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Earhart, Lida Belle. Systematic study in the elementary schools. (Columbia university contributions to education. Teachers college series, no. 18.) $1. Teachers college.
8–22123.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
“We commend the book especially to teachers and principals of elementary schools.”
+ Educ. R. 37: 210. F. ’09. 60w.
“Reading this monograph should be helpful to every teacher; but the reader will find difficulty in following the text and the tables which are not most conveniently arranged for ease of reference.” E: F. Buchner.
+ − El. School T. 9: 439. Ap. ’09. 300w.
Ind. 67: 309. Ag. 5, ’09. 70w.
Earle, Franklin Sumner. Southern agriculture. *$1.25. Macmillan.
8–12779.
“This work has many points of merit to commend it to the schools of the south and will no doubt be widely used as a text-book. It is divided into two parts, the first dealing with general considerations, such as climate, soil, soil management, soil improvement, the growth of plants, insects and diseases, and closes with a chapter on farm policy and management. The second part treats of the chief southern agricultural crops, including grasses and forage crops, fiber crops, tobacco, coffee, fruits, nut crops and forestry, and closes with a short chapter on domestic animals.”—Science.
“The book will be useful to southern teachers and to farmers especially.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 179. Je. ’08.
“This volume treats agriculture far more broadly than the title would indicate. The soil, its treatment and improvement is dealt with in a full and comprehensive manner. The space given to individual discussions of crops grown in the south ... is especially well handled.”
+ Ann. Am. Acad. 33: 193. Ja. ’09. 110w.
“The book contains the best account available, within small compass, of the agriculture of the warmer regions of North America and the West Indies, and has in addition many features which will ensure it being of use also in other parts of the world.” W. G. Freeman.
+ Nature. 79: 186. D. 17, ’08. 550w.
“There seems to be very little use for devoting twenty-four pages to sugar cane and only sixteen to cotton. It seems that the author is more at home in his studies of tropical agriculture, and though he has done excellent work, many parts of the book read as if the information given were not first hand.” R. J. H. DeLoach.
+ − Science, n.s. 29: 32. Ja. 1, ’09. 880w.
Eastland, Florence Martin.[7] Matt of the water-front. *60c. West. Meth. bk.
9–12879.
The story of a bright, sturdy little Irish lad who lives in a poor water-front shack, and supports himself out of school hours by gathering and selling driftwood. His adoption into a lawyer’s family and the subsequent discovery that he is the lost heir to an uncle’s fortune are the important happenings in the young hero’s life. It is a story that any parent or teacher would be glad to put into a boy’s hands.
Eastman, Charles Alexander (Ohiyesa, the Sioux Indian), and Eastman, Elaine Goodale.[11] Wigwam evenings. †$1.25. Little.
9–26010.
Twenty-seven Indian myths into which enter the favorite ingredients of all fairy lore—invincible heroes, beautiful princesses, wicked witches, magic, etc. The author, a full-blooded 135Sioux, has produced the tales from his childhood wigwam memories, and in the retelling nothing of the early spell is lost.
Eaton, Daniel Cady.[8] Hand book of modern French painting, with 250 illustrations. **$2. Dodd.
9–13980.
“Includes brief biographies of French artists of note as well as many minor men, and criticisms of their work. It also includes a list of the provincial museums of France and their principal possessions, not the least valuable feature of the book.”—N. Y. Times.
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 11. S. ’09.
“His comments are not of the customary guide book character but have a personal touch that makes them interesting, however brief.”
+ Ind. 67: 826. O. 7, ’09. 280w.
+ − Int. Studio. 39: sup. 23. N. ’09. 50w.
“We can find little to praise. It gives, indeed, a good deal of information in a handy form, but the text is so carelessly printed as to deprive this information of much of its value.”
− Nation. 89: 41. Jl. 8, ’09. 380w.
“A work of precisely this character is so much needed as a reference book that it would be welcome were its merits fewer than they are. In general it is a fair and candid statement of a personal point of view.”
+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 426. Jl. 10, ’09. 450w.
“The volume is valuable for any one who intends to have a practical knowledge of modern French art or even intends to ‘do’ intelligently the Louvre, Luxembourg, or any picture gallery containing the works of modern French painters.”
+ Outlook. 93: 645. N. 20, ’09. 250w.
Eaton, Isabel Graham. By the shores of Arcady. $1.25. Outing pub.
9–2777.
The experiences of a bachelor girl artist one summer in the Arcady she had chosen to “restore the wasted tissues of a tired brain.” Surroundings and people reproduced for the reader are touched up in word colors that rival any artist’s effects in oils. Atmosphere abounds, and a varied group of characters pass in gentle procession, while the thread of the story is attached deftly to the fortunes of a little lad who had been kidnapped and who is finally restored to his guardian. Art, the buoyancy of youth, and love mingle in idyllic unity.
“The lack of interest and vivacity dulls an otherwise good story.”
+ − A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 91. Mr. ’09.
“It is an entertaining, wayward, ingenious little tale, written with a spontaneity of feeling that gives it a good deal of charm.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 134. Mr. 6, ’09. 170w.
Eaton, Walter Prichard, and Underhill, Elise Morris.[6] Runaway place. $1.25. Holt.
9–14514.
A May idyl of Manhattan written by a former dramatic critic of the New York Sun. A man out of work and an unknown maid on a vacation meet in Central Park. They waive the formality of an introduction. In this Run-a-way place in the heart of town they meet day after day. Their fairy fancies, whims and childhood spirit of play are tempered with wise grown-up philosophy. They frolic, reason and make love, and chase the bird of happiness to cover; while once possessing it they march away touched by the spirit of Victory who with wings agleam leads General Sherman triumphant down the avenue.
“A pretty, whimsical tale, for educated readers.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 26. S. ’09. ✠
“Self-conscious, over-literary, and curiously inartistic medley.”
− Nation. 89: 238. S. 9, ’09. 260w.
“Fresh little story.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 373. Je. 12, ’09. 150w.
Echoes from the Oxford magazine. (Oxford lib. of prose and poetry.) *90c. Oxford.
“Printed from the second (1890) edition. It is a book of academic humor at its best, a worthy continuation of Calverley, a rich and fine growth which has never taken root on this side of the Atlantic, though Dr. Holmes sometimes came close to it. Some of the best pieces in this collection are parodies of Tennyson and Swinburne and others by Q. (Mr. Quiller-Couch), a clever skit on ‘The art of bowling’ written as a Socratic dialogue by C. T.”—Nation.
“All the pieces are so good that there is little choice.”
+ Nation. 87: 651. D. 31, ’08. 120w.
“The merit of their work lies almost entirely in its high spirits: it would be impossible to find a book of verses more obviously and delightfully youthful.”
+ Spec. 102: 305. F. 20, ’09. 270w.
Eckard, —, and Naundorff, Charles-Louis.[6] King who never reigned; being memoirs upon Louis XVII; with a preface by Jules Lemaitre, together with introd. and notes by Maurice Vitrac and Arnould Galopin, to which is added Joseph Turquan’s “New light upon the fate of Louis XVII.” *$3.50. McBride, J:
The first part of these memoirs is the Royalist Eckard’s of the Dauphin’s brief life, his captivity and death; the second contains the “revelations” of the pretender, Charles-Louis Naundorff, who in the early nineteenth century claimed to be the Dauphin and to have been rescued from the Temple by certain royalists; the third, “New light upon the fate of Louis XVII,” by Joseph Turquan, contains a new theory concerning the mystery and death of the Dauphin.
“It would seem that M. Turquan’s evidences are somewhat scanty to cover so considerable an extent of territory. The book, however, has interest and value as an epitome of a famous historic controversy.”
+ − Dial. 47: 102. Ag. 16, ’09. 200w.
“This work, like those that have gone before it, will simply have the effect of proving that it is useless to expect any complete revelation of the truth concerning, perhaps, the most poignant episode of the Reign of Terror.”
− Nation. 89: 187. Ag. 26, ’09. 850w.
“These fragments have been arranged and annotated by the compilers in a thoroughly scholarly and unprejudiced manner, and the translation is particularly good.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 349. Je. 5, ’09. 1250w.
+ Spec. 102: 135. Ja. 23, ’09. 150w.
Edgar, Madalen G. Treasury of verse for little children. $2.50. Crowell.
An anthology of verse for children with sympathetic illustrations in black and white. “Its range is wide, including on its serious side Tennyson, Blake, Stevenson, and George MacDonald, and on its humorous, Edward Lear and Judge Parry; while Dr. Watts and Miss Jane Taylor are present, we presume for the due pointing of morals.” (Ath.)
“An admirable selection, and should be of real value in suggesting early to the infant mind a taste for what is good in verse.”
+ Ath. 1908, 1: 284. Mr. 7. 120w.
“The main fault we find is that too many pieces of inconspicuous merit have been included, the places of which might well have been 136filled with better things. A book that is on the whole well arranged and admirably produced.”
+ − Ath. 1908, 2: 505. O. 24. 220w.
Reviewed by M. J. Moses.
Ind. 65: 1470. D. 17, ’08. 50w.
+ Int. Studio. 36: 253. Ja. ’09. 60w.
“The inclusions are somewhat strange, showing the compiler more an editor, with personal taste for poetry, than a born anthologist.”
+ − Nation. 87: 522. N. 26, ’08. 60w.
N. Y. Times. 13: 702. N. 28, ’08. 80w.
“Containing a goodly number of remarkably well-chosen selections.”
+ R. of Rs. 39: 127. Ja. ’09. 50w.
“An admirable gift-book for young children.”
+ Sat. R. 106: sup. 12. D. 12, ’08. 50w.
Edgcumbe, Richard.[12] Byron: the last phase. *$3. Scribner.
A book that stirs up once more the muddy deeps of Byron’s nature. “The book falls into two parts, the first of which describes his last days in Italy and Greece, and the second discusses the eternal question of his relations with his wife. Most readers will share our preference for the former section, which, indeed, casts much new light upon the most heroic part of an amazing career.... Mr. Edgcumbe traces every detail of these last days, and his chapters are a worthy contribution to that true and final Life of Byron which still remains to be written.” (Spec.)
“We regard [the first part] of Mr. Edgcumbe’s work as a thoroughly desirable addition to the Byronic literature. Of the second section of his book, one must speak more cautiously.”
+ − Nation. 89: 433. N. 4, ’09. 850w.
“We suggest that he republish his book with the second portion omitted. The first portion—that dealing with Byron’s last days at Missolonghi—is at any rate quite harmless, if it is not quite necessary.”
− + Sat. R. 108: 569. N. 6, ’09. 650w.
“Mr. Edgcumbe’s book, whether or not we accept all his conclusions, is one of great interest for all students of Byron. It is the work of a genuine expert who knows the period intimately, and who, further, has the right discriminating admiration for his subject.”
+ − Spec. 103: 645. O. 23, ’09. 1700w.
Edwards, George Wharton.[12] Holland of to-day. **$6. Moffat.
9–25808.
“More like an ampler and glorified Baedeker reads ‘Holland of to-day,’ written and pictured by Mr. George Wharton Edwards. The tone is less personal and intimate, and the material is largely a collection and abstract from other books. There is more categorical information and less of real knowledge; more facts for the intending traveller and far less lure to take him thither. Yet though its method is mistaken—since it is not a book which one can carry in his pocket or even in his trunk—it does not love its subject less.” (Bookm.) “The plates are not mere illustrations,—they are pictures, each a thing of beauty, and altogether setting forth a view of Holland which is striking, individual, inviting, and impressive.” (Dial.)
“Both text and illustrations show appreciation and an eye for the picturesque, but are occasionally at fault in matters of detail.”
+ − A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 114. D. ’09.
“Nor, in the list of this season’s beautiful ones are the pictures conspicuously successful. They seem a little dry and lacking in range and grip. Like the book, they are full of information, but they do not make you long to pack your traps.” Algernon Tassin.
+ − Bookm. 30: 348. D. ’09. 450w.
“Considered as a picture book, this deserves to be one of the most successful of the season’s output. The text is a confused and confusing mass of detail, the interesting parts jostling the commonplace, the arrangement illogical, a point of view fatally lacking, the effect incoherent.”
+ − Dial. 47: 460. D. 1, ’09. 300w.
+ Lit. D. 39: 1072. D. 11, ’09. 130w.
“The text consists of a substratum of Baedeker with a fairly plentiful covering of sympathetic personal observation.”
+ Nation. 89: 569. D. 9, ’09. 120w.
“The text is comprehensive, condensed, vivacious, and informative. The text seems always well put. Occasionally, however, we meet with some slight disappointment. The arrangement of the subject-matter also leaves something to be desired. But we forget about this in admiration of the capital pictures. Surely none could be more truthful, sympathetic, or graphic.”
+ − Outlook. 93: 833. D. 11, ’09. 260w.
Edwards, Matilda Barbara Betham-.[11] French vignettes: a series of dramatic episodes, 1787–1871. *$3. Brentano’s.
A work in which Miss Betham-Edwards has “touched upon a variety of characters and incidents, each of which is interesting and dramatic. Some of these papers are based on more voluminous works recently published on the same subjects, as, for instance, the very charming ‘Duc d’Enghiens’s Love story,’ which is a résumé of the book by M. Jaques de la Faye; while the same thing holds with the paper on the Second empire, for which Hippolyte Magen’s history furnishes the material; while the articles on Mme. Roland and Dr. Guillotine owe their birth to French sources.”—N. Y. Times.
“The book is written with spirit and force and a keen insight into the Gallic temperament.” Hildegarde Hawthorne.
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 634. O. 23, ’09. 460w.
Sat. R. 108: 388. S. 25, ’09. 100w.
“The ‘vignettes’ or ‘dramatic episodes’ ... vary a good deal in interest and value. Some are very old stories, without much freshness in the telling; others are almost too deeply marked with political prejudice to be found acceptable in these days of many-sided study and more impartial judgment.”
+ − Spec. 103: sup. 717. N. 6, ’09. 470w.
Edwards, Richard Henry, ed.[7] Labor problem. (Studies in American social conditions, v. 4.) pa. 20c. R: H: Edwards, 237 Langdon st., Madison, Wis.
9–35524.
A concise statement of the factors that have brought about our industrial troubles with suggestions for the difficult solution. He says: “The labor problem admits of no simple solution. It is apparent that no single form of effort is applicable to the wide variety of difficulties involved. The ideal is a far cry. Its achievement will be a long drawn struggle. Accurate justice, industrial democracy, and perfect adjustments will only be approached by many and varied efforts, some coercive and some generous. The human touch and a fair consideration by employers and employes, each for the interests of the other, are perhaps the most pressing needs.”
A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 136. My. ’09.
“Judging from the work before us, Mr. Edwards is well fitted for the task he has set himself.”
+ Dial. 47: 52. Jl. 16, ’09. 30w.
“Is perhaps the most carefully thought out of any of the four which have appeared.”
+ Survey. 22: 441. Je. 19, ’09. 520w.
Eells, Rev. Myron.[11] Marcus Whitman: pathfinder and patriot. *$2.50. Harriman.
9–22997.
“Among the greatest of American pioneers Dr. Eells would place Marcus Whitman, the physician who entered the service of the American 137mission board in 1835 and with his wife and another married missionary crossed the continent to Washington. Mr. Whitman has left a vivid account of the journey which is inserted in this book. Whitman and his wife with twelve others were massacred by Indians in 1847. Like that of other pioneers, Marcus Whitman’s work had a political significance and led to the annexation of California in 1846.”—Lit. D.
“A careful reading of the overwhelming mass of evidence in this book ought to put the matter of Whitman’s purpose forever outside the realms of controversy.”
+ Ind. 67: 1206. N. 25, ’09. 760w.
“The present work adds a new chapter to the history of our country and is valuable both as a record of missionary work and of heroic daring in advancing westward the frontier of civilization.”
+ Lit. D. 39: 536. O. 2, ’09. 200w.
“Dr. Eells’s story is more convincing than any other that has been told.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 547. S. 18, ’09. 290w.
Egan, Maurice Francis. Wiles of Sexton Maginnis. †$1.50. Century.
9–7142.
A story of Irish-American life and adventure whose hero smiles, loiters, talks delicious brogue, and reflects calmly on the world and his share of ups and downs. The most disturbing element in an otherwise serene existence is an unsympathetic mother-in-law.
“A humorous Catholic story in which priests and nuns figure largely.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 147. My. ’09.
“He entertains us with a rapidly-moving set of situations, illustrating widespread characteristics of clergy and laity as they are to be found everywhere in our towns and cities. Where occasion offers, the Doctor is almost as profuse in his literary allusions as Canon Sheehan himself; but he does not imitate the Canon’s precision and definiteness.”
+ − Cath. World. 89: 253. My. ’09. 560w.
Lit. D. 39: 207. Ag. 7, ’09. 130w.
“Incidentally Maginnis preaches a jesting and valuable sermon upon the appreciation of truth in art. It is in this spirit that Prof. Egan has written, and that his unpretending little work can be commended to general reading.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 246. Ap. 17, ’09. 340w.
“There is much humor in the book, and a clever picture of the ways and ideals of both Italians and Irish-Americans.”
+ Outlook. 92: 20*. My. 1, ’09. 120w.
Egerton, Hugh Edward.[8] Canadian constitutional development. *10s. 6d. Murray, John. London.
8–9028.
A narrative that begins with the passing of Canada into British hands after the surrender of Montreal and ends with the union of the provinces and the establishment of the Dominion. “Some coincidence with the ‘Constitutional documents’ by Dr. Doughty and Professor Shortt was unavoidable, but it ceases after 1791; laws are left out, and the despatches, petitions and speeches are given with a short commentary, cautious and instructive. The whole well enables us to understand ‘how it strikes a contemporary.’ We hear the voice of Canada and the voice of those who are trying to govern Canada through all the stages of unsuccessful experiment that ended in confederation.” (Eng. Hist. R.)
“Almost the only fault that we can find with the book before us concerns the paucity of documents to illustrate the entry in the table of contents of ‘Reciprocity treaty with United States.’”
+ Ath. 1907, 2: 760. D. 14. 600w.
Reviewed by J. Bonar.
+ − Eng. Hist. R. 24: 581. Jl. ’09. 630w.
“This volume is welcome for its own sake, as being a valuable contribution to history, and as the first fruits of the Beit foundation of Colonial history at Oxford.”
+ Spec. 100: 384. Mr. 7, ’08. 200w.
Eggeling, Otto, and Ehrenberg, Frederick. Fresh water aquarium and its inhabitants: a guide for the amateur aquarist. (American nature ser. Group 4, Working with nature.) **$2. Holt.
9–571.
Gives full instruction to the amateur concerning an aquarium outfit, the aquatic plants with which it may be supplied, the water creatures that may be assembled to populate it, the feeding of the inmates, fish-hatching, fish maladies and implements for the care and keeping of the aquarium. Abundant illustrations accompany the text.
“The book, which is well illustrated, is the best practical guide to the aquarium we know.”
+ Ind. 66: 366. F. 4, ’09. 100w.
“A well-balanced, clearly written account.”
+ Nation. 88: 175. F. 18, ’09. 160w.
“In these days of experimental stations and school laboratories, such a practical guide as this should be very welcome.”
+ Nature. 82: 35. N. 11, ’09. 150w.
“Is virtually a textbook, and a highly instructive one, on the subject.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 40. Ja. 23, ’09. 370w.
“The subject is treated in a thorough and practical fashion.”
+ Spec. 103: 421. S. 18, ’09. 110w.
Eggleston, George Cary.[9] Irene of the mountains: a romance of old Virginia. †$1.50. Lothrop.
9–13427.
Set in the Virginian mountains this story reminds one of “The trail of the lonesome pine.” It portrays, as does Mr. Fox’s novel, the development of a mountain girl who is separated from her family during a period of education and social training. Her special strength and sweetness of character are tested when she refuses to engage herself to the scion of an old Virginia family until he has seen her in her mountain setting surrounded by members of a family counted among “poor white trash.” Mr. Eggleston, who knows his South well portrays in clear cut fashion a shrewish mountain dictator, Judy Peters, Queen of the mountains, whose word on political matters was law to the men of the mountains.
“He mutilates the story and the reader’s respect for his own intelligence with an unnecessary glossary of manners and customs, and successfully expurgates all local color from his book by a profuse use of quotation marks. Mr. Eggleston, with his heroes and heroines, and of course, a chaperon, ought to be retired to an old Virginia plantation and kept there, pensioned by his readers.”
− Ind. 67: 828. O. 7, ’09. 200w.
“A genuine pleasure awaits the reader of ‘Irene of the mountains,’ for no prettier story of southern life has appeared in a long time.”
+ Lit. D. 39: 634. O. 16, ’09. 250w.
“It is a pleasant picture of life in old Virginia in the days before the war. The best work in the story is in the depiction of the lives and characters of the mountaineers.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 613. O. 16, ’09. 270w.
Eldridge, William Tillinghast.[12] American princess. $1.50. Sturgis & Walton.
9–25811.
A little kingdom in a remote corner of Europe, a dying ruler, a plot to put a pretender on the throne, the troubles of the right princess and similar elements are ingredients that have been used over and over in story and drama. The American who takes a hand in the game is not new to readers either: but he has a sister who is,—a sister whose striking 138resemblance to the princess furnishes the chief factor in the plot.
“Polly and Tom are ‘game,’ and the developments arising from their adventure are both lively and entertaining.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 728. N. 20, ’09. 350w.
Elias, Frank.[6] Right Hon. H. H. Asquith, M. P. 3s.6d. Clarke, James, & co., London.
“The life of the Prime Minister as here set forth is frankly told, and offers more agreeable reading than most such books do. Much early history is brought up which, though forgotten, is worth reviving in the case of so distinguished a career.”—Ath.
“We congratulate the author on the successful accomplishments of a most difficult task.”
+ Ath. 1909, 1: 437. Ap. 10. 200w.
“Mr. Elias is not offensive, only dull, and is as accurate and as little inspiring as the ‘Annual register.’ On the whole Mr. Elias can be recommended to anyone who desires to know the bare facts of Mr. Asquith’s career.”
− + Sat. R. 107: 634. My. 15, ’09. 170w.
“The biographer has neither a proper view-ground nor adequate data and he is driven to rhapsody, varied by the kind of personal details which adorn the picture papers. Mr. Elias’s book stands out from this class of work as a sober, well-bred narrative, full of sound and well-balanced criticism. We may differ from him, but as a rule we respect his judgment.”
− + Spec. 102: 740. My. 8, ’09. 1500w.
Eliot, Charles William.[10] Education for efficiency and The new definition of the cultivated man. (Riverside educational monographs.) *35c. Houghton.
9–18049.
Two essays by Ex-President Eliot, the first of which carefully sets forth education for “effective power for work and service” during a healthy and active life; the second, defines the present-day ideal of a cultivated man.
A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 11. S. ’09.
Lit. D. 39: 175. Jl. 31, ’09. 700w.
“Ought to be read by every teacher, every intelligent parent, and as many young men and young women as can be induced to read it.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 430. Jl. 10, ’09. 770w.
Eliot, Charles William. University administration. **$1.50. Houghton.
8–32425.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
“A timely and noteworthy volume, of permanent value.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 10. Ja. ’09.
“The volume that President Eliot alone could have written is the source of regret,—one that might have really discussed the vital issues upon which not practice alone but sound policy must in the future be based.”
+ − Dial. 46: 88. F. 1, ’09. 300w.
“There is no question as to the importance of the book, nor of the fact that every one interested in university administration should study it carefully; and yet one must confess that it is strangely one-sided. Barring a few general statements as to the peculiar relation of the tax-supported institutions to the communities which maintain them, there is practically nothing in the book which would not have been included had the title been ‘Harvard university administration.’” F: P. Keppel.
+ − Educ. R. 37: 94. Ja. ’09. 820w.
“To those who have studied President Eliot’s administration for many years, the book contains nothing that is new, though it restates in admirable form and with much lucidity the Eliot theory of university government. Here is much with which every sound educator will agree. There are opinions which no one outside of Harvard will accept.” H. T. Peck.
+ − Forum. 41: 380. Ap. ’09. 1800w.
“These lectures make up the best college president’s handbook that exists. They furnish something which really might be condensed into a code of administrative ethics and expediency.”
+ Lit. D. 37: 983. D. 26, ’08. 400w.
“A book which will long rank as the standard authority on the subject.”
+ Nature. 82: 3. N. 4, ’09. 680w.
“Any man of affairs who is interested in university work can rely upon finding President Eliot’s book as snappy and interesting as the report of an expert to a corporation—which is just what the book is in effect.”
+ N. Y. Times. 13: 766. D. 12, ’08. 600w.
“For the governing and teaching bodies of the higher institutions this can hardly be less than a standard text-book; likewise also for the aspiring young men and women who are fitting for such service.”
+ Outlook. 91: 382. F. 20, ’09. 270w.
Reviewed by W: De Witt Hyde.
+ Outlook. 92: 931. Ag. 21, ’09. 3700w.
+ R. of Rs. 39: 510. Ap. ’09. 120w.
“This volume is therefore an exposition of what Harvard actually is, and the reasons why it is so, in so far as these depend on administrative methods of any sort. The book is the best of reading for college men, and to the college president it is a veritable hand-book full of suggestiveness on every page.” D: S. Jordan.
+ + Science, n.s. 29: 145. Ja. 22, ’09. 2350w.
Elliot, George Francis Scott. Romance of savage life, describing the life of primitive man, his customs, occupations, language, beliefs, arts, crafts, adventures, games, sports, etc. *$1.50. Lippincott.
8–3131.
A panoramic sketch of British life from Eolithic man who “nearly carried out, as only a society of squirrels and hedgehogs could do, the beautiful ideas of modern socialism” “through the periods of the mammoth hunters, the pony men, and the Picts and the Celts, right up to the Norman conquest of the Anglo-Saxons.” (Ath.)
“We can recommend Mr. Scott Elliot’s book as filling a gap, and we think it should be useful as a popular handbook on its subject.”
+ Ath. 1907, 2: 587. N. 9. 340w.
“His ground is safer and more certain in the later chapters; in the earlier he takes risks and guesses a good deal, as must every one with imagination in dealing with such a perplexing and fascinating problem.”
+ − Ath. 1908, 2: 504. O. 24. 420w.
Int. Studio. 33: 169. D. ’07. 50w.
“Mr. Elliot professes to give references, but these and his list of authors are inadequate. The book will supply excellent reading to an intelligent boy, and may lead him to study the scientific literature of the subject.”
+ − Nature. 77: 171. D. 26, ’07. 580w.
“‘The romance of early British life’ is cleverly written by means of a series of stories, in which the manners of successive peoples are rendered with the insight and humour of a Dutch genre painter, and yet with the sober references to authorities that befit a man of science.” G. A. J. C.
+ − Nature. 79: 131. D. 3, ’08. 400w.
N. Y. Times. 13: 774. D. 12, ’08. 120w.
“Interesting, and even instructive, as the volume is, to a boy it could scarcely seem other than congested and too tightly packed with information.”
+ − Spec. 99: sup. 747. N. 16, ’07. 180w.
139Ellis, Katharine Ruth.[11] Wide awake girls in Winsted. †$1.50. Little.
9–25975.
Three of the “Wide awake girls” come, one from Berlin, one from Massachusetts, and one from Washington, to spend the summer with Catherine, the fourth girl at her home in Winsted, a little midwestern town. The town needed a library and the girls, with the help of other friends, undertake the good work of starting one.
“Not so good as ‘Wide awake girls,’ but decidedly superior to the average girl’s book.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 137. D. ’09. ✠
“There are some very little people in the book who say and do many funny things.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 597. O. 9, ’09. 70w.
Elson, Henry William.[11] Child’s guide to American history. (Child’s guide ser., v. 3.) **$1.25. Baker.
9–20755.
“The romance of history in print and picture is here set before us. Dates and statistics are set aside even more completely than they were in the anecdotic annals of him who was the Father of History and had not quite learned the difference between prose and poetry. In a series of picturesque acts and scenes the author unrolls the story of the United States from the landing of the Pilgrims to the excavations at Panama. The pictures partake of the romantic character of the prose and are reproductions from paintings.”—Lit. D.
“They are simply and entertainingly told and can be read by children of ten: a good library book and of value for teachers’ use as supplementary reading.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 95. N. ’09. ✠
“We would recommend this work to teachers principally as a sort of side dish which may be laid on the table at the intellectual feast furnished by the author’s more complete ‘History of the United States.’”
+ Lit. D. 39: 536. O. 2, ’09. 170w.
“The narrative is direct and absorbing.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 677. O. 30, ’09. 70w.
Elson, Henry William.[10] Star-gazer’s handbook: a brief guide for amateur students of astronomy. *50c. Sturgis & Walton.
A handbook for ready reference that presents not only the general facts of astronomy, but also traces the constellations and includes the mythological stories in connection with them.
“The book is a valuable addition to educational works on astronomy, and should be in the possession of every teacher who wishes to have an outline, at any rate of the up-to-date theories on this most fascinating subject.” Mary Proctor.
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 671. O. 30, ’09. 430w.
Elson, Robert.[5] Magnate: a novel. †$1.50. Brentano’s.
A story “founded on the well-worn theme of a nominal marriage, and the gradual growth in the woman of love for the man who has married and adores her. The early days of this commercial king’s beggar-maid amid vulgar surroundings are described with a vigour which carries one through a succession of gilded scenes to the inevitable happy ending.”—Ath.
“Riots in a luxury of superlatives. The atmosphere of the almighty dollar is overpowering at times.”
− + Ath. 1908, 2: 328. S. 19. 100w.
“Is very amusing, and this in spite of the fact that its author designed it to be distinctly serious. It is amusing because of its thoughtfully wrought absurdities.”
− N. Y. Times. 14: 216. Ap. 10, ’09. 650w.
“The book is clever, vital, and for a kind of fairy-tale very real in its happenings, though ‘Robert Elson’ is more at home in studies of middle-class life than in scenes of splendour. But he, or she, is interesting and sincere.”
+ − Sat. R. 106: 369. S. 19, ’08. 280w.
Ely, Richard Theodore. Outlines of economics. *$2. Macmillan.
8–25156.
A revision of the 1893 edition enlarged to meet the requirements of college or university classes. “The work is divided into four books, labeled respectively, ‘Introduction,’ in which are discussed such matters as scope and method, the characteristics of the present economic system, and the evolution of economic society; ‘Principles and problems’ in which are discussed the general problems of political economy, including consumption, production, values and exchange, distribution, and the relation of the state of industry; ‘Public finance’; and the ‘History of economic thought.’ Book 2, on the ‘Principles and problems,’ is naturally the most important part of the work. It is singularly well arranged and lucid.” (Econ. Bull.)
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 276. N. ’08.
“For wealth of material and formality of method, the book is excellent with the historical aspect, of economic society carefully worked out and an interesting chapter devoted to the characteristics of the present economic system.”
+ Ann. Am. Acad. 33: 194. Ja. ’09. 270w.
“One of the most sane, practical and up-to-date general works on political economy. The treatment is on the whole critical and authoritative, and a broad, tolerant, truth-loving spirit, pervades the work. In a few instances, it is true, there seems to be wanting something of the impartial spirit that characterizes the volume as a whole, and at times there is a singular narrowness of intellectual outlook, such as one finds where prejudice influences reason.”
+ − Arena. 40: 607. D. ’08. 620w.
“This is undoubtedly one of the best text books for college classes now available. It is singularly well arranged, the style is clear and straightforward, and the treatment is free from those personal idiosyncrasies and peculiarities of doctrine which have marred so many of our recent text books. It is the first general text book to appreciate fully and discuss intelligently the varied phases and applications of the principle of diminishing productivity.” T. N. Carver.
+ + Econ. Bull. 1: 301. D. ’08. 400w.
+ Ind. 67: 304. Ag. 5, ’09. 20w.
“A feature of the book to which ... one is inclined to give appreciative comment is its general sanity on most of the burning questions. The chapters discussing money and socialism, in particular, are notably moderate in tone and at the same time really excellent on other grounds. The work of course has its defects.” F. M. Taylor.
+ − J. Pol. Econ. 17: 301. My. ’09. 1100w.
“One of the best text-books available for use either in the class-room or by the general reader. It is sufficiently complete and detailed to satisfy the advanced student, and at the same time is so free from cumbersome technicalities as to be intelligible to the beginner.”
+ Outlook. 91: 338. F. 13, ’09. 300w.
“In its present enlarged form it is a far better work than the original, and it now forms a distinctly valuable addition to the growing list of modern text-books.”
+ Pol. Sci. Q. 24: 185. Mr. ’09. 80w.
Embury, Aymar, II.[11] One hundred country houses; modern American examples. **$3. Century.
9–26473.
A suggestive and authoritative discussion of modern American architecture, its origin, development, uses and abuses, and its possibilities. One hundred country houses are pictured and their peculiarities of architecture described. They are grouped under the heads: New England 140colonial; Southern colonial; Classic-revival; Dutch colonial; Spanish or mission; Art nouveau; American farm-house; Elizabethan; Modern English; Italian; and Japanesque. The book, ten by eleven inches in size, is handsomely printed and bound.
“Attractive and comprehensive volume.”
+ Int. Studio. 39: sup. 25. N. ’09. 60w.
“The work is only not a mine of suggestiveness and inspiration to architects, but is nowadays almost indispensable to those contemplating the erection of a home.”
+ Lit. D. 39: 776. N. 6, ’09. 370w.
“Mr. Embury has done good service in the preparation of this volume. Among books having similar purposes to serve the volume is a work apart.”
+ Lit. D. 39: 1073. D. 11, ’09. 90w.
Emerson, Edward Randolph. Beverages, past and present; an historical sketch of their production, together with a study of the customs connected with their use. 2v. **$5. Putnam.
9–690.
Traces the origin and history of beverages both intoxicating and non-intoxicating from the earliest times to the present day, and includes also an account of some of the curious customs connected with their use, as, for instance, in the Dionysian festivals of the Greeks, the banquets of the Romans and the feasts of the Druids of Britain. Drinking in all countries is discussed from mythological times to the present.
+ Ind. 66: 1035. My. 13, ’09. 70w.
“We should say that about everything that is worth knowing about the drinking habits of the world is to be found in this book.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 87. F. 13, ’09. 470w.
“Thorough historical sketch.”
+ R. of Rs. 39: 508. Ap. ’09. 100w.
Emerson, Harrington.[11] Efficiency as a basis for operation and wages. (Works management lib.) $2. Eng. mag.
9–24879.
“The book is not a technical treatise on shop management or on methods of paying labor or on industrial organization or cost-keeping.” (Engin. N.) It is a series of essays relating to such subjects as: National efficiencies; their tendencies and influence; Line and staff organization in industrial concerns; The location and elimination of wastes; The realization of standards in practice; Standard times and bonus.
“Written in a style peculiarly the author’s own and so involved and profuse in its use of illustrations and figures of speech that one is reminded of another writer of the same surname and far wider fame. There is a great deal of thought-provoking material in the book; but there are frequent statements, particularly in the ‘side remarks,’ which tempt the reader to disagreement and which really have so little to do with the author’s main thought that they had better have been omitted.”
+ − Engin. N. 62: sup. 39. O. 14, ’09. 920w.
“A very interesting book which should appeal to every one interested in works management. It is well written, logical and advanced in character and the subject well covered.”
+ Engin. Rec. 60: 448. O. 16, ’09. 270w.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo.[12] Journals; with annotations; ed. by E: W. Emerson and Waldo Emerson Forbes, v. 1 and 2, 1820–1832. ea. *$1.75. Houghton.
9–29980.
The first two volumes comprising the years from 1820–1832, of the hitherto unpublished journals of Emerson, begun at the age of seventeen and continued for fifty years. The selections from Emerson’s early journals are made in order that the lover of Emerson may see “the youth in his apprenticeship, the priest in his noviciate and in his full office caring for his people.... These journals show the soil out of which Emerson grew, the atmosphere around, his habits and mental food, his doubts, his steady, earnest purpose, and the things he outgrew ... the growth of his literary taste, his style, independence of thought and originality in writing.”
“No books of the season will exceed these volumes in serious interest for readers of the best American books, or for those who are eager to understand American life, and especially to understand the most spiritual interpreter of that life who has yet appeared.”
+ Outlook. 93: 877. D. 18, ’09. 2 0w.
Empedocles. Fragments of Empedocles; tr. into English verse by W: Ellery Leonard. *$1. Open ct.
8–33413.
A useful manual for the study of Empedocles which in addition to the translation of the “fragments” is furnished with an introduction, a bibliography and twenty-five pages of notes.
“Taken as a whole, the version is both trustworthy and readable.”
+ − Ath. 1909, 2: 69. Jl. 17. 300w.
“Students and readers unacquainted with Greek will welcome this admirable version of the fragments of Empedocles, which combines to an unusual degree adequate scholarship with poetical feeling and insight.” C. E. Millerd.
+ Class. Philol. 4: 465. O. ’09. 300w.
“Dr. William Ellery Leonard has done a notable service to classical literature by publishing ‘The fragments of Empedocles’ in acceptable English verse, accompanied by the original text.”
+ Dial. 46: 194. Mr. 16, ’09. 40w.
“This translation of the ‘Fragments of Empedocles’ deserves credit for the extent to which it preserves the exact meaning, together with the beauty and power of the original.” E. H: Johnson.
+ J. Philos. 6: 193. Ap. 1, ’09. 450w.
“We congratulate the author on accomplishing well a desirable piece of work.”
+ Nation. 88: 305. Mr. 25, ’09. 240w.
N. Y. Times. 14: 337. My. 29, ’09. 80w.
“Whether, however, we form a just judgment of Empedocles or no—and all judgments must be largely conjectural—it is certain that English students owe Dr. Leonard a large debt for placing this excellent edition in their hands. We can warmly recommend it to all who wish to make personal acquaintance with a writer who, if he fails to instruct will at any rate entertain them.”
+ Spec. 102: 939. Je. 12, ’09. 870w.
English vegetable garden; written by experts.[11] *$3. Scribner.
“Tells how to grow familiar things to the best advantage, and it tells also—there is no chapter more worthy of note—how to grow some things which are not familiar. Here is a list of ‘Vegetables neglected in English gardens.’—cardoon, chicory, salsify and scorzonera, aubergine or egg-plant, and sugar-corn.”—Spec.
“While not a guide to the American gardener, to the open-minded this will prove a suggestive book.”
+ Nation. 89: 333. O. 7, ’09. 980w.
“While no portion of the volume makes a plea for vegetarianism, the recipes for preparing vegetables in novel and appetizing ways will probably be to many readers one of the most valuable features of the book.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 489. Ag. 14, ’09. 300w.
“The ‘experts’ who ... are responsible for the text give their information in a rather general and indefinite way, stopping short of really intimate and circumstantial direction in details which, though second nature to the skilled hand, are often the crux of the tiro and the cause of most depressing failures.”
+ − Sat. R. 108: 12. Jl. 3, ’09. 1500w.
141“This is likely, as one might suppose from the title, to be a most useful volume.”
+ Spec. 102: 866. My. 29, ’09. 70w.
Enock, C. Reginald.[11] Mexico: its ancient and modern civilisation, history and political conditions, topography and natural resources, industries and general development; with an introd. by Martin Hume. (South American ser.) *$3. Scribner.
9–22998.
The sub-title suggests the ground covered by Mr. Enock in his story of Mexico. “The land and the people are put before us with the most careful detail and understanding sympathy. Mr. Enock is by profession a civil and mining engineer, and his chapters on these subjects are especially valuable. He thinks Mexico a coming power and one which English and American capital will do well to consider. He deplores the present tendency to welcome Asiatic immigration, but says that Mexico needs more population, and that it should be recruited from Europe. The tropics are becoming, with increasing knowledge of hygiene and therapeutics, more and more safe for the white races, and Mexico, with her spirit of progress, her courage and determination, is sure of taking the lead among Latin-American countries.” (N. Y. Times.)
“Covers modern conditions as thoroughly and is much less expensive than Martin’s ‘Mexico of the twentieth century.’ Winter’s ‘Mexico and her people of today’ is more popular in style and would prove an acceptable substitute on modern Mexico, but contains much less history.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 114. D. ’09.
“As to the material itself, it has been written by an enthusiast, nor, having read, do we blame the enthusiasm. The volume is really amazing. There is nothing about Mexico that seems to have been left out, and it is as interesting as it is comprehensive.” Hildegarde Hawthorne.
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 513. Ag. 28, ’09. 1300w.
“Mr. Enock is at his best in his descriptions of Mexican life in city and on the road; and his survey of the natural resources, the mineral wealth, and the industrial progress is exhaustive, full of information, and illustrated by an admirable series of photographs.”
+ Spec. 103: 560. O. 9, ’09. 610w.
Enock, C. Reginald. Peru: its former and present civilisation, history and existing conditions, topography and natural resources, commerce and general development; with an introd. by Martin Hume. *$3. Scribner.
8–31238.
“Sets forth the past and present condition of Peru in a manner which may be of practical value, while sustaining the interest and color which have always tinged our imaginings of that fascinating land. In his former book Mr. Enock dealt with the manner of travel and life in the Andes, with less of an informative side than the present work.” (N. Y. Times.) Some of the topics discussed are: Recent development, Political administration and divisions, the Social system, Orography, Geology, Hydrography, Natural history, Climate, Means of communication, Agricultural and natural products, Mineral wealth, Financial, Industrial, and Commercial conditions.
“Especially valuable for the chapters on mineral resources and agricultural development. Supplements the author’s ‘Andes and the Amazon’ which covers life and travel in Peru, and is more readable, but less informing.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 102. Ap. ’09.
“Is especially full on Peruvian mineral resources and agricultural development. Serves the purpose of a handbook reasonably well.”
+ Nation. 88: 63. Ja. 21, ’09. 90w.
N. Y. Times. 13: 542. O. 3, ’08. 140w.
Epstein, Mordecai.[5] Early history of the Levant company. Dutton.
9–6032.
A study based upon original sources covering “the years of periodic charters from 1581 to 1695 and the period of the permanent charter down to 1640. The appendix, which makes up nearly one-half of the volume, contains early charters, lists of officers, ships, ports, etc.”—J. Pol. Econ.
“We can only hope that this ‘first instalment,’ as Dr. Epstein calls it, may be speedily followed by an equally careful account of the later fortunes of the company.” E. A. M’A.
+ Eng. Hist. R. 24: 405. Ap. ’09. 570w.
“A distinct contribution to our knowledge of the early history of this company.”
+ J. Pol. Econ. 17: 238. Ap. ’09. 60w.
“The story is worth telling all through, but perhaps the most interesting part is chap. 10, ‘Pirates, interlopers, and factors.’”
+ Spec. 101: 136. Jl. 25, ’08. 280w.
Escott, Thomas H. S. Story of British diplomacy; its makers and movements. **$4. Jacobs.
8–34178.
The story of Great Britain’s foreign policy from Pitt to Palmerston. “Mr. Escott has had opportunities of intercourse with those ‘who know,’ and has availed himself of them to good purpose.... The reader will find especially interesting the narrative of the negotiations which ended in the Crimean war.” (Spec.)
“Mr. Escott has not produced a more solid piece of work than his new book, singularly different in this respect from his latest gossipy volumes. Mr. Escott’s paragraphs and sentences are long and somewhat breathless, but he interests us from the first page to the last. For dates we sigh in vain. Their absence involves some confusion, and leads the author to obscurities, if not mistakes.”
+ − Ath. 1908, 1: 781. Je. 27. 1400w.
“There are no new facts and no original reflections in this loose and verbose sketch of English history.”
− Sat. R. 106: 83. Jl. 18, ’08. 180w.
“It may all be read with interest, though not, we may say, with implicit confidence. There are, too, unaccountable omissions.”
+ − Spec. 101: 337. S. 5, ’08. 250w.
Esenwein, J. Berg.[5] Writing the short-story: a practical handbook on the rise, structure, writing, and sale of the modern short-story. $1.25. Hinds.
9–13414.
Embodies the practical principles of short-story structure as viewed by the magazine editor and as practiced by the best contributor. After a historical introduction on the rise of the short-story and its present place and power the following subjects are treated at length: The nature of the short-story; The structure of the short-story; Preparation for authorship; The manuscript and its market; and Appendices including collections of short-stories, sketches, and tales, representative short-stories, plots, a digest of historical rules applicable to short-story writing, bibliography, etc.
“More practical than Allbright’s ‘The short story,’ which aims to establish a critical criterion.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 39. O. ’09.
“Mr. Esenwein has approached the short story as an historian, as a maker of textbooks, and as a literary adviser. It is always difficult to ride three horses at once, and in this instance they are not all guided with equal felicity.”
+ − Dial. 47: 289. O. 16, ’09. 310w.
“While the author does not add much to the criticism of the subject, he does succeed in collecting a good deal of information for the practitioner.”
+ Ind. 67: 297. Ag. 5, ’09. 150w.
142“If his book is the best, it is partly because it is the latest. But he has analyzed his subject and organized his ideas with unusual vigor and perspicuity.”
+ Nation. 89: 12. Jl. 1, ’09. 220w.
“Mr. Esenwein has an admirably logical method in the treatment of his subject and at the same time he writes always in an easy, interesting style.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 368. Je. 12, ’09. 220w.
+ R. of Rs. 40: 255. Ag. ’09. 80w.
“The book is eminently practical.”
+ Spec. 102: 865. My. 29, ’09. 320w.
Estabrook, Alma Martin.[5] Rule of three: a story of Pike’s Peak. $1.25. Small.
9–11256.
The rule of the three Bellas in a bungalow on the side of Pike’s Peak furnishes incidents for this love comedy. Aunt Marianna, supposed to be in Japan, drops in suddenly upon her nephew, Garvin Longstaff, and overcome by the altitude demands Bella whom he had promised to marry within a certain time, now past, as a condition for receiving a large portion of the aunt’s fortune. He rushes out to find a substitute for Bella until she can be hurried on to a wedding which he promises himself shall take place speedily. The first girl he meets refuses to serve; when he returns with the compliant second he finds number one, who had changed her mind, self installed as nurse. By the time the rightful Bella appears, Garvin’s heart is lost to number one. The complications are smoothed out by the united efforts of number one’s grandfather and Aunt Marianna. A little above the average summer “hammock” story.
“A very pleasant little trifle. The confection is agreeably sentimental, with a saving spice of humor.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 325. My. 22, ’09. 200w.
N. Y. Times. 14: 373. Je. 12, ’09. 150w.
Eucken, Rudolf Christof.[7] Life of the spirit: an introduction to philosophy; tr. from the German by F. L. Pogson. 2d ed., with introductory note by the author. (Crown theological lib., v. 26.) *$1.50. Putnam.
9–10967.
A searching inquiry into the elements of life with a view to reconciling them. The author “aims at developing, not a new category, but a new culture, and holds that it is the privilege of philosophy, by penetrating to what is most inward in human nature, to bring a religious inspiration to bear upon the problem of the world of human labor.” “The author regards a spiritual life a life of insights and affections, as the normal development of man, and affirms that this life must be sustained by a philosophy suited to it. The life gives occasion to the philosophy, and the philosophy justifies and guides the life.” (Dial.)
“Most stimulating and suggestive and untechnical, but assumes considerable learning and requires close application.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 163. Je. ’09.
“Deserves attention by reason of its intrinsic merit. Is simple in construction and well sustained in manner of presentation. The style of the book is somewhat diffuse, but it leads us by a sure path to this fundamental notion of an expanding life which is mothering the world and bringing to it a truer and more adequate philosophy.” J: Bascom.
+ − Dial. 47: 20. Jl. 1, ’09. 700w.
+ Ind. 67: 256. Jl. 29, ’09. 240w.
“The book is thoroughly stimulating, and is an admirable synthetic interpretation of modern thought. So far as can be judged from what appears to be an excellent translation, Prof. Eucken’s style is simple, straightforward, and pure.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 95. F. 20, ’09. 1100w.
Eucken, Rudolf Christof.[10] Problem of human life as viewed by the great thinkers from Plato to the present time; tr. from the German by Williston S. Hough, and W. R. Boyce Gibson. **$3. Scribner.
9–24685.
A volume of nearly six hundred pages designed to afford historical confirmation of the view that conceptions are determined by life, not life by conceptions. With this as a guiding conviction, the author traverses “the whole spiritual development of the Western world in the hope that the several phases of development and above all, its great personalities will be brought nearer to the personal experience of the reader than is customarily done.” The discussion falls under the following general heads: Hellenism; Christianity; The modern world. The great philosophical thinkers and teachers who influenced trend of thought are treated for each period.
+ Dial. 47: 20. Jl. 1, ’09. 350w.
Nation. 89: 384. O. 21, ’09. 70w.
“Here is a book, a large and serious book, full of thinking matter as well as reading matter, well written by one who has earned the Nobel prize for literature, well translated by competent American professors, well read by the public of another land. What will the American public answer to this challenge?” J. E. Sampter.
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 747. N. 27, ’09. 1500w.
“Welcome is the lesson here educed from the struggles of the past, that human destinies are ruled by spiritual necessities, and that life emerges from its testing in fresher and truer form.”
+ Outlook. 93: 832. D. 11, ’09. 330w.
“An admirable volume.”
+ R. of Rs. 40: 762. D. ’09. 70w.
Ewing, James Alfred. Mechanical production of cold. *$3.25. Putnam.
9–7594.
A reprint of a series of lectures given in 1897 covering “the general principles of refrigeration, air machines, absorption machines, the vapor compression process, trials of refrigerating machines, uses of mechanical refrigeration and applications of extreme cold.”
“The man who takes an intelligent interest in matters affecting our daily life cannot fail to find in Mr. Ewing’s pages much that will appeal to him. While the book is intended primarily for scientific readers, it is in the main couched in language readily intelligible to the general public.”
+ Ath. 1909, 1: 350. Mr. 20. 570w.
“In his attempt to make the treatment intelligible without unnecessary mathematics, this well-known author has succeeded admirably, and the lecture form makes the work especially pleasing. A book of this kind is much needed among men who would like to know the principles of thermodynamics, but who do not have the knowledge of mathematics necessary to use the ordinary text-books on the subject. On the other hand, it will be of value to engineering students in showing them that the mathematics that they meet with in their course in thermodynamics is simply a convenient means to an end.”
+ Engin. Rec. 58: 706. D. 19, ’08. 430w.
“It is to be regretted that [C. G. S. units] have not been used throughout the book so as to make it more uniform.” F. H.
+ − Nature. 79: 484. F. 25, ’09. 780w.