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Fabian essays in socialism, by G: Bernard Shaw and others.[6] *50c. Ball pub.
9–35445.
A new edition of the “Fabian essays in socialism,” with an introductory chapter by Mr. 143Shaw relating to the Fabian society and its work. “The ruling idea of the book, as described in an introductory essay by the late Prof. William Clarke, is that of inevitable political and industrial evolution—nothing utopian, but an attempted generalization on the lines of modern scientific ideas.” (N. Y. Times.)
“One of the most important works on socialism.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 119. Ap. ’09.
“The rare citizen who is willing to reason logically as well as feel humanely will find this book most helpful.”
+ Ind. 66: 1084. My. 20, ’09. 400w.
“One cannot help wishing that in a little book so generally the result of sincere and earnest thinking the blue pencil had been used on Mr Shaw. The book is to be commended to those who wish to get at the heart of the Fabian idea of socialism, to all those, in fact, who take an interest in sociology, whether their views coincide with or are opposed to the ideas promulgated. To the amateur who knows practically nothing of the subject the book offers a very fair résumé of the best data and arguments on its side of the question, presented in clear, concise, and intelligible style.”
+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 206. Ap. 10, ’09. 420w.
Spec. 103: 59. Jl. 10, ’09. 280w.
Fagan, James O. Confessions of a railroad signalman. **$1. Houghton.
8–25159.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
“Has won a right to be heard by mastery of his field and by the devotion of a trained and philosophic mind to a problem of vital significance.” C. R. Henderson.
+ Am. J. Soc. 14: 548. Ja. ’09. 150w.
“The author is also fortunate in possessing a well-trained mind and he has command of remarkably good English.”
+ Ann. Am. Acad. 33: 455. Mr. ’09. 310w.
“An exceptionally able book, worthy of the serious attention of every student of the causes of railroad accidents.” E. R. Johnson.
+ Char. 21: 509. Ja. 2, ’09. 550w.
“This book serves a useful purpose in keeping the real question before the American public. But in laying the entire blame upon the railroad employee it does this class an injustice and presents only a partial picture of the situation.” F. H. Dixon.
+ − Econ. Bull. 1: 348. D. ’08. 450w.
“It must command the attention of the traveling public as well as the consideration of the railway man, however the latter may view the opinions of the author.”
+ Engin. N. 61: sup. 19. F. 18, ’09. 950w.
“There can be no doubt that the case he presents is worthy of careful consideration.” L. C. Marshall.
+ J. Pol. Econ. 17: 42. Ja. ’09. 430w.
“A candid consideration of the argument leads the reviewer, at least, to feel that the author himself is not totally unprejudiced. The book is well thought out. The English is excellent and the style calm and clear. It is of interest to everybody.” E. E. Agger.
+ − Pol. Sci. Q. 24: 147. Mr. ’09. 480w.
Fagan, James O.[11] Labor and the railroads. **$1. Houghton.
9–28733.
A vitally important contribution to economic history in which the author treats of the relations between organized labor movements and employers, turning the force of his arguments into concrete railroad problems. His point of view is that of a former employee who believes that the railroad employees are the most important factors in the situation from every point of view. “Their opinions, their policies, their behavior, are the great topics to be considered, socially, financially, and industrially. His chapters are: The industrial dilemma; Labor and railroads; The railroads and education; The railroads and efficiency of service; The railroads and publicity; The case of the Pennsylvania; Labor and responsibility; Labor authority over the railroads.”
“Vigorous and authoritative essays.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 115. D. ’09.
Fairweather, Rev. William. Background of the gospels; or, Judaism in the period between the Old and New Testaments. (Cunningham lectures, 20th ser.) *$3. Scribner.
9–13620.
A treatment of later Judaism “with special reference to the times of Jesus. Discussions of the Maccabaean struggle, the Herodian age, the Apocalyptic movement, and Hellenistic Judaism constitute the bulk of the work. There is a full bibliography, and numerous critical notes and complete indices conclude the volume.”—Bib. World.
“While offering thus some general criticism on Mr. Fairweather’s work, we recognize the author’s industry and the admirable spirit of his discussions.” G: H. Gilbert.
+ − Am. J. Theol. 13: 619. O. ’09. 530w.
“An intelligent and comprehensive treatment of later Judaism.”
+ Bib. World. 33: 216. Mr. ’09. 50w.
“The book meets admirably the end for which it seems to have been written, namely, to put in convenient form a large mass of historical, literary, and theological facts pertaining to a neglected but highly important period.” H: B Carré.
+ Bib. World. 34: 426. D. ’09. 800w.
“A good book ... scholarly but not too technical.”
+ Nation. 88: 536. My. 27, ’09. 260w.
“A valuable contribution to religious knowledge.”
+ Outlook. 92: 71. My. 8, ’09. 200w.
“He is careful, thorough, sound, and shows wide reading: but he lacks vigour and originality in his treatment of the matter he has so laboriously collected, and we get a little tired of his Protestant contempt for Jewish legalism and ecclesiasticism. His work is rather too big and technical for the popular reader, and the specialist will find little in it that he has not found equally well expressed elsewhere; it will remain in the thoroughly respectable class of useful books, but it does not show, or arouse, enthusiasm.”
+ − Sat. R. 107: 250. F. 20, ’09. 260w.
“This book deals with Judaism in the period between the two Testaments, and certainly Mr. Fairweather has contrived to fill ‘the blank page’ with wonderfully interesting matter.”
+ Spec. 102: 579. Ap. 10. ’09. 1450w.
Fallows, Alice Katharine.[5] Mental hygiene in every day living. (Making the best of things ser.) **35c. McClurg.
9–10654.
A little talk on the subject of “common sense made authoritative” that helps nervous sufferers back to health, makes the timid courageous, teaches the lazy to work, cheers the hopeless, and gives more power to the industrious.
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 163. Je. ’09. ✠
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 342. My. 29, ’09. 60w.
Fallows, Alice Katharine.[5] Point of view. (Making the best of things ser.) **35c. McClurg.
9–10296.
Urges a healthy, normal, wholesome outlook on life as the initial step to a more competent, more efficient, happier self.
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 163. Je. ’09. ✠
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 342. My. 29, ’09. 30w.
144Fallows, Alice Katharine.[5] Talk on relaxation. (Making the best of things ser.) **35c. McClurg.
9–10655.
A little talk whose spirit is in keeping with the work in practical Christian psychology established by Bishop Fallows in St. Paul’s church, Chicago.
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 164. Je. ’09. ✠
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 342. My. 29, ’09. 60w.
Fallows, Rt. Rev. Samuel. Health and happiness; or, Religious therapeutics and right living. *$1.50. McClurg.
8–30270.
A book which has grown out of Bishop Fallows’s work in Christian psychology, as he has conducted it in St. Paul’s church, Chicago. It is quite similar to the Emmanuel work in Boston and teaches “faith as a dynamic force, chiefly for the cure of overtaxed nerves. He is for co-operation with the neuropath.” (Ind.)
A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 10. Ja. ’09.
Ind. 65: 1184. N. 19, ’08. 90w.
Fanning, Clara Elizabeth, comp.[12] Selected articles on capital punishment. (Debaters’ handbook ser.) *$1. Wilson, H. W.
A recent volume in the “Debaters’ handbook series.” It is uniform with the predecessors, and, like them, offers as the chief reason for compilation the manifest need among students, debaters, and club women for material on the subject under treatment which cannot be had in the small libraries of the country.
Fanning, Clara Elizabeth, comp.[12] Selected articles on the election of United States senators. (Debaters’ handbook ser.) *$1. Wilson, H. W.
A volume in the “Debaters’ handbook series” which reprints entire or in part the most valuable articles on the subject of the Election of United States senators. The book is for debaters who have small access to material, and includes a full bibliography of the subject.
Farrar, James M. Junior congregation. 1884–1908. **$1.20. Funk.
8–29743.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
“The book is thoroughly practical.” F. W. Collier.
+ Arena. 41: 512. Jl. ’09. 130w.
“The sermons are not very good. Neither are they very bad. The chief merit about them is that they must have been interesting. They are not too condescending nor are they too learned. Other preachers will wonder and admire. Whether they will imitate will depend on their capacity.”
+ Ind. 66: 425. F. 25, ’09. 160w.
“Preachers and Sunday-school teachers would find this book distinctly helpful to them.”
+ Lit. D. 38: 106. Ja. 16, ’09. 50w.
Faunce, William H. P. Educational ideal in the ministry. **$1.25. Macmillan.
8–32415.
President Faunce’s Lyman Beecher lectures delivered at Yale university. “To the criticism that the work of the clergyman is not properly correlated to modern life Dr. Faunce brings his contention that the real, vital relation of the preacher to the community is that of teacher. Moreover, he contends that preaching, far from being relegated to-day to the background of our modern life, is ‘outside the pulpit more widespread, more vigorous, more effective, and more in demand than at any time during the last hundred years.’ Preaching, he declares, is done perhaps most effectively to-day by college professors, political leaders, judges, diplomats, governors of states, even labor leaders. We are, he contends, living in an age ‘not only of reaction from the crass materialism of which Professor Haeckel is a belated exponent, but an age of unprecedented ethical interest, of altruistic enthusiasm, of a moral passion that overflows all ecclesiastical channels and conventional modes of expression and spreads like a great river nearing the sea.’”—R. of Rs.
“It is a notable book. It cannot fail to be an inspiration to the ministry.” T. G. Soares.
+ Am. J. Theol. 13: 481. Jl. ’09. 430w.
“He presents a point of view rather than a compendium of rules and regulations.”
+ Ann. Am. Acad. 33: 716. My. ’09. 270w.
“One may not agree with the author’s religious points-of-view at all times, but about the practical worth of the volume to those for whom it has been prepared there can be no question.”
+ Arena. 41: 510. Jl. ’09. 400w.
Reviewed by G: Hodges.
Atlan. 103: 561. Ap. ’09. 100w.
“The book is more an emphasis than a contribution. It deals less with facts than with values and furnishes a broad presentation rather than a prophetic call.” R: H: Edwards.
+ Char. 21: 1049. Mr. 6, ’09. 700w.
“The lectures contain robust counsel and vigorous thinking for the theological student of today.”
+ Educ. R. 38: 99. Ja. ’09. 30w.
“It would be a fine thing for the country if this book were read by every minister and every student of theology and every young man who has any thought of the ministry as a profession.” E. S. D.
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 116. F. 27, ’09. 500w.
+ Outlook. 91: 584. Mr. 13, ’09. 380w.
“It is seldom, we think, that a presentation of the relation of the clergyman to the life of the world around him has been so graphically, cogently, and convincingly made as Dr. Faunce has done in this volume.”
+ R. of Rs. 39: 254. F. ’09. 300w.
Fauth, Philipp.[9] Moon in modern astronomy: a summary of twenty years selenographic work and a study of recent problems; tr. by Joseph McCabe, with an introd. by J. Ellard Gore. *$2. Van Nostrand.
8–14716.
“Contains Mr. Fauth’s summary of his twenty years’ selenographic work, together with a discussion of the many problems which face the selenographer of to-day. Mr. Gore’s introduction is purely descriptive of the general classification of lunar features, of which he defines the general terms, thus enabling the non-astronomical reader to study Mr. Fauth’s work with some measure of understanding. The theme of the work is the substantiation of the author’s conclusion that our satellite is covered with a thick layer of ice.”—Nature.
“The book is carefully prepared and is well worth consideration.” H. E. Buchanan.
+ Astrophys. J. 29: 91. Ja. ’09. 160w.
“The work before us places him in the first rank of selenographers.”
+ Ath. 1907, 2: 74. Jl. 20. 550w.
+ Nature. 77: 195. Ja. 2, ’08. 450w.
“The reader who wishes to learn the meaning of the peculiar riddles scientists are gradually solving regarding the cuneiform writings on the moon’s surface, will welcome this book as a popular exposition of the science of the moon.” Mary Proctor.
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 515. Ag. 28, ’09. 1800w.
Fay, Charles Ryle. Co-operation at home and abroad; a description and analysis. *$3. Macmillan.
8–33820.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
“No other work covers the subject so completely.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 137. My. ’09.
145“Without doubt it is the best piece of work ever published in this field of economic investigation.”
+ + Ann. Am. Acad. 33: 194. Ja. ’09. 180w.
Ind. 67: 196. Jl. 22, ’09. 630w.
“The chief value of the book attaches rather to the detailed description of these undertakings than to any analysis of economic principles involved in the aims and ideals of co-operation.” J. C.
+ J. Pol. Econ. 17: 733. D. ’09. 530w.
“His account of the organization and working of cooperative credit is the best general account I have seen and will form a valuable supplement to more detailed works, such as Wolff’s.” J. E. Pope.
+ − Pol. Sci. Q. 24: 153. Mr. ’09. 600w.
“Mr. Fay’s work is indispensable to any one who would be ‘au courant’ with coöperation in Europe.” N. P. Gilman.
+ Yale R. 17: 455. F. ’09. 500w.
Fenollosa, Mary McNeill (Sidney McCall, pseud.).[6] Red Horse Hill. †$1.50. Little.
9–12084.
A story of even greater dramatic qualities than “Truth Dexter.” A young woman officially notified of the death of her husband who had taken their child and run away with a servant marries, without revealing her past unhappiness, the junior partner in a large milling firm. In a southern town whither they go to build up some declining mill interests, the wife discovers her former husband, a diseased drunkard, and also her child among the frequently flogged child employees of the mill. The terror of the revelation, the suffering for her child’s misery, the unburdening of her secret to her husband, the blow to his pride and his final forgiveness are all elements that are woven into a story whose dominant note is the power for good or evil in the hands of Southern mill owners.
“Plot is strong but poorly handled.”
+ − A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 26. S. ’09.
“Represents a type of fiction growing common among us,—melodrama allied to a larger theme and a greater plea.”
+ − Atlan. 104: 683. N. ’09. 120w.
“Quite aside from any purpose, the book is interesting. The fact about the book which makes it worth while is a certain passionate intensity, a vibrant quality that seizes upon the reader and will not let him go.” Hildegarde Hawthorne.
+ Bookm. 29: 413. Je. ’09. 970w.
“This idea ... would have made a powerful book had it not been weakened by an hysterical riot of individual emotion on the part of the actors in the drama.”
+ − Nation. 89: 78. Jl. 22, ’09. 140w.
“If the book were a better novel, however, it might be a better tract as well.”
− N. Y. Times. 14: 342. My. 29, ’09. 500w.
N. Y. Times. 14: 376. Je. 12, ’09. 200w.
“Is defective in its building-plan, flat in its ending, over-written in style, too melodramatic to be always effective, but it is a passionate, honest, genuine blow at the hateful evils of child-slavery in mills, and in other ways its insight into human nature is notable.”
+ − Outlook. 92: 390. Je. 19, ’09. 90w.
“Viewed from the standpoint of the social worker the book is clearly a failure.”
− Survey. 22: 689. Ag. 14, ’09. 200w.
Ferrero, Guglielmo.[6] Characters and events of Roman history, from Cæsar to Nero; tr. by Frances Lance Ferrero. (Lowell lectures of 1908.) **$2.50. Putnam.
9–14129.
A series of studies of the great men and women of ancient Rome and of critical moments and events in Roman history. Contents: “Corruption” in ancient Rome and its counterpart in modern history; The history and legend of Antony and Cleopatra; The development of Gaul; Nero; Julian and Tiberius; Wine in Roman history; Social development of the Roman Empire; Roman history in modern education. Index.
A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 11. S. ’09.
“When we come to weigh his claims carefully we find very serious flaws in his work. Learned as he is in Latin literature and history, he lacks that broad culture which is indispensable to a great historian.”
+ − Ath. 1909, 2: 7. Jl. 3. 1000w.
Reviewed by W. H. Johnson.
+ − Dial. 47: 41. Jl. 16, ’09. 850w.
“It is a pity that the lectures were not translated by someone more familiar with English vocabulary and idiom.” H. S. Jones.
+ − Eng. Hist. R. 24: 756. O. ’09. 150w.
“The lectures of Mr. Ferrero still remain suggestive, fascinating, and fresh, altho some readers will be inclined to think that he sometimes seems to be doing in earnest what Whately did in jest, when the latter wrote an essay to prove that such a man as Napoleon never existed.”
+ − Lit. D. 39: 207. Ag. 7, ’09. 580w.
+ − Nation. 89: 80. Jl. 22, ’09. 800w.
“There is no present doubt that he leads the writers of his class for interest, originality of view and interpretation, skill in the handling of old and new material, and confidence in his own opinions, however widely they may differ from those of his predecessors. And invariably his work is ‘good reading.’”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 351. Je. 5, ’09. 1100w.
“Prof. Ferrero, as may be expected, writes entertainingly, and from thorough knowledge of his subjects.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 373. Je. 12, ’09. 250w.
Outlook. 92: 583. Jl. 10, ’09. 500w.
+ R. of Rs. 40: 125. Jl. ’09. 100w.
“The book is a manual of sound political thought, as well as a gallery of brilliant pictures. But brilliant and original as Signor Ferrero always is, he is never freakish. His seeming paradoxes are based on sound scholarship, and they carry full conviction.”
+ Spec. 103: 513. O. 2, ’09. 2000w.
Ferrero, Guglielmo. Greatness and decline of Rome; v. 1 and 2 tr. by Alfred E. Zimmern. v. 3.-5 tr. by H. J. Chaytor. 5v. ea. **$2.50. Putnam.
7–25134.
v. 3. Fall of an aristocracy.
Continues the narrative from the day of Caesar’s death to the renewal of the second triumvirate. “In other words, it is the narrative of the fall of aristocracy, the bringing to grief of the plans of the Conservatives, who had hoped to obtain so much from the removal of Caesar, and emphasizing the decadence of Rome, which began to be revealed not only in the rottenness of the State itself, but in the fact that Roman leaders began to seek their fortunes abroad.” (N. Y. Times.)
v. 4. Rome and Egypt.
Includes the “Persian war of Anthony, the downfall of young Pompey, and the rise of Augustus, from 37 to about 23 B. C., from the fall of Jerusalem into the power of Herod and Sossius to the initiation of constitutional reforms by the new Emperor. The reunion of Anthony and Cleopatra, and their marriage in defiance of the Latin rule of monogamy, the brief existence of a new Egyptian empire, the triumph of Octavianus at Actium, the restoration of the republic, the birth of the empire are its chief subjects.”—N. Y. Times.
v. 5. This final volume deals with “The republic of Augustus,” bringing the history down to A. D. 14. “It is Ferrero’s main contention or chief discovery—that Augustus was a sincere supporter of republican ideas and institutions; that he had no imperial ambition; that his every effort was to preserve the supremacy of the Senate, and that only with 146reluctance and under compulsion did he take upon his own shoulders one burden of state after another.” (N. Y. Times.)
“Authoritative and final, even for a short time, the work cannot be, but it has all the charm of the best historical fiction.” B. Perrin.
+ − Am. Hist. R. 14: 796. Jl. ’09. 1400w. (Review of v. 5.)
“Ferrero is a valuable corrective to Mommsen in some respects, and his pages are far more interesting for general reading. The work does not cover half the period the title promises.”
+ − A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 164. Je. ’09. (Review of v. 5.)
“What distinguishes the work of Ferrero is precisely the brilliancy of his guesses—the satisfactory manner in which they make the epoch live again.” A. C. Howland.
+ Ann. Am. Acad. 34: 205. Jl. ’09. 1250w. (Review of v. 1–5.)
“That a book should be so fascinating, even in a translation, is its highest praise, for it implies that its style is not mere polish of diction, but the expression of clear and persuasive thinking. The gravest defect we find here is, as we have said of the third volume, a superficial and somewhat random psychology, which does not appreciate what qualities are consistent, and inconsistent, in human character.”
+ − Ath. 1909, 1: 33. Ja. 9. 2000w. (Review of v. 3 and 4.)
“On the whole the work is well done, runs easily, and is throughout very good, if not convincing, reading.”
+ − Ath. 1909, 1: 459. Ap. 17. 1450w. (Review of v. 5.)
“It is worth noting that Signor Ferrero is often willing to suppress undoubted facts. Ferrero’s volumes are full of notions which are at least suggestive. They are written with the repressed vivacity of an Italian, who is also a scholar. They do not, however, supersede the work of Mommsen for that portion of Roman history which Mommsen’s volumes cover. At the most, they may be viewed as a corrective.” H. T. Peck.
+ − Bookm. 28: 439. Ja. ’09. 1800w. (Review of v. 1–4.)
Reviewed by W. H. Johnson.
+ − Dial. 47: 41. Jl. 16, ’09. 850w. (Review of v. 5.)
“It will be read for the undeniable brilliance of its style—albeit this hardly receives sufficient justice at the translator’s hand—for its vivid character-sketches, and for its acute diagnosis of social maladies; but paradox is still the master passion of its author, and paradox is no fit substitute for criticism.” H. S. Jones.
+ − Eng. Hist. R. 24: 753. O. ’09. 2700w. (Review of v. 3–5.)
“Professor Ferrero’s work reflects the minute investigations of the coin hunters, and the sweat of brain of modern critics.”
+ Ind. 66: 46. Ja. 1, ’09. 1100w. (Review of v. 3 and 4.)
“No great historical theme has been dealt with in a fashion so striking and interesting as this in many, many years.”
+ Lit. D. 37: 900. D. 12, ’08. 220w. (Review of v. 3 and 4.)
“One of the most attractive features of the work is the way in which he employs the poetic literature of Rome in illustration of the sentiments of the time.”
+ + Lit. D. 38: 303. F. 20, ’09. 680w. (Review of v. 4.)
“He is likely, however, to be ingenious rather than convincing. One quality Ferrero has still to show before he can do full justice to the constitutional work of Augustus, namely, a certain legal sense.”
+ − Nation. 87: 603. D. 17, ’08. 2100w. (Review of v. 3 and 4.)
“If there is anything new, as compared with the work of various others, it is rather in the extreme to which these points are pushed, and we can only say that these extremes are not adequately supported.”
− Nation. 88: 491. My. 13, ’09. 900w. (Review of v. 5.)
“A perusal of the pages of ‘The greatness and decline of Rome’ is an aesthetic as well as an intellectual pleasure. There are no digressions. The story moves with wonderful directness from cause to effect—absolutely devoid of rhetorical ornamentation.”
+ N. Y. Times. 13: 683. N. 21, ’08. 730w. (Review of v. 3.)
“The translation is competent and more than that, and the history is good reading throughout. There are no dry pages.”
+ N. Y. Times. 13: 782. D. 19, ’08. 1000w. (Review of v. 4.)
“The volume is perhaps the most interesting of the five.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 175. Mr. 27, ’09. 870w. (Review of v. 5.)
“A fresh charm is imparted to Roman history by the sociological insight and the dramatic touch of this Italian scholar.”
+ Outlook. 91: 109. Ja. 16, ’09. 1000w. (Review of v. 3 and 4.)
“Signor Ferrero’s viewpoint throughout the entire work is that of a strictly impartial observer, with no theory to prove.”
+ R. of Rs. 39: 123. Ja. ’09. 360w. (Review of v. 1–4.)
“This Italian scholar certainly knows how to make history interesting.”
+ R. of Rs. 39: 640. My. ’09. 160w. (Review of v. 5.)
“It is clear that Ferrero has established a claim to be heard on those great questions about Augustus which can be solved, if at all, on general historical grounds, and not by an examination of the ancient evidence.”
+ Sat. R. 108: 260. Ag. 28, ’09. 1400w. (Review of v. 3–5.)
“It is the work at once of a scholar and of an artist; it is based upon foundations of the most solid erudition, and it is marked on every page by the traces of a brilliant, imaginative, and exceedingly original mind. The work is convincing because it is intensely imaginative.”
+ Spec. 102: 20. Ja. 2, ’09. 1850w. (Review of v. 3 and 4.)
Ferry, Ervin Sidney. Brief course in elementary dynamics for students of engineering. *$1.25. Macmillan.
8–22618.
“A clear, consecutive and consistent development of those laws and principles of dynamics most frequently occurring in the ordinary affairs of life and of widest application in the arts.”—Engin. D.
“Emphasis has been laid on a thorough knowledge of principles upon which facts depend, rather than on a familiarity with a vast range of different phenomena.”
+ Engin. D. 4: 665. D. ’08. 250w.
“A few very unconvincing statements, or awkwardly put definitions, contrast with the clearness and accuracy of the most of the text.”
+ − Engin. N. 61: sup. 45. Ap. 15, ’09. 160w.
“It is logically arranged and written in a clear style that students fit for technical education can readily understand.”
+ Engin. Rec. 58: 448. O. 17, ’08. 230w.
“One of the best class books that has appeared in a long time.”
+ Engin. Rec. 59: 251. F. 27, ’09. 110w.
“It appears to be an orderly, well-written account of the principles of dynamics, but rather over-burdened with formulæ.” E. G. C.
+ − Nature. 80: 95. Mr. 25, ’09. 170w.
Ffoulkes, Constance Jocelyn, and Maiocchi, Rodolfo. Vincenzo Foppa of Brescia, founder of the Lombard school. *$25. Lane.
“The text embodies not only the opinions of 147the authors themselves but also of the most distinguished European critics of the past and present on Foppa and his school. It is moreover enriched with excellent reproductions of a large number of his works, fifteen in photogravure, and supplemented by an index of all the mss. quoted, with translations of some of the more important, a chronological list of his extant paintings, one of those now lost, a place index and a carefully compiled subject one.”—Int. Studio.
“Skilfully woven into an interesting consecutive narrative. The book is a perfect encyclopaedia of knowledge that will be a mine of wealth to future students.”
+ + Int. Studio. 37: 84. Mr. ’09. 350w.
N. Y. Times. 13: 742. D. 5, ’08. 140w.
“What deserves especial praise is the admirable temper of Miss Ffoulkes’ writing: it is quite free from the barren acrimonies of the partisan and from exaggerated laudation of its subject; it is also lucid and unpretentious in style.” Laurence Binyon.
+ Sat. R. 108: 389. S. 25, ’09. 420w.
“The writers of this book are enthusiasts for their subject, and have given us a profusion of rather insignificant detail. We could have spared a good deal of this for the sake of a well-reasoned essay on the art of the painter.”
+ − Spec. 102: 668. Ap. 24, ’09. 150w.
Field, Claud.[6] Tales of the Caliphs. *$1. Dutton.
Included in the “Romance of the East” series edited by L. Cranmer-Byng. “The Caliphs who appear in this volume are five: All-Mansur (A. D. 754), who was the Henry VII of Baghdad, and the hero of the famous story of the poem engraved on marble; Al-Mahdi, son of the first (774); Haroun al-Raschid,—here we have the excellent story of Abu’l-Kasim of Basra; Al-Mamoun (Haroun’s son); and Al-Mansour of Cordova. It was Al-Mamoun who wept at his brother’s death, though he had sent to his general in the field a shirt without an opening for the head in answer to the question what he was to do with the captured Prince.” (Spec.)
Dial. 47: 52. Jl. 16, ’09. 40w.
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 342. My. 29, ’09. 340w.
“Excellent stories these, though probably known to some readers.”
+ Spec. 102: 311. F. 20, ’09. 100w.
Fifty years of Darwinism: modern aspects of evolution.[6] **$2. Holt.
9–12096.
The eleven essays in this volume reflect the views of as many of the well-known scientists of America upon Darwin’s influence and upon his views of origin. They reveal the enormous development and divergence of biological thought which have been the direct consequence of Darwin’s work. Divergence of thought is the most characteristic quality, for no two of the writers hold quite the same view of the processes of evolution. Some of the papers reflect closely Darwin’s own opinions, both earlier and later, while others are almost diametrically opposed, at least in so far as the methods of origin are concerned. The volume is invaluable as a symposium of American views of evolution.
A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 154. Je. ’09.
“It is not ‘popular science,’ but it puts things within the reach of laymen who are willing to take thought.”
+ Bookm. 29: 590. Ag. ’09. 350w.
“On the whole, however, the papers are clear, concise, and very much to the point.” C. R. B. and W. L. Tower.
+ Bot. Gaz. 48: 391. N. ’09. 680w.
“These make an interesting and valuable set of papers, and form a notable demonstration of the flourishing condition of American biological science.” Raymond Pearl.
+ Dial. 47: 94. Ag. 16, ’09. 370w.
+ Ind. 67: 480. Ag. 26, ’09. 270w.
+ Nation. 89: 145. Ag. 12, ’09. 1700w.
N. Y. Times. 14: 339. My. 29, ’09. 720w.
R. of Rs. 40: 383. S. ’09. 200w.
Reviewed by D: S. Jordan.
+ Science, n.s. 30: 528. O. 15, ’09. 1000w.
Figgis, Darrell.[10] Vision of life: poems; with an introd. by Gilbert K. Chesterton. *$1.25. Lane.
“‘A vision of life’ is but a vision of the broad and strait ways, imagined on lines not altogether novel.”—Ath.
“Sincerity and a lofty ideal are undoubtedly the key-notes of the book; the author ranges his forces, as Mr. Chesterton observes, ‘on the side of the angels,’ but an ill-controlled preciosity, both verbal and metrical, goes far to discount the power of his message. The technique generally, in which modern verse is usually strong, leaves much to be desired.”
− + Ath. 1909, 2: 178. Ag. 14. 450w.
“On the whole, and even with the help of Chesterton’s pointer, we fail to see why oblivion should not have remained their portion.” Hildegarde Hawthorne.
− N. Y. Times. 14: 553. S. 18, ’09. 350w.
“The writer meant well and might have been pardoned much but for the introduction. Yet it is but honest to say that the thought is commonplace throughout and foolish at intervals.”
− No. Am. 190: 707. N. ’09. 400w.
“Until he gets rid of certain affectations of archaism and a certain laborious endeavor to liberalise the dictionary of modern poetic speech, he will never give his real gifts as a versifier any chance to appear for what they are.”
− Sat. R. 108: 322. S. 11, ’09. 270w.
“While promise is not wanting, the author has written very indifferent verse. Far-fetched words do not constitute originality, and sententious platitudes are not the stuff of poetry.”
− Spec. 103: 21. Jl. 3, ’09. 60w.
Figgis, Rev. John Neville.[9] Gospel and human needs; being the Hulsean lectures delivered before the Univ. of Cambridge, 1908–9; with additions. *$1.25. Longmans.
An attempt “to show that miracles are a help rather than a stumbling block to faith.” “The main thought of his four lectures may be said to be the reassertion of the supernatural in a materialistic age. He will have nothing to do with the apology which minimizes the superhuman nature of the Christian revelation or its expression in the life of Christ and the church.” (Ath.)
“A distinct and interesting contribution to modern Christian apologetic. There are not a few signs that the lectures were prepared for the press with some haste.”
+ − Ath. 1909, 1: 521. My. 1. 1500w.
“Dr. Figgis’s eloquent and scholarly Hulsean lectures are of absorbing interest. There are minor blemishes in a work which has the real literary flavour, and they can easily be removed in a later edition.” G. E. Ffrench.
+ − Hibbert J. 8: 215. O. ’09. 550w.
“He is at his best when criticising critics; his constructive work is not very convincing.”
+ − Sat. R. 108: 204. Ag. 14, ’09. 330w.
Filippi, Filippo de. Ruwenzori: being an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amedeo of Savoy, Duke of the Abruzzi, to the snow ranges situated between the equatorial lakes of Central Africa; tr. by Caroline de Filippi. *$8. Dutton.
9–6571.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
+ Ath. 1909, 1: 749. Je. 26. 1150w.
148“Had the explorer told his own story, the book would no doubt have been more lively in style and more vital in content. But these unavoidable defects in the narrative by no means disparage the intrinsic merit of the expedition, which went forth, not for a story, but to discover and catalogue scientific data. And as a record of important scientific discovery, no possible fault can be found with the book. We have never seen more remarkable panoramic pictures of mountain scenery than are here reproduced.” H. E. Coblentz.
+ − Dial. 46: 184. Mr. 16, ’09. 700w.
“As a story of adventure and of triumph over difficulties it will be interesting to the general reader, and as a description of one of the very few unknown spots upon our globe it has a unique scientific importance.”
+ Ind. 65: 1566. D. 24, ’08. 330w.
+ Nation. 88: 95. Ja. 28, ’09. 920w.
Reviewed by J. W. Gregory.
+ Nature. 80: 281. My. 6, ’09. 1100w.
+ R. of Rs. 39: 252. F. ’09. 100w.
“A handsome volume which will appeal at once to the scientific climber and the lover of travel literature.”
+ Sat. R. 107: 49. Ja. 9, ’09. 150w.
“Not only is it an enthralling record of exploration and climbing, but there is a mass of valuable scientific material in appendices which is of high value to the geographer. The charm of the book is in the strangeness of the country explored.”
+ + Spec. 101: 997. D. 12, ’08. 1550w.
Fillebrown, Charles Bowdoin.[6] A B C of taxation; with Boston object lessons, private property in land, and other essays and addresses. **$1.20. Doubleday.
9–5557.
Prepared as a guide revealing the true principle of taxation to the landlord, the rentpayer, and the student of economics. The author treats his subject under the following heads: Part 1, The A B C of taxation; Part 2, Three Boston object lessons in taxation; Part 3, Private property in land, and other essays and addresses; Part 4, Appendix, which includes articles on “Ethics of the single tax,” “Its breadth and catholicity,” “Tolstoy and Henry George,” “A protest against unjust taxation,” “Agreement in political economy,” etc.
“A fair and clear exposition of the single tax, seemingly well grounded on statistical data.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 164. Je. ’09.
“The book seems to the reviewer to serve three distinctly important purposes, and will be equally welcome for each. In the first place it gives us an authoritative statement, in condensed and interesting form, by a loving disciple, and brilliant writer, of what the Georgian single tax theory ultimately meant to its own creator. It makes a permanent and easily available record of Mr. Fillebrown’s intensive statistical studies of real estate values and rentals in Boston. These are valuable in many connections other than in problems relating to taxation. The third purpose served is to furnish a record of Mr. Fillebrown’s efforts at ‘agreements in political economy.’” C. C. Plehn.
+ Econ. Bull. 2: 248. S. ’09. 750w.
“A lucid proposition of George’s teaching about land values. It is cogent in parts as a geometric proposition, tho detailed with some unnecessary repetition. Enthusiasm and cocksureness, qualities which distinguish the genus, Single taxer, appear all thru.”
+ − Ind. 67: 1093. N. 11, ’09. 340w.
“His harp has but one string, and to him the single tax is the tone dominant in the entire chord of taxation. His book discusses nothing else, but discusses that very well, as though it were the X Y Z of taxation, as well as the A B C.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 243. Ap. 17, ’09. 420w.
“His book is brief, easy to understand, and full of interesting illustrations of the working of taxation in the city of Boston. He states his theory definitely, and maintains it with able arguments, reinforced by evidence in the form of concrete exhibits.”
+ Outlook. 92: 109. My. 15, ’09. 120w.
Pol. Sci. Q. 24: 568. S. ’09. 140w.
“A clever and interesting exposition of the single tax.”
+ R. of Rs. 40: 126. Jl. ’09. 80w.
Finch, Francis Miles. Blue and the gray, and other verses; with preliminary word by Andrew D. White. **$1.30. Holt.
9–3883.
A group of verses by a New York man, numbered among the “big-hearted, wise, and witty” sons of Yale. Mr. Andrew D. White says in his “Preliminary word,” “His main pleasure he found in the hills, the woods, the streams of the Cayuga region, and love for these inspired his verse.”
“With their subdued colouring, their declamatory style, formal even in its informality, and their rigid simplicity of verse-form, they belong to a period in American letters already old-fashioned—the period of the great New Englanders.” Brian Hooker.
+ Bookm. 29: 369. Je. ’09. 240w.
Nation. 88: 439. Ap. 29, ’09. 270w.
“This little volume contains nearly fifty short poems of good quality, none of them, to be sure, revealing the magical touch of inspiration, but all indicative of a good mind, a sound heart, a sense of melody.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 132. Mr. 6, ’09. 230w.
Finck, Henry Theophilus.[7] Grieg and his music. **$2.50. Lane.
9–15889.
An amplification of the biography included in the “Living masters of music.” It is practically “a new work, and may be briefly described as an enthusiastic appreciation of the Norwegian master, as composer, executant, conductor, and man. To musicians it will be welcome and valuable on account of its comprehensive analytical studies of different phases of Grieg’s genius, while the general reader will find much to interest him in the biographical and descriptive passages, which are uncommonly rich in personal anecdote, in the observation possible only to intimate friendship, and to the revelations of private correspondence.” (Nation.)
“Will no doubt remain the standard authority.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 12. S. ’09.
+ Ath. 1909, 2: 52. Jl. 10. 250w.
“We may not agree with Mr. Finck in all the claims he makes for his hero, but his arguments are calculated to convince. He has given the earnest and devoted life of Grieg with true regard and understanding; he furnishes a review of the works which is authoritative; and has made an illuminating and enjoyable book.” L: J. Block.
+ − Dial. 47: 379. N. 16, ’09. 2000w.
“May the book in its new form continue the good work begun in the old.”
+ Ind. 67: 1141. N. 18, ’09. 360w.
“This is a fascinating biography—sympathetic and calling up the reader’s sympathy.”
+ Lit. D. 39: 350. S. 4, ’09. 330w.
“The book is a full and satisfying one, whether considered in its critical or biographical aspect, and certainly does full justice to its subject.”
+ Nation. 88: 611. Je. 17, ’09. 1100w.
“Mr. Finck had the advantage of a long personal friendship with him, which has given him command of material contributing notably to the picturesqueness and accuracy of his account, and 149giving information about the genesis of some of his works.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 356. Je. 5, ’09. 600w.
“We have in Mr. Finck’s book an excellent and authoritative biography.”
+ No. Am. 190: 264. Ag. ’09. 500w.
“We cannot admit that Mr. Finck has succeeded in revealing to the public what he calls ‘the greater Grieg.’ But none the less we welcome the book for the fresh and pleasant light that it sheds on the personality of a delightful little master.” C. L. G.
+ − Spec. 103: 460. S. 25, ’09. 1200w.
Finck, Henry Theophilus.[12] Success in music and how it is won; with a chapter on tempo rubato by Ignace Jan Paderewski. **$2. Scribner.
9–28946.
A sort of symposium in which many of the world’s greatest singers, pianists, violinists, and teachers tell the secrets of their success. The author’s personal conversation with many of them, letters and various other sources have furnished material from which he has constructed the “Gradus ad Parnassum,” and has shown the labored process of ascent. The divisions of the work are: Music, money, and happiness; Successful singers; Great pianists; Four types of violinists; Teachers, parents and pupils.
Ind. 67: 1142. N. 18, ’09. 50w.
“The volume has the merit of presenting a steady ‘crescendo’ of interest.”
+ Nation. 89: 551. D. 2, ’09. 950w.
“Such details of the public and private lives of musicians have always had attraction for many people, and this book will be found no exception. But Mr. Finck gives much more in his own comments and observations, in his criticisms, interpretations, and deductions that come on every page.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 768. D. 4, ’09. 470w.
Finley, John H., and Sanderson, John F. American executive and executive methods. (Am. state ser.) **$1.25. Century.
8–33813.
The last of eight volumes which together furnish complete information concerning the manner in which the governmental agencies are organized and administered. This volume sketches the organization and mode of constituting the American state and federal executive power, contrasting the federal or unified type with the state or distributed type of organization. The legal powers of each of the three departments of the executive are defined and some illustrative judicial decisions are included.
“The distinctive feature of the work is the marked emphasis laid upon the administrative as opposed to the political functions of the executive departments of government. The book reflects somewhat the defects inherent in a work of dual authorship. A number of minor errors have been noticed but the work has, on the whole, been performed with commendable accuracy. The personal views of the authors are sound and discriminating.” M. S. Brown.
+ − Am. Hist. R. 14: 619. Ap. ’09. 420w.
“Written from a too strictly legal attitude to have as large general value as the earlier volumes in this series.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 76. Mr. ’09.
“There is less unity in this book than could be desired, though the limitations of space explain many of the omissions which could easily have been avoided in a larger work. The treatment of the power of appointment and removal is disappointing. Legal decisions one after another leave the reader confused as to what is the actual condition. A similar criticism applies to the discussion of state boards and commissions. After going through the chapter the reader knows what agencies there are, but not what they do. The treatment of the various branches of the subject is too brief to satisfy the advanced student.”
+ − Ann. Am. Acad. 34: 426. S. ’09. 250w.
“Nothing new or startling is developed in the volume. It is instructive though rather dry reading.” R. E. Bisbee.
+ − Arena. 41: 396. Mr. ’09. 100w.
“An important addition to our literature of politics. The treatment is inductive and historical, and eminently practical.”
+ Educ. R. 37: 315. M. ’09. 50w.
Engin. Rec. 59: 166. F. 6, ’09. 150w.
“The broad distinction is noted that exists between the state governor and the president in actual power and influence, owing to the disintegration of executive power in the state, but the vast importance of the consequences does not receive due appreciation. In the sections relating to the national executive one could desire that there should be a fuller consideration of what might be called the prerogative powers of the office.”
+ − Nation. 87: 627. D. 24, ’08. 560w.
“The authors begin their book like an orthodox history and end it like a political pamphlet. Apparently the subject ran away with the writers. It is a sort of citizen’s manual of government which would do good if ‘read, learned, and inwardly digested’ by men in public life in any capacity.” E: A. Bradford.
+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 37. Ja. 23, ’09. 1400w.
“A full and accurate book on this subject has been long needed, and has at length appeared.”
+ Outlook. 91: 583. Mr. 13, ’09. 320w.
R. of Rs. 39: 381. Mr. ’09. 100w.
Finn, Frank.[5] World’s birds: a simple and popular classification of the birds of the world. 5s. Hutchinson, London.
“After an excellent, but very short, introduction, he begins with the American vultures (Catharditæ), goes through all the families in order, and ends with the woodpeckers (Picidæ). A great quantity of accurate and compressed information is given under headings such as size, form, plumage, young, nest, eggs, incubation, courtship, food, gait, flight, note, disposition, and habits, economic qualities, captivity, distribution, and important species. Mr. Finn is already well known as a writer on popular ornithology who is also a trustworthy authority.”—Spec.
“Whatever merits this scheme of decentralization may possess, they are considerably discounted by the inevitable lack of cohesion between the separate units. Apart from these considerations, we have nothing but praise for this excellent handbook. The practical form in which the information relating to each family is given is admirable, and it is wonderful how much is contained in such a small compass:”
+ − Ath. 1909, 1: 201. F. 13. 500w.
“It is distinctly unfortunate that Mr. Finn did not follow the methods of the alphabetical system in its entirety on the lines of Montagu and Newton. If we set aside these incongruities, the book gives a fairly good popular idea of the numerous families of birds.”
+ − Sat. R. 107: 374. Mr. 20, ’09. 280w.
“We cannot help thinking that Mr. Finn would have produced an equally handy and a more satisfactory little book of reference if he had dealt with the birds of the world in systematic instead of alphabetic order. The mass of facts collected, digested, and arranged in these two hundred pages is amazing.”
+ − Spec. 102: sup. 158. Ja. 30, ’09. 200w.
Finot, Jean.[9] Philosophy of long life; tr. from the French by Harry Roberts. **$2.50. Lane.
9–17309.
“The first portion of the essay is a disquisition on longevity.... The mysteries of longevity are dwelt upon in a spirit in which mysticism 150is blended with science, and while the author furnishes us with ‘means for prolonging life,’ he tells us that one of the main means is the exercise of the will, for in the exercise of the will is to be found the cure of old age and the power of prolonging bodily existence to an almost indefinite period.... The second part of the book deals with the body when it has passed beyond the farthest limit of longevity.... Mr. Finot’s religion of the grave casts a phosphorescent light over the tomb which is bright and beautiful if not satisfying.”—Lit. D.
“This is a delightful book if it be read as one reads ‘The anatomy of melancholy,’ the ‘Pseudodoxia epidemica,’ or Wanley’s ‘Wonders of the little world.’ Indeed, M. Finot’s scientific equipment is of the slenderest in spite of all his parade of knowledge. The translation is good as a whole but Mr. Harry Roberts does not seem to have much more scientific knowledge than his author.”
− + Ath. 1909, 2: 129. Jl. 31. 350w.
“Mr. Finot is a scientific man and a subtle philosopher and he seems to enjoy playing around his subject with quick and clever dialectic skill without attempting to prove anything except the obvious.”
− + Lit. D. 39: 350. S. 4, ’09. 430w.
“Turning to the mystery of death, M. Finot puts a guess in the place of every wanting fact.”
− Nation. 88: 634. Je. 24, ’09. 450w.
“It may be that Mr. Finot spreads over a little too wide scientific field to give anything more substantial than an imaginative and optimistic gleaning of many more or less closely correlated facts, apprehended with more or less accuracy. At all events, his book is interesting.”
+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 449. Jl. 24, ’09. 1300w.
“On the scientific side, M. Finot’s book has not the merits of Professor Metchnikoff’s. It has few technicalities; it is popular; and the treatment is essentially literary. M. Metchnikoff is a great expert. M. Finot is not; we doubt if he is more than a clever Frenchman exercising a literary gift on a promising topic.”
− Sat. R. 108: 140. Jl. 31, ’09. 900w.
“Probably the most practically interesting part of the volume will be found in what the author has to say about results actually accomplished in the direction of longevity.”
− + Spec. 102: 941. Je. 12, ’09. 450w.
Fisher, Mary.[11] Journal of a recluse; tr. from the original French. **$1.25. Crowell.
9–25177.
An unsigned autobiography that divulges the suffering of a hungry, wounded heart in its search for a cure in solitude and work. It is the story of a man who had lived broadly, traveled extensively and suffered deeply; a man of high ideals, fine perception, and unquenchable courage, whose bitter experiences but sweetened his nature and cleared his vision. He comments on education, marriage, woman’s place and religion—all with a broad spirit of fairness and tolerance. The cold facts of a human document are softened and glorified by an atmosphere full of sunlight and the “odor of pines and wild flowers.”
“The recital of the earlier years of the recluse is uninteresting—we would almost say stupid. Dramatic, forceful moments are not wanting, but a tone of self-sufficiency disagreeably obtrudes itself at times.”
− + Lit. D. 39: 683. O. 23, ’09. 280w.
“You quickly make up your mind that it is not to be accepted at its face value as a veritable bit of autobiography, but it is really a piece of sentimental fiction.” H. W. Boynton.
+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 633. O. 23, ’09. 100w.
“The book has the charm of the unhackneyed.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 705. N. 13, ’09. 470w.
“In its simplicity and directness it suggests Rousseau or Amiel.”
+ R. of Rs. 40: 639. N. ’09. 60w.
Fitch (William) Clyde.[12] Wave of life: a novel. $1.50. Kennerley.
The only novel of Mr. Fitch, written in 1890. It is a drawing-room story, mainly of the tangled loves of two young women and two men, and of the tragic outcome. To one studying the evolution of Mr. Fitch’s literary success the book has value; for it affords the opportunity of marking the progress in logical arrangement of material and in artistic form achieved by the playwright along the course from this early story to his latest play. A tribute to Mr. Fitch’s genius of friendship prefaces the story.
Fitzhugh, Percy Keese. King Time; or, The mystical land of the hours. $1.25. Caldwell.
9–7338.
The dream visit of a little boy to the kingdom of Father Time where his curiosity to find out what becomes of the ticked-off hours and minutes is abundantly satisfied. He meets the imps who represent hours, minutes and jiffies, visits their homes, and witnesses a war between the Duke of Procrastination and Father Time.
“A fairy book of original conception.”
+ Nation. 87: 601. D. 17, ’08. 100w.
“[This] little story in verse and prose will be an attractive gift for the juvenile reader.”
+ N. Y. Times. 13: 742. D. 5, ’08. 100w.
Fitzmaurice-Kelly, James.[5] Chapters on Spanish literature. *7s. 6d. Constable, London.
9–18715.
A review in ten chapters of nearly eight centuries of Spanish literature from the Cid to the novelists of to-day.
“We have no hesitation in saying that this volume forms the most valuable English contribution to Spanish letters since the same author gave us his ‘History of Spanish literature.’”
+ Ath. 1909, 1: 338. Mr. 20. 1200w.
“The verified translations are smooth and elegant, and the work is rendered complete by a good index.”
+ Lit. D. 38: 899. My. 22, ’09. 200w.
“Mr. Fitzmaurice-Kelly’s lectures on Cervantes and on the Spanish dramatists are worthy of their subject, and are remarkable for a sanity of criticism and appreciation which his predecessors have not always possessed; and the chapter on modern novelists gives a satisfactory outline of the revival of Spanish fiction from Fernán Caballero to Pérez Galdós and Pardo Bazan.”
+ Sat. R. 107: 499. Ap. 17, ’09. 800w.
“A deep learning perpetually enlivened by lightning-flashes of humour, a critical analysing spirit united with a breadth of insight due to wide sympathy and knowledge of the literatures of many other countries, combine to form a very striking work,—a work that will delight Spanish scholars, and appeal also to the more general reader.”
+ Spec. 102: sup. 636. Ap. 24, ’09. 1100w.
Fitzmaurice-Kelly, James, tr.[5] Nun ensign; a translation of “La monja alférez.” 7s. 6d. Unwin, T. Fisher, London.
The extraordinary adventures of Catalina de Erauso, the Basque novice, who at fifteen ran away from a convent, converted her nun’s robe into a man’s attire and “sallied forth to seek her fortune.... The astounding history of this extraordinary woman with the soul of a swashbuckler and the manners of a bravo, how she took service with a merchant, how she killed three men, to say nothing of her own brother whom she unwittingly slew in fair fight, and how, after many other adventures, she sailed 151for the New World and there fought against the Indians, all is told us in Mr. Fitzmaurice-Kelly’s translation of this old tale.” (Int. Studio.)
“A volume which will prove welcome alike to students of Spanish literature and English readers who can appreciate a stirring record of adventure, unadorned by art and uninterrupted by sentiment.”
+ Ath. 1908, 2: 816. D. 26. 400w.
“The many reproductions are unfortunately far too small.”
+ − Int. Studio. 36: 251. Ja. ’09. 250w.
“A translation with a learned introduction and copious notes.”
+ Nation. 88: 64. Ja. 21, ’09. 150w.
Flack, Horace Edgar. Adoption of the fourteenth amendment. (Johns Hopkins university studies in historical and political science. Extra v. 26.) $2. Johns Hopkins.
8–35972.
“This is an excellent study of the purpose of the fourteenth amendment. The conclusion is not new—that the Supreme court in its later interpretations of the amendment nullified what was the almost unanimous belief of national and state legislatures as well as of the people at large as to what change had been made in our constitution. Mr. Flack has presented in detail the historical evidence justifying this conclusion. The discussion begins with the Freedmen’s bureau and Civil rights bills, then the amendment itself, prompted by the same motives as these bills, is attacked.... The last chapter discusses the Congressional interpretations placed upon the amendment just after its adoption.”—Ann. Am. Acad.
“The book will be very useful to every serious student of reconstruction. There is a wholesome spirit of restraint and caution about the book and its statements of fact are to be relied on. A single slip has been noted: on page 251 Senator Thurman is said to have been ‘later Vice-President of the United States.’” W. A. D.
+ − Am. Hist. R. 14: 625. Ap. ’09. 370w.
“Mr. Flack is to be congratulated on the way he has handled his subject. He has confined himself strictly to the subject in hand and has given us the best compilation of the historical evidence as to the purpose of the fourteenth amendment which is now available.” C. L. Jones.
+ Ann. Am. Acad. 33: 471. Mr. ’09. 380w.
“There is plenty of evidence of a patient and devoted industry in the preparation of the work; but the standpoint is biased and the treatment often unfair.”
− Ind. 66: 485. Mr. 4, ’09. 80w.
“Is constructed altogether too much according to the rules of the scientific school of history writing to enjoy any wide circulation; and, moreover, its subject is one in which the average man of the present generation is not vitally interested. But there can be no question of its helpfulness to the student of American history.”
+ Outlook. 91: 774. Ap. 3, ’09. 300w.
Fleming, John Ambrose. Elementary manual of radio-telegraphy and radio-telephony for students and operators. *$2. Longmans.
W8–192.
“The author has endeavored to present such information as will enable readers who have a knowledge of the elementary facts of electricity and magnetism to follow intelligently the practical development of the subject, and fit them for the study of more advanced works. Purely historical matter has been omitted as far as possible, and the mathematical reasoning introduced is limited to the use of simple operations and expressions.”—Engin. D.
Engin. D. 5: 58. Ja. ’09. 200w.
Engin. N. 61: sup. 27. Mr. 18, ’09. 500w.
“The majority of those who are engaged or who seek engagement in this work are hardly to be expected to have any desire to pursue its study into its more difficult theoretical parts; to such the present volume will prove an adequate guide. To others it will serve as a useful introduction to its more comprehensive predecessor.” Maurice Solomon.
+ Nature. 80: 65. Mr. 18, ’09. 380w.
“Besides its uses as a hand-book for operators and an introduction to the more advanced treatises for students, the manual will serve as a valuable supplement to the author’s ‘Principles of electric wave telegraphy’ until a new edition of the larger work shall become necessary.” G. W. Nasmyth.
+ Phys. R. 29: 88. Jl. ’09. 350w.
Fletcher, Charles R. L.[5] Historical portraits: Richard II to Henry Wriothesley, 1400–1600; The lives by C. R. L. Fletcher; The portraits chosen by Emery Walker; with an introd. on the history of portraiture in England. *$2.90. Oxford.
9–24668.
A collection of one hundred and three biographies. “This volume, like all previous works of the kind, begins with Richard II, for the sufficient reason that portrait-painting was practically unknown in England before the opening of the fifteenth century. It is interesting here to trace the development of the art, from faces that to our eyes seem conventional and without much individuality, down to Holbein, who is the dominant artist of the collection.” (Nation.)
“Of the arrangement of the portraits, however, some criticism can fairly be made. The written accompaniment to the illustrations falls much below the selection of portraits in scholarly characteristics.”
+ + Am. Hist. R. 15: 121. O. ’09. 600w.
“The lives are brief but sufficient.”
+ Nation. 88: 394. Ap. 15, ’09. 200w.
“It is in every way a most interesting book. We venture, however, to differ from the statement which makes Queen Mary wholly responsible for the persecutions of her reign.”
+ − Spec. 102: 467. Mr. 20, ’09. 170w.
Fletcher, Joseph Smith. Harvest moon. $1.50. McBride, J:
A story set in Yorkshire which deals with illicit love, the penalty, and the development of the wronged woman amid tribulation.
“This is a well-written novel pitched in a minor key.”
+ Arena. 41: 90. Ja. ’09. 170w.
“The story is told with delicacy, but a false note is struck at the reunion of the parents.”
+ − Ath. 1908, 2: 177. Ag. 15. 220w.
Flete, John.[11] History of Westminster abbey; ed. by J. A. Robinson. (Notes and documents relating to Westminster abbey, v. 2.) *$2. Putnam.
9–22201.
“Flete, who was the only mediæval writer to attempt a history of the Abbey, was a monk of the house from 1420 to 1465.... A trustworthy text of the old monk’s history has now for the first time been put forth by Dean Robinson. He makes no profession of annotating the text, but he supplies some useful introductory remarks on the growth of the legend of the consecration of the church by St. Peter (in the spirit); the authenticity of certain of the royal charters and papal bulls; the relics and indulgences; the effigies of the Norman abbots; and the ancient tapestries of the choir. An attempt has also been made to correct Flete’s obvious inaccuracies in the chronology of the abbots.”—Ath.
“From an historical point of view the most valuable of the present manuscripts of the Dean and Chapter.”
+ Ath. 1909, 2: 432. O. 9. 250w.
152“The task by which he has laid under obligation every student of the history of the abbey is the edition of Flete’s history, which forms the volume before us.”
+ Sat. R. 108: 112. Jl. 24, ’09. 280w.
Flexner, Abraham. American college: a criticism. **$1. Century.
8–30713.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 287. D. ’08.
“Mr. Flexner has done well to call attention to these problems in college life, although there may be some justifiable doubt as to the value of suggestions given by a man who has not been a college teacher himself. These problems need discussion and this volume has the merit of stating the issue in a manner both clear and interesting.”
+ − Ann. Am. Acad. 33: 456. Mr. ’09. 230w.
“We hope every one actively interested in American educational institutions will read this book.” F. W. Collier.
+ Arena. 41: 86. Ja. ’09. 540w.
“If Mr. Flexner was aware of this [an error], then his reasoning is decidedly disingenuous. If, on the other hand, he was not aware of it, then why on earth had he the presumption to write a book on the subject of the American college?” H. T. Peck.
− Bookm. 28: 592. F. ’09. 220w.
“The whole forms an admirable and timely criticism of an important factor in the American problem, and one upon which a good deal more remains to be said and to be thought and done.”
+ Dial. 46: 23. Ja. 1, ’09. 400w.
“The book before us is, so far as we recall, the most keen and searching analysis of the actual present status of our educational system that has anywhere appeared.”
+ Engin. N. 61: sup. 5. Ja. 14, ’09. 760w.
“This book is a real contribution to the subject. Mr. Flexner is iconoclastic, and yet at the same time constructive and his book will find a response in the minds of many who have given careful thought to the situation.”
+ Lit. D. 38: 385. Mr. 6, ’09. 360w.
“Mr. Flexner’s over-coloring of the picture may be well excused if it shall rouse college authorities out of a lazy satisfaction with inadequate results.”
+ − Nation. 87: 629. D. 24. ’08. 1100w.
N. Y. Times. 14: 233. Ap. 10, ’09. 900w.
“This is a book whose significance is not grasped at a cursory reading; it invites close analysis, and though the first impression is distinctly pessimistic, there is disclosed in its pages an abundant idealism despite the unsparing criticism of college shortcomings.” Julius Sachs.
+ School R. 17: 274. Ap. ’09. 840w.
Floy, Henry.[6] High-tension underground electric cables; a practical treatise for engineers. $2. Electrical pub. co.
9–9542.
“Mr. Floy has built up this book from a series of papers contributed to the ‘Electric world’ in the fall of 1908. The book summarizes experience and gives data based on the practice of many engineers who have been responsible for the installation and maintenance of high-tension underground, power-transmission lines. The argument of the book is that service by cable is more reliable than by aerial conductors and that the cost is often so low as to make the installation of cables economical in many locations where they are not demanded.”—Engin. N.
Engin. D. 5: 543. My. ’09. 200w.
“The book is clearly written and well arranged.”
+ Engin. N. 61: sup. 53. Ap. 15, ’09. 440w.
Fluegel, Maurice.[7] Humanity, benevolence and charity legislation of the Pentateuch and the Talmud. *$2. H. Fluegel & co., Baltimore, Md.
8–21636.
Aims to prove the originality of the Mosaic laws and their superiority, social and economic, over those of the Hammurabi code.
“The book would be more convincing if it were less declamatory, and if the author had not attempted to strengthen his position by blaming and accusing those who think differently. The book suffers, also, from prolixity. In spite of these and other defects, those portions of the book which treat of the purely economic teachings of the Hebrews are of value and will be found useful to the student of economics. The reader gets an impression of a book written in haste, to order and piece-meal, and there are errors which cannot be explained by carelessness alone.” F. F. Rosenblatt.
− + Pol. Sci. Q. 24: 145. Mr. ’09. 800w.
“We have taken a few points in which our author’s statements seem doubtful, but we wish to give the heartiest welcome to his book.”
+ − Spec. 102: 784. My. 15, ’09. 380w.
Flynt, Joseph. My life; with an introd. by Arthur Symons. *$2. Outing pub.
8–30135.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 299. D. ’08.
+ Ann. Am. Acad. 33: 457. Mr. ’09. 130w.
“Looked at as an extraordinarily interesting story of an extraordinary man,—a born tramp and wanderer, the book is well worth while.” L. E. Palmer.
+ Char. 21: 992. F. 20, ’09. 550w.
“The book answers many of the questions that his other works inevitably raise, and it rounds out a unique character and a unique accomplishment.”
+ Lit. D. 38: 219. F. 6, ’09. 450w.
“The value of his work is in the clear, unrefracted light which it sheds, not over civilization on a romantic truancy, but over civilization going quietly, furtively to the dogs.” S. P. Sherman.
+ Nation. 88: 188. F. 25, ’09. 3300w.
“Nothing, seemingly, is exaggerated, and naught set down in malice—even against himself.”
+ Putnam’s. 5: 496. Ja. ’09. 530w.
Foltz, El Bie Kean. Federal civil service as a career: a manual for applicants for positions and those in the civil service of the nation. **$1.50. Putnam.
9–7065.
A manual on the workings of the governmental machinery for the use of young men aspiring to Federal civil service appointments, for the holder of such positions, for the educator and for the citizen. It deals with government organization, government business methods, the merit system, preparation, examination, appointment, salaries, opportunities, the nation’s problems, government service as a career and as a stepping stone, faults and ethics, women in government service, and the college graduate in public life.
“A useful manual presenting the general subject in a practical, concise manner.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 103. Ap. ’09.
+ Ann. Am. Acad. 34: 181. Jl. ’09. 170w.
“All through the volume on its ‘higher side,’ Mr. Foltz falls short. He gives no adequate account of the newer fields of public service and how to reach them as e.g., the consular service; and his conception of the real meaning and duty of public life is vague. Yet the book is useful and need not be despised.” H. P. Willis.
+ − Econ. Bull. 2: 276. S. ’09. 650w.
+ Educ. R. 38: 315. O. ’09. 50w.
153“It contains a multitude of pertinent facts, concisely stated and arranged with a view to practical use.”
+ Engin. D. 4: 542. My. ’09. 140w.
+ Ind. 67: 91. Jl. 8, ’09. 260w.
J. Pol. Econ. 17: 653. N. ’09. 70w.
“The style is marred by journalistic fustian.”
+ − Nation. 89: 99. Jl. 29, ’09. 110w.
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 274. My. 1, ’09. 240w.
“To all who are seeking admission to the federal service this book will prove a useful manual. It states in a readable way the essential facts an applicant for any kind of Washington clerkship most needs to know, and even after the appointment is secured the appointee will find many of the chapters helpful in beginning his work.”
+ R. of Rs. 39: 510. Ap. ’09. 200w.
Folwell, William Watts. Minnesota the North star state. (American commonwealths.) *$1.25. Houghton.
8–29356.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
“The frequent use of slang phrases is not commendable, though they lend a sort of raciness to the style that will doubtless be pleasing to many. The conspicuous use of uncommon words and phrases is suggestive of a certain staginess that is not a usual accompaniment of serious scholarship. There is no bibliography. Anyone who reads this little book with care will have a fairly good understanding of the history of Minnesota. Although without confirmation elsewhere one cannot be quite sure just how much is fact and how much fiction, yet, in the main, it seems to be trustworthy.”
+ − Am. Hist. R. 14: 631. Ap. ’09. 430w.
“Not only the most concise, but the most complete history of Minnesota that has yet been written.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 11. Ja. ’09.
“The history and development of Minnesota may be taken as typical of the Northwest, and the volume has for this reason a general interest that is added to the intrinsic interest of the story. The book has been carefully and skilfully written.”
+ Dial. 46: 115. F. 16, ’09. 350w.
“It is at best but a disconnected chronicle, made somewhat less interesting than might have been the case by the author’s failure to discover any organic unity in the state’s progress and by his inability to clothe his facts in attractive and graceful style.”
− + Nation. 89: 214. S. 2, ’09. 430w.
“It is the best written book on the subject, and is the most trustworthy. Through it all runs a stern and healthy morality, characteristic of the man. His comments on public men and measures are open and fearless. The book, within the limitations set by the series, is satisfactory and entirely commendable.”
+ Pol. Sci. Q. 24: 557. S. ’09. 210w.
R. of Rs. 39: 124. Ja. ’09. 80w.
Folwell, William Watts.[12] University addresses. *$1. Wilson, H. W.
A volume containing four important addresses delivered by Dr. Folwell, the first president of Minnesota’s university. The first, “Inaugural address,” was delivered in 1869 to commemorate the foundation of the University in Minnesota; the second, “The Minnesota plan,” was the principal address made before the National educational association held in Minneapolis in 1875; the third, “The secularization of education,” addressed to the National educational association in Saratoga in 1882, is a counter argument to check the sentiment of those days that institutions were “Godless” and “infidel”; the fourth, “The civic education,” was delivered as a baccalaureate address in 1884.
Forbes, George.[12] History of astronomy. (History of the sciences.) **75c. Putnam.
9–29873.
A new volume in a series that aims to present for the information of the general public a historic record of the great divisions of science. This pocket history is not a treatise on practical or theoretical astronomy, neither a complete descriptive astronomy nor a book on speculative astronomy. It is “an attempt to trace the evolution of intellectual thought in the progress of astronomical discovery, and, by recognising the different points of view of the different ages, to give due credit even to the ancients.”
Ford, Julia Ellsworth.[12] Simeon Solomon; an appreciation. F: F. Sherman, 42 W. 39th st., N. Y.
9–29393.
An appreciation of Simeon Solomon, a contemporary of Rossetti, Swinburne and Burne-Jones with twenty-three reproductions of his drawings and a partial list of his works. “The wonderful promise of his early work was never fulfilled; the same vivid imagination that marks his drawings became, in his daily life, a restless fancy that led him into all sorts of dissipation, wrecked his friendships, and brought his career to a tragic close.... Except possibly in a dominant note of sadness, the artist’s marred life does not in any way affect his work, which suggests that of Burne-Jones, at the same time that it is strongly original.” (Dial.)
“Both the drawings and the poem will well repay the attention which Mrs. Ford asks for them, and which her competent criticism and well-proportioned exposition do much to focus.”
+ Dial. 47: 464. D. 1, ’09. 300w.
Ind. 67: 984. O. 28, ’09. 210w.
Ford, Sewell.[5] Cherub Devine. $1.50. Kennerley.
9–10791.
There is a strain of Shorty McCabe in Mr. Ford’s new hero. He has been toned down to prove fit, questionably so at times, to mingle with aristocrats. He finally wins a countess after various adventures that reveal the sturdy qualities that had stood him in good stead thru the many vicissitudes from errand boy to Wall Street magnate.
“A cheerful and extravagant tale.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 55. O. ’09.
“Mr. Ford has made this unique situation quite plausible, and out of it has woven a string of amusing developments. In the humor of caricature, of both character and situation, he has a genuine gift, to which he gives free play in this entertaining story.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 275. My. 1, ’09. 170w.
“The story as a whole is clean, clever, and bubbling with humor.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 373. Je. 12, ’09. 200w.
Ford, Sewell.[12] Honk, Honk!! Shorty McCabe at the wheel. 50c. Kennerley.
In which Shorty McCabe is heard to say to his wife after her remark that it is a pity that he can’t run a car: “Yes, or play the zither, or walk a slack wire. And think how handy I’d be around the house if I’d added practical plumbin’ and shoe cobblin’ to my other accomplishments.” Then unexpectedly he is persuaded to try his hand at being his own “shuffer”; with what success, these brief chapters relate.
N. Y. Times. 14: 760. D. 4, ’09. 160w.
Forder, Archibald.[11] Ventures among the Arabs, in desert, tent, and town. *$1. Gospel pub. house.
The narrative of the experiences of a missionary among the Ishmaelites of Moab, Edom, and Arabia. “The purpose of his book, he says, is to arouse interest in the Arabians that shall result in more vigorous efforts to make them a Christian people. He holds that their greatest need is to be freed from the bonds of Mohammedism, which, in his view, contains nothing 154that is ennobling or helpful to social or domestic life.” (N. Y. Times.)
“Is a stirring narrative yet told with becoming modesty.”
+ Ind. 67: 604. S. 9, ’09. 250w.
“A readable story of his experiences in desert, town, and tent.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 634. O. 23, ’09. 230w.
Forman, Justus Miles.[8] Jason: a romance. †$1.50. Harper.
9–13923.
A Paris setting is chosen for this tale of modern chivalry. The Jason in question is a marquis descended from noted French ancestors, a man admired of women and respected of men. For the love of a beautiful woman he starts out upon the quest of finding her brother who had suddenly dropped from the face of his Paris world and concerning whose welfare grave fears possessed his family. Treachery and foul play attend his quest—a medley of happenings in which the boy is rescued and at the end of which Jason finds that the “one woman” is fickle and that one superior to her makes the discovery less poignant.
“Without distinction either in plot or workmanship, but will interest the average novel reader.”
+ − A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 26. S. ’09.
“This pleasant novel, which, though it once or twice touches the fringe of the demi-monde, is a clean and clever story.”
+ Cath. World. 90: 101. O. ’09. 350w.
“It is an intensely Parisian story, written by one who knows intimately and loves deeply the cheerful City of Light.” W: M. Payne.
+ Dial. 47: 387. N. 16, ’09. 200w.
“Very readable, an admirable bit for a hammock and a lazy day.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 492. Ag. 14, ’09. 280w.
Forman, Samuel Eagle. Essentials in civil government: a text-book for use in schools. *60c. Am. bk.
9–14831.
A book valuable in starting pupils “at the top of the grammar school and at the bottom of the high school” on the road to good citizenship. Its aim is less to teach facts than “to establish political ideals and to indoctrinate in notions of civic morality.”
“A very simple, straightforward introduction to the study of civil government.”
+ Educ. R. 38: 99. Je. ’09. 20w.
Ind. 67: 304. Ag. 5, ’09. 40w.
Forrest, George William.[8] Life of Field-Marshal Sir Neville Chamberlain. *18s. Blackwood, London.
9–29613.
Aims not “to lay before the public a series of private correspondence connected by a thin thread of narrative, but to write a biography in the strictest sense of the word.” It seeks to present justly a man at the fore in English frontier expeditions and Indian mutiny “in whom was united to a remarkable degree the burning desire to fight individually any number of our foes, coupled with such sincere pity and compassion for the vanquished, as we find in all records and opinions of Neville Chamberlain’s character.” (Sat. R.) In addition Mr. Forrest has “given us an admirable history of the First Afghan war, of the Second Sikh war, and has told the story which never palls, the story of Delhi and its siege.” (Spec.)
“Mr. Forrest has written a model biography of a soldier whose services to his country have hitherto received a good deal less than their due recognition.”
+ Ath. 1909, 2: 5. Jl. 3. 160w.
“It contains the most readable account of the British disasters in Afghanistan.” Sir Evelyn Wood.
+ − Sat. R. 108: 74. Jl. 17, ’09. 2000w.
“The book should be read both by those who in these latter days wish to learn the secret of British rule in India, and by those, all the world over, who love to hear of ‘mighty men and dreadful derring dooers.’”
+ Spec. 102: 977. Je. 19, ’09. 2000w.
Forsslund, Louise. Old lady number 31. †$1. Century.
9–7140.
A story full of pathos and gentle humor is this of two old people who mortgage their small property for mining stock, lose everything, sell their few possessions at auction, and realize enough to send the wife to the “old ladies’” home while the husband faces the poor house. How Abe is adopted by the “old ladies,” how he becomes “old lady number 31,” how he deports himself to miss the sting of humiliation, and ushers in a reign of harmony and good will in the home, how eventually the mining stock brings modest wealth, and how they stay on at the home—is all delightfully set down.
“Short story, humorous and pathetic.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 149. My. ’09. ✠
“Miss Forsslund has sacrificed much in the narrative, but always the right things. With all this there is imported an exquisite honesty finer than mere realism.”
+ Nation. 88: 419. Ap. 22, ’09. 220w.
“A quaint and curious sentimental invention. Because the pathos of the situation is redeemed with gentle humor, and in spite of the fact that the dialogue is couched in the dialect appropriated in fiction to the Long Island ’longshore folk, it is not nearly so maudlin an affair as the circumstances seem to call for.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 199. Ap. 3, ’09. 380w.
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 374. Je. 12, ’09. 150w.
“The book might be expected to have some features of social interest. It hasn’t.” B. L. Israels.
− Survey. 22: 622. Ag. 7, ’09. 30w.
Forster, Hugh Oakeley Arnold-.[8] Military needs and military policy; with an introd. by Field-Marshal Earl Roberts. *3s. 6d. Smith, Elder, London.
9–14812.
Deals with the army, “but contains some references to naval matters, and many to the need for treating the two services in a common policy. An appendix on volunteer crews for local torpedo-boat stations is of high value, and its proposals are applicable to certain special cases (such as that of Jersey) which have not received sufficient consideration. A passage in which the writer contrasts ‘British methods—naval and military,’ might be used as a text for statesmen.”—Ath.
“There is a tendency in the volume which we should not notice but for the fact that it may militate against the eventual success of those reforming views with regard to the army to which Arnold-Forster gave the last years of his life. The main lines of reform, as well as the details which were his own, are, all through the book, ‘my plan.’”
+ − Ath. 1909, 1: 337. Mr. 20. 1700w.
“Generally we consider this book of great value. It places before the public the naked truth; and we trust that in the interest of the nation it will be widely read.”
+ Sat. R. 107: 818. Je. 26, ’09. 900w.
Forsyth, David.[10] Children in health and disease. *$3. Blakiston.
E9–1189.
“Dr. David Forsyth writes for the physiologist, the psychologist, the schoolmaster, the medical officer of health, the school inspector, the health missioner, and the medical man.... He recognizes that if the teachers of boys have still much to learn, the teachers of girls are in still greater need of instruction; for to a woman housekeeping and child-rearing are of far greater importance than book learning.... The later chapters, dealing with the illnesses 155of children, their diagnosis and treatment are the direct outcome of Dr. Forsyth’s own experience.”—Ath.
“The more it is studied and its teachings laid to heart, the better it will be for the nation. Dr. Forsyth puts forward no extreme views, because his wealth of knowledge about childlife enables him to survey the whole subject from the broad standpoint of common sense.”
+ Ath. 1909, 2: 269. S. 4. 180w.
“This volume should appeal to a large number of readers, medical and lay, and its publication at the present time is opportune, for it brings a sane and experienced judgment to the assistance of those who in a public or private capacity are striving to solve the problems with which it deals.”
+ Nature. 81: 454. O. 14, ’09. 520w.
“Dr. Forsyth has collected a quantity of facts which will certainly be useful to students of school hygiene in general. But it is too long, and many pages are devoted to matter so obvious that it is hard to pardon the author for burdening his text with it; while elsewhere one encounters subjects which, in the detail accorded to them, can only appeal to physicians. Nevertheless, we may welcome the book, for it is an earnest of newly awakened public interest in what can claim to be one of the most urgent problems of the time.”
+ − Sat. R. 108: 354. S. 18, ’09. 1100w.
Foster, Eugene Clifford.[8] Boy and the church. *75c. S. S. times co.
9–18013.
Deals with the questions concerning the boy who is under some form of religious training rather than with the reclamation of boys. The aim is to determine the relationship between the boy and his adult advisers and to learn how the church touches him at certain points in his experience.
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 40. O. ’09. ✠
“A capital little book of practical advice for grown-ups in their well-meant efforts to be of help to boys.”
+ Bib. World. 34: 216. S. ’09. 20w.
Foster, George Burman.[5] Function of religion in man’s struggle for existence. *$1. Univ. of Chicago press.
9–12412.
Cleaving to the “sunnier side of doubt” the author addresses principally people who have outgrown the traditional church faith, and who for various reasons have given up church going. He shows that in the history of the doctrine of the soul there have been three epochs, in each of which the psychology of the period has assimilated itself to the method and controlling concept of the natural science of the era, and that in turn the thought of God has been determined by the psychologist. He discusses the place of religion in experience, the stages in the pilgrimage from the lower to the higher development, and the place or function of the Great Man in religion.
“I cannot help feeling that Professor Foster’s book would have been more successful, even than it has been, in its splendidly practical and helpful purpose, had he faced more squarely the one really fundamental question of religion.” J. B. Pratt.
+ − Am. J. Theol. 13: 473. Jl. ’09. 1000w.
+ Bib. World. 33: 432. Je. ’09. 90w.
“The title of Professor Foster’s apologia for theological liberalism cannot be justified either by the contents of the book or by its method. As a matter of fact, its discussion of religion is more rhetorical than scientific.”
− + Nation. 89: 123. Ag. 5, ’09. 650w.
Outlook. 92: 530. Jl. 3, ’09. 550w.
“His work bears the mark of the hasty preparation, he admits. So good a purpose needed more careful execution.”
+ − R. of Rs. 40: 761. D. ’09. 90w.
Foster, Horatio A. Electrical engineer’s pocket-book: a handbook of useful data for electricians and electrical engineers; with the collaboration of eminent specialists. 5th ed. $5. Van Nostrand.
8–19614.
This fifth edition, completely revised and enlarged, contains 600 pages more than previous editions. New sections are included on electrolysis, wireless telegraphy, resonance, electric automobiles, Röntgen rays and power requirements of machinery.
“The book is one that cannot be omitted from the consideration of those whose duties lie along electrical lines.”
+ Engin. D. 5: 54. Ja. ’09. 370w.
“Apart from a few minor defects, which it is very difficult to avoid in a compilation of this kind, the tables appear to be trustworthy, and are readily referred to by the aid of an excellent and complete index.” E. W. M.
+ − Nature. 80: 365. My. 27, ’09. 140w.
“The amount of information given in condensed form is simply enormous, and certainly the compiler deserves the thanks of all who use the book for making the information so readily available.” F. B.
+ − Phys. R. 28: 231. Mr. ’09. 200w.
Foster, John. Shakespeare word-book: being a glossary of archaic forms and varied usages of words employed by Shakespeare. *$3. Dutton.
9–8400.
Aims to help the student to “fix upon the precise meaning of the dramatist’s diverse and often puzzling use” of words as Shakespeare employed them. “It is a laborious and comprehensive work, compiled from various annotated editions of the poet, and the notes of such authorities as Nares, Halliwell, Dyce, and Skeat.” (Nation.)
“Many [words] are included which bear the same meaning they have nowadays, and consequently there can be no valid reason for their inclusion. By the judicious excision of words of this description the 735 pages in this volume would have been reduced to more reasonable proportions. It is only fair to add that much of the work would have been impossible without the help of the many who have gone before.”
+ − Ath. 1909, 1: 387. Mr. 27. 750w.
“It appears to have let some doubtful words slip thru altogether.”
+ − Ind. 67: 91. Jl. 8, ’09. 150w.
“Upon a cursory comparison with earlier publications, it seems to be both full and accurate. Like many other commentaries of a similar kind, it is likely to reject the obvious and simple meaning in favor of one that is more abstruse or far-fetched, while some of its distinctions of meaning are so slight as to be unimportant or altogether fanciful: but its explanations of obsolete words and phrases, its parallel quotations, and copious references will make it very useful to all younger students of the text and to many of more advanced experience.”
+ − Nation. 88: 284. Mr. 18, ’09. 130w.
“There is a great deal of really valuable information in the book. It is a handy volume to have on the library shelves, even if there is a good concordance there, also.”
+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 101. F. 20, ’09. 280w.
“It is a summary of the conclusions which scholars have reached regarding the varied uses of English words in the Shakespearean plays, with abundant illustrations of those uses.”
+ Outlook. 91: 816. Ap. 10, ’09. 200w.
Foster, Joshua James. Chats on old miniatures. *$2. Stokes.
9–35043.
“The book in the main, though not exclusively, deals with miniatures painted and owned 156in England, but its historic value is greatly enhanced by the concluding chapter, which gives an excellent account of the miniatures in the exhibition of works of art of the eighteenth century held at the French national library in 1906.”—N. Y. Times.
“His ‘chats’ are no mere gossip, but constitute a small handbook on miniatures which we can heartily recommend to those about to start collecting.”
+ Ath. 1909, 2: 564. N. 6. 370w.
“Contains a great amount of interesting information in a small space.”
+ Ind. 65: 1186. N. 19, ’08. 40w.
“The book is filled with information of great value to the collector as well as to the general reader.” W. G. Bowdoin.
+ Ind. 65: 1458. D. 17, ’08. 60w.
“Amongst the many experts who have recently published books on miniatures, Mr. Foster takes high rank on account of his insight into the peculiarities of technique and appreciation of the difficulties with which the exponents of the beautiful art have to contend.”
+ Int. Studio. 38: 79. Jl. ’09. 100w.
“For the serious student of the history of miniature painting there is much of interest in the text. To one whose interest in miniatures is just beginning ... the book should prove exceedingly useful.”
+ N. Y. Times. 13: 789. D. 19, ’08. 540w.
“No notice can give any idea of the charm of the volume.”
+ Spec. 102: sup. 160. Ja. 30, ’09. 320w.
Foster, Maximillian. Corrie who? †$1.50. Small.
8–30937.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
“The book is amazingly clever of its kind.”
− + Atlan. 103: 704. My. ’09. 300w.
“This is a fairly well-written mystery story, but it is much too long and would gain greatly in strength if cut down at least one-third.” A. C. Rich.
+ − Arena. 40: 616. D. ’08. 200w.
“It is a story of mystery, handled very skilfully.”
+ Nation. 87: 605. D. 17, ’08. 250w.
“An unusually good story, cleverly worked out and well written.”
+ N. Y. Times. 13: 800. D. 26, ’08. 330w.
Foster, William.[8] English factories in India, 1622–1623. *$4.15. Oxford.
8–20865.
“The main events dealt with are the capture of Ormus by the English, and the retaliatory measures taken by the agents of the company which secured from the Mogul compensation for past injuries and more favourable terms for the future. The volume is full of complaints of the treatment of the English by the Dutch.” (Eng. Hist. R.) “Of the calendared documents a majority deal with the activities of the company on the west coast of India, some tell of the attempts to secure more trade on the east coast, near Madras, and of the failures of the English in the Far East; and others give much valuable information in regard to important events in the internal history of the Mogul Empire.” (Nation.)
“The excellent introduction provided by the editor and the useful index are good guides to the topics here treated.” A. L. P. Dennis.
+ Am. Hist. R. 14: 380. Ja. ’09. 550w.
“First and last, the student is again indebted to Mr. Foster for his excellent work as editor.” A. L. P. Dennis.
+ Am. Hist. R. 15: 135. O. ’09. 650w.
Reviewed by H. E. E.
Eng. Hist. R. 24: 196. Ja. ’09. 460w.
Reviewed by H. E. E.
+ Eng. Hist. R. 24: 833. O. ’09. 200w.
“Documents [are] calendared with discrimination and indexed with care in this volume.”
+ Nation. 89: 98. Jl. 29, ’09. 300w.
Foundations of reform.[7] *10s. 6d. Simpkin, Marshall & co., London.
Contains papers read before the Defence association and reprints from the Times and the National review bearing chiefly on army reforms, national defence and allied questions. “The details of certain campaigns, which are pertinent to the consideration of England’s insular position and liability to invasion, are dealt with minutely. Prominent amongst these is the Danish campaign of 1864.” (Sat. R.)
“In most matters that are more important than such detail, students of the art of war will agree with Col. Repington.”
+ − Ath. 1908, 2: 717. D. 5. 580w.
“As a collection of instances which show up the dangers by which we are encompassed through our haphazard manner of regarding our national responsibilities the work must always remain a most valuable handbook.”
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“We must be content with commending to our readers this very full statement.”
+ Spec. 101: 1003. D. 12, ’08. 100w.
Fournier D’Albe, Edmund. New light on immortality. *$1.75. Longmans.
8–34723.
A book which “welds into a synthetic whole some arguments based on physics and physiology, with others drawn from spiritism, to prove the existence of the life beyond.” (Cath. World.) “Fournier frankly turns back to materialism, pure and simple. Upon the observations of continuity and of various grades of complexity in nature and life, he bases the assumption of the existence of attenuated, unobservable forms of matter which pervade the living body, and which still persist after death in forms which are of the essence of the individual during life.” (Nation.)
“The scholastic will find himself muttering repeatedly an uncompromising ‘nego majorem,’ or ‘nego conclusionem,’ though he cannot fail to be interested at the ingenuity of some of the speculations.”
− Cath. World. 88: 687. F. ’09. 320w.
“His conclusions prove to be entirely unworthy of serious consideration.” H. R. M.
− Nation. 87: 658. D. 31, ’08. 380w.
“It is a curious phase of human thought which can ignore metaphysics, morality, and faith, and base its ultimate consolations on the apparition of Katie King.”
− Sat. R. 107: 213. F. 13, ’09. 1400w.
Fowler, Charles Evan.[8] Law and business of engineering and contracting. *$2.50. McGraw.
9–6036.
“Not an extended treatise on specifications or contract law, but rather an instruction book to young engineers regarding the difficulties that beset contract work and the methods to avoid them.” (Engin. N.) The chapters based on a course of lectures delivered by the author to the engineering students of the University of Washington deal with the relation between engineer and contractor, specimens of ordinary and special forms of contracts and specifications, inspection of engineering structures, methods of estimating and bidding on work and upon the organization of contracting companies.