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Packard, Winthrop.[8] Wild pastures. **$1.20. Small.
9–16426.
A New England pasture is the haunt in which the author gains the nature impressions set down in these eleven essays. In the first he watches the “June morning miracle” of the coming of the dawn; then come the following chapters: Stalking the wild grape; The frog rendezvous; A butterfly chase; Down stream; Brook magic; In the Ponkapoag bogs; Some butterfly friends; The resting time of the birds; The pond at low tide; How the rain came.
“Worthy to stand beside the work of Burroughs, Torrey and Dallas Lore Sharp.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 47. O. ’09. ✠
“The book is satisfactory for not attempting too much, and accomplishing what it attempts delicately and well.”
+ Dial. 47: 76. Ag. 1, ’09. 230w.
“His eyes see much, as do the eyes of all who love nature; and he describes well.”
+ Ind. 67: 372. Ag. 12, ’09. 60w.
Page, Thomas Nelson.[11] John Marvel, assistant. †$1.50. Scribner.
9–28122.
“Mr. Thomas Nelson Page is not afraid of the melodrama, and he not only introduces this element generously but uses it effectively. He tells the story of a young Southerner who wastes his time and his early fortune at the university, speculates, gets heavily in debt, is jilted, goes west, opens an office as a lawyer in a rushing manufacturing town, promptly begins a new romance of the heart, and gets into serious complications with the politics and commercial element of the town. There is a strike involving various exciting incidents and a happy ‘dénouement.’ The story is told with spirit, and is the best that Mr. Page has written of late years.”—Outlook.
“Mr. Page rather subordinates the story of the discussion of corrupt civic conditions, and some of the characters are types, not persons.”
+ − A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 134. D. ’09. ✠
“A thoroughly readable novel, albeit one that exhibits several loose ends, and is rather disjointed in construction.” W: M. Payne.
+ − Dial. 47: 386. N. 16, ’09. 300w.
“Except that the unity of the story is somewhat destroyed by constant shifting from the first to the third person, the novel commands our attention and approval.”
+ − Lit. D. 39: 966. N. 27, ’09. 160w.
“This story is written in that florid and ingenious style which yet survives in Dixie. The multiplicity of minor characters and scenes gives an effect—kaleidoscopic, perhaps, rather than panoramic, but certainly a vivid presentation—of various aspects, social, moral, and political, of current American life.”
+ − Nation. 89: 541. D. 2, ’09. 350w.
“An interesting and straightforward story. A good deal of Mr. Page’s material is somewhat unconvincing and the story frequently has a tinge of conventional melodrama, but the scenes of the strike are effectively presented, and the novel has plenty of action to hold the reader’s interest.”
+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 636. O. 23, ’09. 420w.
N. Y. Times. 14: 650. O. 23, ’09. 70w.
+ Outlook. 93: 515. O. 30, ’09. 120w.
Page, Thomas Nelson. Robert E. Lee: the Southerner. **$1.50. Scribner.
8–30716.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
“Interesting as a eulogistic study from the southern viewpoint, but almost negligible as a biography.”
+ − A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 47. F. ’09.
“With the best of intentions he has written a biography of General Lee that would be admirable if it might be judged by the canons of fiction.”
+ − Nation. 88: 18. Ja. 7, ’09. 1100w.
“Mr. Page, writing with enthusiasm, writes also with spirit, and he has spared no pains to make his story what it should be. Unfortunately he has not much of the judicial temper.”
+ − Spec. 102: 467. Mr. 20, ’09. 200w.
Paget, Stephen.[5] Faith and works of Christian science; by the writer of “Confessio medici.” *$1.25. Macmillan.
9–10964.
The author of “Confessio medici” sets forth what he calls the fallacies of Christian science and shows that it is passing from consolidation to disintegration. The “unreality” theories which Christian scientists hold concerning matter, 342pain and disease he combats, often quoting and attempting to confound passages from “Science and health.” He discusses Mrs. Eddy, gives cases of healing and cases of failures to heal, and finally argues that common-sense and Christian science are incompatible.
Am. J. Theol. 13: 499. Jl. ’09. 100w.
A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 178. Je. ’09.
“The author is no dogmatist. This aspect of mind renders the book all the more convincing, and we feel sure that it may fill a useful place in refuting the pretensions of Christian ‘scientists.’” R. T. H.
+ Nature. 81: 513. O. 28, ’09. 530w.
+ Outlook. 93: 645. N. 20, ’09. 290w.
“He is not free from the besetting sin of controversialists, the sin of pressing his case too hard. His examination of the faith of Christian science might well have been softened and compressed; there is too much repetition, explanation, and exposure of the nonsense which it propounds as philosophy; it would have been more effective if the quotations had been longer and the comments shorter.”
+ − Sat. R. 108: 514. N. 6, ’09. 240w.
Paine, Ralph Delahaye.[11] Ships and sailors of old Salem: the record of a brilliant era of American achievement. *$3.50. McClurg.
9–16435.
From log books, sea journals, and other hitherto unpublished manuscripts have been gathered narratives of the first American voyages to Japan, India, the Philippines, Guam, Cape of Good Hope, Sumatra, Arabia and the South Seas. Between the years from the revolution to the war of 1812 the port of Salem was the most important seat of maritime enterprise in the new world; for here were the headquarters of a race of sailors who fostered the spirit of American commerce in its adventurous aspect. It is of these sailors and their achievements that the author writes.
“The maritime story of Salem is an epic, and one of the most interesting in American history; for Mr. Paine’s volume is not alone a study in Salem records, it is a valuable contribution to the national history. There are few more engaging books for a winter evening around the fire than this record of ‘the brave days of old.’” G: P. Upton.
+ Dial. 47: 451. D. 1, ’09. 1250w.
“Mr. Paine has extracted enough chronicles, narratives, descriptions, and statistics to fill a large volume, every page of which is alive with interest.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 718. N. 20, ’09. 830w.
“The book is a worthy memorial of bold and hardy seamen and of a great foreign commerce no longer carried on in American bottoms.”
+ Outlook. 93: 600. N. 13, ’09. 140w.
Palgrave, Francis Turner.[9] Golden treasury, selected from the best songs and lyrical poems in the English language and arranged with notes. $1.50. Macmillan.
A new one volume edition of Professor Palgrave’s “Golden treasury.” For the convenience of readers it is published in handy pocket form.
A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 147. D. ’09.
“The notes, a little cloying in style, display a good deal of knowledge and taste which was uncommon in former years, and now—partly, perhaps, through Palgrave’s efforts—seem like the endorsement of recognized reputations.”
+ − Ath. 1909, 2: 69. Jl. 17. 160w.
“It is the best selection of lyrics that we have despite the fact that the editor’s judgment did not in the second series display the unerring quality that was exemplified in the first.”
+ − Dial. 47: 290. O. 16, ’09. 50w.
+ Lit. D. 39: 542. O. 2, ’09. 50w.
+ Nation. 89: 282. S. 23, ’09. 100w.
Palmer, Abram Smythe. Ideal of a gentleman; or, A mirror for gentle folks; a portrayal in literature from the earliest times. **$1.50. Dutton.
“As the editor says, his anthology has become something like a ‘cyclopaedia of gentlehood,’ ranging over ‘a field of flowers so wide and extensive that it includes at one extreme the Egyptian moralist, Ptah-hotep, B. C. 3300, and at the other Mr. William Watson.’ The book is divided into sections devoted to various aspects of the subject—such as ‘The herald’s gentleman,’ ‘Wealth and work,’ ‘Manners and good breeding,’ ‘The poet’s gentleman,’—and each receives abundant illustration in the extracts which Dr. Palmer has gathered together.”—Spec.
“No better book of extracts can be imagined on the subject, and even the most miscellaneous of readers can hardly fail to find amongst its sources something new to him.”
+ Ath. 1908, 2: 818. D. 26. 200w.
“It is a sort of book that, while rather appalling in its entirety, is very pleasant to dip into at odd moments. And if the masculine rising generation could be induced to read a little of it every day it would doubtless have a desirable effect upon their manners and characters.”
+ N. Y. Times. 13: 802. D. 26, ’08. 200w.
“It is well worth looking into, if only for the amusement which it provides.”
+ Spec. 101: 630. O. 24, ’08. 1300w.
Palmer, George Herbert, and Palmer, Alice Freeman. The teacher: essays and addresses on education. **$1.50. Houghton.
8–32424.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 19. Ja. ’09.
“The entire volume has a breadth of view and of interest and a charm of style such as few books on education possess.”
+ Dial. 46: 22. Ja. 1, ’09. 350w.
+ Lit. D. 37: 986. D. 26, ’08. 50w.
“If Mr. Palmer’s ideas, however true and helpful, are not remarkably original or profound, they borrow some distinction from the medium through which they are put forth, a style of limpidity, suavity, and familiar elegance.”
+ Nation. 87: 630. D. 24, ’08. 650w.
“Illuminating volume.”
+ Outlook. 91: 381. F. 20, ’09. 280w.
R. of Rs. 39: 511. Ap. ’09. 60w.
“After having for years sent students and teachers to various magazine and pamphlet sources to work upon articles by Professor Palmer, the substance of which no one else has afforded us, we now have brought together those of his educational writings ‘which may have some claim to permanent interest.’” F. A. Manny.
+ School R. 17: 278. Ap. ’09. 550w.
Parabellum, pseud. Banzai! †$1.50. Baker.
9–965.
A story which grows “out of the looting of Japanese shops in San Francisco in 1907, and the voyage around the world made by the American fleet in 1908. It begins with a series of mysterious and totally unexpected attacks on Manila, on San Francisco, and other points along the Pacific coast, and ends with a great battle fought between the Japanese and American armies among the Blue mountains of Oregon.”—Bookm.
“While somewhat crude in literary expression and lacking in unity of treatment, it has considerable 343dash and vividness and holds one’s attention to the close.”
+ − A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 55. F. ’09. ✠
“Viewed apart from its political significance it will be found an exceedingly entertaining and spirited narrative that is second to none treating of the imaginary war of the future that has appeared since the late Frank R. Stockton published ‘The great war syndicate.’ But it is not easy to look at it purely as a work of fiction.” Beverly Stark.
+ Bookm. 28: 599. F. ’09. 1000w.
“It lacks unity, while the introduction of a new set of characters in nearly every chapter is confusing. The bringing about of more amicable relations between the two nations will hardly be accomplished by literature of this kind.”
− Lit. D. 38: 729. Ap. 24, ’09. 300w.
“The translator has done his work smoothly, but without quite ridding the text of a foreign flavor.”
+ − Nation. 88: 90. Ja. 28, ’09. 90w.
“The vision is quite vivid. So much so that even though you are not given to alarmist views on the so-called Yellow Peril, you may find yourself momentarily, at least, caught by the spell.”
+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 81. F. 13, ’09. 1900w.
N. Y. Times. 14: 377. Je. 12, ’09. 180w.
Parker, Edward Harper. Ancient China simplified. *$3. Dutton.
9–8736.
The author “has simplified ancient China and pictured the important phases of its life in a most satisfactory fashion. From his book it is possible to obtain fairly clear conceptions of China’s civilization, government, social customs, literary attainments, and religious conditions as far back as 872 years before Christ, and in these days, when China is of so much importance in the commercial and political worlds, no intelligent person can feel indifferent as to the past.”—N. Y. Times.
+ Ath. 1909, 1: 39. Ja. 9. 900w.
“We fear we have not found that the book fulfils the claim made by its title; but we gratefully acknowledge that, whatever the form of the work may leave to be desired, we have never seen collected together under one cover so much valuable information concerning the China of the past.” T. L. Bullock.
+ − Eng. Hist. R. 24: 107. Ja. ’09. 1700w.
“The present historian has unfortunately divested his story of about all the human touches which even the ancient sources contain, which is too bad.”
+ − Ind. 66: 324. F. 11, ’09. 220w.
“Though as a whole the book will appeal only to the special student, there is much of general interest in it.”
+ Nation. 88: 252. Mr. 11, ’09. 420w.
“An instructive and very interesting book.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 19. Ja. 9, ’09. 420w.
“The arrangement of the work is admirable, the chapters are brief, distinctly Chinese names are introduced gradually, and repetition is skillfully used as an aid to memory.”
+ Outlook. 90: 976. D. 26, ’08. 300w.
Parker, Eric. Highways and byways in Surrey. (Highways and byways ser.) $2. Macmillan.
8–37734.
Personal impressions unite with guide book material to produce a volume valuable for its descriptions of natural beauties, historic interests, and special plants and animals whose habitats are in these parts.
“Decidedly one of the best in this excellent series. Wherever you dip into Mr. Parker’s book you will find information pleasantly retailed, and we cannot discover that he misses much. He does not, however, seem to know the beautiful village of Felday.”
+ − Ath. 1909, 1: 158. F. 6. 750w.
“There is scarcely a note in English life which is not struck by Mr. Parker in his entertaining pages.”
+ Ind. 66: 539. Mr. 11, ’09. 370w.
“His record has all the leisureliness and lightness of the free pedestrian. Altogether it is delightful reading of its kind.”
+ Nation. 87: 574. D. 10, ’08. 280w.
“The sketches make it possible to appreciate the beauty of the highways and byways in Surrey without visiting them.”
+ Nature. 79: 158. D. 10, ’08. 120w.
“It would be a real service if such books as this were to set out half a dozen footpath plans of such districts, where the traveller, if he do but know how, may walk for days and scarcely set his foot upon the turnpike. Both the illustrator and the author give us so much to be grateful for that one would only mention the desire for a more definite sense of county character as a counsel of perfection.”
+ − Sat. R. 107: 80. Ja. 16, ’09. 1200w.
“A very charming book both to dip into and to read. The secret of that charm is largely to be found in the fact that the author has had a just understanding of the limits of his work, and, aiming neither too high nor too low, has exactly hit the mark.”
+ Spec. 102: 21. Ja. 2, ’09. 1400w.
Parker, George Augustus.[8] Out of the depths. $1.25. Reid pub.
8–34599.
By a curious coincidence here is a story of the same title as a recent one by George R. Varney. The latter refuted the claims of Christian science while this novel by Mr. Parker follows a young man’s restoration to health thru Christian science treatment.
“The story is fairly well written, but is incomparably inferior as literature and as romance to ‘Paul Anthony, Christian,’ which, in our judgment, is the best Christian science novel that has appeared. Quite beyond the author’s limitations as a writer of fiction, this volume contains elements of weakness for propaganda purposes that will make it, we think, of doubtful value.”
− + Arena. 41: 606. Ag. ’09. 480w.
“It is good enough as propagandism, but as fiction it is clumsy and futile in construction, uninteresting in its story, dull and stilted in style, and without merit in its depiction of character.”
− N. Y. Times. 14: 128. Mr. 6, ’09. 100w.
Parker, George F.[10] Recollections of Grover Cleveland. **$3. Century.
9–26972.
A biography of a thoroly personal character which is sympathetic and also exact. It begins with the boyhood days of Cleveland, passes in review his early struggles in Buffalo that shaped his democratic tendencies, deals with his long political service, and covers the closing days of his life at Princeton; it also includes an estimation of his place in history, and an appreciation of his achievements and character.
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 123. D. ’09.
“His book is judiciously and temperately written. It does not degenerate into mere eulogy. Nevertheless, it lacks a sense of proportion and does not bring a strong light to bear upon any particular phase of Mr. Cleveland’s character.” H. T. Peck.
+ − Bookm. 30: 391. D. ’09. 700w.
“Mr. Parker’s book is not intended as a formal biography, but it answers every purpose of a biography from the political side, and it presents the real Grover Cleveland with great skill.” C. H. Cooper.
+ Dial. 47: 382. N. 16, ’09. 1200w.
“This is the man whose life Mr. Parker traces, in a somewhat haphazard order at times, but lucidly and with knowledge of his subject. 344He is no Boswell, to ride roughshod over the sensibilities of the living.”
+ Ind. 67: 1315. D. 9, ’09. 1050w.
+ Lit. D. 39: 686. O. 23, ’09. 200w.
+ Lit. D. 39: 1078. D. 11, ’09. 150w.
“Although thoroughly reminiscential, the book is not light and gossipy, or of a newspaper or magazine flavor, but a careful presentment of a great public character as seen by his intimates. The tone and attitude throughout is admiring, respectful, almost reverential; and possibly the book is open to criticism on the score of not being sufficiently critical.”
+ − Nation. 89: 458. N. 11, ’09. 3200w.
“It is a revealing document which shows us a real man, idealized somewhat, but generally quite convincing, whose aims, ambitions, motives, habits of mind, mental calibre, methods of thought, moral standards, and personal life are plainly exhibited.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 605. O. 16, ’09. 1400w.
+ Outlook. 93: 805. D. 11, ’09. 1500w.
“Easily the most important volume of biography among the publications of the autumn season.”
+ R. of Rs. 40: 636. N. ’09. 190w.
Spec. 103: 797. N. 13, ’09. 380w.
Parker, Sir Gilbert.[10] Northern lights. †$1.50. Harper.
9–24321.
Fearlessly does the author handle a series of strong situations in this his recent book of seventeen short stories. They are tales of Canadian life, and fall into two groups: the first five are reminiscent of “border days and deeds,” “of days,” the author says, “before the great railway was built which changed a waste into a fertile field of civilization”; the remaining stories “cover the period passed since the Royal Northwest mounted police and the Pullman car first startled the pioneer, and sent him into the land of the farther north or drew him into the quiet circle of civic routine and humdrum occupation.”
“Virile and dramatic and have a decided charm; excellent for reading aloud.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 92. N. ’09. ✠
“Scarcely more than four [of the stories] show enough invention to be called successful, though the dialogue in them is vivacious and true to type.”
+ − Ath. 1909, 2: 423. O. 9. 240w.
“The be-all and the end-all of these tales does not lie in their chronicle of suffering and tragedy and brutal impulses, but rather in the unexpected gleams of kindness and mercy and human kinship that suddenly, in almost every one of the stories, diffuses a glow of tenderness that well justifies the symbolic title of ‘Northern lights.’” F: T. Cooper.
+ Bookm. 30: 281. N. ’09. 160w.
“Tales that are vigorous and strong and written in the manner the author had before his knighthood sweated so much of the pigment out of his life-colored words.”
+ − Ind. 67: 1262. D. 2, ’09. 370w.
“It seems pretty clear that Sir Gilbert has been persuaded to exhume these specimens of his early work for commercial reasons. The stories are not dull, they are as good as the ordinary specimens of their ‘genre.’”
+ − Nation. 89: 488. N. 18, ’09. 310w.
“Contains very little that can add to the reputation of Sir Gilbert Parker. The material is such that a very poor story teller may not quite spoil it.”
+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 607. O. 16, ’09. 300w.
“A better or stronger volume of short stories has not been published for a long time.”
+ Outlook. 93: 317. O. 9, ’09. 160w.
“The most interesting feature of these stories, from a literary point of view, is the easy sureness and truth of their outlines. There is not a finished picture among them, but there is not a sketch that does not afford a finely finished picture.”
+ Sat. R. 108: 445. O. 9, ’09. 800w.
“A collection of stories, told with Sir Gilbert Parker’s wonted power.”
+ Spec. 103: 610. O. 16, ’09. 30w.
Parker, Lottie Blair.[6] Homespun: a story of some New England folk. †$1.50. Holt.
9–14824.
With a New England village for a setting the author portrays intimately several distinct types of its inhabitants. There are two brothers between whom exists a feud over the line which divides their respective farms; there is a meek and long suffering sister who knuckles down to the abuse put upon her by the wife of one of the brothers; there is the wife herself who sends her boy, the idol of her heart, to medical college and sees him turned out a trickster; there is the patient manly fellow who achieves self-made distinction; there is the village justice who fully lives up to his calling; and there is the fine-spirited heroine besides other clearly drawn and true-to-life characters.
“An engaging story.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 56. O. ’09.
“The story is pleasantly sentimental and entertaining throughout.” W: M. Payne.
+ Dial. 47: 183. S. 16, ’09. 160w.
“A story which, with all its crudeness, has its engaging features.”
− + Nation. 89: 212. S. 2, ’09. 380w.
“It is a fine study of rustic life, full of Yankee humor. The characters are well drawn and easily recognized as products of the soil. And in the development of the plot, the author has shown skill in working out her story.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 377. Je. 12, ’09. 200w.
“By the author of the successful plays ‘Way down East’ and ‘Under Southern skies,’ and presumably that is why it has been published, for there is no other discoverable reason apparent as you read it.”
− N. Y. Times. 14: 492. Ag. 14, ’09. 300w.
Parkin, George Robert.[5] Sir John A. Macdonald. (Makers of Canada.) Morang & co., Toronto.
8–6972.
Throws less light upon private life than upon “the dominant part that was played in the creation and building up of the young Dominion.” (Nation.) The author’s “business is with the larger issues, the wider atmosphere, in which the statesman moved who, more than any one else, embodied the spirit and purpose of the Canadian people.” (Ath.)
“An admirable proportion is maintained in the treatment of the different periods. The manner and style of the volume are worthy of its subject.”
+ Ath. 1909, 1: 524. My. 1. 880w.
“Of the twenty-odd volumes so far issued in the ‘Makers of Canada’ series, this life of Macdonald stands easily among the best. Dr. Parkin has avoided many of the faults of earlier volumes, and has given us a thoroughly sane, reasonably impartial, and very readable biography of the Canadian statesman.”
+ Nation. 86: 447. My. 14, ’08. 1400w.
“There is, of course, in this volume much that an English reader will find it difficult to appreciate. There are some things which he will hardly understand.”
+ − Spec. 103: sup. 492. O. 2, ’09. 290w.
Parkinson, Edward Kneeland.[9] Guide to the country home. *$1. Outing pub.
9–28785.
A practical discussion of such subjects relating to the country home as the choice of a location, winter planning, tools, stock and its treatment, crops, and how to plant them, the 345orchard, the market garden, the kitchen garden, bees, trees, lawns and shrubbery, and the harvest.
“It gives distinctly practical advice on a great variety of important items.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 592. O. 9, ’09. 150w.
Parmelee, Maurice. Principles of anthropology and sociology in their relations to criminal procedure. (Citizens lib. of economics, politics, and sociology.) *$1.25. Macmillan.
8–22622.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
“The argument is too clear and convincing to be ignored and it will make its appeal to all lawyers who have any insight whatever into the modern requirements in respect to the treatment of criminals.” C. R. Henderson.
+ Am. J. Soc. 14: 548. Ja. ’09. 180w.
“The discussion is solid, the author’s viewpoint usually sane. Unfortunately there is no index. Mr. Parmelee is to be congratulated for having covered so large a field in a manner so satisfactory.” Carl Kelsey.
+ − Ann. Am. Acad. 33: 215. Ja. ’09. 580w.
“All of this manifestation of deficiency in philosophy, psychology and the fundamental principles of science is very unfortunate, because it discounts what the author says in regard to some practical problems in criminology. Among those well worthy the careful attention of those in authority are his discussions of individualization of punishment, the criminal law, and his criticism of the jury system.” F. W. Collier.
+ − Arena. 41: 394. Mr. ’09. 780w.
“In his suggestions for the reform of criminal procedure Mr. Parmelee has put his finger on most of the weak points of the present system. He has perhaps passed over with too slight emphasis two of its most conspicuous shortcomings, the abuse of appeals and the exaggerated part played by the lawyer in criminal trials in America.” U. G. Weatherly.
+ − Econ. Bull. 1: 344. D. ’08. 520w.
“This work will be particularly welcome to the student of comparative criminal procedure.”
+ Pol. Sci. Q. 24: 178. Mr. ’09. 220w.
“Space does not permit of pointing to a few minor inaccuracies in Mr. Parmelee’s text. The book is certainly one of the most important contributions to the subject which has ever appeared in English, and we know of no other work which has so carefully gone over the whole field in review. It is commended to the careful attention alike of lawyer, social worker, legislator, teacher and intelligent layman.” F. M. McLean.
+ + − Survey. 23: 97. O. 16. ’09. 1700w.
“The volume is an exceedingly interesting and accurate summary of the results of the studies of European criminologists and of existing systems of procedure. Such works are needed.” Mason Trowbridge.
+ Yale R. 17: 457. F. ’09. 430w.
Parr, Harriet (Holme Lee, pseud.). Legends from fairyland. †$1.50. Lippincott.
W9–177.
“Contains many real, old-fashioned legends from fairyland. The history of Prince Glee and Princess Trill, the cruel persecutions of Aunt Spite, and the adventures of other dwellers in fairyland are told for children, with the accompanying necessities of moral lessons. The pictures and many decorative devices are by R. L. and H. J. Knowles, who have resorted to the unusual expedient of giving an exhaustive table of contents, assigning each tiny drawing to one or other of the two artists.”—Outlook.
N. Y. Times. 13: 756. D. 5, ’08. 110w.
Outlook. 91: 108. Ja. 16, ’09. 80w.
Parrish, Randall.[11] My lady of the South: a story of the civil war. †$1.50. McClurg.
9–26140.
Although this is a war-time story the interest centers about the Southern home of old Judge Dunn with its mysterious passages and sliding fire place, while the bitter feud between two old families is the cause of much dramatic complication. There are strange murders, always done in the dark, and the terrible face of a crazed woman which appears and disappears. Thru it all runs the thread of romance until the gallant Northern officer, having shown himself both brave and honorable, wins my lady of the South.
Parry, Sir Charles Hubert H.[12] Johann Sebastian Bach. **$3.50. Putnam.
9–30624.
“Bach’s temperament and character, his deep religious feeling, all his impulses and energies, went to the creation of music, the development of its powers of expression, the discovery of its possibilities, so far as they could be realized in his day, and in all this Sir Hubert is his biographer, indeed. Thus does he lead us to see the man as well as the musician, and his analysis of the period that prepared his coming, that called for it, is a model of exposition.”—Ind.
“Is first of all, and most of the time, a book for musicians, to be recommended to scholarly conductors, who will find in it a rich fund of helpful suggestion. The book has also the distinction of its author’s wider culture, his wider outlook on the life of art.”
+ Ind. 67: 1141. N. 18, ’09. 290w.
“Dr. Parry’s own researches into the history of music and musical personalities have made him pre-eminently the person to write the life story of such a great personality.”
+ R. of Rs. 40: 757. D. ’09. 130w.
Parsons, Mrs. Florence Mary (Mrs. Clement Parsons).[12] Incomparable Siddons. **$3.50. Putnam.
A work that “throws all the known traits, professional and private, of Mrs. Siddons, into bold relief, and so recreates, as it were, an extinct personality. This constitutes its salient merit and charm. It recalls the almost unanimous testimony of credible eye-witnesses to the regal beauty, the matchless grace and dignity, the melting pathos, and the majestic passion of this queen of the tragic stage.”—Nation.
“Mrs. Clement Parsons has got together a great amount of entertaining matter relating to the English stage of a century and more ago, the histrionically gifted Kemble family, and the brightly shining light of that family, Mrs. Sarah Kemble Siddons. The lack of any recent and detailed work on her chosen subject makes her book timely and acceptable.”
+ Dial. 47: 512. D. 16, ’09. 250w.
“This latest work by Mrs. Parsons exhibits all the characteristics that distinguished her ‘Garrick and his circle.’ The book will not only prove a boon to the ordinary reader, but a valuable aid to the more deliberate student of theatrical affairs. It is a full and good book which no student of theatrical literature can afford to neglect.”
+ Nation. 89: 579. D. 9, ’09. 1050w.
“Mrs. Clement Parsons’ biography is painstaking, and, as far as we have tested it, accurate, and may be commended to those who wish to know more of the woman who ruled the English stage for thirty years.”
+ Sat. R. 108: 665. N. 27. ’09. 900w.
Parsons, Frank.[6] Choosing a vocation. *$1. Houghton.
9–14718.
A study of the problems involved in the choice of a vocation solved in a careful, scientific way with emphasis upon one’s “aptitudes, abilities, ambitions, resources and limitations and the relations of these elements to the conditions of success in different industries.” 346The three general headings of the treatment are: The personal investigation; The industrial investigation; The organization and the work. The second part contains an elaborate scheme for personal record and self-analysis.
A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 178. Je. ’09. ✠
“To educators and others who share the responsibility of directing young persons to select a profession or trade the book will amply repay study.”
+ Cath. World. 90: 114. O. ’09. 350w.
“The book is well worthy the careful reading and thoughtful consideration of every man and woman who has to face the choice of workers in any field of life or upon whom devolves the duty and privilege of assisting anyone to choose a vocation.”
+ Engin. N. 62: sup. 35. O. 14, ’09. 400w.
+ Ind. 67: 257. Jl. 29, ’09. 160w.
“It will be found useful to parents as well as to their children and indeed to all whose privilege and responsibility it is to direct the lives and prescribe the careers of the coming men and women of the country.”
+ Lit. D. 39: 542. O. 2. ’09. 100w.
“A very important portion of Prof. Parsons’s book is that in which he illustrates his methods by citing sample cases. These citations are both interesting and instructive.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 400. Je. 26, ’09. 500w.
Partridge, Anthony. The distributors. †$1.50. McClure.
8–28064.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
“A strange, clever, impossible sort of story with a curiously warped sense of right and wrong.” F: T. Cooper.
+ − Bookm. 28: 588. F. ’09. 410w.
“There are numerous thrills in the fantastic romance, and much sprightliness of dialogue.” W: M. Payne.
+ Dial. 46: 85. F. 1, ’09. 230w.
“Mr. Anthony Partridge’s story is as startling as it is dangerously suggestive. The idle rich should avoid it as offering a peculiar temptation to them in particular.”
− Ind. 66: 487. Mr. 4, ’09. 260w.
Partridge, Anthony.[6] Kingdom of earth. †$1.50. Little.
9–13542.
A story of love and revolution involving an American college woman educated at Wellesley, and a European crown prince, who permitting a profligate foster brother to scamper about Paris incognito, and to be taken for himself, was hated by the ruler, his uncle, no less than by the people of the kingdom. He started a socialist campaign, placed before the people ideas of democracy, helped them to establish a republic, all unknown and unappreciated until he had very nearly lost his life at the hands of the mob.
A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 28. S. ’09.
“A book that will hold the attention of the class of readers who are endowed with a love of the spectacular, and do not bind their favorite author to a strict account regarding the unities or the probabilities.”
+ − Cath. World. 89: 824. S. ’09. 200w.
Reviewed by W: M. Payne.
Dial. 47: 47. Jl. 16, ’09. 270w.
“Mr. Partridge’s central idea is a novel one and he has worked it out skillfully, leading the reader on from chapter to chapter with new complications and mysteries and perils and adventures growing more and more exciting.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 355. Je. 5, ’09. 380w.
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 377. Je. 12, ’09. 200w.
Patmore, K. A.[11] Court of Louis XIII. **$3.50. Brentano’s.
A sketch that shows the power of Richelieu as contrasted with the loutishness and degeneracy of the king. “The book is more an endeavor to give us the atmosphere and color of the time and court than a collection of facts and dates. These are by no means lacking, but it is not they that keep the reader eagerly turning the pages.” (N. Y. Times.)
“Mrs. Patmore evidently takes great interest in her subject, and has studied all the best sources with care; so that her book has freshness and an air of accurate presentment.”
+ Ath. 1909, 2: 353. S. 25. 1500w.
“It is a picturesque and engaging account of this reign within a reign.” Hildegarde Hawthorne.
+ N. Y. Times. 14; 634. O. 23, ’09. 210w.
“We may say at once that the author of this book does not always show the discretion which the subject imperatively demands. The book, however, has great merits. No pains have been spared in making it complete; the men and women of the time are lifelike as they are made to move before us; we carry away with us a vivid picture of the time.”
+ − Spec. 103: 464. S. 25, ’09. 400w.
Paton, Lewis Bayles.[5] Critical and exegetical commentary on the book of Esther. (The international critical commentary.) **$2.25. Scribner.
8–30156.
“Contains—excluding the indices—306 pages, 118 of which are devoted to introductory matters, the rest to the detailed comments.... The detailed comments are sane, cautious, and complete, meeting the needs of the student who desires an adequate knowledge of the narrative of Esther.... The introductory material is discussed under five general heads. Under the first the author indicates the various positions assigned to Esther in Hebrew and Greek manuscripts, and in printed editions of the Old Testament. The text as found in different Hebrew and Greek recensions is treated at length in the succeeding section.... The remaining three sections deal with questions of higher criticism, canonicity, and the history of interpretation from the earliest times to the year 1908.”—Bib. World.
“The commentary places within the reach of every English reader a sane, competent, and scholarly guide to the best that is known concerning the book of which it treats, and ought to find a place in the library of every student of the Bible.” G: A. Barton.
+ Am. J. Theol. 13: 286. Ap. ’09. 720w.
“Characterized by scholarship and sanity; it is indispensable to the close student of this biblical romance.”
+ Bib. World. 32: 438. D. ’08. 20w.
“The reader may hesitate at times to follow Professor Paton all the way, but no one who desires to understand the Book of Esther can afford to disregard this volume, for undoubtedly it is without equal in the English language, and in many respects it is superior to commentaries in other languages.” F: C. Eiselen.
+ + − Bib. World. 33: 131. F. ’09. 1200w.
Paton, Lewis Bayles.[9] Recent Christian progress: studies in Christian thought and work during the last seventy-five years. *$3. Macmillan.
9–22199.
Studies prepared by professors and alumni of Hartford theological seminary in celebration of its seventy-fifth anniversary. May 24–26, 1909. They are grouped under preliminary studies, Old Testament, New Testament, church history, systematic theology, the modern churches, church work, allied agencies, home missions, and foreign missions.
“Some of the essays are necessarily fragmentary contributions to the subjects, but the volume is valuable as indicating to the student 347where to look for further information, as showing drifts and as illustrating the productive scholarship of Hartford seminary.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 82. N. ’09.
Bib. World. 34: 431. D. ’09. 60w.
“As the essays cover the whole theological and religious field there is something for all tastes, and we commend it as a comprehensive sort of encyclopedia, in which the reader can trust his informants.”
+ Ind. 67: 828. O. 7, ’09. 150w.
+ Nation. 89: 491. N. 18, ’09. 90w.
Patten, Simon Nelson.[6] Product and climax. (Art of life ser.) *50c. Huebsch.
9–15869.
A little book of definite sociological interest to the settlement worker. It is a study of the laborer’s social unrest in which the lecturer finds wanting a proper balance between action and toil, resulting in the product, and reaction in enjoyment and recreation—the climax of satisfaction. The causes of unrest are analyzed and a cure is suggested which will bring about the right relation between work and play.
“The new basis [of civilization] apart, Prof. Patten has some very valuable and striking ideas.”
+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 462. Jl. 31, ’09. 550w.
Survey. 22: 344. Je. 5, ’09. 500w. (Quoted paragraphs from the book.)
Patterson, John Henry.[12] In the grip of the nyika; further adventures in British East Africa. $2. Macmillan.
9–30334.
A “plain account” of the trials and adventures that befell the author on two expeditions thru the nyika, or wilderness, in British East Africa. Alternately at the mercy of wild men and wild beasts, the author’s narrative reflects the strain put upon a mind tense with alertness. The illustrations are from the author’s own photographs.
Patterson, Rev. M. W.[12] History of the Church of England. *$2. Longmans.
A work of moderate size whose point of view is that of a strong churchman agreeing with the leaders of the Oxford movement that “the church is a substantive body, independent of the state, with rights, privileges, and title-deeds of its own.” The author does not minimize the effects of the reformation altho he believes that its course was marred by evils. The work is a history written in the light of modern understanding.
“The Rev. M. W. Patterson makes no claim of original research, yet it is an uncommonly good summary. The author’s point of view is that of a moderate Anglican, and the treatment is characterized throughout by fairness and self-restraint. The eighteenth century fares very badly. Taken as a whole, however, the book is one of the best, as it is one of the most readable, of the many brief histories of the English church.”
+ − Nation. 89: 519. N. 25, ’09. 230w.
“The work is well thought out and proportioned, as far as it goes. We could wish that the manner were always worthy of the matter.”
+ − Sat. R. 107: 788. Je. 19, ’09. 600w.
“Generally he steers with success the middle course, and may be relied upon for impartial judgment and a reasonable estimate of doubtful personalities and causes.”
+ Spec. 103: 136. Jl. 24, ’09. 670w.
Pauer, Ernst. Musical forms. (Music students’ lib.) 75c. Ditson.
Gives a clear explanation of the various forms used in vocal and instrumental music such as anthem, mass, oratorio, passion music, chorale, aria, chorus, cantata, song, ballad, madrigal, opera, prelude, toccata, invention, fugue, symphony, sonata, quartet, caprice, fantasia, and dance forms, classical and modern.
+ Nation. 88: 96. Ja. 28, ’09. 140w.
Paul-Dubois, Louis F. A. Contemporary Ireland; ed. by T. M. Kettle. **$2. Baker.
9–2601.
“Represents an attempt of a mind, at once scientific and imaginative, to see Ireland steadily and to see it whole.” The author “begins his work with an historical introduction, filling about ninety pages, in which he gives a remarkably lucid and sympathetic outline of the history of Ireland as diverted from normal channels, first by the Viking invasion and then by English conquests and government.... He then proceeds to a study of political and social conditions, material decadence, and the possibilities of a regeneration of Ireland. In conclusion he asserts that Ireland has now reached a turning-point in her history, and that her future, whether it shall be one of decay or of regeneration, ‘depends upon the direction she takes and the effort she puts forth.’” (Lit. D.)
“A scholarly sympathetic study of Irish history and conditions.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 107. Ap. ’09.
“His book is thus valuable as a compendium, an encyclopædic reference ready for the student seeking the original sources of Irish history. What one deplores is that the journalistic plan of the book works ill to its most vital topic—the regenerative influences now in progress in Ireland.” Ellen FitzGerald.
+ − Dial. 46: 80. F. 1, ’09. 1800w.
“Mr. Kettle praises this introduction warmly, and most readers will share in his enthusiasm.”
+ Lit. D. 37: 986. D. 26, ’08. 600w.
Nation. 88: 384. Ap. 15, ’09. 100w.
N. Y. Times. 14: 8. Ja. 2, ’09. 600w.
“We cannot quite accept the translator’s very high estimate of its value, for it shows little insight into the social conditions of modern Ireland. But as a political study it was well worth translation, and it has been very well rendered.”
+ − Sat. R. 107: 142. Ja. 30, ’09. 1500w.
Payne-Gallwey, Sir Ralph.[7] History of the “George” worn on the scaffold by Charles I. $2.50. Longmans.
A narrative based upon the author’s theory concerning the disposition of “George”—the medallion of the Order of the garter—which Charles I wore at the time of his execution. History states that the exiled Stuarts had it. “But for certain ingenious and, in the main, convincing reasons Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey concludes that this was not the ‘George’ which Charles wore, but that the latter passed to one of the king’s guards, Colonel Thomlinson, thence to the Parliamentary commissioners, was bought from them by one Widmore, probably acting for Thomlinson, was returned to Charles II by Thomlinson’s sister, and is now in Windsor castle.” (Am. Hist. R.)
“Few who pick up the attractive little book which embodies this excursion into history and antiquarianism are likely to lay it down unread. The essay it contains is at once a very pretty piece of historical method and, to one interested in such things, an interesting story.”
+ Am. Hist. R. 14: 851. Jl. ’09. 320w.
+ Ath. 1909, 2: 132. Jl. 31. 750w.
N. Y. Times. 14: 134. Mr. 6, ’09. 240w.
Payot, Jules.[12] Education of the will; tr. from the French by Smith Ely Jelliffe. **$1.50. Funk.
9–29208.
A French work that has run thru twenty-seven editions since 1893. Under the heading “Theoretical section” the author presents in a preliminary discussion the evils to be overcome, the aim to pursue and false theories of the education of the will; next, he devotes a section to the psychology of the will; and third, treats the internal measures; under the heading, “Practical section,” are two divisions treating respectively, private meditations—the enemies 348to combat—and the sources of our environment. His work combines scientific authority and practical common sense.
“It is a necessary work for up-to-date teachers and physicians. It will also interest the intelligent public in general.”
+ Lit. D. 39: 1078. D. 11, ’09. 40w.
Peabody, Cecil Hobart, and Miller, Edward Furber. Steam-boilers. 2d ed., rev. and enl. $4. Wiley.
8–31132.
For this second edition each chapter has been rewritten and brought down to date. A chapter on superheaters has been added. The following subjects are treated: Types of boilers; Superheaters; Fuel and combustion; Corrosion and incrustation; Settings, furnaces and chimneys; Power of boilers; Staying and other details; Strength of boilers; Boiler accessories; Shop practice; Testing boilers; Boiler design.
A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 122. Ap. ’09.
“While written primarily for the use of students, it will be found valuable as a guide to approved practice by engineers interested in steam-power production.”
+ Engin. D. 5: 56. Ja. ’09. 200w.
“A fault shared by many books on technical subjects, is found in parts of this book, in that specific directions and statements are set forth as of general application, which in reality apply only in special cases. Their book is carefully written, and the few points open to criticism do not affect the value of the book to any serious extent.” C. C. Thomas.
+ − Engin. N. 61: sup. 16. F. 18, ’09. 1200w.
+ Engin. Rec. 59: 111. Ja. 23, ’09. 300w.
Peabody, Josephine Preston (Mrs. Lionel S. Marks).[12] Piper. **$1.10. Houghton.
9–29824.
A poetic drama based upon the old legend of the “Pied piper” but enriched and spiritualized by modern thought and symbolism. The piper, true to the legend, lures the children away, but only to a cave where he holds simple court and provides rare entertainment for them. He is an idealist whose sole mission is that of releasing from bondage; when the daughter of the mayor of Hamlin is to be sacrificed as a nun to an outraged Heaven, his magic pipe rescues her for her lover; when the grief of the stricken mother of a child whom he lured away becomes an illumination to him of the unconquerable mother love, he yields his scheme of vengeance and leads the children home, and fares forth on the high-road to pipe elsewhere.
“This is a little poetic play of uncommon quality, having distinct literary and dramatic value.”
+ Nation. 89: 606. D. 16, ’09. 500w.
“It yields abundant pleasure to the reader, but it bears every evidence of having been written for the stage, and on the stage its full beauty would be made manifest.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 760. D. 4, ’09. 850w.
“A play of fresh feeling and of original conception and charm of manner.”
+ Outlook. 93: 651. N. 27, ’09. 100w.
Peake, Arthur Samuel.[12] Christianity: its nature and its truth. **$1.25. Crowell.
“Dr. Arthur S. Peake, D. D., of the University of Manchester, takes up, in his book, ‘Christianity, its nature and its truth,’ the questions that seem to be characteristic of the times, and attempts to distinguish what is transient from what is permanent in Christian doctrine. Some readers will feel that the author is too easily satisfied with the answers he finds; but many will have clearer ideas as a consequence of their reading.”—Outlook.
“His point of view is essentially orthodox, notwithstanding his wide departure from traditional methods of interpretation.”
+ Bib. World. 34: 288. O. ’09. 70w.
“His results are distinctly conservative, but conservatism does not mean with him either a lack of scholarship or a lack of sympathy with present thought.” E. S. Drown.
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 722. N. 20, ’09. 150w.
“Dr. Peake has the uncommon gift of seeing clearly and putting strongly the arguments which he undertakes to answer. His frankness and freedom from dogmatism will win many whom the forceful assertions and formal reasoning of others have failed to persuade.”
+ Outlook. 93: 832. D. 11, ’09. 170w.
Peck, Ellen Mary H. (Mrs. James Sidney Peck). Travels in the Far East. *$3. Mrs. James S. Peck, 5 Waverley pl., Milwaukee, Wis.
9–5984.
The record of a nine months’ tour around the world including Egypt, Northern India, Burma, Southern India, Ceylon, Malay peninsula, Java, Siam, Southern China, Japan, Northern China, Manchuria and Korea. The work is a succession of word pictures, supplemented generously by reproduced photographs, abounding in description of places and people, institutions and industries, customs and manners, with here and there bits of history and traditional lore. Mrs. Peck’s book is of value to the travel student because of the record’s manifest fidelity to facts.
“Presents in a pleasing manner a series of interesting first impressions.”
+ Ann. Am. Acad. 34: 430. S. ’09. 100w.
“The reader will not find an excess of detail nor a burden of historical facts, but he will find enough of both to appreciate Mrs. Peck’s progress.” H. E. Coblentz.
+ Dial. 46: 366. Je. 1, ’09. 220w.
“The great attraction of the work is its wealth of beautiful and well-chosen illustrations.”
+ Nation. 88: 384. Ap. 15, ’09. 200w.
Peck, Harry Thurston.[7] Studies in several literatures. **$1.20. Dodd.
9–13530.
Contains twelve essays covering a range of books and authors from Homer to Conan Doyle. Contents: The Odyssey; Alciphron; Milton; The lyrics of Tennyson; Longfellow; Poe as a story-writer; Hawthorne and “The scarlet letter”; Emerson; Thackeray and “Vanity fair”; Anthony Trollope; Émile Zola; Tolstoi’s “Anna Karénina”; Alphonse Daudet’s masterpiece “Sapho”; The detective story; The psychology of the printed page.
“Offer little that is original or suggestive in the way of interpretation but are entertaining reading for those who enjoy the author’s breezy and confident style.”
+ − A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 48. O. ’09.
“When you agree with him, he is delightfully informing, intelligent, perspicuous; when he runs counter to your own likes and dislikes he is unaccountably perverse, even irritating. Then he becomes dogmatic and opinionated.” Ward Clark.
+ − Bookm. 29: 529. Jl. ’09. 920w.
“If we may judge from these ‘studies,’ Professor Peck is not a student in the ordinary sense; he is one who picks up commonplaces about people and things, and expresses them in a smart and chirpy style which furnishes his readers a moderate degree of entertainment.”
− Dial. 47: 74. Ag. 1, ’09. 300w.
“The essays are all readable, being light, anecdotic, and allusive. What will prove to be newest to the ordinary reader, for whom they 349are undoubtedly intended, is the treatment of Greek and Roman novelists.”
+ Lit. D. 39: 354. S. 4, ’09. 170w.
“They are of some little value to students of the authors mentioned, but to people who have the habit of thinking for themselves they are unsatisfactory.”
+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 429. Jl. 10, ’09. 350w.
Peixotto, Ernest Clifford.[11] Through the French provinces. **$2.50. Scribner.
9–27597.
“We thought ourselves perfectly familiar with the beauties and picturesqueness of the French chateaux, did we not? Well, Mr. Peixotto has rediscovered others, famous once, forgotten now—Vaux-le-Vicomte, Courances, and Fleury-en-Bière—all three of them easily reached, in the neighborhood of Fontainebleau. Here is a suggestion capable of infinite expansion, but there are others in this book, which is one long invitation, extended with contagious enthusiasm, to go wandering by autoboat and autocar, around Paris.”—Ind.
“The ‘rôle’ of author-illustrator is a difficult one, too often played badly; but Mr. Ernest Peixotto is competent for it, as he proves anew by his skilful conduct of his readers.”
+ Dial. 47: 461. D. 1, ’09. 250w.
“Mr. Peixotto does not forget, in his enthusiasm, to be practical in his rôle as guide. His drawings are a delight, of course.”
+ Ind. 67: 1042. N. ’09. 150w.
“Were not this record of travel reenforced by very charming sketches it would be more or less unimportant. The style is fluent; but the drawings are a sufficient justification. Here Mr. Peixotto is individual and charming and his book will be valued for these graphic representations of a land of romance.”
+ − Lit. D. 39: 786. N. 6, ’09. 270w.
“Mr. Peixotto has a fluent style and his pictures are at once graphic, individual, and charming.”
+ Lit. D. 39: 1079. D. 11, ’09. 120w.
“Mr. Peixotto’s pen-drawings are vibrant as always, carry a discreet elimination very far, and gain thereby in picturesqueness and essential truthfuless to effect.”
+ Nation. 89: 569. D. 9, ’09. 110w.
+ R. of Rs. 40: 760. D. ’09. 40w.
Pelzer, Louis.[7] Augustus Caesar Dodge. $2. State historical society, Iowa City, Ia.
9–4597.
Belongs to the “Iowa biographical series.” “There is not much to be said about Augustus Caesar Dodge as a national figure. He was essentially a commonplace man, possessing neither originality nor marked political talent. But as the representative of the territory and state of Iowa, he is not uninteresting.... Mr. Pelzer records the political revolution of 1854 which broke the Democratic ascendency in Iowa and prevented the re-election of Dodge to the Senate; but he has given no adequate explanation of the revulsion of popular sentiment in a constituency which has hitherto been staunchly Democratic.” (Am. Hist. R.)
“Within the somewhat narrow limits of his task, Mr. Pelzer exhibits great industry.” Allen Johnson.
+ Am. Hist. R. 14: 857. Jl. ’09. 300w.
“The State historical society of Iowa is performing a distinct service in publishing this series of biographies.”
+ Ann. Am. Acad. 33: 723. My. ’09. 60w.
Pemberton, Max. Show girl.[7] †$1. Winston.
9–16437.
A story set in the Latin quarter of Paris “which tells in letters the story of an idle Englishman’s love for a Parisian dancer, virtuous amid doubtful associates, and of mysterious parentage. A hypocritical clergyman’s hunger for income at the hero’s expense provides some cheap amusement; and an impulsive Irishman is an attractive figure.” (Ath.)
“The melodramatic part of the tale, which includes a murder, is only moderately interesting.”
+ − Ath. 1909, 1: 526. My. 1. 60w.
“It has plenty of plot, young, healthful sentiment, and is told in the form of letters, a rather unnecessary form, one would think, were it not handled with considerable cleverness.”
+ Ind. 67: 40. Jl. 1, ’09. 40w.
“His tale is squarely addressed to the audience which loves to hear of students’ balls, cocottes, grisettes, and the Moulin rouge.”
− Nation. 89: 122. Ag. 5, ’09. 250w.
“Mr. Pemberton has the knack of inventing incidents and adventures which amuse and please. He has chosen one of the most lively themes for the exercise of his gifts.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 377. Je. 12, ’09. 130w.
“The manner in which the story is told is fresh and entertaining, while its varied array of incidents is well spiced with mystery, danger, and desperate wickedness.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 420. Jl. 3, ’09. 330w.
Pendred, Vaughan. Railway locomotive. *$2. Van Nostrand.
9–7591.
“The book is distinctly a descriptive review of the locomotive engine as a working machine, and shows the relations of its design and construction to the conditions under which it works. It presents the general principles embodied in the engine, together with some of the special features of its construction.... The author omits all matters of history and also the development of various types, but discusses the locomotive engine from three points of view: (1) as a vehicle; (2) as a steam generator; (3) as a steam engine.”—Engin. N.
“This book does not consist of mere dry bones of technical terms, but possesses great interest. It is, on the whole, well and clearly written, though the author seems to have forgotten to tell us how the return motion of the papercylinder on the indicator is obtained.”
+ − Ath. 1909, 1: 589. My. 15. 520w.
+ Engin. D. 5: 171. F. ’09. 250w.
“The book is written in an interesting manner, and is very far from being a dry ‘treatise.’ It certainly gives to the engineering reader and the student a better general idea of the locomotive and its work than is given in many a book of greater pretensions.”
+ Engin. N. 61: sup. 7. Ja. 14, ’09. 1100w.
“If it is the intention of our author to describe the locomotive as it is for the benefit of engineers not of the locomotive variety, then he is to be congratulated upon having produced an interesting and useful volume, and one likely to fulfil the object he has in view. Locomotive engineers will do well to find a place for it in their libraries.”
+ Nature. 79: 305. Ja. 14, ’09. 930w.
Pennell, Elizabeth Robins (Mrs. Joseph Pennell).[12] French cathedrals, monasteries and abbeys and sacred sites of France. **$5. Century.
9–29391.
A beautiful book in which the French cathedral and associated structures are set forth in some four hundred pages of text accompanied by one hundred and eighty-three reproduced drawings and sketches by Joseph Pennell. The architectural route has been covered leisurely during the past quarter century, which, beginning in the cities of Provence, was continued to other centers of the Romanesque in France—to cities in Aquitane, the far north, Auvergne and Languedoc. Then followed the journeys to 350the Gothic churches—from Albi to Paris, from Bourges to Beauvais, from Chartres and Le Mans to Laon and Rheims, from Amiens to Rouen.
“Less useful for reference or club work than Perkins’ ‘French cathedrals and chateaux’ or Wilson’s ‘Cathedrals of France.’”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 123. D. ’09.
“Rarely does one find such fascinating pages on architecture. Tenderness with discrimination, enthusiasm with understanding—these are in every line, in every stroke of it.” Algernon Tassin.
+ Bookm. 30: 349. D. ’09. 520w.
+ Dial. 47: 459. D. 1, ’09. 600w.
“It must be read to be appreciated and he who does so will be well repaid.”
+ Lit. D. 39: 1079. D. 11, ’09. 220w.
“The total impression one carries away from the reading of her handsomely got-up book is of enthusiasm for beautiful and venerable places and monuments.”
+ Nation. 89: 569. D. 9, ’09. 400w.
“Mr. Pennell has done imperishable work in this great and beautiful volume on the French cathedrals.”
+ No. Am. 190: 842. D. ’09. 140w.
“Among the elegantly printed and illustrated descriptive volumes of travel in modern and medieval France probably the most noteworthy is this one.”
+ R. of Rs. 40: 759. D. ’09. 110w.
Pennell, T. L.[5] Among the wild tribes of the Afghan frontier: a record of sixteen years’ close intercourse with the natives of the Indian marches; with an introd. by Field-Marshal Earl Roberts. *$3.50. Lippincott.
9–15078.
The story of sixteen years spent as medical missionary and mendicant pilgrim among the wild tribes in the Northwest frontier of India. The account is interestingly informing in point of the domestic, social and religious aspects of the lives of natives, and it also affords food for the appetite keen for daring adventure.
“Not only a very readable volume but a significant commentary on the value of medical missions as a civilizing agency.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 178. Je. ’09.
“Dr. Pennell’s modest narrative shows the infinite amount of good that can be done by a Christian medical missionary on the northern frontier of India.”
+ Ath. 1909, 2: 322. S. 18. 1000w.
“This readable and instructive work deserves a place with other books on Afghanistan, notably those by Paget and Mason, Holdich, Oliver, Warburton, Elsmie, and Hamilton; and it will bear comparison with any of those named.” H. E. Coblentz.
+ Dial. 46: 366. Je. 1, ’09. 300w.
“The work is of exceptional interest.”
+ Lit. D. 38: 730. Ap. 24, ’09. 450w.
“This is the record of a singularly interesting and humanizing work among a remarkable people. An enlightening work which we can confidently recommend to all students of the problems which India presents not to the English only, but to the whole civilized world.”
+ Nation. 88: 541. My. 27, ’09. 680w.
“Of the contradictions in character, the crimes, and the virtues of the wild tribes on the Indian frontier Dr. Pennell writes with a wealth of anecdote which transforms the volume into a series of human documents.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 189. Ap. 3, ’09. 100w.
“The whole book is interesting in the highest degree.”
+ Spec. 103: 61. Je. 10, ’09. 400w.
Peple, Edward Henry. Mallet’s masterpiece. **75c. Moffat.
8–33156.
“A story that centers around a carving of the Venus de Melos. Art and romance go hand in hand in the story, which is told with much skill and dramatic power.”—Ind.
Reviewed by W. G. Bowdoin.
+ Ind. 65: 1459. D. 17, ’08. 30w.
+ N. Y. Times. 13: 751. D. 5, ’08. 90w.
Perkins, Clara Crawford.[5] Builders of Spain. 2v. **$5. Holt.
9–12029.
A two volume record of Spanish civilization which considers first Spain’s native stock and then the alien peoples—the Romans, the Visigoths, the Arabs and Moors, and the Christian kings—with the cultures introduced by them into the peninsula. An interesting part of the work is the study of some fifteen cities which have been chosen for the distinct development which they represent. The volumes are handsomely illustrated.
+ Ind. 66: 1242. Je. 3, ’09. 60w.
Int. Studio. 39: sup. 26. N. ’09. 40w.
“A valuable contribution to the study of things Spanish.”
+ Lit. D. 39: 354. S. 4, ’09. 180w.
“It is as ill-arranged and ill-proportioned in its main features as it is untrustworthy in detail.”
− Nation. 89: 58. Jl. 15, ’09. 470w.
“It is an admirable rewriting of old things.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 463. Jl. 31, ’09. 700w.
R. of Rs. 39: 764. Je. ’09. 120w.
Perkins, Jane Gray.[12] Life of the Honourable Mrs. Norton. **$3.50. Holt.
A biography whose aim is to render justice to a personage whose reputation as a poetess and a writer is of less importance than her influence “not only on the men and manners but the very laws of her time.” It is in the spirit, then, of sympathetic treatment and fair judgment that the sketch is written, and it throws interesting side lights on the social and literary conditions of England during the first fifty years of the nineteenth century.
“We cannot help thinking that Miss Perkins might have indicated more clearly than she has what is new in her pages, and what old. The book is also rather destitute of arrangement; and letters are inserted out of their chronological order. Still, Miss Perkins has obviously spent much pains over her presentment of a beautiful, unhappy, and courageous woman, nor is it her fault that Mrs. Norton eludes us to a considerable extent.”
− + Ath. 1909, 2: 656: N. 27. 450w.
“The generous space allowed her to tell her own story in the form of intimate letters is a striking and admirable feature of the book.”
+ Dial. 47: 513. D. 16, ’09. 230w.
“Jane Gray Perkins has done her work well.”
+ Lit. D. 39: 1079. D. 11, ’09. 190w.
Perrier, Joseph Louis.[8] Revival of scholastic philosophy in the nineteenth century. *$1.75. Macmillan.
9–10966.
“Traces the story of an important movement in modern thought. The movement is nothing less than the revival under unfriendly conditions of that scholastic philosophy which held the western world so long in its grip. In revolting against scholasticism, Europe threw away the good as well as the evil in that famous system. It is very interesting to find in Dr. Perrier’s pages how the many elements of scholasticism that had permanent value are yet able to reassert themselves in important ways.”—Educ. R.
“Altogether the book is remarkable, not alone as a tribute to the space which scholasticism occupies in the mind of the learned world today, 351but also as a piece of scholarly research and erudition.”
+ Cath. World. 89: 678. Ag. ’09. 480w.
“Students of philosophy will not overlook this book.”
+ Educ. R. 38: 96. Je. ’09. 80w.
Perrin, Alice. Idolatry [Anglo-Indian novel]. †$1.50. Duffield.
9–7826.
A story portraying two types of North-West Indian missionaries and the young stepdaughter of one of them who, reared in England by a worldly grandmother, finding herself penniless goes to India with the avowed intention of winning back a rejected suitor, an army officer who had come into a fortune. The main story interest centers in her awakening through the selfless example of the young missionary who forms the second of the afore-mentioned types.
“The sketch given of the heroine’s stepfather’s domestic and official life is masterly. The glimpses of native life and points of view are interesting.”
+ Ath. 1909, 1: 250. F. 27. 140w.
“There is a tendency in the book toward exaggeration, verging upon religious sentimentality, yet, taken as a whole, it is a careful piece of work that succeeds in holding the reader’s interest.” F: T. Cooper.
+ − Bookm. 29: 645. Ag. ’09. 350w.
“‘Idolatry’ shows clever workmanship, good style, insight into human nature, and some capacity in its portrayal, and considerable knowledge, at least of the surface, of life in India.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 134. Mr. 6, ’09. 140w.
“Each set of English people in the little foreign colony is admirably indicated.”
+ Outlook. 91: 814. Ap. 10, ’09. 200w.
“Mrs. Perrin’s Indian stories are always interesting and ‘Idolatry’ is no exception to the rule.”
+ Spec. 102: 504. Mr. 27, ’09. 100w.
Perry, Ralph Barton.[10] Moral economy. **$1.25. Scribner.
9–16464.
The author turns from traditional controversies and the technicalities of creeds and dogmas, and examines the live, present-day aspects of goodness, duty, virtue, progress, culture and religion.
“What the student really ought to get from the study of ethics is a clear and firm conviction that the basis of morality is rational and certain, not dogmatic and arbitrary, and that it is so simple as to be easily grasped by any man of responsible mind. Professor Perry, in this little book, succeeded in putting ethics on such a basis.”
+ Ind. 67: 761. S. 30, ’09. 400w.
“Professor Perry’s little book is notably out of proportion to its size and pretensions. It is the most recent expression of the new spirit in ethics, which aims to get away from historic concepts and controversies back to the facts themselves of the moral life.” Norman Wilde.
+ J. Philos. 6: 608. O. 28, ’09. 1450w.
“Professor Perry’s volume has the value and the limitations that belong to the work of those moralists who conceive the problems of conduct to be much like problems in mathematics. Whatever be said of the technical ethical reasonings of the book, its pervasive moral temper has a wholesomeness and balance and a freedom from the prevalent itch after paradox which make the volume eminently profitable reading for a perplexed and over-sophisicated age.”
+ − Nation. 89: 545. D. 2, ’09. 430w.
“He says nothing that is entirely untrue; therefore necessarily he says much that is true, but somehow he misses the living, inspired word that makes truth. He who calls interest the source of goodness has been inconsistent by purposely writing a dull book.”
− + N. Y. Times. 14: 477. Ag. 7, ’09. 330w.
Peters, Madison Clinton. Abraham Lincoln’s religion. 75c. Badger, R: G.
9–3055.
A eulogistic chapter on “Lincoln the man” is followed by two chapters answering respectively the questions “Was Abraham Lincoln a Christian” and “Why did Lincoln never join the church?”
Nation. 88: 166. F. 18, ’09. 400w.
N. Y. Times. 14: 82. F. 13, ’09. 60w.
“A highly interesting treatise.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 226. Ap. 10, ’09. 10w.
Petit-Dutaillis, Charles Edmond. Studies and notes supplementary to Stubbs’s Constitutional history down to the Great charter; tr. by W. E. Rhodes. (University of Manchester. Publications. Hist. ser., no. 7.) *$1.50. Oxford.
8–34171.
“There are twelve studies and notes, varying in length from twenty-eight pages to two pages. In the first seven (pp. 1–66), the author confessedly does little but sum up the work of others showing however the shrewd discrimination and sound judgment of the experienced researcher. The three most extensive of these treat the origin of the manor, the origin of the Exchequer, and the tenurial system.... The last five studies ... are upon the origin of English towns, twelfth century London, the two trials of King John, the ‘Unknown charter,’ and Magna Carta.”—Am. Hist. R.
“These supplementary studies impress one as a discreet and learned attempt to safeguard a public, which is likely to learn all that it will know of a great subject from a single book, against the shortcomings of that book.” A. B. White.
+ − Am. Hist. R. 14: 563. Ap. ’09. 700w.
“The volume will virtually be indispensable to teachers and students of history. So careful is the author, and so thorough his knowledge, that there is hardly a criticism to make. But he seems to be unacquainted with Prof. Adams’s studies, on ‘The origin of the English constitution.’ And in dealing with the difficult problem of the Cinque Ports confederation, the writer seems to be under a misapprehension.”
+ + − Ath. 1908, 2: 566. N. 7. 870w.
“M. Petit-Dutaillis’ survey of recent criticism on a series of problems in early constitutional history will be found invaluable by students. We need not always accept his conclusions, which perhaps too generally favour the last opinion; but his statement of the case in each disputed question is precise and impartial, the breadth of his reading is remarkably extensive, and the references in the footnotes furnish a most useful index to the detailed literature of the subject. The translation by Mr. W. E. Rhodes is well done, and it has been revised by the highly competent hand of Professor James Tait.” C.
+ + − Eng. Hist. R. 24: 185. Ja. ’09. 200w.
“A careful and accurate English translation.”
+ Nation. 89: 17. Jl. 1, ’09. 550w.
Petre, Francis Loraine. Napoleon and the Archduke Charles: a history of the Franco-Austrian campaign in the valley of the Danube in 1809. **$4. Lane.
8–31672.
A narrative covering the essential points of a campaign which the author claims has “received too scant notice,” and which “has been a good deal misunderstood.” Contrasted with the events that marked the beginning of Napoleon’s military decline are the brilliant achievements of the Archduke Charles who is seen at his best in the campaign.
“We hope our criticisms will not deter the author from pursuing his detailed studies of 352Napoleon’s campaigns, or give the impression that we underrate his diligence or capacity. But it is a pity, when a writer displays both qualities, if he fails to do justice to them through getting his information at second hand, or obscures them by omission of dates and a generally confused scheme of narrative.”
− + Ath. 1908, 2: 753. D. 12. 1700w.
Dial. 46: 266. Ap. 16, ’09. 400w.
“Is of particular interest because it illustrates the beginning of the decline of Napoleon’s military genius.”
+ Ind. 65: 1177. N. 19, ’08. 50w.
“Though serviceable to the general reader, will not fully meet the needs of the student who would use it as an introduction to a more detailed investigation of the subject; for it contains no bibliography; the footnotes are incomplete, and often lacking entirely. Clearly, the book is not from the pen of a critically trained historian, but it is so much better than anything we previously possessed in English that we should feel grateful for it.”
+ − Nation. 88: 227. Mr. 4, ’09. 1050w.
N. Y. Times. 13: 576. O. 17, ’08. 300w.
Petrie, Graham. Tunis, Kairouan and Carthage, described and illustrated by Graham Petrie. *$4.80. Doubleday.
9–6021.
The towns of North Africa pictured and described furnish pleasant material for the stay-at-home traveler who has the oriental temperament. The author pictures mosques, thorofares, byways, cafés, markets and bazaars of the Moslem cities of vanished greatness, and describes customs, manners, occupations and the superstitions of men, who “still wear amulets against the evil eye.” The volume deals less with historical ruins than with the picturesque life of to-day.
“We have little but admiration for Mr. Petrie’s painting, but we do not see the use of a great deal of his letterpress.”
+ − Ath. 1909, 2: 132. Jl. 31. 750w.
“His heavy volume is not a welcome addition to the literature of Barbary. Lacking imagination and observation, he ekes out his work with endless extracts from musty chroniclers, neither apposite nor entertaining. When he trusts to his own inspiration, he sinks to the level of a fifth-rate guide-book. Nor is his English much better than his French or his Arabic. As for his illustrations, the less said the better. Though very numerous, they all contrive to resemble one another.”
− Sat. R. 107: 276. F. 27, ’09. 820w.
“Indeed, his whole book, with its fine reproductions of scenery and architecture, is most attractive.”
+ Spec. 102: sup. 157. Ja. 30, ’09. 240w.
Pettigrew, James Bell.[10] Design in nature. *$16. Longmans.
9–13058.
Three volumes that trace the “design, order and purposes in the inorganic, and organic kingdom, especially the latter.” “In the first volume the relations and so-called resemblances between the two systems are discussed, and the various theories of the universe examined. The second volume is devoted to the circulatory, nervous, and other systems of animals, spiral formations in plants and animals, and a review of theories of the origin of species, heredity, and the question of spontaneous generation. The third volume deals with animal locomotion, extinct plants and animals, and the origin and career of man.” (Ath.)
“Although his opinions are not in agreement with the general trend of scientific thought of the day ... yet the book has some value for the student. His volumes are accurate and up-to-date, and of use as a work of reference, their value being enhanced by the illustrations.”
− + Ath. 1909, 2: 269. S. 4. 1050w.
“Seriously, it is a matter for sincere thankfulness that the time is forever past when such a book as this can exert any significant influence on the thought or action of men.” Raymond Pearl.
− Dial. 47: 230. O. 1, ’09. 800w.
“We can only advise the reader to regard ‘Design in nature’ as a memorial volume of the late Prof. Pettigrew, and not to attach too great scientific value to statements and conclusions which the author might have expunged or modified had he lived to complete his task. Any reader, whether scientific or otherwise, who will study the book will, unless he has already specialized in anatomy, derive great benefit from the information which he will acquire on this particular branch of science.”
− + Nature. 80: 151. Ap. 8, ’09. 1100w.
Peyton, John Howe.[7] American transportation problem. 50c. Courier-Journal ptg.
9–3395.
A controversial study of American transportation conditions made “with a view to ascertaining what policy America should adopt in order to effectively meet existing conditions and be prepared to continue to lead the nations in the march of progress and civilization.”
“The book is the most violent arraignment of inland waterways thus far written, but it is written in such a jocular tone that it will perhaps never exert much influence.” G. G. Huebner.
− Ann. Am. Acad. 34: 624. N. ’09. 250w.
“In spite of intemperate language, discourteous treatment of opponents, and an all-pervading spirit of omniscience, the arguments which attempt to show the technical weaknesses of engineering plans for waterway improvement, the figures of cost, the demonstrations of a lack of traffic demand, and of the improbability of traffic development, should give us pause, and should put a barrier in the path of those who would recklessly impound the government credit to the extent of $500,000,000.” F. H. D.
− + Econ. Bull. 2: 39. Ap. ’09. 200w.
“Admitting deficiency in economic analysis, woeful lack of scientific bibliography, and much ‘non-sequitur’ in logic, it still remains true that the student desiring thoroughly to sift this matter will find much of interest in Mr. Peyton’s book.” L. C. Marshall.
− + J. Pol. Econ. 17: 377. Je. ’09. 280w.
Phelan, Raymond Vincent. Financial history of Wisconsin. pa. 50c. Univ. of Wis.
8–13959.
“After a brief historical chapter, sketching the creation of the state of Wisconsin and the adjustment of its boundaries, the author outlines the financial provisions of the state constitution which was adopted at a time when adjacent states were suffering from the evils of speculation. It contains cautious restrictions on state indebtedness and provisions for ‘uniformity of taxation.’” (Ann. Am. Acad.) “The treatment is historical and descriptive and without any effort to prove a theory or advocate any reform.” (Econ. Bull.)
Ann. Am. Acad. 33: 201. Ja. ’09. 220w.
“It is a very thorough piece of work based on original documents.” C. C. P.
+ Econ. Bull. 1: 325. D. ’08. 350w.
Engin. N. 61: sup. 20. F. 18, ’09. 160w.
Phelps, Edith M., comp.[12] Selected articles on the income tax; with special reference to graduation and exemption. (Debaters’ handbook ser.) *$1. Wilson, H. W.
Uniform with the “Debaters’ handbook series.” Many of the references examined were out of date or too technical for the purposes of this book, and these have been omitted, rendering 353the bibliography, it is believed, of more practical service to the reader than if all references had been included. Owing to the fact that several phases of the subject are covered, the magazine articles have not been grouped as affirmative or negative; instead, an annotation is given for each article, indicating its character.
Phelps, Edith M., comp.[12] Selected articles on the initiative and referendum. (Debaters’ handbook ser.) *$1. Wilson, H. W.
W9–305.
A volume in the “Debaters’ handbook series” in which articles or parts of articles bearing upon the subject have been gathered together from books, magazines and pamphlets, and have been printed for the benefit of students, club members and general readers whose town libraries can not furnish them with material necessary for debating purposes.
Philip, Alexander J. Dickens dictionary: the characters and scenes of the novels and miscellaneous works alphabetically arranged. *$3. Dutton.
9–16959.
Provides an alphabetical index of characters and scenes that appear in Dickens’s novels and miscellaneous writings. His letters and “Child’s history of England” are not included.
“Mr. Philip’s attempt is in itself praiseworthy, for an adequate book of reference on the subject is needed; but the present work is of little value, and many of its shortcomings might with reasonable care have been avoided.”
− Ath. 1909, 1: 458. Ap. 17. 850w.
Dial. 46: 233. Ap. 1, ’09. 80w.
“The compiler himself laments the difficulty of separating the characters and places dealt with by the novelist from merely casual allusions. Barring this defect, the dictionary is admirably wrought.”
+ − Nation. 88: 579. Je. 10, ’09. 150w.
“The design of this ‘Dickens dictionary’ is better than the execution. The mechanical errors that disfigure the book are trivial compared with Mr. Philips’s own inaccuracies. He has a synopsis of the various works, quite dull and useless, for the plots as he gives them are all incoherent. Mr. Philips is at his worst, however, as a critic. He lacks not only judgment and discretion, but the ability to express his thoughts.”
− + N. Y. Times. 14: 162. Mr. 20, ’09. 850w.
“His book is a very painstaking guide to and interpretation of the characters and references in Dickens’ works.”
+ Sat. R. 107: 438. Ap. 3, ’09. 100w.
Spec. 102: 506. Mr. 27, ’09. 120w.
Philip, James C.[12] Romance of modern chemistry. *$1.50. Lippincott.
“A description in non-technical language of the diverse and wonderful ways in which chemical forces are at work, and of their manifold application in modern life.” “The volume shows how dependent we are on the chemist for almost every creature comfort we enjoy, from our clothes and our food to our means of locomotion on or in three of the ‘elements’ known to the ancient philosophers quoted by Mr. Philip.” (Ath.)
“The series to which this excellent book belongs is intended, no doubt, for boys and girls, but it deserves a better fate than banishment to the junior library, though its somewhat gaudy binding makes it seem out of place on grown-up shelves.”
+ − Ath. 1909, 2: 498. O. 23. 300w.
Nation. 89: 598. D. 16, ’09. 50w.
“Altogether Dr. Philips goes over most of the more striking discoveries of chemistry in a way to tempt the lay reader and intelligent lads to further study of the science.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 764. D. 4, ’09. 250w.
“The author seems to feel that to make his book interesting to the general reader he must occasionally try to be flippant and sprightly by using slangy colloquialisms. He has an interesting story to tell and he tells it in a vivid, interesting way. The book is so good that it is a pity it should be marred by these blemishes, and if the author would cut them out in his next edition his book and its readers would be gainers.” E: Renouf.
+ − Science, n.s. 30: 886. D. 17, ’09. 200w.
Phillips, David Graham. Fashionable adventures of Joshua Craig: a novel. †$1.50. Appleton.
9–2260.
An interesting portrayal of the bull-in-a-china-shop methods of a young westerner, uncouth and unconventional, who roars thru his paces in Washington social and political life. Abrupt, determined, noisy, invincible, by sheer force of physical strength and will he wins the office he wants and the woman too—a dainty aristocrat to whom his coarseness is nauseatingly revolting.
“If Mr. Phillips’s aim was to present a new and particularly objectionable type of all-round cad, the book must be regarded as an unqualified success. If he intended offering a half apology for his cad; if he wished to reconcile the reader to the marriage of Craig and Margaret Severence, or had himself the slightest belief in a possible happy result of that marriage, he has just as certainly failed.” Firmin Dredd.
− Bookm. 29: 95. Mr. ’09. 410w.
“The straining for sensational effect and the determination of the author to be startling at any cost are so obvious that the total result is repellent, and this quite apart from the commonness of the style and the unredeemed vulgarity of the treatment. Considering the story as an extravaganza, it is rather good fun to follow the progress of the forceful Josh.” W: M. Payne.
− + Dial. 46: 264. Ap. 16, ’09. 250w.
“It is a pretty problem, and if Mr. Phillips had put it less crudely and splashily, his audience would, no doubt, be more likely to dismiss it as a very old one.”
+ − Nation. 88: 225. Mr. 4, ’09. 620w.
“The author’s view of American society in this book is unrelenting. There is little relief of sentiment and good humor. There is more of verisimilitude in a single chapter of Leonard Merrick or Locke than in his whole book.”
− N. Y. Times. 14: 59. Ja. 30, ’09. 780w.
N. Y. Times. 14: 378. Je. 12, ’09. 160w.
“The book has its faults, but dullness is not one of them.”
+ − Outlook. 91: 533. Mr. 6, ’09. 220w.
“The story is more vigorous than entertaining.”
− R. of Rs. 39: 762. Je. ’09. 70w.
Phillips, David Graham.[9] Hungry heart: a novel. †$1.50. Appleton.
9–22750.
A story of married life in which the neglected wife of a chemist is beguiled into thinking that the love of a young Philadelphian can stanch her domestic grief. The husband discovers the true state of affairs, magnanimously frees her only to learn that her amour has wed another woman. The curtain rings down upon forgiveness and reconciliation.
“Unfortunately, Mr. Phillips, who can write verbosely and expound a thesis with a good deal of vehemence, cannot shape consistent characters, and cannot avoid the pitfalls of vulgarity and sensationalism. He keeps our sympathies constantly shifting.” W: M. Payne.
− Dial. 47: 386. N. 16, ’09. 270w.
“If he had not worked at his solution with what may be almost praised as a courageous disregard for decency and virtue, the book might be called a moral masterpiece in fiction.”
− − + Ind. 67: 758. S. 30, ’09. 1300w.
354“It is a book one would hardly care to read aloud in the family circle. The novel is not convincing and the cynical tendency it exhibits in railing at human nature and existing conditions is not uplifting.”
− Lit. D. 39: 444. S. 18, ’09. 300w.
“‘The hungry heart’ is a vigorous tract.”
− + Nation. 89: 196. Ag. 26, ’09. 650w.
“It is not the theme which is in itself repellent; it is the lack of artistic balance, the insistence on details which have no value, moral or artistic, to the working out of the story, and that fixed idea which is becoming an unpleasantly prominent feature in Mr. Phillips’s work which render the book unattractive. He is mistaken in his method of presenting his ideas, which are often well worth while.”
− + N. Y. Times. 14: 511. Ag. 28, ’09. 570w.
Reviewed by H. W. Boynton.
N. Y. Times. 14: 633. O. 23, ’09. 130w.
Phillips, Henry Wallace. Mascot of Sweet Briar Gulch. †$1.50. Bobbs.
8–30248.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
“Well told and pleasingly illustrated. Too expensive for its length.”
+ − A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 26. Ja. ’09.
“He has introduced at times profanity, rough sayings and descriptive phrases that he who would depict the characters described with photographic accuracy must employ otherwise the book is very charming. it is a sweet tale of human service and love that faileth not.”
+ − Arena. 40: 482. N. ’08. 250w.
“The story develops with a good deal of excitement and some humor, and comes to a satisfactory conclusion.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 3. Ja. 2, ’09. 120w.
Phillpotts, Eden.[12] The haven. †$1.50. Lane.
9–27991.
“Mr. Phillpotts has set his newest story in the fishing harbour of Brixham, within the blue arc of Torbay.... John Major, the owner of the Jack and Lydia, ‘a fine dandy-rigged trawler,’ is a character admirably conceived and executed, worthy to be placed beside the portraits of the ‘Three brothers.’... The chief theme of the book is the revolt of John Major’s son against following the sea, and his ultimate surrender. We leave him, his father, and his son sailing for the fishing grounds in company on the Jack and Lydia. One of the most interesting features in the story is the vivid account of trawling on the ‘Scruff.’ Under Mr. Phillpotts’s cunning hands this description becomes more interesting than many a narrative of action.”—Ath.
“Mr. Phillpotts knows his seafarers as intimately as he does the moormen and farmers of Devon, and he is able to interest us from the outset in the lives and fortunes of the Majors and their connexions and friends and acquaintances.”
+ Ath. 1909, 2: 521. O. 30. 250w.
“‘The haven’ suffers from a diffusion of interest—a shifting of emphasis, which, somehow, leaves the reader cold, yet with the consciousness that a drama of unusual pathos has been opened out to him. In description, Mr. Phillpotts is a consummate artist; he paints the sea in its myriad phases, and pictures the fisherman’s life of simple heroism with grace and power. But there is no ‘grip’ to the book; it ends without seeming to be finished.”
+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 740. N. 27, ’09. 450w.
“It covers an entire generation, and in its quiet and unhurried, undirected presentation of progressive existence its hold on the reader will be found. That hold is unexacting, there is, most commendably, no effort made to heighten it, and it depends throughout on a sheer simplicity and directness which never attains the highest narrative quality, and even when it moves us most is plainly but a paraphrase, and often a somewhat distant one, of actuality.”
+ Sat. R. 108: 668. N. 27, ’09. 620w.
“There is a crowd, but not too large, of vividly drawn characters, and the effect of the whole is distinctly impressive.”
+ Spec. 103: 851. N. 20, ’09. 30w.
Phillpotts, Eden. Three brothers. $1.50. Macmillan.
9–2043.
Once more a Dartmoor setting, once more the intimate handling of the life incidents that fill up the gaps between the great joys and sorrows of life. Three brothers, Vivian, Humphrey and Nathan Baskerville, well on in years, are neighbors on the moor, yet strangely separated in ideals and temperament. Vivian, generous, and self-opinionated, embodies the spirit of hard work; Nathan, volatile and swift-minded practices trickery without discovery; Humphrey, the greatest soul among them, personifies doubt. Humphrey’s development is the great work of the author. Sorrow and disaster serve to teach him the way of peace. He learns that “to see a poor soul happy is better far than to see ’em gratified.” The children of the brothers, their love-making and love-tragedies, the village folk, their philosophy and gossip, and the vicar and the parish clerk are all portrayed with photographic definition.
“Strong, faithful study of peasant life in Dartmoor.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 92. Mr. ’09. ✠
“It is a considerable feat, that this, his latest novel of the district, should be in some ways more interesting than any of its predecessors.”
+ Ath. 1909, 1: 460. Ap. 17. 200w.
“It is a kindly picture of life in its physical aspects, and in certain ethical aspects as well, done with a large stroke, by means of a generous brush which is not sparing of color.”
+ Atlan. 103: 704. My. ’09. 950w.
“While no greater than its immediate predecessor, ‘The three brothers,’ is a worthy companion to Mr. Phillpotts’s best work. It is a book one likes to linger over and think of afterward.” G. I. Colbron.
+ Bookm. 29: 94. Mr. ’09. 780w.
“In the treatment of a theme like this, Mr. Phillpotts’s sincere method is at its best.”
+ Nation. 88: 282. Mr. 18, ’09. 350w.
“In it are new ideas, new aspects, and, in fact, an indication of some change in the approach to the vital things of life. Unfortunately, there is also a loss of artistic power.”
+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 103. F. 20, ’09. 600w.
“The book is full of humorous epigrams from the mouths of the Devon rustics.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 378. Je. 12, ’09. 130w.
“The story opens with a sweet, wholesome pastoral, compounded of youthful desire, filial faith, and sound common sense. From this level there is never a descent, even at moments of perplexity in the presence of sin, open or hidden.”
+ Outlook. 91: 532. Mr. 6, ’09. 730w.
“It is less sombre than most of its predecessors. Its comedy episodes are better managed, more worth while for their own sake; and it actually has a happy ending for the persons in whom we are chiefly interested.” H. W. Boynton.
+ Putnam’s. 6: 494. Jl. ’09. 300w.
+ R. of Rs. 39: 762. Je. ’09. 60w.
Pick, Bernhard.[12] Apocryphal acts of Paul, Peter, John, Andrew and Thomas. $1.25. Open ct.
9–26819.
A compact work on the apocryphal legends of the Apostles that is based largely on Lipsius’ work of some 1800 pages. Altho originally the apocryphal writings aimed to supply a popular kind of religious reading in the shape of tracts set forth by the Gnostic propaganda, 355they have also succeeded in giving to modern times valuable descriptions of second and third century divine service in the houses.
“The work will give English readers an interesting glimpse of popular Christianity in the late second and early third centuries.”
+ Bib. World. 34: 430. D. ’09. 70w.
Pick, Bernhard, comp. Hymns and poetry of the Eastern church; collected and chronologically arranged by Bernhard Pick. *$1. Meth. bk.
8–6991.
“This collection does not profess to be more than a compilation from sources ‘accessible in the English language’ of five early and eight later anonymous compositions and eighty-seven others, the authors of which are known or which are attributed to some known author of the early Greek or Syrian church.” (Am. J. Theol.) “After a brief biographical sketch of each author, such as one might gather from Julian or Schaff, a translation, in some cases several versions, of the better-known poems is supplied. The renderings are from various writers, those of John Mason Neale being of course of greatest merit. The arrangement is chronological.” (Nation.)
+ − Am. J. Theol. 13: 152. Ja. ’09. 170w.
“Mr. Pick has done good service in making this compilation; and, in his notes and introductions, he has given due credit to other students of Eastern hymnology.”
+ Ind. 66: 705. Ap. 1, ’09. 450w.
“The volume furnishes convenient information concerning the hymns of Greek origin commonly found in hymn books and religious writings.”
+ Nation. 86: 466. My. 21, ’08. 130w.
Pickett, William Passmore.[7] Negro problem: Abraham Lincoln’s solution. **$2.50. Putnam.
9–15773.
“Rather more than half [of this book] is taken up with a preliminary survey of the condition of the negro in the United States.... For most of the numerous ‘solutions’ thus far proposed, including that of industrial education, Mr. Pickett has but little respect, since, to his thinking, their main premises are erroneous. The remedy which he extracts from Lincoln’s writings, and to the exposition and defence of which he consecrates more than two hundred and fifty solid pages, is colonization, preferably in South or Central America, San Domingo, or Africa, at the expense and under the protection of the United States.”—Nation.
“The author’s tone is balanced, his attitude very fair. His statements are generally accurate, though lack of personal observation leads him into some errors of judgment.” Carl Kelsey.
+ − Ann. Am. Acad. 34: 625. N. ’09. 360w.
“That Mr. Pickett is an earnest, dispassionate student of the problem and that he makes an effective plea for his case is sufficiently clear. If his argument falls short of being convincing, the fault lies mainly in the character of the chief proposition advanced.” U. G. Weatherly.
+ − Econ. Bull. 2: 391. D. ’09. 630w.
“When a writer has thoroughly convinced himself, that the deportation of some ten millions of persons, at a cost to the nation of several hundred millions of dollars ... is within the bounds of practicability, argument ‘contra’ is obviously useless.”
− Nation. 88: 604. Je. 17, ’09. 300w.
“Mr. Pickett would have us think that the grand scheme he presents for ridding the country of its radical troubles is fully in accord with the views Lincoln entertained and frequently expressed in his addresses and conversation, but with all possible consideration for Mr. Pickett, we are quite unable to come to his way of thinking.”
− N. Y. Times. 14: 365. Je. 12, ’09. 770w.