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Sabatier, Paul. Modernism: Jowett lectures, 1908; tr. by C. A. Miles, with a preface, notes and appendices. **$1.25. Scribner.
W9–3.
“Furnishes some interesting details as to this movement, throws a little light on the separation of Church and State in France, and includes an indiscriminate eulogy on the modernists in general and M. Loisy in particular.”—Outlook.
“The four appendices, giving English translations of the two papal encyclicals and of the syllabus as well as the petition of the French Catholics regarding the Separation act make the book the most valuable source-book in English for students of the movement.”
+ Am. J. Theol. 13: 495. Jl. ’09. 230w.
“No one can read the book without being impressed with its sincerity and moderation.”
+ Ann. Am. Acad. 33: 723. My. ’09. 270w.
“Champions modernism with unmeasured zeal and, it may be added, with unmeasured violence.”
− Cath. World. 89: 388. Je. ’09. 850w.
“This book is not a critical study of the modernist movement, but an ‘apologia,’ and an ‘apologia’ written by a Frenchman, and, if not a Catholic, yet a writer imbued with the Catholic tradition and Catholic feeling. But taking it frankly on that basis, let us say at once that it is an admirable and eloquent plea, written by a scholar of lofty intelligence on a theme which he has made his own by sympathy and by knowledge. It may be commended to all readers who wish to gain a general idea of the movement of which it treats without an extensive study of the French, Italian, and German authorities.” T. W. Rolleston.
+ Hibbert J. 7: 690. Ap. ’09. 1800w.
“It has the persuasiveness and conciliatory spirit of all of M. Sabatier’s writing. It seems to us, however, to come short of complete candor in failing to admit the revolutionary implications of modernism.”
+ − Nation. 88: 385. Ap. 15, ’09. 120w.
“It adds little to popular knowledge of this movement or to a correct understanding of it.”
+ − Outlook. 91: 243. Ja. 30, ’09. 280w.
+ Spec. 102: sup. 645. Ap. 24, ’09. 70w.
Sabin, Edwin Legrand.[10] Bar B boys; or, The young cow-punchers. †$1.50. Crowell.
9–25392.
To wander alone on the mountains all night, run into a gang of cattle thieves, be rescued by a band of Indians, and finally adopted by the men of the Bar B ranch—this suggests the series of adventures thru which Phil Macowan passes after the train which was carrying him to California has gone on over the great divide leaving him behind. With the Bar B outfit he learns to ride a horse and throw a rope. He has further adventures with the cattle thieves and helps rescue a girl whom they have kidnapped. When he goes back East at the end of the summer he has found not only the health and strength which he came west in search of, but a new sense of manliness as well.
“A rattling good story of adventure.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 583. O. 2, ’09. 130w.
“At times the happenings are somewhat too sensational.”
+ − R. of Rs. 40: 766. D. ’09. 40w.
Sadler, Michael Ernest, ed. Moral instruction and training in schools; report of an international inquiry. *$1.50. Longmans.
9–35065.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 49. F. ’09.
“The materials here presented are, of course, very variable as to value. But there is enough of value in the contributions that do have scientific interest to make the work, as a whole, a very valuable contribution to that larger consciousness of the essentially world-wide character of the problem of moral education.” J. K. Hart.
+ El. School T. 9: 333. F. ’09. 830w.
+ Ind. 67: 252. Jl. 29, ’09. 800w.
“It is impossible to praise too highly the fairness that marks the presentation of all the conflicting evidence that has been poured into the inquiry committee.” J: Adams.
+ + Int. J. Ethics. 19: 239. Ja. ’09. 1050w.
+ Nation. 88: 305. Mr. 25, ’09. 260w.
Reviewed by J. A. Green.
+ Nature. 79: 154. D. 10, ’08. 700w.
“It is deserving of study not only by all who are particularly interested in educational affairs but by all to whom the progress of the human race is a thing of moment.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 99. F. 20, ’09. 1350w.
Outlook. 91: 150. Ja. 23, ’09. 580w.
“The chief value of the volumes lies in the material brought out by the inquiry. These volumes should mark an important step forward in the movement for moral education.” J. H. T.
+ School R. 17: 506. S. ’09. 930w.
Sainsbury, Harrington.[10] Drugs and the drug habit. *$2.50. Dutton.
9–35796.
Includes a short historical review of the deductive medicine of the different “systems,” the definition of his subject, general aim of druggiving, the mental effect of treatment and the psychology of the placebo, and a discussion of the habitual use of narcotic and soporific drugs.
“Like all of this excellent series, a popular work of the scholarly type and restricted in usefulness to the educated reader.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 48. O. ’09.
“Of all this, the history of pharmacology, the uses of drugs, their abuse, and the best methods of fighting the drug habit, Dr. Sainsbury gives an interesting account. He illustrates it with many apt quotations, which show him to be well read, a good scholar, and a judge of literature. These qualities enable him to take the wide view of a difficult subject which can alone lead to success, for in dealing with the drug habit a man requires a good knowledge of the world as well as technical skill.”
+ Ath. 1909, 2: 72. Jl. 17. 430w.
“To those who are not repelled by the exterior, however, we can promise much enjoyment from the perusal of this volume, which is written with the same distinction of literary style and with the same felicity of illustration as marked the author’s ‘Principia therapeutica.’”
+ Nature. 81: 271. S. 2, ’09. 650w.
“Many faults of style are to be noted, such as prolixity, diffuseness, triteness, and the somewhat pedantic interjection of Latin. There is need for a book which can deal with the drug habit directly, impartially, exhaustively, and entertainingly, and one can only feel sorry that the present volume falls short of its great purpose.” I. W. Voorhees.
− N. Y. Times. 14: 608. O. 16, 09. 1500w.
St. Helier, Mary Stewart-Mackenzie Jeune, lady.[12] Memories of fifty years. *$4.20. Longmans.
The memories of a distinguished London woman who was first married to Lord Stanley of Alderly, 386and after his death, to Sir Francis Jeune, Baron St. Helier. “She gained a knowledge of the world ranging from a rough Nevada mining camp which she was the first woman to visit, to the brilliant society that frequented her drawing-rooms in Harley Street.” (Dial.) “The volume contains vivid, picturesque, and ... very faithful descriptions of those who were present at the brilliant gatherings in her London homes, and her recollections of that London life are preceded by the memories of her life in the Highlands, for Lady St. Helier came herself from an ancient and distinguished Scottish ancestry.” (Ind.)
“The pleasant and readable character of the volume is hardly impaired by the errors to be detected in it by unfortunate possessors of accurate minds. The book is marred by the inclusion of one of the worst ‘diaries’ of the least interesting events of the Commune of Paris which it has been our misfortune to peruse.”
+ − Ath. 1909, 2: 556. N. 6. 1800w.
“Delightfully readable book.”
+ Dial. 47: 513. D. 16, ’09. 230w.
“At a time when there seems to have been something like a revival of the scandalous form of memoir it is especially gratifying to find that so thoroly encouraging a welcome has been given to those delightful personal recollections by an authoress whose finest and keenest humor never carries a heart-stain away on its blade.” Justin McCarthy.
+ Ind. 67: 1311. D. 9, ’09. 440w.
“Has the charms of veracity, of rich variety, of interest, of large knowledge of men and events, and broad human sympathy.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 688. N. 6, ’09. 950w.
+ − Sat. R. 108: 536. O. 30, ’09. 1000w.
“It is the work of a gentlewoman, and we have an old-fashioned partiality for the race. It is the record of a life of most exceptional interest, written by a woman with a genius for appreciation.”
+ Spec. 103: 791. N. 13, ’09. 1500w.
Saint Maur, Kate V. Earth’s bounty. *$1.75. Macmillan.
9–9235.
Combined with unusual managerial fitness is the author’s love for the open and all living things. Her book is a record of her experiments in husbandry beginning with twelve acres and increasing the farm to nearly two hundred acres. The chapters are as follows: Profit in winter lambs; Winter violets; Tillage and rotation of crops as regenerators; Building and operating a silo; The barn-yard wealth; The orchard; Dairy and young cattle; Rearing family and work horses; Quail and wild duck; Goats; The wood-lots; Thorough-bred poultry; Dogs; and Itinerary of the year’s work.
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 144. My. ’09.
“Its scholarly origin in combination with the previous city experience of the author gives the book at times a suburban tinge and fantastic touch which, however, does not keep it from being of interest to that large class in cities and elsewhere who would do well to follow the author’s example.”
+ Ann. Am. Acad. 34: 613. N. ’09. 190w.
“The whole story has a satisfying effect of verity, and nearly all the advice to the reader is based on personal experience. An index would have been useful.”
+ − Dial. 46: 374. Je. 1, ’09. 220w.
“Every line of the present volume is instinct with the personality of a practical and devoted farmer, while the book has the charm of a vigorous imagination and forceful mind.”
+ Ind. 66: 1245. Je. 3, ’09. 80w.
“Some few of her recommendations may fail. But in general she is up-to-date, and the spirit of her book is modern, in that she is experimental. The farmer as well as the man or woman who hopes for profit in pets, can gain much from this book.”
+ − Nation. 88: 609. Je. 17, ’09. 800w.
“It is a practical statement of practical things, written entertainingly.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 428. Jl. 10, ’09. 670w.
“An air of common sense and a sensible recognition that work is not always play, however congenial it may be, pervades the book, and will strengthen its appeal to the professional as well as to the amateur worker in nature’s shop.”
+ Outlook. 93: 276. O. 2, ’09. 100w.
+ R. of Rs. 39: 639. My. ’09. 90w.
“The book is full of interest from beginning to end for those who have a liking for such themes.”
+ Spec. 103: 102. Jl. 17, ’09. 210w.
Sale, Edith Tunis.[12] Manors of Virginia in colonial times. **$5. Lippincott.
9–25286.
Treats of twenty-four colonial mansions and estates. Important because it “gathers together the rapidly-vanishing records of an age that is gone.... These stately halls echoed the voices of men and women whose names stood for all that was most worthy in the commonwealth. They were gentlemen and gentlewomen in the truest sense of the term. Their hospitality was as boundless as it was sincere; and it was exercised in an environment that was peculiarly their own. These were homes indeed.” (Dial.)
“The author of this entertaining book writes with an enthusiasm which betrays her into some faults of style. The reader is carried along on a sea of superlatives that sometimes leaves him breathless. But in spite of such defects the reader will find many things to repay him in the perusal of Mrs. Sale’s book.” L. J. Burpee.
+ − Dial. 47: 509. D. 18, ’09. 650w.
“We look upon Edith Tunis Sale’s compilation as of a certain historical importance.”
+ Lit. D. 39: 1082. D. 11, ’09. 130w.
“It were well that her book should be in every library of our broad land; for none can read it without a new reverence for our forebears, a new sense of the ‘noblesse oblige.’”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 761. D. 4, ’09. 500w.
Saleeby, Caleb Williams. Health, strength and happiness; a book of practical advice. *$1.50. Kennerley.
8–31695.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
“A good popular book on hygiene.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 49. F. ’09.
“Dr. Saleeby’s book is full of good advice, and will not add to the prevalent hypochondria. Neither will it inculcate indifference, or a go-as-you-please attitude. Here and there it errs on the side of indefiniteness, and elsewhere in strenuous enforcement of personally favored doctrines.”
+ − Dial. 46: 142. Mr. 1, ’09. 380w.
“As a whole, the book is suggestive and likely to help many to whom a more exact treatise would be unwelcome.”
+ Nation. 89: 124. Ag. 5, ’09. 300w.
Saleeby, Caleb Williams.[11] Parenthood and race culture: an outline of eugenics. **$2.50. Moffat.
9–13927.
An attempt to define as a whole the general principles of race culture, or eugenics. The subject is treated in two parts: The theory of eugenics; and The practice of eugenics. “The author assumes that there is no wealth but life, that the culture of the racial life is the vital industry of any people, that conditions of parenthood, and especially as regards its quality rather than its quantity, are the dominant factors that determine the destiny of nations.”
“The most valuable and scholarly work yet published on the theory and practice of eugenics, 387covering the field adequately and exhaustively. The first book to recommend to educated readers.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 84. N. ’09.
“May be well recommended to those interested in a vital subject.”
+ Ind. 67: 1147. N. 18, ’09. 210w.
“To learn that there is nothing in real eugenics to inspire either impatience or disgust one need only read ‘Parenthood and race culture,’ by Dr. C. W. Saleeby, that extremely able, lucid, and enthusiastic purveyor of scientific information to the unscientific.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 590. O. 9, ’09. 780w.
“Dr. Saleeby is an enthusiast, not a scientist.”
− Outlook. 93: 878. D. 18, ’09. 190w.
Saltus, Edgar Evertson.[6] Daughters of the rich. $1.25. Kennerley.
9–13920.
Deals with the murder of a wife by her husband who deemed it his duty to rid himself of the woman whose deceit had kept him from marrying the woman he loved and had won him for herself.
“It is strange that a practised hand like that of Mr. Saltus should have released to any mark but the waste-basket a thing that suggests, both in tone and style, a muddy-minded schoolboy’s first attempts to imitate De Maupassant.”
− Nation. 89: 16. Jl. 1, ’09. 180w.
“As for the book itself, after reading it one would welcome a case of mal de mer as a relaxation and a means of returning to the normal and wholesome by easy stages.”
− N. Y. Times. 14: 360. Je. 5, ’09. 300w.
Sanborn, Franklin Benjamin.[7] Recollections of seventy years. 2v. *$5. Badger, R. G.
9–14197.
Reminiscences of a New Hampshire man whose life has been closely related to the literary and political interests of New England for the past sixty years. The first volume is historical while the second is somewhat autobiographical, and contains intimate sketches and incidents of the members of the Concord school of philosophy and others closely connected with literary Concord.
A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 49. O. ’09.
“There is nothing of second-hand or imitation in it; and this strong character of the work, with its flavor of Concord idealism and transcendentalism, constitutes its charm. It is a noteworthy piece of autobiography and we hope it will be continued and completed.” P. F. Bicknell.
+ Dial. 46: 396. Je. 16, ’09. 2000w.
“These volumes are especially interesting and valuable for the personal insight they give the reader into the character and acts of John Brown.”
+ Lit. D. 39: 211. Ag. 7, ’09. 300w.
“Despite its formlessness, and the rather too frequent resort to scissors and paste, the book is very readable. We must call particular attention to the illustrations, which include many rare portraits.”
+ − Nation. 89: 76. Jl. 22, ’09. 1100w.
“A highly detailed picture of that remarkable and interesting group [Concord school of philosophy], and of the times in which its greatest influence was exerted.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 355. Je. 5, ’09. 1150w.
Sandeman, George. Uncle Gregory. †$1.50. Putnam.
9–6275.
After the death of Uncle Gregory, a banker of fabulous wealth, a will is read which imposes upon a nephew and a niece the execution of various eccentric philanthropic, educational and scientific schemes and the writing of a biography. When once the execution of the will’s provisions is well under way, discoveries are made which transform Uncle Gregory into a malefactor of deep dye. A fire which sweeps away the authorized “kingdom” built up about the memory of Uncle Gregory relieving two beneficiaries of a baneful task, reminds one of the symbolism of the fire in Ibsen’s “Ghosts.”
“The character sketching is excellent.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 188. Je. ’09.
“Mr. Sandeman skilfully sketches the effect which the study of the dead man has upon the narrator and his sister and brother-in-law.”
+ Ath. 1909, 1: 371. Mr. 27. 150w.
“This story possesses the peculiar interest and fascination that always accrue to a book, as to a person, that can suggest depths of significance below what meets the casual glance.”
+ Nation. 88: 467. My. 6, ’09. 220w.
“There is a lot of quaint humor in it.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 254. Ap. 24, ’09. 320w.
“There is almost too much solid reading and too little humor and romance in the story to redeem it from the charge of being a thinly disguised tract.”
− Outlook. 92: 21. My. 1, ’09. 100w.
“As Mr. Sandeman proceeds it becomes apparent that we have in this book the finest and most deadly criticism of the ideals and conduct of nineteenth-century English liberalism that has ever found its way into a novel. But no orthodox, old-fashioned Liberal will be able to perceive this; such a man will find the book vaguely irritating and pretend that it is dull.”
+ − Sat. R. 107: 534. Ap. 24, ’09. 220w.
Sando, Roscoe Briant. American poultry culture: a complete hand book of practical and profitable poultry keeping for the great army of beginners and small breeders. *$1.50. McClurg.
9–8806.
A book for the small breeder as well as for the extensive poultry raiser which furnishes valuable and practical information on the profitable care and management of poultry.
“One of the best books on the subject.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 144. My. ’09.
“The book is a brief, comprehensive and valuable introduction to practical poultry raising.”
+ Ind. 66: 1245. Je. 3, ’09. 150w.
R. of Rs. 39: 639. My. ’09. 50w.
Sands, Beatrice. Weepers in playtime. †$1.50. Lane.
8–20349.
A novel which exposes the cruelties inflicted upon children in the orphanages and children’s homes in New York.
Ind. 66: 149. Ja. 21, ’09. 150w.
“We fear Miss Sands has made a great mistake in putting her appeal to the American public in story form. It is rather dull and preachy, so that we doubt if it will effect its very creditable purpose. Moreover, those who do read it will not be able to get from it a very clear knowledge of the methods of the institutions which we are told need reforming.”
− N. Y. Times. 13: 437. Ag. 8, ’08. 450w.
Sandys, John Edwin. History of classical scholarship; with chronological tables. 3v. ea. *$2.75. Putnam.
3–33012.
v. 2. “This second volume deals with the Revival of learning in Italy, 1321–1527, and the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries (excluding Germany).... It includes the years of most enthralling interest, when the Latin classics were discovered anew, and Greek literature introduced to Europe.”—Ath.
v. 3. Deals with the eighteenth century in Germany, and the nineteenth century in Europe and the United States.
“These volumes are a marvel of compression and a marvel of accuracy; more, they are not 388only readable, but they also hold the attention.”
+ + Ath. 1909, 1: 282. Mr. 6. 880w. (Review of v. 2 and 3.)
“The number of comparatively little men whom he sees fit to commemorate get in the way of even a mature reader and give a blurred impression of those great figures which ought to stand forth in their full significance. The book has great merit as a work of reference and, at the present time, is the only one of its kind in any language.”
+ − Bookm. 30: 291. N. ’09. 560w. (Review of v. 2 and 3.)
“Two fascinating volumes. What Dr. Sandys has done is to construct an encyclopaedia of scholarship, which will be found absolutely indispensable to all students not only of the classics but also of history and literature. As a second edition of this work is sure to be required before long, it may be worth while to point out a few ‘desiderata,’ in the hope that Dr. Sandys’ passion for accuracy and completeness may lead him to consider them.” A. C. Clark.
+ + − Eng. Hist. R. 24: 561. Jl. ’09. 3400w. (Review of v. 2 and 3.)
“Our main criticism of this work is that history is at times submerged in biography.”
+ − Nation. 88: 280. Mr. 18, ’09. 1650w. (Review of v. 2 and 3.)
“Viewed in the larger aspects of history, Dr. Sandys’s book is somewhat disappointing. In its minor details, however, it is unusually scholarly and accurate, and it will therefore make a most useful work of reference, particularly as he is everywhere careful to note his sources. He has given us not a history but the materials for a history of scholarship.” Christian Gauss.
+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 277. My. 1, ’09. 2000w. (Review of v. 2 and 3.)
“To venture, as he has done, on an almost untrodden field, to explore the obscure annals ‘of twenty-five centuries,’ and not only to set forth the facts with scrupulous accuracy and absolute clearness, but also to estimate them with a critical and just judgment,—this is a task from which most men would have shrunk, but which Dr. Sandys has achieved.”
+ + Spec. 102: 184. Ja. 30, ’09. 1750w. (Review of v. 2 and 3.)
Sangster, Mrs. Margaret Elizabeth (Munson).[10] An autobiography, from my youth up, personal reminiscences. **$1.50. Revell.
9–22854.
Frank revelations of the secret of a busy woman’s literary success, leading up to which are glimpses of literary and other folk prominent in war and reconstruction times.
“She has much to say that will interest the large following who have read her books.”
+ Lit. D. 39: 1082. D. 11, ’09. 120w.
“Notwithstanding the undeniable thinness of certain chapters here, and the occasional ornateness of the writer’s style, there is a quality of homely moral earnestness in this autobiography that will, with its flavor of sentimentality, endear it to a host of readers.”
+ − Nation. 89: 361. O. 14, ’09. 280w.
“It is more than a book of personal revelation. The book has a double value in being a rare production of the absorbing history of the last century and of the spirit, endurance, and suffering of the people on both sides of the civil war.” H. P. Spofford.
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 676. O. 30, ’09. 500w.
R. of Rs. 40: 637. N. ’09. 60w.
Sangster, Mrs. Margaret Elizabeth (Munson). Happy school days. $1.25. Forbes.
9–8054.
A thoroly enjoyable and instructive series of talks to healthy, happy girls upon the necessity of all-around school development as a preparation for business, professional life, society and the home.
“Somewhat sentimental but contains much that is wise and sensible and that will help girls to be more useful and agreeable.”
+ − A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 30. S. ’09.
N. Y. Times. 14: 597. O. 9, ’09. 60w.
Santley, Sir Charles.[11] Reminiscences of my life. **$4. Brentano’s.
“The author writes at the age of 74, and his reminiscences cover a period of active life in his profession of over fifty-five years. The book is replete with anecdotes of Mr. Santley’s contemporaries, such as Fanny Kemble, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, etc. In the discussion of his art the author confesses frankly that he belongs to the old school, and that he finds little or no virtue in Wagner.”—N. Y. Times.
+ − Ath. 1909, 1: 419. Ap. 3. 200w.
Nation. 89: 361. O. 14, ’09. 30w.
“There are many new and interesting statements of fact and expressions of opinions in the new book by the famous English baritone singer.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 606. O. 16, ’09. 1750w.
Savage, Charles Albert. Athenian family: a sociological and legal study based chiefly on the works of the Attic orators. *$1.50. Wilson, H. W.
8–22086.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
“Professor Savage displays familiarity with a wide range of Greek authors, and his citation of their opinions in connection with the various phases of family relationships, as well as the constant use of illustrative cases, adds greatly to the interest of the book. Not so commendable, however, is the habit of giving expression to his own opinion regarding customs and conduct by the free use of adjectives. The most effective chapters in the book are those dealing with ‘Parents and children’ and ‘Adoption.’ In other respects, the book seems calculated to appeal rather to the general reader or to the student of sociology. The work is well written and is practically free from typographical errors.” R. J. Bonner.
+ − Class. Philol. 4: 331. Jl. ’09. 450w.
Scarfoglio, Antonio.[10] Round the world in a motor car. *$5. Kennerley.
A sort of companion volume to that giving an account of Prince Borghese’s trip from Peking to Paris in which Signor Scarfoglio “describes in amusing detail the incidents, the adventures, the thoughts, the emotions which accompanied his motor race from Paris round the world.” (Sat. R.)
“The translation of the brightly written narrative is excellent. It is a good book for holiday reading.”
+ Ath. 1909, 2: 328. S. 18. 780w.
Dial. 47: 515. D. 16, ’09. 200w.
“Well-told story.”
+ Sat. R. 108: sup. 4. Jl. 17, ’09. 730w.
Spec. 103: sup. 493. O. 2, ’09. 150w.
Schaff, Philip, and Herzog, Johann Jakob. New Schaff-Herzog encyclopedia of religious knowledge; based on the 3d ed. of the Realencyklopädie. per v. $5. Funk.
8–20152.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
“In general, the famous encyclopedia, while much improved, has been by no means brought up to date.”
+ − Am. J. Theol. 13: 654. O. ’09. 110w. (Review of v. 2 and 3.)
389“It is admirably edited, compact and yet full, and the list of articles is as nearly complete as can well be made. We recommend it heartily.”
+ Ind. 66: 1299. Je. 10, ’09. 60w. (Review of v. 3.)
Ind. 67: 551. S. 2, ’09. 100w. (Review of v. 4.)
“Two qualities stand out for special commendation—the comprehensiveness of aim and the brevity of the articles.”
+ Lit. D. 39: 102. Jl. 17, ’09. 240w. (Review of v. 2.)
“The articles on modern and living theologians, both scholars and preachers, will be found useful. Not so high praise can be accorded to the treatment of biblical and doctrinal subjects.”
+ − Nation. 88: 561. Je. 3, ’09. 260w. (Review of v. 2.)
“The encyclopædia continues to evidence fair, non-partisan and thorough scholarship, broadly evangelical in spirit, and scientific in temper.”
+ Nation. 83: 362. O. 14, ’09. 200w. (Review of v. 3 and 4.)
+ − Nation. 89: 604. D. 16, ’09. 300w. (Review of v. 5.)
“It compares favorably with the first volume.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 133. Mr. 6, ’09. 320w. (Review of v. 2.)
“All in all, the new volume compares favorably with the earlier installments of the work in scholarship, authoritativeness, comprehensiveness, and other qualities that make for excellence in a cylopedic work.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 396. Je. 19, ’09. 320w. (Review of v. 3.)
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 643. O, 23, ’09. 260w. (Review of v. 4.)
N. Y. Times. 14: 804. D. 18, ’09. 350w. (Review of v. 5.)
“A work which, for the next quarter-century at least, churchmen of all creeds will recognize as a standard source of information.”
+ Outlook. 91: 818. Ap. 10, ’09. 270w. (Review of v. 2.)
+ R. of Rs. 39: 510. Ap. ’09. 60w. (Review of v. 2.)
“The work occupies a place in Protestant literature corresponding very closely with that filled by the ‘Catholic encyclopedia’ in the literature of the Roman church.”
+ R. of Rs. 40: 763. D. ’09. 100w. (Review of v. 5.)
Schauffler, Adolphus Frederick.[11] Sparks from a superintendent’s anvil. $1. Wilde.
9–25950.
A Sunday school handbook compiled out of the experience of a successful practical Sunday school superintendent. It contains help on the conduct of the school, on the relation of officer to teacher and teacher to pupil, and upon the best methods of organization and successful maintenance of the Sunday school.
Schauffler, Robert Haven.[12] Romantic Germany. **$3.50. Century.
9–28287.
A charming book of travel in which is told with poetic interpretation the story of Germany’s principal cities—their people, their customs, manners and beliefs, their legends, traditions and history. The illustrations are well-chosen and artistically reproduced.
“A brightly written book which will be a welcome addition to the scanty travel literature on Germany.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 125. D. ’09.
“Well worth waiting for is this finely composed book with its numerous sidelights and its valuable habit of summing up the places in comparison from a common point of view.” Algernon Tassin.
+ Bookm. 30: 346. D. ’09. 650w.
“Tested by novelty of view-point and charm of style, Mr. Schauffler’s book has few rivals among recent volumes of travel-sketches.”
+ Dial. 47: 460. D. 1, ’09. 230w.
“The romance, or, better, the attraction of Berlin Mr. Schauffler feels but fails to convey, because it is hard to analyze and therefore to put down.”
+ − Ind. 67: 1145. N. 18, ’09. 230w.
Int. Studio. 39: sup. 26. N. ’09. 30w.
“Mr. Schauffler, though undoubtedly a Stevensonian and nice in his choice of words, leaves everywhere a blurred impression, as if he had been unable to escape the proverbial heaviness of the land he studied.”
+ − Nation. 89: 603. D. 16, ’09. 210w.
“One regrets the absence of architectural interiors, just the precise aspect that photographs could not supply.”
+ − No. Am. 190: 840. D. ’09. 80w.
“Must be counted one of the most attractive books of the season because of its subject-matter, its delightful illustrations, and the vivid interest of the writer in the places with which he deals and the people whom he describes. The illustrations are for the most part well executed and belong to the text, which is more than can be said of many books of similar intention.”
+ Outlook. 93: 831. D. 11, ’09. 240w.
+ R. of Rs. 40: 760. D. ’09. 70w.
Schechter, Solomon. Some aspects of rabbinic theology. **$2.25. Macmillan.
9–2258.
Not a philosophical exposition of the body of doctrine of the synagogue but a presentation of rabbinic opinion on various theological topics. The successive chapters treat, among other topics, God and the world; God and Israel; The election of Israel; The kingdom of God, invisible, universal, material; The law; The joy of the law; Holiness and goodness; Sin as rebellion; Forgiveness and reconciliation with God; Repentance and means of reconciliation.
“One of the weaknesses of Prof. Schechter’s method consists in its lack of historical perspective. Prof. Schechter has not only failed to treat the positive value of the documents on which he relies, but he may also fairly be charged with over-stating the negative side of the evidence. The volume is for the most part written in Prof. Schechter’s characteristic style, which betokens quickness of perception, liveliness of imagination, and a tendency to paradox.”
− + Ath. 1909, 1: 251. F. 27. 900w.
“Carries on every page evidence of its author’s erudition.”
+ Bib. World. 33: 360. My. ’09. 90w.
“A book like this of Dr. Schecter’s is most welcome because it comes from one of the greatest living Jewish scholars, who, with a profound faith in his religion and his people, nevertheless is a man of the world in his scholastic culture and his human sympathies.” J. A. Montgomery.
+ Int. J. Ethics. 20: 111. O. ’09. 1050w.
“The work has the double advantage of being at once useful to the specialist, by the new light which it throws on the subject, and accessible to the layman by its simplicity of style, and by the life and enthusiasm which animate it throughout. While the attractiveness and charming style of the book do not conceal from the careful reader the scholarship of the author, the labor in gathering such a wealth of material, and the scientific treatment of the subject.” Nima Hirschensohn.
+ J. Philos. 6: 463. Ag. 19, ’09. 1900w.
“What might become in the hands of one less admirably equipped a mere bundle of fragments, an encyclopædic epitome of opinions, of value purely for reference, receives here a fulness and completeness to render it a permanent and authoritative contribution in its field. Both 390the cultivated general reader and the theologian will find the work enlightening in a surprising degree.”
+ Nation. 88: 308. Mr. 25, ’09. 600w.
“He writes with a hammer as much as a pen. A vein of humor, caustic at times, adds lightness here and there. Altogether a book to be treasured. A word of praise is due Miss Henrietta Szold for her very helpful index.” A. S. Isaacs.
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 75. F. 6, ’09. 1450w.
“Dr. Schechter restricts himself to important aspects of Judaism which are often misunderstood and misrepresented. While this should especially commend his work to Christian readers, its profoundly religious and ethical spirit appeals to all that is best in modern Judaism.”
+ Outlook. 91: 865. Ap. 17, ’09. 220w.
“Himself rabbinically trained, Dr. Schecter has added (one might almost say) a new chapter to the Talmud, and a chapter unlike all the rest in this, that it is immediately intelligible to any modern man who can read English, and so far as his selected topics are concerned it explains the rest.”
+ Sat. R. 108: 263. Ag. 28, ’09. 950w.
Scheffler, Johann (Angelus Silesius).[12] Angelus Silesius: a selection from the rhymes of a German mystic; tr. in the original meter by Paul Carus. *$1. Open ct.
9–17318.
Verses of a German mystic whose sentiments, deeply religious and philosophical, anticipate Kantian idealism. The volume contains both the German text and the English translation.
Dial. 47: 522. D. 16, ’09. 90w.
Nation. 89: 412. O. 28, ’09. 60w.
“The introduction to his translation is a distinctly valuable contribution to our knowledge of mystics and mysticism. The translations are so literal that they faithfully reflect the crudeness of phraseology, which is a not unattractive feature of the originals.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 526. S. 4, ’09. 300w.
Schenck, Ferdinand Schureman.[12] Sociology of the Bible. *$1.50. Ref. (Dutch) ch.
9–10794.
An attempt “to gather the most important facts and principles of the society of the whole Bible, from Genesis to Revelation; to classify them in a sociological way; and to consider what light they throw upon some of the social problems of to-day.” “The author aims his work against socialism, inasmuch as socialism, or at least many of its leaders, hold that the Bible, and especially the teachings of Christ, favor their theory of society; the first principle of which is that private ownership is unlawful, and that the present evils of our industrial, social, and economic system can be cured only by substituting for private ownership the principle of collective ownership.” (Cath. World.)
“Though one occasionally finds some ‘obiter dictum,’ or some interpretation of the text or fact, with which, as Catholics, we cannot agree in ‘The sociology of the Bible,’ yet Catholic sociologists, and others who give thought to the deep social movement of the age, will gratefully assign to this able work a place in the library of Christian sociology.”
+ − Cath. World. 90: 100. O. ’09. 600w.
“He attempts to do a good thing. Unfortunately the result fails to satisfy. His book is of little value to one who really wants to study the social ideals and institutions of the people of Israel.” E. S. Drown.
− N. Y. Times. 14: 722. N. 20, ’09. 260w.
Schevill, Ferdinand.[5] Siena, the story of a mediaeval commune. **$2.50. Scribner.
9–10279.
Altho the author has dealt with the political evolution of the commune his aim is not so much that of presenting the political history of Siena as one of setting forth the problem of its civilization. His method is topical rather than chronological and “by isolating for examination the nobles, the clergy, the merchants, and the other classes of the commonwealth; by following separately the developments of public and private life, by reviewing the achievements of the various arts, he offers the reader a complete “mosaic of Sienese culture.””
“The varied equipment of Professor Schevill has enabled him to present us with the most satisfactory monograph on Siena that has yet appeared.” V. D. Scudder.
+ Am. Hist. R. 15: 116. O. ’09. 1100w.
“Useful for the tourist and for reference and club work.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 181. Je. ’09.
“There is room for such a book as this, which is neither a volume of snap-shot impressions nor a dry compilation of archeological monographs, but a well-digested, well-balanced and well-written story of the city from its origin to its overthrow in the sixteenth century.”
+ Ind. 66: 984. My. 6, ’09. 140w.
“Mr. Schevill has brought to his task a rich fund of scholarly information which he has put into attractive form.”
+ Lit. D. 39: 104. Jl. 17, ’09. 400w.
“Mr. Schevill has compiled his text so skilfully, interweaving fine bits from the chronicles, that his book should fully hold its own with its many excellent predecessors. Its defect is merely in the minutæ of style.”
+ − Nation. 89: 103. Jl. 29, ’09. 470w.
“His subject, however, is scarcely worthy of the toil spent upon it. He advances no new theories, demonstrates no new hypothesis. His book is like a well-arranged museum. Its curios are carefully tabulated, but their relation to modern life is not made discernible.”
+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 334. My. 29, ’09. 700w.
“The fault is his who, purblind, tried to treat that living sorceress, Siena as a cadaver and demonstrate on her beauty his own notions of political economy and history and demography.”
− No. Am. 190: 562. O. ’09. 500w.
+ R. of Rs. 39: 766. Je. ’09. 70w.
Schloss, David Frederick.[8] Insurance against unemployment. 3s. 6d. King, P. S., & son, London.
9–22194.
“The main portion of the book is devoted to a detailed statement of the laws enacted in various European cities and states regarding unemployment, with some observations on the results of these plans wherever the law has been in operation long enough for the results to be at all valuable.” The conclusions are: “(1) the system should be organized by trades; (2) it must be national; and (3) it must operate in connection with labor registration agencies.”—Econ. Bull.
“While the arguments are not by any means conclusive, the book presents an excellent, brief discussion of the subject of insurance against unemployment.”
+ Ann. Am. Acad. 34: 611. N. ’09. 130w.
“Unlike Mr. Lewis the author is not an advocate, but an investigator. His conclusions consequently have more force.” M. H. Robinson.
+ Econ. Bull. 2: 162. Je. ’09. 300w.
J. Pol. Econ. 17: 384. Je. ’09. 120w.
+ Spec. 103: 243. Ag. 14, ’09. 230w.
391Schmidt, Ferdinand.[9] Youth of the Great Elector; tr. by G: P. Upton. **60c. McClurg.
9–23015.
This story of Frederick William, “The Great Elector,” begins with his birth and closes with his accession to power. The period of the terrible and devastating “Thirty years war” when the Catholics and Protestants were struggling for supremacy is clearly portrayed.
N. Y. Times. 14: 677. O. 30, ’09. 50w.
Schofield, Alfred Taylor.[7] Nervousness: a brief and popular review of the moral treatment of disordered nerves. **50c. Moffat.
9–5897.
A book for laymen in which the author “devotes a goodly portion of his book to analysis of the causes, mental, moral and physical, of functional nervous troubles, and then goes on with fairly full directions for the use of ‘mental therapeutics,’ which he calls ‘the Cinderella of medical science.’” (N. Y. Times.)
“Might be read by people who would not undertake the large works. Does not duplicate Dr. Mitchell’s book.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 181. Je. ’09. ✠
Nation. 88: 635. Je. 24, ’09. 230w.
N. Y. Times. 14: 176. Mr. 27, ’09. 100w.
Schofield, Alfred Taylor.[9] With Christ in Palestine. $1.25. Fenno.
Four addresses published in the hope that they may be a help in realizing some scenes in the life of Christ, and in learning the lessons connected with them. They are: Bethlehem, or the birth of Christ; Nazareth, or the life of Christ; Capernaum, or the work of Christ; Jerusalem, or the death of Christ. A dozen reproduced photographs accompany the text.
Dial. 47: 466. D. 1, ’09. 30w.
Reviewed by W. G. Bowdoin.
Ind. 67: 1353. D. 16, ’09. 80w.
Schouler, James. Ideals of the republic. *$1.50. Little.
8–30609.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
“The author’s presentation of his subject is sane and just, and his views will generally command acceptance. It must be admitted, however, that the treatment is stronger upon the historic side than in its application of these ideals to present-day conditions. Again, the political ideas are more adequately presented than the social ones. This volume will prove of value as a helpful historical resumé of the origin and development of the political ideals which have prevailed in this country. Unfortunately there is no index.”
+ − Ann. Am. Acad. 34: 189. Jl. ’09. 300w.
“Safe, sane, and scholarly are the proper adjectives to apply to the book as a whole.”
+ Dial. 46: 88. F. 1, ’09. 400w.
“It is not too much to say that Dr. Schouler’s treatment of the constitutional and philosophical principles underlying the American government is masterly and that his pages are full of suggestions for those who are concerned with the problems of the present. We deeply regret that so important a book is without an index.”
+ − Educ. R. 37: 97. Ja. ’09. 100w.
Reviewed by H. A. Bruce.
+ Forum. 41: 388. Ap. ’09. 470w.
Schryver, Samuel Barnett.[8] General characters of the proteins. (Monographs on biochemistry, v. 3.) *80c. Longmans.
Agr9–1615.
A monograph whose first section “deals with the physical properties of the proteins (solubilities, crystallisation, heat coagulation, rotatory power, electrical conductivity, and so forth); the second with their general chemical characters (tests, distribution of nitrogen, compounds with acids, bases, halogens, etc.); and the third with the precipitin reaction, which is commonly known as the biological test.”—Nature.
“The whole is treated in a technical but clear manner; references are given to the authorities quoted, and the booklet will prove a useful addition to the library of the physiologist, and should be found in every laboratory devoted to biochemical research.” W. D. H.
+ Nature. 80: 307. My. 13, ’09. 140w.
“A review of progress in any field of study can serve a diversity of purposes. As a summary of discoveries made it brings an up-to-date appreciation of current knowledge and makes it ready for convenient reference; and if the résumé has been critically prepared, it may fulfill the almost equally important function of pointing out the limitations of our experience in any domain and the problems awaiting solution. In the latter respect especially, Dr. Schryver’s monograph deserves commendation.” L. B. Mendel.
+ Science, n.s. 30: 121. Jl. 23, ’09. 530w.
Schurz, Carl. Reminiscences of Carl Schurz. v. 3. **$3. McClure.
7–36232.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 49. F. ’09. (Review of v. 3.)
“No recent autobiography so fully deserves the attention of those interested in the development of our national life. The lives of few men furnish so adequate a picture of the times in which they lived.” C. L. Jones.
+ Ann. Am. Acad. 34: 213. Jl. ’09. 400w. (Review of v. 1–3.)
“These recollections ... are undeniably interesting, but they by no means escape the fault of prolixity.”
+ − Ath. 1909, 2: 486. O. 23. 850w. (Review of v. 1–3.)
Reviewed by W. H. Johnson.
+ Dial. 46: 82. F. 1, ’09. 930w. (Review of v. 3.)
“All of Schurz’s descriptions of battles are vivid. None is more so than his story of Gettysburg.”
+ Ind. 66: 536. Mr. 11, ’09. 700w. (Review of v. 3.)
“A complete story of a notable life in the political annals of this country.”
+ Lit. D. 37: 907. D. 12, ’08. 130w. (Review of v. 3.)
“The work is well and sometimes brilliantly written by one whose sense of point and proportion as a newspaper man or journalist, has done him good service in producing a work which is as entertaining as it is historically valuable.”
+ Lit. D. 38: 391. Mr. 6, ’09. 600w. (Review of v. 3.)
“There is but one serious disappointment in this third and last volume of Schurz’s ‘Reminiscences’: the reminiscences proper break off almost at the beginning of Grant’s administration and of Schurz’s own service in the senate. The proof-reading, as in the earlier volumes, has evidently not been particularly good.”
+ − Nation. 88: 66. Ja. 21, ’09. 1100w. (Review of v. 3.)
“Mr. Bancroft brought with his knowledge an intimate friendship with the late writer, and has ably done his task.”
+ N. Y. Times. 13: 747. D. 5, ’08. 130w. (Review of v. 3.)
“The most interesting portion of the reminiscences themselves to be found in the volume is the chapter that tells of Mr. Schurz’s meetings with Bismarck in the winter of 1868.”
+ N. Y. Times. 13: 800. D. 26, ’08. 1350w. (Review of v. 3.)
392“Shows no falling off in the interest and charm which distinguished the first two.”
+ Outlook. 92: 584. Jl. 10, ’09. 420w. (Review of v. 3.)
Schuyler, James Dix. Reservoirs for irrigation, water-power, and domestic water-supply; with an account of various types of dams and the methods, plans and cost of their construction; 2d ed., rev. and enl. $6. Wiley.
8–36167.
“The work consists of nine chapters, dealing with rock-fill dams, hydraulic-fill dams, masonry dams, earthen dams, steel dams, reinforced-concrete dams, natural reservoirs, and a final chapter in which photographic illustrations and descriptions of work are given which were received by the author too late for incorporation in the body of the book.” (Engin. D.) The new material includes data concerning the achievements of the past ten years, 234 new illustrations, comparative sections of masonry and earth dams, and appendices containing a table showing the acre-foot cost of 75 reservoirs, of which 45 are in the United States and 30 in foreign countries.
“The thoroughness characterizing the work of revision is certain to be cordially appreciated by the engineering profession.”
+ Engin. D. 5: 172. F. ’09. 480w.
“The book should still be judged chiefly as a collection of descriptions of the large and otherwise important dams of the world. As such it is of the highest value. No one really ought to find much fault with a book which contains such a vast amount of useful information as does this one, particularly when the information as a whole is in accordance with the plan of the author, is quite convenient for reference purposes, and much of it is nowhere else accessible.”
+ + − Engin. N. 61: sup. 17. F. 18, ’09. 750w.
“The volume is the most complete compilation of data relating to dams which exists in any language, and many of the structures are described in no other books available to most engineers.”
+ Engin. Rec. 60: 673. D. 11, ’09. 300w.
“The style and arrangement of subject matter of the book lack uniformity and its substance is rather a collection of facts relating to dams and reservoirs than a scientific treatise thereof. Sufficient new and rewritten material has been incorporated into the text to make the book essentially a new work.” F. W. Hanna.
+ − Science, n.s. 29: 792. My. 14, ’09. 400w.
Scott, A. Maccallum. Through Finland to St. Petersburg. *$1.25. Dutton.
9–35583.
A book for the tourist, lover of nature and general reader which “deals especially with Finland in the summer, when, as the sun rises higher and its light and heat hold the land from day to day, a great tidal wave of green rolls over the country. The ‘white nights’ of summer, when the sky is suffused with a tender brightness, when there are neither stars in the sky nor shadows upon the earth, force the vegetation, because of the constant supply of light, to a hot-house rapidity of growth, and the whole country burgeons with a magic quickness into an almost tropical jungle.”—N. Y. Times.
“A well rounded, useful work.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 181. Je. ’09. ✠
“Mr. Scott is a practical, experienced guide; he is also an intelligent companion whose interests are wide and varied.”
+ Ind. 66: 1139. My. 27, ’09. 80w.
“Is a somewhat dry, but instructive reference book and guide for travellers. The illustrations are an important feature and give a good idea of the country.”
+ − Nation. 88: 424. Ap. 22, ’09. 100w.
“The men and women in whose hearts burns the wanderlust will be grateful to Mr. Scott for his book in which he spreads forth the lures of a new pleasure ground beyond the Baltic.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 126. Mr. 6, ’09. 1150w.
“Certainly Mr. Scott’s enthusiasm does not make him a less useful guide.”
+ Spec. 101: 27. Jl. 4, ’08. 120w.
Scott, Catharine Amy Dawson.[11] Treasuretrove. †$1.50. Duffield.
9–10787.
A novel built up about the following situation: “A burglar, disturbed in his attempt upon Mrs. Smart’s plate, bolts in a panic, leaving behind a packet of valuable jewels just stolen from another house. To Mrs. Smart ‘finding is keeping,’ and the jewels are turned into the capital necessary to launch her children in life. But everything goes wrong with the illgotten wealth, and poor Mrs. Smart sees in the misfortunes of her family the punishment for what, too late, she discerns to have been her sin. The author proclaims stridently that this view is absurd, but—well, things do happen very oddly in real life on these lines.” (Sat. R.)
“The work contains interesting and well-contrasted characters, and the instances of heredity provided are ably selected and chronicled.”
+ Ath. 1909, 1: 581. My. 15. 130w.
“There is considerable that is clear and original in ‘Treasure trove,’ but as a whole it is a weak, scattering and unconvincing story.”
− + N. Y. Times. 14: 646. O. 23, ’09. 220w
“All the characters are well drawn, and the matron’s two interviews with the burglar are delightful.”
+ Sat. R. 108: 112. Jl. 24, ’09. 190w.
Scott, Colin Alexander. Social education. *$1.25. Ginn. 8–17822
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
“Its parts are of varying degrees of merit. In those chapters in which the author deals with the experiences of himself and his coworkers, there is much that is suggestive, and it would have been well worth the while to have developed the subjects presented.” K. E. Dopp.
+ − Am. J. Soc. 14: 534. Ja. ’09. 1050w.
“Somewhat radical, but offers valuable material for discussion to advanced thinkers on educational lines.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 109. Ap. ’09.
“In the chapter on manual arts many valuable suggestions are given and the social mission of the common school is set forth.”
+ Ann. Am. Acad. 34: 189. Jl. ’09. 280w.
“It is a long look forward and a wide one that Dr. Colin A. Scott takes in ‘Social education’ and one that social workers other than the teachers for whom the book was primarily written, will find themselves enriched by sharing. To one judging socially and not pedagogically the closing chapter on the Education of the conscience is disappointing.” H. F. Greene.
+ − Char. 21: 782. F. 6, ’09. 1000w.
“Illuminating as it does the problem of socializing pupil activities in school life, ‘Social education’ deserves a wide reading by superintendents, principals, and teachers.” W. F. Gordy.
+ Educ. R. 38: 196. S. ’09. 670w.
“No one who thinks about education at all, even if he has never heard of the social movement can afford to miss the book.” H: W. Holmes.
+ J. Philos. 6: 580. O. 14, ’09. 2150w.
“The strictures above noted do not blind us to the special value of the work, which taken as a whole, makes a contribution to the school theory and practice of to-day. The author writes with an attractive and compelling style and sustains the interest to the end.” E. F. Buchner.
+ − Psychol. Bull. 6: 111. Mr. 15, ’09. 750w.
393Scott, James Brown.[12] Hague peace conferences of 1899 and 1907: a series of lectures delivered before the Johns Hopkins university in the year 1908. 2v. $5. Johns Hopkins.
9–14717.
“The first volume is ‘based upon a series of lectures delivered before the Johns Hopkins university in the year 1908....’ The first three chapters give a general survey of the Genesis of the International conference and the results of the two Hague conferences. Then follow two interesting chapters on the composition of the conferences and the nature, origin, and practice of international arbitration. In the remaining eleven chapters, the various conventions, declarations, resolutions, and wishes (voeux) are carefully analyzed. The second volume contains the instructions and official reports of the American delegation, diplomatic correspondence of our government, and the texts of the various conventions, etc., of the two conferences (French and English on parallel pages).”—Am. Hist. R.
“There has been great need of a volume in English which should analyze the work of the Second Hague conference in a manner at once interesting to the general reader and satisfactory to students and teachers of international law. For the successful accomplishment of this task Professor Scott deserves our heartiest thanks.”
+ − Am. Hist. R. 15: 151. O. ’09. 930w.
“Should be part of the equipment of college, reference and large public libraries.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 84. N. ’09.
“His work shows not only the precision and balance of the scholar, the force of the statesman, but even the vision of the prophet. The work is monumental. It places the author in the very front rank of living publicists. In no matter of essential importance do we think him in error. Still we venture to point out a few trifling sins of commission and omission.” H. H.
+ + − Ind. 67: 598. S. 9, ’09. 2000w.
Scott, James Brown. Texts of the peace conferences at The Hague, 1899 and 1907; with English translation and appendix of related documents; ed. with an introd.; prefatory note by Elihu Root. *$2. Pub. for the International school of peace by Ginn.
8–31994.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
“There are a few errors and some awkward constructions which more care could have eliminated; but these are comparatively slight defects in a very creditable piece of work. Most of the documents have been published elsewhere and some of them many times, but it is well worth while to have them brought together in this convenient form.”
+ − Am. Hist. R. 14: 615. Ap. ’09. 550w.
“This is an excellent collection of documents.”
+ Ann. Am. Acad. 33: 464. Mr. ’09. 110w.
“A valuable work.”
+ Dial. 46: 26. Ja. 1, ’09. 70w.
“An excellent volume of reference indispensable to the student of public affairs.”
+ Educ. R. 37: 317. Mr. ’09. 60w.
“Little of significance has escaped our author.”
+ Nation. 89: 143. Ag. 12, ’09. 600w.
“An authoritative account.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 417. Jl. 3, ’09. 200w.
“The extent to which these finely formulated instruments have become by ratification binding upon the several states is not indicated.”
+ − Pol. Sci. Q. 24: 168. Mr. ’09. 280w.
Scott, John Reed.[5] Woman in question. †$1.50. Lippincott.
9–13917.
A story whose main action takes place on a Virginia estate whither the owner conducts a few friends for a house party. Two young widows divide the honors of the heroine, both of whom interest the eligible master of Egerton. The situation becomes complicated by the presence of the husband of one of the “widows,” a man who is a blackmailer and scoundrel—hence the separation ten years before. The release from oppression involves a crime which the author has dealt with summarily but which furnishes a mystery equal to many that require four or five hundred pages for solution.
“Showing no special gift or skill.”
+ − Atlan. 104: 680. N. ’09. 470w.
“An ingenious and interesting narrative, light-hearted (except for the underlying tragedy), and gracefully related.” W: M. Payne.
+ Dial. 47: 180. S. 16, ’09. 250w.
N. Y. Times. 14: 379. Je. 12, ’09. 170w.
“Mr. Scott’s fiction is light, but it is excellent of its class. The story has dash and verve.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 402. Je. 26, ’09. 250w.
Scott, Robert.[8] Pauline epistles: a critical study. (Literature of the New Testament ser.) *$2. Scribner.
A study in which the author “rejects the Pauline authorship of eight out of the thirteen Pauline epistles, and regards the remaining five as in part composite. His argument is based entirely upon internal data—‘a theory of authorship based on characteristics of thought and style.’ The clue he uses is, certainly, only a hypothesis, and may, on this ground, be called unscientific; but do not all inquiries need some theory to give them coherence, and to supply a centre around which facts may crystallise?”—Hibbert J.
“Unfortunately Dr. Scott’s arguments are not always so important as his conclusions.”
+ − Ath. 1909, 2: 294. S. 11. 530w.
Bib. World. 33: 432. Je. ’09. 120w.
“This neglect of historical situations is perhaps the greatest weakness of the presentation. This book is not entirely valueless. It has pointed out with fresh emphasis variations of thought and expression in the Pauline writings, but the theory offered for the solution of the problem is of doubtful worth.” S. J. Case.
− + Bib. World. 34: 355. N. ’09. 1200w.
“The attitude of Dr. Scott is frank and fearless, but, unlike critics such as Dr. Van Manen, he is no iconoclast. His work is a sane and moderate attempt to solve the problem of these epistles by the application of critical methods.” W. Jones-Davies.
+ Hibbert J. 7: 942. Jl. ’09. 1650w.
+ − Ind. 67: 881. O. 14, ’09. 620w.
“He writes with insight and ability, and he desires to be taken seriously. But in order that his results may be taken seriously, it would seem imperative that he should state with distinctness the canons of criticism in accordance with which he accepts as Pauline so much as he does.”
+ − Nation. 88: 560. Je. 3, ’09. 150w.
“The author has worked out his theory with care and ingenuity; but it is too complicated and elaborate, and only proves to us how subjective the ‘internal-evidence’ argument can become, and consequently how weak. Dr. Scott himself is far more convincing when he is pointing out resemblances than when he is detecting discrepancies. This book is more conservative than the author imagines.”
− + Sat. R. 108: 203. Ag. 14, ’09. 650w.
Scott, Temple.[11] Pleasure of reading the Bible. *50c. Kennerley.
9–28013.
An essay, quite free from sectarian doctrinal bias, in which the Bible is viewed only in the light of literature. The author emphasizes the purity of the pleasure of reading the Bible leading to the cultivation of one’s sense of beauty in language and thought.
N. Y. Times. 14: 693. N. 6, ’09. 90w.
394Scott, Walter Dill. Psychology of advertising: a simple exposition of the principles of psychology in their relation to successful advertising. *$2. Small.
8–26213.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 20. Ja. ’09.
+ Ann. Am. Acad. 34: 612. N. ’09. 170w.
“The book is practical, and fills an important position in advertising literature.” F. H. Elwell.
+ Econ. Bull. 2: 64. Ap. ’09. 250w.
“The volume will be found of value both by the psychologist and the advertiser, and of unique interest to the general public that reads advertisements. It is, however, curious that a psychologist should have failed to include an index.” E. L. Bogart.
+ − Forum. 42: 93. Jl. ’09. 310w.
“The book is decidedly worth reading, especially by the increasing number of hard-headed folk who believe that a science, like a soul, is known unto all men by its fruits. Books like this deserve to be welcomed on all hands.” T: P. Bailey.
+ J. Philos. 6: 190. Ap. 1, ’09. 1200w.
“The illustrations might have been better chosen in many cases, inasmuch as readers of the book often get from them an impression quite different from that which they are alleged to produce. To the scientific reader, also, the analysis will seem too slight and popular to be of great interest. But there is doubtless instruction in the book for the professional advertiser or the man of business who wishes to know whether or not his advertising is intelligently done.”
+ − J. Pol. Econ. 17: 105. F. ’09. 120w.
Scott, W. Major.[8] Aspects of Christian mysticism. $1. Dutton.
“Includes brief studies of twelve of the great Christian mystics, beginning with St. John and St. Paul, and ending with Peter Sterry, of Cambridge, who preached before Oliver Cromwell and who died in 1672. Each of the twelve is studied only from the point of view of his mystical teaching and as illustrating Mr. Scott’s definition of a mystic. The mystic, according to this definition, is the man who lives not in time, but in eternity. He does not regard life from the viewpoint of temporal things, but he establishes eternal correspondences with things unseen.”—Ind.
“The sketches which Mr. Scott gives are brief and slight. They are not intended to be complete or exhaustive even of the mystical side of his subject. In fact, they may be regarded rather as hints as how to discern the mystical element in the lives of the saints. In many cases even the hints are imperfect, and there is a distinct feeling of disappointment over Mr. Scott’s failure to reach to the real heart of the subject.”
+ − Ind. 67: 251. Jl. 29, ’09. 250w.
“In his treatment of mysticism the author is quite uncritical. He fails to recognize, for example, the abnormal element which almost invariably attends the more pronounced types of mystic experience, the nervous instability and the depression, often intense and protracted, by which the devotee purchases the moments of emotional exaltation.”
− Nation. 88: 536. My. 27, ’09. 120w.
“The book is not so much for the technical scholar as for the general reader who wants a sympathetic insight into the spiritual message of Christian mysticism.” E: S. Drown.
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 455. Jl. 24, ’09. 100w.
Seabury, William Jones.[5] Memoir of Bishop Seabury. *$2. Gorham.
9–6964.
“The career of Bishop Samuel Seabury, prominent in American affairs, civic as well as religious, before, during, and after the revolution, which is of especial interest because of the important part he took in the breaking away of the American Episcopal church from the church of England.”—N. Y. Times.
“He was a virile, energetic man of wide interests and of deep religious zeal, and his biography is full of the spirit of his times.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 16. Ja. 9, ’09. 200w.
“The volume may be read with advantage, but we are not greatly impressed either with the narrative itself or with the way in which it is told.”
+ − Spec. 102: 587. Ap. 10, ’09. 300w.
Seager, Henry Rogers. Economics: briefer course. *$1.75. Holt.
9–2542.
A text prepared with special reference to the needs of technical and professional schools. “The qualities chiefly aimed at in the first, or theoretical, half of the book have been clearness and brevity, and those sought in the second, or practical, half, adequacy and up-to-dateness. The treatise is thus intended primarily for teachers who wish to give only that amount of attention to economic theory that is essential to the intelligent discussion of practical economic problems.”
“Its admirable arrangement as an elementary book for students of technical schools is its greatest merit.”
+ Ann. Am. Acad. 34: 190. Jl. ’09. 120w.
“Clearness of statement, logical cogency, and the quality of up-to-dateness are the distinguishing marks of this admirable treatise, which we take pleasure in commending.”
+ Dial. 46: 301. My. 1, ’09. 80w.
“An interesting chapter, not found in many new text-books, is the final one on economic progress. This serves to bring the whole discussion to a head and will help to make the student feel that he has got somewhere. The book seems well adapted to its purpose.” T. N. C.
+ Econ. Bull. 2: 122. Je. ’09. 120w.
“The ‘Briefer course’ contains some material not found in the larger work, and the bibliographical material is full and useful.”
+ Educ. R. 38: 202. S. ’09. 60w.
Ind. 67: 304. Ag. 5, ’09. 30w.
J. Pol. Econ. 17: 168. Mr. ’09. 80w.
“The ‘Briefer course,’ as one scans its pages, seems to have kept the best of the larger book, and to have shaken off a considerable part of the weight under which it labored.”
+ Yale R. 18: 106. My. ’09. 200w.
Seaman, Owen. Salvage. *$1.25. Holt.
Selections, chiefly, from the author’s contributions to “Punch.”
“The book, despite its occasional unevenness, is worthy of its author’s reputation.”
+ − Ath. 1908, 2: 815. D. 26. 320w.
“It is satirical and society-verse after the manner of Calverley—and rather a long way after. A gentle but constant smile is its highest tribute.” Brian Hooker.
+ − Bookm. 29: 368. Je. ’09. 90w.
“Those who have enjoyed his parodies will not be disappointed by these skits, in independent vein.”
+ Ind. 67: 762. S. 30, ’09. 60w.
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 133. Mr. 6, ’09. 380w.
“In Mr. Owen Seaman’s work there are no flaws that intelligence can avoid, but a hundred such as it can easily permit. Let us admit at once that he who reads one page will probably read every one. We chiefly admire the slenderness of the means by which Mr. Seaman tickles us.”
+ − Sat. R. 107: 144. Ja. 30, ’09. 280w.
“Well sustains the reputation for fine craftsmanship and sober wit which has long been his. The satire, keen as it is, seems now and then a trifle hampered by the extreme artificiality of its medium.”
+ − Spec. 102: 305. F. 20, ’09. 330w.
395Sears, Lorenzo.[11] Wendell Phillips, orator and agitator. **$1.50. Doubleday.
9–23991.
A summary of the life of Wendell Phillips in which are set forth the qualities that made him one of the greatest of the abolitionists. “Gradually he undertook a life-long fight against slavery, and that fight he waged with courage, physical and moral; with absolutely unselfish fidelity, with intellectual force and brilliancy, and with the use of such resplendent oratorical powers as, it is safe to say, no other American has shown in like quality and measure.” (N. Y. Times.)
“The earlier biographies are fuller and take up his private life. Sears is more conservative and probably more trustworthy because the lapse of years has defined more clearly the value and significance of Phillips’ public services.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 84. N. ’09.
“Dr. Sears’s style suffers from an intrusive jauntiness, but it is at least clear and readable. For the thoroughness with which he has studied his sources, as well as for the skill with which he has avoided writing a history of the period instead of a life of Phillips, he is entitled to praise.”
+ − Nation. 89: 544. D. 2, ’09. 680w.
“It is not entirely satisfactory; is somewhat lacking in discrimination and perspective, and is rather long for the amount of really valuable matter presented. But it is sincere and conscientious, and in the later part, especially in the analysis of the substance and form of Mr. Phillips’ oratory, rises to the dignity of the subject.”
+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 538. S. 11, ’09. 900w.
+ R. of Rs. 40: 637. N. ’09. 100w.
Seashore, Carl Emil. Elementary experiments in psychology. *$1. Holt.
8–15310.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
+ Dial. 46: 332. My. 16, ’09. 50w.
“The chapters are of somewhat unequal merit: those on visual contrast and after-images and on geometrical illusions seem the most adequate, and those on visual space and on association least so. On the whole, for the purpose which it has in view, that of increasing the amount of first-hand observation by beginners in psychology, the book seems likely to do good service.” R. S. Woodworth.
+ − Educ. R. 37: 311. Mr. ’09. 480w.
“It is a valuable addition to the handbooks in psychology, and ought to be warmly welcomed in every quarter.” V. A. C. Henmon.
+ J. Philos. 6: 53. Ja. 21, ’09. 740w.
“His formal directions are clear, and his comments illuminating. A surprising amount of general psychological information is sprinkled about.”
+ Nation. 88: 415. Ap. 22, ’09. 100w.
“The statements and directions are notably clear, and concise, and the accompanying discussion and illustrations apt and illuminating.” W. F. Dearborn.
+ School R. 17: 210. Mr. ’09. 470w.
Seaton, Albert Edward.[10] Screw propeller, and other competing instruments for marine propulsion. *$4. Lippincott.
9–35798.
“This work is an expansion of the portion of the author’s ‘Manual of marine engineering’ which dealt with the subject matter. While its main subject is the screw propeller, there is space devoted to the resistance of ships, to paddle-wheel propulsion and to hydraulic propulsion.” (Engin. N.) Chapters are devoted to the following subjects: History of propulsion; Resistance of ships; Slip, cavitation and racing; Paddle wheels and their design; Internal and jet propellers; Screw propellers; Thrust and efficiency; Number and position of screws; Number, shape and proportion of propeller blades; Details and dimensions of screw propellers; Geometry of the screw; Materials of construction; Trials; Analysis of Sells’ experiments with propellers varying in pitch and surface ratio.
“Valuable in large libraries and in small libraries in a ship or boat-building district.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 85. N. ’09.
Engin. D. 6: 247. S. ’09. 200w.
“There are a number of typographical and clerical errors, some of which are important. While this book is avowedly deficient from the scientific side, it contains a great deal of valuable practical information, and its empirical and semi-empirical formulas, being based upon wide experience, are of value, though not to be trusted implicitly. While the meaning is obscure in a few places, the book as a whole is clear and well written. It is interspersed here and there by pungent characteristic comments.” I. W. Taylor.
+ − Engin. N. 62; sup. 2. Jl. 15, ’09. 1550w.
“The designer will find a considerable amount of interesting and valuable material, but he will not find it presented in such a manner as to be most fruitful with reference to the application of modern experimental information to the solution of the actual problems of design. The chapters on experimental data are disappointingly meager, most of the information quoted relating to experiments distributed over a period from about 1850 to 1890.”
+ − Engin. Rec. 60: 617. N. 27, ’09. 320w.
“As a work of reference will be found of service to all interested in the propulsion of ships.”
+ − Nature. 81: 213. Ag. 19, ’09. 1000w.
Seawell, Molly Elliot. Imprisoned midshipman. †$1.25. Appleton.
8–21618.
A juvenile story which tells about two boys who sailed as midshipmen under Commodore Bainbridge when President Jefferson sent him forth to silence Tripoli in the early nineteenth century. The incidents attending capture, imprisonment and final liberation are informing and thrilling.
“Though the style is rather lifeless and stilted, boys will find it interesting to read in connection with the author’s ‘Decatur and Somers.’”
+ − A. L. A. Bkl. 4: 312. D. ’08.
“It is full of stirring patriotism, and will interest old and young alike.” M. J. Moses.
+ Ind. 65: 1478. D. 17, ’08. 80w.
Seignobos, Charles.[10] History of contemporary civilization; translation edited by James Alton James. **$1.25. Scribner.
9–2518.
Covers “the social and economic development as well as the political events of the period from the opening of the eighteenth century to the year 1888.” (Ind.) “The later chapters have especial interest, discussing European peoples outside of Europe; arts, letters and sciences in the nineteenth century; industry, agriculture and commerce; economic reforms; democracy and socialism. A bibliography and books for supplementary reading cover seven pages.” (A. L. A. Bkl.)
“An excellent text for secondary schools and useful for general reading.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 22. S. ’09.
“Professor Seignobos combines the rare qualities of a profound scholar and a skillful maker of school books. It is only to be regretted that the editor did not make arrangements to bring the work up to date; in fact, this failure seems to be a fatal error for the purposes of a modern history.”
+ − Ind. 67: 302. Ag. 5, ’09. 150w.
396Semenov, Vladimir Ivanovitch.[7] Rasplata (The reckoning). *10s. 6d. Murray, John, London.
9–23804.
A diary of the naval fighting in the Russo-Japanese war in which the author’s records made on the spot are not changed tho conflicting with later information. “He travelled overland to the seat of war, and the introductory scenes during his journey will be recognized as genuine by any one who has passed through the experience of being in a country which is on the verge of war and yet doubts the possibility of such a thing.” (Spec.)
“We strongly recommend the account of the naval operations by Capt. Semenoff, as we did that of the land warfare by General Kuropatkin. The two books together present a complete picture of a memorable series of campaigns.”
+ Ath. 1909, 1: 754. Je. 26. 150w.
“Apart from its value to the future historian, is uncommonly interesting as a human document, a seemingly unpremeditated revelation of the Slav temperament among officers and men.”
+ Ind. 67: 934. O. 21, ’09. 340w.
“An exceptionally readable account of Russia’s naval campaigns, written from the anti-governmental standpoint, with much grasp and authority and without excessive prejudice.”
+ Nation. 89: 360. O. 14, ’09. 470w.
“This account ... should be read, together with the book called ‘Human bullets,’ written by a Japanese commanding in the land forces before Port Arthur.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 527. S. 4, ’09. 1700w.
“An absorbing account of the voyage of the Russian Baltic fleet.”
+ R. of Rs. 40: 511. O. ’09. 160w.
“Those who read the book [‘Battle of Tsu-Shima’] will not care to miss ‘Rasplata’ (‘The reckoning’), which has the same qualities and is excellently translated.”
+ Spec. 102: 1031. Je. 26, ’09. 1300w.
Sera, Leo G.[11] On the tracks of life: the immorality of morality; tr. from the Italian by J. M. Kennedy; with an introd. by Oscar Levy. *$2.50. Lane.
A work by a sophist of Nietzsche’s school who divides all mankind into aristocrats, workers and the transitional types between the two. “The leading topics of the book, giving its chapter-headings, are Love, the Origin of society, Work and morals, North and South (the characteristics of the peoples), Social rhythms, the Creation of genius, a Conception of civilization, two disquisitions on Aristocracies, and a chapter each on Stendhal and Nietzsche.”
“We would not say that he is unworthy of critical notice. Despite his unfortunate immoralism, his dogmatism (as of a man who is unaccustomed to address his equals, or has a feud with them all), and the prolixity and confusion of his book, we neither dislike Signor Sera nor despair of him. He has gifts as a writer, though he wastes them through unrestraint from page to page. He also has a mind, if he could make it up; but the form he at present affects seems to us to forbid cohesion.”
− + Ath. 1909, 1: 401. Ap. 3. 1450w.
“His theses are clearly and vigorously expressed, his book is very diverting, or very shocking, according to the reader’s temperament, and, after all, nothing sharpens the teeth of the mind like setting them firmly into a fallacy of the tougher order.”
+ − Nation. 89: 381. O. 21, ’09. 1500w.
“Dr. Sera is a thinker of more brilliancy than depth; his range of knowledge is wide but his conclusions often rest on very insecure and inadequate foundations. The chapter on ‘North and South,’ while containing many acute anthropological observations, is scarcely the work of a scientist. The book is, none the less, most stimulating and suggestive; it piques the reader to thought, and while much of its philosophy might prove subversive to immature minds, it is a distinctly valuable comment on modernity.”
+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 612. O. 16, ’09. 550w.
“There is much in this book over which we might naïvely wax angry, but at which a little common-sense and sense of humour will rather make us smile.”
− Sat. R. 107: 728. Je. 5, ’09. 310w.
Serviss, Garrett Putnam.[12] Curiosities of the sky: a popular presentation of the great riddles and mysteries of astronomy. **$1.40. Harper.
9–29243.
A clear, authoritative description of heavenly bodies in which the treatment is as scientific as plain language will permit. The chapters give the latest information on such topics as the coming and going of comets, the origin and career of meteors, the aurora borealis, the corona and spots on the sun, the surface of the moon, the zodiacal light, star clusters and the discovery of new stars, nebulae, and constellations, and how the constellations change.
“Another contribution to popular science of interest and value.”
+ Ind. 67: 1148. N. 18, ’09. 100w.
+ Outlook. 93: 831. D. 11, ’09. 110w.
Seton, Ernest Thompson. Biography of a silver-fox; or, Domino Reynard of Goldur town. †$1.50. Century.
9–7445.
A biography whose purpose is “to show the man-world how the fox-world lives—and above all to advertise and emphasize the beautiful monogamy of the better-class fox.” The story is built up from incidents gathered from different regions and woven into a unity whose bearing upon animal psychology is important.
“As well suited to adults as to children, and less interesting to the latter than Mr. Seton’s earlier stories.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 150. My. ’09.
“It is a stirring, sympathetic narrative, and has the merit of being taken conscientiously from nature. Moreover, it is well written.”
+ Ath. 1909, 1: 649. My. 29. 130w.
“The story is well told, and is as interesting as any of those that have come from this author’s pen—which is as high praise as a critic could well give.” M. E. Cook.
+ Dial. 46: 363. Je. 1, ’09. 350w.
“Tells a lively animal story in a way to interest old and young.”
+ Ind. 66: 867. Ap. 22, ’09. 120w.
“In his hundred clever and suggestive illustrations Mr. Seton maintains his reputation as not only an artist but a naturalist.”
+ Lit. D. 38: 854. My. 15, ’09. 260w.
“As a matter of fact, Mr. Roberts’s chief advantage over Mr. Seton, aside from priority of publication, is that his is the better, more vivid, and more dramatic story.”
+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 209. Ap. 10, ’09. 200w.
N. Y. Times. 14: 379. Je. 12, ’09. 160w.
R. of Rs. 39: 639. My. ’09. 50w.
“Mr. Seton tells one of his stories of woodland life with all his accustomed skill and sympathy.”
+ Spec. 102: 824. My. 22, ’09. 180w.
397Seward, Albert Charles, ed.[8] Darwin and modern science: essays in commemoration of the centenary of the birth of Charles Darwin and of the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of The origin of species. Ed. for the Cambridge philosophical society and the syndics of the University press, by A. C. Seward. *$5. Putnam.
9–22596.
A symposium of twenty-eight essays contributed by eminent English and foreign scientists in commemoration of the Darwin centenary and of the jubilee of the publication of the “Origin of species.” “It is no exaggeration to speak of this work as monumental; it is a monument of greater durability than bronze or marble, because it stereotypes the collective thought of our age. For the future historian of science it must for all time serve as a landmark indicating the present stage of development of scientific doctrine in every department of human thought where science holds sway, and where the great principle of evolution has, under Darwin’s influence, served as a guide in the interpretation of both organic and inorganic nature.” (Nature.)
A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 125. D. ’09.
“This volume is a worthy tribute to the labors of a great man. It is no ordinary panegyric, but an examination of the principles of Darwinism in the light of our present knowledge.”
+ Ath. 1909, 1: 704. Je. 12. 920w.
“All of these essays address themselves primarily to the intelligent public rather than to investigators, and therefore they are in a sense popular statements and not contributions to knowledge. In spite of this, they are very interesting to investigators, for personal and recent points of view are in evidence throughout, and the whole group of related topics is brought together in clear and compact form.” J. M. C.
+ Bot. Gaz. 48: 308. O. ’09. 380w.
“It is a book that should be on the shelves of every library, whether public or private, which aims to reflect in its choice of books the progress of contemporary thought.” Raymond Pearl.
+ Dial. 47: 92. Ag. 16, ’09. 1350w.
“As an expression of modern thought concerning evolution and its tributary studies of heredity and variation no more admirable compilation than these essays has appeared in recent times.”
+ Nation. 89: 441. N. 4, ’09. 1050w.
“It detracts in no way from the value of this volume that it is in the best sense ‘popular’ as distinguished from technical. It is difficult, if not impossible, to impose any restriction with respect to the class of reader to which these essays will appeal.” R. Meldola.
+ Nature. 80: 481. Je. 24, ’09. 4000w.
N. Y. Times. 14: 237. Ap. 17, ’09. 4600w. (Detailed advance notice.)
R. of Rs. 40: 384. S. ’09. 50w.
“These essays then are to be welcomed as giving a frequent glimpse of that ‘onward rush of science’ which was Darwin’s fitting image and of which his own mind has been so vivid and copious a source.”
+ Sat. R. 108: 109. Jl. 24, ’09. 1300w.
Reviewed by D: S. Jordan.
+ Science, n.s. 30: 527. O. 15, ’09. 1000w.
Shackleton, Sir Ernest Henry.[12] Heart of the Antarctic: being the story of the British Antarctic expedition, 1907–1909; with an introd. by Hugh Robert Mill; an account of the first journey to the south magnetic pole by T. W. Edgeworth David. **$10. Lippincott.
9–29523.
The record of an expedition in search of the south pole. “The first volume relates the story of the expedition; the second records the various scientific data gathered by the explorers. These data, narrating what was done in the domains of geology, biology, magnetism, meteorology, and physics, will have but little interest for the reader who is more concerned with the manner of getting the material than he is with the matter itself. Of the manner—the heroic efforts and the almost Promethean suffering of the men who made the remarkable journey—the first volume is sufficient for the most greedy lover of a tale of daring-do.” (Dial.)
“The first volume is a lucid and businesslike record of facts, all the more effective for no conscious straining after literary effect. The uniform excellence of the illustrations, which number over three hundred, is notable. The high standard set in Capt. Scott’s volumes and in the Royal society album of discovery photographs is fully maintained in this work.”
+ Ath. 1909, 2: 626. N. 20. 1800w.
“No one reading it will question its author’s title to a place in the ranks of the Great Explorers.” H. E. Coblentz.
+ Dial. 47: 448. D. 1, ’09. 1550w.
“We congratulate him on the reserve and the modesty which characterize his narrative.”
+ Lit. D. 39: 1082. D. 11, ’09. 120w.
“Valuable, however, as are the scientific results set forth in these volumes, and interesting as are the numerous illustrations, it is to the narrative of the explorations that the reader will turn with most curiosity. He will not be disappointed.”
+ Nation. 89: 626. D. 23, ’09. 1800w.
“A more interesting book of polar exploration than ‘The heart of the Antarctic’ has yet to be written.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 765. D. 4, ’09. 1350w.
“Mr. Shackleton’s own narratives are well told and will no doubt be popular with the general reader.”
+ Sat. R. 108: 634. N. 20, ’09. 1650w.
“It would be incomprehensible to us if boys should ever want to turn to blood-and-thunder stories before they had finished the narrative in this book. Sir Ernest Shackleton has just the right combination of scientific interests and love of reckless adventure, and in this book we see the two sides of him balancing one another to perfection. The book will take its place among the great records of adventure in our language.”
+ + Spec. 103: 848. N. 20, ’09. 1800w.
Shakespeare, William.[6] An evening with Shakespeare; arranged by T. Maskell Hardy. *80c. Duffield.
9–8773.
This extra volume of the Lamb Shakespeare for the young “comprises twelve tableaux, illustrated by half-tones from photographs, with introductory readings, and a prologue comprising the verses contributed by Ben Jonson to the First folio.” (N. Y. Times.) The favorite Shakespeare songs are included.
N. Y. Times. 14: 101. F. 20, ’09. 120w.
+ R. of Rs. 39: 768. Je. ’09. 40w.
“A program of an entertainment which might very well be utilised for the amusement—we might add instruction—of a young, or indeed a grown-up audience.”
+ Spec. 102: sup. 646. Ap. 24, ’09. 30w.
Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate.[7] Autobiography of Nathaniel Southgate Shaler; with a supplementary memoir by his wife. **$4. Houghton.
9–16433.
A work of nearly five hundred pages which after counting out the thirty-five pages given to the index and list of the author’s publications is nearly equally divided between the autobiography and the wife’s memoir. It places special emphasis upon the influences that shaped the author’s scientific career, and reveals 398the character and quality of his monumental service for science.
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 22. S. ’09.
“The wife’s continuation of her husband’s unfinished life-story could not fail to be an admiring tribute to his many virtues, while at the same time it is, by help of numerous excerpts from letters and data from other sources, a satisfying completion of the book.” P. F. Bicknell.
+ Dial. 47: 40. Jl. 16, ’09. 1200w.
+ Ind. 67: 479. Ag. 26, ’09. 800w.
“This book is a most admirable example of what a true biography of a savant ought to be if it would not only charm the scientist, but in the words of Beaconsfield, ‘appeal to the domestic sentiments of mankind.’”
+ Lit. D. 39: 543. O. 2, ’09. 600w.
“One of the notable autobiographies of the year.”
+ Lit. D. 39: 1082. D. 11, ’09. 100w.
“One is moved to begin whatever one may say of the whole with a word of hearty admiration for the way in which Mrs. Shaler has met the demands, and resisted the temptations, of her task.” W. G. Brown.
+ Nation. 89: 230. S. 9, ’09. 3600w.
“The simplicity and directness of the style of composition admits the reader of this ‘Life’ into a hospitable mental house of wide views.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 487. Ag. 14, ’09. 1100w.
“The most important book of the year in the field of biography.”
+ R. of Rs. 40: 512. O. ’09. 170w.
Sharman, Henry Burton. Teaching of Jesus about the future, according to the synoptic gospels. *$3. Univ. of Chicago press.
9–9476.
The gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke have been used as sources for this study. The word “future” as used in the title covers the time subsequent to the final severance of relations between Jesus and his disciples. There is excluded the study of the reputed teaching of Jesus about his rejection, sufferings, resurrection and appearances after resurrection. There is included a study of such teaching about the future as is reported to have been given in the post-resurrection period of Jesus’ life.
“A noteworthy contribution to the study of one of the most complex problems presented by the Synoptic gospels. A large number of instances might be adduced in which, in our judgment, Dr. Sharman has not done justice to the data. A discussion which is of high value even for those who are obliged to differ from the author in regard to many of his detailed results.” H. A. A. Kennedy.
+ − Am. J. Theol. 13: 450. Jl. ’09. 1050w.
“Important work.”
+ Bib. World. 33: 431. Je. ’09. 130w.
“This book is a credit to American scholarship. The strength of the book lies in its emphasis on the historical occasion and setting of Jesus’ words about the future, in the skilful and persuasive way in which in detail the different records are compared and the original words recovered, and in the general defense of an ethical, in contrast to an apocalyptical, interpretation of the teachings of Jesus. I would urge the interest and importance of the study and its value toward a right understanding both of the nature of the gospel writings and of the mind of the Master.” F. C. Porter.
+ − Bib. World. 34: 134. Ag. ’09. 1800w.
“It is a carefully paragraphed essay in documentary criticism. The historical conclusions, though reached independently, are neither novel nor startling.”
+ Nation. 88: 512. My. 20, ’09. 90w.
“The volume is worth thorough study by every student of the subject.” E. S. D.
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 491. Ag. 14, ’09. 70w.
“Professor Sharman’s arguments are clearly stated and his theory logically applied.”
+ Spec. 103: sup. 721. N. 6, ’09. 190w.
Shaw, Adele Marie, and Beckwith, Carmelita.[5] Lady of the dynamos. †$1.50. Holt.
9–8814.
This narrative “takes us from the selfish society life of New York direct into the green glooms and lights of tropical life, where the hero finds his ‘lady of the dynamo,’ and where by a strange twist of fate the other woman follows him. There is acute human interest in every page of the development, while the technical part relative to the plant, the dam and the power transmission is cleverly and briskly worked out. Possibly the authors have founded their story on fact; it is certainly true that in the enterprises of this kind that are now taking electrical engineers into so many remote parts of the world, an abundance of exciting adventure presents itself.” (Elec. World.)
“A readable tale of love and adventure.” F: T. Cooper.
+ Bookm. 29: 403. Je. ’09. 300w.
“We can heartily commend this swiftly moving story with its fine local color, as one of the books for the coming summer months.”
+ Elec. World. 53: 1113. My. 6, ’09. 220w.
“It takes high rank among stories of its genus; its species is made quite its own by many traits of cleverness and wit, and of genuine feeling for beauty of the worlds without and within.”
+ Nation. 88: 539. My. 27, ’09. 400w.
“A story quite capable of holding the attention of the reader whose concern is pastime—not art or edification.”
+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 214. Ap. 10, ’09. 400w.
Shaw, Charles Gray. Christianity and modern culture: an essay in philosophy of religion. *$1.25. West. Meth. bk.
7–6169.
“Professor Shaw is of the opinion that we have reached a crisis in the history of Christianity, and that the question is pertinent whether, in view of modern culture, we are still Christians. He undertakes to answer this question and his answer is affirmative.”—Philos. R.
“His survey and insight are of commendable order, much as his conception of the bearing of historical criticism and consequent historical doubt does not seem to me to be quite adequate.” G: B. Foster.
+ − Am. J. Theol. 13: 147. Ja. ’09. 240w.
“The book, taken as a whole, makes upon the reviewer the impression of opening up and slightly touching upon a great many fundamental problems without working out any of them.” J. A. Leighton.
− + Philos. R. 17: 560. S. ’08. 480w.
Shaw, Charles Gray. The precinct of religion in the culture of humanity. *$2. Macmillan.
9–9816.
Contains in substance the lectures delivered in the New York university on the philosophy of religion. The subjects treated are: The essence of religion; The character of religion; The reality of religion; and The religious world-order.
“With a strong bias for the subject—the Philosophy of religion—the writer of this slight notice is constrained to utter a protest against the many polysyllabled words, the long disquisitions which seem to lead nowhere, the arguments which fall short of the mark and prove nothing. This is the more to be regretted, as in many parts of the book, notably the latter 399part, the reasoning is forcible and well sustained, the thought well brought out, the statements clearly put, and instead of a woeful waste of words, the phrases are clean-cut, almost epigrammatic in their terseness.” Mary Lloyd.
+ − Ann. Am. Acad. 34: 215. Jl. ’09. 170w.
“The importance of the subject deserves a clearer vision and a firmer grasp.”
− Bib. World. 33: 144. F. ’09. 50w.
“The reviewer cannot share the satisfaction which the author no doubt feels at having succeeded in excluding psychology almost completely from his treatment of religion. And he regrets having to record another achievement of the author as unfortunate as the first: the rich stores recently added to their respective sciences by the students of anthropology and of primitive religions have remained unused. The result of this voluntary exclusion, or ignorance, is the production of a volume as formal, remote from religious life, and therefore unprofitable, as any we have seen for a long time.” J. H. Leuba.
− Int. J. Ethics. 19: 250. Ja. ’09. 240w.
“It is in such statements as those just quoted that the logical defect of the work lies. While its spirit is admirable, its learning competent, and its philosophical, social, and historical criticism suggestive, it does not clearly distinguish between creation and adoption—it represents religion as originating what it only accepts and defines.”
+ − Nation. 88: 516. My. 20, ’09. 500w.
“The book is not easy reading, and will appeal principally to the philosophical student.” E: S. Drown.
+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 127. Mr. 6, ’09. 60w.
“What is intended to be illuminating is, through a certain lack of incisiveness, too apt to be, instead, cryptic and a little disheartening, and the real merits of the book are therefore likely to be overlooked by the less persevering. Whatever the judgment upon its results, the book shows an originality and independence which clearly indicate that it is drawing upon a fund of genuine and first-hand experience.” A. K. Rogers.