Book Review Digest Devoted to the Valuation of Current Literature Reviews of 1917 Books (continued 18)

GORDON, KATE. Educational psychology. il *$1.35 (2c) Holt 370.1 17-25490

“The course of study which this book presents is designed for students of pedagogy in colleges and normal schools. It presupposes an elementary knowledge of psychology. In the earlier chapters ... a certain amount of child psychology has been included. ... In later chapters, as on memory and reasoning, the procedure of certain class experiments has been reported in some detail. ... The last three chapters take up some of the concrete questions of teaching in three quite dissimilar school subjects. They are intended to illustrate the way in which psychological applications can be made.” (Preface) The three subjects referred to are Language teaching, Drawing and Arithmetic. An eight-page list of references and an index complete the work. The author is assistant professor of psychology in the Carnegie institute of technology.

“While the book does present a rather useful collection of experimental facts with reference to certain phases of psychology as related to education, it is defective as a text in educational psychology because of its too great emphasis upon the psychological aspect of the subject, because of its style, which is unsuited to relatively immature students, and because of its uneven emphasis upon different topics.” F. N. Freeman

– + El School J 18:236 N ‘17 800w

Pittsburgh 22:839 D ‘17 50w

GORELL, RONALD GORELL BARNES, 3d baron. In the night. *$1.25 (3c) Longmans 17-29538

This detective story was planned by Lord Gorell in a base-hospital in France, and written during recovery at home. The author who has been irritated by writers of detective stories that do not take the reader into their confidence, states that in his tale, “every essential fact is related as it is discovered and readers are, as far as possible, given the eyes of the investigators and equal opportunities with them of arriving at the truth.” Sir Roger Penterton is found by his secretary, in the middle of the night, lying dead in the hall of his country home. The house is occupied by the dead man’s wife, their daughter, another young woman, the daughter’s most intimate friend, Sir Roger’s secretary, and the servants. Miss Temple, the friend, working on lines of her own, is able to give some assistance to Inspector Humblethorne. Various theories are developed to account for the crime, all of which prove wrong in the end when the mystery is finally solved.

“The author has worked out his theme ingeniously, developing various theories to account for the crime and find the guilty person, and finally, when he nears the end, providing a double climax of surprises before the mystery is finally solved.”

+ N Y Times 22:279 Jl 29 ‘17 330w

+ Spec 118:732 Je 30 ‘17 30w

“It is an exciting tale. It seems to be straightening itself out, and all of a sudden it is in a tangle again. During the short hour or two that the reading of it takes, the size of a shoe becomes of more importance than the Hindenburg line. We come back, blinking, to a world which we are grateful to the author for helping us to forget.”

+ The Times [London] Lit Sup p236 My 17 ‘17 300w

GORKY, MAXIM, pseud. (ALEXEI MAXIMOVITCH PYESHKOFF). In the world. *$2 (1½c) Century 17-21677

“A year after ‘My childhood’ comes ‘In the world,’ a record of Gorky’s experiences whose closing pages find him still a boy. It purports to relate the true story of his early life, and it does narrate with an extraordinary particularity the scenes he saw, the people he encountered and the events of which he was a part during a few of his boyhood years. He drifts hither and thither through Russia, inevitably returning again and again to the wonderful old grandmother with whom he first made us acquainted in ‘My childhood.’ He is a veritable jack-at-all-trades, becoming at intervals a shoe-store boy, an assistant in an ikon shop, an architect’s helper and a cook’s assistant on a Volga steamboat. And during the greater part of this period he read many books, and began to make attempts at the writing of prose and verse.” (Boston Transcript) The translation is by Mrs Gertrude M. Foakes.

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“The book contains many sayings embodying a deep-rooted philosophy of common life.”

+ Ath p675 D ‘17 160w

“He wrote fiction as if it were autobiography; he writes autobiography as if it were fiction. ... The result is essentially a novel, with himself as its hero.” E. F. E.

* + Boston Transcript p6 Ag 8 ‘17 1400w

“Everywhere in this, the second, volume of his life, one finds the shining virtues of brevity, concreteness, vigor—always unfailing vigor. That there is also a moving sincerity goes without saying, since Gorky is in the great Russian tradition. ... The volume gives us two or three years only of his life in the world. ... Thus it is still almost a child’s world in which we are moving—a world seen with that fascinating mixture of sophistication and simplicity which his genius made possible.” G: B. Donlin

* + Dial 63:154 Ag 30 ‘17 1800w

+ Ind 92:68 O 6 ‘17 340w

“It is difficult to understand wherein lies any fascination in these pages, which chronicle cruelty, brutality, and a life of coarse and often loathsome surroundings, but fascinating they are, grippingly interesting, brutally frank, and full of a faith in the Russian race.”

+ Lit D 55:40 N 17 ‘17 290w

“Out of the rubble of human existence his genius is building up one of the great life-stories in literature.” R. B.

+ New Repub 13:26 N 3 ‘17 1200w

“There is much in the book that is terrible; there is no little beauty, too; and there is a vast amount of fascinating portraiture. Gorky’s grandmother is here again, with her strength, her idealism, her superstitions, her sympathy. ... The book is crowded with people, each sharply individualized, hauntingly alive, fascinating.”

+ N Y Times 22:297 Ag 12 ‘17 1450w

+ Outlook 116:626 Ag 22 ‘17 50w

Pittsburgh 22:743 N ‘17 70w

+ Springf’d Republican p6 S 10 ‘17 440w

“It is a wonderfully penetrating piece of self-analysis. It displays every great literary quality except charm. But charm is lacking. One feels very sorry for the ugly duckling of the steppes whose mental fumblings are so elaborately portrayed; but one is never drawn to like him, and one never gets away from the painful impression of a world full of people whom it would be very unpleasant to associate with.”

+ — The Times [London] Lit Sup p514 O 25 ‘17 1050w

GORKY, MAXIM, pseud. (ALEXEI MAXIMOVITCH PYESHKOFF); ANDREIEFF, LEONID NIKOLAEVICH; and SOLOGUB, FEODOR, pseud. (FEDOR KUZMICH TETERNIKOV), eds. The shield; with a foreword by W: English Walling; tr. from the Russian by A. Yarmolinsky. *$1.25 (4c) Knopf 296 17-14798

The original work from which the selections translated for this volume are taken was published last year in Petrograd. It consists of studies, essays, stories and poems bearing on the Jewish problem in Russia. The editor of the English edition says, “In making a selection for the present volume, I have thought it advisable to give decided preference to the publicistic 225articles of the original collection. [It] contains practically all the various important studies and essays of the Russian ‘Shield,’ while most of the stories have been omitted, without great detriment to the book.” Among the contributors are Maxim Gorky, writing of Russia and the Jews; Leonid Andreyev, The first step; Paul Milyukov, The Jewish question in Russia; M. Bernatzky, The Jews and Russian economic life; Prince Paul Dolgorukov, The war and the status of the Jew; Fyodor Sologub, The fatherland for all. William English Walling in commending the book says that the rebirth in Russia cannot be understood apart from the Jewish problem.

“A truly remarkable revelation of the spirit and purpose of the best elements of that New Russia which is now in the making.” Abraham Yarmolinsky

+ Bookm 46:484 D ‘17 160w

Ind 91:30 Jl 7 ‘17 80w

“The work is not a defense of the Jews,—praise be! ‘The shield’ has the historic interest of a great and noble document, not only because of the prominence of the contributors to the volume, but also because it is a voluntary and free recognition of human rights, a sort of Magna charta to all those who are downtrodden and humiliated.” L: S. Friedland

+ N Y Call p14 S 9 ‘17 600w

“The viewpoint of the Russian educated class is nowhere so clearly presented as in ‘The shield,’ a volume published in Russia by the Society for the study of Jewish life (in which no Jews are allowed membership) and now offered in an English translation. ‘The shield’ is significant in that fifteen men of letters, publicists, and scientists unite in demanding the abrogation of Jewish disabilities in Russia.”

+ R of Rs 56:101 Jl ‘17 100w

St Louis 15:419 D ‘17 40w

+ Springf’d Republican p15 Jl 15 ‘17 1150w

The Times [London] Lit Sup p600 D 6 ‘17 80w

“Apart from the foreword, the book deserves recognition as a striking indication of the fact that before the revolution the leading Russian writers were overwhelmingly in favour of the total abolition of the shocking disabilities to which the Jews had long been subject in Russia. Unfortunately neither Mr Walling nor any one of the distinguished Russian editors has thought of informing us when the various articles that make up this little book were written. The book gives us no word as to the actual position today.”

+ — The Times [London] Lit Sup p606 D 13 ‘17 970w

GOSSE, EDMUND WILLIAM. Life of Algernon Charles Swinburne. il *$3.50 Macmillan 17-12487

The only memoir of Swinburne that had been published before the appearance of this volume was the sketch contributed by Mr Gosse to the “Dictionary of national biography” in 1912. This sketch has been used as the basis for this more complete work. Much new material has come to the author’s hands however, and he says, “My narrative is therefore not merely much fuller than it would have been in 1912, but in various respects more accurate.” Contents: Childhood—Eton (1837-1853); Oxford (1853-1859); Early life in London (1859-1865); “Atalanta in Calydon,” “Chastelard”; “Poems and ballads” (1866); Songs of the republic (1867-1870); The middle years (1870-1879); Putney (1879-1909); Personal characteristics. Additional letters are given in appendixes. The illustrations are worthy of special note.

+ A L A Bkl 14:57 N ‘17

“Mr Gosse has written a discriminating and worthy biography of a great poet, and has created a strikingly vivid picture of one who might truthfully be described, without irreverence, as an illustrious oddity. ... The book is biography, not criticism; but we are given particulars relating to ‘Atalanta in Calydon,’ ‘Chastelard,’ ‘Poems and ballads,’ ‘Songs before sunrise,’ ‘Tristram of Lyonesse,’ and much of Swinburne’s other work, which will be read with interest by every admirer of the poet.”

+ Ath p256 My ‘17 170w

“Excellent as is his very careful and most interesting account of Swinburne’s life and character and work, there are in it here and there such evidences of personal bias and even of bitterness as are, at least, surprising. This is the more deplorable since there was no one so well equipped as Mr Gosse for the writing of a full and authoritative biography of Swinburne.” G. I. Colbron

+ — Bookm 45:290 My ‘17 450w

“The reader will receive from Mr Gosse’s biography a clear series of impressions of both Swinburne and his work. But it leaves so much unsaid, it refers so vaguely to so many significant episodes in Swinburne’s career, that the real and complete biography of him remains to be written.” E. F. E.

+ Boston Transcript p6 My 23 ‘17 2250w

“Will probably remain the standard life of Swinburne.”

+ Cath World 106:259 N ‘17 600w

“An extraordinarily vivid and many-sided characterization, with some tantalizing reticences and many features of unique interest, such as the chapters on Swinburne as a parodist and as a poet of children.”

+ Cleveland p115 S ‘17 80w

“Mr Gosse’s volume is chronological and anecdotal, there is hardly a page that is not enriched by some delightful incident or jest concerning Swinburne’s time and associates. ... The work speaks from the atmosphere of intimacy, and in that position one can sympathetically understand the instinctive ‘reticence, tact and diplomacy’ for which the English reviewers are so heartily praising him. But as an ‘authentication’ of the sacred legend the volume is not wholly successful. For, in spite of biographer and reviewers, Swinburne wrote and was unashamed of that unique volume, the first series of ‘Poems and ballads.’” B. I. Kinne

Dial 63:21 Je 28 ‘17 1800w

Ind 92:65 O 6 ‘17 300w

“The biographer has succeeded in presenting a substantially truthful as well as a vivid picture. He succeeds in conveying the right impression, that is to say, the impression which seems to have been formed by nearly every one who knew Swinburne intimately, that he was a sort of ‘lusus naturæ.’ ... The record of his life which has now been given to us does not seem likely to be superseded.”

+ Nation 105:201 Ag 23 ‘17 2050w

“One of the most interesting volumes of biography to come from the presses in a long time. ... Mr Gosse’s attitude toward Theodore Watts-Dunton, with whom Swinburne spent the last thirty years of his life, seems unfair, at the very least.”

+ — N Y Times 22:181 My 6 ‘17 1700w

+ Pittsburgh 22:745 N ‘17 50w

Pratt p48 O ‘17 30w

+ R of Rs 56:103 Jl ‘17 320w

“Mr Gosse’s ‘Life of Swinburne’ is a brilliant affair in which the results of long and careful study come out as easily as if he had been at no pains to delve here and there to clear up the difficulties which usually attend the careers of men of letters, and to put casual misconceptions straight. ... He has not found room to supply an estimate of Swinburne’s comparative place in literature, and particularly in the history of poetry, but his comments on the various poems as they pass under review are usually sound and always neat. The volume includes some excellent portraits.”

+ Sat R 124:sup3 Jl 7 ‘17 1350w

“As a friend of thirty years’ standing, a poet, and an accomplished critic and man of letters, Mr Edmund Gosse comes to his difficult task with an equipment which raises high expectations, largely fulfilled by the result. He has given us an extremely interesting and skilful memoir of an extraordinary man, and though the limitations necessarily imposed on him prevent it from being a complete picture, it is not 226likely to be superseded for a good many years to come. These limitations are due to a regard for the living as well as the dead.”

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“A concrete, well-balanced portrait, the more entertaining for the judiciously selected anecdotes and incidents, and the more valuable for the authentic glimpses of contacts with other very interesting people.”

+ Springf’d Republican p6 Je 4 ‘17 1200w

“You cannot glance at this book without reading it through; and having read it you will wish to read the poems again. ... There is in his book that real reverence which does not fear to tell the affectionate truth.”

+ The Times [London] Lit Sup p169 Ap 12 ‘17 1500w

“Mr Gosse has condensed the last thirty years of the poet’s life into a single chapter, and has devoted the bulk of his volume to the years before 1879. He has made his hero a vital if not a very admirable figure. He has given us clear sight, though not always full sympathy. This vitality of portraiture is likely to be the abiding value of Mr Gosse’s book. Faults it has: it is quite too fragmentary to be a definite biography; it leaves too much unsaid; there are many passages in the life of the poet which are obviously glossed over.” C. B. Tinker

+ — Yale R n s 7:195 O ‘17 900w

GOUDGE, HENRY LEIGHTON, and others. Place of women in the church. (Handbooks of Catholic faith and practice) *$1.15 Young ch. 396 A17-1510

The American edition of a volume which was brought out in England and to which eight men and women have contributed chapters strongly opposing the right of women to exercise any official ministry in the churches. Contents: The teaching of St Paul as to the position of women; Ministrations of women in church; The ministry of women and the tradition of the church; The claim of the priesthood for women; The ordination of women; The medical ministry of women; The religious life for women; Younger women and the church.

“The longest and most important is from the pen of Canon Goudge, who deals with ‘The teaching of St Paul on the position of women.’ It is an instructive exposition of the Apostle’s teaching, but it scarcely does justice to the plea of those who urge that the Apostle’s arguments and directions deal with circumstances altogether different from those of the twentieth century. This volume will be welcomed by those who desire to know how it is proposed to meet the arguments of Canon Streeter and Miss Picton-Turberville and Mr Allworthy in which they plead for some extension, under proper safeguards, of the ministry of women in the church.”

+ The Times [London] Lit Sup p329 Jl 12 ‘17 540w

GOUDIE, WILLIAM JOHN. Steam turbines. il *$4 Longmans 621.1 17-14113

“A text-book for engineering students [which] describes clearly the various types of land and marine types now on the market (including the Ljungström); expounds the theory underlying design and action; gives calculations on consumption, efficiency, and the various sources of loss; and the design of typical turbines of the various classes, including a set of marine turbines of 18,000 shaft horse-power. The allied subjects of condensers and condensing plants, however, are not included. Clearly illustrated, also well supplied with mathematical and steam tables.”—N Y P L New Tech Bks

A L A Bkl 14:80 D ‘17

Cleveland p110 S ‘17 30w

“‘Altogether this is an excellent treatise, well gotten up, and published at a very reasonable price, and although it is described as a text-book for engineering students, it should prove of great value to the marine engineer, to whom a knowledge of the steam turbine is becoming of increasing importance. We can recommend it with the utmost confidence.’”

+ N Y P L New Tech Bks p12 Ap ‘17 130w (Reprinted from Shipbuilding and Shipping Record F 22 ‘17)

Pittsburgh 22:662 O ‘17 10w

St Louis 15:174 Je ‘17

GOUGH, GEORGE W. Yeoman adventurer. il *$1.40 (1c) Putnam 17-26322

A tale of adventure in the days of Bonnie Prince Charlie. Master Oliver Wheatman is a young Staffordshire farmer who, in spite of bookish tastes, yearns for a life of action. The fate that keeps him tied down to his ancestral acres, while his chum Jack Dobson goes off to fight for the king, seems most unkindly. Then the adventure for which he longs is brought into his life most unexpectedly with the advent of Mistress Margaret Waynflete, and he finds himself enlisted in the Jacobite cause. Exciting incidents follow thick and fast and Master Oliver, the yeoman turned soldier, has no longer cause to complain of inactivity, and when at the end, he returns to his home, he does not come alone.

A L A Bkl 13:353 My ‘17

“The characters are all delightfully modern, both in speech and in action; consequently they are thoroughly lifelike, the bad as well as the good, instead of being mere puppets dressed in the costumes of 1745.”

+ Ath p195 Ap ‘16 80w

“The author has been unusually fortunate in the way in which he has succeeded in making the period real to his readers.”

+ Boston Transcript p6 My 9 ‘17 250w

“Told with an unflagging zest.”

+ Boston Transcript p6 Je 30 ‘17 320w

“A rather commonplace tale in which youth and beauty play the leading parts. ... As a narrative it is neither better nor worse than most of its sort.”

Dial 62:313 Ap 5 ‘17 90w

“A costume story, if you like, an affair of pleasant superficial illusion, but of illusion which, one feels, the author himself cheerfully and spontaneously shares.”

+ Nation 104:460 Ap 19 ‘17 150w

+ N Y Times 22:136 Ap 15 ‘17 250w

“An unusually good specimen of the old-fashioned semi-historical romance.”

+ Outlook 115:668 Ap 11 ‘17 30w

“As this is a first novel and is of remarkable promise, we may perhaps be allowed to advise the author to avoid making use of ‘types’ in his characters, and to describe rather ‘hungering, thirsting men.’”

+ — Spec 116:555 Ap 29 ‘16 150w

+ Springf’d Republican p17 Ap 8 ‘17 120w

“Mr Gough is so intent on his tale that he has little time to spare for much artistry, but he keeps Oliver’s view-point steadily before him and merits a big share of the praise due to his hero’s robust and tireless efforts.”

+ The Times [London] Lit Sup p164 Ap 6 ‘16 350w

GOURVITCH, PAUL PENSAC. How Germany does business. *$1 (4½c) Huebsch 382 17-31429

An exposition of Germany’s methods of export and finance, with chapters on: Politics and economics; Banking facilities; Credits; Germany’s merchant marine; Export articles; Reducing the buyer’s effort to the minimum; Germany’s economic expansion as a beneficial factor in international development; The export of men; Imitation and counterfeiting; The cost of labor; etc. The author writes with particular reference to the business relations of Germany and Russia. The book has a preface by Dr B. E. Shatsky, of Petrograd.

“It is written with a manifest prejudice against Germany, and hence cannot be taken as an entirely reliable survey of German business 227methods in foreign trade. ... This book should be of interest to American exporters. However much we may disagree with Germany’s motives in trade development and with certain of her export practices we acknowledge that she built up a remarkable foreign trade and we may profit by the adoption of many of the principles here briefly set forth.” H. T. Collings

+ — J Pol Econ 26:102 Ja ‘18 710w

+ New Repub 13:258 D 29 ‘17 450w

“Outside of trifles which we dare say will be corrected in future editions, the work is on the whole well written, and both interesting and instructive.” J. W.

+ — N Y Call p14 Ja 5 ‘18 540w

“The author of ‘How Germany does business’ appears sometimes to be disingenuous—or, at least, if he is not that, he is either lacking in information (which seems improbable) or takes the complaisant view that whatever succeeds is right. ... Especially blind, ethically, is the opening chapter on the general question of Germany’s commercial expansion in recent years.”

– — N Y Times 22:574 D 23 ‘17 650w

R of Rs 57:101 Ja ‘18 70w

GRABO, CARL HENRY. Amateur philosopher. *$1.50 (2c) Scribner 204 17-7480

“As introduction to his book the author says: ‘Because I believe the construction of a philosophy to be the chief end of man, I have made bold to write the following pages.’ ... ‘The amateur philosopher’ is the personal record of one man’s search for a philosophy of life in this present complex day. Dr Grabo was born and brought up in a middle western town, conservative, comfortable, orthodox. He was educated at an American college. He is now a professor in an American university. It is highly probable that thousands of Americans, reading his book, will chuckle or sigh over moments of what amounts to pure reminiscence from their own lives. ... The writer is old enough, too, to possess both perspective and tolerance, while he is essentially young in the sense of being, not an eager youth who thinks the world can be set right by the wish for upheaval, but an active, forward-thinking worker, ‘in the prime of life,’ in the world of today.”—N Y Times

“It has been criticized as being ‘destructive in tone, without the substitution of anything better.’”

A L A Bkl 13:391 Je ‘17

“Most of the deep emotional experiences of life were unknown to him. And so the value of the book is in the author’s account of the way he found a place for the spiritual realities in his scheme of things.”

Boston Transcript p7 My 19 ‘17 600w

+ Cleveland p66 My ‘17 80w

“His critique of the college is forceful and true. ... In these first chapters full of charm, Mr Grabo details his universal experience. Then suddenly, as if stung with modesty, he slips into an impersonal outline of his matured philosophy. The result is not happy.” R. B.

+ — New Repub 10:383 Ap 28 ‘17 450w

“It is in response to the average American’s need that his book is unique and valuable. ... In all the fourteen chapters of ‘The amateur philosopher’ there is not a word of dogmatism, intolerance, arrogance of thought or faith. The book is written with a freshness, a sanity, a sympathetic understanding of human need that give it a well-nigh universal quality.”

+ N Y Times 22:67 F 25 ‘17 900w

Pratt p37 O ‘17 10w

Reviewed by Robert Lynd

+ Pub W 91:592 F 17 ‘17 600w

“Mr Grabo is a trifle disappointing in that he fails to live up to his interesting title. Still for one unfamiliar with the terminology of philosophers, Mr Grabo’s book will be very welcome. His style is simple and clear.”

+ Springf’d Republican p17 D 8 ‘17 210w

GRAHAM, JOHN WILLIAM. William Penn. il *$2.50 Stokes

“The present work, by the principal of Dalton Hall, Manchester, is adapted for the English reader; and no ‘Life’ in the usual sense has, so Mr Graham states, ever been written by an English Friend.” (The Times [London] Lit Sup) “The book comprises extracts from Penn’s voluminous writings, controversial and other; an interesting description of the trial of Penn and Mead at the Old Bailey, where the accused gloriously defended and asserted the liberties of Englishmen; an account of the foundation of Pennsylvania; a sketch of the enlightened system of government established in the province, and of Penn’s delightfully humane relations with the Indians; and many details of the anxieties, trials, and misfortunes which beset the founder in his later years.” (Ath) “It is not a book which represents original research, but it is a well-written, sympathetic biography, and one of moderate scope; with bibliography and many illustrations, notes about which are given in an appendix.” (The Times [London] Lit Sup)

+ Ath p365 Jl ‘17 290w

“Having access to all available material and possessing a strong biographical sense, the author has presented interestingly and concisely one of the best stories of the Quaker colonizer extant.” F. P. H.

+ Boston Transcript p11 D 5 ‘17 780w

“In style the book is a trifle disconcerting, but it offers an ample reward to the reader that approaches it with an open mind.”

+ — N Y Times 23:3 Ja 6 ‘18 500w

“Mr Graham’s style is fluent and unpretentious. He arranges his narrative clearly and tells it vividly. He lets his hero speak for himself where possible, and where he has to summarize or assign motives, we have no doubt he correctly interprets Penn’s attitude.”

+ Spec 118:91 Jl 28 ‘17 1400w

+ The Times [London] Lit Sup p250 My 24 ‘17 140w

“The writer, indeed, is at home with his reader and addresses to him many asides bearing upon the interests of the present hour, as for example upon the Society for psychical research and the maxims of George Bernard Shaw. But the interest of the book will centre for most readers in the account of the ‘Holy experiment’ in Pennsylvania, where an attempt was made to order a society on the generous and humane principles which Penn laid down.”

+ The Times [London] Lit Sup p269 Je 7 ‘17 1500W

GRAHAM, STEPHEN. Priest of the ideal. *$1.60 (1½c) Macmillan 17-25855

A piece of fiction that has drawn largely upon the imagination of the writer rather than upon the world of facts. It represents the clash between modern material greed and early church mysticism. An American, representing a syndicate with some billions of dollars to spend, approaches the English in this state of mind: “As a result of the expense of war you English are now much poorer, we Americans are rich. You must be ready to sell certain things to raise money.” His hope is to buy out of England’s superfluity of castles, abbeys, monuments, historical buildings, etc., enough to serve as a much needed background for the new American race. In company with a wandering priest the American visits objects of his quest, learning meantime from the lips of this idealist that “there is nothing in England which has been outlived and which, therefore, could be sold or given away; that it was futile to covet the spiritual background of England, the only way to acquire material things that symbolize ideals is to fight for the ideals.”

“We hardly think the author has hit upon the literary form appropriate to his idea or his own capacities.”

— Ath p596 N ‘17 80w

“In a sense, Mr Graham’s ‘priest of the ideal’ is merely another of those pseudo-Christs whom every modern novelist seems to feel free to 228create in his own image; and the action in which he is concerned is very tenuous and impalpable indeed.” H. W. Boynton

– — Bookm 46:600 Ja ‘18 700w

“In Mr Graham, there is a voice as fearless if not as exceptional as Tolstoy’s. His book is, in fact, a review of England through Russian eyes, in Russian terms.”

+ Dial 64:115 Ja 31 ‘18 470w

“Some of the descriptions are well done, but the book as a whole is tiresome, and its religious mysticism is more than slightly touched with hysteria. There is not a single character in it who is real for an instant, and while there are a few interesting bits of comment, they are not numerous.”

– + N Y Times 22:442 O 28 ‘17 370w

“The romance repays perusal if only for the exquisite delicacy of style and the high level of its spiritual perception.”

+ Outlook 117:475 N 21 ‘17 60w

“The strength of the book lies, not in the actuality of its characters or in any exciting stir of incident, but in its handling of the vital problem which is ever present and never completely solved—the conduct of our daily lives. We have one very minor and incidental point to urge against Mr Graham before we finish: he owes it to himself to pay more attention to the rhythm of his style. Some of his most impressive passages are spoiled by the suggested lilt of a verse metre.”

+ — Spec 119:sup623 D 1 ‘17 1500w

“In its sluggish, eventless speculativeness, it is a Russian kind of a book. Only a Russian would have done it far better. It is Mr Graham’s first novel—if, indeed, it can be classified as a novel—and, one believes, his first complete failure.”

– — Springf’d Republican p17 N 11 ‘17 700w

“A book into which the author has poured his thoughts and feelings as they came to him, with more care for their immediate expression than for the form of the whole. Yet the reader may fairly ask himself how much of his dissatisfaction—his sense of having looked up and not been fed, but swollen with wind and mist—may be due to some lack of time and opportunity which compelled Mr Graham to be careless of the whole. ... If it is inconsistent, self-contradictory, vague, and here and there (doubtless owing to that lack of time and opportunity at which we have hinted) nothing else than flabby, it is bright with beautiful thoughts and warm with a passion for beautiful living.”

+ – — The Times [London] Lit Sup p503 O 18’17 820w

GRAHAM, STEPHEN. Russia in 1916. il *$1.25 (4½c) Macmillan 914.7 17-6752

The author believes that the people of the two allied countries, Great Britain and Russia, should keep in touch with one another, and publishes this little book of impressions in the interests of a better understanding. He writes of: A journey to Ekaterina; The dark haven; The new Archangel; The cost of living; Life in the country; A Russian countess; Russian literature in 1916: Without vodka, beer, or wine, etc.

+ A L A Bkl 13:349 My ‘17

“There is neither insight nor foresight in this ‘little book of the hour.’” Abraham Yarmolinsky

– — Bookm 46:482 D ‘17 160w

“A slender volume of less than two hundred pages, but it reveals, as always in everything Mr Graham writes, the ability to understand Russia and a skill at making her understood by the people of other nations.” E. F. E.

+ Boston Transcript p8 Mr 7 ‘17 1350w

“The information contained is of precisely the sort that the average reader is most eager for.”

+ Cath World 105:536 Jl ‘17 470w

Reviewed by L: S. Friedland

Dial 63:265 S 27 ‘17 500w

“Slight, but based on three seasons’ personal observations.”

+ Ind 90:269 My 12 ‘17 30w

“There is nevertheless much here which the practical reader will find of uncommon interest. The descriptions of Ekaterina and Archangel are admirable. The world has been waiting for just the kind of knowledge regarding Russia’s new Arctic port that Mr Graham gives us.”

+ Nation 104:430 Ap 12 ‘17 1550w

“Discount the politics and the war prophecies, and much that is genuinely revelatory and illuminating does emerge. ... His picture of the mood in which Russia accepts the war will endure. Even at the risk of displeasing the western political radicals Mr Graham should not be frightened from his attempts to convey to us the religious background of Russia. He can bring out the shadows and spiritual chiaroscuro of the thrilling panorama of revolution.” H. S.

+ — New Repub 11:165 Je 9 ‘17 950w

“When Stephen Graham splutters: ‘The Russia which Gorky attacks is just that which is spiritually interesting to us in England—the mystical and impractical Russia,’ he reveals himself a downright dilettante, an epicurean, an ‘intellectual’ gourmand.” D: Rosenstein

— N Y Call p15 Ag 12 ‘17 1450w

+ N Y Times 22:108 Mr 25 ‘17 850w

“An entertaining record of his experiences, although naturally it is hardly a work of permanent value.”

+ Outlook 116:116 My 16 ‘17 40w

Pratt p46 O ‘17 30w

+ R of Rs 55:552 My ‘17 130w

St Louis 15:374 O ‘17 30w

+ Spec 118:392 Mr 31 ‘17 110w

“He belongs to that class of English writers who took it upon themselves to whitewash the Russian autocracy and so misrepresent all those who had fought against it for more than half a century. I do not believe that anybody cares to know now anything about the devotion of the Russian people to Czar Nicholas II, or about his angelic disposition and his artistic soul.” H.

— Survey 38:76 Ap 21 ‘17 70w

+ The Times [London] Lit Sup p99 Mr 1 ‘17 420w

“Mr Graham’s style, often slipshod and careless, occasionally, under the inspiration of deep feeling, rises to a height of real beauty.” W: L. Phelps

+ — Yale R n s 7:187 O ‘17 200w

GRAHAME-WHITE, CLAUDE, and HARPER, HARRY. Air power; naval, military, commercial, il *$3 Stokes 623.7 (Eng ed War17-85)

“The authors regard the greatest lesson of the war as being that in the future a nation which dominates the aerial highways will dominate also those of the land and sea, and that a dominion of the air must mean, ultimately, the dominion of the world. They illustrate this view in a series of chapters dealing with the war in the air, problems in construction, after-war policy, factors of safety (the phrase is used in more than the engineering sense), popularizing travel by air, laws of the air, and the commercial era of flight. They draw an alluring picture of the time when a man will be able to dine one evening in New York and the next in London, and when aerial excursions will be possible at rates which will put them within the reach of all.”—The Times [London] Lit Sup

A L A Bkl 14:80 D ‘17

“The programme outlined is scarcely ever outside the bounds of possibility, but views on aviation will have changed greatly long before the programme is completed.”

+ — Nature 99:481 Ag 16 ‘17 670w

N Y P L New Tech Bks p3 Jl ‘17 60w

The Times [London] Lit Sup p192 Ap 19 ‘17 130w

229GRANT, ARTHUR.^[2] On the wings of the morning. *$2 Dutton 828

“Echoes of George Borrow, of Gilbert White, of Richard Jefferies sound forth from the pages of Mr Grant’s book of essays. As he journeys ‘On the wings of the morning’ into the heart of historic Britain he sees there the glory of her past and the beauty of her present. ... Every corner of the island whence has arisen a mighty empire contains its historic scenes, and in every hill and valley is to be found something quaint, something picturesque and something of alluring grandeur. Much of all this Mr Grant has witnessed and much of it he records in his book. And through it all runs an undercurrent of thought that reflects the spirit of the day in which it is written, that reveals how constantly in all our minds is the present fighting of Britain and her many Allies ‘for God and the right, for a world-peace that can only come through sacrifice.’”—Boston Transcript

“His book should be received with appreciation by those familiar with the places named and their literary associations, and attract many others to enjoy them.”

+ Ath p524 O ‘17 90w

“The linking of people with places, and of places with people, gives to Mr Grant’s essays one of their principal charms.” E. F. E.

+ Boston Transcript p6 D 29 ‘17 1200w

GRANT, MADISON. Passing of the great race; or, The racial basis of European history, maps *$2 (4c) Scribner 572 16-22372

For descriptive note see Annual for 1916.

“The book contains much solid scientific and historical truth set forth with dignity and clearness, although often with a lack of coherence. It affords evidence of minute and careful study, even though the author never cites his authority for particular statements and supplies but a limited bibliography in the appendix. ... But the ‘Passing of the great race’ is not so much an objective scientific treatise as a carefully reasoned argument in support of preconceived convictions. ... The argument of the book must stand for what it is worth. To the present reviewer it is unconvincing, partly because it rests on debatable assumptions, partly because the method of the argument seems itself unsound. ... His determinations often rest on the most questionable evidence. ... Mr Grant’s book can hardly be regarded as an important contribution to historical science. Its dogmatic assurance and its partizanship impair its value to learning. Its main thesis is not established, and, in the present state of scholarship, is not capable of establishment. For guidance in matters relating to European race problems American students of history will continue to depend, as they have done for nearly twenty years, on Ripley’s solid and discriminating ‘Races of Europe.’” A. B. S.

– + Am Hist R 22:842 Jl ‘17 850w

“Brevity often forces a more dogmatic opinion than the author probably holds, but so many extreme statements are made that the reader often wonders what evidence there is. Little mention is made of other writers, and even in the bibliography the names of Ammon, Lapouge, Reibmayr, Schallmaier, who have advocated similar claims, and opponents like Finot and Novicow, are omitted. In spite of many defects the position of the author has much to commend it. The volume should be studied by all who are interested in the future of our own country and in democracy at large.” C. K.

+ — Ann Am Acad 70:330 Mr ‘17 180w

“The migrations of the three races during different periods are illustrated by a series of striking maps.”

Ath p250 My ‘17 190w

“We had thought that this species of race ecstasy, this enthusiasm for laying stress on the racial basis of European history, with which the name of Houston Stewart Chamberlain is associated, was going out of fashion, even in Germany. But that a writer in democratic America should give currency to these doctrines is passing strange.”

— Ath p347 Jl ‘17 650w

“Mr Madison Grant echoes the absurdities of Mr Houston Chamberlain.” H. M. Kallen

— Dial 62:432 My 17 ‘17 920w

“Mr Grant’s account of the distribution of the different races is interesting and no doubt as accurate as such speculations can be made, but the superstructure of theory and policy which he builds thereon must be judged by each reader for himself.”

– + Ind 89:362 F 26 ‘17 180w

+ — Int J Ethics 28:295 Ja ‘18 160w

“We do not recall any other single work which presents, within the limited space of one volume, so comprehensive a survey of heredity, eugenics, racial characteristics, ruling dynasties, and the steady elimination of the unfit.”

+ Lit D 54:2000 Je 30 ‘17 450w

“Three brief chapters present a résumé of our knowledge of prehistoric man in the stone and bronze ages. It is interesting to note that the detailed treatment begins where Professor Osborn’s recent monumental work on ‘Men of the old stone age’ leaves off, and in certain ways may be regarded as directly supplemental. ... Slight reference is made to the European war, but the application of all the data which Mr Grant has assembled to the causes, psychology, and ultimate results of this conflict is plainly evident. This and the intelligent attention which is directed to the unparalleled mixing of races in our own country are the two most potent memories of a perusal of this volume. ... A bibliography and thorough index round out a volume of marked originality and considerable interest.”

+ Nation 104:466 Ap 19 ‘17 770w

Nature 99:502 Ag 23 ‘17 620w

“For our part, we should like to have the facts examined with much more care than Mr Grant has paid them before accepting his doleful predictions as true, or even probable.”

— Spec 119:385 O 13 ‘17 1550w

Reviewed by E. G. Balch

— Survey 39:262 D 1 ‘17 550w

“All that can be said of some of the statements brought forward by Mr Grant as scientific evidence of his thesis is that they are incorrect.”

— The Times [London] Lit Sup p209 My 3 ‘17 1450w

“Many readers will question Grant’s conclusions, and some will resent them. ... Yet his statement of the problem demands serious consideration, and his sketch of the development and expansion of the Nordic races is an excellent historical résumé. ... The whole lesson of biology is that America is seriously endangering her future by making fetishes of equality, democracy, and universal education. They are of great value, but only when they have good hereditary material upon which to work. The books of Morgan, Conklin, and Grant all show that we must drastically revise our immigration policy and must strive even more diligently to perpetuate the rapidly diminishing type of strong-willed idealists who have been the country’s chief leaders.” Ellsworth Huntington

+ Yale R n s 6:670 Ap ‘17 400w

GRAY, VIOLET GORDON.^[2] Margery Morris. il *$1.25 (1½c) Penn 17-29733

Margery Morris, the young heroine of this story for girls, comes from California to spend a summer with her grandfather in a small Quaker village in New Jersey. An unknown boy cousin meets her at the train and tells her that her grandfather is away. Margery, who is something of a little snob, finds it necessary to adapt herself to the simple living of a plain old-fashioned farm house. She learns to like the two boys who call themselves her cousins; makes friends with two jolly girls, and only later learns that thru confusion of names she has come to visit in the wrong house. Other books in the series are promised.

N Y Times 22:547 D 9 ‘17 70w

230GREEN, JOHN RICHARD. Short history of the English people; rev. and enl., with epilogue by Alice S. Green. maps *$2 Am. bk. 942 16-18300

“The present one-volume edition now given to the public contains all the material except the illustrations in the four-volume edition of 1887 and, in addition, some modifications in the history of Ireland which Mrs Green believes her husband would have incorporated had he been living. They are due to new material discovered in the last thirty-five years since the ‘Short history’ was published.”—Outlook

“The ‘Epilogue’ is a summary written with a fervid eloquence which makes it in its own way singularly attractive. But the fervour sometimes leaves the facts obscure; for instance, no one who did not know the sequence of events could extract the truth from the summary of the Crimean war; whilst an account of the mutiny which does not mention John Lawrence and has but a bare reference to his brother can only be described as a curiosity. The ‘Epilogue’ is not indeed a ‘history,’ and as a review it is written with a definite outlook, which if stimulating and suggestive, makes it hardly suitable for instruction to those who are not already fairly familiar with the facts.” A.

Eng Hist R 32:149 Ja ‘17 250w

+ Outlook 115:208 Ja 31 ‘17 200w

“In the latest reprint Mrs J. R. Green has added an epilogue of one hundred and seventy-two pages covering the century from 1815 to 1914. A spirited sketch of the social changes and of the imperial and foreign problems which have confronted us, it is as dogmatic, as biassed, and almost as entertaining as J. R. Green’s own work, though he might not have given so much prominence to the so-called Celtic influence in British politics. He would certainly have described the causes of the war more clearly and more accurately, instead of veiling Germany’s direct responsibility for the conflict. An historian of the English people ought, we think, to be perfectly definite about this important matter. Mrs Green handles it gingerly, as if she doubted our good faith and our intense desire to keep the peace.”

Spec 117:348 S 23 ‘16 140w

“The keenest-eyed literary critic would find it difficult to determine from internal evidence where J. R. Green laid down the pen and Mrs Green has taken it up. There is the same picturesque style, the same gift of epigrammatic expression and faculty for seizing the essential detail, the same command of apt quotation, the same imaginative intuition, broad outlook on human affairs, and sympathy with national and democratic movements.”

+ The Times [London] Lit Sup p365 Ag 3 ‘16 600w

GREEN, LILIAN (BAYLISS) (MRS ALBERT RANDOLPH GREEN). Effective small home. il *$1.50 McBride 640 17-8603

The author was formerly editor of the Little house department of the Ladies’ Home Journal. To help those who live on small incomes and in small quarters is her aim in this book. Part 1 is personal. In it she writes of her own varied experiences in housekeeping. Part 2 is amplified from material prepared for the Ladies’ Home Journal, and has chapters on: Suggestions for furnishing, Lighting fixtures, The hanging of curtains, Floor coverings, etc. In addition there are appendixes giving suggestions for cleaning, recipes, etc. There is a short bibliography and an index.

“The book is full of personality, has some charm and many suggestive ideas. It makes a contribution in regard to the treatment of apartments and very small rooms. It contains no principles or standards by which to decorate, and is a record of ingenuity and taste rather than of principles and artistic standards.”

+ A L A Bkl 13:387 Je ‘17

“A practical book for young housekeepers of moderate means.”

+ Cleveland p114 S ‘17 60w

“A pleasantly personal tone pervades Mrs Green’s contribution.”

+ Nation 105:608 N 29 ‘17 250w

N Y Br Lib News 4:75 My ‘17 80w

+ N Y Times 22:201 My 20 ‘17 30w

Pittsburgh 22:666 O ‘17 50w

Pratt p25 O ‘17 10w

“The work points out many short cuts for women who are anxiously striving for beauty in the home.”

+ Springf’d Republican p8 N 27 ‘17 110w

GREEN, MARY, pseud. (MRS MARIETTA [MCPHERSON] GREENOUGH). Better meals for less money. *$1.25 Holt 641.5 17-13798

“It is the plan of this book,” says the author, “to include a variety of (1) recipes which require only a small amount of meat; (2) recipes for vegetable dishes which can take the place of meat; (3) recipes for the economical use of cereals, dairy products, and other common inexpensive foods; (4) recipes for breads, cakes, and desserts requiring only a small amount of butter and eggs; and (5) recipes for a few relishes, condiments, and other accessories which lend variety and interest.” The first chapter is devoted to General suggestions for economy.

“The general suggestions for economy are useful but the title is rather misleading as no meals are planned and the book is just another good cook book of selected recipes, well indexed, with an appendix which gives tables of weights and measures, temperature, caloric values, time tables for cooking and a list (2p.) of government publications on foods and cooking.”

+ A L A Bkl 13:434 Jl ‘17

+ Cath World 105:412 Je ‘17 110w

Cleveland p87 Jl ‘17 90w

“Not intended as a complete guide to cookery, this new book, so admirable in form and contents, presupposes an elementary knowledge of the care and preparation of food, and imparts much knowledge that is not elementary.”

+ Lit D 55:40 N 3 ‘17 120w

“Altogether this little book is indispensable for owners of small kitchens.”

+ Nation 105:347 S 27 ‘17 330w

“We have personally tested many of the recipes for salads and puddings and found them excellent. The author preaches a sort of sensible economy which the housewife can practice with much profit.” M. G. S.

+ N Y Call p14 My 20 ‘17 120w

+ N Y Times 22:173 Ap 29 ‘17 80w

Pratt p26 O ‘17 40w

“The preface gives general suggestions for economy—the kind a sensible housewife can really practise.”

+ R of Rs 56:554 N ‘17 90w

“Another good point about the book is the binding, which is of the practical kind that may be handled without soiling.”

+ Springf’d Republican p6 Ag 14 ‘17 250w

GREENE, CARLETON. Wharves and piers; their design, construction and equipment. il *$3 McGraw 627 17-9604

“The book is frankly a catalog of standard designs. There appears little attempt to expand theory, but as a catalog, using that word in its best sense, there is little to be wished for. The main section, is devoted to the structure of the piers and wharves themselves. The following and less exhaustive part takes up the design of sheds for wharves and piers and a final and still less ambitious section is devoted to cargo-handling machinery. Finally, a number of detail costs afford some general information on that important subject.”—Engin News-Rec

Cleveland p111 S ‘17 20w

“In no branch of engineering have there been so many strides forward in the past decade as in the design and construction of wharves and piers for harbors. ... In spite of this great advance, or perhaps because of it, the literature 231on the subject is most meager. Practically everything that can be found on recent wharf and pier construction must be sought in the files of technical magazines and society publications. Mr Greene has, therefore, done a considerable service for the profession in collecting the many types which appear in his new book.”

+ Engin News-Rec 79:325 Ag 16 ‘17 300w

N Y Br Lib News 4:76 My ‘17

“The drawings, most of them dimensioned, are clearly executed.”

+ N Y P L New Tech Bks p6 Ap ‘17 70w

“‘The subject of pile-driving has not been treated at length in this book.’”

Pittsburgh 22:453 My ‘17 50w (Reprinted from Journal of the Western Society of Engineers p122 F ‘17)

Pratt p19 Jl ‘17 40w

GREENE, FREDERICK STUART, ed. Grim thirteen. *$1.50 (1½c) Dodd 17-23978

Edward J. O’Brien, editor of “The best short stories of 1916,” in his introduction, tells us that six people, four writers, two critics and a publisher, talking over the short story became convinced that “a grim story, no matter whether it was a literary masterpiece or not, was hoodooed.” They then decided to select and publish in book form thirteen good stories that had been repeatedly rejected by American magazines. All of these stories were praised by editors who rejected them. Contents: The day of Daheimus, by Vance Thompson; Rain, by Dana Burnet; Old fags, by Stacy Aumonier; The head of his house, by Conrad Richter; The Abigail Sheriff memorial, by Vincent O’Sullivan; Easy, by Ethel Watts Mumford; The draw-keeper, by Wadsworth Camp; The razor of Pedro Dutel, by Richard Matthews Hallet; Knute Ericson’s celebration, by Robert Alexander Wason; The parcel, by Mrs Belloc Lowndes; Back o’ the yards, by Will Levington Comfort and H. A. Sturtzel; The end of the game, by William Ashley Anderson; The black pool, by Frederick Stuart Greene.

“They form a protest against the commercial standards which have shown these writers that ‘some of their finest imaginative work could not achieve magazine publication without sensible modification.’ Not written for immature minds.”

+ A L A Bkl 14:60 N ‘17

“Capt. Greene has proved all he has undertaken to prove and suggested very potent reasons for the freeing of our creative literature from the shackles at present imposed upon it.” D. L. M.

+ Boston Transcript p6 Ja 26 ‘18 1000w

“There is not one story in the volume that is mechanical, mediocre, or of the merely competent order that suffices for our monthly fiction. And what is similarly surprising is the distinguished style, the poetic perception, the high literary quality revealed in most of the rejected thirteen.” L: Untermeyer

+ — Dial 64:70 Ja 17 ‘18 1150w

“There is not a story with the indubitable touch of genius to lift it from the ‘grim’ to the tragic. Half of them are written in the same style, the American Magazine or, let us say, Saturday Evening Post style, and might have been written by the same brisk, ingenious hand.”

— Nation 105:694 D 20 ‘17 370w

“The circumstances under which the book is spun out at the public over the heads of the rejecting editors are an indictment of the magazine editors of the whole country. ... And it is a mighty good thing that somebody has had the spirit and the confidence in the American public to make such a test of its intelligence. ... Some of the thirteen stories reach a much higher level of literary quality than do others. For it is easy to see, with some of them, that gruesome theme or unhappy ending was not the sole reason for their untoward fate in magazine offices. But some of them are so true in their picturing of life, so fine in their artistry, and so high in their literary quality that one marvels at their continued rejection.”

+ N Y Times 22:329 S 9 ‘17 1800w

“In tone and atmosphere the stories must be classified with that grimly imaginative school of which Poe was the master. Still each plot is distinctly original. Each one is vivid, thrilling and direct, and many of them display a keen intuition and a sense of psychological values.”

+ Springf’d Republican p17 N 4 ‘17 360w

GREENE, HARRY PLUNKET. Pilot, and other stories. il *$2 (5c) Macmillan 16-22978

“Pilot,” the longest of the six stories in this book, is the story of a dog. Pilot is an English dog with a fondness for poaching, and his adventures are many and amusing. The remaining stories are about children and animals; among them there is one story for fishermen. Bight of the illustrations are in color.

+ N Y Times 22:41 F 4 ‘17 80w

“Our notice must not end without a few words of praise for the admirable illustrations of Mr H. J. Ford, so long and honourably associated with the fairy books of the late Andrew Lang. Here, however, he shows a range and versatility for which we were hardly prepared, and has collaborated with the author with most delightful results, whether his aim has been realistic, grotesque, or fantastic.”

+ Spec 117:706 D 2 ‘16 700w

“The story of his doings is so entertainingly and humorously told that the book should prove interesting to readers of all ages.”

+ Springf’d Republican p15 D 2 ‘16 70w

+ The Times [London] Lit Sup p603 D 14 ‘16 350w

GREENE, HOMER. Flag. il *$1.25 (2c) Jacobs 17-22701

In a school-boy snowball battle, one of the two leaders wraps himself in the American flag as a means of protection in an assault, but his opponent, Penfield Butler, tears it from him and it is trampled and torn under their feet. Made to feel that his act was unpardonable, called “Benedict Arnold” by his companions, Penfield is forced to leave school. Thereafter he goes branded, is refused admission to the national guard, but finally takes part in the European war and thereby regains his good name.

“Marred by sentimentality.”

+ — A L A Bkl 14:173 F ‘18

Ind 92:448 D 1 ‘17 30w

Pittsburgh 22:840 D ‘17 50w

“A wholesome story of military patriotism for boys told in a manly, straightforward style.”

+ Springf’d Republican p15 S 23 ‘17 80w

GREENE, KATHLEEN CONYNGHAM. Little boy out of the wood, and other dream plays. *75c Lane 822 16-23242

A collection of fanciful little plays for reading. The titles are: The little boy out of the wood; Night watch; The poppy seller; The first Christmas eve; The vision splendid; The princess on the road; The two bad fairies. A note says, “Of the plays that form this book only one—‘The two bad fairies’—was written for a stage. The other six are dreams.”

“Recalling in the delicate allegory Olive Schreiner’s ‘Dreams’ comes ‘The little boy out of the wood.’ These are ‘dream plays,’ tragic and comic, and exquisite in workmanship.”

+ Ind 89:274 F 12 ‘17 30w

N Y Br Lib News 4:21 F ‘17 30w

“Arranged for reading aloud.”

R of Rs 55:441 Ap ‘17 70w

GREENOUGH, CHESTER NOYES, and HERSEY, FRANK WILSON CHENEY. English composition. il *$1.40 Macmillan 808 17-15557

“Professor Greenough and Mr Hersey have prepared a most interesting text-book on ‘English composition,’ What they term ‘mechanics,’ that is troublesome points of grammar, punctuation, spelling are touched in short final chapters. 232The main chapters are on exposition, argument, description, narration, structure, with clear and suggestive discussion of the topics, and fine examples. The first chapter on gathering and weighing of material is especially to be noted, for it gives the pupil all sorts of practical, helpful hints that students must usually work out for themselves slowly at great waste of time or never work out at all.” (Ind) Dr Greenough is professor of English at Harvard university.

“Occasionally a volume appears which from its preface onward towers above the jumble of its competitors. Such a volume is this ‘English composition.’ The arrangement of the contents is unexceptionable. Better even than the arrangement, however, is the excellence of the presentation.”

+ Dial 63:410 O 25 ‘17 120w

+ Ind 91:235 Ag 11 ‘17 100w

“If a criticism were to be made it would be that the authors treat composition as chiefly an exhibition of cleverness. They send a chiel out into the world notebook in hand and eye alert chiefly for the technical tricks of the trade. ... Beyond such technical matters a book on composition is perhaps not bound to go: within this field it would be difficult to find one that functions more efficiently; it makes one cast about at once for a sharp pencil. An interesting concession to the present interest in the spoken word, the book contains a rather prim little chapter on pronunciation.”

+ Nation 105:260 S 6 ‘17 220w

N Y Br Lib News 4:124 Ag ‘17

“The first work of its kind to bring the student ample descriptive extracts from famous writers illustrated with photographs of the actual scenes described by them.”

+ R of Rs 56:216 Ag ‘17 290w

GREGOR, ELMER RUSSELL. White Otter. il *$1.35 (2c) Appleton 17-8586

A sequel to “The red arrow.” White Otter is the young Sioux who was the hero of that tale. In this story he is again pitted against his tribal enemies, the Pawnees. In a great battle his grandfather, the Sioux chieftain, is taken prisoner and White Otter, following on the enemy’s trail, sets him free. It is a story of Indian life before the coming of the white man.

A L A Bkl 13:453 Jl ‘17

N Y Times 22:314 Ag 26 ‘17 50w

St Louis 15:401 N ‘17 20w

GREGOROVITSH, DIMITRY. Fishermen. *$1.50 (1½c) McBride

Dimitry Gregorovitsh was a contemporary of Tourgeniev. Angelo S. Rappoport, in the introduction to this novel, says that he is rightly considered one of the best exponents of the life of the Russian working people. The present story, here translated into English for the first time, centers about the family of Glyeb Savinitsh, a fisherman. Vania, Glyeb’s youngest son, and Grishka, an adopted child, are boys of the same age who grow up together, sharing alike in the family fortunes. Indeed, in spite of his shortcomings, Grishka seems to hold first place in the affections of the father. Knowing that Dounia, the girl both young men come to love, has given herself to Grishka, Vania takes his foster brother’s place as conscript in the army. Grishka, left free, marries Dounia and wrecks her happiness as he does that of the family that has sheltered him. An evil influence in the story is that of Zakhar, a product of the factory system, which, at the time that the book was written, was only beginning to invade the rural villages of Russia.

+ Cleveland p132 D ‘17 60w

“Grigorovich lacked deep psychological insight; he was more of a careful landscapist and an ethnographic observer than a vivisector of the human soul. Only in exceptional cases did he succeed in depicting a boldly outstanding character, as, for instance; in the old fisherman Glyeb.”

+ — Nation 106:20 Ja 3 ‘18 330w

“Though ‘The fishermen’ has a slightly oldfashioned air about it, it is an air of sentiment rather than of sentimentality, and gives to realism the balance necessary to save it from becoming naturalism. ‘The fishermen’ reminds one of George Sand’s pastoral tales; it possesses a charm which is not glamour and a truth which is not all ugliness.”

+ N Y Times 22:570 D 23 ‘17 600w

Pratt p51 O ‘17 10w

“The author stands only in the second or third rank of Russian literature, has no life-message as Dostoevsky and Tolstoy have, and the picture which he gives of Russian life is not distinctive. ... The patriarchal life of Glyeb’s family ought to be interesting, but one never gets into the midst of it, and evidently the author himself is an outsider, having only a partial sympathy. ... The translation is without charm, and if the author is prolix the translator emphasizes the defect.”

– + The Times [London] Lit Sup p42 Ja 25 ‘17 850w

GREGORY, JACKSON. Wolf breed. il *$1.40 (2c) Dodd 17-25854

The North woods provide the setting of a tale of avarice, jealousy and passion among men who, for greed of gold or refuge from the law, collect there in strange ill-assortment. Among the habitues of a frontier settlement house is No Luck Drennen who had grown hard, cynical, and evil-minded thru loss of faith in men he had trusted. He knows where to find gold; others know that he knows. Drennen becomes suspicious that every body is trying to pry into his secret and wrest from him his prospects. He includes in his suspicions a southern girl who mysteriously appears at the settlement. Woman hater tho he be and sharp of tongue he finds a match in Ygerne Bellaire whose clever fencing wins the admiration and love of the “lone wolf.” Treachery and misunderstanding make their romance a difficult one but they find a way out to happiness.

Boston Transcript p6 Ja 2 ‘18 190w

“It may be summed up as a tale of red blood pumped up by machine.”

— Nation 105:667 D 13 ‘17 90w

“The tale of these fights and entanglements, the thrill and the zest of it, is well told. It is like nothing so much as the novelization of one of the famous ballads of Robert W. Service.”

+ N Y Times 22:469 N 11 ‘17 250w

“It is a lively and quite impossible tale.”

+ Springf’d Republican p17 O 21 ‘17 320w

GREGORY, RICHARD ARMAN. Discovery; or, The spirit and service of science. il *$1.75 Macmillan 504 (Eng ed A16-1381)

“The spirit in which men of science devote themselves to the investigation and understanding of nature, the results of their discoveries in the increase of man’s power—these are the themes of the book.” (Sat R) “In his references to the life and work of men like Galileo, Newton, Faraday, Darwin, Huxley, Kelvin, and Pasteur, the author illustrates the spirit of the discoverer—his fanaticism for the sanctity of truth, his disinterestedness and impersonal detachment, his delight in his work, and his cautious yet alert recognition of the possibility of error. ... Much of the book is an eloquent commentary on the text: ‘The future of our civilisation depends upon the widening spread and deepening hold of the scientific habit of mind.’” (Nature)

“The essays, twelve in number, are readable, concrete in their treatment, and meant for the layman.”

+ A L A Bkl 13:382 Je ‘17

+ Cleveland p149 D ‘16 40w

Reviewed by J. A. Thomson

+ Nature 97:438 Jl 27 ‘16 950w

N Y Br Lib News 3:154 O ‘16

Pittsburgh 22:239 Mr ‘17

Pratt p15 Ap ‘17 20w

+ Sat R 122:89 Jl 22 ‘16 1000w

233“The appearance of this book could not well have been more timely.” T. B. Robertson

+ Science n s 45:143 F 9 ‘17 300w

GREW, EDWIN SHARPE, and others. Field-Marshal Lord Kitchener; his life and work for the empire. 3v il *25s 6d Gresham pub. co., London

A life of Lord Kitchener complete in three volumes. “The first volume deals with Kitchener’s early years, his work in Palestine, and the Egyptian campaign. The second volume begins with the Fashoda incident, and then deals with the Boer war.” (Ath) “The third volume treats of the present war, of Lord Kitchener’s magnificent work in raising the new armies, and of his death in the ‘Hampshire’ on June 5th last.” (Spec)

“A useful and careful piece of work. ... At the same time we should welcome a little more biography and a little less history.”

+ Ath p599 D ‘16 70w (Review of v 1 and 2)

“Carefully written and contains a good deal of new matter.”

+ Spec 117:448 O 14 ‘16 80w (Review of v 1)

+ Spec 118:368 Mr 24 ‘17 70w (Review of v 2 and 3)

The Times [London] Lit Sup p454 S 21 ‘16 80w (Review of v 1)

“Cooperative biography is not an ideal arrangement, but in this case the chapters blend surprisingly well, and the whole narrative flows with an ease which makes it a pleasure to read throughout.”

+ The Times [London] Lit Sup p612 D 14 ‘16 450w (Review of v 1 and 2)

GREY, ZANE. Wildfire. il *$1.35 (1½c) Harper 17-2028

Wildfire, an untamed red stallion, is the hero of this story. Lucy Bostil, the pride of her father’s heart and a girl who doesn’t know the meaning of fear, is its heroine. Lin Slone, who tracks Wildfire up from Utah and captures him, is the horse’s nominal owner, but Lucy is the real owner, for it is to her the beautiful wild horse gives his heart. Lucy rides him once in a race against her father’s favorite, Sage King. She rides him again in a race for life against prairie fire. It is an exciting story of the days when Colorado was less settled and civilized than it is today.

“More sensational than some of his other stories.”

A L A Bkl 13:315 Ap ‘17

“The story would make an excellent foundation for a moving-picture scenario. But still, ‘Wildfire’ possesses certain virtues of its own—the virtue of being straight, clean, and exciting, and the virtue of lacking the psychological sickliness and the maunderings of much of our third-rate fiction.”

+ Boston Transcript p7 Mr 17 ‘17 230w

“After one has followed the story even with intensity, it fades a little in the mind in the days that come after, while one still remembers the atmosphere of the book or the characters.” E: E. Hale

+ Dial 62:105 F 8 ‘17 500w

“Will add nothing to the author’s reputation. It lacks the atmosphere of his early novels and falls short of their restrained power. It is a shallow and sensational story.”

— Ind 90:87 Ap 7 ‘17 50w

+ N Y Times 22:21 Ja 21 ‘17 350w

“It is not like other books. It’s a horse story and—actually—unique.” M. A. Hopkins

+ Pub W 91:210 Ja 20 ‘17 350w

“Compares favorably with Mr Grey’s best stories.”

+ Springf’d Republican p17 Mr 11 ‘17 200w

GRIBBLE, FRANCIS HENRY. Women in war. *$2.75 Dutton 920.7 (Eng ed 16-23097)

“This book, so eminently topical, was yet written, Mr Gribble tells us, before the world-war was talked of. It is an interesting account of individual women or groups of women noted for deeds of bravery, adventurous exploits, or for some special association with war from the time of Boadicea to that of Florence Nightingale. In an epilogue, in which Mr Gribble endeavours to bring the record somewhat up to date, he tells us that he was interned in Germany, and has something to say of German women in war time. ... The epilogue also records the experiences of some of the women who have served in the Russian and Austro-Hungarian armies—‘no fewer than twenty of them in the Voluntary Ukraine legion alone’—and of the women doctors and nurses who went through the Serbian campaign.”—Spec

“Mr Gribble writes of Jeanne d’Arc in detail, and with an open mind attempts to give her a proper place in history, conceding neither to M. Anatole France that she was merely the tool of the clergy, nor to Andrew Lang that she was the great military leader he thought her. His searching desire for fairness toward Jeanne d’Arc gives one confidence in the author’s estimate of other women warriors with whose reputation the reviewer is less familiar.”

+ Dial 63:166 Ag 30 ‘17 230w

“It sketches in a light superficial manner the heroic or eccentric doings of a motley group of thirty or forty women, ranging in point of time from Countess Matilda of Tuscany to Miss Edith Cavell. The only nexus among them all is that each was in some way connected with war, either leading it like Jeanne D’Arc, or in supposedly causing it like the Empress Eugénie, or in suffering from it like Lady Sale, or in some other more or less remote fashion.”

Nation 105:204 Ag 23 ‘17 350w

“Mr Gribble has made for himself more or less of a reputation as an entertaining but superficial writer on some of the intimate phases of history, especially those connected, and too often scandalously, with women. In this book he has collected with great industry an immense amount of information about what specific women have done in war and in the influencing of countries or individuals in times of war and as companions of warriors.”

N Y Times 22:348 S 16 ‘17 140w

“Reading Mr Gribble’s pages, one can hardly realize that they record historical facts. The stories that he relates have all the fascination of fiction.”

+ R of Rs 56:215 Ag ‘17 120w

+ Spec 117:632 N 18 ‘16 210w

Reviewed by L. A. Mead

Survey 38:553 S 22 ‘17 230w

+ The Times [London] Lit Sup p532 N 9 ‘16 1000w

GRIERSON, RONALD. Some modern methods of ventilation. il *$3 Van Nostrand 697 17-12836

“The author’s expressed purpose is to present, in as simple and concise a form as possible, the general principles and practice of design of a modern ventilating plant. This is accomplished as fully as could be expected in a book of less than 200 pages. ... Although based upon English practice, it presents American practices more fully and correctly than any other British book on this subject known to the reviewer. Many of its 40 tables are from American authorities, and all are in accordance with the most modern practice. A similar statement would apply to the illustrations.”—Engin News-Rec

Cleveland p113 S ‘17 30w

“Although the book will scarcely meet the needs of the student beginner in this subject, nor completely satisfy the needs of the well-informed engineer, yet it may well interest both and it is a desirable addition to any library on the subject of ventilation. The descriptions and definitions are models of conciseness and clearness. ... As a whole, the book appears to be the product of one who is thoroughly versed in the theory and practice of modern ventilating work.” D. D. Kimball

+ Engin News-Rec 78:602 Je 21 ‘17 350w

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N Y Br Lib News 4:106 Jl ‘17

“‘The author of this contribution to a literature which is admittedly scanty has not attempted an exhaustive theoretical treatise. He has sifted with a good deal of skill bred of intimate knowledge of the practical side of his subject. Moreover the plant, instruments and methods of which he treats are up-to-date and fairly comprehensive, so that the result is a satisfactory and useful statement of things as they are.’”

+ Pittsburgh 22:453 My ‘17 70w (Reprinted from Ironmonger p186 Mr 24 ‘17)

Pittsburgh 22:518 Je ‘17

GRIFFITH, IRA SAMUEL. Carpentry. il $1 Manual arts press 694 17-1599

“This is really the complete story of the building of a modern house, from surveying and staking out to hanging the windows and doors.”—School Arts Magazine

“A textbook for use by trade apprentices, students in vocational and trade schools and students of manual arts. It is a clear treatise on the every-day problems of the carpenter and house builder. As a textbook on carpentry, it meets every requirement of the student. No other publication has ever undertaken to cover the essentials of house building in a manner adapted for school use as this book on ‘Carpentry.’”

+ Pittsburgh 22:453 My ‘17 100w (Reprinted from Furniture Manufacturer and Artisan p139 Mr ‘17)

“Author is an experienced carpenter and is chairman of the Manual arts department, University of Missouri. He has written several excellent elementary books on woodworking, which are recommended.”

+ Quar List New Tech Bks Ap ‘17 70w

“There are more than 150 illustrations. It is a book for apprentices, trade school students, and anybody who wants to know how houses are built.”

+ School Arts Magazine 16:356 Ap ‘17 60w

“One of the best textbooks for students beginning a study of this subject.” F. M. Leavitt and Margaret Taylor

+ School R 26:63 Ja ‘18 120w

GRIFFITH, WILLIAM. Loves and losses of Pierrot. il *$1 Shores 811 16-22429

“In his ‘Loves and losses of Pierrot,’ William Griffith again proves the validity of his poet-gifts and the great charm of a suggestive sketch-book manner of using the old meters. ... Aside from the origins of the Pierrot legend, there are many suggestions that Mr Griffith has gone deep into the study of eighteenth-century France.”—N Y Times

+ Dial 61:543 D 14 ‘16 90w

“A slender book of delicately alluring lyrics finely and gracefully wrought.”

+ Ind 89:235 F 5 ‘17 40w

+ Lit D 54:209 Ja 27 ‘17 130w

“‘Spring life and spring sadness,’ is Mr Le Gallienne’s deft characterization of these songs, and little more is to be said.”

+ N Y Times 22:55 F 18 ‘17 150w

GRIMM, MINERVA E., comp. Translations of foreign novels: a selected list. (Useful reference ser.) *$1 Boston bk. 016.8

This bibliography aims to bring together in convenient form some of the translations of foreign fiction. The general arrangement is by language. French and German first, these being the largest divisions. Then follow in alphabetical order: Belgian; Chinese; Danish; Dutch; Egyptian; Flemish; Greek; Hungarian; Italian; Norwegian; Polish; Roumanian; Russian; Spanish; Swedish; Yiddish. Under each language there is an alphabetical arrangement by author. The title index is arranged alphabetically according to title, with the language designated after each author and with cross references from other titles for the same book. The list was originally compiled as a bibliography presented for graduation in the New York library school in 1914, and was brought up-to-date before publication. “Each book in the list was examined at the time of compilation. It was available either in the reference department, the circulation department, or in the Library school of the New York public library. Some of the earlier publications are probably out of print, but entries were made for every book in fair condition, with a reasonable length of life before it.” (Preface)

GRISAR, HARTMANN. Luther; authorized tr. from the German, by E. M. Lamond; ed. by Luigi Cappadelta. v 6 *$3.25 Herder 15-12670

The final volume of Father Grisar’s study of Luther comes from the press in the year of the 400th anniversary of the reformation. In conclusion the author says that his constant endeavor has been “to get as close as possible to the real Luther and not to present a painted or fictitious one.” The volume contains the index for the entire work.

“The sixth volume of Prof. Grisar’s biography of the reformer displays, equally with the previous volumes, the author’s scholarship, industry, and endeavour to write with impartiality.”

+ Ath p418 Ag ‘17 50w

“The readers of these six volumes of Father Grisar must indeed recognize that he has written the most objective, the most thorough and most unprejudiced life of Luther.”

+ Cath World 106:247 N ‘17 600w

“As a Jesuit, the author has no sympathy for Luther, but he has spared no pains to state the facts about the reformer, and his general estimate of Luther’s character, especially in its mystical and its intolerant phases, is well worth reading.”

+ Spec 119:16 Jl 7 ‘17 100w

“Perhaps it is in the nature of the case impossible that a man who is so identified with the Roman system as an earnest and able Jesuit must needs be should be able to appreciate the motive force of its most deadly opponent. He is so absorbed in his psychological theories, and in minute points of historical accuracy, that he fails to grasp and to describe the great currents of Luther’s thought and action. Professor Grisar does not give a living history, but an elaborate and critical commentary on the history.”

* – + The Times [London] Lit Sup p521 N 1 ‘17 3750w

GRONER, AUGUSTA. Joe Muller, detective; tr. by Grace Isabel Colbron. *$1.25 Duffield

“A little, mild-looking, meek-mannered, gentle-voiced man—and the best, most famous detective attached to the Secret service of the Austrian police; such is Joe Muller, the hero and principal figure in the five ingenious tales which make up this little book. The first and longest, a novelette, in fact, rather than a short story, is the one entitled ‘The lamp that went out.’ One of those murder cases which seem so simple and obvious, and are really so very complicated, is this tale of the man whose dead body was found in a lonely road.” (N Y Times) The other titles are: The case of the registered letter; The case of the pocket diary found in the snow; The case of the pool of blood in the pastor’s study; The case of the golden bullet.

N Y Br Lib News 4:131 S ‘17 30w

+ N Y Times 22:276 Jl 22 ‘17 230w

GROSVENOR, JOHNSTON. Strange stories of the great valley. il *$1 (2½c) Harper 17-12138

A story of the Ohio valley one hundred years ago. The young hero, Obadiah Holman, a New England boy, floats down the Ohio river, with his parents, to find a new home in Indiana. He meets and makes friends with many of the great men of the time and with one boy who was to become a great man, Abraham Lincoln. Of the 235incidents of the book, the author says, “They are almost true. ... In substance they are a faithful picture of the sort of adventures that helped pioneer lads of the great valley to grow into the full measure of men.”

“A really good, human book for children.”

+ N Y Times 22:314 Ag 26 ‘17 70w

“Each story is complete in itself, but they fit together and are all the better for it; and Mr Grosvenor is a capital story teller.”

+ Springf’d Republican p15 Ag 26 ‘17 190w

GROTIUS, HUGO. Freedom of the seas; or, The right which belongs to the Dutch to take part in the East Indian trade. *$1 Oxford 341 16-10705

“A translation of Grotius’s famous treatise, one of the foundations and sources of international law. The book contains the Latin text of 1633, revised and an English translation by Ralph Van Deman Magoffin, associate in Greek and Roman history, and Roman archaeology in the Johns Hopkins university. There is an introductory note by James Brown Scott, director of the division of international law of Carnegie endowment. Grotius’s treatise was naturally not altogether popular in England in the 17th century because he denied to any nation the right to claim large tracts of the open sea for its own particular use. The work was not, however, directed against England. It was written to make good the right of the Dutch to continue trading with the East Indies.”—Springf’d Republican

Springf’d Republican p6 O 15 ‘17 200w

“The work is singularly unsuggestive as to present or probable future controversies.”

– + The Times [London] Lit Sup p86 F 22 ‘17 1250w

GRUMBACH, S.^[2] Germany’s annexationist aims; tr., abbreviated and introduced by J. Ellis Barker. *$1.50 Dutton 327.43 17-29849

“Mr Barker is familiar with the politics, language, and literature of Germany, and held international rank as an authority in regard thereto before war began. In his introduction to this book he says that ‘Germany’s war-aims are not sufficiently known in this country’; and he proceeds to speak of ‘Herr S. Grumbach’s monumental volume. “Das annexionistische Deutschland,” published by Payot & Co., at Lausanne, in 1917,’ as affording the information not hitherto accessible here. To render it so has been his wish, as translator and abbreviator. It is his conviction, well based, as his numerous quotations and excerpts prove, that German annexationists, belonging to all classes of society, have formed almost boundless plans of conquest in Europe and on the continents beyond.’”—Lit D

Ath p671 D ‘17 110w

Lit D 56:39 Ja 12 ‘18 250w

+ Spec 119:sup474 N 3 ‘17 100w

“On some points his book shows the result of haste in its compilation, but none the less it is a very useful piece of work, which should be widely known.”

+ — The Times [London] Lit Sup p522 N 1 ‘17 850w

GRUNSKY, CARL EWALD, and GRUNSKY, CARL EWALD, jr. Valuation, depreciation and the rate-base. diags *$4 Wiley 338 17-1339

“This volume is a notable addition to the small number of books that treat at all fully the subject of valuation and related problems. It contains an introductory discussion; carefully written definitions of many of the terms used; a statement of fundamental principles; a full discussion of the various matters that effect valuation and rate making; chapters relating to the value of real estate, water rights and reservoir and watershed lands; a special chapter by Carl Ewald Grunsky, jr., on the valuation of mines and oil properties ... tables giving the probable useful life of various articles and expectancy of life and remaining value upon a given theoretical basis; and a series of tables relating to compound interest, present worth, annuities, amortization and depreciation.”—Engin N

“Less a comprehensive and systematic discussion of valuation and rate making in accordance with present procedure than the presentation of particular views based on personal experience and study. There is commendable omission of numerous elementary commonplaces, but unfortunately particular points are uselessly repeated over and over and, in general, material, much of it irrelevant, is presented in a very disorganized fashion.” J: Bauer

+ — Am Econ R 7:634 S ‘17 1000w

+ American Gas Engineering Journal p302 Mr 24 ‘17

Cleveland p107 S ‘17 10w

“While, as indicated above, the book in some of its main features seems not to make recommendations along practical and progressive lines, it is the result of personal contact, long experience and much study of the valuation problem, has been written with much care and contains many valuable ideas, so that it should have a place in the library of all those interested in valuation.” F: P. Stearns

+ Engin N 77:434 Mr 15 ‘17 1100w

“Chapter 12, on the accounting system, is not up to date. ... The reviewer commends the book to the libraries of valuation men, not because it is a model of clearness, nor even because he thinks the depreciation problem is as desperately complex as the authors make it, but because the authors have painstakingly expounded a fair-minded theory about which valuation men should know something, and because they have presented some remarkably complete tables.” C. W. Stark

+ Engin Rec 75:475 Mr 24 ‘17 850w

“This work on the valuation of utilities and mines contains little new material for most students of the subject. It is primarily an exposition of established practices in valuation without much critical appraisal of their soundness. Students beginning the study of valuation, however, will find the work a clear and helpful presentation of the subject.”

+ — J Pol Econ 25:757 Jl ‘17 370w

“The book is not suited for popular reading, but has value for technicians. Its preparation marks a decided step in the regulation of utilities. We hear so much about it that it might be thought an old art. In fact, it is so new that it has hardly developed its science.”

+ N Y Times 22:174 Ap 29 ‘17 220w

+ Pittsburgh 22:336 Ap ‘17 50w

“The engineer or utility official ... will probably find the mathematical and tabular information of considerable value.”

+ Pittsburgh 22:453 My ‘17 170w (Reprinted from Electric Railway Journal p674 Ap 7 ‘17)

+ Pittsburgh 22:822 D ‘17 20w

+ Railway Review p539 Ap 14 ‘17

GRUNZEL, JOSEF. Economic protectionism; ed. by Eugen von Philippovich. *$2.90 Oxford 337 (Eng ed 16-23811)

“This volume is the first published by the Division of economics and history of the Carnegie endowment for international peace. ... The book covers a much wider range of topics than is ordinarily covered in books on the protective question. Not duties upon imports alone are considered, but also the regulation and manipulation of railway rates for the purpose of affording protection, and administrative measures which, though nominally for hygienic and sanitary purposes, in reality are designed to impede importation. Export duties naturally receive attention; and further, the import and export of capital, and immigration and emigration.”—Nation

Reviewed by A. L. Bishop

Am Econ R 7:659 S ‘17 600w

236“The volume will be chiefly valuable as a general presentation of a subject, too much neglected by American writers, which is bound to attract greater attention in the immediate future. More particularly the second part will be useful, for few people realize the wide extent of the measures already adopted by various countries in carrying out this policy. But as a theoretical discussion of the economic soundness and political wisdom of the policy as a whole it is inadequate.” C. W. Wright

+ — Am Hist R 22:851 Jl ‘17 700w

“It has been strongly criticized for its protectionist bias.”

A L A Bkl 13:376 Je ‘17

“Its purpose is to survey the problem of protectionist policy as a whole, and summarize the results of the past research. The committee wisely committed this task to a scholar who believed in protection. The result is a most useful volume, although it throws little light on the problem of the causation of war.”

+ — Ath p22 Ja ‘17 1450w

“Professor Grunzel’s chief field of activity seems to be in the Austrian ministry of commerce, as adviser and administrator; and this accounts for the fulness of his information upon such concrete matters as were just referred to. No doubt it serves also to account for the general character of the present performance. The book is not such as would come from a scholar or from any one having capacity for intellectual discrimination. It is frankly, almost naïvely protectionist; indeed, exhibits protectionism in its vulgar form. The verdict, alas, must be that it is full of superficialities, question-begging phrases, muddy reasoning. ... As an intellectual performance, it is negligible. But as an indication of the ways, and purposes of the economic politician, it is of sad and portentous significance.”

— Nation 104:239 Mr 1 ‘17 1400w

GUÉRARD, ALBERT LÉON. Five masters of French romance. *$1.50 Scribner 843 17-26178

“The present volume is, in the main, independent of politics, though we do not overlook the introductory and concluding chapters—‘The twilight of a world,’ ‘Geniuses as cannon-fodder and survival of the unfittest,’ ‘Regeneration,’ and so on. The writers studied are Anatole France, primate of French literature; Pierre Loti, exotic representative of French Protestantism, ‘and on the surface the least Protestant of all’; Paul Bourget, ‘the most skilful technician’; Maurice Barrès, ‘defender of tradition’; and Romain Rolland, author of ‘one of the world’s classics.’”—Dial

+ A L A Bkl 13:257 Mr ‘17

“The criticism is sane, the argument popular, the substance interesting and the tone serious, while the style sparkles with a true French vivacity which has not had to suffer by translation. ... While it would be impossible to subscribe to every one of M. Guérard’s appreciations, he would be himself the first to disavow any such necessity.”

+ Cath World 104:694 F ‘17 350w

“Professor Guérard is a well-read man and he has written a useful book of a secondary sort. His book is, as his college lectures doubtless are, highly instructive to those who are not already well informed in the field traversed. His exposition of French novels and French culture is discreet and balanced, and his knowledge of American life, its standards, and limitations, adds to his conservatism in the present work. There is no heat or passion here, either for men or works or ideas, and the level style and equal temper of the essays make them all the more judicious and all the less inspiring.”

+ — Dial 62:113 F 8 ‘17 350w

+ Ind 91:351 S 1 ‘17 130w

+ N Y Times 22:187 My 13 ‘17 920w

Outlook 115:116 Ja 17 ‘17 100w

“Peculiarly circumstanced for interpreting to Americans the personal and literary characteristics of modern French authors is Albert Leon Guérard, a Frenchman born and bred, but now an American of more than ten years’ standing who is professor of French in the Rice institute, at Houston, Tex.”

+ Springf’d Republican p10 My 10 ‘17 350w

“He wants to be on the side of the heavy angel, sociology, yet he is by inclination a connoisseur of literature. ... He is so anxious to convince Texas that French yellow-backs are worthy of serious attention that he is a little unscrupulous as to the kind of attention he secures for them. Secretly convinced that they are to be judged as literature, he has not the courage of his conviction, and serves them up as documents of social history. Unsteadiness of aim makes a bad book, and Mr Guérard’s is not a good one. And yet it might have been had not the American conscience so much perturbed the French taste.”

— The Times [London] Lit Sup p622 D 21 ‘16 700w

“Useful for readers who wish short-cuts to a knowledge of these French writers and their novels, but are hardly equal to Miss Stephens’ ‘French novelists of today.’”

+ Wis Lib Bul 13:156 My ‘17 70w

GUEST, EDGAR ALBERT. Heap o’ livin’. *$1.25 Reilly & B. 811 16-21963

“Mr Guest chooses the old familiar themes of domestic joys and sorrows, the ups and downs of life, the high hopes and the grievous disappointments common to our lot. ... This is by no means his first appearance in print, and to his old friends he needs no introduction. Let those who still have before them the pleasure of making his acquaintance try his quality in such poems of the present collection as ‘My creed,’ ‘Spring in the trenches,’ ‘The other fellow,’ ‘Father,’ and ‘Mother.’”—Dial

“Those who like Will Carleton and James Whitcomb Riley will not dislike Mr Guest.”

+ Dial 61:355 N 2 ‘16 200w

“Homespun poetry, full of health and vigor.”

+ Lit D 53:1727 D 30 ‘16 360w

“Inspiration may or may not lie between its covers; but love and good solid, spiritual fellowship for the common man are there.”

+ Springf’d Republican p6 My 1 ‘17 250w

GUEST, FLORA (BIGELOW) (MRS LIONEL GEORGE WILLIAM GUEST). Cow and milk book. il *75c (3c) Lane 636 17-12845

A series of short, practical chapters on dairying by a woman who writes from personal experience in Canada. Emphasis is placed on cleanliness, careful inspection, etc. Among the subjects taken up are: Beef versus milk, The care of milk, The price of milk, Housing the cattle, Housing calves, To start a herd on economical lines, Advanced registry of cattle, How to choose a dairy cow, Stall-fed cows, Bedding, Watering the cattle.

“Will be found as helpful as the more scientific guides, most of which have the herd owner in mind.”

+ Ind 90:516 Je 16 ‘17 40w

“Mrs Lionel Guest was the daughter of the late John Bigelow. ... She has a successful dairy farm near Montreal which she superintends, and this little book offers the results of her own experience. It is thoroughly practical and deals with all the phases of the subject.”

+ N Y Times 22:167 Ap 29 ‘17 150w

GUIMERÁ, ANGEL. La pecadora (Daniela); a play in three acts; tr. by Wallace Gillpatrick. (Pub. of Hispanic soc. of Am.) pa *$1.25 Putnam 862 16-22623

For the English version of this play by the author of “Marta of the Lowlands,” we are indebted to Mexico City. The translator saw its first performance there in 1902 and, impressed with its merits, obtained permission from the author to translate it into English. The scene is in a little Spanish village. A great singer, after fifteen years of absence, has just returned to her childhood home. She is broken in health and her hopes of renewing her strength among well-loved scenes are frustrated 237by the suspicions of her old friends, and especially by the jealousy of the wife of her one-time sweetheart.

“Wallace Gillpatrick has translated ‘La pecadora’ and has brought over into English most if not all of the hot and fluid passion of the original. ... For acting purposes, at least with us, some of the scenes, notably the first half of the first act, would have to be condensed, but it makes easier reading as it stands, affording the opportunity to come slowly and surely under the spell of the emotions and the sensibilities of another race.” O. M. Sayler