Book Review Digest Devoted to the Valuation of Current Literature Reviews of 1917 Books (continued 47)
Reading edition
— Nature 99:183 My 3 ‘17 650w
+ N Y Times 22:220 Je 3 ‘17 50w
WILD, LAURA HULDA. Evolution of the Hebrew people and their influence on civilization. *$1.50 (1½c) Scribner 220.9 17-24078
The author is professor of biblical history and literature in Mt. Holyoke college, and this book is the result of several years of teaching pupils “who come to college with no adequate conception of what the Bible stands for.” It is a work for beginners and attempts “to relate Bible study to the great fields of knowledge that command a modern student’s attention, to show something of the fascination of Bible study pursued in this way, and to leave a positive conviction of the surpassing value of the great prophetic thoughts handed down to us.” (Preface) The book is divided into five parts: The cultural background of Hebrew life; A sketch of the development of religious ideas; The influence of physical environment upon the development of the Hebrew race; Israel’s economic and social development; The place in world thought of the great Hebrew prophetic teachers. There are two maps, a bibliography and an index.
A L A Bkl 14:111 Ja ‘18
“The book ought to serve its purpose well. It does not make too great demands of the beginner. It meets him at least half-way. It ranges about freely through the whole biblical world seeking out the interesting and attractive spots and finding them.”
+ Bib World 51:47 Ja ‘18 210w
“There is much interesting and valuable material in the book.”
+ Lit D 55:52 D 1 ‘17 380w
WILDE, PERCIVAL. Unseen host, and other war plays. *$1.25 Little 812 17-25290
These five one-act plays survey the present war from many angles. The “Unseen host” is based upon the legend of the “Angels of Mons”; “Mothers of men” is an interview between two women whose sons are at the front; “Pawns” is the story of some Russian and Austrian peasants living as neighbors on the frontier and summoned to mobilize, quite ignorant of what mobilization means; “In the ravine” is a conversation between an Italian professor of biology and an Austrian forger, who have been fighting on the heights; and “Valkyrie” is a conversation on the battlefield between two wounded officers, one German and the other British and a common soldier.
“‘Mother of men’ and ‘Pawns’ are both powerful, thoroughly realised achievements. He displays no weakness anywhere, is rich in dramatic device, nervous yet natural in dialogue, frugal in means, strong in concentration.” Algernon Tassin
+ Bookm 46:349 N ‘17 40w
“His new volume shows growth in Mr Wilde, especially in his understanding of the springs of human emotion. Of the new series the title play, a fine and effective use of the legend of the angels at the battle of the Marne, is the best, but he almost duplicates the success of this difficult piece of work in his German version of a similar theme, ‘Valkyrie.’ Taken together these are the finest dramas the war has inspired in America.” Williams Haynes
+ Dial 63:586 D 6 ‘17 560w
“The point of view is cosmopolitan rather than simply patriotic, and the dialogs between enemies who have found out that, after all, they share a common humanity light up the tragedy and absurdity of war with far greater skill than any deliberately purposed pacifistic play could hope to attain.”
+ Ind 92:63 O 6 ‘17 60w
+ R of Rs 57:101 Ja ‘18 100w
WILKINS, ERNEST HATCH; COLEMAN, ALGERNON, and HUSE, HOWARD RUSSELL. First lessons in spoken French for men in military service. *50c Univ. of Chicago press 448 17-19499
“The purpose of this book is to help men in American military service (1) to understand what may be said to them in French; (2) to make themselves understood in French; (3) to understand printed French. The facts and words of French are presented consistently in terms of sound. ... For the representation of the French sounds we have used a set of phonetic symbols for which we claim at least the merit of simplicity. It coincides to a considerable degree with the set used in Grandgent’s ‘Short French grammar.’ We have deliberately ignored certain differentiations in sound which are commonly taught, and which 606should be taught under normal circumstances. ... The words chosen for the word-lists have been selected with reference to the particular needs of men in the service.” (Preface)
“An excellent textbook for oral work. Word lists and order of the lessons are well chosen. Index and table of word lists, no vocabulary.”
+ A L A Bkl 14:10 O ‘37
Pittsburgh 22:694 O ‘17
WILKINSON, ANDREWS. Boy holidays in the Louisiana wilds. il *$1.50 (2c) Little 17-24284
This book will introduce new types of adventure to northern boy readers. Capturing alligators, hunting the marsh lynx, and fishing in the bayous of lower Louisiana are the pastimes of its three young heroes. Woven in with the recital of their real exploits are the tales told by Uncle Jason, tales of the Uncle Remus variety, with such titles as, The wise coon that got away, How the squirrel-jay war began, How Mr Turkey Buzzard became bald. There are also attractive pictures of home life on a big plantation and descriptions of the country bordering the lower Mississippi.
“Children who love Uncle Remus’s stories will be glad of Andrews Wilkinson’s ‘Boy holidays in the Louisiana wilds’ with its effective pictures.”
+ Ind 92:447 D 1 ‘17 30w
“Their adventures are entertaining, and there are good descriptions of southern scenery and life. But this is a book of stories rather than adventure, and the interest centers in Uncle Jason, a second Uncle Remus.”
+ Springf’d Republican p13 D 16 ‘17 110w
WILKINSON, MRS MARGUERITE OGDEN (BIGELOW),[2] comp. Golden songs of the Golden state. *$1.50 McClurg 811.08 17-31452
A California anthology. There are included in it poems by California writers and by others who have fallen under California’s charm. The compiler says, “I have felt that in a sense California belongs to us all—not only to the native sons and daughters, but to the many who have been refreshed and strengthened and healed by sojourning there. ... But whenever it has been possible I have given the preference to poems by western poets who have made their reputations in the West or who are now living there and definitely associated with the West.” The book is made up of three parts: Pioneer voices; Voices of the great singers; Living voices.
WILLCOX, CORNÉLIS DE WITT. War French. *75c Macmillan 448 17-24091
The author, a colonel in the United States army, is professor of modern languages at the West Point military academy. Contents: Part 1, The French language; part 2, The French army; part 3, Passages for translation into English. About fifty pages of part 1 are devoted to the verb. A few pages of vocabularies and conversations follow. The army information in part 2 is also followed by vocabularies and conversations. Following part 3 are French-English and English-French vocabularies.
+ Ind 92:343 N 17 ‘17 50w
Pittsburgh 22:835 D ‘17 50w
WILLIAMS, ALBERT RHYS. In the claws of the German eagle. il *$1.50 (3c) Dutton 940.91 17-12508
The entertaining quality which this book of war-time adventures undoubtedly has, is due largely to its revelation of the author’s personality. He writes with humor and sympathy, and without prejudice. “To myself,” he writes, “out of these insights into the great calamity, there has come reinforcement to my belief in the essential greatness of the human stuff in all nations. Along with this goes a faith that in the new internationalism mankind will lay low the military Frankenstein that he has created, and realize the triumphant brotherhood of all human souls.” The book consists of four parts: The spy-hunters of Belgium; On foot with the German army; With the war photographers in Belgium; Love among the ruins. The author is the socialist pastor of a church in East Boston who was traveling in Europe when the war broke out. His articles on the war were first contributed to the Outlook.
+ A L A Bkl 13:446 Jl ‘17
Boston Transcript p6 My 12 ‘17 130w
“The volume before us, however, has some noteworthy differences from the general run. In the first place, the author was not a professional war correspondent when the war began. Hence his narrative possesses a certain freshness of outlook and naiveté of presentation. Secondly, as he tells us, ‘there is no culling out of just those episodes which support a particular theory, such as the total and complete depravity of the German race. ... So I am not to blame whether those episodes damn the Germans or bless them. Some do, and some don’t. What one ran into was largely a matter of luck.’ There is a very human note running through the book.”
+ + — Cath World 105:699 Ag ‘17 260w
“A vividly interesting account.”
+ Cleveland p102 S ‘17 50w
“Accounts of frightfulness might have added to the attractiveness of his story for those who enjoy shuddering, but Mr Williams finds himself unable, as an eye-witness, to record any such atrocities, and so very wisely leaves them for others to write down. Yet it is no flattering picture he paints of German conduct in Belgium.”
+ Dial 64:82 Ja 17 ‘18 80w
“His book is worth more than a dozen snap-shot records.”
+ Ind 91:72 Jl 14 ‘17 230w
“The book is gossipy, interesting and good humoured, though by no means flippant in tone, and the writer seems unprejudiced and fair to all around.” Joshua Wanhope
+ N Y Call p15 My 13 ‘17 500w
“We need more social passion of the sort that flames through every word that Williams has written. This alone can lead us out of the wilderness in which we wander.” Irwin Granich
+ N Y Call p15 My 20 ‘17 2000w
Pittsburgh 22:684 O ‘17 30w
“Unlike many historians of the early days of the war, Mr Williams has kept his emotions well under control.”
R of Rs 55:668 Je ‘17 50w
“An eminently readable, rather humorous and certainly very human book.”
+ Springf’d Republican p8 My 11 ‘17 330w
Wis Lib Bul 13:220 Jl ‘17 50w
WILLIAMS, BLANCHE COLTON. Handbook on story writing. *$1.50 Dodd 808.3 17-31454
Among the many handbooks on short story writing, the author has found none which gives the amateur the guidance he needs in matters of construction. In her experience as teacher of English in Hunter college and in conducting extension classes in story writing at Columbia, she has worked out a series of fundamental principles which have proved to be of definite practical aid to her students. These principles she has incorporated in this book. As the main purpose of the work is to emphasize construction, four of its chapters are devoted to Plot. Others consider The point of view, Characterisation, Dialogue, The emotional element, Local colour and atmosphere, etc. The works of master short story writers, including many present-day writers, are freely drawn on for illustrative material. Each chapter is followed by exercises, suggestions for reading, etc. Bibliographies and index come at the end.
“One of the two best text-books available for the student of short-story writing.” E: J. O’Brien
+ Bookm 46:612 Ja ‘18 1250w
+ Ind 93:377 Mr 2 ‘18 40w
607WILLIAMS, CHARLES DAVID. Christian ministry and social problems. *$1 (3c) Macmillan 261 17-18971
The author is the Episcopal bishop of Michigan. He discusses in this book “the demands upon religion and the opportunities of ministers brought about by the new social conscience, the present unjust distribution of wealth, and the attempts on every hand to devise schemes of justice rather than charity.” (Ind) “This book is the fourth in the series, Church principles for lay people, being issued by certain members of the American Episcopal church to present constructive thought on current theological and social questions.” (Springf’d Republican)
+ Cleveland p9 Ja ‘18 30w
Ind 91:354 S 1 ‘17 90w
“Many a sectarian minister will want to come under the authority of this Episcopal bishop long enough to read this little book, and many more need to.” L: A. Walker
N Y Call p14 S 2 ‘17 420w
“Presents clearly and forcibly the principles underlying the Christian minister’s relation to the social problem.”
Outlook 116:627 Ag 22 ‘17 120w
“An able summing up of the relations of the church to economic and labor problems. ... The bishop is a disciple of Rauschenbusch and a distinct radical in his social thinking.”
+ Springf’d Republican p15 Ag 5 ‘17 180w
Reviewed by Graham Taylor
Survey 38:531 S 15 ‘17 600w
WILLIAMS, CLEMENT CLARENCE. Design of railway location. il *$3.50 Wiley 625 17-5561
“A study of the physical and economic conditions that control the location of railways in order that their operation may be at maximum safety and efficiency. Attempts to set forth principles rather than to describe practice. Considers economic features, with some attention to estimates and costs. Deals pretty fully with surveys and with operating conditions as influencing railway location.”—Pittsburgh
“May be read with profit by anybody interested in the problems of railway economics.” T. W. V. M.
+ Ann Am Acad 73:235 S ‘17 190w
Cleveland p111 S ‘17 30w
“There is in the text a praiseworthy lack of inconsequential and irrelevant detail, an efficient segregation and sequence of the subject matter and a careful consideration of its expressed purpose. The book as a whole is an excellent compilation of the essentials governing most modern theories and practices on the subject, as generally adopted by a profession. The personality of the author appears strongly and in a practical manner. The book should serve more than its immediate purpose and may well be in the library of every student of the subject, whether in or out of college.” M. P. Paret
* + Engin News-Rec 78:362 My 17 ‘17 720w
N Y Br Lib News 4:59 Ap ‘17
“Based upon notes used in the author’s classes in the University of Kansas. Although ‘the basic idea ... has been to explain and develop underlying principles rather than to describe current practice,’ the work should prove valuable to practicing engineers as well as to students. The appendix covers specifications for the formation of the roadway. Many useful diagrams.”
+ N Y P L New Tech Bks p7 Ap ‘17 140w
Pittsburgh 22:523 Je ‘17 30w
WILLIAMS, CORA LENORE. Creative involution; with an introd. by Edwin Markham. *$1.50 Knopf 513.8 16-22289
“In this little volume of 200 pages Miss Williams endeavors to show the need and to set forth the outlines of a new system of philosophy—which is to say a new explanation of the processes of life and of their causes. She finds the theory of evolution sufficient up to the present time, when man has made almost complete his conquest of the physical world by the process of development along the lines of differentiation. Now, if he wishes to carry still further that development it is necessary for him to work out and accept a new process, that of integration, which Miss Williams calls involution. And in the inter-relation of these two, evolution and involution, she thinks is to be found ‘a nexus of sufficient strength to bridge not only the chasm between the inorganic and the organic realms, but the far greater chasm between the organic and psychical.’”—N Y Times
“Miss Williams seems to have discovered this entirely by herself and she thinks that her discovery is new. She has been so overwhelmed by it that she has acquired a mystic regard for it. She calls it ‘creative involution’ and opposes it to ‘creative evolution,’ in a language which is involved, obscure, dithyrambic, sacerdotal.”
— Dial 62:150 P 22 ‘17 150w
“Such books as this can only do harm, and harm of the worst sort, for they urge us to throw off restraint and they diminish our ability to distinguish between what we can and what we cannot know. For example: Mr Edwin Markham is pleased to write an introduction, and just see what nonsense he turns up when he hoes in these fields of four dimensions. ... Brave words and high praise but nonsense! Mr Markham has not the faintest conception of what is meant in mathematics by hyperspace, and his ‘cosmic currents’ remind one irresistibly of Mr Don Marquis’s ‘Hermione!’”
— Nation 104:192 F 15 ‘17 550w
N Y Br Lib News 3:190 D ‘16
“Miss Williams has been a member of the mathematical faculty of the University of California, and is an authority upon that science.”
N Y Times 22:77 Mr 4 ‘17 350w
“One wishes that the author had given her book more definitely the form of a critique rather than that of a series of aphorisms and inspirations; that she had more plainly delimited her thesis and had taken more pains to ‘distinguish away’ false or misleading interpretations of her leading ideas. But the book is stimulating.”
+ — No Am 205:144 Ja ‘17 1200w
WILLIAMS, MRS HATTIE PLUM. Social study of the Russian German. il pa 75c Univ. of Neb. 325.7 17-27036
This work “embodies the results of a study undertaken under the auspices of the Department of political science and sociology in the University of Nebraska. The 6500 ‘Russians’ of Lincoln, Nebraska, are really Germans, ignorant of the Russian language, whose ancestors, a century and a half ago, settled in two Volga provinces. Thence, after various guaranteed liberties were withdrawn, they proceeded, in the years following 1870, to migrate to America, settling in Kansas, Nebraska and the Dakotas. The main period of their immigration began in 1898. On the basis of a canvass and of local records, Mrs Williams describes the character of their settlement in Lincoln, their families and their vital statistics in two chapters which she expects to extend into a book.”—Am Pol Sci R
Reviewed by R. F. Foerster
+ Am Econ R 7:421 Je ‘17 160w
“This is an excellent and exact study of what might be called the double-hyphen immigrant. ... A large amount of well-balanced material has been collected displaying customs, vital and social statistics, and tendencies. ... One cannot help being somewhat disappointed because the study is essentially objective. Familiar as the author is with the people themselves, the reader does not get inside them so as to see their psychological life.” H. A. Miller
+ Am J Soc 22:848 My ‘17 210w
Am Pol Sci R 11:365 My ‘17 130w
“Both sympathetic and scholarly. ... Mrs Williams has done an extremely useful piece of work; one of the best things of the kind we have seen.” I. C. Hannah
+ Survey 37:699 Mr 17 ‘17 170w
608WILLIAMS, J. E. HODDER, ed. One young man. *75c (3c) Doran 940.91 17-14140
“The simple and true story of a clerk who enlisted in 1914, who fought on the western front for nearly two years, was severely wounded at the battle of the Somme, and is now on his way back to his desk.” (Sub-title) The book is made up of short chapters telling of the experiences of the one young man in camp, on active service, etc. There are many quotations from his letters.
“The documentary value of this little book lies wholly in the vision of utter devotion to country and cause that made of a mere human cog in a British mercantile house a fearless agent in England’s great war machine.”
+ Boston Transcript p6 Ag 15 ‘17 320w
Boston Transcript p6 Ag 25 ‘17 240w
Cleveland p130 D ‘17 40w
“His story is of special interest because it is that of a man not a fighter by nature.”
+ N Y Times 22:382 O 7 ‘17 220w
Pittsburgh 22:684 O ‘17
Pratt p43 O ‘17 20w
+ R of Rs 56:325 S ‘17 40w
“It was the Y. M. C. A. that introduced him to the sporting side of life. The book is a genuine tribute to a fine organization.”
+ Sat R 123:88 Ja 27 ‘17 270w
+ Spec 118:274 Mr 3 ‘17 1550w
“Almost a typical transcription of what has been the lot of thousands of other ‘young men.’”
+ Springf’d Republican p19 My 20 ‘17 140w
WILLIAMS, LAURENCE FREDERICK RUSHBROOK. Four lectures on the handling of historical material. (Allahabad univ. Dept. of modern Indian history publications) *$1 Longmans 907 17-31913
“The object of this volume is to make the reader realize the nature of the special training of the modern historical student, and the reasons which make this training necessary. The first two lectures discuss in detail the classification of historical material. The third indicates the pitfalls in the path of the historian. ... The fourth lecture treats the problem of personality in history. ... The author holds the chair of modern Indian history in Allahabad university.”—Cath World
“These lectures were written for audiences consisting partly of Indian students, and partly of the general public. ... It is patent that the author is concerned rather with the impression his special audience was to receive than with the adequacy of his lectures as an examination of the problems of historical method. ... The omission, from his list of non-official sources, of newspapers and of literature, which is essential for the inner, ‘spiritual’ history of a people, is to be regretted. The difficulties of the historian in controlling his bias and in marshalling his evidence ought not to have been expounded without a setting forth of the scientific method of determining particular facts, so well known to students of Langlois and Seignobos. ... The foot-notes lack date and place of publication and usually the full name of the author. Lecture 3 warns against incomplete references and improperly charges German scholars with making them (p. 67).” G. C. Sellery
— Am Hist R 23:203 O ‘17 420w
Cath World 105:825 S ‘17 190w
“It is impossible in three lectures to range, however superficially, over all history, and the confusion which the method excites is worse confounded by a singularly irrelevant fourth lecture on personality in history.” G.
— Eng Hist R 32:627 O ‘17 260w
“Able lectures on modern historical methods.”
Spec 118:733 Je 30 ‘17 140w
WILLIAMS, STANLEY THOMAS. Richard Cumberland; his life and dramatic works. il *$3 (3c) Yale univ. press 17-25291
Richard Cumberland, poet, novelist, essayist, playwright, whose sensitiveness led Sheridan to caricature him as “Sir Fretful Plagiary,” possessed, according to Dr Williams, “a personality real, vital and unique in the history of English letters.” “Sources for this life have been found in the collections of plays, memoirs, diaries, and letters in the Yale and Harvard university libraries, and in original manuscripts of Cumberland in the British museum. Material has been drawn directly from the ‘Memoirs of Richard Cumberland, written by himself,’ published in 1806, and from Mudford’s ‘Life of Richard Cumberland,’ which appeared in 1812, one year after the death of the dramatist. ... The bibliography of eighteen pages contains a complete record of authorities used but does not attempt a compilation of the innumerable editions of Cumberland’s fifty-eight plays.” (Preface) There are several illustrations, the frontispiece is a portrait of Cumberland from the original painting by Romney in the National portrait gallery.
“A valuable contribution both to the history of the drama and to the personal records of English literature.” E. F. E.
+ Boston Transcript p7 O 3 ‘17 700w
“This is rather a long book to be all about ‘poor old Cumberland’ will be the first thought of those who take it up; but when it has been read it does not seem so long as was expected. Dr Williams believes ‘that the real interest of his book lies less in the plays than in the personality of their author,’ and he is right.”
+ The Times [London] Lit Sup p19 Ja 10 ‘18 1950w
WILLOUGHBY, WILLIAM FRANKLIN, and others. System of financial administration of Great Britain. *$2.75 Appleton 336.42 17-8477
“This report is the result of an investigation made in Great Britain in the summer of 1914 by the authors acting as an unofficial commission, and is now published by the recently established Institute for government research [incorporated March 10, 1916]. It presents a detailed and somewhat technical account of the administrative procedure in the United Kingdom in connection with the preparation of estimates, the action thereon in Parliament, the disbursement of public funds, the treasury control over expenditures, the audit of public accounts and the system of financial reports. This is based on a close study of official documents and reports, especially the report of the Select committee on national expenditure (1902), and the report of the Select committee on estimates (1912).” (Ann Am Acad) The compilers are William F. Willoughby, constitutional adviser to the Chinese republic and professor of jurisprudence and politics at Princeton; Westel W. Willoughby, professor of political science at Johns Hopkins, and Samuel McCune Lindsay, professor of social legislation at Columbia. President Lowell of Harvard writes an introduction. Four appendices give acts, forms, etc.
“It must not, however, be inferred that merely because the book is dry as dust it is not, also, to use a phrase common with reviewers, ‘an indispensable work of reference,’ It brings together, in handy compendium form, a large amount of data not readily accessible elsewhere. The materials are well arranged and easy to find, and the standing of the authors is a guarantee of accuracy.” C. C. Plehn
+ — Am Econ R 7:888 D ‘17 2100w
+ A L A Bkl 14:8 O ‘17
“The movement for the establishment of a budgetary system at Washington has now given Great Britain the fullest and most serviceable treatise on its financial system it as yet possesses. In thus characterizing the Willoughby-Willoughby-Lindsay report it may be said at once that the writer of this note is not overlooking Hilton Young’s admirable monograph on ‘The system of national finance.’ But Young covers much more ground than Willoughby, 609Willoughby and Lindsay. ... Their book is concerned only with the appropriation of money by parliament, and with the system that the House of commons has devised and perfected since the beginning of the nineteenth century—chiefly in the years from 1834 to 1866—for controlling the expenditure of money that has been voted for the various services of the state.” E: Porritt
* + Am Pol Sci R 11:578 Ag ‘17 950w
“This study should be of great value in working out improved budget and finance methods in this country. In the conclusions, the report calls attention to some fundamental factors which have been hitherto almost ignored in most of the writings on these subjects. ... Serviceable as is this report, it is in some respects open to criticism.” J: A. Fairlie
+ — Ann Am Acad 73:243 S ‘17 450w
Boston Transcript p6 S 5 ‘17 290w
+ Cleveland p77 Je ‘17 20w
+ Ind 90:556 Je 23 ‘17 30w
“The details relating to estimates, voting of moneys, auditing, etc., are set forth accurately, and conclusions are drawn with more or less reference to our own situation. The volume is an important and timely contribution.”
+ J Pol Econ 25:855 O ‘17 280w
“An admirably lucid volume which sets a high standard for the series it inaugurates. ... One can only say that no better account of the subject exists. It is not, of course, an exciting volume; though it is fully as clear as the subject allows. It is perhaps defective, though the authors admit the presence of this characteristic, in its analysis of the financial system in relation to the House of commons. It does not, as I think, allow sufficiently for the important fact that much of the success of the system is dependent thereon.” H. J. L.
* + New Repub 11:251 Je 30 ‘17 1150w
N Y Br Lib News 4:91 Je ‘17
+ N Y Times 22:389 O 7 ‘17 800w
Pittsburgh 22:690 O ‘17 70w
+ R of Rs 56:442 O ‘17 140w
St Louis 15:340 S ‘17
“Though in some respects slightly less detailed than Colonel Durell’s ‘Principles and practice of the system of control over parliamentary grants’ the American work is perhaps even more valuable to the general reader because it brings to bear an outside light upon our internal problems. ... Its three authors ... have produced a volume which ought to be of real public service on both sides of the Atlantic.”
* + Spec 119:220 S 1 ‘17 1100w
“Proclaimed as the first authoritative detailed account of the system of financial administration of Great Britain. ... The plan of the work is admirably simple.”
+ Springf’d Republican p6 Jl 24 ‘17 320w
“For American students, however, ‘The financial administration of Great Britain’ will be superior to Young’s volume because of its many references to American practice and its conclusions in the way of lessons the United States may learn from Great Britain.” H. A. Millis
+ Survey 38:442 Ag 18 ‘17 600w
WILLSIE, HONORÉ MCCUE (MRS HENRY ELMER WILLSIE). Benefits forgot. il *75c (7½c) Stokes 17-24971
The publishers state that this “story of Lincoln and mother love” is “true in fact.” The greater part of the book deals with the boyhood of Jason Wilkins, son of a poor Methodist circuit-rider and a mother who loved to read and was willing to sacrifice all she had that her boy might get his medical education. He repaid her devotion by neglect. Finally he entered the Civil war as army surgeon. His mother, hearing nothing from him for months, supposed him dead and wrote to President Lincoln for information. Lincoln had young Wilkins arrested and brought to Washington. The last chapter gives the conversation between the two.
A L A Bkl 14:134 Ja ‘18
“With the obvious intention of pointing a moral as well as writing an entertaining short story, Mrs Willsie has succeeded admirably in both endeavors.”
+ Boston Transcript p7 Ja 5 ‘18 180w
“Fine, true picture of mother love and sacrifice.”
+ Cleveland p133 D ‘17 20w
WILLSIE, HONORÉ MCCUE (MRS HENRY ELMER WILLSIE). Lydia of the pines. il *$1.50 (1½c) Stokes 17-7817
Lydia is an appealing little figure when we first meet her. Motherless, she plays the mother to her baby sister. The death of this baby leaves her still more lonely. She has her father, old Lizzie, her boy and girl friends, but there is a sad lack in her life. One of her tragedies, even then, was the matter of clothes! She had no mother to plan pretty things for her. Not till she was a senior in the university and could wear a cap and gown, did Lydia feel that she looked like other girls. All thru her childhood and girlhood, she has one true friend, John Levin, a politician, and it is a heartbreaking experience to learn later that he is a grafter of the worst type, one who has systematically robbed the Indian. This theme of the defrauding of the Indian is worked out thru the whole story. For the scene the author has given the capital city of Wisconsin a northern Minnesota setting.
+ A L A Bkl 13:357 My ‘17
“An excellent story of a human and lovable girl learning to be a woman. Its style, especially in the dialogue, is uncommonly sincere, the real vernacular, without exaggeration or codification.”
+ Bookm 45:208 Ap ‘17 400w
+ Boston Transcript p8 My 19 ‘17 380w
“A clean, well-told story.”
+ Cath World 105:268 My ‘17 80w
“A strong, unsparing portrayal of three or four welcomely human characters, several incidents entirely germane and not too thrilling, and a plot that is not marred, strangely, by a bit of pro-Indian propaganda about which Mrs Willsie seems to have been admirably in earnest.”
+ Dial 62:246 Mr 22 ‘17 150w
+ Ind 90:471 Je 9 ‘17 100w
Reviewed by H. W. Boynton
+ Nation 104:404 Ap 5 ‘17 90w
“Somehow Mrs Willsie contrives to make an honestly American quality radiate from Lydia. All our embarrassed idealism and puzzled, inarticulate striving seem to find expression in her.”
+ New Repub 10:sup22 Ap 21 ‘17 250w
“The novel might be called, indeed, the story of a personality, so strongly does Lydia dominate it and all the people by whom she is surrounded. Mrs Willsie has done a particularly fine piece of work in the way in which she has realized that personality, made it vital and convincing and, above all, thoroughly interesting for the reader. It marks a long step in advance of her previous books.”
+ N Y Times 22:62 F 25 ‘17 750w
“The book is far more real than ‘Still Jim,’ and the style less disjointed. Moreover, there is much greater emotional power and a surer grasp of the whole story. The enormous wonder is how Mrs Willsie has ever managed to write it and edit the Delineator at the same time. It is a powerful story, and more than promising as an indication of the author’s future.” E. P. Wyckoff
+ Pub W 91:586 F 17 ‘17 300w
“It is a fresh and cheerful tale, and always holds the reader’s interest.”
+ Springf’d Republican p17 Ap 15 ‘17 320w
“Somewhat overdrawn and unnatural, but interesting. The well drawn setting is Madison, the author’s girlhood home, and the University of Wisconsin.”
+ — Wis Lib Bul 13:159 My ‘17 80w
610WILLSON, ROBERT NEWTON. Education of the young in sex hygiene. il *$2 (1c) Stewart & Kidd 612.6
This book was published by the author in 1913. The present edition is a reprint. It is intended as a book of instruction for parents and teachers, those who are responsible for the sex instruction of the young. Two of the chapters, A talk with boys, and A talk with girls, are addresses directly to young people, but are included here as a suggestion of a method of approach. Among the chapters are: Economic relations of the social diseases; The boy—his need; The girl—her need; A brief talk on the heredity of health and disease, and the selfishness of unhygiene; When are the boy and girl to be taught, by whom, and how? The training of the teacher; The eradication of the social diseases in large cities.
“It is thought by the author that boys and girls are taught to better advantage by word of mouth and largely by object demonstration than by the printed page. The book will undoubtedly prove a means of safeguarding hundreds, if not thousands, of boys and girls if parents, teachers and social workers give heed to its warnings.”
+ Social Service Review 5:24 Mr ‘17 180w
WILSON, SIR CHARLES RIVERS. Chapters from my official life; ed. by Everilda MacAlister. *$3.50 Longmans (Eng ed 17-3144)
“Sir C. Rivers Wilson did good work in many positions of trust, notably as one of the three English commissioners to the Monetary conference held at Brussels in 1892, as the representative of the English bondholders of the Central Pacific railway in 1894, and as president of the Grand trunk railway of Canada from 1895 to 1909; but his name will be best remembered in connection with Egyptian finance. ... His reminiscences do not belong to the same order of writings on Egypt as Lord Cromer’s and Lord Milner’s. ... Writing in a chatty style, he furnishes information on historic incidents by dwelling less on their logical sequence than on the undercurrents in the diplomatic life of the period to which they pertained.”—Nation
+ A L A Bkl 13:293 Ap ‘17
+ Lit D 54:1075 Ap 14 ‘17 650w
“This frankness, together with the flavor they derive from the anecdotes freely interspersed, constitutes the chief attraction of his memoirs.”
+ Nation 104:270 Mr 8 ‘17 750w
+ Sat R 122:sup5 N 4 ‘16 950w
“The main portion of his book is naturally devoted to his Egyptian experiences, and though by no means new, supplements in certain particulars the standard works of Lord Cromer, Lord Milner, and Sir Auckland Colvin.”
+ Spec 117:808 D 23 ‘16 400w
+ The Times [London] Lit Sup p484 O 12 ‘16 550w
WILSON, ERNEST HENRY. Aristocrats of the garden. il *$5 (7½c) Doubleday 715 17-9126
This book is brought out in an edition limited to 1,200 copies. Among its chapters are: The story of the modern rose, Midseason flowering trees and shrubs, The best of the hardy climbing shrubs, Ornamental fruited trees and shrubs, The best hardy conifers, Broad-leaved evergreens for northern gardens, Japanese cherries and Asiatic crabapples. New herbaceous plants from China. There are eighteen illustrations. The author is a member of the staff of the Arnold arboretum and author of “A naturalist in western China.”
“For many years, Mr Wilson explored the secluded portions of eastern Asia—especially in China and Japan—searching for new plants and trees and shrubs suited to the climate of western gardens. The story of his journey through China in search of the fabled ‘Davidia’ makes one of the most delightful portions of a book of delight. It will send more than one reader to the Arnold Arboretum on a new errand.” F. B.
+ Boston Transcript p12 Ap 7 ‘17 700w
“A very beautiful book.”
+ N Y Times 22:191 My 13 ‘17 140w
WILSON, WOODROW. Why we are at war. *50c (3½c) Harper 353 17-13747
A small volume containing President Wilson’s messages to Congress and to the American people, delivered between January and April, 1917. Contents: A world league for peace; The severance of diplomatic relations with Germany; Request for a grant of power; We must accept war; A state of war; “Speak, act, and serve together.”
A L A Bkl 14:21 O ‘17
“The title is unfortunate in so far as it does not properly describe the contents of the book. The second inaugural speech, delivered on March 5 last, should, in our opinion, have found a place in the collection.”
+ — Ath p466 S ‘17 80w
“The addresses in the great little volume are all instinct with the purpose of leadership.”
+ N Y Times 22:193 My 20 ‘17 2600w
WINDLE, SIR BERTRAM COGHILL ALAN. Church and science. *$3 Herder 215
The author is a well-known anatomist and archaeologist and is president of University college, Cork. “The book’s message is that the advance of science brings with it constantly increasing testimony to the impossibility of antagonism between the church and any form of truth; that the fancied enmity originated in premature acceptance and proclamation as facts of what were in reality only theories, and that wisdom decrees for the scientist an attitude of humility and patience, and for the Catholic a happy security in the knowledge that any theory that may seem to conflict with Catholic dogma will assuredly, in the course of time, be either proved false and cast aside, or found, when more closely viewed, to be in accordance with the faith.” (Cath World)
“It is a layman’s manual, of intense interest and written with the author’s accustomed force and charm. ... The reader is made acquainted with an imposing array of achievements of the highest order that must be credited to Catholic scientists from the ranks of both the clergy and the laity. ... The book should be upon the shelves of every Catholic library, public and private. ... Above all it should, by every means possible, be circulated among young men, at this time when thousands of every faith and of none are going forth to share the life of camp and trench.”
+ Cath World 106:114 O ‘17 900w
St Louis 15:318 S ‘17 10w
“His object is not so much to undertake the reconciliation of science and religious belief as to set out the attitude of science on all these problems and to determine how far it actually conflicts with dogmatic religion.”
The Times [London] Lit Sup p156 Mr 29 ‘17 270w
WINSLOW, CARROLL DANA. With the French flying corps. il *$1.25 Scribner 940.91 17-1909
“The author, a young American who enlisted in the French flying corps soon after the beginning of the war, went through the various exacting grades of flying-school preparation for the French army, and after seven months of training was passed on into regular army aviation work. ... It is specialized without being too technical. Its exposition and narrative of French army aviation training give us fully, simply, and interestingly information on a little-understood phase of the war.”—N Y Times
A L A Bkl 13:310 Ap ‘17
+ Cleveland p46 Mr ‘17 30w
611“In terms easily understood by a layman he conveys much interesting information on the art and science of aviation in war. His pictures, especially those from photographs taken at various heights, form a welcome accompaniment to the reading matter.” P. F. Bicknell
+ Dial 62:307 Ap 5 ‘17 160w
Ind 90:298 My 12 ‘17 50w
N Y Br Lib News 4:46 Mr ‘17
+ N Y Times 22:141 Ap 15 ‘17 160w
Pratt p43 O ‘17 30w
“A book which anyone interested in war aviation should read. ... Especially valuable is the account of his seven months’ training in the various branches of military aviation, which should do much to impress upon Americans the important fact that competent military aviators cannot be made in a few weeks, but that it requires a thorough course lasting from six to nine months.”
+ R of Rs 55:549 My ‘17 90w
+ Springf’d Republican p15 D 1 ‘17 180w
The Times [London] Lit Sup p530 N 1 ‘17 170w
“Makes thrilling reading for boys.”
+ Wis Lib Bul 13:124 Ap ‘17 30w
WINSLOW, KENELM. Prevention of disease. il *$1.75 (2c) Saunders 613 16-23537
This is a popular treatise for the layman. It opens with three chapters on personal hygiene, devoted to habits of right living. These are followed by discussions of special diseases and disorders, germ diseases, cancer, sexual diseases, rheumatism, diseases of children, nervous and mental diseases, etc. Dr Winslow was formerly assistant professor of comparative anatomy in Harvard medical school and is now practicing physician in Seattle, connected with the Seattle city hospital and King county hospital. Dr Charles H. Mayo of St Mary’s hospital, Rochester, Minn., contributes an introduction to the volume.
“Contains chapters on food poisoning, the prevention of some deformities, and a full chapter on sexual diseases and hygiene, which will debar it from the open shelves.”
A L A Bkl 13:299 Ap ‘17
“A popular book that might well find a place on the teacher’s desk and in the school library.”
+ Educ R 54:208 S ‘17 60w
“The author is fortunate in the method he adopts. He does not attempt to lay a preliminary foundation of anatomical knowledge, an effort that is almost always futile because it seeks to furnish by diagram and description the kind of knowledge that can only be obtained by first-hand acquaintance with the things themselves. He uses the more effective mode of stating fundamental results simply and clearly and in terms comprehensible to any intelligent reader.”
+ Nation 105:276 S 6 ‘17 170w
“The volume is clear and interesting in its presentation of many facts of hygiene, germ diseases, mental and nervous diseases, troubles of digestion, etc., facts that should be part of the general knowledge. Its danger is that of the type it belongs to—lest in some particular case the printed page be relied upon in place of personal examination and the verdict of a physician.” G. S.
+ Survey 37:586 F 17 ‘17 190w
WISCONSIN UNIVERSITY. LIBRARY SCHOOL. Apprentice course for small libraries. il 75c A.L.A. 020.2
These “outlines of lessons, with suggestions for practice work, study and required reading” by the faculty of the Library school of the University of Wisconsin—(Mary Emogene Hazeltine, Helen Turvill, Mary F. Carpenter and Marion Humble)—first appeared in the Wisconsin Library Bulletin, October, 1914 to July, 1915, v. 10-11. “The matter contained in the original series has been revised and is offered herewith in the hope that it may continue to prove useful in this more convenient form. The subject matter is presented for the most part in outline, but it has seemed desirable to vary the style in the different chapters according to the nature of each subject. Methods given are naturally those advocated by the Wisconsin library school, and references to the Wisconsin Library Bulletin are frequent. Amendment and change to suit local practice will be needed. In this revision heed has been taken of the helpful criticisms which have been made upon the series by librarians who have used it.” (Introd.)
Pittsburgh 22:772 N ‘17
WISE, JENNINGS CROPPER. Call of the Republic. *$1 (4c) Dutton 355.7 17-12273
A plea for universal military service. “It has been attempted to show that such a system is not only highly democratic in conception and in its practical working, but that the cherished volunteer mercenary system is undemocratic both in origin and effect.” (Introd.) Contents: The ancient medieval military systems; Origin and development of the modern national army; Military service in its most democratic form; The English ideal of voluntary service; The inherited American ideal; The American military system; The ideal military institution; The fear of militarism unreasonable. There is a short bibliography at the close.
A L A Bkl 14:8 O ‘17
“A clear, well-argued case against the military system that has prevailed for so many years in this country.”
+ Cath World 105:836 S ‘17 100w
“There is practically nothing on the Swiss and Australian systems, in which our people are mainly interested.”
Ind 91:110 Jl 21 ‘17 50w
“Most Socialists are familiar with the assertion that universal military service means the highest type of democracy. Col. Wise simply enlarges on that and brings his work to a conclusion with a highly poetical, metaphysical, mystical and prophetic peroration. The work, however, is well written, and the author has undoubtedly made a good presentation of his case. The real value of the work, in our opinion, consists, however, in the historical matter given. And its cleverness consists in not pushing property considerations of ancient times into the present.”
N Y Call p15 My 13 ‘17 630w
Pratt p15 O ‘17 10w
R of Rs 55:668 Je ‘17 40w
“A well-thought-out, carefully stated argument for universal compulsory military service and training in the United States. ... But when the author exalts the social and moral advantage of ‘a powerful army’ the reader becomes more and more dubious. To hear that we must cast aside the fatuous doctrines of misguided, over-zealous humanitarians sounds like an echo of Von Bissing. And finally, he strikes the full Prussian note when he asks: ‘Shall we deny the wisdom of God who imposes upon His people the ordeal of battle?’” W. E. K.
– + Survey 38:532 S 15 ‘17 530w
WITHERS, HARTLEY. Meaning of money. new ed *$1.25 Dutton 332 (Eng ed 17-13479)
“The first edition came from the press in 1909, and now the fourth edition makes its appearance. ... This last edition has been made necessary by the war. The author says in his preface to this edition: ‘It may be added that the chief thesis worked out in the book needs a slight extension in the light of the war’s experience. ... Owing to the great extent of the investments made by the banks, in their patriotic readiness to finance the war by buying government securities, we now have to recognize that investments made by banks have the same effect on their deposits as loans advanced by them.’”—Boston Transcript
“The book has established itself as a standard of its class, and in this latest edition will prove more valuable than ever.”
+ Boston Transcript p7 My 19 ‘17 270w
612“Some sections of the book—such as the account of England’s ‘invisible exports’—are so ably written as to be of value to the student as well as to the general reader. The work can be recommended from any relevant point of view.”
+ Springf’d Republican p6 S 25 ‘16 420w
WITHERS, HARTLEY. Our money and the state. *$1.25 Button 336 17-31785
This book is based on lectures delivered by the author at the London School of economics in February and March, 1917. “After discussing the limitations of state action, and consequently of state expenditure and taxation, and contrasting the laisser faire with the alternative socialistic school of general interference with our individual activities, the author arrives at a compromise between the two extreme views. The argument is accepted that logically the state is entitled to take all our goods and services in promoting the public good; but Mr Withers observes that the exercise of this right is circumscribed by the ability of the taxpayer to ‘strike.’ ... Mr Withers then proceeds to discuss the two methods by which the government can acquire such goods and services as are needed by it—taxation or loan. The author’s predilection is in favour of the first alternative, taxation pure and simple. ... The keynote of the argument is that ‘posterity never pays.’” (Sat R) “Mr Withers further pleads for direct taxation, and criticizes the schemes of the Fabians and of the Empire resources committee for paying off the war debt by means of state enterprise.” (Ath)
A L A Bkl 14:152 F ‘18
“This work is one to make the voter and taxpayer think.”
Ath p466 S ‘17 220w
Boston Transcript p7 Ja 23 ‘18 140w
“Written with that lucidity which is characteristic of Mr Withers’ many contributions to economic literature. ... On the subject of taxation generally, Mr Withers confounds ethics with financial policy.”
Sat R 124:150 Ag 25 ‘17 950w
“Compactness and lucidity of treatment combined with a vitally important subjectmatter.”
+ The Times [London] Lit Sup p382 Ag 9 ‘17 90w
“It will be useful to the average man. ... The first chapter on ‘The objects of governmental spending,’ is, in view of the overwhelming importance at the moment of the financial needs of the war, of more general interest than the others; for it gives a lucid and terse description of the general principles on which the collection of money from the people by the government is justified. ... Mr Withers is prepared to go some way in company with the enthusiasts who wish to establish a collectivist state; but he does so with great caution and some misgiving.”
+ The Times [London] Lit Sup p386 Ag 16 ‘17 1900w
WODEHOUSE, PELHAM GRENVILLE. Piccadilly Jim. il *$1.40 (2c) Dodd 17-6534
Jimmy Crocker was a young American who had worked on a New York newspaper up to the time when his father married a wealthy widow. Then he went to London with his family, and with too much money and too much leisure at his command got into mischief. His escapades, written up at length in the New York press, brought his step-mother’s sister to London with the worthy intention of taking him back to New York and putting him to work. It is Ann Chester, however, who succeeds in saving him from himself. Ann is the niece of the man who is married to his step-mother’s sister. The relationships in the story really are complicated! So is the plot. The step-mother’s sister’s young son plays a part in it. So does a nephew who is inventing a new explosive. So does Jimmy’s baseball-loving father, exiled in London, far from his native diamond.
+ A L A Bkl 13:317 Ap ‘17
“The complications and characters give occasion for many laughs in particular, Ogden, the spoiled rich boy.”
+ Boston Transcript p7 Ja 26 ‘18 160w
“Lightly handled and full of farcical surprises, but not quite up to the mark of ‘Something new.’”
Cleveland p64 My ‘17 100w
“The tale is swift-moving, highly ingenious, and very funny—not quite so funny, nor quite so ingenious as ‘Something new,’ perhaps, but very entertaining all the same.”
+ N Y Times 22:63 F 25 ‘17 520w
“A breezy farcical tale.”
+ Springf’d Republican p15 Mr 4 ‘17 230w
WOLFE, ALBERT BENEDICT, ed. Readings in social problems. (Selections and documents in economics) $2.80 Ginn 304 16-22272
“The social problems discussed in this book of readings are five-fold: immigration, marriage and divorce, the woman problem, the negro problem, and an interrelated group of population problems. The latter includes such subjects as the Malthusian theory of population, the declining birth rate, socialism and population, eugenics, infant mortality, and the ethics of population policies. The editor’s comments introduce the discussion of each problem.”—Ann Am Acad
“Professor Wolfe gives evidence of wide knowledge of the literature and of careful discrimination in his choice of the selections which he has brought together. ... He displays an admirable impartiality in his selections, concealing very successfully any predilections he may have in one direction or another. ... The book will be found to be a valuable reference work for those already somewhat familiar with the topics treated, and undoubtedly an excellent educational medium for the student who approaches the subject for the first time.” H: P. Fairchild
+ Am Econ R 7:164 Mr ‘17 450w
“This admirable volume of readings provides abundant materials for the study of certain bio-sociological problems of the greatest importance. It brings together for the first time in convenient form data and balanced discussion by competent and often classic authors bearing upon the great problems of population, sex and race.” E. B. Woods
+ Am J Soc 22:840 My ‘17 570w
+ A L A Bkl 13:335 My ‘17
Am Pol Sci R 11:361 My ‘17 150w
“References are given at the close of the discussion of each specific topic. These bibliographical references are well chosen and usable.” J. G. S.
+ Ann Am Acad 70:332 Mr ‘17 210w
Ath p38 Ja ‘17 100w
“The book is well made, like the rest of the series, and should have a considerable utility for classes in social science.”
+ Nation 104:559 My 3 ‘17 200w
“What Manly, Newcomer and Gayley have done for students in English literature, Professor Wolfe has done for his classes in economics and sociology in the University of Texas. ... The book has an evident value in its professed field, but its value extends beyond this specific limit. Many a teacher of English composition, who has grappled with the task of finding a subject which shall stimulate clear thinking and vigorous expression, may turn with relief to some of the important matters suggested in this book.” G. S.
+ Survey 38:46 Ap 14 ‘17 230w
613WOLFE, OLIVER HOWARD. Practical banking. il $2 LaSalle extension univ. 332 17-22550
“The purpose of this book is to explain the fundamental principles which underlie practical banking work in such a manner that they may be helpful to both students and bankers. ... It is possible for a person fortified with such basic knowledge to acquire worth-while experience in the higher branches of banking much faster and to perform his own work better than without such well-organized knowledge. ... No attempt has been made to describe those phases of practical banking which, as a rule, can be mastered only by actual experience.” (Preface) The book has chapters on: Organization and administration; Bank accounting; The receiving teller; The note teller; The transit department; Loans and discounts; Individual ledgers; The general ledger; Audits and examinations, etc. The author is assistant cashier of the Philadelphia national bank.
“The author speaks from actual experience and with authority, on matters of vital importance to those about to enter the banking business or already engaged in it.”
+ Ind 92:345 N 17 ‘17 100w
“The value of the treatise lies in Mr Wolfe’s clear explanation of the ordinary functions of banks and the routine of their work.”
+ Springf’d Republican p6 F 12 ‘18 120w
WOLFF, HENRY WILLIAM. Co-operative credit for the United States. *$1.50 (1½c) Sturgis & Walton 332.7 17-18066
This volume is by the late president of the International cooperative alliance and the author of “People’s banks”; “Cooperative credit banks”; “Cooperation in agriculture,” etc. The same ground has, up to the dates of publication of the several works, been covered by Mr Wolff in earlier books written specifically for British readers. In this book he tries to “present the same picture in a manner suited to the ideas and habits of an American public.” The opening chapter tells us Why cooperative credit is wanted. The author then discusses the principles of cooperative credit, how they are worked out in various countries, and how they may be adapted to American conditions.
A L A Bkl 14:43 N ‘17
“Will be of great value to those who want to learn the practical workings of the system abroad and the adaptability of these plans to American conditions.”
+ Am Pol Sci R 11:597 Ag ‘17 140w
“A welcome volume by the well-known author of ‘People’s banks.’ ... The conclusion is distinctly optimistic as to the future of co-operative credit in the United States.”
+ J Pol Econ 25:760 Jl ‘17 80w
“Clear and concise.”
+ Springf’d Republican p6 O 12 ‘17 140w
“Along the lines pointed out by Mr Wolff is the hope for the new agriculture, and for securing for small tradesmen and workers that economic emancipation which credit alone can give.” H. F. Grady
Survey 38:574 S 29 ‘17 200w
Woman suffrage year book, 1917; ed. by Martha Gause Stapler; articles upon special subjects contributed by Mary Sumner Boyd. pa $1.05 National woman suffrage pub. 324.3 17-7468
“In compiling the ‘Woman suffrage year book’ the aim has been to collect, from different sources, facts chiefly of current and statistical nature, and to arrange them for easy reference under one cover. The first part of the book deals with the progress, extent and results of woman suffrage; the second part deals with the action which various states have taken upon certain questions affecting women and children; the third part deals with miscellaneous information for the general use of suffrage workers and others.” (Preface) It is planned to issue the year book in January of each year with a calendar of events and with statistical information brought up to date.
A L A Bkl 13:379 Je ‘17
“Contains excellent tables and bibliographies.”
+ Cleveland p78 Je ‘17 50w
WOOD, CLARENCE ASHTON. School and college credit for outside Bible study; a survey of a nonsectarian movement to encourage Bible study. $1.50 (2c) World bk. 377 17-13268
Vernon P. Squires, of the University of North Dakota, says in his introduction to the book, “Test after test given to the brightest young people of our country in schools and colleges has shown a most lamentable ignorance of the greatest of English classics, the English Bible, and of the fundamental and historical facts lying back of religious faith.” With a view to remedying this condition, movements for cooperation between church and state in the matter of Bible study, seem to have sprung up simultaneously in many parts of the country. The purpose of the author of this work has been to trace the development of these various movements, and to bring all the facts about their methods and aims together. There is a bibliography at the close and an appendix gives the syllabus adopted for high schools in North Dakota.
A L A Bkl 14:152 F ‘18
Cleveland p9 Ja ‘18 70w
Ind 91:297 Ag 25 ‘17 80w
“Should be in the hands of all teachers.”
+ Outlook 115:669 Ap 11 ‘17 250w
“A body of material of great practical value. Since the author discusses the plan of giving credit for outside Bible study as it is now applied in higher, secondary, and elementary education, his book should be of interest to a rather large audience.”
+ School R 25:527 S ‘17 280w
WOOD, CLEMENT. Glad of earth. $1 Gomme 811 17-13412
“This first book by Clement Wood contains ‘polyrhythmic poems,’ unrhymed verse of the variety commonly known as vers libre. ... There are three groups: ‘Glad of earth,’ portraits of individuals and types; ‘Comrades,’ ardent love poems, and ‘New roads,’ socialistic poems that protest against conditions that hamper individual development. ... Mr Wood won the prize offered in the 250th anniversary of the city of Newark poetry competition with ‘The smithy of God.’”—R of Rs
“Both Mr Untermeyer and Mr Wood make the mistake of dragging their ethics about with them. Both have their moments of vividness and beauty, but uncertainly, and in conjunction with much that is muddily perceived, scarcely felt, and vaguely phrased.” Conrad Aiken
— Dial 62:476 My 31 ‘17 250w
“A distinctly valuable contribution, not only to the literature of revolt, but to literature in itself.” D: P. Berenberg
+ N Y Call p13 Ap 22 ‘17 1100w
“As a whole, they are intensely human and inspiring.”
+ R of Rs 55:440 Ap ‘17 170w
“Mr Wood has a vigor of expression that holds the attention whatever one may think of the polyrhythmic lines in which it is cast. His fault is the universal shortcoming of the vers librist—a deftness with words that frame an admirable bit of description, but are none the less void of the emotion and fire which is the prerequisite of poetry.”
Springf’d Republican p13 Je 17 ‘17 150w
WOOD, ERIC. Thrilling deeds of British airmen. il *$1.65 (3c) Crowell 940.91 A17-1632
“This little book is not a serious study of aircraft in war, but, as its title indicates, a compilation of thrilling deeds of British airmen chosen from a very large number to illustrate various 614types and phases of aerial operations. Sometimes the telling has been in the nature of making bricks without straw, because of the absence of details in so many official reports. I trust, however, that in expanding such terse accounts of what obviously were heroic incidents I have not done violence to truth. My aim has been to present what were probably the facts, and I have carefully followed the suggestions contained in the brief originals with that object in view.” (Preface) The book has eight full-page illustrations.
+ A L A Bkl 14:138 Ja ‘18
+ Boston Transcript p11 D 5 ‘17 180w
“Valor and skill can go no further than in some of the deeds recorded here.”
+ — New Repub 13:27 N 3 ‘17 390w
“The stories are straight-forwardly told, with no parade of technicalities, and should appeal to boys.”
+ The Times [London] Lit Sup p382 Ag 9 ‘17 60w
“The writer is handicapped by the parcimony with which our war office, for reasons which we do not presume to criticize, publishes the names of the authors of sensational achievements; but he does his best with such material as is at his disposition, and his best is good.”
+ The Times [London] Lit Sup p622 D 13 ‘17 100w
WOOD, ERIC FISHER.[2] Note-book of an intelligence officer. il *$1.75 Century 940.91 17-30602
“By the author of ‘The notebook of an attaché’ and ‘The handwriting on the wall.’ The book is based on letters written to the author’s mother and contains chapters on: New York to Liverpool; American publicity; The British postal censorship; Lloyd George; Raemaekers; Northcliffe; To France; British insignia, equipment and decorations; Second-lieutenant John Masefield; The will to use the bayonet; The German retreat from the Somme, etc.”
“Holds the same keen interest as ‘The notebook of an attaché.’”
+ A L A Bkl 14:125 Ja ‘18
Cleveland p1 Ja ‘18 70w
+ Lit D 55:45 D 29 ‘17 400w
“There is no mistaking the inspirer of the book. To Lord Northcliffe, the author is indebted for these favors, and he offers praise ad nauseam.”
– + Nation 105:672 D 13 ‘17 290w
“He does not write with any special distinction. But the actual information that he has to give us from the war is interesting and valuable.”
+ — N Y Times 23:3 Ja 6 ‘18 400w
“These notes are fragmentary and give no real picture of the war.”
– + Pittsburgh 22:827 D ‘17 40w
+ R of Rs 57:101 Ja ‘18 80w
WOOD, HAROLD BACON. Sanitation practically applied. il *$3 (2c) Wiley 614 17-13582
This work, by the assistant commissioner of the West Virginia state department of health, has chapters devoted to: The need for public health work; Statistics; The control of communicable disease; Child welfare; School hygiene; Pure foods; Clean milk; Water supplies; Sewage disposal; Hygiene of the home and factory; The destruction of insects which transmit disease; The educational movement. “The book is offered as a corollary to the numerous excellent treatises on the theory of hygiene and the laboratory manuals, since the man in the field desires to know how sanitation of the home, of the school, of the factory and of the community can actually be obtained.” (Preface)
“The discussion of even the most technical subjects is made simple and the practical side of every problem receives primary emphasis. In point of clearness and interest the style is much superior to that which readers encounter in most books of its kind.”
+ Am Pol Sci R 11:792 N ‘17 100w
“The chapter on water-supplies includes a confusing discussion on whether a city should build water-works or sewers first. Under sewage disposal there are a number of statements which are likely to mislead the uninformed. A little revision here and there would clarify and correct these questionable passages in the new edition which a book so good in the main deserves at an early date.”
+ — Engin News-Rec 79:326 Ag 16 ‘17 240w
“Although intended primarily for health officers and students of public health topics, it forms a very readable general treatise.”
+ Pittsburgh 22:820 D ‘17 20w
+ Quar List New Tech Bks Jl ‘17 50w
“His audience is primarily the man in the field. But the employer, too, and the employe, business manager and public official will find practical direction in the well printed pages. Here, too, is enlightenment for the student of affairs.” G. S.
+ Survey 39:170 N 17 ‘17 250w
WOOD, MICHAEL. Mystery of Gabriel. il *$1.40 (4c) Longmans 17-29539
At twenty-nine, Honor Forranner is set free from the responsibilities to which she has devoted her years since girlhood. But her freedom is not of long duration, for she willingly accepts the new responsibility that is offered her in the person of an orphan child found by the roadside. It is this boy, Gabriel, who becomes the central point of interest in this serious and deeply analytical novel. With the years of adolescence, the boy grows away from his adoptive mother. He is subject to strange moods which are the result either of hereditary traits, or of fear of heredity. For, unknown to those interested in his welfare, he has as a child overheard conversations in which the possibility of evil tendencies developing in children of unknown parentage has been discussed. Father Anthony Standish, an Anglican priest, has a strong hold on the boy, and there is a touch of the mystical, even the supernatural, in the scenes in which Gabriel is set free from his obsession.
“Though the greater part of it may seem too mystical for the majority of readers, there is much that should appeal as common sense to all.”
+ — Ath p681 D ‘17 40w
“Very interesting and unusual book.”
+ Cath World 106:841 Mr ‘18 160w
“This is a story of unusual quality. ... As a psychological study it is both subtle and powerful, though it leaves the reader somewhat disappointed when the heart of the mystery is plucked out. ... Readers of Mr Wood’s former volumes know how thoroughly they are penetrated with the beauty and mysticism of the Catholic element in the Church of England. The same atmosphere pervades the closing chapters of ‘The mystery of Gabriel.’”
+ — N Y Times 22:491 N 25 ‘17 470w
“There is for some tastes a little too much of the confessional in this development of the story, and others may feel that such a plot lies too far off the track of ordinary human experience to move them much; but there is a delicacy in the handling that goes some way to compensate these defects, if they are such.”
+ The Times [London] Lit Sup p494 O 11 ‘17 190w
WOODBERRY, GEORGE EDWARD. Ideal passion. $1.50 Woodberry soc., c.o. W. B. Symmes, jr., 55 Liberty st., N.Y. 811 17-11925
A sequence of forty-two sonnets “that reconcile the love of sensuous beauty with the high consecration of spirit to the pure love of the ideal.” (R of Rs) “By a curious paradox, these poems are revealing—and uncommunicative. Never did a reality so distinct find embodiment 615in a frame so impalpable. The reader has a double sense of intimacy and estrangement.” (Nation)
“A few double rhymes and some elisions would relieve the impeccable uniformity of rhythm. Though the love he sings is ideal, there is true passion in his verse, if a passion bloodless and ethereal.”
+ — Ath p310 Je ‘17 200w
“It is even at its best, however, a cold and remote sort of beauty; one soon gets tired of so chill a sanctity, and Mr Woodberry is not so perfect an artist but that often, even in the most quiet precincts, the reader suddenly and with a start remembers how long a journey he has come from reality.” Conrad Aiken
– + Dial 63:56 Jl 19 ‘17 420w
“These are sonnets of love so sublimated that it retains little of its warm humanity; so detached from the usual personal and racial meanings as to be mystical and austere. Mr Woodberry’s readers will of necessity, be kindred spirits to whom this type of idealism makes an appeal.”
+ — Ind 90:553 Je 23 ‘17 100w
“They give—what American verse so rarely gives—a sense of depth and riches in the antecedent experience. Of that report on the universe which we call literature, they are a part. ... Mr Woodberry has his inadvertencies. ... He should not rhyme ‘trance’ with ‘haunts,’ ... nor should he abase himself to the dissolute syntax of the sextet in sonnet thirteen. These are plain blemishes, and my rigor—the rigor of homage—is not to be placated. Pardon is for the mob; to the elect nothing is forgivable.” O. W. Firkins
+ + — Nation 105:400 O 11 ‘17 400w
+ R of Rs 55:660 Je ‘17 40w
WOODBRIDGE, ELISABETH (MRS CHARLES GOULD MORRIS). Days out, and other papers. *$1.25 (3c) Houghton 814 17-30261
Readers of the Contributor’s club of the Atlantic Monthly will be pleased, altho perhaps not surprised, to learn that one of the authors who publish delightful papers anonymously is Elisabeth Woodbridge. Some of these contributions are included among the essays collected in this book. One of these is fittingly entitled The wine of anonymity. Among the other papers are: Days out; A brief for the hat; Cult of the second-best; The embarrassment of finality; Humor and the heroine; Manners and the Puritan.
“Slight, friendly, entertaining essays. Will not be as popular as ‘The Jonathan papers.’”
+ — A L A Bkl 14:158 F ‘18
Nation 106:149 F 7 ‘18 400w
“We always feel that we are listening to talk which is cultured but not pretentious, kindly but not forcedly humorous, and, in the fullest sense, human.”
+ Outlook 117:575 D 5 ‘17 100w
+ R of Rs 57:217 F ‘18 50w
“The essays are all delightful, crisp, original. Each one stops before the reader is ready to let go, and the reading of the next as a solace produces the same desire to keep on.”
+ Springf’d Republican p13 D 16 ‘17 220w
WOODBURY, ROBERT MORSE. Social insurance; an economic analysis. (Cornell studies in history and political science) *$1.25 Holt 331.25 17-11011
“This book is a critical study submitted in 1915 to the faculty of the graduate school of Cornell university. The author is now a professor of economics in the University of Kansas.” (St Louis) “The book presents an attempt ‘to study the question of the burden of insurance critically.’ ... Not only does the author endeavor to solve this complex problem as to the ‘incidence of social insurance charges,’ but also ‘to reach a reasoned conclusion with respect to the wisdom of a policy of social insurance.’ ... He finds that instead of destroying thrift, social insurance will rather encourage and stimulate it; that compulsory insurance against sickness and accident and superannuation is a definite step towards elimination of poverty.” (Survey)
“The volume will be especially helpful to those whom it is intended to serve; namely, persons who desire in brief form specific information and critical discussion on the problem of social-insurance costs. It presents facts in place of fears, hopes, and assumptions.” J: A. Ryan
+ Am J Soc 23:416 N ‘17 420w
Cleveland p9 Ja ‘18 30w
St Louis 15:169 Je ‘17 30w
“Professor Woodbury’s study may safely be recommended as the first serious effort to analyze the problem of cost.” I. M. Rubinow
+ — Survey 38:533 S 15 ‘17 450w
WOODHOUSE, HENRY. Textbook of naval aeronautics; introd. by Rear Admiral Bradley A. Fiske. il *$6 Century 623.7 17-18983
The book “is chiefly descriptive and historical. Some of the many photographs are like graphic illustrations of chapters in an early Wells scientific romance. There is all the information necessary for the prospective aeronaut—chapters on aerial photography, radio telegraphy, night flying, instruments for aerial navigation, courses of instruction and required qualifications of personnel for the air service of the United States navy, training, navigation over water, submarine hunting by aircraft, locating submerged mines, etc., etc. No factual aspect of naval aeronautics is omitted.”—New Repub
A L A Bkl 14:47 N ‘17
“As a textbook it is cumbered with a vast mass of extremely interesting but rather irrelevant matter. An instructor making use of it would have to skip about from one end to the other of its 274 pages; but it is provided with an elaborate index compiled by Howard L. Goodhart.” N. H. D.
+ — Boston Transcript p6 Jl 25 ‘17 550w
+ Cleveland p103 S ‘17 80w
“It is clear, truthful as to difficulties, expository in the best sense.” H. S.
+ New Repub 11:312 Jl 14 ‘17 1050w
WOODLEY, OSCAR ISRAEL, and WOODLEY, M. VIRGINIA. Profession of teaching. *$1.35 (1½c) Houghton 371 17-25134
This book has been written in answer to a challenge, to the effect that teaching is not a profession. In the carrying out of their purpose the authors were first called upon to discover the nature of a profession. This is done in the first chapter. The remainder of the book is a study of the particular requirements demanded of those who wish to be teachers in a truly professional sense. Contents: Profession defined; School ethics; The ultimate aim of education; Happiness as related to education; The social function of the school; The relation of the school to the state; The learning process; Correct concepts necessary for right thinking; The teaching process; The recitation; Subject-matter; Vocational education; Vocational guidance; The child’s ability known and utilized; The fundamental concept. Each chapter is followed by a brief reading list and the book is further made useful as a text by the inclusion of questions and exercises. The joint authors have written other books for school use, among them “Foundation lessons in English.”
+ El School J 18:238 N ‘17 110w
WOODROW, NANCY MANN (WADDEL) (MRS WILSON WOODROW). Hornet’s nest. il *$1.35 (1½c) Little 17-9252
William Whitefield, politician, financier, and traction magnate finds himself confronted with a skeleton he had thought long buried. For fifteen years before he had destroyed the career of Ashe Colvin, a brilliant young New Yorker, who would have exposed his traction deal, and he had quarreled and parted with his ward, the high-spirited, rich, but, to the millionaire, undesirable Fletcher Hempstead. When his safe 616is robbed of the Colvin papers and clues lead to a professional cracksman, the “Hornet” who strangely resembles his nephew Fletcher, and when his beautiful niece apparently knows much about the affair that she provokingly conceals, the millionaire fears that the old sins have come to light. It is a thrilling battle of wits, and the love interest is not left out.
“Also a romance quickly springs into being, somewhat invigorating the sordid atmosphere of intrigue environing the story.”
Boston Transcript p6 My 9 ‘17 450w
“A mystery story that seizes and holds the attention.”
+ Dial 62:444 My 17 ‘17 110w
+ N Y Times 22:110 Mr 25 ‘17 200w
“An unusually interesting tale of its type.”
+ Springf’d Republican p17 Ap 8 ‘17 150w
WOODS, CLINTON EDGAR. Unified accounting methods for industrials. $5 Ronald 657 17-5973
“During the last few years a new profession has been slowly developing in the industrial world, sometimes called industrial engineering, sometimes efficiency engineering, or again production engineering. ... To trace the development of industrial engineering in detail would mean the writing of several books. Therefore, in the present instance, the primary purpose will be an effort to explain its scope, some of the results obtained by its application to industrials, the necessity that exists for such special service as the industrial engineer has to offer, and in so far as possible to establish certain standards for this new profession.” (Chap. 1) About one third of the book is given up to forms of various kinds.
“Presents a well-thought-out, elaborately developed system of records and methods of record keeping adapted to manufacturing enterprises. Because of his practical purpose, the author does not stop to discuss variations from the standard which may be necessary to fit particular conditions, nor does he indicate that there may be in some cases other equally good ways of doing things. Mr Woods writes from the standpoint of the industrial engineer rather than of the accountant, which is responsible for the short dismissal of some points which could profitably be treated with greater fullness. Some of the topics ably presented are: analyzing an industrial manager’s monthly balance sheet; purchasing and receiving; general stores; preparation for the handling of production; schedules; converting labor, material, and expense into finished product; controlling accounts; taking the inventory, etc.” R. B. Kester
+ — Ann Am Acad 73:230 S ‘17 360w
“The book shows care and thoroughness in preparation. It is a book to be studied and worked with, not to be skimmed through. The fact that one does not always agree with the author does not impair the usefulness of the volume. It merely means that the reader must justify to himself that certain of his own methods, differing from those set down, are better for him than those given by the author.” E. C. Church
+ Engin News-Rec 78:363 My 17 ‘17 370w
Pittsburgh 22:422 My ‘17 40w
St Louis 15:332 S ‘17 30w
WOOFTER, THOMAS JACKSON. Teaching in rural schools. (Riverside textbooks in education) *$1.40 Houghton 379.17 17-29771
As stated by the author, the aims of this book for rural teachers are: “(1) To bring to attention the needs of rural life, the broadening vision of rural life, and the possible contributions of the rural school to this life; (2) To unfold in a clear and helpful way some introductory guiding principles of education; (3) To start any rural teacher on the road of the best in modern methods in teaching and in managing; (4) To direct such a teacher to the most helpful aids in educational literature in connection with the various phases of theory and practice.” The author is dean of the school of education in the University of Georgia and his book is “an outgrowth of the experience of years spent in teaching in rural schools and of other years given to the preparation of teachers.” Part 1 discusses general problems connected with the rural school. Part 2 is devoted to specific school subjects. Suggestions for reading follow each chapter and at the end there is a list of “Twenty good books for rural-school teachers.”
“A careful reading of the first part raises grave questions as to the wisdom of trying to present in the brief space of one-half of a small textbook the wide scope in which the author is interested. He has been forced to drop into the practice of laying down rule-of-thumb principles and methods of procedure rather than of developing carefully each of the principles. In part 2 the writer again can do no more than rather dogmatically lay out various methods of teaching the individual subjects. The book literature of rural-school administration and teaching is extremely limited. In its present condition Professor Woofter’s book will probably be of distinct help to most rural-school teachers.” H. O. Rugg
+ — El School J 18:310 D ‘17 720w
WOOLF, LEONARD SIDNEY. Future of Constantinople. *$1 Macmillan 327.4 (Eng ed 17-21780)
“This is a plea for the establishment of an International commission, composed, say, of Americans, Danes, and Swiss, to control Constantinople and the Straits after the war, just as the Danube navigation was controlled by a European commission, of whose work interesting particulars are given. It is a possible solution of a question which cannot be left unsolved.”—Spec
Ath p358 Jl ‘17 100w
“The grand defect of his schemes, whether they deal with the government of Constantinople or with the settlement of non-justiciable disputes, is that they will work all right in normal times, but that they provide no security against the emergence of the old Adam at a crisis.”
– + Ath p582 N ‘17 950w
“Brief but remarkably cogent argument. ... We believe he offers a valid solution to a four-and-a-half century problem.” S. A.
+ Boston Transcript p10 O 20 ‘17 600w
“One cannot repress the feeling that the author undervalues the difficulty of carrying out his plan.”
+ — Dial 63:591 D 6 ‘17 380w
+ Spec 119:16 Jl 7 ‘17 70w
The Times [London] Lit Sup p275 Je 7 ‘17 20w
WORK, EDGAR WHITAKER. Bible in English literature. *$1.25 (1½c) Revell 220 17-27636
The purpose of this book is to trace the influence of the Bible on the mode of thought and expression of English literature. The author says, “We shall not be content with showing how the Bible has been quoted by English writers. This is important, and will receive frequent attention. The purpose is broader than this—to show how biblical thought and style have entered into the very mold of English literature.” For his starting point he goes back to the arrival in England of Augustine and his monks, who brought with them the Bible and its teachings. Other early chapters are devoted to Cynewulf, Bede, Alcuin, and King Alfred; another to Religious drama; another to Men of the threshold—Chaucer, Langland and Wyclif. Later chapters are given to Shakespeare and the Bible; The Bible in English prose; The Bible in English poetry, etc.
“Deeply learned, yet admirably simple in construction and expression, Doctor Work’s revelation of the splendor of ‘that light which has never paled from English literature throughout more than a thousand years’ will appeal to all lovers of history, profane as well as biblical.”
+ Boston Transcript p6 D 22 ‘17 370w
617“Dr Ward possesses an adequate knowledge of the ramifications of the chosen matter, enabling him to present clear and convincing conclusions.”
+ Springf’d Republican p6 Ja 29 ‘18 320w
World peril;[2] America’s interest in the war, by members of the faculty of Princeton university. *$1 Princeton univ. press 940.91 17-28843
“What the Princeton professors have undertaken to do is to offer, in the words of President Hibben’s introduction, ‘an especial contribution to the more accurate understanding of the reasons for the entry of the United States into the European war, and to the more vivid appreciation of all that is involved in the outcome of this conflict.’” (Nation) “Contents: American rights imperilled, Henry Van Dyke; Democracy imperilled, Thomas Jefferson Wertenbaker; International law imperilled, Edward S. Corwin; The world balance of power imperilled, Mason W. Tyler; The world peril and the two Americas, Clifton R. Hall; The world peril and American interests in the Far East, Mason W. Tyler; The world peril and world peace, Philip Marshall Brown.” N Y Br Lib News
“Unless there shall be what Bertrand Russell calls a neutral authority empowered to adjust interests and to institute readjustments peacefully, readjustments by force are inevitable. We should expect that a book written primarily to educate public opinion regarding war issues would squarely face this problem. The authors of ‘The world peril’ have not done so. Their emphasis is upon the past, not the future.” V. T. Thayer
– + Dial 64:19 Ja 3 ‘18 1900w
“What they have done, besides phrasing an uninspired arraignment of Germany, is to make a volume whose treatment of certain important aspects of American foreign policy affords a veritable arsenal of weapons for those who still like to sneer at American altruism or the good faith of American democracy, and from which the German government might, if it chose, reprint considerable extracts with satirical satisfaction. If American universities can offer no better support for the cause of democracy than this volume affords, then truly is the outlook dark.”
— Nation 106:40 Ja 10 ‘18 2800w
N Y Br Lib News 4:188 D ‘17 60w
WORTH, PATIENCE. Sorry tale; a story of the time of Christ; communicated through Mrs John H. Curran; ed. with a brief introd., by Casper S. Yost. *$1.90 (½c) Holt 17-19505
“‘The sorry tale,’ in the language as used by Patience Worth, is the same as ‘The tale of sorrow.’ ... It is a tale of Bethlehem and Jerusalem and Rome in the days of Jesus Christ, and its theme is the interaction of the love and hate incarnated in the bodies of the Christ and of the thief who died on the cross with Him. ... A great crowd of characters, there must be more than a hundred, carry on the action of the drama, and every one is individualized, full of its own tang of humanity, human and alive. ... ‘Patience’ works her own will with the gospels. She invents new miracles, she retells the old ones, she fills out with incidents the lives of Christ and His disciples; but the touching beauty and simple dignity of the figure of Christ are treated always with reverence and there is nothing in the tale to which the most orthodox could object.”—N Y Times
“But—and this is the main thing—the style as a whole has much of nobility and force—a biblical style with abounding colour added. ... I, for one, own myself converted by this story from a mood of languid curiosity about an odd ‘psychic’ phenomenon, to a state of lively interest in the future published work of the powerful writer who goes by the name of ‘Patience Worth.’” H. W. Boynton
+ — Bookm 46:350 N ‘17 1000w
Reviewed by Wilfrid Lay
* Bookm 46:351 N ‘17 1050w
“If, however, on account of its psychic claims, one approaches the story with unbelief or scoffing, one is instantly rebuffed by its quality. Especially is one impressed with that strongly marked individuality, that touch of a unique personality pervading the book, which we call style.”
+ Boston Transcript p9 S 1 ‘17 400w
“This tale of the Christ is not in the least impressive. Its sole interest lies in its much advertised and to our mind spurious origin.”
— Cath World 106:550 Ja ‘18 140w
“The plot, stripped of verbiage, is consistent and straightforward; many of the incidents are amazingly dramatic or poetic; and the presentation of the life then extant in Palestine is accurate and full.”
+ — Dial 63:403 O 25 ‘17 300w
“Certainly this book deserves to be weighed not merely as a ‘psychic phenomenon,’ but as a piece of creative fiction.”
+ — Nation 105:224 Ag 30 ‘17 870w
Reviewed by H. W. Boynton
+ Nation 105:601 N 29 ‘17 40w
New Repub 12:335 O 20 ‘17 800w
“But it is a wonderful book, a more astonishing and sustained work than the earlier Patience Worth volume, and unquestionably the most remarkable product of the so-called spirit world, whether it be a sub-conscious achievement, or due to some unnamed psychic manifestation.” Clement Wood
+ — N Y Call p14 Ag 26 ‘17 560w
“The long and intricate tale is constructed with the precision and the accuracy of a master hand. It is a wonderful, a beautiful, and a noble book, but it not easy to read. Its archaic language and its frequently indirect modes of expression make necessary constantly the closest attention. The meaning is often so obscure that only considerable study will make it clear. Whoever would read it through will need to be well supplied with time and patience. But if he appreciate the noble and the beautiful in literature he will be well repaid. And he will marvel more deeply than ever over the mystery of ‘Patience Worth.’”
+ N Y Times 22:253 Jl 8 ‘17 1250w
“We are sorry that we cannot join in the praise which has been given to these two books by some critics that take them seriously and find that the literary ghost, so to speak, who communicates under the pseudonym of ‘Patience Worth’ is ‘sensitive, witty, keenly metaphysical.’ We will admit that ‘Patience’ has better qualifications as a writer of fiction than most ‘controls,’ but we find her writing feverish, high-flown, and terribly prolix.”
— Outlook 116:522 Ag 1 ‘17 200w
“Laying aside all questions of the actual authorship, the novel has beauty and extraordinary power.”
+ R of Rs 56:557 N ‘17 130w
WRAY, W. FITZWATER (KUKLOS, pseud.). Across France in war time. il *50c Dutton 940.91 17-29470
“In common with many other British journalists at the beginning of the war, W. Fitzwater Wray suddenly found himself with his means of livelihood suspended and indefinite leisure time on his hands. ... He decided to make a tour of France and chose a bicycle as his vehicle. Taking the channel boat at Southampton, and landing at St Malo, ... he journeyed eastward, through Alençon and Chartres, passing to the south of Paris, and with Vitry-le-François as his turning point, skirted the line of battle as far north as Clermont. The rest of his journey was by rail through Paris to Havre, whence he sailed back to England. Once more in London, he went immediately to the offices of the Daily News and began to write the story of his travels for publication in its columns. It is this story, amplified by omitted portions which were excised from his manuscript to save newspaper space, which is made into this recent volume of the Wayfarer’s library.” Boston Transcript
“Full of picturesque little incidents and human touches is Mr Wray’s volume. It gives an unusual picture of the people in the midst of 618war, and it portrays the difficulties and the occasional danger of travel in the midst of friends who are on the alert to suspect every man’s hand is against them. ... Added interest is given to Mr Wray’s volume by a series of reproductions of pen-and-ink drawings.” E. F. E.
+ Boston Transcript p7 Jl 18 ‘17 1050w
+ Dial 63:462 N 8 ‘17 180w
“If much of what he relates has been told elsewhere, yet he adds fresh wayside touches to complete the picture of what we already know of France at that period.”
+ Ind 91:477 S 22 ‘17 90w
“His story is vivid and interesting.”
+ Springf’d Republican p10 O 5 ‘17 270w
WRIGHT, MRS AGNES (FOSTER). Interior decoration for modern needs. il *$2.25 (4½ c) Stokes 747 17-25296
A practical book for women who cannot employ decorators or who, employing them, wish to work understandingly with them. It is the room between the “period room and the packing-case room” that Mrs Wright helps home makers remove from the commonplace. Simplicity, suitability, durability, economy, comfort and good taste are the watch words. The apartment dweller ought to be especially grateful for the chapter on “The city apartment,” in which are discussed colors that increase the sense of space, furniture arrangement and space economy, and the treatment of the small city apartment. Good illustrations accompany the text.
“She does not cater to the slim purse, but, on the other hand, her suggestions are less elaborate than those in De Wolfe’s ‘House in good taste,’ and Parson’s ‘Interior decoration.’ The book contains many practical suggestions for color schemes and arrangement, and is fully and attractively illustrated.”
+ Cleveland p136 D ‘17 60w
“The author strikes a cheerful medium between the ideal and the possible, especially in her treatment of kitchens and service quarters.”
+ N Y Times 22:436 O 28 ‘17 180w
+ R of Rs 57:216 F ‘18 50w
WRIGHT, HELEN SAUNDERS (SMITH) (MRS CHARLES HEWITT WRIGHT). Our United States army; with an introd. by Major-General Leonard Wood. il *$1.50 (2c) Shores 355.09 17-13202
“It is my purpose to present in the following pages a few examples of the manifold activities of the army of the United States, the importance and economic significance of which have been overshadowed by historians in the tragic drama and far-reaching results of our nation’s wars.” (Preface) Contents: Lewis and Clark expedition; Explorations of Pike, Long and Bonneville; Fremont and his adventures; Domestic disturbances; Indian treaties and warfare; Lieutenant Whipple’s surveys and adventures; Gold and the early days of California; Trouble in Kansas and the Mormon problem; Exploration of the Colorado river; Building of the transcontinental railroads; The reconstruction of the South; Alaska; Cuba and the Philippines; Eradication of disease by army medical staff; The Panama canal.
“To recognize properly the service of the army other than military is the errand of this modest volume, and it should be placed in every library beside the history that deals with wars and the military service of the army, to preserve the proper balance. Written in an easy and readable style, the book impresses because so little is claimed; nothing is presented for recognition but the results.” J. S. B.
+ Boston Transcript p6 My 26 ‘17 500w
“The book should be of much interest to the public, for it is practicably the first history, in popular form, of the United States army. It is perhaps to be regretted that the author has not included more extended historical accounts of the organization of the army.”
+ Springf’d Republican p6 Je 11 ‘17 310w
WRIGHT, HENRY WILKES. Faith justified by progress. *$1.25 Scribner 204 16-22424
“The Bross lectures for 1916 at Lake Forest college have been published under the title, ‘Faith justified by progress.’ The author takes certain types of social life which have been outstanding stages of social and moral evolution and seeks to discover what part religious faith had in their working and development. The book opens with a discussion of the eclipse of faith due to the rise of naturalism. ... In four chapters Dr Wright reviews ‘Primitive life,’ ‘Natural life,’ ‘Supernatural life,’ ‘The universal life,’ and ends with a postscript on the ‘Future of religion.’”—Springf’d Republican
“It is to be hoped that Professor Wright’s book will be widely read; for it is well calculated to arouse interest and sympathy for a religious movement of great promise.” G. B. Smith
+ Am J Theol 21:303 Ap ‘17 1270w
A L A Bkl 14:4 O ‘17
“The postscript on the future of religion is a fitting close to a work which is optimistic in an acceptable form. Although the author’s conception of will is very comprehensive, in the reviewer’s opinion there is hardly sufficient recognition of the great fact that will to be efficient must be directed. Reason must at least sit on the right hand of the throne. We heartily commend the book to a wide constituency.”
+ Bib World 49:186 Mr ‘17 350w
Ind 89:510 Mr 19 ‘17 50w
N Y Br Lib News 4:13 Ja ‘17
“The author is professor of philosophy in Lake Forest college.”
St Louis 15:6 Ja ‘17 10w
“The book is clearly written and is systematic in its presentation of its thesis. It represents real scholarship and incisive reasoning.”
+ Springf’d Republican p8 F 28 ‘17 350w