S (continued 2)
Reading edition
+ − Philos. R. 18: 347. My. ’09. 1000w.
Shaw, Joseph Thompson.[7] Spain of to-day: a narrative guide to the country of the Dons, with suggestions for travellers. **$1.25. Grafton press.
9–16942.
A little volume compiled from the author’s memoranda jotted down during a season of exploration and sight-seeing in Spain. Impressions gained on the spot have made possible a “picture of scenes and conditions drawn without glamor,” showing sections a little out of ordinary line of travel.
“It will make prime reading on the trip, after the trip, or even if one remains at home.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 379. Je. 12, ’09. 220w.
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 463. Jl. 31, ’09. 30w.
Sheehan, Rev. Patrick Augustine.[12] Blindness of Dr. Gray; or, The final law: a novel of clerical life. †$1.50. Longmans.
9–28394.
“Depicts the struggle between conservatism and modernism, the author showing a thorough comprehension of both sides as well as a large tolerance joined to an unswerving Catholic piety. The blindness of Dr. Gray is twofold, not only physical, but spiritual, in that he is under bondage to rigid theological law, and so misses a clear Christian vision and the ‘sweetness and light’ of love. Through a bitter experience ‘he saw at last the “new commandment” was the “final law” of the universe, although everything in nature and in man seems to disprove it.’”—N. Y. Times.
“On its theological side the book is of even greater interest than on its national. The book holds its romance, and many episodes of interest; but it is too long, and over-much incumbered with side issues. Some of the characters and scenes are exaggerated, nor can we always agree with the author’s ethical estimates. It is, however, admirable in its spirit, and, on the whole, full of sound sense.”
+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 782. D. 11, ’09. 550w.
“This novel is not very artistically constructed. There are parts of it which might be retrenched without loss, and even with advantage. But, whatever its defects, the book is profoundly interesting.”
+ − Spec. 103: 953. D. 4, ’09. 210w.
Sheldon, Henry Clay.[12] Sacerdotalism in the nineteenth century: a critical history. *$2. Meth. bk.
9–4570.
“Professor Sheldon has given us in this volume a concise statement of the systems of faith which exalt the priestly hierarchy, and bases his criticisms of them upon the principle that ‘so far as the church is controlled by sacerdotalism, it has turned away from the spiritual ideal of Christianity.’ The first half of the volume is concerned with the Roman type of sacerdotalism.... The Anglo-Catholic or High church movement is traced in the church of England. Patristic authority in interpretation and apostolic succession are discussed.... Less important developments of sacerdotalism are represented by the radical Neo-Lutherans, the Irvingites and the Mormons. In conclusion the author urges evangelical Protestantism to recognize its great task of maintaining itself against the sacerdotal attempts to subjugate the world to the dominion of priestly sovereignty, which is already menaced by increased intellectual activity.”—Ann. Am. Acad.
“With ample learning, fine logical acumen, and sufficient polemical zeal, this well-known church historian has produced a very useful polemic.”
+ Am. J. Theol. 13: 653. O. ’09. 80w.
“As a work in polemics this volume is generally strong and is of value to the student of the relations of church and state as well as to the theologian.”
+ Ann. Am. Acad. 34: 190. Jl. ’09. 270w.
“It is questionable whether the book does anything more than retell a twice-told tale. However, so long as such views are held it is as well that they should be generally known and clearly stated. Prof. Sheldon has contributed to such a clear understanding of them. And for a controversial work his book is fairly free from the spirit of bitterness.” E. S. D.
+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 279. My. 1, ’09. 200w.
Sheldon, Samuel; Mason, Hobart; and Hausmann, Erich.[5] Alternating-current machines; being the second volume of Dynamo electric machinery, its construction, design and operation. 7th ed., completely rewritten. *$2.50. Van Nostrand.
8–30354.
“In the present edition the subject-matter has been thoroughly revised in order to keep it abreast of the best going practice.” (Engin. D.) “On comparing this seventh edition with the first, one of the most important additions noticed is the group of 12 problems placed at the close of each chapter, and embodying the application of principles studied therein. The use of imaginary complex numbers has been resorted to for extended study of impedance and admittance of circuits. This was carefully avoided at first. A third important addition is the matter of single-phase series motors, which have come into prominence through recent notable advances in alternating-current railroad engineering.” (Engin. N.)
“The descriptive matter relating to the various types of apparatus is somewhat brief, but it is to the point and covers the features of interest sufficiently for the ordinary needs of the engineering student.”
+ Elec. World. 53: 1604. Je. 24, ’09. 350w.
400“Engineers, other than electrical, who have occasion to inform themselves on any particular phase of the subject, will find the book of value.”
+ Engin. D. 5: 417. Ap. ’09. 230w.
“The rearrangement will add to the value of the book for many teachers and students, but will probably detract from its popularity with a few others on account of an apparent loss of simplicity.”
+ − Engin. N. 61: sup. 50. Ap. 15, ’09. 340w.
+ Nation. 88: 416. Ap. 22, ’09. 50w.
Shelley, Henry Charles.[11] Gilbert White and Selborne. *$1.50. Scribner.
An appreciation of the naturalist, Gilbert White, and his writings, especially “Cameos from the Natural history of Selborne.”
“For a charming and easy glimpse into the best aspect of eighteenth-century life we can commend these fluent pages.”
+ Nation. 89: 439. N. 4, ’09. 130w.
“This little book is not badly done so far as it goes, but there is nothing in it that has not often been said before.”
− + Nature. 81: 334. S. 16, ’09. 100w.
“Affords a biography of the famous naturalist which can be read with pleasure and profit as a sort of preface to his work. It is written in an easy, well-rounded style, but is rather more verbose and inclined to the use of ornament than usually suits the fancy of American readers.”
+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 769. D. 4, ’09. 120w.
“This is in every way a worthy tribute to the character and genius of the great naturalist.”
+ Spec. 103: 425. S. 18, ’09. 280w.
Shelley, Henry Charles.[11] Inns and taverns of old London. $3. Page.
9–28080.
Sets forth the historical and literary associations of the ancient hostelries, together with an account of the most notable coffee houses, clubs and pleasure gardens of the British metropolis. “From Chaucer’s old Tabard Inn, with which he starts, to Finch’s Grotto Gardens, with which the author closes, he keeps the reader almost in a state of bewilderment with the names of the great and witty of England, and with anecdotes of their social life.” (Nation.)
Reviewed by W. G. Bowdoin.
Ind. 67: 1350. D. 16, ’09. 80w.
“The book is a notable addition to the series of popular travel books issued in late years in uniform style by the same publishers.”
+ Lit. D. 39: 788. N. 6, ’09. 100w.
“In a good part of the book he traverses the same ground as Timbs, in his well-known ‘Club life of London,’ and the later work, by its too great jauntiness and rapidity, suffers from the comparison. But Mr. Shelley has a good subject, and his writing certainly cannot be condemned for heaviness. Though his style is light, there is evidence that he has turned over many books to get his material together.”
+ − Nation. 89: 411. O. 28, ’09. 180w.
Shelley, Percy Bysshe.[12] Letters; collected and ed. by Roger Ingpen. 2v. **$6. Scribner.
“Into the two volumes before us Mr. Ingpen has collected with pious and indefatigable labour the whole scattered mass of Shelley’s extant correspondence; he has arranged it in chronological order and annotated it throughout, giving besides a sketch of the personal history of each correspondent. So that if a man’s character, as Cardinal Newman thought, is best revealed by his familiar letters, every reader now may draw his own portrait of the ‘real’ Shelley.”—Spec.
“The text of the letters and their annotation show commendable care and study. The unavoidable vice in a work like this, if vice it must be called, is that any one disposed to take it as a book to be read right through will probably find himself near the end of the first volume before he begins to be deeply interested in what the poet has to say to his correspondents.”
+ − Ath. 1909, 2: 550. N. 6. 1700w.
“Mr. Ingpen’s edition of the letters represents a new documentary contribution to our knowledge of Shelley rather than a new interpretation.” H. W. Boynton.
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 778. D. 11, ’09. 360w.
Spec. 103: 889. N. 27, ’09. 2100w.
Sherman, William Tecumseh.[11] Home letters of General Sherman; ed. by M. A. DeWolfe Howe. **$2. Scribner.
9–26989.
“During the first years of the war his letters are grim pictures of undisciplined and often cowardly troops, whose conduct filled him with disgust. As the effect of his rigorous discipline began to show, and as his position became more assured, and the hated politicians let him more alone, his spirits rose, and his letters were more hopeful. It is a fine study of gradual growth in efficiency, and the contrast between the beginning and end of the war is really wonderful. The early letters are of interest as showing the conditions under which Sherman’s character was formed, but the war-time correspondence is truly thrilling, though couched in the cool, measured language characteristic of the great general.”—Outlook.
“Apart from the popular interest, which must be roused by this unique collection of letters, its historical value will be recognized by every specialist.”
+ Lit. D. 39: 1083. D. 11, ’09. 150w.
“No one can read the ‘Home letters of General Sherman’ without being conscious of electrical contact with a nature of exceptional strength and contagious energy.”
+ Outlook. 93: 560. N. 6, ’09. 190w.
“Their historic importance, not to speak of their biographical significance, is very great.”
+ R. of Rs. 40: 636. N. ’09. 170w.
Sherrill, Charles Hitchcock.[10] Stained glass tours in England. *$2.50. Lane.
9–35797.
“In this book the author has done for England what he did in a previous work for France. He conducts the reader through various tours to cathedral cities and other places of interest, where fine examples of stained glass may be seen. Mr. Sherrill has all an American’s enthusiasm for things English, and writes as interestingly and as sympathetically about stained glass in this country as he did in ‘Stained glass tours in France.’ The various itineraries he maps out for the reader strike one as being extremely well arranged.”—Int. Studio.
“The glass in cathedrals, churches, universities, and civic and private buildings is described with enthusiasm and discrimination.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 49. O. ’09.
“Apart from its undoubted charm, the work should prove of very practical value as a guide book.”
+ Int. Studio. 38: 328. O. ’09. 100w.
“A volume which European tourists will find readable and instructive.”
+ Lit. D. 39: 544. O. 2, ’09. 60w.
“A companionable and useful volume.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 567. S. 25, ’09. 220w.
“A book which not only proves him to be a true lover of mediaeval glass, but proves also his enlightened comprehension of its evolution and its changing style.”
+ Spec. 103: 96. Jl. 17. ’09. 1600w.
401Shield, Alice. Henry Stuart, cardinal of York, and his times; with introd. by Andrew Lang. *$3.50. Longmans.
8–37058.
“Although the ambition to recapture the crown of England made no appeal to the heart of Henry, Duke of York, and he would have nothing to do with intrigues and struggles looking toward that end, Miss Shield has written his story as a part of the troubled domestic and political history of his house, and closely intertwined with the activities, misfortunes, and fates of his father and his brother. Her book evidences profound and careful study of the men and movements of the time, and shows a penetrating appreciation of the characters of her subject and his near relatives.”—N. Y. Times.
“There is abundant evidence of the keenest research; but the result is desultory in its preoccupation with the detail of what was at the same time a romantic and a quiet life.”
+ − Ath. 1909, 1: 611. My. 22. 1100w.
“The newest part of the book is the account of the quarrels and ‘tracasseries’ which took place time and again between the prince and his ‘just’ father, but even here we should have been glad if the writer had not tried so conscientiously to be loyal to her Stuart ideals.” A. F. S.
+ − Eng. Hist. R. 24: 409. Ap. ’09. 430w.
“She writes well, with an ever-present sense of the purely human interest and value of incident and character and with a freshness of touch which makes her work interesting without lessening its scholarly quality.”
+ N. Y. Times. 13: 749. D. 5, ’08. 210w.
“The present biography is well and sympathetically written, and contains much interesting information, especially on the miserable married life of Prince Charlie.”
+ Sat. R. 107: 601. My. 8, ’09. 670w.
“There is much that is pleasant reading in Miss Shield’s account.”
+ Spec. 102: 308. F. 20, ’09. 430w.
Shields, Thomas Edward.[6] Making and the unmaking of a dullard. *$1. Catholic education press.
9–6592.
A book of distinct educational value which traces the career of a dullard from the early cause found in the assignment of too heavy tasks by a stupid teacher to the awakening to self-confidence after years of toil on a farm. The invention of a grubbing machine marks the beginning of his ascent which in time leads to a doctor’s degree. “As in all modern books on education, our present elementary school system is severely criticised.” (N. Y. Times.)
Cath. World. 89: 397. Je. ’09. 350w.
“He has opened up new links of thought in a delicate and abstruse field of inquiry, and no one who knows and loves children will fail to see and follow the wisdom of his prescriptions.”
+ Lit. D. 39: 105. Jl. 17, ’09. 140w.
“Although Dr. Shields handles the form rather awkwardly, the persons being far too impersonal, and quoting, like a book, long passages from newspapers and periodicals, still the chief character, Dr. Studevan, holds our attention throughout with the convincing narrative of his boyhood and youth.”
+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 279. My. 1, ’09. 500w.
Shillington, Violet Mary, and Chapman, Annie B. W. Commercial relations of England and Portugal. *$2. Dutton.
8–3943.
“In this work, containing the substance of two theses approved for the degree of Doctor of science (economics) in the University of London, the authors have dealt systematically with the subject of the famous commercial intercourse between this country and the Portuguese kingdom from 1200 to 1807.” (Ath.) “For the student of American colonial history much light is thrown by this book on England’s commercial policy and the effects of colonial trade on her attitude toward other European countries.” (Ann. Am. Acad.)
“The importance of the subject and the absence of any previous general treatment fully justifies their presentation in their present form. The two parts of the book are of unequal length and of unequal value to the student, though this does not indicate any inferiority in Miss Shillington, who discusses the medieval period down to 1487. Lack of material has necessarily made her treatment of this portion rather sketchy.” A. C. Howland.
+ − Ann. Am. Acad. 33: 216. Ja. ’09. 580w.
“It may be fairly admitted that the historical method pursued by the authors is both original and scientific. We have no hesitation in predicting that this work will at once take a place amongst the recognized authorities for the history of English commerce. The arrangement of the book, if somewhat inconvenient, is at least methodical and suggestive.”
+ + − Ath. 1908, 1: 509. Ap. 25. 300w.
“Such general outlines are not at all unfamiliar, but they are supplemented in this volume by a mass of detailed information, which bears witness to wide and discriminating research. Fresh light is thrown upon the period 1756–86. Beawes’s ‘Lex mercatoria’ might perhaps be added to the authors’ excellent bibliography; the map that faces the title-page requires some explanation.” G. B. H.
+ + − Eng. Hist. R. 23: 615. Jl. ’08. 350w.
Shorter, Clement King. Brontës; life and letters. *$6. Scribner.
9–557.
An attempt to present a full and final record of the lives of the three sisters, Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë, from the biographies of Mrs. Gaskell and others, and from numerous hitherto unpublished manuscripts and letters.
“The most complete and authoritative biography in print.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 22. S. ’09.
“We close the book with the feeling that any man of discernment who has mastered its contents should have a just view of the author of ‘Jane Eyre.’ Of the splendid and secluded genius of ‘Wuthering Heights’ all that industry can gather is here, but she remains an inscrutable figure.”
+ Ath. 1908, 2: 535. O. 31. 1200w.
“A stern critic might argue that these two great tragic volumes are lengthy, are monotonous, contain among their seven hundred and eleven letters many that were not worth preserving from a literary point of view, or even, in some cases, for any purpose of throwing fresh light on the character or genius, the joys or sufferings, of Charlotte Brontë and her sisters. There would be more than a grain of literal truth in all this. Yet, in spite of these objections, we doubt whether any really open-minded reader would find it possible to lay these volumes down with a page still unread.”
+ − Spec. 101: 1058. D. 19, ’08. 1650w.
Shorter, Clement King. Napoleon and his fellow travellers: ed. with introd. and notes. *$4. Cassell.
9–18479.
“A collection of some little-known narratives by eyewitnesses relating to Napoleon’s sojourn on the ‘Bellerophon’ and the ‘Northumberland.’” (Spec.) “The most valuable of the narratives in this volume is that of the Hon. W. H. Lyttleton. It describes his interview with Bonaparte on board the Northumberland.” (Ath.)
“If Mr. Shorter had given us a really critical study of these narratives, his book might have been welcomed; but his footnotes are in the main biographical notices of the persons named in the text. Here and there he adds a few trifling 402corrections, but they are, as a rule, on trivial personal matters. His introduction bears marks of partisanship and does not impress us with his knowledge of the Napoleonic age.”
− Ath. 1909, 1: 40. Ja. 9. 550w.
“Of more real interest, however, than any of these narratives is Mr. Shorter’s introduction in which he criticises the existing biographies of Napoleon.” H. T. Peck.
+ Bookm. 29: 303. My. ’09. 1400w.
“The accounts of all these eye-witnesses, written from different angles of vision and with varying emotions, are of intense human interest and offer valuable material for historical and psychological study.”
+ Nation. 88: 385. Ap. 15, ’09. 170w.
“Every reader who has a taste for curious and personal details connected with great historical events—and who has not?—will be grateful to Mr. Shorter for bringing these forgotten narratives once more into circulation.”
+ − Spec. 101: 1101. D. 26, ’08. 600w.
Shurter, Edwin Du Bois. Oratory of the South: from the civil war to the present time. *$3. Neale.
8–35842.
A book of excerpts culled from the addresses of prominent latter-day southern speakers. Together they form a volume of representative southern oratory since the civil war.
N. Y. Times. 14: 45. Ja. 23, ’09. 170w.
Shute, Henry Augustus.[12] Farming it. **$1.20. Houghton.
9–29850.
A story of a commuter’s life on two and a half acres of land, in which lively emphasis is placed upon a series of barnyard adversities. He has the usual trying experiences of a farmer which are related humorously and from which he finally emerges to view calmly and dispassionately the accrued advantages of such a life: “I have brought my farm to a high state of fertility, hardened my hands, strengthened my muscles, cured my indigestion, and benefited every member of my family, and I have never neglected in any way the duties of my profession.”
“This is a wholesome and invigorating sort of book, take it all in all, with an abundant leaven of common sense to relieve its obstreperous play of drollery. It contains passages also, of a serious quality.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 739. N. 27, ’09. 1000w.
Sidgwick, Cecily (Ullmann), and Paynter, Mrs.[12] Children’s book of gardening. *$2. Macmillan.
An attractively illustrated book whose aim is that of telling juvenile readers how to make their gardens grow, and the information, free from description, reflection or amusements, keeps within the limits of what a child can do. The author discusses the situation and soil, tells how to make certain annuals and hardy perennials yield satisfaction; talks about rock and wall gardens; difficult and shady gardens; window, room and Japanese gardens; fruit and vegetables; and adds a calendar of work and an index.
“Will bring much satisfaction to English young people.” M. J. Moses.
+ Ind. 67: 1370. D. 16, ’09. 20w.
Sidgwick, Frank, ed. Ballads and lyrics of love. **$2. Stokes.
Consists of selections from Percy’s “Reliques of ancient English poetry.” including “King Estmet,” “Lord Thomas and fair Annett,” “Fair Margaret and sweet William,” “King Cophetua and the beggar maid.”
“Chosen with scholarship and taste. We note as a distinct blot in the editing that no indication of the authorship of the known lyrics is given. Mr. Byam Shaw has caught the romance and humor, the simplicity and colour and ‘abandon,’ which characterize these indigenous flowers of the British soil.”
+ − Ath. 1908, 2: 332. S. 19. 160w.
“Illustrated, not without crudeness, after Byam Shaw.”
− N. Y. Times. 13: 801. D. 26, ’08. 100w.
Sidis, Boris.[5] Experimental study of sleep. *$1. Badger, R: G.
9–140.
To atone for the indifference of school-physiology to the subject of sleep the author gives an exposition of his observations and experiments on sleep. The pamphlet treats the subject experimentally and theoretically.
“A bibliography of about 250 titles is appended, but it has no relation to the matter of the monograph, for few of the books and articles are referred to in the body of the work, and some of those to which attention is called are not included in the bibliography. It is unfortunate that the author did not consider it necessary to be more specific in the bibliography because dates, and, in referring to general works not especially pertaining to the subject, page references would have added to its value.” S. I. Franz.
− J. Philos. 6: 442. Ag. 5, ’09. 450w.
Silberrad, Una Lucy, and Lyall, Sophie.[9] Dutch bulbs and gardens; 24 plates by Mima Nixon. (Color books.) *$2. Macmillan.
9–35799.
“A book that leavens technical information with a bit of comment and reflection here and there on Dutch character and life, and adorns both with all the colors of tulip and hyacinth and crocus and snowdrop in the twenty-four full-page plates painted by Miss Mima Nixon, and reproduced by the color process. The text is credited to Miss Una Silberrad and Miss Sophie Lyall, the descriptions being probably mostly Miss Lyall’s; the touches of human interest Miss Silberrad’s. But the bulb’s the thing in text and picture, not the people who grow it and sell it. To lovers of flowers the book is therefore primarily addrest.”—R. of Rs.
A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 49. O. ’09.
“Is naturally a book to delight all lovers of flowers and gardens; but the story of bulb-growing in Holland is entertaining enough to make a much wider appeal, and the authors have taken full advantage of that fact to introduce a variety of interests besides the horticultural one.”
+ Dial. 47: 465. D. 1, ’09. 270w.
+ Ind. 67: 484. Ag. 26, ’09. 120w.
+ Nation. 89: 288. S. 23, ’09. 330w.
+ − Spec. 102: 983. Je. 19, ’09. 160w.
Silburn, Percy Arthur B.[8] Colonies and imperial defense. $2. Longmans.
A discussion whose burden is cooperation between the colonies and the mother country. The author “does not believe in direct monetary colonial contributions for the support of the Imperial navy, although he is convinced the colonies should depend upon that navy and not undertake to have navies of their own. His contention is that each unit in the empire should, at its own expense, provide adequate land defenses for its coasts, and establish absolutely safe harbors of refuge and coaling stations for the use of the Imperial navy. In addition each unit should assume some responsibility for the Imperial army in men, money, horses, and equipment.” (N. Y. Times.)
N. Y. Times. 14: 492. Ag. 14, ’09. 200w.
+ Sat. R. 108: 22. Jl. 3, ’09. 260w.
403Sill, Louise Morgan. Sunnyfield. †$1.25. Harper.
9–7336.
Sunnyfield is the playground of two lively, resourceful town children where they romp, dig, plant, have picnics and circuses. To be sure they are very much guarded and tended by maids and coachmen; which fact reduces to a minimum the round of accidents falling to the lot of the normal boy and girl.
“The authoress shows a thorough sympathy with child life. Not a single ‘goody-goody’ type is to be found.”
+ Lit. D. 38: 730. Ap. 24, ’09. 240w.
Simpson, Frederick Moore.[7] History of architectural development. (Architects’ lib.) 3v. ea. *$6. Longmans.
v. 2. Mediaeval.
“The first half of the volume is occupied with such details of churches as arches, arch-mouldings and labels, columns, piers, capitals, bases, walls, buttresses, plinths, windows, vaultings, towers and spires, mural decoration, and other ornamental adjuncts, all discussed and illustrated seriatim, much valuable technical information being given; and the second part is devoted to a consideration of the churches as integral structures.”—Int. Studio.
“Though the churches dealt with by Prof. Simpson have been described many times before, there is so much freshness and originality in the author’s treatment of the subject, the result of personal acquaintance with most of the structures he deals with, that the work has every right to rank among the standard literature of the subject.”
+ Int. Studio. 38: 77. Jl. ’09. 360w. (Review of v. 2.)
“The quality of sympathetic understanding of a difficult subject distinguishes Mr. Simpson’s work on mediaeval architecture.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 427. Jl. 10, ’09. 270w. (Review of v. 2.)
“These oddities with some of spelling are worth noting solely because the book is so admirable; sound, compact, amazingly complete, within the moderate compass of three hundred and seventy-five pages, and not a little delightful.”
+ − No. Am. 190: 258. Ag. ’09. 400w. (Review of v. 2.)
Simpson, Patrick Carnegie.[12] Life of Principal Rainy. 2v. *$6. Doran.
“More of the man is revealed in Mr. Patrick Carnegie Simpson’s ‘Life of Principal Rainy,’ but here, too, the chief interest is historical, not biographical in the closer personal sense—historical and sometimes almost controversial. This was unavoidable, for, as his biographer says, Rainy’s ‘ambition was to study and teach or write church history; his task, to make it.’ Rainy’s close connection with the history of the Scotch church during the last half century—its ‘apologia’ Mr. Simpson calls him—has given the book its color and direction.”—Ind.
“The interest of these volumes is politico-ecclesiastical rather than literary. Mr. Simpson is a Free churchman, looking at things from his hero’s point of view, misreading some, and extenuating many proceedings which an impartial biographer would have interpreted otherwise or condemned.”
+ − Ath. 1909, 2: 584. N. 13. 1350w.
Ind. 67: 1140. N. 18, ’09. 90w.
N. Y. Times. 14: 784. D. 11, ’09. 200w.
“A book which, in spite of certain blemishes, is worthy of its subject. To begin with, he has the proper standpoint for such a task. But, further, he is a student of general church history and an interested observer of secular policies, so his book has none of the narrowness of too many ecclesiastical biographies. When he is picturesque, he falls into odd grammar and strange locutions. As our final criticism of a remarkable piece of work, we would note that in one or two passages his mind scarcely seems to bite upon the subject at issue.”
+ − Spec. 103: 557. O. 9, ’09. 1850w.
Sinclair, Upton Beall, jr., and Williams, Michael. Good health and how we won it; with an account of the new hygiene. **$1.20. Stokes.
9–2074.
A book which represents the combined efforts of two health seekers to gather up the present day new health knowledge and to present it in form that can be used by the average man. Here are brief, practical results of investigators, path-breakers on the journey to health. Important facts are furnished on what to eat, how to eat, health and the mind, diet reform, breathing, exercise, bathing, cleanliness, etc.
Ind. 67: 1092. N. 11, ’09. 340w.
Lit. D. 38: 474. Mr. 20, ’09. 140w.
“In brief, compact, and simple form it presents a compilation and summary from which one may quickly and easily learn what the great food reformers think and know about their subject.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 134. Mr. 6, ’09. 260w.
Sinclair, William Macdonald.[12] Memorials of St. Paul’s cathedral. *$4. Jacobs.
Although it was supposed that Dean Milman’s “Annals” contained the final history of the great cathedral, changes have taken place since 1868 when that volume was written. The record of these changes and the reforms that have been instituted there have furnished the author an incentive for bringing the history down to date.
“He has evidently read widely all that is of any worth among the numerous printed books which have, in whole or in part, dealt with the history or fabric of the great cathedral church of St. Paul, and shows no small ability in the assimilation of his materials.”
+ Ath. 1909, 2: 701. D. 4. 1500w.
“The book is both a history and a guidebook, and contains many valuable biographical notes.”
+ Dial. 47: 519. D. 16, ’09. 360w.
“The book before us is one which no lover of St. Paul’s would willingly be without; it is at once a chronicle of the highest interest and a valuable guide. But the Archdeacon must give it a careful revision in future editions.”
+ − Spec. 103: sup. 716. N. 6, ’09. 720w.
Sindall, R. W.[8] Manufacture of paper; with illustrations, and a bibliography of works relating to cellulose and paper-making. (Westminster ser.) *$2. Van Nostrand.
9–14835.
An elementary textbook telling what paper is made of and how it is made. “What the skill of the engineer does, and what the knowledge of the chemist supplies, are here set forth. Analyses of the substances chiefly used, esparto grass, for instance, and wood-pulp, are given. Various quantities and uses of the article are distinguished.” (Spec.)
“The author’s well-known ability to deal with his subject is displayed in a concise and thoroughly well-planned book.”
+ Ath. 1909, 2: 430. O. 9. 90w.
“The book will be of practical service to those who purchase as to those who manufacture paper.”
+ Nation. 89: 633. D. 23, ’09. 40w.
“Is as regards matter, a series of sectional chapters dealing with aspects of the industry and its processes, with no continuity or cohesion of plan; and as regards ‘form’ there is not 404merely an absence of style, but a disregard of accuracy of definition and precision of statement which, in an elementary text-book, as it claims to be, is a usual feature of distinction as of moral influence on the mind of the student reader. Such a work can be commended to a certain class of readers, notably those representing the stationers or consumers, and also those who require general information without regard to close accuracy. There is certainly room for a work of this character, and with a rigorous revision the volume might be made a useful addition to the literature of paper making.”
+ − Nature. 80: 422. Je. 10, ’09. 580w.
“The book should be in the hands of every newspaper, magazine, and book producer.”
+ Sat. R. 107: 470. Ap. 10, ’09. 100w.
“The whole subject is treated by an expert.”
+ Spec. 102: 544. Ap. 3, ’09. 100w.
Singleton, Esther.[10] Dutch New York: manners and customs of New Amsterdam in the 17th century. *$3.50. Dodd.
9–24462.
“A picture of the daily life of the worthy burghers, their wives and children, their orchards and gardens, their houses, furniture, silver, glass, curios and ornaments, their housekeeping, servants and slaves, their provisions for the education of their children, their business, recreations, sports and festivals, their courtship and marriage customs, their physicians and surgeons, tavern and excise laws, their religion, superstitions, and many other things.”—Ind.
“Mrs. John King Van Rensselaer’s ‘Gude vrouw of Mana-ha-ta’ and Alice Morse Earle’s ‘Colonial days in old New York’ cover the same ground but not so thoroughly.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 85. N. ’09.
“Miss Esther Singleton brings to her latest research a valuable background of related information.” E. K. Dunton.
+ Dial. 47: 453. D. 1, ’09. 360w.
Ind. 67: 757. S. 30, ’09. 150w.
“Is perhaps the most important book thus far issued that bears the name of Esther Singleton as author.” W. G. Bowdoin.
+ Ind. 67: 1352. D. 16, ’09. 110w.
“The work is not only timely in its appearance, but should remain a valuable storehouse from which historians may derive illuminating paragraphs for their own future books.”
+ Lit. D. 39: 638. O. 16, ’09. 130w.
“Presents as far as it goes a faithful and interesting picture. One fault to be found with it, however, is that she sometimes fails to specify plainly enough whether she is writing of life in old or new Holland.”
+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 547. S. 18, ’09. 950w.
+ Outlook. 93: 276. O. 2, ’09. 120w.
“This volume on the American metropolis during the period of Dutch dominion seems to us particularly well done.”
+ R. of Rs. 40: 510. O. ’09. 150w.
Singleton, Esther, comp.[12] Famous cathedrals as seen and described by great writers. **$1.60. Dodd.
9–27135.
“It was of course impossible to include in one volume all the notable cathedrals; so Miss Singleton has added to those universally agreed upon as the most celebrated, others that will offer to the reader the greatest possible variety of instruction and pleasure. A still more varied programme is secured by mingling architectural, descriptive, and historical selections and including a few impressionistic pictures, like Mr. Arthur Symons’s of Bourges, and Gautier’s of St. Isaac. Each selection is accompanied by an excellent photograph of the cathedral in question.”—Dial.
“Altogether Miss Singleton has achieved an excellent handbook, interesting in itself and well adapted to introduce its readers to more detailed and less alluring studies of cathedral lore.”
+ Dial. 47: 462. D. 1, ’09. 90w.
+ Ind. 67: 1044. N. 4, ’09. 60w.
“It will be useful as a traveling-companion.”
+ Lit. D. 39: 1083. D. 11, ’09. 120w.
“This sort of stitchery does not lend itself to criticism, but possibly what Goethe had to say about Strassburg might still afford a titbit, while Viollet-le-Duc, if only for piety’s sake, should not have been ignored. Still for those who take their reading in capsules there are few more intelligent and amiable pharmacists than Miss Singleton.”
+ − Nation. 89: 582. D. 9, ’09. 130w.
N. Y. Times. 14: 768. D. 4, ’09. 170w.
Singleton, Esther. Holland. (Standard galleries.) **$1. McClurg.
8–29871.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
“Will be found useful in supplementing cyclopedias and art histories for information about minor Dutch artists.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 84. Mr. ’09. ✠
“It is not only comprehensive in scope, but salient in matter.”
+ Ind. 66: 588. Mr. 18, ’09. 100w.
“A compilation from all sorts of sources, put together without discoverable method.”
− Nation. 89: 105. Jl. 29, ’09. 180w.
“So far as a general impression may be trusted there are few if any errors in the statement of known facts. Occasionally, in giving a colloquial turn to her accounts of the artists, the author seems to mix things up somewhat.”
+ − N. Y. Times. 13: 657. N. 7, ’09. 230w.
R. of Rs. 39: 125. Ja. ’09. 20w.
Singleton, Esther, comp. Turkey and the Balkan states, as described by great writers. **$1.60. Dodd.
8–35947.
“Gives a general idea of the history, the present conditions, and the character of the people of Turkey, Macedonia, Albania, Bulgaria, Servia, Bosnia, Montenegro, and Roumania by means of quotations from the published works of modern travelers. Among the authors who are thus quoted are Edward A. Freeman, for the history of Turkey; William J. J. Spry, John Foster Fraser, Harry de Windt, Helene Vacaresco, Herbert Vivian, Lady Thompson, Sutherland Menzies, and others. A good deal of space is devoted to description of the life, manners and customs of the Balkan peoples and of the Turks. The illustrations, of which there are many, are from photographs.”—N. Y. Times.
“A very timely book and one which shows how quickly and acceptably such a volume can be prepared by the trained compiler.”
+ N. Y. Times. 3: 808. D. 26, ’08. 160w.
+ Outlook. 91: 64. Ja. 9, ’09. 170w.
Singmaster, Elsie.[10] When Sarah saved the day. †$1. Houghton.
9–27449.
The story of a little Pennsylvania Dutch girl who, orphaned at the age of fifteen, resolutely sets to work alone to fight a whole colony of uncles and aunts who had designs on the farm left her and her small brother and sisters by her parents. How she saves the day with the aid of the village school teacher is quite dramatically told.
“It is not often that we find among children’s books a story that is so full of local color, and so Dickenslike in its humor.”
+ R. of Rs. 40: 766. D. ’09. 60w.
405Slater, Rev. Thomas.[10] Short history of moral theology. 50c. Benziger.
9–26330.
Traces the chief stages in the development of Catholic moral theology. Two periods are treated: The patristic period, and The modern period.
“He does not write for the scholar who delights in and demands detailed analyses of problems and evidences, but for the busy man of affairs, of students of other sciences, who want only a general but reliable knowledge of this subject. Such readers will find his book interesting and instructive.”
+ Cath. World. 90: 258. N. ’09. 70w.
Sloan, Patrick James.[5] Sunday-school director’s guide to success. *$1. Benziger.
9–7555.
A book for the Sunday-school organizer and director. “Here teacher and pupil, methods and material equipment, souls and bodies, are all considered from the point of view of the man who is ultimately responsible for the success or failure of this serious charge. How serious it is, and how far from successful, commonly speaking, it is in one or two very important respects, Father Sloan tells us very clearly.” (Cath. World.)
“He treats the entire subject systematically and in an eminently practical way.”
+ Cath. World. 89: 251. My. ’09. 200w.
Small, Albion Woodbury.[11] Cameralists: the pioneers of German social polity. *$3. Univ. of Chicago press.
9–26389.
A second volume in a series on the preparation for sociology in the fragmentary work of the nineteenth century social sciences. It deals with cameralism as a single factor of the German state and presents a digest of everything in the writings of the leading cameralists which is necessary to an impartial conclusion about their meaning for the German social sciences.
Smile on the face of the tiger. 50c. Bacon & Brown, Boston.
8–33306.
A group of limericks supposed to be edited by Charles Knowles Bolton of the Boston Athenaeum. Its contributors include David Starr Jordan, Arlo Bates, Carolyn Wells and Du Maurier.
“A diverting collection of limericks.”
+ Dial. 45: 466. D. 16, ’08. 80w.
Nation. 87: 493. N. 19, ’08. 130w.
Smith, Arthur D. Howden. Fighting the Turk in the Balkans: an American’s adventures with the Macedonian revolutionists. **$1.75. Putnam.
9–540.
Not a history of political events but a presentation of a phase of twentieth-century life which is unknown to the general reader. The author says: “I have pictured Macedonia as I saw it. I have tried to put into the pages the feelings of the chetnik life, with its wild surge of emotions, tense and over-strained. I have tried to portray the swift moving procession of picturesque types that I have met, each with a strange and distinctive individuality—brave women, Turkish askares, chetniks, priests, doctors, lawyers, peasants, white-kilted mountaineers, and voivodes. And I have tried to picture, too, the land that was the stage for the drama, with its rugged towering mountains, its dark ravines and the torrents that swept impetuously through them.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 85. Mr. ’09. ✠
+ Dial. 46: 191. Mr. 16, ’09. 340w.
“He has made a very readable book out of his adventures, and has done so without adventuring too far into heroics or calling to his aid the dazzling vocabulary of the modern war correspondent. One reservation we would make is that the Bulgarians cannot quite be the utterly angelic folk our author makes them.”
+ − Nation. 88: 44. Ja. 14, ’09. 300w.
“A very remarkable story of adventure.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 36. Ja. 16, ’09. 720w.
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 379. Je. 12, ’09. 170w.
“A vivid and readable description of the fighting on the part of the Bulgars.”
+ Outlook. 91: 293. F. 6, ’09. 330w.
“His style is graphic and entertaining.”
+ R. of Rs. 39: 252. F. ’09. 50w.
Spec. 102: 500. Mr. 27, ’09. 80w.
Smith, Arthur W., comp.[7] Selected bibliography, sanitary science and allied subjects; prepared for the use of classes in sanitary science in the College of liberal arts, University of Colorado, pa. *50c. Stechert.
W9–150.
A bibliography prepared for Colorado students containing 420 titles carefully arranged under fourteen heads. While in point of books and periodicals referred to there is a suggestion of local needs, the book will be generally useful.
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 182. Je. ’09.
“Although limited and somewhat unbalanced in range, this bibliography contains a considerable number of useful references. The bibliography promises to be serviceable to many aside from those for whom it was specifically designed.”
+ − Engin. N. 61: sup. 59. My. 13, ’09. 200w.
Smith, Charles Foster.[10] Reminiscences and sketches. *$1.25. Pub. house M. E. ch. so.
9–12185.
Contains reminiscences and biographical sketches of prominent educators and writers, chiefly Americans, Matthew Arnold being a notable exception, with a few essays at the end of the volume.
“Entertaining essays written in a sprightly and reminiscent vein.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 592. O. 9, ’09. 100w.
Smith, David Eugene.[10] Teaching of arithmetic. (Teachers’ college record, v. 10, no. 1.) 75c. Teachers college.
9–28791.
A reprint, with revisions and additions, from the Teachers’ college record, volume 10, no. 1.
Smith, Edwin Burritt.[6] Essays and addresses. **$2.50. McClurg.
9–14434.
A group of twenty-two papers that have grown out of the author’s life long study of municipal government, his earnest thought about the problems of the nation, and his intimate knowledge of stirring passages in the history of Chicago and Illinois. The civic student will find much food for thought in the author’s observations made chiefly in the city whose municipal government, he says, “is one of the most complex, insufficient, and corrupt in the world.”
“The book is full of information, suggestion and purpose. It is a valuable contribution, because while it solves no problems, it shows us where they really lie.”
+ Ann. Am. Acad. 34: 430. S. ’09. 350w.
“Their enduring value lies in the sterling quality of their Americanism, their sturdy upholding of its true ideals.”
+ Ind. 67: 984. O. 28, ’09. 170w.
“A dignified memorial of a life dedicated to public service.”
+ Nation. 89: 139. Ag. 12, ’09. 330w.
406Smith, Francis Hopkinson.[11] Forty minutes late, and other stories. †$1.50. Scribner.
9–25819.
“Mainly character studies presented with the vivacity and human interest of the short story. Mr. Smith has a wonderful gift for dramatization. Such an incident as arriving forty minutes late at a lecture hall in the west, which would be a mere nothing in the hands of a man less keenly observant of character and less vivacious in presenting situations, becomes a capital piece of narrative, full of humor, with neat little etched portraits of half a dozen country people of various kinds, and especially of the lecturer himself. ‘The man in the high water boots’ is another example of Mr. Smith’s extraordinary gift of portraiture. It is an outline drawing of an artist executed in a spirit of royal good fellowship and also of keen discernment of artistic values.”—Outlook.
“All evidencing the author’s genial interest in people and events and his ability to find picturesque or diverting elements in the slightest or most unpromising situations.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 93. N. ’09. ✠
“He has the true artist’s propensity for depicting Bohemian life and seems never so happy as when lost in some out-of-the-way nook in the old world.”
+ Lit. D. 39: 688. O. 23, ’09. 180w.
“Their gathering together under a common title and between the covers of a real book does not very much disguise the ephemerality of F. Hopkinson Smith’s most recent tales. The faults and the merits of Mr. Smith’s short stories, at their average degree of both, are as the faults and merits of our monthly journalism of shilling quality.”
+ − Nation. 89: 461. N. 11, ’09. 200w.
“They are all good, and each will give Mr. Smith’s old and new friends assured pleasure in the reading.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 667. O. 23, ’09. 630w.
“One might say of this collection of stories, as of its predecessors, that it overflows with friendliness and enjoyment of life, and that it furnishes a capital example of impressionistic writing.”
+ Outlook. 93: 361. O. 16, ’09. 170w.
Smith, Frank Berkeley.[11] Lady of Big Shanty; with a foreword by F. Hopkinson Smith. **$1.20. Doubleday.
9–27447.
A story of the Adirondacks in which a New York banker, worn out with artificial society and alarmed over the peril of inconstancy threatening his wife, prepares a wilderness habitation as sumptuous as money and skill can make it, and, with authority that precludes opposition, sets down in the midst of it a rebellious wife and a delightful daughter. The story concerns itself chiefly with the Lady of Big Shanty’s awakening, in this primeval environment, to the real and fundamental facts of life.
Smith, Geoffrey.[6] Naturalist in Tasmania. *$2.50. Oxford.
9–18498.
A volume which embodies the results of an expedition undertaken to study the fresh-water life of Tasmania. “The book itself is devoted to descriptions of the fauna and flora of the island, descriptions given with much literary skill, and pleasantly diversified with the personal experiences of the author. Tasmania is more favoured by nature than its great neighbour Australia. It can even boast a native tiger, and its streams and lakes had not to be peopled from Europe. The volume is amply illustrated.” (Spec.)
“One rises from the reading of this admirable book feeling that the author has kept faith with one, and has given, a good view of Tasmania and its natural characteristics.”
+ Nation. 88: 517. My. 20, ’09. 580w.
“The most striking part of the book is Mr. Smith’s valuable contributions to knowledge of the primitive Tasmanian fresh-water shrimps, of which he discovered a new genus.”
+ Nature. 81: 61. Jl. 15, ’09. 520w.
“Mr. Geoffrey Smith has made a very pleasant and readable book out of his scientific researches in Tasmania.”
+ Spec. 102: 311. F. 20, ’09. 170w.
Smith, Goldwin.[5] No refuge but in truth. **$1. Putnam.
9–15873.
“The author deals with the ordinary and well-known difficulties that attend religious thinking to-day, and trusts that in spite of them there is a spiritual order as well as a physical one. But he brings no new contribution to the problem, and he utterly fails to appreciate the present methods of theological thought.”—N. Y. Times.
“Although the beautifully printed book contains less than a hundred pages, yet, like the tiny branches of a loaded fruit-tree, they are richly stored with great thoughts and noble sentiments.”
+ Dial. 47: 103. Ag. 16, ’09. 220w.
“A very commonplace production. Our author’s concept is as outgrown as the concept he seeks to overthrow.” E. S. D.
− N. Y. Times. 14: 294. My. 8, ’09. 220w.
R. of Rs. 40: 256. Ag. ’09. 30w.
“The little book, a mere pamphlet, is well worth reading, though only indirectly can it be said to throw light upon the questions at issue.”
+ Spec. 102: 293. F. 20, ’09. 1500w.
Smith, Jonah Walker.[9] Dustless roads, tar macadam: a practical treatise for engineers, surveyors and others; with numerous il. and tables. *$3.50. Lippincott.
9–18587.
“The subjects dealt with are divided into fifteen chapters relating to tar macadam as a remedy for dust nuisance; the necessity for standardisation in construction; tar; aggregates for tar macadam; preparation and laying; mechanical mixing; effect of wear and tear; scavenging, watering, and maintenance; camber, gradient, noiselessness, and hygienic advantages; tractive effort; statistics of road mileage; cost of maintenance; and tar spraying. There are twenty-four illustrations and a tabulated analysis of the replies to queries.”—Nature.
“The small or moderate sized library having Judson’s ‘Road preservation’ will scarcely need this.”
+ − A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 85. N. ’09.
Engin. D. 6: 156. Ag. ’09. 170w.
“The serviceability of the book is slightly impaired by an unfortunate lack of attention to proper paragraphing. The book contains scarcely a reference to any other form of dustless road construction or dust palliative other than those which involve the use of tar. We wish there were more engineering books equally satisfactory in character.”
+ − Engin. N. 62: sup. 3. Jl. 15, ’09. 900w.
“This book ought to be carefully studied by all surveyors having charge of roads subject to motor traffic.”
+ Nature. 81: 92. Jl. 22, ’09. 1150w.
Smith, John Bernhard.[6] Our insect friends and enemies: the relation of insects to man, to other animals, to one another, and to plants, with a chapter on the war against insects. **$1.50. Lippincott.
9–12630.
The influence of insects on human life is given due importance in this volume which treats both the disastrous and beneficial aspects. A chapter on their influence in agriculture 407and an account of the war that is waging against them by the sanitarium, the householder and the agriculturist add interest to the book.
“Of value to farmers, house-wives, sanitarians and general readers in search of information.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 49. O. ’09. ✠
“One would have to search far in the literature of entomology to find a volume at once more readable and informing than is this book by Mr. Smith.” G: Gladden.
+ Bookm. 29: 544. Jl. ’09. 450w.
“The service which this book renders in giving us accurate and easily available knowledge on this little-understood subject is inestimable.”
+ Dial. 47: 74. Ag. 1, ’09. 320w.
“The pages are crowded with information interesting to the casual reader and specifically valuable to whom it may concern.”
+ Ind. 66: 1245. Je. 3, ’09. 110w.
“One may confidently say that it is his best work. It retains the features of thoroughness and accuracy that mark his former publications and give them such technical scientific and economical value.”
+ + Nation. 89: 216. S. 2, ’09. 900w.
“A very timely contribution to our summer literature.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 453. Jl. 24, ’09. 770w.
“A careful reading of this book shows it to be quite different in scope from any of its predecessors. The book is remarkably free from typographical or other errors, the only one noticed being a mis-spelled specific name. This volume should find a place in every library of entomological works, and every public library should have a copy.” W. E. Britton.
+ + − Science, n.s. 30: 283. Ag. 27, ’09. 550w.
Smith, Joseph Russell. Ocean carrier: a history and analysis of the service and a discussion of the rates of ocean transportation. **$1.50. Putnam.
8–37658.
An economic discussion which is the outgrowth of the study of three questions—the development of line traffic, the combinations among carriers to control rates, and the combination of steamship lines and railways. From a wide range of material the author has traced the main lines of past development and reveals the dominant factors in the present situation. Part 1 treats The service of the ocean carrier; Part 2, The rates of the ocean carrier.
“A valuable work that has had no predecessor either in point of subjects covered or extent and authority of information.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 50. F. ’09.
“Is the best treatment we have of the subject in the English language.” L. C. Marshall.
+ − Econ. Bull. 2: 133. Je. ’09. 600w.
“It is as fascinating as a novel. One or more copies ought to be placed in the library of every engineering school and its reading might well be required in the course. The student will gain from it some history and economics that he will obtain from no other source, in addition to accurate knowledge concerning a world industry that may at some future day be of great value to him.”
+ + Engin. N. 61: sup. 17. F. 18, ’09. 450w.
“Despite its obvious merits, the book falls short of the expectations of the reader. The work is announced by the author as, primarily, an economic study of the development of line traffic; of combinations among carriers to control rates; and of combinations among steamship lines and railways. In the opinion of the reviewer, little has been developed on the economics of the subject which is not as adequately and more compactly presented elsewhere.” R. H. Hess.
+ − J. Pol. Econ. 17: 376. Je. ’09. 900w.
“Dr. Smith’s book may be recommended alike to all interested in transportation. Its style is interesting enough for the general reader, and its illustrations are excellent.” E: A. Bradford.
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 3. Ja. 2, ’09. 1100w.
“His treatment of the subject is both novel and interesting.”
+ R. of Rs. 39: 253. F. ’09. 60w.
Smith, Mary Prudence Wells.[11] Boys and girls of seventy-seven. (Old Deerfield ser.) †$1.25. Little.
9–25388.
The fourth in the “Old Deerfield series.” It centers around the family of Colonel David Wells of the Massachusetts militia. The historical events, with which the characters of the story are concerned, are those of the time just preceding Burgoyne’s surrender.
A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 139. D. ’09.
Reviewed by M. J. Moses.
Ind. 67: 1365. D. 16, ’09. 30w.
Lit. D. 39: 1027. D. 4, ’09. 30w.
N. Y. Times. 14: 785. D. 11, ’09. 50w.
Smith, Nicholas.[8] Grant, the man of mystery. *$1.50. Young ch.
9–16449.
A work growing out of the author’s genuine admiration for Grant the man, soldier and statesman. He says: “I wish to illustrate and illuminate with exactness the qualities of this great man: His true manliness; his stern justice and womanly gentleness; his supreme self-possession, and simplicity and rectitude; his single-heartedness; his true-hearted patriotism; his justice and mercifulness in peace as well as his terribleness in war; his absolute freedom from corrupt communication; his greatness unmixed with personal ambition; his abiding faith in himself, in his tried friends, in his comrades in arms, and in his God.”
“The personal note in the book is eulogistic thruout, but while the eulogy is somewhat lavish, it is on the whole discriminating. The volume is an excellent one out of which to get a first acquaintance with the great commander.”
+ Ind. 67: 256. Jl. 29, ’09. 130w.
“We may not have needed another Grant book, but it will not hurt any of us to have this one, and very likely it will be of more or less service in the excellent portrayal it will make of Grant’s personality to some benighted ones, who, up to the present moment, have not learned what an admirable man he was.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 406. Je. 26, ’09. 350w.
Smith, Percy J. Lettering and writing: a series of alphabets and their decorative treatment, with examples and notes illustrative of construction, arrangement, spacing and adaptation of letters to materials. *$1.50. Scribner.
9–4093.
“Consists of 16 plates in a neat case, each 13–1/2 in. by 8–1/2 in., giving examples for a course of systematic study of lettering and writing.... We are glad to welcome any sign of growing interest in this most simple of the decorative arts—one within the reach of everybody with the sense of form and pattern. These sheets, or some like them, should be hung up in every school in the country, elementary or middle-class, as well as in the schools of art for which they are particularly designed.”—Ath.
“These sheets will be found useful by teachers of the subject and students who desire to continue their work at home.”
+ Ath. 1909, 1: 21. Ja. 2. 150w.
“They are well worth study by all who are interested in the art.”
+ N. Y. Times. 13: 791. D. 19, ’08. 130w.
408Smith, Sheila Kaye-. Tramping methodist. *$1.50. Macmillan.
A story depicting the times immediately succeeding Wesley and his work for methodism. The hero, distrait with the narrow practices of the Established church, breaks away and joins a group of traveling methodists. “And now begins the fermenting of a real plot in a good old English way. It deals with past injuries and present vengeances; with faithful love and loyal self-sacrifice; with treachery, murder, and sudden death; with foul prison life, and freedom on Sussex downs; with fervent religious faith, even to the brink of martyrdom, and rescue by the arm of the Lord.” (Nation.)
“She has the gift of impregnating her story with the atmosphere of the period, and has contrived to give a wonderfully life-like picture of rural life in Kent and Sussex at the close of the eighteenth century. Written with considerable beauty and pathos.”
+ Ath. 1908, 2: 469. O. 17. 220w.
“After the slight preliminary depression, after dogma has yielded to piety, it is a story of real substance and interest, in a vein uncommon now, a welcome return to dignified ways of fiction.”
+ − Nation. 88: 93. Ja. 28, ’09. 370w.
Smoley, Constantine. Smoley’s tables; parallel tables of logarithms and squares, angles and logarithmic functions corresponding to given bevels, together with a complete set of five-decimal logarithmic-trigonometric tables, for engineers, architects and students. 5th ed., rev. *$3.50. Eng. news.
8–21492.
“This new edition of the well-known tables of squares and logarithms of foot-and-inch dimensions has been enlarged by adding (1) a multiplication table of rivet-spacing up to 30 spaces, for eighths of an inch from 1 in. to 6 ins.; (2) five-place logarithm tables of numbers and of trigonometric fractions, and (3) a table of the natural values of trigonometric fractions. The book becomes more bulky through the increase in contents, but not enough to become unhandy.”—Engin. N.
+ Elec. World. 53: 583. Mr. 4, ’09. 110w.
“With these additions the book not only is adapted for all classes of technical work, excepting such as requires 7-place tables, but becomes a universal calculator, being available for computation with British or metric measures.”
+ Engin. D. 5: 55. Ja. ’09. 280w.
+ Engin. N. 61: sup. 37. Mr. 18, ’09. 80w.
“The table of logarithmic functions is arranged in an unusually clear manner and accompanied by proportional parts in fairly large type, so that it is particularly handy for frequent use.”
+ Engin. Rec. 58: 706. D. 19, ’08. 150w.
Snaith, John Collis. Araminta. †$1.50. Moffat.
9–4191.
“Having given us a clinical novel in Henry Northcote, Mr. Snaith has now been happily moved to open a Georgian casement on modern Mayfair.” (Spec.) It deals with the social success of a country girl who when decked out by a Paris dressmaker bears resemblance to an ancestral Gainsborough portrait. Her worldly-minded aunt, an earl and a duke and a young artist are the foils for this heroine who “talks like an adorable idiot, who has a child’s heart and the intellect of a baby.” (Ind.)
“A clever story, in light satirical vein.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 93. Mr. ’09.
“Mr. Snaith has pushed the ‘ingénue’ beyond the borders of our faith, but he has made the results amusing. Indeed, there is only one objection we have to his story, and that is in the ‘volte-face’ which he makes Cheriton take. However, this is an extravaganza, and a most entertaining one.”
+ − Ath. 1909, 1: 312. Mr. 13. 220w.
“Mr. Snaith here, as in ‘Lady Barbarity,’ does not always know when he has given us enough, and his undoubted skill in working out a humorous situation would have shown to far better advantage if Araminta’s adventures had been half as long.”
− + Atlan. 103: 702. My. ’09. 780w.
“New and quite remarkable volume with which Mr. J. C. Snaith has fulfilled the splendid promise already shown in ‘Broke of Covenden’ and ‘William Jordan, jr.’” F: T. Cooper.
+ Bookm. 29: 315. My. ’09. 860w.
“Delicious comedy of manners. The book has some degree of kinship with the later novels of Mr. Locke, and even more with Mr. Hewlett’s ‘Halfway house,’ but it is by no means an imitation of anything.” W: M. Payne.
+ Dial. 46: 368. Je. 1, ’09. 480w.
“It is full of humor and of good humor, a touch of cynicism like a slight hoarfrost adds piquancy to its clever characterization of a few London types.”
+ Ind. 66: 707. Ap. 1, ’09. 270w.
Nation. 88: 337. Ap. 1, ’09. 250w.
“Readers need look for nothing but entertainment, but they will find that in plenty, and in company of which they need not be ashamed. Araminta is a book of quality about quality.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 134. Mr. 6, ’09. 440w.
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 379. Je. 12, ’09. 160w.
“A fresh entertaining tale. All in all, it is a wholesome, humorous, beguiling tale.”
+ Outlook. 92: 390. Je. 19, ’09. 250w.
“It is a story which pleases one in the reading and leaves one with the sense that life is not all ‘hustle.’”
+ Sat. R. 107: 469. Ap. 10, ’09. 220w.
“It is disfigured at times by lapses in taste and gross improbabilities in the treatment of incident. But with all reserves, it is a work with many engaging qualities—high spirits, a sense of the human comedy, and an exuberance of style which harmonises with the theme.”
+ − Spec. 102: 504. Mr. 27, ’09. 750w.
Snider, Denton Jacques. Abraham Lincoln: an interpretation in biography. $1.50. Sigma pub. co., St. Louis, Mo.
8–37344.
“Here Lincoln is treated as “an instrument in the hands of the Almighty and of the people to fulfil the grand behest of the ages” and as mediating this particular American folk-soul of ours with the universal world-spirit, the prime mover in and over history.”
“That he had a heart for woman’s as well as mother’s love, is told with pleasing effect by Mr. Denton J. Snider, in a style perhaps a little over-studied and over-conscious.”
+ − Ind. 66: 262. F. 4, ’09. 180w.
“This conception of Lincoln will appeal only to a select few; ordinary folk will find it uninteresting and hard to understand.”
− N. Y. Times. 14: 54. Ja. 30, ’09. 100w.
Snyder, Charles McCoy.[12] Flaw in the sapphire. **$1. Metropolitan press, 1 Madison av., N. Y.
9–24257.
A tale within a tale. “A young man in the old clothes’ business, possessing a rich Irish brogue and a face like Disraeli’s, is the starting point. This nondescript buys a ‘dickey’ in three layers, and finds on the back of each layer an installment of a wild yarn about a sapphire, which keeps him buying dickies and ever more dickies to find out what happened next.... Sandwiched in between the reading of the dickies is the narration of the young 409man’s quest for work, his experiences after he finds it, and his adventures with a lovely widow.” (N. Y. Times.)
“The tales show considerable ingenuity and fertility of invention, and the between stories accounts of the young man’s doings reveal not a little knowledge of real life and ability to express it with brevity and humor. But the impression the book leaves can be compared only to that of a night full of unassorted dreams.”
− + N. Y. Times. 14: 675. O. 30, ’09. 220w.
Snyder, Edwin Reagan.[12] Legal status of rural high schools in the United States, with special reference to the methods employed in extending state aid to secondary education in rural communities. (Teachers college, Columbia univ., Contributions to education, no. 24.) $1.50. Teachers college.
9–18047.
Presents “the development and the legal status of rural high schools in the United States and the influence of legislation upon the number and location of new schools, particularly in so far as the same may have been influenced by the extension of state aid in certain of the commonwealths.”
Snyder, Harry. Human foods and their nutritive value. *$1.25. Macmillan.
8–34269.
Covers the character of the different foods, their composition, preparation and preservation; explains the nutritive value of foods; and includes a chapter on laboratory practice.
“The book is well adapted to school and college use.”
+ Educ. R. 37: 315. Mr. ’09. 70w.
“A very valuable textbook. He takes no sides and his discussion of food materials is excellent.”
+ Ind. 67: 1091. N. 11, ’09. 60w.
“Smacks of the experiment station, and is a text-book of decidedly elementary quality.”
− Nation. 88: 231. Mr. 4, ’09. 200w.
“Naturally in so small a book the information is often meagre, but it appears to be generally trustworthy. The treatment, though elementary, should serve to make the work a good introduction to the study of dietetics.” C. Simmonds.
+ Nature. 80: 366. My. 27, ’09. 380w.
“A conveniently arranged, compact textbook on the nutritive value of foods.”
+ R. of Rs. 39: 509. Ap. ’09. 30w.
“This volume will not only supply a need, but will satisfy a real want. Not only teachers and students but the business man who has been warned by his physician to take thought for his diet, the club woman who has to ‘write up a paper’ will find sound science as well as useful information about the many kinds of human foods. It would have added to the value of the volume as a text-book if some of the illustrations had been better prepared. The water analyst wishes there had been a word of caution on page 278 as to the metals of which cheap water stills are often made.” E. H. Richards.
+ − Science, n.s. 29: 187. Ja. 29, ’09. 470w.
Snyder, Harry. Soils and fertilizers. 3d ed. *$1.25. Macmillan.
8–19269.
“The first edition ... gave in logical and systematic form a brief course in agricultural physics and chemistry, and in the practise deducible therefrom, and was widely used in our agricultural colleges by both students and teachers.” (Science.) For the present edition the body of the text has been revised to include the rapid advance of agricultural science, and many illustrations have been added.
A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 67. F. ’09.
“A large amount of well-arranged information which should prove interesting to many general readers.”
+ Nation. 87: 418. O. 29, ’08. 430w.
“One recognizes plainly the ring of the diction of one who knows whereof he speaks from personal investigation. The index is somewhat scantier than it should be for convenience of reference.” E. W. Hilgard.
+ − Science. n.s. 28: 926. D. 25, ’08. 580w.
Soares, Theodore Gerald. Heroes of Israel: text of the hero stories with notes and questions for young students. *$1. Univ. of Chicago press.
9–1398.
A textbook for students which will be followed by the teacher’s manual. “The volume contains the text of the stories, with explanatory notes and questions intended to stimulate study. Each lesson consists of a complete story arranged in such a way as to impress the main features of the narrative clearly upon the student’s mind. The explanatory material is reduced to a minimum.” (Preface.)
“In this book the author separates the stories from the mass of often unsuitable material in which they lie; he edits the old text with care, and he presents vivid, dramatic narratives of the great personalities of Israel.” H: F. Cope.
+ Bib. World. 33: 351. My. ’09. 370w.
Soddy, Frederick.[7] Interpretation of radium. (Science ser., no. 26.) **$1.75. Putnam.
W9–194.
A story of the discovery of the radio-active substances and of the rapid development of our experimental and theoretical knowledge of the subject, with its possibility of the transmutation of the elements and the existence of atomic energy.
“The subject is too simply presented for the specialist and hardly simply enough for the casual reader, but it will interest readers having some knowledge of science, and be valuable to teachers and students of kindred subjects.”
+ − A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 126. D. ’09.
“Is certainly timely. Mr. Soddy’s book, even to those who are not expert in its subject, [is deeply interesting.] There only remains to be pointed out some small slips which are probably to be attributed to the carelessness in preparation which is perhaps inseparable from the occupations of an ardent experimenter. If, as seems likely, the book becomes a standard work on the subject, these trifling faults may be worth correction.”
+ − Ath. 1909, 1: 562. My. 8. 1900w.
“Although the matter has been worked over and expanded, it still bears the impress of the lecture-room, and in consequence suffers somewhat when read in book form. It is a pity that a book that is in other respects so good, should be marred by such crudities. Mr. Soddy’s work bears the stamp of the trained scientific thinker, and he should not permit himself to set so pernicious an example.”
+ − Nation. 88: 585. Je. 10, ’09. 800w.
“The book will be found quite up-to-date.”
+ Nature. 80: 368. My. 27, ’09. 160w.
“It is quite impossible within the narrow limits of a newspaper review to do justice to the manner in which Mr. Frederick Soddy has performed his task—to the judgment, restraint, lucidity he has used in building up bit by bit the whole amazing revelation—so that he who reads finds himself at the end sitting firm, and, as it were, accustomed, in face of a set of solid facts which at the beginning he could have regarded only as figments of the wildest fantasy.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 431. Jl. 10, ’09. 1150w.
“A most admirably conceived exposition which ... supports its unfailing charm by the legitimate interests—pointed here into a fascination that may arrest even an habitually desultory reader—of science at once genuinely and delightfully taught.”
+ Spec. 103: 167. Jl. 31, ’09. 1400w.
410Solereder, Hans. Systematic anatomy of the dicotyledons: a handbook for laboratories of pure and applied botany; tr. by L. A. Boodle and F. E. Fritsch; rev. by D. H. Scott. 2v. ea. *$8.75. Oxford.
9–572.
Valuable “to any one actually working in the laboratory at the comparative anatomy of a natural order or a group of genera.” (Science.) “The work is encyclopaedic, gathering to itself every reference which was accessible to the author, and it thus possesses high bibliographical importance.” (Nation.) Contents: v. 1, Introduction, polypetalae, gamopetalae, with 153 figures in the text; v. 2, Monochlamydeae, addenda, including remarks, with 36 figures in the text.
“The work is essentially one for use in the laboratory, and for advanced students generally. For such it is well fitted and instructive.”
+ Ath. 1909, 1: 412. Ap. 3. 350w. (Review of v. 2.)
“Considered from the side of applied botany, the work may be regarded as indispensable to the economic botanist and the pure-food expert.”
+ + Nation. 87: 101. Jl. 30, ’08. 730w. (Review of v. 1.)
“In our notice of the early volume attention was called to the thoroughness with which the literature of the subject had been ransacked and coordinated. In this instalment the thoroughness is as marked, and the vast amount of material brought together is made accessible by a copious index.”
+ + Nation. 87: 418. O. 29, ’08. 250w. (Review of v. 2.)
“Dr. Solereder’s work will occupy much the same position as a work of reference for the morphological botanist as the ‘Index Kewensis’ does for the pure systematist. One looks through its pages in the hopes of finding that some light may be shed on complicated taxonomic problems, only to be disappointed. It only remains to praise most highly the way in which Messrs. Boodle and Fritsch, under the careful editorship of Dr. Scott, have carried out the very arduous work of translating a volume, every page of which seems scarcely large enough to contain the solid and pregnant matter with which it is crowded.” A. W. H.
+ − Nature. 79: 211. D. 24, ’08. 1500w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)
Sonnichsen, Albert.[10] Confessions of a Macedonian bandit. **$1.50. Duffield.
9–24946.
A sprightly account of the author’s hazardous experiences among the Macedonian bandits whose costume he adopted and whose ways he studied while looking into conditions in the turbulent Balkans for the Macedonian committee of revolution of which he was a member.
“Interesting as an inside view of the situation but is raw material for a book rather than the finished product.”
+ − A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 50. O. ’09.
“As a picture of people and conditions unfamiliar to most readers the book has decided merits. A lack is felt in the absence of any preliminary or supplementary chapter to acquaint the forgetful or ignorant reader with the political conditions bearing on the narrative, and to explain more clearly how and with what ostensible purpose the writer gained so speedy access to the companionship and confidence of the brigand chiefs. Finally, either a glossary defining the local terms used, or a condescending willingness to use English equivalents, would have been appreciated by the plain reader.”
+ − Dial. 47: 239. O. 1, ’09. 350w.
“Delightful reading. The only criticism to be made is that it should have been longer, for Mr. Sonnichsen gives barely enough information concerning the feuds and counter-feuds, plots and counter-plots, of the various revolutionary factors at work in Macedonia and across the frontier in Bulgaria.”
+ − Nation. 89: 362. O. 14, ’09. 230w.
“Aside from its interest as a book of travel out of the beaten path, the ‘Confessions’ throw a good deal of light on the recent revolution in Turkey.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 670. O. 30, ’09. 560w.
“A lively story of adventure, with a good deal of useful historical and political description and comment.”
+ R. of Rs. 40: 512. O. ’09. 70w.
Sons of the Puritans: by various authors. *$1.50. Am. Unitar.
8–30957.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
“This book is a volume that it would be well for fathers to place in the hands of their children. Works like this should be in every private as well as public library.”
+ Arena. 40: 605. D. ’08. 730w.
“A worthy memorial of the eleven men whose names adorn its pages.”
+ Dial. 46: 144. Mr. 1, ’09. 200w.
N. Y. Times. 13: 745. D. 5, ’08. 150w.
Soper, George Albert. Air and ventilation of subways. $2.50. Wiley.
8–20678.
As a result of the study of the characteristics of the air in the subway this work “summarizes 2,000 pages of the author’s data, and includes valuable studies of other subways in this country and in Europe, as well as excellent statements of the underlying principles upon which air of enclosed spaces should be investigated, particularly when occupied by lungbreathing animals, which, of course, includes the subway hog.” (Engin. N.)
“Aside from its manifest value to sanitary engineers, the book will prove of service to all who are interested in knowing what good and bad air consists in, and how to deal with it in subways and other enclosed spaces.”
+ Engin. D. 4: 305. S. ’08. 330w.
“Some little errors may be pointed out.” C: F. McKenna.
+ − Engin. N. 61: sup. 5. Ja. 14, ’09. 920w.
“While the technical parts of the book are of interest only to a limited number of readers, the portions in which the author gives his conclusions concerning subway air and ventilation are likely to prove instructive reading to subway travelers.”
+ Engin. Rec. 60: 363. S. 25, ’09. 150w.
Soper, George Albert.[10] Modern methods of street cleaning. *$3. Eng. news.
9–21872.
“Mr. Soper, a member of the American society of engineers, expounds the principles of street cleaning with scientific precision. From actual experience he is able to give an account of how streets are cleaned in London, Manchester, Paris, Berlin, Hamburg, Cologne, Amsterdam, and New York. The book is profusely illustrated and the machinery of scavenging set forth as it is used in the cities among which Mr. Soper made a tour of three years.”—Lit. D.
“The book is profusely illustrated with views taken by the author of street conditions in different cities, which depict various devices and systems in use for the cleaning of streets and the removal and disposal of refuse. This feature of the book cannot be too highly commended.”
+ Engin. D. 6: 245. S. ’09. 200w.
“Its chief interest will be found in the contrast between the efficiency and cost of the work abroad and here.” S. Whinery.
+ Engin. N. 62: sup. 43. N. 18, ’09. 1400w.
+ Lit. D. 39: 544. O. 2, ’09. 180w.
411“It is probable that in every one of the cities Dr. Soper visited in his tour of study there is something in the way of plant or practice that may be studied profitably by the street cleaners of other cities, and that is what makes Dr. Soper’s book worth while.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 567. S. 25, ’09. 320w.
R. of Rs. 40: 512. O. ’09. 130w.
South, Richard. Moths of the British Isles. (Wayside and woodland ser.) 2 ser. ea. *$3. Warne.
9–19099.
ser. 1. “The first series, comprised in the present volume, deals with the families ‘sphingidæ’ to ‘noctuidæ,’ and the arrangement is almost the same as in Staudinger’s Catalogue of 1901. The book may be slipped into the pocket, and the information is fairly full without being unduly technical.”—Spec.
ser. 2. Comprises the families noctuidæ to hepialidæ. “Little attempt is made to describe the perfect insects; and indeed a good figure is in many cases sufficient for the identification of many insects; but the range of variation is usually indicated, and caterpillars, habits and localities are usually recorded in detail.” (Nature.) There are 873 colored figures of every species and many varieties, also drawings of eggs, caterpillars, chrysalids and food plants.
“An admirable pocket guide to British moths.”
+ Ath. 1908, 1: 293. Mr. 7. 140w. (Review of first series.)
“The great care bestowed on the preparation of the book ... will ensure for it a warm welcome from naturalists, to whom also its convenient size will be an attraction.”
+ Int. Studio. 34: 172. Ap. ’08. 110w. (Review of first series.)
“Books on British butterflies and moths are now plentiful enough, but we have never seen any which have pleased us so well as the series of which this book is the second volume.” W. F. K.
+ Nature. 77: 483. Mr. 26, ’08. 450w. (Review of first series.)
“We have already spoken favourably of the earlier volumes, and it is now our pleasing duty to say that there is no falling-off in the execution of the text and plates of the volume before us. The letterpress is very good and up-to-date, but we do not notice on pp. 55 and 56 any reference to the two specimens of ‘Thalpochares parva’ taken by Dr. Battersby at Torquay in 1859.” W. F. K.
+ − Nature. 79: 427. F. 11, ’09. 250w. (Review of second series.)
“The work is admirably done, and as a pocket guide companion to the same author’s ‘Butterflies of the British Isles,’ this second series of British moths will be appreciated for the beauty and clarity of its treatment by all students of the subject.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 206. Ap. 10, ’09. 130w. (Review of second series.)
“The feature of the book is the coloured figure of each species.”
+ Spec. 100: 1008. Je. 27, ’08. 130w. (Review of first series.)
South African native races committee, ed. South African natives: their progress and present condition. *$2. Dutton.
9–8739.
Aims to furnish information in regard to the present conditions in South African colonies and to aid in the adoption by the different colonies of a uniform and progressive policy toward the natives. It deals with such subjects as occupations, land tenure, taxation, administration, legal status, education and churches.
Reviewed by U. G. Weatherly.
Econ. Bull. 2: 166. Je. ’09. 550w.
Ind. 66: 1346. Je. 17, ’09. 600w.
“The work has a value for all who have to deal with a similar condition of one race ruling another of a lower grade of civilization, but vastly superior in numbers.”
+ Nation. 88: 278. Mr. 18, ’09. 320w.
N. Y. Times. 14: 115. F. 27, ’09. 200w.
Outlook. 92: 270. My. 29, ’09. 350w.
Sat. R. 108: 114. Jl. 24, ’09. 200w.
“The Committee are perfectly fair and candid. They start with no prepossession except a desire to do honestly by the natives; they seek laboriously for facts; they respect expert opinion; and their conclusions are modest and convincing.”
+ Spec. 102: 267. F. 13, ’09. 620w.
Spalding, Frederick Putnam. Text-book on roads and pavements. 3d ed., rev. and enl. *$2. Wiley.
8–28614.
While primarily intended for classes in engineering this book serves as a handbook for the general reader. “The many changes in methods of construction and maintenance, due in part to new traffic conditions, has made it necessary for the author to practically rewrite several chapters for this the third edition. In this, as in former editions, the author discusses the principles involved in the construction and maintenance of the various kinds of streets and roads.” (Science.)
“The best recent practice in highway work is represented.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 123. Ap. ’09.
Engin. D. 5: 412. Ap. ’09. 200w.
“The treatment is systematic and logical; the style is terse and the statements of facts are generally accurate and free from ambiguity. The critical reader will, however, note a few exceptions to the last statement. On the whole, it may be said without reservation that the book is the best elementary text-book on roads and pavements yet produced.” S. Whinery.
+ − Engin. N. 60: sup. 694. D. 17, ’08. 440w.
“This is a practical book, and is advanced in character. On the whole, the author covers his subject well. However, the first chapter could have been more complete.”
+ − Engin. Rec. 59: 27. Ja. 2, ’09. 500w.
“The information given is practical and useful.”
+ Nature. 79: 337. Ja. 21, ’09. 570w.
“The chapters on brick and bituminous pavements are probably the strongest features of the book.” A. S. Cushman.
+ − Science, n.s. 29: 77. Ja. 8, ’09. 770w.
Spargo, John. Spiritual significance of modern socialism. *50c. Huebsch.
8–33324.
“The main thesis seems to be that while many socialists do interpret socialism in terms of economic gain, there grows constantly the tendency to see modern capitalism as a menace to free thought, true religion, social sympathy and many of the prized features of true culture. Socialism is to be conceived of as a protest against the eclipse of the essentials to a higher culture. In this sense appears a spiritual significance of modern socialism.”—Char.
“An eloquent and attractive appeal to the church to become an organ of socialism.” C. R. Henderson.
+ Am. J. Soc. 15: 126. Jl. ’09. 100w.
“One of the best pro-socialist books, serving as a good introduction for the general reader.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 110. Ap. ’09.
“Mr. Spargo writes with enthusiasm and spiritual earnestness, but his fundamental assumption is wrong.”
− Ann. Am. Acad. 33: 465. Mr. ’09. 130w.
“This little book should be read by every thoughtful man and woman in the republic. It is in our judgment one of the most vital and timely messages of recent years and cannot fail 412to do great good in clearing up popular mis-apprehensions in regard to socialism.” B. O. Flower.
+ + Arena. 41: 91. Ja. ’09. 4100w.
“It is refreshing to read even in a brief form an exposition of the spiritual side [of socialism] from the pen of a man so qualified to speak as Mr. Spargo.” W. B. Guthrie.
+ Char. 21: 678. Ja. 16, ’09. 280w.
N. Y. Times. 14: 322. My. 22, ’09. 260w.
Sparhawk, Frances Campbell.[10] Dorothy Brooke’s school days. †$1.50. Crowell.
9–24328.
A story for girls whose scene is laid in a boarding school and whose heroine, a bright miss of fifteen, has all the faults and virtues of a spirited, ambitious, fun-loving girl.
N. Y. Times. 14: 597. O. 9. ’09. 80w.
Sparrow, Walter Shaw.[5] English house: how to judge its periods and styles. *$2.50. Lane.
9–35801.
“Mr. Sparrow’s aim has been to supply a want—to write a book for the plain man as opposed to the student of architecture. He traces the history of the house and home from its earliest origin, through its various stages of development in England up to the present day, discussing it mainly, it is true, from the architectural standpoint, but with an endeavor to eliminate as far as possible the technicalities of the subject.”—Int. Studio.
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 50. O. ’09.
“The present volume is the most ambitious, and we think the most interesting, that Mr. Shaw Sparrow has yet published, but it cannot be considered satisfactory. We have noted so many passages with which we disagree that it is impossible in the space at our disposal to refer to them.”
− + Ath. 1909, 2: 303. S. 11. 570w.
“The illustrations are admirably chosen for their bearing on the letterpress and are numerous and well reproduced, though one does not find much here that is new.”
+ − Int. Studio. 37: 254. My. ’09. 220w.
“Mr. Sparrow’s analysis of the special characteristics belonging to the different periods is simple and straightforward and exceedingly helpful to the lay reader.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 426. Jl. 10, ’09. 550w.
“In spite of an occasional lack of sense of proportion, has produced an attractive and a stimulating book. Here and there he would have improved the book by removing a careless phrase or by changing an exaggeration into a judicial survey.”
+ − Spec. 102: 616. Ap. 17, ’09. 1600w.
Sparrow, Walter Shaw.[7] Hints on house furnishing. *$2.50. Lane. W9–183.
A work on interior decoration that comprises suggestions for color schemes, systems and methods of securing harmony between floors and walls, ceilings and their treatment, with chapters on windows, blinds, curtains, artificial heat and light, crockery, glass, furniture, etc.
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 50. O. ’09.
“There is no doubt as to the usefulness of such a book as Mr. Shaw Sparrow has aimed at compiling; and we add at once that his aim has been largely accomplished.”
+ Ath. 1909, 2: 49. Jl. 10. 450w.
“The volume is well illustrated with typical English interiors, the usefulness of which to American house-holders is limited. Still, the doctrine is the thing, and since the book makes for rational taste we wish it a wide reading.”
+ Nation. 89: 465. N. 11, ’09. 370w.
“Treats [the field of interior decoration] with thoroughness and comprehensiveness.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 426. Jl. 10, ’09. 400w.
“Mr. Sparrow deals with the useful as well as with the ornamental, and what he says on both topics is always to the point and vigorously expressed. He brings ethical as well as aesthetic considerations to bear on his subject, and though his remarks are now and then a little tinged with paradox, he generally has, it seems to us, common-sense on his side.”
+ Spec. 102: 505. Mr. 27, ’09. 200w.
Spenser, Edmund.[11] Faery queen and her knights: stories retold by Rev. Alfred J: Church. $1.50. Macmillan.
9–27416.
In the prose rendering of the tales from the “Faery queen,” Mr. Church has preserved the wealth of romance and the spirit of the times, and has adapted his material to young readers of the present day. The full-page colored illustrations have “caught with singular success the romantic spirit of the original and of Mr. Church’s adaptation.”
“Prof. Church has written long enough to understand the value of simplicity in a narrative, and his work is laudably free from affectation.”
+ Ath. 1909. 2: 524. O. 30. 60w.
Reviewed by M. J. Moses.
Ind. 67: 1362. D. 16, ’09. 70w.
+ Lit. D. 39: 1017. D. 4, ’09. 80w.
+ Nation. 89: 598. D. 16, ’09. 50w.
“The style, in its quaintness and simplicity, preserves something of the flavor of Spenser’s own lines; and the colored pictures—of a grave beauty—add further value to the book.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 807. D. 18, ’09. 70w.
+ R. of Rs. 40: 768. D. ’09. 20w.
+ Spec. 103: 850. N. 20, ’09. 350w.
Spillane, Rev. Edward Peter. Life and letters of Henry Van Rensselaer, priest of the Society of Jesus. Fordham univ. press.
8–34132.
Covers the history of the Van Rensselaer family, gives the story of Father Van Rensselaer’s conversion as told in an autobiographical sketch found among his papers after his death, and includes letters written from Oxford. It is the life of a student of philosophy and theology, a college professor and a priest.
“The most interesting portion of the book is that which relates his conversion and the events that preceded it. Many letters of Father Van Rensselaer to friends and to his mother from Oxford, before his conversion, are of special value, as they afford a glimpse of conditions that prevailed there after the exodus of Newman and his friends.”
+ Cath. World. 88: 826. Mr. ’09. 160w.
“Gives an interesting view of the career and character of a man whose many attractive qualities caused him to be much beloved as man and priest.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 85. F. 13, ’09. 130w.
Spingarn, Joel Elias, ed.[12] Critical essays of the seventeenth century. 3v. v. 3. *$1.75. Oxford.
8–26854.
v. 3. “This is the third and concluding volume of Professor Spingarn’s work. The essays are twelve in number, the most famous being Sir William Temple’s ‘Essay upon the ancient and modern learning,’ John Dennis’s ‘Impartial critic,’ W. Wotton’s ‘Reflections upon ancient and modern learning,’ and Jeremy Collier’s ‘Short view of the immorality and profaneness of the English stage.’”—Spec.
“His work fills in the gap between Professor Gregory Smith’s ‘Elizabethan critical essays’ and Professor Ker’s ‘Essays of John Dryden,’ and it is of worth, not only for the texts it reproduces from first editions, but also for 413the notes and its extensive introduction.” F. W. Chandler.
+ Educ. R. 38: 421. N. ’09. 1300w. (Review of v. 1–3.)
“The notes of the present volume show the same accuracy and care as do those to the two earlier volumes.”
+ Nation. 89: 464. N. 11, ’09. 300w. (Review of v. 3.)
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 707. N. 13, ’09. 130w. (Review of v. 3.)
Spec. 103: 796. N. 13, ’09. 140w. (Review of v. 3.)
Spingarn, Joel Elias. History of literary criticism in the renaissance. 2d ed., rev. and augmented. (Columbia univ. studies in comparative literature.) *$1.50. Macmillan.
8–14513.
A revision of the work as it appeared nine years ago, with additional matter covering the author’s recent researches. “Italian criticism from Dante to Tasso, French criticism from Du Bellay to Boileau, and English criticism from Ascham to Milton are the three practical working divisions into which Prof. Spingarn has divided this history.... How did the classic spirit arise? Whence did it come and how did it develop? What was the origin of the principles and precepts of neo-classicism? These are the questions which Prof. Spingarn suggests as the working basis of his essay.” (N. Y. Times.)
Reviewed by Brander Matthews.
+ Forum. 400: 121. Ag. ’08. 250w.
“Genuinely valuable contribution to the history of literary criticism.”
+ N. Y. Times. 13: 363. Je. 27, ’08. 240w.
“The field covered is a wide one, but the book is interesting and exceedingly informing, both to the student and to the general reader, and it is brief enough to be a boon to busy people.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 28. Ja. 16, ’09. 270w.
Spinoza, Benedictus de.[9] Spinoza’s Short treatise on God, man and human welfare; tr. from the Dutch by Lydia Gillingham Robinson. *$1.25. Open ct.
9–10501.
The first English version of this earliest of Spinoza’s works. It furnishes the key to his masterpiece “The Ethics,” and provides an introduction to the study of his philosophy.
+ Am. J. Theol. 13: 654. O. ’09. 70w.
“It is with the liveliest interest and sincerest gratitude that we welcome Miss Lydia Robinson’s most lucid translation of Spinoza’s ‘Short treatise.’ The treatise is too important for the student of philosophy to ignore. It is valuable in itself, but historically it is of much significance, as in it we see the system of Spinoza in the making.” A. B. D. Alexander.
+ J. Philos. 6: 495. S. 2, ’09. 3300w.
“The translator has done her work well. It is lucid, exact, readable, and complete.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 420. Jl. 3, ’09. 170w.
“The translation is helpful if taken in conjunction with the text. Certain inaccuracies, however, dispose us to caution.” B. H. Bode.
+ − Philos. R. 18: 661. N. ’09. 1350w.
Springer, John McKendree.[6] Heart of Central Africa: mineral wealth and missionary opportunity; with an introd. by Bishop J. C. Hartzell. *$1. West. Meth. bk.
9–7412.
A discussion of the relation of the opening of the mineral wealth of Central Africa and of the general development of the continent to missionary activity. “When the railroads connect the Southern and Northern coasts, and the Eastern and Western lands are linked, the great mineral wealth will be opened to the world—a wealth that may prove equal to, if not eclipse, that of Johannesburg. Such an event will make a ‘strategic centre for evangelistic activities.’” (Dial.)
“Includes valuable information as to railroad problems, mineral resources, and missionary accomplishment and opportunity.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 51. O. ’09.
“An entertaining and instructive addition to our knowledge of the now no longer dark continent.” H. E. Coblentz.
+ Dial. 46: 365. Je. 1, ’09. 270w.
“An engaging description of a journey.”
+ R. of Rs. 39: 766. Je. ’09. 40w.
Spruce, Richard. Notes of a botanist on the Amazon and Andes; ed. and condensed by Alfred R. Wallace. *$6.50. Macmillan.
9–12871.
Records of travel on the Amazon and its tributaries, the Trombetas, Rio Negro, Uanpés, Casiquiari, Pacimoni, Huallaga, and Pastasa; as also to the cataracts of the Orinoco, along the eastern side of the Andes of Peru and Ecuador, and the shores of the Pacific, during the years 1849–1864. (Explan. title.) “In Spruce’s journals, as in many other famous records of the same kind, one may read what an endless and heartbreaking struggle it is against fatigue and disease, the insolence of the official and the stupidity of the native, and most of all against that awful inertia which pursues the European working alone in the steaming tropical forest. It was in the Amazons that Dr. Russel Wallace won his spurs as a naturalist.” (Spec.)