of the character of the peaks and valleys, the passes and people in the Himalaya; an idea which is assisted by the many admirable illustrations.”
+ Sat. R. 108: sup. 5. Jl. 17, ’09. 350w.
“The book is full of interesting things, besides the mountaineering narratives. One great charm of the volume is to be found in the magnificent photographs of mountain scenery.”
+ Spec. 102; sup. 1006. Je. 26, ’09. 200w.
Mummery, A. F. My climbs in the Alps and Caucasus; new ed. *$5. Scribner.
1–18807.
“Mrs. Mummery gives the public a few pages of extracts from the last letters received from her husband when in Kashmir, which will be read with interest. They must confirm the belief that his death was caused by a sudden avalanche rather than any more avoidable accident in a rash attempt. For the rest the text of the book is identical with that of the previous edition.”—Ath.
“No more direct and vigorous narrative of the incidents of mountain travel or hard climbing, of a bivouac with Caucasian shepherds, or a day on the Chamonix Aiguilles, can be found on our bookshelves.”
+ Ath. 1909, 1: 225. F. 20. 600w.
325+ N. Y. Times. 14: 119. F. 27, ’09. 340w.
“An interesting volume.”
+ Sat. R. 107: 49. Ja. 9, ’09. 300w.
Munby, Alan Edward.[8] Introduction to the chemistry and physics of building materials. *$2. Van Nostrand.
9–27410.
“An elementary description of the chemical, physical and geological phenomena that must be understood before a good knowledge of the properties of building materials can be gained. The text is extremely elementary, as a rule, but will nevertheless prove desirable reading for undergraduates in technical schools and others who wish to secure some general information on the subject without a prolonged study of the sciences named. While the book was prepared primarily for the British reader, recent advances in the technology of cements made in the United States are mentioned in it.”—Engin. Rec.
“As preliminary reading it has a field.”
+ Engin. N. 62: sup. 3. Jl. 15, ’09. 300w.
“It will be found to supply in convenient form information rather difficult to obtain readily from any other source.”
+ Engin. Rec. 60: 139. Jl. 31, ’09. 130w.
“The book will not be so useful to the uneducated or self-educated builder and mechanic as to the one who has had a smattering of school science but is not able to apply it to his work. The use of British names for stone and other building materials impairs the value of the book for the American public.”
+ − Nation. 89: 286. S. 23, ’09. 270w.
“In spite of a few minor points like these, the book as a whole is well written, and admirably adapted to the class for whom it is intended. It deserves to take a permanent place among the textbooks upon the subject, and in future editions the points referred to will no doubt receive attention.” H. B.
+ − Nature. 81: 62. Jl. 15, ’09. 420w.
“The volume is inclusive and explicit in its treatment of the subject, and it furnishes all who are engaged in engineering and technical trades with an excellent work of reference.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 555. S. 18, ’09. 270w.
Munford, Beverley Bland.[12] Virginia’s attitude toward slavery and secession. **$2. Longmans.
9–28220.
“Both before and since the civil war it has been almost universally held in the North that Virginia was strongly pro-slavery in sentiment as well as hostile to the Union. Mr. Beverley B. Munford now presents the view that the state was strongly anti-slavery in sentiment, and at the same time friendly to the Union, and that the influences which finally impelled Virginia to secede must be traced to other causes. Mr. Munford marshals an imposing array of historical documents and brings to the support of his position facts which it would be found extremely difficult if not impossible to gainsay.”—R. of Rs.
“A candid and temperate examination of all the events and currents of sentiment and opinion leading up to the war.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 746. N. 27, ’09. 900w.
R. of Rs. 40: 764. D. ’09. 100w.
Munro, William Bennett. Government of European cities. *$2.50. Macmillan.
9–7553.
An introduction to the study of European city governments which explains the structure and functions of city government in three European countries—France, Germany (the Prussian system is outlined as representative of the German type) and England—and contrasts these with the functions of city government in the United States.
“It is a book which will prove a great benefit to the serious-minded reader interested in municipal government; but it will probably be used mostly as a reference or textbook in colleges and universities. The style is sometimes too involved for rapid reading—many sentences needing to be broken up and recast.” Howard Woodhead.
+ − Am. J. Soc. 15: 122. Jl. ’09. 1400w.
“One of the best studies on municipal government, more scientific than Shaw’s.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 143. My. ’09.
“Dr. Munro’s book is the most important recent addition to the literature of comparative municipal government. It should be read by everyone interested in local government and its improvement.”
+ Ann. Am. Acad. 34: 609. N. ’09. 400w.
“We are disappointed with this volume. Dr. Munro does not seem to have kept clearly before him the difference of law and practice between Prussia and many of the states of the German empire, or between England and the rest of the United Kingdom. The other defect noticeable in the book, which has, however, features of interest, is the general avoidance of the subject of local taxation, upon which (after all) municipal government rests.”
− + Ath. 1909, 1: 558. My. 8. 1100w.
“While not cast in so popular form as Shaw’s earlier volumes on the same subject (with which one very naturally compares it) nevertheless it is better fitted for educational classes and for use as a work of reference.” C. R. Woodruff.
+ − Econ. Bull. 2: 265. S. ’09. 920w.
“Obviously, a book of this character is more suitable for reference than for general reading; but this is more on account of the mass of details which the author found it necessary to present, notwithstanding his admirable condensation, than through any fault of style or method of presentation.”
+ Engin. N. 61: sup. 60. My. 13, ’09. 880w.
“Dr. Munro’s work, scholarly, full and clear, should satisfy curiosity as to British, French and Prussian municipal methods.”
+ Ind. 66: 1345. Je. 17, ’09. 380w.
“A valuable addition to this literature.”
+ Nation. 89: 160. Ag. 19, ’09. 350w.
“The methods of these two excellent books [Goodnow’s Municipal government and Munro’s] upon municipal government are so different and so mutually complementary that whoever desires either will desire both.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 642. O. 23, ’09. 520w.
“The work which he has done is on the whole the most comprehensive, accurate, painstaking and thorough work which has been done in the English language on the subjects which are treated.” F. J. Goodnow.
+ Pol. Sci. Q. 24: 315. Je. ’09. 650w.
“Such a body of knowledge is of the greatest value to all students of comparative administration.”
+ R. of Rs. 40: 254. Ag. ’09. 100w.
“Mr. Munro’s examination of the duties and function of this checking and revising body [the Prussian ‘Magistrate’] is quite the best part of his book, and well worth close attention. English readers will naturally find a criticism of our own methods of local government more interesting than that of strangers. The present criticism is a little disappointing—too much ground is covered; too little space given to essential details.”
− + Sat. R. 108: sup. 4. S. 25, ’09. 1200w.
“His observations and criticisms are useful, though we are not prepared to allow that the American system, at least in its results, is better than ours.”
+ − Spec. 103: 284. Ag. 21, ’09. 130w.
Münsterberg, Hugo.[6] Eternal values. **$2.50. Houghton.
9–14408.
A translation by the author of his German edition in which he has left out side issues that connected the work with particular German movements and has made additions that 326refer to recent American discussions. The purpose of the volume is to answer the relativist in his theory that everything is relative, that everything is good only for a certain purpose, for a certain time, for a certain social group, for a certain individual; to show that relativism and skepticism are wrong, that idealism is justified by true science and true philosophy, and that “one may stand with both feet on the rock of facts and may yet hold to the absolute values as eternally belonging to the structure of the world.”
“So speaks the book, a book sure to attract attention. So runs Professor Münsterberg’s interesting logism, always ingenious when not also brilliant, and in the freedom of it he has successfully transformed the world of values, making that world meet the demands of his selected principle of identity, so long known as the principle of the formal logic and so useful as the fundamental working hypothesis of all positive science.” A. H. Lloyd.
+ − Am. J. Theol. 13: 634. O. ’09. 1350w.
“The work is likely to be called for on account of the author’s reputation but only those schooled in metaphysical and philosophic thought will find it intelligible.”
+ − A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 81. N. ’09.
“Only those schooled in philosophic and metaphysical reasoning will find the book intelligible, and they will declare its method unphilosophical. The book is really a statement of the author’s personal convictions regarding the construction of the moral universe.”
− Bib. World. 34: 143. Ag. ’09. 70w.
“Will interest the same set of readers who in this country are accustomed to follow the author’s more philosophical contributions.”
+ Dial. 47: 338. N. 1, ’09. 270w.
“Of all the services which Professor Münsterberg has rendered the thinking public in this country this volume is the most worthy and enduring.” A. U. Pope.
+ Ind. 67: 879. O. 14, ’09. 1100w.
“The book is very hard reading. Altogether, the ‘Eternal values’ cannot but add to Prof. Münsterberg’s reputation as a profound if not very original thinker.” Joseph Jacobs.
+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 798. D. 18, ’09. 780w.
Outlook. 93: 878. D. 18, ’09. 50w.
R. of Rs. 40: 255. Ag. ’09. 100w.
Münsterberg, Hugo.[12] Psychology and the teacher. **$1.50. Appleton.
9–28281.
“Professor Münsterberg says that one does not study a time-table to decide whether to travel north or south, but, after deciding where to travel, studies the table to discover how to go; so one cannot learn from psychology what the aims of teaching are; but, after deciding on the aims, one can learn from psychology the means. So he divides his book into three parts; the first, which he calls the Ethical part, is on the ‘Aims of the teacher’; the second, which he calls the Psychological part, is on the ‘Mind of the pupil’; and the third, which he calls the Educational part, is on the ‘Work of the school.’ In other words, he presents what he regards as the philosophy that underlies teaching, then the mental facts with which the teacher has to deal, and finally certain conclusions regarding practical questions.”—Outlook.
“It is largely advice, partly sermonizing, together with some sound exposition of wholesome texts; and the whole, if well shaken and frequently taken, should prove an efficient corrective for much weak sentiment and weaker thinking that passes for wisdom at educational meetings.”
+ Dial. 47: 338. N. 1, ’09. 470w.
“A volume of importance.”
+ Outlook. 93: 878. D. 18, ’09. 160w.
Münsterberg, Hugo.[5] Psychotherapy. **$2. Moffat.
9–12057.
“Takes up the phenomena blindly used and as blindly misused in the various systems of ‘mental healing’ and ‘faith cure,’ frees them from mysticism, fanaticism, and fraud, and presents them as they are, with their possibilities and limitations definitely formulated and in some measure explained.”—N. Y. Times.
“While not technical, neither is it popular, and it will not be directly helpful to the average reader. A book for the special student and for ministers and physicians engaged in the work.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 175. Je. ’09.
Reviewed by J. D. Stoops.
Ann. Am. Acad. 34: 623. N. ’09. 380w.
“No more concrete and valuable application of the larger problem appears on the vista of our present interests than that which affects the attitude toward the maintenance of human health, which means sanity; and Professor Münsterberg’s book finds its significance as a worthy and wholesome influence to this end.” Joseph Jastrow.
+ Dial. 46: 292. My. 1, ’09. 1600w.
“The book will, without doubt, be widely read, and will increase in marked degree the interest of the public in psychotherapy.”
+ − Nation. 89: 189. Ag. 26, ’09. 2200w.
“In some senses the most important of the many volumes that have come from his industrious pen.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 271. My. 1, ’09. 1050w.
+ Outlook. 93: 644. N. 20, ’09. 210w.
“It is a pity that the book is intended to serve for propaganda to so many classes. A book frankly addressed to physicians, and another frankly addressed to the layman would have been safer and more acceptable.” Adolf Meyer.
− Science, n.s. 30: 150. Jl. 30, ’09. 2200w.
Murphy, Agnes C.[12] Melba. **$2.75. Doubleday.
A story of Melba’s life in which the reader is permitted to run up the great diva’s ladder to fame, and to learn the trials and hardships endured at every round. The biography is “brought down to the spring of 1908, all her tours and her appearances being related in detail, and with a number of personal anecdotes that illustrate her energy, her ambition as an artist, her kindheartedness and straightforwardness, and especially her interest and the unselfishness in aiding young artists to success.” (N. Y. Times.)
“It is far from being a critical biography. It is a fervent and devoted eulogy.”
+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 702. N. 13, ’09. 750w.
“Independently of its subject, however, the book throws a good deal of light on the psychology of musical hero-worship. Personally we have a distaste for these ‘lauds of the living,’ but in this case they are animated by a perfect sincerity and redeemed by a most engagingly unconscious humour.” C. L. G.
+ Spec. 103: 686. O. 30, ’09. 1550w.
Murphy, Edgar Gardner.[8] Basis of ascendancy: a discussion of certain principles of public policy involved in the development of the Southern states. *$1.50. Longmans.
9–17972.
“In this volume Mr. Murphy endeavors to formulate the great race question, as the South must see it for her present comfort and future security. Back of all the issues of the moment, he declares, ‘as they may express themselves in this or that phase of definite legislation or of accepted custom, there lies the question of fundamental attitude. Where two social or racial groups,—a stronger and a 327weaker,—find themselves in inevitable contact upon the same soil, what elementary principles shall ultimately determine the policies of the state?’”—R. of Rs.
“His earlier volume, which was published five years ago, together with the present book, may interest those people who care for philosophic speculation on such matters and do not insist on practical proposals.”
+ − Ath. 1909, 2: 236. Ag. 28. 130w.
“It seems to be not so much left over material, as surplus philosophizing, which Mr. Murphy here utilizes. For the work is almost pure abstraction. With all of his philosophy, if we understand it, it would be impossible for us to agree; but we can at least recognize a brave and generous spirit in this Southerner writing primarily for Southerners.”
− Nation. 89: 57. Jl. 15, ’09. 630w.
N. Y. Times. 14: 377. Je. 12, ’09. 210w.
“It is a good book for both sides in the controversy to read.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 566. S. 25, ’09. 1400w.
“A tone of courteous, firm conviction expressed in scholarly, elegant style is characteristic of all his writings. Calmness and logic characterize in a high degree his latest book.”
+ R. of Rs. 40: 256. Ag. ’09. 160w.
“Its tone is sympathetic and kindly, but it is difficult reading, and its 248 pages are full of intricate phrasing and over-elaboration.” M. W. Ovington.
+ − Survey. 23: 169. N. 6, ’09. 950w.
Murray, John Clark. Hand-book of Christian ethics. *$2.25. Scribner.
9–5890.
“Tends toward an important simplification, perhaps an entire reconstruction, of Christian dogmatics. No theory can stand except by vindication in practical tests. Professor Murray carries into his discussion from its outset an ethical conception of religion. Viewing religion as attachment to God with the will, his definition of the ethical ideal of Christianity as revealed in Jesus is ‘the realization of God’s will with regard to man.’ This is then exhibited in its pre-Christian evolution, in its New Testament presentations, in its development in individual life and character, in the church, the family, the state, and, finally, in general and special methods of moral culture.”—Outlook.
“While the work fails to do justice to many problems growing out of a genetic study of morality, it is an unusually excellent discussion of the subject from the point of view with which most clergymen are familiar, and is especially valuable because it expounds morals in terms of defensible psychology.” G. B. Smith.
+ − Am. J. Theol. 13: 471. Jl. ’09. 500w.
“An excellent summary.”
+ Bib. World. 33: 143. F. ’09. 30w.
“Comprehensiveness, insight, discrimination, and lucidity characterize the discussion throughout. Here and there one is disposed to question.”
+ − Outlook. 91: 247. Ja. 30, ’09. 340w.
“The book is a sensible presentation of the subject. It is well written and well arranged, and will be of great service to the student and general reader desiring an introduction to the study of Christian ethics.” Frank Thilly.
+ Philos. R. 18: 549. S. ’09. 1400w.
Musselman, Rev. Hugh Thomas, and Tralle, Rev. H. E. The Sunday-school teacher’s school. *40c. Am. Bapt.
The first part of this handbook written by Mr. Musselman discusses the work and organization of the Sunday school; the second part by Mr. Tralle deals with its conduct and equipment.
A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 176. Je. ’09.
Musset, Paul Edme de. Mr. Wind and Madame Rain; tr. with permission of the author by Emily Makepeace. (Harper’s young people ser.) †60c. Harper.
9–35180.
A nursery tale composed of material gathered from the unconnected folk-lore recitals of Breton peasants.
“A cheap reprint that will serve for ordinary use and has the advantage of being lighter in weight. The story is based on legends of Brittany, is full of action and narrated with great charm and simplicity.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 64. F. ’09. ✠
“An enchanting tale.”
+ N. Y. Times. 13: 631. O. 24, ’08. 30w.