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Wagner, Charles.^[7] Home of the soul; tr. from the French by Laura Sanford Hoffmann; with an introd. by Lyman Abbott. **$1.20. Funk.

9–18053.

First messages delivered in the author’s institutional church in Paris, known as “The home of the soul.” The pastor’s religion as embodied in these sermons is summed up by Lyman Abbott as follows: “To find God, study your fellow men: to serve God, serve your fellow men; to teach men the Fatherhood of God, inspire in them a sense of human brotherhood.”

+ Dial. 47: 127. S. 1, ’09. 230w.

+ Lit. D. 39: 448. S. 18, ’09. 270w.

“The translation is for the most part devoid of literary merit, though it must be confessed that Pastor Wagner is not himself a literary artist. His appeal, however, is not strictly to the intellectuality; rather it is to the emotion of righteousness.”

+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 476. Ag. 7, ’09. 700w.

+ R. of Rs. 40: 256. Ag. ’09. 40w.

Wagner, Richard.^[5] Richard to Minna Wagner: letters to his first wife; tr. with preface by William Ashton Ellis. 2v. *$7. Scribner.

9–20264.

Letters which reveal the fatal significance of the union of Richard and Minna Wagner. “Mr. Ellis contributes an introduction of fourteen pages, in which he discusses various points in the tragic conjugal life of Richard and Minna Wagner, the most ill-mated couple that were ever brought together. ‘My marriage—not a soul knows what I have suffered through that,’ he wrote to his sister in 1866. Now all the world can read the story. The fact that Minna preserved these letters, containing so many lamentations and reproaches, is noted by Mr. Ellis as one of her good traits.” (Nation.)

“The world shows a pardonable curiosity to learn as much as possible about the lives of men who have distinguished themselves. Hence these letters will be perused with interest.”

+ Ath. 1909, 1: 446. Ap. 10. 770w.

“The letters of Richard Wagner constitute a history of his intellectual life astonishing and unique.” L: J. Block.

+ Dial. 47: 231. O. 1, ’09. 2200w.

+ Nation. 88: 494. My. 13, ’09. 450w.

“Mr. Ellis now gives us these voluminous letters of Wagner to his first wife as a sort of pendant to the letters of Wagner to Mathilde Wesendonck; and it may be also, as a sort of ‘pièce justificative’ after those remarkable outpourings, as a sort of rehabilitation of the composer. They will indeed serve in that way.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 325. My. 22, ’09. 1050w.

Wagner, Richard.^[9] Valkyrie; a dramatic poem, freely translated in poetic narrative form by Oliver Huckel. **75c. Crowell.

9–25250.

Mr. Huckel’s fifth volume of the Wagner music-dramas and the second of the “Ring” cycle, the first, the “Rhinegold” appearing last year. The translation of the poem is preceded by one of the author’s illuminating forewords in which the sources of the drama, the story and its significance are considered.

“A narrative paraphrase of the drama’s action, dialogue, and setting that avoids the rawness 452of the usual libretto and at the same time conveys more information.”

+ Dial. 47: 522. D. 16, ’09. 50w.

Walden, John W: H:^[12] Universities of ancient Greece. **$1.50. Scribner.

9–29251.

Lectures delivered at Harvard university in 1904 form the nucleus of this book which aims to atone for the lack of consideration given to Greek education of imperial times and to interest students of education and of philology, also general readers. Beginning with a short account of Athenian education in pre-Alexandrian times, and of the conditions which prevailed in Grecian lands in the last three centuries B. C., the author follows the history of the establishment of universities and discusses their status, management and achievements, their essential elements, the teachers and students, the spirit of learning and the enthusiasm for intellectual ideals.

“Scholarly volume.”

+ R. of Rs. 40: 763. D. ’09. 50w.

Waldstein, Charles, and Shoobridge, Leonard. Herculaneum, past, present, and future. *$5. Macmillan.

8–37672.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

“The useful portion of the book comprises the appendices with the exception of the first, the plates, and part 1, but unfortunately this last section which should have been made the best and most valuable of all is marred by so many signs of haste and of being a purely perfunctory performance, that it is unsatisfactory.” S. B. P.

+ − Am. Hist. R. 14: 376. Ja. ’09. 600w.

“Though written from the archeologic standpoint and containing considerable matter not of general interest, it warrants notice as an important work by an authority on a subject having very little adequate treatment.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 22. Ja. ’09.

“Illustrated by an admirable series of photographs, which alone would give considerable value to the book.”

+ − Ath. 1909, 1: 108. Ja. 23. 750w.

“The narrative is compiled from the best sources and deserves a cordial welcome.” F. B. Tarbell.

+ − Class. J. 4: 142. Ja. ’09. 550w.

“With the main thesis of the book, that Herculaneum should be excavated, everyone will agree; but in regard to Professor Waldstein’s extremely positive assertions concerning the richness of the treasure buried there, and his insistence on the preëminence of this over all other ancient sites, there will hardly be the same unanimity.” G. J. Laing.

+ − Dial. 46: 112. F. 16, ’09. 1400w.

+ Lit. D. 38: 224. F. 6, ’09. 450w.

“It is a pity that there is not included a general chapter on the art of Herculaneum, with a short discussion of the more important pieces found there.”

+ − Nation. 88: 97. Ja. 28, ’09. 900w.

Wales, Hubert.^[5] Hilary Thornton. †$1.50. Estes.

9–4486.

“Let it be said at once that the story has not a ‘happy ending.’ It is concerned with the love of a man for a woman—a sufficiently old story, but none the less potent for all that. Thornton is a clerk in a law office, almost stifled under briefs and abstracts and the habit of looking at the crises of human lives as so many ‘cases.’ Mrs. Randolph Wynne is a noted writer, no bas bleu, but a woman first who happens to be a celebrity afterwards. She raises Thornton to his own level intellectually, and then raises him above it spiritually.”—N. Y. Times.

“One lays down this book with a sense of distaste, despite its manifestly high ethical intent. It seems to represent the inherent unwholesomeness of modern introspection, focussed upon the unpleasant possibilities of marriage; it is a congress of horrible examples.”

− Nation. 88: 489. My. 13, ’09. 130w.

“There is nothing banal in the book; it appeals to the intelligence as well as to the emotions. It is a study in human nature well worth writing and decidedly well worth reading.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 161. Mr. 20, ’09. 230w.

Walford, Lucy Bethia (Mrs. Alfred S. Walford). Leonore Stubbs. †$1.50. Longmans.

9–35328.

“Leonore Stubbs is the daughter of a country gentleman, married in her teens to a business man, who, dying bankrupt three years later, leaves her with no refuge but her father’s house. Her sufferings in this gloomy and not over-peaceful environment, and her adventures with the suitors attracted partly by her reputed wealth and partly by a more romantic motive, are described with Mrs. Walford’s wonted humour.”—Ath.

“There is some good character delineation.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 93. Mr. ’09.

“The conclusion of the book is out of harmony with the beginning.”

− Ath. 1908, 2: 569. N. 7. 130w.

“The characterizing is one of the book’s chief attractions, and includes a variety of new and not unoriginal actors. The story flows unhindered, perfectly readable if not soul-stirring.”

+ Nation. 87: 632. D. 24, ’08. 270w.

“There is a good deal of clever portraiture of character in the book, and some skill in the working out of the plot.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 52. Ja. 23, ’09. 220w.

“Pleasant little story.”

+ − Sat. R. 106: 616. N. 14, ’08. 160w.

Walk, Charles Edmonds.^[10] Yellow circle. †$1.50. McClurg.

9–26145.

A mystery story that starts with the dramatic incident of the interruption of a fashionable wedding by a swarthy looking man who whispers a word to the bride, drops a bracelet into her hand, and rushes away followed by the horror-stricken young woman. After thrilling adventure covering four days it comes to light that the villain’s power over the girl was the result of a long series of intrigues, begun in a college secret organization, and planned for the purpose of winning her and also her father’s fortune.

“Is at once an interesting conundrum and a good detective story. The mystery, of course, is the thing, and it is not neglected while the author puts a little flesh-and-blood work into the people concerned in it.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 764. D. 4, ’09. 150w.

Walker, Margaret Coulson. Bird legend and life. **$1.25. Baker.

8–31846.

A collection of the most important avian legends and superstitions in which the author hunts for the evidences of apparent truth. The legendary sketch in each instance is supplemented by an instructive sketch of the bird’s life, habits, appearance and influence upon man. Includes the owl, wren, eagle, swallow, magpie, king fisher, hawk, vulture, robin, raven, and woodpecker. There are thirty-four full-page illustrations.

Walker, Williston. Great men of the Christian church. *$1.25. Univ. of Chicago press.

8–37051.

A series of twenty brief biographies designed for the reader or student without technical 453training in church history. The sketches show the conditions of church life and thought in which the various leaders did their work, and illustrate a great variety of service, life and experience.

“The chapters are full of life and movement and are well calculated to quicken interest and arouse readers and students to thought and further study.” H: F. Cope.

+ Bib. World. 33: 353. My. ’09. 350w.

“In every chapter we find some remark to set students thinking. The book is primarily for them.”

+ Outlook. 91: 774. Ap. 3, ’09. 370w.

Wall, J. Charles.^[5] Ancient earthworks. 2s. 6d. Talbot, London.

“One of the series of ‘Antiquaries’ primers,’ which is designed for the elementary instruction of the layman with antiquarian leanings.” (Spec.) “The book is indispensable to all who in their journeying over the countryside desire to have something more trustworthy than local tradition to explain those curious formations of the ground which serve better than any history-book to show what a pit of universal strife were these islands in the centuries before the conquest.”—Spec.

“Mr. Wall is well qualified to write upon this topic.”

+ Ath. 1909, 1: 764. Je. 26. 150w.

“The volume should not only start many inquiring into the subject, but should do something to correct the ‘flighty legends’ given in irresponsible guide-books.”

+ Sat. R. 106: 676. N. 28, ’08. 90w.

“The subject has a fascination that is all its own, and in the hundred and forty pages of which this booklet is composed ample justice is done to it by means of careful and intelligible classification, some excellent plates, and more than sixty illustrations of the formation of earthworks.”

+ Spec. 102: sup. 645. Ap. 24, ’09. 200w.

Wallace, Charles William. Children of the chapel at Blackfriars, 1597–1603. *$2.50. Charles W. Wallace, Lincoln, Neb.

9–856.

“An issue of the ‘University studies’ of the University of Nebraska. It is the result of an extensive original investigation of the history of the Elizabethan children-companies of players, and is only a foretaste of what is to come, for the writer contemplates extending the work until it shall fill three large volumes, including the many documents which he will reprint. Some of these documents are of extreme importance to Shakespearean students, and are of the author’s own unearthing. They are merely referred to in the present monograph, but will be published in full when the complete work is ready.”—Dial.

Dial. 46: 55. Ja. 16, ’09. 130w.

“Professor Wallace’s book is the most thorough study we have of an Elizabethan theatre—to be sure, for a limited period of its existence, but that the most important. The evidence on the main thesis, we confess, does not appear to us so conclusive as it does to the author.”

+ − Nation. 88: 148. F. 11, ’09. 630w.

“The volume in hand is not one which can be classed as eloquent or particularly readable. The book is cordially recommended to students.”

+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 84. F. 13, ’09. 1450w.

Wallace, Harold Frank. Stalks abroad: being some account of the sport obtained during a two years’ tour of the world. *$3.50. Longmans.

9–17000.

“‘Stalks abroad’ is a pleasantly written and instructive work on sport and travel which brings home to one’s mind the extraordinary shrinkage which has taken place in the size of the world during the last few decades as a result of rapid transit by steamboat and railway.” (Sat. R.) The author explored for big game the best hunting grounds of America, New Zealand, India, Japan, and British and East Africa.

“A pleasant description of the sporting side of a holiday.”

+ Ath. 1909, 1: 196. F. 13. 330w.

N. Y. Times. 14: 164. Mr. 20, ’09. 280w.

“Is full of observations about animals interesting to all hunters and animal lovers.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 380. Je. 12, ’09. 150w.

“The illustrations are excellent and add considerably to the value of a very readable book.” F. C. Selous.

+ Sat. R. 107: 41. Ja. 9, ’09. 440w.

“Parts of the book are excellently well written. There are a few trivialities and slang words which might have been omitted.”

+ − Spec. 102: 861. My. 29, ’09. 250w.

Wallace, Lew.^[10] Boyhood of Christ; new ed. $1.50. Harper.

A holiday edition of Mr. Lew Wallace’s story of the boyhood of Christ written in 1888 to fix the impression that Jesus Christ was in all the stages of his life a human being.

Wallas, Graham. Human nature in politics. **$1.50. Houghton.

9–35520.

A thoughtful presentation which claims for a study of human nature in politics the service of deepening and widening a knowledge of political institutions and also of opening an unworked mine of political invention. The chapters are grouped under two heads: The conditions of the problem, discussing in turn Impulse and instinct in politics, Political entities, Non-rational inferences in politics, The material of political reasoning and The method of political reasoning; and The possibilities of progress, including Political morality, Representative government, Official thought and Nationality and humanity.

“The work stands alone and has large value for students of politics; it is heavy reading for the average person.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 145. My. ’09.

“On the whole, his thesis is well worked out, and, considering the mass of details and variety of side lights which he attempts to throw upon his subject, his matter is effectively presented.” W. E. Hotchkiss.

+ Ann. Am. Acad. 34: 218. Jl. ’09. 280w.

“The volume is by no means so exclusively designed for the instruction of students as to repel the general reader. The freshest portion lies in the reflections aroused by the treatment, in the same pages, of various types of modern socialism, and two types of Catholicism, represented, on the one hand, by ‘the Pope and his advisers,’ and, on the other, by ‘Modernist’ students of the history of their religion.”

+ − Ath. 1908, 2: 758. D. 12. 450w.

“The book as a whole, is not addressed to men in their private capacities, but to that far lower order of beings, men about to appear in public, men on the point of mounting platforms, getting ready to write leading articles, planning treatises on social science. For that portion of a man which is ready for publication or may be found at any time in a political speech such a book may have a special use—if only as a reminder that there is more of him.” F. M. Colby.

− Bookm. 30: 396. D. ’09. 2300w.

“The weakness of Mr. Wallas’s treatment of ‘human nature’ lies in his failure to appreciate the part which custom and sentiment play in preserving the stability of a society.” G: E. Vincent.

+ − Hibbert J. 7: 932. Jl. ’09. 620w.

454“This is a work in a field hitherto untilled and has the merits and defects of pioneer work.”

+ − Ind. 67: 481. Ag. 26, ’09. 200w.

“The book is written in a simple, engaging style, giving ample evidence that together with vision the author has unfailing common sense and humor.”

+ Nation. 89: 75. Jl. 22, ’09. 180w.

“Very lively and edifying volume.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 400. Je. 26, ’09. 1700w.

“He has not simply applied already worked out psychological doctrines to a new subject matter: he has enlarged and enriched psychology itself by his interpretation.” Ernest Talbert.

+ Psychol. Bull. 6: 412. D. 15, ’09. 1100w.

R. of Rs. 40: 127. Jl. ’09. 140w.

“Complete, therefore, as is his practical equipment, Mr. Wallas indulges in so many divagations on difficult topics, such as the conflict between inheritance and environment, in so subtle a style that we fear he will be often unintelligible to his readers, unless they happen to attend lectures at the London school of economics. A good deal, too, of his earlier chapters is a repetition, in a less lucid form, of Bagehot’s ‘Physics and politics.’ But the book is well worth the trouble of reading, for it contains many shrewd and humorous observations, and some profound reflections.”

+ − Sat. R. 107: 45. Ja. 9, ’09. 1800w.

“Mr. Wallas is always readable and very often instructive. He uses, it may be, the ironical method too much; but he illuminates every subject with which he deals. And of this illumination not the least valuable result will be to make us examine a little more closely and faithfully our own habits of political thought.”

+ − Spec. 102: 345. F. 27, ’09. 320w.

“Books of this class are rare. Few men have the combination of abundant knowledge with power of expression required to produce them. Hence they possess unique value.” H: J. Ford.

+ Yale R. 18: 101. My. ’09. 580w.

Waller, Mary Ella.^[6] Year out of life. †$1.50. Appleton.

9–8571.

A year out of the life of an English girl who decides during a leisurely tour thru Germany to translate some work into English. She selects a book of stories, writes to the author for permission to make the translation, and there begins a correspondence which underlies a romance. Uncertainty, at the root of which is a vast amount of egotism, prevents her acceptance of the author’s suit. When she is ready to give him a favorable answer she learns that he is pledged to another.

“Like a chapter out of real life rather than a tale of the imagination.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 189. Je. ’09. ✠

Reviewed by F: T. Cooper.

Bookm. 29: 404. Je. ’09. 230w.

“The book is refreshing, like the home-made ale and nectar that women sometimes brew.”

+ Ind. 66: 1344. Je. 17, ’09. 100w.

“From the author of ‘The wood-carver of ’Lympus’ one looks and not in vain, for originality of plan and grace of manner; for a deep-reaching insight equally into the constancies and vagaries of human nature; which makes at times for vagueness; and for a steadfast faith in the beneficence of the ‘something not ourselves.’”

+ Nation. 88: 632. Je. 24, ’09. 320w.

“Miss Waller’s style is agreeable and eminently suited to the topic in hand. Occasional charming glimpses of German ways and people and places enliven the volume. If the book is unsatisfactory, it is probably because the writer’s aim was but too well accomplished. She has drawn a selfish, cold, and shallow personality to the life.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 279. My. 1, ’09. 600w.

Walsh, William Shepard, ed.^[5] Abraham Lincoln and the London Punch: cartoons, comments and poems, published in the London charivari, during the American civil war (1861–1865). **$1. Moffat.

9–8748.

A history of the opposition of the London Punch towards Lincoln, a reproduction of cartoon jibes and jests, and the amends made in Tom Taylor’s poem on Lincoln’s assassination.

“Will interest many older readers and is a record that larger libraries will wish to add to their Lincoln literature.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 146. My. ’09.

“An interesting side-light is thrown on civil war times by this little book.”

+ Dial. 46: 332. My. 16, ’09. 100w.

“It affords a curious glimpse into the humor of a past generation, and has a certain historical interest besides. Mr. Walsh’s own running comment on the cartoons and poems will help younger readers to understand the prejudices and passions of the day.”

+ Nation. 88: 384. Ap. 15, ’09. 200w.

“The most interesting of the aftermath, perhaps.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 242. Ap. 17, ’09. 160w.

Walter, A.^[9] Emperor William First; tr. by G: P. Upton. **60c. McClurg.

9–23799.

A chronological history of the life of Emperor William First, whose simplicity, honesty of character, devotion to duty, love of country and power to act, make his life a study for all youth and all people.

Walton, George Lincoln.^[5] Practical guide to the wild flowers and fruits. **$1.50. Lippincott.

9–10974.

A discussion of the more widely distributed herbaceous wild flowers. It covers their haunts, characteristics and family relationships, with suggestions for their identification. The arrangement of species has been planned with reference to a sequence of the blossoming time of the members of the important families so that the season of flowering may be followed to a certain extent.

“Not so good a beginner’s book as Mrs. Parsons’ ‘How to know the wild flowers’ or Mrs. Doubleday’s ‘Nature’s garden,’ but a useful manual where a more extensive work is desired by persons not accustomed to botanical keys.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 183. Je. ’09. ✠

“A capital [volume] to be taken into the country.” G: Gladden.

+ Bookm. 29: 546. Jl. ’09. 130w.

“Its distinctive features are, first, the treatment of flowers and fruits in the same volume, and, second, the charts, based on color for large groups, and, for the smaller ones, on simple obvious distinctions of leaf and flower arrangement and flower form.”

+ Dial. 46: 374. Je. 1, ’09. 140w.

“The characteristic of the present volume is that as much science as can be hoped for is added, and even an analytical table under each color, with references to sections.”

+ Ind. 66: 1245. Je. 3, ’09. 170w.

“The drawings as a rule are not satisfactory, and in one or two instances are distinctly misleading.”

+ − Nation. 89: 105. Jl. 29, ’09. 140w.

N. Y. Times. 14: 384. Je. 12, ’09. 120w.

Walton, George Lincoln.^[12] Those nerves. **$1. Lippincott.

9–28552.

A book whose only object “is to promote such peace of mind as may make for health as well as for happiness. In other words, like vaccination, pure milk, and disinfection, it aims to prevent.”

455Warbasse, James Peter.^[11] Medical sociology: a series of observations touching upon the sociology of health and the relations of medicine to society. *$2. Appleton.

9–23786.

“A well-written volume intended to popularize medicine so far as relates to the personal preservation of health.... The work is divided into two parts. The first is intended to interest the lay reader and deals with problems as the alcohol and sexual questions, fresh air, Christian science, eating and talking, an eminently readable and enlightening series of twenty-five short essays. The second part tells us about preventive medicine, medical expert witnesses, the future of medicine, etc.”—Lit. D.

“Some of these fragments were originally editorial paragraphs in a medical journal: all may be said to be in the manner of the paragrapher rather than the essayist. From this cause the book fails of the appeal which it might have had. Yet it is sincere, and often suggestively phrased, within its limitations.”

+ − J. Pol. Econ. 17: 652. N. ’09. 140w.

“These thirty-five chapters are really most wise and thoughtful, and lay and professional alike will enjoy and value the whole work.”

+ Lit. D. 39: 688. O. 23, ’09. 140w.

“There is a certain vigor of style in certain passages which is not devoid of beauty either in thought or phrase.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 730. N. 20, ’09. 920w.

Ward, Archibald Robinson.^[6] Pure milk and the public health: a manual of milk and dairy inspection; with two chapters by Myer Edward Jaffa. *$2. Taylor & Carpenter.

9–12051.

“The author has here presented in relatively small compass the main principles and practices essential to the sanitary and economic supervision of the public milk supply.... It is just what is needed by members of boards of health, secretaries and health officers, to enable them to see what should be done to safeguard the milk supply of a community, and in general how to do it. It will be useful, also, to chemists and bacteriologists, but it makes no pretense of going into the details of the technic of milk examination.”—Engin. N.

“Valuable work.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 88. N. ’09.

“The book is a very satisfactory one, and it goes without saying that such a volume should be in every health board library in the land.”

+ Engin. N. 61: sup. 64. My. 13, ’09. 330w.

N. Y. Times. 14: 278. My. 1, ’09. 120w.

Ward, Bernard.^[11] Dawn of the Catholic revival in England. 1781–1803. 2v. *$7. Longmans.

9–18711.

The history of English Catholicism during the last quarter of the eighteenth century. “The entire country is covered by the present writer; but the story of the London district is dealt with in much greater detail than is that of any other section. The writer traces with grateful fidelity the great advantages that accrued to the English church from the coming of the French ‘émigré’ clergy during the revolution; and follows minutely the grave and threatening divisions brought about by the controversies concerning the oath. The disputes between the laity and their hierarchical rulers, and among the rulers themselves, about the time of the relief act, which in the Midland district were not settled till the first years of the nineteenth century, are also set forth.” (Cath. World.)

+ Cath. World. 89: 244. My. ’09. 330w.

“Mr. Ward’s book will be of more than historical value if, read by both Catholics and Protestants, it serves as an influence to weld Englishmen of every church into one great nation.”

+ Ind. 67: 932. O. 21, ’09. 1100w.

Sat. R. 108: 601. N. 13, ’09. 1580w.

Ward, Elizabeth Stuart.^[9] Jonathan and David. **50c. Harper.

9–22180.

The story of a man and dog friendship that will completely capture the heart of every reader who believes that dog love is immortal. Together they suffer cold and hunger, together they rejoice when a good divinity discovers that the dog, under the master’s instruction, can do tricks that have a money value. Self-respecting, they earn their living—“the dog who had gained so much of the human, and the lonely man who had acquired something of the beautiful canine.”

Nation. 89: 488. N. 18, ’09. 40w.

“A very pretty story, inspired by sentiments of charity toward men and true affection for dogs.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 560. S. 18, ’09. 230w.

“An exquisite and touching tale.”

+ No. Am. 190: 843. D. ’09. 60w.

“Full of human dignity and pathos.”

+ R. of Rs. 40: 635. N. ’09. 20w.

Ward, Elizabeth Stuart.^[11] Oath of allegiance, and other stories. **$1.25. Houghton.

9–35852.

Eleven serious short stories. “The sanctity of the marriage-tie with its attendant duties and sacrifices comes in for extended treatment. The marital relation as a hard, but by no means unlovely, bond is the idea emphasized.” (Lit. D.) “The initial story of this volume is based on an odd incident that appears to be taken from real life, the delivery of a love letter to a woman fifteen years after it had been written and after the death of the writer. It is a war-time tale, and throbs with the passionate heroism and sacrifice of those years.” (N. Y. Times.)

“The characters are well drawn, the situations dramatic and convincingly set forth.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 94. N. ’09. ✠

“Whatever may be urged against the strain of sadness that pervades them, or their ofttimes unsatisfying endings, this much must be conceded,—they reveal a true understanding and interpretation of life.”

+ Lit. D. 39: 686. O. 23, ’09. 240w.

“The material, with its little touches of modern dress, is the old material.”

+ − Nation. 89: 487. N. 18, ’09. 300w.

“Mrs. Ward rarely fails to breathe into her people some portion of her own intense individuality, and in consequence they seem always to be very much alive—even though she may be writing of them after they are dead.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 673. O. 30, ’09. 160w.

“These are in the author’s best vein, all showing her shrewd but kindly psychological insight.”

+ R. of Rs. 40: 635. N. ’09. 40w.

Ward, Florence Gannon H. (Mrs. J. C. Ward).^[10] Under the northern lights. †$1.50. Wessels.

9–25635.

A well-bred, well-educated New York mining engineer weds in a hasty moment a cheap young woman with the drug habit. He puts her in a sanitarium and turns to the great west for the life of action that can quiet his restless remorse. In an Alaska mining camp he is thrown with a wealthy New Yorker’s family among whose members is a young woman whom he learns to love elementally with the big honesty of heart that had been developed thru the out-of-doors struggle with great northern forces. 456The author finds a way to happiness that is logical even tho it is unpleasant.

“The tale is told with dash and a freshness of touch that make it readable, notwithstanding an occasional unwise use of English.”

+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 591. O. 9, ’09. 200w.

Ward, Harry Marshall.^[6] Trees: a handbook of forest-botany for the woodlands and laboratory. 5v. (Cambridge biological ser.) ea. *$1.50. Putnam.

v. 4. Fruits.

“After a general discussion of the morphology of fruits (part 1, 59 pp.), the second part (94 pp.) gives a key to trees and shrubs, based on characters derived from fruits, and accompanied by figures of most of the species.”—Bot. Gaz.

v. 5. “This volume dealing with the form of trees is the final one of its series.... Part 1 deals in a general way with the habit or form of trees, and, in addition to the text, the form or habit of the tree is indicated in many instances by illustrations, while the form of the branch-system is also indicated diagrammatically. A series of Mr. Henry Irving’s well-known photographs illustrating the outward appearance of the bark has been included. In part 2 the trees are detailed according to their form and other external appearances. The system of tabulation adopted is similar to that employed in the previous volumes. At the end we have an appendix which contains a classification of trees and shrubs according to their seedlings.”—Nature.

“Like the other parts of the series, this one will doubtless be useful in Great Britain, though it cannot be particularly serviceable in this country. It embodies a good idea, however, which might be applied to the trees of this continent.”

+ − Bot. Gaz. 47: 415. My. ’09. 160w. (Review of v. 4.)

“Will be found of use to the expert and student alike, while the beginner who has once started to read it will soon find himself becoming enthusiastic under the inspiring influence of the writer.”

+ Nature. 80: 126. Ap. 1, ’09. 200w. (Review of v. 4.)

“It will be admitted on all hands that the late Prof. Marshall Ward has left behind a monumental work which will long be considered a standard on trees.”

+ Nature. 81: 64. Jl. 15, ’09. 180w. (Review of v. 5.)

“An exceptionally valuable book for the botanical student, either as a useful aid in the field or in laboratory work.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 166. Mr. 20, ’09. 100w. (Review of v. 4.)

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 384. Je. 12, ’09. 140w. (Review of v. 5.)

Ward, James.^[3] Fresco painting; its art and technique with special reference to the Buono and spirit fresco methods. *$4.20. Scribner.

W9–123.

“Defines very clearly the essential qualities of the best ancient, mediæval, renaissance and modern frescoes, describes the colours used, the preparation of the walls and methods of execution in the past and present. The author gives reproductions, including several in colour, of typical examples both of fresco-bromo or true fresco and spirit-fresco, devoting considerable space to a searching examination of the present state of the masterpieces of Giotto, Fra Angelico, Benozzo Gozzoli, Perugino, Raphael, Ghirlandajo, Pinturicchio, and Michael Angelo that are still ‘in situ.’”—Int. Studio.

“This book resembles in its first part many similar attempts to explain the process of fresco painting, differing from them, if at all, in being more thorough and practical. The second half hardly rises above the guide-book standard, while we cannot agree with Mr. Ward in thinking the time ripe for a general revival of fresco painting.”

+ − Ath. 1909, 2: 244. Ag. 28. 370w.

“Useful book.”

+ Int. Studio. 38: 245. S. ’09. 180w.

Int. Studio. 39: sup. 24. N. ’09. 100w.

Ward, Josephine Mary (Hope-Scott) (Mrs. Wilfrid Philip Ward).^[11] Great possessions. **$1.35. Putnam.

9–27448.

A novel that is called the English “House of mirth.” The story opens with the melodramatic circumstances of a distinguished Londoner’s leaving, contrary to law and equity, the bulk of his property not to his wife but to a woman in Florence. It portrays social London at close range, affords a picture of a presentation at court and of lesser conventions of fashionable society, and abounds in clever characterization of London types.

“A book of unusual charm and interest.”

+ Ath. 1909, 2: 421. O. 9. 160w.

“The best work in the book is the part of it which is most detached from its project and least dependent on the working-out of a plot.”

+ − Sat. R. 108: 571. N. 6, ’09. 520w.

“The book is not without blemishes in construction, but they are venial drawbacks which in no way detract from its distinction of thought, its charm of expression, and its originality of characterisation.”

+ − Spec. 103: 794. N. 13, ’09. 770w.

Ward, Mary Augusta (Mrs. Thomas Humphry Ward).^[6] Marriage à la mode. (Eng. title. Daphne.) **$1.20. Doubleday.

9–13541.

A novel which deals with the marriage between a beautiful, wealthy, self-confident American girl and an impecunious Englishman. Mrs. Ward’s purpose is that of treating English and American character and social customs from the point of view of differing national standards. The young woman fosters a jealous frenzy, which a grain of common sense might have averted, and she turns to the American divorce courts for the dissolution of her marriage. The ease with which it is acquired mocks the English sense of outraged justice, until the scales fall from Daphne’s eyes and she sees that a crude state law has confused her moral values and falsified her conscience but had not quite brutalized her. How she attempts to restore the “mutilated divine” within her self is told in the closing pages.

“Mrs. Ward’s story does not give us the impression of time and care spent on it which her earlier novels do; in fact, we are disappointed with it.”

− Ath. 1909, 1: 669. Je. 5. 200w.

“The book is superficial in thought and weak in execution, as thin in intellectual content as in art.”

− Atlan. 104: 683. N. ’09. 600w.

“It is an irritating book for the American reader.” H. W. Boynton.

− + Bookm. 29: 537. Jl. ’09. 1400w.

Reviewed by A. Schade van Westrum.

Bookm. 30: 339. D. ’09. 50w.

“We feel that Mrs. Ward has been more intent to point the moral than to adorn the tale.”

− Cath. World. 89: 823. S. ’09. 400w.

“It is hardly more than a sketch in dimensions, and bears many evidences of flagging powers and hasty composition.” W: M. Payne.

− Dial. 47: 46. Jl. 16, ’09. 220w.

“It is too offensive and bigoted not to attract attention. In it will be found the least flattering, 457most insulting estimate of American womanhood that has yet been offered to the public.”

− Ind. 66: 1295. Je. 10, ’09. 1200w.

“Its forceful appeal compensates largely for lack of style.”

+ − Lit. D. 39: 107. Jl. 17, ’09. 200w.

“The disconcerting thing to the American reader is that she apparently regards her Daphne as in some sense typical of our womenkind.”

− Nation. 88: 631. Je. 24, ’09. 600w.

“Pulling the wires for a high-bred Englishwoman seated beside her tea table, she is mistress of her puppet show. The result is fine art. When she undertakes to make the American young woman who has brought herself up go through the appropriate motions she achieves burlesque.”

+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 380. Je. 12, ’09. 200w.

“It is because Mrs. Ward has put her cart before her horse, perhaps, that she has fallen so far below her usual standard as a story writer.”

− N. Y. Times. 14: 386. Je. 19, ’09. 900w.

Reviewed by H. W. Boynton.

N. Y. Times. 14: 623. O. 23, ’09. 160w.

“In construction and style ‘Marriage à la mode’ falls distinctly below the level of most of its predecessors. The story is distinctly melodramatic.”

+ − Outlook. 92: 348. Je. 12, ’09. 220w.

“The whole thing might have been done on a higher plane, less crudely—should have been so done by this distinguished commentator on human affairs.” H. W. Boynton.

− + Putnam’s. 6: 494. Jl. ’09. 520w.

“The story is, in fact, a rather slow-moving discussion of some of the fundamental differences between American and English character and social customs.”

− R. of Rs. 40: 124. Jl. ’09. 200w.

“This is by far the best-written novel which Mrs. Humphry Ward has given us, though there is no plot and the characterisation of everybody but Daphne is rather sketchy. The book may shock those who make the mistake of regarding the Americans as a civilised people.”

+ − Sat. R. 107: 787. Je. 19, ’09. 950w.

“Is not a cheerful book. It is, in fact, an extremely painful story.”

+ − Spec. 102: 823. My. 22, ’09. 1000w.

Ward, Wilfrid Philip. Ten personal studies. *$3. Longmans.

9–5493.

Analyses of the characters of the following men “from the standpoint of a conservative and a Catholic”: J. A. Balfour; T. H. Delane; R. H. Hutton; Sir J. Knowles; Henry Sidgwick; Lord Lytton; Father Ryder; Sir M. E. Grant Duff; Leo XIII; Cardinal Wiseman; John Henry Newman; Cardinals Newman and Manning.

“The weakest of these essays is the first, on Mr. Balfour. The other ‘personal’ studies will add to Mr. Wilfrid Ward’s reputation, even if the personal element does not always amount to much.”

+ − Ath. 1909, 1: 671. Je. 5. 340w.

Cath. World. 88: 679. F. ’09. 1000w.

“It is difficult to decide which study is the most fascinating.” Wilfred Wilberforce.

+ Cath. World. 90: 193. N. ’09. 4200w.

“The study of Cardinal Newman is especially good.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 22. Ja. 9, ’09. 150w.

“A personal sketch of Mr. Balfour solely in a tariff reform milieu must be unsatisfactory because it is so imperfect, however interesting it may be as a résumé of a chapter of current politics.”

+ − Sat. R. 107: 278. F. 27, ’09. 520w.

“Mr. Ward is never trite or obtuse, and he has that friendly warmth and appreciation which are always acceptable in contemporary criticism.”

+ Spec. 102: 542. Ap. 3, ’09. 500w.

Ware, J. Redding.^[8] Passing English of the Victorian era: a dictionary of heterodox English, slang and phrase. (Standard reference lib.) *$3. Dutton.

W9–146.

“A dictionary of slang as now current among our English cousins. The entries are illustrated by quotations.”—Dial.

“We compliment the author on his industry, and on giving exact references in many cases, for his quotations. But we must seriously complain of the inadequacy of the etymologies offered.”

+ − Ath. 1909, 1: 584. My. 15. 400w.

“The book, while serving a serious purpose, will also be found highly entertaining.”

+ Dial. 47: 104. Ag. 16, ’09. 110w.

“It is a curious book. There are evidences that the author has not read as widely as a lexicographer should read.”

− Ind. 67: 477. Ag. 26, ’09. 900w.

Warming, Eugenius.^[10] Oecology of plants: an introduction to the study of plant communities, by E. Warming assisted by Martin Vahl; prepared for publication in English by P. Groom and I. B. Balfour. *$2.90. Oxford.

Agr9–2122.

“This book is more than a mere translation of an already existing volume; it is, as the authors state, ‘practically a new one.’ Much new matter has been added, and the chapters have been largely rearranged and rewritten.” (Ath). “The introduction contains considerable new matter concerning growth forms (‘Lebensformen’ or ‘Vegetationsformen’), together with a new and rather satisfactory classification of them. There are six categories of growth forms; heterotrophic, aquatic, muscoid, lichenoid, lianoid, and all other autonomous land forms. The final category is, of course, much the largest and is subdivided into monocarpic and polycarpic forms.” (Bot. Gaz.)

“On the whole, we have nothing but praise for the book.”

+ − Ath. 1909, 2: 270. S. 4. 600w.

“While words of adverse criticism seem necessary here and there, one may write volumes of praise. Warming’s ‘Plantesamfund’ will be for all time the great ecological classic, and the English volume now before us is the most important ecological work in any language. It is at the same time an old book and a new, a translation of the masterpiece of 1895 and a compendium of the ecological thought of 1909.” H: C. Cowles.

+ + − Bot. Gaz. 48: 149. Ag. ’09. 1650w.

“It is with great pleasure that botanists receive this volume, which is substantially new in all respects. We can heartily recommend this volume to all who are at all interested in the activities of living beings.”

+ Nation. 89: 519. N. 25, ’09. 770w.

Warner, Amos Griswold. American charities: a study in philanthropy and economics; new ed. rev. and enl. *$2. Crowell.

8–31177.

A modernized version of Dr. Warner’s book whose text has been made over to include the most recent researches and tabulations. This work of revision to meet new conditions has been done by Mary Roberts Coolidge, a pupil and co-worker of Dr. Warner. Also there has been included a biographical preface by George Elliott Howard.

A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 68. F. ’09.

458“It is exceedingly fortunate for the students of public and private charity that Professor Warner’s noble treatise has been revised and the facts brought up to date by a very competent and sympathetic editor.” C. R. Henderson.

+ Am. J. Soc. 14: 551. Ja. ’09. 120w.

“It will be very useful to all students of social problems and should prove a valuable textbook.”

+ Ann. Am. Acad. 33: 205. Ja. ’09. 110w.

“The fine spirit that marked the original work has been maintained.”

+ Arena. 40: 603. D. ’08. 300w.

“What we deplore in the revised edition is a joining of the labor of teacher and pupil in a posthumous product, in which the part of each is distinguishable only upon close scrutiny of the texts. We believe that, obsessed by her very affection, the pupil has taken an unwarrantable liberty and one that will cause real distress to those who have leant on the broad, true principles of Amos G. Warner as tersely expressed in his American charities.”

− + Char. 21: 706. Ja. 23, ’09. 1900w.

“The book can be recommended to students as one of highest value and importance.”

+ Dial. 46: 145. Mr. 1, ’09. 120w.

“The book itself is well proportioned. The arrangement in the new edition which omits the special chapter bibliographies given at the beginning of each chapter in the old edition and indicating the material upon which the discussion of the subject matter of the chapter was based, is to be regretted.” S: M. Lindsay.

+ − Econ. Bull. 2: 384. D. ’09. 720w.

“The book has been and remains the best of its kind.”

+ Educ. R. 37: 97. Ja. ’09. 50w.

“The happy blending of the practical with the theoretical makes it a book that should appeal to every student of sociology, every citizen interested in philanthropy, and every official engaged in the administration of practical charities.” E. L. Bogart.

+ Forum. 42: 89. Jl. ’09. 350w.

“The work has gained in usefulness for those whose interest or occupation in charities is practical; and in its larger usefulness Professor Warner’s thoughtful and hopeful message has been given new life.” J. A. Field.

+ J. Pol. Econ. 17: 102. F. ’09. 550w.

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 48. Ja. 23, ’09. 240w.

“Inaccuracies are encountered in the most cursory examination of the book. On the whole the impression given by the book is that Warner’s ‘American charities’ has been worked over in the light of the discussion and development that has got into print since it was written, but that somehow the life and vigor is lacking which is felt in the original text.” Lilian Brandt.

+ − Pol. Sci. Q. 24: 332. Je. ’09. 530w.

Warren, George Frederick.^[10] Elements of agriculture. *$1.10. Macmillan.

9–21273.

A book that may be used for a text in preparatory schools and for short courses in colleges. Its purpose is “to make the teaching of agriculture in existing high-schools comparable in extent and thoroughness with the teaching of physics, mathematics, history, and literature.”

A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 129. D. ’09.

Warren, Mrs. Maude Lavinia (Radford).^[6] Peter-Peter: a romance out of town. †$1.50. Harper.

9–13914.

How two young married people, cradled their lives thru in the lap of luxury, suddenly lose their wealth, assert latent good sense, refuse help from parents and learn the secret of happy living toiling together on a suburban farm. The wholesome, unspoiled outlook on life, to say nothing of the lightness of touch and delicacy of humor, will recommend this story to young married people who might permit similar misfortunes to spoil their lives. Nor did Peter and Margery’s courage and self respect go without substantial rewards.

“A book destined to a popularity quite beyond its real merit, a book that with all its tenderness, its humour, its reverence of home and love and motherhood, remains, when all is said, essentially and preposterously unreal.” F: T. Cooper.

+ − Bookm. 29: 646. Ag. ’09. 220w.

+ − Ind. 67: 425. Ag. 19, ’09. 70w.

“A volume which must furnish real delight to all true women.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 420. Jl. 3, ’09. 380w.

Sat. R. 108: sup. 8. O. 16, ’09. 150w.

“So charmingly told that the reader will swallow all that is preposterous and thoroughly enjoy the book.”

+ − Spec. 103: 65. Jl. 10, ’09. 30w.

Warren, Thomas Herbert.^[7] Essays of poets and poetry, ancient and modern. *$3. Dutton.

Among the essays are those on Sophocles and the Greek genius, Dante and the art of poetry, Matthew Arnold, Art of translation, and “In memoriam” after fifty years. “No lover of literature could read the volume without having his admirations quickened and harmonised, without a renewal of the sense of the dignity and sweetness of the old traditions of art and song.” (Sat. R.)

“Suggestive studies, these, of a ripe scholarship.”

+ Ind. 67: 884. O. 14, ’09. 220w.

“How the author of the brilliant essay on Matthew Arnold could have written the rest of this volume is a puzzle worthy the attention of Baconian cipher experts. A seasoned reader will find pleasurable matter and suggestive judgments in all; a grudging Epicurean would perhaps hardly venture beyond the second essay.”

+ − Nation. 89: 408. O. 28, ’09. 800w.

“He courts both an erudite and a popular audience, but so combines his elements of erudition and popularity as to satisfy neither.”

+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 562. S. 25, ’09. 1100w.

“The book is not one which establishes a new principle of criticism, but it strikes a new note, in that it brings back a sense of stately urbanity and academical grace which, to our loss, seems somewhat to have deserted us.”

+ Sat. R. 107: 723. Je. 5, ’09. 1050w.

“This is a delightful book, and will, we predict, give an immense deal of pleasure wherever sound learning and true literature are loved and flourish. What a comfort to find a critic who is interested not in himself but in the men he writes about, who wants not to show off his own cleverness but to exhibit the beauties of the poets of whom he writes, who does not pose and posture in front of some noble masterpiece, but with courtesy and good breeding shows cause why this or that rule should be made absolute in the high court of letters!”

+ Spec. 102: 779. My. 15, ’09. 1750w.

Warschauer, J.^[7] Jesus: seven questions. *3s. 6d. Clarke, James, & co., London.

The seven questions answered concerning Jesus are the following: Was He the son of God? Was He sinless? Did He perform miracles? Could He forgive sins? Must we believe in Him In order to be saved? Did He rise from the dead? Did He die for us?

“Many who are in sympathy with Warschauer’s general attitude will doubtless feel that his treatment is weakest at this point, that is, he has assumed rather than proved that the content of Jesus’ life was pervasively religioethical. But this is just the item in modern 459study about Jesus which is in sharpest debate.” S. J. Case.

+ − Am. J. Theol. 13: 459. Jl. ’09. 900w.

“The questions he asks are of supreme importance, and his answers are valuable studies in religion.”

+ − Ath. 1909, 1: 252. F. 27. 600w.

“The whole tone of the book is deeply religious, and though Dr. Warschauer will not satisfy, he can hardly offend the most orthodox.”

+ − Spec. 102: 900. Je. 5, ’09. 280w.

Warwick, Charles Franklin.^[6] Robespierre and the French revolution. **$2.50. Jacobs.

9–14577.

A companion volume to “Mirabeau and the French revolution” and “Danton and the French revolution.” The series taken as a whole affords the student a history of the entire revolution from the point of view of the three most distinguished and representative men whose principles and purposes respectively dominated a period of the era.

“Proper names and words are badly treated throughout. The author has no plan, but rambles backwards and forwards without method.”

− Ath. 1909, 2: 622. N. 20. 750w.

“Good popular exposition of the subject, and will be found useful as well as readable.”

+ Dial. 47: 103. Ag. 16, ’09. 230w.

“Mr. Warwick is conscientious; and if, in this respect, he has a fault, it is that he does not dogmatise sufficiently. His presentment of Robespierre almost fails to be a portrait, and only just misses being a collection of preliminary studies.”

+ − Sat. R. 108: 353. S. 18, ’09. 1050w.

Washburn, George.^[11] Fifty years in Constantinople and recollections of Robert college. **$3. Houghton.

9–28288.

A history of Robert college in Constantinople from its foundation to the close of its fortieth year, 1903. It is a picture of a college in Turkey with a background of incidents, personalities and events. An introduction reviews the events of the past fifty years that have led to the revolution in Constantinople.

“The alluring title does not fulfil the expectations it arouses. It abounds in minutiæ which might be of interest to the trustees of the college, but which are boring to the casual reader. The author is always a warm partisan, not an impartial chronicler.” D. K. Brown.

− + Bookm. 30: 392. D. ’09. 580w.

“A book which is absolutely without literary ambition, and is to a large extent statistical information, becomes a story of absorbing interest.”

+ Dial. 47: 389. N. 16, ’09. 290w.

Ind. 67: 1145. N. 18, ’09. 170w.

“The history of Robert college is fascinating as a romance.”

+ Lit. D. 39: 790. N. 6, ’09. 570w.

+ Outlook. 93: 758. D. 4, ’09. 700w.

+ R. of Rs. 40: 755. D. ’09. 70w.

Washburne, Marion Foster.^[10] House on the north shore. †$1.25. McClurg.

9–24263.

Renunciation and conquest in their relation to mastering a hereditary curse furnish the motif of Mrs. Washburne’s story. It is an intimate analysis of the problems of a united family, for whom the world would move so happily and so comfortably did there not lurk the germs of hereditary madness. What the haunted house on the north shore had to do with the struggle of father and son; how love for others, interest in others led the father out of self-absorption, the central fact in all insanity, to his final conquest is all dramatically set down.

“An interesting story.”

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

Washington, Booker Taliaferro.^[12] Story of the negro. 2v. **$3. Doubleday.

9–29958.

A simple, straight story of what the negro himself has accomplished in the way of attaining a higher civilization. The work is in three parts: The negro in Africa; The negro as a slave; The negro as a freeman.

Washington, George. Writings of George Washington; ed. with introd. and notes by Lawrence B. Evans. (Writings of American statesmen.) **$2.50. Putnam.

8–35847.

The first volume of a new series, “Writings of American statesmen,” whose purpose is to present in convenient form the most important writings of our most important statesmen. An introduction which relates Washington to his times and shows the significance of the record he left behind is followed by his writings assembled under the following heads: In the British army and colonial councils; In the war for independence; The formation and adoption of the constitution; Starting the new government; Policies and opinions; and The farewell address.

+ Am. Hist. R. 14; 857. Jl. ’09. 350w.

“It is an excellent work to meet the average library need and should be purchased even by small libraries where there is a demand for source material in the schools.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 52. F. ’09.

Ann. Am. Acad. 34: 180. Jl. ’09. 250w.

“Its three-fold purpose seems to be very satisfactorily accomplished.”

+ Dial. 46: 25. Ja. 1, ’09. 180w.

+ Educ. R. 37: 316. Mr. ’09. 70w.

“The selections are admirably made, so as to bring out the sober good sense and wisdom which made Washington first, during the war, as commander-in-chief, and then, after the peace, as the representative of national unity, at once the author and the saviour of the United States.” H. E. E.

+ Eng. Hist. R. 24: 620. Jl. ’09. 300w.

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 41. Ja. 23, ’09. 280w.

“Such a handy series has long been needed and will be well received by teachers of history and politics as well as by citizens who like to draw upon first-hand sources of information.”

+ Pol. Sci. Q. 24: 558. S. ’09. 130w.

“The volume will be found serviceable as a source-book for school and college use, furnishing illustrative material upon the life and times of Washington. The footnotes are not extensive, but they have been carefully prepared and are helpful.” Max Farrand.

+ Yale R. 18: 103. My. ’09. 350w.

Washington, George.^[5] Letters and addresses; ed. by Jonas Viles. (Unit books, no. 10.) 70c. Unit bk. pub. co.

Includes in convenient form letters and addresses of Washington selected from a hundred and more books containing the writings of Washington and the writings of others about Washington.

Washington, George. Washington year book: maxims and morals of “the father of his country;” comp. by Wallace Rice. **$1. McClurg.

8–28430.

A companion to the “Lincoln year book,” including for every day of the year a brief bit of wisdom uttered by Washington.

Dial. 45: 464. D. 16, ’08. 80w.

+ N. Y. Times. 13: 656. N. 7, ’08. 350w.

460Wason, Robert Alexander.^[9] Happy Hawkins; il. by Howard Giles. †$1.50. Small.

9–35792.

“Happy Hawkins,” a philosophical and loyal-hearted cowboy, is the unique and humorous character thru whose agency this story unfolds. Out of frank devotion to the motherless Barbara, daughter of his employer, he untangles her father’s life history and finds her mother who, upon learning of her husband’s deception practised in wooing her, had deserted her family. “Happy” reconciles husband and wife and incidentally removes unjust suspicions against Barbara’s lover, a supposed ranchman, who turns out to be an English earl.

A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 57. O. ’09. ✠

“The racy dialect grows on one, providing he read only a chapter or so at a time, so does the humor very often, and some of the adventures and ’scapes are as gory and narrow as one can possibly desire. A readable story.”

+ Ind. 67: 549. S. 2, ’09. 80w.

“The question is: Has any novel of the West as good as this been written since ‘The Virginian’?”

+ Nation. 89: 356. O. 14, ’09. 190w.

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 828. D. 25, ’09. 210w.

Wassam, Clarence Wycliffe. Salary loan business in New York city: a report prepared under the direction of the Bureau of social research, New York school of philanthropy, with extracts from an unpublished report of Frank Julian Warne. (Russell Sage foundation.) 75c. Charity organization soc.

8–34256.

“This report, undertaken by the Russell Sage foundation, and prepared under the direction of the Bureau of social research of the New York school of philanthropy, is an excellent illustration of the great field for work open to the Foundation and of the many ways in which it can be of social service. The report is based on careful investigation and succinctly describes the causes which lead to salary loans; the amount, charges, profits, and methods of the business: its legal aspects and effects; and, finally, the proposed remedies.”—J. Pol. Econ.

“The book is full of information for those who are interested to learn just how this species of petty robbery works.”

+ Ann. Am. Acad. 33: 466. Mr. ’09 170w.

“Mr. Wassam’s book is the first important step in a campaign which is now being waged against the abuses of salary loan companies in a number of American cities. It has already been an important factor in arousing public sentiment.” E. W. Kemmerer.

+ Econ. Bull. 2: 146. Je. ’09. 800w.

“The evil is made clear, and the solution suggested: it should have results.”

+ J. Pol. Econ. 17: 105. F. ’09. 100w.

Survey. 22: 573. Jl. 24, ’09. 150w.

Reviewed by R. C. McCrea.

Survey. 22: 679. Ag. 14, ’09. 520w.

Waters, Yssabella.^[8] Visiting nursing in the United States. $1.25. Charities pub.

A directory of the organizations employing trained visiting nurses, with chapters on the principles, organization and methods of administration of such work.

Waterton, Charles.^[8] Wanderings in South America, the northwest of the United States, and the Antilles, in the years 1812, 1816, 1820, and 1824; with original instructions for the perfect preservation of birds, etc., for cabinets of natural history;

new ed., ed, with biographical introd. and explanatory index by the Rev. J. G. Wood. *$2.50. Sturgis & Walton.

9–16434.

A new edition of a book that originally appeared in 1825. “The vivid and faithful pictures of life in the jungle are ever new and always entertaining and instructive.” (Nation.)

“Entertaining and instructive pictures of life in the tropical jungle.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 63. O. ’09.

“An appreciative memoir of Waterton, largely autobiographical, compiled by Dr. Moore, who was a friend of the great naturalist’s old age, adds in no small degree to the worth of this edition.”

+ Nation. 89: 104. Jl. 29, ’09. 150w.

“The writer’s charming descriptions of the country and its animal life are entirely applicable to-day.” Forbes Lindsay.

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 479. Ag. 7, ’09. 500w.

“Is almost as fascinating a book as is White’s ‘Natural history of Selborne.’”

+ Outlook. 93: 8. S. 4, ’09. 110w.

Watson, Foster.^[10] Beginnings of the teaching of modern subjects in England. *7s. 6d. Pitman & sons, London.

“Gives a separate historical account of the introduction and establishment of the modern subjects as one by one they became recognised portions of the school curriculum.”—Sat. R.

“The book is useful rather than interesting: it seems a mass of quotations, of different lengths, rather than a continuous historical narrative, and some portions of it are unnecessarily dry. Prof. Watson has taken little pains to attract readers; his sentences are grammatically correct, but he allows himself to adopt, from time to time, in the writing of English, a style both cumbrous and inelegant. We regret this the more because the book is well worth perusal.”

+ − Ath. 1909, 2: 205. Ag. 21. 1000w.

“All those who are interested in education or who are members of the teaching profession will find it abundantly interesting. It is a volume packed with information.”

+ Sat. R. 108: 294. S. 4, ’09. 450w.

Watson, Foster. English grammar schools to 1660: their curriculum and practice. *$2. Putnam.

E9–546.

“Mr. Watson, who is Professor of Education in the University college of Wales, has written a very practical book upon just what grammar school education in England was during the period from the invention of printing to the restoration, what subjects it was concerned with, by what methods it taught them, and what were its practical aims. It is based largely upon an examination of the school text books, while to these results he has added such contributory information as can be gathered from contemporary history and literature.”—N. Y. Times.

“Prof. Watson’s volume well deserves perusal for the light it throws on the history of the two centuries closed by the restoration.”

+ Ath. 1909, 1: 69. Ja. 16. 1150w.

“No serious student of the history of English education will overlook his ‘English grammar schools to 1660,’ which is really the first treatment of the subject in anything approaching an accessible volume.”

+ Educ. R. 38: 97. Je. ’09. 80w.

“Mr. Watson’s book is a noteworthy addition to the revelations of English life exactly as it was lived during the Tudor and Stuart periods.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 122. F. 27, ’09. 360w.

461“It must not be supposed that the interest of the subject is antiquarian. It touches on modern life and practice at many points.”

+ Spec. 101: 1108. D. 26, ’08. 350w.

Watson, Henry Brereton Marriott.^[10] Castle by the sea. †$1.50. Little.

9–25393.

A bookish young Londoner leases for the summer season a picturesque old castle on the English coast. He comes here for work and quiet but is soon involved in a series of strange happenings in which secret staircases and subterranean caverns play their part. The real owner of the castle, fleeing from his debts comes here incognito and he, the bailiffs, some charming young women summering in the village, a painter who is copying the old masters in the library, and the old servitors ranged against the men who are scheming for the possession of the castle and its caves contribute to an interesting story of love and adventure.

“By the exercise of extraordinary dexterity Mr. Marriott Watson contrives to combine successfully the elements of farce and melodrama in a story permeated by the fragrance of first love.”

+ Ath. 1909, 2: 261. S. 4. 170w.

“Mr. Watson’s style is as good as his invention. and the sum total of the effect is decidedly pleasing.” W: M. Payne.

+ Dial. 47: 385. N. 16. ’09. 260w.

“Is one of the best that he has ever published in deftness and finish of construction, in the inherent interest of its plot and in the attractiveness of its scene and characters.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 596. O. 9, ’09. 200w.

“It is entertaining enough. It is an amusing company that Mr. Marriott Watson has collected, and no one will drop the book halfway through.”

+ − Sat. R. 108: 356. S. 18, ’09. 150w.

“A somewhat complicated story which will repay the trouble of disentangling it.”

+ − Spec. 103: 693. O. 30, ’09. 10w.

Watson, John B.^[11] Behavior of noddy and sooty terns. Carnegie inst.

“The author spent two and a half months on Bird Key, with the object of observing, as closely as possible, the details of the lives of the two species of terns found breeding there. Of the noddy terns there were about 1,400 adults, while the colony of sooties numbered more than 18,800. The food and the feeding habits, the courtship, nest-building, care, and external development of the young, and the entire daily activity of both species are minutely described, each phase of study being subdivided, and an excellent summary given of each.”—Nation.

“This paper of sixty-eight pages forms one of the most important of recent contributions to ornithology. The author is primarily a psychologist, and his language in a number of instances is made unnecessarily technical by the use of such terms as intra-organic pressure.”

+ + − Nation. 89: 104. Jl. 29, ’09. 470w.

“A valuable contribution to ornithological information, as the life habits of these terns during their nesting season have never been so thoroughly studied before.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 632. O. 23, ’09. 1200w.

Watson, William.^[12] New poems. **$1.50. Lane.

9–28538.

“These ‘New poems’ are forty-four in number, of which about thirty are allowed to occupy a page each, while much the longest of them, that to ‘Miranda,’ consists of seventeen sonnets, and that to ‘America’ has sixty lines of blank verse. In quantity the volume is not large, and in quality it would add little to Mr. Watson’s just fame—for the poems are generally slight—but for one that immediately became the most famous poem of the year, that which denounces ‘The woman with the serpent’s tongue.’”—Ind.

“There is not one poem which does not bear marks of the most cunning craftsmanship. In many of these poems there is a Tennysonian flavour delightful to scholars who rejoice in the continuity of the poetic tradition.”

+ − Ath. 1909, 2: 617. N. 20. 2000w.

“Indeed, with a few exceptions, this is a padded volume of trifles. But the poem that stamps on a woman gives the volume distinction, and the drinking song is as jolly as Shakespeare.”

− + Ind. 67: 1319. D. 9, ’09. 950w.

“These new poems are very beautiful and very forceful, and it is rather difficult to speak of them with moderation.”

+ Lit. D. 39: 1092. D. 11, ’09. 700w.

“If there was nothing else in Mr. Watson’s new volume, it would surely be worth buying over and over again for one of many beautiful ‘Sonnets to Miranda.’” Richard Le Gallienne.

+ − N. Y. Times. 14: 787. D. 11, ’09. 1750w.

“Mr. Watson remains, as in his first promising work, distinctively a critic of life; that is at once the strength and the limitation of his poetry.”

+ Outlook. 93: 651. N. 27, ’09. 160w.

“For ourselves, at any rate, we cannot read these present poems without some sense of their inadequacy. They are, in a word, innutritious. Any pleasure they afford is only the moonlike reflection of sensations we tasted long ago, and more freshly, in the work of the same writer. The poems in this book please, as well-turned Latin verses please the scholar; no more.”

+ − Sat. R. 108: sup. 6. N. 13, ’09. 1050w.

“Almost everything in this book reaches a high level of poetic accomplishment; and when the inspiration is adequate to the craftsmanship the result is noble poetry.”

+ − Spec. 103: 745. N. 6, ’09. 800w.

Watt, Sir George. Commercial products of India; being an abridgment of the “Dictionary of the economic products of India.” *$5. Dutton.

Agr8–1024.

“A digest of information on the products which are of present or prospective industrial or commercial importance. It is an abridgment of the ‘Dictionary of the economic products of India,’ by the same author published in six volumes in 1885–94, and now out of print. The general plan of treatment may be indicated by the article on cotton, which occupies fifty-six pages.... To each section is appended a list of authorities from which the facts are derived, the statistical returns being brought down to 1905–6.”—Nation.

“As a book of reference, it ought to be within handy reach of every student of economic and political conditions in Great Britain’s Eastern empire.”

+ Ind. 66: 1401. Je. 24, ’09. 300w.

“Some of the information, we observe, is rather trivial. Moreover, the usefulness of the work as a book of reference would have been increased by the addition of tables of measures and values.”

+ − Nation. 88: 114. F. 4, ’09. 330w.

“Despite blemishes, however, which we trust a more rigorous application of the blue pencil will cause to disappear in the next edition, there can be no question of the great value of Sir George Watt’s book. He has laid a fresh debt of gratitude on all interested in India or its products.” A. T. Gage.

+ − Nature. 79: 184. D. 17, ’08. 820w.

“The work is important both commercially and scientifically.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 150. Mr. 13, ’09. 140w.

+ R. of Rs. 39: 252. F. ’09. 90w.

+ Spec. 102: sup. 1006. Je. 26, ’09. 350w.

462Watt, Henry J.^[10] Economy and training of memory. 50c. Longmans.

A work for teachers and students of psychology who are interested in memory development and preservation. The author discusses the experimental investigation of memory, the mechanical memory of association, the factors that influence memory and how it can be trained and assisted. The volume closes with twenty-three rules for the economy and training of the memory.

“Much definite information is given on particular points where the merely empirical adviser is quite at a loss. Moreover, if the book did no more than free the ordinary adult from that excessive distrust of his memory, which is so bad in effect, and is, perhaps, too optimistically believed by Mr. Watt to be quite ungrounded in fact, it would be abundantly justified.”

+ Nature. 81: 158. Ag. 5, ’09. 230w.

“Though this book reveals no new psychological principle, it contains suggestions that might be fruitful to the teacher, and some advice as to methods of memorizing poetry and prose that may help the general reader.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 427. Jl. 10, ’09. 250w.

Watt, Lauchlan MacLean. Attic and Elizabethan tragedy. *$2. Dutton.

9–9950.

Descriptive note in December, 1908.

“It is, in fact, a real ‘multum in parvo.’ Occasionally an error drops in.”

+ − Ind. 66: 706. Ap. 1, ’09. 430w.

“A highly valuable introduction to study of the tragic drama, ancient and modern.”

+ Outlook. 91: 586. Mr. 13, ’09. 350w.

Way, L. N.^[12] Call of the heart. †$1.50. Dillingham.

9–29505.

The story of a young woman’s love for a married man, her disillusionment and struggle to forget the horror of her experience. A book whose bold handling of human passion entirely unfits it for general library use; altho one agrees with the belief of the author that no woman who has sinned is justified in relinquishing her claim upon a virtuous future life.

Wayfarer in New York; introd. by E: S. Martin.^[11] *$1.25. Macmillan.

9–35849.

An anthology of descriptions and impressions included under the following heads: From the Battery to Trinity; Within half a mile of City hall; Greenwich and Chelsea villages; The Washington square neighborhood; The East side; From Union square to Madison square; From Madison square through Central park; Upper Manhattan and Harlem; The Bronx and beyond; Over the water. It is a guide book of high literary quality.

+ − A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 88. N. ’09.

“A vivid panorama of city life as our novelists, poets, newspaper reporters, historians, and other ‘wayfarers’ have interpreted it, with many intentions and in varying mood.” E. K. Dunton.

+ Dial. 47: 454. D. 1, ’09. 140w.

“The compilation which Mr. Martin has wittily introduced is only fairly well done.” Brander Matthews.

+ − Forum. 42: 476. N. ’09. 300w.

Ind. 67: 1320. D. 9, ’09. 190w.

“A thoroughly readable volume. He could have done even better if he had not overlooked a number of striking poems and prose extracts.”

+ − Nation. 89: 361. O. 14, ’09. 150w.

“Very appealing to the sentiment is the little volume as well as interesting because of its glimpses into the life of other days.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 790. D. 11, ’09. 330w.

Survey. 23: 376. D. 18, ’09. 180w.

Weale, B. L. Putnam. Forbidden boundary. $1.50. Macmillan.

9–13038.

A group of short stories of life in China and Japan. “They all suggest the glamour and mystery of the East, though there is an inartistic gruesome touch about one or two of them.” (Ath.)

“The two best stories in the volume are skilful in characterization, strong in movement, and full of atmosphere and colour.”

+ Ath. 1908, 2: 757. D. 12. 130w.

“Told with a sheer power of graphic narrative, a sense of colour values in the Orient, that holds you with its suggestion of something strange and mysterious and evil.” F: T. Cooper.

+ Bookm. 28: 383. D. ’08. 270w.

“Is not an unqualified success as a storyteller. There is a surfeit of the dreadful, and what from an artistic point of view is worse, a profuseness, relevant and irrelevant, that makes of several of the stories in this volume sheer rigmaroles.”

− + Nation. 88: 68. Ja. 21, ’09. 330w.

“Perhaps the volume is what might be called a ‘man’s book.’ The book should not be missed by those who are not afraid of a shudder or two, and who care for stories of artistic vitality.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 414. Jl. 3, ’09. 720w.

“The literary merit of the stories is uneven, but the side lights thrown on life in the Far East are valuable indeed.”

+ − Outlook. 91: 65. Ja. 9, ’09. 140w.

“Very few living writers can put into a short story the mysterious, haunting atmosphere of the Far East as successfully and subtly as B. L. Putnam Weale.”

+ R. of Rs. 39: 122. Ja. ’09. 140w.

Weaver, Gertrude (G. Colmore, pseud.). Priests of progress. $1.50. Dodge, B. W.

9–7569.

A novel attacking vivisection and the practice of performing surgical operations for the scientific interest attaching to them rather than for the benefit to be derived by the patient.

“‘Priests of progress’ is one of the strongest and best novels of the year. It is more than a powerful and compelling romance: it is a volume instinct with moral idealism which will make for higher morality.”

+ Arena. 41: 601. Ag. ’09. 1350w.

“As a story it is of no interest and as an argument it is of no importance, for it consists of the usual series of garbled quotations and misinterpretations on a thread of fiction.”

− Ind. 66: 426. F. 25, ’09. 100w.

“The book is powerfully written, and its subject demands attention; but in saying this we must not be held to be in any shape or form endorsing its conclusion.”

+ − Spec. 102: 24. Ja. 2, ’09. 300w.

Webb, M. de P. India and the empire: a consideration of the tariff problem, with an introd. by Sir E. F. Law. *$1.20. Longmans.

8–22575.

“The burden of the present discussion is in effect the perennial question of British free trade versus preferential tariffs. The author appears as an ardent supporter of the Chamberlain policy of preferential tariff as best calculated to promote the general welfare of the empire. In fact he openly takes the stand that only by a system of preferential tariffs can Britain avert the inevitable fate of becoming a second or even third rate power, with the loss of its important colonial possessions.... Mr. Webb, both in his text and in the appendices, however, does demonstrate the importance of Indian trade and that so far as India alone is concerned her best interests 463would be materially promoted by the adoption of an imperial commercial policy.”—Ann. Am. Acad.

“Whether he makes out his whole case depends largely on the personal leanings of the individual reader toward the tariff issue. In analysing the tariff problems, the author was led into a very full survey of India’s commercial relations, a fact which gives the volume decidedly greater value as a book of general utility.”

+ Ann. Am. Acad. 33: 205. Ja. ’09. 220w.

Ath. 1908, 1: 381. Mr. 28. 300w.

“The author, who has had the advantage of seventeen years’ residence in India, proceeds to show just how the economic conditions and industrial resources of that country would fit into such a scheme. Herein lies the chief value of the book.”

+ J. Pol. Econ. 17: 103. F. ’09. 380w.

Webb, Walter Loring. Railroad construction: theory and practice: a text-book for the use of students in colleges and technical schools. 4th ed., rev. and enl. $5. Wiley.

8–28301.

“Such changes as have been made in the last two editions are mostly in the arrangement and contents of the tables, although in the fourth edition the chapter on Economics has been brought down to present unit costs and the earthworks section has been revised for the better, especially insofar as the cost data are concerned.”—Engin. N.

A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 125. Ap. ’09.

“The book is still the best condensed study of railroad construction available for students and beginners.”

+ Engin. N. 60: sup. 694. D. 17, ’08. 130w.

“A concise and clear statement of all the important features of railway location and construction.”

+ Engin. Rec. 59: 139. Ja. 30, ’09. 120w.

Webb, Walter Loring, and Gibson, W. Herbert.^[7] Masonry and reinforced concrete. $3. Am. school of correspondence.

9–35100.

“A working manual of approved American practice in the selection, testing and structural use of building stone, brick, cement, and other masonry materials, with complete instruction in the various modern structural applications of concrete steel.” “As a general survey of the field of masonry construction—including that latest development, concrete—this book by Messrs. Webb and Gibson is quite satisfactory.” (Engin. N.)

“It will not replace Baker’s ‘Masonry’ or such works on concrete as Buel and Hill’s or Taylor and Thompson’s.”

+ − A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 184. Je. ’09.

“It will make very interesting reading for the novice anxious to gain an idea of the principles of the subject before taking up its serious and detailed study. But it is not a ‘working manual’ nor does it contain ‘complete instruction in the various modern structural applications of concrete and concrete steel.’”

+ − Engin. N. 61: sup. 3. Ja. 14, ’09. 90w.

Webster, Henry Kitchell.^[6] King in khaki. †$1.50. Appleton.

9–10037.

A story which tells how “a New York ex-newspaper man who has taken hold of a big industrial enterprise on a little island in the West Indies, brought order out of chaos, and put it on a paying basis. A multi-millionaire who owns a lot of the stock sees a chance to turn a trick in high finance, and makes ready to squeeze out the original stockholders and buy in most of the stock himself before it is known that the property has become a gilt-edged investment. The ex-newspaper man determines to undermine his scheme, and the two have an exciting battle of wits and expedients, in which nature also takes a hand with some spectacular performances suited to a sub-tropical island.”—N. Y. Times.

“An interesting, well-told story.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 189. Je. ’09. ✠

“Mr. Webster has a crisp method of story-telling that is very fetching in a writer who aims at nothing more than entertainment.” W: M. Payne.

+ Dial. 46: 371. Je. 1, ’09. 280w.

“The book just misses being worth while. Judged simply as a story of adventure, however, it is as good as the next, and filled to the brim with exciting incident.” J. Marchand.

+ − Bookm. 29: 415. Je. ’09. 250w.

“Another story of the ‘rattling good’ sort.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 261. Ap. 24, ’09. 230w.

Webster, Jean. Much ado about Peter. †$1.50. Doubleday.

9–7143.

Peter, head groom in the Carter stables, chief advisor and assistant to the children in their Comanche games, peace-maker between parlor maid and her exacting young mistress, understudy of Lord Kiscadden in private theatricals, is a loyal servant and a calm philosopher. He achieves his triumph when he preaches the sermon to his young employer that saves domestic unhappiness and elicits the comment: “Peter, you may be elemental, but I half suspect you’re right.”

“Bright, humorous; a good story to read aloud.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 149. My. ’09. ✠

“Miss Webster’s descriptions are good, her insight into human nature is keen, and her humor is infectious. It is an entertaining book for a leisurely afternoon.”

+ Ind. 67: 199. Jl. 22, ’09. 100w.

“One cannot help feeling that if Miss Webster had kept Peter and his friends in their places, and had given the children the front of the stage, she might, with a little attention to plot, have written a fresh and continuously entertaining story of childlife.”

+ − Nation. 88: 444. Ap. 29, ’09. 260w.

“There is much crisp dialogue, and a good deal of sunshiny humor throughout, and if some of the escapades related seem a little less than realistic, the wholesome preachments to which they act as vehicles are none the less pertinent and enjoyable. Miss Jean Webster has not made too much ado about Peter.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 180. Mr. 27, ’09. 220w.

“There is nothing morbid throughout the book—all is bright and happy and appealing.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 380. Je. 12, ’09. 180w.

Webster, Noah.^[12] Webster’s new international dictionary of the English language, based on the international dictionary of 1890 and 1900; now completely revised in all departments, including also a dictionary of geography and biography, being the latest authentic quarto edition of the Merriam series; W. T. Harris, editor in chief, F. Sturges Allen, general editor. $10. Merriam.

9–25402.

This edition containing 400,000 words and phrases, is practically a new dictionary altho it is a revision of Webster’s International dictionary of 1890 and its supplement of 1900. For convenience each page is divided into two sections, the lower one in smaller type containing minor words, foreign words and phrases, and abbreviations. All the lists, except geographical and biographical names, formerly given in the appendix, are incorporated in the main alphabet. Following the rule that a dictionary should record existing usage, simplified spelling forms are not given unless they have been 464generally adopted, but words originating in slang which have passed into common usage are freely introduced. The inclusion of encyclopedic matter makes the dictionary a storehouse of information that records the very latest advance in all departments of knowledge.

“The work on synonyms is very thorough and satisfactory.”

+ + A. L. A. Bkl. 6: 150. D. ’09.

“Is by all means the first single-volume dictionary of the English language for everyday use on the teacher’s desk or in the business man’s office. It is practical, clear and complete.”

+ + + Educ. R. 38: 425. N. ’09. 140w.

+ + − Nation. 89: 434. N. 4, ’09. 1000w.

Wedgwood, Julia.^[11] Nineteenth century teachers and other essays. *$3. Doran.

“Here we are in the staid British atmosphere; magazine articles on good old stock subjects covering a period of forty years. Life of Charles Kingsley, Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, A study of Carlyle, The moral influence of George Eliot, John Ruskin, Henry Thomas Buckle, and so on.”—Sat. R.

“The writer of prolegomena, no less than the historian, must, amongst other things, be detached from the controversies of the century, unprejudiced, and endowed with exceptional powers of intellect; wherefore we are unable to discover a justification for the volume before us. Yet, from the historian’s point of view, the book is at least suggestive.”

− + Ath. 1909, 1: 723. Je. 19. 1650w.

“Good solemn stuff, with nothing paradoxical about it, and as edifying as a collection of sermons.”

+ − Sat. R. 107: 568. My. 1, ’09. 60w.

“Miss Wedgwood’s essays are full of brilliant and illuminating sentences and paragraphs, but they show a lack of the power of characterisation. A systematic setting of fault against virtue and defect against quality produces a neutral effect. The eulogists she despises attain often a more lifelike result. All the same, the book is well worth reading for the sake of its digressions, and much of it is memorable in an unusual degree. Miss Wedgwood’s greatest interest is, of course, in theology.”

+ − Spec. 103: 58. Jl. 10, ’09. 1100w.

Weikel, Anna Hamlin.^[11] Betty Baird’s golden year. †$1.50. Little.

9–25810.

The last volume in the “Betty Baird” series. It rounds out Betty’s period of preparation for mature usefulness bringing her to the end of her girlhood.

Weir, Hugh C.^[11] Conquest of the Isthmus. **$2. Putnam.

9–28051.

“The account of an eye-witness of the work going on at Panama.... He tells how the men at labor live, work, and amuse themselves. When he writes of Panama he calls his account a ‘romance of jungle and city.’ He gives a lively description of scorpions, tarantulas, and alligators, as he found them. He talks of ‘the disease battle’ of the Isthmus and he writes enthusiastically of ex-President Roosevelt’s visit to Panama.... Diagrams show us how the work progresses, a crowd of illustrations brings the place and the work before our eyes and Mr. Weir has no good words for those who decry the Gatun dam.... In his concluding chapter he answers the question ‘Is it all worth while?’ which he answers by showing that the canal is certain to be a financial success.”—Lit. D.

“His book is by no means lacking in point and vivacity.”

+ Lit. D. 39: 641. O. 16, ’09. 320w.

“It is undeniably superficial and sensational, and its statements are not to be accepted without caution.”

+ Nation. 89: 463. N. 11, ’09. 450w.

“It is a story of heroic achievements he tells.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 598. O. 9, ’09. 290w.

Weitenkampf, Frank. How to appreciate prints. **$1.50. Moffat.

8–34261.

“Written for the unqualified beginner. Mr. Weitenkampf, as curator of prints in the New York public library, knows as no other man the many interests, mostly non-aesthetic, that centre about a collection of prints, and, while his own taste is trained, he gives to each popular motive its due place in his book. For readers moderately well informed on these matters his manual will seem diffuse and roundabout. But it is not written for them. The diffuseness is merely that of the patient mentor who by repetition, illustration, and apt dilution must make his lesson clear.”—Nation.

“Is happily popular in style, technical terms being employed only when the context renders them easily understood.”

+ A. L. A. Bkl. 5: 53. F. ’09.

“No one can read this book without taking a more intelligent and discriminating interest in the arts which find their expression in the work of the graver.”

+ Dial. 46: 144. Mr. 1, ’09. 210w.

Reviewed by W. G. Bowdoin.

+ Ind. 65: 1460. D. 17, ’08. 130w.

“It is to be feared that it will be read only by those who are already in sympathy with the writer’s enthusiasms.”

− Int. Studio. 38: 328. O. ’09. 150w.

“For its public the book will do good. It will reach many who cannot grasp such manuals as the late Dr. Lippmann’s. The field is covered fully, and even the different sorts of process engraving are included. We could wish the very summary and thin encyclopædic portion had been reduced in favor of a more extended appreciative treatment of a few great and typical engravers; also that the inferiority of reproductive engraving had been more strongly insisted on.”

+ − Nation. 88: 125. F. 4, ’09. 330w.

“The private owners of fine prints and the custodians of the great public collections owe Mr. Weitenkampf a debt of thanks for his admirable chapter on the ‘Care of prints,’ and, indeed, the lover of art and the believer in the value of its wide dissemination owe him gratitude for the catholicity of appreciation that directs the mind to joy in the humblest reproduction of good work of all sorts and conditions, some of which to-day comes within the reach of nearly every one.”

+ N. Y. Times. 14: 197. Ap. 3, ’09. 880w.

“A valuable handbook for the collector of prints or engravings, or for any one who wants to know how to go about starting a collection.”

+ Outlook. 91: 385. F. 20, ’09. 200w.

Reviewed by Christian Brinton.

+ Putnam’s. 5: 620. F. ’09. 100w.

“Like so many books on art of American origin, this work has a curious superficiality of outlook combined with a large amount of detailed learning.”

+ − Spec. 103: sup. 925. D. 4, ’09. 50w.

Welch, Alice Kemp, ed. and tr. Of the tumbler of Our Lady and other miracles now translated from the middle French; introd. and notes by Alice Kemp-Welch. (New medieval lib.) *$2. Duffield.

9–14150.

Stories taken from manuscript in the Séminaire at Soissons which forms a part of the collection of miracles made in the thirteenth 465century by Gautier de Coinci, a monk of St. Médard.

“The tales are excellent, but we are inclined to take serious objection to the greater part of the notes, which seem to be somewhat antiquated.”

+ − Ath. 1908, 1: 601. My. 16. 170w.

+ Lit. D. 37: 902. D. 12, ’08. 60w.

+ Nation. 88: 463. My. 6, ’09. 320w.

+ Outlook. 91: 15. Ja. 2, ’09. 970w.

Weld, Louis D. H. Private freight cars and American railways. (Columbia univ. studies in history, economics and public law, v. 31, no. I.) *$1.50. Longmans.

8–18395.

“The monograph by Dr. Weld on private freight cars deals comprehensively with a transportation subject of great importance concerning which there was comparatively little printed information.... The monograph gives a history of special equipment cars, shows what part those cars have played in the development of the country, discusses the financial relations of private car lines and the railroads, also the contracts between the private car companies and the rail lines, considers the question of refrigeration charges, analyzes the earnings of private cars, describes the different forms of discriminations and rebates, and closes with an outline of proposed remedies.”—Ann. Am. Acad.

“A valuable monograph.”

+ Ann. Am. Acad. 32: 630. N. ’08. 150w.

“We have merely to accept or reject the author’s summary of existing and familiar evidence. However, the balancing process has been well done.” F. H. Dixon.

+ Econ. Bull. 1: 203. S. ’08. 720w.

Weller, Charles Frederick.^[5] Neglected neighbors: stories of life in the alleys, tenements and shanties of the national capital; with a letter of introd. by Theodore Roosevelt. **$1.50. Winston.

9–3316.

A work of civic import bringing to light the conditions among alley and tenement dwellers in the city of Washington. The author makes use of illustrative incidents and typical stories rather than statistical tables and formal diagrams. He points out the evils that to-day are a distinct drawback to the development of a model city. His study “will be helpful in pointing out the evils which block the way and in suggesting remedial measures.”

“The reading of the book leaves in the mind the impression that the author is guilty of groundless optimism. The book draws a terrible picture, and fails to present any adequate method of relieving its horrors.”

− Ann. Am. Acad. 34: 192. Jl. ’09. 170w.

+ Ind. 67: 371. Ag. 12, ’09. 220w.

“Were Mr. Weller not a veteran charity worker of established repute, we should be tempted to suspect that his stories were doctored, and his photographs invented in a gallery.”

+ Nation. 88: 410. Ap. 22, ’09. 200w.

N. Y. Times. 14: 126. Mr. 6, ’09. 350w.

R. of Rs. 40: 127. Jl. ’09. 180w.

“A welcome and noteworthy contribution to the literature of the slum, as well as an important addition to the shelf of books and pamphlets relating to housing which have been issued during the last ten years.” C: B. Bail.

+ Survey. 22: 577. Jl. 24, ’09. 1100w.

Wells, Carolyn.^[11] The clue. †$1.50. Lippincott.

9–25642.

As the title suggests, this story deals with a mystery—a mystery that begins with a crime. On the eve of the marriage of Madeline Van Norman, the descendant of a proud Southern family and heiress to a large estate, she is found dead beside her library table, having been stabbed to the heart with a curious dagger that had served as a paper knife. The usual criminal-hunting method is employed to the extent of suspecting everybody and proving him guiltless; but there is variation to the extent that the probable criminal in the case is dismissed with the innocent ones, then, all of a sudden, is revealed as the real murderer.

Wells, Carolyn. Happychaps. †$1.50. Century.

9–12.

The doings, told in rime, of a quaint, funny nimble race of little people—cousins to elves, gnomes and fairies. They are agile little creatures and make merry sport for children as they romp thru the pages of Miss Wells’s book.

Reviewed by K. L. M.

+ Bookm. 28: 384. D. ’08. 80w.

“Miss Wells’s verse text is surprisingly good, considering the quantity.” M. J. Moses.

+ Ind. 65: 1470. D. 17, ’08. 40w.

Nation. 87: 522. N. 26, ’08. 40w.

“Miss Carolyn Wells writes verses that have a swing to them, and such vivid descriptions that children can find ‘a laugh on every page’ of ‘The happychaps,’ but she does not work out her story to a climax with the same art as that with which she describes details, and we doubt if the children will accept the entire story with particular enthusiasm.”

− + R. of Rs. 38: 767. D. ’08. 70w.

Wells, Charles Jeremiah. Joseph and his brethren: a dramatic poem; with introd. by Algernon C: Swinburne and note on Rossetti and Wells by Theodore Watts-Dunton. (World’s classics.) lea. *75c. Oxford.

W9–124.

A reprint of the 1876 edition. It contains Swinburne’s essay on Wells and a note by Watts-Dunton enlarging upon the place held by Wells in the creed of Rossetti and his uncle.

“We do not hesitate to predict that the present generation, whom Mr. Watts-Duncan accuses of knowing nothing of ‘Joseph and his brethren,’ are going to receive gladly this book.”

+ Ath. 1909, 1: 189. F. 13. 2450w.

“[Its prefatory] features, to say nothing of the poem itself, certainly make a sufficiently generous shilling’s worth of the book.”

+ Dial. 46: 193. Mr. 16, ’09. 240w.

“A poem noteworthy for its historical associations and highly interesting in itself.”

+ Nation. 88: 224. Mr. 4, ’09. 1500w.

“There can be no doubt at all that ‘Joseph and his brethren’ deserves a far wider circle of readers than it has hitherto enjoyed. His command of his medium—dramatic blank verse—is, as Mr. Swinburne himself admits, defective. His lines tend to be monotonous. Wells could write exquisite poetry, but it is poetry which is essentially undramatic; its beauty lies almost entirely in its descriptive qualities.”

+ − Spec. 102: 420. Mr. 13, ’09. 750w.

Wells, Herbert George.^[11] Ann Veronica. †$1.50. Harper.

9–28269.

“A modern love story,” in which a restless, English girl, hedged about by convention, personified by her father and aunt, resolves to learn what life really means at all hazards. She forsakes her home in order to study biology in a London laboratory. She tries to make her way unaided but finds herself financially helpless and discovers how at the mercy of man a woman really is. This leads her into the suffrage movement and ultimately to jail. She falls in love with a married man and they go abroad together, happy in their freedom 466despite an outraged society. In the end they are able to marry and reappear once more within the pale of society.