Book Review Digest Devoted to the Valuation of Current Literature Reviews of 1917 Books (continued 13)

“The author of this book is a lecturer on electric traction at the Battersea Polytechnic, London, and the text is about what one would expect to find in a comprehensive course of lectures on electric traction. The style is appropriate to such a lecture course. In preparing the material for a wider audience Mr Dover had in mind that the book would be useful to engineers as well as to advanced students. A considerable number of illustrations of present practice are naturally drawn from that of Great Britain and the Continent, but American railways have by no means been neglected. The fundamental principles are, of course, applicable everywhere. The author has treated the main subject with the following topics as subdivisions: Mechanics of train movement; motors; control; auxiliary apparatus; rolling stock; detailed study of train movement; track and overhead construction, and distributing systems and substations. He has not tried to cover generating stations and transmission lines. ... The book is profusely illustrated with pictures and diagrams, covers direct-current and alternating-current railways, contains a great deal of comment as well as descriptive matter, and should prove a valuable reference work.”—Elec World

“Noteworthy are the line drawings especially those showing the details of electric locomotives.”

Bul N Y Pub Library 21:483 Jl ‘17 80w

Cleveland p93 Jl ‘17 60w

+ Elec World 70:216 Ag 4 ‘17 480w

“We congratulate the author on having succeeded in writing a treatise which engineers and advanced students will find most useful. He is evidently well read in the literature of the subject, most of which is published in the Proceedings of various engineering societies and technical journals, both in this country and abroad, and is therefore inaccessible to many. ... We have satisfactorily checked some of the calculations, and the book is laudably free from misprints. ... The numerous references form a useful feature of the book.” A. Russell

+ Nature 99:341 Je 28 ‘17 1200w

N Y Br Lib News 4:105 Jl ‘17

“Noteworthy are the line drawings, especially those showing the details of electric locomotives.”

+ N Y P L New Tech Bks p9 Ap ‘17 100w

Pittsburgh 22:658 O ‘17 20w

DOWD, EMMA C. Polly and the princess. il ^[2] *$1.35 (1½c) Houghton 17-29865

The June Holiday home is a sort of glorified old ladies’ home. Little Polly is a young philanthropist who, because she is Dr Dudley’s daughter, is a privileged visitor at the home. She interests herself in the group of women, singling out for special attention, Juanita Sterling, a sweet, neurotic woman of forty-one, whose youth and charm were still with her in spite of the loveless loneliness that had tried to rob her of both. Polly must have been born with the reformer’s spirit and more than average tact. She was too young to have developed them. She puts to shame many an institution manager and makes a substantial contribution to desirable constructive methods on the human side of institution management. And what of her Miss Nita? Polly caps the program of happiness which she puts into action in the home by a real romance. She sees a prince overcome the dragon superintendent of the home and carry off the princess. What better ending could her lively imagination picture?

DOWDEN, EDWARD; GARNETT, RICHARD, and ROSSETTI, WILLIAM MICHAEL. Letters about Shelley; interchanged by three friends; ed., with an introd., by R. S. Garnett. *$2 (3c) Doran (Eng ed 17-30909)

“The three friends were brought together by their common interest in Shelley, an interest not merely in his poetry, but in every detail of his life. Mr Rossetti and Professor Dowden both wrote lives of Shelley. Dr Garnett meant to write one, and was always collecting materials for it; but he was too busy in the British museum ever to do so. Still, to the other two he was the great authority on Shelley, always ready to help them with his knowledge.” (The Times [London] Lit Sup) The letters, the first of which is dated 1869 and the last 1906, have been brought together by the cooperation of Mr W. M. Rossetti, Mrs Dowden, and the editor, the eldest son of third correspondent. The introduction, by R. S. and M. Garnett, gives brief biographies of the three letter-writers.

“Although in recent years we have had many books about Shelley, it is doubtful if we have had any at all comparable to the compilation of letters made from the correspondence of these three Shelley workers and enthusiasts. ... In its way, their book is a revelation of the art of biography making.” E. F. E.

+ Boston Transcript p8 O 17 ‘17 1500w

Cleveland p133 D ‘17 70w

“It comprises the greater part of the correspondence of three notable authorities on the poet, and reflects the broad-minded interest of each in literature and life in general. The most important general fact to be elicited from them 159is that of Dowden’s independence of the poet’s family. These letters show clearly that he followed his own opinion in essentials.”

+ Dial 63:645 D 20 ‘17 400w

“The letters interchanged by Dowden, Garnett and Rossetti communicate something that a biography can hardly communicate; they tell something of the spirit in which such work ought to be done; they make the reader collaborate in imagination with the biographer—make him an apprentice to a master.”

+ No Am 206:956 D ‘17 670w

“They contain some interesting matter in regard to Shelley, as well as speculations on the meaning of Shakespeare’s ‘Sonnets’ and other literary problems.”

+ Spec 119:145 Ag 11 ‘17 90w

“An interest which produces relations so charming must be good in itself; and the record of it puts one in love with human nature, even though it may sometimes set one smiling at the minute labours of the scholar and his mysterious, incorporeal passions.”

+ The Times [London] Lit Sup p331 Jl 12 ‘17 980w

DOWNER, EARL BISHOP. Highway of death. il *$1.50 Davis 940.91 16-21959

“When the last battle of the war is fought and the casualties are figured up it is not likely that the doctors, nurses and hospital assistants who have sacrificed their lives will be forgotten. ... Dr Downer gives many enlightening facts about them. Among other things he describes the makeshift accommodations where, with inadequate help, the doctors have been forced to undertake almost impossible tasks. ... Dr Downer had unusual facilities of studying this momentous conflict. During a nine-months’ stay in Belgrade he saw the varied changes of occupation of that embattled city.”—Springf’d Republican

Cleveland p159 D ‘16 40w

St Louis 15:3 Ja ‘17

“The book, which is unusually interesting as a record of real experiences, is illustrated with many photographs taken by the author himself.”

+ Springf’d Republican p6 Ja 25 ‘17 200w

DOYLE, SIR ARTHUR CONAN. His last bow; a reminiscence of Sherlock Holmes. *$1.35 (2c) Doran 17-28603

The inventor of Mr Sherlock Holmes and of Dr Watson has again given us a series of sketches relating their detective experiences. Seven of the eight sketches have, however, as Dr Watson states in his preface, lain long in his portfolio. The incidents narrated date back to 1892. The last adventure, from which the book takes its title, occurred on August 2, 1914. In it Sherlock Holmes has placed his genius at the service of his country for the undoing of the agents of the Kaiser. Contents: The adventure of Wisteria Lodge; The adventure of the cardboard box; The adventure of the red circle; The adventure of the Bruce-Partington plans; The adventure of the dying detective; The disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax; The adventure of the devil’s foot; His last bow.

+ A L A Bkl 14:95 D ‘17

“Every story is told with the author’s admirable mastery of the narrative art; but it cannot be said that all the riddles worked out by the great detective are, intellectually, worthy of his immense reputation.”

+ — Ath p680 D ‘17 180w

“‘The disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax’ and ‘The adventure of the devil’s foot’ reveal Sir Arthur at his best, although this cannot be said of the opening stories in the collection. But the detective story writer must have his ups and downs, and the creator of Sherlock Holmes can easily stand ahead of any of his rivals or imitators.”

+ — Boston Transcript p8 O 27 ‘17 1550w

Cleveland p132 D ‘17 30w

+ Dial 64:78 Ja 17 ‘18 70w

+ Ind 92:385 N 24 ‘17 100w

“It is a good curtain for our hero, and we are not sure that Sir Conan would not be wise to leave him ‘at that.’”

+ Nation 105:694 D 20 ‘17 200w

“These new stories are written with as much vigor and spontaneity as if they had been composed in the first flush of the author’s delight in his creation of that notable character. The formula in accordance with which the tales are written, of course, varies little, but the tales themselves are as interesting, as full of ingenuity and unexpected developments, as were the earliest of the adventures in which Dr Watson assisted Mr Sherlock Holmes.”

+ N Y Times 22:433 O 28 ‘17 1050w

“The story of the European war that gives the volume its title is quite the weakest and most obviously forced of the whole lot. ... The sheer horror and yet convincing explanation of the apparently inexplicable in ‘The adventure of the devil’s foot’ has not been matched by Doyle since ‘The adventure of the speckled band.’” Fremont Rider

+ Pub W 92:2026 D 8 ‘17 270w

“As for the stories, their impressiveness is somewhat impaired by the frequency with which they end in a confession. The best of them, to our way of thinking, is the tale of the abstraction and recovery of some important documents from the admiralty.”

+ — Spec 119:718 D 15 ‘17 600w

“Notwithstanding that the episodes comprising the volume have something of a common atmosphere and a predetermined course of development, the situations are sufficiently diverse to give a keen edge to the reader’s anticipation. The author shows wisdom in not placing the action in the present and giving Holmes a hand in ferreting out war plots.”

+ — Springf’d Republican p17 N 11 ‘17 260w

+ The Times [London] Lit Sup p516 O 25 ‘17 500w

DOYLE, SIR ARTHUR CONAN. History of the great war. v 2 *$2 (3c) Doran 940.91 17-21928

v 2 The British campaign in France and Flanders, 1915.

“This second volume of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s history of the war relates exclusively to the campaign of 1915. The author roughly divides the three years of war into ‘the year of defence, the year of equilibrium, and the year of attack’; and the events of the second were naturally less dramatic than those which more nearly followed the outbreak of war. Nevertheless the present volume comprises narratives of the engagements at Neuve Chapelle and Hill 60; the second battle of Ypres; the conflicts at Richebourg, Festubert, and in the trenches of Hooge; and the long-drawn-out fighting at Loos. The occasions are described when the Germans first used poison gas and the flame of burning petrol, and there is incidental reference to the torpedoing of the Lusitania. From beginning to end the volume is an unadorned but impressive record of gallantry and ‘grit’ on the part of the troops engaged.”—Ath

A L A Bkl 14:53 N ‘17

+ Ath p420 Ag ‘17 150w

“This is an important book. It bears evidence of much research and has an authoritative tone. So far as is possible at this stage, it is real history. Such a work will be read with more interest in England than in America. The evolutions of the Durham light infantry and the First royal Irish will naturally appeal more to those who know them than to us who do not. But the book as a whole leaves a powerful impression hardly to be obtained from any other work thus far published.”

+ Dial 63:592 D 6 ‘17 300w

Ind 92:60 O 6 ‘17 150w

“While the events of the year 1915, in view of all that has happened since, seem nowadays rather like ancient history, it is only by the careful reading in cold blood of such painstakingly 160written accounts of what actually took place that we can arrive at a correct estimate of the great struggle in its earlier stages.”

+ Lit D 55:46 D 29 ‘17 370w

“It is somewhat of a pity that more illuminating maps have not been provided for an otherwise important and notable historical volume.”

+ — New Repub 13:sup18 N 17 ‘17 180w

+ R of Rs 57:214 F ‘18 50w

“In his first volume the author described the doings of the British Army in France and Flanders during 1914, and he is able to say in the preface to his second volume which is before us that no serious correction has been made of any of the facts in the first volume. That is a proud statement for any writer to be able to make in the circumstances. We can premise that Sir A. Conan Doyle will be able to say the same thing of his second volume, and be able to say it in an even higher degree, because when an author has established his reputation for correctness, and for a safe and just handling of his material, information flows into him. That is his proper reward. We imagine that Sir A. Conan Doyle has been freely given official information, and certainly we have read nothing about the second battle of Ypres and Loos which can compare for completeness with the narratives in the second volume.”

+ Spec 118:88 Jl 28 ‘17 1350w

“The narrative reduces itself to a catalogue of the doings of battalions, of the names of the individuals who principally distinguished themselves, and of the casualties of different units. Probably Sir Arthur, knowing the limitations of his material, attempted no more than this; and we may say at once that he has been successful in weaving his scanty matter into a lively and spirited story.”

+ — The Times [London] Lit Sup p338 Jl 19 ‘17 1600w

DRESSER, HORATIO WILLIS. Handbook of the new thought. *$1.25 (3c) Putnam 131 17-13214

In his exposition of new thought, which forms the first chapter, the author differentiates it from Christian science, the Emmanuel movement, etc. The author says, “The ‘old’ thought against which the ‘new’ reacts is any form of authority, whether medical or ecclesiastical, in so far as physicians and churches keep people in subjection to creeds.” The second chapter gives a historical sketch of the movement. This is followed by chapters on: The silent method; Estimate; The mental theory of disease; Reconstruction; Practical suggestions.

A L A Bkl 13:423 Jl ‘17

“Will, no doubt, be helpful to many readers but it is a baffling attempt to show that theories do not matter, so long as one has the right ‘point of view.’ Its logic is distressingly confusing to one who has been contaminated by materialist science; but there must be something in it, since Mr Dresser’s books—more than a dozen of them—are widely read by all sorts and conditions of men and women.”

– + Ind 91:512 S 29 ‘17 80w

“Is to be especially commended to those who desire a brief but comprehensive view of the nature, history, and aims of the movement. No one is better qualified than Dr Dresser to present an authoritative account of the new thought, both because of his long association with it and also because of his very reasonable and even empirical way of looking at the whole subject.”

+ Nation 105:698 D 20 ‘17 400w

“Does away with misunderstanding.”

+ R of Rs 56:106 Jl ‘17 100w

The Times [London] Lit Sup p432 S 6 ‘17 80w

DRESSER, HORATIO WILLIS, ed. Spirit of the new thought. *$1.25 (2½c) Crowell 131 17-14165

Twenty-two messages from original leaders of new thought. The editor contributes an introduction which traces the movement from its beginning, showing that the term was first used in 1895 as the name of a little periodical issued in Melrose, Mass., and later by the adherents who practiced mental healing. The influence of Quinby upon the movement is traced and the essential difference between new thought and Christian science is pointed out. Some of the essays are: The gospel of healing; Can disease be entirely destroyed? The disease of apprehensiveness; Concentration; Is mental science enough? Criticisms of the new thought; The metaphysical movement; The new thought today; The laws of divine healing.

Nation 105:698 D 20 ‘17 230w

“This greatly needed volume should dispel a widely prevalent misunderstanding and neglect of the revival of primitive Christianity now advancing under the banner of new thought.”

+ Outlook 117:144 S 26 ‘17 150w

“Nearly all of the essays have a bearing on the life of everyday and are vivified by a spirit of helpfulness and optimism.”

+ R of Rs 56:106 Jl ‘17 60w

DRESSER, HORATIO WILLIS. Victorious faith; moral ideals in war time. *$1 (2c) Harper 172.4 17-24116

A helpful analysis of the modification of duties which the changing order of the things in the world today makes imperative. Some old philosophies must be scrapped according to the Shavian method and created new; while others must be readjusted to meet new conditions. We need a new method of thought to face new conditions with efficient hope. The mind must be alert to seek amidst present confusion new signs of the eternal values. The discussion offers constructive suggestions for meeting the new problems of the day which demand poise as a basis for service and an inner life that will be efficient. Contents: The sources of faith; Tendencies of the age; The psychology of war; The higher resistance; The moral values; The new idea of God; Christianity in war-time; The pathway of faith; Spiritual democracy.

“The author offers a constructive faith which may help the world work its way to a final spiritual democracy.”

+ A L A Bkl 14:73 D ‘17

Bookm 46:290 N ‘17 20w

“The viewpoints of the essays are finely optimistic. Strength-giving to those whose faith in Christianity needs strengthening. Splendidly vivifying to those Americans who ‘creditably or discreditably’ felt they had no share in the world war, before April, 1917.”

+ Boston Transcript p9 N 3 ‘17 340w

+ Outlook 117:184 O 3 ‘17 150w

DROWN, EDWARD STAPLES. Apostles’ creed to-day. (Church principles for lay people) *$1 (4c) Macmillan 238 17-3743

In his first chapter the author asks the question: Is a creed a restraint on religious liberty? His consideration of the nature of freedom leads him to the conclusion that “Freedom exists in proportion as the community has come to a true realisation of itself, and has expressed itself in true laws. Freedom consists in fight relation to law.” He finds the Apostles’ creed a true expression of man’s relation to God and therefore a guarantee to religious freedom. The five chapters of the book are: Creeds and liberty; The origin and character of the Apostles’ creed; The creed and the Bible; The interpretation of the Apostles’ creed to-day; The value and use of the creed to-day.

“The author summarizes Dr McGiffert’s theory of the origin of the creed; and then seeks to reinterpret its clauses in terms of modern thought.”

Ind 90:474 Je 9 ‘17 50w

“The book is an earnest contribution from the Episcopal church to conservative theological thought.”

+ Springf’d Republican p6 Mr 16 ‘17 520w

161DRUMMOND, HAMILTON. Greater than the greatest. *$1.50 Dutton A17-1641

“A tale of the thirteenth century struggle between emperor and pope. It is not a story of men and women whose lives merely touched the great events of the time, but of those great events themselves and of the people who actually played the leading parts therein. Across the stage of Mr Drummond’s book go pope and emperor, cardinal and warrior of mediaeval Rome. ... The heroine of the novel is Bianca Pandone, a beautiful girl of the Marches, whose uncle, risen to eminence as a cardinal, forgets her and her poverty until he needs a tool for his ambitious schemes.”—N Y Times

+ Boston Transcript p12 Ap 7 ‘17 200w

“A harmless romance. ... It lacks imaginative power, and so makes no deep impression.”

Ind 90:594 Je 30 ‘17 50w

+ Nation 104:460 Ap 19 ‘17 200w

“The story has the prime characteristic of a good historical novel; it presents an atmosphere. And it has a quality, besides, that is not always found in stories of adventures—its characters are exceedingly well-drawn.”

+ N Y Times 22:178 My 6 ‘17 350w

“A workmanlike historical tale.”

+ Outlook 115:622 Ap 4 ‘17 10w

DRYDEN, JAMES. Poultry breeding and management, il *$1.60 (1½c) Judd 636.5 16-23156

The author teaches poultry husbandry in the Oregon agricultural college. The book is planned for the student and for the practical poultry farmer. Contents: Historical aspect; Evolution of modern fowl; Modern development of industry; Classification of breeds; Origin and description of breeds; Principles of poultry breeding; Problem of higher fecundity; Systems of poultry farming; Housing of poultry; Kind of house to build; Fundamentals of feeding; Common poultry foods; Methods of feeding; Methods of hatching chickens; Artificial brooding; Marketing eggs and poultry; Diseases and parasites of fowls. The book is fully illustrated.

“A reliable, popular yet scientific treatment.”

+ A L A Bkl 13:295 Ap ‘17

DUBNOV, SEMEN MARKOVICH. History of the Jews in Russia and Poland, from the earliest times until the present day; tr. from the Russian by I. Friedlaender. 2v v 1 $1.50 (1c) Jewish pub. 296 (16-16352)

v 1 This is the first of two volumes covering the history of the Jews in Russia and Poland. The Russian work of which it is a translation was prepared, Mr Friedlaender says, especially for the Jewish publication society of America. The author had treated the subject earlier in a general history of the Jewish people in three volumes, and that work has been drawn on in preparing the present work. Volume one carries the history down to the death of Alexander I in 1825 with chapters on: The Jewish Diaspora in eastern Europe; The Jewish colonies in Poland and Lithuania; The autonomous center in Poland at its zenith (1501-1648); The inner life of Polish Jewry at its zenith; The autonomous center in Poland during its decline (1648-1772); The inner life of Polish Jewry during the period of decline; The Russian quarantine against the Jews (till 1772); Polish Jewry during the period of the partitions; The beginnings of the Russian regime; The “enlightened absolutism” of Alexander I; The inner life of Russian Jewry during the period of ‘enlightened absolutism’; The last years of Alexander I.

“It is surprising and disappointing that in a work of this kind there is no attempt made to discuss in an impartial and in an intelligent manner the Jewish problem, which is neither simple nor one-sided. ... Although authorities are not always quoted there is no reason to question the author’s accuracy and honesty and one may accept his statements of fact. The work is valuable so far as it goes; but the reader cannot help wishing that the author had gone deeper and had given something more than mere information. The translator seems to have done his work well, and it is probably not his fault that the book does not read more easily.”

+ — Am Hist R 22:626 Ap ‘17 500w

“A full account, by the best authority on the subject, of the political conditions under which the Jews have lived. ... It is much more detailed than Friedlaender’s ‘Jews of Russia and Poland’ and is valuable to anyone interested in the subject.”

+ A L A Bkl 13:329 My ‘17

+ Ind 90:517 Je 16 ‘17 60w

N Y Br Lib News 3:167 N ‘16

Pittsburgh 21:516 N ‘16

+ R of Rs 54:458 O ‘16 100w

DUBOIS, JAMES T., AND MATHEWS, GERTRUDE SINGLETON. Galusha A. Grow, father of the homestead law. il *$1.75 Houghton 17-11003

“Galusha A. Grow, while never occupying a place in the front rank of American statesmen, was yet a prominent man during the Civil war—he was speaker of the national House of representatives in 1861 and 1862—and the years immediately preceding it. ... Before the passage of Mr Grow’s ‘Homestead act,’ the public lands had been sold by the government to speculators, who disposed of them, sometimes at extortionate profits, to the needy settlers. ... After years of setbacks and disappointments, Mr Grow’s measure finally passed in 1861. Before that time, however, it had become inextricably mixed up with the Kansas-Nebraska and slavery questions. In the opinion of President Lincoln, the ‘Homestead’ act was the most beneficent legislation ever passed by a law-making body.”—Springf’d Republican

“As a life of Grow this book will hardly justify itself, for its basis is too slight; but as a sketch of a portion of the history of the public domain it will have a use.” F: L. Paxson

– + Am Hist R 23:221 O ‘17 500w

+ Lit D 54:1423 My 12 ‘17 700w

Pittsburgh 22:525 Je ‘17 40w

“An important contribution to American biography, and a highly readable book as well. ... Not the least interesting part of this readable volume is that relating to the services of Mr Grow as speaker in Congress during the troublous days of the Civil war.”

+ Springf’d Republican p6 My 21 ‘17 400w

DUFF, JAMES DUFF, ed. Russian realities and problems. *$1.50 (3c) Putnam 914.7 (Eng ed 17-13746)

“This very able and illuminating little book contains six lectures delivered at the last Cambridge summer meeting by Paul Milyoukov, New Russia’s foreign minister; Peter Struve, the economist; Roman Dmowski, the Polish leader; Lappo-Danilevsky, the historian; and Dr Harold Williams, the Daily Chronicle’s correspondent, whose knowledge of Russian languages and manners is unsurpassed by any native. ... Mr Struve’s parallel between Russia and America as two vast and but partly developed countries in the colonial stage is extremely suggestive.”—Spec

“We have never read anything half so good, on ‘The nationalities of Russia,’ as Dr Williams’s clear and impartial statement of a stupendous problem, of which the Finnish and Polish questions are but fragments. ... Every one who wants to understand Russia should make a point of reading this remarkable book.”

+ Spec 118:493 Ap 28 ‘17 320w

+ The Times [London] Lit Sup p171 Ap 12 ‘17 1000w

DUFFERIN AND AVA, HARIOT GEORGINA (HAMILTON) HAMILTON-TEMPLE-BLACKWOOD, dowager marchioness of. My Russian and Turkish journals. il *$3.75 Scribner (*10s 6d Murray, London) 17-2676

“The author’s letters to her mother, written in the years 1879-84, are the material of which this book is composed. The late Lord Dufferin 162during the period in question was at first ambassador to Russia, and later at Constantinople; but the letters relate only to the social life in the embassies and to the writer’s personal experiences in the countries visited. Germany was one of these; and accounts are given of visits to the Emperor William I and the late Prince Bismarck. Lord and Lady Dufferin were in Petrograd at the time of the assassination of the Emperor Alexander II, whose funeral obsequies are described.”—Ath

“Lady Dufferin would feel either amused or horrified to think that these journals were to be submitted to critical review; or that they were to be estimated for anything other than what they really are: a casual record of the trivial commonplaces of an ambassador’s household. ... We are quite disposed to take this book in the spirit in which it is offered, as a somewhat unusual memento for a war subscription.” C. E. Fryer

Am Hist R 22:901 Jl ‘17 330w

“The letters are quite pleasant reading, and many celebrities figure in the volume: among them, Sir Richard Francis (then Mr) Burton, George Augustus Sala, Sir Archibald Alison, Baker Pasha, and Madame Schliemann, wife of the archæologist and explorer.”

+ Ath p49 Ja ‘17 220w

“The portions of the journals visualizing Turkish life give a succession of pictures seldom presented; visits to various harems, Turkish dinner parties, weddings, etc. which few foreigners see.” F. B.

+ Boston Transcript p7 My 9 ‘17 800w

“Pleasant accounts of personal experiences and social life.”

+ Cleveland p116 S ‘17 40w

“It is difficult to convey an adequate idea of the delicately archaic flavor of these letters from a period presenting such a sharp contrast to the present one in Russia and Turkey. Their chief interest, however, is in the brightly reflected personality of a gracious lady.”

+ N Y Times 22:378 O 7 ‘17 570w

“Particularly valuable for its detailed but interesting information concerning the customs and ceremonies of ‘high life’ in these countries.”

+ Pittsburgh 22:670 O ‘17 30w

Pratt p46 O ‘17 20w

+ Spec 118:241 F 24 ‘17 130w

“Lady Dufferin has deliberately confined herself to the externals of ambassadorial life.”

The Times [London] Lit Sup p570 N 30 ‘16 1600w

“Her journals, though entirely without intellectual distinction, are filled with agreeable gossip, and portraits of world-figures; her detailed account of dining with Bismarck is well worth reading.” W: L. Phelps

+ Yale R n s 7:187 O ‘17 120w

DUGARD, HENRY. Battle of Verdun; tr. by F. Appleby Holt. il *$1.50 (3c) Dodd 940.91 (Eng ed 17-8208)

The time covered in this account of the battle of Verdun is from February 21 to May 7. As an introduction to the battle proper there are two brief chapters on Verdun and its past and Verdun during the war. These are followed by The Crown prince’s battle; The choice of ground; The battlefield; The French positions; The assaulting army; Before the battle; The first shock; etc. The closing chapter, The German attitude, gives a poll of the German press. There is a folding map as frontispiece.

A L A Bkl 14:53 N ‘17

“A complete and on the whole dispassionate history of the battle.”

+ Cleveland p86 Jl ‘17 40w

+ N Y Times 22:323 S 2 ‘17 140w

Pittsburgh 22:681 O ‘17 10w

St Louis 15:314 S ‘17 10w

+ Spec 118:105 Ja 27 ‘17 50w

DUNBAR, CHARLES FRANKLIN.^[2] Theory and history of banking *$1.50 (2c) Putnam 332 17-31428

A third edition, revised and enlarged by Oliver M. W. Sprague. It contains three new chapters, those on Foreign exchange, Central banks and The Federal reserve banking system. Two chapters of the former edition have been dropped, the one on Combined reserves and that on the Bank of Amsterdam. The chapter on Daily redemption has been merged with the chapter on Bank-notes. The writer states that emphasis on the interdependence of all the banks of a country in the regular conduct of business of banking is the most fundamental difference between this and the earlier editions.

DUNCAN, FRANCES (MRS JOHN LEROY MANNING). Joyous art of gardening. il *$1.75 (3½c) Scribner 716 17-12144

“This little book is designed to serve as first aid to the beginning gardener. It is arranged to be of use especially to the owner of the small place who plans and makes his own garden, and whose means and time are not unlimited. ... Therefore, only those plants which are surest to grow are properly within the compass of this book.” (Preface) Parts of the book are reprinted from the Century Magazine, Ladies’ Home Journal, Country Life in America, and other periodicals. Among the chapters are: In praise of gardening; Suburban gardening; Fitting the garden to the house; The garden in town; The back-yard fence; The use and abuse of the pergola; Why gardens go wrong; The old-fashioned garden. The author is a member of the council of the Woman’s national farm and garden association.

“It will be particularly useful to the owner of a small place whose means and time are not unlimited.”

+ Agricultural Digest 2:505 Je ‘17 200w

“Besides good advice on operation and cultivation, it gives information on pergolas, lattices, and trellises, cold frames, hotbeds and garden seats and their arrangement.”

+ A L A Bkl 14:48 N ‘17

“Clear and reliable working directions for the beginning amateur whose ground, means, and time are alike limited.”

+ Cleveland p113 S ‘17 50w

+ Dial 63:68 Jl 19 ‘17 300w

“The feature of the book is its treatment of details often overlooked or mistreated, and its emphasis on the unpretentious, restful qualities that lie within the compass of any plot, be it small or large.”

+ Ind 90:554 Je 23 ‘17 130w

“Frankly a handbook. ... It is practical, it does not presuppose a great amount of knowledge on the part of the gardener; it assumes only the love of plants and the desire for them. It is detailed; it gives actual concrete directions, outlines a garden calendar, takes up the fine points of many a specific inquiry. It is admirably inclusive. ... It is a most excellent book.”

+ + N Y Times 22:187 My 13 ‘17 350w

Pratt p29 O ‘17 10w

“It has a literary quality that puts it rather outside the class of ordinary gardening manuals or handbooks. Miss Duncan has adopted a certain informality of treatment that makes her book doubly interesting to the amateur for whom it was written.”

+ R of Rs 55:664 Je ‘17 130w

St Louis 15:176 Je ‘17

“A book of first-aid to the amateur. ... While it is but one of many such volumes it is sure to be one of the most popular.”

+ Springf’d Republican p17 Je 3 ‘17 250w

DUNCAN-JONES, ARTHUR STUART. Ordered liberty; or, An Englishman’s belief in his church. *$1.25 (4c) Longmans 283 A17-1509

Based upon the Hulsean lectures delivered before the University of Cambridge, 1916-1917. It is a forward looking justification of the church 163and Christianity in which the writer reviews the true character of the Anglican communion. He considers the question under various aspects: as sharing in the Divine foundation and continuous life of the people of God; as part of that great priesthood of humanity which is the Catholic church; as emerging from the Roman government of western Christendom and making a bold national experiment in the way of religion; as adhering to its ideals of faith; and as developing, in the face of difficulties, out of the origins of the past, a permanent stronghold of truth and righteousness for the union and triumph of the people of God. A very modern note is struck in the author’s linking socialism in its broadly spiritual aspect with Christianity as the two great “driving powers which can turn the ideal for which the world longs into faith.”

“A timely little book. It is interesting, clear and thoughtful. The temperate tone and the evident desire to understand differences and contribute a constructive program give it a message that many will read with profit.”

+ Springf’d Republican p15 S 16 ‘17 550w

DUNHAM, MELBOURNE KEITH. Automobile welding with the oxy-acetylene flame. il $1 (3c) Henley 682 16-22111

“A practical treatise, covering the repairing of automobiles by welding, with a non-technical explanation of the principles to be guided by in the successful welding of the various metals.” (Title-page) The preface says further, “The workman who can successfully weld all automobile parts is capable of welding anything, since in the construction of the automobile practically every commercial metal is used. The principles of automobile welding are applicable to all kinds of welding.” Contents: Apparatus knowledge; Shop equipment and initial procedure; Cast iron; Aluminum; Steel; Malleable iron, copper, brass, bronze; Carbon burning and other uses of oxygen and acetylene; How to figure cost of welding.

+ N Y P L New Tech Bks p11 Jl ‘17 50w

“Practical, simply written work, of wider application than to automobile welding.”

+ Pittsburgh 22:321 Ap ‘17 30w

DUNN, BYRON ARCHIBALD. Boy scouts of the Shenandoah. (Young Virginians ser.) il *$1.10 McClurg 16-20109

“‘The Boy scouts of the Shenandoah’ is the first of a new series of Civil war stories for boys. ... The volume follows the adventures of Robert Hunter, who represents the Virginian aristocracy and Jim Kidder, a young mountaineer. The two boys are independent scouts with the Union army, and their adventures are many and thrilling.”—Springf’d Republican

“This is the type of book that contains much information, and evidently the author’s desire has been to verify his historical statements, for there are many foot-notes throughout the book.”

+ Lit D 53:1561 D 9 ‘16 110w

R of Rs 55:108 Ja ‘17 20w

Springf’d Republican p15 F 11 ‘17 80w

DUNN, WALDO HILARY. English biography. (Channels of English literature) *$1.50 Dutton 920 17-4579

“Prof. Dunn considers his subject both chronologically and analytically. His conclusion regarding ‘true biography’ is that its aims ‘include a record of facts combined with some portrayal of character.’ Biography, he says, ‘may be said to develop in proportion to the degree of accuracy attained in the presentation of mere facts; the measure of its detachment from panegyric, or other didactic intention, and the extent to which it recognizes truth of character portrayal as its first duty.’ ... Prof. Dunn wisely takes a broad view of his subject matter, even if he is somewhat rigid in his definitions. He notes that the diaries of Pepys and Evelyn must be reckoned as biographical, as, of course, must the journals of Wesley, Fox and Scott. Fiction’s debt to biography is considered.”—Springf’d Republican

+ A L A Bkl 13:399 Je ‘17

“In general, Professor Dunn’s survey of the entire course of English biography is thorough and unprejudiced.” E. F. E.

+ Boston Transcript p9 Mr 24 ‘17 630w

“The treatment is not only historical, but includes some valuable definitions of the function and place of biography in letters, and its relation to other subjects, notably fiction and also some excellent critical material on specific biographies. The unattractive make-up and fine print of the book will affect its popularity.”

+ — Cleveland p104 S ‘17 100w

“It does for English biography what another pioneer work of a few years ago did for autobiography; we mean Mrs Burr’s treatise on that theme. ... In its appended matter and its index the book maintains the scholarly system with which it begins. It is a useful manual.”

+ Dial 62:532 Je 14 ‘17 200w

“It is no mere chronicle of names, but rather a thoughtful and interesting analysis of the true function of biography as a literary art. ... It is a book which has much matter for reflection both for the critic and for the composer of biography, fiction, and history.”

+ Nation 104:554 My 3 ‘17 100w

“Professor Dunn is to be congratulated for his able work, done with no previously written volumes to serve as standards. Indeed, with his skillful scholarship, interesting writing, and careful organization of his material, he may well be said to have established such a standard. ‘English biography’ stands the test of comparison with the best scholarly work yet done by American or foreign writers.”

+ N Y Times 22:191 My 13 ‘17 550w

“Prof. Dunn’s book affords proof of the richness and large extent of English biographical works, and should encourage the public to enlarge its reading in an entertaining and highly profitable department of letters.”

Springf’d Republican p17 Ap 1 ‘17 780w

DUNSANY, EDWARD JOHN MORETON DRAX PLUNKETT, 18th baron. Plays of gods and men. *$1.50 Luce, J: W. 822 17-13749

Four of Lord Dunsany’s plays are included in this volume: The tents of the Arabs; The laughter of the gods; The queen’s enemies; and A night at an inn. The first of these, Edward Bierstadt in his recent study of Lord Dunsany says, is the only one of his plays that contains anything nearly approaching a love story. It appeared in the Smart Set for March, 1915 and was produced at the Arts and crafts theater in Detroit in 1916. “A night at an inn” was published by The Sun-Wise Turn, inc., in 1916 and has been played, as has “The queen’s enemies,” by the Neighborhood Players of New York city.

+ A L A Bkl 14:49 N ‘17

“‘A night at an inn’ is the only one that does not seem too poetical to be in prose. The ideality which is the basis demands, at least in part, a metrical form for the others. Prose belongs to realism.”

+ — Ath p412 Ag ‘17 250w

“‘A night at an inn’ is the climax of terror in the collection, but for sheer beauty there is none of these plays to compare with the poetic charm of ‘The tents of the Arabs,’ which is one of the most beautiful things which Lord Dunsany has ever written.” D. L. M.

+ Boston Transcript p6 Ag 18 ‘17 1250w

“Reading these plays, one marvels at the simplicity of their action and wonders if Lord Dunsany will be able much longer to follow the vein that has proved so golden, with results so large and, it may be said, so monotonous.”

+ — NY Times 22:286 Ag 5 ‘17 160w

“‘The laughter of the gods’ is written with the delicate satire characteristic of the author, and the subtle horror in ‘A night at an inn’ 164will, we think, make it difficult for the reader to put it aside until the last word has been read.”

+ Spec 119:222 S 1 ‘17 80w

“We do not know that ‘A night at an inn’ has ever been acted in England, and we hardly like to say that we wish it could be, because to see it would inevitably mean a sleepless night to follow. Nothing since ‘The ghost stories of an antiquary’ has frightened us quite so uncannily. ‘The queen’s enemies’ is not among his best plays. The scene might be effective on the stage: in the book all seems too carefully arranged.”

+ — The Times [London] Lit Sup p343 Jl 19 ‘17 1450w

DU PLESSIS, JOHANNES. Thrice through the Dark continent. il *$4.50 (3c) Longmans 916 17-27663

The author is a professor in the theological seminary of the Dutch Reformed church in Stellenbosch, South Africa. This “record of journeyings across Africa during the years 1913-1916” is largely an account of his travels between mission stations and of the work among the natives carried on by the various societies and institutions. Two journeys across Central Africa form the basis of the narrative. Among the chapters are: Kumasi and its heroes; Along the Gold coast; Ten days in South Kamerun; Travels in the two Nigerias; In the French sphere of influence; From the Shari to the Ubangi; In north Congoland; The Nile and its reservoirs; Through British East Africa; To the Mountains of the Moon. The book is fully illustrated and there is a folding map.

“The author says little of politics or the war, but describes the country and the natives in a fresh and interesting way.”

+ Spec 119:529 N 10 ‘17 200w

“He has, indeed, gathered into one volume a mass of information about very many missions which cannot be got elsewhere. He may be credited with a fair degree of impartiality, quite as much as any man of strong theological convictions can be expected to exercise. ... For the rest, he presents many details of African travel in wild regions which, if the type is not novel, are always full of variety and incident. In spite of a stilted pomposity of style which he is never able to abandon, Mr du Plessis reveals himself most engagingly in his pages as a ‘voortrekker’ of the real old sturdy Dutch stock.”

+ — The Times [London] Lit Sup p449 S 20 ‘17 1500w

DURAND, WILLIAM FREDERICK. Practical marine engineering for marine engineers and students; with aids for applicants for marine engineers’ licenses; 4th ed., rev. and enl., by C: W. Dyson. il $6 Van Nostrand; for sale by Marine engineering, 461 8th av., N.Y. 621.12

“The first edition of this book was written by Prof. W. F. Durand. ... A second and then a third part were subsequently added. In the present edition Captain Dyson has combined the three independent parts into a consecutive whole, besides adding new material. The book is devoted mostly to marine engines and their many auxiliaries for driving ships and making them habitable. There are also chapters on engineering materials, fuels and computations for engineers.”—Engin News-Rec

+ Engin News-Rec 78:153 Ap 19 ‘17 90w

N Y Br Lib News 4:106 Jl ‘17

+ Pittsburgh 22:450 My ‘17 40w (Reprinted from International Marine Engineering p190 Ap ‘17)

“Excellent book for the engineer or novice who may be preparing for examination for a marine engineer’s license. The treatment is as plain and non-mathematical as possible. The greatly increased interest in marine engineering renders this new edition of the best American practical book on the subject particularly timely.”

+ Quar List New Tech Bks Ja ‘18 70w

DURANT, WILLIAM JAMES. Philosophy and the social problem. *$1.50 (2½c) Macmillan 301 17-24304

The author is an instructor in philosophy connected with Columbia university. “The purpose of this essay is to show: first, that the social problem has been the basic concern of many of the greater philosophers; second, that an approach to the social problem through philosophy is the first condition of even a moderately successful treatment of this problem; and third, that an approach to philosophy through the social problem is indispensable to the revitalization of philosophy. By ‘philosophy’ we shall understand a study of experience as a whole, or of a portion of experience in relation to the whole. By the ‘social problem’ we shall understand, simply and very broadly, the problem of reducing human misery by modifying social institutions.” (Introd.) In Part 1, “Historical approach,” Mr Durant considers Socrates, Plato, Bacon, Spinoza and Nietzsche in order to see what there is in their views on the social problem “that can help us to understand our own situation today.” Part 2 is entitled “Suggestions,” but the author states that he is “proposing no solutions.”

Reviewed by C. E. Ayres

Am J Soc 23:544 Ja ‘18 470w

A L A Bkl 14:112 Ja ‘18

“Accurate, concise and very disappointing book. The author writes with a crisp, effective style; he seems to possess a gift for summary. ... In this somewhat futile Socratic discussion the pros too accurately balance the cons; there is little left to go on with.” Archibald Henderson

– + Bookm 46:277 N ‘17 230w

“The author says things that need repeating, and he says them eloquently and earnestly. ... I fear, however, that his plan of campaign, if followed, would only get philosophy the reputation of being a gadding busy-body, meddling in everybody’s business, having none of her own.” M. C. Otto

– + Dial 63:449 N 8 ‘17 1800w

“Dr Durant has an earnestness of manner, a flowing vigor of expression and a skill in summary which makes his book readable even for the man who has never turned his attention to problems of philosophy.”

+ Ind 92:262 N 3 ‘17 100w

“Dr Will Durant, though an instructor in philosophy, holds philosophy in very low esteem indeed—this being, in fact, one of the amusing phenomena that have sprung from the Deweyesque brand of pragmatism.”

— Nation 105:490 N 1 ‘17 500w

“Part 1 of Dr Durant’s volume is so well done that there cannot be but regret for its brevity. For a little space he has shown these masterly thinkers as kin to us, and, had he pursued this part of the work farther, he would have given us a most significant volume.”

+ N Y Call p14 N 11 ‘17 450w

“The chief value of the book lies in its call to rescue philosophy from the calm death of social ineffectiveness. It is to be feared, however, that in order to make out his case, Mr Durant has in some instances made his philosophers a bit too modern. It is rather a strained interpretation, for example, to read into the Socratic ‘virtue of wisdom’ an endorsement of psychoanalysis.” H: Neumann

+ — Survey 39:445 Ja 19 ‘18 300w

DURELL, A. J. V. Principles and practice of the system of control over parliamentary grants. *21s John Hogg, London 351.72

“This work, by the chief paymaster at the War office, with a foreword by Sir Charles Harris, assistant financial secretary, War office, deals authoritatively with the important subject of the control of public expenditure. 165The main divisions of the book are concerned with the House of commons, the parliamentary standing committees, the comptroller and auditor-general, the treasury, and the accounting department. ... There are copious references throughout the book to parliamentary papers containing reports of the public accounts committee and estimates committee, and to authorities dealing with public finance and kindred matters.”—Ath

“The author has presented the facts in such a manner that the volume is likely to become a standard work of reference upon the expenditure of public money.”

+ Ath p464 S ‘17 120w

“The book opens with its only weak section—a sketch of the constitutional aspect of the financial system, derived from secondary authorities that are somewhat out of date. When Colonel Durell turns to review the present financial system he is clearly in his own element. With the detailed analysis in the last two chapters of the control exercised by the treasury and the function of the accounting department, nothing comparable has yet appeared publicly in print.”

+ — Sat R 124:209 S 15 ‘17 1500w

“Colonel Durell sets out in detail the steps taken during the nineteenth century to secure effective machinery for parliamentary control.”

* + Spec 119:219 S 1 ‘17 930w

DURET, THEODORE. Whistler. il *$3.75 Lippincott 17-12506

“Theodore Duret’s book on Whistler, which appeared a number of years ago in the original French edition, has been translated by Frank Rutter, and makes a welcome addition to the mass of literature that has been forming for the last thirty years about the salient figure of the American master. Duret knew Whistler well, and adds to his natural carefulness in statement the lively note of personal adventure. ... Duret brought to his task, however, more than the mere data of a conscientious reporter or the pleasant gossip of an acquaintance; he is initiated in the craftsmanship of which he writes, and is an appreciative critic of the painter’s achievement.”—N Y Times

A L A Bkl 13:436 Jl ‘17

“The great merit of this biographical study is its terse and orderly presentation of the essentials and the omission of all those superfluities which so often obscure the really important features of a biography. ... The translation is accompanied by [32] capital reproductions of many of Whistler’s most important works.”

+ Int Studio 61:99 Ap ‘17 150w

+ N Y Times 22:95 Mr 18 ‘17 230w

“Naturally M. Duret writes somewhat in the vein of a second at a duel. Whistler’s career was so much a progress of deliberate pugnacity that any record of it is inevitably one of blows, given and courted. As these encounters so often centred upon the artist’s work there is a certain piquancy in the opportunity of refreshing our individual judgments upon this, furnished by the many and wholly admirable reproductions with which the volume is illustrated.”

+ Pittsburgh 22:366 My ‘17 170w (Reprinted from English Review ‘17)

+ Pittsburgh 22:512 Je ‘17 50w

“M. Duret, who was a lifelong friend, steers a mid-course between those who, like Mr Menpes, record with gusto every incident of mud-slinging and vanity, and the large and detailed volumes of Mr Pennell, in which everything is recorded and the hero can do no wrong.”

Spec 118:391 Mr 31 ‘17 400w

“As a sketch of Whistler’s chequered history, with its struggles, attacks, financial hardships, and final success, this book is fairly adequate, and certainly makes interesting reading. ... But those who wish to follow and understand Whistler’s technique in painting and etching, and to realize the amount of hard honest labour that underlay those performances of his that seem so slight and easy, will do well, when they read M. Duret, to turn back to the more precise volume of Mr and Mrs Pennell.”

+ The Times [London] Lit Sup p77 F 15 ‘17 700w

DURHAM, HARRY WILLIAM. Saws: their care and treatment. il *$2.50 (4c) Van Nostrand 621.93 A17-1554

The object of this work is “to provide a reliable book of reference for those who are learning the art of saw fitting, or who may be interested in the proper methods of sharpening and keeping saws in order.” (Preface) The author states that he has found no modern work in English treating of the subject with the exception of certain trade publications. He has attempted to select the best methods from among the many he has observed in practice, but has been careful not to lay down hard and fast rules. Among the topics covered are: Particulars of reciprocating saws; Particulars of circular saws; Sharpening saws by hand filing; Saw-sharpening machines; Setting the teeth of saws; The saw-sharpening room.

DWIGHT, HARRY GRISWOLD. Persian miniatures. il *$3 (3c) Doubleday 915.5 17-26877

A travel book by the author of “Stamboul nights” which touches lightly and whimsically the things of Persia that draw the traveler thither,—its cities, its structures, its scenery, its peoples and its indefinable oriental magic. “About rug books” is an interesting and encouraging chapter for those who think despairingly that the Persian rug is passing. The writer believes that there is no more danger of the Persian rug becoming a thing of the past than the oil painting. He says that under mud roofs, not available for the department store buyer, there are being woven carpets quite as good as came from the looms of Abbas the Great. “Social life in Hamadan, descriptions of home apparatus, humorous appreciation of personality, of every kindred, every tribe, sly Pepys-like analysis of high local and imported dignitaries, merry, human, homey stories of everyday life of foreigners in Persia, incidents of adventure and misadventure, make up most of this volume.” (Boston Transcript)

+ A L A Bkl 14:91 D ‘17

“An amazingly modern book of travel. No roses and nightingales, no bulbuls nor tropical scents and sounds, no humbug of any kind does Mr Dwight deceive us with in his descriptions of Iran. He does impart the beauty of the treeless land, he does make real and recognizable even for an unimaginative reader, the joy to be found in strange appearances of life, and in the different and admirable in architecture. The quality of the book cries in the market place to be imparted, to be shared, to be read aloud with a mutual enjoyer, even its last learned chapter on Avicenna.” M. C. S.

+ Boston Transcript p6 N 14 ‘17 720w

“The present volume has all the atmosphere of charm and oriental coloring that its title would lead one to expect. The intimate description of the author’s sojourn in a Persian town will go far toward making us familiar with an ancient and engaging people.”

+ Lit D 55:41 D 8 ‘17 130w

“It would be a grave belittling, however, of a book that has in it much of valuable information, the fruit of careful research, to emphasize only its charm of style and its vividness of description. ... The author is blest with the ability to offer a great deal of information, nay more, to correct mistakes in less well-informed writings, without a trace of pedantry.”

+ N Y Times 23:20 Ja 20 ‘18 850w

“Mr Dwight brings to his new work the ability to be graphic, whimsical, and always readable.”

+ Outlook 117:519 N 28 ‘17 40w

166DYER, WALTER ALDEN. Creators of decorative styles. il *$3 (8½c) Doubleday 749 17-28460

A survey of the decorative periods in England from 1600 to 1800. It is the plan of the writer to consider the lives and personalities of the leaders of artistic thought in England, tracing, at the same time, the contemporary development of styles in the cognate arts. These leaders are: Inigo Jones; Daniel Marot; Sir Christopher Wren; Grinling Gibbons; Jean Tijou; Thomas Chippendale; Sir William Chambers; Robert Adam; Josiah Wedgwood; George Hepplewhite; and Thomas Sheraton. Illustrations reproduce many original pieces of furniture to be found in the Metropolitan museum of art.

“The trouble with the book before us, so far as trouble exists, is that Mr Dyer has not succeeded altogether in a vital synthesis of his critical and biographical material. It is only fair to say that the data available on the personal side seems prevailingly very scant. Especially worth while are the chapters on Tijou, the little-known French master of ironwork, a domesticated English worker, and Wedgwood, the famed creator of designs in pottery.” R: Burton

+ — Bookm 46:479 D ‘17 320w

“Mr Dyer, who has of late made a specialty of writing upon this attractive subject and who has undoubtedly done much in the formation of a revived taste for the beautiful has produced here a work of superior excellence. A large number of well executed illustrations adds to the value of the work.”

+ Boston Transcript p9 N 21 ‘17 500w

“A thoro knowledge of just such facts as this book presents will go a long way towards giving to your house that ‘indefinable air’ of charm and culture and a still more desirable quality—restfulness.” Ruth Stanley-Brown

+ Pub W 92:1389 O 20 ‘17 330w

DYER, WALTER ALDEN. Five Babbitts at Bonnyacres. il *$1.30 (2c) Holt 17-25085

A very up-to-date country-life story in which Farmers’ bulletins play an important part. It is written for young folks, but older people who are interested in farming and in rural problems will also enjoy it. The Babbitts are a city family who go back-to-the-land. The story carries them thru two years of their experiment on a Massachusetts farm, and leaves them satisfied and happy, and well started on the road to success. There are four Babbitts to begin with; the fifth member, who is added to the family later, is a young boy who comes to them as a state ward. His development under a more fortunate environment than he has before known is an interesting study.

“The Babbitts never accomplish superhuman deeds on the soil; their crops are not abnormal. The story goes through two seasons, and there is a steady increase in results, due to the pluck and splendid spirit of the family.”

+ Lit D 55:54 D 8 ‘17 160w

“Mr Dyer evidently means his story to be a practical handbook of how such a farm should be treated in order to make it a moderately paying investment. ... The fictional interest with which he has invested it by means of the Babbitt family makes it an entertaining yarn, for Mr Dyer writes always with charm and humor and sanity.”

+ N Y Times 22:401 O 14 ‘17 250w

DYSON, G. Grenade fighting. il *50c Doran 355 17-29564

A small manual on the training and tactics of grenadiers. The author is late brigade grenadier officer of the British expeditionary force. Part 1 of the book gives Preliminary notes; Part 2, Notes on training and organisation. There are seven diagrams by way of illustration.

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EARLE, RALPH. Life at the U.S. naval academy; the making of the American naval officer. il *$2 (4c) Putnam 355.07 17-10208

The purpose of this book is “to explain the methods adopted at the United States naval academy at Annapolis, Maryland, to give the midshipmen of our navy a thorough theoretical and practical grounding in the knowledge of the many subjects that the naval profession demands.” (Preface) Contents: Historical sketch; The candidate; The new midshipman; Organization; Academic work; Examinations; Practical instruction and drills; Religion, discipline, morale; Physical training and medical care; Athletics; Recreation; The practice cruises; The postgraduate; Grounds and buildings; The ensign. Courses of study, etc. are outlined in appendixes. The author is head of the Department of ordnance and gunnery in the Naval academy, and the book has an introduction by Franklin D. Roosevelt, assistant secretary of the navy.

+ A L A Bkl 13:375 Je ‘17

“An interesting, graphic, and well-illustrated account.”

+ Ath p464 S ‘17 100w

“Clear and accurate, but not calculated to arouse in boys an enthusiasm for this arm of the service.”

+ — Cleveland p102 S ‘17 30w

“The parent or guardian will be particularly impressed by Chapter 8, Religion—discipline—morals.”

+ Nation 105:294 S 13 ‘17 950w

+ New Repub 10:385 Ap 28 ‘17 150w

“The prospective candidate for admission to the academy will find the volume of especial value.”

+ R of Rs 55:668 Je ‘17 100w

St Louis 15:139 My ‘17

“The book describes the midshipman’s training in all its aspects and its value is heightened by appendices of special value to the prospective candidate for admission and an ample index.”

+ Springf’d Republican p6 Je 13 ‘17 300w

“Particularly attractive are the author’s descriptions of the athletic life and recreations of the midshipmen, their games and sporting contests with other bodies. Another chapter which will be widely appreciated is that in which an outline is given of the midshipmen’s activities during the practice cruises which the upper classmen in the academy make annually.”

+ The Times [London] Lit Sup p377 Ag 9 ‘17 500w

EASSIE, R. M. Odes to trifles, and other rhymes. *$1.25 Lane 811.08 17-30067

A member of the Canadian expeditionary force makes some humorous observations among the grim happenings of war. He immortalizes the ration biscuit, satirizes the kultur that could so evilly betray its birthright by the “lachrymatory shell,” and eulogizes a pair of sheets but briefly enjoyed on short leave. There are nursery rhymes which parody Mother Goose and there are limericks. The book should not fail to be found in the camp libraries.

“Let me say at once that these ‘Odes to trifles,’ are the very finest things of the sort this war has produced. This Mr Eassie of the Canadian expeditionary force is a humorist of the highest order, is an absolute artist in touching upon the inconsequential of a grim and agonizing piece of business—war.” W. S. B.

+ Boston Transcript p9 D 5 ‘17 280w

+ R of Rs 57:105 Ja ‘18 30w

“Every stanza gets well home, written with a refreshing air of conviction and a real wit which scintillates the more sharply because not a word of it could be spared.”

+ The Times [London] Lit Sup p371 Ag 2 ‘17 150w

167EAST, ANNA MERRITT. Kitchenette cookery. il *$1 (7c) Little 641.5 17-14966

Cooking in small quarters is the subject of this book. The first chapter considers the utilization of space and the planning of work in a small kitchen. Other problems of apartment house living—getting meals in a limited time, etc., are given attention. Recipes accompany many of the chapters. Contents: Fitting shelves to space and service; The pots, pans, and containers; The first bill of groceries; Counting costs; Breakfast on a time limit; Lunches at home and by box; Dinners for self and friends; High-pressure dinners; Experiments tried on friends; A bite to eat at bedtime; Half-a-can recipes.

+ A L A Bkl 13:432 Jl ‘17

Cleveland p111 S ‘17 60w

Nation 105:347 S 27 ‘17 40w

Pratt p25 O ‘17 10w

“Business women who are loth to give up the privileges of housekeeping will find much helpful planning in this intensive study.”

+ R of Rs 56:554 N ‘17 40w

“The volume is made the more fascinating by its attractive pictures of the two-room and kitchenette apartment, whose story it is telling.”

+ Springf’d Republican p6 Ag 14 ‘17 160w

EASTMAN, MAX. Journalism versus art. il *$1 Knopf 814 17-26314

“Four provocative essays republished from the Masses, Vanity Fair, the New Republic and the North American Review, respectively. The initial essay ‘Magazine art’ ‘reflects the feeling and in some places even the thought and language of the artists of the Masses in criticizing the art of the popular commercial magazine.’ Speaking thus for his associates Mr Eastman finds that the monotony of magazine illustration, and its subjection to the ideals of the business office combine to keep this work out of the realm of true art.”—Cleveland

+ A L A Bkl 13:341 My ‘17

Cleveland p34 Mr ‘17 220w

“Mr Eastman, as an editor, would never think of giving the public what it wants, and he sets himself here to show how journalism, which is only a very democratic and shaggy kind of literature, is corrupting our taste in letters and art.”

Dial 62:108 F 8 ‘17 450w

“The papers on magazine writing and lazy verse are but witty remark and schoolboyish platitude and superstition. The others, on magazine art and English spelling, over-expressive of radical opinion, under-expressive of what those opinions clearly mean and marred by a quite shameless preciosity of style and half-way philosophizing, are still healthily stimulating.”

– + Ind 90:87 Ap 7 ‘17 50w

“The only thing wrong with this new book by the editor of the Masses is the title. Magazine writing and illustrating is not popularly called journalism, and that is what a great part of the book is about. ... And, by the way, the book is liberally illustrated with some real pictures, most of them from the Masses.” C. M. W.

+ N Y Call p14 F 4 ‘17 700w

Pittsburgh 22:193 Mr ‘17

+ Pratt p6 O ‘17 30w

“In his new book Mr Eastman plays the rôles of radical and conservative, or, as he calls them, ‘red’ and ‘white,’ with equal facility. The fact that he uses radical language to enforce conservative truths need not concern us overmuch, for every writer must be allowed some consideration for his normal or abnormal ‘squint’ at life. At all events, Mr Eastman is conservative in most of the theories he advances, or restates in this book.”

Springf’d Republican p6 F 6 ‘17 750w

EASTMAN, REBECCA LANE (HOOPER) (MRS WILLIAM FRANKLIN EASTMAN). Big little person. il *$1.40 (1½c) Harper 17-24397

Arathea Manning, beautiful but deaf, once rich but when the story opens comparatively poor, is a little woman with a big heart and an undaunted spirit, who lives with her mother in the artists’ colony, just off Third avenue, New York. There is a mystery about Marion Beemis, the friend who saves Arathea’s life on Fifth avenue, and who has plenty of money, but refuses to tell what her occupation is. Two mysterious men also figure in the story; the “Kantwearout man,” who writes newspaper advertisements for a living and letters to Arathea, whom he refuses to meet, for the joy of it; and Gerald Staples, “a dynamo for energy,” with “extraordinary eyes” of a “warm brown,” and hair that “looked as if splendid clean winds had always been blowing through it.” Staples is an inventor who cares nothing for money and does not know who his parents were. He loves Arathea, and so does Arthur Endicott, whose parents have “brought him up in the smartest society and given him more money than is good for anybody.” The story solves all the mysteries and leaves everybody happy in the end.

“Fanciful, idealistic fairy-tale sort of a story with a very charming girl as heroine.”

+ A L A Bkl 14:95 D ‘17

Reviewed by H. W. Boynton

Bookm 46:340 N ‘17 40w

“The author has a sprightly manner of writing which carries us through many situations which told less attractively would immediately proclaim their unreality.”

+ Boston Transcript p7 D 22 ‘17 300w

“She is a brave and sweet-tempered heroine, while nearly all the other characters in the book are pleasant people, though, like the plot, they belong to fairy tales rather than to real life.”

+ N Y Times 22:388 O 7 ‘17 230w

“The sentiment, if of a stereotyped order, is always appealing and is employed with restraint and in good taste.”

+ Springf’d Republican p17 D 9 ‘17 210w

EATON, WALTER PRICHARD. Green trails and upland pastures. il *$1.60 (2c) Doubleday 917.4 17-29641

“To my mother whose hand first led me out among the flowers and whose plea was the first I heard in defense of the wild folk of the woods.” This is the dedication of a book that in turn leads the reader out among the flowers and into the haunts of wilderness inhabitants. Sympathy with nature’s every mood and the language to reproduce it delicately or grandly but always atmospherically—this is the secret of the alluring quality of the book. The illustrations are noteworthy, particularly those that catch and hold the spirit of King Frost.

+ A L A Bkl 14:120 Ja ‘18

“For those who love hills and fields and wood paths and all the delights of nature’s green trails, the book is a treasury of exquisite landscapes painted with words in place of the brush.” A. M. Chase

+ Bookm 46:336 N ‘17 350w

“A nature-lover’s record of ‘Glacier park wild flowers,’ ‘Neighbors of the winter night,’ ‘Trees,’ ‘Bridges,’ ‘Old boats,’ etc., described in a way to make one see a series of pictures rather than share the author’s moods.”

+ Cleveland p133 D ‘17 60w

“Walter Prichard Eaton has written of the world out of doors with all the pictorial charm of a Thoreau.”

+ R of Rs 57:217 F ‘18 160w

“The sympathetic tone of the book is well maintained in the colored illustrations of Walter King Stone.”

+ Springf’d Republican p8 N 8 ‘17 530w

EBENTHAL, HILDEGARDE. Tragedy of a throne. il *$3.50 (4c) Funk 17-24316

The author states in her foreword that she had written this life of Ludwig II of Bavaria “largely with the help of letters and manuscripts the authenticity of which is indisputable,” but she gives no list of authorities used, and there are no references in foot-notes. She tells us that “Ludwig’s association with Wagner will be 168related in these pages in its true light for perhaps the first time, as will many other episodes”; also that had Ludwig been allowed to do what he wished, “it is more than probable that Europe would have been spared the colossal disasters due to the ambition of that Prussia which he hated throughout his life, and whose victim he became.” There are photogravure portraits of Ludwig II, Richard Wagner, Empress Elizabeth of Austria and Prince Luitpold, regent of Bavaria.

“The writer, who appears to be well conversant with the enigmatical reign of Ludwig II of Bavaria, is evidently a person of strong prejudices, one of which is directed against Wagner, and another favorably toward the King. ... That he was more unfortunate than blameworthy she makes quite apparent. ... But we do strongly suspect her judgment of Wagner. Her invective is too vehement to be quite impartial. He is pictured as a demon of almost unbelievable evil. ... Her book is written somewhat too sensationally for serious history. The result of her research and her speculations is interesting.” R. M.

– + Boston Transcript p6 Jl 25 ‘17 980w

“Supreme value to the student of history. If the details revealed in this book be true, which it seems highly probable that they are, we are furnished with another proof of the thoroughness and the all-embracing character of the Prussian plans for world-dominion and of the menace that they held toward all forms of democracy, for that Ludwig, unbalanced and autocratic as all his tendencies were, represented the real feeling of his countrymen better than did the alien group that brought about his ruin seems fairly certain.”

+ Lit D 55:36 S 29 ‘17 490w

ECKLES, CLARENCE HENRY, and WARREN, GEORGE FREDERICK. Dairy farming. (Farm ser.) il *$1.10 Macmillan 637 16-25254

This book discusses breeds of cattle, their selection, management, feeding and ailments; the dairy barn; milk and its products; systems of farming on dairy farms; methods of renting; cost of production; methods of marketing; etc. Mr Eckles is professor of dairy husbandry in the University of Missouri, and Mr Warren, professor of farm management in the New York State college of agriculture, Cornell university.

“Good general, popular treatment from the economic point of view, and the only work to cover this particular field.”

+ A L A Bkl 13:381 Je ‘17

“The modern farmer will find much that will interest him in this book, particularly in view of the changing conditions in our country at the present time. It is, however, chiefly as an aid to the teacher that this book is to be strongly recommended.”

+ Nature 99:383 Jl 12 ‘17 270w

“A good text for high schools, written by authorities.”

+ Wis Lib Bul 13:154 My ‘17 9w

EDDY, SHERWOOD.^[2] With our soldiers in France. il *$1 Assn. press 940.91 17-26978

“This volume is the first book by an American dealing with the American army on the other side. Sherwood Eddy, its author, has just returned from France, where he made a survey of the battle front and ate, slept, worked, played, and marched with General Pershing’s troops in camp, on the road, and in the trenches. And he has written this work, fresh from his actual observations, to set before American readers the plain facts about what the conditions and surroundings of our army in France are and will be, what are the physical and moral dangers our men will have to face, and what is being done and planned to help them pass through the dangers, trials, and strains of the conflict with credit to themselves and to their country. Mr Eddy is connected in an important position with the field work of the Young men’s Christian association and before the war had made an extended tour for work among students in the Balkans, Russia, Turkey, and Germany.”—N Y Times

“‘With our soldiers in France’ preaches a manly religion.”

+ Ind 93:72 Ja 12 ‘18 230w

“Mr Eddy’s book is deeply interesting, for it bears the glowing touch of the actual and its message comes straight from trench and camp to home. It ought to have telling effect in bettering American support of the Young men’s Christian association.”

+ N Y Times 22:541 D 9 ‘17 580w

“This is the best kind of book to give to the man who will soon be fighting. It will show him what he ought to avoid and it will offer him a welcome at the sign of the red triangle.” Frank Fitt

+ Pub W 93:222 Ja 19 ‘18 330w

EDER, MONTAGUE DAVID. War-shock; the psycho-neuroses in war psychology and treatment. *$1.75 Blakiston 615.8 (Eng ed SG17-242)

“Dr Eder has earned for himself the right to speak with authority in connection with war shock. For some time he was an officer in the Royal army medical corps, and was medical officer in charge of the psycho-neurological department at Malta. The material for this book is the first 100 consecutive cases of psycho-neurosis encountered.”—The Times [London] Lit Sup

Ath p306 Je ‘17 120w

+ The Times [London] Lit Sup p239 My 17 ‘17 170w

Edith Cavell nurse from Massachusetts. il 60c (5c) Butterfield 940.91 17-14687

As a result of a memorial meeting held in Boston, December 11, 1915, a fund was raised for the purpose of sending an “Edith Cavell nurse from Massachusetts” to serve with the British expeditionary force in France. The nurse sent, Miss Alice L. F. Fitzgerald, gives an account of her first year of service in the form of extracts from diary and letters. The remainder of the little book, about one half, is given up to an account of the imprisonment, trial, and death of Miss Cavell.

“Will interest most readers, we fancy, less for Miss Fitzgerald’s record, interesting as it is, than for the vivid account of the imprisonment and the events following the imprisonment of Miss Cavell. There is a crisp brevity in this relation which reflects the ominous rapidity with which things moved from the moment when the English nurse was put to trial.”

+ Nation 105:610 N 29 ‘17 270w

Pittsburgh 22:681 O ‘17 30w

Pratt p40 O ‘17 30w

R of Rs 55:669 Je ‘17 70w

St Louis 15:314 S ‘17 10w

EDWARDS, GEORGE WHARTON. Vanished halls and cathedrals of France. il *$6 (8c) Penn 914.4 17-30884

“This American artist and tourist long familiar with the ravaged regions of northern France ... describes and pictures the now vanished glories of Reims, Noyon, Arras, Léon, Verdun, St Quentin, and many other towns and villages of which we have been hearing so much, and in so tragic a way, of late. The great tower of Senlis, old St Pierre of Noyon, Gerbeviller’s historic hall, and the keep of Coucy-le-Château are among the vanished splendors that live again under Mr Edwards’s pen and pencil. The volume is printed on specially made paper and richly bound.”—Lit D

Boston Transcript p8 D 5 ‘17 630w

+ Lit D 55:41 D 8 ‘17 120w

+ Nation 105:612 N 29 ‘17 60w

“This is a gift book to bring delight to the eyes—and an ache to the heart.”

+ N Y Times 23:2 Ja 6 ‘18 350w

169“We may well be thankful that an artist of Mr Edwards’s skill has preserved in this book the memories of happier days. Both for pictures and text the volume will prove a most welcome holiday gift to any lover of France.”

+ Outlook 117:520 N 28 ‘17 100w

+ R of Rs 57:219 F ‘18 70w

EEKHOUD, GEORGES. New Carthage (La nouvelle Carthage). *$1.50 (1½c) Duffield 17-17971

The “New Carthage” is Antwerp; Georges Eekhoud is a Flemish novelist, and this novel of his has been crowned by the Belgian Academy. The translation from the French is by Lloyd R. Morris, who also writes an introduction dealing with Eekhoud and his writings, and who says of him: “Like that other great Belgian artist, Constantin Meunier, he celebrates the modern beauty of labor and of the crowd.” “The novel is essentially a record of the life of the whole city. Its protagonist is Antwerp itself, or, more definitely, the proletariat of Antwerp as its life is experienced by Laurent Paridael. The novel is largely autobiographical; Laurent, like Eekhoud himself, is left an orphan at the age of eleven and committed to the care of a wealthy uncle, who, like Eekhoud’s uncle, is a manufacturer of candles.” (Introd.) “Here in this factory, Laurent saw the ugly side of ‘that prosperous industrialism’ of which his exquisite cousin Gina both knew and embodied only ‘the radiant and brilliant aspect.’ It was what he saw in this factory that placed Laurent forever on the side of the laborer. ... This sympathy with the proletariat and his passion for his cousin Gina were the two determining yet to a great extent contradictory factors in his career, uniting absolutely only at the very last, when they joined to bring about the vengeance and the tragedy with which the book ends.” (N Y Times)

“Despite its formlessness and exaggeration it is largely redeemed by its tropically splendid word-pictures and its expression of the social philosophy of a section of the working class which before Eekhoud had been without a spokesman.”

+ — Cleveland p132 D ‘17 90w

“He has a great theme, and he knows his city through all its turbulent layers. But he does not fuse the life really into artistic form. One thinks of ‘Germinal,’ and one misses the power and deep reference and social orientation of Zola. One thinks of ‘Pillars of society’ and one misses the cold, cutting subtlety of Ibsen in his exposure of that greed of the capitalist which sweeps away all human consideration. And one thinks of ‘Pelle’ and misses the palpitating mass-life with its hunger, and its pathetic struggle against its masters and the elements.” Randolph Bourne

– + Dial 63:343 O 11 ‘17 700w

“The personal side of the story is told with a robust emotionalism that staid persons will find a bit intense and overpowering.”

+ — Ind 93:128 Ja 19 ‘18 280w

“If the civilization it depicts was as represented, it is a blessing that it has ceased. Perhaps out of the holocaust of war will come a decenter existence. Nevertheless, we must wonder at the smug Anglo-Saxon prudishness of the translator, who has deleted certain passages because of their frankness. Perhaps the book as a whole should have been deleted.” Clement Wood

— N Y Call p15 D 29 ‘17 400w

“In this very capable translation we are given a novel of exceptional interest, the work of the man who stands at the very head and front of Belgian novelists. ... There is a certain robust quality, a certain careless and splendid prodigality, about this novel which reminds one just a little of Dickens and of the authors of that Elizabethan age of which M. Eekhoud has made an especial study. ... It is not, on the whole, a flattering picture which the author has drawn of his native city. Yet beneath all this turbulent life, beneath all the rioting and scheming and money-grabbing and ruthlessness and sensuality, one sees here and there something finer, something akin to the heroism and the loyalty we have learned to associate with the name of Belgium.”

+ N Y Times 22:285 Ag 5 ‘17 1550w

EELLS, ELSIE SPICER (MRS B. G. EELLS). Fairy tales from Brazil. il *$1.25 (6c) Dodd 17-25892

A publishers’ note says, “As wife of the superintendent of schools in Bahia, the author made a collection of Brazilian folk-lore tales as told by the children themselves during the story-hour at her boarding-school, and by the servants of her household. Many of these stories originated with the Indians of Brazil. A few are the Brazilian versions of stories from the Portuguese. Many others are African in descent and are much after the style of Uncle Remus.” The titles—How night came; How the rabbit lost his tail; How the tiger got his stripes; Why the lamb is meek, etc.,—show that we have here a familiar type of folk tale, but the point to the story in most cases is new and fresh. Some of them have appeared in Little Folks, Kindergarten-Primary Magazine and other papers, and they are well adapted to story telling purposes.

+ A L A Bkl 14:172 F ‘18

EGERTON, HUGH EDWARD.^[2] British foreign policy in Europe to the end of the 19th century; a rough outline. *$2 Macmillan 327.4 17-30066

“The object of the book is to show the motives and purposes which have guided British foreign policy and to do so as nearly as possible in the words of the men who have had most influence in shaping the policy. It contains therefore numerous extracts, especially from the speeches and letters of statesmen and diplomats in which they have urged or defended their ideas. ... It is a chronological index to the sources where will be found the best and most authoritative statements of intention and motive made by the men who determined events in this field. ... In the second place the object of the book is frankly a defense of British foreign policy. Professor Egerton is marshalling the evidence which shows ‘that the policy of the country on the whole has been singularly honest and straightforward.’”—Am Hist R

+ Am Hist R 23:429 Ja ‘18 580w

“There are indications of haste in the compilation of the work, and the reader may sometimes desiderate a clearer discussion of the principles and issues at stake; but the book is useful for the proper understanding of the historical problem now in process of solution.”

+ — Ath p520 O ‘17 140w

“The author has produced a readable, interesting, and useful work, but it is not likely to add to his fame as a historian. The book is to a large extent a compilation and gives evidence of somewhat hurried preparation, as is true of so many of the ‘timely’ books that have been published since 1914.”

+ — Dial 64:71 Ja 17 ‘18 600w

“The method which he has adopted has gone far to spoil the interest in his story. He splits up his subject into sections, and constantly harks back chronologically.”

+ — Spec 119:270 S 15 ‘17 550w

“Mr Egerton’s sketch of British policy derives a special value from his plan of using, as far as possible, the ‘ipsissima verba’ of statesmen, which gives it an authority it might otherwise seem to lack. The system of extensive quotation has its inevitable drawbacks; there are times when we feel that the uninstructed reader will not see the wood for the trees; and our general impression is that it will be found most useful and instructive by those who already have a fair knowledge of the outlines of European history. It fulfils its purpose, however, excellently well; its tone is impartial, moderate, and wise, and in our opinion it deserves a very wide public.”

+ — The Times [London] Lit Sup p483 O 11 ‘17 1700w

170ELBIQUET, pseud. Supplementary magic. il *$1.25 Dutton 133

“A handbook intended to follow the author’s ‘Textbook of magic,’ and postulating a familiarity with the rudiments of the art as explained in the earlier book. The ‘true secrets’ comprise five principal devices: Repetition, inspection, explanation, intentional errors and abstraction of the attention. ... The early pages are devoted to an explanation of the science of conjuring, and there follows a presentation of new or improved methods of performing sleights. Part 3 is an entertaining discussion of Indian conjuring with a short study of the native conjurer’s methods and a selection from his favorite tricks. ‘A few tricks for all occasions’ are explained at the end. The book is amply illustrated.”—Springf’d Republican

“Well written and fully illustrated. The most interesting chapters are devoted to the Indian conjurer.”

+ Spec 118:341 Mr 17 ‘17 120w

Springf’d Republican p19 My 27 ‘17 170w

ELLIOT, HUGH SAMUEL ROGER. Herbert Spencer. il *$2 (3c) Holt (Eng ed 17-26315)

This volume in the Makers of the nineteenth century series is a biography of Spencer and a critique of his philosophy. “Whatever may be thought to-day of the value of Spencer’s writings, no one who wishes to understand the thought of the nineteenth century can neglect him,” says the general editor. The author treats his subject in the following chapters: Life; Character; Philosophy; Introduction to Spencer’s social writings; General summary of “The principles of sociology”; General summary of “The principles of ethics”; Metaphysics and religion; Evolution; Biology; Psychology; Education; Conclusion.

“A sympathetic introduction, with indication of the main positions in the system, and with a plot of the traps that guard those positions, is the most serviceable addition that could be made to Spencerian literature. Mr Elliot has admirably satisfied these requirements.” A. W. Small

+ Am Hist R 23:157 O ‘17 1150w

+ A L A Bkl 13:352 My ‘17

Ath p203 Ap ‘17 90w

“To obtain a clear idea of the Spencerian philosophy is not difficult for the reader who follows its course in the series of epitomes given by Mr Elliot. He has prepared a notable contribution to the history of English philosophy.” E. F. E.

+ Boston Transcript p6 F 10 ‘17 1350w

+ Cleveland p83 Je ‘17 40w

“Mr Hugh Elliot has produced a notable work, notable as a biography, notable in its current appeal, notable in the perspective it establishes for viewing a remarkable intellectual career.” Joseph Jastrow

* + Dial 63:146 Ag 30 ‘17 2050w

“There is included a helpful bibliography, a chronological table and an index. The frontispiece is from the Burgess portrait.”

Ind 91:32 Jl 7 ‘17 200w

Lit D 54:1076 Ap 14 ‘17 350w

“The chapters on Spencer’s philosophy and works are as distinctly mediocre as the earlier chapters are extraordinary. The last mentioned are fit to rank high among the best efforts at the portrayal of personality, while the former are no more than a faithful résumé disfigured by incompetent and futile criticism.”

+ — Nation 104:578 My 10 ‘17 1200w

“A vigorous and discriminating account of Herbert Spencer’s contributions to modern intellectual development.”

+ Nature 99:163 Ap 26 ‘17 320w

“It is in the perspective of the nineteenth century that Mr Elliott has endeavored to set him. ... But he has not mastered the task that a book of this kind must attempt. All that he has to say of Spencer’s life and character he says with admirable vigor. ... It has, indeed, every claim to be considered the best account of its kind as yet in existence. But when Mr Elliott leaves the narrative and comes to a critical statement of doctrine, the volume is of a different calibre. ... His epitome of Spencer’s teaching is not full enough to be useful and too full to be brief. His criticisms rarely go to the root of the matter he discusses. ... One has the conviction that Mr Elliott grew tired of his subject in the second half of his book and simply wrote to finish a work to which he was pledged. ... And I should guess that when Mr Elliott drew up his bibliography he just cast a glance at his shelves and wrote down the titles that he saw there.” H. J. L.

* – + New Repub 11:224 Je 23 ‘17 1600w

“Mr Elliot prefaces his examination of the details of Spencer’s scientific and sociological work with a brief and interesting study of the English thinker’s life and character. ... His book is thoroughly interesting as well as valuable, a study of importance from beginning to end.”

+ N Y Times 22:119 Ap 1 ‘17 1100w

Pratt p48 O ‘17 20w

R of Rs 55:667 Je ‘17 130w

“The volume is a welcome and worthy addition to the extremely useful series ‘Makers of the nineteenth century,’ which is being published under the general editorship of Mr Basil Williams. Our readers will remember the earlier volumes: Sir E. Cook’s ‘Delane’ and Lord Charnwood’s ‘Abraham Lincoln.’”

+ Spec 118:614 Je 2 ‘17 1600w

“This account of Spencer’s life and writings, while sound in judgment, is a vivid, unhackneyed study, so lucid and genially readable, that even the person who knows little about Spencer and cares less about his philosophy will find himself interested in both Spencer’s life and thought.”

+ Springf’d Republican p17 Mr 11 ‘17 1350w

“What Mr Elliot admires, and with justice—what his valuable study impressively reveals—is the heroic element in this independent lonely thinker, his steadfast adherence to the search of truth, his courage and faith, his love of liberty, his emancipation from all forms of authority.”

+ — The Times [London] Lit Sup p109 Mr 8 ‘17 1450w

ELLIOTT, CHARLES BURKE. Philippines; with prefatory note by Elihu Root. 2v il *$9 Bobbs 991.4

v 1 17-25734

v 2 17-23950

“The author of these two stout volumes ... was well fitted for his task. From a seat upon the Supreme bench of Minnesota he was transferred to that of the Philippines. Later he became a member of the governing body of the archipelago, the Philippine commission, and still later was secretary of commerce and police in the government of the islands. ... The two volumes discuss the two important phases of Philippine history. The first brings this history down through the military régime, and includes the record of the operations of the American fleet under Dewey and the capture of the archipelago and the occupation of the city of Manila by the American forces. The second volume takes up the narrative at the close of the military régime and continues to the end of the commission government.”—Boston Transcript

Reviewed by C: H. Cunningham

+ — Am Pol Sci R 12:129 F ‘18 1650w

“Judge Elliott attempts no fine writing, he draws no thrilling picture of that early morning battle in Manila bay. Plain, unadorned facts are recorded, without ornamentation, or attempt at picture writing. He has drawn the material for his narrative, quite evidently, from official records and not from the popular accounts of the battle published in the newspapers of the day.” E. J. C.

+ Boston Transcript p9 N 21 ‘17 1100w

“The extent of the field covered in these two volumes is remarkable. The author’s statements of fact and estimates of character are measured and definite. Dr Elliott is fair to all parties. It is well that this definitive history 171has become available at the time when it may exercise a real influence upon the shaping of policy.”

+ No Am 206:954 D ‘17 950w

“Judge Elliott’s work is a permanent contribution to the history of the United States.”

+ R of Rs 56:637 D ‘17 750w

ELLIOTT, F. HAWS. Trench fighting. il *$1.50 (7c) Houghton 355 17-31265

The author, a captain of the British expeditionary force, covers his subject in the following chapters: History and preliminary entrenching; Styles of trenches and strong posts; Wire entanglements and obstructions; Organization of trench system for defence; Attack in trench warfare; Trench raids; Poison gas and liquid fire; Trench routine: standing orders for the trenches; Trench hygiene; Billeting and training of troops in rear of line; Syllabus of training; Morale. The diagrams are grouped at the end, and an appendix gives a list of officers’ equipment advised for France.

+ R of Rs 57:102 Ja ‘18 50w

ELLIOTT, FRANCIS PERRY. Lend me your name! il *$1.25 (3½c) Reilly & B. 17-16728

“The hero is a young Englishman of title temporarily resident in New York. He is bored with his position and his manner of living; moreover, he harbors a wholesome fear of his strong-minded wife, who holds a tight rein over him however far he wanders from her. During an unsought visit to his bedroom by a famous burglar, the Englishman suggests a change of positions with the yeggman.” (Springf’d Republican) The rest of the book deals with the various amusing complications consequent upon the change.

“If one is willing to abandon consideration of probability and improbability much enjoyment may be found in following these adventures of a noble gentleman in the guise of a burglar. ... The author has a knack of characterization and a very pleasant feeling for summer romance in the open.”

+ Dial 63:74 Jl 19 ‘17 100w

“An amusing, if not exactly probable, little farce.”

+ N Y Times 22:258 Jl 8 ‘17 280w

“All the characters, the situation, and its path of development are decidedly ‘stagey.’ ... The burglar is slangy and unconsciously humorous, the girl delightful, and the Englishman, while molded according to the stage type Britisher, is naive and likable.”

+ — Springf’d Republican p15 S 2 ‘17 280w

ELLIOTT, LILIAN ELWYN. Brazil today and tomorrow. il *$2.25 (2½c) Macmillan 918.1 17-10576

The author is literary editor of the Pan-American Magazine. This book, she says, “is the fruit of seven years’ travel in and study of Latin America, and two years’ special work on and in Brazil, where seventeen out of the twenty states were visited.” A survey of the history of Brazil is followed by a chapter of immense interest to the United States on Colonization in Brazil, dealing with the systematic method of inducing and regulating immigration and with the mixture of races. Other chapters take up Social conditions, Transportation, Industries, Currency, The world’s horticultural and medicinal debt to Brazil, Brazil’s exterior commerce. There are a number of illustrations, several maps, a glossary of Brazilian terms and an index.

“Not a travel book, but one which will interest men about to establish or promote business in South America.”

+ A L A Bkl 13:397 Je ‘17

“As a general account of the country—its geography, its history, its people, its industries, its commerce—it has much to commend it, but it very plainly has the common fault of over praise. The book is written to please.” G. B. Roorbach

+ — Ann Am Acad 73:233 S ‘17 100w

Reviewed by T: Walsh

+ Bookm 45:319 My ‘17 250w

“Its arrangement of material is admirable and a great deal of patient study and research is evident in its pages. There is also an ample consideration of the arts and letters of Brazil that will satisfy the student of these particulars.” T: Walsh