Book Review Digest Devoted to the Valuation of Current Literature Reviews of 1917 Books (continued 48)

WRIGHT, IRENE ALOHA. Early history of Cuba, 1492-1586; written from original sources. map *$2 (2c) Macmillan 972.91 16-23517

A work based on a study of records in the Archive of the Indies at Seville, Spain. As the introduction states, it is a “history of Cuba from its discovery by Columbus in 1492, through the year 1586, when Sir Francis Drake, in sailing along the north shore of the island after his successful raid on other Spanish settlements of the West Indies, closed the first era of the colony’s history.” Contents: Book 1, 1492-1524, Spain takes possession of Cuba; Book 2, 1524-1550, An era of stagnation; Book 3, 1550-1567, French influence; Book 4, 1567-1586, The menace of the English.

“Gives some new and interesting material and at the same time suffers some omissions from the limitation of its sources.”

+ — A L A Bkl 14:22 O ‘17

“When Miss Irene Wright chose such an attractive subject, and took the trouble to study it from the original sources in Spain, it seems a pity that she has produced such a dull book. Miss Wright’s book may contain a good deal of fresh matter, but unfortunately it is unreadable.” H. P. B.

– + Eng Hist R 32:620 O ‘17 360w

+ Ind 90:36 Ap 2 ‘17 140w

“The best chapters in the book are those dealing with Menendez de Avilés, the first truly great figure to appear in Cuban history. ... In such a book as this a map is not only desirable, but essential; and the same may be said of a list of the writers who have already worked in the field of early Cuban history.”

Nation 104:599 My 17 ‘17 1100w

+ N Y Times 22:276 Jl 22 ‘17 380w

“Interesting, readable account.”

+ Pratt p44 O ‘17 10w

+ R of Rs 55:217 F ‘17 130w

“Miss Wright has had the courage to explore the archive of the Indies at Seville, and has 619written this attractive and interesting book from the documents, which no one before her had studied with care.”

+ Spec 119:145 Ag 11 ‘17 150w

“Miss Wright’s book is interesting and readable throughout. ... While it is to be regretted that she did not bring her research down to a later date, the ‘Early history of Cuba’ will have lasting value for the light it throws on the development of the Spanish colonial empire.”

+ Springf’d Republican p6 F 2 ‘17 250w

“Miss Wright is a journalist who has practised her profession in Havana and has by long residence in the island well qualified herself to write such a descriptive work on present-day Cuba as she published a few years ago. But the qualities which served her well in the composition of that work are not all that are needed in a more serious history based on original research among documentary materials. ... Her narrative is lacking in insight and perspective, and in that creative, or at least reconstructive, imagination which is the note of the true historian. Moreover, she handles her materials in no very scholarly fashion.”

– + The Times [London] Lit Sup p98 Mr 1 ‘17 1300w

WRIGHT, PHILIP QUINCY. Enforcement of international law through municipal law in the United States. (Studies in the social sciences) pa $1.25 Univ. of Ill 341 16-10801

“Dr Wright ... has confined himself to a study of the measures which this country has adopted to compel its citizens and others found within the confines of its jurisdiction to observe what Dr Wright calls ‘supra-national’ law. ... Throughout the book the sharp dividing line between that which is municipal and that which is international is clearly drawn. Dr Wright aims to present a study of the enforcement by the national legal machinery within the United States of those provisions which may be considered as international law. He points out that the importance of this study results from the necessity in the application of the system of ‘supra-national’ law to take action through national officials. The title of his book makes a sharp division between the rules of international law which are observed by the executive and representative branches of the government and those which are enforced by the legal machinery.”—Nation

“As to the method followed by Doctor Wright, nothing can be said in criticism of the excellent scholarship evinced throughout the monograph. The author is sure of his ground. He has a firm grasp on his law, and is careful to make only such statements as can be amply substantiated. ... It is possible to criticize the mechanical arrangement of his thesis. The scaffolding is too much in evidence. The structure is too gaunt and creaking. Such chapter headings as ‘Obligations of vindication’ and ‘Obligations of reparation’ are awkward and pedantic. But such criticism is of course of minor importance.” P. M. Brown

+ Am Pol Sci R 11:143 P ‘17 1250w

“The style, command of material, method of treatment, and unusual power of accurate classification will give Dr Wright’s work a high place among the numerous studies in his subject which are now appearing. His work is both original and sanely conservative.”

+ Nation 104:525 My 3 ‘17 950w

WRIGHT, RICHARDSON LITTLE. Russians; an interpretation. *$1.50 (2c) Stokes 914.7 17-13335

Writing shortly before the revolution in Russia the author said, “I have attempted to interpret the why and how of Russian life so that Americans can understand what their present activities presage for the future. ... There is no reason why the people of the greatest republic should not be on friendly terms with the people of the greatest autocracy. Between no two nations are there so many points of contact—what the states possess fitting so snugly into what Russia requires.” Contents: The strength of the adolescent; What is a Russian? A democracy in the making; The things he revolts against; “This is the faith of the fathers”; The moujik’s religion; The Russian as a business man; The Russian as a working man; Defining Dostoevsky and some others; The colors of the Russian palette; When Russia sings; The Russian land of promise; Russia’s manifest destinies; Russia and America.

“It is hardly necessary to add that while expatiating with an air of authority on the remote destinies of Russia, Mr. Wright overlooks the stupendous powers of revolt and reconstruction which were ripening before his very eyes in the vast Slavic cauldron.” Abraham Yarmolinsky

– + Bookm 46:482 D ‘17 200w

“Many inaccuracies also arouse the reader’s suspicion. ... Mr Wright makes a valuable comparison between the Russian and the American business man and any person cherishing the plan of engaging in trade with Russia would find it to his advantage to take his sensible and constructive suggestions to heart. ... He gives an excellent idea of the greatness and promise of Siberia and here his own personal experiences are of real value.” N. H. D.

Boston Transcript p6 My 23 ‘17 550w

+ Cath World 105:537 Jl ‘17 330w

“His style is vivid rather than literary, and his viewpoint distinctly American.”

+ — Cleveland p138 D ‘17 90w

“The work of a man who has a deep affection for the Russian people and a knowledge of the grave problems that Russia will have to face in the near future. Unfortunately, much in Mr Wright’s interesting volume has become ‘antiquated’ in view of the great strides that the country has made in the last four months.” L: S. Friedland

+ — Dial 63:199 S 13 ‘17 900w

“The correspondent of the New York World and the London Daily Press covers a broad field, and answers more of the questions Americans are asking than do most books on Russia.”

Ind 90:269 My 12 ‘17 40w

“It is a vital fault in Mr Wright’s volume that not only does it fail to make us see a reason for the revolution, but that its spirit and context bear all against the possibility of what has actually come to pass. ... His ideas on the radical revolutionary forces in the country are positively tragic. ... He has given us something that comes very close to being a misinterpretation of the Russian people.”

— Nation 104:661 My 31 ‘17 300w

“A clear, sane, and interesting as well as instructive account of a country and its people.”

+ N Y Times 22:209 My 27 ‘17 600w

Pratt p46 O ‘17 10w

+ R of Rs 56:101 Jl ‘17 100w

“The aim of the book is to dispel false impressions and it accomplishes its object.”

+ Springf’d Republican p19 Je 10 ‘17 400w

Reviewed by Walter Pettit

+ Survey 38:359 Jl 21 ‘17 300w

WRIGHT, WILLARD HUNTINGTON. Creative will. *$1.50 (3c) Lane 701 16-24940

The author calls the four essays of this book “studies in the philosophy and the syntax of æsthetics.” The four essays are entitled Art and life, Problems of æsthetics, Art and the artist, Art and the individual. Mr Wright is author of a book on “Modern painting: its tendency and meaning.” It is the philosophy of the new art that he voices in this book: “The artist is an interpreter of causes, not a depicter of effects”; “The dictum that ‘art should express life’ has retarded the development of æsthetic expression more than any other”; “Art is the mouthpiece of the will of nature, namely, the complete unified intelligence of life. ... An artist’s mind in the act of creating, is only an outlet of that intelligence.”

“A little more science and a little more philosophy would have given us a work of more catholic sympathy without abandoning the general position which Mr Wright so ably constructs.”

+ — Bellman 22:161 F 10 ‘17 170w

620“The æsthetic of mass, which has been variously developed by Guyau, Hildebrandt, Lipps, and Berenson, receives its most effective literary presentation in this new book. ... Mr Wright’s style has pulse and drive enough to carry along a good deal that is crabbed in vocabulary. He is always honest and clear, and but seldom careless. His robust intellectualism deserves admiration, however much his particular theories may provoke dissent. To read him is to sharpen one’s own thinking. ... I suppose the unsteadiness of the impression Mr Wright’s argument makes, is due to the fact that he has built up upon a flimsy foundation a well-ordered and over elaborate structure. He is at all points very far from life, of which art is after all an expression, and his miraculously poised card house does not look habitable. In building it, however, he has displayed rare ingenuity.” F. J. Mather, jr.

+ Dial 62:15 Ja 11 ‘17 1350w

“The book is not without its sound teachings; as, for instance, in parts of Aphorisms 27, 138, 150, and 179; but it also contains a number of misleading statements which point to a lack of historical research on the part of the author. ... No one can fail to discover that Mr Wright is in dead earnest; but, after reading his book carefully, we cannot advise the public to take him too seriously at the present stage of his development.”

– + Nation 104:370 Mr 29 ‘17 1100w

“Once Mr Wright wrote a book called ‘What Nietzsche taught,’ but he neglected to learn one of that philosopher’s most pungent lessons, which was, not to attempt a volume of metaphysical epigrams unless you are a genius. ... One demands always the just, always the keen and vivid insight. And in ‘The creative will’ the supply is pitifully inadequate to the demand. It is mostly will, and very little creation.” H. S.

— New Repub 10:382 Ap 28 ‘17 1050w

WRIGHT, WILLARD HUNTINGTON. Misinforming a nation. *$1.25 (2½c) Huebsch 032 17-13756

A critical examination of the Encyclopædia Britannica. In his first chapter, Colonizing America, the author contends that American thought is shaped by British influence. Cut off from contact with other European nations by unfamiliarity with any language other than English, and unsure of ourselves, we have slavishly imitated England. “We have de-Americanized ourselves to such an extent that there has grown up in us a typical British contempt for our own native achievements.” In particular is the Encyclopædia Britannica held responsible. “Taken as a whole, the Britannica’s divisions on culture are little more than a brief for British art and science,” says the author. Chapters on The novel, The drama, Poetry, British painting, etc., are given up to an examination of the Britannica’s treatment of these subjects. At the close there is a list of Two hundred omissions.

Cleveland p116 S ‘17 60w

“Mr Wright’s book, as a pamphlet against a long-established literary institution, gets to be rather wearying and irritating. ... So good a book ought not to produce such an effect. I suggest that it be read in a different spirit from that in which it is written, and that it be made to serve a different purpose. Let it be thoroughly indexed and annotated, and used as a little ‘Encyclopædia moderna’ (if such Latin will pass), concerned altogether with current movements and latter-day personalities.” H: B. Fuller

— Dial 62:477 My 31 ‘17 1150w

— Nation 104:734 Je 21 ‘17 780w

New Repub 11:223 Je 23 ‘17 1550w

“Certainly, a work of the proportions of the encyclopedia in spite of the most earnest efforts of those in charge, would have its defects in omission and commission. But to the ordinary reader it seems a little bit unnecessary to fly into a rage over these errors, and thus mar what would otherwise be a very important critical study.”

– + N Y Call p15 Je 24 ‘17 580w

“The confusion of thought, the mixed metaphor, the affectation of needless and banal French words, the spiteful and shallow temper shown in the brief citation we have made pervade the book.”

— NY Times 22:169 Ap 29 ‘17 650w

Pittsburgh 22:702 O ‘17 20w

“Written in the spirit of an attack rather than a judicial examination. The overwhelming merits of the work are largely ignored. ... Mr Wright misrepresents the book which he is examining. For instance, he gives a list of 200 Americans whose biographies do not appear in the Britannica. But he does not state that practically all these Americans are considered under the subjects in which, if at all, they have attained distinction.”

— Springf’d Republican p6 My 7 ‘17 950w

WYATT, EDITH FRANKLIN. Great companions. *$1.50 (2c) Appleton 814 17-7484

Essays reprinted from the North American Review, the Chicago Tribune, the Little Review, Poetry, and other periodicals. Most of them are literary studies. The author of Robinson Crusoe, Stephen Crane, Henry James, Some unpopular parodies, With Walt Whitman in Camden, James Whitcomb Riley, Brontë poems, Shelley in his letters, are some of the titles. Among the remaining essays are a few possessing a wider interest, altho these too have a literary point of departure. “Nonsense about women” is a comment on the Fiona MacLeod-William Sharp problem. “An autobiography of American farm women” is a study of the series of letters from farm women published by the Department of agriculture.

“Shows delightful intimacy and sound critical judgment. The sense of the writer’s personality, while not at all intrusive, adds a flavor to the essays.”

+ A L A Bkl 13:344 My ‘17

“As a ‘tonic,’ ‘Great companions’ can certainly be recommended, for it contains something sufficiently rare: independent and, at the same time, cheerful thought about what we have done in literature and what we are likely to do.”

+ Dial 62:315 Ap 5 ‘17 300w

+ Ind 90:34 Ap 2 ‘17 140w

“To make a book of such a miscellany of topics requires the sustained application of general ideas or the pervasive cement of personality. In this case there is not enough of either element to produce much impression of coherence. Where temperament appears, however, it is bright, cheery, and gently adventurous. And here and there Miss Wyatt turns up an idea fit for the central thesis of a book.”

+ Nation 105:71 Jl 19 ‘17 230w

“Miss Wyatt has read Americans with particular responsiveness, deeply feeling the privilege of America, the chance our democracy has given us so far, and the beauty of the vastness of our plains and forests.” E. B.

+ New Repub 12:140 S 1 ‘17 950w

N Y Br Lib News 4:61 Ap ‘17

“It is interesting throughout, and it is marked by a freshness and briskness which—added to the carefulness of its study—give it a great deal of charm.”

+ N Y Times 22:325 S 2 ‘17 310w

“It is with this constant bias toward sensitive and beautiful indication that Miss Wyatt discriminates the human and spiritual values of her subject-matter. ... That is her special and precious contribution. We are aware of no one else in America today who can interpret imaginative creation out of a fuller understanding of those things which are efficacious ‘in making men wiser, better, and happier’: who can speak of them with equal insight, rectitude, and beauty.” Lawrence Gilman

+ + No Am 205:462 Mr ‘17 1400w

“She has the faculty of making all her literary friends appear worth a further acquaintance.”

+ Springf’d Republican p15 S 2 ‘17 340w

621WYATT, EDITH FRANKLIN. Wind in the corn, and other poems. *$1 Appleton 811 17-29996

A volume of lyrics, collected from the author’s writings of the past ten or more years. She offers them now as an attempt to express something of the American dream of democracy. They are an expression of “some of the overland ways of the living presence of our country,” the author believing that one of the most important elements in our common background is a “consciousness of movement over a variety of country.” Among the poems in which this “overland” element is prominent are: Wind in the corn; To a river god; Niagara; Winter wheat; On the great plateau; November in the city; An Arizona wind; A city equinoctial.

“There is more romance in these poems than at first appears on the surface, but it is the romance of the spirit rather than place or incident. Simple and direct as is the language of these poems, they are richly suggestive of life with fulness of dream and aspiration. With a peculiar gift of visualization Miss Wyatt makes one see what she does not figuratively put into her verse.” W. S. B.

+ Boston Transcript p6 D 22 ‘17 330w

“Miss Wyatt derives a genuine inspiration from her country both as a nation and a geographical expression. She really has captured something of its thoughts and moods, its variety and manifold poetry. ... In ‘November in the city’ rings a deeper and more vibrant music, with a universality and insight that mark it from her other poems.” M. T.

+ New Repub 13:353 Ja 19 ‘18 190w

“A free and buoyant spirit breathes through the swinging lines, a keen joy in what is seen and felt, a realization of what is worth while and permanent.”

+ N Y Times 23:33 Ja 27 ‘18 290w

WYMOND, MARK. Government partnership in railroads. $1.50 (3c) Wymond & Clark 385 17-6654

The author’s purpose is to propose a constructive railroad policy to replace present attempts at regulation and to forestall government ownership. The main points of his plan are: to expand the present Interstate commerce commission by the creation of eight district commissions; to grant the railroads representation on these commissions, and to have the government guarantee interest and dividends. Contents: Our transportation problem; The sins of regulation; Sins of the railroads; A constructive railroad policy; Government ownership of railroads.

“Mr Wymond’s proposal is an interesting one, but does not come with the force that might possibly have marked it if his discussion had been of a broader character. The discriminating reader is left in doubt as to the extent to which he can rely upon the author’s guidance.” E. R. Dewsnup

– + Am Econ R 7:856 D ‘17 580w

Ann Am Acad 73:235 S ‘17 40w

Cleveland p112 S ‘17 30w

Electric Railway Journal p674 Ap 7 ‘17

“Mr Wymond is a good spokesman for the railroads, assuming, what seems to be true, that he represents them with his solution of the troublesome plan of railway regulation—much in the same unofficial way that he represented them with his earlier book, ‘Railroad valuation and rates.’ Mr Wymond’s candid and quiet statements will gain a wider hearing, in spite of his obvious leanings, than the once familiar broadside loaded with bombast and exaggeration.”

+ Engin N 77:437 Mr 15 ‘17 200w

Ind 91:31 Jl 7 ‘17 80w

Pittsburgh 22:470 My ‘17 90w

Railway Review p539 Ap 14 ‘17

R of Rs 56:326 S ‘17 160w

“It is not likely that his plan will be accepted by the managers. But it cannot be called visionary, for it merely provides a possible synthesis of forces existing in society and applies principles that are already accepted in theory. One may make this acknowledgment without yielding full assent to this particular plan of Mr Wymond’s, which, however, is worthy of consideration. The question of railway credit and the desirability of doing away with the anomalies of the present system of regulation demand constructive thinking.”

+ Springf’d Republican p6 F 23 ‘17 350w

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“X.,” pseud. War poems. *75c Doubleday 821 17-12509

A publisher’s note says that all that is known of “X” is that he is an Englishman who has given two sons to the war. Among the poems are: A song of pride for England; Kitchener; Dying for your country; A chant of affection; To the Kaiser; Joffre; Towards the reckoning; Verdun; Ireland; and If, the last “with apologies to Mr Kipling.”

“Vivid, martial verse, satirical, humorous, tragic. Voices in particular the feelings of the stay-at-home.”

+ A L A Bkl 14:16 O ‘17

“‘War poems’ by ‘X’ have stirred England more than any poems since Rupert Brooke’s last sonnets. ... ‘X’ is said to be T. W. H. Crosland, a London journalist of noted gifts, a man who has edited a number of famous literary journals. ... Whoever ‘X’ may be does not matter so much; certainly these poems might honorably have come from any of the greatest hands writing English today. He is equipped with tools of extraordinary edge and temper. The savage and relentless power of the satiric and invective verses is no more remarkable than the noble and mellow beauty of the elegiac sonnets.” C. D. M.

+ Boston Transcript p6 Je 2 ‘17 1200w

+ Lit D 54:1178 Ap 21 ‘17 330w

N Y Br Lib News 4:78 My ‘17 20w

Pittsburgh 22:507 Je ‘17 20w

+ Spec 118:76 Ja 20 ‘17 70w

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YARD, ROBERT STERLING. Top of the continent. il *75c (2c) Scribner 711 17-25279

In his introduction to this “story of a cheerful journey through our national parks,” Franklin K. Lane speaks of the national parks as “one part of our national system of education.” Only a very few boys and girls can avail themselves of this educational opportunity at first hand, and the next best thing will be to read about these wonderlands in books that will fire the imagination and inspire the ambition to visit them “some day.” Happily Mr Yard has provided just such a book. Margaret and Jack, who travel thru the parks in company with a nice mother, two jolly young uncles and a charming young aunt, are two lively and human youngsters. The story is entertaining and the informative parts of the book are made interesting. The pictures are from photographs and from drawings by Maginel Wright Enright.

+ A L A Bkl 14:138 Ja ‘18

“Makes one realize our country’s resources. The illustrations are profuse and excellent.”

+ Ind 92:448 D 1 ‘17 30w

“The volume ought to prove both informative and interesting to all who have a particle of curiosity about or pride in their own country. For those who contemplate a trip to any one or all of the places described it will serve as an excellent guide book. For young people there could be no better gift volume.”

+ N Y Times 22:482 N 18 ‘17 430w

“A capital book for young people.”

+ Outlook 117:100 S 19 ‘17 50w

“Delightful little book.”

+ Springf’d Republican p13 D 16 ‘17 150w

622YEATS, JOHN BUTLER. Passages from the letters of John Butler Yeats; selected by Ezra Pound. Cuala press, Churchtown, Dundrum, Ireland 17-23318

“Mr Pound tells us that these passages were chosen from letters written to Mr W. B. Yeats by his father between 1911 and 1916. Mr J. B. Yeats is a painter, but he writes mainly about life and literature, or art in general.” (The Times [London] Lit Sup) “Mr William Butler Yeats is a silent factor in the book except for his suggestion that his father, living in New York, should write to him in Europe letters of subject continuity with the idea of later publication.” (Boston Transcript) The volume is printed by Elizabeth Corbet Yeats, daughter of the writer of the letters.

“The typography of this beautiful little book is almost worthy of the Doves press. ... This collection of letters almost amounts to a body of criticism and social theory. So many things are touched on, and so well, that the book was worth an index.”

+ Ath p413 Ag ‘17 270w

“Typographically it is all that one might desire for a text entirely concerned with beauty, and Miss Yeats has added one more volume to her list of books in which color, paper, type and spacing unite in fine harmony.” K. B.

+ Boston Transcript p6 Je 13 ‘17 1350w

“The youthfully venerable Mr Yeats ... bends a kindly but rebuking gaze upon what seems to him the emptiness of our American civilization or the deficiencies of those who are neither Irish nor French; his admonishing finger points straight at the delirious vacuity of our national life. ... How shrewd, how charming, how eloquent, how wise in the intuition of a subtle poet and dreamer is the talk of this Irish patriarch at its best.” Lawrence Gilman

+ — No Am 206:472 S ‘17 1700w

“Yet in spite of his personal comment, the letters are kindly-mannered and truly critical. Contrasts between types of character of different nationalities and comparisons between Englishmen of letters and American writers make excellent reading.”

+ R of Rs 57:217 F ‘18 330w

“He writes like one whose business is contemplation and who is utterly content with it. He lives intensely still, but has passed beyond the struggle for life; he is personal, but without personal aims or irritations or vanities; his philosophy is his own, but it is completely a philosophy, not a cry of individual pain or pleasure. Sometimes there is a little malice, but it is the delicate malice of the spirit, directed not against people but against tendencies.”

+ The Times [London] Lit Sup p271 Je 7 ‘17 1350w

YODER, JACOB HERBERT, and WHAREN, GEORGE BURR. Locomotive valves and valve gears; with a special treatise on valve setting. il *$3 Van Nostrand 621.184 17-21992

“This book has been prepared to meet a general desire among railroad shop men to acquaint themselves thoroughly with the valves and valve gears applied to the modern locomotive and to master the principles of valve motion as a preparation to valve setting. ... The material has been compiled largely from notes used in the instruction of apprentices of the Pennsylvania railroad company, and from knowledge gained by the authors in practical shop experience.” (Preface) Contents: Locomotive valves and valve gears; The Stephenson valve gear; The Walschaert valve gear; Baker locomotive valve gear [and others]; Effects of altering the valve and its events; Locomotive valve setting; Summary. There are 274 illustrations, including figures, diagrams, etc.

“Practical, simply written, and provided with excellent diagrams, this admirable work should find a wide use not only among shopmen, but among enginemen, firemen, draughtsmen, and designing engineers as well.”

+ N Y P L New Tech Bks p9 O ‘17 80w

Pittsburgh 22:757 N ‘17 40w

YOHANNAN, ABRAHAM. Death of a nation; or, The ever persecuted Nestorians or Assyrian Christians. il *$2 (9c) Putnam 281 16-23129

“To meet the wishes of my friends, I have consented to give the history of the persecutions of the Nestorian church in general, and to make public some further information on the sufferings and massacres to which, as the result of this terrible war, they are subjected to-day,” says the author. Part 1 of his book is devoted to a historical survey of the Christian church in Assyria from its founding in the first century to the present day. Part 2 describes the sufferings of his people as a result of the present war.

Bib World 49:187 Mr ‘17 90w

Ind 88:552 D 25 ‘16 60w

R of Rs 55:108 Ja ‘17 20w

YOUNG, GEORGE. Portugal old and young. il *$2.25 Oxford 946.9 (Eng ed 17-24318)

“Mr Young, sometime first secretary at Lisbon, has in seven essays presented an account of Portugal, beginning with Portugal and the war, following with four historical chapters, and concluding with Young Portugal and Portugal and the peace. ... Several translations are reproduced here from his ‘Portugal, an anthology,’ published last year. ... In the frontispiece is reproduced Nuno Gonsalvez’s altar-piece of San Vicente.”—Ath

+ Ath p475 S ‘17 130w

“Now and then as we read we are tempted to wish that our author had written as a traveller and not as an historian. At times we find his political history rather dull, and indeed it would be nearly impossible in a short space to render the kaleidoscopic changes of political fortune in modern Portugal other than confusing; but his descriptions of the country, his criticism of its literature, and his translations of its songs are charming.”

+ — Spec 119:330 S 29 ‘17 1100w

“A well-proportioned survey of ‘Portugal, old and young,’ compressed into a short space, but without any obvious sense of compression. ... In what will be to many readers the most interesting part of the book, he discusses, under ‘Empire and eclipse,’ how it was that the strength of Portugal was sapped instead of being built up by empire. ... Mr George Young has already done much by his ‘Portugal: an anthology,’ published last year, to interest English readers in that country.”

+ The Times [London] Lit Sup p371 Ag 2 ‘17 220w

“It is not a ‘history’ in the conventional sense, but an essay on the whole development of the life of the Portuguese people, illustrated by copious quotations from their literature and by vivid sketches of the country, of its art and architecture, and of the people themselves. Very interesting, especially, is the comparison of Portugal with Ireland, the basis of the population of the two countries being compounded of the same racial elements, Iberian and Celtic.”

* The Times [London] Lit Sup p399 Ag 23 ‘17 2250w

YOUNG, JEREMIAH SIMEON. State and government. *50c (1c) McClurg 350 17-8359

“An attempt to clarify the popular understanding of the principles of government, as developed in our own national history. ... This book is presented as one of the volumes of the National social science series, edited by President McVey, of the University of North Dakota.” (R of Rs) “It is to be supplemented at an early date with another on social and economic legislation, which will emphasize the fundamental principles of the state’s police power.” (Author’s preface) There is a one page bibliography.

623“On the whole Dr Young has performed his task as capably as an enterprise of this nature could be performed, but the demands of brevity have been so rigorous that in many passages the virtue of clearness has had to be jettisoned.”

+ — Am Pol Sci R 11:789 N ‘17 190w

R of Rs 56:326 S ‘17 50w

St Louis 15:357 O ‘17 30w

“Commonplace and not new, but likely to afford some food for thought to the uninformed seeker after the principles underlying political institutions.”

– + Springf’d Republican p8 Ap 20 ‘17 100w

YOUNG MEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATIONS. INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE. Balancing country life; ed. by County work dept. $1 (5½c) Assn. press 630 17-17186

A report of a conference held in Chicago in October, 1916, under the auspices of the County work committee of the Y. M. C. A. The general subjects for discussion were: The countryside—its home; The countryside—its school; The countryside—its church; The countryside—its community. In addition the volume contains reports of committees, etc.

YOUNG MEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATIONS. INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE. Home of the countryside; ed. by the County work dept. $1 (5c) Assn. press 630 17-16852

A report of the Country life conference held by the Country work department of the Y. M. C. A. in New York city in November, 1916. An address by John R. Mott on An international country life outlook is followed by papers and discussions of: The family in our country life; The spirit and needs of the farm home; The home and community culture; The home and community religion; The home as a factor in the community. There is also a brief report from the Country life conference held in Chicago.

YOUNGHUSBAND, SIR GEORGE JOHN. Soldier’s memories in peace and war. il *$5 Dutton 17-23041

“This book begins with recollections of Sandhurst, chiefly of the lighter sort. ... Accounts of campaigning in Egypt, South Africa, India, and elsewhere are to be found in the ‘Memories,’ which embody reminiscences of Lord Roberts, Cecil Rhodes, and others.”—Ath

A L A Bkl 14:24 O ‘17

+ Ath p313 Je ‘17 180w

“There is great variety to General Younghusband’s reminiscences. They cover a considerable period and a wide range of territory.”

+ Boston Transcript p6 S 15 ‘17 400w

“‘Memories,’ from the point of view of interest and of workmanship, is one of the best collections of reminiscences that have recently been brought out. One is envious of the life that has made them possible.”

+ Dial 64:72 Ja 17 ‘18 400w

“An interesting book, racy with the individuality of its soldier author, and as full of stirring and unusual adventure as a romance.”

+ N Y Times 22:293 Ag 12 ‘17 660w

“Abounds in anecdotes and fun.”

+ Outlook 116:660 Ag 29 ‘17 30w

“This book is very good company. It is simply the entertaining talk of a soldier who has seen much active service, who has gained a wide knowledge of men and manners, and who knows how to tell his experiences with humor, precision, and occasional emotion.”

+ Spec 118:566 My 19 ‘17 1750w

“As an absorbing record of personal adventure and humor the book will find a place beside Sir Robert Baden-Powell’s ‘Indian memories,’ which it somewhat resembles. Both are written in an easy, sketchy and informal style, and both authors are born raconteurs.”

+ Springf’d Republican p15 S 30 ‘17 630w

+ The Times [London] Lit Sup p182 Ap 19 ‘17 1100w

YOXALL, SIR JAMES HENRY. Collecting old glass: English and Irish. (Collectors’ pocket ser.) il *75c (3½c) Doran 738.2 (Eng ed 17-18348)

This small book seems to cover an extensive field. Among the chapters are: Old English glassware, Seven general guides and tests, Blown ware, Cut, moulded, and engraved ware, Old coloured glass, Old drinking glasses, The various types of stem, The various shapes of bowl, etc. The author says, “Diffuseness has been avoided, but this, I hope, has enabled me to make the book the more lucid, as well as the more succinct. At any rate it affords hints, general rules, and warnings more numerous and more practical than any published until now.”

+ R of Rs 56:220 Ag ‘17 100w

“The evident gusto with which he treats each of his subjects proclaims him a born collector. His stream of information (not always very clear) runs wide rather than deep, and generally the matter surpasses the manner. The handbooks are short cuts to successful collecting rather than subtle appreciations of design and craftsmanship.”

+ — Spec 116:634 My 20 ‘16 220w

YOXALL, SIR JAMES HENRY. Collecting old miniatures. (Collectors’ pocket ser.) il *75c (3½c) Doran 757 (Eng ed 18-18349)

The author says, “I wrote this book with delight, for the sheer pleasure of writing about miniatures.” He has illustrated the book with reproductions from his own collection and has supplied details as to price, etc. Contents: Can it still be done? Where and how collecting miniatures can be done; Counterfeits and their detection; Classes of miniatures; The transition to ivory; Miniatures done on paper; Miniatures done on ivory; French miniatures on ivory; Miniatures done in enamel; Miniatures done on porcelain; Miscellanea and signatures.

N Y Br Lib News 3:143 S ‘16

“Much information in little space, yet not unduly condensed. The illustrations add positively to the value.”

+ Outlook 115:758 Ap 25 ‘17 20w

“Unlike most handbooks for collectors, it is a distinct pleasure to read because of the spirited manner in which miniatures are described.”

+ R of Rs 56:220 Ag ‘17 70w

“It requires some confidence to bring out a book on miniatures in the midst of such a war as this, when the scant attention that can be spared to the pictorial arts is largely given to powerful poster work—the crashing of savage colours slapped on to canvas by a deft spades-man. It is courageous, it is even refreshing. The illustrations are well chosen, many, and good.”

+ — Spec 116:634 My 20 ‘16 220w

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ZAHM, JOHN AUGUSTINE (H. J. MOZANS, pseud.). Great inspirers. *$1.50 Appleton 920.7 17-5139

“The Reverend J. A. Zahm ... writes most persuasively of the capabilities of women as the friends and advisers of men. He has taken as examples of women who deserved this title the Roman woman Paula and her gifted daughter, the virgin, Eustochium, who were privileged to collaborate with Saint Jerome in his labors in translating the Bible and providing copious commentaries thereon; and also that Beatrice Portinari, whom Dante loved.” (R of Rs) An earlier book by the author treated of “Women in science.”

Boston Transcript p6 Ap 25 ‘17 270w

Cath World 105:108 Ap ‘17 300w

Cleveland p58 Ap ‘17 50w

+ Dial 62:531 Je 14 ‘17 150w

624“The author’s remarkable ecclesiastical scholarship and his seemingly thorough acquaintance with classic and mediaeval Latin have enabled him to give us a little book that is balanced in content, fine in spirit and most interesting in manner.” Frank Macdonald

+ N Y Call p15 Jl 15 ‘17 380w

R of Rs 55:557 My ‘17 100w

St Louis 15:185 Je ‘17 50w

ZAHM, JOHN AUGUSTINE (H. J. MOZANS, pseud.). Quest of El Dorado; the most romantic episode in the history of South American conquest. il *$1.50 (5c) Appleton 918 17-25280

Father Zahm is a South American explorer of note and author of several books on that country. In this volume he goes back to early history to tell the story of some of the expeditions that went in quest “of that extraordinary will-o’-the-wisp, usually known as El Dorado.” His study throws new light on the conquistadores, showing that they were not moved solely by thirst for gold. He says, “So marvelous were their achievements that, were they not attested by the most unquestionable of documents, we should be disposed to place the old chronicles which describe them in the same category as the Arthurian romances.” The chapters were written for the Pan-American Bulletin in 1912, and are reprinted with a few changes and additions. A bibliography gives a list of the principal works cited.

+ Cath World 106:546 Ja ‘18 230w

“Scholarly volume.”

+ Outlook 117:516 N 28 ‘17 140w

“A most romantic tale, carrying historical values, and touched with all the color and zest of fiction.”

+ R of Rs 57:220 F ‘18 160w

“Rev. J. A. Zahm has recently collected all possible material regarding this celebrated legend, and the result is a book which is really a fascinating tale of adventure.”

+ Springf’d Republican p6 Ja 7 ‘18 270w

ZANGWILL, ISRAEL. Principle of nationalities. *50c (4c) Macmillan 904 17-14064

This discourse formed the Conway memorial lecture, delivered at South Place institute, London, on March 8, 1917. Mr Zangwill argues that “neither identity of race, nor of language, nor of religion, nor of territory, nor of interests, nor of culture, nor of soul, is indispensable to a nationality,” but that it is “a state of mind corresponding to a political fact.” He then, after classifying the political varieties of nationality as simple, complex, compound and hybrid, goes on to consider “the psychological aspect and genesis of nationality.” He asserts that now that nationalism is closing in upon the world, we should remember that “the real needs of nationalities are not independence, but freedom from oppression,” and that “internationalism, so far from being the antithesis of nationalism, actually requires nations to interrelate.”

“An analysis of nationality that is sane and penetrating.”

+ A L A Bkl 14:43 N ‘17

“We do not know how the hearers digested it. A first reading gives us the impression of a pudding so full of fruit that we are amazed it keeps together so well.”

+ Ath p305 Je ‘17 120w

Cleveland p107 S ‘17 40w

“There is nothing that can be rightly called a positive conclusion to the work, though it sparkles with epigrams and contains many undoubted sociological truths stated in very concise and striking language.” J. W.

– + N Y Call p15 Ag 19 ‘17 550w

“The chief merit of Mr Zangwill’s thought is, indeed, just this: that it leaves the way open for the entrance of the idea that man may be intensely and locally patriotic and yet internationally right-minded.”

+ — No Am 206:639 O ‘17 850w

Springf’d Republican p6 Jl 25 ‘17 500w

ZIMMER, GEORGE FREDERICK. Mechanical handling and storing of material. il *$12.50 Van Nostrand 621.86 (Eng ed 16-17167)

“The book is written from the British viewpoint, and while the author has included American practice he has of course not done so with the first-hand knowledge of an American. ... The forty-four chapters of the book are grouped under the heads of ‘Continuous handling of material,’ ‘Continuous handling of material by Pneumatic or hydraulic means,’ ‘Intermittent handling of material,’ ‘Unloading and loading appliances,’ ‘Miscellaneous installations’ and the ‘Automatic weighing of material’. Eighteen chapters under the first two groups cover all kinds of conveyors. Cableways and telphers are included in the third group.”—Engin News-Rec

Cleveland p150 D ‘16 30w

“The facts that the field of engineering which this bulky treatise covers has had an enormous development in the past quarter century, and that comparatively little on the subject has been published, are the principal justifications for the purchase of the book by American engineers. ... The illustrations and other mechanical work are hardly up to the standard of the price of the volume.”

Engin News-Rec 78:364 My 17 ‘17 300w

“Timely reprints from Cassier’s Engineering Monthly. Well illustrated.”

+ N Y P L New Tech Bks p9 O ‘17 70w

Pittsburgh 22:125 F ‘17 60w

St Louis 15:13 Ja ‘17

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