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Ladd, Frederic Pierpont. One fair daughter. $1.50. Kennerley.
9–4955.
This “fair daughter” hating poverty marries a man whose heavy face was the color of the tallow upon which the fortunes of his family had been builded. A young clergyman falls victim to her wiles, thinks it is his mission to save her soul, in so doing sells his honor, gives up his church, and then discovers that the woman whom he had stolen is less concerned about her soul than about the luxuries without which life would pall.
“The author has been too intent upon his story to make all his characters fit his theme. His heroine is not illy portrayed, and she is not without some degree of convincingness. But the situations into which the clergyman, supposed to be an honest-minded, high-principled man, allows himself to be drawn from the start are so humiliating as to make the man absurd.”
− N. Y. Times. 14: 194. Ap. 3, ’09. 210w.
La Farge, John. Higher life in art: a series of lectures on the Barbizon school of France. **$2.50. Doubleday.
8–37207.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 44. F. ’09.
“To a picture lover the book is full of charm and to an art student it overflows with helpfulness.”
+ Ind. 66: 426. F. 25, ’09. 320w.
Int. Studio. 39: sup. 23. N. ’09. 20w.
“Numerous illustrations, happily, for the most part, chosen from examples to be found in this country.”
+ Lit. D. 38: 388. Mr. 6, ’09. 530w.
“The facts rehearsed are to be found elsewhere; what interests is the light thrown, incidentally, upon Mr. La Farge himself, his own art, and his attitude toward the art of others.”
+ Nation. 88: 233. Mr. 4, ’09. 180w.
“He makes familiar and comprehensible the fundamental truths which commonly are shrouded in formulas and technical words.” E. L. Cary.
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 30. Ja. 16, ’09. 1000w.
“These talks are full of suggestion: some of the best things are merely dropped and left.”
+ No. Am. 190: 262. Ag. ’09. 400w.
“The volume is one of inspiring quality and of high value.”
+ Outlook. 91: 335. F. 13, ’09. 680w.
Lamson, Zachary Gage. Autobiography of Captain Zachary G. Lamson, 1797–1814; with introd. and historical notes by O. T. Howe. $1.25. Clarke.
8–34124.
“Gives all too briefly some of the incidents of an active and honorable career in the merchant service between the years 1797 and 1814.* 256*... The story is especially valuable in the many side lights it throws upon nautical matters during the time of the Napoleonic struggle. It is edited by O. T. Howe, who gives a painstaking and accurate account of the state of the American mercantile marine at that period and of the international complications which beset our efforts to carry on trade under the prohibitory conditions of Napoleon’s Berlin and Milan decrees on the one side and the British Orders in Council on the other.”—Nation.
“Few books of its size, if any, contain so much in these respects that is worthy of reading and preserving.”
+ Nation. 88: 16. Ja. 7, ’09. 160w.
“Interesting and valuable.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 32. Ja. 16, ’09. 300w.
Lancaster, F. Hewes.[12] Marie of Arcady. †$1.25. Small.
9–28273.
Set among the descendants of the exiles of the land of Acadie in the basin of a bayou along the lower Mississippi, this quaint story of a land of “small farms and large loves and of loyalty to love” is a transcript of life as it is lived among the Cajan people. The young Marie Micou, a lonely unselfish girl, almost breaks her heart in relinquishing the love of the stalwart Aluin because the glad-eyed friend who had been good to her loves him too. Around this central theme the story is built.
Lanchester, Frederick William.[8] Aerodonetics, constituting the second volume of a complete work on aerial flight; with appendices on the theory and application of the gyroscope, on the flight of projectiles, etc. *$6. Van Nostrand.
9–6513.
A technical work dealing mainly with the following points: the conditions of longitudinal, lateral, and directional stability; the theory and use of scale-models; theories of soaring flight; and a large number of experimental verifications.
“It is to be regretted that Mr. Lanchester has not made some attempt to bring his equations more into conformity with ordinary well-recognised notation. Mr. Lanchester’s observations and experiments are deserving of the most careful consideration.” G. H. Bryan.
+ − Nature. 80: 221. Ap. 22, ’09. 1050w.
Spec. 101: 745. N. 7, ’08. 40w.
Lanciani, Rodolfo Amedeo.[12] Wanderings in the Roman campagna. **$5. Houghton.
9–30395.
The fourth volume in a brilliant and authoritative series on Rome. Natural beauty, picturesqueness, rich historic association, art interest abound in the campagna; of these attractions the author discourses freely, adding an authoritative account of many important discoveries and lending to the whole a personal note that interests and charms the reader. The chapters are: The land of Saturn; The land of Horace; The land of Hadrian; The land of Gregory the Great; The land of Cicero; The land of Pliny, the younger and the land of Nero. The volume is handsomely made and fully illustrated.
“A popular, yet authoritative account.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 658. O. 23, ’09. 20w.
Landor, Arnold Henry Savage.[12] In the forbidden land; new one-volume ed. $3. Harper.
9–29220.
A popular, one-volume edition of the author’s account of his journey into Tibet, his capture by the Tibetan Lamas and soldiers, his imprisonment, torture and ultimate release.
Landsberg, Grace F.[7] A B C of philosophy. 75c. Fenno.
9–18056.
A primer of less than a hundred and fifty pages which gives in brief, concise form an outline of philosophy from the time of Thales, the father of philosophy, to the present day. Aside from its reference value it is designed as a suggestive, nutshell presentation of the theories of philosophy for the general reader.
Educ. R. 38: 206. S. ’09. 30w.
Lane, Elinor Macartney. Katrine: a novel. †$1.50. Harper.
9–7828.
Katrine, the heroine of this tale, is a charming Irish girl whose father is overseer of a North Carolina plantation. The love-making of the head of the house of Ravenel, the separation due to his family pride, Katrine’s triumph thru her gift of song, the man’s struggle for manhood mastery, and the final reunion are elements in a most entertaining story based on the facts of an actual singer’s career.
“Less interesting than ‘Nancy Stair,’ but a pleasant, wholesome story, specially successful in depicting the Irish temperament.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 148. My. ’09. ✠
“Katrine, less individual in type than Nancy, never for a moment wears her convincing air of being alive.”
+ − Atlan. 103: 703. My. ’09. 200w.
“A pleasantly readable and quite harmless little volume, although not for a moment to be ranked in the same class with this author’s ‘Nancy Stair.’” F: T. Cooper.
+ Bookm. 29: 318. My. ’09. 200w.
“One lays it aside with the feeling of having met an adorable woman-spirit, not Katrine’s, but the author’s own, of having listened to great music and of having walked at evening in an old-fashioned garden.”
+ − Ind. 66: 760. Ap. 8, ’09. 600w.
“In ‘Katrine’ are to be found all the requisites of a satisfactory love-story, and this winning, irresistible Irish girl bids fair to become as popular as her predecessor, Nancy Stair.”
+ Lit. D. 38: 725. Ap. 24, ’09. 200w.
“Graceful and charming.”
+ Nation. 88: 515. My. 20, ’09. 200w.
“There are many elements of popularity in the book, and it will no doubt prove a satisfactory successor to ‘Nancy Stair.’”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 192. Ap. 3, ’09. 310w.
N. Y. Times. 14: 376. Je. 12, ’09. 140w.
“Has vivacity, wit and insight.”
+ No. Am. 189: 921. Je. ’09. 140w.
“It is beautifully told, and the viewpoint throughout the book is an exalted one.”
+ R. of Rs. 39: 760. Je. ’09. 70w.
Lang, Andrew. Maid of France: being the story of the life and death of Jeanne D’Arc. *$3.50. Longmans.
9–8027.
The Church of Rome by its special decree of beatification has admitted Joan of Arc to the ranks of the candidates for canonization. This action implies recognition of the very conditions emphasized in Mr. Lang’s championship of the peasant girl of Domremy. The biography is not written “in the soothing spirit of leisurely research. It has a vivacity inspired by the two master passions of literature, love of the subject as a vital issue, and a strong objection, both temperamental and reasoned, to the author (Anatole France) who has most lately treated it.” (Nation.)
“Mr. Lang’s admiration of the Maid would not let him stop with a refutation of error, but made him go forward to produce a readable and, on the whole, a sound biography of Jeanne. He too has read deeply in the literature of the fifteenth century, though not so prodigiously as M. France, and his side-lights are thrown more faithfully, if somewhat less luxuriantly. A few 257of his conclusions will be disputed in minute detail.” F. C. Lowell.
+ − Am. Hist. R. 14: 803. Jl. ’09. 500w.
“The author’s issue with Anatole France’s iconoclastic conception and exposition, in his recent ‘Vie de Jeanne d’Arc,’ gives the narrative a controversial tone that detracts from its interest for general reading, but as a valuable and scholarly work it will hold an important place.”
+ − A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 105. Ap. ’09.
“Apart from the criticism and the polemics, the book is good to read. In his desire to worst his adversary he sometimes presses a point dangerously far. He has given us the life, ‘complete and critical,’ hitherto lacking in this country.”
+ − Ath. 1909, 1: 248. F. 27. 1000w.
“If Mr. Lang’s careful citations from the documents and his minute scrutiny of the evidence have now and then interfered somewhat with the easy flow of the narrative, his book is none the less profoundly interesting and a welcome addition to the literature of the subject.” E: Fuller.
+ − Bookm. 29: 88. Mr. ’09. 1450w.
“Takes its place, with all due respect to Mr. Lowell’s work, as the most complete and critical English work on the subject.”
+ + Cath. World. 88: 826. Mr. ’09. 950w.
“While the author has apparently written for the general reader, he has not forgotten the needs of the serious student.” L. M. Larson.
+ Dial. 46: 260. Ap. 16, ’09. 2000w.
“It is well for English readers at all events to have a ‘Life’ written by one who can stand apart from this conflict.” C. L. Kingsford.
+ − Eng. Hist. R. 24: 787. O. ’09. 1100w.
“Careful, critical, and, perhaps we may add, exhaustive monograph.”
+ Lit. D. 38: 386. Mr. 6, ’09. 260w.
+ − Nation. 88: 169. F. 18, ’09. 850w.
“His achievement, while disconcerting alike for her detractors of 1431 and those of 1909, opens a new path in the story of biography where the supernatural has hitherto veiled and obscured from rational view the faith and sincerity of the subject.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 157. Mr. 20, ’09. 2150w.
“The author seems to have consulted the archives diligently; and yet there is little that is new in the book and not to be found in that of Mrs. Oliphant published in 1896 and in Mr. F. C. Lowell’s ‘Life.’”
+ No. Am. 189: 782. My. ’09. 240w.
“On the subject of Jeanne’s trial Mr. Lang makes some interesting suggestions, though on the main points he adds little to our knowledge.”
+ Sat. R. 107: 78. Ja. 16, ’09. 1700w.
+ Spec. 102: 130. Ja. 23, ’09. 2600w.
Lang, Andrew. Sir George Mackenzie, king’s advocate, of Rosehaugh, his life and times, 1636–1691. *$4.20. Longmans.
9–15743.
A far reaching knowledge of Scotland’s history lies back of this sketch of “Bluidy Mackenzie” who “began his career, like most political lawyers, in Opposition. In 1661 he defended, unsuccessfully, the Marquess of Argyll against a charge of treason. In 1681 he prosecuted, successfully, the Earl of Argyll, his first client’s son, on a similar charge. In the interval the young advocate had made himself so conspicuous at the Bar and in Parliament that Lauderdale took him up and finally made him King’s advocate. Unlike most lawyers, Mackenzie was interested in history, philosophy, and belles lettres. Indeed, he was himself a poet, an historian, and a Stoic pen. It would be going too far to say that the King’s advocate was a sceptic; but we gather that his religion was ‘that of all sensible men.’” (Sat. R.)
“Mr. Lang shows his usual minute and varied learning, and brightens the gloomy and stormy sketches over which he passes with occasional flashes of wit. While it has many merits, the book is hard reading. We are lead through labyrinths of detail, events are alluded to rather than described, and to use the author’s own words in another connection, ‘his characters are as numerous as the grains on the ribbed sea sands.’” A. L. Cross.
+ − Am. Hist. R. 14: 814. Jl. ’09. 420w.
“Solid and valuable as this work is, we are by no means delighted with its style.”
+ − Ath. 1909, 1: 695. Je. 12. 1100w.
“On the whole, the discussion is sane and convincing, far more calm and judicious in tone than the author’s vigorous English usually permits.”
+ Dial. 46: 406. Je. 16, ’09. 250w.
“This book is, like all his other works, deeply interesting, it adds much to our knowledge of the life of its subject, and it presents him in a far more favorable light than ever before.”
+ Nation. 89: 165. Ag. 19, ’09. 600w.
“Mr. Lang has treated his subject with thoroughness and with a sympathy that does not go too far. We recommend the present work especially to lawyers.” G: S. Hellman.
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 287. My. 8, ’09. 800w.
“Partly owing to his cryptic and bald style of writing, and partly owing to the fact that there is not very much about Mackenzie’s private life, Mr. Andrew Lang has contrived to write a dull book about an interesting subject.”
− Sat. R. 107: 275. F. 27, ’09. 950w.
“Mr. Lang has such a strong equipment of learning, and so genuine an imaginative sympathy with his subject, but we cannot but regret that he should not have given more time to the shaping of his material. He has written the standard book on Mackenzie; but he might have made it a great deal better if he had remembered Sheridan’s remark about easy writing and hard reading.”
+ − Spec. 102: 377. Mr. 6, ’09. 1400w.
Lang, Leonora Blanche.[12] Red book of heroes. **$1.60. Longmans.
W9–326.
“Heretofore Mr. Lang and his wife have dealt largely with folk-lore and legendary romance; now they find it necessary to turn to reality. As a trade-mark, they adhere to the rainbow nomenclature, but ‘The red book of heroes’ claims to be history, wherein the lives represented are marked by two dominant characteristics, honor and courage.” (Lit. D.) Accounts of such heroes as Florence Nightingale, John Howard the philanthropist, Hannibal, Father Damien, the apostle of the lepers, the Marquis of Montrose, the little Abbess, and others.
“The children who get so charming a book should be delighted.”
+ Ath. 1909, 2: 523. O. 30. 60w.
“The editor is now prompted to exploit the heroic in actual history, and this first attempt is very inviting.” M. J. Moses.
+ Ind. 67: 1364. D. 16, ’09. 80w.
“The young reader will gain much inspiration from these careers.”
+ Lit. D. 39: 1020. D. 4, ’09. 140w.
+ Nation. 89: 539. D. 2, ’09. 60w.
“It would surely be an abnormal child who would not welcome ‘The red book of heroes’ among his Christmas gifts.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 709. N. 13, ’09. 130w.
“Mrs. Lang has a very pretty story-telling gift of her own, while Mr. Lang does his part in giving the books a background of scholarship.”
+ Outlook. 93: 601. N. 13, ’09. 140w.
“In things of every kind which are to be pleasant in the using, skilful mixing goes a long way. As for the ingredients, they are of the best quality and plentiful.”
+ Spec. 103: sup. 718. N. 6, ’09. 750w.
258“It is not quite as easy reading as the ‘Story of the magic Persians,’ but the sketches hold a mint of information, with enough action and idealism mixed in to keep the interest of any child.” B. L. Israels.
+ Survey. 23: 376. D. 18, ’09. 60w.
Lang, W. H. Australia. (Romance of empire ser.) *$2. Stokes.
8–22307.
A narrative written by a surgeon who spent twenty years in the Hume district on the borders of Victoria and New South Wales. “There are touches of geology, ethnology and mythology about his chapters which serve to leaven the purely adventurous side of his narrative. The doings of the early settlers and explorers, of convict, colonist and bushranger, are described by one who has an irrepressible love of Australia, ‘a great gem, flashing in the crown of the king.’ To him Australia has only one drawback—want of water, but that she is making good by means of artesian boring.” (Sat. R.)
“He possesses considerable knowledge of the country he writes about. We must therefore confess to some disappointment that his work is marred in the earlier chapters by discursive remarks, typographical errors, and other mistakes, some of which might have been avoided if he has seen the volume through the press himself.”
+ − Ath. 1908, 1: 641. My. 23. 1100w.
“In conception and treatment the volume falls short of being either historical or descriptive, and apparently aims to set forth only the unusual and the striking in the history of the Australian continent. His style is a bit crude, but his presentation of scenes and incidents is often quite vivid.”
− + N. Y. Times. 13: 801. D. 26, ’08. 230w.
“Although apparently always conscious that he is writing for the young, has done Australia well.”
+ − Sat. R. 105: 732. Je. 6, ’08. 130w.
Lankester, Sir Edwin Ray, ed.[10] Treatise on zoology. pts. 1 and 7. ea. *$5.25. Macmillan.
Pt. 1. Introduction and protozoa.
An introduction concerned with the definition of zoology is followed by a series of separate treatises by various biologists which aim to give a general outline of the entire subkingdom protozoa from a zoological point of view.
Pt. 7. Appendiculata. Third fascicle, Crustacea.
“The book preeminently is a zoological treatise, dealing with the purely zoological side of the matter: morphology, anatomy, embryology and the systematics. With regard to this, it is a complete success, and should be used, by zoologists, not only by the side of other textbooks, but is apt to supersede the latter, thus becoming, for the present time, the standard text-book on crustaceans.”—Science.
“It may be said at once that in no previous work has the phylum of the protozoa been so thoroughly and adequately treated, or better illustrated. The student in this department of zoology will find it indispensable. The articles are accurate and trustworthy, and the criticisms of the work of others just.”
+ − Ath. 1909, 2: 185. Ag. 14. 1050w. (Review of pt. 1, 1st fascicle.)
“As a basis for more specialized work in different lines of protozoan research, the book has a greater value than any of the others of more limited scope that have appeared in the last few years. Unfortunately, as with all such collaborated works, the various groups of protozoa are not equally well presented, and the treatment of some of the topics indicates plainly that the authors are writing from a library rather than a laboratory knowledge of the subject.”
+ − Nation. 89: 285. S. 23, ’09. 450w. (Review of pt. 1, 1st fascicle.)
“This volume worthily upholds the high standard attained in its companion fascicle, with which it forms a comprehensive treatise on the protozoan of outstanding excellence.”
+ − Nature. 80: 152. Ap. 8, ’09. 1150w. (Review of pt. 1, 1st fascicle.)
“Dr. Calman’s volume is especially strong in the morphological and systematic aspects of carcinology. With the yearly increasing output of research, the trustworthy text-book becomes more than ever necessary, and the modern English student is fortunate with sets of Lankester’ and ‘Sedgwick’ on his shelves.” G. H. Carpenter.
+ Nature. 80: 361. My. 27, ’09. 1100w. (Review of pt. 7, 3d fascicle.)
“Anybody desiring to get any information within the range as defined above will surely find it here, and not only this, but he will find the account given up to date.” A. E. Ortmann.
+ Science, n.s. 30: 766. N. 26, ’09. 800w. (Review of pt. 7, 3d fascicle.)
“All of the articles are fairly clear and well-written expositions of the structures and modes of life of the several types of Protozoa, but with the exception of the sections on Mycetozoa and Radiolaria there is little that is new or above the average of an ordinary textbook, while there are few references to literature later than 1906. The paper is altogether too thick and clumsy however, making a heavy and poorly bound volume, which will never stand the wear of ordinary use.” G. N. C.
+ − Science, n.s. 30: 888. D. 17, ’09. 580w. (Review of pt. 1, 1st fascicle.)
Lathbury, Eva.[6] Long gallery. †$1.50. Holt.
9–14515.
A leisurely story of English life thru whose romance is traced the influence of dead ancestors whose portraits hang in the long gallery of Southern Court. Mystery weaves its spell about the characters, including two brides, their mothers, and the men who wooed them. The mystery, heart tragedies, and memories all seem to lie dust covered in an old play room in the Court until a dying woman’s servant draws them out into the light.
“The book is distinguished by subtle characterization and much imagination of a delicate and whimsical variety.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 55. O. ’09.
“A story of unusual quality, written with uncommon distinction of style. The book possesses few elements of popularity, but it will hold the discriminating reader as much by its finesse of style as its interesting play and interplay of characters.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 409. Je. 26, ’09. 500w.
“The story is at times involved, but it is well told, it shows creative power, imagination, sincerity, and its ideas are essentially of human interest.”
+ − Outlook. 93: 8. S. 4, ’09. 110w.
Lathbury, Eva.[12] Sinking ship. †$1.50. Holt.
9–29256.
A story of the stage, tense, introspective, in which three generations—a granddaughter, a mother and daughter—struggle to give expression of their temperamental individuality. We have the impossible grandmother with her love for stage tinsel, frumpery and flash, which, in her last moments, turn into grinning horrors; the mother, half mad with inner revolt against idyllic productions with their fancy dresses and scenic effects, who clutches at a young dramatist’s play, built up about her, and creating for her a “new skin which she slips into”; and the daughter, Sibyl, who symbolizes the new stage that is to grow out of the old one with its mist and shadow, who says: “Some day, some day very soon, the theater will give up to us, and we shall paint the truth there; we’re growing tired of pretense. Some day the false gods will be turned out and the true God will come in.”
“With keen penetration and merciless portrayal Miss Lathbury delineates in vivid scenes 259the characters of the actress herself and of her mother, daughter, and husband, who are all on the stage.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 764. D. 4, ’09. 200w.
“The book is so wordy that its intention is nebulous: and Miss Lathbury makes very little of what seemed a promising contrast between the three women.”
− Sat. R. 108: 508. O. 23, ’09. 350w.
Latifi, Alma.[10] Effects of war on property; being studies in international law and policy; with a note on belligerent rights at sea, by J: Westlake. *$1.50. Macmillan.
War9–23.
“This is not a study of the entire field indicated by the title. Five studies present various phases of the law of war as applied to property. Especial emphasis is placed on topics hitherto little treated by writers on international law. The method of treatment is practical rather than jural. The chapters indicate the field covered: Property of enemies and neutrals on land; Effects of conquest on property; Property of enemies and neutrals at sea; Exceptions to the rule of capture of property at sea; Inviolability of private property at sea.”—Ann. Am. Acad.
“The last two chapters constitute the chief contribution made, though there are many points in the other chapters on which interesting evidence is presented from the Spanish-American, South African and Russo-Japanese war.”
+ Ann. Am. Acad. 34: 427. S. ’09. 120w.
Nation. 89: 124. Ag. 5, ’09. 300w.
“His failure to make use of the large body of precedents collected by Mr. Moore in his ‘International arbitrations’ and in his ‘International law digest,’ and the omission, apparently, to examine at first hand the cases growing out of the Spanish-American and Russo-Japanese wars blemish an otherwise valuable series of studies on the effects of war on property. The lack of a table of the cases discussed and cited makes the book defective also as a law manual.” G: W. Scott.
+ − Pol. Sci. Q. 24: 548. S. ’09. 1000w.
Latimer, Robert Sloan.[12] Liberty of conscience under three tsars. **$1.50. Revell.
“An account of the advance made in the Russian empire since the Crimean war toward the ideal of personal liberty in matters of religion. The Czars referred to are Alexander II., Alexander III., and Nicholas II., who is now on the throne.”—N. Y. Times.
“Will be found serviceable on account of its broad outline of the history of the origin of the Russian sects, and their treatment by the Russian government, which is the Orthodox church. The book is not intended for serious students, but for the general public—the English general public, more by token, and, to judge from its sentimental tone, chiefly for its women.”
+ Ind. 67: 1267. D. 2, ’09. 70w.
N. Y. Times. 14: 764. D. 4, ’09. 170w.
Spec. 103: 316. Ag. 28, ’09. 290w.
Laughlin, Clara Elizabeth. Death of Lincoln. **$1.50. Doubleday.
9–3344.
A detailed account of Lincoln’s death, the events leading up to it, Booth’s life, the plot, the assassination and the penalty.
“The author possesses an admirable style and has threaded together the facts and evidence in her possession in such a manner as to make an absorbingly interesting volume.”
+ Arena. 41: 393. Mr. ’09. 130w.
“The readers of this volume, be they young or old, will have a far more ‘realising sense’ than it is likely they have already of the conditions which made possible the assassination and the consequence.” Montgomery Schuyler.
+ Bookm. 29: 84. Mr. ’09. 1100w.
Reviewed by E. E. Sparks.
+ Dial. 46: 298. My. 1, ’09. 200w.
Ind. 66: 328. F. 11, ’09. 40w.
Nation. 88: 166. F. 18, ’09. 20w.
“A remarkably vivid and dramatic piece of work, and without desecrating the sanctity of the scene or descending to melodrama, she has placed the events of the last few hours of Lincoln’s life on earth so sympathetically before us that we seem to have been with that hushed company.” J. B. Rittenhouse.
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 82. F. 13, ’09. 450w.
Laughlin, James Laurence.[12] Latter-day problems. **$1.50. Scribner.
9–28275.
Professor Laughlin discusses scientifically the following economic subjects and uses language sufficiently untechnical to be understood by all: The hope for labor unions; Socialism a philosophy of failure; The abolition of poverty; Social settlements; Political economy and Christianity; Large fortunes; The valuation of railways; The guaranty of bank deposits; The depositor and the bank; Government vs. bank issues.
“Professor Laughlin’s book is clear, keen, scholarly, suggestive; but it has the defect which often characterizes the product of the study: it shows greater familiarity with economic theories than it does with the actual facts of modern industrial life.”
+ − Outlook. 93: 876. D. 18, ’09. 350w.
Launay, Louis de. World’s gold: its geology, extraction, and political economy; tr. by Orlando Cyprian Williams; with an introd. by Charles A. Conant. **$1.75. Putnam.
8–32340.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
“The most comprehensive book to be had on the subject of gold production and its relation to the world’s economy.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 141. My. ’09.
+ Ann. Am. Acad. 33: 719. My. ’09. 280w.
“His work on gold may be read with much interest, whether the reader be geologist, miner, metallurgist, or economist. The translation has been done with accuracy and judgment.”
+ Ath. 1909, 1: 292. Mr. 6. 400w.
“While M. De Launay is both interesting and reliable in the sections of his book dealing with the geology, the distribution, and the mining and extraction of gold, he is much less reliable when he deals with the politics and economics of the gold question.”
+ − Ind. 66: 589. Mr. 18, ’09. 530w.
Reviewed by W. H. E.
+ J. Geol. 17: 192. F. ’09. 110w.
“He is caught tripping in his economic thinking by Mr. Conant.” L.
+ − J. Pol. Econ. 17: 305. My. ’09. 380w.
“This is a wonderfully complete tho concise essay on a subject about which accurate information has not always been easily accessible. The work is well and fluently translated.”
+ Lit. D. 37: 983. D. 26, ’08. 240w.
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 109. F. 27, ’09. 400w.
“A singularly useful and lucid manual for the student alike of the geology, the extraction, and the political economy of gold.”
+ Outlook. 91: 63. Ja. 9, ’09. 430w.
“Professor DeLaunay’s book is valuable for its detailed and presumably accurate description of the geological and technical features of the subject, but it would be greatly improved by the elimination of its puerile economics.” J. F. Johnson.
+ − Pol. Sci. Q. 24: 545. S. ’09. 190w.
R. of Rs. 39: 253. F. ’09. 100w.
“Taken as a whole, the work is well and logically written and fairly accurate in facts 260and figures. It is a work which will be read with interest by both technical and non-technical readers, and especially by those interested in the financial aspect of money and metals.” W. R. Crane.
+ Science, n.s. 29: 300. F. 19, ’09. 300w.
Spec. 102: sup. 638. Ap. 24, ’09. 300w.
Launspach, Charles W. L. State and family in early Rome. *$2.50. Macmillan.
9–2061.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
“A readable and generally interesting book for those with tastes similar to his own. As he appears, however, to be quite ignorant of the present state of discussion and criticism in the investigation of his subject, it must be said in all candor that his work has no value for the student.” S. B. P.
− + Am. Hist. R. 14: 375. Ja. ’09. 240w.
“It is a lawyer’s treatment of one department of Roman law—the relation of the family to the state; and we know not where an intelligent student could find a better exposition in brief of a long and thorny subject. We congratulate the author on his sound and sensible book.”
+ − Ath. 1909, 1: 193. F. 13. 750w.
“Regarded as the production of an amateur this book is both laudable and interesting; but it is difficult to see why it should be published.” W. A. G.
− Eng. Hist. R. 24: 394. Ap. ’09. 300w.
Laut, Agnes Christina.[12] Canada, the empire of the North; being the romantic story of the new dominion’s growth from colony to kingdom. *$2.50. Ginn.
9–26653.
Miss Laut’s story begins with the early discovery and exploration of North America and proceeds swiftly and accurately to the Confederation of 1867. “To re-create,” says Miss Laut, “the shadowy figures of the heroic past, to clothe the dead once more in flesh and blood, to set the puppets of the play in life’s great dramas upon the stage of action,—frankly, this may not be formal history, but it is what makes the past most real to the present day.” It is to the realistic conception of her task that the author owes the dramatic quality of this work.
Laut, Agnes Christina. Conquest of the great Northwest; being the story of the adventurers of England known as The Hudson’s bay company; new pages in the history of the Canadian Northwest and western states. 2v. *$5. Moffat.
8–31815.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
“It will serve a distinct use in the field of popularized history, but it is not always convincing, and the serious student will turn to Mr. Burpee’s volume for the sober recital that, while less entertaining, confines itself within the exact region of facts.”
+ − A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 16. Ja. ’09.
“Compared with the mass of original documents which Miss Laut has managed to unearth ... the foundation of the earlier histories appears meagre and inadequate.” L. J. Burpee.
+ + Dial. 46: 139. Mr. 1, ’09. 1450w.
“The fascination of exploration and of the wild life of the wilderness could hardly be more vividly portrayed than in ‘Conquest of the great Northwest.’”
+ Ind. 66: 1399. Je. 24, ’09. 650w.
“The first complete history that has been written of a body of men who had sole possession for hundreds of years of a territory larger than the whole of Europe.”
+ Lit. D. 38: 106. Ja. 16, ’09. 580w.
“To fill out the picture is all very fine, but it is hazardous; and we think Miss Laut in particular might show more caution. In truth, an adherence to the bare words of her sources would have given often vividness enough.”
+ − Nation. 88: 142. F. 11, ’09. 470w.
+ R. of Rs. 39: 124. Ja. ’09. 210w.
Law, Robert.[11] Tests of life: a study of the First epistle of St. John; being the Kerr lectures for 1909. *$3. Scribner.
“This work, not primarily homiletic in its interest ... is a historical and doctrinal exposition of the First epistle of John, and originally constituted the Kerr lectures for 1909 at the Glasgow college of the United free church. The style, structure, aim and authorship of the epistle are discussed briefly, but the main purpose seems to be to expound its teaching. The method chosen is not that of continuous comment. Passages that deal with the same theme are grouped into one treatment, and critical notes are inserted from time to time.”—Am. J. Theol.
Am. J. Theol. 13: 649. O. ’09. 150w.
“This work is a serious and well-proportioned commentary. He is over-inclined to detect later theology in the epistle.”
+ − Bib. World. 33: 357. My. ’09. 70w.
Lawson, Andrew Cowper. California earthquake of April 18, 1906: report of the state earthquake investigation commission. 2v. v. 1, in 2 pts. $17. Carnegie inst.
v. 1. Part one contains an account of the geology of the coast system of mountains, a complete discussion of the San Andreas rift and assembled phenomena attending the San Francisco earthquake. Part two includes a discussion of the greater havoc of earthquakes in the soft ground sections, general effects of the earthquake in question, and a comparison of it with other seismological disturbances in the same region.
Nation. 88: 174. F. 18, ’09. 600w. (Review of v. 1.)
“The illustrations are by far the most informing and the most interesting photographs of the earthquake which have been published.”
+ N. Y. Times. 13: 526. S. 26, ’08. 410w. (Review of v. 1.)
Lawton, Frederick.[6] Third French republic. *$3.50. Lippincott.
W9–115.
An anecdotal account of the progress of the Third republic from the end of May, 1871 to the year 1908. During twenty years of acquaintance with people prominent in politics, literature and art the author has been gathering material which has not yet found its way into permanent form.
“It is not easy to see for whose use the author designs it. It cannot be for students, as the book is inaccurate and incomplete. Nor does it possess compensating qualities for the general reader, being slipshod in style and barren in ideas. It contains some sound and acute criticism which deserve a worthier setting.”
− + Ath. 1909, 1: 582. My. 15. 750w.
+ Dial. 46: 406. Je. 16, ’09. 200w.
“In spite of this ambitious scheme the work lacks proportion and bears evidence of hasty writing and superficial knowledge. His book does embody some useful material that might be left unnoticed by a more careful historian.”
− + Nation. 88: 628. Je. 24, ’09. 320w.
“Frederick Lawton deserves thanks from everybody interested in France and in recent European history for the good work he has done in his ‘Third French republic.’ It is a book of much value and one which no student of contemporary politics can neglect.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 401. Je. 26, ’09. 950w.
261“On the whole it is accurate, but it fails to give the Catholic case with any real force or fairness. We really cannot see any adequate excuse for bringing out this kind of thing in a large volume with elaborate illustrations. It is not attractive in itself, nor made justifiable by profound acquaintance with diplomatic history. The chapters on literature, science, and art are ludicrously inadequate if they are intended to give English readers any idea of the great French writers and artists of the last thirty years.”
− + Sat. R. 107: sup. 6. My. 22, ’09. 200w.
“A very readable book. Its most valuable part, we think, is to be found in the summaries of science, literature, art, as they have been developed during these four decades.”
+ − Spec. 102: 505. Mr. 27, ’09. 180w.
Lea, Homer.[11] Valor of ignorance. **$1.80. Harper.
9–29140.
A work in military literature that commands the attention of every student of United States history and of the science of war. Its object is to show how unprepared the United States is for war and to prove the possibility of a Japanese conquest of Western America. In the first part the author shows that America is excessively opulent and arrogant without military power to defend its opulence or support its arrogance. Wealth cannot safeguard against foes, he says, and arbitration is an illusion. In the second part, he shows logically how the Japanese might seize and hold the Philippines, Hawaii, Alaska, Washington, Oregon and California.
“Written in an amazingly highfalutin’ style, bristling with historical generalizations.”
− + Ind. 67: 1149. N. 18, ’09. 150w.
“Mr. Lea has written a very daring and startling book. Under the marshaling of this bright and conscientious author they tell a story which every American would do well to ponder.”
+ Lit. D. 39: 962. N. 27, ’09. 230w.
“Entertaining reading.”
+ R. of Rs. 40: 764. D. ’09. 150w.
Lea, James Henry, and Hutchinson, J. R. Ancestry of Abraham Lincoln. Special ed. *$10. Houghton.
9–5537.
Here are recorded the results of investigation conducted in England and America by one who believes in hereditary genius and who has been able to trace Lincoln’s ancestry four generations further back than it has been carried before. “In England the family were ‘ostensible yeomen, with a dominant strain of gentle blood in their veins’; in America, they were plain pioneers, with fine inherited traits.” (Nation.)
“By far the most notable volume which has been published so far this year in honor of the one hundredth anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth.” I. M. Tarbell.
+ Am. Hist. R. 14: 859. Jl. ’09. 300w.
“Altogether Mr. Lea’s contribution is decidedly the most original that the centenary has evoked.”
+ Dial. 46: 233. Ap. 1, ’09. 300w.
“An excellent piece of special genealogical investigation.”
+ Nation. 88: 277. Mr. 18, ’09. 260w.
“The collaborators have told entertainingly the story of the Lincoln family through ten successive generations.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 242. Ap. 17, ’09. 230w.
Lea, John. Romance of bird life: being an account of the education, courtship, sport and play, journeys, fishing, fighting, piracy, domestic and social habits, instinct, strange friendships and other interesting aspects of the life of birds. *$1.50. Lippincott.
8–37685.
“A fascinating account of the habits and customs of all manner of birds, telling how they are educated from the moment they emerge from the shell, how much they know by instinct and how much they have to be taught, of how they carry on their courtships, what they do for recreation, how they take their journeys, how they fish and fight and steal and act the pirate, their domestic virtues and vices, their strange friendships and their social habits, and many other queer and interesting things that most people would never dream of in connection with birds. It deals with birds all over the world, from those as familiar as the barnyard goose and hen to those of the least known kinds, while one chapter has something to say of extinct species.”—N. Y. Times.
“In such a ‘pot-pourri’ one naturally finds errors, but fewer than would be expected; and most of these occur in the quotations from other writers.”
+ − Nation. 88: 147. F. 11, ’09. 260w.
“Possibly the ‘romance’ is a little overstrained in places, and ordinary incidents in a bird’s general life habits sometimes magnified or transfigured into something more wonderful. Unlike most of the popular bird books published in recent years this one fills a vacant place.”
+ − Nature. 81: 99. Jl. 22, ’09. 470w.
“Written with charming simplicity and rich with illustrations and anecdote, with which [he] makes vivid [his] statement of scientific fact.”
+ N. Y. Times. 13: 774. D. 12, ’08. 170w.
“It is certainly one of the most fascinating, suggestive, and readable of the season’s gift-books.”
+ Spec. 101: sup. 706. N. 7, ’08. 700w.
Le Bon, Gustave. Evolution of forces. (International scientific ser., v. 91.) *$1.75. Appleton.
8–16427.
“The first half of the book is devoted to a discussion of the principles of physics, including the fundamental conceptions of time, space, energy, and matter, and the principle of the conservation of energy and of matter from the point of view of Le Bon’s theory.... The second half contains an account of experiments, with numerous illustrations by the author in support of his views. Some simple electrostatic experiments are described from which he draws truly astonishing conclusions. The latter part is devoted to a description of his experiments on phosphorescence and ‘black light.’ This portion of the book will be found very instructive to those who are interested in the little-known subject of phosphorescence.”—Nature.
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 79. Mr. ’09.
“Dr. Le Bon’s literary style is clearness itself, even although the clearness may be purchased in some instances by frequent repetition. We have noticed a few misprints.”
+ − Ath. 1908, 1: 701. Je. 6. 1700w.
“Dr. Le Bon certainly exhibits great originality and a powerful imagination.”
+ Nation. 87: 583. D. 10, ’08. 170w.
“The book is clearly written, and the interest is maintained throughout. We can recommend it to readers who are interested in revolutionary ideas of physics and in the spectacle of the débâcle (according to Le Bon) of a large amount of scientific doctrine. We would suggest, however, that the reader need be under no obligation to consider the statements contained in it as the latest accepted scientific gospel.”
+ − Nature. 79: 121. D. 3, ’08. 1300w.
Reviewed by W. S. Franklin.
− Science, n.s. 29: 580. Ap. 9, ’09. 450w.
“Dr. Le Bon’s very interesting book has been competently translated by Mr. Legge, and should be studied by every reader who is interested in this fairy-tale of science.”
+ Spec. 101: 199. Ag. 8, ’08. 440w.
262Lecky, Elisabeth (van Dedem) (Mrs. W. E. H. Lecky).[12] Memoir of the Rt. Hon. William Edward Hartpole Lecky, M. P., O. M., LL. D., D. C. L., Litt. D., member of the French institute and of the British academy. *$2.50. Longmans.
9–28242.
“A chronicle of Lecky’s outer life, of his activities and widespread intellectual interests and achievements, historical, philosophical, political, with never a glimpse of the man himself. This is a memoir of a wondrous brain, and to some extent of a character, so far as it exprest itself in thought and work, but of our human brother there is not a glimpse.”—Ind.
“The limitations of her materials taken into account, she has produced a most interesting and always tactful biography.”
+ Ath. 1909, 2: 552. N. 6. 1250w.
“Within the lines thus laid down, the book is packed with diversified interest for the student of our own times.”
+ Ind. 67: 1140. N. 18, ’09. 100w.
“A memoir that embodies so many of his own qualities of tact, proportion, and reserve.”
+ Nation. 89: 571. D. 9, ’09. 2350w.
R. of Rs. 40: 756. D. ’09. 140w.
“Perhaps the Irish parts are the most valuable, because it is so difficult to find an impartial history of Ireland. Mrs. Lecky has done her task exceedingly well. We cannot pay her a higher compliment than to say that it is executed with masculine judgment and skill.”
+ Sat. R. 108: 535. O. 30, ’09. 1150w.
“It would not be easy to praise too highly the skill and the unerring taste with which Mrs. Lecky has brought together the none too numerous documents of her distinguished husband’s career.”
+ Spec. 103: 605. O. 16, ’09. 2500w.
Lecky, William E. H. Historical and political essays. *$3.50. Longmans.
8–31477.
Fourteen essays including the following: Thoughts on history, The political value of history, The [British] empire, Carlyle’s message to his age, Mme. de Staël, Israel among the nations, The private correspondence of Sir Robert Peele, and Formative influences.
“Some of these essays seem to be written from the standpoint of the controversialist rather than of the historian, but the book as a whole well repays perusal both for its matter and for its literary style.”
+ − Am. Hist. R. 14: 596. Ap. ’09. 260w.
Reviewed by W: E. Lingelback.
Ann. Am. Acad. 34: 436. S. ’09. 630w.
“This collection of essays and addresses fully justifies its publication.”
+ Ath. 1909, 1: 98. Ja. 23. 330w.
Nation. 87: 626. D. 24, ’08. 60w.
“Men like Lecky are forceful influences in both moral and intellectual development, and every reader of these essays will be rewarded with many thoughts and suggestions that may well serve him as sign posts on the road of culture.” G: S. Hellman.
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 55. Ja. 30, ’09. 260w.
“His essay on Carlyle is a good example of common sense in judgment upon genius.”
+ Pol. Sci. Q. 24: 177. Mr. ’09. 200w.
+ Spec. 102: 705. My. 1, ’09. 500w.
Ledoux, Louis Vernon.[11] Yzdra: a tragedy in three acts. **$1.25. Putnam.
8–1689.
A drama based upon an anonymous story told in the “Secreta secretorum,” a book widely read during the middle ages. The story tells of a Hindu princess who, after being fed without her knowledge upon poisons, became poisonous herself, and is used as the tool of her father’s empire to propose betrothal to Alexander the Great, and so, thru a kiss, to bring death to the hero before he should invade India. The love between the conqueror and the princess, her discovery of the taint in her blood, her decision to ruin her own country to save her lover’s life, and the great struggle between his ambition and his love for Yzdra—all afford material which the dramatist has worked into shape with fine power.
“The author has interwoven humor, wisdom, Eastern religion, and superstition into the thread of his story. He has consistently and effectively depicted the characters of the play.” G: S. Hellman.
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 613. O. 16, ’09. 950w.
“There are both grace and strength in this drama, and it also possesses the movement and spirit needed for presentation upon the stage.”
+ Outlook. 93: 832. D. 11, ’09. 220w.
Lee, Jennette Barbour. Simeon Tetlow’s shadow. †$1.50. Century.
9–4193.
Simeon Tetlow is a railroad president, and the personification of his road. “It might almost be said that he was the road. Its minute ramifications and its great divisions were hardly more than the nerves and arteries that threaded Simeon Tetlow’s thin frame.” John Bennett, the secretary, is the “shadow.” He is “hands and feet” for his chief, “almost it might seem, lungs and a few other vital organs.” Miss Lee shows intimately the developing and expanding influence which the quiet secretary exerts over the magnate until the latter awakens to the meaning of brotherhood service.
“There is no love element, but the realistic details of business and office management give a certain interest to the slight story, which is well told.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 91. Mr. ’09. ✠
“John Bennett is the chief actor, and his feats are as probable as those of the heroes of Messrs. Oliver Optic and Henty. Accepted as a novel of sentiment and not of commercial life, the story may be enjoyed for its fluency and sweetness.”
+ − Nation. 88: 443. Ap. 29, ’09. 680w.
“In nearly all the book there are a freshness and originality of style and a poetic touch that have made it possible for the author to bid defiance to the actualities of life and yet to write a very acceptable story.”
+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 146. Mr. 13, ’09. 370w.
“A book with the blessed quality of difference. The story has in it an uncommon human quality.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 376. Je. 12, ’09. 200w.
+ − Outlook. 92: 21. My. 1, ’09. 380w.
Lee, Sidney Lazarus, ed.[5] Life of William Shakespeare. New and rev. ed.; with a new preface. *$2.25. Macmillan.
9–10641.
A new edition revised to include: the results of the author’s researches during the past ten years; errors have been corrected, bibliographies have been brought down to date, and important additions have been made to the bibliographical information. In a new preface of twenty-four pages Mr. Lee points out five newly discovered references to Shakespeare: to the personal character of Shakespeare’s father; to Shakespeare’s sojourn in London; to the possession of a coat-of-arms; to the dramatist in his declining years and to Shakespeare as a property owner.
A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 196. Je. ’09.
“Mr. Lee has made revisions, in a brief, but satisfactory style.”
+ Ath. 1908, 2: 69. Jl. 18. 90w.
Reviewed by E: Fuller.
+ Bookm. 29: 635. Ag. ’09. 550w.
263“It is very well that a handbook like this should be accurately leveled up from time to time.”
+ Ind. 67: 90. Jl. 8, ’09. 130w.
+ − Nation. 89: 168. Ag. 19, ’09. 180w.
“It still stands as the sanest, most readable, and most useful of all the biographies.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 302. My. 15, ’09. 130w.
+ R. of Rs. 39: 768. Je. ’09. 150w.
+ Sat. R. 106: 582. N. 7, ’08. 60w.
Lee, Vernon. Gospels of anarchy and other contemporary studies. **$3.50. Brentano’s.
8–22324.
A group of essays on such subjects as Emerson; Tolstoy; Nietzsche, and the Will to power; Prof. James and the Will to believe; Rosny, Ruskin, H. G. Wells, “Deterioration of soul,” and “The economic parasitism of women.”
“May we gently ask, as we read these pages, filled with opinions expressed with uncouth violence of language, whether such a manner of writing can carry us over the difficulties of the way? What has become of what was once a style—artificial, imitative, but a style?”
− Ath. 1908, 2: 301. S. 12. 740w.
“Vernon Lee shows all her old qualities of brightness and insight, and writes with a certain masculinity of thought with femininity of expression.”
+ N. Y. Times. 13: 415. Jl. 25, ’08. 1900w.
Lee, Vernon.[11] Laurus nobilis. **$1.50. Lane.
9–23736.
Chapters on “Art and life” that “explain beauty as a natural uplifting force.” (N. Y. Times.) “Three significant coincidences, early pointed out, indicate the line of argument followed by the author. These coincidences are: ‘that between development of the æsthetic faculties and the development of the altruistic instincts; that between development of a sense of æsthetic harmony and a sense of the higher harmonies and universal life; and, before everything else, the coincidence between the preference for æsthetic pleasures and the nobler growth of the individual.’” (Dial.)
“Parts of the volume are charmingly written, and certain pages of ‘The art and the country’ show the author at her best. Unfortunately, there are other passages both obscure and slipshod.”
+ − Ath. 1909, 2: 460. O. 16. 520w.
“In spite of the much fine writing in the book, one feels the earnest sincerity of it all. The book is one to read slowly and take to heart.”
+ Dial. 47: 289. O. 16, ’09. 300w.
“The book is the fruit of a spirit that lacks neither charm nor distinction, but always the ardor to embody these qualities in a form of quite authentic memorableness.”
− + Nation. 89: 288. S. 23, ’09. 300w.
N. Y. Times. 14: 606. O. 16, ’09. 550w.
“It is long indeed since we have met with a volume of art criticism so wise, so attractive, so suggestive. The book is indeed too full of charm, originality, and wisdom to be quickly read or dealt with in a few lines. It should be bought and studied.”
+ + Spec. 103: 515. O. 2, ’09. 470w.
Leeds, Charles Carley.[12] Mechanical drawing for trade schools. Machinery trades ed. (Carnegie technical schools text books.) *$2. Van Nostrand.
9–10798.
A text prepared “for the purpose of grounding those engaged in the machinery trades in the principles of mechanical drawing and to familiarize them with the methods in vogue in drafting rooms. The course is divided into a series of 58 lessons. The subjects treated are: Use of instruments, lettering, sketching, tracing, projection drawing, sectioning, drawing to scale, assembly and detail drawing, sections, intersections and development, conventionalities used in drawing, spur and bevel gears, worm and gear, and the periphery and plate cam.”—Engin. Rec.
“The method of arrangement of this book at once commends itself for its simplicity and convenience. It can scarcely be considered to be, in a higher sense, a text book of mechanical drawing, but it presents a course of lessons which is well designed to make a reasonably competent draftsman of anyone who conscientiously goes through with it, and it will minimize the need of a personal instructor.”
+ Engin. N. 62: sup. 51. N. 18, ’09. 530w.
“Much of the work is similar to that found in other text books on mechanical drawing, and it is difficult to see wherein this text would surpass them for use in trade schools. The sequence of the work is well planned, but it seems that an endeavor is made to cover too much ground. Throughout the work too little is left for the students’ originality, there being a great deal of almost straight copy work.”
− + Engin. Rec. 60: 587. N. 20, ’09. 190w.
Lees, Frederic.[5] Summer in Touraine: the record of a sojourn among the châteaux of the Loire. *$2.75. McClurg.
W9–153.
A volume of generous proportions lavishly illustrated, presenting not “the pageant of a summer only but the whole pageant of the renaissance in France.” From art folios, archaeological dictionaries, forgotten pamphlets, ancient manuscripts and musty memoirs of historical societies the author has gleaned architectural, historical and topographical information concerning the Loire country which he has worked into attractive form for the traveler to whom he dedicates his book.
A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 172. Je. ’09.
“The pages of Mr. Lees lead us to fear that he went to Touraine without that general knowledge which should have been the foundation of a book instructing others.”
− + Ath. 1909, 1: 582. My. 15. 1100w.
“Few travel books afford more pleasant entertainment than this delightful sketch of sojourns.” H. E. Coblentz.
+ Dial. 47: 235. O. 1, ’09. 270w.
“This volume is one of the best of its class, adequate, sane and helpful.”
+ Ind. 66: 1246. Je. 3, ’09. 160w.
“Mr. Lees is not a pictorial writer, and occasionally he trips up in his syntax, but he tells his story without affectation, and he strikes a fair balance between description and history.”
+ − Nation. 88: 628. Je. 24, ’09. 200w.
“A book that is in many respects more complete and more interesting than any of its predecessors. Its especial value consists in the fact that its author has had access to many châteaux now in the hands of private owners who permit no public invasion of them.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 387. Je. 19, ’09. 520w.
“He writes with knowledge, sometimes enthusiastically, at others critically. To those who contemplate a tour in this charming region his book is the best preparatory course they could have as a guide for the eye and mind.”
+ Sat. R. 107: 604. My. 8, ’09. 200w.
“There cannot be a better testimonial to the book’s merits than the fact that its pages are turned with interest, its illustrations studied with delight, by people of a foreign language, yet who are, after all, its most capable critics, under those very summer skies of beautiful Touraine.”
+ Spec. 103: 465. S. 25, ’09. 270w.
264Lees, George Robinson.[5] Witness of the wilderness, the Bedawin of the desert: their origin, history, home life, strife, religion, and superstitions in their relation to the Bible. $1.25. Longmans.
9–16832.
A work of apologetic, historical and archaeological importance which is based upon personal observation supplemented by the best contemporary authorities. “Mr. Lees’ main purpose is to draw attention to the resemblances between modern Arab life and the occasional glimpses which the Old Testament, and, less profusely, the Gospels, throw upon the character, morals, manners, and customs of these tribes. He also discusses briefly the nature and effects of Mahometanism; and tells us how far the Bedouin accepts its tenets and practices its code.” (Cath. World.)
“A charming little book.”
+ Cath. World. 89: 248. My. ’09. 460w.
“This book exhibits at least once a vice not easily forgiven, in a tendency to an allegorical interpretation which quite equals that of the ancient Alexandrian theologian Origen.” C: R. Gillett.
+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 159. Mr. 20, ’09. 200w.
Leete, Frederick De Land.[6] Every-day evangelism, personal, trained, co-operative. $1. West. Meth. bk.
9–7953.
The evangelistic side of a pastor’s and layman’s everyday Christian mission is set forth practically in this volume. It sounds the individual note in the work of the world’s redemption and so emphasizes personal responsibility.
Le Gallienne, Richard.[12] New poems. *$1.50. Lane.
Poems into which rare vision, deep insight, and symbolism enter so largely that it “is idle to measure these delicate, impalpable things with the yard stick of a cold and practical criticism, or to arraign Mr. Le Gallienne because he gives us too much fairy food and too little meat; the more surely he trusts his instinct as to what he shall give us, the truer artist he proves himself.” (N. Y. Times.)
“When all is said, however, these war songs, once read, will not allure again. It is a paradox that in a borrowed form, as that of Omar of Hafiz, Mr. Le Gallienne is able not only to move us with the spell of art but to express his own feeling far more convincingly than he expresses it in the group of love poems in the present volume. Here is everything but form, but the unaccountable something needed to crystalize passion into art. Once only, perhaps, does it enforce itself inevitably, in that strong, but-aloe-tinctured, sonnet, ‘I heard a liar say my love doth cease.’” J. B. Rittenhouse.
− + N. Y. Times. 14: 693. N. 6, ’09. 2200w.
“It is both easy and difficult to be severe with Mr. Le Gallienne. It is easy, because he can be so very irritating. It is difficult for much the same reason that it is difficult to be severe with a pretty child who is tiresome. His preciosity is often quite unendurable, yet his best effects lie so near to preciosity that it seems unreasonable to ask him to be less precious.”
− + Sat. R. 108: sup. 5. O. 16, ’09. 850w.
Legge, Ronald.[6] Hawk: a story of aerial war. $1.50. McBride, J:
9–12618.
Love, intrigue and war are involved in this story which demonstrates the theory that attack by air-ship is a possibility at the present moment.
N. Y. Times. 14: 352. Je. 5. ’09. 430w.
Lehár, Ferenc.[6] Merry widow: a novel founded on Franz Lehár’s Viennese opera, “Die lustige witwe,” as produced by Henry W. Savage. †$1.50. Dillingham.
9–11258.
A novelization of the opera which of necessity omits something of the fun and frolic which have captivated large audiences.
“To those who are not familiar with the original it will appear merely a poorly written and illogical hodge-podge of sentimental romance and cheap humor.”
− N. Y. Times. 14: 387. Je. 19, ’09. 80w.
Lehmann, Rudolph Chambers. Complete oarsman: with chapters by T. S. Kelly, R. B. Etherington Smith, and W. H. Eyre. *$3. Jacobs.
8–36772.
A handbook which is the result of careful scientific study of the subject and which discusses the history, growth, art, forms of rowing and rowing principles, and famous crews and regattas. The book is fully illustrated.
“A very complete English manual.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 79. Mr. ’09.
“Mr. Lehmann has a combination of qualities for his task believed by us to be unrivalled. Almost each time that we have found something we thought wrong we have remembered that we were in pages by Mr. Kelly or Mr. Etherington Smith.”
+ − Ath. 1908, 2: 123. Ag. 1. 1300w.
“There is a most interesting chapter on the style adopted by countries other than our own.” R. P. P. Rowe.
+ − Sat. R. 106: 137. Ag. 1, ’08. 1600w.
Lenygon, Francis.[10] Decoration and furniture of English mansions during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. *$10. Scribner.
“An interesting account of the decorations and furniture assembled in No. 31, Old Burlington Street, by a firm with which the author is connected. The house was built by Lord Hervey in 1720, and passed into various hands. At present it appears to be the home of various admirable examples of English decoration and furniture. The book is divided into chapters dealing with the successive periods of furniture from that of the early English renaissance—tapestries, wood panelling, plaster ornamentation, paintings, damasks, gesso-work, carpets, and other matters. It is plentifully illustrated with handsome photographs, and contains a useful catalogue of reference books.”—Ath.
“Mr. Lenygon has a tasteful knowledge of his subject, and his treatise should prove serviceable to many amateurs and collectors.”
+ Ath. 1909, 2: 303. S. 11. 200w.
“The text imparts no small knowledge of the decorative work of the great architects whose genius for these lesser things is often overlooked, and also of the manufacture of tapestries, carpets, lacquer, mirrors, and other accessories.”
+ Dial. 47: 519. D. 16, ’09. 200w.
“Embracing as the illustrations do every imaginable class of domestic decoration and furniture ... they should prove of great value to the designer and craftsman of to-day.”
+ Int. Studio. 38: 163. Ag. ’09. 200w.
+ Sat. R. 108: 199. Ag. 14, ’09. 950w.
Leonard, Mary Hall. Grammar and its reasons. *$1.50. Barnes.
8–12816.
“A series of chapters, not only on the parts of speech, inflection, construction and similar topics but also on questions connected with the teaching and the general significance of the 265subject, such as the place of grammar in the school course and the like.”—Ind.
“Not complete enough for a treatise, but a helpful tool for ready reference.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 17. Ja. ’09. ✠
“The best feature is the quotations with which the several chapters open. The book itself lacks any very distinctive characteristic, and its scholarship does not appear to be always of the best.”
− + Educ. R. 36: 523. D. ’08. 40w.
“The discussions are uniformly plain and clear, marked by good common sense and a disposition to simplify the study as much as possible.”
+ Ind. 65: 309. Ag. 6, ’08. 100w.
Lepelletier, Edmond.[6] Paul Verlaine: his life—his work; tr. by E. M. Lang. *$3.50. Duffield.
A “life” written by Verlaine’s friend from boyhood. “M. Lepelletier maintains that Verlaine’s supposed extreme depravity was a legend created and encouraged by himself, the product of a poet’s imagination poisoned with alcohol and morbidly reacting against his real desires for good.... Verlaine’s extraordinary Bohemian life is told fully, sympathetically, and tenderly. Perhaps it is too apologetic on the whole, and with too much of the theory that genius excuses or condones vice.” (Sat. R.)
“The English version is fluent and agreeable to read, except for some obvious Gallicisms, necessary, ‘for the purpose of space,’ to abridge the original. The translator lacks education. The book would be more satisfactory, for the English reader at any rate, if it included a good selection of the fine verse which gave Verlaine a reputation in spite of his disorderly career.”
+ − Ath. 1909, 1: 558. My. 8. 250w.
“We take leave of our gifted, bad, sad, mad brother, thanking M. Lepelletier for his generous, loyal work, which will achieve its aim because it will probably be accepted as the standard on its subject, and the translater for an able and literary achievement of a by no means easy task.”
+ Ind. 67: 1138. N. 18, ’09. 270w.
“It is a valuable contribution to the history of French poetry. It contains, moreover, some vivid pictures of French literary society of an earlier day where many a figure now famous is pictured in their early years of struggle.”
+ Lit. D. 39: 782. N. 6, ’09. 550w.
+ Lit. D. 39: 1073. D. 11, ’09. 200w.
“Failure fully to perceive and disengage one side of Verlaine’s personally constitutes the one serious defect in a work that is otherwise a wholly admirable interpretation of a great poet whose life involved the extremes of glory and misery.” W: A. Bradley.
+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 757. D. 4, ’09. 2100w.
R. of Rs. 40: 755. D. ’09. 90w.
“No other book reveals so much of Verlaine’s life and poems as this does.”
+ − Sat. R. 107: 470. Ap. 10, ’09. 280w.
Leroux, Gaston. Perfume of the lady in black. †$1.50. Brentano’s.
9–6576.
“M. Gaston Leroux’s new tale of the detective cleverness of Rouletabille presupposes familiarity with his earlier ‘Mystery of the yellow room.’ Same heroine, same villain, same hero, same detective, same admiring commentator. The new story begins where the old one left off, but the scene is shifted, and the criminal is more infernally clever than ever. The ‘dénouement’ taxes our credulity somewhat, but that does not matter, as we have the full benefit of the mystery and its intricacies nearly all the way.”—Ind.
“Is no better than its predecessor, and it is no worse; which implies neither high praise nor serious disparagement.” Rupert Ranney.
+ − Bookm. 29: 199. Ap. ’09. 450w.
“Those who read the original story will find the sequel fully as good of its kind.”
+ Ind. 66: 764. Ap. 8, ’09. 160w.
“‘The perfume of the lady in black’ can be described as inferior to the ‘Mystery of the yellow room’ and yet remain a tale of mystery and ‘ratiocination’ very far above the average.”
+ Nation. 88: 282. Mr. 18, ’09. 200w.
“It is a cleverly contrived and, barring the tendency of the superhumanly ingenious young newspaper detective to relapse into absurd and semi-hysterical sentiment, well-written detective story.”
+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 160. Mr. 20, ’09. 200w.
Leroy-Beaulieu, Pierre Paul. Collectivism: a study of some of the leading social questions of the day; tr. and abridged by Sir Arthur Clay. *$3. Dutton.
9–7580.
The translation and abridgment of a book that “has been regarded as the acutest and most searching analysis of the various communistic and socialistic schemes, and in particular, while allowing the waste inevitable under any exaggerated system of competition, it shows with remorseless logic the inability of collectivism to meet the laws of supply and demand in domestic exchange, and still more emphatically in foreign trade.”—Nation.
“While it is not a profound or sympathetic presentation of its subject it is nevertheless a virile, well written criticism, and one adapted to set to thinking any who would thoughtlessly abandon the advantages of our present form of economic organization.” H: R. Mussey.
+ Ann. Am. Acad. 34: 198. Jl. ’09. 350w.
“Making proper allowance for his bias, one may trust the descriptions and definitions of this writer as fairly representative.”
+ − Dial. 46: 301. My. 1, ’09. 90w.
“Sir Arthur Clay has done a good work well in abridging and translating ‘Collectivism.’ To those who talk loosely of socialism as at least a tendency in the right direction and as the necessary step of progress or evolution, the clear thinking and wide knowledge of Leroy-Beaulieu’s treatise may be strongly recommended. Such doubting minds will here meet with facts.”
+ Nation. 88: 361. Ap. 8, ’09. 180w.
“The book truly possesses cosmopolitan virtues as well as suitability to a subject of permanent interest. It is this quality of solid worth which distinguishes the book from many other concurrent publications.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 332. My. 22, ’09. 250w.
Outlook. 91: 817. Ap. 10, ’09. 300w.
R. of Rs. 40: 128. Jl. ’09. 50w.
“Most warmly do we commend this admirable work to the study of all who seek to understand the development of a controversy which in our own country has only just begun.”
+ + Spec. 102: 267. F. 13, ’09. 780w.
Lethaby, William Richard.[9] Greek buildings represented by fragments in the British museum. *$4.20. Scribner.
9–15533.
A three part work dealing with the Temple of the Ephesian Diana, the Tomb of Mausolus and the Parthenon.
“It is difficult to see why the book was written, or rather published, at least in this form. The whole volume makes the impression of being in the form of rough notes on points that happen to have interested the writer, intended to be worked out properly later. As is natural in a book of this sort, misstatements are frequent, and the serious student must be warned against them.”
− Nation. 89: 219. S. 2, ’09. 700w.
Spec. 100: 345. F. 29, ’08. 100w.
“Any one who will take this little tractate to the museum and study the remains by its help will certainly learn much.”
+ Spec. 100: 981. Je. 20, ’08. 170w.
266Letters from G. G.[11] **$1. Holt.
9–27269.
A little volume of refreshing, entertaining letters that perpetuate a real platonic friendship between a Nice Girl and a Youth. They write of “love and life and death; of dogs, of themselves, and one another; of mice and men and modern instances; of trifles light as air; of all that one does and hears in the course of a day’s work, and hands on because it means a laugh or tear; of all that goes to make people and their lives.”
“They are quite commonplace, entirely on the surface, dealing with the trifling facts of life, rarely and superficially only, with ideas or emotions.”
− Ind. 67: 1210. N. 25, ’09. 230w.
“For the entertainment of an idle hour one could hardly find in a day’s search a more engaging book.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 751. N. 27, ’09. 210w.
Letters[10] written by a gentleman in Boston to his friend in Paris, describing the great fire, with introductory chapters and notes by Harold Murdock. *$5. Houghton.
9–23233.
“The present volume blends direct historical narrative with much imaginative detail. Mr. Murdock writes here on the basis of personal experience reinforced and amplified by documentary evidence. An introductory chapter describes Boston as it was on the eve of the great disaster.” (Nation.) The edition is limited to 500 copies.
“One must admire the skill with which he has used his material.”
+ Dial. 47: 241. O. 1, ’09. 300w.
“The story of the great fire is told with considerable amplitude by an observant, active, and well-informed anonymous citizen, who seems to have retained his sense of humor and of literary style in the midst of the general calamity.”
+ Nation. 89: 332. O. 7. ’09. 180w.
“As fiction the letters are good, but the mind of their supposed writer is of a time twenty-five years later. ‘The’ Boston fire still lacks a historian at once accurate, comprehensive, and entertaining. Unless he can be as entertaining as Mr. Murdock he may as well refrain from writing and allow ’1872’ to become the accepted chronicle.”
+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 569. S. 25, ’09. 1600w.
Letts, W. M.[8] Diana dethroned. †$1.50. Lane.
9–35848.
“A story of two families—English country families—and a picture of English country life and the people who move in it. The central figure is a healthy kind of Diana, indeed, and the central male figure—Robin, of the other house, with whom she is in love—is a masterly etching of the negatively virtuous type—the type that so appeals to a maternal woman and brings her so much sorrow by its childish weaknesses.”—N. Y. Times.
“Story of the transformation of a girl, ‘half vestal, half schoolboy,’ who responds only to the moods of nature, into a woman who accepts her heritage of love, pity and self-sacrifice. The charm of the story lies not so much in its character analysis as in its appreciation of English outdoor life.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 91. N. ’09.
“Its integral charm resides in the quiet artistry of the telling, and the consistently gracious atmosphere in which it moves.”
+ − Ath. 1909, 2: 64. Jl. 17. 130w.
“Glints of wit and humor are not lacking. A little worldliness invades the pastoral. Wisdom and even piety have their say in wholly unaffected fashion. The threads of the tissue are drawn together just a little loosely, but the interest does not die out.”
+ Nation. 89: 122. Ag. 5, ’09. 320w.
“A substantial piece of work, and it is well done.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 481. Ag. 7, ’09. 200w.
“This story, well written though it is, makes anything but exhilarating reading.”
+ − Sat. R. 108: 202. Ag. 14, ’09. 180w.
Levering, Julia Henderson. Historic Indiana: being chapters in the story of the Hoosier state from the romantic period of foreign exploration and dominion through pioneer days, stirring war times, and periods of peaceful progress, to the present time. **$3. Putnam.
9–5241.
A brief account of what is “most memorable, striking, and picturesque in the past and present-day history of Indiana.” It includes the various phases of development of the commonwealth—the foreign dominion on the Wabash, the plain tale of early settlers, Indiana’s salient part in war, the development of her natural resources and the position that she has come to assume among the states in provisions for education, and the enactment of liberal laws.
“A decided credit to the author and to the state.” J. A. Woodburn.
+ Am. Hist. R. 14: 860. Jl. ’09. 450w.
“A distinct contribution to western history, though with some unfortunate omissions.”
+ − A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 141. My. ’09.
“Such volumes have their legitimate use in popularizing the knowledge reached at the time of publication.”
+ Dial. 47: 104. Ag. 16, ’09. 110w.
“While in general Mrs. Levering only retells a well-known story, her narrative notes a number of matters which, if ever mentioned, have been forgotten or not sufficiently recognized.”
+ Nation. 88: 581. Je. 10, ’09. 1000w.
“Her treatment of the development of the Hoosier state and her study of the pioneer period are upon such broad lines that they will be of value to all for whom the titanic struggles that have made a nation out of a wilderness are matters of interest. It is true she is guilty of too many adjectives, and her constructions are often slovenly. In her account of the immigration, moreover, she has failed to give that complete picture of the development of the state which seems to have been her intention.”
+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 118. F. 27, ’09. 850w.
“No one could desire a more informative review of the conditions attending the transformation of the ‘western country’ from an Indian-infested wilderness into a region of prosperous and progressive commonwealths. She would be more convincing were she less uniformly eulogistic.”
+ − Outlook. 91: 816. Ap. 10, ’09. 300w.
Levitt, Dorothy.[5] Woman and the car; ed. with introductory articles by C. Byng-Hall. **$1. Lane.
9–18567.
Written by a noted amateur woman motorist this volume “contains the results of her own practical experience, and is full of advice, written in a simple, chatty style, for women motorists, whether beginners or experts. She considers the questions of the cost of the car and its upkeep, the best ways of dressing, how to manage the mechanism of a car, gives practical instructions about driving, and about how to avoid and how to mend troubles, and devotes several chapters to motor manners, expenses of motoring and the growing popularity and usefulness of the small car. The volume is copiously illustrated.”—N. Y. Times.
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 17. S. ’09.
267“This is a practical little volume, yet not in the least degree technical.”
+ Ath. 1909, 1: 406. Ap. 3. 220w.
“A useful and interesting handbook.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 309. My. 15, ’09. 160w.
Lewis, Caleb.[12] Almost fairy children; or, The cozy evenings of brother and sister. †$1.25. Bobbs.
9–22622.
A dozen stories told to two children by an old fisherman whose cozy cabin lured the listeners to it night after night.
Lewis, Frank Wesley.[7] State insurance, a social and industrial need. *$1.25. Houghton.
9–8934.
Based upon a study of workingmen’s insurance and old-age pensions in continental Europe, this work discusses the desirability of state insurance, analyzes the most important laws now in operation, outlines the problems connected with it for our own country and offers suggestions for their solution.
“The book is argumentative rather than expository, is well written, popular and very readable. For the student Henderson’s ‘Industrial insurance’ is perhaps more valuable because of its greater wealth of material.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 141. My. ’09.
“The author concludes in favor of state insurance, but his conclusions lack definiteness and directness.”
− Ann. Am. Acad. 34: 606. N. ’09. 280w.
“In general the author’s position is sound, although he is often visionary and impracticable. Moreover, he has undue reverence for the economy of the state and the honesty of its officials (p. 50). The work is somewhat discredited by what seems an unwarranted attack upon what the author calls existing institutions.” M. H. Robinson.
+ − Econ. Bull. 2: 161. Je. ’09. 550w.
“The book is intended for the public rather than the economist and does not pretend to be either a thorough or a scientific treatment of the subject. But it can well be recommended to the general reader who desires a clear, sympathetic, and sane statement of the reasons in favor of workingmen’s insurance—a subject about which a greater knowledge on the part of the public is much to be desired.”
+ J. Pol. Econ. 17: 650. N. ’09. 500w.
“Altogether, Mr. Lewis has made out a strong case. He does not strengthen it, however, by presenting mere estimates of outlay for poor relief (p. 20), when the census statistics are available; or by using rickety estimates of the distribution of wealth in the United States (p. 15); or by citing unreliable enthusiasts and sensationalists as authorities or ‘Competent observers.’”
+ − Nation. 89: 188. Ag. 26, ’09. 300w.
“There is nothing socialistic or doctrinaire about Mr. Lewis’s arguments. They are orthodox to the last degree, and convincing to those willing to be convinced.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 534. S. 11, ’09. 450w.
R. of Rs. 40: 126. Jl. ’09. 110w.
Lewis, Lawrence. Advertisements of The Spectator; with appendix of representative advertisements now for the first time reprinted, and an introductory note by G: Lyman Kittredge. **$2. Houghton.
9–16896.
A study of the literature, history and manners of Queen Anne’s England as they are reflected in the commercial columns of The Spectator, as well as an illustration of the origins of advertising.
+ Ath. 1909, 2: 418. O. 9. 1200w.
“His work is done with neatness and a stroke of the Addisonian humor.”
+ Ind. 67: 482. Ag. 26, ’09. 270w.
“We recommend all who know the ‘Spectator’ only as it is stript of its commercial, literary, and theatrical notices, to read this unique work which will lead them the way to a ‘Spectator’ doubly charming from the commentary furnished by its advertisements.”
+ Lit. D. 39: 442. S. 18, ’09. 430w.
“But, pleasantly as Mr. Lewis fulfils the promise of his sub-title, the value of his book would be considerably greater had he not seen fit to isolate the ‘Spectator’ from its predecessors and contemporaries. It is particularly to be regretted that he has neglected the ‘Tatler,’ which serves even better than the ‘Spectator’ to answer some of the problems that beset a student of the Queen Anne periodical considered as a business enterprise.”
+ − Nation. 89: 98. Jl. 29, ’09. 230w.
“There is much diversion and considerable instruction to be found in this book.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 441. Jl. 17, ’09. 1100w.
“No student of eighteenth-century society should neglect these advertisements.”
+ Sat. R. 108: sup. 10. O. 16, ’09. 180w.
“We must be content with thanking Mr. Lewis for his excellent execution of an excellent idea.”
+ Spec. 103: 690. O. 30, ’09. 1300w.
Lewis, Myron Henry.[10] Waterproofing: an engineering problem. *50c. Eng. news.
A paper read “before the Municipal engineers of the City of New York, which explained in a general way the necessity for waterproofing, the various methods of doing the work, the details of the different methods, and the specifications for waterproofing adopted by various companies or suggested by the author.”—Engin. Rec.
“On account of the importance of the subject and the scarcity of literature in reference to it, this pamphlet is one that every engineer, contractor and builder should have.”
+ Engin. D. 6: 247. S. ’09. 160w.
“The paper is a good summary of information regarding the present state of the art.”
+ Engin. Rec. 60: 308. S. 11, ’09. 100w.
Lewis, William Draper, ed. Great American lawyers: the lives and influence of judges and lawyers who have acquired permanent national reputation, and have developed the jurisprudence of the United States; a history of the legal profession in America. subs. 3/4 cf. Contributors’ ed. 8v. v. 1. $7.50. Winston.
7–21395.
A cooperative work which when completed will include brief biographies of ninety-six men. “Its aim is to provide, by means of a series of biographical sketches, a comprehensive view of the development of the jurisprudence of the United States, and also to afford a clear understanding of the influence exercised by American judges and lawyers in shaping the life of the nation.” (Outlook.)
“By no means devoid of interest to the intelligent layman. In the somewhat perplexing task of selecting the subjects for the sketches, the editor, on the whole, has shown excellent judgment.”
+ − Nation. 88: 145. F. 11, ’09. 1400w. (Review of v. 1–4.)
N. Y. Times. 13: 745. D. 5, ’08. 230w. (Review of v. 1.)
“For the most part, the authors of the different papers have been content to rely on secondary sources for their information; and the majority of them betray a tendency to eulogize rather than to draw judicially impartial portraits. There is also noticeable in certain cases a cheerful disregard for the findings of modern historical research, with respect more particularly 268to pre-revolutionary conditions. But apart from these limitations and an occasional lapse into dullness, little fault is to be found. Some of the sketches, moreover, possess literary charm.”
+ − Outlook. 91: 337. F. 13, ’09. 360w. (Review of v. 1.)
Library[7] of southern literature; comp. under the direct supervision of southern men of letters; Edwin Anderson Alderman, Joel Chandler Harris, editors in chief, C: W. Kent, literary editor. 15v. per set $80-$200. Martin & Hoyt co., Atlanta, Ga.
9–7940.
Resembling the “Warner library” somewhat in plan this work when completed will include fifteen volumes. Each author represented is given a biographical sketch which precedes examples of his work. “The critical and biographical introductions have been carefully prepared under the supervision of Prof. Charles W. Kent of the University of Virginia, and with the cooperation of a formidable array of college presidents, congressmen, clergymen, and other distinguished people.” (Nation.) The first two volumes, the only ones to appear so far, include forty authors.
“Like all subscription works, this one is made ‘to sell,’ but it is fairly obvious that salability has not been the only end in view, and that ideals of intelligent writing and sound judgment have informed the entire plan.”
+ Dial. 46: 330. My. 16, ’09. 380w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)
“These volumes from Dixie follow the model set by the late Mr. Warner’s series, and follow it well.”
+ Nation. 89: 12. Jl. 1, ’09. 170w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)
Lieckfeld, G.[5] Oil motors: their development, construction and management: a handbook for engineers, owners, attendants, and all interested in engines using liquid fuel. *$4.50. Lippincott.
9–27951.
A descriptive work with evidence of practical experience. “The motors described are particularly those adapted for portable work, such as for airships, automobiles and traction engines, with a few references to engines like the Diesel. The latter part of the book is given over to notes on erection and attendance of engines and some explanation of the causes of peculiarities of operation and remedies for them.” (Engin. Rec.)
“On the title page it is described as ‘a handbook for engineers, owners, attendants and all interested in engines using liquid fuels.’ In endeavoring to serve three masters at one time, all three have been scantily and to some extent unsatisfactorily treated. The translation has not been done particularly well.” L. S. Marks.
− + Engin. N. 61: sup. 3. Ja. 14, ’09. 730w.
“The arrangement of the subject matter ... is to be commended.”
+ Engin. Rec. 59: 526. Ap. 17, ’09. 320w.
“There are several important omissions in the book.”
+ − Nature. 80: 246. Ap. 29, ’09. 360w.
Lighthall, William Douw.[8] Master of life: a romance of the five nations. $1.50. McClurg.
A romance of “woods and waters and prehistoric scenes” which deals with the League of the five nations, or Iroquois, founded by Hiawatha. It pictures the red man’s mind, life, and melancholy; interprets his mysticism, his chivalry and his reverence; and reveals his heroism, his broad thought and his gentle heart.
“As a picture of life among the different tribes of Indians, their customs in peace and in war, the book has much merit.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 498. Ag. 21, ’09. 110w.
Lillibridge, William Otis.[11] Dominant dollar. †$1.50. McClurg.
9–24327.
Portrays “some curiosities in character and custom ... and just these keep the reader’s attention, in spite of an inward protest against another beautiful girl face on the cover. The power of money is shown to be for good, and that in unusual ways.”—Outlook.
A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 91. N. ’09. ✠
“It is a strong, wholesome, clean-cut piece of work, so strong and finished that the assurance of unusual capacity it gives makes doubly deplorable the untimely death of the author.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 694. N. 6, ’09. 180w.
+ Outlook. 93: 559. N. 6, ’09. 50w.
Lillie, Frank Rattray.[5] Development of the chick. *$4. Holt.
8–34623.
“The arrangement of the material and the plan of the book are in general much the same as in other embryological treatises, and embody the conventional ideas regarding the presentation of the subject to students. An introduction, dealing briefly with certain of the general biological principles on which any study of embryology depends, prepares the way for the detailed consideration of the course of the developmental processes in the chick. The account begins with the formation of the egg, and follows this with the detailed description of the development of the embryo and its organs day by day up to the time of hatching of the chick.”—Dial.
“To attract any special attention, a book of this kind must be markedly superior to others in the same general category. This requirement is well fulfilled by Professor Lillie. The superiority of the present work lies rather in the manner of treatment than in the matter discussed. The few minor inaccuracies of statement which the reviewer has noted have without exception been upon points where the author relied on some statement in the literature of the subject rather than upon his own observations.”
+ − Dial. 46: 267. Ap. 16, ’09. 270w.
“Will be heartily welcomed; for there has long been need of a new textbook or a thorough revision of the best old one.”
+ Nation. 88: 120. F. 4, ’09. 170w.
“The beginner, having worked through the book and some or all of the literature, will have gained a very erroneous idea of what modern embryology really is. One of the handsomest books available for embryological study, and it will be indispensable in every laboratory, though we should not care to regard it as a text-book of embryology for the student in quest of the scientific principles underlying animal development.” B.
+ − Nature. 80: 271. My. 6, ’09. 1200w.
“While exhaustive and painfully erudite in detail, the work is not technical in expression and is easily intelligible to the general reader as well as to the student of embryology.”
+ R. of Rs. 39: 639. My. ’09. 50w.
“The book contains the inevitable errors of a first edition.” L. W. Williams.
+ − Science, n.s. 30: 217. Ag. 13, ’09. 870w.
Lincoln, Abraham.[9] Anthology of the epigrams and sayings of Abraham Lincoln; collected from his writings and speeches; ed. by Francis D. Tandy. 75c. Tandy.
8–30961.
An anthology of the sayings of Lincoln from his authenticated writings and speeches. The 269selections are made from “The complete works of Abraham Lincoln” with a reference at the end of each indicating volume and page from which it is taken.
+ Ind. 66: 985. My. 6, ’09. 40w.
Lincoln, Abraham. Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln: being extracts from the speeches, state papers, and letters of the great president; (ed. by Marion Mills Miller.) **50c. Wessels.
8–30717.
The authenticity of these extracts is emphasized by a supplementary line giving source and date.
“Not the least valuable, though possibly the smallest volume in the year’s crop of Lincoln books.”
+ Dial. 45: 465. D. 16, ’08. 60w.
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 82. F. 13. ’09. 130w.
Lincoln centennial medal. **$5. Putnam.
8–34130.
“Contains an actual medal with Lincoln’s head on the obverse, and on the reverse the date of the Emancipation proclamation (January 1st. 1863), with a facsimile of the President’s signature. The medal is from the hands of M. Jules Édouard Roiné of Paris, and is certainly an admirable piece of work. The volume contains a paper by Professor George N. Olcott on the origin and symbolism of the medal, an essay by Mr. Richard Lloyd Jones on the purpose and character of the centennial celebration, and some of Lincoln’s characteristic utterances,—his ‘Farewell address’ at Springfield, the Proclamation itself, the famous letter to General Hooker notifying his appointment to the chief command of the Army of the Potomac, &c.”—Spec.
Dial. 46: 117. F. 16, ’09. 160w.
+ Ind. 66: 328. F. 11, ’09. 60w.
“This medal is so altogether pleasing that one is tempted to cut it out and let the book find its own fate. The ‘Characteristic utterances’ of Lincoln, being seven and very brief, are scarcely enough.”
+ − Nation. 87: 575. D. 10, ’08. 160w.
+ N. Y. Times. 13: 750. D. 5, ’08. 110w.
Spec. 102: 101. Ja. 16, ’09. 140w.
Lincoln, Abraham, tributes from his associates, with an introd. by the Rev. William Hayes Ward. 60c. Crowell.
“The list of contributors contains many famous names, among them those of George William Curtis, Major Gen. Howard, George S. Boutwell, Frederick W. Seward, Thomas L. James, Frank B. Carpenter, Theodore L. Cuyler, Grace Greenwood, and Gen. Egbert L. Viele. In his introduction to the reminiscences the Rev. Dr. William Hayes Ward lays stress upon the fact that notwithstanding the views of a large number of persons are presented there is nothing in any of them that breaks the harmony of the whole. From every point of view Lincoln is noble.”—N. Y. Times.
+ Ind. 66: 262. F. 4. ’09. 480w.
+ Nation. 88: 166. F. 18, ’09. 40w.
N. Y. Times. 14: 54. Ja. 30, ’09. 200w.
“Not important as a permanent addition to literature, but interesting and valuable as an interpretation of a great and enigmatical character.”
+ Outlook. 91: 293. F. 6, ’09. 60w.
Lincoln, Jonathan Thayer.[10] City of the dinner-pail. **$1.25. Houghton.
9–26312.
A first-hand discussion of the labor situation from the manufacturer’s point of view. The author who is an employer of labor emphasizes the need of a better social understanding between the man who buys and the man who sells labor. The chapters are: The city of the dinner-pail: The average American citizen and the labor problem; The man and the machine; The time-clock; Trade-unionism and the individual worker; and The city of luxury. Mr. Lincoln affirms that something must restore the individuality which, in the course of industrial evolution, has been losing out thru unionism, and the increasing use of machinery.
“Even if there is no addition to knowledge it is something to discover a business man who can interpret the real meaning of trade unions, read the employers a lesson of patience, and keep his faith in the soundness of national life.” C. R. Henderson.
+ Am. J. Soc. 15: 421. N. ’09. 60w.
A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 77. N. ’09.
“Its agreeable style, its spirit of reasonableness, and its tone of reality, make it a welcome contribution to the literature of the labor question and of social problems in city life.”
+ Dial. 47: 337. N. 1. ’09. 360w.
“But what is all too rare, either in sociological essays or in technical treatises, is the quality which we find in this book, namely literary excellence. Taken as a whole, the book is one which every true lover of democracy and of the perpetuation of our social institutions will find benefit in reading.”
+ Engin. N. 62: sup. 40. O. 14, ’09. 400w.
+ Ind. 67: 983. O. 28, ’09. 350w.
“The relations between labor and capital are discussed with marked intelligence and fairness.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 629. O. 23, ’09. 400w.
“This is a book that will help to solve what is called the labor problem, because it will give to the employer and the employee a better understanding of each other.”
+ Outlook. 93: 599. N. 13. ’09. 240w.
+ R. of Rs. 40: 638. N. ’09. 160w.
Lincoln, Joseph Crosby.[11] Keziah Coffin. †$1.50. Appleton.
9–24450.
“Trumet, Cape Cod, is the setting of Mr. Lincoln’s new novel. Keziah is a female ‘Cy Whittaker.’ She was deserted by a worthless husband who, she asserts contrary to general opinion, is not dead. She is, therefore, not free to marry the man who loves her. There is also a second love story in the book.”—N. Y. Times.