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“Although it describes much that has passed away, Mr. Wallace Duthie is fully justified in his opinion that it has lost little of its freshness and interest.”

+ Ath. 1909, 1: 728. Je. 9. 1200w.

“Both the journalist and the editor have done their literary work well, and the book makes capital reading.”

+ Dial. 47: 238. O. 1, ’09. 450w.

Nation. 89: 362. O. 14, ’09. 150w.

+ Outlook. 92: 872. Ag. 14, ’09. 200w.

Spec. 103: 135. Jl. 24, ’09. 300w.

Dutt, W. A.^[8] Norfolk and Suffolk coast. 6s. Unwin, London.

An informing volume dealing with the Norfolk and Suffolk coast from Landguard Fort to the border of Lincolnshire. The topographical history of the coast, its time-wrought changes and striking natural features, places and objects of archæological interest, the history and romance of court life, rates of shipwrecks, life saving deeds, smuggling, and numerous related topics are presented with emphasis on the picturesque aspects.

“It is not easy to see what is the peculiar sphere of utility contemplated by the new ‘Country coast series,’ in as much as the ground covered has already been fully dealt with in the many county guidebooks, of varying status, that recent years have brought forth, Mr. Dutt in the opening volume, ‘The Norfolk and Suffolk coast,’ has set about his task conscientiously, with a praisworthy ambition (not always realized) of imparting freshness and novelty to an old-told tale.”

+ − Ath. 1909, 2: 89. Jl. 24. 1200w.

“It contains an excellent treatise on one of the most famous and interesting of the English counties and one of the foremost.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 596. O. 9, ’09. 80w.

Sat. R. 108: sup. 5. Jl. 17, ’09. 450w.

“The subject which Mr. Dutt treats in this volume abounds in many kinds of interest and it has fallen into most capable hands. He has the art of setting off his knowledge to advantage.”

+ Spec. 103: 102. Jl. 17, ’09. 320w.

Dutton, Samuel Train, and Snedden, David Samuel. Administration of public education in the United States; with an introd. by Nicholas Murray Butler. *$1.75. Macmillan.

8–29852.

“In the preface of this work President Butler distinguishes between the activities of the state, the American people viewed as an organized unit, and those of the government. ‘It is this governmental educational activity with which the present volume deals.’ There are thirty-two chapters treating such subjects as ‘Factors favoring the advance of education’; ‘The national government and education’; Local units of educational administration’; ‘The financing of public education’; ‘The improvement of teachers in service’; ‘The elementary course of study’; ‘The administration of high and normal schools’; ‘Vocational, physical, and correctional education’; ‘Educational statistics’; ‘The widening sphere of public education,’ etc.... The introduction brings together the names of important persons in American education, then follow the significant industrial and social conditions upon which schools depend, and the leading events in national, state, and local school development. There is scarcely a topic from ventilation to pensions, child labor, tuberculosis, festivals, and the school nurse which is not included.”—School R.

“Though not a complete treatment, it is scholarly and valuable.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 39. F. ’09.

“Indispensable will it prove as a hand-book and work of reference for the school expert, for the social worker or the non-professional student of the child problem, and for the young teacher who would know the metes and bounds of the field wherein he has chosen to do his lifework.” J. L. Barnard.

+ Ann. Am. Acad. 34: 203. Jl. ’09. 650w.

“While the ‘Administration of public education in the United States’ has its defects and limitations, these are, in the majority of cases, of the sort necessarily imposed upon a bit of pioneer work treating of such a rapidly changing field of human action.” E: C. Elliott.

+ − El. School T. 9: 524. Je. ’09. 440w.

“Comprehensive and scholarly text-book.”

+ Ind. 67: 310. Ag. 5, ’09. 30w.

“Students and teachers of the problems of educational administration looked forward with special interest to the publication of this book; and in the main their high expectations are amply justified. Its limitations are due largely to the nature of its subject-matters.” E. K. Adams.

+ − J. Philos. 6: 473. Ag. 19, ’09. 670w.

“The scholarly and very comprehensive volume now before us is a distinct contribution to the literature of education; and it should aid further progress.”

+ Nation. 88: 304. Mr. 25, ’09. 160w.

“The treatment is descriptive and accurate. To one accustomed to the somewhat inspirational style of many works on school management this encyclopedic book will prove hard reading. It is essentially a reference book. Fortunately there is an excellent index.” F. A. Manny.

+ − School R. 17: 209. Mr. ’09. 320w.

Dye, John T.^[5] Ideals of democracy: conversations in a smoking car. **90c. Bobbs.

9–10793.

A conversation on subjects relating to democracy and the brother-hood of man engaged in by a professor of political economy and sociology, a banker, a civil engineer, a Catholic bishop, and a professor of law. Some of their ideals are embodied in the following: “The real enemies of democracy are not beyond the sea. They are the false ideals which make the government an instrument by which the few distribute wealth to themselves, monopolize production, exploit labor, create caste, corrupt public life, rob the living and lay burdens on 134the unborn. These false ideals can not be overcome by the sword or destroyed by battleships, but only by growing intelligence, enlightened self-interest, the coming of a quickened sense of duty, of public service and of social helpfulness.”

Dykes, James Oswald.^[6] Christian minister and his duties. *$2.25. Scribner.

8–26256.

The work of an English Presbyterian divine “which attests the demand for closer adaptation of the Christian ministry to modern conditions.... E. g., against the Anglican conception of the minister as a priest, Dr. Dykes stands for the New Testament teaching that this can be only in so far as the church itself is ‘a priestly brotherhood of spiritual equals,’ officially represented in its minister. On the other hand, an entire section of the volume is devoted to the subject of public worship, so strongly emphasized by Anglicans, and to the minister’s part therein.... Dr. Dykes’s elaborate treatment of his theme takes note of all particulars that have to do with the minister’s success—even his choice of a wife, his manner in sickrooms, and his precautions in cases of infectious disease.”—Outlook.

“The work may be criticized, along with all practically similar productions, for being oblivious of the social probation which the church is now undergoing. The thought of leadership in social regeneration is absent; only the individual is in evidence. In this respect the book, although excellent in the ground that it does cover, leaves much to be desired by those who are conscious of modern church problems, at least in America.”

+ − Am. J. Theol. 13: 498. Jl. ’09. 180w.

“Although written from the standpoint of English social and ecclesiastical conditions, and open to criticism for its lack of emphasis on the work of social regeneration, it is a sane and forceful work, more detailed and comprehensive than Hoyt’s ‘The minister’ which is confined to various aspects of pulpit discourse.”

+ − A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 72. N. ’09.

“The counsels of Principal Dykes will be found well worth attention especially on the subject of the conduct of Christian worship.”

+ Ind. 67: 42. Jl. 1, ’09. 60w.

“His lectures on the usual themes of that department of ministerial education are distinguished by sanity of view and force of utterance.”

+ Nation. 88: 485. My. 13, ’09. 140w.

“He views his subject from the standpoint of social and ecclesiastical conditions differing from ours. This naturally causes different emphasis on some points of common concern.”

+ − Outlook. 90: 318. O. 10, ’08. 300w.

Dyllington, Anthony. Green domino: a comedy. †$1.50. Lane.

9–13041.

A slight plot, plenty of color and a good bit of humor mingle in this whimsical story whose scene is laid in the Isle of Wight. “A gentleman clad in a loosely flowing green domino with a peaked hood and carrying a banjo, and his protesting friends, clothed similarly in black, a young, pretty, and widowed ‘ladyship,’ and a matchmaking duchess are the principal characters. The action takes place in a lovely little seaside English town, and the beginning of the romance harks back to a Swiss mountain hotel, where the green dominoed gentleman had seen the face of ‘her ladyship.’” (N. Y. Times.)

“It is long since we have chanced upon so delightful a story of its kind.”

+ Ath. 1908, 2: 716. D. 5. 130w.

“A pretty story.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 8. Ja. 2, ’09. 160w.