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Radau, Hugo, ed. and tr. Letters to Cassite kings from the Temple archives of Nippur. (Babylonian expedition of the Univ. of Pennsylvania. Series A: Cuneiform texts, v. 17, pt. 1.) $6. Dept. of archaeology, Univ. of Pennsylvania, Phil.

8–33646.

“Contains 103 letters—mostly fragmentary—of the Cassite period (about 1750 to 1210 B. C.), dealing with the business and other official affairs of the chief temple at Nippur. This collection forms a supplement to the two volumes, also on the business affairs of the Nippur temple during the Cassite period, which have been so admirably published by Professor Clay of the University of Pennsylvania.” (Nation.) “Dr. Radau has added an unusually full introduction of over 150 large pages, which gives evidence of careful study of the texts. There is a full index of names of persons, professional and gentilic, places, houses, gates, temples, rivers, canals and gods.” (Ind.)

“Dr. Radau is a young and capable scholar, and this volume is of great value for its texts and translations, and considerable of its discussions. What we criticise are matters of judgment and in part of courtesy.”

+ − Ind. 66: 636. Mr. 25, ’09. 800w.

“Altogether the introduction, though giving evidence of much study and showing the ingenuity 365and learning of the author, is marked by hazardous hypotheses that will not endure a critical test; and it would have been far better if Dr. Radau had confined himself to a summary of the actual data to be gleaned from these letters.”

+ − Nation. 88: 338. Ap. 1, ’09. 800w.

Raffety, Charles W.^[8] Introduction to the science of radio-activity. *$1.25. Longmans.

9–35781.

“A concise and popular account of the properties of the radio-active elements and the theoretical conceptions which are introduced by the study of radio-active phenomena.” “The book is divided into three parts: a descriptive part of eight chapters, a theoretical part of eight chapters, and a practical part of five chapters. An appendix contains a summary of the several rays and radio-active elements. The index is very good.” (Engin. N.)

“A clear and logical account. Not exhaustive but useful as an elementary reference work.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 21. S. ’09.

“The arrangement is such as to introduce unnecessary obscurity into the subject. We note several inaccuracies and misstatements.”

− Ath. 1909, 2: 72. Jl. 17. 670w.

“Is so written that lay readers will find little or no difficulty in its study.”

+ Engin. D. 6: 56. Jl. ’09. 130w.

“The book forms an excellent introduction to the subject; yet, one cannot but feel the needlessness of a book of the scope of this one, when we have Makower’s ‘The radioactive substances,’ Bottone’s ‘Radium,’ and Levy and Willis’ ‘Radium.’ The value of even a popular treatise could be enhanced by the addition of references to the literature.”

+ − Engin. N. 61: sup. 62. My. 13, ’09. 130w.

“The book can be heartily recommended to mathematical, as well as non-mathematical, readers who desire an acquaintance with the subject of radio-activity.”

+ Nature. 81: 485. O. 21, ’09. 330w.

Ragg, Rev. Lonsdale.^[10] Church of the apostles; being an outline of the history of the church of the apostolic age. *$1.40. Macmillan.

“An attractive and discriminating sketch of the spread of Christianity in the first century. Mr. Ragg has not confined himself to canonical sources, but has included in his survey the whole field of the earliest Christian literature and other contemporary materials.”—Bib. World.

“His study of the primitive church shows him to be a well-read and discriminating scholar with a strong literary sense. The indices are full and useful. On some critical matters Mr. Ragg’s positions do not altogether satisfy.” E. J. Goodspeed.

+ − Am. J. Theol. 13: 617. O. ’09. 300w.

“The positions taken are generally intelligent though not always critical. There is a curious disagreement between pp. 7 and 284.”

+ − Bib. World. 34: 288. O. ’09. 70w.

“It is not his knowledge or his style that we feel bound to criticise; it is his point of view and the way in which he has approached his work.”

+ − Sat. R. 108: 574. N. 6, ’09. 230w.

“It is a careful piece of work, which may be read with pleasure and profit. We cannot always accept Mr. Ragg’s explanations.”

+ − Spec. 103: 387. S. 11, ’09. 280w.

Railway signal association. Railroad signal dictionary; comp. by Braman B. Adams and Rodney Hitt under the supervision of the following committee: C. C. Anthony, Azel Ames, jr., J. C. Mock. $6. Railroad age gazette.

8–23071.

An illustrated vocabulary of terms which designate American railroad signals: their parts, attachments and details of construction, with descriptions of operations and some illustrations of British signals and practice.

“Altogether the authors have accomplished a very difficult and ungrateful task in highly commendable manner. If it should reach a second edition, as is to be hoped, there will be opportunity for simplification and shortening, and for covering also European practice.”

+ − Engin. N. 61: sup. 32. Mr. 18, ’09. 650w.

“Really the first complete textbook on modern signal apparatus. Because of its completeness and the care which has been taken to make all of the descriptions clear and simple in wording, the book is of value alike to the trained signal engineer, the operating officer who knows the functions of signals but not the details of their operation, and the student who is ignorant of first principles.”

+ Engin. Rec. 58: 279. S. 5, ’08. 320w.

Raine, William MacLeod.^[6] Ridgway of Montana. †$1.50. Dillingham.

9–11151.

A story in which a loveless engagement is terminated for the hero when he falls in love with the girl-wife of his septuagenarian business rival and for his fiancée when she realizes her insincerity in permitting masterful force whetted by predatory greed to substitute for ideal manly requirements. A rough struggle for mining rights and a fight for life in a mountain snow storm and avalanche, emphasize the western quality of the story.

“A brisk, melodramatic story of big things and big men. The story is well told.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 344. My. 29, ’09. 170w.

Rainsford, Rev. William Stephen.^[12] Land of the lion. **$3.80. Doubleday.

9–29437.

“Rev. Dr. W. S. Rainsford, the well-known former rector of St. George’s, in New York, recently spent thirteen months in East Africa, hunting big game, and his book describes in detail, and with many pictures from photographs, the things he did and saw and heard about in that huntsman’s paradise. Keen on the scent for game though Dr. Rainsford is, it is not the mere butchery that engrosses him. Among the divers excursory speculations and reflections that the book contains is a little homily on the degeneration of the rhinoceros under the too-easy conditions of his modern life.”—Dial.

“The literature of African hunting, already abundant, is increasing in these days; but a more variously interesting book for the stay-at-home general reader than Dr. Rainsford’s will not soon make its appearance.”

+ Dial. 47: 516. D. 16, ’09. 200w.

“This admirable narration is written with candor, simplicity, and an absence of rhetorical effort. The hunting-incidents are graphic and convincing from their very boldness in description.”

+ Lit. D. 39: 1080. D. 11, ’09. 110w.

“He tells hunting stories that are vivid and thrilling, describes picturesquely the varied country through which he traveled.”

+ Outlook. 93: 788. D. 4, ’09. 240w.

“Rather unusual illustrations from photographs by the author complete the volume.”

+ R. of Rs. 40: 758. D. ’09. 100w.

366Rambuteau, Claude Philibert, comte de. Memoirs of the Comte de Rambuteau; ed. by his grandson; tr. from the French by J. C. Brogan; with an introd. and notes by Georges Lequin. *$3.50. Putnam.

9–5497.

“A record of the experiences of the Chamberlain of Napoleon I. This admirable master of ceremonies saw the Emperor in his familiar and every-day relations, and gives in this volume an animated account of the way the court entertained officially and publicly, as well as the way it informally amused itself.” (R. of Rs.) “If he does not show us a Napoleon ‘intime,’ he at least gives us glimpses of the warrior at leisure, and of the ways in which he spent it.” (Ind.)

“In spite of some imperfections the translation reads smoothly, and must have entailed a great deal of labour.”

+ − Ath. 1909, 1: 129. Ja. 30. 800w.

“In the later pages of the ‘Memoirs’ is a detailed analysis of the improvements which Rambuteau introduced in Paris as prefect. To students of Parisian history this will be particularly interesting.”

+ Dial. 46: 230. Ap. 1, ’09. 380w.

+ Ind. 65: 1178. N. 19, ’08. 70w.

“The translation is edited with the usual care of American and English publishers and has a sufficient index. Few mistakes can be charged to the translator.”

+ − Nation. 88: 64. Ja. 21, ’09. 520w.

“While the Comte de Rambuteau is not primarily a raconteur and has little of the French volatility, the light and intimate touch which constitutes the usual charm of memoirs, he has a keen sense of values and knows how to analyze a character or an epoch, so that his reminiscences, as dictated in old age to his grandson, are full of material for the historian.” J. B. Rittenhouse.

+ N. Y. Times. 13: 784. D. 19, ’08. 1600w.

“Chiefly valuable in the incidental light thrown upon the Emperor.”

+ Outlook. 91: 382. F. 20, ’09. 70w.

+ R. of Rs. 39: 128. Ja. ’09. 80w.

+ Sat. R. 107: 144. Ja. 30, ’09. 950w.

“Unhappily the light which they throw on Napoleon’s life and character is neither very new nor very penetrating.”

+ − Spec. 101: 1101. D. 26, ’08. 280w.

Ramsay, Rina. The straw. $1.50. Macmillan.

9–5527.

“Called ‘The straw’ in reference to a gentle girl, weak of will, who allows herself to be sacrificed to a vicious brute, thereby in the end bringing about a murder tragedy, the mystery of which is solved only by the very last words of the book.” (Outlook.) “As a brisk, graphic, panoramic picture of English country life of to-day among the gay and reckless hunting set, with the tingling excitement of breathless, break-neck dashes after the hounds, disastrous tumbles and broken limbs, the book certainly achieves what the author meant it to.” (Bookm.)

“Although this novel may be read appreciatively as a Leicestershire hunting and racing romance, it is more interesting and imaginative than such a description would imply.”

+ Ath. 1909, 1: 284. Mr. 6. 100w.

“A book which just misses deserving a place in the class of stories that we mentally catalogue as ‘worth while.’ Its weakness lies in the plot construction.” F: T. Cooper.

− + Bookm. 29: 77. Mr. ’09. 480w.

“Is the best riding romance that has appeared lately, if indeed there ever was another like it. The book abounds in that peculiarly flagrant wit of society people who have no reputations worth preserving.”

+ − Ind. 66: 1083. My. 20, ’09. 280w.

“The zest of the book lies in the crisp, racy style, and in the fact that one is kept most of the time in the saddle, galloping furiously after the hounds.”

+ Nation. 88: 418. Ap. 22, ’09. 230w.

“A very fair rainy night’s entertainment, indeed. The persons in the drama are by no means stock figures, and the drama itself is made of good material rather skillfully and effectively developed.”

+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 103. F. 20, ’09. 310w.

“Miss Ramsay’s story provides a singularly fresh and pleasing entertainment for those of us who are jaded with much reading of fiction.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 378. Je. 12, ’09. 140w.

“The story has action, color, and out-of-doors atmosphere, and will attract a large class of readers.”

+ Outlook. 91: 534. Mr. 6, ’09. 120w.

Ramsay, Sir William.^[5] Essays, biographical and chemical. *$2.50. Dutton.

9–10278.

Fourteen essays as follows: Historical essays: The early days of chemistry; The great London chemists: 1, Boyle and Cavendish; 2, Davy and Graham; Joseph Black: his life and work; Lord Kelvin; Pierre Eugène Marcellin Berthelot; Chemical essays: How discoveries are made; The Becquerel rays; What is an element? On the periodic arrangement of the elements; Radium and its products; What is electricity? The aurora borealis.

“On account of their lucid and delightful style the essays make excellent reading aside from the valuable information which they convey.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 48. O. ’09.

+ Ath. 1909, 2: 158. Ag. 7. 130w.

+ Ind. 67: 367. Ag. 12, ’09. 250w.

Reviewed by C. Simmonds.

+ Nature. 81: 122. Jl. 29, ’09. 970w.

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 306. My. 15, ’09. 750w.

“We hope the book, which is pleasantly written, and calls for no technical knowledge in the reader, may have a wide circulation, for the indifference of our politicians and public officers to science is one of the most dangerous features in the state.”

+ Sat. R. 107: 82. Ja. 16, ’09. 320w.

“The most attractive essay of the whole is ‘Lord Kelvin.’”

+ Spec. 102: sup. 640. Ap. 24, ’09. 500w.

Ramsay, Sir William Mitchell. Luke the physician and other studies in the history of religion. *$3. Armstrong.

9–13276.

“This bulky volume bears the simple title ‘Luke the physician’ on its back, but only the first hundred pages are directly concerned with that evangelist and with Harnack’s vindication of his authorship both of the Acts and of the third Gospel; the remaining three-fourths of the book consists of reviews, lectures, and magazine articles on subjects connected with Asia Minor, the New Testament, and early Church history.”—Sat. R.

+ − Ath. 1909, 2: 588. N. 13. 750w.

“They form a rather miscellaneous collection, those dealing with Lycaonia in the fourth century probably carrying most weight. The illustrations are admirable.”

+ Bib. World. 33: 288. Ap. ’09. 80w.

“The bias of Professor Ramsay’s estimate of Luke, however, does not detract from the great value of his careful descriptions of the physical conditions of Asia Minor and their influence on its political and religious history, nor from the indebtedness under which all students are placed by his study of the monuments and inscriptions of that interesting meeting-place of East and West.”

+ − Nation. 88: 196. F. 25, ’09. 420w.

367“He is a little too fond of throwing stones at ‘prejudice,’ and needs occasionally to look to his own windows.” E. S. D.

+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 271. My. 1, ’09. 240w.

+ − Sat. R. 107: 250. F. 27, ’09. 400w.

“Whatever Sir William Ramsay writes has a deep interest and a real fascination, even though his theories seem at times to be a little fantastic or extreme. His attitude towards modern criticism of the Bible is, as his readers know, strongly reactionary.”

+ − Spec. 102: 132. Ja. 23, ’09. 1000w.

Rankin, George A.^[10] American transportation system: a criticism of the past and the present, and a plan for the future. *$1.50. Putnam.

9–28107.

The author probes to the disease of the American railway system, shows what attempts have been made to eradicate it, and then offers remedial suggestions that have grown out of careful investigation of the system as it is operated. For the wrongs of accident, waste, dishonesty, inefficiency, and corrupt influence upon American life, the author maps out a constructive policy that will lessen accidents, serve all classes impartially, require a fair return to capital invested, provide sound and stable securities and at all times be free from politics.

R. of Rs. 40: 638. N. ’09. 100w.

Rankin, (James) Reginald (Lea). In Morocco with General d’Amade. *$2.50. Longmans.

8–34793.

A newspaper correspondent’s account of the operations of the French army in Chaóuiya during the early part of 1908. “For the military student who will do a little sifting for himself, there is valuable first-hand information. The author has nothing but praise for the French soldier in action. Campaigning in a wild country like Morocco provides temptation for the soldier, and especially, one may suppose, for the Latin soldier of excitable temperament. Major Rankin, writing from close observation, gives the lie direct to those hostile critics who have made accusations of cruelty or barbarity against the French troops.” (Ath.)

“Besides detailed accounts of the campaign, in which the author is loyal to the French, there is valuable information about the country, its inhabitants, resources and future.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 108. Ap. ’09.

“It is a sufficiently good book to make one resent its not being much better, so far as craftsmanship goes. Its value is considerable; but its right appreciation makes too great a demand upon the reader’s patience.”

+ − Ath. 1909, 1: 12. Ja. 2. 270w.

“On the whole, a readable and useful volume.”

+ Nation. 88: 171. F. 18, ’09. 650w.

“A very clear and comprehensive account.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 38. Ja. 23, ’09. 800w.

“The book gives a good idea of the campaign and the lives of the people affected by the fighting.”

+ Sat. R. 106: sup. 6. N. 21, ’08. 220w.

“The attractive attributes of ‘A Subaltern’s letters to his wife’ reappear in this,—the literary efficiency, the botanical knowledge which makes us see the colour and smell the scents of the ground over which we follow him, and the ability to read history in language, architecture, and human faces.”

+ Spec. 101: 999. D. 12, ’08. 1850w.

Rasmussen, Knud. People of the Polar north; compiled from the Danish originals and ed. by G. Herring. *$5. Lippincott.

8–36704.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

“The book is not only a valuable contribution to the study of primitive folklore, but is at the same time highly interesting as a portrayal of Polar life. The entire book is fascinating reading.” W. S. Tower.

+ Ann. Am. Acad. 34: 211. Jl. ’09. 400w.

“While pointing out slight errors, we gladly acknowledge that Mr. Herring has capably discharged a difficult editorial task. He has had to choose his material, without help from the author, from two separate books—a collection of the northern folk-lore and a narrative of travel; and we wish that he could have kept these two subjects more completely apart. It is a pity that so large a volume is not furnished with an index, as the table of contents is far from complete.”

+ − Ath. 1909, 1: 18. Ja. 2. 1050w.

“This work deals in a very thorough fashion with the psychology and culture of the three distinct branches of the Eskimos which make up the population of Greenland.”

+ Nature. 79: 311. Ja. 14, ’09. 1100w.

“The artist of the expedition has a gift of portraiture, and succeeds in showing the individuality and humanity of the native people in a way which makes the illustrations very sympathetic interpreters of the text.”

+ Sat. R. 107: 433. Ap. 3, ’09. 570w.

“He is a careful and scientific inquirer, but he is also alive to the romance of this ultimate people, and he has a gift of vivid and memorable description.”

+ Spec. 102: 134. Ja. 23, ’09. 1500w.

Rastall, Benjamin McKie.^[6] Labor history of the Cripple Creek district. (Bulletin of the Univ. of Wis., no. 198. Economics and political science ser. v. 3, no. 1.) 50c. Univ. of Wis.

8–14740.

“This is an accurate, scholarly account of the two spectacular conflicts between capital and labor that have occurred in an extremely rich mining district located in the heart of the Rocky Mountains, nine thousand or more feet above sea level. The monograph divides itself into two parts. The first, comprising four chapters, deals with the strike of 1893; the second, covering six chapters, describes the important struggle of 1903–1904.”—Econ. Bull.

“The volume, however, lacks scholarly finish and smacks too greatly of the easy flowing, and at times careless, newspaper style of composition so frequently found in popular accounts of such matters.”

+ − Ann. Am. Acad. 32: 628. N. ’08. 90w.

“As a careful narrative of an industrial war, stubbornly and bitterly fought on both sides, and as a stirring chapter in the history of the American labor movement, this monograph will be of interest to all students of industrial conditions.” W: Kirk.

+ Econ. Bull. 1: 212. S. ’08. 880w.

“The author exhibits throughout, however, such fairness and good judgment in weighing contradictory testimony as to give entire confidence in the accuracy of his narrative. He may justly be said to have put upon record a definitive account of the two disturbances. The main point of interest in any account of the miners’ strikes of the West is the explanation of the violence and terrorism by which they have been almost uniformly characterized. Unfortunately Dr. Rastall has considered this aspect of his subject less fully than would have been desirable.” G: E. Barnett.

+ − J. Pol. Econ. 17: 379. Je. ’09. 320w.

Rawlings, Gertrude Burford.^[5] Coins and how to know them. *$1.50. Stokes.

9–2023.

A book “for collectors and others newly taking up the study” which supplies a demand for a general and comprehensive introduction to the science of numismatics. It offers “concise epitomes of the coinages of ancient Greece and 368Rome, of the British Islands and their dependencies, and of the United States.”

A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 109. Ap. ’09.

“To those who wish to obtain a general knowledge of the various classes of numismatics, we can recommend a perusal of this work. Though the subject has been treated somewhat tersely, the information throughout is accurate. It is singularly free from those misstatements which often detract from the value of handbooks of this description.”

+ Ath. 1909, 2: 220. Ag. 21. 700w.

“The arrangement undoubtedly corresponds more closely to the chronological sequence; but it is somewhat disturbing not to have the same order as that adopted in the standard books and museum collections, because this handbook is in no wise independent of them.”

+ − Nation. 89: 263. S. 16, ’09. 250w.

Spec. 101: sup. 811. N. 21, ’08. 530w.

Rawnsley, Rev. Hardwicke Drummond.^[8] Round the lake country. *$1.50. Macmillan.

“The places and sights of which Canon Rawnsley writes in his latest volume ... lie for the most part upon the extremities of the lake district, on the coast of Lancashire north of the sands. Of the lily-woods of Arnside and the seabirds’ nesting-place near Muncaster he writes with genuine enthusiasm, as of Gowbarrow and Aira Force, in the business of securing which for the public under the direction of the National trust he took a large and praiseworthy part.”—Ath.

“There are few people who, however well they know the lake country, will not know more after reading these essays.”

+ Ath. 1909, 2: 94. Jl. 24. 520w.

“Though of less value, no doubt, than his ‘Literary associations of the English lakes,’ this book should be pleasant reading for leisurely folk who like to go on imaginary journeys, maps in hand.”

+ − Nation. 89: 489. N. 18, ’09. 320w.

“Is little more than ornamental reporting. The book is put together with so little care that not only do repetitions of matter scarcely varied in form occur, but paragraphs are copied and even a whole chapter bodily lifted from an earlier work of the author’s, which is advertised in this volume.”

− Sat. R. 108: sup. 6. Jl. 17, ’09. 200w.

“All through we have delightful descriptions, written with the enthusiasm of a true lover of the country, of lake country landscapes, whether foregrounds or distances.”

+ Spec. 102: 982. Je. 19, ’09. 280w.

Ray, Anna Chapin. Bridge builders. †$1.50. Little.

9–3333.

Against her favorite Quebec background Miss Ray writes a story in which mingle romance and the building of the ill-fated Quebec bridge. The sprightly young heroine, Jessica West, is the daughter of a new-rich Arizona miner, and is dubbed Miss Woolly-West by a group of conservative English people who “look upon her as a species of natural curiosity, as exotic as a mastodon.” Her friendships, romances, and social triumphs are entertainingly recounted.

“Will interest girls of high school age.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 92. Mr. ’09. ✠

“An interesting group, even if a little conventional, with no great moral or religious struggles, but with active life lit by beams of humor.”

+ Cath. World. 89: 822. S. ’09. 230w.

“The style is admirable, the product of good taste and a cultivated mind, and the book is written from intimate knowledge of the scenes and social conditions which it portrays. It is the sort of book that may be read with much quiet satisfaction.” W: M. Payne.

+ Dial. 47: 183. S. 16, ’09. 210w.

“Miss Ray has unusual insight into human nature, and among American novelists her skill in the depiction of character is notable. And in this respect she has done in this book the strongest and most interesting work that has come from her pen.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 302. My. 15, ’09. 200w.

Ray, Anna Chapin.^[10] Janet at odds. †$1.50. Little.

9–25391.

In this, the fifth of the “Sidney” books, a group of the young people, already familiar to readers of the series, spend the summer of the tercentennial at Janet’s house in Quebec. They take part in the pageants, entertain a “Lady” from England, and have all the good times that Miss Ray’s boys and girls know how to have. Janet, placed between two groups of friends, the old and the new, finds it hard to conform to the social standards of both. In the end she is true to her higher ideals and learns that the differences between the Canadian and American are not so fundamental after all.

“Is one of the natural human stories of girl life—and boy life, too—which Anna Chapin Ray always writes.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 597. O. 9, ’09. 160w.

+ Sat. R. 104: sup. 7. D. 7, ’07. 80w.

Ray, Perley Orman.^[7] Repeal of the Missouri compromise. *$3.50. Clark, A. H.

9–7530.

“Takes issue with the opinion held by all the leading historians of this country that Stephen A. Douglas was the original instigator of the repeal. The conclusion to which he comes is that it was Senator David R. Atchison of Missouri who was chiefly responsible for the bringing forward of the Kansas-Nebraska bill with all its momentous consequences.”—N. Y. Times.

“The investigation of the western antecedents of the Kansas-Nebraska bill was decidedly worth while. If Dr. Ray has not attained a new point of view, at least he has presented a fresh and suggestive account of the Missouri factional struggle between 1852 and 1854, and he has established successfully the contention that there was a popular demand in the trans-Mississippi country for the organization of the Nebraska territory.” Allen Johnson.

+ Am. Hist. R. 14: 835. Jl. ’09. 620w.

A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 179. Je. ’09.

“The author has spared no effort to get together all the available material, and fortifies his statements with abundant footnote references to the authorities on which he relies.” C. L. Jones.

+ Ann. Am. Acad. 34: 212. Jl. ’09. 270w.

“We think Professor Ray attaches too great importance to the recollections of W. C. Price. Men who have outlived their influence habitually exaggerate their earlier exploits.” F. H. Hodder.

+ − Dial. 47: 120. S. 1, ’09. 2000w.

“A sound piece of historical work and a contribution of first-rate importance.”

+ Nation. 89: 385. O. 21, ’09. 400w.

“A careful study. Mr. Ray has brought forward so much evidence, and has marshaled it so well, that his conclusions will merit at least respectful attention from historians hereafter, while his investigation into the causes of the repeal throws some new light upon that firebrand piece of legislation.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 174. Mr. 27, ’09. 250w.

“It is an undeniable fact that Dr. Ray, in the volume before us, has exposed the influence of individuals and of facts to which no previous writer has given adequate attention.” W. A. u.

+ Pol. Sci. Q. 24: 527. S. ’09. 550w.

369Read, C. Stanford. Fads and feeding. *$1. Dutton.

W9–188.

“Dr. Read does not concern himself with prescribing diets in disease, that is properly left to the medical attendant; he deals merely with the underlying scientific principles which regulate, or ought to regulate, the diet in health. There are, however, a few useful general hints laid down regarding the foods suitable in dyspepsia and in obesity. The golden rule for diet is to take in moderation the kind of food which experience has shown can be easily digested.”—Nature.

Ind. 67: 1091. N. 11, ’09. 120w.

“This is an admirably clear, well reasoned, and sensible little book. A mass of facts is boiled down and presented in a nontechnical and palatable form.” W. D. H.

+ Nature. 79: 248. D. 31, ’08. 400w.

“The book contains much that the ordinary reader will find of value in the ordering of his daily diet.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 48. Ja. 23, ’09. 230w.

Reade, W. H. V.^[6] Moral system of Dante’s Inferno. *$4.15. Oxford.

9–18619.

“This is the most exhaustive analysis that has ever been made of Dante’s morals.... Mr. Reade’s task is to discover the rules which guided Dante’s verdicts. He begins, very properly, with an examination of two modern theories, which may be regarded as both representative and weighty—those of Witte and of Dr. Edward Moore. Having disposed of these, he goes back to the two great bodies of moral teaching—Aristotle’s and Thomas Aquinas’s—from which Dante drew directly.... He traces, further, the origin of such of Dante’s verdicts as correspond with neither the Aristotelian nor the Thoman model.”—Nation.

“One hesitates to pass judgment upon a work so elaborate and erudite.” C: A. Dinsmore.

+ Am. J. Theol. 13: 625. O. ’09. 1100w.

“He has evidently a profound knowledge of Aquinas but he has hardly begun to understand Dante. On one point, however, we are wholly with him.”

− + Ath. 1909, 2: 423. O. 9. 970w.

“Mr. Reade’s treatise, therefore, may interest also students of comparative morals who are not primarily concerned with Dante. It could scarcely be more careful, thorough, or open-minded. He has produced a work which every exhaustive student of Dante will turn to and which will not need to be undertaken again on so elaborate a scale.”

+ − Nation. 88: 468. My. 6, ’09. 430w.

“It is not distinguished by learning only but also by ingenuity and originality. He admits his book is one for experts, and to them we cordially recommend it.”

+ − Sat. R. 107: 469. Ap. 10, ’09. 330w.

Redmayne, Richard A. S. Modern practice in mining; for the use of mining students, prospectors, colliery managers, and others. v. 1. Coal: its occurrence, value and methods of boring, etc. *$2. Longmans.

9–14528.

“This volume is put out as the first of a series of comparatively small books which shall constitute a complete library on modern practice in mining. It is purposed to make each volume take up some particular phase of mining and not to attempt to cover in any volume a very broad field. This volume in hand, after some forty odd pages of general matter on coals, passes to bearing or core drilling as the main topic. The volume may then be considered as an exposition of present European and American practice of small-hole boring as a part of mining exploration.”—Engin. N.

“The author’s experience has enabled him successfully to present a careful blending of theory with practice, and shown him the desirability of avoiding the description of out-of-date methods and machinery, excepting as present practice requires reference thereto.”

+ Engin. D. 5: 54. Ja. ’09. 280w. (Review of v. 1.)

Engin. N. 60: sup. 690. D. 17, ’08. 260w. (Review of v. 1.)

Reed, Helen Leah. Irma in Italy. †$1.25. Little.

8–31686.

A new “Irma” book in which the young heroine travels with an aunt and uncle in Italy. Her experiences in the best known and even in the lesser known cities, entertaining and informing, are woven into a travel book that all young readers will profit by.

Reviewed by K. L. M.

Bookm. 28: 501. Ja. ’09. 70w.

N. Y. Times. 13: 757. D. 5, ’08. 50w.

Reed, Myrtle.^[10] Old rose and silver. **$1.50. Putnam.

9–35850.

Melody, fragrance, soft and warm color, and characters suggestive of these: a beautiful old lady, an “old Rose” heroine of forty, a musical genius, ten years her junior, and in contrast to these characters, a young girl of twenty, beautiful in outline, but without warmth and color, a silver girl—these are the principal elements of a story told in the author’s impressionistic manner. An automobile accident in which the young violinist all but loses his left hand, serves both to introduce a refreshing young doctor who sets at naught the counsels of his elders, and to bring to the disconsolate patient a revelation of the right woman’s love.

“A harmless tale, dedicated to sentiment and millinery, but redeemed for adult reading by a humorous old lady and the ‘Crosby twins,’ sporting enthusiasts.”

+ − A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 93. N. ’09. ✠

Nation. 89: 512. N. 25, ’09. 200w.

N. Y. Times. 14: 616. O. 16, ’09. 350w.

Reich, Emil.^[7] Woman through the ages. 2v. ea. *$3.50. Dutton.

W9–105.

“May interest those who are in search of facts about women dissociated from the political, social, and literary movements of their times.” (Nation.) The two volumes include the Egyptian women, the Greek woman, the Roman woman, the woman of the renaissance, the woman in the convent, Englishwomen of the Tudor period, Englishwomen of the Stuart period, the women of the time of Louis XIV and Louis XV, women of the salons, women of the French revolution, Englishwomen of the eighteenth century, women of the time of the French empire, and literary women of the nineteenth century.

“The value of Mr. Reich’s work is marred by passages which reveal narrowness of view and prejudices; otherwise it would be an authoritative contribution to sociology.” A. R. Marble.

+ − Dial. 47: 124. S. 1, ’09. 1800w.

“Although first-hand sources have been drawn upon, readers familiar with other compendia of the history and literature of classical antiquity, the middle ages, and the renaissance, and of France and England in the following centuries, will find little that is new in this book.”

+ − Nation. 88: 580. Je. 10, ’09. 480w.

“While this work must be accorded a high place in the reference library of the historian, it may as well be admitted at once that it is chiefly interesting to the casual reader in this country on account of the final chapter, that on ‘Woman in America.’ As to the merits of the views expressed therein there will be a wide divergence of opinion.”

+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 425. Jl. 10, ’09. 1500w.

370“There is no question as to the interest he has imparted to the subject, for he writes with picturesque vigor, and never hesitates to inject into descriptions of either ancient or modern life his own individual prejudice or opinion. That makes lively reading, and keeps the reader on the alert.”

+ Outlook. 93: 278. O. 2, ’09. 800w.

“There is no learning in the book except such as any literary hack might display who was intelligent enough to collect at the Museum the traditions about ancient women and the ordinary accounts of the position of women in ancient and mediaeval times. Such a book as this accuses him of a want of serious purpose.”

− + Sat. R. 106: sup. 3. N. 21, ’08. 1550w.

Reinsch, Paul Samuel, ed.^[6] Readings on American federal government. *$2.75. Ginn.

9–12092.

A source book whose aim is to bring the student into first hand contact with political facts and forces. The selections are accounts by people who have engaged in or witnessed the occurrences described. They embrace speeches by representatives and senators on the powers of the executive, relations of executive to Congress, the legislative process, and departmental activities; addresses by prominent federal judges on the organization and work of the courts, selections from executive messages, departmental reports, court decisions, and essays by eminent publicists on phases of the actual operation of government.

Am. Hist. R. 15: 218. O. ’09. 50w.

A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 179. Je. ’09.

+ Ann. Am. Acad. 34: 610. N. ’09. 230w.

“Professor Reinsch’s volume contains much useful information that can be found in no formal description of the American government and will prove most useful as an aid to an understanding of its rather complex operations.”

+ Dial. 47: 186. S. 16, ’09. 230w.

“It is hard to imagine a better book on which to base a university course in that subject.”

+ Ind. 67: 303. Ag. 5, ’09. 70w.

“For the present the serviceableness of Professor Reinsch’s book to the teacher and student, whatever the range of library facilities at command, can hardly be over-estimated, and we are glad to give the work hearty commendation.”

+ Nation. 89: 234. S. 9, ’09. 200w.

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 476. Ag. 7, ’09. 340w.

“It would be difficult to imagine a better book on which to base a splendid university course in federal government.”

+ Pol. Sci. Q. 24: 554. S. ’09. 210w.

“A useful compilation.”

+ R. of Rs. 40: 256. Ag. ’09. 70w.

“There is a distinct place for such a volume of readings as Professor Reinsch has edited; and teachers of American government will be quick to recognize its merits.”

+ Yale R. 18: 221. Ag. ’09. 230w.

Repplier, Agnes. Happy half-century, and other essays. **$1.10. Houghton.

8–27522.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

“She occupies a position which in some respects is analogous to that of Mr. Birrell in this country; yet one doubts if that statement does her full justice.”

+ Ath. 1909, 1: 311. Mr. 13. 700w.

“Just a baker’s dozen of essays now before us, every one of which has its own peculiarly delicious savor.”

+ Ind. 66: 537. Mr. 11, ’09. 420w.

Reuterdahl, Arvid.^[5] Theory and design of reinforced concrete arches: a treatise for engineers and technical students. *$2. Clark, M. C.

8–26688.

“Valuable as giving in detail, with reasons for it, every step in the design of a typical arch.... The first chapter is devoted to a theoretical discussion of the general subject, including detailed demonstrations of all theorems used in the actual procedure of arch computation, which forms the second chapter. The third chapter is on the determination of fiber stresses. In the appendix are full specifications for reinforced concrete arches prepared by the Concrete-steel engineering company, and the St. Louis regulations regarding reinforced concrete structures.”—Engin. Rec.

“For the student who wishes to get in one book the whole theory, to its minutest details, of the reinforced concrete arch, and who is not overawed by a succession of formula-filled pages, we can commend the book.”

+ Engin. N. 60: sup. 692. D. 17, ’08. 370w.

“About the only adverse criticism of the book that can be made is that it has nothing to show how a single load on any part of the arch can be treated.”

+ − Engin. Rec. 59: 526. Ap. 17, ’09. 200w.

Revelation to the monk of Evesham abbey; in the year of our Lord eleven hundred and ninety-six, concerning the places of purgatory and paradise, rendered into modern English by Valerian Paget. *$1.50. McBride.

9–24243.

A rendering into modern English of a classic which is important in a historical, religious and literary sense. The monk is a sort of Dante who “conducts the reader thru the pains and tortures of a mediaevally-constituted purgatory, and thru those pleasant fields of paradise wherein the purged souls of the departed wander, when the price of worldly evil-doing has been paid.” Its historical significance is apparent in the light it throws upon the religious life and problems of the twelfth century.

+ Dial. 46: 268. Ap. 16, ’09. 80w.

“Mr. Paget’s rendering, based on Prof. Arber’s reprint of the fifteenth century English version of the vision, reads smoothly and will doubtless satisfy the public to which it is addressed, but the preface shows a woful ignorance of mediæval literature and even of the history of the book itself.”

− + Nation. 85: 560. Je. 3, ’09. 380w.

“The style of the rendering, the work of Valerian Paget, is very suitable to the matter, and the matter is interesting for the sake of the reflection of the contemporary ecclesiastical mind if for nothing else.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 51. Je. 5, ’09. 380w.

Rexford, Eben Eugene. Home garden: a book on vegetable and small-fruit growing, for the use of the amateur gardener. **$1.25. Lippincott.

9–6489.

Not a scientific treatise but a brief, practical handbook for the use of those who have a little piece of land for the growing of vegetables and small fruit, and who, from lack of experience, do not know how to go to work in the right way.

“Very sensible and useful manual for the amateur.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 144. My. ’09. ✠

Reviewed by G: Gladden.

+ Bookm. 29: 546. Jl. ’09. 250w.

“Good sense, and long experience both in gardening and in writing, lie at the foundation of this helpful book.” S. A. Shafer.

+ Dial. 46: 368. Je. 1, ’09. 120w.

371“This volume contains, to paraphrase, the practical thoughts of a practical fellow.”

+ Ind. 66: 1244. Je. 3, ’09. 100w.

“This treatise is a convenient, untechnical, but not encyclopædic, aid to beginners. Although it is very small, it ought to have an index.”

+ − Nation. 88: 468. My. 6, ’09. 480w.

“It is written for the man who seeks to find in outdoor exercise a relaxation from the cares of professional life and would like to have that exercise one in which pleasure and profit may be successfully combined.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 384. Je. 12, ’09. 150w.

Reynolds, Gertrude M.^[9] False position. †$1.50. Brentano’s.

“The story of a young girl of good family, who is reduced to poverty and who accepts marriage with a man whom she does not love as the only way out of her difficulties. She has had an innocent love affair with the nephew of her husband, several years previous to her marriage, and through a mistaken sense of duty, both she and the young man in question agree to hide the past. From this arise complications which are only straightened out in the last chapter. There are many pleasant pictures of life among the upper class in England, and some well-drawn character studies.”—N. Y. Times.

“One is left with the comfortable sense of having been amused and interested without a waste of time or an aftermath of unpleasant recollection.”

+ Nation. 69: 186. Ag. 26, ’09. 250w.

“The book has a refreshing sanity and cleanliness of thought, and should appeal to those readers who are a trifle weary of problem novels and stories of hair-breadth adventures.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 403. Je. 26, ’09. 150w.

Reynolds, Gertrude M. Supreme test. †$1.50. Brentano’s.

8–31471.

“The central theme [of this story] is the awakening of a very worthy, but very austere, middle-aged English gentleman to a sense of his own narrowness through the influence of a young girl, who is neither wicked nor worldly, but simply and naturally human.”—Bookm.

“So well set forth that it is only reflection that brings out the story’s inherent weaknesses.”

+ − Ath. 1908, 2: 757. D. 12. 100w.

“A rather able book of its kind, admirably true in character drawing; and because so true, sane and wholesome in its general outlook upon life.” F: T. Cooper.

+ Bookm. 28: 588. F. ’09. 220w.

“The story moves at a lively pace in and out among the pranks of Kythe, but her champion’s transmutation is hard to follow.”

− Nation. 88: 171. F. 18, ’09. 280w.

“A story in which there is little of logic and reality. The frivolous heroine does not enlist the reader’s sympathy.”

− N. Y. Times. 14: 101. F. 20, ’09. 200w.

Reynolds, Stephen. Poor man’s house. †$1.50. Lane.

9–13969.

A well-conducted demonstration of the belief “that in the things that really matter, the educated man has more to learn of the poor man than to teach him.” “The house is the house of a poor Devon fisherman; the characters are all from the slum section of the small town overhanging the sea. But it is as men and women and children that we meet them, not as an institution. This book is not a ‘study’ of the poor man. It is not a labeling apparatus designed to provide you, plus the author’s guarantee, with a sticker to attach to any workingman you may run across. It is the experiences, the happy experiences, of a man fortunate enough to know when he is well off, and having the power most graphically and convincingly to picture this well-offness and the causes that produced it.” (N. Y. Times.)

“Mr. Reynolds, though he may not have produced a picture of a typical poor man’s house, has produced a more attractive study—free from theory and sentiment—of the domestic life of one poor man. It is an achievement of conspicuous merit.”

+ Ath. 1908, 2: 720. D. 5. 300w.

“There is abundance of homely dialect conversation, not needing a glossary, however; and the realistic story throughout is well worth reading.”

+ Dial. 46: 116. F. 16, ’09. 300w.

“The whole thing strikes one as a really sincere record and commentary.”

+ Nation. 88: 387. Ap. 15, ’09. 600w.

“As interesting reading to our maturity as were the hero-tales of old to our children.” Hildegarde Hawthorne.

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 29. Ja. 16, ’09. 340w.

“Is in reality the raw material for fiction rather than fiction proper. Not a book for squeamish readers. The aim of the writer renders it impossible for him to consult their susceptibilities. A study remarkable for its sympathy and poetry as well as its minute observation.”

+ − Spec. 101: 784. N. 14, ’08. 1400w.

Reynolds, Victor. Stories of the Flemish and Dutch artists from the time of the Van Eycks to the end of the seventeenth century; selected and arranged by Victor Reynolds. *$3. Duffield.

9–8430.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 180. Je. ’09.

“Mr. Reynolds frankly declines, at the outset, to guarantee ‘the truth of many of the anecdotes,’ so that the book is one to be used with caution by English readers. With this reservation, the twenty odd lives make pleasant reading, if unsatisfying to the seeker after definite facts.”

+ − Ath. 1909, 1: 382. Mr. 27. 360w.

+ Dial. 45: 467. D. 16, ’08. 140w.

+ Ind. 66: 588. Mr. 18, ’09. 90w.

+ Int. Studio. 36: 252. Ja. ’09. 30w.

“There is a disconcerting absence of dates and at times a curious habit of dropping into the language of a contemporary when talking of the old masters without quotation marks, which is more or less distracting to a reader of logical tastes.”

+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 4. Ja. 2, ’09. 120w.

R. of Rs. 39: 125. Ja. ’09. 50w.

Rhodes, Daniel P.^[10] Philosophy of change. *$2. Macmillan.

9–24972.

The author has here spun out an idea of the universe from his own fancy. His basal principles of change reminds one to some extent of the philosophy of Heroclitus but he does not attempt to connect his with any ancient or modern school of thought and his style is more popular than is customary with works on such subjects. The basis of his philosophy is “the principle of continuous and universal change.” The universe is regarded “not as a thing but as a process.” His chapters set forth the general trend of this theory and “the probable consequences of its adoption by mankind” under such headings as: “Illusion and reality,” “The knowing,” “The fiction of a universe,” “Reason and will,” “A rational view of death,” and “Literary style and the philosophy.”

Rhodes, James Ford.^[12] Historical essays. *$2.25. Macmillan.

9–30870.

Eighteen historical essays many of which are public speeches and addresses. They are: History; Concerning the writing of history; The 372profession of historian; Newspapers as historical sources; Speech prepared for the commencement dinner at Harvard university, June 26, 1901; Edward Gibbon; Samuel Rawson Gardiner; William E. H. Lecky; Sir Spencer Walpole; John Richard Green; Edward Gaylord Bourne; The presidential office; A review of President Hayes’s administration; Edward Laurence Godkin; Who burned Columbia? A new estimate of Cromwell.

Rice, Alice Caldwell (Hegan).^[5] Mr. Opp. †$1. Century.

9–8574.

Mrs. Rice’s unique hero is a sort of glorified Ichabod Crane with a double personality. “The aggressive Mr. Opp of the gorgeous raiment and the seal ring, the important man of business ... was in deadly combat with the insignificant Mr. Opp, he of the shirt sleeves and the wilted pompadour” who gives up ambition and love that he may bring happiness to a little half-witted sister. “There was in the man—egotism, courage, whatever it was—that would never recognize defeat, that quality that wins out of a life of losing the final victory.”

A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 188. Je. ’09. ✠

“The story is told with the sympathy and picturesqueness of touch that we have learned to expect from the author.”

+ Ath. 1909, 1: 612. My. 22. 160w.

“The book is a slight thing as regards plot, but an excellent study of character.” M. K. Ford.

+ Bookm. 29: 412. Je. ’09. 500w.

“Alice Hegan Rice fully lives up to her reputation in this latest character study, ‘Mr. Opp.’ Mrs. Rice has a happy faculty of choosing expressive English and the fact that Mr. Opp’s history is remarkably well told will surely add to its popularity.”

+ Lit. D. 38: 852. My. 15, ’09. 260w.

“Mr. Opp is a hero worth knowing.”

+ Nation. 89: 16. Jl. 1, ’09. 200w.

“A truly delightful book, full of whimsical humor, and with a dash of pathos and sentiment which is never mawkish or unreal.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 286. My. 8, ’09. 470w.

N. Y. Times. 14: 378. Je. 12, ’09. 200w.

“It is chiefly good fun.”

+ Outlook. 92: 390. Je. 19, ’09. 50w.

+ R. of Rs. 39: 760. Je. ’09. 120w.

“Mr. Opp is more than the hero of a novel: he comes very near to being truly heroic. The whole book, indeed, is exceedingly attractive, and fully sustains the reputation of its author.”

− Spec. 103: 209. Ag. 7, ’09. 250w.

Rice, Allen Thorndike, ed. Reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln by distinguished men of his time; new ed. rev. **$2. Harper.

9–2244.

A timely revision of a book which is an accumulation of a mass of trustworthy evidence concerning the personal traits and private utterances of Lincoln. There are impressions of Lincoln, the lawyer; Lincoln, the statesman; and Lincoln, the man.

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 122. Ap. ’09.

Ind. 66: 263. F. 4, ’09. 530w.

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 53. Ja. 30, ’09. 700w.

Rice, Cale Young.^[6] Nirvana days. **$1.25. Doubleday.

9–6094.

A collection of some fifty poems impregnated with the spirit of Buddha. They are grouped under the heads “Dramatic” and “More or less dramatic.”

“The author is most a poet when he is farthest from Nirvana, dreaming of sensuous old laces in Italy or Japan, or declaiming indignantly against the Night Riders. His worst fault is that he has not learned his craft. His style in the quieter pieces is uneven and unimpressive, and under excitement degenerates into rant.” Brian Hooker.

− + Bookm. 29: 368. Je. ’09. 300w.

“The poems fall into ‘non-dramatic’ and ‘more or less dramatic’ groups. The latter group contains the more vigorous work.” W: M. Payne.

+ Dial. 47: 100. Ag. 16, ’09. 150w.

Nation. 89: 54. Jl. 15, ’09. 200w.

“In his philosophical poems Mr. Rice shows seriousness of intent but an unfortunate vagueness. Taken as a whole, Mr. Rice’s verse is smooth flowing and generally simple in expression.”

+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 407. Je. 26, ’09. 100w.

Rice, Edward Irving. Old Jim Case of South Hollow. **$1. Doubleday.

9–4485.

The country store of South Hollow is nightly the scene of a gathering of old cronies who perched upon barrels, counters, tea chests, etc., listen greedily to the stories and reminiscences of Old Jim Case. How he swears off drinking served as the theme of his perennial temperance sermon, while his inside knowledge of the town doings, the villainies practiced and the wrongs suffered help him to play the deus ex machina rôle with unwonted fervor.

“The wrapper, all things considered, is about the most attractive feature of the book.”

− N. Y. Times. 14: 118. F. 27, ’09. 200w.

Rice, Wallace de G. C., comp. Catchwords of patriotism. **$1. McClurg.

8–28047.

“A variety of wise and statesmanlike remarks culled from the writings and speeches of those who have been among the foremost in the political life of America.” (N. Y. Times.) There are included Roosevelt, Bryan, Taft, Kern, Sherman, Hughes, and others.

Dial. 45: 464. D. 16, ’08. 20w.

“It is to be regretted that the compositor, or somebody else, has made a perfect mess of the sentiment credited to Mr. Sherman.”

+ − N. Y. Times. 13: 614. O. 24, ’08. 200w.

Richards, Mrs. Ellen Henrietta. Cost of cleanness. (Cost of living ser.) $1. Wiley.

8–28977.

“In this latest volume Mrs. Richards works out the cost of being clean in person, house, food, and city, and compares it with the demonstrated cost of ignoring dirt in any or all of those particulars.”

“Extremely suggestive and helpful to housekeepers, teachers and those interested in the problems of public health, civic cleanliness and the administration of relief.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 48. F. ’09. ✠

“If in future revisions the author sees fit to retain her imaginary statements regarding the possibilities and near-by certainties of electrical household do-it-alls we shall not take it greatly at heart, but we shall be disappointed if she does not at least add qualifying footnotes regarding the diphtheria level; street cleaning, yellow fever and the general death rate; and the cost of pure as compared with impure water.”

+ − Engin. N. 61: sup. 51. Ap. 15, ’09. 700w.

“Mrs. Richards’s book is concise and condensed to the point of bluntness. Each sentence is a bullet for compactness and energy of propulsion. The volume bears evidence of such haste in writing that the author did not take time to elaborate sufficiently her ideas, nor to give them frequently the best sequence.”

+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 17. Ja. 9, ’09. 650w.

373Richards, Mrs. Ellen Henrietta. Laboratory notes on industrial water analysis: a survey course for engineers. *50c. Wiley.

8–36798.

“These notes are in the nature of five laboratory exercises, to determine first the industrial characteristics of water in general and then the amount of scale-forming materials, iron, sulphate, alkalinity, etc. The fifth exercise deals with remedies. Besides the five laboratory exercises, there is a second part, which takes up standard solutions and gives some valuable conversion tables. A few bibliographical references conclude the book.”—Engin. N.

Engin. D. 5: 297. Mr. ’09. 100w.

+ Engin. N. 61: sup. 5. Ja. 14, ’09. 140w.

“The exercises will doubtless prove interesting and instructive as part of a course in chemistry.”

+ Engin. Rec. 59: 55. Ja. 9, ’09. 160w.

“There are no equations or explanations of the reactions involved in the various processes, which are described in the briefest manner, so briefly, indeed, that we should doubt if some of the operations could be successfully carried out.” J. B. C.

− Nature. 80: 216. Ap. 22, ’09. 100w.

“Mrs. Richards has had such extended experience in matters dealing with water examination that everything from her pen is always of value.” W. P. Mason.

+ Science, n.s. 29: 501. Mr. 26, ’09. 150w.

Richards, Joseph William.^[7] Metallurgical calculations. 3v. ea. *$2. McGraw.

6–12166.

“This volume completes a set of three, the text of which has been published as a serial in ‘Electrochemical and metallurgical industry’ during the past two years. Volume 1 treats of metallurgical principles in general, and its successor with their special application to the problems arising in the iron and steel industry. The present volume is concerned with the metallurgy of the non-ferrous metals, and deals with copper, silver, gold, lead, zinc, mercury, and aluminum.”—Engin. D.

Engin. D. 5: 540. My. ’09. 220w.

“Has covered the theoretical side very satisfactorily.”

+ Engin. Rec. 59: 250. F. 27, ’09. 220w.

Richards, Marian Edwards.^[9] Zandrie. †$1.50. Century.

9–24236.

Zandrie, convent reared, a child in thought and fancy, is the naïve and innocent heroine of this tale—a child whose reputation in the hands of Madam Grundy would have been torn to tatters. But some good angel watched over her thru her wilful, unconventional young career and brought her to safety in a good man’s love.

“A love story pure and simple, naïve and often extravagant but convincing and full of vitality.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 93. N. ’09. ✠

“A work of rather exceptional quality and delicate art, a work of slender and fragile strength, like that of a woman’s slender, supple wrist; and it is marred only in its ending, where the author’s purpose seems to falter and stumble.” F: T. Cooper.

+ − Bookm. 30: 281. N. ’09. 480w.

“This is a love story pure and simple, in the fullest sense of the words; there is simplicity in its very extravagances, and Zandrie’s almost superhuman innocence is not only credible, but entirely convincing. In the entire treatment of the theme there is a morning freshness that sorts well with the callow years of the protagonists.”

+ Nation. 89: 306. S. 30, ’09. 220w.

“Is not especially distinguished. The book fall into that class of American fiction, which is neatly written, absolutely harmless, and very amateurish in its conception of real life.”

+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 584. O. 2, ’09. 180w.

Richardson, Clifford. Modern asphalt pavement. 2d ed. rev. $3. Wiley.

8–32510.

“Almost every page bears the mark of critical revision, and some selections are practically rewritten. In chapter 5 the structure of the hydrocarbons which characterize the liquid and solid asphalts is discussed in the light of the latest researches, and will appeal particularly to the chemist. Chapters 17 and 18, on asphaltic concrete and asphalt paving blocks have been materially enlarged and contain valuable information regarding recent important improvements in these lines. The author’s specifications for asphalt pavements have been revised very carefully.”—Engin. Rec.

“A complete revision of a valuable work.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 122. Ap. ’09.

“This is one of the recognized standard books on the subject of road work. In the present edition, the work of revision has been carefully done and the book must continue to occupy its high position in the field of municipal engineering.”

+ Engin. D. 5: 536. My. ’09. 400w.

“An examination of the present edition indicates that the revision has been carefully made and that the book is bound to continue to occupy a high place in the literature of municipal engineering.”

+ Engin. N. 60: sup. 692. D. 17, ’08. 200w.

+ Engin. Rec. 59: 83. Ja. 16, ’09. 360w.

Richardson, Frank. Other man’s wife. $1.50. Kennerley.

8–28065.

“Richard Meyville, the hero, a struggling barrister, has for mistress the wife of a wealthy friend. The lady, by her influence, launches him on the tide of success.... There seems nothing particularly creditable about the connexion, but it is treated as a matter of course by the author and all his characters, except the inhabitants of Bayswater and a presumably out-of-date Lord Chancellor. When, at the height of success, Richard thinks of taking ‘silk,’ his application is refused by the Lord Chancellor; whereupon he is forced to choose between his career and his mistress, and chooses the former.”—Ath.

“Of the character-sketches some are caricatures, but many are admirable. The book teems with the unexpected, and is not over-weighted with epigram.”

− + Ath. 1908, 2: 569. N. 7. 170w.

“It tells an unpleasant story about life and people in London. It is filled with a company of characters either stupid, disagreeable, or offensive, while their actions are of a similar character.”

− N. Y. Times. 14: 39. Ja. 23, ’09. 160w.

Richardson, Henry Handel. Maurice Guest. †$1.50. Duffield.

9–7947.

A story of less musical than psychological interest. “The hero, a young musician of good abilities, but no strength of character, is overmastered by a morbid passion for a worthless Cleopatra, and the history of their relations, which terminate in his suicide, forms the main theme of the book.” (Ath.)

“Some scenes are unnecessarily repulsive. But Mr. Richardson’s work has genuine realistic qualities which deserve recognition.”

− + Ath. 1908, 2: 432. O. 10. 150w.

“The realism is not only disagreeably, but unnecessarily, coarse. There is one absurdly false touch. All the American students speak that marvelous ‘Yankee’ lingo which is never heard this side of the footlights of English theatres.”

+ − Nation. 88: 387. Ap. 15, ’09. 550w.

374“He writes very well, and his novel, notwithstanding its great length, is a compact, well-constructed, dramatic piece of work, with characters of lifelike portrayal, that of the hero being especially true and vivid.”

+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 54. Ja. 30, ’09. 160w.

R. of Rs. 39: 384. Mr. ’09. 80w.

− Sat. R. 106: sup. 7. S. 26, ’08. 200w.

Richardson, S. S. Magnetism and electricity, and the principles of electrical measurement. *$2. Van Nostrand.

“The object of this book is to provide a sound and systematic course of study in the fundamental principles of electricity and electrical measurement. It has been prepared to meet the requirements of students who have had previous instruction in the elementary descriptive parts of the subject, and are taking up the study of electricity in its more quantitative aspects, either as a branch of pure physics, or as a preparation for a course in applied electricity.”—Engin. D.

“The text suffers occasionally from the defect of quoting formulae of which no proof is offered. Altogether the book deserves commendation.”

+ − Ath. 1908, 2: 18. Jl. 4. 580w.

“The figures are well drawn and the experimental methods have been judiciously chosen.”

+ Engin. D. 5: 176. F. ’09. 160w.

“The treatment, on the whole, is very clear and concise, and the book contains considerably more matter than is usually found in books of this standard.”

+ − Nature. 79: 246. D. 31, ’08. 220w.

Richey, Harry Grant.^[7] Building foreman’s pocket book and ready reference. $5. Wiley.

9–11746.

One of a series prepared for the “special use of the various trades, for plumbers, carpenters and woodworkers, stone and brick masons, cement workers and plasterers, and superintendents of construction, builders and building inspectors. This latest volume covers all of these subjects in the general manner that the building foreman may require.” (Engin. N.)

“A convenient reference volume for large libraries.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 21. S. ’09.

“The book is one that those having the direction of building construction should provide themselves with.”

+ Engin. D. 6: 54. Jl. ’09. 150w.

“Very complete and detailed without being unreasonably verbose.”

+ Engin. N. 61: sup. 76. Je. 17, ’09. 100w.

“The purpose of the book has manifestly been kept in mind carefully in the compilation of its contents.”

+ Engin. Rec. 59: 726. Je. 5, ’09. 160w.

Richmond, Grace Louise.^[10] Court of inquiry. **$1. Doubleday.

9–24945.

The hostess of a charming country house and her guests, the Gay Lady, the Skeptic and the Philosopher, constitute the court of inquiry, before whom, all unknown to the guests, the condition of every new arrival is inquired into and judgment gently passed upon her. The first part of the story introduces successively delightful types of young womanhood and the second part pairs them off; all the while the romance of the Philosopher and the storyteller grows apace.

“The moral is rather too obvious but the tale might benefit young girls.”

+ − A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 93. N. ’09.

Rickard, Thomas Arthur.^[12] Through the Yukon and Alaska. $2.50. Mining and scientific press.

9–18373.

“Few if any travelers in Alaska have made so many and such accurate observations as Mr. Rickard, and of those who have published similar journals, no one has included so much of real value to those interested in the resources of the Yukon district and Alaska, or in the mining activities of those countries. The author has told in a delightful way many of the incidents of travel, and has taken pains to give accurately the history of some of the most remarkable discoveries in these northern countries. The romantic history of the Treadwell mines, the discovery of gold on the Klondike, the wonderful development at Fairbanks, and the story of the discovery and exploitation of the Nome beach, are here given in a fuller and more interesting way than they have elsewhere appeared.”—J. Geol.

“Mr. Rickard’s book is neither a tourists’ guide nor a heavy technical treatise. It is a straightforward but lively account of a most interesting region and its people. It is a book for anyone going north, and for anyone to read who is staying at home, and is interested in our far northern territory.”

+ Engin. D. 6: 427. N. ’09. 400w.

“The book is, however, more than a narrative of travel, for the author has described the mining conditions and mining processes with an ability that few can equal. The book is well illustrated and a very welcome addition to the literature on Alaska.” W. W. A.

+ J. Geol. 17: 759. N. ’09. 250w.

Rickert, Edith.^[11] Beggar in the heart. †$1.50. Moffat.

9–25974.

“To weave a romance round an elderly heroine is a daring enterprise on Miss Rickert’s part, but her courage is tempered by a curious reticence as to the exact age of the lady in question, which is throughout alluded to with tantalizing ambiguity. The aforesaid heroine is, as regards her philanthropic and introspective tendencies, of an exceedingly modern type, but possesses, nevertheless, a liberal portion of that sweet unreasonableness which in the fiction of an earlier day generally characterized her class. All these things are against her, yet she undoubtedly achieves some measure of charm and originality.”—Ath.

“The author seems more at home amongst Bohemians of a mild and cosmopolitan description than with the aristocracy or the slum-dwellers of London; but the story, if not overprobable, is interesting and unusual.”

+ − Ath. 1909, 2: 489. O. 23. 130w.

“It is thoroughly bad in construction and method: almost its only merit is that it possesses the one essential merit of a good novel—it is interesting.” Ward Clark.

+ − Bookm. 30: 394. D. ’09. 870w.

“The story is a bright and clever little comedy, just touching upon pathos now and again, then showing flashes of humor, and moving with much dash and spirit.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 694. N. 6, ’09. 200w.

“Miss Edith Rickert does not rise to her best in ‘The beggar in the heart’ but she writes an entertaining story of a young old maid.”

+ Outlook. 93: 559. N. 6, ’09. 40w.

“It is good reading.”

+ Spec. 103: 851. N. 20, ’09. 30w.

Rickert, Edith. Early English romances in verse; done into modern English. (New medieval lib.) 2v. ea. *$2. Duffield.

9–29176.

One of these volumes is devoted to romances of friendship, the other to romances of love. Each presents “eight or ten short tales representative of the thought and sentiment of the middle ages. Among these stories, those of 375‘Sir Amadas,’ ‘The tale of Gamelyn,’ ‘Floris and Blancheflour,’ ‘The knight of courtesy and fair lady of Faguell,’ are perhaps the most widely known.” (Outlook.)

Dial. 46: 145. Mr. 1, ’09. 100w.

“The editing of the romances of love and friendship has been accomplished with discretion.”

+ Nation. 88: 511. My. 20, ’09. 480w.

“Certainly one cannot quarrel with the manner in which the work is executed, nor with the artistic setting which has been given it, nor yet with the historical value of the idea.” J. B. Rittenhouse.

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 113. F. 27, ’09. 1150w.

“Not the least valuable part of these books are the introductions.”

+ Outlook. 91: 537. Mr. 6, ’09. 160w.

Rideout, Henry Milner. Dragon’s blood. **$1.20. Houghton.

9–9507.

A story whose setting enters largely into the unity of the plot. It is a tale of daring adventure, hardship and love in China during a native uprising. The agent of a German company, a vain young English matron, a level-headed Englishman who woos the spirited heroine are the chief actors in the little drama enacted against a background of Chinese life and landscape.

“Full of local color and cleverly told.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 188. Je. ’09.

“The story is without construction, and runs through a succession of incidents, more or less thrilling, to a premature conclusion. The author, however, seems to possess a first-hand knowledge of the scenes of which he writes; his descriptions are vivid and convincing; and the signs and omens which precede an anti-Christian uprising are treated with power and a realistic sense of impending disaster.”

+ − Ath. 1909, 2: 92. Jl. 24. 120w.

“It is not a pleasant book, and yet not one easily laid aside. Unquestionably the book should be numbered among the stories of good fighting—and of equal right it should be numbered among those books that actually make us see, as clearly as though we ourselves had been there, the foreign setting.” F: T. Cooper.

+ − Bookm. 29: 523. Jl. ’09. 480w.

“Technique, so far as he needs it, is bound to come in time, for technique is that part of the art of fiction which may be taught; but not all the technique in the world can help a writer to the acquirement of an ability to see life strongly and to picture what he sees—and this is a gift which Mr. Rideout unquestionably possesses.” Philip Tillinghast.

+ − Forum. 41: 620. Je. ’09. 650w.

“So far as enlightening this country is concerned about the heathen ends of creation, the novelists are doing it better than the missionaries.”

+ Ind. 67: 424. Ag. 19, ’09. 200w.

“It is nothing more or less than a blood-and-thunder romance of impossible adventure. Is commonly called ‘a rattling good story,’ and this, we suppose, is what Mr. Rideout intended.”

+ − Nation. 89: 141. Ag. 12, ’09. 330w.

“While the book is commended in the first place as a thriller of a superior quality, it is difficult to read it without imbibing much instruction about the curious orientals ... and the merits of the missionary question.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 307. My. 15, ’09. 450w.

“The story is sufficiently full of action and excitement.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 378. Je. 12, ’09. 120w.

“The writing is so graphic that one can feel the nervous tension of the white people at signs of a rebellion among the natives, and over all is the sense of the aching loneliness of their lot.”

+ Sat. R. 108: 323. S. 11, ’09. 60w.

Rider, Fremont.^[6] Are the dead alive? *$1.75. Dodge, B. W.

9–15095.

Deals with the problem of psychical research that the world’s leading scientists are trying to solve, and the progress they have made in it. To present the nucleus of truth which has been found beneath a vast accretion of error and fraud has been the author’s intention. Some of the chapters are: The psychical phenomena of spiritualism; The mediumship of D. D. Home; Eusapia Paladino; Obsession of dual personality; Clairvoyance and clair-audience; Ghosts; Telepathy; Premonition; Mediumship; The Piper case; and Telepathy vs. spiritualism.

− Dial. 47: 52. Jl. 16, ’09. 120w.

“The book on the whole is sane and strikingly devoid of the sensationalism suggested by its title.”

+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 416. Jl. 3, ’09. 650w.

Ries, Heinrich, and Leighton, Henry.^[12] History of the clay-working industry in the United States. *$2.50. Wiley.

9–19437.

A book that “is compiled from statistics collected in the main by the United States census bureau and the United States geological survey. The first portion of the history is a general résumé of the various stages in the development of the industry through the manufacture of common bricks, glazed bricks, terracotta, tiles, and pottery. In the second portion of the work, these stages are discussed state by state.”—Nature.

A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 83. N. ’09.

“Dr. Ries and Mr. Leighton have told us in a very orderly and interesting manner about the beginnings in this country of an ancient industry which is finding itself.” C. W. Parmelee.

+ Econ. Bull. 2: 353. D. ’09. 500w.

“Considering the importance of the subject, the list of books with trustworthy information is surprisingly small. We therefore turn with pleasure to the present work.” J. W. Mellor.

+ Nature. 81: 452. O. 14, ’09. 600w.

Riis, Jacob August.^[10] Old town. *$2. Macmillan.

9–27120.

Ribe, the author’s old Danish home is the town of this volume of historical and biographical anecdotes. Its quaint old world customs, its traditions, its life as Mr. Riis lived it in his unappreciated youth, are depicted in a series of well chosen scenes and stories. His king’s recognition of him on his return from the new world where he had gone as a black sheep in the eyes of Ribe forms an interesting climax.

“Written with the freshness and sincerity which were so attractive in ‘The making of an American,’ but without the extreme naïveté which marked that work.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 124. D. ’09.

“Is very good reading throughout.”

+ Dial. 47: 390. N. 16, ’09. 260w.

“There is much humor, much fine observation, and occasional bits of delicate pathos in this chatty book of recollections. Mr. Riis has paid his debt to his old home well by his sincere tribute.” G. I. Colbron.

+ Forum. 42: 485. N. ’09. 1100w.

+ Ind. 67: 1267. D. 2, ’09. 130w.

+ Lit. D. 39: 786. N. 6, ’09. 210w.

Lit. D. 39: 1081. D. 11, ’09. 110w.

+ Outlook. 93: 559. N. 6, ’09. 80w.

“Entertaining reading for the American boy or girl of to-day.”

+ R. of Rs. 40: 755. D. ’09. 70w.

376Rinehart, Mary Roberts. Man in lower ten. †$1.50. Bobbs.

9–7946.

A mystery story by the author of “The circular staircase.” The tragedy that lies at the bottom of the tangle occurs in lower ten of a sleeping car. A man is murdered and the deed is traced to lower seven into which, after a trip to the platform for air, an innocent man is inveigled by an exchange of berth numbers. Serious confusion ensues, further complicated by the disappearance of the first discoverer of the crime with the innocent man’s clothes and his bag containing valuable papers; by a wreck; and by a matrimonial plot from which the entrapped girl escapes by the aid of the hero who finally clears himself of criminal participance in the tragedy.

“Clever mystery story.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 149. My. ’09. ✠

“A well-considered mystery this, and carried to a solution with considerable ingenuity.”

+ Ind. 66: 763. Ap. 8, ’09. 100w.

“Mrs. Rinehart unwinds the tangle rather cleverly, but the sense of humor which pervades the story does not seem exactly suited to the character through whom she speaks.”

+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 198. Ap. 3, ’09. 420w.

“Her new novel is an improvement upon her previous achievement.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 378. Je. 12, ’09. 230w.

“To retain and remember in their proper sequence the incidents related in ‘The man in lower ten’ would baffle the intellect of a Sherlock Holmes. The average reader will weary in the attempt.”

− R. of Rs. 39: 761. Je. ’09. 70w.

Rinehart, Mary Roberts.^[12] When a man marries. †$1.50. Bobbs.

9–29429.

A man whose wife had recently divorced him finds that the periodical visit from Aunt Selina is due—Aunt Selina who doubled his allowance when he was married and who knows nothing of his domestic upheaval. He must have a wife for the two hours of Aunt Selina’s stay. His good friend Kit McNair who was engineering a dinner party for him volunteers to play the rôle. Aunt Selina arrives, the substitute wife is bravely holding her own when the butler develops small pox and the entire company is quarantined. The situation is further complicated by the presence of the divorced wife who had slipped in to hire her old butler just before the house was turned over to health officers. The whole gamut of tragi-comedy and comi-tragedy is run which the author works into a heroic extravaganza.

Ringhoffer, Karl. Bernstorff papers: the life of Count Albrecht Von Bernstorff; authorized tr. by Mrs. C. E. Barrett-Lennard and M. W. Hoper: with an introd. by Sir Rowland Blennerhassett. 2v. *$6. Longmans.

9–4551.

The memoirs of the life of the Prussian ambassador at the court of St. James during the awkward periods of the Crimean, Italian, Danish, and Austrian wars. “It appears that Bernstorff was one of the first to conceive the possibility of a united Germany under the leadership of Prussia, and that throughout his life he was dominated by that conception. He lived to realize his great desire. But, as Sir Rowland points out, the conception was in the outset a bold one.” (N. Y. Times.)

“The author has not given us the whole material that he had at his disposal; many of the documents are printed only in extracts and some appear only in translation from the French, the result of which is that the English text, at least in some cases, presents itself as the translation of a translation. Despite such imperfections, the book affords a most valuable and interesting supplement to the great work of Sybel and the stately Bismarck publications of recent years.” Halvdan Koht.

+ − Am. Hist. R. 14: 584. Ap. ’09. 860w.

“The letters and memoranda are too courtly and too Prussian in tone to possess great interest for ourselves, but here and there passages are to be noted which, though sometimes indiscreet, are valuable. There is sometimes in this book a trace of personalities best avoided. There is little in the volume which is new, except that to which we have already referred and the constant snarling between the courts. There is a good deal of odd or clumsy English in the book, which is due probably to translation.”

− + Ath. 1908, 2: 679. N. 28. 1400w.

“Dr. Ringhoffer hardly tells us anything of historical interest that is not known. One word of praise must be given to the translators, who have done their work well.” P. F. Willert.

+ − Eng. Hist. R. 24: 597. Jl. ’09. 750w.

“There is not a dull page in these memoirs. A literary monument worthy of its learned author.”

+ Lit. D. 38: 220. F. 6, ’09. 500w.

“The really interesting things are the private letters of Countess Bernstorff.”

+ − Nation. 88: 94. Ja. 28, ’09. 300w.

N. Y. Times. 14: 8. Ja. 2, ’09. 360w.

+ − Sat. R. 107: 307. Mr. 6, ’09. 1600w.

Risk, Robert K. America at college: as seen by a Scots graduate. *3s. 6d. A. Constable & co., London.

E9–126.

“Mr. Risk describes Harvard, Yale, Cornell, the University of Michigan, Hobart, the University of Chicago, Johns Hopkins, Bryn Mawr, Wellesley, Columbia, the College of the City of New York, and Princeton. He then adds chapters on ‘The social side,’ ‘Staff and students,’ and ‘Some general conclusions.’... He questions the efficiency of the unrestricted elective systems; he complains of the low standards of scholarship; he deplores the undue emphasis on intercollegiate athletics.”—Nation.

“His positive errors are few; his kindliness, vivacity, and humor are abundant, while, by mere inadvertence of unconsciousness, he lets slip some things that we say of each other which are at once laughable and significant. The book is worth reading.” R. M. Wenley.

+ − Educ. R. 37: 313. Mr. ’09. 430w.

“He falls into the mistake of speaking of the non-governmental university as ‘private’ and does not grasp the fundamental distinction between college and university. These deficiencies render his criticisms less valuable than they might otherwise be. The book itself, however, is well worth reading and contains many interesting personal touches.”

+ − Educ. R. 38: 97. Je. ’09. 100w.

“A fairly entertaining but very superficial account. Has the excellences and defects of journalism.”

+ − Nation. 87: 630. D. 24, ’08. 280w.

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 233. Ap. 10, ’09. 120w.

“Chatty, appreciative, dotted with bits of keen criticism, good-humored, not too profound, the observations of the author make good reading. He is not always accurate. It is a bright comment on academic affairs here, and, unlike a great deal of bright comment, actually illuminates some things besides itself.”

+ − Outlook. 91: 337. F. 13, ’09. 200w.

“These observations, frankly set forth, are both entertaining and profitable.”

+ R. of Rs. 39: 640. My. ’09. 100w.

“A competent and very readable description.”

+ Spec. 102: 380. Mr. 6, ’09. 120w.

377Ritchie, Anne Isabella (Thackeray). Blackstick papers. **$1.75. Putnam.

8–33772.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

“Happy reminiscences.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 48. F. ’09.

“Every chapter in the book leaves an impression not easily forgotten; in every page we find suggestion, thought, knowledge of life and the heart. It is not a book for the many, but it will be cherished by the few who understand. It is full of sweet simplicity and intuitive appreciation, with a calm and an absence of effort or striving after brilliance which are infinitely soothing.”

+ Ath. 1908, 2: 782. D. 19. 100w.

“To-day, with the trail of the journalist over almost all that is written for us, we can afford to accept the leisurely sentences with nothing but gratitude.”

+ Dial. 46: 115. F. 16, ’09. 400w.

“These essays on various subjects are all very slight, very easy and very agreeable reading. Indeed they are rather chats than anything else.”

+ Ind. 66: 1085. My. 20, ’09. 120w.

“The frequency of the quotation mark detracts in some measure from the readers’ interest. The sketches as a whole are written with sympathetic insight and sincerity.”

+ − Lit. D. 38: 222. F. 6, ’09. 170w.

+ Nation. 88: 37. Ja. 14, ’09. 260w.

“She relates delicious anecdotes, of gentle humor and often of pathos.”

+ Outlook. 91: 20. Ja. 2, ’09. 270w.

“To no recent volume of the same general character could the term machine-made be less appropriately applied than to this.”

+ Putnam’s. 5: 494. Ja. ’09. 160w.

“Of such material of old times, quaint, gay, or pathetic, the ‘Blackstick papers’ are composed, and they are delicate reading.”

+ Sat. R. 107: 278. F. 27, ’09. 320w.

Robbins, E. Clyde, comp.^[12] Selected articles on the commission plan of municipal government. (Debaters’ handbook ser.) *$1. Wilson, H. W.

Uniform with the “Debaters’ handbook series” this volume contains material for debaters, students, and members of clubs and organizations that are everywhere studying this new form of municipal organization. There have been included the best available reprints on the question, all articles having been edited and revised so as to avoid useless repetition. It aims to supplement the limited material of libraries that do not contain a complete file of magazines, pamphlets, and late municipal books. Contains a full bibliography and a brief.

Roberts, Charles George Douglas.^[11] Backwoodsmen. $1.50. Macmillan.

9–27965.

In these fifteen chapters are given striking incidents in the lives of backwoodsmen and women. There are stories of blizzard, torrent, trackless waste and of the animals of the wilderness. In some, man, by his will, his strength, but, above all, by his power of reason conquers and wrests from menacing nature his own life or another’s; there are also stories of kindliness and help in the hard lives of the frontier. Together they form a series of realistic pictures and show to a “sheltered people” what must be endured in the backwoods when beautiful, beneficient nature ceases to be a help and must be reckoned with as an adversary.

“It would be difficult to pick out the best of these fifteen stories. Between them they run the gamut of life in wild country, and touch humours and emotions in extremes.”

+ Ath. 1909, 2: 92. Jl. 24. 270w.

Roberts, Morley. David Bran. $1.50. Page.

9–3203.

“A primitive, elemental story, the setting being a West of England—presumably a Cornish—fishing village. Lou Trevarris, ‘whose gods were of the woodlands and the sea,’ is David Bran’s darker love, and it is she who warns him of the ‘fair-skinned maid with shining hair’ who comes between them. The originality of the book lies in its triumph over the usual views of moral possibilities, not only in David’s maintenance of his love for both mistress and wife, but also in the reconciliation of these two, and their actual affection for each other.”—Ath.

“The author’s method being poetic rather than realistic, the effect is too broad and impressive to be offensive. A weakness in ‘David Bran’ is the use of the overheard soliloquy. Mr. Roberts is a true poet of the sea, and his descriptions of some of its moods are remarkably strong.”

+ − Ath. 1908, 2: 603. N. 14. 200w.

“For one moment of the pen or the tongue of Dr. Samuel Johnson to express one’s sense of both the import and the manner of this!”

− Atlan. 103: 709. My. ’09. 440w.

“A sombre and unpleasant story, told with a well-sustained and conscious power. The really remarkable thing about the book is that it carries conviction with it and makes us feel that these people caught in this curious tangle of destiny would actually do and say and feel the things that Mr. Roberts attributes to them. And this in itself is a triumph of the first magnitude.” F: T. Cooper.

+ − Bookm. 29: 188. Ap. ’09. 430w.

“A strong fearless piece of fiction that belongs in the same class with the author’s earlier success, ‘Rachel Marr.’” Philip Tillinghast.

+ Forum. 41: 396. Ap. ’09. 400w.

“A strong, bad book, which women will not read.”

− Ind. 66: 1343. Je. 17, ’09. 350w.

“Mr. Roberts saw that if his book was to circulate from public libraries and penetrate freely to the firesides of the dear novel-reading public, it would not do to present this story of nasty acquiescence in adultery in its raw animality and inherent repulsiveness. Accordingly, he suffused the whole scene with an exultant hypæthral spirit, prated volubly of the large sanity of nature, metamorphosed his bestial fisherman into superman and his woman of the town into an earth-spirit, sought out Biblical language to clothe vile thoughts, spoke steadily of disease as health, and represented what was shallow and muddy as deep and mysterious.”

− Nation. 88: 281. Mr. 18, ’09. 600w.

“The book has great beauty; a strange, wild beauty. We leave David with one foot in sea and one on shore, and feel that Mr. Roberts’s answer is not an answer.” Hildegarde Hawthorne.

+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 58. Ja. 30, ’09. 870w.

Robertson, Archibald Thomas.^[5] Epochs in the life of Paul: a study of development in Paul’s career. **$1.25. Scribner.

9–10139.

Presents as the result of criticism a constructive picture of Paul and his work as set forth in the Acts and Paul’s own epistles. The chapter headings give the scope and character of the study: Saul the Pharisaic student; Saul the persecuting rabbi; Saul’s vision of Jesus; Saul learning Christianity; Saul finds his work; Paul the missionary leader, Paul’s doctrinal crisis; Paul answers the cry of Europe; Paul the teacher of the churches; Paul at bay, Paul free again; Paul faces death. Bibliography, index to subjects, index to New Testament passages.

“The style is simple and rapid, but sometimes becomes too disjunctive and informal. The book 378shows no real grapple with the hard historical problems and in general one does not feel that serious critical investigations immediately underlie the positions taken. In short, this is not a book for the student.”

− + Bib. World. 33: 432. Je. ’09. 130w.

Robertson, William. Meat and food inspection; with regulations governing meat inspection in the United States, by Maximilian Herzog. *$3.50. Keener.

8–16718.

“Besides detailed instructions for the inspection of meat, fish and various foods, this book has a few chapters on cow sheds, pigsties, etc., the public milk supply, slaughter-houses and other allied topics. For the most part the book relates to British conditions.”—Engin. N.

Engin. N. 60: sup. 185. Ag. 13, ’08. 40w.

“The information conveyed in the book is thoroughly practical and as a rule so lacking in technicality that any one interested in the subject can understand it.”

+ Ind. 66: 489. Mr. 4, ’09. 250w.

Robins, Elizabeth (Mrs. G. R. Parkes) (C. E. Raimond, pseud.).^[12] Florentine frame. †$1.50. Moffat.

9–28705.

An American novel whose theme is the love of a mother and daughter for the same man. “Whether any man could misunderstand the woman he loves so seriously as Chester Keith did may be doubted. It is to be hoped, however, that most men if they did so would not contract a marriage with the daughter for the sake of keeping near the mother. Miss Robins solves the problem in the only possible way—by death of her elder heroine—but the reader will not feel very sanguine as to the prospects of happiness which lie before the Chester Keiths.” (Spec.)

“The minor characters are admirable, and, despite the subject, the whole book is interesting.”

+ − Ath. 1909, 2: 653. N. 27. 280w.

“She has treated, in the best and sanest way, both the New Woman and New Girl.” F: T. Cooper.

+ Bookm. 30: 386. D. ’09. 500w.

“The book stands well above the flood of fiction daily pouring from the press. A book which may be characterized as well worth while—worth the writing and worth the reading.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 741. N. 27, ’09. 750w.

“The author proves her ability by clever and thoughtful reflections upon several questions, but her mastery in artistic work is not proved in this book at least.”

+ − Outlook. 93: 876. D. 18, ’09. 160w.

“There is a considerable lapse in Miss Robins’ latest novel from the energy of ‘The magnetic north’ or the vivid drawing of ‘Come and find me!’”

+ − Sat. R. 108: 699. D. 4, ’09. 550w.

Spec. 103: 953. D. 4, ’09. 140w.

Robinson, Charles Napier.^[6] British tar in fact and fiction: the poetry, pathos and humour of the sailor’s life; with an introd. by J: Leyland. **$4. Harper.

9–23761.

“For those who want a book of the old-fashioned seagoing flavor, a mirror of the manners of the sailors whom Smollett and Marryat drew and Gay and Dibdin sang, here it is. Of the regular naval histories and treatises we have enough and perhaps to spare. But here is a book with a certain novelty of motif, material, and viewpoint to recommend it. Its spring and ‘raison d’etre’ is frankly the profuse and curious illustrations.... Collectively, they show the historic British mariner, as contemporary pictorial art, sentimental or humorous, patriotic or playful, mirrored him; the hearty, breezy tribe of ‘Tom Bowlings,’ ‘Ben Buntlines,’ ‘Sweet Williams,’ etc., of play, novel and ballad.”—Dial.

“The book is prepared and written ‘con amore,’ and carries a whiff of the brine for the initiated reader.”

+ Dial. 46: 329. My. 16. ’09. 320w.

+ Ind. 66: 1297. Je. 10, ’09. 350w.

“Is an indispensable guide to the sailor in English literature.”

+ Nation. 89: 332. O. 7, ’09. 210w.

“From numerous sources the author happily deduces the typical tar of the various periods, and with consummate skill portrays his qualities and his environments. The volume is notable for the numerous fine illustrations with which it is embellished.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 322. My. 22, ’09. 330w.

“Altogether, this industrious and erudite book is one which cannot possibly be omitted from any nautical library.”

+ Spec. 102: 538. Ap. 3, ’09. 1400w.

Robinson, James Harvey, and Beard, Charles Austin. Readings in modern European history: a collection of extracts from the sources chosen with the purpose of illustrating some of the chief phases of the development of Europe during the last two hundred years. 2v. ea. *$1.50. Ginn.

8–30037.

v. 1. The eighteenth century: the French revolution and the Napoleonic period.

There are a hundred and eighty-four selections from the French, German, Latin, and Spanish. A twenty-page bibliography in classified form refers the student readily to original sources.

v. 2. “Europe since the Congress of Vienna” continues the readings prepared to accompany the author’s “Development of modern Europe.”

“The translations are spirited, and, so far as tested, accurate, except for some slips in proofreading and the rendition of ‘Schlesien’ by ‘Schleswig’ (p. 80). In the English selections the spelling has been modernized, the paragraphing improved, and slight unindicated liberties taken with the original text. A goodly number of the readings in this volume are of the constitutional kind which merit and richly reward careful study. A few of the selections seem scarcely worth while.” S. B. Fay.

+ − Am. Hist. R. 14: 639. Ap. ’09. 420w. (Review of v. 1.)

“Where so much is offered in a book of this kind, one hesitates to ask for more. Yet we believe it would have been well to include the main features of the fundamental laws of the chief European countries, especially as the descriptions in the text-book are brief.” S. B. Fay.

+ − Am. Hist. R. 15: 196. O. ’09. 570w. (Review of v. 2.)

“A useful book for libraries not having the sources themselves.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 83. Mr. ’09. (Review of v. 1.)

A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 180. Je. ’09. (Review of v. 2.)

“The book is the best of its type that has as yet come to our notice.”

+ Educ. R. 38: 205. S. ’09. 100w. (Review of v. 2.)

Ind. 67: 302. Ag. 5, ’09. 50w. (Review of v. 2.)

Nation. 89: 209. S. 2, ’09. 100w. (Review of v. 2.)

Spec. 102: sup. 1008. Je. 26, ’09. 140w. (Review of v. 2.)

379Robinson, Joseph Armitage, and James, Montague Rhodes.^[11] Manuscripts of Westminster abbey. *$2. Putnam.

“A collection of catalogues, made by the Provost of King’s, of the various libraries of manuscripts that have existed in times past, or still exist, at Westminster. There seem to have been three such libraries: first, that of the monastery; secondly, one given by the Lord Keeper Williams in 1623 and destroyed by fire seventy years later; and, thirdly, the present library consisting of chance accumulations. The catalogue of this last library has its obvious use; and the first has an obvious historical interest; but Dr. James’ main care has been devoted to the second library, three several catalogues of which he collates.”—Sat. R.

+ Ath. 1909, 2: 431. O. 9. 370w.

“Must be pronounced curious rather than important.”

+ Sat. R. 108: 111. Jl. 24, ’09. 600w.

Robinson, L. E., and Moore, Irving.^[5] History of Illinois. *60c. Am. bk.

9–8922.

A concise, comprehensive, and authentic history of the state of Illinois prepared for school use.

Rockefeller, John Davison.^[5] Random reminiscences of men and events. **$1. Doubleday.

9–9451.

An informal review, replete with business philosophy and advice, which touches upon the events that have furnished the zest of life to one of the world’s great organizers. Contents: A glance backward; Some old friends; The difficult art of getting; The Standard oil company; Some experiences in the oil business; Other business experiences and business principles; The difficult art of giving; and The benevolent trust—the value of the coöperative principle in giving.