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Taft, William Howard.[12] Political issues and outlooks: speeches delivered between August, 1908, and February, 1909. **$1.25. Doubleday.
9–28960.
Twenty-three addresses of the President delivered thruout the country from the time of his nomination until his inauguration in which he reveals his attitude towards the larger issues that the country faces including the labor question, the negro problem, the Philippine policy, and the tariff question.
Taggart, Marion Ames.[11] Six girls and the seventh one. †$1.50. Wilde.
9–25969.
A new “Six girl” book in which Margery, the oldest girl who has married and gone to India, returns bringing the seventh one, Betty Blossom, her two-months-old baby. The events of a winter in New York and a summer in the mountains are related, and the story ends happily with two love affairs in which the “seventh one” plays an important part.
“Is another of Miss Taggart’s wholesome books dealing with home life and ‘homey’ characters.” M. J. Moses.
+ Ind. 67: 1366. D. 16, ’09. 60w.
“Miss Taggart is a wise and wholesome associate for all young readers; her home atmosphere is uniformly healthful. In this new story she indulges in just the right sort of romance.”
+ Lit. D. 39: 1024. D. 4, ’09. 150w.
“The cheerful tone of the character work and the simple introduction of love add distinction to the story.”
+ Nation. 89: 598. D. 16, ’09. 40w.
“The young people bubble over with health and good spirits and the story is pleasantly optimistic.”
+ R. of Rs. 40: 766. D. ’09. 40w.
430Tallentyre, S. G., pseud. (E. V. Hall).[10] Life of Mirabeau. *$3. Moffat.
9–22835.
“Mirabeau’s tumultuous nature, his quarrels with his even more self-willed father, his many imprisonments under ‘lettres de cachet,’ his abominably numerous love affairs, were but the prelude to his political genius and his part in the greatest national upheaval of modern times. But in this book the vices and family quarrels are given undue space and the political treatment is not altogether satisfactory.”—Outlook.
“Is a very inferior book to that of Professor Fling on the same subject. It is far less learned, and much more pretentious. It adds nothing to our knowledge of the subject, whether by way of new facts, or of new points of view. It echoes throughout the notes of Macaulay and Carlyle, and the style is after the manner of the latter.”
− Nation. 89: 465. N. 11, ’09. 70w.
“We accept her final verdict, although the paths leading to it are somewhat circuitous.”
+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 577. O. 2, ’09. 2100w.
“Frankly the book is far less interesting than that on Voltaire. The reason is that the material has not been so well digested, and the narrative lacks proportion and continuity of interest.”
+ − Outlook. 93: 276. O. 2, ’09. 180w.
“Miss Tallentyre writes in a spirited style of a France which is familiar to her. If we have hinted at the faults of her work, these do not affect its merits as a picture of the time and a record of people whose minds, manners, ways of talking and thinking she has successfully made her own.”
+ − Spec. 103: 243. Ag. 14, ’09. 500w.
Tannenbaum, Samuel A.[10] Was William Shakespeare a gentleman? some questions in Shakespeare’s biography determined. 50c. Tenny press, 1193 Broadway, N. Y.
A discussion of the questions concerning the granting of a coat of arms to John Shakespeare by the College of heraldry. From eight pieces of evidence the author proves that it was the 1596 request that was granted, but that the application made in 1599 to impale the ancient arms of Arden with those of Shakespeare was set aside.
“The little book forms an effective attack on Mr. Lee’s position by the doubt it raises, not by the conclusion it proves true.”
+ − Nation. 89: 286. S. 23, ’09. 830w.
N. Y. Times. 14: 565. S. 25, ’09. 230w.
Tanner, Edwin Platt.[6] Province of New Jersey. 1664–1738. *$4. Longmans.
8–33297.
“A detailed history of the political affairs and institutions of New Jersey during two generations of its provincial life. The work is divided into twenty-eight chapters, varying in length from 5 to 81 pages, whose titles give a fair notion of the scope of the treatment of the period. These concern the nature, history, and political relations of the peculiar land system of the proprietors in each of the two Jerseys: elements of the population; relations to the Duke of York and to the crown; the personnel, legal position and activities of executive, council, the assembly, respectively, and their conflicts; the judicial system; financial affairs; militia system; the Church of England in the province; and the movement for a separate governor.”—Am. Hist. R.
“Dr. Tanner with all his commendable zeal has in some instances contented himself with less than final authority. There are occasional slips. The historical temper of the author is excellent; while his judgment favors the proprietary party he shows a judicial spirit in his estimate of men and measures, and his style is clear. He has provided a ‘vade mecum’ for all students of the period.”
+ − Am. Hist. R. 14: 621. Ap. ’09. 500w.
“The book is thorough and will be found useful in a study of the economic history of the colonial period.” J. P. Bretz.
+ Econ. Bull. 2: 131. Je. ’09. 140w.
“A very learned and complete monograph.” H. E. E.
+ Eng. Hist. R. 24: 618. Jl. ’09. 80w.
“Its 700 pages give us the most minute and scholarly account yet produced of any colony during a similar period. The critical apparatus, and the elaborate index, are good.”
+ Nation. 88: 462. My. 6, ’09. 330w.
Tardieu, André. France and the alliances: the struggle for the balance of power. **$1.50. Macmillan.
8–31144.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
“Cautious readers, must accept these pages for what they are, a tonic to French patriotism, a justification of the French oligarchy, and a somewhat self-complacent paean of victory.”
+ − Am. Hist. R. 14: 825. Jl. ’09. 1300w.
“A good book to read in connection with Coolidge’s ‘United States as a world power.’”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 85. Mr. ’09.
“The discussions of European politics are clear and accurate though there is occasionally a nationalistic tinge in the interpretations. Anyone who wishes to get a good summary of the complicated interrelations of European politics should read this book.” C. L. Jones.
+ − Ann. Am. Acad. 33: 218. Ja. ’09. 270w.
“In his present book we are disappointed, inasmuch as he is not so safe a guide to history—even recent—as he is, from day to day, upon current affairs. Moreover, in English dress, his manner of presenting his personal views suffers by loss of his French clearness.”
− Ath. 1908, 2: 785. D. 19. 1250w.
“It includes so much that it might almost be recommended as a convenient summary of the diplomatic history of Europe since the Franco-German war.”
+ Outlook. 91: 864. Ap. 17, ’09. 320w.
“We feel somehow as we read that M. Tardieu’s narrative is frequently too ingenious to be real. We have found M. Tardieu’s book so interesting, though not always in a pleasant sense, in relation to ourselves that we have no space to write of the chapters which treat of French relations with other powers.”
+ − Spec. 102: 223. F. 6, ’09. 2200w.
Tarkington, Booth.[12] Beasley’s Christmas party. †$1.25. Harper.
9–28111.
Beasley, a politician, misunderstood by the woman he loves and accused of a lack of imagination, finds himself guardian of a little crippled boy whose waking moments are given up to entertaining imaginary friends and companions. How Beasley makes himself the servant of this child during his make-believe moments, creates devices for lending reality to the people and animals of the child’s fancy, and, finally, how he plans a wonderful Christmas party and invites the whole troop of imaginary people, entertains them and feasts them is all set down in the order that it took place to “please a sick little kid.”
“The best feature of the book is the romance it contains.” W. G. Bowdoin.
+ Ind. 67: 1354. D. 16, ’09. 100w.
“Mr. Tarkington has written a very charming little tale, and those readers who do not demand much subtlety will find tears and smiles in the book.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 751. N. 27, ’09. 190w.
“Mr. Booth Tarkington’s vein of kindly sentiment and his courage in interpreting in unconventional forms the life of the affections are happily mixed in a real Christmas story.”
+ Outlook. 93: 832. D. 11, ’09. 90w.
431Tarkington, Booth, and Wilson, Harry Leon. Man from home. †$1.25. Harper.
8–32634.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 51. F. ’09.
“It should be popular with amateurs in social circles everywhere.”
+ Ind. 65: 1620. D. 31, ’08. 130w.
Lit. D. 37: 988. D. 26, ’08. 40w.
“Mr. Tarkington has a mellow vein of humor reflected in the speeches of the honest Indiana lawyer and which give a certain value to the piece in book form which some other printed plays may lack.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 88. F. 13, ’09. 260w.
R. of Rs. 39: 256. F. ’09. 30w.
Tate, James Murray, and Stone, Melvin Oscar. Foundry practice: a treatise on molding and casting in their various details; prepared for the use of students in the college of engineering, University of Minnesota. 3d ed. rev. $2. Wiley.
9–1599.
“In preparing a new edition of the book, the authors have rearranged the position of the chapters and given them new descriptive headings, and also added new material on cupola practice and malleable castings.”—Engin. Rec.
A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 150. D. ’09.
Engin. D. 5: 296. Mr. ’09. 250w.
“Something might have been done toward modernizing the illustrations and descriptions of machine equipment for foundries.”
+ − Engin. N. 61: sup. 46. Ap. 15, ’09. 140w.
“As a whole, they have covered the ground remarkably well considering the small space necessarily devoted to the numerous topics, and their work should be appreciated by all students who desire to become informed regarding modern foundry practice.”
+ Engin. Rec. 59: 363. Mr. 27, ’09. 160w.
Taylor, David Clark. Psychology of singing: a rational method of voice culture based on a scientific analysis of all systems, ancient and modern. **$1.50. Macmillan.
8–34628.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
“His deficiency as a book writer lies in failure to grasp the principles of perspective. Having adopted the scientific method, he feels it advisable to recapitulate conclusions from time to time, and he does so with such painstaking faithfulness that his book is expanded to at least twice the length necessary to a thorough and convincing presentation of his subject. Everybody who is interested in singing ought to inform himself of what Mr. Taylor has to say.” F: R. Burton.
+ − Forum. 42: 270. S. ’09. 370w.
“Mr. Taylor’s book is lucid and convincing. It is stimulating, too, and can hardly fail to accomplish a deal of good.”
+ Ind. 67: 92. Jl. 8, ’09. 230w.
“It is a treatise of unusual value and may mark the beginning of a new epoch in vocal instruction.”
+ Nation. 87: 661. D. 31, ’08. 1000w.
+ Outlook. 91: 292. F. 6, ’09. 140w.
“With the possible exception of Mr. Krehbiel’s ‘Chapters of opera,’ the most important book of the season, relating to music is undoubtedly ‘The psychology of singing.’” D. G. Mason.
+ Putnam’s. 6: 108. Ap. ’09. 700w.
Taylor, Horace A.[9] Tales of travel; all around the world. *$1.50. Neale.
9–22859.
A travel lover’s record of a trip around the world in which are described the common people as they were seen, their looks, customs, conditions and prospects; the climates, products and characteristics of countries; monuments of antiquity, palaces and pyramids.
“His eyes are always wide open, honest, and unafraid, and his descriptions have spirit and individuality. The book’s especial virtue is its honesty.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 379. Je. 12, ’09. 180w.
N. Y. Times. 14: 642. O. 23, ’09. 200w.
Taylor, Ida Ashworth. Cardinal democrat: Henry Edward Manning. *$1.25. Herder.
“The ulterior purpose of the writer is to hold up Manning’s life as a proof of the identity of Christian and democratic principles—‘a truth perfunctorily and theoretically acknowledged, but disallowed in any true sense, by the majority of friends and foes of religion alike.’... After an introductory chapter, Miss Taylor takes up the subject at the appointment of Manning to the archbishopric of Westminster; and, passing without notice all those matters which appertained strictly to his spiritual office or his private life, she relates the part played by the Cardinal in the various public questions through which he came to be known as a friend of the working people, and of all who struggle against entrenched injustice.”—Cath. World.
“She has done a service to the memory of her hero by placing, in popular and attractive form, the great human traits of his life before that large class of readers who have not the time or inclination to peruse Purcell’s two large volumes.”
+ Cath. World. 88: 835. Mr. ’09. 1000w.
“There can be no doubt that this is a very able and interesting study of a great man. That Manning was a democrat—to use that word in its best sense—we cannot allow.”
+ − Spec. 101: 843. N. 21, ’08. 250w.
Taylor, William Ladd. Our home and country; pictured by W. L. Taylor; with introd. by W. H. Downes. (Illustrated gift books.) **$3. Moffat.
8–32376.
“Mr. Taylor has portrayed here typical scenes and character life in New England, the South, and the western frontier. For his text he draws principally from Longfellow, whose ‘Hanging of the crane,’ ‘The children’s hour,’ ‘The old clock on the stairs,’ &c., fit in together for the purpose of giving a running series of sketches of American home life as one dreams it was to be found here some fifty years ago.... The Taylor pictures are reproduced in helio type and half-tone, and not a little of the interest attaching to them arises from the satisfaction which one feels in having all these famous sketches brought together in one volume.”—N. Y. Times.
+ Nation. 87: 638. D. 24, ’08. 50w.
“The artist’s range, meaning, and variety is extensive.”
+ N. Y. Times. 13: 748. D. 5, ’08. 160w.
“An excellent idea adequately carried out.”
+ N. Y. Times. 13: 750. D. 5, ’08. 170w.
“The illustrations, especially of life in New England and Virginia, are simply delightful, reflecting as they do with remarkable fidelity the spirit of life in our colonial days.”
+ Outlook. 91: 20. Ja. 2, ’09. 130w.
432Taylor, William T.[7] Stationary transformers; theory, connections, operation and testing of constant-potential, constant-current, series and auto transformers, potential regulators, etc. *$1.50. McGraw.
9–11048.
“The author has confined his attention to a small part of his subject. The larger part of the book is occupied by diagrams and descriptions of transformer connections for a variety of conditions.... The plan followed by the author is largely descriptive. With the exception of a liberal and necessary use of vector diagrams it is non-mathematical. After a very brief review of underlying principles the author takes up, in short chapters, the standard systems of circuit connections used in single and polyphase circuits. An instructive chapter is that devoted to three-phase difficulties.... A chapter on transformer testing concludes the book.”—Engin. N.
“It gives in compact form a large amount of not otherwise readily available information regarding the various methods of making the connections required for almost every condition met with in practice.”
+ Engin. D. 6: 54. Jl. ’09. 130w.
“The quality of the material is fairly satisfactory but it should form a part of a complete work on transformers rather than a book itself.” H: H. Norris.
+ − Engin. N. 61: sup. 72. Je. 17, ’09. 280w.
“Contains some very interesting and valuable information on the installation, testing and operation of this type of apparatus.”
+ Engin. Rec. 59: 726. Je. 5, ’09. 100w.
Terence (Publius Terentius Afer). Comedies of Terence; ed. with introd. and notes by Sidney G. Ashmore. *$1.50. Oxford.
8–17963.
“Prof. Ashmore’s new edition of the extant plays of Terence is in one compact volume, a boon to students. The text is that of Prof. Tyrrel, substantially without change. Prof. Tyrrel’s Latin footnotes are also reproduced. The text is in Latin, of course, but Prof. Ashmore’s commentary is in English. It elucidates every involved passage, and presents the play clearly to the reader.”—N. Y. Times.
“This edition is the very best one that exists for English-speaking students.” H. T. Peck.
+ − Bookm. 28: 590. F. ’09. 1400w.
“A capital piece of work.”
+ Educ. R. 36: 525. D. ’08. 60w.
“Prof. Ashmore’s new edition will be welcomed by students. It lacks nothing needed in the study of the author from the point of view of philology, grammar, poetic quality, or dramatic history.”
+ N. Y. Times. 13: 386. Jl. 11, ’08. 840w.
Thackeray, Lance. Light side of Egypt. *$2.50. Macmillan.
9–23743.
“There is something irresistibly comic in the intercourse of European tourists with Orientals, the former sentimental, the latter predatory; and we have never seen the humorous contrast better realized than in these pictures by Mr. Lance Thackeray. The artist uses the license of the caricaturist, but every type portrayed is recognizable and human, however grotesque.” (Ath.) “Mr. George Ade, in a brief but pungent preface, characterizes the book thus: ‘For a real picture of Egypt—prop up the dusty antique in the background, put bewildered tourist into foreground, then flood with sunlight. This is what Mr. Thackeray has done.’” (Dial.)
“He has an exquisite eye for the incongruous and entertaining. We commend the book to every one who has toured in Egypt.”
+ Ath. 1908. 2: 767. D. 12. 120w.
“Especially will it be valuable to persons who are planning to visit Egypt in the near future, and are not averse to seeing themselves as others may see them and getting all the possible fun, as well as profit, from the adventure.”
+ Dial. 45: 461. D. 16, ’08. 200w.
Thackeray, William Makepeace.[10] Sense and sentiment of Thackeray; being selections from the work and correspondence of William Makepeace Thackeray; comp, by Mrs. C: Mason Fairbanks. **75c. Harper.
9–26298.
A little hand-book of Thackeray wisdom containing selections from that author’s pages of human philosophy.
+ Dial. 47: 521. D. 16, ’09. 60w.
“Mrs. Fairbanks has brought together here a series of passages in praise of woman which quite convince us that Thackeray was as other men.”
+ Nation. 89: 630. D. 23, ’09. 130w.
“To lovers of Thackeray who have not made up their own collections of his wise and clever epigrams this selection will be seized upon with avidity.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 609. O. 16, ’09. 230w.
Thomas, Calvin. History of German literature. (Short histories of literatures of the world.) **$1.50. Appleton.
9–7328.
“Professor Thomas has succeeded in the difficult task of telling the story of a thousand years in a volume of four hundred pages without sacrificing interest to condensation.... It was not an easy task to tell the story of a literature which had one great culminating period after long, dreary wastes of deadlydull writing, with little oases of romantic or religious feeling in the far background; but this story Professor Thomas has succeeded in making coherent, and has illuminated it with vital touches throughout.”
“It is more popular than Francke, more scholarly than Wells and more readable than Robertson. Unfortunately the nineteenth century is rather inadequately treated, so that Robertson remains the best single volume for the average library, with this as an admirable supplement.”
+ − A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 144. My. ’09.
“Common sense and capable workmanship are the distinguishing features of the book; it inspires comparatively little enthusiasm but it adequately achieves its purpose. Perhaps the least satisfactory chapter is the last, which discusses ‘some recent developments’ in a rather loose and superficial fashion.”
+ − Ath. 1909, 2: 120. Jl. 31. 320w.
“The book will do, it will serve capitally the ‘general reader’ for whom the series is intended, but the student, after recognizing all this, has a well-defined sense of incompleteness.”
+ − Ind. 67: 425. Ag. 19, ’09. 600w.
“For scholarly finish, taste, and completeness this sketch of German literature is in every way commendable.”
+ Lit. D. 38: 767. My. 1, ’09. 170w.
“Naturally in a work of this kind there must be many omissions, but the work has been well done on the whole, and the book will provide a good survey for the average reader or student who desires to inform himself upon the subject without going deeply into any given period.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 211. Ap. 10, ’09. 180w.
“There are passages in this book which will greatly shock the average German scholar; and in a few cases it will not be entirely free from the criticism of less academic readers. But so many literary histories are conventional, dry-as-dust records that the raciness and general breeziness of this volume are full of refreshment. 433Altogether this must be counted one of the most readable and useful of the many literary histories of recent years.”
+ − Outlook. 91: 817. Ap. 10, ’09. 330w.
“A thorough piece of work, particularly useful in the section devoted to the American novel.”
+ R. of Rs. 40: 639. N. ’09. 60w.
“The greater part of Dr. Thomas’ work is most praiseworthy. The portion of the book which deals with the most recent developments is the least satisfactory of all.”
+ − Sat. R. 107: 724. Je. 5, ’09. 1100w.
Thomas, Edward.[7] Richard Jefferies; his life and work. *$3. Little.
9–25306.
With the hope of putting Jefferies in the proper light before the world of literature the author, fortified by a good deal of new material, constructs a life at once sympathetic and true to actual conditions and formative influences. Jefferies the fiction writer, essay writer, naturalist, economist, humanitarian, and lover of country life is critically studied as well as his contributions to literature.
“This work, although occasionally a little vague and fanciful in its attempts at close characterization, is conscientious and interesting, and supplies the need for a carefully studied background to Jefferies’ delicate and vivid rural pictures.”
+ − A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 86. N. ’09.
“Mr. Thomas’s work, in fact, errs on the side of excess. It is open to question whether there was need for another life and appreciation of Jefferies. Altogether this biography is a conscientious, painstaking piece of work.”
+ − Ath. 1909, 1: 368. Mr. 27. 600w.
“He is not seldom vague and fanciful and obscure and one doubts whether he always clearly knows what he is trying to say. But much could easily be pardoned in so good a biography as he has given us.” P. F. Bicknell.
+ − Dial. 47: 228. O. 1, ’09. 1900w.
“A full and sympathetic biography, prepared by one who thoroughly understands the man and thoroughly knows the man’s country and his books.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 594. O. 9, ’09. 570w.
“A sympathetic and critical life.”
+ Outlook. 93: 879. D. 18, ’09. 370w.
“All will appreciate what we may call the carefully studied background to Jefferies’s rural pictures which is here given us.”
+ − Spec. 103: 22. Jl. 3, ’09. 100w.
Thomas, Rowland. Little gods. †$1.50. Little.
9–6849.
Eleven stories of life in the Philippines. Elemental, untrained man, harking back to instinct, is portrayed in “Fagan,” the story that was awarded $5,000 by Colliers. Fagan is a negro who joins the American army, is a wonderful fighter but finds discipline irksome. His offenses are dealt with untactfully by a lieutenant “with the fear of God and the Regulations in his heart, and wondrous small understanding in his head.” He is sent to the guard house, deserts and is hunted down to his death. All of the stories present types with photographic clearness.
“The style is strong and dramatic, but the mysticism by which the author has attempted to connect the stories is a drawback to the ordinary reader.”
+ − A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 149. My. ’09.
“One finds the trail of Kipling and of Merriman in ‘The dragon’s blood.’”
+ Atlan. 104: 680. N. ’09. 170w.
“One would not have to look further than the table of contents of Mr. Thomas’s own book to come across better material than that in Fagan.’” F: T. Cooper.
+ Bookm. 29: 402. Je. ’09. 750w.
“The first story is distinctly the best of the lot; although they all show power and imagination.”
+ Cath. World. 89: 255. My. ’09. 200w.
“In his volume of short stories Rowland Thomas has accomplished for the Philippines what Kipling’s pen accomplished years ago for India.”
+ Ind. 66: 1083. My. 20, ’09. 200w.
“The book has fancy, pathos, and humor; the last of a very abundant and uncloying kind.”
+ Nation. 89: 16. Jl. 1, ’09. 340w.
“The stories are very much alive, intensely interesting, and have all the force of human documents.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 220. Ap. 10, ’09. 360w.
Thomas, William Isaac.[11] Source book for social origins: ethnological materials, psychological standpoint, classified and annotated bibliographies for the interpretation of savage society. *$4.50. Univ. of Chicago press.
9–27970.
A comprehensive source-book for social origins in which the material has been grouped under the following seven heads: The relation of society to geographic and economic environment; Mental life and education; Invention and technology; Sex and marriage; Art, ornament, and decoration; Magic, religion, myth; Social organization, morals, the state.
“The present book is admirably adapted to orient the beginner and to serve as the basis for class-room work in the subject.” J. H. T.
+ Psychol. Bull. 6: 417. D. 15, ’09. 380w.
Thomas-Stanford, Charles.[11] Leaves from a Madeira garden. **$1.50. Lane.
“The author is greatly enamored of his island—loves it for its climate, its scenery, its fertility, and its people—and he writes of it with excellent appreciation of its charms.” (N. Y. Times.) “Mr. Stanford tells us about various things besides gardening, about the Portuguese people, for instance, and about Portuguese government. Of this last he has a very bad opinion; he regards it as a thoroughly corrupt system, by which the two parties took turns in the spoils of office.” (Spec.)
“The book is very pleasing.”
+ Nation. 89: 546. D. 2, ’09. 300w.
“Some pleasing pictures of one of the most delightful of the Atlantic islands are presented.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 647. O. 23, ’09. 220w.
“We must say that we cannot always agree with Mr. Stanford in his judgment on moral matters. There is much pleasant reading in the book.”
+ − Spec. 103: sup. 490. O. 2, ’09. 250w.
Thompson, Charles Miner. Calico cat: a rural detective story minus a detective. †$1.25. Houghton.
8–30016.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
“An amusing tale.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 27. Ja. ’09.
“Deserves thanks from seekers after the harmless necessary story of amusement.”
+ Nation. 88: 118. F. 4, ’09. 220w.
Thompson, Clarence Bertrand. Churches and the wage earners: a study of the cause and cure of their separation. **$1. Scribner.
9–6498.
Deals according to the author’s own words with “a specific, clear-cut problem—that of the gulf between the masses of the laboring people and the churches of today.” The subdivisions of Mr. Thompson’s study are suggestive of the trend of treatment: Part 1, The alienation of the wage earners from the churches: its extent 434and its causes; Part 2, The attitude of the churches toward the workingmen, and its results; Part 3, Christianity and socialism; Part 4, What to do. The author believes that the churches must be socialized even at the expense of “historical continuity”; that if the churches do not seize their present opportunity for an awakening, humanity will come forward with a religion of its own.
“A comprehensive analysis of the situation.”
+ Am. J. Theol. 13: 654. O. ’09. 30w.
“Author is rather unfair to socialism and offers no new criticisms or suggestions, but he writes from fulness of knowledge and his temper and method of presentation are on the whole admirable.”
+ − A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 51. O. ’09.
“This work is an excellent index of the present status of thought upon this vital subject.”
+ Ann. Am. Acad. 34: 431. S. ’09. 200w.
+ Ath. 1909, 2: 153. Ag. 7. 80w.
“Throughout the whole essay he shows a temper and a method which are thoroughly scientific. In consequence, he has made a book well worthy of being pondered, and none the less serious for being written in most simple and popular style.”
+ Cath. World. 89: 398. Je. ’09. 480w.
J. Pol. Econ. 17: 545. O. ’09. 230w.
N. Y. Times. 14: 144. Mr. 13, ’09. 160w.
R. of Rs. 39: 640. My. ’09. 100w.
“If the book can be said to be inadequate or unfair in any part, the charge must be brought against the section upon socialism. Aside from this one section, Mr. Thompson’s book is to be heartily commended in every particular. It may be safely placed upon the shelf beside that rapidly growing accumulation of books which shows that the day of judgment for organized Christianity is at hand.” J: H. Holmes.
+ − Survey. 22: 478. Jl. 3, ’09. 1650w.
“The best review of what has been written on the relation of wage earners and the churches.” Graham Taylor.
+ Survey. 22: 855. S. 25, ’09. 330w.
“While Mr. Thompson attests on every page his unflinching desire to get at and face the actual situation, there is little to show that he sought to find out what it is, either by his own investigation, or even by interviewing or corresponding with those who of their own knowledge know the situation because they are parts of it.”
+ − Survey. 23: 61. O. 2, ’09. 1900w.
Thompson, Francis.[5] Shelley: with an introd. by Rt. Honorable George Wyndham. *$1. Scribner.
9–14616.
Mr. Wyndham states that Thompson’s “Shelley” and Meyer’s “Vergil” are the two best English essays on poetry of our day. Mr. Thompson reads Shelley in the light of that poet’s abounding spontaneity; claims that he has no lineal descendant at the present day because inspiration is predominated over by art; presents Shelley the philosopher, idler and poet, all the while depicting the amiable weaknesses of the winsome child with the adorable faculty of make-believe.
“On Thompson’s essay we have but one stricture to make, which, perhaps, will best be made and disposed of at once. Thompson wrote as a Roman Catholic for Roman Catholics; consequently he adopted a tone of religious patronage which, though not offensive, is hardly artistic.”
+ − Ath. 1909, 1: 490. Ap. 24. 1700w.
“A manuscript worthy a place among English prose masterpieces.” A. B. McMahan.
+ Dial. 46: 399. Je. 16, ’09. 2900w.
“Well worth reading and preserving.”
+ Nation. 88: 439. Ap. 29, ’09. 200w.
“Even the general reader, to whose limitations reference has been made, can hardly fail to get from the essay real light on Shelley, and what will certainly be as gratifying and rewarding, light on the essentially beautiful nature of Francis Thompson.”
+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 340. My. 29, ’09. 900w.
“It is unfortunate that Thompson limited Shelley in so far as to test him by churchly standards on the ground of his once-considered atheism. This concession to the organ for which the essay was intended, though made reluctantly, as one perceives, mars the criticism as literature and cannot but destroy its universality.” J. B. Rittenhouse.
+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 770. D. 4, ’09. 540w.
“Together with the Swinburne essays on Shelley, it forms the most complete and perfect commentary on Shelley the poet and Shelley the man.”
+ No. Am. 190: 407. S. ’09. 420w.
Thompson, James Westfall.[5] Wars of religion in France, 1559–1576; the Huguenots, Catherine de Medici and Philip II. *$4.50. Univ. of Chicago press.
9–14063.
A work of over six hundred pages which falls in the epoch of the French reformation but which treats the political, diplomatic and economic activities of the period rather than the religious aspect. The author has interpreted the times in the light of the progress made in economic history during the past twenty years, presenting “some of the results of recent research into the economic history of sixteenth century France to English readers.”
“Mr. Thompson’s book is not only newer but also broader than Baird’s excellent work on the ‘Rise of the Huguenots,’ where the author limited his field by his title. And most important of all, in describing that bitter turmoil of interests and ideals Mr. Thompson is scrupulously impartial. He has put the general reader and the scholar under obligations to him by this excellent work.” Paul van Dyke.
+ − Am. Hist. R. 14: 131. O. ’09. 1200w.
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 127. D. ’09.
“The serious student of the period will be impressed not merely by the author’s fairness, but even more by his large command of the literature of the subject, both printed books and manuscript material.” H: E. Bourne.
+ Dial. 47: 335. N. 1, ’09. 1350w.
“In the main Professor Thompson has told his story well. The style, which is inclined to drag in the beginning, becomes clearer and more fluent as the narrative progresses.”
+ − Nation. 89: 463. N. 11, ’09. 970w.
“In addition to being readable and scholarly, it also is a modern work.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 579. O. 2, ’09. 400w.
“Though not a book of great originality and power, it condenses in a clear form and enforces the views of the best authorities upon the period.”
+ Sat. R. 108: 537. O. 30, ’09. 1150w.
Thompson, Reginald Campbell.[11] Semitic magic: its origin and development. (Luzac’s original religious ser.) *$4. Bloch.
9–8888.
“This interesting book does not deal with Semitic magic as a whole, but treats only of certain aspects of it illustrated by the cuneiform texts, derived for the most part from Assurbanipal’s library at Nineveh, as compared with certain parallel beliefs implied rather than fully described in the Bible.” (Ath.) The five chapters of the book are concerned with (1) The demons and ghosts, (2) Demonaic possession and tabu, (3) Sympathetic magic, (4) The atonement sacrifice, (5) The redemption of the first born.
“An important book.”
+ Am. Hist. R. 15: 202. O. ’09. 30w.
435“Limited space forbids further discussion of many things of interest suggested by his book.” H: P. Smith.
+ − Am. J. Theol. 13: 605. O. ’09. 900w.
“When all is said, he has got together a large mass of facts which can—and probably will—be used by hundreds of scholars who are unable personally to consult the rather recondite sources from which they are drawn. Generally, it may be said that Prof. Campbell Thompson might have done better had he spread his net wider. There are occasional infelicities of diction which rather surprise us in what is evidently a well-thought-out book; but there are extremely few misprints. A very honest as well as a very ably-written book.”
+ − Ath. 1909, 1: 638. My. 29. 1250w.
“The author has read widely in the literature of his subject and constantly reveals his intimate and first-hand acquaintance with the Babylonian magical and religious texts. His application to the biblical institution of atonement of the idea gained from the magical text of Babylonia that the sacrificial animal is intended to lure the demon from the afflicted man or sinner into said victim where it may be destroyed or prevented from doing further harm is interesting and ingenious but not altogether convincing. However, students of the Old Testament may learn much from this book.”
+ − Bib. World. 33: 360. My. ’09. 130w.
“His book is not an exhaustive treatise; it can be regarded simply as an introduction to the subject. As it stands, his book is an authoritative contribution to anthropology, which will be found of very great use by all students of the beliefs of primitive mankind.”
+ Nature. 81: 514. O. 28, ’09. 550w.
Thomson, Edward William.[7] When Lincoln died, and other poems. **$1.25. Houghton.
9–7942.
Contains in addition to the Lincoln poem a group under the caption “The world-wide brotherhood” and some miscellaneous ballads, lyrics and meditations.
“A pleasing collection. The two poems on Lincoln are easily first in point of interest, and have sufficient merit to warrant comparison with Lowell’s and Whitman’s classics.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 128. D. ’09.
“Mr. Edward William Thomson is a person worth knowing; and the value of his ‘When Lincoln died and other poems’ is that he has so thoroughly transfused it with his own large and tonic personality. But unfortunately, half the book is after the style and manner of Browning, and the remaining half has no style at all.” Brian Hooker.
+ − Bookm. 29: 369. Je. ’09. 180w.
Nation. 89: 55. Jl. 15, ’09. 140w.
“Contains some admirable ballads on American and Canadian subjects, and one or two delightful lyrics. It also contains the best rendering we have seen of Victor Hugo’s ‘Gastibelza.’”
+ Spec. 103: 21. Jl. 3, ’09. 40w.
Thomson, James. Complete poetical works; ed. by J. Logie Robertson. (Oxford ed.) *75c. Oxford.
A complete variorum edition of Thomson’s poetical works.
“A good and careful piece of work. There are a few misprints, mostly in the notes.”
+ − Ath. 1909, 1: 253. F. 27. 650w.
+ Spec. 102: 66. Ja. 9, ’09. 180w.
Thomson, John Stuart.[11] The Chinese. **$2.50. Bobbs.
9–22219.
Authoritative studies of the Chinese by an agent of the allied steamship lines at Hong-Kong. Some of the chapters deal with antiquity, daily life, art and literature, humor and philosophy, politics and international position, religions and superstitions, resources, scenery and climate of the land, commerce, business and future possibilities.
“Interesting chapters on certain picturesque and unhackneyed aspects of life and letters in China from the standpoint of a cultured American resident, rather than an all-round survey like Baird’s ‘Chinese life in town and country’ or an exhaustive special study like Smith’s ‘Village life in China.’”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 86. N. ’09. ✠
“A book of readable quality, pleasantly enlivened with incidents and anecdotes.”
+ Dial. 47: 456. D. 1, ’09. 300w.
“There is a great deal that is new and informing about the family and social life of the Chinese people in these studies.”
+ R. of Rs. 40: 512. O. ’09. 60w.
Thonger, Charles.[7] Book of the cottage garden. (Handbooks of practical gardening.) *$1. Lane.
9–17663.
“Sounds the praises of the small patch of ground surrounding one’s humble home in the country. He explains in a very convincing manner how, by using simple methods and not endeavoring to obliterate nature in striving after unnatural and foreign effects, the cottage garden may become one of the most beautiful spots on the landscape. Speaking particularly of the English cottage garden, he says there is nothing prettier, and they often teach lessons that great gardeners may learn.”—N. Y. Times.
N. Y. Times. 14: 384. Je. 12, ’09. 80w.
“This is a useful book. It is planned on lines which make it available for the average householder.”
+ Spec. 102: 544. Ap. 3, ’09. 100w.
Thorold, Algar Labouchere.[8] Six masters in disillusion. **$1.50. Dutton.
9–21002.
Mr. Thorold’s six masters in disillusion are Fabre, Huysmans, Maeterlinck, Fontenelle, Mérimée, and Anatole France. “The disillusion of which he treats is largely based on theological—or anti-theological—skepticism.” (N. Y. Times.)
“Mr. Thorold is a critic of considerable ability. He possesses two faculties seldom found together: the faculty for discussing in a sound and agreeable way works of foreign literature, and the faculty for canvassing in an entertaining manner new ideas in philosophy. Unhappily, in the present book these two faculties are not displayed in co-operation. The result is that the work falls into two pieces which have no connexion with each other.”
+ − Ath. 1909, 1: 431. Ap. 10. 800w.
“The final summary of the modern philosophic pose is keen and wise, and the book as a whole has a literary quality unusual in works of its kind, which makes it agreeable reading.”
+ Dial. 47: 387. N. 16, ’09. 360w.
“Mr. Thorold writes unusually well, and if, as has been intimated, all his theories do not quite hold water, he has succeeded in presenting a study well worth while.”
+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 452. Jl. 24, ’09. 950w.
Thorpe, Sir Edward.[12] History of chemistry. (History of the sciences.) 2v. ea. 75c. Putnam.
v. 1. From the earliest times to the middle of the nineteenth century. This volume, uniform with the “History of the sciences” series, treats the history of chemistry to the middle of the nineteenth century under the following chapter headings: The chemistry of the ancients; The chemical philosophy of the ancients; Alchemy; The philosopher’s stone; Iatro-chemistry; “The special chemist”; The dawn of scientific chemistry; Phlogistonism; Lavoiser and la révolution chimique; The atomic theory; The beginnings of electro-chemistry; The foundations of organic chemistry; The rise of physical chemistry; Bibliography; Index.
436Thursfield, James Richard.[8] Nelson and other naval studies. *$4. Dutton.
9–29190.
“Resumes and systematises the teaching on Great Britain’s naval problems which for a great many years he has been expounding in the fleeting columns of a daily paper, or in the scarcely more lasting pages of our multitudinous magazines, and allows us to see the principles and reasons of his naval faith.”—Spec.
“He goes a good deal further in his eulogy of Jones than seems reasonable.” C. T. A.
+ − Eng. Hist. R. 24: 834. O. ’09. 600w.
“Mr. Thursfield certainly ought to be widely read in this country, if for no other reason than because of his just appreciation of Admiral John Paul Jones, ‘Father of the United States navy.’”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 522. S. 4, ’09. 1050w.
R. of Rs. 40: 511. O. ’09. 100w.
Sat. R. 108: 20. Jl. 3, ’09. 1000w.
“Mr. Thursfield’s new volume will be welcomed by all serious students of naval affairs. His authority to speak is unquestionable. The chief fault that we have to find with this volume is that it shows some signs of its journalistic origin, notably in a habit of repeating the same phrases, or even the same arguments.”
+ − Spec. 103: 133. Jl. 24, ’09. 1200w.
Thurston, Ernest Temple.[10] City of beautiful nonsense. †$1.50. Dodd.
9–28691.
“‘The city of beautiful nonsense’ is about a young fellow in London who apparently has much talent as an author, but is delightfully improvident and impractical enough to be but half his age. He meets a very dear girl in a most unconventional way, and the acquaintance continues and grows more and more unconventional, while at the same time it is wholesome and true to the best in both of them. Their love story meets with obstacles and touches upon tragedy and plunges deep into pathos.”—N. Y. Times.
“A charming idyll.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 135. D. ’09.
“It is good sound sentimental comedy, not always very real, but always very readable and charming, and plausible. We have only to object to the impersonation of a living author by one of the characters, as out of keeping with the delicate fabric, and we are at an end of our adverse criticism.”
+ − Ath. 1909, 1: 493. Ap. 24. 140w.
“Grammar too often suffers, and proofreading has failed to alleviate; but delightful sayings bubble freely and certain scenes have the lustre of fine enamel.”
+ − Nation. 89: 407. O. 28, ’09. 210w.
“Is as pretty and as fairylike as a dew-besprinkled cobweb in the morning sun. And at the same time he makes it seem real and as true to all the best and the finest in human nature.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 565. S. 25, ’09. 380w.
“A fanciful, sweet-hearted tale.”
+ Outlook. 93: 515. O. 30, ’09. 80w.
Thurston, Ernest Temple. Mirage. †$1.50. Dodd.
8–32388.
Here “the stock figure of the French nobleman of the ‘ancien régime’ has received honourable treatment. He is a little more ‘ideal’ than usual, a little more courteous, a little more imaginary. But we like him; he is as pretty as a picture, and steps straight out of fairy tales. His faithful servant belongs to the same category of ideals—that faithful servant who followed his master to London, took a position as waiter in a restaurant to be near the Comte, and put sixpences into the master’s pockets.”—Ath.
“An idyllic tale, full of pathos, but with many happy touches.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 55. F. ’09. ✠
“It is a nice story, and its pathos is clean and wholesome, as the pathos of a fairy tale should be.”
+ Ath. 1908, 2: 361. S. 26. 170w.
“It is a delicate and charming tale, with soft lights and subtle characterizations. There is also a vein of happy humor running through the pages, which notably relieves the burden of their essential pathos.” W: M. Payne.
+ Dial. 46: 263. Ap. 16, ’09. 260w.
“If ‘Mirage’ were less well-written, it would be less exasperating.”
+ + Nation. 88: 20. Ja. 7, ’09. 220w.
“In the delicacy, firmness, and grace of the thousand and one artistic little touches by which the author compasses his complete effect the book is more akin to French than it is to English art.”
+ N. Y. Times. 13: 803. D. 26, ’08. 340w.
“A quiet romance, full of sweetness, and charm.”
+ Outlook. 91: 245. Ja. 30, ’09. 190w.
Thurston, Mrs. Ida Treadwell (Marion Thorne, pseud.).[10] Big brother of Sabin street; continuing the story of Theodore Bryan “The Bishop’s shadow.” **$1. Revell.
9–24265.
The sequel to “The bishop’s shadow.” It relates the temporary relinquishment of Theodore Bryan’s plan to go into the ministry when at the end of his Harvard course he loses his voice, and, despondent, suffers his faith in God to cease. After a time he returns to his former state of mind, and altho he cannot preach, he goes into settlement work, shaping and furthering plans for the development of street boys.
“It depends on the personal equation whether any given reader shall find it rather grownup for a boys’ book, or rather saccharine for adult taste. But of its fine aspiration and healthful import there can be no question.”
+ − Nation. 89: 541. D. 2, ’09. 160w.
Thwaites, Reuben Gold. Wisconsin; the Americanization of a French settlement. (American commonwealth ser.) **$1.25. Houghton.
8–34125.
Dr. Thwaites begins with early days of “Ouisconsin,” when French voyageurs often at the mercy of Indians made their first settlements. He continues the narrative thru the later periods of industrial, agricultural and political development. Twenty years of research and study have prepared Dr. Thwaites for this task.
“The student of the history of the middle west finds in Mr. Thwaites’s work an epitome of the latest results of the research that is constantly developing materials as the French and English archives are becoming available. One could desire fewer facts and a larger discussion of leading topics, such as, for example, the Indian policy of Lewis Cass, which is dismissed with a few words of implied censure.” C. M.
+ − Am. Hist. R. 14: 629. Ap. ’09. 400w.
“Dr. Thwaites contributes one of the most interesting volumes of the ‘Commonwealth series’ in his scholarly work on Wisconsin.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 21. Ja. ’09.
“The history forms an excellent referencebook.”
+ Lit. D. 38: 224. F. 6, ’09. 210w.
+ Nation. 88: 336. Ap. 1, ’09. 650w.
“A book of considerably more consequence than the mere annals of a state. Perhaps the book’s greatest fault is that the author very rarely gives his authorities.”
+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 15. Ja. 9, ’09. 300w.
437“An account of his State that is as entertaining as it is scholarly. In some respects, particularly with regard to the period of exploration and first settlement, his little volume both amplifies and corrects existing knowledge. His book carries the history of the State to an astonishingly recent date.”
+ Outlook. 91: 385. F. 20, ’09. 350w.
R. of Rs. 39: 124. Ja. ’09. 100w.
Thwing, Charles Franklin.[7] Education in the Far East. **$1.50. Houghton.
9–16809.
A study growing out of President Thwing’s recent extended tour and first-hand examination of the relations of education and civilization in Japan, China, India, Korea, the Philippines, and Egypt. It is “an interpretation of forces, tendencies and movements” in which the author presents the educational problems confronting the different countries and shows what has been done and what still remains to be done, and what part modern, improved educational methods may take in the civilization of the Far East.
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 52. O. ’09.
“The doctor’s analysis of the situation is not minute; his forecasts somewhat vague and conjectural.”
− Cath. World. 89: 838. S. ’09. 130w.
Ind. 67: 309. Ag. 5, ’09. 70w.
“The test of value in a book of this sort might indeed be whether its scope and insight were large enough to interest any lover of general history and of mankind. The history of education is the history of thought and progress. A book of such general interest, and which makes a special appeal to our modern curiosities, is ‘Education in the Far East.’”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 523. S. 4, ’09. 700w.
“Written in his usual interpretative, thought-provoking style.”
+ R. of Rs. 40: 256. Ag. ’09. 70w.
“The author’s attitude is altogether altruistic and to all those entertaining a wide interest in the education of the world his book elucidates many problems.” Y. S. Tsao.
+ Yale R. 18: 331. N. ’09. 400w.
Ticknor, George.[10] Life, letters, and journals. *$5. Houghton.
9–12410.
A reissue of a work that has passed thru twelve editions since it first appeared thirty years ago. The five services which George Ticknor rendered for America’s intellectual development suggest why his life is of such many-sided importance: he was America’s first cosmopolitan scholar; he originated the university idea in American higher education; he was founder of the greatest public library; he was the author of a true magnum opus; he was an American gentleman whose life gave a new dignity to letters.
A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 150. D. ’09.
+ Lit. D. 39: 639. O. 16, ’09. 180w.
“The first volume of memoirs is delightful reading, and one of the richest treasures in the language for anecdote and characterization of the period.”
+ Nation. 89: 361. O. 14, ’09. 200w.
“The passage of time does not, and for a long while can not, dull the interest or lessen the value and the charm of this original record, rich and delightful equally in its disclosure of Mr. Ticknor’s character and of the characters of so great a number of distinguished contemporaries. It is a work entirely ‘à part.’ There is none that covers the same field, American and European, and none that covers any part of that field more attractively and usefully.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 596. O. 9. ’09. 1000w.
“They belong on the shelf beside Crabbe Robinson’s ‘Diary.’ They are also important to all students of American political and literary history.”
+ Outlook. 93: 317. O. 9, ’09. 320w.
Tilley, Arthur Augustus.[5] From Montaigne to Molière. 5s. Murray, John, London.
W9–145.
Treats of the little known period which intervened between the close of the renaissance and the triumph of the classical spirit. “Mr. Tilley does not divorce literature from politics, and deals in an instructive chapter with the restoration of order in France by Henri IV after the religious wars. This period opens with the revival of Catholicism and the preciosity of the Hôtel de Rambouillet, which coincides with a complete reorganisation of society. The establishment of the Académie Française gave a literary tribunal to France which has never lost its power; originally a small gathering of literary friends, it became under the guidance of Richelieu almost what it has since remained, and perhaps never could have become in any other country. Corneille ushers in the remarkable series of French dramatists which has never failed since. The great names of Descartes and Pascal adorned the close of the period which saw French prose, as employed by Pascal, established as the complete and supple vehicle for clear expression.” (Sat. R.)
“The book is well and clearly written, and though the result of much reading, is neither pedantic nor prolix.”
+ Sat. R. 107: 20. Ja. 2, ’09. 200w.
“He is at his best when he is tracing the rise and fall of some literary fashion, when he is appraising the influence of some school of forgotten writers, or indicating the connexions between social changes and the formation of ideals in art.”
+ Spec. 102: 182. Ja. 30, ’09. 1350w.
Toffteen, Olaf Alfred.[12] Historic exodus. (Researches in Biblical archaeology, v. 2.) *$2.50. Univ. of Chicago press.
9–27106.
When Dr. Toffteen’s “Ancient chronology” appeared two years ago, there was a promise to conduct later an inquiry into the age of the documents and their historicity. This volume is the fulfilment of that promise. In it, he discusses, according to an entirely independent line of thought, the component parts of the Pentateuch, dates and their historical authenticity.
“Professor Toffteen lays himself open to serious criticism by the use he makes of the material of other scholars without giving them proper credit. The whole method of the book is totally unreliable. As to the treatment of historical data it is safe to say that there is no scholar of any standing in the scientific world who could possibly agree with the distorted and positively misleading interpretation of the Egyptian and Babylonian monuments which is here presented.” D. D. Luckenbill.
− − Bib. World. 34: 422. D. ’09. 2200w.
“Professor Toffteen is well acquainted with the Egyptian and cuneiform material, and seems to be embarrassed by its richness—in the dense collection of facts he fails to get the perspective. Professor Toffteen has brought together many facts of importance; as to his theory, we must agree with him that it ‘may and probably will have to be modified on future investigation.’”
− + Nation. 89: 438. N. 4, ’09. 900w.
Tollemache, Lionel Arthur. Old and odd memories. *$3.50. Longmans.
9–3082.
“With a good memory, wide reading, and a lifelong habit of ‘casting about,’ as he calls it, for old-world stories, Mr. Tollemache has filled his three hundred pages with more than twice as many anecdotes, epigrams, quotations and similitudes. In so vast an accumulation of witticisms, some must be better than others; the treasure house contains things old as well as new.” (Ath.) Two chapters are devoted to a 438sketch of the author’s father who is painted “as three parts Sir Roger de Coverley, and one part Richelieu.”
“In proportion as he is careful to say nothing that is false and all that is true, he ministers to the biographer’s craft, and sheds light on the manners of an age. This task M. Tollemache’s ‘Memories’ have discharged; for the labour lavished on their compilation he deserves the thanks of all who value an amusing and instructive book.”
+ − Ath. 1909, 1: 5. Ja. 2. 1300w.
“There is a lot of tiresome matter in it; but if one cares to take it hit or miss, opening it here and there in a casual way, one will be apt to find a good many very amusing paragraphs.”
+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 151. Mr. 13, ’09. 800w.
“Conveys unimpaired to its readers the best and most characteristic humour of the many notable men whom Mr. Tollemache has known, and yet reveals its author’s own personality in a hundred happy phrases and thoughts.”
+ Spec. 101: 1101. D. 26, ’08. 1350w.
Tolman, Herbert Cushing. Ancient Persian lexicon and the texts of the Achaemenidan inscriptions transliterated and translated with special reference to their recent re-examination. (Vanderbilt oriental ser., v. 6.) *$1.25. Am. bk.
9–3515.
Besides the lexicon proper the volume includes the transliterated and translated texts of the famous Behistan inscriptions and other Akhaemenian texts.
“An unusual piece of scholarly work. We miss references to the sources for the inscriptions in weights, vases and seals, by which the correctness of the transliteration can be tested.”
+ − Ind. 66: 378. F. 18, ’09. 120w.
“Must be regarded for many years to come as the best edition thus far made, not only of the Behistun texts, but of the entire body of Old Persian inscriptions.”
+ Nation. 89: 13. Jl. 1 ’09. 440w.
Tolman, William Howe. Social engineering: a record of things done by American industrialists employing upwards of one and one-half million of people; with an introd. by Andrew Carnegie. *$2. McGraw.
9–6279.
“A record of various things done along the line of uplift by American industrialists, who employ 1,500,000 of people.... The various subjects taken up by Dr. Tolman are those of efficiency promotion; the social secretary; hygiene; safety and security; mutuality; thrift; profit sharing; housing; education; reaction; communal or social betterment; and finally the pertinent inquiry, ‘Does it pay?’ Under these heads each chapter presents a mass of facts and details, instancing in each case the company or firm and the number of people employed.”—Elec. World.
“As the first work of the kind and as an argument in favor of organizing welfare work into a profession and so increasing its efficiency, the book has a large value.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 182. Je. ’09.
“So far as we are aware, the facts and data have never before been collected. One of the most interesting chapters is that on profit sharing.”
+ Elec. World. 53: 581. Mr. 4, ’09. 550w.
+ Engin. D. 5: 541. My. ’09. 200w.
“It is worth reading from cover to cover—with judicious skipping—by any one who is interested in the great social problems of the day. But its value would have been increased if the author had written an introductory chapter, setting forth some of the general principles involved in his main subject.”
+ − Engin. N. 61: sup. 51. Ap. 15, ’09. 450w.
“The most important chapter is the last, in which a large number of employers state their experience with welfare work.”
+ Engin. Rec. 59: 278. Mr. 6. ’09. 320w.
“The book is written in a strictly scientific method and deals with facts, figures, and actualities.”
+ Lit. D. 38: 857. My. 15, ’09. 220w.
Tolstoi, Liov Nikolaevich, graf.[7] Teaching of Jesus. (Harper’s library of living thought.) **75c. Harper. W9–148.
“Two years ago the Count formed a class of village children of from 10 to 13 years for the study of the Gospels. He ‘wished to impart to them in a way they would understand, and that would have an influence on their lives, Christ’s teaching,’ and he told them in his own words those parts of the four Gospels which seemed to him most understandable, most suitable for children, and at the same time most necessary for moral guidance in life.” (N. Y. Times.) It is with these teachings the volume deals.
“A beautifully simple narration, useful for Sunday school teachers in liberal denominations.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 182. Je. ’09.
“The work of the translators has been admirably done, and they have left in this earnest and forceful style its strong personal accent and its touch of the prophet’s naïveté. It is a striking example of how the greatest truths can be told in the simplest language.” C. G.
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 387. Je. 19, ’09. 500w.
Tomlinson, Everett Titsworth.[11] Ward Hill—the teacher. (Pastime and adventure ser.) †$1.25. Jacobs.
9–23809.
Readers who have followed Ward Hill thru the various stages of preparatory and college life will find that “he makes good” during this first year out of college while on the staff of Weston Hill teachers. His life lessons in obedience to law and order stand him in good stead now when it is his business to command and control others. School athletics figure largely in the story.
Tompkins, Eugene, and Kilby, Quincy. History of the Boston theatre. **$5. Houghton.
8–33893.
Compiled from the records of the play-house this “history ranges from grand opera stars to minstrels, from statesmen and clergymen to pugilists.” (Ind.)
“In a sense, he has compiled a vade mecum of the drama in America for the last half century.”
+ Dial. 46: 144. Mr. 1, ’09. 350w.
“Will be valuable as a work of reference in theatrical libraries, and will be treasured by collectors for the sake of its gallery of portraits—many of which are rare.”
+ Nation. 87: 660. D. 31, ’08. 330w.
“Mr. Tompkins’s book is not a work of literature. It is a record, a catalogue of dates and names, a collection of playbills. It comprises, in some way, a history of the American theatre for nearly half a century.”
+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 20. Ja. 9, ’09. 320w.
Tompkins, Juliet Wilbor. Open house. †$1.50. Baker.
9–2262.
The story of the development of a young woman who upon the death of supposedly wealthy parents finds herself penniless. She is towed home with a doctor’s other derelicts, tho her malady is mental—the disease of idleness, ennui, discontent. During a rebellious 439period of office apprenticeship she gradually learns from the tactful, humorous, hard-working doctor and the cheerful patients of this “open house” lessons of real service, discovers latent executive ability, and finally achieves a healthy, happy, normal outlook on life. The doctor as an honest, boyish lover, tho forty and a widower, is quite as convincing as in the professional rôle.
“The character delineation is good, there are many humorous incidents, and the several romances are happily disentangled.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 93. Mr. ’09. ✠
“Is not only a fairly readable book, but a well-constructed book also, because it also assigns to love and courtship the degree of relative importance that they ought to possess in the average sane, well-regulated life. Shows a substantial advance upon the same author’s earlier novel, ‘Dr. Ellen.’” F: T. Cooper.
+ Bookm. 29: 76. Mr. ’09. 220w.
“One can do without a plot now and then for the sake of such a well-realized and delightful character as Dr. Diman or the skillful handling of proud, self-willed and egotistical Cassandra under the influence of her new environment.”
+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 103. F. 20, ’09. 520w.
Tower, Walter Sheldon.[10] Story of oil. (Library of useful stories.) **$1. Appleton.
9–16457.
A popular concise history which portrays the enormous developments in the petroleum industry during the last half century and points out the important part that petroleum and its products play in every day life. A chapter devoted to the Standard oil company refrains from any comment upon the legal and moral aspect of its operations but confines the discussion to its place in the growth of the oil industry.
“The first book for the small library to buy.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 23. S. ’09. ✠
“We know of no better written and more interesting or generally satisfactory account of this industry, aside from the economic problems involved than is to be found here.”
+ J. Pol. Econ. 17: 731. D. ’09. 300w.
“Entertaining and instructive book. Practically all the ordinary person needs to know about petroleum is in Mr. Tower’s book.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 414. Jl. 3, ’09. 370w.
Towles, John Ker.[5] Factory legislation of Rhode Island. (American economic association quarterly. 3d ser. v. 9, no. 3.) pa. $1. Am. economic assn.
8–32401.
“Dr. Towles discusses his subject under the four general headings of Child labor, Hours of labor, Factory acts, Fire escapes and elevators, treating each topic both historically and administratively, and concluding with a chapter on the Bureau of industrial statistics, of which he feels obliged to speak disparagingly, as hardly ‘worth its cost to the state.’ As to enforcement of the various provisions of the Factory code the usual variation, from good to bad, is observable. One gains additional confidence in the author’s conclusions, and in his suggestions for improvement, from the firsthand knowledge obtained by him through actual employment in various factories of the state.”—Ann. Am. Acad.
“The work is well done, and gives renewed emphasis to the importance of the investigations which the Carnegie institution is making possible.”
+ Ann. Am. Acad. 33: 725. My. ’09. 140w.
“It is greatly to be hoped that similar work will be published for all the industrial states.” J: R. Commons.
+ Econ. Bull. 2: 47. Ap. ’09. 300w.
Towne, Charles Hanson.[12] Manhattan [poems]. *$1. Kennerley.
9–28429.
“A serious effort to express in ‘numbers’—they are ‘mournful numbers,’ too—the essence of the ‘giant city.’... [He reveals] the sufferings of the poor in hot summer nights, of the men and women who work and live in loneliness in the midst of the crowds, the callousness of the rich who, hurrying out from the opera ‘to find their motors,’ ‘seldom toss a coin to the poor newsboy shivering near the door,’ and the pathos of the industrial army on its daily march to and from work.”—Survey.
“The social problems touch the writer with pity and hopelessness only, for which he finds here and there a really poetic phrase, though ‘Manhattan’ will be far from finding a place among the immortal poems of cities.”
− Survey. 23: 377. D. 18, ’09. 170w.
Townsend, Edward Waterman. Climbing Courvatels. †$1.50. Stokes.
9–4192.
When Dick and Betty Courtney, known to the stage as the Courvatels of the sleight-of-hand fame, achieve independence thru severe economies and carefully made investments they use wit and audacity to enter good society. This story tells of their success, the menace of discovery that threatened for a time, and the activity of an old stage associate to avert it while he played the rôle of family butler.
“The pleasing tale abounds with pictures of high life and low life, and is served with a sauce piquante of slang in the author’s inimitable manner. The story does not pretend to be literature, and as regards meaning or moral, is as bald as a billiard ball—and none the worse for that doubtless in the opinion of those who most fancy a book of this class.”
+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 103. F. 20, ’09. 400w.
Toynbee, Paget Jackson.[7] Dante in English literature from Chaucer to Cary (c. 1380–1844). 2v. *$5. Macmillan.
9–21846.
Traces the influence of Dante in English literature and incidentally “illustrates the association of England with Italy, varying in strength and in character during the centuries since the poet was laid in his tomb at Ravenna; and, not less significantly, it illustrates the tone of the literary world of England, its attitude towards romance, religion, mediaevalism, and epic poetry itself.” (Spec.)
A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 86. N. ’09.
“In [the Introduction] is contained all that the average reader will demand. It is an excellent piece of work and should be reproduced presently in a separate form. As for the body of the work, it is written by an enthusiast, and will, we fear, appeal only to enthusiasts.”
+ − Ath. 1909, 2: 423. O. 9. 400w.
“Although Dr. Toynbee’s work will naturally appeal more to the scholar and the student, many parts of it will not fail to arouse the interest of the general reader.”
+ Nation. 89: 161. Ag. 19, ’09. 1650w.
“It will be seen that Dr. Toynbee gathers both bad and good fishes within his copious net—which, we would suggest, is a little too widely extended. His work, indeed, seems almost exhaustive; but he is surely wrong in asserting that there were no English attempts at writing in terza rima between Surrey and Milton.”
+ − Sat. R. 107: 756. Je. 12, ’09. 130w.
“Dr. Toynbee renders a direct service, and it is one which we can hardly too highly praise. His book is a treasure-house of English ‘Dantism.’ It is a marvel, too, of accuracy. That the headline of p. 135, v. 1, is misprinted is almost the only textual slip we have observed; and the mass of illustrative matter that has been utilized is, without exaggeration, enormous.”
+ + − Spec. 102: 1034. Je. 26, ’09. 1400w.
440Toynbee, William.[7] Glimpses of the twenties. *12s. 6d. Constable, A., & co., London.
A book of “that type which stands on the borderline between history and memoirs, and which owes its inspiration to Mr. Justin McCarthy.... Round the last of the Four Georges, and Brougham, and Canning, and ‘the Duke,’ and ‘Prosperity Robinson,’ and Madame de Lieven, he has woven an entertaining narrative in which contemporary gossip and modern revelations are happily blended.” (Spec.)
“A readable, but superficial survey of the reign of George IV. Mr. Toynbee deals freely in scandal, and is no believer in elevated motives; but he has a good general knowledge of the period, and if many of his stories are old, they bear re-telling.”
+ − Ath. 1909, 1: 528. My. 1. 120w.
“They are pleasant, informative, occasionally brilliant conversations about a very interesting period, seasoned with scandal, and with spite against certain individuals, to which we do not object, for we like a good hater. Slovenliness is the infallible mark of the book-maker, who may be all the same, and in this case is, very good company by the way.”
+ − Sat. R. 107: 530. Ap. 24, ’09. 680w.
“Mr. Toynbee has produced another readable and well-illustrated book. He is much too fond of settling disputed questions off his own bat.”
+ − Spec. 102: sup. 1004. Je. 26, ’09. 650w.
Tracy, Frank Basil. Tercentenary history of Canada: from Champlain to Laurier, 1608–1908. 3v. *$4. Macmillan.
8–19228.
“The recent celebration of the three hundredth anniversary of the founding of Quebec has naturally suggested the idea of a new history of the Canadian dominion.... The first volume gives us the story of the early settlers, and is full of almost romantic detail. The war with the United States is described in the second, while the third contains a great deal of valuable information with regard to the subsequent history of the colony. The value and brightness of this history are enhanced by the illustrations in the shape of photogravures, and photographic reproductions, which Mr. Tracy has lavishly employed, as well as by the beautiful map and ample index with which the work is equipped.”—Lit. D.
“Although the author’s jaunty style and aggressive self-satisfaction excite some prejudice, the history, considering the extent of ground covered, does not appear to contain many mistakes.” H. E. Egerton.
+ − Eng. Hist. R. 24: 391. Ap. ’09. 500w.
“We are not surprised to find that with all its completeness the present work is somewhat partizan in its summaries, altho it is written in an interesting and readable style. This is the best Canadian history up to date which we have met with.”
+ − Lit. D. 37: 988. D. 26, ’08. 130w.
“A clear and interesting narrative of the upbuilding of Great Britain’s most important colony.”
+ N. Y. Times. 13: 799. D. 26, ’08. 580w.
“This is a history which Canadians should appreciate, and it may well be read by all Americans who would gain a better understanding of their neighbors to the north.”
+ Outlook. 91: 584. Mr. 13, ’09. 450w.
Tracy, John Clayton. Plane surveying. $3. Wiley.
7–33942.
A practical text-book to the preparation of which the author has brought fifteen years of experience. “It is intended as a reference book for field use and has accordingly been published in pocket size on thin paper. There is, of course, very little new information in the book, for surveying has been covered by too many admirable works to afford an opportunity for originality, and such a volume must be judged mainly by its usefulness for its purpose.... It covers the whole field of plane surveying, computations, mapping and the use and care of instruments with thoroughness and lucidity.” (Engin. Rec.)
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 21. Ja. ’09.
“This book is based on an unusually thorough study of what students need. A book of high merit, equally adapted for the classroom, for home study and for field use.”
+ Engin. Rec. 59: 55. Ja. 9, ’09. 170w.
Tracy, Louis.[11] Message. $1.50. Clode, E. J.
9–4189.
“A breezy tale of what happened to a young English Deputy commissioner from Africa, home on leave of absence, after he met a pretty girl in the Isle of Wight during regatta week. Or, rather, after the two of them in a rowboat picked up from the sea a bit of flotsam, a hideous figurehead which had been knocked loose from some sunken wreck. Inside it is a parchment, of human skin, many, many years old, which tells about a priceless ruby secreted in ruins far in the interior of Africa. This is the message, and it enfolds a mystery whose gradual development the reader follows with breathless interest until he reaches the last page.”—N. Y. Times.
“Is in some respects an improvement upon his previous books, excellent romances though they were.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 103. F. 20, ’09. 500w.
“Mr. Tracy writes with a sustained power that grips the attention, while the vividness of his narrative makes the story seem very real.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 379. Je. 12, ’09. 200w.
“Mr. Tracy always tells a very good story, and in ‘The message’ he gives his readers an exciting mixture of high politics and attacks by savages.”
+ Spec. 103: 517. O. 2, ’09. 110w.
Tracy, Virginia.[5] Merely players: stories of stage life. †$1.50. Century.
9–8996.
A dozen stories in which players drop the mummer’s mask and tinsel and are seen as longing, hoping, suffering human men and women. The author, an actress herself and the daughter of an actress, writes from out a full knowledge of behind-the-scene comedies and tragedies.
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 188. Je. ’09. ✠
“It was well worth while rescuing these stories from the ephemeral existence of the magazines and preserving them in the permanency of book-form.” C. I. Colbron.
+ Bookm. 29: 414. Je. ’09. 580w.
“It is evident that the stories are penned by a sympathetic and interested observer.”
+ Lit. D. 38: 903. My. 22, ’09. 230w.
“The picturesque value of the player’s existence is used legitimately and the humor and pathos of the stories have for a setting that Bohemia which is not a place, but a state of mind.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 367. Je. 12, ’09. 200w.
“It is readable everywhere.” B. L. Israels.
+ Survey. 22: 622. Ag. 7, 09. 110w.
Train, Arthur Cheney. Butler’s story. †$1.25. Scribner.
9–7139.
A butler’s story of the unreal life of an unhappy New York family of wealth and the disasters that overtook its members. “The tale may be recommended also to the climbers, rich and poor alike.... The elaborate scheme of the number and duties of servants in a first-class establishment and his schedule of tips expected from week-enders are alone worth the price of the book.” (N. Y. Times.)
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 114. Ap. ’09. ✠
441“This is an interesting contribution to sociological fiction from the point of view of the servant.”
+ Nation. 88: 419. Ap. 27, ’09. 110w.
“There is plenty of action, and the story is told with briskness and fun. It is a pleasant hour’s reading for upstairs and downstairs alike, whether or not they want or need instruction in the art of serving like a good servant or being served like a gentleman or lady.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 241. Ap. 17, ’09. 400w.
Trask, Kate Nichols (Mrs. Spencer Trask). King Alfred’s jewel. **$1.25. Lane.
9–18966.
A dramatic poem in which “Alfred, the religious idealist, is presented as the pearl of chivalry, the paragon of Christian manhood, in speech and act that recall the reader to the ‘Idylls of the king.’ A few of his authentic sayings are aptly interwoven with his utterances. His Queen, Elswitha, purer than Arthur’s Guinevere, becomes the victim of a brief, blind jealousy, in which she nearly murders the little maid who twice had saved his life. Around these two the action of the play moves quickly on in war with the Danes and treachery in the palace, lightened by the innocence and drollery of minor characters, to its issue in the reconciliation of the Queen, and the public thanksgiving for the King’s escape from the assassin.”—Outlook.
“Though not a great drama, one that has decided interest and considerable merit.”
+ A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 52. O. ’09.
Ind. 65: 1174. N. 19, ’08. 20w.
“Fails to breathe the breath of life into the somewhat dry bones of the Saxon monarch.”
− N. Y. Times. 13: 801. D. 26, ’08. 50w.
“The play will stand, not alone upon the grateful response it wins from the English national heart, but as a work of art.” H: M. Alden.
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 205. Ap. 10, ’09. 2400w.
“A fair piece of good artistic work by a poet of no common, if not of superior, rank.”
+ Outlook. 90: 457. O. 24, ’08. 130w.
“That the book succeeds in its main purpose, the vivid presentation of Alfred as a man, strong in passion, high in reason, great in soul, there can be no doubt. This was something that needed to be done, and by doing it in this fashion the author has earned both admiration and gratitude.” H: Van Dyke.
+ Outlook. 92: 567. Jl. 3, ’09. 2200w.
“Character and action alike become inarticulate under the influence of a dreamy and elegiac rhythm.”
− Spec. 101: 999. D. 12, ’08. 150w.
Tremayne, Eleanor E. First governess of the Netherlands, Margaret of Austria. **$3.50. Putnam.
8–37696.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
“A serious and sober volume fortified by research in the archives of Brussels, Malines, and Lille, to which however more definite references are desirable. A few mistakes call for correction.” H.
+ − Eng. Hist. R. 24: 830. O. ’09. 650w.
“A welcome addition to the lighter biographical literature of the sixteenth century. It is not free from errors of fact and judgment, which betoken hasty composition and lack of background. But her account is vivid and interesting. And the book as a whole is well worth perusal.”
+ − Nation. 88: 170. F. 18, ’09. 700w.
“Mrs. Tremayne, whose conscientious care is evident on every page of this valuable chronicle, portrays Margaret with such clear-cut and broad lines that she stands before us, rising from the distant years a real flesh and blood woman.”
+ Outlook. 91: 66. Ja. 9, ’09. 500w.
Trench, Herbert. Apollo and the seaman: the Queen of Gothland, Stanzas to Tolstoy, and other lyrics. *$1.50. Holt.
“Apollo and the seaman” was written for a musical accompaniment which Mr. Joseph Holbrooke is supplying in a complete symphony. Among the more pretentious pieces are The queen of Gothland, Stanzas to Tolstoy, and The shepherd.
“The Meredithian glow and opulence, the Meredithian swiftness of intellectual motion, are evident throughout Mr. Trench’s volume.” W: M. Payne.
+ Dial. 47: 97. Ag. 16, ’09. 630w.
Ind. 65: 1174. N. 19, ’08. 20w.
“The volume contains at least two poems of unusual size and pretensions, the titular piece itself and ‘The queen of Gothland.’”
+ − Nation. 88: 41. Ja. 14, ’09. 250w.
Trevelyan, George Macaulay.[11] Garibaldi and the thousand. *$2.25. Longmans.
“The survey taken includes a sketch of Garibaldi’s life from 1849–1854, and an account of the political conditions in Naples and Piedmont before the war of 1859. Garibaldi’s share in the campaign against Austria is described in sufficient detail to make us appreciate at their full value the military qualities that made him turn the mistakes of the enemy to such signal advantage. An analysis of the situation in different parts of the country after the Peace of Villafranca brings us down to Garibaldi’s expedition. Particulars are given of the incidents that helped to pave the way for it, the preparations made, and the chapter of accidents on the voyage from Quarto to Sicily. The last five chapters deal with the astounding campaign which delivered the island into the hands of Garibaldi and his ‘Thousand.’”—Ath.
“The points which one can dispute with Mr. Trevelyan are no less rare than insignificant, and we revert to the pleasant task of recording our satisfaction with the book as a whole.”
+ − Ath. 1909, 2: 485. O. 23. 1600w.
“Will be hailed by scholars as one of the most important contributions to modern history recently published.”
+ Lit. D. 39: 1083. D. 11, ’09. 160w.
“While Mr. Trevelyan writes history with his eye glued to his authorities and skillfully extracts the meat from personal impression as well as from scientific judgment, he has a fine sense of proportion and a gift of style which entertains while it imparts information.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 788. D. 11, ’09. 800w.
“He is the equal of Froude in his research among original authorities, in his dramatic skill in narrative, and in his effective use of minor but significant incidents, and he appears to be more painstaking and more scrupulously conscientious in his study and use of details.”
+ Outlook. 93: 830. D. 11, ’09. 300w.
“Any expectations which may have been raised by Mr. Trevelyan’s former volume will certainly not be disappointed by this continuation of it. In conception and in execution we think he has surpassed his earlier standard. As we venture to offer him our congratulations, we desire to thank him for the extraordinary and vivid pleasure which is conveyed by his pages.”
+ Spec. 103: 604. O. 16, ’09. 2000w.
Trevelyan, Robert Calverley.[7] Sisyphus: an operatic tale. *$1.50. Longmans.
A tale in which “classic gods are handled in the manner of Lucian, and made to clown at the bidding of a mortal. Sisyphus, after a career of brigandage, dies, but by a trick deceives the gods of the lower world, and is allowed to return to earth. He makes a bid for the empire of the world, uses Hermes as a dupe, and shuts up Death in a coffin. But Hermes outwits him 442in the end, and he goes down to hell with his head high, the only creature, mortal or immortal, who can make a jest of Death.” (Spec.)
“It will be seen that Mr. Trevelyan treats his theme in a satirical mood. His meter frequently changes, and if his verse is often little more than rhymed prose, and contains no passages of profound beauty, it at least is serviceable and is endowed with the sophisticated touch. ‘Sisyphus’ is worth reading.”
+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 130. Mr. 6, ’09. 400w.
“We would there were more such poetry, for comedy and song are of the great sisterhood, and the fantastic is often the frolicking of happy genius.”
+ − No. Am. 190: 708. N. ’09. 340w.
“Will puzzle most people, and to the few who grasp the author’s intention will provide great entertainment. The rough ‘fescennine’ verse suits the odd humor of a fable, which is sufficiently original and subtle to make us desire, and also despair of, a wide public for it.”
+ − Spec. 103: 20. Jl. 3, ’09. 120w.
Trevena, John. Arminel of the west. †$1.50. Moffat.
9–7571.
A story of Dartmoor in which are contrasted the characters of two young women; one the sheltered daughter of a rector who has the cloister in view for her; the other, of doubtful origin, a maid of the moor, strong, sturdy with an inborn sense of self-protection.
“The pity is that an author, keen in perceiving, undoubtedly clever in plotting situations, does not approach in a somewhat different manner the situations he has created.”
+ − Atlan. 103: 710. My. ’09. 330w.
“There is much truthful portraiture in this newly issued volume, much subtle understanding, also, of human nature, and a power of visualisation both of action and of setting that promises well for the author’s future work.” F: T. Cooper.
+ Bookm. 29: 189. Ap. ’09. 580w.
“The book is as good as Phillpotts could do, with this advantage, that over and above the tragedies, fate smiles rather than frowns, as we are accustomed to having fate do in Phillpotts’s novels.”
+ Ind. 66: 1082. My. 20, ’09. 170w.
“As engaging a heroine as one would be likely to come across in a shelf full of fiction is ‘Arminel.’”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 28. Ja. 16, ’09. 200w.
Trevena, John. Heather. †$1.50. Moffat.
W9–216.
The second part of a moorland trilogy of which “Furze the cruel” was the first. “Heather typifies endurance, and the last book is to deal with Granite as embodying strength.... It begins at a tomb, whence the scene shifts to a sanatorium for consumptives, an institution that, as portrayed by Mr. Trevena, savors strongly of an asylum for the insane.... Among all the characters only three are represented with a thoroughly sane and healthy outlook on life—Gregory Breakback, the clean-hearted peasant visionary; Tobias, the fox-terrier; and Bubo, the one-legged owl.” (Nation.)
“He has learnt to see with understanding, and should appeal to those who would leap the barriers of city horizon and class distinction to meet on intimate terms, face to face, the children of the earth. True this is not by any means milk for babes; but we are inclined to believe that the ugly patches are essential to the true delineation of the picture.”
+ − Ath. 1908, 2: 149. Ag. 8. 180w.
“‘Heather’ does not have the strong personal appeal of the earlier volume.” F: T. Cooper.
+ − Bookm. 29: 525. Jl. ’09. 400w.
“The tale moves consistently through disease, filth, madness, discouragement, and degradation indescribable of body and mind. The characters are for the greater part entirely unconvincing.”
− − Nation. 88: 92. Ja. 28, ’09. 370w.
“‘Heather,’ aside from its powerful predecessor and its probably able successor, is itself a contribution to literary excellence.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 366. Je. 12, ’09. 240w.
Tripp, Howland.[6] In whaling days. †$1.50. Little.
9–15087.
A group of seventeen stories which have grown out of the author’s keen interest in the bravery and toil of the whaler and which reproduce events contemporaneous with the heyday of the relating industry.
“Mr. Tripp appears to have been a diligent student of human nature in its humbler types, and to have recovered from that insatiate past which is ever devouring the present; a multitude of personal anecdotes and character-sketches that are well calculated to amuse the lover of homely New England stories.”
+ Dial. 47: 24. Jl. 1, ’09. 250w.
“To read [the sketches] is to get an impression of real life as it was lived in the staid New England coast towns sixty and seventy years ago.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 493. Ag. 14, ’09. 160w.
Trowbridge, William Rutherford Hayes.[11] Beau sabreur: Maurice de Saxe, marshal of France; his loves, his laurels and his times. *$4. Brentano’s.
Cast in an autobiographical form, this is the recreated personality and atmosphere of the world in which he lived. “It is a chronique scandaleuse of the lives of the reigning sovereigns in mid-Europe during the first half of the eighteenth century, intermingled with those of their illegitimate children, such as Maurice de Saxe and of the hordes of great ladies who, with sublime effrontery, played the concubine to the various rulers, princes, warriors and statesmen of the period.” (Sat. R.)
“He disclaims having attempted anything but ‘a veracious and popular record.’ As to the veracity, if we leave out of account the consideration hinted at above, the claim may probably be conceded; and for the rest, we have found the book readable throughout, and piquant in places.”
+ − Ath. 1909, 2: 417. O. 9. 1550w.
− Sat. R. 108: 540. O. 30, ’09. 250w.
“The book is curious and readable, and the underlying tragedy of such a life, brought to an end by the hero’s own vices at fifty-five, will not escape those who read with understanding.”
+ Spec. 103: 793. N. 13, ’09. 500w.
Trubetzkoi, Amelie (Rives) Chanler, princess.[12] Trix and Over-the-moon. †$1. Harper.
9–27264.
A young woman who quotes Horace and trains horses, a natural, unaffected, buoyant woman is married to a writer whose stilted method gets on her nerves. Her advice to him is “Catch ’em alive, Catch ’em alive. Take living, breathing men and women that you’re interested in and plump ’em into a book.... Don’t fuss so about their clothes ... the style you dress ’em up in, you know. Just be natural ... just be easy ... just be simple.” Over-the-moon is Trix’s favorite horse who comes to a tragic end through the lunacy of an old Scotch servant who thought that the wife’s love for horses was breaking up home happiness.
“The story is gemmed with exquisite bits of description, and it is all written with that gift for the telling use of words which its author long ago proved herself to possess.”
+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 818. D. 25, ’09. 280w.
443Tucker, Alfred Robert.[7] Eighteen years in Uganda and East Africa. 2v. *$8.50. Longmans.
8–36142.
A history of the Uganda protectorate which is “concerned in the first instance with strictly missionary matters, and with politics as incidental to them—for the affairs of the British East Africa company and the events connected with the annexation are inextricably intertwined with the history of the mission.... Other parts of the enormous diocese are dealt with besides Uganda proper: we get graphic pictures of the Kilimanjaro district; the missions at Freretown and Rabai, behind Mombasa; the Mpwapwa and Mamboya country, Bunyoro and Mount Elgon, and the Masai.” (Ath.)
“This book is really a history of the Uganda Protectorate, and deals with so many and such weighty issues that an adequate notice within narrow limits is difficult. Some misspelt proper names and Swahili words have escaped correction in the reading of the proofs.”
+ − Ath. 1909, 1: 728. Je. 19. 520w.
“This fascinating chapter of modern church history is well written. The Bishop’s style is that of a strong man who has much to say and wants to say it fairly. The book would be improved and mercifully shortened if two-thirds of the poetic quotations were cut out.”
+ − Sat. R. 107: 499. Ap. 17, ’09. 1000w.
Spec. 102: sup. 1000. Je. 26, ’09. 1600w.
Tucker, Samuel Marion.[10] Verse satire in England before the renaissance. (Columbia univ. studies in English. Series 2, v. 3, no. 2.) *$1. Macmillan.
9–8396.
“A survey of satirical literature in several languages, with an attempt to trace the influence of foreign satire upon the English. The author states that ‘no treatment of the evolution of the satire as a genre in English has yet been attempted.’” (N. Y. Times.) The author’s five great epochs of the rise and progress of verse satire in England are: from the goliardic satire and satire in Anglo-French, 1200, to the work of Lyndsay, 1540; from Sir Thomas Wyatt to the decadence of classical satire, 1620; the satire of the Cromwellian period; the Dryden period of revived classical satire; and the period of anti-Jacobin satire extending to Byron.
“The faults of this history of satire in England are not inconsiderable. Yet, in the main, the work has decided merit. It is scholarly and is accurate in details. The general student and reader will find it helpful. Its wealth of illustrative quotations makes the perusal stimulating.”
+ − Nation. 89: 277. S. 23, ’09. 1600w.
“Should be invaluable as a textbook for the student who desires a basic knowledge of the subject.”
+ N. Y. Times. 14: 402. Je. 26, ’09. 940w.
Tucker, T. G.[5] Introduction to the natural history of language. 10s. 6d. Blackie & son. London.
“An admirably arranged account of the great families of language. He distinguishes them by the methods of their formation. He begins with introductory matter, first defining his subject, giving as its division (1) phonology, the physical production of speech sounds; (2) morphology, the formation of words (inflexion in our family of languages, and the processes which answer to it in others); (3) comparative syntax, the formation of sentences; (4) semasiology (a term less familiar than the others), in which we have to do with the modification of meaning. Chap. 2 is given to phonology; 3 to alphabets. Then come what will be found by the general reader the most interesting portions of the work,—the very clearly expressed and illuminating accounts of the various language families.”—Spec.
“In view of the vastness and intricacy of the subject and the eccentricities of many of his authorities, Prof. Tucker has made surprisingly few false steps, and a little judicious pruning would raise his work to a high grade of excellence.”
+ − Ath. 1909, 1: 192. F. 13. 800w.
“As it stands the treatise has, if the expression may be used, a somewhat forbidding look.”
+ − Spec. 102: 467. Mr. 20, ’09. 300w.
Tupper, Edith Sessions. Stuff of dreams. $1.50. Dodge, B. W.
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A modern prodigal son is the hero of this story. “He is a very naughty and very rich young man, the son of a New York financial magnate who is the soul of justice and honor. The young man’s misdeeds tangle him up wretchedly, and when his father learns of his wild oats he insists that the boy shall eat their fruit. He obeys the parental order, and then rushes forth angry and revengeful. But after some years the prodigal returns and everybody forgives and is forgiven.” (N. Y. Times.)
“This novel of New York society life, although highly melodramatic and not free from the element of improbability, displays much ability of the kind that is demanded by the general lover of romantic fiction in the weaving and developing of the story.”
+ − Arena. 41: 89. Ja. ’09. 440w.
“Mrs. Tupper writes with unusual facility, and one cannot avoid the conviction that she could do much better work than this if she chose.”
+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 32. Ja. 16, ’09. 180w.
Turneaure, Frederick Eugene, ed. Cyclopedia of civil engineering: a general reference work on surveying, railroad engineering, structural engineering, roofs and bridges, masonry and reinforced concrete, highway construction, hydraulic engineering, irrigation, river and harbor improvement, municipal engineering, cost analysis, etc. 8v. hf. mor. $24. Am. school of correspondence.
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A compilation of various instruction books issued for students by the American school of correspondence. “There are many sections in which the electrical engineer will find data and detail of great direct utility, but we may specify the section by Professor Turneaure himself on hydraulics and that by Mr. A. Black on water-power development. The cyclopedia is a most welcome addition to an engineering library.” (Elec. World.)
“This cyclopedia is altogether worthy of praise, not the least of its merits being the originality of treatment and the freshness of contents.”
+ Elec. World. 52: 1411. D. 26, ’08. 180w.
“This effort to make the subject clear to the elementary student gives to nearly all of the papers in this cyclopedia a superficial nature. As the text-book for the home student we can imagine that the cyclopedia will have a valuable place, although the separate volumes might serve his purpose better, for in the cyclopedia he has to take the good with the bad. But to the practising engineer we cannot see that the collected volumes will serve any useful purpose.”
− + Engin. N. 60: sup. 536. N. 12, ’08. 930w.
444Turneaure, Frederick Eugene, and Black, Adolph. Hydraulic engineering: a practical treatise on the principles of water pressure and flow and their application to the development of water power, including the calculation, design and construction of water wheels, turbines, and other details of hydraulic power plants. $3. Am. school of correspondence.