H (continued 3)
Reading edition
− + N. Y. Times. 14: 401. Je. 26, ’09. 300w.
Hornibrook, Isabel. From keel to kite. †$1.50. Lothrop.
8–31470.
A story of Gloucester which tells “how a young boy, Oakley Rose, who has inherited a love of vessels, after years of apprenticeship, constantly confronted by difficulty, becomes a naval architect. The boy has many thrilling experiences, especially on a voyage to the Arctic waters, where he is astray in a dory for days.”—Bookm.
Reviewed by K. L. M.
Bookm. 28: 500. Ja. ’09. 60w.
Reviewed by M. J. Moses.
Ind. 65: 1479. D. 17, ’08. 50w.
213“There is the genuine sea twang to the atmosphere.”
+ N. Y. Times. 13: 756. D. 5, ’08. 100w.
Hornung, Ernest William.[10] Mr. Justice Raffles. †$1.50. Scribner.
9–24258.
Another thrilling chapter in the life of Mr. Hornung’s fascinating gentleman-burglar. Raffles’ masterfully handled episode in this new instalment of experiences is that of kidnapping a money lender, cracking a safe, slipping away from the police—and all for the sake of seeing justice rendered to a young cricket player who was writhing in the toils of the notorious Shylock.
“The book is a sequel well up to the standard of what has gone before, excellently written, and lightened by a pretty touch of sentiment.”
+ Ath. 1909, 2: 357. S. 25. 80w.
“There is a good, readable plot, and the same deftness and dexterity and careful workmanship which from the beginning raised the stories about Raffles far above the ordinary shocker.”
+ Bookm. 30: 216. N. ’09. 140w.
“If the action drags slightly over occasional half-pages, there is full compensation towards the end. When Mr. Hornung falls into full swing he gets perceptibly away from the pretty graces of style with which he enmeshes Raffles in his quieter moments. The high merits of the style we would not deny.”
+ − Nation. 89: 356. O. 14, ’09. 400w.
“He is a most amusing and entertaining scamp, and he continues to be much more likable than many heroes of far greater propriety.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 598. O. 9, ’09. 230w.
Outlook. 93: 515. O. 30, ’09. 110w.
“Mr. Hornung’s delivery is losing its power, and he ought to be taken off.”
− Sat. R. 108: 668. N. 27, ’09. 140w.
Horsburgh, E. L. S. Lorenzo the Magnificent and Florence in her golden age. *$4.50. Putnam.
9–8732.
While Lorenzo de Medici is the central figure of this sketch the main purpose has been “to produce not a personal study but a sketch of political conditions and movements.” All the forces of this golden age are reviewed, and the manner in which they operated thru art, literature, and philosophy.
“Of service to scholars though written in popular tone for the general reader.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 41. O. ’09.
“If Mr. Horsburgh’s work is not exactly a contribution to knowledge, it is at least a very agreeable presentment of what is known, and is written pleasantly and lucidly, without that touch of preciosity one often finds in books dealing with this period.”
+ − Ath. 1909, 1: 344. Mr. 20. 750w.
“Mr. Horsburgh’s work is a distinct contribution to Italian literature and humanism, as well as to Florentine history.” P. A. Martin.
+ Dial. 46: 294. My. 1, ’09. 1450w.
“The history itself is told in a pleasant and interesting fashion, though the interest is somewhat marred by a good deal of repetition and some padding. Mr. Horsburgh seems to have a special animus against Venice.” K. D. V.
+ − Eng. Hist. R. 24: 403. Ap. ’09. 220w.
“The reviewer finds himself forced to reply to readers who ask: ‘We cannot read both Armstrong and Horsburgh; which shall we choose?’ It is safe to reply that either gives a safe survey of Lorenzo’s life and times. Armstrong is more compact; Horsburgh more detailed. Horsburgh pays more attention to the state of Italy, and to renaissance civilization in general. We have marked many ‘corrigenda,’ especially in the Italian proper names.”
+ − Nation. 88: 385. Ap. 15, ’09. 950w.
“A more detailed study of Lorenzo as poet and author than in any other biography of which we know.” G: S. Hellman.
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 110. F. 27, ’09. 740w.
“It is written, not primarily for scholars, but for the average cultivated reader who knows Italy and its history in a general way and is glad to know more. The style, which it were unfair to call slip-shod, is yet lacking in distinction, but perhaps it is all the happier medium for a temper so ingenuous, straightforward and sincere.”
+ − No. Am. 189: 778. My. ’09. 250w.
“He has evidently devoted himself to honest and thorough study of the period of which he treats, and if his conclusions are not often very original they are, at all events, the results of his own thought.”
+ Sat. R. 107: 18. Ja. 2, ’09. 870w.
“His book, if it is somewhat dry, has at least the merit of being instructive.”
+ − Spec. 101: 839. N. 21, ’08. 450w.
Horstmann, Henry Charles, and Tousley, Victor Hugo.[10] Practical armature and magnet winding. mor. $1.50. Drake, F: J.
9–19614.
“The practical side of armature and magnet winding is presented in this book, enabling the student to see the exact manner in which the work is done, but sufficient of the theory has been given to enable the reader to comprehend why certain precautions and methods are necessary. The titles of the chapters are: Elements of armature design; Mechanical considerations; Armature windings—diagrams; Ring armatures; Drum armatures; Commutator construction; Armature troubles; Armature calculations; Magnet winding; Useful formulas and tables.”—Engin. D.
+ Engin. D. 6: 248. S. ’09. 100w.
“This small book is suitable for the ambitious worker who has some slight knowledge of the laws of electricity and magnetism and who wishes to know something of the application of principles to actual machinery that may come into his hands daily. Books of this class are too often carelessly written and their elucidations fail to elucidate even to the well trained. The reverse is true of this book.”
+ Engin. N. 62: sup. 16. Ag. 12, ’09. 250w.
Horton, Robert Forman.[6] My belief: answers to certain religious difficulties. **$1.25. Revell.
9–4141.
“A collection of brief essays dealing with essential phases of religious life.... The spirit of modern thinking is taken constantly into account, and the mood of the average man. Christian doctrines are briefly restated in terms of present-day convictions. It does not exhibit the same background of articulated principles as does President King’s book, but offers rather a series of concrete treatments of aspects of doctrine. It aims indeed not at a formal scientific apologetic, but consists rather, according to its subtitle, of ‘answers to certain religious difficulties.’ It ought to have a ministry where a conservative and yet thoughtful and vital discussion of religious problems in a modern spirit is needed.”—Am. J. Theol.
“The book is rational, devout and practical. It is a popular book in the best sense.” H. A. Youtz.
+ Am. J. Theol. 13: 313. Ap. ’09. 140w.
“Dr. Horton in large measure represents distinctively modern theology.”
+ Outlook. 91: 585. Mr. 13, ’09. 500w.
Hosmer, George Leonard.[9] Azimuth. $1. Wiley.
9–12206.
A handbook that “gives just the ordinary methods for checking the angles of a survey by observation of the sun and stars, but the book is removed from the commonplace by the conciseness of its instructions and the numerous 214practical hints given at all the necessary points. The tables for computing the results are given in the latter part of the book, and the examples are worked out on specimen forms calculated to obviate clerical errors.”—Nature.
+ Engin. D. 6: 155. Ag. ’09. 120w.
“A very compact and complete handbook.”
+ Engin. N. 62: sup. 2. Jl. 15, ’09. 80w.
+ Engin. Rec. 60: 111. Jl. 24, ’09. 180w.
“It is a handbook for the practical surveyor, and, as such, should prove very useful.” W. E. R.
+ Nature. 81: 126. Jl. 29, ’09. 150w.
Hough, Emerson. 54–40 or fight. †$1.50. Bobbs.
9–2775.
A novel set in the times of the controversy over the boundary of Oregon and the annexation of Texas. The story is based upon the efforts of the sturdy Americans to resist England in terminating the Oregon boundary at 54 degrees, 40 minutes north latitude. President Tyler and Calhoun are prominent figures, while the hero, with the typical historical novel intrepidity, is put to confusion in affairs of love and state by the brilliant Baroness von Ritz who plays an important part in shaping America’s destinies.
“We have read few better descriptions of the marches across the plains of the caravans of the settlers than is found in the book. A romantic novel that strongly suggests the romances of Stanley Weyman and which cannot we think, but impress the reader as being as unconvincing.”
+ − Arena. 41: 603. Ag. ’09. 1350w.
“There is probably no one writing to-day who has so well caught the trick of this particular sort of pseudo-history, in which real personages and real events are so dexterously interwoven with a tissue of purely imaginary happenings, and the causes of great international crises attributed to the audacious intrigues of some charming adventurers invented expressly for the occasion, as Mr. Hough has succeeded in doing.” F: T. Cooper.
+ Bookm. 29: 78. Mr. ’09. 270w.
“Mr. Emerson Hough has become an adept in the ‘big bow-wow’ style.” W: M. Payne.
+ − Dial. 46: 264. Ap. 16, ’09. 220w.
“Historical novels, we are inclined to believe, ought to cling more closely to recorded history than does this one. Of the personages in the story we cannot say that any of them adequately proves his or her existence.”
− Ind. 66: 374. F. 18, ’09. 680w.
“Judged as a novel, Mr. Hough’s book contains many elements that go to make popular success. Its most doubtful feature is the heroine.”
+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 70. F. 6, ’09. 600w.
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 375. Je. 12, ’09. 270w.
“A rapidly moving story, full of action and stirring the blood like the call of a trumpet.”
+ − R. of Rs. 39: 383. Mr. ’09. 180w.
House, Edward John.[12] Hunter’s camp-fires. **$5. Harper.
9–28706.
A book for hunters in which is given a “plain and unvarnished” description of successful big-game hunts from the Arctic to the equator. The author is a thoro sportsman, and while justifying the hunter in legitimate pursuit of big game, he protests against indiscriminate slaughter. Eighty illustrations accompany the text.
“The territory covered by Mr. House makes it a book of travel as well as of sport.”
+ Ind. 67: 1145. N. 18, ’09. 150w.
“We look upon this volume as one of the most remarkable records of hunting which we have met with.”
+ Lit. D. 39: 1073. D. 11, ’09. 160w.
Houston, Edwin James.[11] At school in the Cannibal islands. $1.25. Am. Bapt.
9–23810.
The fourth volume in “The Pacific series.” It tells of the experiences of three lads who have figured thruout the series and six Polynesian boys who are enrolled together in a school on Harding island. The interest centers about the routing of a cannibal invading army and the thrilling adventures attendant upon it.
“Though the novelty of setting ... and an invasion by a fleet of cannibal canoes would catch the interest of any lad, yet the chunks of natural history inserted at fairly regular intervals are likely gradually to dampen his ardor.”
+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 709. N. 13, ’09. 90w.
Houston, Edwin James. In captivity in the Pacific; or, In the land of the breadfruit tree. †$1.25. Am. Bapt.
9–5522.
The third volume in “The Pacific series.” It furnishes an informing account of various valuable tropical products and gives a description of the daily life of the Polynesians, their customs, religious habits and occupations.
“The story of the adventures of these boys during their captivity is extremely entertaining, and along with it runs a lot of instructive matter.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 113. F. 27, ’09. 110w.
Houston, Edwin James. Wonder book of light. **$1.50. Stokes.
8–34626.
Treats interestingly such subjects as reflection and refraction, the microscope, and telescope, the spectrum and the rainbow, looking glasses, soap bubbles, burning glasses and shaving glasses, the eye, invisible light, the X-rays, lighthouses, ghosts, etc.
“The only book for young people devoted to light alone.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 94. Mr. ’09. ✠
Reviewed by K. L. M.
Bookm. 28: 501. Ja. ’09. 100w.
“Is full of information.” M. J. Moses.
+ Ind. 65: 1480. D. 17, ’08. 30w.
+ N. Y. Times. 13: 736. D. 5, ’08. 100w.
Houston, Edwin James. Wonder book of magnetism. **$1.50. Stokes.
8–31457.
Discusses magnetic batteries and magnetic currents, lodestones, the compass, causes of its variations and methods of preventing them, magnetism and light, the varieties of aurora borealis, the telephonograph, or “talking newspaper,” etc.
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 94. Mr. ’09. ✠
Reviewed by K. L. M.
Bookm. 28: 501. Ja. ’09. 100w.
“The author shows an excellent knack for stating scientific facts and principles with such clearness and such happy choice of illustration as to make them entertaining, even while he preserves scientific accuracy.”
+ N. Y. Times. 13: 736. D. 5, ’08. 100w.
Howe, Maud. Sun and shadow in Spain. **$3. Little.
8–31668.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 10. Ja. ’09.
“Seldom does the discriminating reader come across a volume of travel that is at once so informing and so beguiling.”
+ Arena. 41: 78. Ja. ’09. 400w.
“Maude Howe met, on terms of friendship and intimacy, many very interesting Spaniards and enjoyed the hospitality of their homes; so she is able to present us with some intimate glimpses of Spanish character and manners.”
+ Cath. World. 88: 549. Ja. ’09. 460w.
215“For promoting a more intimate understanding and a warmer friendship between Americans and Spaniards, this attractive picture of the land and its people is likely to do good service, besides affording considerable entertainment.”
+ Dial. 45: 410. D. 1, ’08. 200w.
“The book is a delightful addition to the rather limited group of descriptive travels permeated by the wit and distinctive personality of a clever woman.”
+ Outlook. 91: 63. Ja. 9, ’09. 180w.
Howe, Samuel Gridley.[8] Letters and journals of Samuel Gridley Howe; ed. by his daughter, Laura E. Richards; with notes by F. B. Sanborn. 2v. **$3. Estes.
6–38340.
A two volume biography, the first of which, “The Greek revolution” deals with the “more adventurous and spectacular circumstances of the years when Dr. Howe was busy with the struggle between Greek and Turk, Christianity and Islam, liberty and old-world tyranny,” and the second with “the habitually more quiet surroundings of his unwearied efforts at home to alleviate suffering, to illuminate darkness, to lighten the burden of the lowly.”—Dial.
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 76. N. ’09. (Review of v. 2.)
“A faithful portrayal of how life appeared, during the ardent nineteenth century,—the century of reform succeeding upon revolution,—to an impetuous spirit intensely harmonious with the philanthropic aspirations of his time.” Barrett Wendell.
+ Dial. 47: 64. Ag. 1, ’09. 1450w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)
“The two stately volumes are not too long to commemorate his unparalleled career.” F. G. Peabody.
+ Hibbert J. 8: 139. O. ’09. 5300w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)
“The second volume ... is of more general interest than the first. To read his record will make the reader himself feel a better man.”
+ Nation. 89: 279. S. 23, ’09. 800w. (Review of v. 2.)
“Mrs. Richards’s work, both in spirit and execution, is in every way worthy of its subject. She has given us a book of thrilling interest, and her work as editor and annotator is perfect.” H. P. Spofford.
+ + N. Y. Times. 14: 437. Jl. 17, ’09. 4000w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)
“Such a life as this, so filled with varied interest, crowded with adventure, consecrated to the loftiest ideals, and crowned with the best success, is worth recording in two stout volumes.” G: Hodges.
+ Outlook. 92: 647. Jl. 17, ’09. 2300w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)
R. of Rs. 40: 512. O. ’09. 80w. (Review of v. 2.)
Howells, William Dean.[10] Boy life: stories and readings from Howells, selected and arranged for supplementary reading in elementary schools by Percival Chubb. *50c. Harper.
9–24966.
Boys, and girls too, in or out of school will read with delight these selections from Howells’ well known juvenile books: “A boy’s town” and “The flight of Pony Baker.” The editor has classed his selections under five headings: Adventures in a boy’s town; Life in a boy’s town; Games and pastimes; Glimpses of the larger world; and The last of a boy’s town. This method makes definite subjects easy of access.
“This volume will have some usefulness in school collections.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 145. D. ’09.
“It is unfortunate that a book so excellent as this is in spirit, and one, moreover, that has been selected with such discrimination, should be stigmatized on its title-page as ‘supplementary reading in elementary schools.’ Mr. Chubb’s wise counsel in his introduction would have been sufficient and the book itself should have been allowed to travel on its own merits.”
+ Lit. D. 39: 1018. D. 4, ’09. 140w.
“Anybody who likes listening to a real boy telling a real story will have a happy time reading ‘Boy life.’”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 709. N. 13, ’09. 120w.
+ R. of Rs. 40: 766. D. ’09. 30w.
Howells, William Dean.[6] Mother and the father: dramatic passages. **$1.20. Harper.
9–14596.
Right from life are chosen the three phases of this drama. First the father and mother looking down upon their new-born infant marvel at the wondrous love able to bring to consciousness a living soul that can know, feel and think. Second they face the hour of their child’s marriage staunching the wound of separation with the calm reflection that she now needed the whole of her love as they had found it in each other. The third momentous hour is that of death which the parents face hand in hand, suffering, struggling, overcoming thru the might of love in which now as always the child lives.
“The psychology of these crucial experiences has been translated into speech that is remarkable for its simplicity and directness and for its beauty of thought and depth of feeling.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 169. Je. ’09. ✠
“When we have finished the book our chief sympathy is for the daughter who had to bear with the nerves of her parents and the husband who had to be a foil for his wife’s hysteria.”
− Ind. 67: 1318. D. 9, ’09. 400w.
“The spirit of the book is poetic, but the verse is not felicitous. But the spirit of the book transcends the accident of form, and the spirit is rarely beautiful and fine.”
+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 342. My. 29, ’09. 750w.
“An exquisite poem which is of the real Victorian flavor.”
+ R. of Rs. 40: 123. Jl. ’09. 250w.
Howells, William Dean.[11] Seven English cities. **$2. Harper.
9–28285.
Mr. Howells tells his readers the secret of his modest liking for Liverpool, lets them know his ideas on the merits of Manchester, pauses with them in smokiest Sheffield, shows them a nine-days’ wonder in York, relates to them two Yorkish episodes, spends with them a day at Doncaster and Durham, grows reminiscent over the history of Cambridge, the “mother of our American Athens,” turns into Wales to enjoy Aberystwyth and Llandudno, and closes with some intimate estimates of English character.
“Mr. Howells is usually at his best in travel sketches of this sort but one or two of these will impress even his most faithful admirers as below the standard.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 118. D. ’09.
“He is as gossipy and entertaining as ever.”
+ Dial. 47: 459. D. 1, ’09. 400w.
“A pure delight, because it reveals so gracefully the beauty of the purely technical side of his talent, and the playful ease with which it can turn the least promising of material into something worth the doing, and so superlatively well worth the reading.”
+ Ind. 67: 1144. N. 18, ’09. 160w.
N. Y. Times. 14: 658. O. 23, ’09. 60w.
+ No. Am. 190: 839. D. ’09. 130w.
“One only wishes that Mr. Howells’s ‘Seven English cities’ were seventeen. He has the irresponsible, free-from-guide-book-bonds attitude that only an old traveler attains, and as a literary travel companion he is even more enjoyable than as critic and story-writer.”
+ Outlook. 93: 788. D. 4, ’09. 90w.
R. of Rs. 40: 760. D. ’09. 50w.
216Hoyt, Arthur Stephen.[8] Preacher: his person, message and method: a book for the class-room and study. **$1.50. Macmillan.
9–4142.
Shows a keen consciousness of modern pulpit problems. “In Part 1 of his book Professor Hoyt makes a remarkably satisfactory analysis of the elemental factors in pulpit power. The chapters on ‘The social message,’ ‘Ethical sermons,’ and ‘The ethics of pulpit speech’ are especially valuable.” (Am. J. Theol.)
“The book is a timely contribution to the better training of ministers.”
+ Am. J. Theol. 13: 499. Jl. ’09. 80w.
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 138. My. ’09.
“Dr. Hoyt’s counsels are discreet, if not brilliant.”
+ Nation. 88: 486. My. 13, ’09. 100w.
Hoyt, Charles Oliver. Studies in the history of modern education. *$1.50. Silver.
8–33791.
Emphasizes the evolution of educational doctrines and their influence upon present day theory and practice. “Professor Hoyt has cut loose from the traditional methods of presenting this subject, has confined himself to really important men and movements in modern educational theory, and has brought together a large amount of ancillary material of suggestiveness and value.” (Educ. R.)
“A more than usually interesting book. It is a book for students and teachers, and might well find a wide use in normal schools. His book ought to be widely used. The bibliographies and questions are particularly full and carefully made.”
+ Educ. R. 37: 314. Mr. ’09. 110w.
Ind. 67: 310. Ag. 5, ’09. 80w.
R. of Rs. 39: 511. Ap. ’09. 50w.
Hsiang Yuan-p’ien. Chinese porcelain; sixteenth-century colored illustrations with Chinese ms. text; tr. and annot. by Stephen Wooton Bushell. *$50. Oxford.
A work of great importance to the task of reconstructing the story of Chinese ceramics. It is a reproduction of the famous album prepared by Hsiang Yuan-p’ien in 1575 in which are described and illustrated eighty-three pieces of porcelain. “The importance of bringing before the public interested in Chinese ceramics this authoritative work, in a complete form, will be recognised by those who know how often the album of Hsiang Yuan-p’ien has supplied material, of which the source has not always been acknowledged, to several writers on Chinese porcelain.” (Spec.)
“It may be described, in the terms he applies to some of his own specially cherished vases, as ‘a beautiful ornament for a scholar’s library.’”
+ Ath. 1908, 2: 615. N. 14. 1400w.
“Most interesting and instructive album.”
+ Spec. 102: 381. Mr. 6, ’09. 770w.
Hubbard, Charles Lincoln. Heating and ventilation: a working manual of approved practice in the heating and ventilating of dwelling-houses and other buildings, with complete practical instruction in the mechanical details, operation, and care of modern heating and ventilating plants. $1.50. Am. school of correspondence.
8–30358.
“Written in a semi-popular vein, an endeavor having been made to pay special attention to the practical side of the subject rather than to the theoretical. The book is devoted principally to descriptions of the various forms of apparatus, directions concerning their installation and operation, and outlines of the generally accepted methods of calculation. There are numerous well-selected problems, with answers.”—Engin. Rec.
“It is a book that will give a good working knowledge of the principles and practice of modern heating and ventilation to those who can read and comprehend simple English, and who can solve arithmetical problems.”
+ Engin. D. 6: 431. N. ’09. 140w.
Engin. N. 60: sup. 695. O. 17, ’08. 200w.
“Is rather more than a mere introduction, having so much practical information as to render it useful as a handbook.”
+ Engin. Rec. 58: 566. N. 14, ’08. 180w.
Hubbard, Mina Benson. Woman’s way through unknown Labrador: an account of the exploration of the Nascaupee and George rivers. **$1.50. McClure.
8–35700.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
“Mrs. Hubbard’s book is less informing and entertaining than ‘Lure of the Labrador wild’ and is marred by depreciation of Wallace’s services, but as a vivid recital of a dangerous trip is well worth reading.”
+ − A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 290. D. ’08. ✠
“The book is naturally of the highest interest.”
+ Lit. D. 37: 673. N. 7, ’08. 380w.
“The topographical results were of slight value, and the book is almost devoid of notes on flora and fauna. In a word it is as a volume of entertainment that the work is recommended, for it is excellently written, in a natural style, and with much vivacity.”
+ Nation. 88: 114. F. 4, ’09. 330w.
“The account, brief as it is, of the meeting with the Montaignais and Nascaupees is full of interest, and Mrs. Hubbard used her eyes and ears to some purpose in her short study of these wild people.” J. G. Millais.
+ Nature. 79: 401. F. 4, ’09. 1300w.
N. Y. Times. 13: 623. O. 24, ’08. 40w.
Huckel, Oliver.[7] Mental medicine: some practical suggestions from a spiritual standpoint. **$1. Crowell.
9–17602.
Presents the “latest and sanest” conclusions on the mental and spiritual factors in health and healing. The chapters are based on a series of lectures given by the author at Johns Hopkins medical school showing how physicians and ministers may rationally co-operate in the work of healing. The following conferences or lectures are included: Mental and spiritual factors in the problems of health; The therapeutic value of faith and prayer; Possibilities in the control of subconsciousness; Some elements in morbid moods; Higher factors in the re-education of the nerves.
“The author’s attitude is somewhat conservative, and his exposition of the psychology of the subject much simpler than Dr. Worcester’s in ‘Religion and medicine.’ One of the best books for readers who approach psychotherapy through religious belief.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 42. O. ’09. ✠
N. Y. Times. 14: 376. Je. 12, ’09. 200w.
N. Y. Times. 14: 487. Ag. 14, ’09. 180w.
Outlook. 93: 644. N. 20, ’09. 30w.
Hudson, W. H.[10] Afoot in England. *10s. 6d. Hutchinson, London.
“Mr. Hudson proclaims that his purpose is to teach the charm of the unknown, and the joy of discovering and exploring for oneself; and on the whole this is a very good description of the spirit of the book. It consists mainly of disconnected papers, all informed with the same idea—the delight of the vagabond 217in English lanes and by English fields and woods.... He wanders far afield, but confesses that the most attractive haunts for him are between Reading and Basingstoke, among the South Wiltshire downs, in the flat country of the Severn, in Cambridgeshire and East Anglia.”—Ath.
“He has long been known as a writer of nature, and the most enjoyable passages of his latest book are perhaps those dealing with nature. But for the most part he is here not dealing so much with nature as with human nature and human emotions. It is generally a chronicle of small beer, but the beer has a relish.”
+ Ath. 1909, 2: 265. S. 4. 600w.
“Much of these twenty-five delightful chapters is of wild and solitary paths in cloud and mist and wind; of walks over downland in a storm of hail, through fogs set like a wall at the foot of slopes of sunlit green, along cliffs above nesting herring-gulls; and here and there Mr. Hudson plays with some strange fancy, born of loneliness and haunted ways.”
+ Spec. 103: 204. Ag. 7, ’09. 1650w.
Hudson, William Henry. Land’s End: a naturalist’s impressions in west Cornwall. *$3. Appleton.
8–33922.
Observations of bird and plant life, comments upon climate and scenery, and impressions concerning the racial problems presented by the people of Cornwall provide an interesting text for the general reader as well as the scientific student.
“Refreshing originality, absolute candour, and a complete lack of self-consciousness are equally characteristic of the author, who has a definite charm that is peculiarly his own.”
+ Ath. 1908, 2: 306. S. 12. 1700w.
+ Nation. 87: 652. D. 31, ’08. 180w.
“Of the birds he writes charmingly, disclosing both his love for the feathered tribe and his knowledge of it, but we are sure that most persons who read his book will find their greatest enjoyment in what he has to say about the men and women who live in the territory around Land’s End.”
+ N. Y. Times. 13: 639. O. 31, ’08. 420w.
“That it is written well, and with much attraction; that it is literature; that once begun it cannot be dropped goes without saying. We ourselves could not give the book up, though frankly we do not like it. As a whole it is irritating.”
+ − Sat. R. 106: 367. S. 19, ’08. 1400w.
“It is as the study of a Cornish character, with all its strange inconsistencies and inversions, that the book will take its place among the best and most discerning that have been written of rough, natural man.”
+ Spec. 101: 58. Jl. 11, ’08. 1500w.
Hueffer, Ford Madox.[8] “Half Moon.” **$1.35. Doubleday.
9–35786.
A book which while timely for the Hudson tercentenary chooses a wider field than the perils of discovery for its theme. The events center chiefly about Edward Coleman who to escape the death that a woman’s wrath had prescribed flees from the English town of Rye to Holland and sets sail for the new world with Hendrick Hudson in the Half Moon. “The plot has been used by Mr. Hueffer as the framework for a careful and very vivid picture of seventeenth century bigotry, ignorance, and superstition; of the final struggle between mediævalism and modernity; and of the desperate lengths to which a proud, powerful, and undisciplined woman will go in her attempt to avenge the wrongs of her slighted beauty.” (Bookm.)
“The story is heavy and unwieldly, the characterization indistinct, the superstitious schemes of the witch who dominates the plot distasteful and unconvincing.”
+ − A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 27. S. ’09.
“Perhaps the most attractive portion of this book is its strong archæological element. The characters, for all the author’s straining after a certain archaic forcefulness, are shadowy and unconvincing.”
+ − Ath. 1909, 1: 525. My. 1. 140w.
“Belongs to that better sort of historical novel that refuses to purchase popularity at the cost of honest narrative and careful style.” F: T. Cooper.
+ Bookm. 29: 648. Ag. ’09. 250w.
“The introductory dedication to this story is better than the story itself: a very accomplished little essay, rather in the Stevensonian manner.”
+ − Nation. 89: 278. S. 23, ’09. 420w.
“A book which would be welcome at any time for its careful and skillful art, and for the human interest of the story which he has to tell. The connection of the book with the tercentenary is incidental and inferior to the story itself. No one need be afraid of finding anything of a Baedeker sort, and whoever ventures will find entertainment as well as an edifying historical study.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 451. Jl. 24, ’09. 530w.
“A timely story, full of incident, entertainingly written, and full of historic allusion.”
+ R. of Rs. 40: 253. Ag. ’09. 50w.
“In spite of certain mannerisms which are apt to be a little trying at times, Mr. Hueffer is an excellent story-teller.”
+ − Sat. R. 107: 633. My. 15, ’09. 150w.
“The end is also weak.”
+ − Spec. 102: 864. My. 29, ’09. 220w.
Hueffer, Oliver Madox.[5] Book of witches. *$2.50. McBride, J:
W9–147.
Traces the descent of the witch from earliest times to the present day, including reasons upon which her influence has been based, the great persecutions of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in Europe and New England, and the reconstruction of the life of the mediaeval witch as pictured by her contemporaries.
“A light and pleasing narrative.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 169. Je. ’09.
+ Dial. 46: 330. My. 16, ’09. 280w.
“Lovers of the curious will find something to their liking in ‘A book of witches.’”
+ Ind. 66: 1086. My. 20, ’09. 160w.
“Altogether, the book cannot be commended for any thoroughness of treatment, but is fairly readable and amusing.”
+ − Nation. 88: 603. Je. 17, ’09. 130w.
“The ingenious author of a volume combining some erudition with much whimsical entertainment attacks with infinite zest what is perhaps the most fascinating combination of subjects in the wide world.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 317. My. 22, ’09. 1300w.
“In the light, bantering, often brilliant style in which he has written Mr. Hueffer has digested and worked up an immense amount of information. Persecutions ancient and modern, general principles, and particular trials are abundantly given, the least satisfactory portion being an account of some modern witches who do not appear very wonderful specimens.”
+ − Sat. R. 107: 243. F. 20, ’09. 1000w.
“Generally we may say that we should like the book better if the tone and temper were more scientific.”
− Spec. 102: 588. Ap. 10, ’09. 110w.
Huelsen, Christian K. F.[7] Roman forum: its history and its monuments; tr. by Jesse Benedict Carter. 2d ed. rev. *$1.75. Stechert.
A volume that “gives a history of the Forum Romanum from the earliest times through the middle ages and of its exploration since the renaissance. Then follow descriptions of its monuments and of the present condition of its 218ruins. It is copiously illustrated with maps, plans and cuts.” (N. Y. Times.)
A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 194. Je. ’09.
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 132. Mr. 6, ’09. 120w.
“It will awaken interest especially with that class of readers who stand half-way between the mere tourists, satisfied with ordinary guidebook information, and the students in history and archaeology. A modest book of reference, rigorously excluding detailed discussions, and condensing his descriptions to well-nigh telegraphic brevity.”
+ Outlook. 92: 584. Jl. 10, ’09. 350w.
Hügel, Friedrich, freiherr von. Mystical element of religion; as studied in Saint Catherine of Genoa and her friends. 2v. *$6. Dutton.
9–22578.
A book “whose proper place in the library will be the department of philosophy or apologetics.... The biographical narrative is only a framework on which is woven a wide inquiry into the psychological roots of religion itself, as they have manifested their character in the history of mankind.... The two volumes swarm with minute questions of historical criticism, sweeping surveys of philosophic thought and human action, appreciations of rival epistemological theories, analyses of the psychological factors which have shaped the various sects in Christian times, and even those of Pagan and Jewish history.”—Cath. World.
Reviewed by George Hodges.
Atlan. 103: 560. Ap. ’09. 950w.
“A biography, which, from the critical historian’s point of view, is a fine piece of work bearing the evidence of great study directed by rigorous method.”
+ Cath. World. 89: 103. Ap. ’09. 1400w.
“If there is a certain amount of inevitable confusion in these 887 pages, it is from the fact that they are all too few for the wealth of research and learning that is crowded into them. If these volumes are not the last word, they are certainly the fullest word that has been spoken on the subject of mysticism. They include and add to all that has yet been said, and no future addition will be solid that does not include and take account of them. They are difficult reading as well as difficult writing, and make no pretence of closing eternal questions.” G. Tyrrell.
+ − Hibbert J. 7: 687. Ap. ’09. 1400w.
“A style that is both intricate and cumbrous, a plan that entails much repetition and yet that does not present itself to the mind of the reader with clearness and illumination, and a subject that is abstruse and encumbered with much that is repulsive to modern ideas, combine to make the two lengthy volumes on ‘The mystical element of religion,’ an impossibility for the general public.”
− Ind. 67: 251. Jl. 29, ’09. 340w.
“Such a biography is a contribution to religious psychology. It maintains throughout a spirit that is serious, candid, and hospitable to science.”
+ Nation. 88: 539. My. 27, ’09. 1000w.
“In spite of an awkward style, which rather suggests that English is not the writer’s mother tongue, we have a book of great value and importance. It should occupy a permanent place in the history and the psychology of religion. A thorough and a scholarly piece of work.” E: S. Drown.
+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 96. F. 20, ’09. 1250w.
“The author’s subject is a difficult one, and his style is more than necessarily obscure. The book loses by being over-weighted, but it is a valuable addition to the scholarship and research of mystic literature. No one who attempts to know the strain of mysticism that runs through philosophy or religion can afford to pass the book by.”
+ − No. Am. 189: 916. Je. ’09. 570w.
“It is a good book in the highest sense of the term, and its place is beside the works of Philo Judæus.”
+ Sat. R. 107: 630. My. 15, ’09. 1200w.
“The serious faults of the author’s style are mainly due to the influence of German idiom and syntax. It is a lofty ideal, and excuses some faults in construction, and the book is a deeply interesting, learned, and original contribution to the religious thought of our time.”
+ − Spec. 102: 820. My. 22, ’09. 1550w.
Hughes, Edwin Holt.[11] Teaching of citizenship. $1.25. Wilde.
9–26152.
For the purpose of guiding an instinct and training a sentiment, Bishop Hughes suggests certain natural and human starting points for the teaching of patriotism and citizenship. Following a discussion “The need and the method” are nine chapters on the lessons of instinct, of breadth, of cost, of protection, of benefit, of democracy, of liberty, of character and of duty.
“Very sensible little book.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 690. N. 6, ’09. 140w.
Hughes, Henry Clay. Philosophy of the federal constitution. *$1.50. Neale.
8–25158.
An analysis of the provisions of the federal constitution prepared for the boys of our land to familiarize them, for citizenship reasons, with “the most complete written document of human rights ever penned” and “a theory of government unique in itself and found nowhere in the world.”
“In analyzing the various provisions the author occasionally gives his opinion, rather than a philosophical treatment, which the title calls for. The style of the book as a whole is perhaps somewhat too stilted for its purpose. Moreover there is neither table of contents nor index to the volume, nor are references given in the text or in footnotes to aid the reader in getting at additional sources of information.”
− Ann. Am. Acad. 33: 196. Ja. ’09. 100w.
N. Y. Times. 14: 336. My. 29, ’09. 200w.
Hughes, James Laughlin.[9] Teaching to read. *50c. Barnes.
9–16808.
In accordance with the view that speed is the main consideration in reading, “Mr. Hughes, who is inspector of schools for Toronto, points out that reading consists, not merely in repeating printed words aloud, but in gaining information from them. Hence, learning to read aloud in the ordinary fashion may not in reality be learning to read at all—much less to read effectively. In connection with this idea Mr. Hughes properly calls attention to the fact which has been too frequently overlooked, that in learning to speak and to read there are involved two distinct sets of processes, which should be distinguished accordingly.”—Nation.
“Intended for teachers but helpful also for parents.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 42. O. ’09.
“Such books as this, dealing in a philosophical, psychological, and yet practical way with the dominant formal studies of the curriculum are needed by many teachers.” S. C. Parker.
+ El. School T. 10: 44. S. ’09. 630w.
“His little book deserves consideration.”
+ Ind. 67: 297. Ag. 5, ’09. 130w.
Nation. 89: 208. S. 2, ’09. 170w.
Huish, Marcus. American pilgrims’ way in England. $6. Max Williams, New York.
8–2558.
“The work, which has evidently been a labour of love to both author and artist, includes histories of the families of William Penn, George Washington, General Wolfe, Benjamin Franklin, Washington Irving, the Pilgrim Fathers (the founders of Yale and Harvard universities), the 219Quaker settlers, and many others, no pains having been spared to identify the sites connected with them.”—Int. Studio.
“His narrative is generally sound, and it is clear that he has taken pains to secure details on the spot in many cases. The pity of it is that he writes a journalistic style disfigured by clumsy and needless verbiage, and strays repeatedly beyond his subject, which ought to be interesting enough in itself.”
+ − Ath. 1908, 1: 20. Ja. 4. 380w.
“The charming water-colour drawings give sympathetic renderings of many of the surviving homesteads that are so dear to the hearts of the descendants of these heroes of the sixteenth century, and, with the reproductions of details of architecture, facsimiles of letters, inscriptions, etc., form a vivid and pictorial epitome of the text.”
+ Int. Studio. 33: 335. F. ’08. 110w.
“The feature of the work is the illustrations.”
+ Nation. 87: 578. D. 10, ’08. 160w.
“Although the text is rather wordy and could have been freely bluepenciled with advantage, the author writes an interesting narrative, and one which will be found both entertaining and instructive.”
+ − N. Y. Times. 13: 798. D. 26, ’08. 250w.
Hull, William Isaac. Two Hague conferences. *$1.50. Ginn.
8–28855.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 43. F. ’09.
“The book is replete with facts which are fairly well organized, and, as a rule, correctly stated, but Professor Hull rigidly abstains from any criticism or interpretation of these facts. Some of the details furnished are alike uninteresting and unimportant. The style is extremely colorless and formal, and lacks warmth and animation of personality. It has a good index, but contains no references to the literature of the subject with the exception of Holls’s ‘Peace conference’ with which this volume will hardly bear comparison.” A. S. Hershey.
+ − Am. Hist. R. 14: 384. Ja. ’09. 540w.
“Professor Hull’s work is concise and adequate. It is the best popular history of the conferences available for the student’s use.”
+ Ann. Am. Acad. 33: 459. Mr. ’09. 160w.
+ Dial. 47: 51. Jl. 16, ’09. 280w.
“The book seems to be planned so that it will admirably meet the requirements of teachers and students.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 38. Ja. 23, ’09. 220w.
+ Pol. Sci. Q. 24: 168. Mr. ’09. 150w.
R. of Rs. 39: 251. F. ’09. 100w.
“A short and clear narrative. It is written for the general reader, and in a spirit of sympathetic optimism.” S. E. Baldwin.
+ Yale R. 17: 447. F. ’09. 950w.
Hume, Fergus W.[9] Disappearing eye. †$1.25. Dillingham.
9–18023.
The story deals with a weird murder of a woman with a glass eye on the back of which is recorded the hiding place of a fifty thousand pound legacy left to a beautiful girl. Circumstantial evidence points to the girl and also to either of two others who were with the woman the night of her death. Altho the main evidence urged against these suspects was that the glass eye had been seen in the room of each and had immediately vanished, the reader finally learns at the end of the tangle that the real murderer is a fourth person wholly unsuspected of the crime.
“The tale is as lively as the eye and contains no end of ingeniously contrived and unexpected incident. It is written with all of Fergus Hume’s usual skill in mechanical construction, and with no more literary art than his readers, are accustomed to find in his books—which apparently is as much as they want.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 517. Ag. 28, ’09. 180w.
Hume, Fergus W.[7] Solitary farm. †$1.25. Dillingham.
9–7827.
A mystery story built up about the murder of an old sea captain who had quarreled with his daughter and who had offered her hand and his farm to the man he had selected for her if the man in question would kill the girl’s lover. The tangle is an intricate one to straighten whose threads the author makes large demands upon his ingenuity.
“It cannot be said conscientiously that this is literature, but it is thrilling in spots, and mysterious until the last pages—an excellent vacation book.”
− + N. Y. Times. 14: 452. Jl. 24, ’09. 400w.
Hume-Griffith, Mrs. M. E., and Hume-Griffith, A.[6] Behind the veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia: an account of an Englishwoman’s eight years’ residence amongst the women of the East by M. E. Hume-Griffith; with narratives of experiences in both countries by A. Hume-Griffith. *$3.50. Lippincott.
W9–100.
“As the wife of a medical missionary, Mrs. Hume-Griffith saw much of life ‘behind the veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia’ but her book deals with other things than the position of woman there—with religion, material conditions of life, its comforts and discomforts, the beauties of the land of the Sun much more than of the Lion, with manners, customs and superstitions, and the work of the medical missionary.”—Ind.
“Gives a remarkable insight into the lives and natures of Persian and Arabian women.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 167. Je. ’09.
“A most informing book, readable withal.”
+ Ind. 66: 1138. My. 27, ’09. 150w.
“Enthusiastically wrapped up in the work of her husband, Dr. Hume-Griffith, his wife has done well to chronicle in so effective a manner the various phases of work and travel which she shared with him, and she has accomplished this in the plainest and most unaffected manner.”
+ Lit. D. 38: 764. My. 1, ’09. 330w.
“The illustrations are more than usually striking, being evidently drawn from other sources than the common stock from which the traveller ordinarily obtains his supply.”
+ Nation. 88: 517. My. 20, ’09. 350w.
“Her story is not altogether a new one, but it is not unimportant, for it is the result of a very close association with the people with whom it is concerned, and presents life-pictures which are strong and convincing.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 184. Mr. 27, ’09. 1000w.
“Any reporter could have made a better job for them. All the reality has dropped out between the sentences here; all that must have been alive and human and pitiful and kindly or simply comic they have left unsaid.”
− No. Am. 190: 414. S. ’09. 330w.
“Too little credit is given to whatever of good there is—and it is beyond question that there is much—in the Mohammedan creed. The suggestion is inevitable that in other matters also the book may not be entirely impartial.”
+ − Sat. R. 108: sup. 4. Jl. 17, ’09. 480w.
“It is written in a light colloquial style, and is inspired throughout with a genuine sympathy and affection for the people among whom the author worked.”
+ Spec. 103: 166. Jl. 31, ’09. 100w.
220Huneker, James Gibbons.[5] Egoist: a book of supermen. **$1.50. Scribner.
9–8579.
A keenly critical and analytical study of the following modern poets, philosophers and prose writers whose works embody the individualistic idea as opposed to altruistic and socialistic sentiments: Stendahl, Baudelaire, Flaubert, Anatole France, Huysmans, Barres, Nietzsche, Blake, Ibsen, Stirner and Ernest Hello.
“Vivid, sympathetic sketches.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 139. My. ’09.
“It is information which he generally conveys, and not knowledge, or even learning. Mr. Huneker has a fair amount of common sense, and towards the end of each essay he often makes use of it. It would have been very much better if he had used it at the beginning, and written entirely from his own point of view.”
+ − Ath. 1909, 2: 95. Jl. 24. 580w.
“It is perhaps inevitable that he has not entirely escaped the contagion of his theme, and so exhibits traits both of style and thought which are not admirable. On the side of the thought, this verbal smartness sometimes leads Mr. Huneker to prefer cynical epigram or the clever half-truth to genuine seriousness of statement. Nevertheless, Mr. Huneker has made a book that is not only entertaining but helpful.” R: Burton.
+ − Dial. 46: 327. My. 16, ’09. 520w.
“He is always stimulating, provocative of thought, and by virtue of this quality, not invariably possessed by critics, he is entitled to a distinctive place in American letters.” E: C. Marsh.
+ Forum. 41: 600. Je. ’09. 2600w.
“This new volume of literary biographical studies has all the characteristics of Mr. Huneker’s earlier ones; the sympathetic yet not uncritical exposition, the ingenious interweaving of dates, references, and book titles so that they do not interrupt or impede the flow of the theme, the quick-witted sentences, the hints of wide reading in unconventional fields and the abundant quotations.”
+ Ind. 66: 920. Ap. 29, ’09. 210w.
“His criticism is a kind of fine spray; he atomizes, rather than anatomizes, his author. His subject diffuses in the warmth of his hand into an impalpable vapor, instead of condensing into its more stable elements.”
+ − Nation. 88: 492. My. 13, ’09. 600w.
“It is a full book, with an irresistible charm for those who know about certain kinds of literature that seem odd to Anglo-Saxon minds, and packed with sound information, somewhat flamboyantly, but very coherently conveyed, for those who still need to know something of the subjects and have neither the time nor the patience to go to the fountain head.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 196. Ap. 3, ’09. 1050w.
“It is the work of a man who knows his subject thoroughly and who writes frankly and unconventionally, as he ought. It must be added, however, that at times the lawless spirit of some of the men he celebrates gets into Mr. Huneker’s style; it confuses the vocabulary of all the arts; it sins in excess and extravagance; it is needlessly elliptical and paradoxical.”
+ − Outlook. 92: 418. Je. 19, ’09. 800w.
+ R. of Rs. 39: 764. Je. ’09. 90w.
“Mr. Huneker is induced to take an attitude to literature which is frightfully complicated—indeed grotesque—by the modern journalist’s passion to be the first to ‘discover’ or rediscover a genius.”
− Sat. R. 108; 16. Jl. 3, ’09. 1200w.
Hunt, Caroline Louisa. Home problems from a new standpoint. *$1. Whitcomb & B.
8–24278.
A discussion of the responsibilities, opportunities and privileges which for every home are increasing as it becomes a recognized factor in the present-day social problem. Urging upon men and women simplicity in home life, the author discusses more life for woman, for man and for the household employee; more physical vigor; joy in mere living and beauty for all; more pleasure for the producer of household stuff; more conscience for the consumer; and new work for the home.
“A book of high ideals yet practical and suggestive along definite lines.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 290. D. ’08. ✠
+ Ann. Am. Acad. 33: 459. Mr. ’09. 130w.
“The book has the virtue of brevity, and has more thought-provoking suggestions than many much larger volumes. Nowhere have we seen the power for good or ill of the home in relation to the social problems of the day better revealed than in this little book.” F. W. Collier.
+ Arena. 41: 601. Ag. ’09. 340w.
Hunt, Enid Leigh. Advent of Arthur. †$2. Lippincott.
“That Joyce, aged sixteen, with a brother aged twelve or thereabouts to look after, should have fared so well when she determines to earn her own living may surprise us a little. But there are some fortunate people, and for Joyce friends grew, so to speak, on every bush. Employment comes to her with marvellous rapidity, and when she is tired of it, then a friendly shelter which enables her to do without it. And when the proper time comes the very perfect knight is not wanting. If this is not like life, so much the worse for life; anyhow, it is pleasant to read about in this prettily told story.”—Spec.
“The youthful maturity of the heroine has a certain charm; the feeling in the text is somewhat personal and the whole is only a shade removed from a regular novel.” M. J. Moses.
+ Ind. 65: 1477. D. 17, ’08. 40w.
“Another English story—a long and interesting one.”
+ N. Y. Times. 13: 757. D. 5, ’08. 50w.
“Though this is a story of common life, no one can complain that it is wanting in the romance which the title seems to suggest.”
+ − Spec. 101: 26. Jl. 4, ’08. 100w.
Hunt, Gaillard. John C. Calhoun. (American crisis biographies.) **$1.25. Jacobs.
8–23726.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
“What was most needed, Mr. Hunt has supplied—a description of Calhoun so clear and a judgment of him so sane that there is no room for disagreement as to the main features. And excepting a few slips, no positive errors have been noticed.” F: Bancroft.
+ − Am. Hist. R. 14: 368. Ja. ’09. 650w.
“The best biography for the public library, scholarly yet popular.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 290. D. ’08.
“Mr. Hunt has given an interesting interpretation of the man and the situation.”
+ Ind. 66: 489. Mr. 4, ’09. 100w.
“Von Holst is vastly superior in his philosophical grasp, but Hunt is unrivalled in description and literary flavor.”
+ Nation. 88: 18. Ja. 7, ’09. 660w.
“He honors the man without advocating his doctrine, and depicts the issues of his time without prejudice but not without intelligible interpretation.”
+ Outlook. 91: 22. Ja. 2, ’09. 660w.
Hunt, Rev. William, and Poole, Reginald Lane, eds. Political history of England. 12v. ea. *$2.60. Longmans.
Descriptive note for set in Annual, 1905.
“[If] it is not the function of a critic to set up his own standard but to ascertain the purpose of an author and to judge the performance accordingly, [the reviewer] must, on the whole, estimate the present work favorably.” A. L. Cross.
+ − Am. Hist. R. 15: 141. O. ’09. 1250w. (Review of 9.)
221“The whole book affords a singularly compact, clear, and well-proportioned account of a complicated period.”
+ Ath. 1909, 1: 668. Je. 5. 1350w. (Review of v. 9.)
“As might have been expected from Mr. Leadam, the book is noteworthy for its general exactness in point of detail; but there are one or two small matters which require correction or elucidation in future editions.” L. G. W. Legg.
+ − Eng. Hist. R. 24: 804. O. ’09. 1200w. (Review of v. 9.)
“Mr. Leadam is at his best unfolding the conflicts of Whigs and Tories in Parliament and drawing on the historical mss. for material. He is quite insufficient when it comes to the atmosphere of his period and its personalities.”
+ − Nation. 89: 75. Jl. 22, ’09. 160w. (Review of v. 9.)
N. Y. Times. 14: 462. Jl. 31, ’09. 200w. (Review of v. 9.)
“A scholarly and entrancing volume.”
+ Sat. R. 107: 819. Je. 26, ’09. 1300w. (Review of v. 9.)
“Mr. Leadam has found the common difficulty of keeping the proper proportion between unlimited material and limited space. On the whole, however, Mr. Leadam has given us an effective picture of the period which he describes.”
+ − Spec. 102: 1036. Je. 25, ’09. 400w. (Review of v. 9.)
Hunting, Henry Gardner.[11] Cave of the bottomless pool. †$1.50. Holt.
9–27035.
This is a sequel to “Wittier Whitehead’s own story” but even those boys who have not made Wittier’s acquaintance before will enjoy this detective story in which he plays a leading role. The scene is a summer camp school, and how Wittier escapes the clutches of counterfeiters, the revenge of an ex-convict and death in the cave of the bottomless pool forms a story filled with adventure and mystery.
“The incidents and plot will hold any boy’s interest.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 662. O. 23, ’09. 20w.
“Here is a boy detective story told in such a genuine fashion by the boy himself that it seems ‘really true.’”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 709. N. 13, ’09. 80w.
Hunting, Henry Gardner.[9] Silver canoe: the story of the secret that had to be kept. †$1.25. McClurg.
9–22945.
A story of an errand boy in a big metropolitan department store. His honesty is pitted against the dishonesty of one of his co-workers in the winning of a thousand-dollar rebus-prize. Truth triumphs and dishonesty is punished.
“Though the tale is a highly moral one, there is plenty of adventure and even ‘thrill’ enough to charm any normal boy.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 583. O. 2, ’09. 160w.
Hunting, Henry Gardner. Witter Whitehead’s own story about a lucky splash of whitewash, some stolen silver, and a house that wasn’t vacant. †$1.25. Holt.
9–6843.
A story for young readers whose youthful hero, a delivery boy in a large department store, rounds up a band of robbers. He is a sturdy, stout-hearted boy, coping with various trying situations, championing unjustly accused fellow employees, and ferreting out the real scoundrels.
“Is told with sufficient skill to make it seem quite possible.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 178. Mr. 27, ’09. 140w.
Hurd, Marian Kent, and Wilson, Jean Bingham.[11] When she came home from college. **$1.15. Houghton.
9–28147.
Here are set down the trials of a Vassar girl during the summer following her graduation when, in the absence of her mother, the burden of household management falls upon her shoulders, with the accompanying problem of keeping four young brothers and sisters satisfied and happy. Her dearly prized theories, and her authorship ambition, suffer serious defeats while she struggles with knotty domestic problems that in the end teach her humanity.
“Over-done in its naturalness and in the enormity of the heroine’s ignorance, but nevertheless a bright, humorous story, that can be recommended for girls of high school age and older.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 132. D. ’09. ✠
“The librarians complain that it is difficult to supply fiction to girls of the ‘betwixt and between age.’ Here is one book we recommend, as it happens, there is no romance to be followed, but in spite of this there is no lack of interest from beginning to end.”
+ Lit. D. 39: 1018. D. 4, ’09. 120w.
“The book contains humor and distinctive character sketching.”
+ Nation. 89: 598. D. 16, ’09. 50w.
Hurlbut, Jesse Lyman, ed. Handy Bible encyclopaedia: prepared in simple language. $1.50. Winston.
8–23274.
“There is provided under one alphabetical arrangement: A concordance to the Scriptures, a subject dictionary, a Biblical biography dictionary, a Biblical geographical dictionary, a dictionary of archaic and obsolete words that are used in the English Bible, a dictionary of Biblical antiquities, customs, musical terms, plants, animals, and precious stones, and several other instructive features of importance to Bible students. The book is printed from bold face type, and is profusely illustrated.”—N. Y. Times.
“The work is designed for popular use, but will be found convenient by almost any Biblical student.”
+ Nation. 88: 222. Mr. 4, ’09. 150w.
“Sunday school teachers and others who are accustomed to the study of the Bible will find [this] a useful volume.”
+ N. Y. Times. 13: 523. S. 26, ’08. 80w.
“The difficulty is that the brevity required and perhaps the demands of extreme conservatives combine to make the information inadequate and sometimes misleading.”
− + Outlook. 91: 24. Ja. 2, ’09. 230w.
Hurtado de Mendoza, Diego. Life of Lazarillo de Tormes: his fortunes and adversities; tr. from the ed. of 1554 by Sir Clements Markham. *$1.25. Macmillan.
9–5519.
Besides the translation from the 1554 edition, the volume includes a notice of the Mendoza family, a short life of the author, a notice of the work and some remarks on the character of Lazarillo de Tormes.
“But though this translation leaves so much to be desired, the introductory matter of which we have spoken is useful, and the footnotes that Sir Clements has appended to the text here and there are helpful in elucidating historical and other references. The same may be said of the indexes, and the sketch-map of the route taken by Lazarillo from Salamanca to Toledo.”
− + Ath. 1909, 1: 6. Ja. 2. 2400w.
“Obviously this new version is published irrespective of easily accessible ‘apparatus criticus.’ In its rendition of the Burgos edition of 1554, the present edition is relatively faithful.”
− + Nation. 87: 361. O. 15, ’08. 300w.
Sat. R. 106: 582. N. 7, ’08. 100w.
+ Spec. 102: sup. 1007. Je. 26, ’09. 200w.
222Hussey, Eyre.[6] Polly Winford. †$1.50. Longmans.
A young Australian girl left with a fortune looks formidably upon a visit to two maiden aunts in England. She goes to the little town incognita, and there under the name of Polly Winford finds favor with her relatives. “Incidentally there are some capital spirited accounts of hunting and other open-air doings and some clever bits of character-sketching, from the mentally deficient squire to the more or less colourless rector, his small boy Tommy, and his domineering wife.” (Sat. R.)
“One follows the chapters with a steady if quiet interest. The book will harm nobody, and there is no reason why it should not pleasantly entertain a great many.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 322. My. 22, ’09. 160w.
“The story is fresh and bright, so readers will perhaps be less inclined to resent the many coincidences on which the author depends for the working out of his romance.”
+ − Sat. R. 107: 502. Ap. 17, ’09. 310w.
Hutchinson, Frances Kinsley (Mrs. Charles L. Hutchinson).[10] Motoring in the Balkans along the highways of Dalmatia, Montenegro, The Herzegovina, and Bosnia. **$2.75. McClurg.
9–27939.
A volume of over three hundred pages which combines geographical instruction and historical information with descriptions of people and scenes along the route from Trieste to the western Balkans. The chapters parallel the pictures snapped along the route over which the reader is hurried from one point to another enjoying the vivacious guide’s description and comment.
“The whole journey is sufficiently idealized and dramatized and disencumbered of the commonplace to make it into a very inviting book.”
+ Dial. 47: 514. D. 16, ’09. 220w.
“The book furnishes good reading, there is so cheerful a holiday atmosphere in its pages.”
+ Ind. 67: 1043. N. 4, ’09. 120w.
“The value of the book would have been much increased if some account had been given of the methods employed by the Austrian rulers in the development of the recently annexed provinces. The book’s chief value is to be found in the information given as to journeys, whether by motor or by rail and diligence, through a country whose wonderful scenery and picturesque people make it a ‘continuous delight.’”
+ − Nation. 89: 545. D. 2, ’09. 480w.
“The journey seems to have been very enjoyable from beginning to end, and the account we get of it is graceful, vivacious, and illuminating.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 705. N. 13, ’09. 180w.
Hutchinson, Woods. Instinct and health. **$1.20. Dodd.
8–30538.
A book that seeks its audience not among invalids but ordinary normal individuals. The author’s statement that “it isn’t so very dangerous to be alive” suggests a healthy, fearless cheerful attitude. He discusses the physical necessities of the body and describes methods of securing the greatest efficiency from it. “His knife is out for fads and superstitions, prejudices, and the over-zealous regimen. Diets are as apt to make dyspeptics as to help them. Pleasant things are not inherently noxious, as our Puritanic or proverbial misconceptions lay down, but are in the main pleasant because they are in accord with nature; pleasure is the stamp of approval that nature gives them as their reward.” (Dial.)
“Invigorating, entertaining talks on the work and needs of the body.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 14. Ja. ’09. ✠
“Dr. Hutchinson’s prescriptions may be freely taken, though the prudent will add their own dose of salt.”
+ − Dial. 46: 24. Ja. 1, ’09. 260w.
“Vegetarians and patent-breakfast-food cranks should read this work.”
+ Lit. D. 38: 220. F. 6, ’09. 250w.
“Dr. Hutchinson gives considerable advice, often rather indefinite and vague, but on the whole sound. Unfortunately, there is a tendency to overlook what care has done for the [human] machine and to disparage serious investigation of the conditions under which the machine works best.”
+ − Nation. 87: 609. D. 17, ’08. 220w.
“Dr. Hutchinson is not always quite fair in his statement of other people’s theories, but that foible, of course, has no effect upon the value of his own. And he is always stimulating in his ideas and vigorous and entertaining in their expression.”
+ − N. Y. Times. 13: 664. N. 7, ’08. 1300w.
“One of the most readable and entertaining, if not always convincing, books on the philosophy of health we have ever had the pleasure of reading.”
+ − R. of Rs. 39: 127. Ja. ’09. 90w.
Hutchinson, Woods.[12] Preventable diseases. **$1.50. Houghton.
9–30130.
Nineteen chapters dealing with such subjects as: The body-republic and its defense; Our legacy of health: the power of heredity in the prevention of disease; Colds and how to catch them; Adenoids, or mouth-breathing; Tuberculosis, a scotched snake; The natural history of typhoid fever; Diphtheria: the modern Moloch; The Herods of our day: scarlet fever, measles, whooping-cough; Appendicitis, or Nature’s remnant sale; Germ-foes that follow the knife, or Death under the finger-nail; Cancer, or Treason in the body-state; Headache: the most useful pain in the world; Nerves and nervousness: Mental influence in disease, or How the mind affects the body.
Hutten zum Stolzenberg, Betsey (Riddle) freifrau von.[12] Beechy; or, The lordship of love. †$1.50. Stokes.
9–25818.
“The setting of much of the story is Rome, the atmosphere typically and delightfully Italian, and Beechy herself is in reality Bice, the familiar short form for Beatrice. If Bettina von Hutten had any purpose, beyond that of telling the story of an interesting human life, it must have been much the same purpose as that of Frank Danby in writing ‘The heart of a child’—namely, to answer the question whether a woman-child, alone in the world and brought up in the slums, can choose a stage career and, in the face of all its trials and temptations, keep herself unsullied.”—Bookm.
“Aside from the insincerity of the ending, this is one of the most pleasing books that the author of ‘Pam’ has produced.” F: T. Cooper.
+ − Bookm. 30: 386. D. ’09. 230w.
“Mme. von Hutten avoids the absurdities of most of those who write novels of stage life, and makes her Beechy’s success seem at least possible. The girl herself, with her naturalness, her lack of ability to pose is a fascinating study.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 687. N. 6, ’09. 380w.
Outlook. 93: 559. N. 6, ’09. 40w.
“The histrionic temperament is not merely so uncommon as some people—particularly those who have it—imagine, but its development in the character of the half-Italian girl who is the heroine of the story is sketched in with unusual understanding, sometimes entirely sympathetic, sometimes playfully ironical.”
+ Sat. R. 108: 538. O. 30, ’09. 620w.
Hutten zum Stolzenberg, Betsey (Riddle) freifrau von.[5] Kingsmead. †$1.50. Dodd.
9–5216.
The fourth “Pam” book which “introduces Tommy as a grown-up hero, while his sister, Brigid, who fell in love, most reprehensibly, with the picaresque violinist, is a respectable married person with a blighted heart. As for 223Pam herself, she has white hair.” (N. Y. Times.) “As a friendly, bighearted, and modest aristocrat, Earl Tommy is a favorite, and he is well contrasted with two equally warm-hearted ‘nouveaux riches,’ who drop their h’s, but are sweetly unselfish.” (Outlook.)
+ − Ath. 1909, 1: 526. My. 1. 200w.
“It is a pity that this volume, which up to a particular point contains the best work that the author has done in several years, should all of a sudden weaken palpably.” F: T. Cooper.
+ − Bookm. 29: 190. Ap. ’09. 450w.
“Without especial nimbleness, one may find incongruities and contradictions in abundance within the bounds of the present story.”
+ − Nation. 89: 186. Ag. 26, ’09. 350w.
“Mme. von Hutten writes well; she has the gifts of humor and charm, and her stories are always interesting and clever.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 246. Ap. 17, ’09. 340w.
“The ‘dénouement’ does not strike one as probable or pleasant, and almost spoils an amusing story.”
+ − Outlook. 92: 19*. My. 1, ’09. 110w.
Reviewed by H. W. Boynton.
Putnam’s. 6: 492. Jl. ’09. 330w.
Hutton, Edward.[9] In unknown Tuscany: with notes by William Heywood. **$2.50. Dutton.
9–23855.
“The record of a summer passed on Monte Amiata, apparently in the very abbey where Pius II lodged, from which the various castelli, even in the August heat, can readily be reached, and where even ‘a German company mining for quicksilver’ has not been able entirely to destroy the primitive life of rural Tuscany. Incidentally it supplies some new and vivid details concerning the part played by feudalism in the history of the republic of Siena, based upon the researches of Zdekauer, Lisini, Fumi, Calisse, and other distinguished local scholars whose work is still comparatively little known in this country.”—Sat. R.
“Limited in its appeal to those who know the byways of Italy and seek a renewal of impressions.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 118. D. ’09.
“Of the ways of the people of the mountains, Mr. Hutton writes in a manner that makes the reader for the time a traveller in unknown realms.” H. E. Coblentz.
+ Dial. 47: 234. O. 1, ’09. 300w.
Ind. 67: 824. O. 7, ’09. 80w.
“Naturally Mr. Hutton’s business is with his own impressions of the people and scenery—on which topics he is characteristically lyrical—and with the historical narrative, which enlists his more sober manner. The blend if not quite harmonious, is agreeable enough.”
+ Nation. 89: 160. Ag. 19, ’09. 500w.
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 584. O. 2, ’09. 240w.
+ − No. Am. 190: 564. O. ’09. 500w.
“There are but slight blemishes in a very charming and welcome book.”
+ − Sat. R. 108: 140. Jl. 31, ’09. 1400w.
Hutton, Edward.[11] Rome. *$2. Macmillan.
Mr. Hutton fills a marvelously large self-given order by interpreting to the reader Rome, “eternal and persistent as life, as strangely various, as mysteriously secret.” Her hills, her structures, her art treasures and her Campagna with mountains round about, bear messages into which the author breaths the spirit of hero worship and of poetry.
“A handy and attractive pocket companion for the traveller, and also offers pleasant reading to the armchair tourist at his own fireside.”
+ Dial. 47: 515. D. 16, ’09. 120w.
“Numerous omissions and inaccuracies bring the work below the author’s standard. The book is far from up to date. In short, this book should have begun with its second edition. However, it is enthusiastically written, and will doubtless warm the hearts of those whose Roman days are behind them.”
+ − Nation. 89: 577. D. 9, ’09. 400w.
“It will not be a disappointment to his readers.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 657. O. 23, ’09. 30w.
Hutton, Frederic Remsen. Mechanical engineering of steam power plants. 3d ed. $5. Wiley.
8–27795.
The work has been entirely rewritten for this edition. “Some of the additions which call for special notice are the treatments accorded to the analysis of the power plant and its diagram, and the separation between the simple and complex phases of this problem; the treatment of the steam pipe as an element of co-ordinate importance with the boiler and engine; the chapters on auxiliaries, the steam turbine and engine mechanism, and the establishment of the philosophy of the expansion of the elastic medium as the basis for the valve gear, the governor, the condensing and the compound engine.” (Engin. D.)
“While avowedly a text for the enlightenment of technical students, it contains such a wealth of up-to-date engineering detail, admirably expressed, that there are few who have occasion to consider the subjects it treats of, who will not find it of real service in facilitating their work.”
+ Engin. D. 5: 53. Ja. ’09. 470w.
“Is an exceptionally complete work on steam boilers and engines.”
+ Engin. Rec. 58: 707. D. 19, ’08. 250w.
“On the whole the book will prove useful to anyone engaged in the study of the problem of supplying machinery for the production of power.” R. C. Carpenter.
+ Science, n.s. 29: 544. Ap. 2, ’09. 850w.
Hyatt, Stanley Portal.[9] End of the road; (English title: Marriage of Hilary Carden.): a novel. †$1.50. Appleton.
9–21867.
“A story of the South Africa that was before the Boer war, of the retreat of the transport rider before the mining engineer, of the invasion of the veldt by the railway—of the lure of the open and the tyranny of the town—and of the coming of the white woman to the frontier which is the province of men, whom she tempts from freedom and lures back to the bonds they had left behind them.”—Ind.
“A rather ordinary love story, redeemed by its dramatic and picturesque portrayal of South African mining and transportation in pioneer days before the war and by its sympathy with the fascination of the ‘open road.’”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 55. O. ’09. ✠
+ Ath. 1909, 2: 297. S. 11. 120w.
“A story that is distinctly worth while.” F: T. Cooper.
+ Bookm. 30: 187. O. ’09. 570w.
“The story is well worth reading; its simple plot is effective, and its figures and scenes have reality.” W: M. Payne.
+ Dial. 47: 237. O. 1, ’09. 270w.
Ind. 67: 549. S. 2, ’09. 180w.
“As vivid a picture of life in a distant land as one often finds in a novel.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 510. Ag. 28, ’09. 200w.
“This story, though rather higgledy-piggledy as a novel, gives a really interesting picture of South African conditions before and since the Boer war.”
+ − Nation. 89: 306. S. 30, ’09. 180w.
“The book is obviously a direct description of actuality, and the story is really a firsthand 224‘human document’ having positive value as information and some dramatic quality also.”
+ Outlook. 93: 8. S. 4, ’09. 70w.
“This novel is interesting as long as it deals with life in South Africa and with the making of the country as a white man’s dominion.”
+ − Spec. 103: 386. S. 11, ’09. 160w.
Hyde, William De Witt. Self-measurement: a scale of human values, with directions for personal application. (Art of life ser.) *50c. Huebsch.
9–9245.
The ten fundamental relations in which man stands form a scale of self-measurement applicable to every life. These fundamental relations are physique, work, property, pleasure, science, art, family, society, country and religion. Dr. Hyde shows on the one hand receptive, productive and creative benefits resulting from fulfilment, and on the other the defective, perversive and destructive effects of violation.
“Presents concisely and concretely the qualities that underlie right living and good citizenship, largely in the form of direct personal questions.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 169. Je. ’09. ✠
N. Y. Times. 14: 14. Ja. 9, ’09. 170w.
Hyrst, H. W. G., pseud. (Sidney Harry Wright). Adventures among wild beasts. (Adventure ser.) *$1.50. Lippincott.
9–5101.
“A bulky collection of anecdotes ranging the whole world over, from the grizzly bears of our own west to the kangaroos of Australia, and from the walrus of the northern ice-fields to the lions of Africa.... Nearly all the tales in this book date back to some time during the first half of the last century or a very little later.”—N. Y. Times.
N. Y. Times. 13: 800. D. 26, ’08. 160w.
“A book that any boy would be lucky to possess. The ‘adventures’ recorded not only make fascinating reading, but they teach invaluable lessons of courage and resource.”
+ Spec. 101: sup. 808. N. 21, ’08. 80w.
Hyrst, H. W. G., pseud. (Sidney Harry Wright).[12] Adventures in the Arctic regions. *$1.50. Lippincott.
“Deals with the less famous names of Arctic travel and exploration, ‘the men who, like the obscure craftsmen that laboured on Westminster abbey, left behind them, not a name, but a monument.’ Among these are Samuel Hearne, in the employ of the Hudson bay company, who for four years prosecuted the search for a northwest passage under the most difficult conditions; Alexander Mackenzie, the first white man to cross the Rocky mountains; Ferdinand Baron von Wrangel, who made his way across Siberia; Benjamin Morrell, one of the earliest of Antarctic explorers; and Captain Robert Macguire, who had some exciting adventures among the Eskimos about the middle of the last century. The volume winds up with the discovery of the Franklin relics by McClintock and Hobson.”—Spec.
N. Y. Times. 14: 750. N. 27, ’09. 130w.
“Altogether, this is a most readable volume, and it leaves a pleasant flavour, which all Arctic stories certainly do not.”
+ Spec. 103: sup. 719. N. 6, ’09. 150w.